The Topeka State Journal (Topeka, Kansas)
November 10, 1899

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'-1 LAST EDITION FRIDAY EVENING. TOPEKA, KANSAS, NOVEMBER 10, 1899. FRIDAY EVENING. TWO CENTS. WITHMUSH. "Wheaton's 3Ieu Drive Back the Enemy at Dagupan. Filipinos Rise Out of the Sand and Fire DURING THE LANDING. Americans Were Moting East ward at Last Accounts. Insurgents on the OffensiTe at lialinag. Manila. Nov. 10. 10 a. m. Gen "Wheaton's expedition arrived off Pan Fabian Monday night, but the surf was too high to permit the landing of the troops in small boats. On Tuesday morning the expedition approached Llngayan, a suburb of Dagupan, which lias a sheltered harbor with higti sand dunes, stretching from the water to the town. The Bennington, Helena, Man ila, Callao and Samar shelled the town and beach for an hour with the full strength of their batteries, but there was no response, nor was there visible any sign of life. The troops were landed in boats, five steam launches each towing four boats. When these j approached the shore and the troops began to land, a long line of insurgents rose from the sand and poured a heavy volley over the heads of the soldiers, following this with a rapid fusillade. The insurgents were excited and tired tagh. few of their bullets striking the boats. Two men, however, were wounded. The companies were forn ed and or dered to lie down in the sand. They trave the insurgents J few volleys and then charged, driving the enemy with a rush. The Filipinos had lain behind the dunes during the bombardment, the shells ploughing through the sand and doing them little, if any damage. The gunboat Manila broueht the news that when she left, !en Whoaton, with his entire force of i.TOO men was march ing eastward, leaving Dagupan. The battleship Oregon, which had been ordered from Hong Kor g to Dagu pan. had not arrived at the latter place when the Manila sailed. tlen. Young with his cavalry took San Jose on Wednesday. A small in surgent force stationed there, retreated. The troops were ferried across the river to Cabanatuan on a rart. During the passage an accident occurred dur ing which a private was drowned. An attack has been made by the in surgents on lialinag, the rebels tiring into the town fcr three hours, but doing no damage. The insurgents held a celebration at Tarlac on October 29 in hoaor of the anti-imperialists. The demonstration included a procession, religious services and speeches by Aguinaldo and other officials. The Independencia in an editorial ar ticle eulogizing Mr. W. J. Bryan, says: "Mr. Bryan should be pictured in Fili pino history with equal glory with Dr. Kizal. Rizal. Bryan and Aguinaldo are the glorious trinity of our political redemption." Gen. Otis and the Spanish and the British consuls have made arrange ments in accordance with which the British cruiser Peacock is to take 20,000 rations and clothing to the Spanish prisoners in the Albay and Camarines provinces. WATSON'S REPORT. Washington, Nov. 10. Admiral Wat son has cabled the navy department the following account of the part play ed by the navy in the landing made by Oeneral Wheaton on Lingayen gulf, in pursuit of the plan to surround Agui rialdo's forces: "Manila, Nov. 9. Tuesday afternoon Knox, with the Princeton, Bennington, Helena, Manila, Callao and Samar.bom barded entrenched beach at San Fabian, Bingajen; landed Wheaton's command. Mole was in charge of the boats. Mi Name, Reynolds and Nelson assisting. Snow, commanding the Baltimore sec tion, was beach master. Disembarking and landing under rifle fire, admirable; rio casualties. Callao, Tappan, Samar, Musttn, specially commended. Samar etruck several times." The last line is supposed to state the names of the men specially commended and the boats to which they are at tached. The war department has definitely lo cated Aguinaldo as on his way to the town of Boambang, about 75 miles northeast of Tarlac. The recent calcu lations have been that the insurgent leader was at the town of Bayambang. not far from Tarlac, in which case the several forces under Generals Mac Arthur, Lawton, Young and Wheaton would have had him practically sur rounded. There has been some doubt, however, as to the name of Bayambang and this was cleared up by definite in formation fixing Boambang, instead of Bayambang, as the place of Aguinal do's refugee. A dispatch from General Otis mentioned Boambang and at the same time reliable information came through other channels that Lieutenant Gilmore and other American prisoners were at Boambang in the mountains far to the northeast of Tarlac. It is expected that the insurgent cap ital will be shifted to Boam bang and the efforts of the American military forces will be directed toward that point. it is in the mountainous country of the north and apparently out of the fertile and populous regions where Aguinaldo thus far has conducted his operations. It is said to be accessible f.om the south by only one route, along a river which is a branch of the Rio Grande. This leaves the rebel leader liule or no opportunity of communication with the coast or getting in supplies. He has also left the railroad behind. It is said at the war department that the columns of General Young and Gen eral Wheaton will push on to the north, following up the insurgent leader and his scattered bands. Washington. Nov. 10. The War de partment has received the following: "Manila. Nov. 10. Gen. Lawton ex periences some difficulties on account of continued unprecedented rains in that section of the country. His ad vance at San Jose yesterday, at Car ranglan today: strong force put through on Aligoa route: Young captured yes terday considerable additional Cabana tuan arsenal proj erty in transit north, among which one had 44 two-inch and 22 boxes one and one-sixty-five hun-dreths-inch ammunition for Hotchkiss guns: 50 projectiles for five and eight inch breech-loading ride cannon, two boxes of Granadas, considerable other ordnance property and two tons cast lag and arsenal machinery in parts. He is meeting with opposition, but advance not much impeded thereby. MacArthur reconnoitering north of Mabalacat yes terday. Bell to left, Slaven's scouts di rected to front and Smith, Seventeenth infantry on Magalang and Conception road; Bell, Thirty-sixth, with five of his officers and two privates of his regiment mounted, one officer and ten men Fourth cavalry struck 100 insur gents in mountains west Mabalacat, charged, killing and wounding 19. cap tured six and SO Mauser rifles; railroad from Angeles to Bamban destroyed. "MacArthur will have 40,000 rations to front today and will take up advance to Tarlac tomorrow. Wheaton reports 2fj Spanish prisoners secured 'M0 insur gent recruits escaped to mountains from enemy during battle San Fabian, these recruits were en route to Dagu pan. Wheaton says everything favor able to carrying out successfully his in structions and that co-operation of navy complete. OTIS." A second dispatch from Otis received today follows: "Manila, Nov. 10. Report received yesterday concerning Wheaton's move ment, erroneous. He did land at San Fabian as direc ted and drove bulk of enemy back in desired direction towards Dagupan. Operations completely suc cessful in every particular." Washington, Nov. 10. Great interest is felt in the War department over Aguinaldo's sudden change of base northeastward from Ta.rlac to Bayom bon about ItiO miles distant. There are numerous spellings of the latter place, but the form given is the one most generally adhered to on the maps in possession of the War department. The most interesting feature of the new situation is that Aguinaldo hits been forced out of the Tagalo country into a region to the north, where Ta galo is not spoken and where the moun tains are filled with Negritos and other savage tribes, who are hostile to the Tatralos. This is about the most mountainous and inaccessible part of the island. To the south of Carabello mountain there is a narrow break in the moun tain range, and within a few miles around the base of Carabello moun tain on its northern slope one strikes the headwaters of the Magat, which is the beginning of the great river Caya gan that Hows northward 25J miles into the China sea. It is on the headwa ters of the Magat that Aguir.".ldo is now located. The way is opdi for him down the long stretch of the river to Appari, where the Casayan Hows into the sea. This is one of the wildest, hut richest valleys in the island It is be lieved that the river Cagayan is navig able for our tin-clad boats 150 miles from its mouth and for cascoes much further. It is expected as soon as. Aguinaldo shows any disposition to move down the valley toward the China sea that war ships and gunboats will be sent around the northern end of the island to meet him and cut off his escape. If it is his intention to efcape from Luzon, he would naturally seek Appari or some northern port, but the country around Carabello mountain is such that he could probably stand off the whole American force in a game of hide and seek in the hills for the greater part of the coming season. GEO. R. PECK HERE. He Talks About Kansas and Kansans. The best known "formerly of Kan sas" man in the United States arrived in Toneka today. This means that George R. Peck is here. Mr. Peck reached Topeka at noon and expects to remain in the city until Sun day afternoon. His visit is in connec tion with property he owns at different locations in the state and mining in terests he has with Mr. C. J. Devlin. He intends to renew leases on some of his property. Incidentally he will take a look at his fast colt, "Egypt," now being cared for and trained at the fair grounds. If there is any one thing that Mr. Peck is just now more proud of than another it is the performance of the Twentieth Kansas regiment in the Philippines. "By George, didn't those boys make a name for themselves and the state," he exclaimed enthusiastical ly. "I could have told the people before any member of the regiment set foot on Philippine soil what they would do if they got the chance. Why? Because Kansans are a fighting people. They either inherit it or there is something in the atmosphere which is responsible for it. When Kansans can't get anyone else to tight with they fight among themselves. The Twentieth boys wouldn't have sustained the reputation of their state if they hadn't outdone the soldiers of every other state. But the reputation of Kansas proved perfectly safe in their hands." Mr. Peck believes the result of the elections in various states this week shows that the majority of the people are in favor of standing by the national administration. "While it does not necessarily mean that the majority of the people are in favor of expansion," he said, "I think beyond doubt the majority are with the administration in the Philippine cam paign. The United States is now in the fight, and whether or not we keep the Philippines, the American people generally are in favor of standing by the president until the war is ended. The sentiment is against hauling down the American flag when it has once been raised." Mr. Peck was accompanied here by his son Charles. The young man has recently returned after a trip through China and Japan. The former general solicitor of the Santa Fe retains a warm spot in his heart for Kansas generally and Topeka in particular, and says that if he should ever decide to give up railroad work and settle down to quiet life, he would return here. COUNTERFEITERS CAUGHT. A Bad Gang Broken Up In Chicago by Police. Chicago, Nov. 10. A counterfeiting outfit and safe blowing tools with an assortment of counterfeit money were unearthed last night by the poiice at -16 Huron street. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Fay. the occupants of the flat were captured and the police think they have broken up a gang of desperadoes that has been exceedingly lively of late in Chicago. To the police the woman confessed that she and her husband were counterfeiters and also implicated a man by the name of Fred Rogers. Fay's real name the police say. is Sehill and that he broke jail at Green wich. N. Y., where he was confined for burglary. Capt. Porter of the United States se cret service took charge of the imple ments and spurious coin. The prisoners will be taken before the United States commissioner. BLOW HAS FALLEN Congressman Calderhead Re buked at the Election. Republicans Charge Him With Defeat of F. L. Irish. NEW CANDIDATE OUT. F. L. Williams of Clay County to the Rescue. Politicians Hope He Can Rally the Broken Lines. F. TU Williams, of Clay Center, is in the field for the congressional nomina tion in the Fifth district, against Con gressman W. A. Calderhead. Mr. Wil liams and his friends have already made their plans for this campaign. One of the most recent incidents which is in fact responsible for the an nouncement of Mr. Williams' plans at this time, was the defeat of the Repub lican candidate for judge in the district composed of Riley, Marshall and Clay counties. Judge W. S. Glass, the Democratic judge was elected over F. L. Irish of Manhattan. Irish is supposed to have been the representative of the Calder head crowd whic h claims to control the politics of the Fifth district. AVhen Judge Spillman. Republican, died two years ago. Judge Glass was appointed to succeed him by Governor Deedy. He held the office for the re mainder of the term and was nomina ted for the place by the fusionists in the last campaign. He was elected by an overwhelming majority. Clay coun ty was the most important factor in this election, giving Glass a majority of 400. Clay county went over to the Re publican column in the last state elec tion and its return to a heavy Popu list majority is charged to the manipu lation and quarrelling which were prominent incidents of the postotiioe controversy in Clay Center. Now some of the Republicans think a good candi date from Clay county can carry that Populist stronghold. This opinion has at least encouraged the Williams work ers and they have come out into the open with their plans. The work alon this line has been done quietly. The re sult of the judicial election has en couraged them too, because they think that will have a tendency to weaken the Calderhead fences. The Williams workers claim they have enlisted W. H. Fletcher, D. A. Valentine and other Republicans who were misused by Calderhead in thj postofiice scramble. Williams is a lawyer in Clay Center and is a good campaigner. He is a man easily approached and is reputed to have many friends in the Fifth dis trict. REGENTS CASE SUBMITTED. Old Litigation Soon Ba Finally Set tled. The litigation over places on the board of regents of the state agricul tural college between Republicans and Populists, is now in the hands of the judges of the supreme court. The case was argued and submitted in the supreme court today. This is the appeal taken by the Re publicans from the decision of the court of appeals at Concordia, which render ed a judgment of ouster against two of the Republican regents. LAMB FOB SOLICITOR. May Be a Candidate For Mr. Myatt's Place. When Judge C. B. Graves of Emporia declined to accept the appointment as solicitor of the court of visitation the politicians at once made an effort to find a man in the Fourth congressional district for the place. This plan was knocked out when the governor went to Wichita for a solicitor. The Fourth district was recognized by the appoint ment of J. M. Mickey of Osage City as clerk of the court. Some of the politicians believe that the Fourth district is entitled to an other place in the court and are con templating asking the Republican state convention to nominate a man from that district to take Mr. Myatt's place. He has already stated that he will not be a. candidate for the nomination. There are several men in the Fourth district who would like the job and one of them- was in Topeka yesterday attending the supreme court anil ming ling with the politicians. He is Senator G. H. Lamb of Yates Center. While Mr. Lamb is not making a campaign for the place at this time he has his eye on the job and some of his friends want him to make the race. POPULIST SHERIFF. Republicans Do Not TTnderstanci "Why One Was Elected In Marion. It has beeen the proud boast of Mar ion county that only one Populist has ever held office in the county and that was at the time of the landslide in the state in 1SS9. For this reason the Re publicans are greatly surprised that in this the great Republican year the Pop ulists should be able to elect a sheriff in Marion county. That is just what happened and the Republican politicians were surprised beyond measure. There are several suggested reasons as to the cause of this surprising inci dent, "but the principal one seems to be," said a well known Republican last night, "that the Pops got the most votes." BRAND NEW" DOCUMENT. Governor Stanley Does Not Use Old Thanksgiving Proclamation. Governor Stanley's Thanksgiving proclamation follows: "The president of the United States having set apart Thursday, the :10th day of November, as a day of thanks giving and prayer, in conformity there to. I, W. K. Stanley, governor of the state of Kansas, do hereby set apart and designate said day as a day of public thanksgiving throughout the state. "The past year has been one of unus ual prosperity to our people. They have been richly blessed in basket and in store. Our industries have been ac tive and plenteous harvests have crowned the efforts of our husband men. The state has been free from pes tilence. Our soldiers have just return ed to us from a brilliant service in which they have reflected honor upon the state, and added distinction to the record of American soldiery. "For these blessings, and many oth ers, that have come to the state during the past year, I earnestly request my fellow citizens to refrain from their us ual occupations, and to meet in their several houses of worship on the day above designated and render thanks to Almighty God. "I also request that the day may be one of alms giving; that the homes which have been darkened by adversi ty may be made happier by the dona tions of our generous people. "I would also suggest that appropri ate mention be made of our fallen and departed soldiers of this and other wars, and that where appropriate, their families may be the recipient of the people's benefactions." FLOOD OF CANDIDATES. Numerous Applications For Judge of Kansas City Court. The following additional applications for the appointment as judge of the city court in Kansas City, Kan., have been file with Governor Stanley. C. O. Littick, M. H. Newhall, Repre sentative J. S. Kdwards, John T. Sims, John Davidson, Harry Dean, F. H. Bar ker, John B. Campbell, W. L. Cowden and H. C. Weston. George Griffith, who is at present a driver of a patrol wagon in Kansas City, has also made application for the place. SIXTIETH IS OUT. New Volume of Supreme Court Re ports Issued. The sixtieth volume of the supreme court reports has been completed and is now being distributed. This volume contains 129 opinions, written by the justices as follows: Dos ter, 4.'!; Johnston. 41; Allen, 10: Smith, 35. Opinions per curiam were filed in 3 cases, of which seven are reported, the others being listed by title and number in the appendix. Chief Justice Doster filed separate opinions in five cases, dissenting in three and concur ring specially in two. Mr. Justice Johnston filed a dissenting opinion in one case and in two cases stated his dissenting views in the general opin ions. Mr. Justice Smith filed separate dissenting opinions in two cases. 21 INJURED In a Wreck on C. H. D. Near Toledo. Detroit, Mich., Nov. 10. Miehieran Cen tral No. 310, of the Cincinnati, Hamilton &z Dayton limited northbound, was wrecked near Vienna, Mich., about 12 miles from Toledo last night, smashing four of the cars and the engine and in juring: 21 persons, none of them it is thought fatally. The seriously injured Charles Krell, Detroit, badly hurt about chest and arm; John O'Neill, fireman, Detroit, badly cut about head and body and scalded. The other injured received slight cuts and bruises and most of them were able to walk without assistance. Their names are: Mrs. R. Sehoen. Miss drace Matthews, Detroit; Orlando Oatwinkell, Merrimac. AVis. Ben Reinhardt, Toledo Leroy Spencer. Detroit; Thomas II. Con way, Detroit; D. M. Ashmore. Detroir Mrs. "Whipple, Monroe; Charles A. Riije low. Detroit; A. 11. Calvin. New York: J. R. Lenthal. Detroit; Charles Calvert, Detroit; (.ieor-ere Craty. Toledo: J. H. Mad ison. Cleveland: Jacob Rosenthal. Detroit; John McKay, Indianapolis: William Ham ilton, engineer. Detroit: .Harry i-ieidmr, brakeman, Detroit: George Palmer, ex press agent, Detroit; Raul Madeau, bag-gagemastt-r, Detroit. The railroad official? assert that the rails were tampered with causing them to spread when the rapidly moving train struck the curve. The engine and four of the five cars were thrown on their sides, the rear car remaining upright. It is almost miracu lous that the passengers escaped with such slisht injuries. There was no panic after the wreck and most of the passen gers and crew were able to extricate themselves from the debris. Relief trains were sent from Detroit and Toledo and ail but two or three passengers continued on their journey. The track was torn i.p for about -fo feet. The officials expect to have it cleared by noon today. A NEW W A II MACHINE. Invented by a Carpenter Residing In Chicago. Chicago, Nov. 10. Silas J. Coyne, a carpenter, has invented a new imple ment of warfare. The device consists of a series of kites, supporting a cable upon which a "trolley" kite is made to travel. The troliey kite carries a bomb of high explosive powder, which is automatically released by means of specially constructed keys, of which Mr. Coyne is the inventor. He claims to be able to support a cable nearly seven miles in length by using a number of the kites in tandem. The traveling kite will support a weight of more than twenty pounds. It folds auto matically upon releasing the bomb and returns of its own weight. Successful practical tests are said to have been made of the kites. BLACKBURN TO BUY AN. Writes That Goebel and the Whole Ticket Has Been Elected. Lincoln, Xc-b., Xov. 10. "W. J. Bryan has received a letter from ex-Senator Blackburn, saying Gcebel and the entire Democratic state ticket ha.i been elect ed and that the Democratic majority in the legislature would be thirty to thirty-rive on joint ballot Mr. Brian will take part in the rati fication meetinc tonight. M?ny promi nent fusionists of the state wiil be pres ent. Mr and Mrs. Bryan and their young est davsghter start for Texas in a few days to remain some time. SAT ON ANDREWS. Chicago School Board Refuses to Hear the Superintendent Chicago, Xov. 10. Superintendent of Schools E. Benjamin Andrews, formerly president of Brown university, was de nied the right to speak before the school management committee of the Chicago board of education today. He was interrupted in the midst of an em phatic protest against an action which the committee was about to take. The committee refused to hear his protest to its end and refused to grant him op portunity to explain and then passed the measure against his advice. The superintendent's protest was drawn forth by an evident intention on the part of the committee to grant six teachers the certificates of elementary school principals without examination Weather Indications. Chicago, Xov. 10. For Kansas: Fair tonight and Saturday; colder in east portion tonight; northwest winds. WHAT lW0ULD DO Congressman Long Talks About Work of Congress. He is Greatly Interested in the Merchant Marine. WOULD BUILD IT UP. Will Labor to That End in Legislative Hall. Thinks the Nicaraguan Canal Should Be Built. Congressman Chester I. Long is In the city on political business, being en gaged in a final conference with his friends, the chief object being how to dispose of the candidacy of W. M. Wal lace, which is becoming exceedingly troublesome. Mr. Long goes to begin at this time the preliminary work of the first session of congress in which his term begins. For several weeks he will be engaged in department wcrk and ex pects to be busy until the opening ses sion. To a Journal reporter today Mr. Long talked of his plans for legislation during the coming session of the na tional body of law-makers. "There are three measures," he said, "in which I am particularly interested. The first is the Pacific cable; second, the Xicaraguan canal; third, the mer chant marine. "To which of these I attach the most importance is a difficult question to an swer. To all of them I am devoted and I believe they are three of the principal and most important subjects before the American people today. On the subject of the cable there is not much to be said except that it should be owned or controlled by tne federal government. "Of the merchant marine there is much to be said. Our merchant marine has been on the downward grade for years until now it amounts to prac tically nothing as compared with the record of a few years ago. "In 1S46, 80 per cent of our commerce was carried on under our own flag. In 1S66 60 per cent of it was credited to our flag, the remainder being developed by ships sailing under foreign flags. In 1886 but 11 per cent was carried by our own flag. These conditions must be remedied. I am in favor of doing busi ness under our own flag. "I am not ready to say in what way this change in that particular class of business shall be brought about. There are but two ways. The one which was formerly used, discriminating tariffs; the other method is by a system of sub sidies. There are many opponents of the subsidy plan while many other eminent men oppose the discriminating tariffs. These tariffs were levied in fav or of vessels carrying our own flag. That is to say, preferences were given for vessels carrying the stars and stripes. This, of course, created much opposition in other countries and has resulted in treaties with forty different foreign powers, in which we have agreed not to levy this tariff. "Should we desire to change the plan and return to the discriminating tariffs we would be compelled to abrogate those treaties. This feature of the transaction would cause much opposi tion which might prove sufficient to change the condition and bring us to the plan of securing government aid. While this plan does not please some men, yet it does carry some advantages. I am not now prepared to say which method I shall favor, but there is one thing I will say and that is that I am in favor of restoring the merchant ma rine to its proper place the front rank among the nations of the world. "This is desirable for many reasons, but the most important is the benefits which it will carry to all the people. We have 75 millions of people in the Vnited States, but we have inventive genius enough to supply products for 130 millions. We want to keep the home market. We thought some years ago that we would not but we have all changed our minds and must protect this important feature of our business. With the productive powers of the country we wiil also desire to stimulate our foreign trade. For this reason I am in favor of keeping the Philippine is lands because in those islands I believe the future great development of our commerce will take place. There are business enterprises and business pos sibilities in those islands which must be developed and the most successful method of doing this will be under the protection of our own country. There fore, I say let us do it with the flag of our own country flying over the vessels which take the impiortant part neces sary in this great enterprise.'' Mr. Long was asked if he believes the government should control the con struction of the Xicaraguan canal. He replied by saying: "That is a question which I have not answered for myself. Many men who have made the proposition one for thought and study, are in favor of the government controlling the canal from the beginning of its construction until it is completed and forever thereafter. As to the latter proposition. I am con vinced that the best plan would be to have the government own or control the canal after it is completed. On the other phase of the question I have not made up my mind. I am not yet con vinced as to the merits of the proposi tions, the construction of the- canal by private enterprise or under the super vision of the government. I stand ready to support the plan which I be lieve to be the most commendable and embodying the most satisfactory results to the American people. "I am not at this time ready to say that the canal should be constructed across Xicaragua. A commission is now investigating the land and will undoubtedly be ready to report at the opening of congress. The canal will be built across the isthmus at some point yet to be selected. It may be in Panama or Xicarasua. I am ready to make a selection of the location at the proper time, but before casting my vote I will make a careful investigation of the whole matter and endeavor to ally myself with the friends of the most beneficial arrangement." Mr. Long was asked if he favored the enactment of a service pensron law. To this question he replied by saying: "b'nder the present system of dealing with the question of pensions I doubt whether a service pension law would be practicable, but in my opinion, the time is coming and not far in tne future, when such a law will find a place upon our statute boks. I will surport it. too. if I have the opportunity. At the pres ent time I am In favor, as I have al ways been, of the most liberal pension policies and hope the time will never come when this government will not deal liberally with its defenders. The question of a service pension law is one which has not been frequently brought up in the past few years, but I believe that it is one of the most im portant questions of the near future. At this time, I am in favor of the most liberal interpretation of existing pen sion laws and am always glad to be of service in the matter of claims present ed by my friends." One of the principal reasons why Mr. Long goes to Washington this early is that he has a large number of pension claims which he desires to have dis posed of before congress convenes. He has many claims which will receive his personal supervision in their progress through the department. mELVERN BANK LOOTED Burglars WTreck Safe and Build- in: With ExpIosi?es and Escape. "Melvern, Kan., Xov. 10. The bank of Melvern, Robert Elmore, president, was robbed last night of about $tX'0 in cash and notes and checks to the amount of several thousand dollars. There was a large amount of money in the bank the earlier part of the week, but it had luck ily been paid out to cattlemen before the institution was looted. It Is thought the robbers had heard of the big deposit and had not learned of its withdrawal. Explosives were used and the safe and furniture were demolished and the build ing badly wrecked. There is absolutely no clue to the thieves. An attempt was made to rob the same bank a month ago but discovery was made in lime to foil the scheme. STILL IN DOUBT. Both Sides Continue to Claim Kentucky. Louisville, Ky., Xov. 10. The uncer tainty regarding the result of Tues day's election in this state is not likely to be removed for some time. Both sides still claim victory, the state chair man of each party asserting that hiff ticket has a plurality of about 4,000. Xewspaper returns from Republican sources give Taylor a plurality of 3,438, while those from Democratic sources make Gobel's plurality 941. These lat ter cover all but 35 precincts in the state, although several reports from counties give estimated pluralities in stead of actual. Of the missing pre cincts five are in Louisville, which went Republican this year, 20 are in strong Republican counties and ten are in strong Democratic counties. Feeling among the factions has been aggravated rather than allayed by the developments since Tuesday. Excited meetings are being held in many parts of the state to protest against frauds which, it is alleged, are contemplated by the leaders. Xothing short of the official count will determine the result and it is a foregone conclusion that the announcement of that count will simply change the scene of the conflicts to the courts, or to the legislature, where is will appear in the form of a contest. FINAL BULLETIN. Cincinnati, Nov. 10. The Western Union today issued its last bulletin on the Kentucky election saying: With complete returns from 94 counties and nearly complete from 23 others, Taylor's plurality is 1.3S2. The two counties not reported, Leslie and Martin, gave in 1897 a Republican plurality of 1,135. JONES DENIES IT. Didn't Say He Was Trying to Help McLean. Toledo, O., Nov. 10. Mayor Jones has issued a signed statement in which he denies that he had said "if my race has in nny way contributed to the success of John R. McLean and a rebuke to the infamous policy of the administra tion. I feel that it has not been in vain." Major Jones then says of imperialism: believe the non-partisan vote of Ohio may be recorded as favoring a Christian policy toward the J nilippinrs. Personally, I believe the Filipinos have a right to be free as well as the Ameri cans, and I have frankly said so when ever the question was rait-ed. but I have no thought whatever of trying to represent any other man as believing as I do. I want all men to be free to speak for themselves." A FRIEND OF CLAT'S. Miss Vrooman Dies Insane at the Age of 82. Chicago, Nov. 10. A special to the Record from Eldora, la., says: Miss Melissa Jane Vrooman, of El dora is dead at the Independenceflowa'v hospital for the insane. She was th? personal friend of Henry Clay and dur ing her younger days was one of the leading educators in the state of Ken tucky. She was born in 1817. She lived among and taught the children of the Clay, Speed, Speer and Hunter fami lies. Miss Vrooman retained all her mental faculties until three months ago, when her mind failed, and at the age of S2 she was sent to the asylum for treatment. DEWEY'S DOG DEAD. Bob, the Olympia's Mascot, Succumbs to Paralysii New Tork, Nov. 10. Admiral Dewey's Japanese dog "Bob," w ho acted as mascot on the cruiser Olympia on the voyage homeward, is dead at the hos pital of a veterinary surgeon in New Brighton, S. I., of paralysis. When Ad mrial Dewey arrived at Tompkinsville, the dog was taken ill and was placed in the care of a veterinary surgeon of Tompkinsville. who was instructed to take the best of care of him. FIFEU APPOINTED. Washington, Xov. 10. The president has appointed former Governor Joseph W. Fifer, of Illinois, a member of the interstate commerce commission, vice W. J. Calhoun, resigned. Young Mr. Houssr Dead. St. Louis, Mo., Xov. 10. Daniel M. Houser. jr.. son of D. M. Houser. pro prietor of the Globe-Democrat. died at his home here last night of typhoid fever, aered 2y. Mr. Houser' derh causer great shock among his numerous friends and acquaintances, he having only been i!l a week. He was treasurer of the Globe Democrat company and was looked uoon as the successor to the control of "the paper in the natural course of events. FIGHTINGJDA1LY. Bombardment of Ladysmith Is Continuous. Boers Hare the Town Com pletely Inyested. LITTLE HARM DONE. Neither Side Appears to Suffer Much Damage. Battles In Progress on Threa Sides at Once. New Tork, Nov. 10. World dis patch from Estcourt says: Trust worthy information concerning the act ual state of affairs in Ladysmith conies from two civilians who arrived today, having escaped from the besieged town by evading the British patrols and stealing through the Boer lines. They say that both the town and the British army are completely invested and that artillery firing back and forth is con tinuous. The bombardment Is heavy, but its effect is represented to be petty. The Boers are slightly superior in strength but the British forces maintain a vig orous defense fighting daily. There were engagements on three sides of Ladysmith last Friday, the accounts of which previously received through na tive rumors t Kafhrgrams) were great ly exaggerated. The rumors the Kaffirs circulated of brilliant British victories were beginning to be accepted as true because, though not conlirmed, they were not contradicted, and it was cer tain that Gen. White was holding out. Gen. White gained no important suc cess. The main British attack was on the Boer batteries stationed on lsim bulwana Hill, to the eastward. The British loss in that action w..s about 150 killed or wounded. It is supposed that the Boers suffered far more. There was fighting also in the direc tion of Colenso on the south. The third fight was a smart attack made by Col. Brocklehurst on the Free State Boers posted near Dewdrop on the southwest. The British drove the Boers back there and disabled one of the guns which had been heaving shells into the British camp. The British lost in that fight two offi cers Capt. Kapp and Lieut. Brabant and eight soldiers ana 20 oiticers and men wounded. Gen. White requested Gen. Joubert to permit the women, children and non combatant males to withdraw from Ladysmith in order to escape from the bombardment. Gen. Joubert replied by inviting them all to come under the protection of his guns on Isimbulwana Hill, but he said that he should consider the mt-n who accepted this offer of security having borne arms, as prisoners of war. The mayor of Ladysmith called a mass meeting of all the inhabitants on Saturday to consider the proposition. The townsfolk resolved to "accept no terms from the enemy," emphasing that decision by singing the national anthem with the spirit characteristic of the colony. WORD FROM DULLER. London, Xov. 10. The British war office has received from Gen. Duller the following dispatch: Cape Town. Thursday evening, Xov. 9. Have received by pigeon, post frm (Jen. White today the following: "The bombardment at long range by heavy guns continues daily. A few casual ties are occurring, and no serious harm is being done. "The Boers sent in today a number of refugees from the Transvaal under a flag of truce. A flag of truce from Ladysmith met them outside the pickets. When, the party separated the Boer guns fired on it before it reached our pickets. "Major Gale of the Royal Engineers, was wounded today while sending a message. "The entrenchments are daily grow ing stronger and the supply of provis ions is ample. KILLED HIS WIFE And Himself in Presence of 200 People. AlJentown, Pa., Xov. 10. Georer "W. Kern, a hotel proprietor, today shot and killed his wife and himself. The couple had not been living together lately. Mrs. Kern had hoarded a street cur and her husband followed and stood on the rear platform, displaying a revolver. She ran from the car screaming" and sought the protection of about wiro mill employes, who had just finished work on the Light shift. Kern hastened aftr her and drained her into his hot!, barri caded the door with a chair and in full viw of the crowd shot h"-r dead. He nm into another room and there killed himself. Kurn was 3$ yeaxs old and his wile 1!9. HARNETT'S MAJORITY For Btato Treasurer In Pennsylvania Is 106,215. Philadelphia, Xov. 10. Complete figures from every roiinly in the slat, n r y all of them unofficial footings of the offi cial return?-, show that th- plurality of l-Jarriett iU-p-)- candidal e f r s?n e treasurer, over Creasy (Ij-m.). is VjS.1.'1.. The full vote was i In rnett H-t. 4-i.-Tf-O; Creasy iJm.), ::i; auiw-ll Cro hn bit ion liii. Total vit', 7M. a siisrht increas over the vote f ir stat treasurer in lf'7, and 15. Ml I---s than tho vote f'r the governor last year. .Harriett was the victim f consldf-rn b! cutting, he falling: about lS.2'f vot-s b low Hrown, th1 Republican candidate fr supreme court judti. Harnett carried 4' of t h T7 count!"--, His pi ural it i-s in the t wo la rte-. conn t of Philadelphia and Alleghany were 543 and 14,70 respectively. 0031 PAUL'S NEPHEW. Marries a Chicago Canada. Girl la Detroit, Mifh., Xov. T. Oeortre A. Kruger, of Chicago, a nephew of Presi dent Krueer of the Transvaal reput.IS". and Miss I'.ertha Murk, of Chi'-ifo were married fit Sandwich, Out.. yeter.jay. The groom's ae was recorded as 2, ami the bride'.s as 2. That he should travel peveral hundred miles to be married on "British soil at a. time when Oreat Hritain is endeavoring to put "-nce Paul' out of business. Young Kruger explained, by saying thnt he was anxious to a-void the inib'iei' y that would be Riven to his marriairo tv the Chicago papers. He ventured the opinion that Britain would find the Boer on of the hardest propositions she hail ever tackled.

