The Topeka State Journal (Topeka, Kansas)
December 12, 1899

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LAST EDITION TUESDAY EVENING. TOPEKA, KANSAS, DECEMBER 12, 1899. TUESDAY EVENING. TWO CENTS. PARSONS LOSES. Judge Glass Grants Injunction Against Location of Asylum. Holds That Legislatire Com mittee Has No Authority. PURCHASE INVALID. Deal For the Site Is Not a Le gal One. Case Will Be Appealed to Su preme Court. Clay Center, Dee. 12, Judge Glass de cides committee had no authority to purchase asylum site ana fctate board of charities has no funds through law to purchase land and could do so only through condemnation. The temporary injunction was made permanent. At torneys for Parsons give notice that they will appeal to the supieme court. Judge Glass held that the title of the act was suffieier tly comprehensive, that the asylum committee was a de facto committee, acting under color of title and not subject to collateral attack: that the county attorney is the proper person to represent the state in all mat ters called in the district court: that tiie fact that the neople t.f Clay Center enter tained the committee was no estopple to an action of this kind: that the act of isiut empowered no one to purchase a. site for the asylum: that enumerated rowers precluded implied ones and that without special enactment, the board of charities can acquire land only by the f-xc-ri-ise of the right of i minent domain. This ends the second chapter in the light over the iocation of a third insane asylum in Kansas. The legislature early this year made an appropriation to build a new asy lum to relieve the overcrowded condi tion of the two now in use. It was rep resented that the people in the western portion of the state were entitled to better asylum facilities and that fact had much to do with the success of the measure in the legislature. The state was consequently scarcely prepared to hear that the committee appointed by the legislature had decid ed to locate the new asylum in Parsons in the southeastern portion of the state, less than Go miles from that already situated at Osawatomie. Stories of boodle and sharp practices filled the air and the suit in Clay county was the result. It was supposed that "lay Center would lie the place selected lor tiie new asylum. The case has been fought by attor neys of the M.. K. T. railroad com l any. This railroad would be greatly benefited by the location of the asy lum at Pardons, as that is the Kansas center of that system and the fare for transporting insane patients is an im poitant item. The Parsons people will naturally continue the light in the state supreme court. BURGHERS HAVE THEM. Gatacre's Hissing Men Are Ac counted For. Pretoria. Dec. 12. President Steyn ha sent the following- details of the fight at J? t or m berg Junction: "The British, with six cannon attacked the Boers, under Swanspoel and Olivier smd stormed the Boers entrenched posi tions on the kopjes. After a severe tiuht they were compelled to surrender. The i risonrs are Major Sturges. six officers a nd nrm-com missioned officers and men of the Northumberland, and two of ficers and about two hundred and fiftv i!'n-oonimisiot;ed officers and men of thV Irish Fusiliers. It is impossible to state the- number of dead, or wounded British. The Boers captured three cannon and two ammunition wagons. TELLS HOW IT WAS. Gen. Gatacre's Report at Last Reaches London. London, Dec. 12. The war office has received the following from General I'ores tier- Walker: "Cape Town, Monday, Dec. 11. Gat acre reports as follows: 'The idea to attack Stormberg Beemedto promise certain success; but the resistance was underestimated by rnyself and the local guides. A police man took us around some miles and consequently we were marching from f:30 p. m. till 4 a. m. and were landed In an impossible position. I do not con sider the error intentional. The Boers commenced firing from the top of an unscalable hill and -wounded a good many of our men while in the open plain. The Second Xorthumberlands tried to turn out the enemy but failed. The Second Irish Fusiliers seized a kopje, near and held on supported by the mounted infantry and Cape police. The guns under Jeffreys could not have been better handled. But I regret to say that one pun was overturned in a deep mullah and another sank in quick Fand. Neither could be extricated in trie time available. 'Seeing- the situation. I sent a dis patch rider to Molteno with the news. I collected and withdrew our force from the ridge to ridge for about nine miles. The Boer suns were remarkably well served. They carried accurately S.OnO yards. I am holding- Bushman's Hoek and Cypergat. Am sending the Irish Rifles and Xorthumberlands to Sterk strom to recuperate. The wounded pro ceed to Queenstown. The missing Xorthumberlands number 306, not 3ut as previously reported.' P- H.Peavey"s Now Business. Chicago. Dec. 12. The Chronicle says: Frank H. J'eavey of Minneapolis. whose grain elevators are famous all over the Cnited States, has bought a controlling Interest in the Chicago Cottage Orsan company. The companv has a capital stock of $2,000,000. half preferred. Metal Market Flat. London, Dec. 12. The metal market continues flat. Tin has further collaps ed to 1084 and copper is lower at 72 s, cash and TO s. for ward. FOIl A HAPPY CENTLUY. Privileges For the Year 1900. -inrton, Dec. 12. Monsignor has just received from lio n- document in which the pope grants the Catholics of the world an "ausuf ni.ilege in connection with the .brution of the year 1900. It con cludes as follows: "'Therefore, in order that the year lfiAn, which is about to begin, and which, it is to be devoutly hoped, will usher in a far more happy century, may by the aid of God and of his only be gotten son, our Saviour, have an aus picious opening, and may close after a prosperous course, His Holiness. Pope I-eo XIII., graciously grants that on the thirty-first of December, both of the year which is now ending and of the year about to begin, at midnight, in churches and chapels where the most holy eucharist is kept, according to the prudent judgment of the ordinary, the most august sacrament may be exposed for adoration; and he grants also the permission to say or to sing, in the i presence of the eucharist thus exposed, and at that hour, one only, mass of the feast of the circumcision and the oc tave of Christmas. Moreover, he grants to the faithful the special privilege of I receiving holy communion at the same time, either during or outside the cele bration of mass.'' TAYLORSWORNIN Pledges Himself to Repeal of Goebei Election Law Frankfort, Ky.. rec. 12. Wm. S. Tay- lor was inaugurated as governor at noon today. The crowd was much smaller than in past years due to the weather, which up till last nisrht, was rainy, followed to day by a December blizzard. The inaugu ration ceremonies were simple. Retiring Governor Lira d ley in the course ot his speech said that he hoped the Goebei elec tion law, which had brought so much tur moil to the state would be wiped frum the j statute books. Governor-elect Taylor, in his inaugural address said "The verdict rendered by t he people last November was the man- date of the people in. favor of civil liberty. It was the triumph of the people over the jntTciU-ss. remorseless partisan machine, erected to enslave them." J-fe said one of the chief aims of his ad ministration would be to secure the re peal of the election law. The oath of ofti'-e was administered to Governor Tay lor by Chief Justice Hazelriiier. The lately defeated I emocratio candidates for state oft ii-es today began serving notices of contests against the Republican candi dates who were ,dven certificates of elec tioii last week. Several have been served. GEN. WHEELER'S PAY. Salary as Congressman Turned Into the Treasury. "Washington, Dec. 12. The opposition to General Wheeler's taking his seat as a member of the house of represen tatives from Alabama is to be renewed by Representative Bailey (Texas), whose resolutions last yoar brought out a report from the nouse judiciary committee that a military and congres sional office could not be held at the same time. The sergeant-at-arms has over $2,000 to the credit of the Ala bama member, covering salary from March 4 last to date, but Gen. Wheeler has not asked for the amount and has expressed an unwillingness to sign the certificate usually required of members in the settlement of their accounts. Considerable sums are also held for Messrs. Campbell (111.). Colson (Ky.), Bobbins (Pa.), and General Wheeler, who served in the army during the last congress and as the accounts of the old congress are being closed these latter sums were last week turned back into the treasury. CITY ELECTIONS. Seventeen Massachusetts Mu nicipalities Are Voting Tod a j. Boston, Dec. 12. Municipal elections were held today in 17 cities of the com monwealth and in many of them im portant contests were to be settled. In most cases however, the main issue seemed to be the personality of the various candidates for mayor. The eight hour law for city employes has been given prominence in some locali ties and the question of pensioning fire men who have become disa bled while in discharge of their duties has been made an issue in others, but the liquor license question in most cities ranked next to, or ahead of that of the mayoralty. Lowell was one of the cities in which the fight centered on the license ques tion. The city rejected license last year and the license advocates, while ad mitting that it would take hard work to bring about a change, have made a strong fight. The socialists have can didates for mayor in several cities in cluding Boston. WOOD PULP DUTY. Bill to Repeal It Introduced In the House. Washington, Dec. 12 M. Bellamy, of Xorth Carolina, has introduced a bill repealing clause 393. schedule M, pulps, papers and books of the tariff law of 1M7 and providing that no import duty shall be levied on mechanically ground wood pulp, bleached or unbleached. Another section amends clause "96 and fixes the rate of duty on printing paper unsized, sized or glued, suitable for books and newspapers at 3-20 up to 8-20 of one cent per pound, according to value and T'-i per cent ad valorem when valued above five cents per pound. An additional one-tenth cent per pound is placed on wood pulp from countries paying aiv export bounty on wood pulp. Among the other bills introduced in the house was one by Mr. Jones (Wash.) for a cable to the Philippines, to cost not to exceed SS.OOrt.ooo and the crea tion of a cable commission. BLIZZARD COMING. Western Storm Is Headed This Way. Another snow storm is headed toward Kansas. On Monday it was snowing at Salt Lake and the storm was headed this way. Monday's snowfall was four hundredths of an inch all together. Three hundredths remained on the ground. At 7 o'clock this morning the temperature was 24, ten de grees colder than yesterday. The forecast is "paj-tly cloudy tonight and Wednesday. Colder north and west portion tonight." $10,000,000 ANNUALLY. Advance in Wages of Cotton Mill Employes Benefits 300,000 Workers and a Million People. $1S0,000 PER WEEK In Excess of the Pay They llaie Been Getting. Woolen Mill Hands Are Sharing in the General Advance. Eoston, Mass., Dec. 12. The advance In wages granted by the Kail River cotton mills has been allowed by other Xew England cotton mill operators and woolen goods manufacturers until now 300,000 mill employes are to be granted increased pay. The advance amounts in most instances to 10 per cent. The new scale goes in effect in some dis tricts at once, while other operators have set January 1 as the date when the higher scale will become operative. From advances already announced it is estimated that cotton mill employes will receive $1SO,000 weekly in excess of their present earnings. The increase to woolen mill operatives thus far amounts to about $20,000 weekly. In round numbers the mill operatives under the new order will receive $10, 000. 