The Topeka State Journal (Topeka, Kansas)
November 20, 1899

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iL LAST EDITION MOXDAT EVEXIXG. TOPEKA, KANSAS. NOVEMBER 20, 1899. MONDAY EVENING. TWO CENTS. AHARDCAMPAIGN Lawton's Division Is Spread Over Much Territory. "Wading Through Swamps and Swimming Rivers. CAVALRY TAKE TOWSS Infantry Follows Up and Occu pies Them. American Troops Are LiTing on Captured Supplies. IX A TIGHT PLACE. Swigert Is Fighting a Greatly Superior Force. Governor of New Yiseaya De cides to Surrender. Manila. Nov. 20. S:25 a. m. Only fragmentary reports reach Manila of the operations north, which when the r-tory is known, will prove to have been the most remarkable campaigning the Philippine war has known. Genera! Lawton's division is spread thinly over the territory beyond San Jose, where the telegraph ends. General Young's two regiments of cavalry are continuing" their rapid sweep into the new towns and the in fantry is being shoved forward to hold the to.vns the cavalry takes, all in a country whose natural difficulties are increased indescribably by tropical rains making rivers of creeks and swamps of fields. Wagon transporta tion is supposed to have been practic ally abandoned, the American troops living on captured supplies and the lit tle produce the insurgent levies have left. Major Samuel W. Swigert's squadron of the Third cavalry is reported to be engaging a greatly superior force at Pozorrubio, northeast of Dagupan. These troops have fought three engage ments, ami are now holding their posi tion waiting for reinforcements. It is believed at headquarters that this Fili pino force is covering the retreat of the insurgent leaders to the Binguet moun tains and that the insurgents planned to retreat northeast along the Tayug road which is stocked with storehouses, three of which the Americans have se cured to draw upon enroute and that only the insurgent advance force had passed Tayug before the American oc cupation, the main body of Aguinaldo's army being within our lines. The majority of these insurgents may disorganize and pose as amigos when the Americans overtake them. Among the scraps of news obtainable are stories of the hardships the Ameri can army is meeting with. It is report ed, for instance, that General Lawton narrowly escaped drowning while ford ing a swift river when Lieutenant Luna and two privates were lost. Captain Henry A. Leonhauser with a battalion of the Twenty-fifth infantry is on his way from liamban to O'Donnell to take the insurgent cartridge-filling works there. A Filipino captain, who surrendered with four men to Colonel Andrew S. r.urt, of the Twenty-fifth infantry, de scribed the factory and volunteered to guide the expedition. The governor of Neuva Viscaya has determined, like many other Filipinos in these days, that the administration of his province can not cnange too quick and is coming to Manila to tell General Otis of his loyalty and inciden tally request that he be retained in of fice under the new regime. Admiral "Watson has received an ad ditional credible report from Lieuten ant J. C. Gilmore and five of the cap tured sailors of the United States gun boat Yorktown, where at Tarlac. No vember 1. Lieutenant Gilmore was liv ing in a Filipino general's house. The cruiser Baltimore starts for Lin gayen. Sailors from the gunboat Cas tino occupy Zamboanga on the south west extremity of the island of Min danao. The business men. chiefly Chin ese, requested Commander S. W. Very, of the Castine. to take possession of the place and protect them from the insurgents. Commander Very landed a naval force and although no details have been re ceived, it appears he found that he had a large contract on hand and telegra- h ed to Major General Otis, requesting the presence of troops. But none are available, except by withdrawing' part of the force from one of the neighbor ing islands temporarily. The original plan was to have Brigadier General Al fred E. Bates estabiish the headquar ters of the governorship of tne Moham medan islands there, when tr.e new reg iments arrived. It will be carried out later, when General Bates returns from his trip to the southern islands. He has bten visiting the garrisons of Jolo. Siassi and Bongao. The friendliness of the Moros for the Americans is in creasing under General Bates" diplo matic administration. The threatened feuds of the Datohs. Jakainis and Ca lois against the Sultan will probably be averted through the pacific influence of the American officers. Mindanao villagers have seized a smuggling schooner bound from Iloilo to Zamboanga and supposed to be run by two discharged soldiers. They mur dered all the crew. General Bates is now on board the Yorktown bourd on a month's trip to Halabac and Borneo to observe the methods follower! by the British gov ernment of the Mohammedans. THREE DISPATCHES FROM OTIS. "Washington. Nov. 20. Three cable dispatches were received a, the war department today from General Otis. They are all dated today, but received at different times. The tirst received at 2:1 a. m.. says: "MacArthur's advance within five miles af Dngupan. to which point rail road intact from Bamban, excepting Tarlac break. The northern five miles destroyed but rails recovered. Larse Quantity rolling stock destroyed along line. Probably either Lawton's or "Wheaton's men in DagupatT. No report from those officers since 17th; should hear today. Roads becoming practic able for transportaion and troops moving from San Jose to Lawton's front. Leonhauser with three compan ies Twenty-fifth infantry by night march surxrised and captured without casualties insurgent force at O'Donnell seven miles from railroad station, Bam ban or Capas. One insurgent kil'ed: force consisted of four officers and 200 men, their rifles, ten thousand rounds ammunition, transportation, four tons subsistence, official records and consid erable clothing secured.. Insurgents south Manila somewhat restless again driven back from Imus; six men slightly wounded." SECOND- DISPATCH. The second dispatch relates to af fairs in the southern islands and was received at 3:30 a. m. It follows: "One of the contending insurgent fac tions at Zamboanga secured the city and turned same over to Cfptain Very of United States war vessel in harbor; other insurgent faction made demon stration against city and Very called on Jolo for troops. One company sent. The commanding officer asked permis sion to send three additional, leaving two there: two companies will be dis patched from Jolo. Both Jolo and Zam boanga must be reinforced as soon as practicable. It will require several days: it was not intended to take pos session of Zamboanga until later: no provision made. Latter part Septem ber members insurgent government in Cottabao district southern Mindanao, beheaded. New government formed which calls for "United States troops. Cities Cottabao, Duvao. Surigao, north eastern point Mindanao, of importance; troops will be sent to these points when available. Hughes moving in Panay with two columns: insurgents have re treated from southeastern portion of Island." The following relates to movements farther north: "MacArthur advance entered Dagu pan today; ascertained that Wheaton s troops had been there yesterday and were withdrawn last evening. It is be lieved that many insurgents detach ments are west of railroad in province of Zambales. meditating concentration and future demonstrations. They will be looked after. Nothing yet received from either Lawton or "Wheaton." The navy department also received a report of the acquisition of Zamboanga which differs in some respects from the story of that event told in Gen. Otis' cablegram. The naval account is con tained in the following cablegram from Admiral Watson dated at Manila to day: CAPTURE OF ZAMBOANGA. "Commander Very of the Castine with friendly natives and Moros com bined, captured Zamboanga on the Kith instant. No casualties. Landing parties from Castine and the Manila, hold the town with Fort Nazro. com manding it. pending arrival of troop from Jolo. There is considerable force of insurgents at Mercedes, four miles away." The acquisition of Zamboanga at this time is of great importance from a mil itary point of view-. It is the principal city of Mindanao and dominates the entire southern half of that island "which is second in importance only to Luzon. It has a population of nearly 22.000 people and is well fortified, so that a small garrison of troops couid hold it indefinitely against native at tacks. In addition it is a naval station, where the Spaniards used to rendez vous their ships in the southern archi pelago. J Gen. Otis' dispatch intimates that he is somewhat embarrassed by the unex pected necessity of providing a garri son speedily for Zamboanga. It has been suggested that the ditiiculty might, be met by garrisoning Zamboanga with the battalion of marines, one of which is understood now to be available in this country and ready to sail at short notice for Manila. LIST OF DEATHS. "Washington. Nov. 20. (Jen. Otis has cabled the following death report to the war department: A ute dysentery. Nov. 12. Jacob Teeter, chronic diarrhoea: Gale E. Cran dall. A. Ninth infantry: Third, Marvin A. Coffer, civilian, late G. Seventeenth infantry, chronic dysentery; nth Chas. Guenther, B. Thirty-fourth infantry: lr.th. Reginald Heiser. M, Thirty-sixth infantry; lsth. Ignace Romonoviea, servant. D. Third infantry: 10th. John Breny, musician. E. Sixteenth infantry; gunshot wound while resisting arrest, 12th, James Murphy. A. Twenty-seventh infantry, variola. Tth, Wm. E Curry, K. Sixth infantry: gunshot wound, ac cidental. 12th. Norman Lewis. K. Four teenth infantry; Thomas Roach. L, I wenty-hrst infantry, typhoid fever. 13th. James Clauser. C. Twenty-first in fantry; John Larrow, Fourth infantry; 11th. John William. C. Thirteenth in fantry; appendicitis, flth. James H. Hill. C. Nineteenth infantry; tuberculosis, pulmonary; lr.th. Henry Nina ire. G, Twentieth infantry: drowned acciden tally in river at Oten, 9th, John K. Woodard. artificer, L, Eighteenth in fantry. FUNSTON AT FRISCO. Disclaims Any Knowledge of Church Looting In Phil ippines. San Francisco, Nov. 2. General Fred erick Funston accompanied by his wife arrived in Oakland late last nihl. lie is on the way to Manila, where he will re port for duty to General Otis. "I do not know anything about the rob bing of churches in the Philippines by American soldiers," declared t he general, in an interview, "and while it may be true that Fume of our men were K-dlty of sac relepious thievery, I can hardiy believe it. lurintr the war between the Spanish and the Filipinos there were a number of na tive churches mbbed by Spaniard-. A pTt-at deal of the plunder i;t into the ban d.s a" t he Chinamen who event ua 1 iy s-tld considerable of the stuff to the men of our army." DUff.PED OVERBOARD. Heat Rations For 1,600 Brit ish Soldiers Thrown Into the Sea. Xew York. Nov. 20. A dispatch to the World from London says: There is every indication of a big scandal about the meat supplied to the troop ships sent to South Africa. One of the Sunday weeklies pub lishes the toilowing: "Xew complaint in a letter from St. Vincent "Today every soldier of the 1. on board complained to the officers of their companies that their dinners of sailed beef wt-re putrid. Colonel Patret with the doctors and quartermasters inspected the messes and condemned the foul carrion as heinp unfit for human food. "Sixteen men are allowed 12 pounds. On weii;hintr it the 12 pounds weiuhed in many cases only 3 pounds and at the most under six pounds. Fancy sixteen hungry men sharing1 three pounds including in fernally prreat brisket bones. "The whole rations were thrown overboard." SHOT DOWN. Officers Make Serious Charge Against Col. Metcalf. Say That He Killed an Unarmed Prisoner. MATTER HUSHED UP. Gen. Funston Said to KaTe Shielded the Colonel. Story of Lieutenant J. F. Hall of Lawrence. A STARTLING STORY. Filipino on His Knees Begging For Mercy. Statements of Two Eyewitnesses Are Submitted. Still a Story Difficult to Be Here. Did Gen. Funston Play to the Grand Stand. AFFIDAVIT OF H. O. HUSKY. Philippine Islands, City of Manila, ss.: Personally appeared before me this 24th day of July, 1S99. Private Harris O. Husky, Co. "K" 20th Kansas Inf., I. S. V., who being duly sworn, deposes and says: That at the battle of Caloocan he was orderly for Maj. W. S. Metealf, 20th Kans. Inf., IT. S. V. That at a point where the insurgent trenches cross the traveled road near and to the right of the tramway, he saw a prisoner brought out of the trenches and to Maj. Met calf. The deponent further says that Maj. W. S. Metealf. 2oth Kansas Inf., U. S. V., shot the prisoner with his re volver and at the time of the shooting the prisoner was unarmed and on his knees. HAR1 LIS O. HUSKY, Private Co. "K." 20th Kan. Inf. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 24th day of July, 1S99. F. H. LAWTON". First Lieut. 21st Inf. J. A. G. C. M. STATEMENT OF LIEUT. FERGUSON San Antonio. P. I.. Aug 24, 1X99. On the 10th day of February, 1K99. I was engaged in the taking of Caloo can by U. S. troops, being a corporal in Co. "E." 20th Kan. Inf. immediate ly after the crossing the first line of insurgent trenches, about MO yards south of the Caloocan church. I heard a shot fired to my left and rear, ami looking that way saw a native falling, apparently lifeless to the ground. Ma jor Matcalf was standing about 6 or S feet in front of the native with a smoking pistol and the impression I received was that the major had shot the native. But other matters called me and I went on with the line. ARTHUR M. FERGUSON, First Lieutenant 36th Inf., U. S. V. To the Editor of the State Journal. There is no need of whipping the cat around the bush. Sooner or later the facts must come out so here they are: Throughout our entire campaign from Manila to San Francisco about the oniy command we received was "forward, guide right." Loaded down with am munition arid other equipage our boys forwarded and guided right. They charged the enemy's trenches and marched over rice dykes, through swamps and bamboo jungles. They suffered the hardships and did the fighting. They bore the blunt of bat tle and made a name for our regiment and state. Now they see their honors taken from them by Gen. Funston and conferred upon Col. Metcalf, an officer who is known never to have done any thing worthy of merit on the firing line. It is true that sometimes when the regiment had halted. Funston would go forward with a small squad and hunt up a favorite spot to play the "grand stand." But this happened only afti r such brave soldiers as Capt. Hardy, Lieut. Collin H. Hall. Trembly and White had gone ahead of him and dis pelled all thoughts of danger. Funston always had a good standin with the newspaper men, Creelman of the New York Journal. Steele of the Kansas City Star, and other press cor respondents made it a point to keep well in touch with him. Almost every time he got his feet wet or crossed a bridge, some of these same correspond ents with vivid imaginations wouid immediately cable back to the United States that Funston had swam a river or crossed a river under a shower of bullets and a murderous fire from the enemy. As a matter of fact. Funston never swam a river and never crossed a river under fire while he was con nected ith the Twentieth Kansas. There are some facts connected with the Twentieth Kansas that the good people of our slate ought to know. These may go far towards solving the mystery why Funston recommended Metcalf for gallant and meritorious ser vices which Col. Metcalf never per formed. The truth is that Funston haa shielded Metealf and has used his in fluence to prevent the possibility of a fair and impartial investigation into the charges of the shooting of prisoners of war by a certain Kansas otiicer at the battle of Caloocaii. Immediately after the battle of Ca loocan. it was the common taik among the enlisted men of our r?g:ment that there had been some prisoners killed by officers of the Twentieth Kansas during the battle of Caloocan. Xo ser ious thoughts were entertained by the guilty parties until an order from the war department. Washington, D O, came, while wc were at Malolos, calling for an inquiry into the shooting of prisoners by a certain oiftcer of the Twentieth Kansas. Funston at once be gan to use every means to thwart the investigation and to cover up the crime. 1 Just what his motive was for doing so remains yet to lie known. That Major Metcalf shot an -inarmed Filipino prisoner at the battle of Ca loocan February 10 is a fact that can not be disputed. I was told by an eye witness to the crime that immediately after crossing the first line of trenches an unarmed prisoner was brought to Major Metcalf by some of our boys. The prisoner made the sign of the cross, dropped upon his bended knees and grasping Major Metcalf by the calves of his legs with both hands plead for Christian mercy in his own native tongue. Major Metcalf tore himself away from the prisoner and stepped backwards and a little to the left. Then, Metcalf with his own pistol, shot the prisoner in the right neck. The bullet ranged downward towards the left breast. The prisoner fell forward dead. I here enclose the statements of two Kansas soldiers that were present at the time the crime was committed. (See statements attached.) That there had been prisoners killed in the battle of Caloocan must have been known to Funston as well as to all the rest of our regiment. Heeaus- at an officers' meeting held at Major Met calf's tent in the trenches at Caloocan a few days before our advance on Malolos. Funston among other instruc tions said: "Don't kill any prisoners unless it is absolutely necessary to get rid of them," or words to that effect. When he sent Metcalf's recommenda tion to be our colonel to the governor of Kansas and also when he sent to the war department a recommendation for Metcalf's brevet for gallant and meritorious services which he (Fun ston) well knew that Metcalf never per formed. Funston must surely have known that Metcalf was charged with the cold blooded murder of shooting a helpless unarmed prisoner of war. J. F. HALL. Late of the Twentieth Kansas. Lawrence, Kansas, Nov. 19, 1S99. WAR OF WOHDS. Gen. Funston and Lieut. Callahan Clash About War Incident. Just prior to leaving for Manila, Gen eral Funston is credited with giving out the following statement in answer to a charge of Lieutenant W. A. Callahan that Funston was behind a rice dyke at Guiguinto river during the firing. Gen eral Funston said: "Well, Callahan is just one of those disgruntled fellows whose statements are not worth noticing. He is disap pointed because he did not get promo tion. The fact is that he was ill and remained behind in Manila and did not take part in any of the principal en gagements, hence had small chance of promotion. "Callahan knows very well that at the battle of Guiguinto I was in com mand of the firing line and was. of necessity, right at the front. However, his statements are so absurd that I do not care to pay any attention to them." Callahan's Reply. Lieutenant W. A. Callahan of Junc tion City, today gave the following let ter to the State Journal for publication. In reply to the charge of General Fun ston that he (Callahan) was not at the battle of Guiguinto river and also that Lieutenant Callahan was not. promoted and therefore disgruntled: Lieutenant Callahan says: "My discharge shows that I was pres ent and engaged in the following bat tles: At Manila, February 4. 5, 6: Ca loocan February 10; defense of Caloo can, February 11 to March 24; Manila, March 26; Marilos. March 27: Racoor, March 29: Guiguinto. March 29; defense of San Fernando, May 6 to June 2": Racalor, May 24 and engagement north of San Fernando. May 25. "I was also at Palo, but it is not mentioned on discharge. "The whole statement of Funston is false. I was at Guiguinto river battle. I also got a promotion because I went out as a second lieutenant and came back a first lieutenant. "No one knows this better than Gen eral Funston, because I had a conver sation with him just after the battle of Guiguinto river. During the fight he lay directly behind me and not twenty feet from my company. "A man who can tell a falsehood and not be caught, is considered by some a smart man; but. a man who tells a falsehood when he knows that my com pany and regimental records will prove it such, is lost to all self-respect. "If any proof of my being in the en gagement at Guiguinto is wanted I ask any one to look up the records of my company and regiment or communicate with Captain Howard A. Scott at In dependence or any member of G com pany or any officer or man of the Sec ond battalion. "Captain Hardy, Drysdale and Wiley s,wam the Marilao and Funston took the credit. Lieutenant Ball and 17 men of company E Mere the lirst Kansans into Malolos and Funston 300 yards be hind took the credit. White and Trem bly swam the Rio Grande de Pampanga and i'unston who crossed on a raft in no more danger than on Kansas avenue tried to claim onehalf the honor: and now from behind his rice dyke he villi fies and slanders me a fitting sequel to the brilliant career of his personally conducted newspaper bureau which reaches from Alaska to San Fernando. -W. A. CALLAHAN. Late First Lieutenant Co. G, 20th Kan." What Little Says. In answer to inquiry Col. E. C. Little sent the following telegram to the State Journal from Abilene: "Lieutenant Callahan was present and actively engaged at Guiguito. that records would show that Callahan was at the battles of Manila. Caloocan, Malinta. FYlo. Marilao, Boooue, Gin ginto, Bacolor.and was with Wheaton's brigade at Toulihan river. Callahan was severely wounded before Malohan. and received his promotion from second lieutenant to first lieutenant immed iately thereafter, having had General Funston's recommendation for the same. E. C. LITTLE." MOKE ELECTION FIGURES. Populists and Republicans Wrangling About Gains. The Republicans continue to talk of the gains made at the last election. Compared with the returns of one year ago the Populists still insist that the victory this year was theirs. Last year in Kansas the Republicans carried SI counties. This year they car ried C6. a difference of 15 counties in favor of the Populists this year. Last year the Populists carried 24 counties, this year they carried 39. Ex-Kansan Dead. Sin Jose. Cal.. Nov. 2. John B. Carey, ex-mayor of Wichita. Kan., died suddenly Sunday afternoon in this city, atret ,i. Captain Carey moved here from Wich ita. Kansas, in anil had served as mayor in that city one term and bad been a member of the citv council manv years. He served a-- a member of the town eoun cii here and has b-'vn a leading citizen. Wichita. Kan.. Nov. 2. The news of the death of ex-Ma vor John B. Carey was received here last night. He erected the Carev hotel and has extensive inter ests in the city. He moved here from Illinois in the earlv seventies and took a leading part in tiie growth of Wichita and The development of the southwest. He was a prominent member of the Knights of Pythias lodge, being one of the charter members of Warwich 44. SWAPJMTHES. German Emperor and Party Land In England. Wears the Uniform of a British Admiral. Duke of Connaught Wears Ger man Fighting Garments. NATIONAL COLORS Of Both Nations Fly From Imperial Yacht. the Received by Frince of Wales at Windsor Castle. Portsmouth, Eng., Nov. 20. The Ger man Imperial yacht Hohenzollern en tered the harbor at 10:05 a. m., today and was welcomed with salutes of the guns of the war ships and forts. The emperor and empress and their two sons landed at 10:30 and were welcomed by the Duke of Connaught, who wore the uniform of the German Hussar reg iment, of which he is honorary colonel and by various court dignities. It was a typical November morning, chilly and foggy as the Hohenzollern loomed in sight, escorted by the Ger man battleship Kaiser Frederich III., and afiotilla of eight British torpedo boat destroyers which met the German ships outside Spithead. The imperial yacht flew the British naval flag at her foremast, the German flag at her mizzen and the imperial standard at her mainmast. As she en tered the harbor, the British admiral's flagship and eight other war ships gaily bedecked manned yards and thundered their royal salute which was returned by the Kaiser Frederich III. A detach ment of 1.800 soldiers and 900 seamen forming a guard of honor was drawn up on the jetty and presented arms as the Hohenzollern was moored alongside with the imperial party standing on the yacht's bridge. Emperor William wore the uniform of a British admiral and the two young princes wore simple sailor boy suits. The Duke of Connaught, accompanied by Admiral Seymour, Gen. Sir Baker Russell, a number of gorgeously attired court functionaries and the members of the German embassy, boarded the Hohenzollern and were received with a royal salute. Warm greetings were exchanged with the emperor and his sons. After his majesty had held a brief court, the empress appeared and partic ipated in the greetings. The jetty pre sented the gayest and most animated appearance and accommodated a large number of privileged spectators. Bunt ing, German and British flags were dis played everywhere. While the piles of baggage were being landed the bands played German and British national airs. Soon after the dispatch of the train with the baggage and servants, the royal special train was drawn up and about eleven of the imperial party and others landed and were received by the naval and military officials. The em press was the recipient of a handsome bouquet. The civic authorities were in troduced to the emperor who later in spected the troops and sailors forming the guard of honor. Their majesties and royal highnesses took the train for Windsor at 11:30 amid salutes from the war ships, bands play ing national anthems and cheers from the crowds thronging every point of vantage. The imoerial suite includes Count Von Eulenburg, Count Von Buelow, jGen. Von Plessen, Admiral Von Sen denbibran. Gen. Von Schell, Col. Pritz cluitz. Col. Von Rasch. Count Von Pla ten, Lord Churchill, lord in waiting to the aueen and the dowager Lady Churchill. TWO VIEWS OF IT. London, Nov. 20. The British news papers all publish a eulogistic welcome to the Emperor and Empress of Ger many and are strenuously endeavoring to make political capital out of the visit. This view, however, is opposed by the comment of today's German pa pers, which insist that the trip of his majesty is purely a family affair and has no political importance whatever, j Windsor, Nov. 20. The Emperor and Empress of Germany and their party arrived here at 1:45 p. m. Thev were i received by the Prince of Wales and Duke of Cambridge and the Duke of York, all wearing German uniforms. There was tremendous cheering in the streets as the imperial party drove to the castle, where they were received by Cjuon Victoria at 2:05 p. m. The royal waiting room at the rail road station and the platform were lavishly decked with flowers. When the empress alighted the daughter of the mayor of Windsor presented her with a bouquet of Marshal Neill roses and red orchids, tied with the Windsor colors. The town is filled with excursionists and decorated with flags. On the town hall the British and German Roval standards and the stars and stripes floated side by side. The windows and stands along the route to the castle were crowded. BIG STRIKE CODING. To Include Pennsylvania and Southwestern Coal Miners. Indianapolis. Nov. 20. President John Mitchell of the United Mine W'orkers of America, said that indications are that he will order a strike of all union miners employed by the Susquehanna Coal company of Nanticoke. Pa., and those working for the Missouri PaciSc. M.. K T., Cotton Belt and Iron Mountain railroads in Missouri. Kan sas, Arkansas and elsewhere in the southwest. Late Saturday evening, he addressed a formal letter ',o Marion Williams, general manager of the Sus quehanna company, stating that the labor troubles of the union miners em ployed by this company must set tled at once. President Mitchell de mands that the company either treat wit hits own employes or the represent atives of the Union Mine Workers. The trouble is not over a wag? scale, but grew out of an order making the min ers "round up" their boxes with coal. Two of the southwestern companies to whom telegrams were sent, have re plied, declining a conference. They are the Southwestern Fuel Improvement company and the Missouri Pacific Fuel company of St. Louis. In answer to these messages, Presi dent Mitchell telegraphed: "The executive board instructs me to say that unless a conference is agreed to and fair terms of settlement accept ed, all mines on the Missouri, Kansas Texas. Cotton Belt and iron Moun tain employing union labor will be shut down. President Mitchell, discussing the sit uation said: "We will not flinch from our position. The anthracite fields of Pennsylvania employ about 150,000 men and our strike, if ordered, will affect from 15.0u0 to 20,000 or 10 per cent of all the men in the state. The effect will be wide spread, owing to the unusual demands for anthracite fuel everywhere. The Pennsylvania railroad people will be hit a hard blow and I can not say how many others will be affected. The Southwestern strike would bring out about 15.000. I will give the Susque hanna people time enough to answer my letter." BOSS DEMOCRATS Meet In Chicago to Start Cam paign of 1900. Chicago, Nov. 20. The Democratic national campaign for 1900 was prac tically inaugurated today when the members of the national Democratic executive committee met in secret ses sion at the Sherman house. Nea.rly every member of the committee was present when the session was called to order by Senator J. K. Jones of Ar kansas, chairman, the only absentees being former Governor W. J. Stone of Missouri and T. D. O'Brien of Minne sota. It was said, however, that they were expected to arrive during the day. although the absence of ex-Governor Stone caused some comment. Those present were Chairman Jones, Vice Chairman J. G. Johnson of Kansas; Secretary C. A. Walsh of Iowa; H. D. Clayton, Alabama: Thomas Gahan, Illinois; J. G. Shanklin, Indiana; D. J. Campu, Michigan; W. H. Thompson, Nebraska. J. M. Guffey. Pennsylvania; Edwin A. Price of Nashville. Tenn., held a proxy from Committeeman Head of the state, while Norman Mack of Buf falo. N. Y., held a proxy from George Fred Williams of Massachusetts. A number of other prominent Demo cratic leaders were also in attendance on the meeting, Including Fry Wood son of Kentucky. This was the first meeting of the committee held since the recent elections and although only routine business, including tiie naming of a place and date for a meeting of the full Democratic committee was stated to be the object of the meeting, it was the general feeling that the scope and char acter of the methods to be pursued in the coining presidential campaign would be practically outlined before the meeting come to a close. "There is one thing certain," said Chairman Jont "the meeting will affirm the Chicago platform. At this time everything is favorable for the Democrats." It was expected that Wm. J. Bryan would be present at today's meeting, but according to a telegram received yesterday he will not be able to attend. Vice Chairman Johnson of Kansas said before the meeting was called, that considerable time would be devoted to a discussion of the general situation as indicated by the recent elections held in various states and reports would be received from the committeemen from the states in which elections were held. "The executive committee hereafter will hold sessions every sixty days," said Mr. Johnson, "and the meeting to day will determine the date and the meeting place of the full committee. I can not say what will be done in re gard to the campaign of next year. Of course this meeting coming so soon af ter the election will carefully study the results as indicated by the election. "As to the talk of removing the na tional headquarters from Chicago noth ing will be done. After the national convention the new committee may de cide the change. But until that time so far as I know headquarters will re main in Chicago." Committeeman Gahan was emphatic in his declaration that the national campaign of 1900 would be directed from Chicago as in 1S96 and any move ment looking toward a change would be strongly fought. A warm contest for the honors of en tertaining the Democratic presidential convention in 1900 was indicated by delegations present to urge the ad vantages of their respective cities. Mil waukee had a big delegation present, while delegations were aiso here from Kansas City. Among the prominent Democratic leaders not members of the executive committee but who took part in its de liberations, was Committeeman Ury Woodson of Kentcky. He said that there was no doubt that the state board of elections of Kentucky would award the certificate of election to Goebel. "The state board of elections does not meet until the tirst Monday in Decem ber," said Mr. Woouson. "and the offi cial count of the state is still far from complete. The count of Jefferson coun ty in which Louisville is situated is not yet complete, and the returns from two or three other counties are still to be received. There are about 4,00 votes over which there are contests. But it is the almost universal belief of the people of Kentucky that Mr. Goebel has been elected. The settlement of those 4,M0 votes regardless of the situ ation in Jefferson county will determine th- election. "The use of tissue ballots in the Re publican counties in the mountainous part of eastern Kentucky, the distribu tion of federal otfieers ail over the state where there were no national issues in- j volved in the campaign and the use of Gatling guns and the militia in Jeffer son county in direct defiance of the law are methods pursued by the Republican party in the state to elect their candi date. The members of the state board of elections are men of the highest standing in th" state. I can state that Mr. Goebel will abide by its decision and should the board award the elec tion to Mr. Taylor Mr. Goebel will not contest the election before the legisla ture, although tiie legislature is Demo cratic by a majority of 35." "Will ex-Senator Blackburn be elect ed to the United States senate?" "Yes. the complexion of the legisla ture insures his election." i Secession In Chicago. Chicago, Nov. C About 2.5.1 Chicago members of the Knights and Ladies V.f Honor have seceded from the ortriniza tion because of dissatisfaction with the management of tiie affairs of the body by the supreme lodire. Fourteen lodges in Chicago have withdrawn and have set up a rival concern, which is styleri the German-American Federation of piinoi- They have elevated their grand officials and tonight forwarded to the slate insur ance department papers aoplying for a chnrter to conduct business. The members of the fourteen lodges say they seceded because thev thought the assessments which the supreme lodge lev ied were too hih. o mm. One on Wednesday and Another on Thursday Reported From Ladysmith Through Estcourt. BEGAN AT DAYBREAK And Lasted Until 2 O'CIock Wednesday Afternoon. Resumed Next Day Heayiest Fighting let. BOER LOSSES GREAT. Dead Said to Reach Into the Hundreds. This of Course Is From British Sources. London, Nov. 20. A special dispatch from Escourt, dated November 20, says a report has reached there of a battle. at Ladysmith Wednesday, November 15, lasting from daybreak until 2 in the afternoon. Many Boers are said to have been killed and many are reported to have been taken prisoners. The British losses are reported to be much less. Another battle is said to have oc curred Thursday. It is described as the heaviest yet fought. The Boer dead, it is added, number hundreds, while, the British losses Were comparatively small. ESTCOURT S URUOUN DE D. London, Nov. 20. The present week, according to the dispatches from the front ought to see a change in the de fensive tactics hitherto maintained by the British in South Africa. It is said that the task allotted to Gen. Clery, that of relieving Ladysmith will tax his generalship to the utmost. The Boers are developing a great deal of strength in the neighborhood of Est court and Gen. Joubert is reported to be moving southward himself in order to direct the movement to repel the British advance, after it would seni, attempting to isolate Estcourt. This latter movement is already in progress. The Boers practically surround the town. Another small frce was discov ered at Willow Grange south of Est court yesterday (Sunday) evening. Major Thornycroft with a detachment of infantry made a sortie and engaged the Boers but with no material result. The so-called Boer attempt to rush Estcourt on Saturday was merely a reconnoissanee resulting in the Boers ascertaining the tilings which they de sired, namely that Estcourt is fairly strongly held and has naval guns in position. The Boers then withdrew out of danger but remained at points com manding the exits from tin; town. Gen. Clery is lamentably deiii ient in cavalry and artillery though attempts are being made to replace the former by a Outlander mounted infantry of which about 1,500 have started for the front. The popular anticipations here re garding the relif of Kimberley appear too sanguine. The British force is not ready yet and when it starts it will have a dangerous road to travel, every foot of which will corues'ed. It Is said possibly linstead of rushing directly for Kimberley the British will advance across the frontier in the di rection of Bioemfontein whi. h may thus tie threatened. This it is claimed would draw off Ge:i. C'ronje's forces and enable the railroad to be- restored. From the presence of Oen. Buller near Gen Meuthen at Orange river it is anticipated the main advances will be made on the w est side, but it is added that unless G-n. Gatacre is abl" to ad vanoe simultaneously and push ha lc the Boers who are occupying so many points south of the orange river the British lines of communication will bs seriously threatened. Gen. Buller's orders to his officers on the subject of their equipment are taken to mean that the olliceis are to carry rilles like the troops. It is re ported today that the J loers have at tacked Kuruman and sustained heavy loss. It is hard, however, to conjecture by the Boei-s would waste ammuni tion on a village far out on the plains, defended by 2'io police. It is further asserted that the Boers have no serious intention of invading Cape Colony, but intend to concentrate their scattered forces with the view of opposing the British advance at ross the southern border of the Orange Free state. The presence of the Boers in so many of the towns in (Jape Colony has caused Sir Alfred Milner. the governor, to pro claim martial law in those p lares. The British forces have retreated from these points and are being concentrated on the Orange river. UNDER ARREST. For Killing One Burglar and "Wound ing Another. Chicago, Nov. 20. A. Swanberg. jan itor of a three story flat at 1297 Wa bunsia avenue, early today s:iot and. killed one burglar and Mounded an other. He was awakened by a nois-r on the baek porch. Seizing hi- shot gun he awaited developments. In a few minutes the window of his apartment was raised. A head appeared. Swan berg fired and the burglar feli forward into the room, the top of bis head hav ing been blown oft by the chart-e of shot. The burglar's companion took to his heels with Swanberg in pursuit. the burglar was gaining Swanberg fire.! and he says, wounded the man in the leg before he disappeared in an alley. Swanberg has been arrester!. The dead man who has not yet been identified was about HO years old and roughly dressed. Weather Indications. Chicago, Nov. 20. For Kansas: Rain tonight, with cooler in west and cen tral portions; Tuesday partly cloudy with cooler and rain in extreme eastern portion; northeast shifting tc norths west winds.