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Sold by Druggists in every part of the world. Be sure to ask for "Mrs. Winslow'a Sooth ing Syrup" and take no other kind. Twen-Xi'-iivu cents a bottle. Blood i m a a a u 4 POSTMASTERS. Will Be Interested la the Wash ington Report Of the Fourth Assistant Post master General. WORK OF DIVISION. Given In Detail as to Offices Established. Removals For Cause and Mail Depaedations. Washington, Nov. 10. The annual report of J. G. Bristow. fourth assistant postmaster general for the year ending June 30, 1899, has been made public. It says in part: The bureau consists of three divis ions; the division of appointments, the division of bonds and commissions, and the division of postollice inspectors and mail depredations. APPOINTMENT OF POSTMASTERS. The work of the division of appoint ments for the fiscal year has been much lighter than the preceding year. The policy of former administrations of re moving fourth-class postmasters for political reasons, regardless of length i of service, resulted in the changing- or postmasters in all of the important fourth-class offices early in those ad ministrations. The four years' terms of the great majority of fourth-class postmasters, therefore, expired early in this administration, which accounts for the greatly decreased number of ap pointments made during the fiscal year as compared with the preceding one. This division, therefore, during the fis cal yf-ar has been able to give special attention to disciplinary measures and the general improvement of the ser vice. There were 14.604 appointments made during the year, 1H.523 being of the fourth-class and 1.0S1 being presiden tial. There were 2.93." postofflces establish ed during the year. There were 1.303 postofflces discontin ued during the year. A number of postofflces which might be styled private postotliees have been discontinued during the year. Infor mation has come to the department that there were a number of postofflces being conducted throughout the coun try for the sole benefit of some corpor ation, nursery company, patent medi cine firm, or other private business in stitution, the result being that the gov ernment was not only deprived of its legitimate revenues, but said institu tions were also receiving undue ad vantage over competing firms m postal facilities. The company or corpora tion would usually have someone con nected with this institution appointed postmaster, and the iirm would get the advantage of the cancellations or the salary and allowances of the postmas ter. To permit such postoifices to ex ist not only greatly reduces the revenue of the department but may be fruitful of fraud, and is. in the judgment of this bureau, very much against public poli cy. In some instances these corpora tions or business institutions derived thousands of dollars of revenue from the government, which virtually amounted to a commission or discount on their postal business. RURAL FREE DELIVERY. The extension of the rural free de livery service throughout the country has resulted in the discontinuance of Sod postofflces, the salaries of the post masters at said offices aggregating $4,719. Upon the urgent request of the patrons a number of these thees have been re-established, and many more re quests for re -establishments were on file in the department at the close of the fiscal year, that had not been act ed upon. On June 30, 1S99, at the close of the fiscal year, there were even 75,000 post- OII1CPS. BONDS AND COMMISSIONS. The aggregate amount of the bonds of postmasters in force at the close of the fiscal year was $130,000,000. The bonds approved during the year amounted to $40,039,000. The gross revenues of the department for the year amounted to $15,021.384.17. The loss from insufficiency of bonds amounted to but $19,505.06, a surpris ingly small amount of loss, consider ing the vast sums of money handled by postmasters, being only about one fiftieth of one per cent. Special attention is called to the de crease in the number of postmasters re ported by the auditor of the treasury for the post office department for in formalities or delinquencies during the year, as compared with the previous years, and also the decrease in the number of notices sent to sureties, no tifying them of failure of postmasters to comply with the postal regulations in making their returns to the auditor or of their delinquencies. Number of postmasters reported by the auditor for informalities or delin quencies: 1S9J 831 1S99 423 Number of notices sent to sureties, notifying them of failure of postmas ters to comply with the postal regula tions in making their returns to the auditor, or of their delinquencies: 189S 2.362 1899 l,iol This greatly improved condition is due largely to the strictness with which this Bureau has required postmasters to comply with the postal laws and regulations in the handling of public funds, and also to the vigilance of the inspector force. INSPECTORS ANT MAIL. DEPREDA TIONS. The division of postoffice inspectors is one of tne most important adjuncts of the public service. The general direction of the force is vested in the chief postof fice inspector, with headquarters at the department. The duties performed by the inspectors embrace a wide scope, and a faithful performance of those duties is of the greatest importance to the welfare and integrity of the postal service: and I am xleased to announce that during the last year the force has attained a high order of efficiency, and deserves special commendation for the vigilance, industry and intelligence with which the inspec tors have executed their numerous and important duties. The annual inspection of every money order office has been undertaken during the year by the inspector force, and the experience in this division has proved that this yearly inspection is in a fmrh degree beneficial to the service. Impnfer meth ods and irregularities which would other wise go urithecked are thus promptly brought to the knowledge of the depart ment and corrected. Heretofore the prac tice has been to inspect money order offices of the fourth-class onlv upon spec ific complaints against the condition or management of such offices. In com pliance with the order sbcive referred to, there have been about 4,000 more post offices inspected during the vear than during any other year in the history of the department. REGISTERED MAIL, CASES. Of the total number of complaints of loss o registered mail, 1,512 of the alleged losses were recovered, collected, and the amounts returned to owner. The actual msmber of canes in which loss was estab lished was 451. The total number of reg istered pieces handled by the department during the year was 15.90.14o, making an average loss of but one piece in every 25. 9M pieces of registered mail handled. The record of the department for the last four years on loss of registered mail is as fol lows: The losses in 1896 were 19 per cent of the total number of cases referred and inves tigated or an averageof one piece in every 2.2r.4 handled. In 1M!7 the loss was 1i per cent of the total number of cases referred and investigated, or an average of one piece in every 22.840 handled. In 1S9S the loss was 9.9 per cent of the total number of c:uses .referred and investigated, or an average of one piece in every 24.'i.'3 pieces handled: while the loss for 199 was S.7 per cent of the total number of case;? re ferred and investigate'1., or an average of one piece in every 25.0m! handled. ARRESTS. The total number of arrests during the fiscal year, as shown by exhibit 1. was 1.H79. Of this number 139 were postmast ers. 31 were assistant postmasters. 41 were clerks in postoffiees. 21 were railway pos tal clerks. 34 were letter carriers. 4H were mail carriers and 34 were employed in min or positions in the postal service. The total number of postoffice burglars ar rested was ;;t;l and the remainder of Hti9 were persons in nowise connected with the postal service. Of the total number arrested (1.079). 903 were disposed of in I'nited States courts, r- suiting in 031 convictions. Two died awaiting trial, 3 forfeited bail. 15 escaped from custody, while 49 were acquitted. In S5 proceedings were dismissed. 124 were discharged on preliminary examination, and 74 were discharged by the grand jury, leaving 0"1 cases pending in United States courts on July 1. lv;t9. in state courts 87 cases were disposed of. resulting in 68 convictions and IS ac quittals, leaving 2S cases awaiting trial at the close of the fiscal year. FINANCIAL STATEMENT. With an aggregate amount of $1,429.52 on hand Julv 1. Iv.S, there was collected the sum of J244.297.2S, making a total of $245,725.80 to he accounted for. of which amount $244. 299. 41 were disbursed, leaving an unexpended balance "of $1,426.69 at the close of the year. Attention is invited to the fact that the total amount of cash collected and disbursed $245.725.SO is equal to 53 per cent of the last annual appro priation for postoffice inspectors. This money represents collections of balances due from postmasters, penalties for vio lations, amounts recovered on account of fraudulent use of the mails, and collec tions of amounts illegally received by postmasters through false cancellations, as well as collections in cases of robber ies of postofflces. wrecking of mail trains, highway robberies of mail staires and moneys received on account of loss in the ordinary and registered mails attributable to carelessness, accident or larceny. SPECIAL WORK IN ALASKA. The material increase in the population and the important development of Alaska have necessitate'! a good deal of attention on the part of the inspector force to the postoffioes in that territory during the last year. An inspector was detailed to make an overland trip from Valdez, on Prince William Sound to Eagle, on the Yukon river, a distance of nearly 50u miles urgent requests having been made fnr the establishment of postofflces along this proposed route. There were so few set tlers, however, found in this interior country that only one office was estab lished, and the practicability of trans porting mails over this ail-American route is a problem yet to be determined. RECOMMENDATIONS. The following are the recommendations ma.de in the annual report of the bureau for the fiscal vear: That provision be made for the payment of incidental expenses incurred bv local officers, or others, in the arrest, detention and keeping of prisoners charged with violations of the postal laws until such prisoners can be transferred to the cus tody of the United States marshal. That a statute be enacted authorizing postofilce inspectors to take out search warrants whenever the same mav be nec essary in the prosecution of their official duties. That an appropriation be made for the purpose of constructing look-outs where ever in the opinion of the postmaster gen eral, the same may be needed. That the interstate commerce law be amended to prohibit common carriers, to wit, telee-raph and express companies, or any of their employes, from aiding and abetting in the green poods or lottery swindles, or any other scheme carried oil partly by mail and partly by common car rier, and which is in violation of the pos tal laws. That, owing to the losses and delays which are constantly occurring on ac count of small pieces of mail matter slip ping in large unsealed envelopes, the loose pouching- of such circulars, calen dars, etc., be prohibited. That a newspaper wrapper of a larger size than the one now issued be provided. SHARES WORTH $600,000. rAppleton'3 Popular Science Monthly.! In the rein of James I water was sup plied by two or three conduits in the prin cipal streets of London, and the river and suburban springs were the sources of supply. Large building-s were furnished with water by tapping these conduits with leaden pipes, but other buildings and houses were supplied by "tankard bearers," who brought water daily. A jeweler of the city, Hu?h Myddleton by name, believed something better could be done, and he proposed to bring1 water from Hertfordshire by a "new river." He embarked in the undertaking, sank his fortune in its conduct, and appealed to the king for assistance. James granted this aid. taking one-half of the shares of the company thirty-six out of the seventy-two shares into which it was di vided. The shares that remai tied re mpined received the name of "adventur er's moiety." The work was completed in ltn3, and water was then let into the city. So little was the measure appreciated that its first years were troublous ones for the share holders. The squires ob jected to the river, believing it would overflow their lauds or reduce them to swamps and destroy the roads. The city residents adopted the use of the water slowly. The shares were nominally worth 100 apiece, but for nearly twenty years the income was only lii shillings, or per share. In 17;;6 a share was val ued at Jus. and by ISi it had risen to A;4:U Ss. With the first years of this cen tury the company prospered and its bene fits were widely applied, reflecting this change in the value of its capital. In 120 a. share was worth ll,5ul) and in 178 the fraction of a s h a r e was sold at a rate which made a full share worth 91,o0i. In 3SS the dividend distributed to each share was 12. 010. Kleven years later, in Julv. 1. a single share was sold for iHiSOO. or nearly $rft,ij.xi. The nominal capital of the company in lsc4 was 4:3. :Ko,h. and besides its water franchise it holds large estates and valuable prop erties. I 9 til u Usa Condensed mil& LKgiri ftp?! vezfAvtim tor. rOj hMA-tinfcJ MOTHERS. Borden's Con-densed Milk Co., N. Y. strife SPORTING NEWS. Missouri Tigers Not In Form In the Drake Game. Had Fought Five Hard Battles In Two Weeks. ON FOREIGN FIELDS. Iowa Had All the Luck In That Contest. K. 17. Should Not Be Orer-Con-fldent Thanksgiving. Columbia, Nov. 10. The Missouri Tigers reached home Sunday afternoon from Des Moines, la., where they met their first defeat at the hands of the Drake University team of that city. The men are all in good spirits and have no excuses or apologies to offer. They are frank to confess that the game they put up was a miserable specimen of football and almost devoid of team work. It may be said, however, in jus tice to them, that the condition of the team was miserable, largely due to the playing of so many games in so short a time, and the consequent long, tire some travel, their total mileage during the tour being but little short of 2,000 miles. The night before the Drake game they did not get into Ottumwa until 11 o'clock p. m., and on Saturday, the day of the Drake game, they arose at 4 o'clock, and, oh account of the noise made in the chair car which they occupied, the team got no more sleep during that day. Reaching Des Moines at 10 o'clock they did not eat breakfast until 10:30. It does not require a football expert to understand that no team can play five hard games within two weeks, all on opponents' grounds, and, do justice; to themselves in the last and hardest game. The management is entirely too enterprising and would do well to take into consideration the good of the team along with other matters. The fact is the whole Missouri team was worn out and bruised up to such an extent that the only wonder is that they prevented being smothered. When Captain Kramer found that lie would have to go into a hard game with a team of "dead ones" he certain ly could not expect the result to have been diiferent. When Kruse, the usual star of the game, who is in every play, only makes one tackle during an entire game (a fact he admits regarding the game with Drake), there is something radically wrong. The boys have no hard luck stories to tell, but from one who is considered authority, and who has seen Missouri and Drake play in this and other games this season, the opinion is given that Drake has no li cense to win from Missouri, both being in condition. The same authority also says that Drake's two scores were the direct result of three fumbles by Mis souri, which, had they not occurred, would have at least allowed Missouri to punt and put her goal out of dan ger. According to the Des Moines corres pondent of a St. Louis paper, the play of the Tigers was faster than and as good as Drake's, barring their fum bles, which allowed Drake to score. All newspaper reports, as well as the de cision of the Iowa referee, failed to give Missouri credit for a touchdown made just as the whistle sounded call ing time at the end of the first half. Ac cording to the Missouri timekeeper, William B. Kurruss. the time had not expired by 30 seconds. Whether or not Missouri played as good a game as Drake, it is very evident that if the Tigers are so fortunate as to get a return game when they are in form there will be quite another story to tell. ERNE AND O'BRIEN MATCHED. They Will Box For the Lightweight Championship. New York, Nov. 10. Articles of agree ment for a match between Frank Eme and Jack O'Brien for the lightweight championship of the world will be signed today. The men have agreed to all condi tions and nothing remains now to clinch the match but the men's signa tures to the agreement. The contest will take place at Coney Island within four weeks, and will be limited to 25 rounds. Erne has completely recovered from his recent illness, and in a letter to his manager today said that he would be prepared to enter the ring in about three weeks. The purse offered by the Coney Island Sporting club is $5,000. MAHER AND M'COY. They Are Actively Training For Their Fight November 30. New Tork, Nov. 10. Peter Maher and "Kid" McCoy have started active pre parations for their 25 round battle, which is scheduled to take place at Coney Island on November 30. McCoy has secured training quarters at White Plains, where he makes his home, and he will be assisted in his training by William Muldoon, the for mer wrestler. Maher will continue his work at Westchester, and expects to be in su perb condition when he tackles the Hoosier boxer. Both men are anxious to win out, as the winner probably will be matched to fight one of the leading heavy weights. FANCY PRICE FOR PHRASE. E. M. Lock-wood of Poughkeep9la Pays $4,750 For the Mare. Chicago, Nov. 10. The bay mare Phrase (2:1214), by Onward, brought $4, 750 at the Splan-Newgass auction sales. The bidding was spirited. E. M. Lock wood of Poughkeepsie, N. T., being the buyer. After the sale Mr. Lockwood announced that he would enter the .n'c 1,-, 'P.... ..i O I .nut iuc laiiaj ivaiiia uian,: iiril I year. The next best price of the day jjdna iur u'.anioiiLi niitr Dy Ked Heart, dam by Dictator. He was purchased by Bert Seeger of Vienna, Austria. Seventeen other head were sold at prices ranging from $200 to $500. FITZ ASKS FIRST CHANCE. Australian Wants to Meet Jeffries in Three Months. New Tork, Nov. 10. While many aspiring heavy weights are clamoring for a. match with Champion Jim Jef fries for the championship. Bob Fitz simmons is quietly preparing to issue a challenge for a return match with the Californian and within a few days will post a forfeit to bind the match. Fitz simmons believes that he can defeat Jeffries, and says that he will be pre- pared to enter the ring in three months' time. The ex-champion thinks that he should be the champion's next opponent, as his record entitles him to first con sideration. "I am glad that Jeffries is still the champion," said the Australian today, "but I would rather have had him put Sharkey out. Now I will have a chance to win my lost laurels, which I believe I can do if given an opportunity. I will fight three months from now. "If he will accept my challenge I will immediately begin to train. 1 jam sure I will be victorious. I have Been de feated only once in my career and I think I am entitled to another match with my conqueror." It is said that Manager Brady agreed to give Fitzsimmons the first match if he defeated Sharkey, but since the fight nothing definite has been done in regard to Jeffries' future plans. The champion himself does not know what he will do until he has a confer ence with his manager. SHORT OF PLAYERS. Three More Needed For the Southern Trip of Bancroft's Team. Cincinnati, Nov. 10. Manager Ban croft has arranged with six men for his southern trip. So far the team in cludes Eeveer, pitcher; Latimer, catch er: Beckley, first base; McPhee, second base; MeCormick, third base, and Ka hoe, left field. He is yet in need of a shortstop, a pitcher and one more out fielder. No one but a member of a Na tional league team need apply. It is quite likely that Jesse Tannehill may go on the trip. There is also some chance that Hahn may be one of the party. Manager Bancroft has arranged dates for the team to play Memphis. Tenn., Helena, Greenville, Natchez, Vicksburg, Baton Rouge and New Orleans. NOT IN CONVENTION HALL. Missouri Tigers Oppose Playing Foot ball In the House. Kansas City, Nov. 10. The representa tives of the football teams of Kansas and Missouri universities were in conference all day yesterday at the Midland- Messrs. Elliott, manager of the Kansas team, and Rothwell, manager of the Missouri team, have examined the rules very carefully and with the assistance of Coaches Yost and White, preparations have been made for the ..necesssary revision that will be required if the game is played in file hall. "There will be but few changes requir ed," said Mr. Elliott last night. "We have spent the greater part of the day making preparations for changing the rules wher ever it is necessary. Further than this we have accomplished little today." It is evident that there will be little done toward renewing the effort that has been made to cancel the contract that has been made with the convention hall man agement, until the Kansas university alumni meet and discuss the matter. Coach V'ost, of K. V., does not care much whether the game is indoors or not, but Coach White of the Tigers is deter mined that the game shall be played on the regulation gridiron. EASY FOR M'COY. Knocked Out Jack McDonough In Fourth Round. Buffalo, N. T., Nov. 10. Kid McCoy knocked out Jack McDonough of St. Paul, Minn., in the fourth round of what was to have been a twenty round go at the Hawthorne club annex last night. The men fought at catch weights. McCoy out fought and outpointed McDonough at every stage. The St. Paul man was evi dently afraid of his opponent and did not venture a lead for the rirst three rounds, while the crowd shouted derisively. In the fourth round McCoy sent McDonough to the tloor with a left on the jaw and again with a right on the same spot, lin ally knocking him out with a left on the wind. Champion Poodle Dead. New Tork, Nov. 10. Champion Millo, the best known black curly French poodle in this country, and the winner at bench shows of countless blue rib bons and special prizes, died on elec tion day at the Meadowmere kennels, Southampton, L. I. Millo and Chloe were brought from France about 1893. The two were the first poodles owned by Mr. Trevor, who liked them so well that he established the Meadowmere kennels and made further importations of the breed. Millo won all before him, and was soon placed in the champion class. He was very intelligent and good-natured, and made many friends among bench show visitors. E, TJ. to Play at Emporia. Emporia, Nov. 10. The Kansas State university will play football in Em poria Saturday. Manager Somers, of the Normal team, has arranged for a game between his team and the Uni versity team. The first game for the Normal was against Ottawa, and was defeated by only one touchdown. To day the Normal is in probably 100 per cent better shape than at that time. Washburn was beaten by the Universi ty 35 to 0, and last week the teachers beat the Topeka school 11 to 0. Wellington Shooting Tourney. Wellington, Nov. 10. A large number of expert wing shots were here Thursday participating in the annual tournament of the Wellington Gun club. Prizes ag gregating are offered for the best scores in twelve events. Although three events were to be pulled off in the morn ing, the crowd was so large that the sec ond event was not finished at noon. There were thirty entries in the second event. Tame Fight at Leavenworth. Deavenworth. Nov. 10. A fifteen round fight was billed to be pulled off here last night before the Dixon Athletic club of this city, between "Lucky Jim" Thomas of Lawrence and H. n. Smith of Denver, both colored lightweights. Five tame rounds were fought and the referee made no decision. The attendance was poor. Football at Wellington. Wellington. Nov. 10. The Sumner Coun ty High school football team has accept ed a challenge from the Chilncco Indians to play a game in this city Thanksgiving day. Wednesday afternoon the police ar rested the following for selling liquor: A. C. Townsend, R. Jones, Ed Tymon and P. Henessy. "I have been troubled a grrcat deal with a torpid liver, which produces constipa tion. I found CASC ABETS to be ail you claim for them, and secured such relief the first trial, that I purchased another supply and was com pletely cured. I shall only be too glad to rec ommend Cascarets whenever the opportunity Is presented. J. A Smith. 920 Susquehanna Ave., Philadelphia, Pa. CANDY CATHARTIC TRADE MAJtK BCOISTIRIO-

r Fleaaant. Palatao,e. i'otent. Taste Good. Do Good. Sever glckeu. Weaken, or Gripe. 10c. 26c. Stic CURE CONSTIPATION. fttcrltBf Be4r Cpur. Cbioge, W ontr.il. S.w Turk. SSO FrtT?1 I? i f1 Sold and cnaranteed by all Crug J 1 U'bMW gist k tVii Xcbacco Habit. Imv y vor en t 1 KANSASJiEWS. District Federation of Clubs Meets at Wellington. Second Annual Session of Wo men's Clubs. A LARGE ATTENDANCE. Some of the Most Noted Wo men In Kansas Present. Mrs. Humphres, Mrs. Peters, Mrs. Prentis and Others. Wellington, Nov. 10. The Seventh District Federation of "Women's clubs held its second annual convention in this city Thursday with a large attend ance of delegates. Among those pre senting papers or delivering addresses before the convention were Mrs. Hum phrey, of Junction City, president of the state federation; Mrs. S. R. Peters, of Newton; airs. Noble Prentis of Kan sas City; Mrs. J. Willis Gleed, of To peka; and Mrs. R. P. Murdock, of Wichita. The convention was delayed a little in opening Wednesday night by the lateness of trains. Mrs. J. A. Fontron, of Hutchinson, president of the Sev enth District federation, is present and presiding. Mrs. I. I. Scott and Mrs. M. McLean opened the meeting with a piano duet, after which Rev. J. G. Cun ningham pronounced the invocation. Mrs. M. M. Carson then gave the ad dress of welcome. Mrs. Anna Jones of Lyons, responded with appropriate re marks. Mrs. J. P. Gensler then rendered a vocal solo. Mrs. J. A. Fontron, president, at this point delivered her annual address, which was followed by Mrs. W. H. Maddy's original poem. The title of the poem was "Laugh, and the World Laughs With You." Mrs. Fontron spoke briefly on the work that had been accomplished in the last year and made good recommendations and pre dictions for the future. It was at this point that Mrs. Humphrey made an ex cellent address on the progress of the clubs throughout the state. A quartette consisting of W. H. Burks, Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Woods and Mrs. W. T. McBride, favored the audi ence with a beautiful selection. Mrs. S. R. Peters of Newton then spoke on the growth of clubs since the first inception, and brought out brief ly the social features of the federation. Mrs. Noble Prentis made a short talk, directed principally to the Prentis club. Misses Florence Wilson and Gertie Hitchcock then rendered a mandolin selection, after which a reception was given in the church by the Wellington ladies to the visiting delegates. De lightful refreshments were served. THURSDAY MORNING. Mr3. Fontron, the president, appoint ed committees on nominations, creden tials and resolutions. The reports of the various officers were received from which ideas were gained as to the scope of work the ladies' clubs were doing. Mrs. Alice M. Turner of Newton, president of the department of educa tion, read a paper on "Manual Train ing." Mrs. R. J. Parker of Newton and others discussed it. Mrs. F. J. Davis of Larned read an interesting paper on "Should Parents Choose the Life Work of Their Children," in which she held that if children were properly trained in their youth they would in most cases make no mistake in choosing their life work. A discussion of this subject was led by Mrs. Al Weatherly of Harper. After the report of the credentials, the roll call of delegates was nad, which was followed by two minute report of clubs. The morning session then ad journed and the Wellington ladies serv ed dinner at the church. An interesting programme was given in the afternoon and evening, followed by a reception. Following is a list of the delegates present Mesdames Jones. Lyons; Martin Ful ton, Weatherly, Wesifield, Miss Fulton, Crocker, Harper; Fontion. Watson, Sponsler, Whiteside, Carysenter. Hut chinson; Singer, Murdock. Priddy, Foler, Wichita; Allman, Susan Dix, Jones. Pratt, R. J. Parker, E. R. Mc Laughlin, Winne, S. R. Peters, New ton; Jas. Humphrey, Junction City; Jennie McGinn, Sedgwick; F. J. Davis, Larned; M. S. Kelsey, Sterling; Noble Prentis, Kansas City; G. W. Willis, Solliday, Buck, Kingman; Rucker, Mulvane; Gletd, Topeka; Burnette, Neal, Caldwell. THIEVES WERE BOLD. Six Mules and a Horse Stolen, Proba bly For the Transvaal. Leavenworth, Nov. 10. One of the boldest raids known in the history of the county was perpetarted on the farm of Thomas Knapp near Lowemont some time last Sunday night. A party of thieves in a buggy drove over a road that had not been traveled for 20 years and entering Mr. Knapp's pasture stole six valuable mules and one horse and got away with them. One mule that was a little lame was not taken. One theory is that the mules were scattered to remain until search is stopped when they will be sent south to be shipped to England for use in the Transvaal. Mr. Knapp's loss is be tween $300 and $600. HELD BY QUARANTINE. Wichita Man in the Midst of an Ok lahoma Smallpox Scare. Wichita, Nov. 10. Mr.A. M Carr, pro prietor of the Carr bicycle works of this city, did not get home to vote. He is quarantined at the little town of Yukon. O. T., on account of an outbreak of what the city physician there term ed smallpox. The scare was so intense that a strict quarantine was put into effect immediately on the report of the outbreak and since then, over a week ago, no one has been allowed to either come out or go into the town. Mr. Carr is one of the unfortunate ones. MISSING ATCHISON MAN. Thought to Have Been Discovered Dead In a Cornfield Near Caney. Atchison, Nov. 10. Early in Septem ber last John Van Rossen of Eden, Atchison county, left for Colorado, and nothing has since been seen or heard of him. Lately a body was found in a corn field near Caney, Kan., buried six inches below the ground, and it is be lieved that the body is that of Van Rossen. The description and circum stances agree. Van Rossen left Atchison with two teams in company with a man and his wife. Caney people say two men and a HAPPY WOMEN. Plenty of Them in Topeka, and They Have Good Reason For It. Wouldn't any woman be happy. After years of backache suffering. Days of misery, nights of unrest. The distress of urinary troubles, She finds relief and cure? No reason why any Topeka reader Should suffer in the face of evidence like this: Mrs. J. S. Newberry, of 1115 Kansas avenue, says: "I was afflicted with kidney com plaint for three years or more, and though I tried remedies of various kinds I never found anything to do me much good until I procured Doan's Kidney Pills at Rowley Snow's drug store and took a course of the treat ment. The beneficial results obtained from the use of three boxes gave me a high opinion of the merits of this rem edy. My backache was relieved and my kidneys straightened so that I could rest well nights. My husband also used Doan's Kidney Pills with equally good results." For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents. Mailed by Foster-Milburn Co., sole agents for the United States. Remember the name, Doan's, and take no substitute. woman camped near where the body was found, and quarreled. Afterward the dead body was found in the field. Van Rossen was about thirty years old, and was married, but had separated from his wife. RETURNED THE FLAG. Company F of Twentieth Kansas Re deem a Fledge With Honor. Fort Scot!:, Nov. 10. Major Martin and company F, Twentieth Kansas reg iment last evening publicly returned to the Christian young people and the Y. M. C. A. of this city a large silk flag which was presented to the company by the young people's societies and the Y. M. C. A. nearly two years ago. The flag was carried through the 27 engage ments in which the company participa ted in the Philippines and was formal ly returned to the givers in the pres ence of a large gathering of people with imposing ceremonies. It was the only flag carried by the Twentieth ex cept the regimental flag. THOUGHT TO BE SHORT. Postmaster MoNulty, of Thayer, Said to Have Defaulted. Fort Scott, Nov. 10. Postoffice In spector Stice Thursday afternoon ar rested Postmaster Thomas McNulty, of Thayer, on the charge of being $775 short in his accounts with the govern ment. He was brought here last even i ing and arraigned before United States Commissioner Mosher, who placed him j under $1,000 bond. He could net give I bond last night, but was allowed to re main at a hotel. He is a prominent man of Thayer and father of a Twentieth Kansas soldier who has just returned. BEES AND HONEY FAY. Four Timea Four Hundred Percent Profit In Their Culture. McPherson, Nov. 10. L. Scott of Win dom has had a remarkable success in money making on Italian bees. Two years ago he bought one swarm of bees, which has multiplied to twenty-five swarms. He paid $3 for his first swarm and every one he has now is worth fully that besides all the honey he has se cured. He disavows any special merit in raising them and says any one can do the same. PRAIRIE CHICKEN AND QUAIL. Shipped Illegally Cost a McPherson Man $23.95. McPherson, Nov. 10. In Justice Burns' court Thursday Thomas Mc Numara, who is buying poultry and game here, pleaded guilty to the charge of unlawfully shipping a prairie chicken and a quail which had boon unlawfully killed. He was fined $5 and costs, amounting to $23. S3. A LIFE POSITION. Dr. Boyakin Aged 93 Years Again Elected Coroner in Marshall. Blue Rapids. Nov. 10. The venerable Dr. Boyakin, ninety-three years of age. make a sprightly race for coroner of Marshall county, beating his opponent by a big majority. The memory of man runneth not back to the first election of Dr. Boyakin as coroner, and Mar shall county hopes to never have an other coroner than the doctor. Pensions For Kannana. Washington, Nov. 10. Pensions have been granted as follows: Original Isaiah M. Welch, Burton, $12; Luther Latta, Harding, $16; John L. Slawson, Osawatomie, $6. Renewal Center L, Tillotson, Berry ton, $8. Increase William J. Cox, Galena, $S to $10; James C. Kelso, Skiddy, $8 to $12; James B. Jacobs, Logan, $S to $X. Reissue Abraham B. Tucker, Bluff City. $24. Original, widows, etc. Minors of David H. Whitney. Topeka, $12. Big Parsons Failure. Parsons, Nov. 10. Deputy United States Marshal Mooney arrived in the city yesterday and took charge of the Elerick stock and closed the stores. This action was taken on the petition of creditors. The extent of the liabili ties of the institution are not yet ac curately known but are said to besorne where between seventy-live and ninety thousand dollars. Powder Plant Burned. Calumbus. Ncv. 10. A housf of Laflin Rand Powder works near this place burned Wednesday. During the fire several destructive explosions occurred and one man was dangerously Injured. The building, with f large amount of material and machinery-, was complete ly destroyed. Webster-Tulloch Coal Co. have moved their uptown office 3 doors west of their old location on West Eighth St. The new number is 116. Is it a burn? Use Dr. Thomas' Eclec tric Oil. A cut? Use Dr. Thomas' Ec lectric Oil. At your druggists. Webster-Tulloch Coal Co. have moved their uptown office 3 doors west of their old location on West Eighth St. The new number is 116. CASTOR I A For Infants and Children. Th3 Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of