000 per year in excess of their pres ent earnings. This is not counting on advances which may be granted by mills which have not yet shown a dis position to increase wages. The adoption of a sliding scale is still being agitated by the print cloth mills, and a plan of action is being formulated which will be discussed at Fall River by the cotton manufacturers' associa tion and the representatives of the tex tiles union on Monday. Counting the families of the mill workers, not less than 1.000.000 people are rejoicing in increased wages and a prospect of steady employment. That the cotton manufacturers can see their way clear to make such an advance in wages is proof not only of the present and prospect volume of their business, but of gratifying profit. The contract between the present wage situation and that of 1S93 is marked. So severe was the prostration of busi ness then that in Massachusetts a com mission was appointed to look into and report upon the subject of the unem ployed. The prosperity of the woolen trade is similar. On Friday the executive com mittee of the American Woolen com pany voted unanimously to raise the pay of the operatives in all its mills 10 per cent. Some 20,000 hands will be affected by this advance, which applies to the following concerns: Washington mills. Lawrence, Mass. Xational and Providence woolen mills. Providence, R. I. Saranac mills, Blackstone, Mass. Fulton worsted mill, Fulton. X. T. Fitchburg worsted mills, Fitchburg, Mass. Beoli mills, Fitchburg, Mass. Valley worsted mills. Providence, R. I. Riverside worsted mills, Providence, R. I. Assabett mills, Maynard. Mass. Sawyer woolen mills. Dover, X. H. Faulkner mill, Lowell. Mass. Collins mills, Collinsville. Mass. Vassalboro woolen mills, Waterville, Me. Puritan woolen mills, Plymouth, Mass. Anderson mills, Skowhegan, Me. Jesse-Eddy Mills. Fall River, Mass. Manton mills, Manton, R. I. Inman Mills. Harrisville. R. I. Sheffield worsted mills, Pascoag, R. L Chase mills, Webster. Mass. Brown mills, Dover, Me. Ray's woolen mills. Franklin, Mass. Weybosset mills. Providence, R. I. Baltic mills, Enfield, X. H. Milner mills. Moosup. Conn. Lebanon mills. Lebanon, X. H. "The conditions are such as to war rant the increase," said William M. Wood, treasurer of the association, "as the woolen business was never in a more flourishing condition than today. The mills are busy, and are looking for ward to the new season with the high est anticipations. "The situation is a great change from that of early last spring, when the woolen goods reached the lowest point ever known under a protective tariff. It looks this season as though these goods will reach the highest point un der a protective tariff." Several independent woolen compan ies have announced similar advances, and others are expected to fall in line. LINE TO TOPEKA. A Franchise For the Winner Line Granted by Wyandotte County. Kansas City. Kan., Dec. 12. The board of county commissioners have granted W. E. Winner a franchise to construct and operate a single or double track electric railroad from the western terminus of the Grandview line, at Eighteenth street and Central avenue, to the western line of the coun ty. The road is to run south from Cen trial avenue to the Muncie boulevard, thence west on this county thorough fare to the county line. The life of the franchise is placed at thirty-five years, and according to its provisions the com pany has nine months in which to be gin work on the line, and two years in which to complete it. However. Mr. Winner says that the work of construc tion will be begun as soon as the weather becomes settled and that it will be completed in less than a year. The franchise granted by the board is the first important step taken toward the building of an electric line between Kansas City and Topeka. Mr. Winner, who is the principal promoter of the Kansas City Leavenworth electric road, is also back of the proposed Kan sas City and Topeka line. The franchise provides that the com pany shall keep that part of the coun ty thoroughfare traversed by it in good repair and shall maintain a plank crossing at each place where it crosses a public highway. The tracks of the company must also be kept south of the county road, leaving at least thirty feet in the clear. At Edwardsvills the company is to provide an eighty-foot street, leaving all of it, with the excep tion of thirty feet, for wagon travel. Passenger fare shall not exceed 2 cents per mile and the minimum fare to be charged for any one point shall be 5 cents. The charges on freight are not mentioned, as it is claimed that the 1 competition offered by the standard railroads will regulate this matter. j WHO SHALL IT BE? Much Speculation About Sydney Cooke's Successor. The most important office to be dis posed of by the national administra tion, at an early date, is the position of director for the national military homes. Col. Sydney G. Cooke of Her ington is now a member of the board but his term expires soon. Gen. Frank lin has resigned his place on the same board, a fact which makes the contest more interesting. Col. Cooke is a Democrat and some of the home officers at Leavenworth are asking for his re-election on that ground. It has been claimed that there is no political significance attached to the election of directors for the homes, but the Democratic congress failed to elect ex-Governor E. X. Morrill for a second term, giving the place to Cooke. When a successor to Cooke was first discussed the name of ex-Senator John C. Carpenter of Chaiuite was mention ed, but it is claimed that he once broke faith, with the Leland faction, and this crow d immediately opposed his election and he dropped out of the race for Le land is unrelenting. J. K. Hudson was next talked of but he has opened a fight on Leland and Senator Baker which also put him out of the race. Some Republicans are making the mistake of running Dick Blue for the job while others want Ma jor William Warner of Kansas City, Mo. A director may be chosen from Missouri, .Nebraska, .Kansas or Okla homa. These directors are named by con gress upon the recommendation of Mr. Hull, chairman of the committee on military affairs. In the event of a fight it is said he will give the place to Col. Abernathy, a relative. The chair manship of the board is worth $12,000 a year. The two other members are un salaried. ONLY ROBBER BANDS. Otis Says Organized Rebellion Exists No Longer. Washington, Dec. 12. The war de partment has received the following cablegram from Gen. Otis descriptive of the military situation in Luzon: "Manila, Dec. 12. In Bulucan province the insurgents have been scat tered and driven east to the mountains. Our casualties in that section in the last few days were ten. The insurgent casualties in killed, wounded and pris oners aggregate 100. Considerable in surgent property with records, arms and ammunition have been captured. Our troops are now in the mountains in pursuit. "The insurgents have been driven from Subig bav and the marines now occupy a naval station there. Our column moving west from Tarlac is now on the w:est coast of Luzon where it has been supplied. It encountered little resistance. A column is now mov ing west and south from Dagupan along the coast. There is no concen trated insurgent force of importance m Luzon north o" Manila.. Southern Luzon will not offer any serious resist ance. Troops are co-operating in that section. Organized rebellion no longer exists and our troops are actively pur suing robber bands. All important and threatened centers of population in the north have been occupied. (Signed). "OTIS." UNIONS FOUGHT MARTIN. Secretary of Stale Historical Society In Disfavor. George W. Martin, editor of the Kan sas City Gazette, recently became in volved in a controversy w ith the Typo graphical union at Kansas City, Kan., and discharged the union employes of his shop, replacing them with non union men. Mr. Martin is antiunion in his opin ions, a fact which accounts for the marked copies of labor organs which are being sent throughout the state, containing denunciations of him. The unions also requested the direc tors of the State Historical society to not give the position of secretary to Mr. Martin. This protest availed nothing as Mr. Martin was elected and is now in charge of the department. W I LL BE FARREL L Y. H. F. Jones Says He Is to Be Fusion Nominee For Congress. H. P. Jones of Fredonia, a silver Re publican, who is out raising funds to aid the Bryan cause, is authority for the statement that Senator H. P. Far relly will be nominated for congress in the Third district in place of Ridgley. "Ridgley will not be a candidate for renomination," said Mr. Jones, "but will stand by his agreement to give way to Farrelly. Farrelly could have had the nomination last year, but he stood aside for Ridgley with the un derstanding that Ridgley would get out of the way next year." H OT FOOT" AG A I N. Society Booming a Candidate In Mili tary Contest The influence of the Topeka Hot Foot society is again being felt. This time it has manifested itself in the contest for the pillow to be voted to the most pop ular military man in Kansas. The ladies of the Episcopal church who are conducting the contest were somewhat surpised last evening to find that two votes had been cast for Major A. M. Harvey, late of the Twenty-second Kansas, even before the contest had been formally opened. The fact is that Major Harvey is the military representative of the Hot Foot society and while his candidacy was sprung without his sanction it will un doubtedly prove troublesome for the other candidates for the society which has charge of Major Harvey's cam paign is not accustomed to defeat. What Shall it BeP The Commercial club at the next meeting on Wednesday evening will take up the subject of an entertain ment to be given by the city of Topeka during the fall of the next year. It is quite important that early action be taken and it is equally important that no mistakes be made in the character of the entertainment. Some scheme ought to be devised that will be even better than any of the entertainments heretofore given. Every member of the club should attend the meeting and ex press his views. Xo time is to be lost if we expect to put up any kind of an entertainment that will be a credit to the capital city. Snowing In Mich g&n. Marquette, Mich., Dec. 12. A heavy snow storm from the northwest began last night and continued today. Almost a foot of snow has fallen. The storm is reported general throughout the up per peninsula. DRIFTSJ5 FEET. Snow Storm of 60 llours'Dura tion In Minnesota. Blizzard Extends Into Sur rounding States. GREAT LAKES SWEPT By Terrific Gales Endangering the Shipping. Wind Is Making Fifty Miles an Hour at Clereland. Harmony, Minn., Dec. 12 Snow drifts fifteen feet high the result of a sixty hours' storm that has just ended in this section. Highways are obstructed and trains tied up. A northwest wind is fast freezing. Chippewa Falls, Wis., Dec. 12 Last night's snow storm has rendered the wagon roads impassable. In many places drifts are four and five feet deep. Farmers are at work in every direction making road3 Into the city. Traffic on the Wisconsin Central rail way from Chippewa Falls west is suspended. On three roads coming into Chippewa Falls, only one train arrived up to 11 o'clock this morning. In the city the snow had drifted in some places four feet deep. The snow con tinued today but the wind which last night blew at forty miles an hour, com pletely died down. Lumbermen have commenced to en gage every available man and team and will begin sending crews and supplies into the pineries. Black River Falls, Wis., Dec. 12. One of the heaviest snow storms in re cent years swept over this section of the state yesterday and last night. Six teen inches has fallen and as there is no frost the highways are impassable. Railway traffic is not seriously inter fered with. Chicago, Dec. 12. Terrific gales were reported from various ports on the great lakes today and fear is felt for the safety of a fleet of vessels which left the Straits of Mackinac last night, headed into Lake Michigan. Between 3 and 4 o'clock this morning the gale broke. The wind gauge registered 54 miles per hour at one time. Boats ev erywhere are reported in or seeking shelter. The warnings sent yesterday by the weather bureau were followed by more today. Colchester, Ont, Dec. 12. The spars of some vessels were seen today about five miles southeast from here. A steamer stood by in the vicinity as though she might be making an at tempt to rescue the crew. Definite news can not now be obtained as the gale is too heavy for small boats to weather. Cleveland, Dec. 12. One of the heaviest gales of the year prevails on Lake Erie today: the wind is blowing at the rate of fifty miles an hour from the southwest. Very few vessels have ventured out since last evening, the weather bureau having yesterday sent out warning of the approaching of the storm. Telegraph and telephone lines are badly prostrated. Detroit, Dec. 12. A southwest wind swept up the river at the rate of fifty miles an hour today. Heavy winds are reported from all parts of the lake region, while at St. Joseph, Mich., a snow storm raged. Fears are enter tained for the government piers there. Most vessel captains have remained in port and no disasters have been report ed as yet. The weather bureau predicts much colder weather for the next 24 hours, with high winds continuing. OXE VESSEL ASHORE. Sandusky, O., Dec. 12. The steamer Point Abine, coal laden, went ashore on Ballast Island reef today and will probably be a total wreck. She is pound ing hard on the jagged rocks and is rapidly filling with water. The crew is still aboard but it is believed all will be able to reach shore. CLOSING SCENES. Yoenian Case Will Go to the Jury This Evening. The arguments in the Toeman case will probably not be concluded until late this afternoon. The five attorneys in the case have delivered themselves of oratorical efforts. They began before noon yesterday and have been bom barding the jury ever since while court has been in session. As soon as the arguments are com pleted the case will go to the jury, but whether a verdict will be reached to night is not, of course, known. Assistant County Attorney Xichols opened the argument for the state. He reviewed all the evidence, dwelling par ticularly on those parts which would tend to make the state's case stronger. He particularly pointed out those parts of the evidence which he claimed show ed malice on the part of the defendant toward David T. Jackson. L. 4S. Ferry made the opening argu ment for the defense, reviewing the tes timony from the standpoint of the ac cused, and laying special stress on the fact that so many of his old neighbors had come from Chase county to testify to his good character, and even those the state had produced to show he had a bad character had disappointed the prosecution and testified that Toe man's character was good. Judge Ferry also "went after" H. O. Jackson, whom he severely arraigned. During it all Mr. Jackson sat coolly in his place by the side of his mother and apparently did not mind any more than if it had been words of praise. Dennis Madden followed Judge Ferry, dwelling more at length on the past history of Mr. Toeman, whom he liken ed to the old pioneers, and said he was one of the men who had given a high civilization to the west. Mr. Madden had not completed his argument when court adjourned yesterday.and he made the rest of his speech this morning. Mr. Doran closed for the