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Its authorship is fourfold, its authors being no less than: Mrs. Helen Camp bell. Rev. Lyman Abbott, D. D. Thom as W. Knox, and the world's greatest detective. Thomas Byrnes, chief of the New York Detective Bureau. It contains 252 superb engravings. ev ery one of them made from photographs taken from life, mostly by Hash-light. It will be read over and over again by old and young, with ever increasing pleasure and lasting profit. and its magnificent illustrations will never be forgotten. The work is published by the old and well known Hartford Publishing Co., of Hartford. Conn., whose imprint is sufficient guarantee of the excellence of this first class volume. They want more agents for it. Royal Octavo, 740 pages. 252 fine plates, steel portraits, and text illustrations. It is sold in To peka by subscription only, through. Mrs. E. S. Robinson. DOUBT CANNOT EXIST. 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Buffalo, N. T., Bole agents for the U. S. Remember the name Loan's and take Bo substitute. SPORTING NEWS. Sereral Great Ball Managers to Be Fired. II anion, McGraw and Tebeau Marked For Suppression. BY NATIONAL LEAGUE. Are Too Clerer and Too Smart Is the Cry. Attempt Will Be Made to Keep Them From Playing. St. Louis, Nov. 20. According to Tim Humane, a Boston authority, Ed Han Ion of Brooklyn, John JlcGraw of Balti more and Oliver Tebeau of St. Louis, three of the four greatest baseball man agers in America, are marked for humil iation, suppression and, if necessary, total obliteration and annihilation, by the new combine in National league baseball, the wisdomful Kerr of Pitts burg, who has never given his good town a winning team, the brave Freed man of New York, who ruined the game in the metropolis; the eagle squeezing Soden of Boston, the delight ful Rogers of Philadelphia, who wreck ed many a team, and who is not a Urant any way you take him. All this is to be done in the name of baseball. Good, able managers, men of initiative, like JlcGraw, Hanlon and Tebeau, are to be handicapped and brought back to the standard of fellows like Buck Ewing, Pat Donovan, Shett sline and Pigeon-Shot Fred Hoey, who has been managing the New York team. Doubtless Mr. Freedman, who is now the whole thing in baseball, pays Hoey one-half of what Hanlon is paid in Brooklyn. To give the New York team a chance with Brooklyn, Hanlon must be handicapped in order to bring him back to Hoey, who is not a baseball man. who is simply a pigeon, shot. Freedman has a $1,000 third baseman in New York, and to give him a chance with McUraw, who gets $3,000, and is worth every cent of it, McOraw must be legislated against and weighted. This trick of bringing good men to the standard of bad is a new one, and, as might be expected of anything, coming from such a source, is wrong in theory, principle and practice. Boston, Mass.. Nov. 20 Edward Han lon, John JlcGraw and Oliver Tebeau, managers respectively of the Brooklyn, Baltimore and St. Louis clubs, the former laboring under the double honor of acting president of the Baltimore club, and all looked on as leading lights in the active pursuit of baseball suc cess, are marked men by the new and advancing powers in the National league. The new Arm of Brush, Snden and Freedman. with Rogers and Kerr as co partners have come to the conclusion that the men are wholly responsible for the questionable methods used during the last few vears on the ball Held, so plainly ex emplified hv the Baltimore and Cleveland clubs up to the Inst season. and St. Louis and Brooklvn this, and unless Edward Hanlon, John JlcGraw and Pat Tebeau forever dispose of the foul tactics on the field, to the disgust of spectators, the gen tlemen will get calls that will mean all the fiErht they care for. Before cities like Brooklvn and St. Louis are taken into the new eight club circuit, the owners must guarantee that these men shall keep in the background unless the teams they manage play ball on legitimate grounds. These managers will be charged lirst with killing the game in every town they have been connected with. Hanlon allow ed his men to disgrace the game for three vears in Baltimore, until the sport was finally killed in that city. The foul ac tions of his men for years were the talk of the baseball world, and Tebeau was following his lead in Cleveland. Charge's will be brought against Tebeau for questionable acts un the St. Louis ball field last season, as well as a few plays he made at Philadelphia. The men who have now banded together propose to go to the bottom of all the existing evils in the Kame. and Hanlon. McGraw and Te beau will be the first to stand in the pitlory. This time there will be no equivo cating. The records of the clubs these three men have managed for the last six years will show the methods used, the unfair methods that have injured the sport, and. if not eradicated, will surely kill the game in a short time. Baseball in the big cities is too big a game to al low paid managers to ruin simply because they must win at all hazards, whether by fair or foul means. empires plead hard times when facing these men, and the aggressive work of McGraw for a notice. Although Hanlon was president of the club, and was lirst responsible for the billingsgate inside baseball methods used by the Orioles, he was closely followed by the Cleveland crowd under the leadership of Tebeau. The next league meeting wiil see the warmest kind of work for all who are resxonsible for bringing the game down by syndicate and foul tactics on the field. DOWN GOES NEBRASKA. K. TJ. Flayers Defeat the Llncolnites With Ease. The annual football game between Kansas and Nebraska has been played and although Kansas gained a decisive victory over the red and white, Ne braska's star player. Benedict, must be given credit for establishing a new rec ord in football. In four attempts at kicking goal from the field he was suc cessful each time, giving his team the twenty points it made in the game. By great team work and fine all around football playing. Kansas made six touchdowns and kicked six goals, making their total score 36 points. Ne braska was simply outplayed at every point and as it was impossible for her team to make any impression on the Kansas line, she relied on end runs and punting for gains. Nebraska never had the ball nearer K. I s goal than the ten yard line. Kansas' interference worked as one man and in defensive work the eleven was wonderfully strong. The day was perfect and the game was played In the presence of over 3. 000 persons. Both started off with a rush, but Kansas seemed too fast for the Ne braskans and before anybody knew what had happened made a touchdown. In the first half Tucker was the bright particular star. He was given the ball three out of every four plays and he seldom failed to make from five to twenty yards. In the second half the fast and furious playing continued and while Nebraska fiercely contested every play, she was clearly out-classed by Kansas. It seemed there were a thousand meg aphones in use and the college enthusi asm was the greatest in its history. The Nebraskans had been practicing a long time on yells to give the Kan sas visitors, but had little chance to use them. Their own yeli was "U. N. I. Ver sy ti. Ne bras ki. Oh! Sly!" Other yells were "Rock Chalk, Live Stock. K. U. There's going to be a football game at 3 this afternoon, I guess we'll have to telegraph to Kansas soon; Am sterdam. Waterdam. Who's dam. Kan sas; Rah! Rah! Rah! Ne bras kah." In the evening about twenty K. TJ. players and followers went up and down the main streets giving their old famous cry of Rock Chalk. Jay Hawk, K. U., which fairly made the air ring. No college yell is more inspiring. 1 It is said that this year's team is the greatest which ever represented the Kansas university and Topeka people will have an opportunity of seeing some fine football playing next Saturday when K. TJ. meets the Washburn team on the college campus in this city. The annual Thanksgiving game between Kansas and Missouri in Kansas City will probably be the most hotly con tested game ever played by these two great universities. Each team is in fine condition and each is expecting a vic tory. Yesterday the Missouri Tigers smothered the strong Washington uni versity team in St. Louis by the score of 33 to 11. The Missouri team is a lit tle heavier than the Kansas boys, but both teams are so evenly matched that it will be hard to pick the winner. Kan sas has not lost a single game through out the season, while Missouri has lost but one and that of the "fluky" order. The Kansas-Nebraska score. Kansas won the toss and chose the south goal. Benedict kicked off to Kansas 5-yard line. By rapid play upon the line and between tackle and end, Kansas carried the ball the full length of the field and scored the first touchdown in four minutes. After the kickoff, Kansas punted, and Benedict kicked the goal from Kansas' 25 yard line. Kansas again bucked up the field, and Tucker went over for the second touchdown. Moore made the third touchdown for Kansas. Benedict kick ed to Owens, Kansas punted, and Ne braska got the ball on Kansas' 40 yard line. The half ended with the ball in Nebraska's possession on Kansas' 20 yard line. Score: Kansas IS; Nebras ka 5. In the second half. Tucker kicked off 40 yards. Nebraska lost the ball on downs and after an exchange of punts in which Kansas had the best of it, Nebraska got the ball by a fumble on her own 7 yard line, and Benedict punt ed out of danger. Kansas carried the ball up the field by line bucking and plays on the tacklees. Avery made the fourth touchdown and "Wilcox the fifth. After this the play was more open. Nebraska showed improvement, her ends often stopping the cross-bucks on tackles for losses. After the kickoff, Kansas was forced to punt. Benedict skirted left end for 4 yards, and then made a place kick goal from the field. After Kansas kicked off for 40 yards. Benedict and Hunter advanced the ball 40 yards. Kansas was given a penalty twice for off-side plays, and Benedict kicked a goal from Kansas' 35 yard line. Moore carried the ball over for Kansas' sixth touchdown after the kickoff. Kansas lost the ball by a fumble on her 14 yard line, and Bene dict kicked a goal from the field. The game ended with the ball in Kansas' possession on Nebraska's 35 yard line. The lineup was as follows: Kansas. Positions. Nebraska Algy-Gavin Left end Drain Creps Left tackle Pearse Woodward left guard Brew Hess Center Koehler Smith Right guard Ringer Wilcox Right tackle. ..Kingsbury- AVestover Nofsinger ....Right end ..Cortelyou Owens Quarterback Crandell Tucker-Algy-. .Left half back. Wiil iams Moulton Hunter Moore Right halfback Benedict Avery Fullback Gordon Umpire F. B. Barnes of Omaha. RefereeFred Cornell, of Lincoln. Linesmen W. E. Anderson and Frank Parent. Timekeeper Dr. Hastings. GOLF CHAMPION ISSUES A DEFI William Smith Ready to Play a Four some For $1,000 a Side. New York, Nov. 20. The following sweeping challenge was issued by Open Golf Champion William Smith of the Midlothian Country club Saturday. "Da' ld Bell and I will play any two professionals a home-and-home match for any part of $1,000 within the next j thirty days, thirty-six holes to be play ed at iuiaiotnian. David Bell is a recent arrival from Carnoustie, Smith's home green. In a four-ball contest at Wheaton last week the pair defeated the Foulis brothers 7 up and 5 to go in a finely contested thirty-six hole match. SALE OF THE SENATORS. Mike Scanlon Will Be at the Head of the New Company. I Washington. Nov. 20. Ways and means I for the purchase of the Washington i League Baseball cltib and the franchise by a syndicate of AVasbington business men, have practically been completed. Mike Soanlan. well known in basebali cir cles, is president, and manager of the purchasing companv. which will be incor porated at $:h.'.ikj: $.".n,inj of which w'll be paid to Messrs. George and Karl Wag tier of Philadelphia, for the Washington club and franchise. The other $2o.u.!0 will be. expended in strengthening the team, i The deal will take place within two weeks' time. The chance pleases the local public, as it will place the club in the hands of home people and will revive interest in the Kame. Fifteen thousand dollars of stock has been subscribed for, and the balance will be easily raised. TO FIGHT IN JUNE. Jeffries and Corbett Will Meet Then Articles Signed. New York. Nov. 20. The proposed battle between James J. Jeffries and James J. Corbett for the world's championship will be fought next June. William A. Brady and Champion Jeffries had a conference Saturday and at its conclusion Brady an nounced that Jeffries would agree to meet Corbett within seven months. Jeffries will meet Corbett Tuesday to talk over final details and siirn articles for the Tight. The lime selected by Brady j and Jeffries is satisfactory to Corbett. j Jeffries' determination to enter the ring t aiain soon indieates that he intends to dispose of all the ambitious heavyweight asi'irants Deiore anotner year nas eiapsea Jeffries wants to fight them all. He will go on the road for a few months and when he goes into active training to fight Corbett lie will not stop tintil he has de feated his present challengers. Jeffries, although anxious to fight while in the game, is not particularly deliniited with the fitrhting business. According to his most intimate friends, the Californian wants to add a few more victories to his credit and will then quit the ring. The four likely fighters who profess a desire to tackle the champion are Robert Fitz simmons. Peter Maher, "Kid" McCoy and Qua Kuhlin. PICK OF LOUISVILLE. Tom Loftus Will Control Chicago JBall Team and Select His Men. Chicago. Nov. 20. The Chronicle says today: Tom Loftus is to be manager of the Chicago baseball team of and as a. nucleus for a new team is to be given his pick of the players now under reserve to the Louisville team. This is the news set afloat today by a. reliable authority. The Louisville proposition means that there is to be an eight club league next season. Louisville is to be dropped and Wash ington. Cleveland and Brooklyn will be in the same boat. The players of ech of the teams mentioned are to be distributed nrnontc the other clubs. The Chicago team because of its well known friendliness at different times to the Louisville owners, wiil be given first chance at the crack players of that organization. TWO CLUBS FOR BOSTON. The New American Association Se cures a Foothold. Boston, Nov. 20. The question of Boston being in the new American As sociation next year has been settled af firmatively. Tommy McCarthy, who is to manage the new Boston club, .with several other gentlemen who are interested in the national game in this city, have se cured suitable grounds and now the question of Boston being represented in the new baseball body has been set tled for good and all. A corporation with a capital stock of $40,000 will be organized and the club will be backed by it. McCarthy and friends say that more than half the stock in this corporation has been placed already. Boston lias been represented in all the national baseball leagues. She has had clubs in the National League, in the Brotfierhood in the Union Association, and in the old American Association, and her ventures have all been paying ones. McCarthy and the men back of the new venture believe that their club too will be a money maker. McCarthy said today: "I will attend the next meeting of the American As sociation and will be ready to give bond in any sum that the new Boston club will finish its season." MAY CHALLENGE ENGLISH. Yala and Harvard Managers Now Considering the Matter. New Haven, Nov. 20. The Yale AI nmi Weekly says today that the Yale and Harvard athletic managers are now in communication on the subject of a joint track-athletic challenge to Oxford and Cambridge, and it is pro bable that a challenge will soon be sent as the initiative must be taken by Harvard and Yale, the defeated con testants. The meet would be held on this side of the water and would have to take place in the latter part of April or the first day of May, as faculty reg ulations in England make other dates impossible. in consequence of conflicting dates the Yale-Harvard dual meet would have to be postponed until a week la ter than it is at present scheduled. The details will be put in the hands of a graduate committee similar to that of last year, consisting of two graduates from both Yale and Harvard, who will be selected by the managers and cap tains of the two track teams. DIXON GOING TO GUIT. Little Chocolate Will Take a Much Needed Rest. New York, Nov. 20. George Dixon has declared himself stale and tired of the pugilistic business, and after his fight with Terry MeGovern on January he will bid the roped arena a last farewell. He will meet Eddie Tennv of Philadel phia, tomorrow night, which will be his last firht until he meets MeGovern. During his pugilistic career he has earn ed something like J25u.0u0, but througn his life he has played the good fellow and the Lord Bountiful to a crew of vam pires. It is doubtful if he has laid away any nest of eggs, and hopes to recoup in the saloon business. For Dixon declares that he will open a saloon in New York when he retires. Delahanty's Record. Edward J. Delahantv. the great left fielder of the Philadelphias, eclipsed all his previous records in his work of the past season, says the Boston Herald. He opened the season in great form, making 25 hits in his lirst 10 games. 3 hits in 2J games and 4:t hits in 25 games. He hit safely in continuous stretches of 31 and is games, making 52 hits in 31 games, and in 41 games failed in but one to hit safelv. In 12 games, June 30 to July 13. he made 24 hits. He once made five hits, includ ing a double and a home run in six times at ba;.; five times made four hits in one game, and 24 times made three hits. He made 5S doubles, 10 triples, and nine homo runs, leading the league in total batting. He played in ES and 34 consecutive games without a misplav. Rabbit Coursing Results. Cottonwood Falls. 'Nov. 20. The two days' coursing held here by the Cotton wood Kails club resulted in a division on account of the scarcity of rabbits between H. C. Love's Phoebe of Lawrence. Kan., O. W. Hentz's Coquet and D. K. Carthis" Joe Torrel High Jinks. G. Irwin Rovce of Minnesota, judged; O. M. Wilhite" of Emporia did the slipping. SATURDAY FOOTBALL. Harvard, 0; Yale. 0. Kansas. 3t: Nebraska, 20. Princeton, 0; Washington and Jefferson, 0. Columbia. 22: Dartmouth, 0. West Point. 12; Syracuse. 6. Princeton Freshmen, 14; Yale Freshmen, 6. La Fayette. 12; Bushnell, 0. Leigh, 0: Naval Cadets. 24. New York University, is: Stevens, 6. Brown. IS; Boston College, 0. Weslevan. 40: Amherst. 0. Ohio State, 12: Ohio Medics, 0. Chicago, 35; Beloit, 0. COMING DRAMATIC EVENTS Jefferson De Angelis and his com pany will be at the Crawford theater with "The Jolly Musketeer" Wednes day night. The sale of seats opened this morning. Julian Edwards has done nothing better as a composer of light opera than "The Jolly Musketeer." All of the cities that have enjoyed this new work have agreed in saying that nothing, uniess it be his "Brian Boru," lias approached this operetta in musical charm or musical excellence. He is also the composer of "The Wedding Hay," in which Mr. He Angelis shared the stellar honor with Lillian Russell and Delia Fox. From the Flower i?ong, which opens the opera, to the repetition of the stirring chorus, "We Are the King's Own Musketeers," which brings down the final curtain, "The Jolly Mus keteer" is replete with delightful musie, grave and gay, to "pass the time away." There are three comic songs for the mirthful star which are im mensely ciever in original and unique instrumentation, while a topical duet for Mr. Ie Angelis and Mr. MacDon ough wins nightly encores. There are two songs apiece for the Marquis, Yvette and Verve; duos, trios and one delicious little quintette. A c 'ceful dance, with quartette of four fSmale voices, and one big ensemble as finale of the first act, are fine pieces of musi cal composition. Besides there are "The Wishing Well," "Oh, Happy Day," "W oman, Source of Ail Our Bliss," "Wicked. Wicked Men," "Just to Pass the Time Away," and "That Sweet Ob livion Drink." At the Crawford theater tonight Lin coln J. Carter's "Under the Dome" will be seen for the second time. It is a five act comedy drama, the scenes of which are laid in Washington, New York and the Samoan Islands. Some good scenic effects are included. One of these is a reproduction of the dreadful hurricane which swept the harbor of Apia, March 15, 1SS9, and which resulted in the de struction of the German war vessels Eber and Adler and the American war ships Nipsic, Vandalia and Trenton, and the beaching of the German war vessel Olga, and the loss of 144 lives. Augustus Thomas' "Alabama" will be the attraction at the Crawford theater Tuesday night. Theater-goers are fa miliar with this beautiful stage picture of the south, and it has always proven popular in Topeka. The company pre senting it is headed by John Nicholson, and is said to be entirely capable as a whole. Gus Hill's "Vanity Fair'" will open an engagement of two nights and a mati nee at the Grand Opera house Friday and Saturday nights and Saturday af ternoon. GOOD PROSPECTS FOR THANKS GIVING Turkeys by the wagonloads have been coming to town. Coal City (Ind.) Record, ROBERTS SIDE. The Man and Religionist De fends the Congressman. Makes a Statement In His Own Behalf. PEOPLE ARE DECEIVED lie Sajs They Are Misled by Falsehoods. Declares That Utah is Keeping Faith With the Country. New York, Nov. 20. The Times pub lished a three column article by Con gressman Brigham H. Roberts, discuss ing the efforts being made to exclude him from the house. Mr. Roberts says, in part: "Those engaged in working up a pub lic sentiment against the representative from Utah demand of the house of rep resentatives, either that he be not al lowed to take his seat, to which it is admitted that he was legally elected, or, after being admitted, that he be ex pelled. That the house can do either of these two things is extremely doubt ful. "As many well meaning people and Christian ministers outside of Utah are misled by the falsehoods of those at the bottom of the religio-political scheme to unseat Utah's representative, and thus defeat the expressed will of the people of a sovereign state, I point out some of the false charges on which the agitation is based. It is falsely charged that the Mor mon church has broken faith with the government of the United States in ref erence to polygamy; that is, it is charg ed that the practice of polygamous marriages has been resumed by the church. "In the first place, it must be remem bered that no compact exists between the Mormon church and the govern ment of the United States on the sub ject of polygamy. The only compact existing on that subject is between the people of Utah, acting through their representatives in the state constitu tional convention and the people of the United States, represented by the pres ident and congress. "I affirm positively that that compact has been kept on the part of the people of Utah. There is no attempt made to repeal or annul the parts of the consti tution prohibiting polygamous or plural marriages. There is no desire to dis rupt that compact with the United States. The Mormon church has not violated the compact and has no desire to annul it, but, on the contrary, the venerable head of the church has of ficially avowed his determination to ad here to its settlement of the question. "The representative to congress from Utah has not violated this compact, the assertion of his enemies to the con trary notwithstanding. When the lit tle coterie of sectarian ministers and disappointed would-be political bosses in Utah who began this agitation, say that the Mormon church or its mem bers violate the compact between our state and the people of the United States because a few men in Utah feel morally bound to fulfill their obligations to the women they married under sanction of the Mormon church, prev ious to the issuance of the church man ifesto of 1S90, discontinuing polygamous marriages when they say this is a vio lation of the compact with the United States, they say that which they know to be untrue; disrupting and discon tinuing those polygamous relations was no part of the compact. It was not de manded by the enabling act. "It was not any part of the action of the constitutional convention, but on the contrary, steps were studiously taken not to disrupt these relations by constitutional provision, by discarding the parts of the anti-poiygamy law, which would have brought about that result. What good would come to the people of the United States by a dis ruption of those plural families? What good would come to either morality or religion to turn those plural wives and their children adrift? What Christian woman's home would be securer for knowing that a Mormon plural wife's borne was now destroyed? "Let it be remembered that the home and family of that plural wife was established under the sanction of to her a holy church ceremony, and with the approval of all her people. The fountain of the evil was dried up, the people of the United States can be gen erous enough to allow the streams that flowed from it to take their course until lost in the oblivion of death. "Some men the number is few and rapidly growing less who entered into plural marriage relations previous to 1S10. when the church formally and offi cially discontinued such marriages and hence, of course, previous to the set tlement of the question by the compact of our state constitution, have felt it morally binding upon their consciences to fulfill obligations of their marriage vows to those polygamous families. This is the only 'polygamy' that has ex isted in Utah since the admission of the state or since 1S90, in fact. "It is falsely charged that the Mor mon church controls the politics of Utah, and that the representative from Utah was nominated and elected by Mormon church influence. "It is falsely charged that the Mor mon church leaders sought to have Roberts elected to test the sentiment of the people of the United States as to whether Utah would be held to the agreement in the matter of the aban donment of polygamous or plural mar riages. This is too silly to require re futation. "It is falsely charged that Roberts was elected to crowd polygamy down the throats of the American congress and people, to fulfill an alleged predic tion of Brigham Young that it would yet be done. "It is falsely charged that the con gressman from Utah was elected to represent polygamy; that if he is seat ed and retains his seat it will mean that congress indorses polygamy, and that there will be an immediate reviv al of the Mormon plural marriage sys tem in Utah. "Does the house of representatives indorse the individual views of all the men it admits to membership? If so cialists should, from, some congression al district, elect a congressman, would his admission to the house say to the world that the American congress in dorsed socialism? "I don't go to Washington as a rep resentative of polygamy, I am not sent there by my constituents to ask con gress to conseht to the repeal of the clause in our state constitution which defines, prohibits and punishes polyg army and it should be remembered that this particular clause in our state constitution cannot be repealed with out the consent of the United States. I shall not go to Washington to advo cate or even defend polygamy. "It is falsely charged that the repre sentative from Utah now advocates po lygamy that is, the present contract ing of polygamous marriages, notwith- Personally Conducted California Excursions Via the Santa Fe Roafe. Three times a week from Topeka. In improved wide-vestibuled Pullman Tourist Sleeping Cars. Better than ever before, at lowest possible rates. Experienced excursion conductors Also daily service between Topeka and California. Correspondence solicited. T. L. KING, Agent, The Atchison, Topeka Santa Fe Ry., TOPEKA, KANSAS. standing the Utah constitutional pro hibition of such marriages. "I pass the many other falsehoods that have been uttered relative to myself in this present agitation, knowing that the time is near, when those who uttered them and myself will be face to face. I can then answer the charges accusing me of being guilty of a misdemeanor in the state of Utah. I can answer to the house of representatives the lirst parliamentary body in the world if it can consent to so far forget its dignity as to resolve itself into a police court to ascertain if one of its members is guilty of a misdemeanor alleged to have been committed in a dis tant state and punishable there. "The danger to the American home, in the protection of which this present agita tion is invoked, and which is urged as Its -justification, does not lurk in the sun blessed valleys of Utah, filled with farm ing villages, where domestic peace and happiness rise every day to greet the morn and crown the hours with quiet joy. "The good people of New York city and other cities can find it much nearer home. In this city, where I am writing the city of Helen Gould and I mention that lady's name with the profoundest respect and admiration for her good works, her womanly charity, and, withal, her broad mindedness and only regret that she has been misled in relation to conditions in Utah but here In the city of her home, within a thousand feet square, may be found more that menaces the American home than ever existed, or, I hope, ever will exist, in the whole state of Utah. And. knowing this, it looks just a little ridiculous to see well meaning reformers so far misled by misrepresentations of Utah affairs as to be found standing knee deep in the swamps of social evils about them, vainly trying to tip-toe themselves Into a position where they can peek over the rugged summits of the Rocky moun tains to find a more desperata menace to the American home, "Leave Utah alone; she is able, and will work out her own salvation, if. indeed, she is not already as far along that road as any other state in the union. "B. H. ROBERTS."- A CLERICAL ERROR Cuts an Important Figure in Million Dollar Suit New York, Nov. 20. Justice Scott Is hearing arguments on an application for leave to amend the answer to a complaint in a suit brought by Thurlow Weed Barnes, to establish his alleged partnership in the American China De velopment company, commonly known as the Brice syndicate. The application for leave to amend was due to an error of counsel for the Brice syndicate, in preparing his an swer to a suit brought by Mr. Barnes in 1898, to recover 11, 000,000 from the syndicate as his share of the profits in the co-partnership. In the original suit Mr. Barnes contended that he was a member of the first syndicate. The other side admitted this, but held that Mr. Barnes was not a member of the second and larger syndicate. In the application for leave to amend their answer, counsel for the syndicate averred that through a clerical error an admission had been made in their answer that Mr. Barnes was a member of the second syndicate. This admis- sion, Mr. Barnes, through his attorney, I made use of in a suit for an account ing, brought substantially to the action to recover $1,000,000. The respondents made application for leave to amend on the ground that the complaint was bas ed on an error. In the second action Mr. Barnes sues for the recovery of money alleged to be due him from the syndicate in securing certain railroad concessions from the Chinese govern ment, through the Chinese minister in Washington. Justice Scott has not yet made a de cision in the case. PAUPER BECOMES AN HEIR Illinoisan Sole Legatee of a Klondike Estate, Including $20,000. Jacksonville, III., Nov. 20. Maurice Mehan, a man 70 years old, an inmate of the Morgan county poor farm, has just fallen heir to a large estate. Twen ty years ago William Mehan, a son of the old man, left for the west, and but little was heard from him until 1S96, when he went to the Alaskan gold fields. By the capsizing of a boat the prospector was drowned in the Yukon last May. Owing to various delays in settling up the estate, Mr. Mehan was not apprised until yesterday of his good fortune. The old man is named as the sole legatee of an estate, including $20, 000 in cash, an interest in a transporta tion company and interests in three valuable mining claims. NEARLY 80,000 PERSON'S Will Be Required to Take the Census of 1900. Washington, Nov. 20. Director Mer riam of the census, in his annual re port, estimates that there will be re quired for the census of 1900 more than 50,000 enumerators, over 2,500 clerks and over 2,000 special agents. On Novem ber 10, entire office numbered 182, most ly women employed as skilled laborers in the preliminary work. It is recom mended that the permanent office of purchase agent be created, and that two additional chiefs of division and nineteen additional clerks be author ized. Rev. G. Lowther Coming. Secretary Stephens of the State Tem perance union received a communica tion Saturdav from Rev. G. Low ther, of Winfield, editor of the South western Advocate, and presiding elder of the Winfield district, saying that he would accept the union's invitation to be present at the annual convention January 10 and 11, and to deliver the Wood to burn is cheaper than Coal at the present prices. WE SELL BOTH. KACZYNSKI, 4th and Jackson. Tele. 530. Will make your skin as soft and smooth as a child's. THE BEST ON EARTH For Chapped Hands or Rough Skin. Made by C. W. KOHL, PHARMACIST, 326 Kansas Avenue. fr3 rn M n3 liYJ U i uu 1 illiUlfe S SHORTEST LINE COLORADO FLYER. SMOKE KLAUER'S GOLD BUG. 5 CENT CIGAR. Rest and Health to Mother and Child MRS. WIXSLOW'S SOOTHING SYRUP has been used for over FIFTY YEAK3 BV MILLIONS OF MOTHERS for their CHILDREN WHILE TEETHIN'i, with PERFECT SUCCESS. It SOOTHES the CHILD. SOFTENS the GUMS. ALLAYS ell PAIN, CURES WIND COLIC and is the best remedy for DIARRHOEA. Sold by Drugeits in every part of the world. Be sure to a-sk for "Mrs. Winslow'a Sooth ing Syrup" and take no other kind. Twenty-five cents a bottle. H. C. BOWMAN, Fire and Tornado Insurance, Room 38, Columbian Building TOPEKA, KANSAS. response to the address of welcome. Rev. Mr. Lowther is the man who wrote an open letter to Governor Stanley last August, offering to raise of regiment of 1,000 men to proceed against the Leav onworth Klondike if the governor would give him the authority.