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TOPEKA STATE JOURNAI FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 10, 1899 The Star GROCERY J. S. SFHOAT, Prop. Tel. 252 112 East 6th St. Wholesale and Retail Saturday Bargains. 4 quarts fancy Cranberries Krks, per dozen Primrose Creamery Butter, per It). "0 rbs finest California. Granulated Sugar 1. 3-tb i-ans California Table Peaches 3-Ib cans Cal. Table Apricots 3-lb can Cal. Table Pears 2- Ib cans Cal. Table Plums 12 S-tb cans Cal. Table Cherries Tt-lb cans Kastern. Table Pears 3- rt cans Eastern Table Plums 2-lh cans Kastern .Blackberries, 2 cans 2-lb cans Kastern Blueberries, 3 cans 2-lt cariij Kastern Gooseberries, 3 cans 2- tb cans Kastern. Raspberries, 3 cans Ttiverview Sweet Corn. cans 3- ib cans Solid Pack Tomatoes, 2 cans Lima IVans. 4 cans "White Wax Beans. 4 caiV Bed Kidney Beans, 4 cans ft-lb cans Pumpkin, per can Hart Brand Peas, per can 1- tb cans Oysters. Z cans Warren's A-l Salmon, pel' can. Bed Salmon. 2 cans Anderson Jams. cans Arbuckle and Lion Coffee, per pktr. Levering's and XXXX Coffee, per T'kr Try Salt Bacon, per Tb Armour's White Bard, per tb "Wolff's Capital Hams, per tl Sugar Cured Breakfast Bacon, per n, Sugar Cured California Hams, per It 2- lb roll Armour's Best Butterine.. Bakers' Premium Chocolate, per tb Grape 'Nuts, per pkr Postum Cereal, per pk? Vitos. per pkg: ShreJed Wheat Biscuit, per pkg... Wheat lins, 3 pktfs New Navy Beans, 8 ttis New- Lima Beans. 4 lbs Fancy New Red Ribbon Kips, 2 lbs Fancy Condensed Mince Meat, 4 pkes Fancy Home Grown Potatoes, per bushel Fancy Country Sorfrhum.per gallon r.-lb pails Apple Butter r-lb pails Jelly 20-lb pail Preserves 1. 6 pkijs. Best Corn Starch 8 lbs Gloss Starch 4 1-tb pksrs. Soda Royal and Price's Baking Powder, P'd lb-can 2r.-lb sack Billard's Corn Meai a lbs pure New York Buckwheat F.our 6 lbs fancy Mississippi Rice 4 lbs fancy Japan Rice 4- lb pkjj. Gold Dust 10 bars Siik Soap 10 bars White Itussian Soap "10 bars Lenox Soap Ivory Soap, per cake Yeast Foam and Ralston Yeast, pr pk? 3 sacks Table Salt 15 lbs Pearl Hominy 15 lbs Hominy, errits 4 pkps. Columbia Oats 2 pkes. Quail Oats 8 lbs bulk Scotch Oats 3 pk.es. Aunt Jemima Pan-Cake Flour 3 pkss. Kasrle Pan-Cake Flour.. 3 i kgs. self-rising Buckwheat Flour 3 pkKS. Pearline Basket Fired Japan Tea, per lb Gunpowder Tea. per lb Oolong Tea, per Tb Pint Bottle Best Bluing 3 pksrs. New Currants 2 pkgrs. New Seeded Raisins Fancy California Peaches, per tb.. Fancy California Apricots, per tb.. 3 lbs California Raisins 3 pkers Vermecelli Of) 3 pkprs. Macaroni We Give Premium Stamps. fel l iiJ M k M SHORTEST LINE. COLORADO FLYER. OCK)00KK000XK(KKKOOC000 Now- is a good time to try us on FAMILY WASHING. See our fbirt and Collar and Cuff Work. Topeka Laundry Co 'Phone 153. oooooooooooooooooooooooooo Homeasekers' Excursion via Santa Fe Route. On Nov. 7th and 21st will sell tickets to points In Arkansas, Arizona, Louisi ana, New Mexico, and Texas at one tar a plus $2.00 for round trip. RAILROADNEWS. Tra-rel to California TFill Be IieaTj Thii Winter. Santa Fe Officials Are Pleased With the Outlook. RUN TRAINS EARLIER. Limited Serrice Started Too Late This Year. Railroad News of a General and Local Nature. General Passenger Agent Black of the Santa Fe is authority for the statement that Santa Fe limited trains willbeput on much earlier next year than was the case this year and has been the case since the limited service was inaugura ted three years ago. A reason for this is found in the fact that for over a month preceding the establishment of the service last Tues day the Santa Fe was compelled to run one or more extra Pullman sleepers daily on the overland train from Chi cago to the Pacific coast. The outlook for California travel this year is particularly bright, and the Santa Fe oflicials expect the success c-f the limited service this year to out class that of previous years. The Santa Fe has the shortest route into southern. California, and as the bulk of the tour ist travel is to Los Angeles and other points in the southern territory, that road has an advantage in the competi tion for California business. The fait that extreme cold 'weather has not yet made its appearance in the east, and travel to California has al ready been extensive, seems to be an other indication of general prosperity. A winter sojourn in southern California is an expensive luxury. It is believed that the limited trains will be run daily next winter. The opening of the Santa Fe line into San Francisco will iiave something to do with this. MILLIONS FOR EQUIPMENT. New fork Central Mas Ordered Cars and Engines Aggregating $8, 000,000. New Tork, Nov. 10. To meet the pressing demands made upon its carry ing capacity in consequence of the jtreat business revival all over the country, the New Tork Central Rail road company will spend $8,000,000 of $15,000,000 in hand for rolling stock. Many of the contracts already have been let and others will be given out as rapidly as the capacity of the locomo tive and car construction companies will permit. One of the big items in this improve ment is 90 locomotives, which already are in course of construction. Five of them will be equipped with the firebox invented by Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr. This feature is not used from sentiment but because the tests of the invention have been thoroughly satisfactory. The advantages of the Vanderbilt firebox are that it gives greater heating sur face, quickens the producing power and is easy to repair. All over the country the car shops are working to their full capacity. In many instances day and night shifts are be ing employed. Railroad companies are demanding quick completion of con tracts, and consignors and consignees are crying for a quicker delivery of freight. To meet the demands made on it, the New Tork Central has ordered 9,500 new fre.ght cars. The contract has been placed with the American Car and Foundry comnay, which represents a consolidation of the car companies of the country. There will be 9 000 box cars, 4,000 coal cars and 500 flat cars. Another contract has been awarded to the Pressed Steel Car company, of Pittsburg, for 250 steel flat cars for heavy freight. Next month the first consignment of this new rolling stock will be received and put in service. In a short time contracts for 50 first-class passenger coaches will be let. COAL RATES JUMP. Railroads Preparing to Send Them Skyward Within a Fortnight. Chicago, Nov. 10. In railway freight circles it is regarded almost as a cer tainty that within the next few weeks, perhaps within a fortnight, the recently advanced prices on coal will be sent up several notches higher. The inabili ty of the railroads to provide adequate facilities for transporting the winter's requirement of the fuel to the markets, the traffic managers say. will be direct ly responsible for the additional ad vance. Coal cars are scarcer now than they were several months ago. when the hauling of the winter's supply of coai was begun, the demand today being al most twice as great as at that time. The railroads, feeling that they are en titled to a reasonable share of the gen eral prosperity, have advanced rates on the fuel, several of the eastern ones having ordered another raise, to go into eflect next Monday. The advance of next week applies to points west of the Big Four road from Cleveland to Co lumbus, and will be on shipments from "West irginia. Pittsburg and Ohio fields. It w ill be 15 cents a ton to points in Illinois. Indiana and western Michi gan, and 10 cents a ton to eastern In diana, western and northern Ohio and eastern Michigan. At present the coal traffic associations are preparing the tariffs en the basis of the advance, which soon will be issued. Kansas City's Gain. Kansas City. Mo.. Nov. 10. The gen eral offices of the Kansas City North ern Connecting Line. Omaha. Kansa3 City and Eastern and Omaha and St. Louis railroads, ail affiliated with the Pittsburg and Gulf, have been trans ferred from Quincy. 111., to Kansas City. The moving of these offices means that about sixty clerks, the greater number of whom ham families, will become res idents of Kansas City. That Monster Engine. Centralia. 111., Nov. 10. Although the official results of the trial of the big Illinois Central engine have not yet been compiled the employes of the mas ter mechanic's office here have an nounced that the result will prove that the engine will do all the work it was built for. The tests were made on the grades between this city and the Ohio river on Sunday and Monday. By spe cial devices it was learned that the en gine pulled 2,017 tons up the hills. Acqtrre Mexican Road. Monterey. Mex., Nov. 10. The syndi cate of American capitalists which was recently organized under th? laws of New Jersey, with a capital of $7,000,000, has acquired the Mexican Northern railroad, which runs from Escalon, on the Mexican Central road, to Sierra Ojada, in the state of Chihuahua, and the line is to be immediately extended to Monterey and Mineral Belt railway, which was recently purchased by the syndicate. W. S. Towne, the millionaire mining and smelting man of Mexico, is at the head of the big syndicate. He is also president of the Mexican Northern Kailroad company. Electric Headlights For TT. P. Cheyenne, "Wyo., Nov. 10. Electric headlights were tried on Union Pacific locomotives for the first time between this city and Laramie this week. The new light was very satisfactory and officials and employes were well pleased with it. It is understood the company will equip all of its engines with the electric headlight at once. This im provement, together with the straight stack which is being put on all en gines, will make the Union Pacific lo comotives up-to-date in every way. 1,000 Men Given "Work. Evanston, Wyo., Nov. 10. Kilpatrick Bros. Collins, the railroad contract ors, have unloaded an immense amount of grading machinery, horses, etc., here during the past week for commencing work upon the Evanston-Piedmont cut off of the Union Pacific. Over 500 men will be at work before the close of the present week and 1,000 men will event ually be at work on the line. Business interests here are being materially ben efited by the advent of this large force of men. City of Mexico Sleeper. One of the longest through sleeper services in the world will be inaugu rated by the Santa Fe road Sunday. This line will begin operating a daily first class sleeper between Kansas City, Mo., and the City of Mexico. The dis tance between the two points is 2.396 miles. During the entire run there will be no change whatever. The Expected Happens. The Central Freight association, which controls the lines east of Chicago and St. Louis, met in Chicago and de termined to drop commodity rates after January 1 and restore the rates which were in effect a year ago. The new rates will be on an average of 15 per cent higher than those now in effect, and will apply to very nearly two thirds of the freight handled by the railroads. Now that eastern lines have declared their intention, the western lines will doubtless follow suit and the rates west of the Mississippi river will so up. Railroad Celebration. "Wamego, Nov. 10. "Westmoreland, the county seat of Pottawatomie coun ty,, celebrated yesterday the comple tion of the Kansa'i Southern railroad branch of the Leavenworth, Kansas "Western railroad. The branch is nine miles in length and runs between Blaine and Westmoreland. Crowds attended the celebration. L. V. Sprsgue of Wa mego was one of the speakers. A com mittee from the Wamego Commercial club met representatives of the new railway to consider the southern exten sion, of the road to Wamego. SANTA FE LOCALS. Milt Player, foreman of the round house, has returned from a few days' stay in Chicago. Engineer Harry Cunningham, of Ar gentine, was a visitor at the round house Thursday. Engineer John Tally is laying off. Engineer Byron Ghent has reported for work. To Jones is laying off. Engineer Andy Neaugebauer is on the fast mail run in the place of Engi neer Tally, who is off. Engineer Roger Williams has gone to Argentine to work. Engineer Frank Randlett is off for a few days. Machinist McMahon, of the south shop, is in Kansas City being treated for an injury to one of his limbs. He will probably be gone a couple of weeks. Machinist Ben Baird and Rob Schwarze have been sent to Welling ton temporarily, owing to the increased work caused by the immense traffic in that territory. FROM NEWTON. Tt has not been decided what the Hutch inson Southern will be cailed; probably the "Ponca City branch." Al Moore has finished the first six miles of his contract on the Oklahoma and Kastern. He will start immediately on another stretch of road, nine miles in length. Operator Wright, who formerly worked in Xiekerson, was here shaking hands with old friends. He has been in Mexico and Is on his way to the Panhandle for a position. Superintendent T. T. Bailey has ported a bulletin for the information of conduc tors on the Hutchinson and Southern branch that Santa Fe transportation will be honored on the line in future. t Fireman George McQuiddy was granted a short leave of absence this morning. Oeorge is at present holding down the i 1 and 8 run. Car Clerk A. O. Werries hns resumed his official duties after a thirty days leave, during which time he was east and accompanied his wife to Newton. Fireman LMck Woodbury lias returned from an extended visit "all over the coun try" and is hardly recognizable by his friends, having grown a full beard while away. The employes of the Hutchinson and Southern are still holding their jobs. A report was circulated after the sale of the road that the Santa Fe would make a clean sweep of all employes of the road and would install old time Santa Fe men. I but such has not been the case and the H. A: boys are still doing business at the old stand. Many of tliem are former Santa Fe men. FROM LAS VEGAS. Conductor Frank I. Williams is no lon ger with the Santa Fe at San Marcial. Laurence Smith who for some time has been a restiiar freight fireman running out of Albuquerque, has been promoted to a passenrer engine. William Whftaker of Raton has been promoted to a position as engineer on this division. Brakeman R. R. Carman has returned to the city to resume his position with the railway, after a seven weeks' visit in B oosierdom. Quite a number of cars of oranges from Hermosillo, Mexico, are going throutrh weekly to the east. These orange- are packed on the backs of burros, a distance of 1"0 to 150 miles to the railroad, pav a duty of one cent a pound, or sixty cents a box and yet the growers compete with the California article. Freight business on the Santa Fe branch has greatly increased in the past few months. A year ago the branch was handling about two cars of freight per week for the Denver and Rio Grande road, but is now averaging five cars dailv. making a good showing of busines for both roads. The business consists mfun'.v of shipments of ore to Colorado point's from Cerrillos. Bland and San Pedro. OASTOniA Bears the 9 Kind You Have Alwavs BajgS 7h3 Kind You SigaatTue of OA. Sears tea yy ir.e una tcu nave ravs BC'Jrj Sigsatoro of o jsl. 1 3 x ac -a. Eears the The Kir.d You Havs A!'.vqvs BiEris Signature of DEWEY'S WEDDING TK1P. Crowd of Curious People Follow the Admiral and His Bride. Vew Tork. Nov.10. Admiral and Mrs. Dewey arrived in New York last night i from Washington. They were driven direct from the West Twenty-third fer ry to the Waldorf-Astoria where they are the guests of Mr. Boldt, the propri- etor of that hotel. The admiral and his bride did not register. Admiral Dewey and Mrs. Dewey will probably spend a day or two at the Waldorf. The admiral and his wife reached the West Twenty-third street terry at t:ao p. m. iney am not leave the hotel during the evening. The admiral and Mrs. Dewey got away from Washington without at tracting any attention. They came to New York in an ordinary chair car. Passengers who came over, Secretary Root among them, said that the ad miral and his bride were not generally recognized by the other passengers till after Philadelphia had been passed. Then there was a general desire on the part of everybody on the train to see them. People bought chair car tickets for the purpose of being in the same car, and others who did not get j chairs walked through the car for the I purpose of seeing the bride and groom. At the suggestion of one of the pas- I sengers a collection was taken up in i the other cars to buy some flowers to present to the couple, but a conference with the conductor showed them that j no flowers could be obtained until Jer- I sey City was reached, and the project was abandoned and the money refund ed. A group of the passengers got around the admiral, however, when he left his seat for a few moments near Elizabeth and a silk handkerchief with an Amer ican flag embroidered on it and a hand ful of cigars were presented to him. He accepted them in a good natured way. One old man grasped his hand and said to him: "Admiral, I saw you on the Olympia and in the parade. I want to say to you, may the Lord bless you." The admiral saw the man's kind feel ings and was visibly affected. He said: "That's good, I thank you. I'll go and tell my wife." Shortly before Jersey City was reach ed Secretary Root, who had intention ally avoided the bride and groom dur ing the trip, knowing that they would appreciate being together, went over and spoke to them. There was a considerable crowd in the Jersey City station when the train rolled in waiting to see the admiral and Mrs. Dewey. The boats were com ing with over commuters and there were more people outside the fence that separates the train shed from the gen eral waiting room. As the train stop ped the admiral rose from his seat and started with Mrs. Dewey out of the car. The crowd was waiting for them down on the platform and as he stepped down from the car he was cheered. The men in the crowd all doffed their hats, and the admiral lifted his. As he" walked down the platform additional cheers and individual greetings were given. The admiral looked the bride groom. His face was flushed, and he smiled back at the crowd and answer ed their greetings by lifting his hat again and again. Mrs. Dewey also bowed and smiled. The station master escorted the cou ple from the train to the Twenty-third street ferry boat. The crowd gave a final cheer as the admiral and his wife went down the gang plank to the upper deck of the ferryboat, and many of them rushed aboard for a moment to get a better look at them. The admiral took Mrs. Dewey around the deck, outside the big cabin and stood with her out in front of the pilot house, hoping to be alone. The crowd of passengers followed. They gathered in a semi-circle about the newly wed ded couple, and at times cheered the admiral and his wife. Exirmilabo ,ochty A newspaper man apologized for in truding, and remarked that this was an embarrassing situation. To this the admiral assented. He said that he rather would be excused, under the cir cumstances, from telling what his plans for the honeymoon were. After five minutes in this semi-circle of cur- THE BRITISH MEDICAL INSTITUTE. Has the Confidence of the Lead ing Citizens of Topeka. Have Patients Now From Every Part in Kansas and They Are Curings by the Score Cases Pro nounced Incurable by Leading; Doctors Offices 4J2 Topekj Avenue. THE MEDICAL. STAFF. W. H. Hale, M. D., chief consulting physician. S. E. iJcCully, M. D., chief consulting surgeon. A. L. Engrle, M. D., diseases of men, B. F. French, M. D., diseases of wo men. W. B. Andersen, M. D., eye and ear. E. D. Chapman, M. D., diseases of the chest. A. J. Shimp, M. D., diseases of the Blood. J. A. Home, M. D., genito-urinary diseases. E. L. Wilkinson, M. D., mind and nervous system. This eminent staff of physicians and surgeons will give their opinions and services free till November 15 and every person who is suffering from disease should at once apply for a question blank or call at their offices for ex amination and enrollment under their grand three months' offer of free treat ment MEDICINES EXCEPTED. There is no curable disease this emi nent staff can not cure! They cure thousands of patients yearly that have been given up to die. They treat and cure every form of disease humanity is afflicted with and THE! GUARAN TEE THEIR WORK. If you are de formed they correct the deformity. If your lungs are diseased come before it is too late. The cough of today is con sumption tomorrow. They guarantee to cure catarrh of any organ in any stage. Deafness. Thev guarantee to cure cancers by THE PERFECTPLAS TER DISCOVERED AND KNOWN BY THEIR MEDICAL STAFF ONLY. They guarantee to cure every case of varicocele without knife or ligature. They guarantee to cure the vices and weaknesses of men and women. Every form of blood disease. Specific sores, skin diseases on any part of the body. Deafness, piles and every form of rectal trouble; no cutting cures guran teed. They positively refuse to treat incur able cases. Dr. S. Edward McCully, surgeon-in-chief of staff is in charge. Office hours 9 a. m. to 8 p. m. Xo Sunday hours. A stamp for return postage must be sent with every letter. SPECIAL So. 1. Men's All Wool Beaver Overcoats, in Black, or Blue, or Oxfords, at Would cost you 110.00 should we duplicate them Today. $746 Some Specials in Boys' and Childrens Dept. TOriORROW. Boys' Chinchilla Reefers, ages 3 to 8, worth $2.50, as long as they last for T H j I w r7 I Boys' Fine Topcoats and Reefers, ages 3 to 10 Reefers in Blue Chinchilla, or Tan Covert QC Cloth, nicely trimmed, for ltiUJ Full Line Children's Leggins, See our line of Children's Novelties, ages 3 to 8, at $2.45, 3.95 AIJD $4.95 ious people, the admiral and Mrs. Dewey walked into the cabin, which was almost empty and sat down to gether on one side of the benches.away back in the stern of the boat. They were alone only for a few moments, however. Then one by one persons be gan to walk around the cabin and to take seats opposite. In five minutes all the seats were crowded. The admiral appeared slightly embar rassed, but he talked on unconcernedly to Mrs. Dewey, trying evidently to ap pear unconscious of the curiosity of the other passengers. He took it all good naturedly. When the boat reached the Twenty third street ferry house, the crowd hur ried out to the street in front to see th distinguished passengers walk to their carriage and to give them another cheer. A big policeman, learning who was coming, opened a wide pathway through the crowd. The admiral did not come out the way the crowd expected, however. He apparently did not attempt to evade the curious. He simply went down with Mrs. Dewey to the lower floor of the station, instead of leaving by the wide stairway to the street, and entered one of the Pennsylvania railway eompany'3 cabs. The crowd in front learned what he had done when a cheer rose from some boys at the carriage entrance to the station and the carriage sped out and across to Twenty-fourth street with the horse at a fast trot. Half a dosen coupes followed and there was a race to the Waldorf. Secretary Root's coupe followed the admiral's a3 far as Fifth avenue and then turned off. The admiral's carriage turned at Thirty-third street and stopped in front of the private door to the apartments of Mr. Boldt, proprietor ot the waiaorr. The admiral and Mrs. Dewey hurried out of their cab and into the door be fore another crowd could gather. F. D. Thomas. Mr. Boldt's manager, met the admiral and his wife and led them to the private suite adjoining the apartments of Mr. Boldt, where they will remain while in the city. Mrs. Iewey's maid had come on an earlier train, and the baggage was already there. Dinner was also ready to serve in the apartment. The admiral and Mrs. Dewey will use jlr. Boldt's private entrance and will have their own dining room. The ad miral is not going to go about in dis guise, but it is his wish to be as little noticed as possible, and his movements are not to be heralded in advance. The admiral must have known when A Prescription IN EVERY SENSE OF THE WORD. GEO. W. STANSFIELD, 632 KANSAS AVENUE. Drug Store 604-606-608 KANSAS AVENUE. THAT WILL INTEREST CLOTHING PURCHASERS HERE t TOfvaoiKOWo i 17 VERY MAN should have a Topcoat or Overcoat now. When these are gone, we cannot, the way manufacturers' prices have advanced, duplicate and sell them at the low t prices we are offering Tomorrow. X SPECIAL So. 2. Men's Light Topcoats, in different shades also the Black or Blue Melton Cloth Overcoats, at These coats have ad vanced from $1.50 to $2.50. They are worth $12.00. $1.45 Very Fine wear, at HIEAM P. DILLON. President. f JUAB MULVANK, Vice President. s10. fcUWAKD WILDEli, Auditor. THE TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL f 13 ISSCRED I' Q The Shawnee Fire Insurance Company 1 OF TOPEKA, KANSAS. Q Cash Capital, $100,000.00. The only Company in Kansas Writes more business in Kansas and he was here a few days ago that he was to be married yesterday, for he had ev erything arranged for. Some flowers, sent in to Mrs. Dewey, were delivered at the hotel its the afternoon. Mrs. Dewey was dressed for traveling in a black tigered silk dress, trimmed with a white satin V in the waist, a gray traveling cloak, and a black vel vet and lace toque. The admiral wore a grey cutaway coat with black over coat and silk hat. The couple carried no luggage of any sort with them, but a jack'e in uniform was on the same train witr a bag and it is said he was in attendance on the admiral. He did not go over on the same ferry, however. COMING DUAMATI(JlEVEXTS The attraction, at the Crawford the ater both afternoon and evening Sat urday will be Paul Kauvar," the ro mantic drama of the late Steele Maekaye. "Puul Kauvar," is a play founded on the French Revolution, be ginning shortly after the Reign of Ter ror, and ending with the death of Ptobespierre. It is undoubtedly one of the strongest dramas ever written.and is credited with having a great run in the city of New York. In Air. Spencer's revival of thts play, he has given it a sumptuous staging, with new and ap propriate scenery and elaborate and historically correct costumes. The prices for the matinee are 00 and 25 cents and for the night performance range from 25 cents to $1. Labadie's production of "Faust" will be the attraction at the Grand Opera House Saturday night. The prices range from 20 to 75 cents. Of the pro duction the Paris, 111., Gazette had re cently the following to say: 'Faust' was presented at the opera house last night by the Hubert Labadie company. It was a classic and thrilling produc tion and moved to remarkable intensity every one in the house. Hubert La badie took the part of Mephisto, the arch enemy of mankind, and Mary Van Tromp-Labadie ably depicted Mar guerite." Paul Gilmore and hi3 company will be seen at the Crawford theater Mon day night in "The Musketeers." Mr. Gilmore's success has been, phenomenal since his opening October 1. At Chi cago he broke all records at the new Lyric, while at Dubuque, Freeport, Pe oria, Milwaukee, Omaha, Lincoln, Beatrice, Danville, South Bend and La Porte, the capacity of each theater was tested at each performance. One rea son for Gilmore's success is that he has surrounded himself with a capable sup porting company. Percy Cooke as "Captain D'Troville;" Augustus P. Cook, late of the Frohman forces, as "Bonancieu;" Mis Ethel Gordon Crein, as "Lady de Winter." the part played by her with E. H. Southern last season; Miss Elizabeth Stuart, as "Anne of Aus tria," and Miss Marguerite L'rquhart, PECSALS SPECIAL .o. 3. Men's Finest Topcoats, also the Black, Blue or Brown Melton Overcoats, some lined with quilted satin, at Cannot be bought to day and sold for less than $18.00. mm 1 1 I UNDERWEAR. Men's Good Jersey Bibbed Underwear 25c or Camel's Hair, at Heavv Fleece Lined Underwear, quality 3rou generally pay So..r::....50c Men's Fine Wool Un derwear, in flK' Grey or Tan, UJ Wool Under- g Qj Different shades. JAM KS W. COIN;. Siw'y und Mnnagor 'A JNO. It. ML'LVA-NE, Ireasuror. K Losses Paid, over $500,000.00. with a Paid-up Cash Capital. Topeka than any other Company J EV CKAWFOUD 0PiSB Matinee Saturday, Nov. II 'Sight Engagement of the Talented Young Amaricaa Acwr, MR. E. R. SPENCER, Acsompanled by Miss Isabel Pengra, In a grand revival of the late Steele Mackaye's Famous I'lay, an! iiauver Under personal direction of Thomas McKee. Great Company Carload of Magnificent Scenery Original Music. rrlces Niglit, SI, 75c, coc. 33c. 250. Matinee, 5Cc. and 25c. fiaie of seats opun. IEW CRAWFORD op33 1 MONDAY, November I3th. Engagement Extraordinary of tbe taintel ftomautic Actor, PAUL GILiWORE, And nil magnificent spectular production of Tiuiiias' Immortal Kouiance, THE MUSKETEERS. The ratio of th hour. The exact New YorT production. A fortune Teut ou costumes &ud scenery. A carloaij uf eltects. Prices Gallery 2oc, Bulcouy 3c and 50c, FIrs$ Floor 70c and Si. GRA DO I A 110 US E One Night Only Sat, Nov. II. Labadie's Grand Scenle, Spectacular and Mechanical I'roiluctiou ot the Immortal I Mr. Hubert Labadie. as MephlftJ Mary Von Tromp Labadie as..Marguerito The entire stage cleared for this sump tuous production. Every jdc of scenny (over 20,i0 square ft required fur tha play, carried by the company. Reserved seat sale will uejrin on Thurs day morning: at Fladd &c Orubbs' clru store. Pricea: 75, 50, 35 arid 25 cents. late of James O'Neil's company, as "Constance." "Alabama" come!" to thi Crawford! theater next Wednesday evening. It will be followed on Thursday evening by ''The Hustler."