defense, and County Attorney Jetm-wr for the state. Mr. Doran reviewed the evidence in de tail, dwelling particularly on the fact that Mr. Toeman received three shots in the back, rie scored both H. O. Jackson and Welden. "H. O. Jackson told at the county jail on the day of the tragedy," said Mr. Doran, "that he bought a revolver the day before and gave it to his brother, telling him not to let the old man get the drop on him. This revolver" hold ing up the one with which David Jack son shot Toeman "has been identified as the one which was purchased on May 30. Where is the one which H. O. Jackson bought the day before the tragedy? Tou don't know, gentlemen of the jury, and I don't know, but that Welden had it that day. If David Jack son did not shoot Mr. Toeman in the back, as the state claims he did not, then B. M. Welden did it." Mr. Doran made an eloquent address and was at tentively listened to. Mr. Doran spoke for over two hours. County Attorney Jetmore is closing for the state this afternoon. TKUST IN CIGARS. American Tobacco Company Will Add This Branch of Business. New Tork, Dec. 12. The Herald to morrow will say: It was stated in Wall street yester day that the American Tobacco com pany had formed plans for going into the cigar business on a large scale; that it had already, absorbed the factory of Kerbs, Wertheim Schiffer, and was negotiating for others. The price al leged to have been paid for this plant is $1,500,000. Members of the firm refused to affirm or deny the truth of this report, but Edward A. Kerbs made the significant statement that he understood the trust intended to go into the cigar business on a considerable scale. "It is not necessary," said Mr. Kerbs, "for the trust to buy up other plants, since there is no extensive machinery or patents involved. There are 50 large cigar factories in the United States be side many thousands of smaller ones, which would be more or less affected if the trust dealt in cigars." The American Tobacco company has a company in this city particularly for selling cigarettes and plug tobacco, and it would be comparatively easy, it is stated in the trade, for the trust ta handle cigars also. It is one of the trust's rules that dealers shall not han dle the goods of outside concerns. If this is extended to cigars the American company will find it comparatively easy, it is thought, to dispose of partic ular brands. GREAT ANXIETY Is Felt In London Owing to the Absence of News. London, Dec. 12. The almost com plete absence of news from the theater of war up to 2:30 o'clock this afternoon increases public anxiety, so deeply stirred by Saturday's disaster. Such scanty messages as have dribbled through seem to indicate that prepara tions are about completed for simultan eous attacks at Tugela river and Mod der river the dispatches showing that the British and Boers were in touch in both directions Monday. There is no confirmation of the report of another day-long battle along the Modder river Monday; but possibly there has been a resumption of fighting as reported by Gen. Cronje last evening as the searching lyddite shell fire of Sunday was probably a preliminary to an advance. A strange item of news has reached here from Boer sources announcing that the Waschbank bridge is damaged. This is taken in some quarters as a possible confirmation of the suggestion that the British have made a wide sweep, by way of Helpmaakar and are preparing to attack the Boers north of Ladysmith in the rear. A message from Xaauwpoort, dated Monday, December 11, shows that Gen. French has apparently no inclination to withdraw his advanced troops at Arun del, as it was feared might be the re sult of Gen. Gatacre's defeat. General French reports that his artillery Dec. 11 forced an advance post of the Boers south of Colesberg. to evacuate its po sition and seek refuge behind Vaalkop. There is great indignation in Great Britain at the ignorance the British in telligence department is displaying in estimating the Boer strength in Cape Colony. Experts aver that 15,000 Boers will have to be driven out of the Col ony before the passage of the Orange river can be commenced. The Rhodes Ian force advancing to the relief of Mafeking reached Gaberones Fort, De cember 2 and found the Boers had evacuated the place. The Rhodesians are repairing the railroad as they ad vance. The latest news from Mafeking shows that Col. Baden Powell has been forced to reduce the rations of the garrison and inhabitants; but water is plentiful there. OMINOUS FOR QUAY. Apathy of His Friends Renders Outlook Gloomy. Xew Tork, Dec. 12. A special to the Herald from Washington says: Apathy among Senator Quay's friends is making the outlook in the senate rather ominous for him. Senators Chandler and Penrose appear to be the only persons who are doing a.ny active canvassing in his behalf and they are by no means encouraged by the prog ress they are making. The lack of interest was forcibly il lustrated in the case of a Eenator who was approached with the suggestion that he make a strong speech in behalf of the constitutional right of a gover nor to appoint when a legislature had failed to elect. This influential sena tor had spoken in behalf of Senator Corbett and was urged to repeat the same arguments that he advanced in that gentleman's behalf. He has declined the request on the ground that when he supported Mr. Corbett both Senators Quay and Pen rose refused to vote to seat him. The senator stated that he would vote to seat Mr. Quay, but he did not see how Pennsylvania's senators could consist ently insist upon his taking charge ot the case on the floor of the senate. It is becoming more manifest every day that Mr. Quay has considerable canvassing to do to make his seat in the senate a certainty. There are too many names on the non-committal column to make the outcome certain for him at this time. Mr. Quay is expected here on Wednesday, when it may be expect ed that he will work hard for himself. One of the plans his friends are talk ing about is to induce a sufficient num ber of Mr. Quay's Democratic friends to absent themselves on the day when the final vote is taken, and in this way as sure a majority vote in his favor. Weather Indications. Chicago, Dec. 12. For' Kansas: Part ly cloudy tonight and Wednesday; colder in north and west portions to night; northerly winds. THREE TRAINS INJJNE HEAP. Disastrous Wreck on the Pennsylvania Railroad. Two Men Killed and Another Badly Injured. THIRTY CARS RUINED One Train Parted and Camo Together With a Crash. Two Other Trains Ran Into the Wreckage. Philadelphia, Dec. 12. A disastrous freight wreck resulting in the death of two men, the serious injury of a thirds and the destruction of about 30 cars, occurred early today on the Xew Tork division of the Pennsylvania railroad between Plainsboro and Princeton, X. J. Engineer Speigler and Fireman Hen ecker were killed and Brakeniaa Zag baum was dangerously hurt. Three trains were damaged in the accident. The first west bound parte! and the rear cars crashed into thos ahead. Before the tracks coull be cleared an east bound train ran into the wreck and was soon followed by another freight going the same direc tion. It was the engineer, fireman and brakeman of this train that were kill ed and injured. The wreck caused sev eral hours delay to passenger trains. FUNSTON IS SORRY. Wishes He Had Stayed Out of the Fight at Home. Chicago, Dec. 12. A Record special from Honolulu December 5, via Sun Francisco, December 12, says: Briga dier General Funston, accompanied by his aid. Burton J. Mitchell, t-rrived here Sunday on the transport Indiana. It is a coincident that it was on the In diana that General Funston, then col onel, with the Twentieth Kansas, went to Manila a little more than a year ao. While here the Kansas troops held the first American election ever held in Hawaii. "I regret now," said General Funston, speaking of the dispute in America, "that I allowed myselr to get into tins controversy, but my fighting blood was up at the malicious statements mu le reflecting On the Kansas troops and the American soldiers generally as wvll ii-s upon myself. But now that I am in it. I shall not back out and as soon as II get back from Manila I shall take the matter into the courts." President Dole has written President McKinley in regard to the resignation of Minister of Finance Damon. He has informed the president of the clause in the Hawaiian constitution vacating the office of a cabinet minister when he is absent from the islands for 60 days and of the necessity for an appointment in conformity therewith and of the ap pointment of Theodore F. Lansing. T II E PKES1DEXTE1I RED John Sherman Expresses Regrets at McKinley's Philippine Policy. Philadelphia, Dec. 12. In response Jj,t an invitation to attend an anti-imperialist mass meeting to be held at the Academy of Music on the centennial anniversary of the death of Washing ton, December 14, the following letter has been received from ex-Secretary of. State John Sherman, dated Washing ton, December 9: "I have a strong conviction that the president erred in sending soldiers to the Philippines to take possession of their country. The l'nit"d States had wisely, as I think, assisted the Filipino in driving the Spaniards out of the Philippines islands, and should. I think, have aided them in protec ting their country against all assaults. He no doubt was advised to adopt the meas ures taken and all I can do is to ex press my regrets. Very trulv yours. "JOHX SH 1J R.MAX." MAGNATES IN SESSION. Baseball Managers Trying to Adept an Eight League Schedule. Xew Tork, Dec. 12. The magnates of the Xational Baseball league began, their annual fall meeting here today. Xot in years, perhaps not since the famous brotherhood year has a league meeting been charged with so much of importance as the present one and. there is no forecasting with any degree of certainty what its results will be. First and foremost will be the dis cussion over the proposed reduction of the circuit. Then the question of row dyism will be threshed over once more. J. Earl Wagner of Washington seems to be the man to whom proiositiona will have to be made if the circuit is reduced to eight clubs as has been pro posed. As matters stand, Dreyfuss. with his new holdings in the Pittsburg club, might easily be brought to dispose of his Louisville franc hise, which has b -en a loser for many seasons, the? p-a.me may be said of the Rb:sons. To thc-m the Cleveland franchise has been burden while the St. Louis franchise, bought last year, is a profitable one. As to the Brooklyn-Baltimore syndi'-ate, it is said that the owners are not averxe to dropping Baltimore for a considera tion. While the Washington framhise is valueless in the eyes of the managers of the other clubs. Mr. Warner hax views of his own on the subject. Just how far Wagner has been approac h--d nobody seems to know, but apropos to the subject Arthur Irwin made a sig nificant remark yesterday w hile in the city on his way to Washington. "I think I have seen my last year in League baseball," he said. "I am in terested in a big land improvement scheme in Washington and I have spoken to Mr. Wagner about releasing me from my contract. He has practic ally given his consent." Irwin has a three years contract with Wagner, only one year of which haa gone by. LOST Ladies' brown pocket book containing small amount of chanje. Please return to Journal office

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TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL, TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 12, 1899 Whelm. Yosia Ye J BHuiinugtry J The best antidote for tliat hungry I V feeling is a handy box of I 0 Uraeeda Crisp and deliciou. Packed in the same airtight, quality preserving bozet i X a the famous Uneeda Biscuit. .c-"-"" 1 By the 'way, do you know J Unteda Blaoult? v-""".-' Stfj j Rational B;ouit -1. f f V if ABOUT CLIFF DWELLERS. Archaeologist Col Discusaea Ancient Inhabitants of America. An interesting leoturenn the Cliff Dwel ler? and Prehistoric Anifrica, was deliv ered bv eo. I,. Cole. I L.. of I,os? An-p-It-s CaliJ'-'rfii.i. Sitturrtav evening at the First P.ai.iiL ciiureh. Tin; lecture was an instructive iu ;int was made doubly in l?iTerestiTir ly beinf illustrated by some 2"0 ttcreopiu-"!! views, munv of which siiow e.l r:ir bits of naiure. which it has been t ih opportunity ot only a very lew 10 gazf upon. i:-m.i:ii:iif with the ear'v history of tries- CliiT Pwellrs I r. le trace-! their course through Uiis country and showed i he di:Tf-rf nt bu-a tions of the bran cht -s and tribes "I" this Mrarv-re T--orle. Their rude attt-mius at house building, and the prailual de fh-pnu-nt into constructors of j..la. os and great buildings of the Hi.) Mariis and .b.-a Vt-rde in sou til west 'otorado. wrrf brought out ciearly by the fiici of the pictures. The extensive ruins of th "haco Kruup. the ruins at the ho;id waters of the San .luati and the Pyramids of Taos in New Mexico, the majrnirieerit c-isties of tiie Lower Verde and .'asa. ;rnr:da of .Arizona, the i:nctiantej M..--a ;iud the cities of iho Modern Cliff Dwell ers. Aeaino. Zuui Ara bai. Haiio. Wfilpai. and manv ulu-rs were shown and pave to the nimieiiee a good idea of these peculiar people ar d the exteiiiveness of the travel-- of lr. Cole. The vi--ws .