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TOPEKA STATE JOUEXAL, MOXDAT EVENING, NOVEMBER 20, 1899 V J. W w! W 'W1 W E) yd la t o o o rrh Cannot be By Drugging o o O 1 O O o ii o o o o o o CATAr.RTT !s an Inflammation or hardening of the irueon membranes of the nosa or tliruat. It is purely local and all the "blood purifiers," "cough cures." or othernostrums on earth will not cure it, because they do not reach the seat of the disease, la DR. GEO. LEINIKGER'S Formaldehyde Inhaler we haTe a positive pnaranteed cure for catarrh which is founded rraon the ripht prin ciple. It attacks ttie disease in Us stronghold. It is applied directly to diseased membranes. Imrae!!:te relief follows its lirst application all the air passages are Instantly cleared, cleansed and purified thereby, proving an absolute cure. F. li. W ARD, i:i4 K. isth St.. Micp.KO. in writing to Dr. Leininser. says: "I suffered for vears from catarrh; hawking, spitting and guoKiue all day lone and half thenirt. Mv nose and throat were as dry as parchment and every breath I took hurt me. My'luuts and chest were so sore that 1 could scarcely stand the pressure of my clothes upon them. Mv friends predicted that 1 would soon fill a consumptive's crave. I tried all kinds of catarrh remedies, but never found any relief until a friend induced ice to trv vcur Formaldehyde Inhaler. I felt better atter the first time I tried it and now I am klad to sav that 1 am entiieiv cured. 1 talk your Inhaler to everyone, and can honestlv recommend it as being the best and tii only sure cure for catarrh." If vou sutler from this disagreeable and dangerous disease and want to be cured permanentlv, easily and quickiv. don't delav anv longer, but go to your druggist to dav and uetono o DR. GEO. LEINIKGER'S fORMALDEKYDE INHALERS. Use it every hour or so. ami in a short time vour catarrh will entirely disappear. It is sold under an ABSOLUTE GUARANTEE. Your money reluuded it not louud entirely satisfactory. o o o o c r r ft rt f n n n w w w iJ vs W NjK Colorado, Utah, California and Oregon Are Best Reached Via The mm PINTSCH LIGHT. .a st Direct Line to All Points AWest. Solid Vestibule Trains Daily. TWO TRAINS daily to Denver and Colo rado points. TWO TRAINS dally to San Francisco and California points. TWO TRAINS daily to Salt Lake City and Utah points. ONE TRAIN daily to Portland and North Pacific Coast points, with direct connec tions for Tacoma and Seattle. For Time Tables. Folders, Illustrated Books Pamphlets, descriptive of the territory tra versed, call on F. A. LEWIS, City Ticket Agent, or J. C. FULTON, Depot Agent. A CAMERA TRUST Is Being Worked Up Among Chicago Manufacturers. Chicago, Xev. 20. A movement hav ing for its object the consolidation of ail the camera manufactories into a trust is being quietly made and already it is said, options have been secured from nearly all the manufacturers in Chicago. Projectors of the proposed combine say that enoueh signatures have already been secured to assure success. The movement has already had the effect here of a radical reduc tion of prices of both plate and film cameras, one big eastern firm outside of the combination and manufacturing film cameras leading in the war of prices. A movement is also said to be on for the combination of all the plate manufacturers into a trust. In this movement, as in that of the proposed camera trust, one big eastern concern has refused to accede to the terras of the trust organizers, and the movement as a result may fall through. "Did she shake hands with you?" asked Poindexter of Kilduff. "Well, not exactly." "What do you mean by 'not exact ly?' "Well,, he shook his fist at me." De troit Free Press. Ask your next door neighbor about our Steel Ranges. She will tell you they are the best bakers and neatest look ers on the market. T. J. Coughlin Hard ware Co., 70:2 Kansas avenue. Little Pimples Turn to Cancer. Cancer often results from an im purity in the blood, inherited from fenerations back. Few people are en tirely free from some taint ic the blood, and it is impossible to tell when it will break out in tha form of dreaded Can cer. What has appeared to be a mere pimple or scratch has developed into the most malignant Cancer. I had1 severe Cancer -which was at first nly a fw blotches, that 1 thought -would soon pass away, i was treated br several able physician?, but in suite of 'their efforts the Can cerspread until iny con dition became alarming. After many montlis of treatment and growing steadily worse. I de cided to try S. S. S. vrkich wa-? so strongly recommended. The llr-.t bottle produced an im provement. I continued tne aiedioine, and in four mouths the last lit tle scab dropped o ff. aa not a sign of the diseas" has returned." R. F. Williams. Gillsburg, Miss. It is dangerous to experiment with Cancer. The disease is beyond the skill of physicians. S. S. S. is the only cure, because it is the only remedy which foes deep enough to reach Cancer. 6. S. S. (Swift's Specific) is the only blood remedy guaranteed Purely Vegetable. All others contain potash and mer cury, tha most dangerous of minerals. Books on Cancer and blood diseases mailed free by Swift Specific Company, Atlanta, Georgia. w v W W W w W w o

C o o o o o O o o C) o o o o o a o o the Stomach. o o o o a o o O n n n fi o, a a o W 'V'" "J- -var HOTEL THIEF CAUGHT. Great Northern Bellboy Arrested in Kansas City. Kansas Oitv. Nov. 20. Frank Vickers, a bov much wanted in Chicairo has been a r r t s t ei h t-r e li v Dot e c t i v e-s B ryant an d Sanderson at Fifth and Wyandotte streets and locked up at police headquarters. The Chicago police were notified. Virkers is 22 years old and was formerly employed as a bell boy at the Great Northern hotel in Chicago. About a year ago Proprietor W. S. Ed en received numerous complaints from hi3 quests of the loss of jewelry and money. Mr. Eden set a trap for the thief, but was unable to detect him. Two police detec--lives were retained. They secreted them selves in a room in the hotel, after hav ing placed 10 in small bills and a watch upn the dresser. In a short time their labor was rewarded by the sound of a key beiiiK turned in the lock and Vickers the bellboy stealthily crept into the room. The detectives waited until the thief had seized the money and watch and conceal ed them upon his person. They then took him to ISlr. Eden, to whom he confessed his pruilt. lie was locked up at police headquarters and was afterwards bailed out. Vickers immediately left the city and since then has given the police a merry chase all over the country. Shortly after his disappearance a young girl narned Kitty Fitzgerald, who worked at the Great Northern also left the city, and as suspicion had also been directed against her, she was traced to Kansas City, where she was placed under arrest. She had been stopping at a house at Nint h and Wyandotte streets. The police of this city at the time recovered nearly $IuO worth of jewelry. This was turned over to 'Mr. Eden and prosecution against the girl was dropped, since the Chicago auth orities learned that she had not stolen anything, the booty having- been given her by Vickers. A few days ago it was learned that Vickers was in Kansas City, Kan., hav ing been traced from Ios Angeles. Ca 1., where he was heard from several months ago. Inspector Halpin detailed Detectives Bryant and Sanderson to watch for him and they arrested him on description. He will be taken back to Chicago. Vickers' mode of operation was to en ter the rooms of the guests of the hotel while They were at their meals, gaining entrance by means of a false key which he had made. In this manner it is claim ed that he secured nearly $2.f0 worth of jewels, watches and money. His work was so thorough that at no time up to his ax rest was he suspected. BALL FOR TOPEKA. May Be Included In a New Western League Now Forming. Omaha, Neb.. Nov. 20. It looks very much as if Omaha would again be within the professional ranks next season. A meeting was held by a number of gentle men anxious to see the game rehabilitat ed here at the Millard hotel Saturday af ternoon and the unanimous verdict was that the city was never in a better con dition for professional baseball than it is just now. The remarkable interest manifested in the local amateur games during the past season is taken as a criterion that the fans are ripe for something better and Ciat a professional club would be the thing. The Western association is al ready in process of reorganization, and this early date a circuit comprising Oma ha. I'enver. Lincoln. Sioux City. St. Joe, les Moines, with Topeka. Pueblo, Crip ple Creek, Davenport and Peoria to draw from, has been favorably mentioned. The first six cities are assured factors, and this mea ns that two more will be selected to make a paying and eligible circuit. As soon as an understanding whieh is being sought as a result of to day's meeting is arrived at by the parties at work in these six towns, a meeting will be called of the representatives of each at St. Joseph and a temporary organiza tion affected. TO SELL FLO Lit IN BRAZIL Government la Negotiating With That End In View. Washington, Jsov. 20. Active negoti ations are proi-edins? to secure from Brazil such tariff concessions as will extend the market for American wheat and American flour in that coun try. It is understood that a proposition to this effect -was submitted to the authorities at Rio De Janeiro and they have soufrht to accede to the desires of the authorities here. Oefinite results have been lacking the IJraziiian minister in Washington, Mr. Assis-"Brasil, and Mr. Kasson. the T"nited States reciprocity commissioner, have taken up the nego tiations. As Brazilian coffee enters the t'nited States free of duty, the purpose of the American officials has been to secure tariff concessions on American products froin? to Brazil, chiefly flour and wheat. While the Brazilian offi cials have expressed a wish to make such an arrangement. it has been pointed out that the Brazilian congress would have to amend the present law and also that a large milling industry had recently sprung up in Brazil and was not likely to assent to an encour agement to American milling products. The one solution which has been con sidered is a Brazilian tariff having a sliding scale, under which the t'nited States would secure concession on flour and grain in return for advantages en joyed in Brazil. There is a desire here to advance the negotiations to a def inite conclusion. She I told father you wanted to see him the next time you called. He What did he say? She He said for you to come on; he wasn't afraid of you. Puck. Miss Browning You shouldn't com plain. The editor took one of your po ems. Jack Cribber. Tes. but he took that measly little thing that I plagiarized from Byron and rejected my own liter ary masterpiece. Judge. Amonio Benzilene, best on eaxtb. Cured RAILR0AD NEWS. Santa Fe Grieyancp Committees la Topeka Today. Represent the Conductors and Erakemen of the Road. ARRANGE A SCHEDULE Adrance In Rate of Pay Will Re Asked. New Rules and Regulations Said to Be Necessary. The grievance committees of the Or der of Railway Conductors and the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen for the Santa Fe road proper are in To peka today. The first meetings were held this afternoon. The committees will meet separately for several days, but before adjourn ment joint meetings will be held. The men are here to ask a revision of the schedule governing trainmen on the Santa Fe, or rather the arrangement of a new schedule. The present schedule was made up in 1892. and it is claimed that the road has outgrown its regula tions. As a part of the new schedule the committees will ask an advance in the rate of pay of conductors and brake men. Whether a horizontal increase will be asked, or various increases sub ject to different conditions, will be de cided later. It is announced that Grand Masters Clark and Morrissey of the O. K. C. and B. of R. T. respectively, will come to Topeka to assist in the arrangement of a new schedule. The Santa Fe officials will undoubt edly agree to a new set of rules and regulations for the government of train men, but it is a question whether an ad vance in the rate of pay will be al lowed. MOKE TRUTH THAN FICTION. Pathetic Poetical Narrative of a Ball road Crossing Accident. Mr. J. D. M. Hamilton, claim attorney of the Santa Fe. says there is much more truth than fiction in the following poem describing the meeting of a farmer and a train on a railroad crossing: "I can't tell you much about the thing, 'twas done so powerful quick: But 'pears to me I got a most outlandish, heavy kick: It broke my leg and tore my skull, and jerked my arm most out. But take a seat: I'll try and tell just how it kem about. "You see. I'd started down to town with that 'ere team of mine, A-haulin' down a load o corn to Eben- ezer Kline, An' drivin' slow; for, just a day or two before. The otf horse run a splinter in his foot, and made it sore. "You know the railroad cuts across the road at Martin's Hole. "Well, thar I seed a great big sign, raised high upon a pole; I thought I'd stop and read the thing, and find out what it said, And so I stopped the hosses on the rail road track, and read. "I ain't no scholar, rekollect, and so I had to spell.. I started kinder cautious like, with R-A-I and B; And that spelt 'rail' as clear as mud; R-G-A-l was 'road,' I lumped 'em: 'railroad' was the word, and that 'ere much I knowed. I "C-R-O and double S. with I-N'-Q to boot, Made 'crossing' just as plain as Noah Webster dared to do't. Railroad crossing good enough! L double O-K 'look:' And I was lookin' all the time, and spel- lin' like a book. "O-U-T spelt 'out' jest right; and there it was. 'look out." I's kinder cur'us, like, to know jest what 'twa.s all about: F-O-R and T-H-E; 'twas then "look out for the And then I tried the next word; it com menced w4h E-X-tJ. I'd got that fur. when suddintly there came an awful whack; A thousand fiery thunderbolts just scop ped me off the track: The hosses went to Davy Jones, the wag on went to smash. And I was lasted seven yards above the tallest ash. "I didn't come to life ag'in fur" bout a day or two; But, though I'm crippled up a heap, I sorter struggled through, It ain't the pain, nor 'taint the loss o that 'ere team of mine; But, stranger, how I'd like to know the rest of that 'ere sign!" LOW KATES GRANTED. Para Concessions Made For Western Meetings. The Western Passenger association has authorized reduced rates for the following meetings: State meeting. National Aid associa tion, at Burlingame, December 5 and 6. Fare and one-third. Central Teachers' association at Hutchinson, November 30. Fare and one-third. Annual convention. Missouri and Kansas Association of Lumber Dealers at Kansas City. Mo., January 22 to 25. One-fare for all points in Missouri, Kansas and Oklahoma Territorial Teachers' association, at Oklahoma City, O. T., December 26 to 2S. Fare and one-third. Meetings of State Board of Agricul ture, State Swine Breeders' and Im proved Stock Breeders' and Poultry as sociations in Topeka, January 8 to 13. Fare and one-third. DEMAND IS ENORMOUS. Railroad Requirements Will Control Iron and Steel Markets. The railway requirements for 1900 promise to be the controlling feature in the iron and steel trade for that year. Knormous as have been the require ments shown in orders for steel rails, ears, locomotives and equipment, it is pretty well known that the require ments are far from being covered or even presented. The announcements in the daily and weekly press show that a good many railroad companies have made extraordinary large orders for lo comotives and cars. There is less anx iety as to quotations than ever. The iron trade in general is in a more vig orous condition than it has ever been. Manufacturing capacity, from pig iron up to finished product, is rapidly in creasing. The productive capacity on the first, of the month was 218,000 tons per week. During the coming -winter a vast amount of machinery will have been installed and preparations will have been completed by the first of April for the production of a very greatly increased quantity of material- -n this connection it should be mentioned that inquiries from abroad show that export requirements will be very heavy. A good many manufacturers are endeav. oring to put themselves in shape to profit by this demand. Inquiries for the present capacity, especially for heavy machinery, show that it will be defi cient, and this fact being known to a good many, accounts for the urgent in quiries and quick orders that are being placed for delivery of machinery during the first half of next year. Railway Review. TIME CARD CURIOSITY. Engineer Snyder Has a Santa Fe Schedule of 1878. Engineer John Snyder of the Santa Fe has dug up the first time card is sued to him by the Santa Fe when he entered its employ over twenty-one years ago. It is No. IS, dated May 12, ISiS, and is quite a curiosity now. It is doubtful if there is another copy in ex istence outside of the general offices. It bears the imprint of the old Topeka Commonwealth publishing house. It is a system card, covering every mile of track operated by the road, and has all the rules and regulations for the government of employes. It has only four pages, about the size of those of the cards now in use. The present system card has fifty pages of sched ules, while only the division cards have the twenty-eight pages of rules now in force. The card went into effect at D:G0 a. m., whereas all cards now go into effect at 12:05 a. m. C. F. Morse was general superintendent at that time, with two division superintendents, W. H. Tettibone f.'d J. D. Dunn. The mileage of tne road was then TS5 miles, yet there were seven "divisions": Atchison division, from Atchison to To peka; Kansas City, from Kansas City to Emporia Junction; Cottonwood Val ley, from Emporia to Wichita; Arkan sas Valley, from Newton to Bakin; Col orado, from Lakin to Pueblo; Walnut Valley, from Florence to Eldorado; and Pleasant Hill, from Pleasant Hill to De Soto Junction. The last two were simply branches of twenty-nine and forty-four miles in length, with only one train a day each way. The trains were numbered in a pecul iar manner. For example: The train out of Atchison was No. 1; on the next division it was No. 11, then No. 21, ten being added to the number on each division. Pueblo was then the western terminus of the road. Railroaders will note with curiosity the "form" in the movement of the trains. Rule 31 on the old card reads: "West bound trains will wait for de layed east bound trains of the same class until thirty minutes after leaving time of west bound trains and will then proceed, allowing five minutes for vari ation of watches, keeping thirty-five minutes behind their card time at each succeeding station until the expected train is met and passed." The same rule applied to east bound trains, with the exception that the time was five minutes instead of thirty-five. Inferior trains had no rights at all and were lit tle better than handcars when a pas senger train was in sight. BYGONES ARE NOT BYGONES. Railway Age Continues to Blame Populists For What Is Not The Railway Age says editorially in the last issue: "The construction of 9 miles of rail road is ordinarily a matter of small im portance, but when the new line is located in the state of Kansas it is a fact worth noting. The time was when Kansas was the banner state in the matter of railway building, but that was a good many years ago. In 18S6 Kansas built 1,520 miles of new road, and in 1887 2,070 miles. The next year the figure dropped to 601 miles, and in 1&S9 but 61 miles were added. The rec ord of 1890 was S5 miles, but with that year railway building in the state prac tically ceased, the new mileage for the succeeding years being as follows: 1S91, 1 mile; 1S92, 1 mile; 1S93, 18 miles; 1S94, 3 miles; 1895, 18 miles, 1S96, 1 miles, and in 1897 and 1898, nothing. "It is undoubtedly true that railway building in Kansas was overdone dur ing the boom period of 1886 and 1887, but had it not been for the hostile atti tude of the Populists and oppressive Jegislation the state would have contin ued to develop her vast agricultural re sources, and with liberal treatment and helpful legislation much of the new mileage, instead of being a burden to the railway companies, might have de veloped into paying property. As it is, more road has been abandoned since 1S90 in Kansas than has been construct ed in the same period. The new road just completed is an unimportant line, extending from Blaine to Westmore land, 9 miles, and gives the latter place connection with the Leavenworth, Kan sas and Western." MORE LAND PURCHASED. Rock Island Continues to Acquire Kansas City Property. Kansas City, Nov. 20. The Rock Is land railroad continues to buy West bottoms real estate, thereby strength ening the common belief that the com pany is acquiring land to increase its terminal facilities. Saturday the company bought from Kate Peppard forty feet on Wyoming street for $6,666.48. The land is on the west side of Wyoming street immed iately south of Twelfth street. The company has been buying prop erty in that neighborhood for several months and although its officers will not admit the extent of its improvements it is taken for granted that they will be extensive. $375 For Wife's Death. E. G. Walsh brought an action in the district court in Kansas City, Kan., Saturday afternoon against the Mis souri Pacific Railway company for $2,000 damages for the loss of his wife, Mrs. Carrie Walsh. Immediately after the filing of the suit a settlement was effected by which judgment was entered in favor of Mr. Walsh for $3. 5. Mrs. Walsh, while leading a little child, was run down and killed by a Missouri Pa cific passenger train in Kansas City, Kan., September 4. Union Pacific May Reward Brakeman Abilene, Nov. 20. The Tjnion Pacific will have a court of inquiry to fix the responsibility for the wreck east of this place last week, in which one man was killed and another wounded. It is re ported that all the train crews will be examined and required to give evidence. One brakeman who jumped from one of the wrecked engines in time to save his life, and ran back at once, saving the train of soldiers and ammunition following through the fog, will prob ably be rewarded. The soldier train was stopped w ithin a few rods of the rear of the wrecked train. Only a Black Cat Left. Victoria, B. C, Nov. 20. The wreck of the lumber laden barkentine James A. Faulkenburger of San Francisco was found by the tug Lorne off Cape Flat tery and has been towed into Esqui mau harbor. A black cat was the only living thing found on board. As al ready reported the officers and crew were picked up by the steamer Walla Walla. The ship Highland Light, over due from San Francisco is off the coast with her rudder gone. No word has been received from the unknown ship said to have gone ashore near Capt. Beale. E. D. Senna Improving. Chicago, Nov. 20. Edward D. Kenna, first vice president and general solici tor of the Atchison. Topeka. Santa Fe railway, who on Friday last submit ted to an operation for appendicitis, is reported getting along nicely. It was reported at the Hotel Metropole, where Mr. Kenna is staying, that he is out of danger and will be out in a few days. Another Guthrie Extension. Guthrie, Ok., Nov. 20. Zach Mulhall of Mulhall, a live stock agent of the Atchison, Topeka Santa Fe railroad, who was here yesterday, is authority for the statement that the Santa Fe will shortly commence the survey of a line from this city to Luther, and into the Indian Territory. At the present time the only connection between Guthrie and Luther is via the Santa Fe and Frisco by way of Oklahoma City. SANTA FE LOCALS, Santa Fe train No. 6 was made up of 12 cars Sunday. Engineer Wrelch Is laying off for a week. Cliff Beeler is back at work Rob Cliff is laying off. Boss Boiler Washer Bur Lewis was off Sunday. Engineer Porter, of Osage City, brought engine No. 46 to the shops Sun day for slight repairs. Wm. Woodford has gone to Chicago oii account of the illness of his son. Engineer Frank Randlett, of Osage City, came to Topeka Sunday with en gine No. 2373, to have slight repairs at tended to. Geo. Cooper, of the east shOD, is lay ing off for a few days. Ed Sheetz has gone to Chicago. Night train No. 3, going west on the Rock Island, now leaves Kansas City at 11 o'clock instead of 10 o'clock. Engineer French of Lawrence brought up engine No. 2351 Sunday for slight re pairs. Denton Crotchett is now working days in the round house. Engineer John Hand is off. Oscar Jones is back at w ork. Boss Wiper Ben Butler laid off Sun day. ANOTHER DOWNING BOOK. Topeka Man Publishes Second Edition of His Poetry. A second edition of Andrew Downing's books of poems has been issued from the press of the Hayworth Publishing house of Washington. D. C. Capt. Downing, the author, is a Kanass man and for many years lived in Topeka and Kansas people will naturally take an interest in his pro ductions. His poems contain much gen uine merit and the new edition will be welcomed. The book has been revised and enlarged. Poetry is a pastime with the author. He finds leisure during the intervals in his work in which he produces the grace- ANDREW DOWNING. ful little odes and sonnets whieh are pleasing and musical and which glow with a warmth of feeling. One of the most beautiful poems in the collection is entitled "The Red Bird," and is as follows When the summer sky is a tent of blue, Anil rosy June is the remnant aueen. A crimson shuttle, he flashes through xne leary warp or tne torest green. And the thread of a sweet song follows mm. In mazv tangles of shade and sun. And stretches away in the distance dim And the bonny bird and the song are one! The roil bird is not the nnlv one of the feathered tribe that has claimed the at tention of the poet. His song of the blue oira contains quite as mucn reeling ana his ode to the oriole and humming bird proves that the author loves nature and nas urawn wnat Is best Irom it. This little stanza shows a depth of feel ing which Capt. Downing's friends have always recognized in his personality: That song is sweetest, bravest, best, Which plucks the thistle-barb of care From a despondent brother's breast. And plants the sprig of heaj-fs ease there. Here is some of his philosophy: Fear not, too much, an open enemy; He is consistent-always at tes post; But watchful be of him who holds the key Of your own heart, and flatters you the most. The only lengthy poem in the volume is entitled "The Mountain Maid" and it is scarcely up to the standard the author has fixed in his odes and sonnets. In this he tells the romantic story of a girl captured by Indians and has, like other poets somewhat sacrificed his poetry to the story. It can. however, truthfully be said that it is interesting. The little volume is pleasing. It con tains much that is good and little that is bad. It is the index to the character of a noble, self sacrificing man. A DELICATE ERRAND. Bishop Potter's Mission to Honolulu Seems to Have Failed. New York, Nov. 20. The Heerald says Bishop Potter has sent a cablegram from Yokohama, announcing his arrival in Japan and a stay in Honolulu of a day and a half. He is accompanied by the Rev. Pency S. Grant of the Church of the Ascension. They are on their way to the Philippines, but may go to India before their return. Bishop Potter's Honolulu errand was to meet the Right Rev. Dr. Alfred Wil lis, the Anglican bishop there. The political relations of the island having changed, it appears that there was ex pectation that a transfer of the diocese might have been made to the American house of bishops before this but for the inaction of the Honolulu bishop. His diocese is an independent one, but it has a nominal connection with the Church of England, from the fact that the nomination to the bishopric is vested in the archblsnop of Canter bury because of a law that any part of the earth not covered otherwise is un der the Episcopal supervision of the primate of all England. America's Episcopal church is not willing to accept Bishop Willis. Corre spondence has been had with the arch bishop of Canterbury, and it has been intimated to the Honolulu diocesan that his resignation would be favorably act ed on if he should sent it in. He has not seemed inclined to do this. 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When they worked for the dethroning of the queen she quitted their church and joined the Episcopal church. AMONG MEN OF NOTE. From the Chicago Journal. Alfred Harmsworth. editor of the London Daily Mail and owner of many other publications, is, according to a cable message, received in New Tork a few days ago, to have a challenger prepared to race here for the America's cup next summer. Harmsworth has written a letter to Sir Thomas Lipton to say that he would like to have a chance at the great yachting prize and asking about Sir Thomas' intentions. In the letter he said that unless the owner of the Shamrock intended to try again in 1900 he (Mr. Harmsworth) would like to put in a challenge. Sir Thomas may not be prepared for a race next season, owing to the fact that he had offered his steam yacht to the Brit ish government to be used as a hospital in the Transvaal war. He proposes to fit out the vessel for this purpose and she consequently would not be ready for attendance in America unless the Boer war be terminated soon. Lord Dunraven denies that Sir Thom as Lipton asked for the use of the Val kyrie as a "trial horse," and that he refused to accommodate him in this re spect. C. Oliver Iselin is credited with de claring that he will no longer under take to build or manage a yacht to de fend the America's cup and his retire ment will probably be followed by that of Nat Herreshoff, designer of three of the defenders. James B. Corey, a wealthy coal oper ator and once candidate for governor of Pennsylvania, proposed the raising of a fund of $100,000,000 to be contri buted by 1,000,000 oppression hating Americans, and offered the first $100. Mr. Corey said: "Desiring that Justice and truth may prevail over injustice, oppression and crime, since Chamberlain has deter mined to involve the English govern ment in a crusade of conquest, crime and oppression of the industrious, liberty-loving Boers, I have three times daily asked God to show himself strong in behalf of the weak and wipe the British off the earth. "Let 1,060,000 Americans take a prac tical means of showing love for the principles of our sires of 177G and unite with the American mule in defense of life, liberty and happiness." Maitre Labor! is still at Samols, near Fontainebleau. The bullet in his back causes him considerable suffering and prevent him from standing upright. The bullet will only be removed when it leaves the muscles to which it at pres ent adheres. In this way it is hoped that a simple incision of the skin will suffice to bring about its extraction. Sir Alfred Milner, governor of Cape Colony, one of the most-taiked-about men in Europe today, has won his way to his present post by persistent hard work. He served in the finance depart ment at home and in Egypt under Mr. Goschen and Lord Cromer. He made budgets under Sir William Harcourt and Sir Michael Hicks-Beach. Then came his appointment to South Africa, in which he has won hi3 chief fame. We have just received another lot of Steel Ranges which we will offer at very reasonable prices. T. J. Coughlin Hardware Co., 702 Kan. Ave. emmeton ?T last character written to the exact place anyunribtr.ofolumn. thus ioo.coo.oos ai t.oa A Beaccn Light to tha Sick and the Right Path to Health, Is the Treatment of DRS. JOHNSTON WALSH, America's Greatji Specialists, Permanently Located in Topeka, Kans.' Dr. H. AtrsTir Johxstox is a erailnstn of on of the finest Medical Universities tn the world. hdiI has had gieat experience in hospital and privaia practice. DR. 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From that time on n? was prominent in legal and political circles and became one of Governor now Senator Foraker's thief lieuten ants. He was the law partner of It. S. Burdy. Foraker's father-in-law. In ls-,, Mr. Scothorn was appointed cleik in the Ohio adjutant's office. In 1'0 h came to Oklahoma as special agent ft the general land ofiiee and in Decemb-f r of the same year was appointed by the secretary of the interior to assist Unit fl States Attorney Horace Speed in the prosecution of perjury cases growint? out of land contests, continuing in this work until JSyS. when he was relieved by President Cleveland. In February, 1S98, he was appointed second assistant United States attorney and. on .Mr. Overstreet's appointment, in May of the same year, he became first assistant, the position he has since held. Amonio Benzilene Soap washes ev erything. Amonio Benzilene Soap; try it. mm-" 'X."V-'.'f? "QiDEHSEQWiyj I fW1 A l"J ri a FTC L FOR LiiySw tAw'fnejNS. 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TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 20, 1 899. 4 lOPEKA STATE JOURNAL BY FRANK P. MAC LEXNAN. VOLUME XXVI No. 216 Official Paper of the City of Topeka. TERMS OP SUBSCRIPTION. Daily edition, delivered by carrier, 10 cents a week to any part of Topeka or suburbs, or at the same price in any Kan eas town where the paper has carrier fystem. m By mail, one year oo By mail, three months Weekly edition, one year PERMANENT HOME Topeka State Journal Building. 800 ana K33 Kansas avenue, corner of i-ignin. NKW YORK OFFICE. Temple Court Bldg.. A. Frank Richardson. Mgr. CHICAGO OFFICE. Stock Exchange Blog- A. Frank Richardson. Mir. LONDON OFFICE. 