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TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL. FRIDAY EVENING. NOVEMBER 10, 1899. 4 TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL. BY FRANK P. MAC LENNAN. .VOLUME XXVI. .No. 26J Official Paper of tha City of Topefca. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. rally edition, delivered by carrier. 10 cents a week to any part of Topeka. or suburbs, or at the same price in any Kan sas town where the paper has a carrier Fystem. liy mail, one year Jt Iy mail, three months -gV "Weekly edition, one year PERMANENT HOME. Topeka State Journal Building. ?00 ana 802 Kansas avenue, corner of h-main. NFJW YORK OFFICE. Temple Court Bldg., A. Frank Richardson, Mgr. CHICAOO OFFICE. Stock Exchange Blag. A. Frank Richardson. Mgr. LONDON OFFICE. 12 Red Lion Court, Fleet Street. TELEPHONES. Business Office e i i-j Reporters' Room Bell Phone bit Why can't a treaty be fixed up with Congressman Roberts? John H. McLean has lost the election, but he has gained a brother-in-law. Again has the golden rule in politics been proven to be an irridescent dream" and Jones, he pays the freight. Silver has taken a jump in the New Tork market but nobody has yet ap peared to attribute it to the result of the Nebraska election. Edward Atkinson consoles himself with the reflection that the administra tion candidate in Ohio received but a minority of the votes cast. Admiral Dewey has not yet aban doned his habit of doing in a hurry whatever he undertakes. This is evi denced by his speedy courtship and marriage. In Kentucky a contested guberna torial election goes to the legislature for settlement. The legislature of the Blue Orass state is Democratic but why pursue the subject further? A difference in the ways of doing things is made noticeable by the re ports from Cuba. Gen. Wood has ev erything in good shape in his province of Santiago and says he doesn't need BO many troops. The governors of the other provinces protest against the re call of any of those under their com mand. Chicago Journal: Senator Cullom says we can't afford to contract the reputation for land-grabbing that would go with a seizure of a part of the Chinese empire. There is no danger. I As long as the administration Keeps men like Otis in charge of its military operations, this country couldn't ac quire a reputation for land-grabbing if it wanted one. The new Australian constitution has devised a way to make the senators, or members of the upper chamber, re sponsible for their acts and amenable to the popular will. In the first place, the senators are elected by popular vote; in the second place, when the sen ate fails to agree with the house, a new- election must be held. If, after the new election, the two houses shall fail to agree, they are to sit as a joint body and a majority vote of the whole shall decide the matter in dispute. As the membership of the house is double that of the senate, the former body will have the decided advantage. This provision is to prevent a dead lock, such as some times occurs between the United States senate and house. In the report of J. L. Bri: tow, fourth assistant postmaster geneial for the year ending June 30, 1S&9, just made j public, it is shown that Kansas ranks 20th among the states in the number of postoffices within her borders. The gross receipts of the 1,6.1 Kansas offices for the year were $1,522.SS2.62. cr $1.10 per capita, making her rank 26th among the states of the union in per capita ex penditure for postal service. Pennsyl vania ranks first in number of postof fices, but ISth in per capita expendi ture. New York leads all the states in per capita expenditure, being excelled onlv by the District of Columbia, and Is second in number of post offices. The New Yorkers spent during the year for postal service $16,317. 974. 67, or $2 33 for every inhabitant. Mississippi stands at the foot of the list with an outlay of S4 cents per capita though ranking 19th in the number of her postoffices, HOW IT HAPPENED. From the Omaha Bee. The battle of Nebraska has been fought and the fusion forces have scor ed a decided victory. The battle was. however, altogether too one-sided. Bryan scoured the state from end to end and campaigned for weeks before the Republicans had even entered the field. He was amply supplied with cam paign funds raised by "Coin" Harvey and contributed by silver syndicates and political backers. He was support ed throughout the campaign by able stump speakers, who covered every point and labored to rouse the stay-at-home voters into activity. On the other hand Republicans labor ed under great disadvantage for want of necessary campaign funds, litera ture and speakers. With less than $3.C0J at its disposal the Republican state committee could not possibly carry on a vigorous or efficient campaign. Re publicans were furthermore hampered by the lack of active support from lead ers who hold positions in national councils. From the outset Bryan sought adroit ly to distract the people from the vul nerable record of the fusion standard bearer and the maladministration of etate affairs by forcing the righting over national issues on which Republi cans were more or less div ided. Taking advantage of the known opposition to expansion and standing armies among citizens of foreign birth Bryan and his lieutenants centered their tire chietly upon imperialism, thus neutralizing the trend toward the Republican party by good times. By these tactics the Populist voters who were inclined to change or stay at fcome. as they did last year, were lined fc tus lioleomb and brought out to vota for the sake of saving- Bryan from the disgrace that would have overtaken him as a, discarded leader. THE WHEAT SITUATION-. From the St. Paul Dispatch. The situation in wheat the world Over at the present time is that the would be purchaser of cash grain has the ad vantage on his side. He is practically the maker of prices. If his offers are accepted, as they generally are, he gets the wheat; if not, he is not wor ried, but contentedly waits till holders are ready to part with their property at even lower figures. For several months most of the offering has come from the selling side. Prices have gradually been borne downward, and it seems inevitable that the end is not until a cash demand is reached, suffi cient to relieve the great weight of accumulating stock3 in commercial c hannels. Both abroad and at home, especially the latter, the amount of wheat out of first hands is immensely greater than a year ago. The most salient feature of the domestic situa tion is that while receipts for four months at the great centers have been not much more than half what they were last year, and exports have been quite equal, still the supplies in sight have increased much more rapidly. This shows beyond question that the consumptive demand of our own coun try is being supplied to an extraor dinary degree directly from farmers' bins or country houses, whose stocks do not figure in the so-called visible supply. Other wheat exporting countries are exporting to Europe freely at prices tinder ours. English -rown wheat can be bouirht in Engla for less money than the price here plus the cost of getting it there. It is so in Fiance, nv- an,i Antria. T'ntil the pro gress of time brings a change in these conditions ot supply ana owiimu u-n.v material advance in the cash price of wheat in this country can not be sub stantial and lasting. GLOBE SIGHTS From the Atchison Globe. Many a loafer who never has any money, says he loses all his money gambling. Some men take up more time in talk ing about business than they do in do ing business. A man seldom falls in love with an old flirt, but if he does, he is seldom jealous of her. Every little woman wants to be a fat woman, and every lat woman wants to be a little woman. A South Atchison woman is not on speaking terms with her neighbors, owing to the mysterious death of her dog. When a girl who has been engaged before, puts on another ring, she has a faint suspicion that maybe there is nothing in it, and acts accordingly. When men loaf about the streets looking for election returns in which thev are not particularly interested, do they realize that they are not pre pared for winter? A man about to be hung does not look more terror stricken than the av erage bridegroom when he faces the congregation, after the marriage cere mony is performed. "I'll tell you how it was," a man said to a reporter today, settling down for a long talk about nothing. "No, you won't," the reporter replied; "I haven't time to listen." The reporter had his wages raised. England is generally hated, and Eng land is possibly the greatest nation in the world. Everything worthy is hated. Hatred is often a compliment. You can often pick out the useful men in every community by picking out the men who are most cordially hated. There is an old story to the effect that a king once made a beggar drunk, and, when the beggar awoke from his stupor, found himself on the throne, dressed in royal robes. The beggar, made the most unfair and quarrelsome king ever heard of. until he was told that it was all a joke, to amuse the real king and his friends. Any beggar would do the same thing. Everybody abuses the mule, but we have noticed that when a good team is necessary, a team that will work hard on poor feed, a mule team is selected. Everyone is afraid to go near a mule's heels, and there is a great deal of talk about the viciousness and promptness with which a mule kicks, but were you ever kicked by a mule? Did you ever know anyone who was? Is not the mule another example of patience, in dustry and worth abused by loafers? POINTED PARAGRAPHS. From the Chicago News. More men die of idleness than of hard work. False shirt fronts are the poor man's bosom friends.. The closer we get to our deeds the smaller they seem. In the politician's new bonnet you w ill find the same old bee. The one great drawback about loafing is the unsatisfactory compensation. Labor is the only successful collector of the living the world owes to man. If wishing would only fulfill our de sires but there's that troublesome "if" again. nen a man gets so ueepiy in love j with himself that he begins to celebrate his greatness he has reached the turn in the lane. If a girl refuses an offer of marriage ana oecomes a spinster, she may re- j gret it; and if she marries she may re gret it so what can the poor girl do? REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR. From the New York Press. It is probably nothing but contrari ness why women don't put out their own eyes with their umbrella prongs. After a man has been married two Rouse f the tor i pid liver, and cura biliousness, sick m headache, jaundice, nausea, indigesf tion, etc. They are in valuable to prevent a cold or break up a fever. Mild, gentle, certain, they are worthy your confidence. Purely vegetable, they can be taken by children or delicate women. Price, 25c. at all medicine dealers or by mail of C. I. Hood 6i Co., Lowell, Alass. years he never expects his wife to treat him as well as she does the hired girl. I wonder whether women are always cranky because they are thin or wheth er they are thin because they are cranky. The trouble with a woman who wears a man's collar is that you can always tell whether it is its second or third day on. The strongest kind of love is the most sensitive and the easiest chilled. A woman never' fully appreciates a man's love till she knows this better than her Bible. BILL AND FTJNSTON. Ride Dudley in Atchison Globe. Jes' think of orn'rv Billv Jones A-comin' from Manillar, He went away no bigger Than a good sized caterpillar. But now he's grovved about a foot; More money than a lender: Inste'd of eomin' home in rags. Why, William's here in splendor. He used to be so ripped an' torn. His clothes 'ud hardly hold him. An' hed the ragman spied him then. He'd snatched him up an' sold him, The women folks all hated him, He slouched aroun' so lazy, An' people said they guessed that Bill Wus slightly oft, cr crazy. But now it's different, and the folks Thet used to Jes' despise him. Are almost tickled half to death To git to recognize him. An' girls that wouldn't look his way, Now treat him sweet and tender, For inste'd of ragged Billy Jones, Why, William's hers in splendor. An Mrs. Jones Is tellin' 'roun' That Dewey he begun it. But after it was started good, 'Twas Hill an' Funston done it. An' so the folk.? thev praise him urj. An' call him nag-defender. An' inste'd of Orn'ry Ragged Bill, Why, William's home, in splendor. JAYHAWEER JOTS. Wichita is putting on airs because two citizens of that town are witnesses in the Hillmon case. A thief up in Clay county stole the bible from a church. He evidently be lieved in a free gospel. j A Burlington druggist rejoices in the name of Puffer. He should have been a country newspaper editor. Whenever a partisan paper succeeds in electing ite favorite candidate, it pronounces the result "a landslide." The dog catcher in Atchison caught only 13 dogs last month and sausage made a corresponding advance In price. Ed Howe is greatly worried over Dewey's matrimonial venture. He is afraid the admiral will be hen-peeked. Bent Murdoek calls William Dean Howells '"'the story writer." That's enough to make the Kansas literary set pass resolutions. An Iola young man had a long talk over the telephone with his Chanute girl the other day. and his father cheer fully footed the bill. The Republicans are now patting Carl Browne, the Coxeyite, on the back. He has been talking expansion at Emporia and waxing it to the Populists. The Sixth district hen must have been working overtime. A single com mission firm at Downs shipped 1.440.000 eggs to the eastern market during Oc tober. The wives and daughters of Kansas farmers will come in for a generous share of that two million dollars' worth of silks that was imported from China this week. "Judge" Margrave, of Fort Scott, cel ebrated the forty-fifth anniversary of his arrival in Kansas last Tuesday. He has been a justice of the peace during the entire time. A Lawrence man has a hat which has been worn for 21 years. He is prob- j ably deaf and dumb and can not talk through it, which accounts for its wear ing properties. Demosthenes is one of the corps of correspondents of the Eureka Messen ger, but he has changed his style some what from the days when he used to orate in Athens. Pap Eckert, who watches over the fraternity down in Cowley county, says there are only two unmarried newspa per men in the county, and that both o them have been exposed. A formerly-of-Atch'son mji: who now lives in London, calls himself Elwynn Barron. Just think of such, a thing as that from Ed. Howe's town! The Lon don man has written a novel. Iola Register: Lawrence is quite sot up over the presence of Dr. Jockichi Tackimine, the Jap who invented Taka Diastase. in the classical burg. The town girls will be calling him Jok be fore a week has passed. The latest from John J. Ingalls is that he continues to improve down in New Mexico, but it is not stated whether he has yet increased the length of his horseback rides to more than fifty miles per day. Wichita Eagle: When the Iola com pany reached that city the older women kissed the soldiers. The girls stood around and waited to be kissed and so far as the public has knowledge, were disappointed. Ernest Jordan, of Iola, has a pair of nickel spurs which he picked up near Malolos, and which formerly belonged to some Filipino officer. He has loaned them to General Funston to wear dur ing his next campaign when he goes back to the Philippines. Eighteen months ago, just before Fred Funston was appointed colonel of the Twentieth by Governor Leedy, he delivered a lecture in Hutchinson to an audience of 13 people, on his Cuban ex periences. He shivers now whenever he thinks of that reception. The Wellington Journal says a man in that town actually worked against the county high school proposition be cause last year he paid his taxes with rabbit scalps; that this year the county was too poor to pay the county, and he had to pay his taxes in cash, $1.87. The people of Lindsborg have to listen to the senior class at Bethany college get off this yell. "Rickety, rackety, siz-boom-rah! Century Bethany, rah-rah-rah. Razzle dazzle. Cicero boom! Cen tury Bethany, give us room! Razzle dazzle, out of right! Century Bethany, were all right!" Professor Penny, of the State uni versity, has arranged to take a party on a European excursion next summer. The entire cost of the trip from New York and return will be only $26o;."0. and the itinerary will include Scotland, Eng land. Holland, Belgium and France, in cluding two weeks at the Paris exposi tion. There are a whole lot of defeated can didates in Kansas just now who feel, as they remember the votes that were promised them, like David did when he male his celebrated statement. "All men are liars." David must have just completed an unsuccessful race for sheriff of Jerusalem county, when he made that statement. Charley Scott prophesies that whea the little Filipino boy, who came over with the Twentieth, returns to Luzon, full of Kansas ideas on farming, re ligion and politics, he will get himself elected dictator within thirty days. Charley must rave an idea that some body is going to haul down the flag over there, if dictators are to be elected by the people themselves. X INTERESTING X OF SATURDAY You will find important news here if you read to the end of our story. To those who make economy the basis of their selections to those who desire the novel and new in every particular, or to those who re quire durability and leave fashion entirely alone; to all of these we di rect our words, and think they will find our news important and interesting;. New Tan Jackets. JUST CAME TODAY. Also New Finely-Tailored Suits in Black, Brown and New Mixtures See them Tomorrow. The NEW FUR COLLARETTES came Thursday in Marten, Elec tric Seal, and Beaver. This makes our assortment very complete for Saturday Dress Skirts-Storm Skirts. JZl ture of the new Fall stock. We are showing; them in different shades and colors, in plaid back materials, at from $6.75 to $t0.00. All quality we have seen Special Saturday T are of uuusual value. Many trimmed Short and WHITE DRESSES. Infants' Shirts, Bands, Crochet Moccasins, Sleeping Garments. Everything that a Baby wear Low Prices on Corsets These lots will be Closed Out at Che low prices certain sizes; THE EMPORIA KLONDIKERS. Harry Lakin Given a Square Meal Tells His Experience. From the Emporia Gazette. Harry Lakin fed up last night. On the table at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. O. Lakin, was the bifrg-est feast that Harry had struck since his departure from Emporia, February 10, 1S9S. Never such a feast was heard of in Klondike. The chief thing was a fifteen-pound turkey and arranged around it were all the deli cacies that could be bought in Em poria and would look nice to a young man who was looking the fatted calf squarely in the face. The guests of the evening 'were the relatives and intimate friends of the Lakins. During the evening Harry unfolded a tale that laid soldier stories from the Philippines in the cool damask shade. Mr. Eakin. and Cliff llurge started home from Dawson City August S. Since then they have been on the way all the time. The boat in which they started from the Klondike made the trip ud to Cape Nome, the new mining camp. This place is without timber of any kind. The miners do not work the rivers and creek, but wait until the tide goes out and then go along the beach and dip pans of sand which they wash for gold. When winter comes this water is frozen and there the miners stay un til the warm weather returns. The boat picked up men all along this coast and their tale of suffering is something awful. Harry Lakin was in Dawson City the day that Harry Davis, another Emporia boy, killed himself. Mr. Lakin had gone out of town and returned about an hour after the tragedy. The Em poria men did everything possible for the burial of Davis. Mr. Davis was a well known man in Dawson City. He had many friends. There is some prop erty and about $1,000 in money which James Davis, the father of Harry Davis, will receive. It is being held by the company for which Davis work ed in Alaska. Lakin and Burge came on a steamer to San Francisco and from there home by train. It was a hard trip, especial ly on the steamer, food being low and of very poor quality. A SHOPLIFTING SCHEME. Three Negro Rogues Caught Steal ing Silks In Atchison. Atchison, Nov. 10. Doc Lemon, Geo. Holley, Charles Green and Joseph Whitney, colored men, were bound over to the district court yesterday on charges of grand larceny. It is be lieved that the colored men have car ried on shoplifting operations exten sively in this part of the country They walk into a dry goods store and one of them produces a sample of silk of very unusual pattern, and says lie wants goods to match it. The clerk looks through the stock and finds noth ing like it. The colored man becomes offended and Fays he knows there is silk like it in the stock, but because he is a negro the clerk will not show it to him. The clerk goes for another clerk, ani enlists her services to look over the entire line of silks to show the colored man that she is not discriminating against him. While ehe is gone the i X V- Y 9 fcT)';y t Ill OUR NEWS SPEG1ALS New Castor Jackets. made Plaid Dress Skirts, the best S2.50 At this price we include also a number of other styles that we only have a few remaining iu stock, perhaps just the one you want, even at this low price. A special number in Golf Skirts at $5 95, that just came today. We will interest you, for they Just a peep through the advertising1 key hole of our Infants' Goods Dept. GRETCHENS. pVT,-, An a a "Our Leader," made of Boucle lU, 4.U4.4 loth, iu two tone effects Black with Veil, Black with Navy. Black with Cadet Blue deep bailor collar, trimmed with braid of plan color, 'two, four and six years sizes 1 Special Saturday tpiiWU -J4-I Fine Flannel, alcely lined and trim ly'".,) 1 nied with 4 rows white sautaehe braid. Colors cadet, red aud navv: sizes 2. j g 4 aud 6 years. Special Saturday, Waitw 1V- 1S1I A Nice plain Cloth, trimmed with o4-'4- white Angora Fur around circular ruflle collar, aud 9 rows soutache braid. Colors brown and cadet; 5 riR sizes 4 and 8 years i)fZt w other styles in plain and rough cloths, fur and plalu, also with braid trimming. long, prices 29c to $5.98. Sacques, Bootes, Stockings, Boots told of below- Royal Worcester Corsets, in black and white. Sizes ::3 to 3; a regular 1 corset, frice Saturday. 75c One line of J. B. Corsets, fancy colors hello- c I Of! trope, pink and blue, each V wvi A few "P.D." Corsets, the $4.50 quality, only e c r marked Saturday, each a W Her najesty's Corsets. The average life of "Her Majesty's Corsets" is loncer by odds than that of any other Corset on the market today a fact freely attested to by those who wear it. The ex planation is simple "Her Majesty's Corsets" are built on scientific principles, with the steeis so moulded to the form and so perfectly tempereu that they cannot break at the hips. It Rives us great pleasure to introduce this re markable corset to those of our patrons who have never worn it. and who cannot have a proper appreciation of its merits until they have tried iu Ask to see "Her Majesty's Corsets. MILLS DRY colored men, who stand in such a man ner that their actions can not be seen, take some of the silk lying about piled upon the counter. One or more of the men were arrested in Omaha, but no evidence could be secured against them. They were caught in Atchison with the goods in their possession. In addition to silks, they had a fur collarette, val uable cloths and ostrich feathers. SUES FOB, $93,000 DAMAGES. Leavenworth Man Says Coal Compa ny Wrongfully Mined Under His Land. Leavenworth, Nov. 10. Joseph Whit aker filed a suit in the district court yesterday against the Home-Riverside Coal Mining company to recover $93, 000, value of coal taken from under neath land owned by him, or rights assigned him by others. By its organization and the absorp tion of the Home Mining company in 1S94 the defendant company is charged with having assumed all liabilities of the former company and is responsible for its actions. The plaintiff asserts that he owns seventeen lots in Fackler's addition to the city of Leavenworth, some in Clark's addition, as well as property in other portions of the city. He also asserts the mineral title to a large amount of other property has been as signed to him. and that he is also en titled to any and all minerals underly ing his property and assignments to the center of each street and alley sur rounding the property. Whitaker asserts that the defendant company, without the knowledge, con sent, permission or license of the plain tiff, and without any lawful right or authority whatever so to do, are and have been removing mineral and coal from underneath the property described in the petition. ATTEMPTED $5,000 SWINDLE. Three Bunco Men Have a Tilt With a Bourbon County Farmer. Fort Scott, Nov. 10. Three profes sional bunco men attempted by the boldest sort of a scheme recently to swindle Jas. Quick, a well known farm er and stock man living eight miles west of town, out of $5,000. The story has just leaked out. Last Saturday the two men hired a two-seated rig at Hanna's livery stable and drove to Mr. Quick's farm and ask ed him to show them his sister-in-law's farm which is for sale. One of them had been to see her agent. Judge Hack ett. but had been directed to Mr. Quick. The latter had his team hitched up and would have gone with it. but they in sisted that he get in their carriage. They had driven a mile or two when they met a tramp who hailed them. He was looking for a sister who had inher ited their father's estate of ?:M.9O0 and had offered him $1,000 if he would not contest the will. With seme excuse they took him in the carriage and lie soon informed them that he was not so poor as he looked; that he had $20,000 in his satchel. He had lost $1,000 on a card game and had bought the cards from the fellow, he said. He produced them and was soon betting $o.000 with the two farm-buyers, who were well dressed, suoitaiitial looking men. One DRY GOOD Friday, Nov. iOtH. CLOAK AND SUIT DEPARTMENT You will find displayed Saturday a number of styles iu LADIES' PETTICOATS that cannot fail to pleasa you in both quality and price. The New Fall Waists. The Silk and Satin Waists we ere selling at S5.00 are certainly the handsomest aad best Waists we have ever offered at these prices- They are all en tirely new in style with the latest designs in cordings and tuckings. FLANNEL WAISTS in different colors with braid trimmings are well represented in our stock at fr $1.75 to S3.5Q Our special number we offer at $1.75 Saturday, made of all-wool flannell; brown, navy or red; trim mod in front with 15 rows of No. 1 velvet ribbon Saturday jSl.75 instead of f 2 50. Saturday Wrapper Sale WRAPPERS. Five special bargains in well made wrappers will offer themselves to you Satur day. Either one of them is worth your attention: 69c 88c 95c A well made wrapper of choice selected fleece lined cloth, med ium dark colors, braid tr.mmed, tight fitting lining, sizes 32 to 14. Fleece lined Wrapper, vide skirt and good quality material, trimmed with braid, sizes 32 to 42. Made of excellent, fleece lined Wrapper Cloths, in blue and white and red and white and black and white, sizes 32 to 44. This is a usual $1.25 number. Many other Wrappers, neatly trimmed with ribbon and braid, $1.50, $1.75 and $2. Children's Day In Our Cloak Department CHILDREN'S CLOAKS. As usual, we give particular attention to Cloaks and Dresses for Girls aud Misses. It seems to us that the line wo have to show you Saturday is the best we ever had. It is certain we huve tried to find the prettiest things, and we now leava It for you to judue whether we have succeeded. You will liud the Keefers and Long Coats for small Children at S-j.su to S5.oo and the Misses' Jackets from $3.95 to $10.00 particularly attractive. CHILDREN'S REEFERS. Navy Blue Keefer Cloth, with three rows of braid around collar, double breasted. 5 0 ft rl Sizes 8, 10 aud 12 years. Each QaUU Dark Red and Kavy Knefers, in a rough cloth, four rows of braid around collar, iflzes 6, 8. 10 and 12. tach heavy, ...$2.50 Grey Mixed Cloth Reefers, plaid back and three rows of braid around collar and sleeves. 1 R Sizes 6, 8 and 10. Price 9tUm i W Brown and Navy Kersey Reefers, brown trimmed with red and navy trimmed with grey, O Q R three rows silk cord. Sizes 6 and 8 years ..(pWiWW Many choice styles at $5.00 with French back, and others at S6.U0 and $7.50. GOODS COMPANY. of them was a doctor and the other a judge. They looked like professional men. Two of them had won $5,000 in less than a half hour on the card game, but one of them had only $80 and the tramp would not give him but that amount until he produced $5,000. This made it necessary for him to come to town and the four started in. When near town the doctor suggested to Mr. Quick that as the tramp was foolish and would lose the mony anyhow, he (Quick) make a bet of $5,000 and have a little winning with them. His idea was that the judge and tramp get out and wait near town while he and Mr. Quick came to town and get $5,000 of Mr. Quick's money with which to do the betting. After having learned their game Mr. Quick told them he was not fool enough to take $5,000 out there. They thereupon wheeled around and took Mr. Quick home. They said they had to take the tramp back to where they got him, but instead they took him to the station at Redfield where he took a train. The tramp had a vast amount of money in his satchel. It may have been counterfeit, but looked like genuine greenbacks. He started on two occa sions to count out $5,000, exhibiting sev eral big rolls of bills of bis denomina tion. THIS LOOKS UNJUST. Federal Prison Guards Seek to Occupy Quarters at the Fort While Enlist ed Men's Families Pay Bent. Leavenworth, Nov. 10. The request of Warden McClaughrey that the guards of the federal prison now living in town be allowed to occuny the va cant officers' quarters at the post, is causing a great deal of comment among the married enlisted men at the post and strong protests are being made against allowing such a thing. They say if the guards are allowed to occupy these quarters that it will be rank in justice to them and the officers take the same view. Since the married enlisted men's quarters were torn down last spring the families have been compelled to live in town and as the heads of many of these families are fighting in the Phil ippines and get paid about once in three months at the best, these families have but from $20 to $25 a month to live on. After paying house rent from this there is left but little for the sub sistence for the family. A rerjuest that these families be allowed to occupy the quarters was sent to Washington when their old houses were torn down, but nothing ever came of K. The federal prison has no connection whatever with Ft. Leavenworth or the army beyond the fact of its being upon the military reservation and the prison guards are no more entitled to occupy the vacant officers' quarters than are the people of town. WROTE AGAINST HILLMON, Judge Hook Admits the Walters Doc ument Charges of Forgery. Leavenwo-th. Nov. 10. Afier long ar guments Judge Hook decided Thursday afternoon to admit the Adrlph Waters letter as evidence in the Hiiimon trial. This letter, which Mrs. Hilluion-Smith's c 5 i

V' 00 r.': j f i f ;yv v;- it I attorneys argued was forged, was date! Wichita. Kan., March 1, 187S. It wa from Walters to his sweetheart at Fort Madison. Ia., and states that he had been employed by a man to go on a hunting trip in Southern Kansas and Indian' territory, and that ho had been promised good wages and plenty of ex citement. The letter stated that he would write again in a few days. This, so the de position of Walters' sweetneart savs. was the last time she ever heard from him. It is the claim of the defendant companies that Walters was murdered and that it was his body instead of Hillmon's that was disinterred at Medi cine Lodge. Attorneys for Mrs. Hill-mon-Smith will try in their rebuttal testimony to prove this letter a forgery. Strickrott Has Moved. John F. Strickrott, the well known view photographer, has moved his studio to 515 Kansas avenue. He is pre pared to furnish first-class work on short notice. He will also continue to finish work for amateurs and has a free dark room at the disposal of cus tomers. James Johnson waived the prelimi nary in the city court this morning on the charge of shooting at R. Witchcr through a window. He was bound over to stand trial in the district court In the sum of $300 bond. Homeseekers' Excursion via Santa Fe Nov. 7th and 21st will sell tickets to points in Arkansas, Arizona, Louisi ana, New Mexico, and Texas at one fare plus $2.00 for round trip. TALK No. 33. "DEAR AIM'S" GLASSES. Now and then an honest looking fellow conies along with a hand som pair of "gold'' glasses in his pocket. He tells you that hi.s dear Aunt bought them ju.t before she died. That she paid !lu.' for them. That he is very hard up and must have money. If you can use them at $C.W take them. He can not starve. If vou wont pay six dol lars give him five, four, three anvthing to keep ioui and body to gether. Sometimes it is his mother fir his grandmother that is dead. Sometimes he found them on the train. It is always the same. He must have r-ady money and its a big chance for you. If you could sf,? how many purchjLsers bring these glasses to me to find out whether they are worth $'0.00 or only $a you wouid be surprised that so many people could be humbug ged. I have known these fellows to sell forty and fifty pairs a day. Twenty-nine, cents each is what they cost him. My exclusive attention is given to fitting glasses. CHAS. BENNETT, OPTICIAN. 730 Kansas Avenue. Established 1879.