-hown were some of the best ever seen in tile eity, and were taken by It. toie'H sun, av Cvde, who has ae comianied his fat her on these expedi tions. The iect are was delivered m a p! easing ma n ner a nd showed that Or. Cole was thoroughly familiar with these people, and had made miseh personal re search ani'intr the remains of this almost forgotten raee. The lecture had the ef fect also of showing that a great deal re mains to be seen and know n of the earlv inhabitants of our own country and that s-ueh ma u ru tic-en t m numents lie alm st at our very doors. Monuments as won derful as those of Ktypb and Assyria. v. Oo!e is a jrnciical archoeologiyt. He ha.s sneit the letter pnrt of even years in the study of tins work, and is fast bcc'inins a. recoprtiized a uthorit y on the Cliff Jewellers, their buiidir.ps. habits and ways of livintr. He is an interesting talk er and has a. mind full of facts and fan ties rerardi nq t he p'-npie who lived in houses built in the cliffs, hundreds of feet in th air. In I r. Cole's Held work last summer. hc found a communiai d welli ng of t wo thousand rooms o-n the summit of a cliff over fifteen hundred feet hit;h. lie brought home from this st rueture. several skeh--t'-'fis ot people, w hit li were nearly eight f.-et tail, and w hu h had a full set. ?,2 molar teeth showing that they were a, prain ea tinr pe- 'pie. I'ieces of pot tery and other rare linds make up Dr. Cole's collection which lie has at his home in Los Angeles. Hair Coming Out "About t year ago my tair was coming out very fast. I bought a bottle of Ayer's Hair Vigor to stop xVis. It not only Stopped tlie falling, but also made my liair grow very rapidly, entil now it is 45 inches la length and very thick." Mrs. A. Boydston, Atchison, Kans., July 25. 1899. .a. i.tK.-in-i m 'i w It Feeds the Hair m awcTiwu,miwi Have you ever thought whj your hair is falling out It is because you are starving your hair. Ift eis starvation continues your hair will continue to fall. There is one good hair food. It is Ayer's Hair Vigor. It goes right to the roots of the hair I and gives them just the food j that they need. The hair stops I falling, becomes healthy, and H grow3 thick and long. G Ayer's Hair Vigor will do t. another thing, also: it always I restores color to faded or gray P hair. a totie. All Jracrtsts. r caa iu'iijmaiu. up.wwiim iiiu n Write tht Doctor If you do not obtain all the benefit yon fiesir frem tl 1 n of th Vigor, writ lh Doctor bt ut it. He will ten you just th rikt thiE a to do, and will send yoa In book on t tie R&ir uid Scalp If joa reqaut it. j iddre, JJT. W t.. AIIB, 1X5 Wil, K&se. fMy 1 Was CALLED TO ACCOUNT. N. But'er Says Missouri Pacific Ought to Bo Boycotted. M. X. Butler, who was chairman of the Prohibition party state central committee last year, wants the temper ance people of Kansas to boycott the Missouri Pacific railway. He gives his reasons in the following- communication which he has written to the State Jour nal: "AH efforts to secure those courtesies that were being thrown rig:ht and It ft last fall to Republican resubmission anil Democratic compaiprners, were ut terly refused to prohibition speakers and law and order workers by the Mis souri Pacific railway. The shameful fact is that this powerful system has a hip beer 'ad' at the top, and a glaring tobacco 'ad' at the bottom of every pape of its time cards and folders. "i-?oher temperance people, and es pecially W. C. T. V. women. Christian Endeavorers, and church members, as well as the general public, should re sent this disgraceful business. Haunted in their faces at every Missouri Pacific railway station. Give this company no tice that the illegal, treasonable liquor tratfic must not be thus endorsed and abetted in a state where that tralfic is an outlaw, and that it will pay in the end to deal square with prohibition campaigners who are opposing the criminal traffic. To patronize such a railway is to approve to that extent its business methods. The public should know these things. A railroad that puts temptation before its employes and then bounces them for drinking, de serves the contempt of all honest peo ple." J1R. COBIRN'S HOUSE COOK. It Was Issued Today and Is a Valu- able Addition to the Series. In his quarterly report issued today Secretary F. D. Coburn, of the state I board of agriculture, has a chapter 011 j "The Horse Useful." This is a com j panion to the "Beef Steer and His I Sister," and "The Helpful Hen." In the report issued today, the introduction contains a half-tone engraving of Joe Patch, "the foremost horse of all the j ages." Of him Mr. Coburn says: "So did this horse excel a common one In shape ,in courage, color, pace and bone; Broad breast, full eye, small head and nostril wide, High crest, short ears, straight legs, and passing strong. Look, what a horse should have he did not lack." Among the premier Kansas horses of the past and present, Mr. Coburn has found the following: 1ST:! Smuggler, record 2:1314. 2:19. Tiobert McGregor. Topeka, 2:1712. Joe Young. Peabody, sire of Patchen. 2: IS. John R. Gentry, Wichita, 2:0H4. Joe Patchen, 2:0Hi. Joe MAM I A USES Contribute to a Decline In the Price of Stocks. New York, Dec. 12 Prices of stocks have moved downwards throughout the i week, with only occasional rallies with bear covering movements when profits became attractive. The industrials i have been the principal sufferers under tne comoinea innuence or tignt money prospects, the Addyston Iron Pipe de cision by the supreme court, adverse to I the legation of an agreement to main- j tain prices, tne pressions, unmenaiy to industrial combinations in the presi dent's message and the apprehension of a clamor against "trusts" in the com ing political campaign, heavy demands on the money market for sub-treasury payments and renewed demand for cur rency in the south made necessary an extensive loan contraction by the banks and the forced liquidation converged 1 on the industrials for which a v ry poor market was found. DEAL IN COLORADO LANDS. Scheme on in Co cago to Reclaim the Prairie Tracts. Denver, Dec. 12. One of the biggest deals in Colorado lands that has been made in years is now pending in Chi cago, where a syndicate has been form ed to buy and reclPim prairie lands of this state. C. E. Wantland is in Chi cago to close a deal with a combination of Chicago men involving 50 sections of I'nion Pacific railroad land near Hyers. The deal is expected to be completed early this week. The lands will be used for grazing and agriculture, the Chi cago company having in contemplation experiments in w lie at raising that are new to Colorado. TEXAS COTTON CROP. Austin Exchange Estimates It at Eight Million Bales. Austin. Tex., Dec. 12. The Austin Cotton Exchange has completed its es timate of the probable yield of the Texas crop this year, and they figure it out at S, 000, 000 bales, In round num bers. Most of the Texas crop is now out of the hands of the farmers, thtlugh a number of country merchants, who make a business of buying cotton from farmers, are holding a goodly portion of the yield in their possession hoping for further advance in prices. SPORTING NEWS. Sailor Sharkey Declares Won't Train Corbett. He Is Not in That Line of Business at Present. PUGILIST INDIGNANT. Joe Choynski and Joe Walcott Are Matched at Last. To Meet In New York For 25 Rounds Jan. 12. New Torlc, Dec. 12. A story that proves highly amusing to James J. Cor bett started on its rounds recently about Sharkey training Corbett for the lattt-r's contest with Jeffries. While the story has a dash of humor about it so far as Corbett and others were con cerned, it was anything but funny to Sharkey, and he was just about as mad as could be when he heard of it. 'So they've got me down as a trainer now, eh?" said Tom. "I suppose they'll have me doing odd chores about the farm if they keep on. No, I am not go ing to train Corbett or anybixly else. I can't imagine how the story started, but there isn't a word of truth in it." The trouble between Jack O'Urien ami Jack Dougherty was settled today and the two men are friends arain and Dougherty has resumed the manager ship of the little New Yorker. Doughcr ty is ready to back O'Urien in another light with Erne and his deposit of $1,000 is up. Joe Choynski and Joe "Waloott have at last been matched and articles siern ed to meet at the Broadway club for 25 rounds on January 12. So confident is O'Kourke that the colored man will de feat Choynski that he says that he will wager $2. GOO against $3,000 that he will come out victor. THE EEIFES RETURN. American Jockeys Had a Most Suc cessful English Season. New York, Dec. 12. The Peiff broth ers, the two American jockeys, return ed to this country on the steamship St. Louis. They have come on a visit to their homes. They expect to do no rid ing here, and will return to England. Lester, the older boy, has ridden in lit races and won 55. John, the younger of the brothers, weighs only 60 pounds and is 14 years old. He has ridden in 145 races and won 77. Lester Keiff said: "The horses are better and the Englishmen are fairer to the jockeys than the Americans. Here they will set you down at any time, but in England they use more considera tion, and they are compelled to give the best of proof before they can take a rider off. There is less 'fixing' in England than one can read about here, but racing is more expensive there. "They have the same trouble in Eng land as they have in America over the start, and next year the 2 year olds are to be started with machinery. They are going to try a new starting machine." MURPHY BACK TO YALE. Famous Athletic Trainer Is Induced to Return to New Haven. Philadelphia, Dec. 12 One Yale man has driven another Yale man out of Pennsylvania. Mike Murphy goes, Geo. Woodruff remains. For two weeks Murphy has been on the fence. be sieged on one hand by Yale emissaries and on the other by the Pennsylvania people. Thursday night Lutterworth visited Murphy, and that settled it. Friday r.ight John C. Hell and Frank Kellis worked unavailing with "Mike" until midnight. Mike sacrificed $500 a year by going to Yale. Pennsylvania promised to make him one of a board of coaches in the near future and to give hirn as much athletic power as he will have at New Haven. ALL THE STARS In the Xiouisvi le Team Will Go to Pittsburg. Louisville, Ky Dec. 12. The Louis-ville-Pittsburg deal assumed a little different form from what was expected, for. instead of Dreyfuss buying a con trolling interest in the Pittsburg team, Pittsburg bought the pick of the Louis ville players. However, indications' are that Dreyfuss will have a voice in the Pittsburg management. For $25,000 cash Pittsburg got the pick of the Louisville team, and select ed the following players: Waddell, Cunningham. Flaherty. Doyle of Cali fornia; Phi!lip-pi and Woods, pitchers; Zimmer and Latimer, catchers; Kelly, first: Ritchey, second; Leach, third; Wagner and Clarke, outfielders. Louisville, it is understood, receives fr(ir,i Pittsbura- Gould, bowline. Wil heim. Chesbro and Magee. pitchers; pox an(i Deal, catchers; Willis. Madi- son and hngman, mnelders, and Ketcham, Dexter and Hoy, outiielders. As was anticipated Fred Clarke will be manager of the new team. BROAD TO MEET WHITE. "Feathers" Will Battle Before St Louis A C. Thursday Night St. Louis. Dec. 12. "Kid" Broad, the Cleveland featherweight, whose latest achievement in the squared circle was the besting of Dave Sullivan, has been matched to meet Tommy White before the St. Louis Athletic club next Thurs day night. Broad was to have met Oscar Gard ner, but the latter gave the club the go-by and Hurst was forced to make a trip to Chicago and secure a suitable opponent for the hard-hitting Cleve- I ry Grain-O Try Crain-O Ak your Grocer to-day to show you a package of GRAIN-O, the new food drink that takes the place of coffee. The children may drink it without injury as well as the adult. All who try it, like it. GRAIN-O has that rich seal brown of Mocha or Java, but it is made from pure grains, and the most delicate stomach receives it without distress. the price of coffee. 15 cents and 25 cents per package. Sold by all grocers. Tastes like CofTee Looks like CofTee Ioait That yoor 'jTocmr girea yon GRAIN-O Accept bo unit&uon. lander. "White, whose record is almost as brilliant as either George Dixon's or Oscar Gardiner's, accepted Hurst's terms, and papers were signed immedi ately. They are to go 20 rounds, and a fast contest should result. White has won from such top-notchers as George Piddons, Marty McCue. Jack Eurge, Larry Burns, Johnny Van Heest (when Johnny was good), and Joe Youngs, be sides putting out Jack Skelly, Kddie Santry, in seven rounds: and drawing with Ike Weir, "Australian. Billy" Murphy, "Young" Griffo, George Dix on, Solly Smith, "Billy" Whistler and Jack Daly. He met Dixon twice, each contest going 20 rounds to a draw. This stamps White as being the "real ar ticle." and a worthy foe for such a promising lad as Broad. Big Ed Dunk horst will likely figure in the prelimi nary, meting one of the big fellows, most likely Joe Choynski. IN LESS THAN SIX MINUTES. Eddie Santry Made Short Work of Jack O'Malley. Chicago, Dec. 12. At a benefit given here last night to Frank GarraM, the old-time Chicago lightweight, Eddie Santry, the featherweight champion of 1 the world, knocked out Jack O'Malley, an aspiring lightweight from Baltimore in less than a minute of what was to have teen a six-round contest. When the men came to the center of the ring, O'Malley made a fierce swing for San- I try which the latter easily blocked and stepping in close ripped his right into O'Malley's stomach. The blow took ail the steam out of the Baltimore boy but he tried another swing and Santry sent him down and out with another right in the pit of the stomach. It was ful- ly five minutes before O'Malley was able to leave his corner. East Ice Yacht Built Poughkeepsie, N. T., Dec. 12. Geo. S. Buckhout, the ice yacht builder of this city, has completed for H. S. Folger of Kingston, Canada, an improved ice yacht, which he claims to be the speed iest, handsomest and most finely fin ished ever built. Mr. Buckhout has turned out nearly all the pennant win ning iceboats in the country, and