12 Red Lion Court, Fleet Street. TELEPHONES. Busmen Office Bel' Phone 1J Reporters' Room Bell Phone D If the British readdy wishes to leave Ladysmith, perhaps General Joubert iwould better allow them to do so. Why not credit Congressman Roberts to Sulu Instead of Utah and allow him to retain his seat in the national house? What if Dewey did give that house to his wife? He can buy another place with his prize money if he desires to do so. The Philadelphia Times prints an edi torial article under the caption: "De mocracy and Bryanism?" Why use two words? In carrying out the injunction con tained in" the golden rule, it would be interesting to know for whom Toledo Jones voted at the recent election. Syracuse Herald: One of the most solemn humbugs of the day is the pub lication of the sworn election expenses of candidates for office, defeated and victorious. If Japan has any notion of going to war with Faissia.probably she will post pone hostilities until England gets through with that little Job she has undertaken in Africa. If John Wanamaker would devote some of the time and money he has ex pended in his fight on Senator Quay, to an effort to secure reforms in the elec tion laws of his state, perhaps he might accomplish something more worth hi3 while. It is being hinted by some newspa pers, that are opposed to the adminis tration, that certain government offi cials were able to turn an "honest penny" through the government propo sition to buy $25,000,0u0 in bonds, by making heavy purchases of stocks just previous to the making public of the government's offer. Aerical and submarine locomotion seems to have come about almost simul taneously. Closely following the suc cessful trial of the Holland comes the announcement that a Frenchman has invented a seering apparatus for an airship which enables him to proceed in any desired direction regardless of the air currents. Omaha Bee: Mental philosophers tell us that great minds often run in the same channels. This probably accounts for the fact that the freight managers of the various roads all made up their individual minds at the same time to advance rates. Any agreement to that effect would be unlawful and no one would for a moment believe that rail road men could be guilty of ignoring the law. It has been pretty well established after years of trial, that ballot reform cannot be accomplished by attempts at punishing offenders, even though some times successful. The remedy for elec tion frauds, seems to lie in rendering them impossible. The Australian bal lot law was a long step in the right di rection, but the voting machine ap pears to approach nearly to perfection, if the results reported from where they have been tried are to be credited. Boston Transcript: Senator Hawley's declaration that there is no need of legislation by congress to establish the gold standard will be read with interest by bankers and business men in gen eral. Senator Hawley thinks that all the declaration necessary is contained in the act of 1S73, and that as long as that act is unrepealed, the gold stand ard will be in force in this country. This ought to satisfy the believers in gold, while the free silver men may now realize that there are no great terrors in the gold standard, if it ex ists at the present time. CO-OPESATIVE HOUSEKEEPING From the Philadelphia Times. An experiment often suggested, but never thoroughly tried in Philadelphia is to be made by the trustees of the Girard estate, who have exceptional fa cilities for carrying it into successful operation. A block of dwellings to be built on Porter streets, close by Girard Park, in the southern part of the city, will be furnished with light and heat from a central plant, for a small month ly addition to the rent. The houses will have small garden plots in front and the care of these will also be as sumed by the estate. Such a system of heating and light ing is so obviously economical and so well adapted to the Philadelphia plan of building houses in large blocks of uniform design, it seems strange that it has not been tried before. The rea son is, no doubt, that these houses are built for sale, and the builder, who ex pects to dispose of them as quickly as possible, does not care to retain any further responsibility. A common heat ing and lighting plant could be main tained only by the co-operation of the individual owners. The trustees of the Girard estate are In a different position. They are build ing these houses to rent. They have ample capital to give them a complete equipment and the organization to ad minister it in the best way. The ex periment can thus be tried by them un der the most advantageous conditions, and if its advantages are apparent to the tenants, it will encourage the adop tion of a similar system elsewhere. Indeed, the idea is capable of a much wider development. There are many of the cares of housekeeping that could be very much reduced by co-operation among the residents of a block. A part at least of the cooking could be done in a common kitchen, and a co-operative laundry is certainly not an extravagant dream. With all the improvements in the construction of our dwellings, very little advance has been made in the methods of housekeeping, which still offer an inviting field for practical ex periment. GLOBE SIGHTS From the Atchison Globe. It always makes a man mad to ask him to be identified. We are all too apt to believe the fish stories of a man who give3 us fish. A good "agent" is a sort of confi dence man: he makes you buy things you do not want. When a man is as busy every day as a barber is on Saturday, he soon has nervous prostration. No difference how fine a team looks In the spring, when you buy it, it looks j People do not agree as to what is "devilishness:" what you consider a virtue, your enemies consider as devil ishness. An American captain who was in jured while shaving lately, was in- j eluded in the list o wounded sent out j by Gen. Otis the next day. j It is a swift age: an Indian squaw j walked down Commercial street this afternoon, smoking a pipe, while her husband followed meekly, carrying the baby. When a dressmaker goes to a house, everytime she sees the husband, she looks at him in a way which seems to say, "You should have attended to this long ago!" When a stranger comes to town wearing a plug hat, and an overcoat that sweeps the ground, we are onto him: he represents the best Uncle Tom show on the road. Kin are particularly sad in the case of a railroad man: he is compelled to bring them butter and eggs from coun try stations along the line, because of the lower prices that prevail. There was a prospect for a time that Ed Buck would be compelled to tell his fishing stories in hand bills, but he sent us a string of croppie lately, and we state with pleasure that last Thurs day he caught sixty-three croppie at Doniphan lake, the smallest one weigh ing over a pound. BACHELOR BUTTONS. From the New York Press. Most persons of quality end by hav ing quantities of person. Every man either suffers from re morse or wishes he had risked having it himself. Love your neighbor, especially if you don't think she will want you to marry her. If some women saw a notice of their funeral in some newspaper they would believe they were dead. In a girl's "studio" you can be pretty j sure that half of the fans tacked i around are there to hide spots on the wall paper and the rest to cover up stovepipe holes. JAYEAWKEE JOTS. Down at Haven the Republicans elected A. Popp as township trustee. Vic Murdock thinks the leonides owe the rubbernecks of Kansas an apology. Speaking of paradoxes, Atchison has a girl elevator boy and a woman coach man. A Hiawatha lady of 81 summers in dulged in a birthday party the other day. Iola is still giving receptions to the Twentieth boys. The lodges are now at it. j There is a doctor's wife in Arkansas City who pins her faith to patent medi cine! The doctors at Arkansas City are get ting rich from the smallpox scare. Ev erybody is getting vaccinated. Ex-Congressman Ben Clo er has been heard from. He fell out of a wagon and broke his collar bone the other day. This will be Fred Funston's third trip across the Pacific. He ought to be ac quainted with the scenery by this time. It will soon be necessary to establish a chair off Scotch dialect at the State university. The golf club already has forty members. Kansas is still working overtime in producing big crops. A Chanute man is gathering his second crop of apples from one tree this summer. The McPherson Republican has gone back to be a six-column folio. It tried the magazine-size style that Ewing Herbert started, but Editor Krehbiel didn't like it. It will be noticed that Mr. Moody got sick just after he received that of fer from Wichita to furnish him plenty of raw material to work on down there. The contemplation of a job like that would make most any man sick. Iola Register: After seeing the girl cadets in the Topeka parade, the Leav enworth high school girls want to or ganize. By the time another Kansas regiment comes home from a foreign shore these girls will all be grandmoth ers. Charley Scott is getting worse and worse. He prints this without even the semblance of an apology: Mrs. Bundy, of Independence, put a sack of flour on the well curb and it fell in. and now she doesn't know what to dough with the paste. Two lawyers were riding in a freight caboose. They were standing up in the car when the train suddenly stopped. One plunged halfway through a glass door, while the other fell over a red hot stove, and both will sue for dam ages. Some good friend of Ewing Herbert ought to call his attention 1o the fact that a "Social and Personal" head i3 not just the thing to run over a story about Aguinal Jo, a war report from the Transvaal, and a state politics item all combined. "Bluff is like a postage stamp," says Pap Kckert. "It is all right as long as it sticks." And to prove his assertion he says: "We heard a man offer to bet J-5 that there wasn't a case of small pox in town and that he wasn't afraid of taking. Half an hour later he was being vaccinated." "The shower of leonides," says Billy Morgan, as he dopes the bick of his neck with another supply of arnica, af ter rubbernecking at the heavens all night, "did not come up to the adver tisement. It was like going to a side show expecting to see the things de scribed on the pictures outside." BOOK NOTES. 'Kit Kennedy Country Boy," by S. R. Crockett. Published by Harper Bros., New York, (through Kellam Book and Stationery Co.) Price $1.00. Kit Kennedy is a return to the field in which Mr. Crockett achieved his first great success. The Scottish Hills. It is a tragic drama of love and suffering, interwoven with the human comedy of a Scottish countryside. The main in terest of this story lies in the reform ing of a man with high soul and with little will power. The steps by which he reclimbs the ladder, his failures, and his victories, are told with faithful and tender charity. The book shows that Mr. Crockett is thoroughly at home in the scenery and the atmosphere, of which the book is filled. Birds and liowers, winds and waters speak of the happiness of childhood and make the background of a story full of hopeful ness in the future and belief in man kind. The numerous illustrations are by A. I. Keller and are certainly a credit to the book. "Told Under the Cherry Trees," by Grace Be Baron. Price $1.00. Publish ed by Lee and Shepherd. Boston. This is a beautiful story for the young. The story is of a charming rural village which takes its name from the many cherry orchards, and gets its news from bulletins attached to a super annuated pump. The villagers care for a little orphan boy named Willie Merton who forms a friendship with a well to do little miss oi the town, Miriam Burnham. Time goes on, and he one day saves from destruction, a train upon which this little girl is a passenger, also saves many other lives. Mr. Burnham at once becomes attached to the boy and takes him with his daughter to foreign shores. Years after a mysterious struc ture is reared which removed reveals a drinking fountain, the gift of a sculp ture, who once before was known in, this town as Willie Merton. It is a delightful narrative and the illustrations and cover design are of unusual excellence and are a credit to Messrs Lee and Shepherd. "Predicaments," by Louis Evan Ship man. Illustrations by Charles Dana. Gibson and T. K. Hanna, Jr. Cloth and gold. New York: Life Publishing Com pany. $1.00. "Predicaments," by Louis Evan Ship man, is a collection of short society stories told in Mr. Shipman's best vein. His "D'Arcy of the Guards," which 13 now being dramatized, will be remem bered as one of the literary successes of last year. Mr. Shipman uses for the environment of the stories in "Pre dicaments" the social existence of New York's "smart set." and the episodes are all within the bounds of probability and elegant conventionality. The illus trations are in the most characteristic style of Charles Dana Gibson and T. K. Hanna, Jr. Home Study Circle, edited by Sey mour Eaton. Popular Studies in Lit erature, Robert Burns, Sir Walter Scott, Lord Byron, with many illustra tions. This series is designed for the use of all who wish to improve their educa tion in any direction but are unable to take a school or college course. The twenty or thirty volumes range from Primary Lessons for Working Boys to such diverse topics as Architecture. Stenography. Business, and Household Science. The best known specialists are numbered among the contributors, and old and young, men and women, who wish to rise in the world can sure ly find something here which will help to "sharpen their tools." Other volumes ready or in prepara tion are: "First Course in Mathe matics." for mechanics ami engineers; "The World's Great Scientists." archi tecture; "Goverments of the World To day." stenography; "Popular Studies in History," business. Doubleday Mo Clure Co., publishers. New York, through Kellam Book and Stationery Co. $1.25 per volume. "One of Those Coincidences and Oth er Stories." by Julian Hawthorne and others. Price $1.00. Published by Funk and Wagnalls Co., New York. This collection of short stories will ap peal to many readers who seek literary entertainment for brief moments. The story from which the book takes its title is a characteristic tale from Julian Hawthorne. A tale of the late Cuban war of a volunteer and a nurse in one of the army hospitals. Mr. Haw thorne says: "There is more fact than fancy in the narrative.." Another story worthy of mention is one entitled "The Taper," by Count Leo Tolstoy, which is a picturesque story of Russian peasant life. There is another clever story of Porto Rico army adventures by Wolcott Le Clear Beard; another by Florence M. Kingsley, a tragic musical story by Mabel Wagnalls, and many others equally as good. The stories are nicely illustrated and are bound in a handsome cover. These are times when a correct un derstanding of the most prominent news of the day requires frequent study of a map. The news has pene trated regions to which the general geographer had not gone and which no ordinary atlas shows in sufficient detail to enable one to follow the move ments of armies. One will look in vain on the maps of last year for such places as Eiandslaagte. Glencoe. Colen so. Belmont, etc., in South Africa and for Aliaga, Talavera, Magalang. Ma balacat and Lingayen in the Philip- pines. Yet these and similar little i points in two distant quarters of the world have become news centers. The need of the hour is met by a folded I map sheet containing sixteen maps, which the Matthews-Xorthrup company I of Buffalo has published for the Buffalo Express and for general distribution at the nominal price o ten cents. "Strike For Your Altars and Your Fires," Patriotism is always com mendable, but in every breast there should be not only the desire to be a good citizen, but to be strong, able bodied and ivell fitted for the battle of life. To do this, pure blood is absolutely neces sary, and Hood's Sarsapa rilla is the one specific ivhich cleanses the blood thorough ly. It acts equally ivell for both sexes and all ages. Humor When I need a blood puri fier I take Hood' s Sarsa.pa.r3La. It cured my humor and is excellent as a nerve tonic." Josie Eaton, Stafford Springs, Ct. Hood's Pills cure liver ills the nnn-irritatiuir and "only eittli-Vrtc to uhp wltii Hood's sarsaparillA. A feed SaUafyq uua KANSASJEWS. An Epidemic Among Horses Ap pears at Bronson. As Many as a Dozen Die In a Week With Strange Disease. NO ONE KNOWS WHAT. Fear Corn is Contaminated With Poisonous Matter. Unt Others Die That Hare Not Touched the Grain. Iola, Nov. 20. The farmers in the vicinty of Bronson have about conclud ed that there is an epidemic among their horses. At any rate it is a serious question and if some remedy is not found soon there will not be enough farm horses in the county next spring to supply the farmers' demand. In the past week no less than a dozen horses have died in the vicinity of Bron- j son. borne of these have been worked in the corn field without muzzles, oth ers have not been in the field nor have eaten any of this year's crop of corn. Jake Entzminger has lost two horses recently and he says they have not been in a corn field, and the corn he fed them was raised last year. The symp toms were almost identical in all the cases only some of them seem to be more severe than others. MURDERED FOR HIS MONEY. Body Found Near Fort Scott Probably That of Leopold Edlinger. Fort Scott, Nov. 20. The man -who was found in Mill creek, near here Thursday, dead, with a bullet wound and a crushed skull, is probably Leopold Edlinger, a farmer from near Rock ville. Mo. From a letter found on the body it was thought he was Edlinger's brother-in-law. A blank check on the Bank of Rockville led to correspondence which has developed the fact that Ed linger drew his money from the bank through a Butler bank, and left in a wagon for Oklahoma. He probably wrote the letter to his brother-in-law, Herman Heimer, of Rockville, and forgot to mail it. He had been dead two weeks when found, his body having been weighted down with a heavy chain around the neck and a big sack of stones tied to his legs. He was buried yesterday in an unknown grave. The body will be dis interred for identification. The mur der was probably committed by saloon rounders in this city, and the body hauled to the river after it was rigid. ONLY AN IMAGINARY STRIKE. Nearly AH the Men In the South eastern Kansas Mines at Work. Pittsburg, Nov. 20. Six months ago the coal miners of this district struck in sympathy with Indian Territory miners. The strike was directed against the companies comprising the "Big Four" and still formally exists, but one outside of the workings would not re alize that a strike was in progressl There are few idle miners in the dis trict, probably less than 100. This num ber is the estimate of Jomes Boston, of the national executive board. Every mine in the district is working to its full capacity and in some of them there are two shifts. New mines are soon to be opened by the Wear and the West ern companies and will be ready to make shipments within a month. While the "Big Four" companies' men are not recognized by the union, they are shipping more coal than at this time last year. The larger majority of then miners are negroes, however. The ex ecutive board of the United Mine Workers, however, claim the mines are worked in such a manner that in time the "Big Four" will be compelled to give in. ATCHISON COUNCIL. In a Row Over Putting In a Steam Heating Plant In City Building. Atchison. Nov. 20. A big row seems to be brewing over the steam heating plant for the city building. The coun cil, by a vote of i to 11, instructed Char ley Farwell to proceed with the work, pledging themselves to pass the neces sary ordinance authorizing the same. Farwell proceeded, but when the coun cil met again the ordinance was de feated, four councilmen voting against it and one being absent. The next day after the meeting, two councilmen who forgot their pledere and voted against the ordinance, told Farwell that they would have the ordinance reconsidered and vote for its passage. Upon this assurance, Farwell expects to put in the plant at once, although Mayor Donald is opposed to it. At least eight of the ten councilmen favor put ting in the plant, and, it is said, will back Farwell. ATCHISON MUST PAY. Chicago Fire Extinguisher Firm De mands Delayed Money Due It. Atchison, Nov. 20. A representative of the Fire Extinguisher company, of Chicago, which sold Atchison its new fire apparatus nearly two years ago, has been here for two days trying to get a settlement. The city owes $3,400 on the apparatus, and there is about $400 in interest due on the same. The company offers to throw off all the interest, if the principal is paid. It is understood that Mayor Donald is holding out for a full settlement on a basis of $2,300. The council ordered the bill paid in full some time ago, and warrants were drawn, but never issued for the reason that there was an over draft in the general revenue fund. HILLMON VERDICT. Mrs. Smith Given a Judgment of $33,102 by the Jury. Leavenworth. Nov. 20. The sixth trial of the Hillmon trial ended Satur day night at 10:40o'clock when the jury, after having been out for nearly eleven hours brought in a verdict lor Mrs. Sallie Smith, the widow of Hillmon, the plaintiff. The amount of insurance which the verdict gives Mrs. Smith is $33,102. This includes the interest on two policies, one in the Mutual Insur ance company of New Y'ork, and the other in the Connecticut Mutual for $10,000 and $3,000, respectively, with in terest at 6 per cent for twenty years. The case was bitterly contested and will be carried to the supreme court by the insurance companies. At 10 o'clock Judge Hook was about to excuse the jury until Monday, when Foreman J. W. Skinner said he thought the verdict would be reached in a short time. They were then sent back to the jury room. About twelve ballots were taken. After hearing the verdict. Judge Hook thanked the jury for its unusual care and attention. Attorney Barker, for the companies, had the jury poliei and exceptions noted to the verdict. He says the matter is not half over, even after being in the courts since 1S79. FINDS RUNAWAY SON. Elton Pike, a Youngster, Was Very Fond of Soldier Life. Fort Scott. Nov. 20. A. G. Pike, a merchant of Knobnoster, Mo., came to this city and apprehended his 13-year-old son Elton, who left home nearly two years ago with the Fourth Missouri regiment bound for the Philippines. At San Francisco he became mascot of the Montana regiment, but was induced not to sail for Manila. He remained in San Francisco until the Twentieth Kansas returned, and then was adopted by that regiment. Accompanying it to Topeka. wearing a soldier's hat and insignia, he partici pated in all the festivities attending the reception and then was brought to this city by Major Martin and company F. j Through a newspaper publication of the i boy's travels and army life his father learned of his whereabouts and came here after him. The lad w?.s found at j the home of Private Fuqua, where he 1 has been sharing the latter s board and bed. KERFOOT'S COLLECTION. Rare Relics Brought Home From Manila by That Officer. Kansas City, Kan., Nov. 20. Lieut. Ben Kerfoot, of the Twentieth Kansas, has as fine an individual collection of Filipino and Spanish war relics as thura id in tho TTrjlrorl Catna Lieut. Kerfoot has his home liter- I ..11.. i -1. i i liiicu nuu Julius liuiu ilic viicui., and the collection is being eagerly sought by local dry goods houses, who want it for show window exhibition. Among the collection are about 100 photographs taken by a photographer of the Twentieth Kansas while the fa mous regiment was in action. These photographs are true to life and many prominent members of the Twentieth are seen performing deeds which have made their names famous. Lieut. Kerfoot has a specimen of each of the instruments used by the Filipinos in war, and these include bows, poisonous arrows, spears, swords, hatchets and rifles. An interesting specimen is a pounded silver ornament, which was found in a Filipino church after it had been de serted. An instrument, which somewhat re sembles an old fashioned corn cutter, found in the insurgent trenches by Lieut. Alford, is also among Lieut. Kerfoot's collection. "He gave it to me to hide for him," said Lieut. Kerfoot, and the next day he was killed. Filipino tobacco pipes, shoes, clothes, hats and various other things used by the Filipinos are included in the rare collection. Lieut. Kerfoot also has Chinese and Japanese relic3, which he secured in Hong Kong and Yokohama, and a col lection of photographs of pretty San Francisco girls is not the least attrac tion in this interesting assortment. "There is not a member of the Twen tieth, I dare say," said Lieut. Kerfoot. "who hasn't a sweetheart in San Fran cisco, and those pictures were given me by different members of the Twenti eth." VICTIM OF GOSSIP. Rev. J. L. Countermine of Atchison Resigns His Pastorate. Atchison, Nov. 20. Rev. J. L. Coun termine, pastor of the Presbyterian church, has resigned, giving as his rea son for leaving Atchison an utter lack of co-operation. He is quoted as say ing that he has been made the victim of unwarranted gossip; that less than a year ago a woman came here from a neighboring city, bearing a letter of membership in the Presbyterian church there. She called on Rev. Countermine and told him she had no money and was in need, and askea him to vouch for her at a grocer's and a meat mar ket. He says he went with her and told the merchants of the church letter, also that he had written her former pastor and had received a reply that she was a member in good standing, and bore a good reputation, and that she got credit to the extent of $11. When she left Atchison later she did so without pay ing the bills. Before leaving Atchison she worked for a time at Rev. Countermine's home. After she left a man named Topple. who claimed to be engaged to her, wrote an Atchison attorney in regard to a suit for damages against the pastor for the alleged alienation of his fiancee's affec tions. This seems to have been the cause of the gossip. Rev. Countermine says he did no more than aid a poor woman, as above stated, and makes a very frank statement. The resignation, which was voluntary, has not been acted upon. Rev. Coun termine's family is visiting in lowa.and it is understood that he expects to ac cept a call to a pulpit in Michigan. BARRED FROM THE SHOW. Lamed Man Sues a Comedy Com pany's Manager For 1,000 Damages. Larned, Nov. 20. The manager of the Dalrymple Comedy company is made the defendant in a $1,000 damage suit which began in the district court here Saturday. Philip Michler Is the plaintiff and the suit grew out of the refusal of Mr. Dalrymple to sell him a ticket to the show. Michler, it Is said, had made a disturbance and used of fensive language at the opera house the night before. For the refusal to ad mit him to the show Miehler claims his feelings were hurt and his reputation injured to the extent of $1,000. Stanley to the Y. M C. A. Ottawa. Nov. 20. The state Y. M. C. A. convention which is in session here was addressed Saturday night by Gov ernor Stanley on "The Worth of the Work." He was greeted by a large aud ience. The newly elected state committee is as follows: Governor W. E. Stanley, Frank Nelson, Robert Stone, E. H. An derson, J. E. Nissley, Thomas Page, Topeka; Bruno Hobbs, Kansas City; W. K. Folks, E. T. Caldwell, Lawrence; Thomas H. Potter, Peabody; S. Ditzell, Leavenworth; Samuel Wilson, Welling ton; L. I. Stodder, Fort Scott; Prof. D. F. Sheek, Cottonwood Falls; W. R. De- HEADACHE! DR. RADWAY CO.. New York: It gives me great pleasure to voluntarily j giaie in-lL vuui r ins -jit: uiui.ii ujiti 1111 lu OUieiJj A Ud. t 11 iCU. U'. His ti, 1 a 1 1 J tl UU.ICU with headache and costiveness I find that they pive ine instant reli-f which other Piils could not do. PETER KIEFEK. 2o Isortii 2d st., Philadelphia, Pa. adway's 1 0:11 Purely vegetable, mild and reliable. Cause Perfect Digestion, complete absorp tion and healthful regularity. For the cure of all disorders of the Stomach, Bowels, K'dr.eys. Bladder. Nervous Diseases, Piles, bICK HEADACHE and all disorders of the Liver. Price. 25 c-ts. per box. Sold by all drug, gists, or sent by mail on receipt of price. RADWASt CO., Go Elm St., New York. Stripe. Worsted -H -tc

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Saturday we bought the Buhre-Kimball stock of Millinery and adver tised to slaughter it be ginning Tuesday Today we soli it Hence there will be no sale at the Buhre-Kimball room but in order to not disappoint prospective pur chasers, we will give all comers special bargains in Millinery of all kinds for this week at the old stand. R. TROOP of Troup's Enterprise, 521 Kansas Ave. P. S. I will open a large Holi day Stock in the Buhre-Kimball room in a few days- We give Premium Stamps. Quaker Loaf Flour Will more than please you. Try a sack. Whittlesey Mer. Co. Second ami Madison. SCHLEi'S OKDEKS. To Proceed to Buenos Ayres,Stopping at Bio En Route. 1 Washington, Nov. 20. The navy de partment gives out the following offi cial statement of the orders sent to Rear Admiral Schley: "The order has been sent today for the Chicago to proceed to South At lantic waters touching for coal at Rio de Janeiro and such other ports as are necessary; to reach Buenos Ayres soon as practicable and inspect vessels and give special attention to repairs now under way on the Wilmington." TALK No. 37. SQUINTING. Whenever you see a person who partlv closes the eyelids in looking sharplv at anvthing ynu m:iy know that that person needs glasses. It in alwavs owing to some optical defect of the eve. Cutting off a por tion of the bdv focusaed rrcys makes vision clearer. Lenses which place the eyes in perfect adjust ment wiil entirely relieve this trouble. With the gla.-ses on. the wM'-r the patient opens his eyes, the better he sees. A lady tol l me one clav that she had been punished hundreds of times during her c hild hood for this so called "habit." She had been punihed for availing herself of the onlv means which Nature furnished her for seeing distinctly. She oneht to have worn glasses all her life. I have had a good manv of these cases here in Topeka. I have never known a single Instance in which they could not be easily cured with glasses. My exclusive attention is given to fitting glasses. CHAS. BENNETT, OPTICIAN, 730 Kansas Avenue. Established 1873. An Apology