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5 1 I CHARLES ADAMS CO. $1.0!) Wilson Bros. Di-jietallie Shirts 33C In fancy bodies, and fancy bosom with, white body cuffs detached sizes 14 to 17 all are $1.00 Shirts 55C SHOES TOMORROW THE WOMEN'S STOKE, SPECIALS FOR SATURDAY. NEW GOLF CAPES. Thanks to today's express, we will show tomorrow an ENTIRE NEWLINii in BLACK, TAN, BROWN, NEW BLUE KERSEYS, trimmed with thj popular BRIGHT PLAID GOLFING. Your inspection invited. At prices that will astonish you Everybody is buying Shoes here $1.50 And Up. 1 n AITRBACH GlETTEL. A Mark'Down Sale 709 KANSAS AVEXUE-Eutire Building. TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL, FRIDAY E VEXING, NOVEMBER 10, 1899. V I

.OF. Ladies' Suits. We have Seven Tailored Suits that w wilk sell tomorrow at the following prices: One Grey Camels' Hair, pin-check effect, single, breasted, tight-fitting jacket, silk lined, habit back skirt. C Cf Former price $20, for plJU One Black Tailor Twill Serge, braid trimmed, fly front jacket, pleaced back skirt. CJ Q Rf Former price $17.50, for pi OiuU One Tan Covert, tight-fitting, double-breasted jacket, silk lined, habit back ak:rt. Former price $17.50, for One Royal Biue Serge, box front jacket, tunic skirt Former prica $2j.OO, for One Blu3 Cheviot, nicely braided, tight-fitting jacket, tunic skirt. Former price $21.00, for Two Tan Coverts, fly front jacket, silk lined skirt, tunic effect. Former price S21.00, for These garments are NEW, of this season's favorite styles. BARGAINS. $13.50 $17.50 14.50 516.50 RARE A MARK-DOWN SALE ..OF. r S CHILDREN'S REEFERS. t t 4L We have a few styles of Childran's Reefers that we will close, owing to the fact that the manufacturer has sold all the cloth like them, so we cannot sort up the sizes Reefers that have been $2.25 for S1.50 Raefers that have been $3.75 for S2.50 Reefers that have been $5.00 for $3.75 New Novelties in Ne:kwear Just Opened. New Jetted and Do 2; Collar Belts. New Serge Waists, Latest Designs. CHARLES ADAHS CO. THE WOMEN'S STORE. SOCIAL AND PERSONAL. j "Lakota" is the name of the club of ladies which is studying tlie history of Jaris. "Lakota" is an Indian name. th meaning- or wnU-n has not been dlvulir ed: the name was chosen by Mrs. J. 13. Bartholomew. The course of study was obtained from the Hound Robin Reading- club of Philadelphia and includes the history i;C Paris, of the literature and art. and is arranged in such a comprehensive manner that by the time the course i coroplrt'il.th" members will know more about Paris than many who have visi ted the great city. The club meets every two weeks at the home of the members; it was enter tained Monday afternoon by Mrs. Wal ter Cust. The members are Mrs. Har rison Morgan. Mrs. David Palmer, Mrs. Walter Cust. Mrs. Earle V.'-Vdams. Miss Irene Horner. Miss Josephine Shelia barger, Misses Nina and May Thomas. Miss Abby Ware. Miss Bessie West. Miss Dora Furraan. Miss Myrtle Jet more. Miss Roamond Horton.Miss Mary Thompson, Miss Perl Latham. Miss Alice Prescott, Miss Willa Rodgers.Miss Helen Moon. Miss Mary Moon. Miss (Jlenna Cross. Miss Kate Gunther and Miss Vireiline Muivane. The officers are, Miss Horner, presi dent, and Miss Sheliabarger, secre tary. A Pleasant Reception. A farewell reception was given for Mr. and Mrs. W. ti. Johnston at their home on Prospect street. Thursday ev ening by a number of their friends. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson knew nothing- of the affair until late Thursday afternoon af ter all arrangements for the evening had been made. The rooms were pret tily decorated with palms, ferns and potted plants. Refreshments were served In the dining room. About 73 guests called during- the evening. The ladies who had charge of the af fair were Mrs. tleorge Iirimore, Mrs. Lewis Badsiey, Mrs. J. A. Sweeny. Mrs. Oeorge Miiler, Mrs. Clarence Couison. Mrs I). P. Scott. Mrs. Prank Roebuck, Mrs. K. F. Williams. Mrs. A. A. Hayes, and Mrs. W. W. Decker. The evening was a delightful affair, and th only drawback was the knowledge that they will so soon lose Mr. and Mrs. Johnston from their midst. Mr. Johnston wiil leave Saturday for Galveston and his wife will join him there after a fe-.v weeks' visit with friends and relatives. The Chautauqua Programme. The following- programme will be given at the regular meeting of the Xlnde Chautauqua next Monday even ing: Responses to roll call will be current events. Strength and Weakness of Social ism," chapters I and II of part second, will be led by Mr. T. J. Scott. "The Expansion of the American People.'- chapter V, E. R. Simon. Paper. "Colonial Religion," Miss Nel lie Lore her. Notes and Personal Mention. The engagement is announced of Miss Oili O'Brien, of Topeka, and Lieut. WHHam Kavanaugh. of the Twenti-th T'r.ired States infantry. Miss O'Brien has visited Miss Jones at the Soldiers' Heme and has many- friends here. Leavenworth Standard. Engraved or printed cards and wed ding invitations. Adams Brothers. Miss O'Brien s engagement has been s.n open secret among her friends for some time, though it has not yet been formally announced. She wiil leave with her mother in a few weeks for Washington, I. C., to spend the win ter. Mr .and Mrs. C. C. Baker, Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Davis and Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Boyd, of Chicago, who have been on a hunting trip in the Indian Terri tory for the past two or three weeks, are expected home Saturday. Miss Katherine Mihs wm; to Eureka todjy for a several weeks' visit. Mrs. A. S. Lucas, of DrooKfield, Mo., will arrive next week for v,r. extended visit with her sister, Mrs. W W. Proc tor. Mrs. L. S. Woolverton wil' entertain Informally at cards next Monday even ing In honor of Miss iiar- Cornell, of Goshen, lnd. Misses Verda and Lois Ross returned to their home in Burr Oak. Kan., today ai'ter a week's visit with Misses Lulu and Stei!a. Moore. Mrs. M. C. Welch is spending- a. week at Bauiine with her sister. Captain R. M. Spivey returned Thurs day from a ten flays' trip in the south. Miss Kate Oeier, of Maple Hill, is visiting Topeka friends. The Ladies' Art club will meet next Monday afternoon at the home of Mrs. F. M. Prescott, on West Tenth street. The subject for the afternocn will be Leonardo DaVinci. Miss Alice Cole will return to her home in Kansas City Saturday after a wofk's visit in Topeka with Miss Bessie West. Miss Mamie Crawford returned to her home in Salina the first of the week after a visit with her brother, Mr. Otis Crawford. Mrs. K. R. Forbes and daughter. Miss Grace Forbes, of Kansas City, who have been visiting Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Ne ville, returned to their home Thurs day. The Viennese club w-ill give its regular dancing party this evening at Harmony hall. Mrs. O. A. Brown entertained a few of her friends at an informal card party Thursday evening at her home on Tyler Street. Mr. and Mrs. TV. C. Alsdorf of L'Uca, X. Y.. are in the city visiting Mrs. Alsdorfs parents. Rev. and Mrs. D. R. Moore, at Su7 Morris avenue. Mr. Lawrence Chamberlain and Mr. Frank Curry wi'.l attend the Pi Phi party in Lawrence this evening. Mr. T. P. Cully and son Earl are spending the week on a hunting expedi tion in the Indian Territory. Mrs. M. R. Lutz. mother of Mr. A. S. Rankin, Is visiting him at the Cope land. The Sraldirig Reading Circle held its regular meeting Thursday evening at Institute hall. In connection with the church history- the study of Shakespeare will be taken up. Miss Isabel Boyle read a short but interesting sketch of his life and at the next meeting some one of his works w ill be taken up. Mrs. Norman Agard has returned from a several weeks' visit with her daughter in Dallas. Texas. The Douze Whist club will hold its regular meeting Saturday afternoon at the home of the president, Miss Helen Moon. Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Fairchild re turned Wednesday from their wedding trip through Colorado and Utah. Miss Josephine Sheliabarger went to Lawrence this afternoon to attend the I'i Phi party this evening. She will be th- guest of Miss Louise Moore. Miss Mary Moon wiil go to Sabetha Saturday to visit Miss Helen Wilson. Miss Wilson will entertain at cards in th" evening in her honor. The friends of Miss Matie Dumars gave her a pleasant surprise party Tuenday evening at her home on Kan sas avenue. Games and music made the evening pass nuickly for the fol lowing guests: Misses Olive Canfleld. Laura lever, Maggie Kevan, Jeanie Kvvan. Mattie IlalJon. Louise Wilson. Lucy Dittus. Etfie Dittus. Blanche King. Anna Vanseiver. Maggie Betrde. Bertha L-ong and Mis Simrson; Messrs. Mead. Edwin Barrett. Walter Trigg. Oliver Barrett. Ed Minard. Sam Kevan. Robt. S-ybold. Oeorge Trigg. Ben Maroney. Jeorge Vanseiver. Ed Englisn. John Everett. Kenneth Dumars and Bert Dumars. PRIG THAT MEAN BUSINESS MOKE CUBAN CHICKENP0X. Another Serious Casa Which Puzzles Physicians. Another case of the new disease known as "Cuban chiekenpox." which closely resembles smallpox, has made its appearance in Topeka. Miss Kittie Brennen. a young lalv residing with her parents at 413 Jefferson street, is the victim. Miss Lrer.r.en is seriously ill with the disease, and the symptoms in her case are similar to smallpox symptoms. Fever accompanies the attack, but un like the majority of smallpox patients, she Is not delirious. The physicians are puzzled over the case. Will have another supply- of Peninsu lar I'.ase Burners in a few- days. T. J. Coughiin Hardware Co..702 Kansas ave. YXE CAN'T wait for cold weather We've got to do business in sunshine as well as in Winter weather. We're making Prices here Tomorrow that'll set 'em all guessing they're made to sell the goods quick the values will surprise you--Most double your money's worth in Clothing-- ,EN'S $7.50 WINTER OVERCOATS ALL WOOL BEAVER, FOR S4.00 ENS $3.50 HEAVY KERSEY PANTS ALL WOOL, FOR SI. 45 MEN'S 8.5Q WINTER SUITS ALL WOOL CASSIMERE, FOR S4.95 BOYS' CHINCHILLA REEFERS VESTEE OR REGULAR SUITS, FOR $1.00 If Men's Handsome Winter Suits Of fine all-wool cassimere and black clay worsteds, including all this season's nobby cuts, guaranteed to fit perfectly, sewed with silk, the usual 10 suits in any other clothing and really worth it. You can buv one Here fy tomorrow T""fc at only Men's Stylish Winter Snits Made of novelty worsteds, withor with out double-breasted vests, all the newest striped and plain color fabrics, single and double-breasted, grandly tailored, usual retail price always is 12.50. You can buv one Here and save S3.00 at only Nobby Covert Top Coats Fancy black, medium color, with collar to match, pockets bellow shaped, all seams piped, really a 10 Top Coat, and sold for that elsewhere, save that $3.05 and Duy one Here tomorrow at Men's Handsome overt Top Coats With satin yoke, satin sleeve lining and satin bellow pockets, satin stayed and satin piped seams and made of English fancy back covert; a handsome soft shade of tan with velvet collar to match; the greatest value ever offered at the price, oshers ask f 15; if the 5 is W"orth saving, buy one Mere f -H 0 i! to morrow at 11 0.Q0 Men's v,fney Winter Suits, The greatest selection of new, rich, ready-to-wear Suits ever shown. Grand est, most exquisite patterns; button holes hand-made. Every shoulder pad ded, every seam sewed with pure silk, every part made in thorough, custom manner. Go where you will you'll pay S15 to $1S for their equal. Save this difference and buy one here at only g Men's Genuine Melton Suits, Of genuine Auburn Melton, strictly all wool. Every one knows it's the most reliable fabric made; will not split. Sin gle or double-breasted, lap seams; always sell for 1 15. We save you that 5. Buy one here at.... JLL 'sJ' B Men's Handsome Overcoats, Made of sword service, all-wool Kerseys, in blue, black and olive colors, with silk sleeve lining. Satin piping, raw edges, with warranted velvet collar. A very handsome Overcoat; one that you will pay f 10 for in any clothing store, and not made near as tine as ours. t'2.05 and buy ours at Men's Highest Grade Winter Suits In assortment the largest ever shown comprising some of the choicest import ed and domestic materials, tailored to our orcierby the foremost wholesale tailors in America. They are perfect in every de tail the style the making, the tinish is positively as good as any high c lass tailor can furnish at $35 and can not be found at any clothing store in the city. fce them tonorrow at Men's Stylish Worsted Trousers, Eiht up to date in neat stripes or checks or pluan cassimere and black whipcord, usual $3.50 quali ties, save $1.50 and buy here tomorrow at S2.50 Men's Elegant W inter Overcoats, Made of choice rough Vicunas of genu ine Meltons; fine Washingtons XXX Kerseys. As handsome Overcoats as you ever laid eyes on; tailored perfect, in box and Chesterfield styles. Usual retail price for these qualities is 13.50 to 15. If this dirter ence is worth while saving, Buy one at Men's Very Fine Winter Overcoats In a grand assortment and variety of styles, haxvisome coverts, beautiful pat ent beavers, elegant vicunas, exquisite kerseys made, tailored and lined as near perfect as is possible, equal in ovtry re spect to the tailors' 430 productions- see tnem tomorrow they're grtihd at.. Men's Genuine Irish Frieze Ulsters In black, eae,h garment bearing the Dub lin Mills trade mark, strictly every liber all wool, linwd with heavy double warp leather cloth, buttons sewed through and staved, has large storm collar and is in 9.75 BOYS' KNEE PANT SLITS Strictly all wool, aea S to 15, in neat fabrics, etc., elegant ly made. If $1 is worth saving buy one here at $1-95 JOYS' FINE SUITS Ag-es S to 1T made extra fine of all wynl fabrics, in wortetfs and cheviots. Thev stre So values. If Si is worth saving buy one here at $3-95 LITTLE TOTS' FANCY SLITS. Apes 3 to 9 made fancy of strictly all wool fabrics with fancy vests, actually worth $a.5o. If J1.I5 Is Worth saying buy one here tomorrow at $2.35 B OYS' 3-PIECE SUITS, Of all wool twerd. coat, vest and pants just like pa's. You are asked $5 fr them elsewhere. Is $1 -5 worth saving then buy one here at $3-95 B OYS' REEFERS Made of finest Ver mania chinchilla, large storm collar, lined with double warp lining a 53 garment. We save you $1.55 if you buy ours at $4.45 B OYS' REEFERS- Of blue chinchilla, storm collar, cassi mere lined. A. $2 garment. Save SL and buy one here at $I.OO Ens -v;.Tv"fc: 1 1L realty a H 15 garment if you buy one here to morrow at yOUTKiS' SLITS ages J 3 to 13 of all wool tweed, made In line style: regular $S ?uits. You save Jl.L'5 by buyuig one hero tomorrow' at $3-95 YOUTHS SUITS Jiges 14 to 19 yetirs of fins Hll wool blue urnl black Luti Wor sted che'iots. single itnd dou ble breawt- f.1. A !Uit. If m.50 is rth saving buy one hiero tomor row at You save $75 vrj ;.t iiUfrSj ms 'J. -a gyr'ES; i I that o H I THLST STRUGGLES. Objects Being Taxed to Death by Douglas County. A suit of great importance was filerl in the Vnited States circuit court late Thursday afternoon by the American Steel and Wire company, in which the county officers of Douglas county are the defendants. The suit is important because it involves a feature of the trust problem. The action grows out of the absorp tion of the Lawrence barb wire factory by the wire and nail trust, otherwise known as the American Steel and Wire company. One of the methods advocated for dealing with trusts has been to tax them to death. Whether this method w-as adopted by the officials of Douglas county is not known, but the trust as sumes that it was. and it therefore brings suit in the federal courts tj keep the county from collecting the taxes. LABOK TROUBLES. Springfield Federation Quarrels With Street Railway Company. Springfield, 111., Nov. 10. At a meet ing of the Springfield Federation of Labor last night, the Springfield Con solidated Street Railway company was placed on the unfair list and a fine of !5 will be imposed on any memt.-r of the Federation who patronizes the road. General Manager C. K. Jlinary. of the company, has refused to give recogni tion to the car men's union and this caused the action taken by the Federa tion. Eight or ten union employes have been discharged during the past week. The union wiil demand that these men be reinstated and in case they are not, a strike may result. 310SE. MATTHEWS SUED. Wife of Former Topeka Attorney Wants a Divorce. Mrs. Cora L. Matthews, who lives on Polk street in North Topeka, has filed an action in the district court, asking for a divorce from her husband, Moses E. Matthews, through her attorneys, Vance Campbell. In the early 90 s Moses E. Matthews was a well known member of the To peka bar. About seven years ago he removed with his family to Alabama, settling at Birmingham. Later he got into trouble there over a forged check. His wit'-- remained with him as long as she was aide to, but he did not support her. Finally the sheriff sold everything the family had, even the bedding, while Mrs. Matthews was sick and helpless. She returned to Topeka and now brings an action for divorce. SEVERE Tit EAT 11 EN T. Wife Has Three Ribs Broken Before Leaving Her Husband. Mrs. Nancy J. Flock has commenced proceedings in the district court to se cure a divorce from her husband, David W. Flock. She says they were married in Missouri in 1S72. Her ground for wanting a divorce is cruelty on the part of her husband. She says that six years ago he knocked her down a cellar way. breaking three of her ribs, but she has continued to live with him. About two weeVs ago she claims he struck her again, knocking her down and knocking some of her tee-.h loose. She has now concluded that she will not live with him any longer. Free HTusical Entertainment A free musical and literary entertain ment wiil be given under t e auspices of the Railroad Y. M. C. A., at the rms tonight. The proe-t-amme wiil consist of selections by Fleming's or chestra, recitations by Miss Jessie Langston. Miss Dora Diment and Miss Viola O'Connor, vocal solos by Miss Rome Livingston and Mrs. William Stew-art. piano solo by M;s Vivian Rush, zither solo by Miss Tillie Zimmer man and selections by the Tyrolian quartette. Information Wanted. Mary Chandler Fultz. in distress, is anxious to learn the whereabouts of her children. Creortre Dallos Johnson, Timothy Chandler and Charles Chand ler. She last heard of them near Wel lington, Kansas, years ago. Address Mrs. S. W. McColIister, 2-3 East Eighth street, Topeka, Kansas. Dyspepsia bane of human existence. Burdock Blood Bitters cures it. prompt ly, permanently. Regulates and tones the stomach. Still a few ranges left at the old pri ces. T. J. Coughiin Hardware Co. WAIi WITH ENGLAND. Prominent French Paper Advises the Government to Prepare For Trouble. Paris, Nov. 10.- The more important of the Paris papers comment generally upon the Anglo-German agreement re garding Samoa in a moderate and cautious tone. The Gaulois, while doubting that the arrangement implies an understanding relative to general policy, says the agreement, under exist ing circumstances, is proof that the re lations between the two countries are improving. The Figaro says: "Once more Eng land has maneuvered with superior skill in a moment critical for her pres tige." The Echo de Paris says the agree ment "is a political event the import ance of which will only appear little by little." In the Eclair, Camille Pelletan ad vises France to prepare for a possible war with England. TO BRITISH DEAD. Boston Council Disapproves a Plan to rect a Monument. Boston, Nov. 10. The common coun cil last night passed a resolution ex pressing disapproval of the project for erecting a monument on the common to the memory of the British soldiers whose bodies are supposed to lie scat tered and unmarked beneath, the his toric sod. The mayor was requested to with draw his approval of the plan. C 0 U LDN'T SEE DEW E Y. WILL SEND WARSHIPS. Spanish Method of Collecting Taxes From Barcelona Merchants. Barcelona. Nov. 10. The merchants here continue to refuse to pay their taxes; and the government is about to send the Cadiz squadron to this port. The battleship Numancia is expected to arrive here on Monday next. House For "Aunt" Caroline. The people of Quinton Heights will present "Aur.t" Caroline Haves, a col ored woman TO years old, with a house. She is now living alone in a tent. She traced a cow for the lot. but has no money to build a house. She works fur a living. Takes in washing and does any work she can find to do. S. S. Baker has started a subscription paper to raise money to buy her a house that is ir. the neighborhood and rrr.ve it onto the lot. The house is 12 by 14 feet and will cost $-5. It is better than a tent. Governor Can Not Attend. Ow-ing to the pressure of business Governor Stanley today was compelled to decline the invitation to attend the Funston banquet given tonight by the Knife and Fork ciub at the Midland hotl in Kansas City. The governor goes to Colorado tomorrow night on private business. He will return to Topeka by the middle of next week. Admiral Leaves Orders to Send Tip No Cards. New York, Nov. 10. Admiral and Mrs. Dewey breakfasted in the dining room of their private suite at the Waldorf Astoria at 9:20 o'clock this morning. A number of people called at tne hotel during the morning to see the admiral, but they were doomed to disappointment, as no card was sent to the admiral. The admiral and his bride will remain in the city a day or so, and then go to the summer home of Mrs. Ludlow, the sister of Mrs. Dewey, at Oakdale, L. I., where they will stay for a week or so. DEARTH OF HLANKETS. Chicago Dealers Are Out end Can't Get Any More. Chicago, Nov. 20. Cotton blankets can not be boueht in OhK-ag-o at present tht-re i3 no prospect of a supply until March. The market for the cheap final ities has been cornered arul the dearth is absolute. Chicago wholesale dealers are unable to fill or-iers for them and a-.--kn wieg-e that they do not know whn they will b in a pi-.ion to- sur-piy th demar-d. They are keeping the wires hot ciamorinp for a few cases from the man ufacturer but in va in. One hot me has pi need orders for l..-o ca of pairs each, but delivery is not promised b foie ppring-. There has also ben an advance of 25 to 40 per cent, in prices. Webster-TuIJooh Coal Co. have moved their uptown office 3 doors west of their old location on West Eighth St. The new number is 116. Haviland Dinner Sets. We have on sale a J00-piec Dinner Scl decorated w th a deli cate blue t pink flowe and gold on all har dies. Th se are not made up cheaply, tut are on a new shape and thor ug-hly up- ti- date and only $27.50 ..For the Set- Come and See Them, Tou never know what form of blood poi son will fr.llow constipation. Keep the liver clean by usirn? LwrW'ltt's Little Kar ly Kisers and you will avoid trouble. They are famous little pills f.,r constipation and liver and bowel troubles. At aif dri;s stores. Farnsworth Ashby, 503 Kansas Ave. Hobart Is Comfortabia. Paterson, X. J., Nov. 10. No bulletin was issued during the mornine giving the condition of the vir-e fri J-nt. The only information given out was that Mr. Hobart had had a restful night an 1 was comfortable this afternoon. Th- ra was practically no change in his condition. Hard and soft coal stoves and li. t blast wood heaters at reasonable prices at tb.e T. J. Coughiia Hardware Co.