his claims for the new yacht have set the members of the Pouglikeepsie Yacht club to thinking. Cup Yachts Housed Over. New York. Dec. 12. The cup yachts, the Columbia and the Defender, which were taken out of the water weeks ago at Hawkins' yard. City island, are now 1 housed over, and those well acquaint ed with their owners are of the opinion that they will not be disturbed for some time. DEARS HAVE AN INNING Wild Scramble of Bulls to Un load Almost a Panic. New York, Dec. 12. An exciting time was counted upon in the stock ex change yesterday and the expecta tions of outsiders who gathered in the galleries to witness the ferment were not disappointed. Saturday's fall in prices had brought in a large volume of selling orders from holders of long stock, who have been clinging to their holdings in expectation that the mar ket would weather the money difficul ties until the end of the year and prices would resist any serious decline. The propensity which prompts hu manity to "follow the leader" was strikingly exemplied in the morning stock market when people who would not think of selling stocks last week when they were worth 5 to 15 points higher, tumbled over each other to sell this morning.Many of them were forced to do so by the calling of loans with which they were holding their stocks. Last week's shrinkage of value of stocks placed as collateral for loans served to cut down the credit facilities of operators. The news of a serious reverse to British arms in South Africa awakened lively apprehension in tho minds of Wall street and was an aid to the bears in the hullabaloo they raised to encourage the decline. The so-called trust stocks were the center of attack and Tennessee coal, Brooklyn transit, American tobacco, sugar, tin plate and Colorado fuel were also actively handled. After the first violent dip the bears were inclined to take the very inviting profits offered and commenced to buy, causing violent recoveries offered and commenced to recoveries. But the lack of any large demand encourag ed them to renewed efforts for the de cline which carried prices of many stocks below the previous low point. P'p to noon extreme losses had been made as follows: Tennessee coal 21 points: Brooklyn transit 4r;H; American tobacco 7; sugar, ex-div.. 4',i; Colorado fuel T; Tin plate 5; Metropolitan SVi: Manhattan 2rs and many other indus trials 2 or over. Only a few of the rail road receded over 2 points, including New York Central, Burlington, Penn sylvania, Kansas Texas pfd., Dela ware Hudson, New Jersey Central and Louisville. By noon another rally was in progress on bear covering. The liquidation had spent its force by noon and the bears became very heavy buyers in the latter part of the day. Evidence of support in sugar served as a prop to the wheat market and bargain hunters were inclined to come in as buyers. Net losses were re duced to moderate proportions aJT around and a sprinkling of net gains was established. Brave Men Fall. Victims to stomach, liver and kidney troubles as well as women and all feel the results in loss of appetite, poisons in the blood, backache, nervousness, head ache and tired, listless, rtin-tf'wn feeling. But there's no need to feel like that. J. W. Gardner of Idaville, Ind.. says: "Elec tric I'itters are just The thing for a man when lie don't care whether he lives or dies. It gave me new strength and good nppetite. I can now eat anything and have a new lease on lite." Only 50 cents at Waggoner's drug store, 731 Kansas ave. Every bottle guaranteed. Holiday Rates Via Santa Fe Route. Between points west of Missouri rive; within two hundred miles of selling sta tion, the Santa Fe will sell round trip tickets at one fare for the round trip on December 23. 2-1. 25. 30 and 31. lSt'9 and January 1. 1900. Final limit January 2, 1900. Through tickets from points west of Missouri river to local points east of Missouri river whose distance apart shall not exceed the two hundred mile limit will be sold for the sum of the one fare and one fare and one-third respectivelv. For tickets, folders and other information apply to T. L. King, Agent, Topeka, Kan. Just Saved His Life. It was a thrilling escape that Charles Davis of Bowerston. O.. lately had from a frightful death. For two years a severe lung trouble constantly grew worse until it seemed he must die of Consumption. Then he began to use Dr. King s New Discoverv ond lately wrote: "It gives in stant relief and effected a permanent cure." Such wonderful cures have for 25 vears proven its power to cure all Throat, Chest and Lung troubles. Price 50c and $1.00. Everv bottle guaranteed. Trial bot tles free at Waggoners drug store, 7S1 Kansas avenue. Buv vourself a box of our choice eierars for an Xma? present. tVe handle every standard brand of Havana and Domestic :roof!s. also Bejrss' Cherry Cuueh Syrup. R. W. Squires, 72 Kansas avenue. ANTI-TRUST LAWS Will Not be Enacted by the Present Congress. Grosrenor Says Limit of Federal Power is Reached. STRONG DECLARATION The Administration's Mouth piece Gifes His Views. Thinks the States Hare Ample Authority to Act. Washington, Dec. 12. "I do not see the necessity of any legislation additional to tho existing statute on the trust ques tion," said Representative Grosvenor of Ohio today. "The supreme court's decis ion in the Addyston pipe case shows that the Sherman anti-trust law goes as far zls the federal authority can go in re straining trusts, combines and monopo- 1 lies." General Grosvenor was hurrying from his hotel to keep an engagement with the president at the White House when he made this declaration. He had been ask ed to outline the policy of the house Re- publicans this winter toward the trusts. He is the administration's mouthpiece of the lioor. His relations with the pres- ident. with Hamia and with all the lead- ers in the present organization of the He- j publican p;irty, are close and confidential. The promptness with which Grosvenor answered the question put to him as to his partv's programme in the Fifty-sixth congress' showed that he had very recent lv given the subject much thought and had conferred with other leaders on the Question. 1 POWER OF STATES. "You mean then," said the reporter, I "that this congress probably will take no acti..n against the trusts." "If anybody will show us what this con- 1 grcs can do toward disintegrating or curbing the harmful trusts and monopo- lies, the Republicans in the house can be j depended upon to do the work." was Gen- j era! Grosvenor's rejoinder. j "I have told you tmit the supreme court's decision in the Addyston pipe rase shows that the limit of federal authority has been reached in the Sherman anti-trust law. As that act does not meet the re- i QUirements. it is. of course, evident that j other sources ot authority to cneeK tne operations of harmful business combina tions will have to be invoked. "There is simple authority for the pur pose ir the state. I shall advise all of my people W no are sunermg iroili me irusi-s to uppeal to their state for relief. I am eonlident the Republicans in Ohio can and will apply the remedy through their I state government. "Kclore congress can do anything more the constitution will have to be amended conferring additional power on the leg islative department of the government. And I certainly oppose such an amend ment. "When it comes to a question of this kind I am a better Democrat than Wil liam J. iJryan. On the trust question. I am a state's right man. Bryan is demand ing That the federal government take hold of the trusts. "I rapped him hard on this question in a speech 1 made in Nebraska during the last eamnaitrn. and the Xebraskans ap- plauded me liberally and vigorously. I do not want to see an tne powers or tms government centralized here at Washing ton. "The states should not be deprived of the right to regulate all trusts, combina tions and monopolies in restraint of trade. None of them operates under a federal charter." AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION "I shall never give my vote for an amendment to the constitution having this object in view. "Jf trie democracy follows Bryan off on that tangent it will get so far from one of its most ancient and virile xrineip!es that it will never get back to its old land marks. And so I repeat that, on this quest ion, 1 am a better Democrat than Bryan." General Grosvenor then hurried away to the White House to see President McKin ley. It is obvious that he meant to in form the country that the Republican ma jority in the Fifty-sixth congress will take no party action on the trust question at this session. WAS LOGAN Ml ilDERED? Report That Some of His Own Men Shot the Major. San Francisco, Cal., Dec. 12. If the stories are true told by those who re turned on the transport Sheridan, which carried the Thirty-third infantry to the Philippines, Major John A. Logan, jr.. I may not have met his death at the j hands of a Filipino sharpshooter, as cable stories have reported. According to the statement of George H. Koppitz, purser of the Sheridan, sup ported by others of the crew of the i transport Logan was shot by some of his own men. It is hard to believe that any American soldier would cany his hatred of an officer so far as to wait for favorable opportunity to cover his I treacherous deed and then shoot him down, but this is what is alleged to have occurred in Logan's case. Purser Koppitz was disinclined to go into particulars regarding the young major's taking off, as he did not like the idea of talking ill of a dead man, but on being pressed to explain some i of the circumstances, he said: I "Major Logan made himself particu larly offensive to men by his overbear ing manner toward those under him. and this feeling was heightened by an incident which occurred one day out at sea. Major Logan had a pet dog. to which he was very much attached. One of the soldiers also had a dog. which was looked upon as a sort of mascot among the men. It happened that the two dogs got into a fight and Logan's canine came out of the scrim mage worse for the encounter. Logan was so angered that he seized the sol dier's dog and threw him overboard. "This action only served to make feeling more bitter against the officer, and the threat was openly made, and repeated many times on the trip over, that Logan would not last after his firt battle." The fact is pointed out by men who returned on the Sheridan that the cable accounts of just how Major Logan re ceived his wound in the battle of the Thirty-third infantry at San Fabian are rather vague, and they think this is sig- I nificant. COMING DRAMATIC EVENTS It is always interesting to chronicle the success of a clever production, be it comedy, drama or tragedy, and when a popular actor succeeds in presenting a play which contains the principles of both comedy and drama and to have it so carefully staged and played as to receive the commendation of a nation al press, the production must certainly possess merit. Such has been the re ception and verdict accorded Lewis Morrison so far this season wherever he has appeared in his new spectacular comedy "Frederick the Great." In it Mr. Morrison essays the role of the stern and crafty king, and his imper sonation is acknowledged to be the peer of that wonderful delineation he gave of "Mephisto" in "Faust." 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The past three weeks has been taken up by the respective committees in agreeing on the demands to be made, and tabulating them. A horizontal in crease of any stated per cent is not to be asked, but the demand is in the shape of various rates of increase on the main line and branches of the different divisions. It amounts to a substantial advance in the pay of conductors and trainmen on practically all runs. Number of hours of continuous work, amount of baggage handled andamount of switching necessary have been prom inent features in determining the in creases to be asked for. The desire of both committees is for the adoption of an entirely new schedule respectively. The Santa Fe officials are ready to grant some concessions to both the con ductors and trainmen, but are not dis posed to consent to schedules that will materially increase the pay of the men generally. A comparative statement of earnings of train service employes of other roads has been prepared, and this shows that the Santa Fe men are as well paid as the, majority of the men of other roads, and better paid than some. On runs where the Santa Fe officials believe the men are not receiv ing adquate compensation under, the old schedule, increases will be agreed to. The committees will probably hold several meetings with the officials be fore a final adjustment is reached. There has been some threatening talk among the members of the committees as to what might happen should the company refuse a general increase, but the officials say there is no possibility of trouble with the men. BECOMING A FAD. Railroads to Take Legal Steps to Pre vent Purloining1 of Cars. Chicago, Deo. 12. Stealing: cp.rs during the past few months has become such a fad amon? railroads that officers of a number of the larger systems radiating from Chicago have asked their legal de partments whether the offenders may not be brought into court and made to ex plain the purloining of rolling stock of other roads. So widespread has become the practice of a road short of cars ap propriating those of other lines that reach it with through freight and so limited are t he ways for stopping the evil that su perintendents a nd other officials have turned in despair to their legal heads for advice. When the rush of business struck the transportation companies t wo or three months ago it found all of them short of equipment to handle the traffic offered. Jams and blockades