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TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL, MOXDAY EVEXIXG, XOTEilBER 20, 1899. 5 S November Bargains AT THE Topeka Cash Dry Goods Co. Only a few of the many we have selected for this great sale quoted here. Sale commenc ing today and ending next Saturday night. BLANKETS. 69c value 10-4 grey cotton blankets Pair. -S0.49 75c value 11-4 white cotton blankets .59 SI. 50 value 11-4 extra heavy cotton blankets 2.50 value 10-4 all-wool grey blankets 1 lbs $3.50 value 10-4 superfine all-wool grey blankets S2.50 value 10-4 all-wool red blankets S3. 50 value 10-4 all-wool white blankets 3.00 $3.00 value 11-4 all-wool white blankets 3.75 COMFORTS. ?1.50 value factory-made comforts for 9S $2.00 value home-made comforts for l.oO The goods in these would cost as much as we ask for them all ready for use. 72iS4 extra-fine twilled satine comforts 2.9S DRESS GOODS. Broadhead latest novelties at only 49o 3rd Coating Serges, past the thing for tailor-made suits 69c Jd tl.50 value 42-inch Black Crepon, for 31.12s 3rd 2.75 value 50-inch Golf Plaid Skirtings for SI. 25 vd 50c value black and colored Serges for S5c 5"i 10c value cotton Plaids for 5c 2'd Remember our special oifer of fittings and linings with our Dress Goods. SPECIAL SHOE SALE. Godman's Misses' button Shoes, worth $1.3-5 for S 1 Pr Godman's Woman's Dongola lace or button in the new toes, worth 1.73, for S1.49 Dittman's OK Ladies' Shoes, worth -52.50, for S1.9S Drew Selby's heavy soles, bull dog toe, worth -S3. 00, for. 2.48 Drew Selbv's heaw welt sole, bull dog toe, biutcher and lace, worth 13.50," for S2.9S Ladies' warm -lined shoes, all kinds, low and high cut, rang ing in prices from oOc to SI. 50 Ladies Overgaiter-5-button. 35c value, for 25o 7-button, 5JO values, for 3c Jersey Leggiju-M.iies', in t aci aad taa. $1 value, for 75c Ladies', La black, estra jual.ty, for 9So We are sole afieaU tere for W. L. Douglass" Ilea's Shoes $3.00 anil $3.50. UNDERWEAR. Men's grey mixed cotton Underwear, garment Men's grey mixed heavy cotton Underwear Men's E. VT. Jersey ribbed, fleece lined Men's extra heavy, blue mixed, fleece lined Men's all-wool, medicated, double-breasted, at. Ladies' Jersey ribbed, grey mixed, fleece lined. Ladies' Jersey ribbed, white, fleece lined Ladies' Jersey ribbed, non-shrinking, part wool. Ladies' Jersey ribbed, fleece-lined union suits... Ladies' Oneita fleece-lined union suits Ladies' Oneita wool union suits JEERED AND HOOTED. National Officers K. of H. counter Rebellion In Sew Jersey. En- Nt York. Nov. 2). Dissatisfaction 5s not yet at an end anions' the 6. 000 members of the Knights and Ladies of Honor in New Jersey. cvcr the recent adoption of the supreme lodge in ses sion in Indianapolis, of a new assess ment rate table to go into effect on January 1. ISO'). From present indica tions the outcome of the trouble will be a tig legal battle between representa tives of the New Jersey members anl the supreme lodg-e of the parent order. It will then be argued whether the latter has a right t re-rate old mem bers, taking iruo account their present age. as it they were new members, without rcear-1' to the fact that many ft them have been in the crier more than twenty years, thereby increasing the amount of their assessments from Z."J to 3u0 per Cent uvr the old rate. At a srecial meeting of the grand lodge of X-w Jersey, held in Newark, fcuprrn Vice Protector Freu ier.thai and Supreme Medical Examiner Ir. Witheri'.l were, it is said, actually jeer ed and hooted liu'.vr. in their attempts to address the r-presentat: ves of 42 out of the eJ subordinate lodges of New Jersey. They attempted to explain and defend the action of the supreme lodge in the assessment matter but that the sentiment of the gathering was plainly against them was evident from the manner in which questijr.s were fire 1 at them in rapid succession from ail parts of the hali. and the expressions cl" disgust which ereete i their answers. The action of the delegates was de plored by the New Jersey state orrioers Kit the order, who did all they could to s j control matters as t save the su preme officers from actual insult. No action was taken by the n:e-tir.g in or der that the subordinate iodg-s should r.ot make themselves liable to discipline by the supreme lodge. Immediately after adjournment, how ever, another meeting was organized by the delegates simply in their capacity as members ut the order. The supreme officers and some visitors from New York were required to leave the hall, end no one was admitted unless he or fche could give th-1 semi-annual pass word for New Jer"y. The assessment question was thoroughly discussed, and it was finally disposed of by the ap pointment of a cv mrnittee to consider tile advisability tf withdrawing from the Knights and Ladies of Honor and f irming a new and independent order, with New Jersey as the nucleus for a national organization. It is not i-.kely. however, that this committee will recommend secession and independent organization until the question of the i-ga:lty of the set; :n of the supreme lodge is" settled. Prom inent lawyers have been consulted by the committee, an J although a formal report will not be male until a meeting on December 6. it has practically beeti decided, to advise the members to ten der the old rate of payment for the first assessment, which is levied by the su preme lodge after January 1, lSvO, un der the new order of things. That the tender will be refused is certain. The members will then decline to pay the amount of the assessment tinder the re-rating plan, and this will lad to the suspension of the members. The text Btei wiii be for the members I l.oO 29 3 It 4 O 19c 25c 49o 59c si.oo 25c 49c 75c 44c 75c 9So to go into court and ask that the su preme lodge be enjoined from suspend ing them and from enforcing the col lection of the new rate of assessment. The right will then be on. This action will be base! on. the ground that when the members joined the order they entered into a contract, which contract will have been broken by imposing a new and higher rate of assessment without the consent of ail the members. READY TO FIGHT. 1,000 Kentucky Republicans Tender Their Services to Taylor. Louisville, Ky., Nov. 20. The Com mercial (Republican) says: The following communication, from Harian county talks to the point: "We, together with l.0 other able bodied citizens of this county, have ten dered our services to Go'.'err.or Bradley and General tV. S. Taylor to inaugurate lenerai Tayl-r an d maintain him to the ornce to which he was elected, how ever, any state election, board or any legislature may talned) -A. B. COMETT, "County Judge. "3. N. FRENCH, "'our.tv Attorney. "W. S. HEXSLEY, 'Ph-riff Harlan. County. "J. S. BAILEY, ''Chairman. Republican Committee. "H. H HOWARD. "Coraraisfic-r Harlan Circuit. "J. SKELLEV. "XTrdted states Commissioner. "JOHN R. HURST. "Postmaster. M. W. HOWARD, "Cierk Harlan Circuit Court. "G. A EVERSOLE, "Attorney at Law." Harlan, is one of the strongly Re publican mountain counties of the Eleventh district. MEXICO'S JOB. Suppressing the Taqui Insurrection Not aa Easy Task. Ch i c a sr o Nov. 20. A s p sc 1 aj to the Record from Guaynas, Mexico, says A Taui Indian, a sub-chief of that tribe, who deserted the rebels a f'v iays ag-o, has arrive-d here and has fur-iht-l the military authorities wih muoh valuable- information con,: em in:?' the location and plan of campaign of the Indian forces. He say 3 the M.iu-srt-r rir!s do not cause- a3 much fear amona- the Indians as the oil Reming tons, as the bullets do not inflict suoa severe wounds an i they heal quickly. Thr ar. according to this Indian. aVut 2.-0 ir.sursrents. alt gather. -.f which 2j"-0 are north c-f the laqui riv- r and in the mountains. The rebels are rcar.ized in corr,; ar.itrs of forty men u-h. under a captain, ar.d are dri'Ii'iu r c u I a r y anl the chiefs continually exhort them to continue the ngh-t until the "Tons" t white men) are all kiUed. CASTOR I A Tor Infants aad CMldrex Tha Kind Yea Havs Always Bought Bears the Signature of Grocers sell Axnonio Benziiece Soap. STAGE REALITIES. Charles Dickson Tells Story of His Life la Comedy. "Mistakes Will Happen" Made Up From His Experiences. WHY HE ATE PORK. It Was After Failure In Ser ious Productions. Reluctance of Managers to Em ploy Married Couples. While it is well known that much that is seen on the farcical stage is duplicated in humor and ridiculousness in real life, the average theatergoer dos not expect to see a production based on personal experiences in a farce comedy. But according- to llr. Charles Dickson, the clev er comedian who was seen at the Craw ford theater Saturday night, this is a fact with reference to "Mistakes W i.l Ha ppec. The theater programme states that the farce was written by Grant Stewart, and while thi1; was originally true, there is more of Charles Dickwa in the piece as sen on the stage than there is of Mr. Stewart. In the Erst place it was put CHARLES DICKSON. toarether by the latter after ideas and lines laid down by the c-median. and whfn it was at hi.fi z submitted t- him it underwent a complete rearrangement be r'or it was aliowl to be been on the staee. 'Mistakes Wiil H ipL-n' is my ry heart's blood." said Mr. Dickson in talk ing if his comedv after the performance 2?j.turdav niht. "It may be har-I r'jr pej pie to realize it but the farce is Uttie m-re than a collection oi my per-.mal ex r-rience-s. Wr.en it is supp-.ed that real life d-;es not contain a much pathos and omedv as seen on the scase a g-reat mistake is made. I know that it d'-e from personal exprien- e as an actor and fr- m this same exp-rier.ee I conceived the idea of bunding 'Mistakes Wiil Hap pen.' 'In the first act of the farce a your.? actor and his wife rind themselves dis charged from their eniraarement because rhe manager disc".vers they are married. Then fdloA- an inventory of their hnan cs. arid I don't sufp-se one person who see the firce realizes the a.mour.t of pathos in this little incident. I had fust such m ex Tj-rienoe at one time. When Nat Goodwin started to piay serious r-,in I decided to emulate his example "in the hpe of overshadowing- him. I dropped -IC'C".' in winch I had ma-:e a trrt-at success, an 1 took up to serious plavs. 4 A joiiv Cr-'d Feii-'W, and 'Aolmit-t-d ti the Bar." The people Woubin't h.i me in them. Thev sa id "very beautiful in-.ieed.' but staved away. I kept on in the h'-oe of making them accept me, but my eff -rts pr.-ved entirely fruitless, yor two years I i-st mor.ey steadily, and one day I received r."tice f r'"-m my manaeer that he cot: id no longer back me in that kind of work. In other words. I was dis charged. My wire had been playing with m1. and it meant that both of us wre out of the profession temporariiy. U T-ok an invent'-ry f our be tor gin its. and f un-.l t hat we would have to al ve up w;ne. and mi'lnierht supper ar-3 other lit tle luxuries. It was at the end of a sea son in New York and there was no op portunity for an emcaicement. My f.nan-c-s d wind !-"-d 'iay by day, and h nn I! v w were compede-i to take up pork and beans as our bill c-f far. I ate s muh pork in t h-se days th.i t I was rectllv ashamed to lc-.'lc a ply: in the face. Finally my w:f3 and I secured an eri tr-ment in vau '.e viiie. ar.d she is still in tr.at bumes, be r;. use of the very pd rt we make in cur present farrt the ch-Hke of managers to er.traire a man and his wife. "The second act of "Mistakes "Will Hap pen." as far as the situations are con cerntd. is of course, exaggerated, but the points leading up to it are not. 'Mr. Hun ter Chase" is taker, from real life. There was just such a literary hypocrit had rooms in the same fiat where my wife and I boarded in New V--rk. and he was con tinuai iy tryi nsr to make I---ve to my wife. I have 'T'orothy M:iaand.' the younar ac tor's wi f e. c-j exactly in the play in her eff' rts to h-ip hr husband as I know my wife would do if she were placed in a similar position. The world is full of such women as 'Mrs. Hunter Chase. I have met hur.-lr--- in my time as an acfor and am continually meeting them. The c h a ra c ter is a duplicate of the are r a re s o r j e r. y woman as I have seen her. The rehearsal, as f a r as it cmcrns her at temots at acting-, is not in the least ov erdrawn from e.V'riencs I have had. "The sceren-- of the s-.-ond act i-; p.l most an exact rr ro.iucti-. n of the roa-:h house at Filly vVest's h. me at Fn-m-h:it. Biily W e t u the we!l known min-tre!. I now have a h--rra there also, an-l during; th3 summer v ;;t West's coach huse to take gymnasium eerc: -e. He has a fine, srynasium fitted uz in the loft. It was while there one day two summers a--o that I conceived the idea of the sec ond act. "Th cockney coahmn of th frc- and G-rman servant girt have hundreds of duplicates in real life. There is bi.it li tt in th piece with rhe exception of the 'hicle-n nd-e-,-eik" business of the sec n -1 art that I h a v n t at one time or another ?--en the .-riginal -f. and I hive eve n known of ju-t as ridiculous a sit uation as that app-ar on the stae to h a e actually occurred." Mr. I'o'k-on says he will retain 'Mi taks Wiil Mapnen" f.r a number of years, but expeots to put on two new p;e.;es next season. One will be a firce and one a comedv drama. Eu-.th wid rep resent, as does his present farce, his p-r-s.-Ml ideai. Tcreka p-ople will b g'lad to kno-r that Mr. Di'-kso" ir.'-ds to visit Topeka each season in the future. AT THE THEATER. "There are many laughable situations ar.d bricht line in "Mistakes Will Hap pen" s.s rreente-i by Charles I'lks .n ard his company at the Cra.;-rd tr-ea-ter Saturday niht. While ether rr.ein bere of the company share in the sit uations. Mr. r-i-jkson is almost ntireiy respor.sicde for the b?t lines. Ke is a com-Mltaii of the natural sort. His man ner is deii.a-ht'uily humorous. Affecta tion or apr. rer.t er je rt lot fruer into it. He accepts all of his oppor tunities to entertain his au ii-nce grace fully and easily. His work is of a su perior class, and not unlike, in many ways, that of Harry Corson Clarke. Mr. Dickson has several capable peo ple supporting him. The comedian says that Miss Elsie Esmond, the young lady who takes tie part of "Dorothy ilay- land," is the mott intelligent glri of his varie-1 experience. Certainly Miss Es mond is at least mte'.Iisc-nt enough to grasp all the possibilities o iier part as the affectionate wife who becomes involved in suspicious circumstances through her efforts to aid her husband. Miss Lansing- Rowan as "Mrs. Hunter Chase," left nothing- lacking in the por trayal of the husban l-ruiin? society woman that the farce makes her. Mr. A. H. Stuart, who has the part of "Mr. Hunter Chase," is ill in Lincoln, Xeb., and the part was handled by Mr. Ileane. who usually appears as the plumber. It naturally suffered because cf the circumstances. The German ser vant of Miss Lottie Hyde is only fair. The work of Joseph Scandish as the coachman is acceptable. The farce is by no mean3 free from sucsestiver.ess and this constitutes a particular fault. SOCIAL AND PERSONAL. This week promises to be a quiet one in society. Of course there is the regu lation number of clubs, literary and otherwise, which meet every week, but with tiie exception of these there are oniy two large social affairs dated for this week and these are the receptions of which nearly every one knows. On Wednesday afternoon Mrs. A. L. Redden. Mrs. Arthur Murphy and Miss Lee Redden will give a reception com plimentary to Mrs. Thomas Ryan of Washington. E. C, and on Thursday j afternoon Mrs. Avery Turner and Mrs. 1 H. S. Ohmer will give one at the home of Mrs. Turner on Tyler street. Every one fortunate enough to possess ir.vi j tations to these two affairs is looking- forward to them with pleasure as the hospitality of tha costesses is well known. Notes and Personal Mention. Mrs. A. Bergen is In St. Louis where she was called by a telegram announc ing the death cf her mother, Mrs. X. B. Thompson. Miss Elizabeth Wheeler of Spring field, 111., who has been visiting in To peka for some time, spent Saturday and Sunday with Miss Alice Prescott. An adjourned meeting of the Helian thus ciub was held Friday afternoon at the home of Mrs. J. B. Oatcheil. Mrs. A. Schnaitet left Sunday for El Paso, Texas, to spend the winter with relatives an-l friends. The Lak'-ta club is meeting thi3 af ternoon with Miss Eessie West. The Imperial club which was reorgan ized last week, is planning to give a dancing party Friday evening. At present the plans are to give it in Li brary hail. The Junior At'.anteans will meet Tuesday af ternoon. Xovember 21, at the home of Mrs. John Sargent Mrs. C. R. Hudson returned Satur day from a three weeks' trip to the City of Mexico; she will return there the first of the year to live. At the same time her sister. Miss Louise Willis wiil enter Hardin college at Mexico. Mo. Miss Myrtle and Ivan Davis and Mr. Torrence Ewart will attend the Pen-neii-Price wedding in Atchison Wed nesday. Mr. and Mrs. George Bauer have re turned from a three weeks' trip through the east Mrs. M. O'Brien and daughter OUie left today for Washington, L. C, to spend the winter. Mrs. H. O. Garvey spent two days in Kansas City last week, the guest of Mrs. A. H. Connelly. The Vignette ciub is meeting this month at the home of Mrs. Frank Bone brake. Mme. Za Mora of the Academy of Dermatology wiil leave for a three days' stay in St. Joe this week. She will establish an academy there, and place Miss Margaret Dunford of To peka in charge. The Ruskia club is meeting this af ternoon with Mrs. L. H. Crandell. Mrs. T. E. Armstrong went to Lin coin. K.ansas. todav for a two weeks' Visit. The Thalia Card club will be enter tained Tuesday evening by Miss Em ma Dennis and Miss Perle Latham at the home of Miss Dennis. Mrs. F. A. Lewis and Mrs. W. H. Johnston will spend a few days in Kan sas City this week. Miss Mary Mason of Emporia spent Saturday and Sunday with, friends in Topeka. Mrs. Solomon Stoddard of Kansas City is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter LittleSeld. The vestry of Grace Cathedral will give a reception Tuesday evening at the Cathedral, for the members of the congregation. Mrs. D. M. Valentine is visiting friends in Ottawa, j Such a dreadful thing happened re j cently at a little party given by a i Topeka girl: during the evening a cat, I a neighborhood pet. wandered into the 1 room and received its share of atten- tion after which it disappeared and was I Jnstantiy forgotten. But when the guests went to get their wraps at the close of the evening, a young lady who had worn her new winter hat, trimmed j with two immense birds, was horrified to find nothing left of one of her birds but a little heap of cotton, a few scat i tered feathers, the bill and claws. The j cat had found the hat and thinking the bird to be the genuine article. made I short work of it. but evidently dis i covered his mistake after demolishing one as the second one had not been harmed. The moral of this is: "Don't wear birds on your hat." Miss Winifred Hills returned to her home in Buriingame today after a short visit with her sister, Miss Daphne Hills. Miss Helen Butterly wiil give two card parties this week, on Wednesday ar.d Thursdav evenings. Mrs. H. Pessimer of St. Marys is spending the day shopping in Topeka. M. S. Hoover is in Ottawa on busi ness. T. P. Cully left today for a short business trip to Oklahoma. "Chrysanthemum teas" are the latest Innovation in society. Miss Aimee Crandell entertained Sat urday afternoon complimentary to Misses Beatrice and Lillian Foster. Word has been received in Topeka of the marriage of Mr. John C. Frey. son of J. J. Frey and Mrs. Clara Mills, in Chicago last Thursday. Mrs. Mi. Is was formerly Miss Atchison cf Leaven worth and is a sister of Mrs. W. J. Black of Topeka. Mr. and Mrs. Frey expect to make their home in Albu querque. Mrs. Ost entertained a party of ycurg people very pleasantly Friday evening as a surprise for her daughter Kate. The evening was taken up in I piay.r.g ga-nes an a refreshments were served. Those present were. Miss Mary Clauser. Miss Carrie Bush. Miss Mamie Crouch. Miss Emma Kiilinger. Miss Lena Kiilinger. Miss Clara All c augh, Miss Ar.abel Johns. Miss Hein Fair. Miss Kate 0t; Masters Frank West. Ralph Busa, Frank Sproat, Kay Myers. La.vrerce Allbaugh, Howard VarDom and R:y Slaton. The Superba ciub will give Its regular dancing party Saturday evening at Hudson's ha!:. Engraved or printed cards and wed ding invitations. Adams Brothers. Homoaeekara Excursion Via Santa Fe So u 1 3. On Xovernb-r list you can buy tickets to p-r-mts in Arkansas. Arizona. Louisiana, New Mexico and Texas at rate of one fare plus $2.00 for the round trip. Tickets good 21 days. See nearest Santa Fe agent for particulars. GLOBE TROTTER BACK Charles Eamsey of Twentieth Kansas Encircled the Globe. Charles Ramsey, a son of Chief of Po lice Ramsey and one of the Twentieth Kansas Globe trotters, returned to To peka Sunday. He left Robert Maxwell of Topeka and Al Brockaway of Salina, in Xew York. All three were taken sick in Rome. Brockway is in Belvue hospital, Xew Tork, and is seriously sick. He has relatives there. Maxwell is in Chi cago. From Manila the party went to Hong Kong. Singapore. Colombo. Aden, through the Suez canal to Port Said, Xaples. Rome. Pisa, Genoa, Turin. Paris, London, Liverpool, Xew Tork. At Xaples Maxwell was taken seriously sick and was in the hospital for two weeks. He was to join the party at Paris. Ramsey and Brockaway took room 26 in a Paris hotel and hunted for Maxwell. Later they found that Max well had room 25 in the same hotel and had been there for a week before they found each other. Ramsey brought back with him an Irish blackthorn walking stick. It was sent by Sergeant Hodsiins. of the Xew York police force, to his brother. Dick Hodgins of Topeka. Everywhere they went the party found that Funston and the Twentieth Kansas were known. In speaking of the controversy about the Guiguinito fight, Ramsey confirm ed the statements made by Gen. Fun ston. He said: "Funston was in front of our company. I saw him. Col. Met calf was with the reserve that day. We had a fight and then a running fight until we had the second fight at Gui guinito. Metcaif was wounded in the foot at the first fight and advanced after he was hot. He went to the hos pital before the second tight. Funston was struck by a spent ball and fell to his knees. Barshfeld picked him up. Major Whitman and Lieut. Coi. Littie were both there." AGAINST PROHIBITION". A Georgia Bishop Preaches a Sermon Along That Line. Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 20. A measure known as the Wl!iingham bill, having for its purpose the establishment of prohibition in the state of Georgia, has been made a special order for the lower house cf the legislature on Tuesday. Yesterday Bishop C. K. Xeison of the Episcopal diocese of Georgia, delivered a sermon at the cathedral in which he declared himself opposed to prohibi tion. He said last night that the sermon had no reference to the Wil lingham bill and that the reason he spoke on the subject was because the church authorities had set apart yes terday as a time for universal discus sion of this top'ic. Bishop Xeison in his sermon said he was opposed to pro hibition because it interfered with the God-given right of personal liberty. He declared that from his observation he had come to the conclusion that pro hibition laws were ineffective wherever they had been tried. He spoke of the state of Maine whose citizens he sail had found that there was more intem perance under rigid prohibition laws than under a local option system. Ke assorted that there is more intemper ance in eating in Georgia than there is in whisky drinking. The bishop ex plained that he did not approve of in temperance but declared that prohibi tion did little if anything to remove the vice. RAILROAD LOSES. In a Suit to Hold Land Vhich It Does Not Use. Minneapolis. Minn.. Xov. 20. A spec ial to the Times from Spokane, says i that Judge Prather yesterday rendered an oral decision in the matter of the Northern Pacific claim to 200 feet on each side of the track as its permanent i right of way that determines the main question at issue in the celebrated liti- gation. The case involves the title to real estate, the value of which is said to aggregate millions. The claim of the company rests on the contention that, i once granted teet on each side or its track through the public domain as right of way. no party of this property couid ever be taken up or disposed of. The decision of the court is in effect that except for a strip of land actually needed for its rieht of way, the public can acquire full title to the remainder by adverse possession, if the railroad fails to make use of it. Just how much would reasonably be held to be neces sary for the safe operation of trains, the court did not decide, but it held that the entire 400 feet could not b presumed to be necessary. The rail road company will appeal from this de cision to the supreme court. AN AMERICAN PORT. Ia Being Selected For tha Transsi berian Railroad Chicago. Xov. 20. A special to the Times-Herald from Seattle. Wn.. says: Jay W. Adams. Pacific coast agent of the Nickel Plate-West Shore Fitch burg railroads, is authority for the statement that the Russian government has a commission on the Pacific coast selecting a port to be used as the west ern terminal of a new steamship line to be operated in connection with the Transsiberian railroad, which is near ing completion at Port Arthur. He says that the choice lies between San Fran cisco and Seattle. Kruger Is Crusty. Xsw Tork, Nov. 20. A special to the World from Washington says: At the request of the British government the state department cabled to Consul Ma crum at Pretoria asking if the Trans vaal government would permit him to take charge of money sent by England to procure comforts for the British prisoners of war. L'pon transmitting the request to President Kruger. Ma cram was refused curtly and toil that arrangements respecting prisoners must be made through the general ia the field. Slajor Pickett Has Pneumonia. San Francisco. Xov. 20. Major George E. Pickett, army paymaster, who has teen ordered to Slanila and was to i have sailed today on the Hancock, will not be ao'.e to so to the Philippines for some time if at all. He is confined to his bed with acute pneumonia. Certainly Smallpox. San Francisco. Xov. 20. An official report from the United States quaran tine station at Ansel Island states that the disease which has broken out in the Ft rty-eiehth reim-ntccoiorediis small pox beyond a doubt. The three cases in the hospital are progressing favora bly and there is no fear of an epidemic. Collins' Nomination Certain. Boston. Xov. 20. Compilation of the recent vote for mayoralty delegates to the Democratic convention assures the nomination of P. A. CoILm-5 over J. P.. Murphy. The former already has li2 delegates out of ial and the necessary number is only 14j. Homeseeiers Excursion Via Santa Fe Eoute. On Xovember 21st you can buy tickets to points in Arkansas, Arizona. Louisiana. Xew Mexico and Texas at rate of one fare plus $2.00 for the round trip. Tickets good 21 days. See Ec-arest Santa Fe agent for particulars. DRY GOODS DEPARTlVlEf3T. SPECIAL FOR TOUOEFwOW. 15c quality, fine plain black Satiae, per y ard aoc quality, fine plain mercerized black Satiae, per yard One lot fine French printed Satines; 23c is the value of this cloth per yard One lot aS-inch new plaid Dress Goods; 15c Is cheap for this cloth; good assortment of elegant sty les; per yard One lot 29-inch wide unbleached Canton Flannel, mil! ends; per yard Two bales 36-inch wide "Indian Head" brown riuslln; heav iest unbleached cotton made; it brings 8c in some stores; per yard IMPERIAL" bleached Muslin, a fine, close, soft finished cotton, better than Londsdale; 10c is cheap for it; per yard Our ioc grade of dark Tennis Flannels, consisting of the best brands; per yard One lot fancy stripe Tickings, worth iSc and 20c yard; per yard X X SUITS AFJD ONE PEICS, AND Boys' Knee j Pant Suits Men's Suits In Black or Blue This line of Suits !s made In the Intent Cheviots Coat dou- style sacks, with good lmir.s. in iu.u k bie breasted, Pants Thibets or Fancy caislmera, faced back A' made with taped to shoulder with same cloth, well mi-.-ie seams a good s a good solid wearing Business Suit. Tki-? "wearer. price is or.lv possible through our cwii S1.45 uayln aad"lseiU- Boys- Knee Pant Suits' In Dark Grey or Brown Checks irail wool Casimere the best value ever of fered at These coats sell th-m. The straight all wool Jersey, tru- ru by appearance are so apparent (does not rfcr4Uire any hig titikir.i them. Cajsh baying1 makers the pn S1.98 Boys' Knee Pant Suits) Men's Suits ail wool Bovs- Suits The Men's in riiack. Brown or Grey Mixtures, eie-! good, solid service wet ma.;. ko'j1 mi- trial and a jeood fit. The oven-firs are Black Beaver, neat tittii;x. jartxjd. warm Coats arid well made. You jert the br?t io.w Suit or Overcoat, in the city here januy made S2.5Q Boys Knee Men's Suits Pant Suits; This Is the 13.00 line) on the avenue. Face; velvet finished. Cas-j simeres, elegantly made and finished Xew Model's price Is only Thi3 is the rice. t me ail tons. Fancy Wursted Sidts. tine ail wjl Kla'k :r B':i Kerseys, uxf. rd Meitocs. Fancy ert Coats, all thor-'Uirhiy tailored. p--rrv-t in style and finish. Cash buying and Sf-Uintj makea this low price possible S3.95 SHOES. SHOES. SHOES. 5c $1.48 "Will buy a pair cf our Misses' Little O- 1 a n t School Shoes, in Kid or 'CcLiie'a roo Calf, best value on eart h for the money. Will buy a pair of Ladies heavy Jersey cloth Leergins. fleece lined, $1.00 val town lies the over. The New Model Kemper Paxtons. We are now ia Room .o. 2, Columbian SOUTH TOPEKA. Items intended for thi3 column should be left with the Kimball Printing com pany. s2o Kansas avenue. The Union Pacific pay car came in this morning. Miss Alice Xull of Pleasant Hill is the guest of Miss Dott Watts. Mr. and Mrs. William Crawford are the parents of a son. born Friday. The clerks of the Dibble Grocery Co. enjoyed an outing yesterday at Grant ville. Mrs. Katharine Riordan of Lincoln. Xeb.. is visiting her sister, Mrs. James Coughlan. Fred and Abe Joseph were the guests Saturday and Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. Glas3 of Lawrence. Miss Elizabeth Lambert and Miss Eveline Smith spent Sunday the guest of Grantvilie friends. Marion Myers has returned to his home in Meriden after a short visit to his brother C. I. Myers. Miss Berta Shields returned to her school at Eimont last evening after a short visit to Topeka friends. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Groendyke cf Meriden were the guests Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Heartburg. Miss Lizzie lies of Marysviile is the guest of her cousins, Mr. and Mrs. Fred lies of 1104 Monroe street. Mr. Hugh Crandali and mother, Mrs. A. Crandail left today for Pomona, CaL, where they will spend the winter. llrs. Homer B. Mayer went to her home in Cawker City Friday after a visit to her sister, Mrs. A. M. Petro of 1014 Van Eurcn street. The Epv.-orth League of the Pleasant Hill church gave an apple social Friday evening at the home of Mr. John Hiiier of Pleasant Hill. Miss Kimball and Miss Martha Kim tall of 214 West Gordon street, returned Sunday from Denver where they have been the guest for the past week of their cousin, Mrs. G. W. .Shores. The engagement of Miss Edith Higby and Mr. George Supple is announced. The date of the wedding has not been decided upon as MUs Hieby has been quite ill with typhoid fever, but is now 5 prt IttyiuUSioyfc she looks forward to it with indescribable fear. Every woman should know that the clanger, pain and horror of child-birth can be entirely avoided by the use of Mother's Friend." a scientific liniment. Ev its aid thousands of women have passed this great crisis in perfect safety and without pain. Our book of priceless value to all women will be sent free to any address by p H f ify f UZfk ?f Eradneld Regulator Co., I 1 P j J X T M t Atlanta, Ga. 1 i ii W iiisW Wii J 11 il U W 9c 2lo 2lz 10c 3kj 5c 7c 8c 10c OVERCOATS. ONE PEICE ONLY. at 7.50. 7.50 .lien's Overcoats and listers at SS.03 only have to be shown to .95 bir value, th ri n r not-V that it to sell and Overcoats at $5.00. Suits at 5.Q are r'it i:p s5.00 and Overcoats at 810.00 best line on earth at this woo! B!ak (.l.iys. D ir.-c Oussimres and i:rut t.Ticy $10 SI. 98 "Will buy one of the btrst Ladi'-H' Shos s Id in Topeka for the money. Any reg ular shoe st' -r-wid ask you JJ.5..t for no baiter shoe. $2.48 Will buy a rrur of Ladi-' f-:!l leather lined KM Luce sh x 'ilrt sh.- f. r inter. r o d valae at Supply Store. Sixth and Quiney. Is a Money Saver and Health-Giver. J. TAYLOR k CO. Building convalescent. Mr. Supple is a r.i-r.iL. r of the grocery hrrr. i.f Coivin v r-'ai Mrs. W. S. liamrik an i son ';r.r:, came home Satur ia.y frai a vi?!t f several m.'ntiLS to Mr. Ha:n; i. k s parents. Mr. and Mrs. I.ryan. of Gre-n-castle. Xnd. Miss HalU Hamri-k not return to Topeka until the tirst f the year. Miss Clark, aged 17. d:r-1 Sunday af ternoon from inflammation of the bowels at the home of tier r irenta near Menoken. Tfc.- funeral will be r I Tuesday af trr.oon at two o'clock fr-m the hur.i and the interment will Le i.i Prairie Homt- cemetery. Mr. Daniel Van Xs. father of M William Van Xss ar.d Mrs. I:.e Vai X-ss Elmore of Leavenworth, d:ei Sun day at the horn- cf his Ju?r.'er in Leavenworth. Mr. Van X-ss was T years old at the time of his d--j.th whih was caused from a stroke of .ira.js. About a month ago Mr. Van X--s. .-u"'-fered a stroke of par.ilys'ls from w f.i--'. lie recovered and afterwards rarne r Topeka to visit his son- On Fr! iy he suffered another stroke. The r.-:ritii:. were brought to T jpeka at noon i f and taken to the home of Mr. Wiilturu Van Xe-ss, 1T Kansas av-r.u. from which place the funeral will be fcei 1 tomorrow at 2 o'clock. The ir.tcrmer.t wiil be in Rochester cemetery. Four Transports SaiL San Francisco. Xov. 20. Four gov ernment transports will sail with troo; today for the Philippines. The Haa'.i' is scheduled to leave at 1 o'':!t-k.Ukir.? the headquarters, band and nine com panies of the Forty-fourth r-t:::r:--n:. A half hour later the Duke of flf-s v.i.l sail with the headus.rtrs. b-jn-I a', i six compam-s of the Thirty-olghth. The St. Paul sails at 3 o'clock with six com panies of tne Thirty-eigntn and in City of Puebia at :j ';0 o'clock with thr companies of the Firty-third. Th re maining nine comrani-.- of the Fwtty third sailed from N-v York iast s on the transport Meade. Publisher Maynard Dead. Xew York. Xov. 20. Kf5n?ham May nard. h-a. i of the tok puc.-i.:.ir:g hou--i of Maynard. Merrill fe C.. died ij.it night at Saratoga Springs, X. V. Is the jov of the household, for with out it no happiness can be complete. Tiit ordeal through which the expec tant mother mas: pass, however, v so full of danger and u;:ervn that