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6 TOPEKA STATE JOURNAIj, FRIDAT EVENING, NOVE5IBER 10, 1899. Tlhe sn u 108 East Sixth Street. Bargains To-morrow in Groceries ...for Everybody... Not cheap groceries at low prices, but the best of goods at prices lower than wholesale. Those who have traded with us will vouch for the quality of our goods and low prices. Those who have not traded with us we ask to leave their orders so that we may convince them of the quality of our goods and low prices. REMEriBER... lte Give the Premium Stamps on Everything 20 rbs Best Granulated Sugar 21 lbs Best White C Sugar S packages Lion Coffee 2 lts Fancy Santos Coffee 1 lb Mocha and Java Coffee 5 rbs Raisin Cured Prunes lib Fancy Evap. Peaches 1 lb Fancy Evap. Raspberries.... 1 lb Fancy Evap. Apricots 1 lb Fancy Layer Figs 1 bu. Fancy Colorado Potatoes.. 1 bu. Fancy Northern Potatoes.. 1 bu. Fancy Kansas Potatoes.... 3 cans Table Pears 2 cans Blackberries 3 cans Raspberries 3 cans Gooseberries 1 can gal. Apples 1 can Cal. Table Peaches 2 cans Sugar Corn 2 cans 3-standard Tomatoes 1 can 2-standard Tomatoes 1 package Uneeda. Biscuit Soda Cracker, by box 4 rbs Soda Crackers 4 rbs Ginger Snaps 2 rbs Lemon or Manilla Wafers.. Sl.OO l.OO .25 .25 .20 .25 .10 .15 .15 .15 .60 .50 .25 .25 .15 .25 .25 .25 .15 .15 .15 .05 .04 .05'2 .25 .25 .25 You can save money always "We handle a full line of the MAIL ORDERS SHIPPED PROMPTLY. OFFICIAL VOTE. Canvass Shows Sheriff Cook's Plural ity to Be 1868. The county commissioners met today as a board of canvassers to open the official election returns and makes up the official count. There was very little interest in the canvass. About thi? on ly ones who watched the canvass -were the county officers who were re-elected and who wanted to see just how ;jreat a majority they received. The average majority for the! six county officers was 2,335. The "high man" on the ticket was F. I. Stevens for register of deeds, who received 2.5;0 majority. The howebt was Sheriff Cook, whose plurality over 11. I. Kepley was 1.86S. J. F. White, the independent temper ance candidate for sheiiff. received a larger vote than it was supposed he Mould, considering the fact it was nec essary to write his name on the ticket, lie received 3;C votes. The totals and majorities for tha dif ferent candidates are as follows: COUNTY TREASURER. H. M. Phillips 4,311 J. W. Heinecke LSOS Phillips majority 2,503 SHERIFF. Porter S. Cook 3,967 Ji. H. Knley 2.t'99 J. F. White 395 Cook's plurality 1 S6S COUNTY CLERK. John M. V right 4.252 K. I Wilcox 1,963 Wright's majority 2 2S9 REGISTER OF DEEDS. X. L. Stevens 4,307 Guy Kiene 1,777 Stevens' majority 2 590 SURVEYOR. John P. Rogers 4.27S A. C. Bunn 1,16- Rogers' majoritv 2 51G CORONER. II. B. Hogeboom 4.165 iV. H. Righter 1,919 Hogeboom's majroity 2,246 COMMISSIONER. S. H. Haynes gss C. W. Higginbotham T15 Haynes' majoritv 183 STATE SENATOR. John T. Chaney 4.275 It is peculiar that John T. Chaney. twho had no opposition on the ticket for Btate senator, did not receive as many votes as some of the candidates to iwhom there was opposition. This is at tributed to the very fact that there was no candidate against him. Many voters knew that he would be elected anyway and they failed to vote for senator. There were a number of scattering votes for state senator. A. L. Noonev, a state house employe, received two votes. Then there were votes for Frank Thomas, Fred Close. George V. Clark. "Velvet Edge" Collars and Cuffs Please the People. We Do Them. Topeka Laundry Company. 'Phone 153. OOlL irocerv Telephone 425. Dry Salt Meat, per lb 06 Armour White Lard, per lt .06 Sugar Cured Breakfast Bacon.. .10 15 bars Monday Morning Soap... .25 10 bars White Russian Soap .25 10 bars Silk Soap 25 10 bars Lenox Soap 25 8 rbs Gloss Starch .25 20 lbs Sal Soda .25 1 can Lewis Lye .05 1 pint bottle Vanilla Extract.... .25 1 pint bottle Lemon. Extract..... .25 5 lts Good Rice .25 4 tb package Gold Dust .15 1 doz. Large Dill Pickles .10 1 gal. Sour Pickles .15 1 gal. Sourkraut.t 20 3 lbs Fancy Mince Meat .25 2 Fancy Large Smoked Bloaters. .05 1 gal. can Fancy Table Syrup 30 3 cans Fancy Table Syrup 25 3 pkgs. Aunt Jemimah Pancake Flour 25 3 pkgs Ralston Pancake Flour... .25 3 pkgs. Eagle Health Pancake Flour 25 1 15-rb pail White Fish .45 by buying your Flour of us. Choicest Fresh Meats. Major Shreve, Major Anderson, Joe Ke-d, J. L. Rogers, and Ed Little. This afternoon the board is canvass ing the vote for the different townships for township officers. There is one tie to be decided. It is in North Williams port precinct, where the opposing can didates for road overseer received the same vote. NORTH TOPEKA. Items Intended for this column should be left with the Kimball Printing com pany. 835 Kansas avenue. Fouchts' Jewelry is selling like hot cakes. Mr. Charles Hoyt spent Thursday in Kansas City. Miss Myrtle Palmer has taken a posi tion with Costley Post. A. M. Petro is ill with catarrh at his home 1014 Van Buren street. Mrs. Ed Scott entertained informally at a thimble party Wednesday after noon. Mrs. George Groshong and daughter Fay of Kilmer were in town today shopping. The subject for Mr. Powell's sermon this evening at the Christian church will be "Baptism." Earl Thomas has returned to his work at the Sheetz store after a few days' lay off on account of illness. Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Nichols and family moved here yesterday from Rock Creek and are living at 839 Madison street. Mr. E. Baird and family of Oregon are visiting Mr. Haird's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Baird of 621 Kansas avenue. Mrs. Russell Barber will entertain the members of the Needle Ten and their husbands at a parly Thursday evening, November 23. Mr. Frank Brainard, formerly of 925 Monroe street, but now of New Mexico, was married November 4 to Mrs. Viola Kuhn of San Marcial, N. M. The Ladies' Duplicate Whist club will hold the first meeting of the season next Monday afternoon at the home of Mrs. J. A. Campbell, 1113 Monroe street. Mr. and Mrs. Eli Hansford have is sued invitations to the celebration of their silver wedding Saturday, Novem ber ISth, at their home seven miles west of town. The remains of Mrs. Jacques were shipped yesterday from Shellabarger's undertaking rooms where they have been since lier death a week ago to Troy, Kan. The ladies of the Needle Ten were de lightfully entertained yesterday after noon at the home of Mrs. William Van Ness, 1709 Kansas avenue. Everything combined to make the meeting a suc cess. The day was perfect and the at tendance large. The first part of the afternoon was devoted to business and the following officers elected: Presi dent, Mrs. Bell; secretary, Mrs. Rus sell Barber. The ladies have not as yet decided what line of work they will take up this winter. The members of the "Ten" are: Mrs. George Bell, Mrs. Fred Carson, Mrs. C. B. Lyon, Mrs. Nels. Davis, Mrs. W. L. Warriner.Mrs. Russell Barber, Mrs. Clem Lyon. Mrs. Frank Carey. Mrs. Charles Heartburg, Mrs. Ed Holman, Mrs. Lewis Dolman, Mrs. George Camp, Mrs. Frank Berry. Mrs. William Van Ness, Mrs. Maud Irons and Miss Lou Holman. A fine line of switches at Mrs. Court ney's hair dressing parlors. In His Steps 5 Cents. One week at the Bennett Book store, 730 Kansas avenue. JOINTISTS; DAY. Police Court Devoted to Cases Against Them. Only One of Them Is Found Not Guiltj. ALL TAKE APPEALS. Will Again Be Tried In Dis trict Conrt. Details of the Police Court Trials. "Jointists et justitia." That was the motto Judge Magaw worked under in police court Thursday afternoon. The court room was crowded with members of the fraternity. No less than 20 wet goods dealers were there. So were the chuckaluck and hironimus players. All felt that they were being greatly abused by the police depart ment. The police have been particu larly diligent lately and the joint busi ness has suffered somewhat. While court was in session a heavy transfer wagon piled high with bars and joint fixtures was driven into the jail yard and the load piled against the fence. The jail yard is half full now of ice boxes and pine bars. The jointists who were being tried complain that they have not been treated fair. Chief Ramsey pulled Ki ley's joint on East Seventh street. It was late in the afternoon when the raid was made. There was one man there asleep in the back room. On the bar was a bottle of mineral water. That was all. The fine large ice box was emptv. The bar was deserted, except for the bottle of Adam's ale, and the sideboard was bare as old Mother Hub bard's cupboard. That lone bottle of water had been waiting a long time for the police to come. The proprietor had been absent all day, not wishing to return until the reception was over. Strange that the conditions were such. Is it possible that the beer got a tip that the police were coming and escaped and left the water to meet the enemy? Three joint cases and six men were tried in police court, as fast as one was disposed of the judge called for an other. The first case was against Syl vian Klien and "Archie" Bailey, color ed. The first witness called was S. G. Garrett. "When were you in the second story of 514 and 516 avenue?" asked Assist ant City Attorney Gregg. "Where?" said the witness as if he were bewildered. "In 14 Kansas avenue." "What?" "Between Fifth and Sixth streets." "I've been in good many places." "Well, have you been in this place?" "What kind of a place?" "Joint." "You mean saloon?" '"Yes." After this fancy little sparring match for wind, silence was in order for the witness to collect his thoughts. "What did you do up there?" "Not much of anything." "Drink anything?" "Not much." "Any?" "Two beers.' Then he admitted having paid five cents a glass for it and said that there were several hundred people in the place when he was there. "How many drinking?" asked the at torney for the city. "As many as could get up to the bar." Vv". L. Lemon, who is a carpenter and also a minister, was the next witness. "Have you ever seen this man?" ask ed the city attorney, pointing to Klien. "Yes." "Where?" "In the Jockheck building." At this interesting stage of the pro ceedings the court stopped the legal machinery to accommodate another jointist who wished his bond filed im mediately so that he might return to his place of business. "What did you do in this place?" was the first question when the case was re sumed. "I asked for beer." "Did you get it?" "No." Then the witness explained that he pushed his nickel toward Bailey, the colored bartender, and that Klien rushed up. shoved the money back to him and told the bartender not to give him any beer and then ordered Lemon out of the place. Officer Maze testified that beer was found when the place was raided. Just then the attorney for the city forgot Jit) "3 lit u Participants In the 'Joint Cases In Police Court. i NEW MODEL Dry Goods Dept. Saturday Snaps. Having secured one entire line of Infants', Children's and Ladies XJnion Suits and separate garments in cotton, merino, wool and mercerized silk Underwear Travelers Samples of Young, Stnythe Co., Phila., Pa., we shall offer this lot of over 500 garments tomorrow (Saturday) at wholesale prices and in some instances at less. First come, first served. 600 samples Lace Curtains drummers' sam ples of Voss Stern, New Vork City varying in value from 75c pair to 6.00 pair, This lot has been subdivided into five lots, as follows: Lot 1, choice each 25c Lot 2, 30c Lot 3, 35 o Lot 4, 40c Lot 5, 45c Extra fine, yard wide, Bleached Muslin, rj worth today 10c Saturday, per yd I 10c quality heavy unbleached Canton H Flannel Saturday, per yd I w 18x36 full bleached linen Damask Towels, knotted fringe, all white or with blue, yellow or red borders 15c quality Saturday, 1 A C each luw Fleeced wrapper goods, fast colors, good ft gi assortment of styles Saturday, per yd. Ui Extra heavy grey mixed Blankets, actual weight 7 pounds, 12-4 size, worth 2.00 PI QQ Saturday, per pair J) I .O U Home made bed Comforts, covered with standard fast color prints, filled with clean white cotton, tacked with saxony yarn, CI JQ weight 6 pounds Saturday, par pair. lp 1 Ladies' Fur Collarettes from 01.98 each to $15.00. A clean saving of 20 per cent on every garment. Special wide Sheeting sale Lockwood Stand ard Sheetings: 8- 4 brown Lockwood, Saturday, per yd. 14o 9- 4 ....163 10- 4 ....18o 8- 4 bleached ...-16o 9- 4 ....18c io-4 !Llx22s Hardware. We bought 33H per cent under the ruling prices. If you now buy regular outside of this store you are taking on addi tional loss through tile recent advance. To open this sale we quote a few of our many matchless money savers: Knives and Forks, hard wood handle, good steel blade, set of 6. worth 6oe 48c Heavy Granite Iron AVash Basins, the 20c kind 13c 35c Family Coffee Mill 25c. 5c tiu wire Egg Beaters 3c. "o 2-qt Granite Tea Pot 25c. 4.Tc 8-qt Granite Preserving Kettle 33c. Wood frame Wringers. $1.75 value, $1.48. r8 piece Dinner Set. neat tloral decoration, value $8.50, $5.50. Cups and Saucers, best grade iron stone china, per set of 6, B0C GEM OAK HEATING STOVES. This stove Is made with a heavy polished steel drum, corru gated bowl which makes it heavy and lasting, draw center grate, with large ash pan. handsome niekled urn, nickled foot rail aud top rim $8.50, $10.00, $12.00, and $15.00. MEW KEMPEH that certain formal questions had not been asked and enquired from each wit ness that had been examined if this all happened in the city of Topeka, Shawnee county and state of Kansas," and all admitted that it had. There being no further testimony and no argument, the court discharged Klien. saying there was no evidence against him. Bailey received $100 fine and 30 days in jail for selling liquor and the same for maintaining a nuis ance. "And I also order all the stuff seized to be destroyed," said the Judge. "Your honor, please furnish us an appeal bond," said Attorney Fagan for the defense, fearing the order might be carried out before the bond was made out. The next cese was against Frank Meredith and Fritz Durein for running a joint in connection with the Milwau kee restaurant on Kansas avenue be tween Fourth and Fifth streets. As in the other case Garrett and Lemon were the star witnesses. They testified to having bought beer of Meredith and that they understood Durein was proprietor. Both were found guilty and in all fined $200 apiece and 60 days in jail and as before the appeal THE BUSY A Savings Bank to CLOTHING. Men's Suits at $7.50 We are showing tomorrow a big bargain at this price in a Black Thibet Sack Suit, also in a heavy Cassimere. These are well made and fin ished you will see them in other stores marked 9.00 New Model Cash Price is S7.50 Men's Suits at $15.00 This is an exceptionally good line with us nice new shapes and fancy Worsteds, light or dark shapes; perfect in fit, style and finish the same grade you see on the Avenue at S1S.00 New Model Cash Price is 815.00 Boys' Knee Pant Suits, $1.98 A big line of Boys' Suits to fit ages 6 to 15 years, made up strong and serviceable, are all wool, dark and medium colors. This price is only possible by our cash buj-ingand selliijg that makes the price S198 Special Sale on Men's Underwear Will place on 6ale tomorrow morning sample line of Men's Underwear in Shirts Only. They range in price from the cheapest to the finest made, all nice clean goods, and you will get them at regular Wholesale Pkice. Don't miss this opportunity. Boys' Knee Paat Suits $2.95 These are wonders for the money, heavy, all wool, double seat and knee pants, double breasted coat, seams are all taped, a big variety to choose from. Can only be had at the New Model for $2.35 Men's Overcoats at $10.00 This is our strong line, and contains fine all-wool Black or Blue Black Kerseys, line Covert Coats, beautifully made, per fect in style and lit Our cash buying and selling makes price $10.00 Men's Overcoats at $15.00 This Is the best Overcoat In the fine black Kersey we ever had a perfect fitting, stylish, dress overcoat silk velvet col lar. Skinners guaranteed, satin sleeve linings, you will not see them on the Avenue for less titan $1$. New Model cash price $15.00 Boys' Long Pant Suits at S4.00, 85.00, 8G.00 and S7.50. These are all-wool and strongly put together. A magnifi cent line to choose from, and iew Model prices are on them Little Prices. PAXT02TS. bond was asked for and immediately made out. Then Henry Shaffer and Frank Crist were tried for running a joint at 222 Kansas avenue. Lemon and Garrett, as before, were the star witnesses. Lemon was asked if he was employed by the city to collect evidence and after trying to evade the question said he was. Then Garrett was asked how he happened to be in so many drinking places. "It is strange, isn't It?" he replied. "Are you getting pay for this evi dence?" "No, I think I ought to, but I guess I won't." Both defendants were convicted and the appeal bond made out as before. At the time Garrett secured the evidence he was paid by the city for doing so. SNAP SHOTS A T HOME NEWS Christmas is only six weeks off. The quail crop is small but ripe. The Elks are talking of social session. F. O. Popenoe has returned from Chi cago. "William Martindale, of Emporia, Is In the city. There Is a great deal of house painting being done. The state house Is being submitted to a cleaning. J. S. Coe is seriously ill at his home in Potwin. The Topeka contractors are quarreling about the eight-hour law. "Lake Ciscoe," a new kind of fish, is the latest for sandwiches. President Mirier, of the College of Em poria, is visiting in Topeka. Charles L. Holman has returned from a business trip to California. F. H. Collier, editor of the Joplin Tier aid, is visiting his old Topeka friends. The state house decorations for the Twentieth Kansas have been removed. Frank G. Crowell presided at a Curtis meeting in Atchison Wednesday night. W. R. Kennedy, the druggist, left this afternoon for Kentucky to visit relatives. People are raking up the leaves and cleaning up their yards, preparatory to winter. The pavement on Tenth avenue be tween Harrison and Topeka avenue, is finished. General Superintendent Murlge nf the Santa Fe has returned from the Chicago division. The next great event for the butchers and grocers, is the pure food show in the auditorium. Mr. W. G. Smyser, office engineer of the Santa Fe. is In Guthrie, Ok. T., on company business. A literary and musical programme will be given at the railroad X. M. C. A. rooms this evening. Mr. Geo. D. Walp, of the Santa Fe general freight office in this city, is In the east on a vacation. The north side of the block of paving between Tyler and Polk on Tenth avenue is almost completed. The soldier boys have been used to flannel shirts so long that standing col lars chafe their necks. Hackmen and expressmen will have to wear a metal badge after the new li cense ordinance is passed. The clubs of different kinds which flourish during cold weather are just get ting well under headway. The Chicago Lumber and Coal company of iJes Moines. Ia., has made application to do business in Kansas. TV. H. Barnes, recently city engineer, leaves today for his old home on Long Island, to remain permanently. Mrs. Annie L. Stowe has asked for a divorce from Alfred Stowe. because he threatens her with bodily harm. The chrysanthemum has the center of the stage. There are some beauties on display in several Topeka stores. P. H. Coney is interested In the Mis souri zinc fields. He has just returned from an inspection of his property. The stamps which the new premium CORNER. Our Customers. NBW Ladies ."We have Men's Little Children's Shoes. iOPPLY SIXTH AND QUI2TCY. stamp company will use, were distrib uted to the merchants Thursday. Postmaster Guthrie left today for "Washington to attend a convention of postmasters of first-class postoftices. Piatt L. "Wise, the new city engineer, is a graduate of the school of engineer ing of the University of Wisconsin. Mr. G. A. Kimball, now joint agent of the western traffic inspection bureau at Kansas City, was in Topeka Thursday. Judge George Green, now of Guthrie, Ok. T.. who used to be a partner of Sen ator Hessin, at Manhattan, is In Topeka. The Standard Oil company is shoving up the price of oil. The oil that has been selling in Topeka for 10 cents is now 12. The sidewalks in the suburbs are un dergoing repairs. The beauty of a good brick walk is that it never needs repair ing. The old brick chimney at the Ediron electric plant, which has been superseded by the high metal one, is being torn down. The coal dealers are getting out their ten-cent cigars and rubbing up their dia monds. They feel like kings in cold weather. O. S. Bradford, a Rock Island switch man living in Shorey, had one foot badly bruised by a heavy rail falling on it this week. The Zcb F. Crider commission company of Kansas City has asked the state char ter board for permission to do business in Kansas. R. H. Faxon, formerly a Topeka news paper man, goes to Washington as Con gressman Chester I. Long's private sec retary. A wire fell across the trolley wire near Sixth and Kansas avenue Thursday af ternoon. There was excitement for a while. Judge Garver will deliver the first of the series of lectures on business law in the Y. M. C. A. course, at the association rooms tonight. The steeples on the new German Cath olic church continue to climb skyward. They tower far above everything else in that part of the city. A Topeka man predicts that there will be very little sleighing the coming win ter, but the livery men are hoping that he is a false prophet. Prof. F. C. Lockwood. who is one of the leading Candida ts for the presidency nf the State Agricultural college, was in Topeka yesterday. The junior members of the city Y. M. C. A. enjoyed a supper at the association rooms last night. There were about eighty boys present. A coal wagon on Eighth avenue today had on such a load that the driver had to go at a snail's pace for feax the wagon would break in two. The Twentieth regimental band gave a concert in Kansas City last night, but the Kansas City people were economical in their patronage. This month there are no convicts in the penitentiary from Shawnee county to be released by reason of the expiration of their terms of sentence. It is said that quite a number of the Twentieth Kansas boys will re-enlist in some of the new volunteer regiments to return to the Philippines. Dr. J. L. Gilbert has returned to To. feka. and will as:ain open an office here, le has been with his parents at Grant ville for several months. Frank Snow and Charles Zeller of Mitchell county who are in the peniten tiary for grand larceny have been de nied a pardon by Governor Stanley. Some of the refuse hauling wagons which always go along the principal streets, should be made to take a side street or else go down an alley. The first of a series of basket ball games will be played at the Y. M. C. A. gymnasium tonight, between the High school and Y. M. C. A. teams. A Topeka man observes that the wind is tempered to the shorn lamb. The price of coal is soaring., but the weather is so warm that he does not have to buy any. The armory of the K. P. bodies was crowded last night with people anxious to see Losson Whiteker. The reception given in his honor was a great success. J. E. Nissley. of the Kansas Creamery companv. is making arrangements f-r i his annual Thanksgiving treat for the M0DELI SHOES. Girls School Shoes Best Kangaroo Calf Shoe on the market at the price; clean, fj I O 1 honest goods. La re. Coin Toe, Jf I nil Heel or Sp. Heel, $1.85 value V J KJ

Ladies' Box Calf Shoes Splendid medium weight Shoe, made up neat and stylish, kid 01 fj O FT J top, box calf vamp, lace, coin Jr M J toe. Good $2.50 value Vi- mJ Youths' Shoes You can buy them at any shoe store, but not the kind we sell at the price. AVe call spec ial attention to our Calf Shoe, slugged heels, neat, nobby style. $1.75! Dress Shoes many different kinds and styles, but we call special attention to our Welt Line at $2.48. No better values sold for $3.00 $2.48 1 Chromo Calf Shoes t This line is an exceptionally strong one. Splendid Shoe for fall and winter wear. Made up in Coif Hols. Heavy sole. Splendid value at $2.98 Gents' Shoes f Our pride in this department Is our Kangaroo Calf Lace, Sp. Heel, best of sole leather. Ev ery pair guaranteed. In sizes 9 to 12 $1.45 1 Boys' Seamless Shoes Neat Oil Grain Lace, Coin toe, 5 tip. Splendid Shoe for school Cj I Cm. wear. No lipping, no clumsy I I Jj seams to hurt the foot W Infants' Shoes. i We carry one of the best lines J of Baby Shoes made. Our lead- C IZ ing lines in this department are tl IJ w our 55c and 75c lines W O Ladies' Warm Shoes. For something neat and com fortable, ask to see our beaver foxed button Shoe at $1.75, made up in late style toe $1.75! $1.25 is not a real low price for a child's Shoe, but is it for the Quality of Shoe we mention here. Best of kid, best of sole leather. Good style of all sizes.. $1.25! newsboys, but he is not telling them what it is. Harry Purdon. late division engineer of the Panhandle division of the Santa Fe, is in Topeka. The division engineer- office at Wellington was abolished re cently. A white tile floor is being put down over part of the floor space of the new library room in the state house. The til ing will occupy the space just In front of the door. J. P. Lucas, of Topeka. has been chosen to act as judge of fancy piet-ons at the Sallna poultry show next month. The Sa lina show will be one of the largest in the state. How many Topeka people know that the flambeau club idea originated in To peka. and that the flambeaux used all over the United States were invented by a Topeka man? Thomas Rvan. assistant secretary of the interior, will speak before the Re publican flambeau club on Wednesday evening, November 22. The meeting will be open to the public. LlPUtenant Haines, who was formerly in charge of the recruiting station ii're. passed through Toprka Thursday after noon on his way to Fort Riley to muster in a number of soldiers there. The meteoric shower is due next Wed nesday evening. Several Topeka girls aro preparing to entertain parties at which there will be just one truest, for the al leged purpose of watching the shower. After an individual has been allowed the use of an alley for personal pur"ises for a long time, he or she begins to think that the cltv has no claim to it. The city authorities are now having trouble of this kind. An item is going the rounds of the strife press that the German Catholics of To peka are building a new college. Some one who did not know the difference be tween a college and cathedral, started the report. The foreign corporations are making haste to file their annual reports wi'h the secretary of state since Judt-e A. H. Skidmore held that such an organization had no standing in court, having failed to make such report. There is some talk of disbanding the Topeka City troops. It ought not to bo done. The troop made an excellent show ing in the Twentieth Kansas parade, and the. city needs an organization of thia kind, for just such occasions. Paper paraehutes. made of tissue paper napkins, with a string tied to each cor ner and a rock to the end of the string to balance it, are all the rage now with the bovs. and the state hou-e d..mc fur nishes a good place for sending the para chutes off. Newton Kansan: Topeka Is all risht for a swift town. The barbers there have just tumbled onto the plan of changing extra for a neck shave. The Newton tonsorialists adopted that over a year ago and there was no earthquake in shs siety over it, either. The Apostles' Creed is being remodeled and simplified hv a committee of the Cen tral Congregational church. All the es sential features of the creed will remain the same, but the language will be made more simple. The committee consists of Rev Charles M. Sheldon, Mrs. W. A- Sloo and Dr. T. W. Peers. The First Congregational church had a casting up of its accounts last evening, and the reports showed that the chureh is in good prosperous condition. Over $5Ki has been raised during the past year, and all outsta.nding obligations have been paid, including the putting in of a Sl.loO heating plant. In addition there is some money left in the treasury. At nearly all times of the day or night, boys arid women can be seen in tiie rail road yards, picking up the pieces of co;il which have dropped from the cars and coal wagons. There are several families which get enough coal in this way fr all their needs. It is no uncommon sight to see a half dozen home made little wagons lined up along the side of the coal cars, while others are being hauled to and from the yards. The large number of stoves and ran ges sold by the T. J. Coughlin Hard ware Co. this fall is conclusive prool that they are giving the best value for the money of any store in town. STORE,