followed and then began the practical stealing of cars by those lines that were short. The trick is not a difficult one. A ear loaded with merchandise in Chicago is sent to a point on another road west of the Missouri river. AVhen the contents are unloaded the car is immediately sent to some grain center further west, loaded and sent back to Chicago over a third line. The latter, if short of equipment, in turn appropri ates the car when emptied for its busi ness and so on ad infinitum. In many cases all trace of these wandering cars is lost and somet imes months elapse be fore they are returned to the owning road. Kct-ritly a. car manufacturing concern in Indiana started 1j new box cars to a Colorado road. The cars, it is said, never cot f urt her than the Mississippi river. They were pressed into service bv the roads over which they were sent and it was nearly two months before any of them reached the company that bought them. This incident with others of a similar nature, has caused the Southern Railway company to issue a notice to the effect that none of its cars will be allowed to go north of the Ohio river. Chicago railroad officers are getting des perate over the condition and thev sav the evil must be checked. Unless radical action is promptly taken, they allege the trouble will have grown to such an ex tent as to make its eradication difficult. DANGER GROWING LESS. Heating of Cars by Steam a Safety Movement. With reference to safety appliances, the report made to the eleventh annual national convention of railroad commis sioners states that some of the most Ferious accidents on record have result ed from the burning of cars in wrecks, the fire spreading from the coal stove used for heatinpr purposes. Heating pas penger trains by steam from the loco motive is fast supplanting- the old methods, and its great advantages can readily be understood. The increase in the number of freight cars equipped with the Westinshouse brake was in the year ending- June 30, IS'AS, 115.227. It may be stated that practically all (9956) passenger locomo tives are equipped with train brakes, and 5.105 with automatic couplers. Of cars in pa-ssenger service, practically all are equipped with train brakes and automatic couplers. Something over 94 per cent of the locomotives in railroad service are equipped with train brakes, and over SO per cent with automatic couplers. Of freight cars, 46 per cent are equipped with train brakes and something over 63 per cent with auto matic couplers. The increase in the number of freight cars equipped with automatic couplers was for the year 22T.ST6. No freight cars are now built for general uses unless equipped with these appliances, and naturally the time will soon arrive when a car not so equipped will be an exception. NO RESULT LOOKED FOE. Meeting Called by Santa Fa and Southern Pacific Will Be Lightly Attended. Chicago, Dec. 12. From expressions indulged in by a large number of the western roads engaged in transcon tinental business regarding the call is sued by the Santa Fe and the Southern Pacific for a conference on the Cali fornia rate situation, it does not appear that enough roads will be represented at the meeting on the 19th to enable anything: tangible to be accomplished. It can not be denied that the com petitors of the two roads named do not like the idea of being dictated to bv them as to how their California busi ness shall be conducted. They say that while these are the only California roads both have large interests outside that state, and if either should attempt unreasonable dictation in the matter of California business the result would probably be that they would rind them selves attacked at vulnerable points in a way that would make them regret their attempt to treat their connections in anv arbitrary manner. NOW IT'S THE UNION PACIFIC. Demand For Increased Pay Made by the Enginemen. Omaha, Neb., Dec. 12. Committees from the Brotherhoods of Locomotive Engineers and Locomotive Firemen of the Union Pacific system came here to day to, lay before the proper officials of the road a request for an increase in pay. The chief grievance is made by the firemen on account of the new big en gines that have recently been put in use on the road. Under the old scale the minimum pay for firemen has been $2.23 per 100 miles. The company has increased this to $2.75 for firemen on the new 1.500 class engines and to $2.35 on the 1,700 class. This scale has not yet been accepted by the firemen and they ask for more. If not granted a strike may result. The engineers ask an increase on similar grounds. A PALATIAL Y. M. C. A. Thousands of Dollars Spent on the Building at Texarkana. Houston. Texas, Dec. 12. The three roads running into Texarkana known as the "Gould lines" gave $S.ih0 for a Rail road Young Men's Christian association building there, and the employes and bus iness men of the citv gave $4.0iX. making it $12.01)0. Miss Helen Gould feeling very much interested in the work of the asso ciation along the Gould lines, gave $2.imh3 for a library to be placed in the building: some $1.5"0 will be spent in furnishing the building, which will be completed by the last of December. This building is considered the hnest of the kind in the southwest and is one of six erected the tiast year in the southwest. Cleburn and Temple in Texas, Popular Bluff. Moneite and Argentine north of here. There are now lb" or more of these associations t railroad men, known as the railroad de partment of the Young Men's Christian association in the United States. The new building will contain a smoking and amusement room, reading room, li brary, parlor, correspondence room, sleep ing room for trainmen laying over in Texarkana. temporary hospital for injur ed employes, bowling alleys, gymnasium, bath rooms, etc., and a lecture hall. "SUNSET LIMITED" TO GO ON. General Manager Krutt3chnitt of the Southern Pacific Corroborates Mr. Black. E! Paso, Dec. 12. "There is nothing to all this agreement talk so far as I know," sail Julius Kruttsehnitt, gen eral manager of the entire Southern Pacific system, in this city. His state ment was in answer to a question re garding the alleged Santa Fe-Southern Pacific freight and passenger agree ment. '"The story was practically with out foundation, and has been denied at all our general offices. The conditions of the overland traffic are just as they have been, except that the Santa Fe has an entrance into San Francisco over its own line January 1st, when formerly it used ours. "As to the Sunset Limited, nothing has occurred to contradict the state ment I made when I came through here six weeks ago, that it would go on when quarantine was raised. And it will, beginning December 17. leave New Orleans as planned. This fact re futes the statement made in the Chi cago dispatch about our agreement to abandon this train." LETS ME. FRET OUT. W. F. Merrill Chosen Vice President of New York, New Haven Hartford. New York. Dec. 12. At the meeting of the board of directors of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Rail way yesterday, William F. Merrill was elected vice president, to succeed Will iam D. Bishop, who handed in his resig nation, to take effect January 1, on ac count of illness. The new vice president is 57 years old. He was formerly an officer in the engineer corps of the United States ar my. He was at one time division super intendent of the Kansas City. St. Jos eph and Council Bluffs branch of the Chicago. Burlington Quincy road. He afterward became general superintend ent of the Burlington system. He was connected subsequently with the Wa bash and the Chicago Alton, and later was second vice president of the Erie system. P. G. IMPROVEMENTS. Road la Being Placed In Shape For Heavy Business. Kansas City. Dec. 12. Colonel S. W. Fordyce. co-receiver of the Kansas City. Pittsburg and Gulf railroad, hjis returned to Kansas City, after having made a par tial inspection of the road, lie made a daylight trip over the line from Fort Smith to Kansas City, making a minute examination of the improvements made in the past six months, and he expressed himself as being agreeably surprised at the change wrought in such a short space of time. The road is being put in condi tion to withstand the heavy traffic that must eventually accrue to its advantage ous route and independent terminals at the gulf, and it is beinsr done thoroughly and systematically. In concluding the short conversation the colonel said: '"In six months more we will have a Pennsyl vania Central." The orders for the new equipment have all been placed and work is progressing very fast, and it will not be very long before the Pittsburg and Gulf will be in a position to take care of all the freight offered. There is also a new lot of en gines being built. They are of the latest pattern. a.nd capable of hauling big loads and those for passenger service will be capable of high speed. Wreckers on Bock Island. Engineer Taily, of the Rock Island, returned to Denver last night and con firmed the report of an attempt to wreck the train near Magnolia on Wed nesday night of last week. The rail way officials do not know lust what to think of it. A short time ago bolts and nuts were thrown at the windows of a passing train and since the event of Wednesday night they are making an investigation. The engineer says that a jack was placed under a rail, which was raised a foot or more, but when striking it he reversed and be fore the train was tipped over the jack sunk and the rail dropped to a natural position. Denver Times. Unable to Secure Iron. Denver, Dec. 12. Chief Engineer Cowan, of the Colorado Southern, in planning for the new shops, designed to use considerable structural iron, but now says that he will have to change the plans and use brick walls for sup port instead. Mr. Cowan says that he visited several big mills and all of them were working on orders which will keep them in a rush until next June. Xo new work could be promised until after that time. Railroad Prosperity Continues. Gross earnings of seventy-seven roads for the third week of November were $10,699,350, an increase of $1,064,839. or 11.05 per cent, as compared with those of the same week last year. For the fourth week of November gross earn ings of sixty-eight roads were $12,972, 590, an increase of $1,547,243, or 13.54 per cent. For the entire month of Novem ber ninety-five roads earned in gross $56,221,409, an increase of $5,443,995, or 10.72 per cent. FROM EMPORIA Tucker and Roche. McCook and Owens are Panhandle enginemen who are now running out of Emporia. Galletly and liarrop. Dotey and Buck have returned from Arkansas City, where they went a few days ago for temporary service. H. B. Morse has returned from his trip to Topeka. and is agin looking alter the trains. Engine 3f'9 is advertised for an engi neer caused by Roberts going to Topeka on trains 3 and 4. There is also a vacancy for a fireman on the Strong City branch on engine 307. The work of fitting the engineers read ing room with steam heating connection is complete. All that now remains to be done is for the company to put in the reading material. T. B. Breen, who has been visiting his brother. Will Breen, left for a visit at Newton. He is an engineer on the Bur lington and Northwestern. Porter Carrol has received a letter from Pete Bontz who is in the hospital at To peka. He says he has been very sick but is better now. It will yet be several weeks before he can leave the hospital. The bells are ringing at the crossings. Every train that goes over the tracks at either Commercial. Mechanic or Mer chant streets on the Santa Fe sets off the alarm. The bells begin to ring when the train is a block away. If the train is com. on Mechanic street) is ringing when the train gets to Market street. When it gets to Mechanic street, the current Is cut off for the Mechanic street bell and started for the Commercial street bell. When the train passes Commercial street, the Mer chant street bell starts to ring. The flag man will be retained at the Commercial street crossing. RAILROAD NOTES. Conductor Kirby is In the hospital at Topeka and writes that he will probably be able to resume work early in the new year. He is afflicted with stomach trouble and went to the hospital for treatment. Newton Kansan. A large contract the filling of various ice houses for the Santa Fe, a winter and j summer contract, running till January lnol, was the bone of contention between the ice plants or the state, and has at last been safely landed by the Polar Ice company of Arkansas City. Arkansas City Traveler. Sunerintendent Dver of the Santa Fe is in the city and states that by January 1 the portion of the system between Den- ver and Pueblo will be equipped with the block signal system. The Rio Grande Junction line, reaching from Grand June- tion to New Castle, will also be equipped I with the same system. Pueblo Chieftain. 