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TOPEKA STATE JOTJRNALi, MOXDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 20, 1899. 6 THE MILLS DRY GOODS GO. Umbrellas and Mackintoshes,, uu A f. A J i j J: 1 7 5 V 7 1 i WomSn'S Twiil Serpe covering:, w solid color, Paragon frame, steel rod. The handles are na tive Congo wood. 69c Corola. Twilled Corola cover (also Ens-lish Gloria) a snug case of Taffeta. Paragon frame, steel rod, Congo handles. Women's only, Sl.OO At $1.50 Ladies' Umbrellas, cov ered with best twilled Corola, fast color. Steel rod, paragon frame. Silk cord and tassel. Princess of Wales handle. At $2.00 Another Umbrella, with pearl handle. Union Taffeta Silk covered, Taffeta case and steel rod. S2.00 At $2.98 Ladies' 26-inch Colored Twill Silk Brown, Red or Blue), case like the cover, steel rod, paragon frame, Princess of Wales handle. Many other lines of Women's Um brellas, bte-ck and colors, includes Princess of Wales styles, $2.00, $2.50, &3.00 to SIO.OO. We bought our line of Ladies' and Children's Mack intoshes before the advance on Rubber Goods, and are offering some excellent values in both single and double cape styles. Also with cape and skirt separate. They will be displayed on main floor today and tomorrow, and we would like you to see them. In Ladies' we mention 3.95-4.50, up to the Silk lined Cravenette at $15.00. The Children's, we have in Red, Blue, Brown and Black. Price, $3.50. THE MILLS DRY GOODS GO. Dick May Succeed Eanna. Columbis. O., N'ov, 20. Ttio announce ment at Washington that Senator Hanna is likelv to relinquish the national com mittee "chairmanship on account of ill Jiealth is the occasion of much activity unions the political friends of Colonel Charles Dick, whose management of the recent Ohio campaign has attracted much attention. The S;ate Journal, one of the leading Republican organs of the state, ha? come out for Colonel Pick as Mr. Hanna's suc cessor, provided the senator retires, and in manv other places the colonel is being mentioned. It is known Senator Hanna is reluctant to give up. but with Colonel Dick as chairman there is small question of how extensive he could retain the man agement. Some of Mr. TIanna's friends say openly now is the time for him to quit the last election havintr vindicated him. Consid ering those conditions, there is reason lor lielieving that Colonel Dick will come in for next national chairmanship honors. Senator Hann resignation may re ex- .pected at the meeting called fur Washington of the committee December. Bonds Come Slowly. New York, Nov. 2'. During- the first Tiour and a half of business at the sub treasurv today the bonds purchases ag gregated $315. 1!0' chicriy of 4 xer cents. There were no indivations that any large blocks of bonds would be delivered during the day. polar Is generally due to real merit. The many merits of the STORY CLARK PIANO have increased its sales wonderfully the last few months. Xot the least of its merits is the reasonable price and easy terms of payment SIO.OO per month which brings it within the reach of all who could think of in vesting in a high-grade Piano. E. B. Guild Music Co. 614 Kansas Avenue. X 3 ti-V ii o ity MONDAY, November 20th. "Who wasn't glad to see the indica tions of rain this morning Thou sands of people have been looking eagerly for that sight for a dozen weeks. Nevertheless we must protect our persons and our clothing against na ture's shower bath. Therfore Umbrellas. One thousand umbrellas are here, awaiting your selection. Umbrellas of every grade, from 59c to 10.00. Umbrellas of every wanted size and many different stylish handles to choose from. Boys' and Girl's Umbrellas Covered with Twill U Serge, solid color, strongly made natural wood han dles, good school umbrellas. Price, 59c Lien's Umbrellas. For 75C Fast black covers, Para gon frame, Congo handles, 75c Vnr On Union Taffeta cover, TO! V anH tqapl and rod. case. Paragon frame and stee. 1 Fine horn handles. Fnr il Silver-trimmed, natural rur Ol.JU Wood handles, Union Taffeta cover and case, Paragon frame, steel rod, silk cord and tassel. Others at S2.00. $3.50 to S5.00 LADY SALISBURY DEAD. London, Nov. 20. Lady Salisbury, wife of the premier, who has been, in ill health for a long time past suffering a second stroke of paralysis in July last is now so critically ill that there is no hope of her recovery. She is a daugh ter of the late Hon. Sir Edward Hall Anderson, baron of the court of ex chequer, and was married to the Mar quis of Salisbury in 1857. Later Lady Salisbury died this af ternoon at Hatfield House. Her health recently appeared to be improving and her demise today was unexpected. 31 U. ABBOTT SIC K. Hock Island Official Is 111 In Chi cago. Word has been received at the Rock Island offices that Mr. A. T. Abbott, division superintendent of the Rock Is land with headquarters at erington, is very sick at the Victoria hotel in Chi cago. Mr. Abbott has been in Chicago for the past week on official business. Long Will Stay. Washington, Xov. 20. Secretary Long's attention today was called to the reports that he intended to resign from the cabinet. Without hesitation the secretary said he had no such in tention, one of the first matters of business laid before the secretary by Assistant Secretary Allen today was the sailing orders to be given t Rear Admiral Schley. It was decided to issue orders at once and they are now in course of preparation, Hobart's Friends More Anxious. Paterson, N. J.. Xov. 20. President Hobart passed a fair night. He awoke at S o'clock and partook sparingly of solid food. Dr. Xewton said that there was no improvement in the condition of the patient, but he would not eay that was any material change for the worse. Mr. Hobart does not appear to relish his food as well as he did a week ago. and his friends are becoming more anxious. Failed to Pay Fine. The notorious Bert Parker, colored has been arrested on a commitment issued bv Judge Mrt'ube of the citv court. Some time ago Parker was arrested for disturb ing the peace of Mary Davis bv breaking in the door of her house. He went to the city court and pleaded guiltv. Because of his promptness he was lined one cent ami costs amounting to $12.0;. He promised to pay and failed so now he is locked up. Mrs. Dewey's Deed Filed. Washington, Xov. 20. A formal deed of conveyance was today placed on file, transferring from Admiral George Dewey to Mrs. Mildred LVwev. his wife the property. Xo. 1.47 Rhode Island avenue, in this city, which was present ed to the admiral by popular subscrip tion. A nominal consideration is named in the instrument. Mr. Adee Hurt Washington, Xov. 21. Second Assistant Secretary of State Adee sustained a se vere dislocation of the left shoulder Sat urday night through a fall from his bicy cle. The injury will confine him to his home for a fortnight at least FIGHTING THE TRUST Another Chapter In Lawrence Wire If ail Controversy. Another step in the controversy between the people of Lawrence and the wire and nail trust was taken today by bringing to the United States circuit court on a transcript from the district court of I.oUrlas county the suit brought against the trust for the collection of the taxes on the Lawrence wire mill. The suit is brought by the county com missioners of J iptlu-s county and the petition alleges that when the city asses sor of Lawrence, IT. li. Asher, asked Charles Chad wick, the superintendent of the plant, to make out a schedule of the personal property of the trust, which is incorporated under the name of te American Steel and "Wire company, in the Lawrence plant, Mr. Chad wick refused to do so. Thereupon the assessor made out his own estimate, placintr the amount at $150,000 and when the returns were made to the county clerk, the clerk added 50 per cent more as provided by law, making1 the total valuation at $25,0"h The assess ed valuation was SO per cent of this, and the taxes amounted to $4,:0. The trust refused to pay the taxes, ami the county claims it is removing its property as fast as possioie. ir or tnat reason tne county brought suit for the amount. A lew days ao the trust tiled a suit in the federal court to enjoin the county from selling: its property for taxes. COMING THIS WAY. Topeka 5Iaj Secure rood Factory. a Pure Topeka may secure a western branch factory of the Pure Food company of Newark, Xew Jersey. Mr. O. Stod dard, a representative of the company, was in Topeka Saturday af.emoon and asked Secretary Anderson of the Com mercial club to furnish him information concerning the machinery and equipment of the old starch factory. Mr. Stoddard is on a tour over the cen tral west for the purpose of selecting a location for the establishment of a branch factory. The com pa ny is an extensive concern, and has a bi factory in New ark. Jle stated that lie was pleaded with Topeka, and liked the location of the old starch factory, adjacent as it is to the Santa Fe tracks. Jt is believed that the old starch works building, with the machinery and equip ment it contains, can. be bought cean. Col. C. K. Holliday has been interested in the matter, and he will see both the officers of the starch trust, who own the building in Topeka, and the officers of ttie I'ure Food Company when he groes to New York in Iecember. If the Topeka build ing and machinery can be purchased for a reasonable amount, it is not at all un likely that the company will decided to locate the- western factory here. The company would utilize a great quantity f cereals and an enormous number of eggs. The branch factory would give employment to a considerable force. BRONSON BEATEN. Man From Mexico Defeats Topeka Tennis Champion. Before returning to the City of Mex ico, Charles llutlin, who has captur ed one of Topeka's accomplished youns' ladies, took a little time for a tennis game and put L. C. Bronson, ex-state champion, out in two best sets in three. The game were played Saturday af ternoon and the scores were as follows: Hutlin won the first set 6-4; Bronson won the second 6-2; Rutlin took the last handily, by the score 6-3. MISSED CONNECTIONS. Lawyer Fails to Keep Case Out of the Federal Court. A suit was filed in the United States circuit court today on a transscript from Jeflerson county, which was so worded at the time it was tiled that it was thought it could not be carried to the federal court. It is a suit for damages brought by ITlysses Large, a section hand, against the Leavenworth, Topeka Southwest ern railway. Mr. Large claims that while he was at work on the road near Ackerland in Leavenworth county, a heavy tie was thrown off a car on to his foot, crippling him for life. He asks for 1.995 damages. The rules of the federal courts pre scribe that cases cannot be taken to that court where the amount involved is less than $2,000, and for that reason the amount of damages claimed was placed under that amount. But that did not shut the case out of the federal court. At the time of the accident, last August, the road was still in the hands of a receiver, and con sequently the suit was brought against the receiver. As the receiver was un der the direct supervision of the fed eral court any suit affecting him could be brought into that tribunal. It was only a few weeks ago that the road passed out of the hands of the re ceiver. POPULIST COMMITTEE. Meeting to Discuss the Next Year's Campaign. A meeting of the Populist state cen tral committee will be held in this city Tuesday for the purpose of discussing ways and means of carrying on the coming campaign. It has been said that a new chairman and secretary of the committee would be chosen but this cannot be clone be cause the committee has not the power to take such action at this time. The chairman of the state committee is chosen after the state convention which nominates the state officers. tA this time the indications are that John Hreidenthal will be the nominee for governor. This being the case, R. H. Sernple will be the chairman of the state committee and will manage Breidenthal's campaign. The Populists plan to begin a campaign of education at once, but the committee will not at this time change the officers. Republican League Chicago. Xov. 20. The executive com mitte of the National Republican league will meet in Washington Tuesdav. De cember 12. to fix upon the time and place for its convention in 2!". The meeting has been called by President George Stone of San Francisco, anil official no tifications to this effect Wiui sent out bv Secretary D. 11. Stine from the Chicago headquarters. The indications point to considerable ri valry over a convention city. Chicago. In dianapolis, St. Louis, St. Paul. Calves ton and possibly Philadelphia will ask for the gathering. The commercial clubs of fct. Paul and Galveston were taking an active interest in securing the convention for their city. The convention will be the first national political gathering of the presidential year. S. S. TJrmy Appointed. Governor Stanlev has anpointed S. S. I'rmy justice of the peace in Topeka in place of John L. Guy. deeea-sed. The po sition is one of very little importance snce the city court wa sestabiished. Homeseekers Excursion Via Santa Fe November 21st you can buy tickets to points in Arkansas, Arizona. Louisiana, Xew Mexico and Texas at rate of one fare plus $2.00 for the round trip. Tickets good 21 days. See nearest Santa Fe agent for particulars. The only Weltmer graduate in the city Course in magnetic healing S25. Mail course 10. Prof. Harding, &21 Monroe St. MASONIC REUNION. Scottish Rita Degrees Will Be Con ferred in Topeka. The thirteenth semi-annual reunion of the Scottish Rite bodies in the Valley of Topeka commences Tuesday morning at 9 o'clock in the Masonic building-- At 9 o'clock the work of conferring the degTees in the Lodge of Perfection will commence with the following offi cers. John Gordon Maver, 32?, venerable master. John Alexander Dailey, 32-, senior warden. Richard .Willett Jenkins, 32, junior warden. Alfred Alex. Rodgers, 32", K. C. C. H., orator. James Albert Hass, 33", Hon., secre tary. Jonathan Dorr Norton, 33, treasurer. William Henry Wilson, Hon., Hon., master of ceremonies. Edward Payson Baker, 32", senior ex pert. Lars Ch. Fred'k Lohman, 32, Junior expert. Sherman George Britton, 329, captain of the host. Archie William Long, 32, sentinel. Daniel Castle Hewitt, 32, sentinel. Samuel Clayton Miller, 14, sentinel. Robert Edwards, 32S, almoner and tyler. On Thursday evening at 9:30 o'clock the banquet will be given for Scottish Rite Masons only. Thomas W. Harri son will be toast master. On Friday evening there will be a reception and banquet for the member and their lad ies. George W. Clarke will be toast master. During the reunion the music will be furnished by the Ad Astra quar tette composed of H. L. Shirer, first tenor; Harry E. Overholt, second tenor; Wm. M. Shaver, first bass; James Moore, second bass. CHARGES GROUNDLESS. Knight and Ladies of Security Found to Be Perfectly Sound. The examination of the Knights and Ladies of Security lias been completed by Charles H. Ridgway, assistant sup erintendent of insurance. Herbert Pat terson of Wichita, an expert account ant, represented the lodge. John R. Mulvane and William Sims examined the securities held by the organization and will make a report in which they will say that the investments made by the officers of the organization are now worth a premium. The investments, as examined by Mr. Ridgway, were found to have been pro perly made and the accountant finds the records in good condition so that the complaints which have been lodged against the management of the order prove groundless. Recently complaining letters signed by alleged members of the organization reached the insurance department. Now letters signed under seal from various persons have come in denouncing the former letters as forgeries and claim ing that they had no knowledge con cerning them. The insurrection against the officers seems to have amounted to nothing. CATTLE INSPECTION. Corps of Inspectors Named and Regu" lations Promulgated. Inspectors of cattle to be brought into Kansas under the provisions of the rules and regulations promulgated re centy by the live stock sanitary com mission are as follows: 1. R. Streeter. Kiowa. C. W. Floyd, Elgin. R. G. Foss, Chetopa. L. Musgrove, Arkansas City. A. M. Colson, Caldwell. J. W. Chamberlain. Coffeyville. C. E. Collins, Baxter Springs. I). X. Jewett. Monett. Mo. A circular of information issued by the commission says: "J. W. Chamberlain will inspect cat tle coming through Caney, as well as Coffeyville: C. E. Collins will inspect cattle coming through Xeosho, Mo., as well as Baxter Springs, but will be as sisted by D. X. Jewett, at Xeosho, Mo., who will also inspect cattle coming oyer the Frisco; J F. Luckey will in spect cattle coming over the Memphis through, Thayer, Mo. "Before cattle will be allowed to en ter Kansas for other purposes than im mediate slaughter, and when for im mediate slaughter consigned to the Kansas City stock yards, southern di vision, in cars tagged 'southern cattle,' they must be accompanied by a permit issued by one of the inspectors above named; and all railroad companies and other persons are warned that bringing cattle into Kansas, or in Kansas City stock yards, in any other way than that prescribed in bulletin of October 21, 1899, will be considered a violation of rules and regulations." WHAT KANSAS WANTS. Congressional Delegation Makes He quest of Mr. Henderson. The Kansas delegation in congress has asked for the following places upon the house committees Chester Long, on means. W. A. Calderhead, the way and banks and cur- rency. J. D. Bowersock, postoffices and post roads. J. M. Miller, judiciary. W. J. Bailey, agriculture. W. A. Reeder, irrigation of arid lands. Mr. Curtis is slated for the chair manship of the committee on Indian af fairs unless Sherman of Xew York should decide to retain the position. It has been understood that Sherman would retire and Curtis would be ad vanced. In the event Sherman does not retire Mr. Curtis will ask for the place he now occupies on the same commit tee. The request for the above list of com mittee appointments has been present ed to Mr. Henderson, who is to be the speaker of the next house, by Mr. Cur tis. Because of Dreyfus Chicago. Nov. 20. The Chicago orches tra, under the leadership of Theodore Thomas, has decided to decline the invi- xacion or cue directors or tne fans ex I position to attend that show in litm In a letter addressed to Edouarde Coionne, chairman of the board of directors. Theo dore Thomas declares that, as an Ameri can citizen, he is a lover of justice and liberty, and can not consistently visit the French capital. Mr. Thomas freely admits that the ver dict in the Dreyfus case was responsible for his determination to remain away from the exposition. Fire at Wagoner, I. T. Muskogee. I. T., Nov. 20. The St. Charles hotel and six buildings at Wagoner were destroyed by tire last night. The house was Idled with guests, one of whom a traveling man from Fort Smith by the name of Whiteside, was burned to death. Two others are missing. The loss to property is J2o.oOO; partly insured. Arion. Grand concert and evening. November 21st. ball Tuesday All members are cordially invited. TEUSTEES. HENDERSON PLANS To Pass Financial Reform Bill the First Week. New York, Nov. 20. A special to the Herald from Washington, D. C, says: Adoption of the old Reed rules, im mediate passage of the caucus commit tee's financial reform bill and reor ganization of committees along old lines as far as possible, with the Re publican membership of the committee on rules consisting of Messrs. Hender son, Dalzell and Babcock, is the pro gramme which Mr. Henderson, who is to be speaker, has marked out for the house of representatives as a result of his conferences with the president, the leading members of the house, and with other prominent Republicans since his arrival in Washington. At his conference with the president, Mr. Henderson talked over this pro gramme and found that it met Mr. Mc- Kinley's entire approval. The president was especially pleased with tne pro Dositlon to pass the financial bill with out delay. It is understood that the whole matter will come up at the meeting of the Republican caucus on Saturday, December 2. One proposition is to have this cau cus consider the question of rules and the method of procedure with the hnan cial bill. Another is to put these mat ters over for consideration in a special caucus to be called for the evening of December 5. It is the desire of Mr. Henderson to have the financial bill passed during the first week of the session. It may even be done under a special rule be fore the adoption of the regular rules of the house. There has been considerable discus sion among Republican representatives of proposed changes in the Reed rules, and the leader ot the opposition to their adoption without change has been Mr. Henderson's colleague, Mr. Hep burn of Iowa. Since Mr. Henderson's arrival here, however, it has become known that he would prefer to be given all the power his predecessor had. He has found that he will have the support of many of the leaders in carrying such rules through, and it is said the president would be glad to have them adopted, as it would insure more speedy action on the various adminis tration measures which will be brought forward. Under these rules absolute power over the business of the house is lodged in the committee on rules so long as a majority of that committee can com mand the support of a majority of the house- The committee consists of three mem bers of the majoritv and two of the min ority. It is always headed by the speak er, who dominates it. Mr. Henderson will associate with him self Republican members of the commit tee, Mr. Dalzell of Pennsylvania and eith er Mr. Babcock of Wisconsin, or Mr. Crosvenor of Ohio. Mr. Babcock will probably be the man and in that event Mr. Grosvenor will be given the chair manship on marine and fisheries, which will be one of the most important com mittee in the house as it will have charge of the ship subsidy bill. Mr. Payne of Xew York, who was chairman of this committee in the last congress, and who on the death of Mr. Dingley succeeded to the chairmanship on ways and means anil the Republican leadership on the Moor, will retain the latter chairmanship and the leadership. It had been thought probable that Mr. Henderson might provide a more impor tant chairmanship for Mr. Sherman of Xew York than that of the committee on Indian affairs, but it is now understood that he will remain at the head of that committee. Mr. Boutelle of Maine, who was chairman of the committee on naval affairs, would like to go on the committee on rules, or failing in this, on ways and means. He will not be appointed to the rules committee, and if he gets a place on the ways and means committee he will have to give up his chairmanship of the committee on naval affairs. EARTHQUAKE PilOOF. Engineers Are Designing a $3,00O,- 000 Structure For the Mikado. Chicago, Xov. 20. Chicago engineers are designing the earthquake-proof steel palace for the crown prince of Japan, which is to mark the advent of American steel construction in the mi kado's land, and the imperial govern ment has appropriated $3,000,000 for its erection. Foundations are being laid with a view to rearing the framework in February. Around the skeleton of beams and bars will be built a house of granite and marble expected to eclipse in beauty of design anything the Orient has ever known. The palace will adjoin the royal home of the mikado in Tokio, and it will spread to extreme dimen sions of 270 by 400 feet, rising to a height of sixty feet. The architectural plans partake of the French Renais sance. Dr. T. Katyhama, chief architect of the imperial household department of Japan, who came to America to let contracts for the new palace, has com missioned E. C. and R. M. Shankland, of Chicago, who designed the construc tion of the Manufacture's building at the World's fair, to prepare the frame work plans. Still another Chicago engineer, Chas. M. Wilkes, was called upon to map out an elaborate heating and ventilat ing plant. In addition to these, Ameri can brains will also contribute an ice manufacturing and electric light sys tem. Steel construction, with Its rigid elas ticity, is expected to revolutionize the building industry in the mikado's land, where earthquakes have on several oc casions played havoc with structures supposedly solid. The new palace will rest on 400 deeply anchored steel col umns imbedded in concrete piers, and the constructing engineers say the magnificent pile will resist all shocks. Part of the palace will be devoted to government olhces. The steel will be supplied by the Car negie company of Pittsburg. lamina In Bombay. Bombay. Nov. 20. The famine which Is spread over the greater portion of this district is daily becoming metre acute. The enormous number of Ml. 523 men are emoloved on various relief works, but there are still millions of persons desti tute for whom no relief can be provided and who must inevitably starve to death unless immediate outside assistance is forthcoming. Homeseekers Excursion Via Santa Fe Route. On November 21st you can buy tickets to points in Arkansas, Arizona, Louisiana, Xew Mexico and Texas at rate of one fare plus $2.00 for the round trip. Tickets good 21 days. See nearest Santa Fe agent for particulars. Amonio Benzilene, labor saving soap. TODAY'S MARKET HEPOIIT. Chicaaro, Xov. 21. WHEAT influenced by the firmness of Liverpool wheat opened lvC hiizher, December at t)11c and M.-iy at 71H'?f Tlsc. Trade was dull. December held narrowly at GTj OT'Sc and May at 71lc most of the morning'. Northwest re ceipts were 1.2j cars compared with 1.2ti last week and 2.'Vn a. year aero. Loral re- ceipts were sS cars. 53 of contract grrade. Towards the close the market was af fected by the increase in the visible pup ply and in local stocks looming- up larger than predicted early in the session. De cember closed a shade under yesterday at 66'Va(e and May unchanged at TlTlc. COHX was firm on wet weather in the southwest. Country offerings were Ftnail Opening figures were at a, slight gain CHARLES ADAMS CO. THE WOMEN'S STORE. SOMETHING UNUSUAL A SPECIAL SALE OF DIF Tuesday Morning we will offer Twenty New Golf Capes in the following choice colors Mode, Tan, Beaver, Leaf Brown, Royal Blue, Marine Blue, Navy Blue, Olive Green, Black, and Black and White, trimmed with beautiful Plaid Golfing in the new circular shapes, and combinations its a Spe cial Lot consigned to U3 for a quick sale they are $10.00 and $12.00 Capes, but will be Knlrl nfc the special price of.. If you want a Golf Cape here's your chance. CHARLES ADAMS CO. THE WOMEN'S STORE. December at 31'!i'a31"sc and May at SSU 33c. After a temporary lull, heaving buy ing on the part of shorts sent December to 32V4 32:1ac. May rose to 33VsC. Receipts here were 21)2 cars. OATS were lirm with the other grains. December opened steady at 23c and May unchanged at 211t'U24c. Receipts here were IcW cars. PROVISIONS ruled firm, a triflie higher with hogs. Januarv pork opened cents up at 471-2 and rose to $'J.5ci. January lard opened a shade higher at $3.!,71-';i 5.10. January ribs opened steady at $4.&2Vi and rose to 4. '.'a. FLAX Cash northwest SI. 29: southwest $1.2!e, December $1.2SV: May $1.2iSVii. KYE-December He: May 54Vc. BARLKY Cash 34Sc TIMOTHY November $2.45; May $2.53. Grain Uetter. Chicago, Nov. 20. WHEAT-There was a be1! ter tone to the wheat market open ing this morning and prices showed trillle advance over previous close. This was due partly to the fact that cables were half penny higher with lighter world's shipments. Commission houses were con spicuous in changing December to May with elevator interests represented other way. Primary receipts were about a mil lion less than last year. Our visible sup pi yincreased about as expected against incre:tse of over two million precious year. Export business light, the demand boing for red winter, of which hw.uuo was re ported taken for Lisbon. Trade in wheat has not been broad, operators seeminglv waiting for December liquidation to take place. The close shows early advance lost and barely steady. CORN The prospects of stormy weath er and bad roads have been a feature in corn. The May map shows rains in west and southwest and the indications were for rains today and tomorrow west. Liv erpool was :y to scl higher. Clearances 670, wu. Receipts 292 cars vith 400 for Tues day. The visible decreased Sftf.OoO. The lo cal stocks decreased 222. 'Xio. Local bulls led the buying. While there is some in crease in the offerings by the country, the December continues to show the greatest hense it looks as if there is no bear argument in increased receipts. There is too much December short inter est. OATS have been firm particularly De cember. The demand for December is good, offerings small and discount barely 1 tol'ilc. Receipts light. Clearances 31ti. 000. The visible decreased 51, 0O0, the local stocks decreased d2.uwJ. Lleva.tor people have been buyers of December and sell ers of May. PROVISIONS have been firm, the of ferings small and prices up 2'j to 5c all around. Pit trade very small. J. F. HARRIS. Chicago Livestock Market. Chicago, Nov. 20. CATTLE Receipts 21.000: choice grades in demand, others steady to 10 cents lower, butcher stock quiet; canners steadv. Beeves 6.75: cows $3.00'4.50; heifers $3.5oi5.(Xi: canners $2. ooft 4.00: stockers and feeders $3.U0'c 4. ,5: Texas grass steers $3. 2514. 25: Texas fed beeves $4. 35-'' 6.35: westerns S3. 2yt A .30. HOGS Receipts today 34,000: tomorrow 32.000; left over 1.921. Market strong to cents higher. Mixed and butchers S3.S5'i; 4.05: good to choice heavy $3.!K4.ii5: rough heavv $3.75'r;3.S0: light $3.8u'a4.uo; bulk of sales j.1.Siml.tl. SHEEP-Receipts 20.1100. Market about steady. Native wethers $3.75tJ 4.50; wesl ern wethers $3.S0'r.-4.10: native lambs $4.00 (tj5.25; westerns $4.5e'5.10. Official receipts and shipments for Sat urday CATTLE receipts 250: shipments 210. HOGS receipts 16T!'; shipments 1.007. SHEEP receipts 7o2; shipments none. Kansas City Produce Market Kansas Citv. Nov. 20. WHEAT De cember tile: Mav fvc. Cash: No. 2 hard 62'oSc; No. 3. DSWuClc; No. 2 red Tib 71c: No. 3. t!4'6Sc. CORN December 2SVJc: May 20'c. Cash No. 2 mixed 2uc; No. Z white 2uc; No. 3f 2:tc. OATS No. 2 white 25fi25c RYE No. 2. 4S cents. HA Y Choice timothy J8.5OQ9.00; choice prairie $7.25ri7.5i. B I'TTKR Creamery 20i23c; dairy 18c. EOGS Fresh l.'Uc. RECEIPTS-Wheat 96 cars. Kansas City Livestock STarkot- Kansa? City. Xov. 20. CATTLE Re ceipts 7.X)0 natives, 3.0rX Texans. Market steadv to stronger. Xative steers $-l.4lft 5. SO: Texas steers 52.iji)'a 5. ft): Texas cows '2.'i')i'6.2b; native cows and heifers '$1 v 5.3"; stockers and feeders $2.5o'y 4.fa5; bulls HOGS Market fi,X0- Market steadv. Bulk of sales .So'm heavv packers W'nZ.; mixed $3.s:3.$:JJ 2; lisrht ?3.Sij'a.b5; yorkers $o.9i'u-; piys tH.hO. SU KKP Receipts 2.000. Market steady. Lambs $4.2'.Kfj5.3u; muttons $2. 85&4. 10. New York Money IVTarket. Xew Tork, Nov. 20. MONEY on call steady at ti per cent. Prime mercantile paper oioi per cent. Sterling exehantre firm with Rctual business in bankers' bjiis at ?4.m;'?x4.m;i.4 for demand and at ?l.sl"'r 4.S2U for sixty days. I'csted rates M.bJ1 a.nd SI. 87. Commercial bills $4. SI. SILVER S;l ver certificates 5'tfiWAc. Bar silver 5Hc. Mexican dollars 4.14c. BONDS Governm. nt bonds steady; 2?, registered lol :s. registered coupon l"'.'1: new 4s. registered VSA1; coupon Vil1-?; old 4s. registered 113: coupon lliig 5d reg istered 111; coupon 111. Batter Market. Xew Tork, Xov. 20. BUTTER Receipts 6.Ki packages. Market firm wtern creamery 21''2'ic; June creamery 2u4c; factory 151U17c. Sugar Market. Xew Tork, Xov. 20. SUGAR raw steady, fair retinins? 3 13-loc bid: centrifugal hi test 4I4c molasses sutjar 3 9-liJc re.fined steady: crushed oll-ioc; powdered 5Vc-t granulated 5 3-1 Oc. COFFEE-Firmer; Xo. 7, CraC Cotton Market. Liverpool. Xov. 20. COTTON-Spot, de mand moderate: prices unchanged. Amer ican middling 4Vd. Topeka Markets Today. CATTLE. COWS? $2 50 3 25. STEERS-J3. 50z 4 00. HEI FE KS 43 00fi 3 40. HOG3. LIGHT $3.5053.64. CAPE bl ffm 111 iii W II DR. WOOD, THE EXPEST SPECIALIST AND DIAGNOSTICIAN, Is Located at 118 West Sixth Street, Between Kansas Avenue and Jackson Street, Having- devoted 35 ye:irs exclusively to tlie study, treatment and cure -f chronic diseases, treats with remarkable succesa diseases of the eye and ear. nose, throat and.lun.es, goiter neck, nerve and brain affections. Catarrh, diseases of the heart, stomach, liver ami kidneys. Painful af fections of the bladder, with difficult urination, speedily cured. Chronic con stipation, piles. cancers, epileptic fits, paralysis, rheumatism, neuralgia, asth ma, hay fever, erysipelas, salt rheum, dropsy, and all skin and blood diseases. ZST" Special Attention Given to Dis eases of Women and Children. All weaknesses pecidiar to either sex, no matter from what cause, promptly yield to the skillful treatment of Dr. "SVood. Consultation and advice free. Prices reasonable. Office hours S to 12 a. m., 1 to and 7 to i p. m. Sundays 2 to 5. Medicine sent by express. Address "with stamp enclosed. HEAVY AND MEDIUM $3.50&3.G5. GRAIN. ICO. 2 WHEAT 2 cents. NO. 2 COHX-2PC NO. 2 OATS 24c. HAY $5.&l4fti.ti. PRODUCE. EGGS inc. C H I C K K N S $2 50? 3 00. BUTTER Country ISc. MarKet Gossip. Furnished by J. C. Goings. Commission Merchant. 112 East fifth St., Topeka. Kan., receiver and shipper of grain. Estimated hogs at Chicago tomorrow 31.(mio. World's shipments -wheat 6,904.000; corn 6.3' ps.ouo. Minneapolis TO. last year l,2'd9; Duluth 42S. last year 7112. Liverpool isd lower than opening. Liverpool: Wheat Vsd higher; corn d higher. London: Wheat cargoes quiet, options 4d higher. Cars: Chicago, wheat SS. graded 5C; corn 2!i2. graded 5u: oats ltliJ. graded 27. Chicago, hogs 35,00o; Kansas City, 2,500; Omaha 6.500. Privileges good this week: Puts May wheat 7"c; calls 73c. Puts May corn 323c; calls 331 ;.e. New York: Earnings Louisville and Nashville second week November Increase $lJtj.2W). English visible decrease 35S.000. London special: Curb for Americans closed steady at slight decrease. No sup port in other departments and closed weak. Ilerlin quiet. Paris firm. Primarv receipts of wheat l.l:t7.000, la-st vear 2.173.01): shipments 5i:i.i'0u, last year i.Slx.fnw; corn receipts 5G5.io, last year R.M'..0uO; shipments 4LK),000, last year 1,301.- Chicago: Estimated cars: "Wheat 105; corn 4uu: oats 210; hogs 32.f"K. Puts December wheat O''.flfiC-ac: calls e'ftOTVjc: puts May wheat 7i'a4c; calls 71 H Puts May corn ;:!:ilc: calls 33c. Curb December wheat ti'--c sellers. Minneapolis close. Wheat, December 63'i ftK-.Kc. May 67i;C. Duluth close: Wheat, December Ci'-bC bid; May W5c o:u. Joseph's Tips. Furnished by J. C. Goings, Commission Merchant. 112 East Fifth st., Topeka. Kan., receiver and shipper of grain. New York. Nov. 20. Forolcrn houses will probably take about 3b."0 shares on bal ance. Market will be larcly one of spec ialties. The news from Transvaal is mure reassuring. We look for Pacific stocks and tractions to go higher. Snp-nr is a buy on every little recession arid Chicago. Purlington and Quiney should recover its dividend in double quick order. J. ARTHUR JOSEPH. Range ot Prices. Furnished by J. C. Ooings. Commission Merchant. 112 East 5th St.. Topeka, kaQ. receiver and shipper of grain. Articles. Open High Low Close Sat. V H fc-AT- Dec. fi7'4 fi7", GTii-17 dei-CT 67 May 71-72'zi 715- 71-71V4 71 71 V 71 C IKX Dec. Sli- 32-H SlJi- 32'-;-V OA Ta Dec. 2?. 2:H4 23 23;-H 23 May 24i- 21 -i 2ii- -'4!-3 ZV.-i POKK Dec. 8 00 8 05 8 00 8 02 7 t7 Jan. H 47 iW 945 9 47 9 U LARD Dee. 4 Sn 4 87 4 85 4 7 4 Jan. 5 07 12 5 07 5 10 5 07 K I US Dec 4 S5 4 SO Jan. 4 92 4 93 4 92 4 95 4 92 Ranges of Prices on Stocfc. Furnished by J. C. Coingj. Commission Merchant. 112 East Fiftn St.. Topeka. Kan., receiver and snipper of tjrain. Stocks. Kugtir People's Gas Am. Tobacco A. S. W U. R. T. 1 Op'nJIigh' Low :C!'Hei St, 1 I'd'. li"-i j ii: 1 49',, 1.2 I 111 115 119' 113--, 117 4S 11 f-i !1V- 49;'-,; -S9-V 4W-. Leather Federal Steel B. U Rock Island St. Paul Atchison Atchison Pfd Manhattan Western Union Mo. Paci'ic 1'. Pac. Pfd Union Paciiic.. N. i". Central.. So. Paeilie C. C. c Reading Pfd T. C. 1 1 No. Pac. Pfd No. Paeinc 1 N S. J c. a. w Money S2 v2 i

2l- 1 1 i32-4 114" 1 l.i'-H- 113 12'.itl 12., 12 23 l 0. i'; V-1-; i 49:V 4:V 4'-C,i 4v'j 77'.: 77-4; 7-;, 77 r,,i- r'it v--, 4:1' v ri 137'2: 13.:.. J:;S v;; 43-; 43''! 4r-. 4:; tit--8 H1.' I 0o W i W 59"-i! W ";,7 115 I 115 113 1 115 115 75t4; 7f:4i 75 75 75 o' oe VT 87 I M W,' K 57i 57 i 5713,1 571,. 5714 14"1; 14-,i 14S l!r- 15 V!, per cent. Ex. dividend P WANTED To rr-nt a chPap upright pinno, best of care. Address O., cure journal.