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TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL, FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 10, 1899. 7 i t fy But no additional charge on I Premium Stamps Given Away, I friends and patrons, especially the ladies, as they look after the Boys Clothing, and we carry the largest and finest line of Boys' Clothing in the city. Mostof the ladies who have a boy come to see lis, and they go away pleased and satisfied, and a J good many who haTe girls say they wish their girl was a boy so they could get one of our handsome, stylish J and nobby Vestee Suits for them. They are real beauties, and it costs you nothing to see them. Our Boys Top Coats and Reefers Are the envy of all the Boys. ti CUBA'S CONDITION. Eighty Per Cent of the Population Il literateNot Fit For Self GoTeroment Xew York, Nov. 10. General "William Ludlow, military governor of Havana, reached his home in Flushing last even ing. To a reporter General Ludlow talked at length upon, the condition of affairs in Cuba. He considered the greatest drawback to the improvement of the people their great illiteracy. Among other things he said: "The condition of the people is some thing awful in that respect. Kighty per cent of them are illiterate. The Spanish for three hundred years had an elaborate system of schools and academies. The theory was splendid, and had they done the work they were supposed to do, things would have been different. Very little progress has been made by us yet, for w e have been too busy with more important matters to give much attention to education. Still we have made a beginning and in Havana there is now something of an approach to schools. What we need most is a system of industrial schools, in which youths of the city and country can be taught trades and occupations. The education of the children is an other matter, as it must be started from infancy, but the boys now growing up must be taught something useful, that they may earn their living. It is too late to start them on a thorough course of education. They would be too old to be of any good by the time they had attained a good education. Therefore they must be taught something that will enable them to live and then the child must be taught systematically. It will take a. long time to educate the people of Cuba up to the standard of our people. "The condition of Cuba today is bad, but it Is much better than when we took hold. When Cuba passed into the hands of our care the sugar planta tions had been Idle for years, the plants Mere destroyed, the people sick and starved. The rich residents of the islands were and are poor. They have wealth, but it is all tied up in the land, which for years was rendered valueless be cause of the disturbed condition of the country. They have not been able to go ahead and start again. The tobacco industry is looking up. but the prosecu tion of that does not require large amounts of money as does the sugar in dustry. "What Cuba needs now is capital and the world's money will not be invested in Cuba until the world is certain that it will be protected by the United Stau-s. That assurance the world has been slow to believe. What is feared is a shotgun republic. The capitalists fear that money invested in Cuba will be as uncertainly guarded ns that in vested in South American republics, where revolutions are so often. The world's money fears that when the United States leaves Cuba the govern ment established there will be over thrown and that revolutions will occur. This will not be the case. The United VJAREEN M.GROSEV Q C? m i m Lct us remind you of some of tne many GOOD VALUES we are always showing. We have the "New Short Skirt Petti coats" in 2 1-2 yard patterns, ready to sew up, all colors, in plain, plaid and stripes; they are cotton-fleeced, look like wool, and are the latest QOn fad, each only 0v. Very Special 15c Fleeced Q 1 Shirting, yd 03L These g-oods are heavy, fine and strong-, good for hard wear and almost Half Price. We are closing out all our wool Jeans, old-fashioned Jeans that never wears out, at these prices: 2oc quality, yd 18c 35c goods, yd 25 C Our best 4oc quantity 33 a Odd lengths of 8 1-3 'Outings, yd, 5c Fine 15c Ginghams, good styles, 103 Our Cantons are cheap, per vd, at 5, 6, 8, IO, 12J Imitation French Flannels 19c Pretty Flannelettes for house wear 10c Linens for Saturday and Monday. Good Linen Damask 29 C Better ones 39c Extra fine 60c quality 50c Heavy Towels, 18x36, 2 for 25o Visit our Cloak and Suit Room See how well we can fit you and your pocket-book in our New Suits, tailor made; also in Jackets and Furs. Sat urday is always Children's Day in this Department for Jacket, etc., for the little ones. See our Union Suits in Cotton at 50c, T5o and tl.00, and Wool ones at 1.00, f 1.50, f 2.00 and 3.00. A complete, new line of House Coats, House Robes, Bath Robes, Pajamas. A good time to make your selection. Men's Wool-Fleeced Underwear Men's and Boys' Flannel Night Shirts Speeial for tomorrow a handsome line of striped worsted, Cass and Cheviot Suits States will wait until a government is firmly established in the islands. "This is not to be accomplished in a dav, but it will be accomplished and Cuba, when her own government is es tablished, will have a permanent one. Tlv intelligent people of Cuba are tak ing a great interest in our government and our ways, and are trying to get fit themselves to take up the burden of government. Like the educational matter, it will be a long time before the Cubans are entirely fitted for self-government, but they are doing their best and are making good progress. "The belief that there is a large law less set in Cuba is an error. I never heard of a negro being burned to the stake in Cuba, nor have I heard of any lynching bees. Cuba is not so bad. The bulk of the people are law abiding and industrious. Once let Cuba become prosperous and the people who have undergone so much in the past will be come contented and the old restlessness will pass. The Spanish residents are a good class. Many Spaniards are coining into the island. They are the class that will benefit the island, for they are the labor class. With the old causes of bitterness betwet n the Cu bans and Spaniards, the political causes wiped out. there will be. no trouble be tween the races. The Spaniard who works and adds to the wealth of Cuba is a gain. It was the other class of Spaniards that ruined the island and caused the bitterness. "There have been some who clamored for an immediate government of their own. but the more intelligent of these have long since realized that our con ception of the task that we took up was more fitting than theirs was, and these people are the ones who now want us to remain until the time comes when there will be no danger of Cuba's being unable to stand alone. "The work of organizing a govern ment is going on as rapidly as may be. It will not be long before the whole is land is covered, and in every portion the Cubans will be receiving lessons in a practical way. In Havana of course the government is now well established and working most smoothly. It has been our policy to withdraw whenever possible the military control but not the supervision and aid. As to Havana's condition there is a misconception of it. The city has never been as badly off as some other cities on the island. Today it is in as good condition as can be but not so good as it will be in the future." IIORNADAl'S COUNTY. It Was Carried by Fusionists and Be publicans Are Vexed. Some of the Republican state com mittee members are complaining bit terly against the election result in Bourbon county. This county was re garded as reasonably safe to the lie publicans but the Populists carried ev erything before them at Tuesday's elec tion. One member of the state committee said to a crowd of his friends last night that the county had been given a num- 613-615 KANS.AVE- Handkerchiefs. Our holiday line is here and ready for j our inspection. You will buy when you want to, not when you don't want to, and yet, let us re mind you that now is the time to buy at leisure and have first choice, and that bye and bye the store will be crowded and some of the choicer things will be gone. Embroidered Handkerchiefs at every price: 10c, 15c, 19c, 25c, 35c, 39c, 50c and up to $1.50. Lace Handkerchiefs, $1.00, 1.25, 1.50, 1.75, 2,00 and up to $25.00. Some great bargains in Unlaundered Handkerchiefs. An all linen 15c handkerchief for 10c. Fine quality more elaborate initial for 15c, or 6 of them for 80c. Men's all linen hemstitched, 6 for 60c. Other prices for men's, 15c, 20c, 25c. 35c and 50c. Children's handkerchiefs in boxes and out of boxes at ail prices. Kid GlOVeS. TVt' especially good numbers at special prices. Tampa" 2-clasp, self and contrasting stitching, all the new colors, $1.25 value, for $1.00 pr. "Fowler" real kid, 4 -hook, all the wanted colors, our $1.50 glove, for $1.19 pr. New Pocket Books, new line of Hand Mirrors and Hair Brushes. Standard Patterns are the most re liable, stylish and popular as well as most reasonable, 5c, 10c, 15c and 20c. $10 Everything new in the Hat and Cap Line... The best $1 Hat in the city. jEf ber of important offices and that the holders of those positions should have seen to it that the county was not cap tured by the opposition. The officeholders in Bourbon county are Grant Hornaday. chairman of the state board of charities; S. O. Spencer, state oil inspector and a number of mi nor offices. The party managers, after giving a man a Job, are unreasonable enough to presume that he can control a whole county of voters who in the past few years have demonstrated that the peo ple of this state have a way of voting as they please when they get into an election booth. DULNKEN Bit AWL. Man Injured But Police Slake No Arrests. There was another free fight last night in the "Crook" Wright district. It was at the house of a colored woman between Crane and First streets on Monroe and across the alley from the house where Wright and the blood stains figured. Maud Edwards, the notorious woman who figured in the "Crook" Wright affair, was there with several other wo men and half a dozen men. Beer flow ed freely. The wind up was a drunken row in which a lamp was thrown and the head of one of the men was severe ly cut. His friends carried him away and endeavored to hush up the affair. Sergeant Betts investigated the case and as no one complained no arrests were made. TO MEET SOON. Eanna Will Call the National Com mittee Together. Cleveland, Nov. 10. Senator Hanna stated today that a call would be issued within a few days for the meeting of the national Republican committee at Washington. The meeting will proba bly be held on December 13 or 14, al though exact date will not be decided upon until next week. The committee at this meeting will choose the date and place for holding the next national convention. There are two vacancies on the com mittee and these will be filled at the forthcoming session of that body. ONLY TWO ELECTED. Republicans Failed to Elect a Single Soldier Candidate. The result of the last election shows that but two soldier candidates were elected to office and they were Demo crats. All of the Republican soldier candidates were defeated. There were about 20 before the people for county offices. Dr. V. T. Boaz, who was a hospital steward in the Philippine campaign with the Twentieth, was elected coro ner in Crawford county. He was a Democrat on the fusion ticket. Corporal Charles Rossman. a Demo crat, was elected clerk of Miami coun ty. Mat Foster, a Populist, lacked five votes of being elected county clerk in Johnson county. He was a member of the Twentieth Kansas regiment. In the various local campaigns, an analysis of the election returns shows that where soldiers were nominated they were not supported by other than the Itartv VOtrt PYCPllt in rnnntip where only one party had named a soldier candidate for office. Examples 4 ot this are in the cases of Boaz and Rossman. They ran ahead of their tickets, the indications being that Re publicans deserted their party candi dates in order to vote for the soldier nominee. In counties where the lines were squarely drawn between the fusionists and the Republicans, the nomination of a Republican soldier did not help that party in the least. DOWN THE YUKON. The White Pass Boad Is Pushing It Belf Steadily. Seattle. Wash.. Xov. 10. The White Pass Yukon railroad has purchased nearly S300.000 worth of steel rails with which to extend its line from Lake Bennett to Closeleigh. a point on Fifty Mile river, four miles below White Horse Kapids. Of this amount. 2,400 tons have been delivered under rush orders to Lake Bennett, together with a locomotive, to be used on the con struction work between Lake Bennett and the White Horse Rapids. By June 1 at least, the railroad company expects to have the road completed to the rapids and in operation. Governor Stanley Named. Governor Stanley was today notified that he has been named bv President McKinley as a member of the commit tee to arrange an appropriate national celebration of the establishment of the seat of government at Washington, D. C. The committee holds its first meet ing at Washington December 21 and the governor wiil be present. This celebration is being planned under au thority of an act of congress. Are you very deficient in will power? If so, your head tells it. Tomorrow nib.t, 722 Kansas avenue. METEORIC SHOWER. Great Preparations For It at Berke ley. Berkeley, Cal., Nov. 10. The big" me teoric shower which astronomers pre dict for next week is to be made a sub ject of special study by the department of astronomy in the University of Cali fornia. Under the direction of Profes sor Armin O. Leuschner preparations are being made for such records to be taken as will prove of interest to the general public. Special observations will be conducted in conjunction with the observatory at Mount Hamilton. Photographs will be taken and special features noted. The special object to be obtained la the determination of the radiant, the point in which the paths of the differ ent meteors if produced would meet. The exact location of this point is nec essary for the calculation of the orbit of the meteors about the sun. Besides the detrmination of the radiant point a count of the number of meteors ap pearing at given intervals will be kept, in order to find out the densest portion of the swarm. KEEP THE GUNS. Effort Made to Secure Arms Used by Twentieth Kansas. The guns which the members of the Twentieth Kansas regiment used in the Philippines are very likely to become the property of the Kansas educational institutions which maintain a military department in connection with the reg ular school work. These institutions are the state nor mal. Baker university at Baldwin and the State Agricultural college. This will require an act of congress but the friends of the institutions are confident they will be able to secure such a law early in the next session of congress. Anticipating that such a law would be passed the chief of ordnance at Washington has written Governor Stanley a letter in which he says: "An act of congress will be necessary to gain such permission for the use of the guns in the state educational insti tutions where military departments are maintained. Pending action by con gress upon this subject, the guns may be retained by you, intact. In the event the law is not enacted the arms can be then returned to the arsenal." The guns are the old Springfield pat tern and are being rapidly replaced by new and more modern rifles in the army. MEMORIALS UNVEILED. To Jefferson Davis and His Daughter at Richmond, Va. Richmond. Va., Nov. 10. Memorials to Jefferson Davis and Miss Winnie Davis were unveiled in Hollywood cemetery to day by the United Daughters of the Con fed erary, now in convention here. Gen. KitzhiiEfh Dee rode at the head of the military procession to the cemetery. He also spoke at the cemetery. Another f I teaker was John H. Reagan, of Texas. poPtmaPter general of the Confederate states and the only surviving member of Jefferson Davis cabinet. ne of the monuments Is a bronze statue of the Confederate president. The other is a marble figure of the anel of grief, the hand extending- a wreath she is about to place on the grave. Jt is over life size and the pedestal is suitably inscribed. .Both works are by Zolnay. J A PAXESE Tit AGE D Y. Imperial Dramatic Company Will Tour the United States. Chicatro, Nov. 10. The Imperial Jap anese Oramatic company, from its own theater in Japan, has been secured for a limited tour in the principal cities of this country by Alexander Comstock, representing a Chicago syndicate. The company comes direct from To kio and numbers 25 people. It is head ed by Prince Kahakami. who is re garded as Japan's greatest tragedian. They are en route for the Paris expo sition, where they play an extended en gagement. Fusion Majority 14,000. Lincoln. Neb.. Xov. 10. Complete re turns from eighty-seven of the ninety counties in the state, erive Holeomb. fu sion. 1U3.9M: Reese. Republican, ic.2r;: a fusion majority of 13,U!2. Remaining counties based on last year's vote, will make the fusion majority in the state 34. Fusionits elect Neville to con gress in the Sixth district. Died at School. Kansas Citv. Mo., Nov. 10. Ten-year-old Blanche Nippold, a pupil at the Morse public school, died at the school build ing yesterday, following slaps and a shaking administered by her teacher. The child's body was distorted and phy sicians called said she had evidently died in a spasm. She was subject to spasms and had heart disease. TODAY'S MARKET KEPOKT. Chicago, Nov. 10. WHEAT Heavv Argentine shipments with the weakness of Liverpool were the factors in wheat at the beginning of trade todav. initial prices beinK Vs't'ic under vesterdav's close, December at W.jcnC and Mav at Tl-fiUc. The news of heavy South American shipments came as a surprise and was very discouraging to the bulls. It was generally believed that the supplv south of the equator was ex hausted, but todav's information brings the shipments from that quarter up to 55.ooo.mw bushels since January 1. Liver pool felt the influence, responding with a sharp decline. Local longs, foreigners and New York sold. The trade was light and some coverings by shorts and buy ing against puts sustained the price at about onenint? figure.-. May losing Vc. The weather was grenerally reported season able. Northwest receipts were small. Du luth and Minneapolis reporting S00 enrs as compared with 71 la-t week and 1.314 a year ago. Local receipts were over the estimate 12 cars. 26 of contract grade. CORN opened VSc under yesterday's close, December at 311s'&--4C and May at 32f"'8c. The weak ness was due to close svmpathv with wheat. The weakness was not so pronounced as in wheat, because of the smallness of eottn trv offerings. December held unchanged from the opening. while covering by shorts added He to the initial price of the May option. Local receipts were 223 cars. OATS were easier with the othr ce reals, the elevators selling moderately. The trade was lig-ht. December oiened i4c lower at 22i'!;a3C. and sold early at 22c. May opened a shade down at 23c. PROVISIONS Lower hog prices were the cause of a declined of a shade in provisions. A good demand early offset this. Januarv pork opened at Jo.to and sold at J'.i.TJ1-,: January lard at S5.2T,. sell ing at 1.27 5. 271". and January ribs at $5.00. selling at t5.yn 5.02H. Trade light. Rve December. 50c: May, 53c. BARLEY-Cash. 341450. T I MOTH Y November, $2.45. FLAX Cash N. W., $1.274; S. W., $1.27. Chicago Livestock Marks', Chicago. Nov. 10 CATT.LE Receipts, 2.5"0. Market steady at advance. Strong demand for commoner grades. Cow mar ket firm. Beeves. $4.5Ki S.tSO: cows. Zi.iK'ci 4.50: heifers. $3.i3 5.2t: canners. Jl.25-i2.fi": Mockers and feeders. $3.w6 4.50: Texas (trass steers. $3. 25 'i 4. 00: Texas feed beeves, J4.y-ij5.6y: westerns, J4.0O&S.30. HUGS Receipts today 26. yO: tomorrow. 17, "00: left over, 2.000. Market generally 5 cents lower. Top. $4.30. except fancy butchers. $4.35: mixed and butchers. J4. 4 30: good heavv, J4.1'v&4.30: rough heavy, $:J.W74.om; light, $3.y5g4.22V2; bulk of sales, J4.1"y4.25. SHtEP-Receipts, 7,500. Sheep firm. lambs steady. Quality good, increased proportion sheep. Official receipts and shipments for yes terday CATTLE Receipts, v. 421; shipments, 3,GM. HOGS Receipts. 25.45S: shipments. 4.119. SHEEP-Receipts. 11.009; shipments, 134. Kansas City Livestock Market. Kansas City, Mo., Nov. 10. CATTLE Receipts. 5.500 natives, 1,500 Texans. Mar ket steady to strong. Native steers. $4.70 Ciio.ii); Texas steers. $3.50'u5.0o; Texas cows. S2.0o'r3.60: native cows and heifers, $2.15-34.30: stockers and feeders, $3.3t;5.0o; bulls. $2.00ci4.S5. HOGS Receipts, 14.000. Market weak to 5 cents lower. Bulk of sales. $1.02u,fi) 4.10: heavy, J4.lKVQ4.lo: packers. $4.921-'." 4.10: packers. J4.02Vi-4.10: mixed and yorkers. $4o0.?4.07'.; light, f3.S0$'4.07V; pigs, J3.50& 4.02Vi. SHEEP-Keceipts. 2.O0O. Market steady. Lambs, $3.5oti5.40; muttons. $3.0og4-5i). Kansas City Produce Market Kansas City. Nov. 10. WHEAT December, tilc: May. 600; cash No. 2 hard, e'c: No. 3, 5ti63c; No. 2 red. 70c: No. 3. tiSliCsc. CORN December. 27Tic: May, 29Hc Cash No. 2, mixed. 2s4e; No. 2 white, 2sVS2Sic: No. 3. 2fl-c. OATS No. 2. white 261ic. RYE No. 2. 50c. HAY Choice timothy, $S.30S9.00; choice prairie, $7.5o-?8.00. BUTTER Creamery, 2022; dairy, ISc. EGG S Fresh, 15c. Keceipts Wheat. 57 cars. Joseph's Tips. furnished by J. C. Goings. Commission Merchant. 112 East Fifth St., Topeka. Kan., receiver and shipper of grain. New York, Nov. 10. Foreign houses will buy some Southern Pacific, other wise without orders for London account. It is computed that the banks have lost fully three million to sub-treasurv and a poor bank statement is apprehended to morrow. The fact to be considered, how ever, is that the short interest in the gen eral market is great. Liquidation is not heavy and the feeling of confidence runs high, both here and in Europe. Steel and Wire issues will have considerable advance. We are told that both Ameri can Steel and Wire and Federal Steel will have substantial advances. Sugar ia a purchase. a purchase. J. ARTHUR JOSEPH. Topeka Markets Today. CATTLE. CO WS $2 5" -n 3 25. STEERS $3.501 4.00. H E I FER S $3 0OJ1 3 40. HOGS. LIGHT $3.60fT3.75. HEAVY AND MEDIUM $3.60fE3.75. GRAIN. NO. 2 WHEAT 62i cents. NO. 2 CORN 244c. NO. 2 OATS 24c. H AY $5 504 C 00. PRODUCE. EGGS 15c. C H I C K E N S $2 SO'TI 3 00. BUTTER Country ISc. New York Money Market. New York. Nov. 10. MONEY Money on call, strong at 13 per cent. Prime mercantile paper, lab4, per cent. Sterling exchange steady with actual business in bankers' bills at 31. (i for demand and at $4.82'ft4.S21,i for sixty days; posted rates. $4.S3M3V- and t4.S7-a4.S7'..; commercial bills. $4. XI. SILVER Silver certificates. 20.000 ounces at 6o".i4C. Bar silver, Sy'ic. Mex ican dollars. 47'c. BONDS Governments bonds, irregular; 2s, registered. l(.i; 3s, registered. 30SH: coupon, lMt-a; new 4s, registered, 12Ms.i: coupon. 120at; old 4s. registered. 11214; coupon. 112?4; 5s, it-gistered, 110; cou pon, 111. Butter Market. New York, Nov. 10. BUTTER Receipts. 2.3S3 packages; firm; western creamery, lSt(25e;June creamery, lS'0 23'c; factory, 15S17C Sugar Market. New York, Nov. 10. SUGAR Raw steady: refined steady. COFFEE Firm; No. 7, 6:?fcc. Cotton Market. Liverpool, Nov. 10. COTTON Demand fair: prices lower. American middling, 4 3-lCd. Market Gossip. Furnished by J. C. Goings, Commission Merchant. 112 East Fifth st.. Topeka, Kan., receiver and shipper of grain. Liverpool Wheat id lower; corn d lower. Cars at Chicago Wheat 102, graded 20; corn 223. graded 2i): oats 212, graded 23. Kansas City Hogs. 15,000. Omaha Hogs, 8.500. New York close: Wheat, December, 72e; May, 76c; corn, December, 30'. May 3Si-!C. St. Louis close: Wheat. December 6SC. May 728c; Corn, December So'-ti ac. May Sl'sc: oats. December '..c- Mav 24vsC. Puts: December wheat, 671i'se; calls, Puts: May corn. 32c: calls, S2Tic. Curb: December wheat opened, 47Hc; closed, 67iA;C bid. Duluth close: Wheat, December, 65"4c; May. Hc Minneapolis close: Wheat, December, 63u,c: May, 67 c. Topeka cash markets: No. 2 hard wheat 59 test, tf-sc: No. 2 mixed corn, 24Vc; No. 2 mixed oats, 24c. Kansas City cash markets: No. 2 hard wheat. 59 test, 64'y05c; No. 2 mixed corn, 2S34'a 29c. New Yrork: Reports concerning ab sorption of independent refineries bv su gar trust appear to have some truth. Primary receipts: Wheat. H5S.0U0; last year. 1,541,000. Shipments, 232,00o, last year tHS.ii'iO. Corn receipts. 4.97.000: last year. 743,000 shipments, 5y2,000: last year, 540,000. Range ot Prices. Stocks. lOo'nHls'nlLow ICl'seiYes. Furnished by J. C. Goings, Commission Merchant, 112 East 5th St.. Topeka, Kan. receiver and shipper of grain. Article. XV H EAT- Dec. Mav CORN Nov. Dec. May GATS Nov. Dec. Mav PORK Dec. Jan. LAUD Dec. Jan. RIBS Dec. Jan. WHEAT- Dec. Mav CORN Dec. May Open HIgn Low Close Yes. 67H-H 07 71-H 71ta 67 71' 67 714 67H-U 72 31H 3U4-S4 311,4- 31i-4-?s 32 32 31H-J4 31 H ZVi 22 22 22H-23i- 221 i 23;' S 25 9 75 5 07 5 27 4 5 22iz 23 8 17 70 8 17 9 05 S 27 9 67 8 22 9 72 5 05 5 25 R 05 5 25 5 05 5 25 5 05-07 5 25-27 4 95 4 92 4 90 5 00 4 05 5 02 5 00 5 02 4 !I7 KA.NSAS CITY: 61 60 61 61 Vi 66V- 61'4 64 62 bOTi 27T4 2S 29-l4 29'i 2S 29li 29 1. 29 Ranges of Prices on Stock. Furnished by J. C. Goings, Commission Merchant. 112 East Fifth st., Topeka. Kan., receiver and shipper of grain. Stocks. Op'n High Low 'Cl'se'Yes. Susrar 15;;! 154 I 151 152 351 People's Gas 111V HIV 1 13!- 113? Am. Tobacco 12') i 121 119 13) ;120 B. R. T 8fr: tP4! fc1' WSH! 7H A. S. W 4 4S; 47141 47; 4S' Leather 7! 79 77 j 78. i 7si Federal Steel 7s; 79 77; 7S 7S C, B. Q J 13P2j 131i 120 131H.131T. Rock Island 113'-' 113V H-1-' H3-.ai3 St. Paul 1241 ai 124Hj 123; 124S 134 Atchison 22 1 22 j 21'i 21 22 Atchison Pfd 65 S5 tBV. 64Lw: tin Manhattan loV l"6ii 104 1(4 IO614 Western Union; 8i 8-S Mo. Pacific 4-, 4; 4-;: 47 4S U. Pac. Pfd. 75! 75, 75.: 75 76 C. N. W I 167 j 167 I VA (167 N. Y. C. I IWt, 136i 135V l; 136 C. C. C I 59; 59, 5 I BS1-' 5'.' Reading Pfd -.1 59 j 59. 5.8 5 59 Jersev Central. 122 123 1 13Vj 123 ;123 T. C". 1 117' 11714 118 116 117 No. Pac. Pfd 74 75 74: 75 75 No. Pacific 54; 54 53i 53 54 L. N 1 &4, 85'4- M S4 V5 S. J I 55! 5u-; 55j 56 I 56 Union Pacific.) 4,; 47 46; 56 i 47 Money M12: 13 4 4 i 12 Sales to noon, 35, OvO shares, close. s AJD MISCELLANEOUS ADS. WANTED HELP. WANTED Position as bookkeeper and office man; 11 years in last position. Ad dress Position, care Journal. WANTED A position as clerk in a ho tel by competent young man; will work cheap to start: good references. Address K. W., care Journal. WANTED A place by a young; man IS years of age; will do anything. Address F. I. S., care Journal. WANTED By girl of thirteen place to work for board while attending school. Address W. C, care Journal. WANTED Position as housekeeper for widower. Address A. Z., care Journal. CASH for acceptable deas. State If pat ented. The Patent Record. Baltimore. Mi WANTED Rridge Carpenters, laborers, and farm hands. American Emp. Co., Sixth and Kansas ave. WANTED Man for outdoor work. A good live hustler. 105 W. 10th St. WANTED Men and boys at Topeka nur series. 3 blks east of Santa Fe shops. WANTED PEMALE HELP wAnted white girl for housework; small family. 1304 North Van Buren st. WANTED First-class house girl; no washing. 516 Harrison st. WANTED An experienced girl to do sewing. Call mornings. 51S Taylor st. WANTED Servant girl: general house work; family of two. 1034 Harrison tst. WANTED Experienced dining room girl or boy. 122 est 6th street. WANTED SALESMEN. SALESMAN to sell our full line of choice nursey stock. A printed guarantee that tock shall be true to name given to each customer. Write for terms. ML Hope Nurseries, Lawrence, Kansas, M. MANSON, 414 Kan. Ave., buys gentle men's clothing, shoes, hats, etc. Pays $2 to $6 a suit. Dros me a card. WANTED MISCELLANEOUS. WANTED Purchaser for lot Tenth and West; 6 lots in Highland Park, and 2 lots in town of Wabaunsee. Kerr, 1012 Arch st. WANTED Blacksmith tools- and outfit. Call or address. Dr. Binket, 627 Kansas avenue. WANTED House $400 to $600 cash. 234 Monroe street, forenoons. WANTED You to call and see Mme. Zola. She gives truthful advice on busi ness and love: unites the separated, no matter what the cause or how far the distance. Fees. 50c. Call at 21S East Fifth street, upstairs. WANTED Horses or cows to winter, $1 to $3 a month. Geo. Harrison, station B. WANTED Guns to trade or repair: Jlg line. Golden Rule. 514 Kansas avenue. FOR RENT HOUSES FOR P.ENT House of 5 rooms and barn. 11:13 Monroe street. Inquire 1131. FOR RENT Six room cottage and barn at 717 Clay st. Call at 416 Woodlawn avenue. Pot win. FOR RENT Five room house. 719 West ern avenue, in good repair. Enouire of D. J. Dickinson, corner loth and Morris avenue. FOR RENT A house on Lane street. Dr. D. Rogers, 811 Kansas avenue. FOR RENT Very desirable house, seven rooms at S07 To;eka ave. Call on or ad dress Chicago Lumber Co., Third and Jackson streets. FOB RENT ROOMS. FOR RENT Furnished room with board at 704 West Eighth modern. FOR RENT Well furnished parlor bed room, with board modern conveniences. 516 Harrison street. FOR RENT Three furnished rooms for light housekeeping; first floor. 711 Quincy. FOR RENT To family without children. 3 unfurnished rooms, first floor, for light housekeeping, 312 East Eighth str jet. FOR RENT Pleasant large furnished front room. 511 Van Buren street. FOR RENT Room with board. 9 K Tope ka avenue. FOR RENT Furnished rooms, all mod ern. 521 Van Buren street. FOR RENT Furnished room, modern conveniences. 207 East 10th st. FOR RENT Nicely furnished rooms; modern at 1101 Van Buren st. FOR RENT Furnished rooms f:r light housekeeping; also roommate for lady. 713 Topeka avenue. FOR RENT Desirable furnished rooms. all modern conveniences, 1 block from business center. 2o9 East Seventh st. FOR RENT Southwest corner 7,th and Madison, furnished rooms, heat, bath and all conveniences. FOR 8 ALE MISCELLANEOUS. FOR SALE CHEAP A good h;trd coal stove, almost new. E. W. Hujfhes, 423 Kansas ave. FOR SAJ.E Largest size Gold Coin soft coal heater good as new. Inquire at 5ol Lincoln street. FOR SALE Store building. 20X4 feet $250.00 delivered. 1731 Clay street.. FOR SALE Cow at 516 Polk strc -t. FOR SALE CHEAP Fine Howard gui tar, with case. 921 Fillmore t. FOR SALE A good hard coal biuse bur ner. 631 Jefferson Btreet. FOR SALE Large gentle hors cheap. Inquire of Pritchard and Knisetv. lvt E. 10th st. FOR SALE Journal route: payn about $20 per month. Call at 13o5 West St. FOR SALE) Square piano in gocd condi tion. Call mornings. 614 West Sth. FOR SALE Fresh Jersey cow., $40.00. Telephone 275. I.OST AND POUND. STRAYED OR STOLEN Black .and tan Gordon setter dog. Suitable reward for return to C. H. Evans, 117 Clay ct. FOUND Pocketbook containlnp small sum of money. Owner can ha. e same by paying for this advertisement. A. Alleaume, Fourth and Adams streets. LOST Bunch of keyes. Please leave at August's. 622 Kansas avenue. FOUND Where watches are cleaned for 75c: clocks 50c. 613 Kansas nve., up stairs. FOB SALE-REAL ESTATE. FOR SALE At a bargain 5 room cot tage 1 lots, good cistern and cellar, new barn, on car line. $!50, bal ance In monthlv pavments. This is a snap; see me. at 2014 Buchanan st. FOR SALE 3 room cottage, cellar, well, cistern, out building. 1 lots, good location. Price $."50, $100 cash, balance monthly. 3 room house. 1 Int. well .bnrn. cool lo cation. Price $450; $100 cash, balance pay ments. 16 room brick flat, modern, rents to pity 15 per cent on the investment. Irice S3 5-1). SCOTT CO.. 615 Kansas Ave. KISEJJANEOUS. DRESSMAKING. PLAIN SEWING dot; cheap at 4j6 East Eighth street: als3 shirt waists with lining made for $1.00. NOTICE The parents of Jake Spettcr hereby give notice that they will not bo responsible for any debts contracted bv him. FRANK SPUTTER.' COBS, (vuis. CUBS. A good big load of cobs for ?1.oo. ALEXANDER L- GOODFKl.LOW. Phone 339. 119 East Sixth street. NOTICE To Whom It mav concern: Pa it known that my petition is on 'lie in the office of the probate court of Shaw nee county, Kansas, asking for a permit to sell intoxicating liquors at 404 Kansas avenue, in the Second ward, in the cilv of Topeka. Kansas, and the bearing cf the same is set for Tuesday, the 2Mb day of November, 199., at 9 a. m. K. R. WALLACE. Topeka, Kansas. October 26, ls:i9. R-I-P-A-N-S. 10 for 5 cents at druggists. They banish pain and proloi:g lite tone gives relief. No matter what's the matter one will do you good. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEONS. L. A. RYDER. M. D. OFFICE and residence corner Gordon sr. and Central ave.. North Topeka. 'Phona 114. Uaea the Brinkertaoff system of rectal treatment, a successful and pnlnies treatment for Eilea, tiHula. nshura. ul ceration, etc. IDA C. BARNES. M. D. Office 73S Kansas ave. Residence Thir teenth and Clay. Office houu: 9 a. m. to 11 a. m.. and 3 p. m. to 5 p. ax. Telephone 693 residence and 16 office. DR. EVA HARDING. Homeopa thlit. 62t Kansas ave. TeL. 402. S. E. SHELDON. M. D. Surgery and diseases of women. w!tl private hospital. Office No. 720 Kan. ave. MAGNETIC HEALING. PROF. HARDING, graduate of the Stan hope and. the Wellmer Schools of Mag netic Heaiing. curs acute and chroni-'! diseases by vital magnetism. !J1 Monroe street. ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW. MILTON BROWN, lawyer. Practice In all state and federal courts. &uit 41. Craw ford bldg.. Topeka. Kan. EDUCATIONAL. LECOT.E FRANCAISF. ET ANGLAISK? de Mme. Robinson. Rue de Polk mil deix cent vingt et uu. FRENCH AND GERMAN Taught either In class or private, terms reasonable. Mrs. Hannah Kihlberg, 1020 Tyler street. MONEY. $100,000,000 TO INVEST through Bankers. Brokers, Promoters: send for circular. Investors' Directory, N. Y. MONEY to patent good Ideas secure! through The Patent I'.eourd. Baltimore. MX LOANS on pianos, typewriters, bicycles. guns, watches, diamonds ami any pcr :3 Kansas ave. sonal Droperty. L. Piiicoe. 62; HAIR GOODS. SWITCHES, CHAINS. Face treatments. Shampooing and hair dryed by hot air. Mrs. Hattie Van Vleck. 220 East Fifth st. BICYCLES. V. S. CYCLE CO., 118 E. Sth st. National and Union bicycles. Sundries, repairs. TOPEKA CYCLE CO., 113 W. Pth St. Bicycle and sundries: bicycles and tandems tor i'ent; repairing of all kinds. SPECIALISTS. DR. C. H. OUIROR, Diseases of the Nose, Throat and Lungs. 106 Kansas ave. JEWELERS. JAMES B. HATDEN. Jeweler snrt Opti cian. Complete stock of watches, dia monds, silverware, etc. Eyes examintj and spectacles properly fitted. WATCHMAKER. WATCHES cleaned. 75e: clocks, 60c; mainsprings, 75c: crystals, 10c. Cash paid for old gold or silver. All work guar, finteed. Old Jewelry exchanged for new. If hard up. sea Uncle Sam. 512 Kan. ave. CHEMIST. J. T. LOVE WELL. Ph. D.. Analytical chemiut and Assayer. 523 Kansas ave. STAMPS, SEALS AND STENCILS. THE J. C. DARLING CO.. 734 KAN. AV. High Grade Rubber Stamps; prompt work, low price. Catalogue Pres. Phone 92. FLORISTS. MRS. J. R. HAGUE. Florist, successor to K. J. Groves. U7 Kansas ave. Phons SOi PAVING. THE OFFICE of the Capital City V;trlfle1 Brick and paving Co. has beta reuioveJ to 11 West Eighth St. FRESCO WORK. W. W. GILLESPIE. Fre-co Palrter. De signs and estimates furnished on all classes of work. 1714 West Fifteenth, To peka, Kan. Refers to his work In Stat Journal building. STORAGE. TOPEKA STORAGE AND WAREHOUSE CO. Packs and ships household goods. TeL 1SS. C D. Sainner. 123 East Hlxio sr. TIN SHOPS. J. M. BAIRD, hot sir furnaces, pumps ana tin roofing. Hi W. 6th. TeL 35. WE'LL DO YOL'R HAULINQ RIGHT. Topekh Transfer Go. 509 Ksntw AreniiB. OHIO TeL 320. Houbs Tel. 399. F. P. BACON, Proprietor. BEE HE ABOUT BTOEAQE. G A. 1 O 3T 3C A. Bears the Signature of The Kind TOO ria A.war? Bsia