1 The Santa Fe is introducing a new meth- I od of protecting railroad crossings in i small towns. Iarge gong bells are placed on posts on either side of the track and are so arranged that they begin to ring wnen a tram comes witnin l.00 teet or the crossing and continues to ring until it passes that far on the other side. The bells have been tested for some time and rarely get out of order. They answer the purpose of protecting the people and the cost is trifling when compared to that of maintaining a gate and a watchman. The road is also repainting its warning signs and ma.king them read: "Look Out for the Trains," instead of the old "Look Out for the Cars." SANTA FE LOCALS. Lee Altman of the round hotise is laying1 off on account of the serious illness of his wife. Bngine Xo. 697, the new tandem com pound, has been put into passenger ser vice and is doing- good work. Firemen Fred Kartell, Kd Cliff and E. H. Benson are in temporary service out of Fort Madison. Lloyd Conklin and Hank Bair have re turned from Albuquerque, and have again taken positions in the machine shops. Engine Xo. 81 ha-s been sent to the mid dle division and Xo. 1 has been returned to the Howard branch for service. I. O. "H'hite of the boiler shop is in La Junta doing- work for the company. Airs. "White left Monday for that city. Wm. Benton of the boiler shop suffered a painful injury Monday afternoon, which will disable him up for several days. "While at work,, he accldently slipped on a piece of iron and in falling- struck the sharp edRe of the iron and cut his knee. He was taken to the hospital, where the injury was dressed. Two large freight engines, Nop. S93 and arrived Monday niht from the Bald win Locomotive works. These engines are the second shipment to arrive of an order placed with this firm some time a so. The engines wtil be set up and tried here, before being- put into service. The first engines Xo. and Xo. &'j2 are proving; satisfactory and are now in service. Xo. Shi was sent to the western division today for service out of La Junta, A liL'tttiLAU GANG. Unearthed In Chicago and Sight Wo men Arrested. Chicago, Dec. .12. As the result of raids made by fhe police last night on "fences" at 391 and 746 West Van Buren street, and the arrest of eight women, the police believe they have discovered an organized gang of burglars operat ing in Omaha, Minneapolis, St. Louis, Chicago and other large western cities. One of the women arrested last night, who gave the name of Mrs. O'Brien, pvvas today identified as a Mrs. Fogarty, whose husband is supposed to be in Omaha. It is believed by the police that other members of the gang are posted 1 in different cities, each conducting a branch of the main organization hi i Chicago. Much of the property recov ered in last night's raids is suppose to have come from outside cities, as it has not been identified here. It is thought that the proceeds of burglaries in Minneapolis. Omaha and St. Louisj were shipped to Chicago for disposal.i while plunder secured in Chicago was shipped to other cities, most of it prob ably to Omaha. CHRIS GEORGE HURT. Water Boy at Brick Plant Danger ously Injured. A boy by the name of Chris George was probably fatally injured yesterday at the brick plant west of town. George is 14 years old and was em ployed in carrying water to the men at the plant. He was found lying on the railroad tracks with his skull frac tured. Nobody knows how the accident happened and as he is unconscious it remains a mystery. No cars had been moved on the track and there was no elevation near from which he could have fallen. It is supposed that he fell and struck his head on the rail of the tracks. There was no suspicion that he had been foully dealt with. He was removed to Stormont hospital. The boy lives a mile south of the brick yards. Alleged Bobbers Held For Trial. Wichita, Dec. 12. The preliminary trial of Shorty Wayne, Frank Deneen, M. Callahan and Jim Scanlin, the men who are alleged to have robbed the Clearwater bank two weeks ago. was held before Judge Kirk. The evidence was considered by the court as suffi cient to warrant binding the men over to the district court, which was done, and their bond was placed at $S00 each. The men could not give a bond and were taken back to jail. My son has been troubled for years with chronic .iarrhoea. Some time ago I per suaded him to take some of Chamber lain's Colic. Cholera and Diarrhoea Reme dy. After using two bottle of the 25-cent size he was cured. I give this testimonial hoping some one similarly afflicted may read it and be benefited. Thomas C. Bow er, Glencoe, O. For sale by all druggists. Amonio Benzilene Soap; try it. "I was nearly dead with dyspepsia, tried doctors, visited mineral springs, and grew worse, i used Kodol Dyspepsia Cure. That cured me." It digests what you eat. Cures indigestion, sour stomach, heartburn and all forms of dyspepsia. At all drug stores. DON'T DELAY. DELAYS ARE DANGEROUS. The difference between the wise man and the foolish one, is that the wise man acts promptly when an opportuni ty presents itseif; while the foolish man puts off, neglects, and lets the oppor tunity pass him by, never to be re called. "While hundreds of sufferers have taken advantage of the presence, the skill and the life-time experience of Dr. Wood, who is located at 118 W. Sixth street, Topeka, Kan., there are still hundreds who are neglecting to do so. They have "doctored" for years, wasted untold money upon physicians, quacks, patent medicines and nostrums and are no better today than in the be ginning; in fact they are far worse eff they have wasted their means, and weakened their constitutions with worthless and nauseous drugs. Dr. Wood has had what seems almost I miraculous success in the speedy and vei ii4Liieui. cure ui cure or chronic diseases, especially of those which other phy sicians have pronounced incurable. He has brought joy and happiness to many homes by restoring to health and usefulness lifelong invalids. His skill and success in treating dis eases peculiar to women are without a rival. Hundreds and hundreds of women r onj haj who lived in pain and suffering and had Wood day and night, for a complete cure of their distressing and debilitat ing ills. Dr. Wood is not only a skilled physi cian and an expert diagnostician, but he is a progressist in his profession. He adopts and uses all the latest, most advanced and approved appliances and methods known to the medical schools. He does not weaken the sys tem with nauseous drugs, but he up builds, renovates, strengthens, restores and renews. He has had 35 years" experience and catarrh, diseases of the heart, stomach, liver, and kidneys, painful affections of the bladder, with difficult urination speedily cured; chronic constipation, piles, cancers, epileptic fits, paralysis, j rheumatism, neuralgia, asthma, hay j fever, erysipelas, salt rheum, dropsy, j and all skin and blood diseases, all weaknesses peculiar to either sex, no j matter from what cause, promptly yield j to the skillful treatment of Dr. Wood. Special attention given to diseases of women and children. Dr. Wood is located at Topeka. Kan., 118 W. Sixth street, between Kansas avenue and Jackson street. Don't de lav in consulting him, if you are at flieted, especially if other doctors have failed to give you relief. His wonderful cures in this city and vicinity are the highest testimonials of his skill and succes. Consultation free. The Doctor is a specialist, diagnosti cian and phrenologist. He delights in telling both old and young how to live long and happy, what business to fol low, who to marry, and gives a volume of other valuable information. His hours are fully occupied, hence he re quests those who call on him to come prepared to take treatment, should they be satisfied with the diagnosis, thus avoid unnecessary encroachment upon his already limited time. Topeka. Kansas, Dec. 9, 1899. For the benefits of Rheumatics. I was such a sufferer from Rheuma tism that I could scarcely stir or turn over in bed without screaming with pain. I placed myself under the treatment of Dr. Wood. 118 West Sixth street, and today I have not the slightest symptom of the painful disease. I know from experience that the Doc tor can cure Rheumatism. MRS. O. CUMMINS. He is here to stay, and guarantees satisfaction. If he can not help you he will frankly tell you so, believing that honesty is the best policy. Parties can be successfully treated at their homes. Send stamp for question blank. Medicines sent by express to any address. DR. WOOD, 118 W. Sixth St, Topeka, Kan. SHAWNEE FARMERS. Instituta Will Be Held at Indian Creek This Week. The Northern Shawnee County Farm ers' Institute will be held at the Indian Creek school house on December 14 and j 15. The following is the programme: THURSDAY AFTERNOON. I "The Garden on the Farm," F. F. Rude. "The Kansas Hog," H. W. Cheney. "The Farmer's Meat Barrel," Amos Goodman. THURSDAY EVENING. "Experiment in Pig Feeding," G. W. Priest. "The Poultry Yard," Mrs. J. K. Walk er. "Road Improvement," Discussed by all. FRIDAY MORNING. "Something in Potato Culture," Mel vin T. Kelsey. "Legumes." Prof. G. L. Clothier. Twelve o'clock basket dinner. At 1:30 o'clock Prof. H. M. Cottrell of the Kansas State Agricultural college will lecture. The institute will close Friday evening with a paper on "So cial Life in the Country," by Miss Lu cretia Kempt, and a paper on "Some thing About District School Libraries," by Margaret Hill McCarter. FOUGHT WITH JACKSON. Gen. Jonbert Commanded a Louisiana Regiment In the Civil War. St. Louis, Dec. 12. The Post-Dispatch says that Captain J. T. Anderson, gen eral western agent here of the Georgia Railroad today received a letter from Colonel Lamar Fontaine, an ex-Confederate of Lyons, Miss., in which he says that General Joubert, the Boer com mander, is a native of Louisiana, be longing to one of the best families there. Colonel Fontaine says that Jou bert commanded a Louisiana regiment in the civil war and served under Stonewall Jackson, from whom he learned the art of war. After Appo mattox Colonel Fontaine says. General Joubert went to Egypt and afterwards to South Africa, where he organized the Boer frontier police. Paid Dear For Hi Le;. B. D. Blanton of Thaekerville, Texas, in two years paid over $:ji0.00 to doctors to cure a Running sore on his leg. Then they wanted to cut it off. but he cured it with one box of Bucklen's Arnica Salve. Guaranteed cure for Piles. 25 cents a box. Sold by Waggoner, druggist, 731 Kansas avenue. Amonio Benzilene Soap; try it. marvelous success in curing diseases or tT 2 V. V the eye and ear, throat and lungs, Burch. wearing- his unsocial garb i, j s -ff.tinn joined in the dance with as much SOGIETYSTIRRED. Frank Bnrch Created Conster nation at Commiseeo Party. Appeared In Negligee Shirt and Sack Suit. CALLED TO ACCOUNT. Refused to Admit His Wrong to the President. Resigned Before- Official Edict of Expulsion Was Recelred. The younger circle of society Is greatly worked up over the fact that a member of a prominent dancing club recently attended a dance and wore a negligee shirt and no dress suit. The mandate has since been issued that nothing but "biled shirts" will be al lowed and the young man has been dropped from membership in the club. At the dance given by the Commisceo club not long ago Frank Burch appear ed on the floor, wearing a negligee shirt and sack suit. The evening was warm and the young man rather fleshy. The heating arrangements in the hall were good and as the young man knew that and also knew that he possessed more man nis snare oi nesn, lie ueciueu. iu ut j TnoM(, nf Bfonr-ineh collar and a broad expanse of starched shirt front, he adopted a semi-Webb McNall style and wore one of the latest styles in negligees. He walked into the hall. The young men there in dress suits were surprised. They were dumbfounded. They stood and looked aghast at the spectacle of a society man breaking the laws laid down by the great and only Ward Mc Allister by wearing a garment so badly out of form. "Great heavens, look at that," said one. pleasure as those wearing spike-tailed coats and starched shirt fronts. He danced as many times as anyone else and when the exertion sent the tem perature of his body up a few degrees, he quietly slipped out to the dressing room and discarded his vest. He re turned vestless. "Oh," exclaimed one of the dancers, and he would have fallen in a faint if a friend had not caught him in his arms and carried him to the dressing room where stimulants were used to restore him. The dance went on. When it was over the young man with the negligee 1 cViir" Vila fana Tt-r-tjO r-t emiloa lof f "V" L",'V the dress coat members. The president of the club, Dr. F. O. Burkett, was besieged by those clam oring for justice. The president called a meeting of the board of directors. It was decided that a man who would commit the sin of wearing a garment of such an undressy and horrible na ture as a negligee shirt should have to be dropped from the club. Dr. Burkett wrote a letter to the young man informing him of the action taken by the board of directors. He posted it. Later he felt sorry for the young man and went to the postofHce and headed the letter off. Then he sent two of the directors around to talk with the culprit. The fleshy young man announced that if he wished to wear a negligee shirt he would and tltat the members of the club could be as indignant as they wanted to. Then the young man wrote a letter of resignation and mailed it at the "same time that the president re mailed his letter, notifying the young man that the club would drop him from the rolls. Now the young men who stand with the fleshy young man are talking of getting up a negligee club and allowing the girls who attend to wear shirt waists if they want to. Mr. Burch is a well known society young man and is employed at the San ta Fe offices. He is not worrying about the rules of dress. His friends threaten to expose the members of the club who wear hired dress suits. Topeka Whist Club Scores. At the club rooms Monday evening, December 11th: NORTH AND SOUTH. Wolf and Heyden Marshall and Pennvkamo 174 171 K.! na 10S ICS p;s P.7 mi 159 159 15U liavios and Van Valkenburg Washburn and Greenwood Troutman and Mason Gill and Ashton Koontz and Drum Ryder and Lowry Korn and Thrapp Merrick and Jolly Ness and McKirahan Murphy and Connors Falkiner and Williams I Average, 3S5 10-13. High score North and South Holf and Heyden. FART A VTt TV-P-53T Copeland and West 191 Putman and Oillespie 177 Keeier ana Knowles 17 Shakeshaft and Shakeshaft 175 Allen and Noble 174 Parker and Robbins 174 Scott and Kistler 373 Cole and Freeman 172 Beerbohm and Brown 171 i Munn and Ashby 7i Warren and Holland 1;7 Sibley and Hurrie 19 Thompson and Prescott 10 Average. 