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TOPEKA STATE JOUftXAL, MONDAY EVENING, NOVE3IBER 20, 1S99. REPLY TOINGALLS Rer. J. D. Countermine Come3 to Defense of Women. Says the Ex-Senator Holds an Ancient Idea. DAWX OF BETTER DAYS Adrancement of Women Pre sages Much Good. Has an ETen Race With Man In Battle of Life. At the mornir.gr service at the First Presbyterian church Sunday murnin? Dr. J. D. Countermine preached up jr. "'The Rapi-I Advance of Woman," and incidentally he tuck occasion to reply to ex-Senator I a galls' recent article along the same line. The sermon was preached especially to the Young Women's Christian as S'.KTiation. Dr. Countermine took for his text the fourteenth verse of the fourth chapter of Esther. "Who know eth w hether thou art come to the king dom for such a time as this." and in connection with the advancement of w-oman, he asked the questions, whence does it come and what does it pro phesy? He said: "Woman has come to the kin-dom. Xot every woman, not the roajority of women, but a pr.-at multitude "f the most enersretie and determined. It has been a lonc. hard, heroic strusral-. reaching through centuries, tut th-y have at last w..n the day and train d at least a y artial recognition of their inalienable rights. "In giving an account of a terrible disaster. Lean Swift, exclaims. 'two hundred souls lost, besides s.-veral wo men and children.' Just as t'.ioutrh wo men and children had no sou.s. no high er nature, no capacitv to thir.k, reas n, pian and exevute. This is the old heathen idea. It is still prevalent to a greater or less d.-srree in lo.rids ur.vis ited by the lijrht and regenerating in rluentes of Christianity. Whether our for-I'athers reaiiy believed it or not, they certainly practiced it. Their sons they sent to school, and if possible to coii-ee. They had capacity. They must be educated. Xo so did they .leal with their daughters. Almost anything was (roo-l enoush f 'r them. Th-ir sphere was limited. They n-il little. They pot little. T wouid limit their library.' once said Byron, 'to a Ilib'.e and a cook ery book. Many shared his opinion. Many seem to share it still, not only in heathen lan is. but also in our own. f l i i y o i statistics sh-'W that there are ovr twerity-three million of worn-n in the United States. Of this number four and a half million are waiTe-eamers. v these waH''arrAr?, nine hundred and forty-f.ve thousand are 'totally illiterate. H..w t-nicious are eld opinions. How hard it is for us to eet away from the sins of our fore fathers. "I could never quite un ierstanl it un til I read Mr. Ini-ails' article on 'Wo man's Turn." as published in last Mon day's Journal. 'Woman.' he says, 'has become man's rival, t-.-mpetit.. r and en emy.' Perhaps our f refathers ha d a reti-.Tiition of all this. They felt it in their bones. Tt won't do.' they said, 'to give our daughters the same education al aivar.tac'S that we srive our sons. If we do they wi'.I ..outstrip them in the race and secure all the best prizes.' We do not affirm that they actually ertter-taine-d these alarming views, but that if they did. then according to Mr. In stalls, everything is cl-ar. We under stand their conduct, otherwise it is a rrett mystery. "Supi use women have, under the srb-ndid educational opportunities af forded by our free schools and state universities, become rivals and com petitors of men. have they not just as pood a right as men have to the Food thir.es of this life? L'i 1 not the same Clod make tlein and the same Christ rcdeem them? If man is to be held ac countable f-.r the proper do vo'.epmer.t and use of a'.l his i-ifr'ts. is net Woman aiso to be h-ld accountable f..r the proper development and use of all her gifts? The parable of the talents, in our judemer.t. belor.srs to y ounir worn, n exactly as much as it bI..n.s to y.iunir m-n. What a hoy is by nature stan is in fixed ratio with what he ia bound to Iwme by acquisition. The same is equally true of the your.? woman. What she is by nature she i b.un:I to .l-vek.p to the highest possible decree and wise ly use for the good of herself and the race. "Queen Esther came to the kingdom, not by chance, nor by inheritance, nor yet by the suffrage of the people, but by that 'divinity that shapes our ends, roueh hew them hew we will.' Herein lies the secret of her rapid advance ment. Herein also is to be found the real cause that has brought s many tripht and intelligent women of today to the kingdom of life, thought, inves tigation, science, literature, authorship, philosophy, invention, and business. "The iner-ase of women watTe-earn-ers durine the past ten years has been in agriculture 14 per cent, in manufac turing 22 per cent, in domestic service 41 per cent, in professional life 73 pr cent, in trade and transportation -3 per cent. There are today fifteen hun dred tim.es as many women eniraeed in the different trades as there were 25 years asro. Of ail the various machines of different kinds used in the United States, nearly cne-thirl is said to be op-rated by women and children. Xot only so but of the 21..1:3 shareholders ia our national banks, 161,144 are wo men. "Right here an important question forces itself upon us. If. as Mr. Installs says and others believe, that women when 'compared with man at his high est and best, be inferior and defective.' if they be. as he affirms, 'physically-, intellectually and morally infirm." how is it that so many women have in the face of so many difficulties accomplish ed so much? Acaln and azain are we told that the battle of iife has become so intense, and that business is bein transacted on such small margins, that no man can reasonably hope to suc ceed unless he has a spiendid intellect ual equipment. If this be so and wo men be 'intellectually infirm.' how are we to account for their marvelous suc cess? How is it that so many of our daughters are outstripping our sons in mastering the curriculum in cur state universities, standing at the head of their classes and capturing- the largest prizes? Explain it as you may the fact remains, 'Woman has come to the kingdom." "Admitting the fact, the question comes: What is she there for? What does her present position prophesy? Is it evil, or good, advancement, or de terioration? Only 3J per cent of the women of this country belong to any church. There is something startling about this statement. More than fif teen and a half million non-professing Christians among- the women of Amer ica. Over two hundred thousand of these are in the state of Kansas. Let those women who have come to the kingdom of thought and of finance thir.k of this. Here are thousands upon thousands of your sisters. They have n-t yet come to the kingdom of lis-'ht and of truth and of grace. Their condi tion is more dreadful than was the con dition of the Jews in the time of Queen Esther. That was a terrible condition. We admit it, but after ail had the un godly enemies of the Jews succeeded in carrying out their infernal plot. they, in the language of Christ, could have oniv destroved the 1-o.iv. Xot so is it with the enemies of these your unsaved sisters. Their darts are aimed at eter nal interests. It is their souls that are specially exposed. Perhaps you have in the providence of God been called to the kirgh.m lust to save these, as Queen Esther was called to the king dom to save her race. I believe it. In deed I have no doubts about it. You have the opportunity, and what a splendid opportunity it is. You have aiso everything else that is necessary. You have position, w-ea!th. influence, talent, grace, and access to the very presence of the King of kings. What more can you ask? What more do you r.-ed? X tiling. "I am not a prophet, nor the son of a prophet, nevertheless in this rapid ad vance of woman. I see the dawning of a better and bricht-r da v. V-man is no more perfect than man. She has j and undoubtedly she will continue to make mistakes, but somehow she seems to get a little nearer to the Christ, to possess a little more of the Spirit, and thus to be better qualified than her brother even at his best, to lead souls into the kingdom. Xot only am I thus locking for iargr triumphs of the cross but I believe that this ratdd advance of woman prophesies the speedy In troduction of more honor, justice and purity into all of our business trans actions. This must come, and come lartrely through the intellectual and spiritual elevation of woman. It is to her ami her enlightened sisters that we look for better things. Enlighten, e'evate. and save the woman of Amer ica and you will save the world." POLITICS IN SCHOOLS. Effort Being Made to Apply Machine Politics In School Board. The politicians are already making arrangements to gain control of the school board at the election next spring when the terms of six members of the board expire. The terms of the following expire in the spring: Dr. J. F. Buck. First ward; W. S. Wilson, Second ward: William Macferran, Third ward:John T. Chancy. Fourth ward; P. W. Griggs. Fifth ward, nnd George Tincher, Sixth ward. Mr. Tir.eher and Mr. Chaney will not be candidates for re-election and Mr. Mac ferran has not yet made up his mind whether to be a candidate or not. Already a fieht has been started in the Second ward against Mr. Wilson. The reason cited by the opposition is that he was not just in the distribution of seh.-.l board favors. The residents of Yealc's addition objected to the buildir.g of the nine room Brar.ner building. They wished two smaller school bull lira's erected, one nearer them. While this is trie reason gier. it is und-rstocd that politics is behind the movement. The politicians see many places to fl'l witn political aspirants if they train control. While the teachers would have to be chosen upon merit some of the principals and ones in the higher posi tions might not be re-eiweted. About 2i janitors are appointed every year and these places wouid be dispensed to the party workers. At present the board is made up. with the exception of two members, of Republicans, but the members are not politicians and politics has never enter ed into any of the dealings of the board. When the election of a clerk to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Major Farr.sworth came up there were two leading candidates, dor. Linus l;iakesi-y and J. E. Stewart. At that meeting of the board 11 members were present. S-veral of the members talked the matter over informally and it was generally understood that I.'r. Blakes p.y would have no opposition, on the first bal! t Stewart received six votes and Dr. Blakesiey five. The politicians engineered the election and their man WOIi. CUBA'S WAK LOSS. In the Sugar Industry "Estimated at $680,000,000. Xew York, Nov. 20. Joseph L. Hance, who for four years preceding the war between this country and Spain was United States consul at Cardenas. Cuba, has just returned from Cuba. He went there last June to attend to some 1-eal business and to make hims.-lf familiar with conditions throughout the island. He journey on horseback in almost every fart of Cuba, visiting especially many of the large sugar plantations. Public ctinion in America." he said, "is formed by reports from Havana. There you get only one side of the story, and the least important side as regards the question of administration. To comprehend the industrial pursuits it is necessary to visit the large agri cultural and mining interests of the country and especially the great sugar plantations. Suzar is rareiy seen on any of the plantations now. In the provinces of Havana and Santa Clara a tho.usand mills and ail the cane has been destroyed. The machinery des- troyed will average p nil. makirsr the total destruction JOru The cane lost avrr?.?-s $2,:t.K coo, making a total loss of S 'iO."i'v.oo,;o stock and implements 2 a total of iv. co'. The total loss on these planta tions producing sugar therefore reaches

"Adventurers have promulgated the idea that planters will not hive ade quate protection in Cuba, and therefore nothing is being .lone toward replant ing the burr.-a f.eiis. or replacing the machinery. This. too. in spite of the fact that some of the best land in Cuba can now be had cheap. Outside of Ha vana, the political agitation that is kept up is greatly deplored Every one on the island who has any property at stake desires a continuance of Ameri can occupation or any form of govern ment und-r our protection that will af ford stability. "There is one thing that strikes me. as a lawyer, as being of more import ance than laymen seem to be aware of. I think a matter of prime importance is the immediate appointment of a com mission to thoroughly revise the Span ish code now prevailing in Cuba." "Wamego "Man Goes Up. Kar.sas City. Nov. 20. A deal has been closed whereby J. C. Rodgers. of Wamego. Kan., will buy the old Bank of Commerce building, on Delaware street. The "building originally cost $1S7."0 and sold for about $13.. It was at one time one of the finest bank buildings in the west. Mr. Rodgers was the owner of the Wisconsin building, which he brought from the World's fair grounds, in Chicago. It has been oc cupied as the Elks' club house for some time. It is said that Mr. Rodgers will establish a brokerage business in his new building. POLITICALGOSSIP Stories Xoir Floating Around About First District. It Is the Storm Center of Kan sas Politics. MANY COMBINATIONS. Curtis and Bailey Are Both Afraid of Them. Futile Effort Made to Force Senator Baker on Record. The nearest approach to a deal or combination with candidates for Uni ted States senator in the First district by Congressman Curtis, was a request made to Senator Baker and J. Id. Bur ton by Mr. Curtis, that they permit the congressional battle to be fought with out mixing it up with their affairs. Both candidates for senatorial honors Seem wiiiiug enough to keep out of the congressional contest but they are watching each other closely, ready to take to the field at the slightest show of hostility from either side. This is true also of Congressman Curtis' feel ings. Hjs lieutenants are watching Mr. Baker closely, as they are also watch ing Mr. Burton and in the event either one of those men mixes in the congres sional contest then the "fur will fly." Senator Baker's refusal to enter into an ailiance with the Bailey-Leland for ces is responsible for the rumor that Curtis has joined hands with Burton. Any man who is conversant with the situation in the First district knows that an alliance with Mr. Burton would be suicidal for a man who Seeks the congressional nomination. Mr. Baker controls a majority of the counties in the district and in this district are found his strongest foundations for the c-ompaign for re-election to the senate. Mr. Burton is lurking around the spots thought to be vulnerable but as yet has received little or no encourage ment in that district. Leland and Bailey have been camping on Mr. Ba ker's trail in an effort to compel him to line up against Curtis. Mr. Curtis' friends have been watching Baker and at least two members of the legislature have notified Baker that if he takes a hand against Curtis they will turn out for Mr. Burton. Baker seems to be doing his best to keep out but the Le land and Baitey workers are working every advantage to force Baker into a declaration with which they would cud gel him in the campaign. They know and have said that it would be folly for Mr. Baker to take a hand in the con gressional contest but it is be!ie'ed that they are seeking an opportunity to get hold of something by which they can create a pretext for taking another position in this hght. Bailey has demanded of Mr. Baker the complete Leavenworth county dele gation. Mr. Baker has offered to di vide the delegation and thereby pre vent a fight in his home county but this does not r lease the Bai:--y people and Mr.lHailey nas be.-n spen ling near ly ail of his time in that county riding from one farm house to another exhib iting his alletred agreement and pegging away at what he regards Curtis'" vul nerable points. The fact that Charles S. Jobes is now advising Senator Baker and is making plans by which the Baker organization is being extended has reencouraged the Baker f..rc-s because they now believe that there is no longer any doubt con cerning the attitude of Mr. Jobes and others. It was feared that some of the men who are indebted to Baker would laud in the Burton camp. Jobes was one of these. He is especially valuable because his a strategist and a careful worker. The Burton people have claim ed JobeS. Morton Albaugh. chairman of the state committee will be a candidate for re-election to the position he occupied during the past campaign. What Al baugh's motives are can r.ot be de termined because he is preserving a careful silence upon the senatorial subject. The Burton men claim Al bauh and insist that he can not be for Baker although Baker made him receiver of the Emporia bank. The Bur ton men claim too that Leland will jump the Baker game at the proper time an'! help Burton. This is denied by the friends of Leland who say that if Mr. Baker totes fair in the First district Leland will stay with him until the fight is over. Whether Albaugh wants to get at the head of th state committee and re main neutral in the Senatorial tight is a question which remains unanswered. As chairman of the state committee he was last year charged with putting Burton forward and even went so far as to pay some of Mr. Burton's cam paign expens-s. such as hotel bills and other incidentals. Some of the politicians are watching Albauarh and desire to determine for themselves what he proposes to do be fore they say whether he shall be per mitted to run the state headquarters next year. The situation is extremely complicated at this time and the var ious forces are getting into position slowly after which the lines of battle will be formed for the final onslaught. DIVISION OF SA3I0A. Ia Likely to Be Accomplished Th!a Week. New York. Nov. 20. A special to the Herald from Washington. f. C says: It is the expectation of Secretary Hay that the treaty for the partition of Samoa will fce finally disposed of this week. Ambassador Choate is under stood to have mailed the text of the agreement reached by Germany and Great Britain. When this is received final arrangements for signing the treaty will be made. Ambassador Von HoTleben. the Ger man representative here, was at the state department Saturday but Secre tary Hay does not desire to act In the Samoan matter until he has before him the text of the agreement between the Ierlin and London government, and it is understood, has delayed agreeing to sign the treaty for some days. There is no doubt that this government is agreeable to the action taken by the other powers in relation to Savii and Upoiu. so that nothing remains to be done except to formally sign the con vention. As soon as the Samoan partition ne gotiations are at an end the three gov ernments will determine the disposition of the arms handed over to the hissh Joir.t Samoan commission by the Ma taafa and Malietoa factions and brought to Mare Island by the auxiliary cruiser Badger. It is understood here that the commission has agreed to pay for the arms. The report as to the prospect of fur ther trouble in Upolu is not causing the authorities any uneasiness. The Amer ican island of Tutuila is quiet, and. ac cording to the latest repor'-s.the natives are very friendly toward the naval offi cers an d men of the auxiliary cruiser Abarenda, stationed at 'Paeo-Paso, where a coaling station, is under construction. WHAT THE MAKE. Western TJnion and Attorneys Quar reling About Income of Company. An important motion in the telegraph rate cases was argued in the district court today. It was the motion ma le by the defendants in the injunction suits to compel the Western Union company to allow an examina tion of books and contracts with rail road companies, and also to allow cop ies to be made. The court room was crow-ded wdth attorneys to hear the ar guments. The motion was argued by E. D. Mc Keever and Judge Alien for the defense. Send by Colonel Rossington for the tele graph company. The defendants claim that the com pany is p.roducing figures to show the receipts and expenditures of the com pany in Kansas, but that they refuse to show the books on which the figures are based. It is also claimed that the company has duplicated and triplicated items of expense in order to make the showing- heavier along that line. wh--n in reality nearly ail the expense of op erating the teiegrap'h lines is borne by the railroad companies with whom the company has contracts. Mr. MeKc-ever said that If had made a demand for an opportunity to go through the books and contracts when he was in New York taking depositions, but the demand had been refused as was shown by tthe depositions. Colo nel Rossington said the documents were tendered to Mr. McKeever himself, and that if the company was compelled to bring them to Topeka it would take an entire freight car to transport them. "The contracts and books were shown me the first time I was back to Xew York." said Mr. McKeever "when X was busy taking the deposd-dons. but when I went back with a stenographer to make some copies I was refused ac cess to them. I expected to stay there till Christmas if necessary. It is a fact that it would take a whole car to bring those books and papers to Topeka. but we do not ask thc-:ii. We simply ask to be allowed to examine them and make copies. Besides, it would cost the telegraph company nothing to ship the car load here, because by their contracts the railroads are compelled to haul ev erything for the company free, besides furnishing transportation for the offi cers and employes." "That is not true." said Colonel Ros sington. "There is r.o such thing ia the railroad contracts." The company alleges that its net pro fits in Kansas for 19S were about $46, Ow. The defense claims to have discov ered that the net profits on the Topeka office alone amounts to $12. M00 a year, while the single branch ofliee at the stockyards in Kansas City, Kansas, pays a net profit of $2,0X a month, or $-4,000 a year. There was considerable dispute be tween Colonel Itossington on one side and Mr. McKeever and Judge Allen on the other as to just what was contained in the depositions, and what the depo sitions Would show. Judge Hazen said he would go through the depositions himself and find out what was in them before he decided the motion. REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS. H. E. Barker and wife to J. E. James, $4.10. lots C6T and COS, Fillmore street, Ekhart's addition. J. B. Larimer and wife to Annie M. Martin. $1.0'.. lots 2-4-6-14-16-13 bik 10, Bell View add. R. S. Cross to M. L. Stringham. il, lots ll'lc; to 1124 inclusive (.even) on. Fourth street and 414 to 426, inclusive (even). Winter street. Cross addition- The Financial association to Samuel Frodsham. J210. lots 404-6-S Monroe St. Isaphme Gragg to Chas. F. Bridge, SI'""), tract on Kansas avenue, North To peka. E. P. Skinner and wife to Geo. S. Clark, Sl.iOo, lots 4jJ ana s. 2 "S Polk street. Jas. W. "Wallwork and wife to Arthur E. Sweet. 3.5o0. lot 233 and s. 31 Lincoln street. Home's addition. Hale Ritchie and wife to Samuel Fordsham et ux. $10. lots 404-6-3 Monroe street. Ritchie's addition. G. W. Smith and wife to M. A. and F. R. Funchess. 32.V0. lots 4-v 43 and 4&2 Taylor street, Gould's addition. The Financial association to M. L. Stringham. $1. lots 420. 422. 424 and 426, Winter street. Cross' addition. Mollie Roseby to Sedgwick A. Scott, $100, lots 337-39 Tenth avenue, west, Brook's addition. The Ver. Sav. Inv. Co. to Sedgwick A. Scott, $43, lots 46-7 Center St. Maple ton. AGAIN IN JAIL. How It Is In Order For Some One to Let Ben Jordan Out. Ben Jordan, the notorious colored jointist, is again in jail. This time on an old charge. Several months ago Jordan was ar rested for selling liquor. He was con victed but he pleaded so har 1 to be al lowed to leave town and go to the Sol dier's home that he was given permis sion to go. He was to leave at once. He i did not. Last week he had a fieht in his joint, so he was arrested on the old charge and this afternoon Judge Hazen wiii sentence him. The police aiso have warrants against him for the following offences: Assault, running a gambling: house, selling liquor and keeping a dis- orderly house. If he serves the sent- ence for the old charge these wild be i dropped. QUEER THIEVES. They Stole the Raeds of an Organ and Left the F-est William Brown, a colored man living at 1515 North Madison street, has an organ, but it wiii not "peal an air." for the reason that it has been peeled of all its reeds. Some time last week while Mr. Brown was away from C')me thieves troke j into his house and into the organ and j relieve.! it of 119 reeds. They left one for a sample so Mr. Brown could pur- j chase another set. The reeds are made of brass. If Abe Hiatt. the notorious j brass thief, was not in the county jail j wit hthe Cuban chicken pox he would j be arrested at once. The police are now keeping a watch on ail musicians and j junk shops. Mr. Brown also lost a shot gun and a hat. But that one, lonesome brass reed makes him angry. He wants the rest ana the tr.ier. MRS. JETT DIVORCED. Husband Ate Opium Which Furnish ed Grounds Fo.' Separation. Juds-e Hazen today granted a divorce to Lillian I. Jett. separating her from Charles H. Jett. A cross petition was filed in this case in the district court a few days ago in which Mr. Jett ap plied for a divorce himself. In granting the divorce to Mrs. Jett Judge Hazen said the plaintiff was entitled to it be cause it was shown that the defendant was an opium eater and consumed an almost incredible amount of the drug. The court ordered the defendant to pay the plaintiff $20 a month alimony J10 a month for herself and $10 for the children, who remain with the mother. If she remarries the payment to Mrs. Jett stops, or if any of the children die their prorata share is stopped. Aer you using AmoEio Benzileiie? IX AND OFT. J. C. Henderson to Codtinue as Ad vertising Manager For I 2. CrawforC J. C. Henderson will continue to act as advertising agent of the Crawford theater in this city. Mr. Henderson had a misunderstanding- wdth the man- agement of the house Saturday night j and tendered his resignation. The mis- understanding was adjusted today, and i Mr. Henderson resumed his duties. He 1 is an old theatrical man, and has great- ly improved the advertising work of the Crawford theater since he came to To peka. SHE GOT 11 Eli MONEY. From Harper's Bazar. One day the eleven-year-old daughter cf a journeyman humorist sat down in cold blood to build a joke. Her uncon scious humor had brought many shekels into the house, for she was a bright child, and her papa was too good a bus iness manager to allow salable jokes to g-o unsold. Tnis joke, however. was prepared by the humorist's daughter with the idea of putting it on the mar ket, and the humorist, recognizing in it a commercial value, ticked it off on his typewriter and sent it to market. By great good fortune the joke found favor in the eyes of the editor, who remitted 2 in payment therefor. "Frances," said her father, when the check came, "I have sold your joke. Here is half a dollar for you." Frances was happy. She told every body of her literary success. She aiso told her mamma. "Frances." said mamma, "papa got more than fifty cents for your Joke." "'Did he?" said Frances. Then she sent after papa. "Papa, how much did the editor pay you for my Joke?" she asked. "Two dollars." "And you gave me 50 cents of it?" "Yes: but you see I had to do the work of typewriting it. and mailing it, and paying postage, and sending stamps for its return in case it was not avail able." "T see." Frances went away. Presently she re turned. "Papa," she said, "you charge a high commission for selling jokes, don't you?" Papa made no verbal reply. He took S1..10 from his pocket and handed it to her. She put a dollar carefully in her little purse, and handed fifty cents back to her papa. "I think that's about right." she said. PERSONAL. Richard E. Brooks, the sculptor, has completed for the Boston City Hall a series of medallion portraits of the liv ing ex-mayors of Boston. They will be hung in the mayor's office, and take the place of the portraits hitherto custom ary. They represent Dr. Samuel Green, General A. I'. Martin, Thomas N. Hart, Nathan Matthews, jr.. Edwin U. Curtis and the approaching "ex-mayor" Josiah Quincy. Martin P. Burks, of Bedford City.Va.. has been elected to the chair of com mon and statute law in Washington and Lee university. He is a son of Judge E. C. Burks, who was for many ryears a member of the court of appeals of Virginia and one of Virginia's most distinguished jurists. He is forty eight years old. and has been for about five years repiorter of the court of ap peals. By the bar of the state he is re garded as one of its best equipped and most learned lawyers. He was gradu ated a Bachelor of Arts at Washington and Lee university in 1810, when the university was under the guiding hand of General liobert E. Lee.and later took the law course at the University of Virginia. The author of "Our Destiny." the verses quoted by President McKinley in Chicago and the south, is Casper S. Yost, assistant managing editor of the St. ILouis Globe-Democrat. The verses were written in a hurry and were thought to have gone the way of most newspaper verse until quoted by Presi dent McKinley. The board of trustees of the Minne apoiis Home for Children and Aged Women has received from ex-Governor and Mrs. John S. Pilisbury $100,000, to be invested in. a permanent fund, the interest of which is to be spent toward the maintenance of the institution. Mr. I'aderewski has shown his sym pathy with England by deciding to give a pdanoforte recital in London on No vember f-S, in aid of the Mansion House widows' and orphans' fund. He had not intended to pday in public in London at all this year, but will make this brief stay when passing through on his way to the United States. TRAIN 51 KN HERE. Will Formally Present Their Griev ances to the Santa Fa- S.11 of the members of the Santa Fe grievance committee of the Order of Itailway Conductors have arrived in Topeka. Several of the members of the B. of R. T. committee have yet to ar rive. Grand Master E. E. Clark of the O. Ii. C and Grand Master 1 H. Mor rissey of the B. of R. T., are expected here Tuesday. The conductors now in Topeka are the following: J. C. Ram sey, Chanute; W. Simpson. Argentine; W. A. Hyde. Newton; O. F. Holbrook, Pueblo: S. S. DeMoss. Denver: W. A. Mendenhail. Kansas City; H. B. Hub bard. I .as Vegas; W. W. Hutton, Ar gentine: S. N. Marriott. Chiiiicothe, Rl.; C. M. Moss. Arkansas City; W. R. Smith. Char.ute: S. B. Montrose. Mar celine: James Connors. San Marcial: J. M. Doous. Dodge City; C. M. Ed munds. Emporia: William Butler, Ra ton, New Mexico. Conductor Ramsey of Chanute is chairman of the committee and Conduc tor Simpson of Argentine, secretary. GAVE A MAN ALCOHOL. Now the Wife Wants the Giver Ar rested. Mrs. M. Long wants to have a man by the name of Hicks arrested because he gave her husband alcohol to drink. "Whiskey would not be so bad," said Mrs. Lens today at the p.oiice station, "but alcohol is awful. That was last week and my husband hasn't got over it yet. It might kill him." "Well, what do you want to do?" asked the officer at the station. "Why, that man Hicks came into our house and gave my husband alco hol." she said. "There must be some law. You must excuse me. 1 can't talk very plain. I had my teeth all pulled out last week." The police do not know exactly what the charge would be unless "enticing husband to drink intoxicating stimu lants against his own free will and ac cord." In Time For Thanksgiving. San Francisco, Nov. 20. The Tennes see regiment is to be mustered out next Thursday and will immediately start east so that the men may be at home in time for Thanksgiving. This Week Our 25 cent Books at 15c. 125 titles of standard authors, as Ras kin, Doyle, Cariyle, etc. Nice cloth binding. EW JERSEY GETS IT. Incorporation of Wireless Telegraph and Telephone Company. New York, Nov. 20. Lawyer Geor?e S. Graham of Philadelphia, of counsel for the wireless telegraph and tele phone company, has arrived here. He said he would make application for a charter for the new company Tuesday. He was uncertain whether the applica tion would be made at Dover, under the laws of the state of Delaware, or in Trenton, under the laws of New Jer sey. He thought the latter place the more likely one. Mr. Graham said the stock is to be S12.000.000. of which two and one-half millions is to be the debenture stock. He said the company is backed by New York, Boston, Chicago and Philadel phia capitalists of large resources, with the majority of the stock held in this city. His company has recently been conducting experiments between Provi dence and Boston from the Interna tional Power company's plant at Pro vidence, and with marked success, he says. Mr. Graham said he did not think that any of the capitalists interested in the present telegraph and telephone system would themselves in the com pany. iD MISCELLANEOUS ADS. WANTED HELP. WAN- washing at home by 07 Smith St., E. 7th. reliable woman. WANTED By nurse of ten years' ex perience nursing; can give phvsician's reference. Address B. A., care Journal. WANTED Position as housekeeper by widow, best of references given. Address D. P., care Journal. WANTED Housekeeping, city or coun try for widower with family good refer ences. Address I. E. L., care Journal. WANTED By a widow lady with one child employment as housekeeper: will work for reasonable wages; will po to country if wanted. J. S.. 1103 Taylor st. WANTED Steady work for $2 a week and board by a boy 20: can cive a good reference. Address Saylor, 7o2 East 7th St., up stairs. WANTED Position as nurse girl or to as.-ist with housework. Call or address 341 Shawnee ave., Potwin. CASH for acceptable ideas. State If pat ented. The Patent Record. Baltimore, ill. WANTED FEMALE HELP. WANTED Girl from 11 to 13 years of age. Good home and school. R. R. fare r.uid to this place. Mrs. J. F. Rhodes, box 59, Hoisington. Kansas. WANTED A lady to travel, salary and expenses, a widow preferred, Apply at 62. Van Buren St.. up stairs. WANTED Girl for general housework. 412 Monroe street. WANTED An apprentice and seamstress by Mrs. A. B. Arnott at hy.i Tyler st WAN! for second work. 1243 To- pjeka avenue. W ANT ED White woman for general housework; small family. 4o6 Clay st. WAJNTED JJCAXJS HELP WANTED Men to learn barber trade: $."fl monthly positively guaranteed after eight weeks' practice. We emplov our own graduates and want all we can get. Special advantage to those from HNoinee. No expense to learn if you wiii work for us. Write for particulars. Moler Barber college, St. Louis, Mo. WANTED AGENTS. AGENTS WANTED We want 5 good agents to sell our household decorations, wall splashers, commode scarfs, dr.-ssor scarfs, center pieces, child's plate pieces, bibs and doilies; hand painted on wriite oil cloth; artistic work and wiii not wash off. Call or address Lankford Decorating Co.. 113 Kansas avenue. WANTED SALESMEN. SALESMAN to sell our full line of choice nursery stock. A printed guarantee that stock shall be true to name given to each customer. Write for terms. Mt. Hope Nurseries. Lawrence. Kansas. M. MANSON. 414 Kan. Ave., buys gentle men's clothing, shoes, hats, "etc Pays $2 to S6 a suit. Droo me a card. WAdVTED MISCELLANEOUS. WANTED Horses to wirter.best of stab ling aiid care. H. W. McAfee. Kan. avenue. WAX l H.D Horses and cows to winter; have good work horse to trade for cow; also, cie-itr inside lots to trade for live stock, surrey vr piar.o. Frank Adams, 1114 Wuincy, North Topeka. WANTED Horses or cows to winter. $1 to $3 a month. Geo. Harrison, station B. WANTED Gets to trace or repair: big line. Golden Rule. S14 Kansas avenue. FOB SALE MISCELLANEOUS. FOR SALE A good second hand Domes tic sewinsj machine at 417 Lafayette st. Price 55 FOR SALE Two cows, ore giving 2 gil loris and the other 3 gallons a day. 2oi Greenwood ave.. Potwin place. FOR SALE Restaurant with good rus toin. il -.o this week. E. W.. care Journal. DAY BOARD J2.50: m-als 15 cents, 21 tickets Mrs. A. Brooke. FOR SALE A fir.e driving mare, safe for lady to drive; weight l,'-w. Mrs. J. Gish. East 4th St. COBS. COBS. COB 3. A good big load of cobs for n.O. ALEXANDER GOOD FELLOW. Phone S3.. 119 East Sixth street. FOR SALE A good driving horse. Mulvane Etreet. and riding FOR SALE A g.od No. 2 Garland soft coal heating stove. 1.6 Fiilmore st. FOR harnc LE Good your.ff work horses, and wagon. Inquire i25 Polk st. FOR SALE Good six hole cooking ronge $11: can be seen in use. Mrs. By water, S22 Topeka avenue. FOR KENT HOUSES FOR RENT 13 room residence and barn. West l'rth st, J15. W. R. Hazen, IIS W. 6th street. FOP. RENT House No. lxS Harrison St., 5 rooms and barn. W". M. FORBES. 118 W. 6th st. FOR RENT A good house. Dr. D. Rog ers, 6il Kansas avenue. FOR RENT Residence of 6 rooms, beau tifully located. Inquire at 613 Kansas avenue, or 3S3 Harrison. FOR RENT Eight room cottage, seven room house, luui. a. Lyon, phone 437 -4. WMMTS FOS E2NT-EOOH3. FOR RENT 2 furnished rooms at S'.Z Monroe street. FOR RENT To gentlemen, furnished rooms in modern house, i-27 Quincy st. FOR RENT Fnrri?hj rooms for licht housekeeping, inquire at 117 East s:h su FOR RENT Four or five unfurnished rooms for light housekeeping. Col West 6th avenue. FOR RENT Large furnish-l front room -with board, modem, l-o Topek.i avenue. FOR RENT Furnished room, modern conveniences. 2' 7 E. V'th st. FOR RENT Desirable furnish".! room.. ail modern conveniences. 1 b: ck from business center. 2O0 East Seventh st. FOR RENT Newly furr.ifhc! modern conveniences. 215 E. 7th Nordeen. FOR SALE REAL ESTATS, FOR SALE Finest 5 room cottage in city for J1.2a'. Simon Greenspan. FuR SALE Tracts of 5 and. acres or more Just outside of city Lirrii'-s on soutesve.-t at from $i to $;2"5 per acre. W. M. FORBES. 115 W. 6th St. FOR SALE OR EXry-.YNGK Two resident pr -perties In Kr'a' Ci'y, Kansas for Topeka c.-v r L.r:a pr -perty. W. M. FOIiLKS. ilu W. otii it. FOR SALE 3 good busi:-.e- houses at a b rc:iin. W. M. FORI l.'S. US V.". (.".a st. FOR SALE Several good properties on monthly pay ments with small oah pavm-'tt. W. M. EORi.ES. IK W. 6th St. LOST AND FOUND- FOE N D Where watches sr c'.and for oc; clocks 50c. K-nss u.e.. up stairs. MISCELLANEOUS. STANDARD SYSTEM OF DRESS 0"T ting with Victor measurements. 1.24 T -ler st. Mrs. Arnott. NOTICE: To Whom It may concern: H- it known that my petiii.-n is o 1:1 the office of the probate court of Shaw nee county. Kansas, asking for a per-i.it to sell intoxicating II juors at 4 '1 K.ins.n avenue, in the Second ward. ir. O.e citr of Topeka. Kansas, and the 'o-.tri:. .,f the same is set for Tuesday, the istn Liy of November, Isjj.. at S a. rn. E. WALLACE. Topeka. Kansas. October M, 1-.... R-I-P-A-N-S. 10 for 5 cents- at druyjr'-ta They banish pain and prolong lire gives relief. No matter niiaia tr.e matter one will do you good. FLORISTS. MRS. J. R. HAGUE. Florist. lorrtiw r R. J. Groves. t!7 Kansna ave. 'Phone 602. PHYSICIAN AND SU25EOSS. L. A. RYDER. M D. OFnCE and residence corner Gorrtnn mr. and Central ave.. North Tcpe'a. 'Fhor Zli. Uses the fcrinkerhon sys-.em cf rect.w treatment. successful and pa.nie treatment for pilts, Biuia. tenure, ul ceration, etc IDA C BARNES. M. D. Office 75! Kansas ave. P.s'dfr.ee Thir teenth and C'.sy. Office houn: a. m. to 11 a. m.. and 3 d. tn. n 5 p. m. Teiepaote iiS residence and 14 office. DR EVA HARPING. Homeopathiat. 3 Kansas ave. TtL. 402. 8. E. SHELDON. M. I. Surgery and disease of worrM. wlr private boepital. Ofrice No. 73 Kan. eve. ATTORN EYS-AT-L AW. MILTON BROWN. lawyer. Practice In a'l state and federal cour:s. Suite -it. Craw ford bids.. TopekA. Kan. EDUCATIONAL. LECOLE I-RANCA1SE ET A N'T L A IS :-l de Mme. F-tobinson. Rue de Folk ca.l deux cent vlnKt et un. FRENCH AND HERMAN" Tsueht either In class or private, frms r.-t.rnh.o. Mrs. Hannah KihiberK- I'l i tarri-on st. MONEY. WANTED Farm !.n-,i in eastern Kan sas and western Missouri, a:.d t p wards. GEO. M. NOP.I.K CO.. Crawford buli.li:; a. T -p'-k.i. l.i.i. fl i rmyy n TO INVEST tiirouch Par.kr., lr-..kers. Promoters send f-r circular. Investors' Directory. N. Y. MONET to patent stool Jleae crjrl througa The Pjtent Eecorl.Ra.t.more. Mi. LOANS on pianos, typewriters, blcyclei. guns, watches, diamonds and any per sonal rcperty. L. ll.dcou, Kar.ad j.t EAIR GOODS. SWITTTE5. CHAIN? Fl'" .-jT!!r'l Sharv.pooing- ftnd hair dryd by hot air. Mrs. Hatt:e Van V.eck. 'J-"J East F.ftn jl BICYCLES. V. S. CYCLE CO.. KS E St1! t. Na-'onal aad Union bicycle. xiunJriea, repair. TOPEKA CYCLE CO. 113 V,". 5:h et. I;, cyc.es ar.d sundries; bicy 1.? acj tandems lor A-ent: repairing of ail jt.nd. SPECIALISTS. DR. C. H. nClBOR, D!aes of the Noae. Throat aud Lur.g. 7vti Kanaa ave. JEVELIH8. JAMES B. HATDEN. Jeweler anil Opti cian. Complete atock of watchea. u.a monda, silverware, et-. Eye tum.iiJ end spectacles properly fitted. WATCEMAKTa. WATCHES cleaned. 7c: clocks, Svr; mainsprings. 75c; crystals, loc. Cass paid for oid g- Id or silver. Ail work guar anteed. Old jewelry exchanged for neir. if hard up, see Uncle isam. ai2 Kac ave. CHEMIST. J. T. LOVEWELL. Ph. D.. Analytical chemist and Assayer. H23 Kansas ave- 8TAMP3, SEALS AND STENCILS. THE J. C. PAP.LIN1 CO.. 734 KAN. AV. High Grade Rubber Stamps; prompt work, low ence. Catalogue ires. Phone PAVING. THE OFFICE of the Capital C'.ty v;trlf!l Brick and paving Co. haa been removed to Hi West E ghin sc. STORAGE. TOPEKA STORAGE AND WAP.FHOl'S5! CO. Packs and Bhipa household goode. Tel. ISA. C. D. bkinner. 123 i-ait tiina TIN SHOPS. J M. BAIRD, hot a'r furnaces, pumpa aaj Un r&oiii. 2ie" W. Ul Tel. ife.