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TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL, FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 10, 1899. 8 619 Kansas Avenue. fit :BTU mm 619 Kansas q Avenue. Extraordinary Values. FOR TOMORROW we shall make the following ex tremely low prices. They are only indicative of equal and greater bargains in our various departments bar gains that make economical buyers our steady customers. Two Underwear Specials. Men's extra quality and weight, double fleeced shirts and drawers, sold elsewhere up to 65c, tomorrow only at a price and limit of 2 suits 33c. Children's medium weight fleeced union suits, sizes 2 to 7 years, 2 suits only to the purchaser, at 23c. An excellent grade full weight unbleached cotton flannel, and a dime article, for sC. 1-3 off the balance of our tailor made Suits, made of the best material and up to date in style and tailoring. An exceptional offering to any intending purchaser. Amoskeag ticking, extra fine quality, 12c. Two Bargains in Dress Goods. Choice of a large line of Dress Plaids, consisting of reg ular values up to 20c, tomorrow at "We offer, for tomorrow only, an excellent line of Cov erts, plaid, novelty and Jamestown dress goods, nothing sold usually for less than 50c, at the special price, limit cue dress pattern, 44c. BROOKE MUST QUIT. Civil Government to Be Estab lished In Cuba and Forto Rico. TRAFFIC IN ISLANDS. Has Apparently Ended to the Satis faction of All Concerned. New York, Nov. 10 A dispatch to the Tribune from London says: Lord Salisbury i3 always phlegmatic and Intensely practical on threat oc casions when the empire is fairly hang ing upon his words. There was not a trace of emotion or excitement in his speech last night at the guild hall ban quet, w here he and Lord Wolseley were received like conquering heroes. He be gan with Samoa as quietly as though he were describing a bargain, in trade, and pointed out that Germany was specially interested in the territory there and had got what she wanted, iwhereas Kngland did not need a poor harbor like Apia, but a good one like that in Tonga. With the sententious comment that England's relations with Samoa were nil that could be desired he passed to en equally practical discussion of the war. He contended that the lack o troops in South Africa was not due to want of action, since an ultimatum would have come earlier if the troops thad been increased earlier. He described the real cause of hostilities as the un fortunate arrangements e-f lbiil, by which a community admittedly hostile was allowed to accumulate unbounded munitions of war. The object of Eng lish warfare, he asserted, was neither Bold nor territory, but equal rights for till men and the issue of the conflict would be good government in. South Africa. The prime minister's speech was re markable for the coolness and lack of sensibility with which supreme ques tions of diplomacy and war were Bum med up: yet it was a powerful and eubtle appeal to every day-English com mon sense and reasonableness. it tended to minimize controversy and ex citement and bring out the best Eng lish trait sobriety of judgment. The diplomatic world and the leader writers are still discussing the Berlin disclosure of the relations of England and Germany as the most important topic of the times. America is general ly admitted to have come out well. The fitate department has obtained the best liarbor in that quarter of the Pacific. The importance of Pago Pago as a coaling and naval station has greatly increased since the occupation of Ma nila. America now has a naval base which can be strongly fortified, and a pood haven of which the full advantage may be taken in the development of the trade of the South seas, if the example of Canada, England and Germany be followed in subsidizing steamship lines under the American Hag. The state de partment has also Increased American prestige by asking for European guar antees for the "open door'' principle In the far east, and is credited with having obtained a favorable answer from Germany. The settlement of the Samoan ques tion has created an area of good feel ing between America on the one side and both England and Germany on the ther, and has left the United States m full possession of everything for which it could reasonably have asked. Ger many has carried off the prize for which she has been long struggling in the South Pacitic and has not paid lieavily for it either in that quarter or In Zanzibar or in West Africa. The dis closure of this series of transfers of territory and Jurisdiction enables the Cerman emperor to claim the credit of liaving made a good bargain with Eng land without exciting American sent iment and justifies his journey to Windsor in war time, w here he will be received like a faithful ally. England's interest in Samoa was mainly senti mental and centered in memories of Stevenson. When America retained Tutuila and left. England and Germany free to come to an agreement over the ether two large islands, of which only one was worth having, it was evident that there were not two bites in the Baking Powder Made from pure cream of tartar. Safeguards the food against alum Alum baiting powdets are the greatest tnmacfrs to healtk of the present day. SOYAt BreB-POWtiER CO,, NEW YIo. cherry. Germany now has the whole cherry. "What is carried over to Eng land's profit is the good will of Ger many in the larger transaction now in progress in South Africa and her mora! support in averting Russian and French intrigue in Persia and Morocco. The Berlin disclosure leaves unex plained the secret agreement reached by the British and German govern ments a year ago, by virtue of which England has a free hand in South Af rica. It only reveals the supplementa ry results of that secret understanding in the serins of minor settlements re cently effected. The American govern ment, if it has not directly inspired the Samoan agreement, has been consulted at every stage and sanctioned it in ad vance. Even soldiers unversed in politics and diplomacy are in touch with the spirit of the new relations between England and Germany. At a dinner last night attended by soldiers, a well known headquarters staff general lately hold ing an important command in the "Uni ted Kingdom apologized for using a foreign phrase, but added that it would be borrowed from very good language, where he quoted a German phrase. Loud applause followed from the Brit ish soldiers at the table. STU21BAUGH CASE. Attorney For Defendant Tells His Side of the Controversy. To the Editor of the State Journal: The petition of Mrs. Mary B. Stum baugh published in Saturday evening's Journal does Mr. George W. Stumbaugh, such gross injustice that we deem it due our client that the facts be made public and we respectfully request, the State Journal to publish the following facts which are undisputed: 1. Mrs. Stumbaugh owns in her own right a valuable eighty-acre farm, worth $3,500.00. 2. Up till one month ago Mr. and Mrs. Stumbaugh had lived together content ed and happy for forty years and with out any suggestion of a separation. 3. About two weeks ago Mrs. Stum baugh. through the suggestions and in fluence of third parties, was induced to permit herself to be removed from her own home to the house of Mrs. Hop kins. 4. It Is a coincidence, that on the very next day after Mrs. Stumbavgh was re moved to the house of Mrs. Hopkins that she made her will, leaving all her devisable property, that is one-half, to Mrs. Hopkins, except $50.00, which she left to her only child. S. F. Stumbaugh. 5. The petition alleges that Mr. Stum baugh "refused to provide her with medical aid and care other than he him self gave her.'' The truth is that Mr. Stumbaugh has paid out to Ioctors Mc Clintock and Sheldon of the city and Doctor Ward of Kansas City and oth ers, over $S00.00 within the last ten months for medical attendance on Mrs. Stumbaugh. Mr. Stumbaugh had a nurse in attendance at the time Mrs. Stumbaugh was removed. 6. Mr. Stumbaugh has since the re moval of his wife and before the com mencement of this suit, offered to pay all the expenses for the care and at tendance of his wife at any place she may select. We firmly believe that if Mrs. Stum baugh had not possessed considerable property in her own right, that no such suit would have been commenced. Re spectfully, II. B. WELCH. RATES TO GO UP. New Tork, Nov. 10. A special to the Times from Washington says: The first task to which the president will address himself now that the elec tion is over, is the establishment of civil government in Cuba and Porto P.ico. He is displaying considerable im patience to have this work, which has been hanging fire so long pushed through as soon as possible. The first step toward the establishment of civil government in Cuba is the completion of the census and that it is now expect ed will be finished by the end of the month. The president's desire is to have Cu ban self-government in operation at once so that congress may be enabled to observe its practical workings, and be aided thereby to frame laws for the permanent government of the island. Gen. J. P. Sanger will leave for Cuba on Saturday to observe the taking of the census. J. G. Rathbone, the direc tor of posts for Cuba, has just arrived in Washington in response to a call from Postmaster General Smith, and General William Ludlow has been sum moned from Havana to confer with the president. On the conference with Gen. Ludlow, more than on anything else, will de pend the future of Cuba. It was given out some time ago that when the time for the establishment of civil govern ment came. Gen. Brooke would be sent for, but events since then have made it so clear that one of the department commanders may be better able to give information of value on the subject than the governor general, that Gen. Ludlow has been sent for in his place. The president himself is not quite con vinced that the Cubans are yet ready for self-government, but some of the members of the cabinet are, and if Gen. Ludlow supports them in that view, the future of Cuba will be as sured. The commander of the depart ment of Havana is an energetic officer, w ho has made a study of the island en tirely apart from his official duties, and he is an authority on the subject. The measure of self-government which will be given to the Cubans apparently will 1 depend on him. Ir. any eent, the end o? Brooke's I term os governor general close at hand. The department commanders will remain for a while, to be ultimately superseded by civil governors, if the plan works well, but the governor gen eral will go Nor is there any pros pect that Brooke will exchange the gov ernor generalship for the position of civil governor. That officer, it is un derstood, will be either Gen. Ludlow, Gen. Wood or Gen. Wilson. Several of the Havana papers are demanding the appointment of Mr. Rathbone and his appointment would give satisfaction to the Cubans, but it seems likely that the appointee will be one of the department commanders. Gen. Fitzhugh Lee is also advocated for the post. Cubans here, even of the agitator class, would find no fault with the ap pointment of Gen. Wood. He and Gen. Wilson have escaped the attacks which have been leveled at Gen. Brooke, and even at Gen. Ludlow The Times cor respondent recently asked two of the most violent of the Cuban agitators, editors of a paper which had to be sup pressed by the American authorities, if there was any criticism whatever in their party of either Wood or Wilson. They reluctantly admitted that not even the independence party had found anything to quarrel with in the admin istration of either. After the appointment of the civil governor a portion of the army will be withdrawn, but how large a portion has not been decided uixin. The trouble with the appointment of one of the de partment commanders is that he would have to resign his commission. It is believed that Gen. Ludlow would be more likely to do this than the others, and this leads to the belief that he will be the appointee, although Gen. Lee's friends point to the fact that, as his is a commission in the volunteer army, it would re easier ror him to resign than for the others. The civil governor will be divested, it is understood, of all mili tary functions, except those which the governor of a state exercises as the commander-in-chief. As it stands now, most of the officeholders under the Cu ban government are Cubans, and the experiment will be a practical one in self-government. Gen. Ludlow has made all the municipal appointments in Havana, including the mayor. If Cuba does get self-government, it will be mainly due to Secretary Root, He has urged the substitution of civil for miltary government ever since he entered the cabinet, and has been the prime mover in the cause of self-government. When the case of Porto Rico comes to be considered, it is believed that the appointment will go to Governor Gen eral Davis. Agents for Butteriek's Patterns. Delineators for December have arrived. REHNANTS. Sale of Drapery Remnants, Fancy Tickings and Flowered Denims, worth up to 30c all at one price- 15c a. yard. New Jackets for Ladies. New Jackets for Misses. New Jackets for Children. If you had peeped in our re ceiving room today, yesterday and the day before you would have seen Jackets nobby Jack ets different from those we have shown before, and enough of them, too, to supply an ordi nary store for two seasons and still have some left. Pearl, grays, tans, royal blues, navy blues, browns and castors are positively the prettiest and the most reasonable in price of any we have shown this season. Really we can't be too enthu siastic over these lines, and we believe you will feel just as we do when you see them. Prices, S7.75, SS.75, $10.00, $12.50 and 815.00. WET WEATHER SKIRTS. You'll find some number that will surely interest you. You know we don't stop at one style, nor a half dozen. A good line or we stay out of it altogether. 83.05 and 85.00 will be the great leaders tomorrow. GOLF AND PLUSH CAPES "We waited some later than other dealers to buy our Golf Capes, and we believe we have been well paid for the waiting, because the styles are prettier than in the beginning of the season. Ten dollars is the most popular price, tho' we have them higher and lower. Plain and full Plush Capes with bear trimmings and fine brown satin lining are selling well. The lengths 30 and 33-in., prices, S10, 811.50 and 813.75. Those with genuine Martin collar and edg ing are 81S.50. SHOES. Rainy Day Boots in box calf on mannish last with heavy ex tension soles. New line came yesterday. Come early while we have your size. NECKWEAR. Novelties in Neckwear just arrived. Two numbers will be offered tomorrow at special prices. The first is a silk stock with large fluffy bow for 50c, the other a silk stock with large jabot fancy trimmed for $1.00. Black Silk Neck Ruffs or Boas just arrived, $1.50 to $4.00 ea. 2 iJhS ART LINEN COUNTER, A great bargain in Ladies' Work Baskets. They are cloth covered, and each basket has three p'ockets, a needle case and pin cushion. These baskets sold at 85c, but we closed out a quan tity of them, and will put them on sale tomorrow-- 73 0 At, each HrQ RIBBONS. Four big assortments on the center tables tomorrow 5c, 10c, 15c, and 19c a yard. If you want ribbon bargains, look for these. FANCY GOODS. Imitation Fruit--bananas, ap ples, beaches and pears to be used for pin cushions, Cr Only, each Hand or Stand Mirrors, Price, each Late novelties in Ladies' Pocketbooks, excellent QEf" values for the price, each, eLO New things in Dog Collar Belts, including the Golf Dog CollarPrices 25c to 81-50 ea. Pearl Buttons Q" Special, per dozen O' FREE samples of toilet soap given away tomorrow. Cutane ous and Egg White. Price 10c cake, 25c box. I

On Passenger Traffic to Alaskan Points. Vancouver. B. C, Nov. 10. It is probable that there will be a material increase in steamship rates to Alaskan ports and the Klondike points, com mencing with the opening of naviga tion on the Yukon next season. It is stated that the advance wiil be in pas sentrer rates, the freight schedule remaining- as at present. Regulation of these rates is within the province of the Alaska Transportation association members, which comprise Puget Sound and British Columbia steamship com panies. The various companies will act In concert regarding the advance in passenger rates. Steel Sars Go XT p. Pittsburg. Pa.. Nov. 10. The price of steel bars was advanced in Pittsburg: to day from SJ.50 per l'-O pounds to 2.73 fur prompt delivery. Thle means an increase of per ton. Even at these figures it is almost impossible to obtain steel bars for use sny time prior to the first of the enmins year. For deliverv In the second quarter of 19O0 a price of $11.50 per l' pounds is aked. Iron and steel sellers today predicted a quiet market until the latter part of the year and that no con tracts of importance will be made until the new year. Valuable Copper Mine Sold. Portland. Ore.. Nov. 10. A special to the Oregonian from Ashland, sujs: The Carlshand-Walters Copper mine proprtv, located just south of the Oregon-California boundary line near Coles station, has been sold to the Siskiyou Copper com pany of Rossland, B. C. The consider ation 1 stated, to haveVeen ITOO.Cvd. Will Redeem Bonds. St. Paul. Minn., Nov. in. Officials of the Northern Pacific railway confirm the statement that on January 1 that road will redeem S11.lmhi.Okj worth of bonds from the proceeds of land sales to the Weyrhauser syndicate. STANDS VERY HIGH. Estimation of the Public Argues Well For It. BIG STRIKE IN SIGHT. Miners In Southern Illinois to Go Out. Chicago, Nov. 10. The Record today says: The situation in. tho coal mining fields in t it. southern and western sections of Illinois has taken a serious turn, and it is said that many of the mines may De tied up within the next 43 hours as a result of the continued action of opera tors in sending coal to points west and southwest, where the miners are on a strike. The United Mine Workers' union has been engaged in strikes in the Indian Terr-itory, Arkansas. Mis souri and Iowa mines, the product of which is consumed for the most part by the Gould system of railroads. Recently it was discovered that coal was being shipped from the. Belleville district in this state to supply the wants of the railroads, and the officers of the miners' union entered a protest, j which was accompanied by a threat to strike unless the practice was discon tinued. President Hefty, ot the Belle ville district, wired John Mitchell, pres ident of the T'nited Mine Workers' union, asking for instructions and re ceived a reply which said that ir posi tive evidence was at hand that the operators were still sending coal into districts where strikes were in progress the men should be called out of the mines which were producing coal. President Mitchell arrived in Chicago yesterday. He said last nignt that the situation was most serious and that the union would certainly carry out its ul timatum to strike if any more coal left the state to supply the railroads in the southwest. During the day he received an urgent telegram from President Hefty asking him to go to East St. Louis and Mr. Mitchell replied that he would start as soon as he had finished some business in Indianapolis. Mr. Mitchell said: "The minors have been careful In dealing with this situation and have done everything in their power to avoid a rupture. The strikes in the south west were called to enforce our wage seal." and the men in Illinois insist that their labor shall not be used to defeat their brothers in the other states. I instructed President Hefty to order a strike of the miners working for oper ators who persist in supplying the rail roads we a.e fighting, and that order will stand." ROUTE MAPPED OUT. Good Reports Are Coming In From All Sections of the Country. There is not a medicine sold in Kan sas today that stands as high in the estimation of our home people as Mor row's Kid-ne-oids. Not only in To peka are Morrow's Kid-ne-oids achiev ing great success, but good reports come from all sections of the country, and tht3e reports come because the people have been cured of kidney and urinary disorders just the same as hun dreds in Topeka have been cured. Al. Alton, barber. 518 East Fourth street, says: "I suffered from kidney troubles such as backache, nervousness and sleeplessness for a long time. Standing so much of the time seemed to aggravate my troubles. I have been treated by physicians and used kidney pills and other kidney remedies but failed to get a particle of relief. I pur chased a box of Morrow's Kid-ne-oids and used them as directed until I was completely cured of my former trou bles. I used two boxes of Morrow's Kid-ne-oids which completely cured me of chronic constipation." Morrow's Kid-ne-oids are not pills, but Yellow Tablets and cure backar he, nervousness and sleeplessness. They sell at fifty cents a box at Swift Holliday's drug store. Morrow's Liver lax sell at twenty-five cents a box. Mailed on receipt of price by John Morrow Co.. Chemists. Springtieid, Ohio. Center of Population Rapidly Moving West Always being desirous of keeping up with the procession and in view of the above facts we have moved west. So as to be there first "don't yer know." It is still "Slaunchways" from the transfer station, only a trifle more "slaunch." The new number is 116 West Eighth street, only 3 doors west of the old location. Some days we have all kinds of coal; but every day we have some kinds. Will be verv pleased to see you. WEBSTER-TULLOCH COAL CO., No. 116 West Eighth. Phones 405 and 520. Schley's Final Orders. Washington. Nov. 10. Admiral Schley todav received his final orders from the Navv department to hoist his lias on the Chicago at New York on the lth inst., assuming command of the South Atlantic squadron. Relief In Six Hours. Distressing Kidr.ev and Bladder Disease relieved in six hours by "New Great South American Kidney Cure." It Is a great surprise on account of its exceeding promptness in relieving pain in bladder, kidneys and back. In male or female. Re lieves retention of water almost immed iately. If you want quick relief and cure this is the remedy. Sold by Sim Drus Co., S34 Kansas avenue, and Geo. W. Stansfield. 632 Kansas avenue, drug gists, Topeka. Kansas. Tartar Report to Remain Secret. Washington. Nov. 10. The War depart ment has received the report of the board of inquiry which investigated charges of irregularities on the transport Tartar. Bv direction of Secretary Root the re port will not be made public. For a Cable Line From San Francisco to Manila. New Tork, Nov. 10. A special to the Tribune from Washington, says: Rear Admiral Bradford has comple ted the official naval project for a transpacific submarine telegraph ca ble between San Francisco and Manila in time to supply congress with all the essential information at the opening of the next session that will permit intel ligent consideration of the subject and prompt action for the inauguration of the great work. All doubt has been removed regarding the practicability of the enterprise by the adoption of Honolulu, Midway and Guam as relay stations on the long line and by the discoveries made from the naval survey ship Nero as to the character of the ocean bed between those points. The sounding instruments of this ship disclosed an abyss in the western Pacific over five miles deep, but a slight divergence from a straight line fortunately developed a route avoiding this insuperable obstacle to laying a working cable. At another point, on the same stretch between Midway and Guam, a submerged moun tain over 12,000 feet in height was dis covered, and a reasonably level road around this was found. The physical practicability of the line now being assured beyond doubt, it only remains for congress to weigh the military necessities and the com mercial advantages to accrue from the construction and operation of the sys tem. It was represented to congress at its last session that the revenues to be expected from a Pacific cable would not attract private capital unless it had a connection with Australia, Japan and China, as well as with San Francisco, Honolulu and Manila. For that reason it was deemed indispensable that the United States should own Kusaie or Strongs Island, in the Caroline group, or a cable landing right there to insure the working of a loop to Australia. The absence of this may deter any corpora tion from undertaking the operation of a cable across the Pacific without a heavy subsidy. BUFFALO IS READY. OFFICERS OF TWENTIETH. Has Been Undergoing Repairs For Past Three Months. New York, Nov. 10. The transport' Buffalo will be ready for the service of carrying supplies to the Philippines next Sunday. In the last three months she has been thoroughly refitted, both without and within. Instead of the dingy war paint she now wears a coat of white, and a new bridge has been erected forward. Within, the old wooden partitions have been replaced by corrugated galvanized iron bulk heads. A new ice plant capable of supplying the wants of all on board, has been put in. The engine and boil ers have been overhauled to insure in creased speed. The quarters for the officers' wives have been made more commodious, and other repairs more or less extensive have been made. The officers will have quarters on the hurri cane deck and the soldiers and crew will occupy the section between decks. The Buffalo is expected to go into commission on November 15. but it is feared that it will be impossible to have her in readiness then. Because of the heavy drains on the men of the navy for the equipment of the recent addi tions there may not be men enough to man the Buffalo. The cruiser Atlanta, which is nearly ready for sea, will be delayed for the same reason. K. C. Printers Strike. Kansas City. Mo.. Nov. 10. About 00 feeders and 25 pressmen, member.-: of job unions here, struck for nine hours, union wages and recognition of their union. A number of printers went out in sympathy. The striKe is the culmina tion of the trouble existing between the union and non-union offices for years. She Brought Gold. San Francisco, Nov. 10. The steamer Homer arrived here today from St. Michael. Dutch Harbor and Cape Nome. The vessel brought 1?0 passengers and about llw.000 In gold. They Are Being Honored Today in Kansas City, Mo. Kansas City, Nov. 10. Today will be Funston day in Kansas City. Preparations have all been completed, and unless the most unexpected hap pens the hero of the Twentieth Kansas and his regimental officers will be the guests of the city this afternoon and of the Knife and Fork club tonight at one of the most elaborate banquets ever given in Kansas City. The special com mittee from the Commercial club left at 10:30 last night for Iola to bring the general to Kansas City in a special train, and the entire club will be at the union station today to welcome the party. The Third regiment band will lead the procession to the Coates hotel, playing the famous war classic of the Twentieth Kansas, entitled "There'll Be a Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight," which will be prophetic of the enter tainment at the Knife and Fork club's banquet. The evening's menu, which is printed on a handsome souvenir card, is not long, but it is artistically complete. The menu card is in the shape of a sol dier's campaign hat bound together by military hat braid. On the first cover is the reproduction of the picturesque headpiece which is a recent addition to the clothing allowance of the American army. On one side is a knife and fork crossed instead of the usual rifles, and above appears the number of the Kan sas regiment. Through a dozen enamel ed pages run the menu, sentiments, list of speakers and the officers of the lub. On the page next the first cover is a pic ture of General Funston in a setting of crossed flags adorned by the inevitable knife and fork. Beneath appears the following sentiment: All the gods go with you, upon your sword Sit laurel victory: and smooth success Be strewed before your feet. Anthony and Cleopatra. This is the menu: Canape Caviar a la Russe. Blue Points. Amontillado. Consomme Continental. Celery. Olives. Columbia River'Salmon. Sauce Mouseline. Potatoes Laurette. Haut Sauterne. Tenderloin Beef, Larded, Mushrooms. French Peas. Punch en Surprise. Cigarettes. Roast Quail, au Croutons. Boston Head Iettuce. Moet Chandon (White Seal). Neapolitan Ice Cream. Cake. Toasted Wafers. Cheese. Fruit. Brandy. Black Coffee. Cigars. With the wine is the following senti ment: They eat, they drink, and In commun ion sweet Quaff immortality and joy. Milton. Cigars bring out this sentiment: lYOU I J Can make the same kind J J of mince pies your mother used to make, if you use Kaw Valley Brand Mince Meat "Absolutely the very best." Made by the i Wolff Packing Co. Hr Now let them smoke who never smoked before. And those who always smoked smoke now the more. The following i3 the programme of toasts: Toastmaster. Mr. A. B. Colton, presi dent of the club. "The Homecoming of the Volunteers,'" Mr. Gardiner Lathrop. All night we lt feast together: Most welcome home. Hamlet "The Patriotism of the West," Mr. Her bert S. Hadley. One ilag. one land, one heart, one hand. One nation evermore! Oliver Wendell Holmes. "The Twentieth Kansas," General Frederick Funston. Fnough of merit has each honored name To shine untarnished on the rolls o" fame. And add new luster to the historic page. I i u m p h rev s "Make the Philippines a Good Place to Live In." Mr. t". S. Epperson. Take up the white man's burden The savage wars of peace Fill full the mouth of famine And bid the sickness cease. Kipling. "On the Firing Line," General Wilder Metcalf. Duncan "Dismayed not this. Our captains, Macbeth and Hanquo?" Sergeant "Yes As sparrows, eagles or the hare the lion." Macbeth. "Our Flag." Colonel E. C. Little. Where sabers were clashing and death shot were pouring. Our banner was proudest and loftiest soaring. Chandler. "The Resources of Our Country." Mr. Frank P. Walsh. America! half-brother of the world! With something good and bad of every la nd Greater than thee have lost their seat Greater scarce none can stand. Bailey. Another speaker has been added to the list in the person of J. P. Dolliver, con gressman from Iowa. The committee has arranged with a car riage company to have a hundred or so carriages at the Midland hotel at tho close of the banquet and the guests wt'l be driven to their homes at a special price of 5tl cents each. The famous Funston sword, presented to the general by the people of Kansas at the recent reception at Topeka, will be exhibited at Jaccard's jewelry store today at 1:."0 o'clock. T 0 WIND IT UP. Pacific Improvement Company to Go Out of Existence. New York. Nov. 10. The winding up of the affairs of the Pacific Improve ment company of California, is semi officially announced. The company ii capitalized at $5, 000,000 and T. H. Hub bard is its president. It was organized 20 years ago as a contracting and con struction company in the interests of the Southern Pacific, and it was identi fied with many of this system's enter prises, including the build'.ng of the Hotel Del Monte at Monterey. The decision to wind up the affairs of the company was reached in the recent con ferences between Collis P. Huntington, Mrs. Leland Stanford, Ooorce Crock-r and Gen. Thomas H. Hubbard, who represented the Mark Hop!: ins-Searlt-3 interests in the Southern Pacific. Conferences on the subject of liquida ting the affairs of the improvement company are being held every day in the Mills building, but the end arrived at will not be reached for many months, as It Is a big concern and each detail of liquidation must be taker, up separ ately. When the assets avc realized they will be divided between the four interests named. To Operate In Cuba. Trenton. N. J., Nov. 10. Articles of incorporation were filed with the secre tary of state this afternoon of the Hav ana American company, with an au thorized capital of $10,000,000 to grow and deal in tobacco and to manufacture cigars a.nd cigarettes. The incoriora tors are Leighton Calkins, George H. Dadum, James B. Whiton and Charled E. Woodruff, Jr., all of Jersey City. Webster-Tulloch Coal Co. have moved their uptown ofHce 3 dwrs west of their old location on West Eighth St. The new number is 116.