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8 TOPEKA STATE JOUBNAI MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 20, 1899. J THEM0 -jy. M 7 JWilliMTllMf Specie Tomorrow AT rm 617 KASSAS AVE. Your Choice Of any J 0.00 Suit in the store m NewQrawibrdg5 MONDAY, Nov. 20th. LINCOLN J. CARTER'S Masterpiece of Stage Eeallsin Iha Greatest Success of the Age. Under the Dome A Bumptious Scenic Spectacle. A continuous series of Dramatic Surprises, Startling Situa tions, ovel ttleets. Thrilling Climaxes. A Powerful Company. See the Marvelous Storm Qr"v"Pv""nv fcee the Great i erry Boat v3Jv.X. frlcea 15c, 25c, 35c, 50c, 75c TUESDAY, Nov. 21st. The John T. Nicholson Company in Augustus Thomas' Drama of the South. A. Perfect Play! A Perfect Company! Presented with all the original scenery. Mechan ical and Electrical Effects. PRICES 25C, 35C. 60c, 75c and $1.00. THURSDAY, Nov. MATINEE AND NIGHT. 23- After the Minnows come the Whale A-Li. W. MARTIN'S Mammoth Production, UNCLE TOM'S CABIN, 60 PEOPLE 60 An entire train of special cars, 3 maf niiicently equipped brass bands, solo or chestra of 12 musicians. 25 colored men and women Buck dancers, ponies, donk eys, oxen, mules, horses, burrows. Grand ITree Street Parade. Prices 15c, 25c, 35c and 50c. ISSUES ARE NOT MADE. By Conventions and Platforms Says Chairman Jones. Chicago, Nov. 20. Senator Jones, who is here to attend a conference of Dem ocratic leaders, shortly after his ar rival at the Sherman House, went into executive session with Chairman J. O. Johnson, of the national executive com mittee. After the conference he was asked what he had to say about candi dates and issues for next year. He re plied: "There is no doubt that Mr.Bryan will be the Democratic nominee. The Dem ocratic convention in my opinion, will reaffirm the Chicago platform. I be lieve the Democrats will declare against imperialism and in favor of legislation regarding trusts and some combina tions. It is too soon yet to say just what will be the dominant issue. Conventions and platforms does not make issues. In tome parts of the country the financial fiart of the question will be most inter esting to the voters, in another imper ialism, in another trusts, and so it will go." V. hen told of reports to the effect that he was opposed to holding the Democratic convention in Chicago and keeping the national headquarters here the senator replied that there were pood reasons why the campaign should be handled from Chicago and good rea sons why it should not be. National Committeeman Campau, of Michigan, who arrived during the day, 1n discussing the recent election said the result in Nebraska shows that Bryan is strong enough to be certain of renomination and perhaps by acclama tion. J. M. Guffey of Pittsburg, national committeeman from Pennsylvania, Eaid: "Bryan will be the next candidate. There is no opposition to him in my Btate." John S. Rilling of Erie, chairman of the Pennsylvania Democratic state committee, and W. J. Brennan, a prom inent Democrat of Pittsburg, came to Chicago with Committeeman Guffey as onlookers at the committee meeting Mr. Rilling said: "The Republican quarrel In Pennsyl vania helps the Democrats in state pol itics only. The anti-Quay forces are organizing for a stronger fight than they have ever made." Mick Do you think Oi'm a mug? Pat A mug, me bhoy? Ye're a reg ular challenge cup! World's Comic. oastohia. J ean the e Voii Hava Always Bcj;!4 Bean tie lha Kind You Have Always Bolx"! OASTOH.IA. Bean tie lr'8 K'ir'1 KaveAhMvs Bc3f future SJ-. SNAP SHOTS AT HOME NEWS The court of appeals is in session again today. V. H. Morrison and family have moved from Alma to Topeka. It Is time for some goose bone weather prophet to make a report. The street sprinkler will soon have to be put into winter quarters. The last, fine, hardwood bar in Topeka has been replaced by pine boards. Morrison's "Faust" will be the attrac tion at the Crawford theater Christmas. Some of the young ladies at Bethany are enthusiastic amateur photographers. The repairs of the roof of the First Presbyterian church have been completed. Al W. Martin's "Uncle Tom's Cabin" will at tho Crawford theater Thursday night. Reuben Spivey has returned home after an experience with, a surveying party in Oklahoma. Hulse has some magnificent American Beauty roses at his flower styre, 120 West Kighth street. Several extra stock trains went through Topeka over the Santa i'e road Sunday, bound for St. Joe. Part of the new gas reservoir at the corner of First and Monroe streets, has been painted black. The first of the three Y. "Vv C. A. con certs will be given Thursday night at the Grand opera house. There are a large number of sign? along Kansas avenue which need repainting. They look out of date. The Topeka Co-operative laundry has declared a dividend of $2u2.26 to be divid ed among the employes. The memorial tablet to be placed in the high school building !n memory of Resil Manahan will cost $1'j0. The Topeka contingent which has been in attendance at the state Y. M. C. A convention is returning today. The six new car bodies for the Topeka Railway company, have arrived and are at the Rock Island freight depot. A partv of 2D Knights of Herman left over, the Rock Island today for Pittsburg, Kansas, to attend the state meeting. J. C. Hopkins, who formerly owned a restaurant in Topeka. is now proprietor of a large eating house in St. Ivouis. The urchins of the city are wondering what will be used to sound the curfew, when the old lire bell is taken down. General Funston thinks his picture showing him resting his head on his hand is the best ever taken of him. Some one or two of the store windows are still decorated with the same display as was put in for the Twentieth Kansas reception. In the professional world "IT. T. C. show" means that veteran organization carrying .Little Eva, Marks and the blood hounds. The Santa Fe and Washburn basket ball teams will plav a match game of brisket ball at the Y. AL C. A. gymnasium Tues day night. J. C. Henderson, who has been adver tising agent of the Crawford theater in this city since the opening of the season, has resigned. C. P. Frey. a brother of General Man atrer J. J. Frey of the Santa Fe is a train dispatcher in. the employ of the Memphis road. The A. O. V. W. lodges of the city were the first to introduce the idea of holding union meetings. The plan has met with much success. If the Kansas University football team can win the remaining games to be play ed this season, it will be- another never defeated team. The dead animal ordinance Is one of the liveliest things with which the city coun cil has to contend. It is hardly disposed of when it bobs up again. The First regiment band of Ottawa is after Krve Strickland, late leader of the Twentieth Kansas band, to take the place of instructor and leader. Football enthusiasts are preparing to forego their Thanksgiving dinners in or der to go to Kansas City to see the Kansas-Missouri football game. The Enid and Tonkawa railroad, the new line which the Rock Island road built in Oklahoma territory out of North 2nid, was opened for traffic today. Revival services in which all the churches of the city unite will begin to night at the First Presbyterian church, and services will be held every afternoon at 3 o'clock and every evening at 7:J0. Iola Register: Topeka has an epidemic of chiekenpux, the contagion having been brought bv the soldiers of the iMrd volun teers. Wait until the dobe itch gets start ed and there will be tall scratching. It is possible that the Yeoman case may be continued and not tried at this term of court, are John Madden. Mr. Yeoman's attornev, has another important case at Emporia, which comes up about the same time. Friday afternoon and evening a recep tion will be held at Grant school, in North Topeka. for the purpose of raising money for pictures and decorations for the school rooms. A musical programme will be given. If you see a man going around acting as though his neck was in splints do not jump at the conclusion that he has a boil on it. He may only be suffering from the consequences of "rubbernecking" for me teors last week. The board of education has retained R. T?. Welch to defend the suit brought by the state on the defaulted bonds of school district No. 22, for which the state holds the city responsible, as most of the dis trict is now a part of the city. The winter time table on the Rock Isl and went into effect Sunday. There are no changes in the time of Trains through To peka except the night Texas express No. 3. This train now leaves Topeka at 1 o'clock a. m., instead of at midnight. Mr. and Airs. Harry E. Sullivan of the "Paul Kauvar" company, spent Sunday in Topeka with Air. and Mrs. W. H. Al ston. Harry Sullivan Is a former Wash burn college student and is known on the stage as "John Milton." He was for sev eral years with the late Thomas Keene. Iola Register: Topeka's public institu tions are built on the "multum in parvo" plan. A new fence will be built around the jail and in the yard it is proposed to build a shed over a rock pile, flower beds, a patrol wagon, barn, pens for stray dogs, a prisoner's wash house. The prisoners will squeeze themselves Into the remain ing space. The farmers of Kansas feel that turn about is fair play. When they were in t need of money tney naa to go to the hunto tn v,rr-,,u- If "V.w that thii h-inlrarj of New York city are a trifle hard pressed financially they ought to come to thf farmers of Kansas for money, instead of asking the United States treasury to help them out. INDIA'S GOLD RESERVE. It Is Making Much Trouble For Lon don Financiers. New York, Nov. 20. The London fin ancial correspondent of the Times ca bles: Last week was much quieter in the credit market than had been antici pated. For reasons explained in my last letter, everybody feared large ap plications at the liank of England on Wednesday and not one took place. On Tuesday a few loans were taken but from fright, not necessity. Various causes induced the market to miscal culate. Fewer treasury bills were bought by bill brokers than had been estimated, Japan and the national debt office taking, perhaps, half of the 3,000, 000 pounds issued between them and a more potent iniluence, still the bank of England paid money out instead of drawing it in. We all calculated by the midde of the month, its enormous bill case must be in process of emptying and beginning- to deplete the open mar ket credits and forgot that in order to insure these bills it had first to borrow heavily from the market on stock. Last week its repayment of these loans gave to the open market nearly 600,000 pounds more than the bank had to re ceive on bills becoming payable. Ac cordingly time loans in the discount market never rose above 4 per cent and were usually 31. to 4T4 per cent. In its nervousness about money and in fear of a drop in New York, the ex change market had worked discount to 4"8 per cent, but in the last three days of the week it fell back rapidly and finished yesterday at 4r8 per cent. Money rates always in the, long run MEDICAL TREATMENT FREE The British Medical Institute Offers Three Months' Services Free to All Invalids Who Call at Its Office, No. 412 To peka Ave., Before Jan. 4th. A staff of eminent physicians and sur geons from the British Medical institute have, at the urgent solicitation of a largo number of patients under their treatment in Topeka, established a permanent branch in this city at No. 412 Topeka ave nue. These eminent gentlemen have decided to give their services entirely free for three months (medicines excepted) to all invalids who call upon them for treatment between now and January 4. These ser vices consist not only of consultation, ex amination and advice, but also of all min or surgical operations. The object in pursuing this course is to become rapidly and personally acquainted with the sick and afflicted, and under no condition whatever will any charge bo made for anv services rendered for three mouths, to all who call before January 4th. The doctors treat all forms of disease and deformities, and guarantee a cure iu every case they undertake. At the first interview a thorough examination is made and if incurable you are frankly and kindly told so, also advised against spending your money for useless treat ment. Male and female weakness, catarrh and catarrhal deafness, cancer, without pn-'i or cutting: also all skin diseases, ruptuio and all diseases of the rectum are posi tively cured bv their new treatment. Dr." S. Eilward AloCully, the chief cor., suiting surgeon of the institute is in per soikiI charge. Office hours from 9 a. m., to 8 p. m. No Sunday hours. Special notice If you can not call send stamp for question blank for home treatment. govern discounts, but the drop would not have been so rapid but for the ac tion of Secretary Gage in buying bonds and the consequent recovery of your exchange. Still we are not nearly out of the woods, and the moment the mar ket dips to a point that allows the con tinent to draw gold, we shall have an other tug upward and another fright. And just at a time when we require all our gold the India council steps in as a buyer on the fantastic plan I scouted last week. The Bank of Eng land kept mum by order until Thurs day, when all the press reports were ushered in and told that the govern ment of India had begun the accumula tion of a gold reserve here in order to insure a fixed value of the silver rupee. Already 751.000 pounds had been accum ulated. How is it done? By the process of conducting India toward bankruptcy. The circulation of silver rupees is to be restricted in India through the stop page of the mints and as revenue pay ments accumulate currency in the gov ernment treasuries, bankers and merchants are compelled to buy India council drafts in London with which to procure currency from the government stocks in India. This forces exchange up. and creates an artificial demand for the means of remittance. A portion of the proceeds of these sales is now to be in vested in gold kept apart by the Bank of England. All the time, except when retrieved by loans raised in Kngland, English demands on India are much in advance of the trade balance in favor of India. REDWOOD TRUST. Schema to Control Pacific Vast Lum ber Industry. Seattle, Wash.. Nov. 20. Before leav ing here for the timber belt, Frederick Weyerhauser told his intimate friends that he was interested in an eastern syndicate which has an option on a bulk of red wood timber lands, together with twenty-four mills and 1:50 miles of railroad in Humboldt county, Cali fornia. The property in question is owned by a number of large firms and companies, including Charles Nelson, McKay Co., the L'nion Lumber com pany and the Albion Lumber company. The owners gave an option upon it last summer which expired November 10. This option was renewed and will now remain in force until next May. The purpose is to control the redwood lum ber industry and advance prices. The deal involves property worth between $13,000,000 and Ji'0.000.000. It is stated today that the umber lands which the Weyerhauser syndicate seeks to acqure from the Northern Pacific Railroad company consists chiefly of a tract about forty miles square located in Lewis, Chehalis and Pacific counties, where the AVeyerhauser party now is. Weyerhauser's purchase has caused loggers to advance the prices on fir log to mills from $5 to $5.50 per thousand. Final Edict Signed. Chicago, Nov. 20. A special cable to the Chicago Tribune from Yokohama (via London) says: The final edict embodying the delimitation of the fron tier of the Kwang Chauwan territory was signed by representatives of France and China Wednesday. EXELLENT RESULTS. They Have Resulted In a Steady Gain of Popularity. People Who Are Ever Ready to Rec ommend What Has Done Them Much. The people of Topeka feel very grate ful for the great benefit they have re ceived from the use of Morrow's Kid-ne-oids, the great remedy for back ache, dizziness, sleeplessness, nervous ness and all diseases arising from the kidneys. Morrow's Kid-ne-oids cure where other remedies have failed and the people of Topeka have not been slow to find this out, and they add their testimony that their friends may know" what to get and get cured. C. X. Ela, No. 916 Quincy street, re affirms his statement about Morrow's Kid-ne-oids curing him. It has been nearly two years since Mr. Ela used Kid-ne-oids for kidney ailments and inflammation of the bladder and he now says, March, 19, that there has been no return of the old trouble. He formerly suffered with a severe back ache as well as inflammation of the bladder and he had great difficulty in urinating, and pain in the kidneys. The urine when standing awhile would get thick, but two boxes of Kid-ne-oids have cured him sound and well. Morrow's Kid-ne-oids are not rills, but Yellow Tablets and sell at fifty cents a box at Swift Holliday's drug store. Mailed on receipt of price. Manufac tured by John Morrow Co., Chemists, Springfield, Ohio. FROM STREET TO STREET. our NEXT THURSDAY EVENING, introducing Music by Marshall's Band of fifty pieces and every department on every floor will decked out for the occasion. You are invited. Hours 8 to JO p. m. New Furniture Department. J be Dress Trimmings Beautiful dress robe net spangled, with full skirt and waist; sold at $25.00 for SI 7. !New this season. Handsome basque fronts, witb strap going over shoulder, made of steel beads and jet spangles; all new this season. The 36.50 ones for S4.50. The 39.00 ones for $6.50. Fancy spangled fronts at ex actly one-half the former prices. Ladies' Garters. Fancy frilled side elastics, with silk ribbon bows, fancy colors and black 25c Extra quality of satin belt supporters, in fancy colors, at 25c pr Fancy silk webbing, and large ribbon bows, ladies' round gar ters, 50c quality; these for. 25c oilet Soaps. 4711 a world renowned glyc erine soap; our special 40c box; per cake. 15c Collates' Cashmere Bouquet; special for Tuesday.. 19c cake Pure Castile soap, in white, green or mottled, for.. 5c cake Curtain Dept. 10c Silkalines marked 7c yd 12 tc Embroidered Muslin lOc yd 15c Sash Muslin 11c yd 50 pairs plain Ruffled Muslin 48c pr 36 pairs plain Ruffled Muslin 89c pr Brussels Curtains. $6.00 kind for $4.98 pr 7.50 kind for 5.87 pr 8.00 kind for 6.50 pr 8.50 kind for 6.93 pr 10.50 kind for 8.19 pr 16.50 kind for 13.49 pn Irish. Point Curtains. $5.00 style will be $3.87 pr 6.50 style will be 5.13 pr 8.50 style will be 7.29 pr Jackets. We are doing a fine business in jackets, considering the wea ther. Maybe it is because of the great variety we carry. If you were in this department a week or ten days ago, you must have noticed how bare the racks look ed made so by the great rush of out-of-town buyers the week before. "Well, all is different now, as we have received, in Ladies', Misses' and Children's Jackets, about four hundred this last week, and many of them so entirely different from what you have seen before. Two numbers at 57.75, made of fine Kersey, with silk romaine lining. Four shades to choose from --black, red, castor, and blue. Really, it looks for the world like a 10.00 jacket. -Now, while we are talking jackets, we will mention the fact that we have some very pretty ones carried over from last season, which can be had at one-half, and in some instances much less than half of last sea son's price. You'll be surprised to see what $2.00 and $2.75 will buy. Sample Suits From a traveler's line. We have often shown larger sample lines when we took them all good sellers and poor sellers. This time we have had our pick, and, of course, we took the best. You'll find a saving here of from 3.00 to $5.00 on each suit. Fur Collarettes. SCARFS We have just gone through the line, and by actual count we find 287 as pretty Col larettes, in all the different shapes and styles, as you would care to look at. Our lowest price this week will be S2.50 for our No. 100, worth 1.00 more. Silks $i.oo Silks for 75c. Straight cords and stripes this season's patterns. Yarns and Knit Goods- German Knitting Yarns, best quality a few shades of browns, blues and grays; to close out, Regular 25c, for 15c skein Golf Yarns, i-pound skeins, sell regular at 35c, for 25c Zephyr Fascinators, in black or white, for 17c Infants' Knit Jackets and Caps, slightly soiled, will be closed out at one-third less than regular price. Shoe Department Second Floor. We will offer Tomorrow and Tomorrow iOnly, our No. 28 3.50 Ladies' Mannish Tan Rus sia Calf Lace Boot at $3-00 This boot is strictly mannish, and a fine street boot for winter wear. We also carry the Knitted Slippers in all sizes and colors. Everything new in Felt Goods See our "Rainy-Day" Boots. Thev are worth 75c and $1.00. V Price tomorrow will be 50c on Spachtel Shams and Table Cov ers. They are elaborate patterns and a good assortment to select from. t TOO MUCH FOR LAWRENCE. Topeka High School Football Team Again Victorious. The Topeka high school football team won from the Lawrence high school team Saturdav In a hard fought game on Mc Cook field. Lawrence, The score was IS to 0. The Topeka line could not be broken. The Topeka backs went around the ends or through center at will for gains. At no time did the Lawrence team get the ball dangerously near the Topeka goal. Within lu minutes after the game was called the Topeka team had carried the ball over the line and kicked goal. An other touchdown and tie and the first half was over. There was another score of 6 in the last half. For Topeka Kiene and Ramsey played the star game. With a splendid interfer ence Ramsey went around the ends for steadv eains. Kiene repeatedly took the ball through the center and when his in terference was brushed away he went on alone. Kiene, the captain of the team, handled his men well. For Lawrence Carroll and Pulver led their team in the offensive. The Topeka team received anything but fair treatment. On the high school team were four Kansas university students. The Topeka men objected. The Lawrence plavers claimed that all the K. tr. men also attended the high school. This was said to be true bv many present but a plaver bv the name of Tannehill was found to be exclusively a K. I-. man. The Topeka plavers objected to his playing. It was promised that he would not plav. The Topeka men did not know him and he took his place and played the first half. in the second half the crowd saw that it was impossible for the Lawrence team to win and unless a change was made im possible for them to score. The crowd rushed onto the field and crowded close around the Topeka team keeping up a constant veiling so that the Topeka men could not hear their signals. hen the Lawrence team had the ball the crowd gave them room and kept still. A Topeka substitute by the name of Funchess was annoved by a boy. The boy shot him with a sling shot and ran. Funchess ran after him. It was an excuse for the K. U. students to do something. Thev led the crowd and pounced on Fun chess. He was thrown down and dragged over the field. Those who witnessed the game and the scenes attending it were tiioroughiy dis gusted with the behavior of the Lawrence crowd. The Topeka team invited the Lawrence team to come to Topeka and play and take lessons on the treatment of a visiting team. The following was the line up of the two teams: Lawrence. Position. Topeka. Pulver right guard McCullv Murphy right tackle C. GHtrsrs Hansen left guard Carruth Coake left tackle Kiene Carroll left end Curry Mueller right end Tomlinson Lamaster center Winans Tannehill right half Ramsey LHcken left half Hunter Halderman quarter Vance Orwig fullback Smith AGGRESSIVE WORK In Oar Islands is Decided Upon by M. E. Church. New Tork, Nov. 20. Aggressive mis sionary work in the islands acquired by the United States in the war with Spain has been determined upon by the board of managers of missions of the Protestant Episcopal churcn in this country. This decision, which was reached at a meeting of the board, held in this city, is the result of long de liberation by the authorities of the church. At the general convention held in Washington a year ago, a commis sion on increased responsibilities was appointed to investigate the question. This commission, of which Bishop Doane of Albany, was chairman, re ported in favor of the extension of work to the islands at the missionary coun cil concluded recently at St. Louis. The report was unanimously accepted by th? council, and the commission instructed to lay the matter before the board of mo nagers. The plans of the board for work in the new field are outlined in the fol lowinc resolutions adopted as a. result of Bishop Doane's report: Resolved, That a special committee of the board be appointed to make known the opportunities and necessities for work which shall not only care for our own citizens, civilians and soldiers, in this new possession and in these new fields of responsibility, but shall also plant the church in those islands with such strength and attractiveness as to show to the natives themselves the better way of the church, which, in the language of one of them, is "Catholic, but not Roman." Resolved, That the appeal of this committee shall ask for instant and generous gifts, first, toward church buildings in Cuba, Porto Rico and Ma nila; secondly, for an increased cleri cal staff in the two first named places, and for the re-enforcement of the clergy who are now working in Manila; third ly, for the opening of schools in the three places and the sending out of Christian women to work in them as teachers and also to aid in the care of the sick; and, fourthly, for a large sup ply of Spanisli prayer books. Resolved. That the presiding bishop be asked to appoint the bishon of Shang hait to take the work in Manila under his foresight; that the bishop of Chi cago be asked to make a visitation to Porto Rico this winter, and that the bishop of Pennsylvania, who is to make a visitation to Cuba, be asked to visit Porto Rico as well, if the bishop of Chicago is unable to go. the expenses of the visiting bishops in ail cases to be pledged and paid by the board. TEN SHIPS ASHORE. Crews Probably Eaten by Can nibals. Chicago, Nov. 20. A special to the Tribune from Norfolk, Va., says: According to reports brought in to day, ten ships are ashore in the Straits of Magellan. The steamship Kurdistan. Captain Little Hale, reported six. and the Heedless, Captain Milton, reported four. Each vessel came through the straits bound here for coal and had an extremely rough voyage. Vhile off the Patagonian coast, the wrecked vessels could be discerned, but, owing to the heavy weather ar. 1 the treacherous formation of the coast line, neither vessel dared approach, and the names of the wrecked stetirnshii or fate of the crews could not be learn ed. The wrecks stretched for several miles. Judging from a former experience of the Kurdistan, the crews of the wrr-ck-ed vessels may have been devoured by cannibals. The Kurdistan was disabled in the straits once and the crew was obliged to give battle to the man-eaters. AT THE GAME. To the veriest churl, what a picture of Joy, The chrysanthemum girl and the foot ball boy.- rnn rn ran r 0 r '7Iy wife had pimple on hcrf.c tu ehe haa be-en taking tASCAKETS mnd they have ail disappeared. I had been troubled with constipation for some time, but after tan lnsr the first Cascarct I have had no troubiS with this aliment. We cannot spfaic too high ly of Cascarets." Fred V.'aktmak, E703 Germantown Ave., ftuiadeiphla, Fs. CANDY CATHARTIC l: JNTTWADI MARK RSOISTTBMr Pleasant. Pala'-abi. Potent. TasM Good. To Good. Keer 8caen. Weaken, or Gripe. 10c. ISC. Stic CURE CONSTIPATION. I.rliar taptr, Cllun KHIrril, T.Hi, tit UJ'iU-L Al gitK CVJiJi lotacco iiabifc