172 4-1U. High score East and West, Copeland and West. A Music Dea'er Short. Geo. S. Barkley, the McPherson mus ic dealer, has failed for a good round sum and skipped the country, leaving his business affairs in an inextricable tangle. Barkley did a rushing business there for two or three years, keeping several crews on the road selling or gans, sewing machines, etc. Much poor paper was taken In the transactions which was discounted at ruinous rates to obtain money to keep going. Of course this sort of business had to have an end and Barkley's attempt was no exception. In his discouragement and desperation it is said he let forgery creep in and business men at the coun ty seat who have been handling his pa per are nervous. Lindsborg Record. Wreck at Grand Is'and. Grand Island, Neb., Dec. 12. Thte Col orado special westbound on the Union Pacific was wrecked here at 4:15 this morning and Engineer Myers and Fire man Murphy seriously injured. The wreck, was caused by an open switch, the train running into a string of freight cars. I "One Minute Coufrh Cure Is the best remedy I ever used for coughs and colds. It is unequalled for whooping cough. Children all like it." writes H. N. Wil liams. Gentryville, Ind. Never fails. It is the only harmless remedy that gives im mediate results. Cures coughs, colds, hoarseness, croup, pneumonia, bronchitis and all throat and lung troubles. Its early use prevents consumption. At all drug i stores. I Grocers sell Amonio Benzilene Soap. WHAT IS THE REASON? Why is it that you are r.ot equal ta the task Nature sets for you to d.i? Why do you find weakness stealing over you and growing day by diy'.' Why that ashy, chalky compiexi..n? Why that inability to hold yuur urine? Why those distressing pains across your back? All these symptoms are unmistaka- ble evidences of kidney trouble. The kidneys, that make the human engine of life move as Nature intend ed, are not working properly and shoulJ have prompt attention. If you need a medicine for kidney, bladder or uric acid trouble, you can make no mistake by using the famous new discovery. Dr. Kilmer's Swamp Root. It gives quick relief, and cures the most distressing cases. Hospitals use it in all kinds of case', especially severe and urgent ones. Doctors prescribe it freely in tlieir practice and in their families, and usa it when they need a kidney and bladder tonic themselves. Tens of thousands of grateful pa tients have written to Dr. Kilmer is Co., and these letters have been fash ioned into a handy volume of read3T reference, which should be in every household. This volume and a. sampla bottle of Swamp-Kwt wiil be maiiei to any reader of this paper who wiil send name and address to Dr. Kilmer Co., and state that he saw this offer in the Topeka State Journal. If there is any doubt in your mind as to your condition, take from your urine on arising about two ounces, place it in a glass or bottle and let it stand twem-ty-four hours. If, on examination, it is milky or cloudy, if there is a brit x dust settling, or if small particles rloat about in it, your kidneys are hi need of immediate attention. Swamp-Itoot is for sale everywhere in bottles of two sizes and two prices, fifty cents and one dollar. Remember the name, Swamp-Root, and the ad dress, Binghamton, X. Y. CHEAP REEJT could often be obtained by small mantis facturers, and others, using machinery, in most advantageously located rooms, if some means of driving their 8haftii:$ were available. Low rents in building3 equipped witbl steam engines IN DESIRABLE situations are scarce. The use of the electric motor obvl ates this difficulty. It is reliable, always ready to bs started, and by using it you have la pay for only what power you actually use about your own work. Why don't you look up new LOCATIONS nearer the business center and more on the line of travel? No matter how desirable articles vou make or how srood repair work wou do if people don't know of It and you are not easily accessible to them. We will supply the motor and motive power on terms which will be very at tractive to you. EDISON ELECTRIC ILLUMINATING CO. Motors and ozcer for all purposes. POETICAL GEM. Remarkable Effusion From a School Teacher. The archives of railroad literature have received a valuable addition. it has recently been received by Pa-s.s-n-ger Agent Jerry Black, from a western Kansas man, and it will doubtless b preserved in the annals of the Santa Fe. It is written, with beautifully shad.i capital letters, on three sheets of note paper, tied in the corner with a pie a of red silk. The author marked tha word "Fe" to indicate that it is to be pronounced "Fay," so it is suppose.! that "be" should be pronounced "bay' to rhyme with it. Hpre is the gem. THE SANTA FE. Without the Santa Fe Oh, where would we be? Our great western plain Would be one vast untilled domain. The desert as before Would be around each farm house door. No golden grain, from this vast plain, Wrould be shipped to old ocean main. The mines of the west would silent be Were it not for the Santa Fe. Corn and cattle Would not make the money rattle Cotton and tobacco we would lack Were it not for the Santa Fe track Then Pops may howl. But wolves would prowl All over this vast plain. Were it not for the Santa Fe train. Don't go off with that fad And act lilce mad. For without the Santa Fe No great west would there be. O. A. K. (Compliments and best wishes of C. A. Kent, Principal Schools of Kiowa, Kansas.) It is not known whether the author got his pass or not. Rheumatism Cured in a Say. Mystic Cure for Rheumatism and Neuralgia radically cures in 1 to 3 days. Its action upon the system is remark able and mysterious. It removes at once the cause and the disease immed iatley disappears. The first dose great ly benefits. 75 cents. Sold by Swift 6c Holliday, druggists, 523 Kansas avenue. New Bank Chartered. The Oketo state bank ha3 been chart ed with a capital of $10,0MJ. The direc tors named for the first year are aj follows: J. H., L. G- and li. Moore, A. H. Brubaker, P. J. Kycham, C. I. White and F. L. Root. A SURE CUKE FOR CROUP. Twenty-five Tears' Contant TJe With out a Failure. The first indication of croup lt hor ness, and In a child subject to that dis ease it may be taken as a sure sisrn of the approach of an attack. Following tr! hoarseness is a peculiar rougti cousch. If Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is Kiven a- soon as th echild becomes hoarse, or even after the croupy toush appears. It will prevent the attack. it is used in many thousands of homes In this broad land and never disappoints the anxious mothers. We have yet to learn of a. single Instance In which it has not proved effectual. No other preparation can show such a record twenty-live years' constant use without a failure. For saie by druggists.

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TOPEKA STATE JOUKNAL. TUESDAY EVENIXG, DECEMBER 12, 1899: TGPEKA STATE JOURNAL BY FRANK P. MAC LEXXAN. VOLUJIE XXVI ..Xo. l'5 Cficial Paper of the City of Topeaa. TKKMS OF Sl'KSrRIPTIOX. Pailv edition, delivered by currier. 1J cent- a week to any part of Topeka or suburbs, or at the same price in any Kan Fas town where the paper has a carrier svstem. Pv mail, one year l;v mail, three months Weekly edition, one year S3.CT

.50 rEHMAXR.VT HOME. Topeka State Journal Building. and 302 Kansas avenue, corner of Eighth. XEW YORK OFFICE. Temple 'ourt H!4c. A. Frank Richardson, Mgr. CHICAGO OFFICE. Stock Exchange Bids?. A. Frank Richardson, Mgr. LONDON OFFICE. 12 Tied ,im Court. Fleet Street. TKLKPHOXES. ttiNln Office Bell 'Phone in, Reporters' Room Bell "Phone 577 The Peoria J mrnal pays that if the senate will refuse to seat Quay all will be forgiven. The latest news from Kentucky in dicates that Joe Blackburn is still on the firing line. Hack of the Boer war is beginning to loom up the shadow of the United States of Africa. Does the "open door" in China mean that each nation shall lie allowed to en ter and take what it wants? Xebraska is now boasting- that sh lias a bigger corn crop than Kansas has. This will never do. Isn't it about time for somebody to write another "Uncle Tom's Cabin," laying the scene in the Sulu archipela go The sympathy of the Sultan of Sulu is probably extended, metaphorically to Congressman Roberts in this, his hour of adversity. The British troops in Africa have achieved another of those victories which throw the British public into spasms of woe. When Gen. Wood gets through with Cuba it might not be a bad notion to make him governor of the United States for awhile. If this country is to mix up in the affairs of the world in general. Senator Billy Mason thinks it may as well make a beginning in Africa. That all things have an end is again proven by the announcement of the insurance companies that they will give up fighting the Hillmon claim. The old fight on Gen. Joe Wheeler is to be renewed. Some members re gard too many jobs as being just as much of a bar to seat in congress as too many wives. If the Democrats can succeed in con vincing the voters that the tariff is re sponsible for the trusts, they may be able to deal protection such a blow as they never did before. It begins to look as though the ques tion of territorial expansion and a per manent gold standard may both be set tled lie fore the platform makers and campaign orators get a whack at them. Arrangements are being perfected for dragging the Roberts case through the entire session. It is even to have a junket attachment. The investigating committee has in contemplation a trip to Utah. p One state after another is being car ried against Bryan by the political forecasters and by next Xovember he is likely to have nothing left but Texas. Xo Republican or Gold Democratic prophet has yet dared to touch Texas. Mr. Smith of Kentucky has intro duced a bi!I in the house of representa tives for the improvement of Salt river. He urgs an appropriation of $173,000 for that purpose. Probably his aim is to have it in proper shape for naviga tion next Xovember. THE LITERATURE OF THE WEST From the Washington Post. In commenting on the number of writers from the west who have lately been attracting the attention of the reading public, we do not mean to con vey the idea that the literary center of America is shifting from Boston to Chicago. We make this explanation in order that the Windy City may not lay !aim to the "hub of the universe" along with her sky-scrapers and packing hmses. Chicago is laying in a large supply of publishing houses, but pub lishing houses do not neeessarilv pro duce literature. Sometimes they make specialty of bringing out atlases and libraries of universal information. Nevertheless, the east must beware of the literary Lot hinvars of the west. The leading magazines have for the past few years received some of their strongest work from the Occident. This phase is nascent as yet. but there is power about its manifestation. It takes time for any country ir any section to produce literature. Life has to adjust itself to conditions, and the conditions must be settled. The establishment of a material civilization has the first call on the energies of the people. The re finements come later. The west has passed through this transition period. The battle against Nature has been fought and won. The wilderness, the prairie, and the desert have been conquered. The strvggle has not been without its effect on the victors, for it has brought forth a race of jfiants, strong, alert, and exultant. The energies thus developed will be di rected into the field of literature. The west has been written about in the past, but the writers have come from the east and elsewhere. Hereafter it can take care of itself. We predict that the writers from this ection will be characterized by a virile sower and originality such as has not been seen in American literature for a third of a century. Xo part of the west has a monopoly on this new growth. Some of the strongest novels of the year have come from Indiana, Kansas, and California, while creditable work has come from many other states. As for genius that is another ques tion. That divine gift belongs to no section or country, and it may come from the east as well as the west. But we believe that the west is destined to infuse into American letters the same power and vigor that it has brought in to other features of our national life. MASON'S RESOLUTION. Senator Mason appears to.be afflict ed with a memory as well as a disposi tion to rake up old scores. In view of our present amicable relations with England it was unkind in him to take a paragraph out of the St. Louis plat form and after changing it slightly make it do duty as a resolution ex pressing sympathy with the Dutch: Mason's Resolution. Republican Plat- Whereas. from the. form IS'.'t;. hour of achieving; From the hour of their own independ-' achieving their own ence. the people of independence the the United State;; people of the United have regarded with? States have regard syinpathy the stru-i ed with sympathy glesof otherpenpics; the struggles of the to free ihems(.jves: other American peo from European d.o-j pies to free them mination: tnerefore. selves from Eu- Resolved. by the! ropcan domination, senate of the United! We watch with States. That we I deep and abiding in ivatch with deepand- terest the heroic abiding interest the! battle of the Cuban heroic battle of the patriots against eru South African re-! eltv and oppression, public against cruel-! and our best hopes tv and oppression.! go out for the lull and our best hopes success of their 'de go out for the fulli termined contest for success of their de-i liberty, termined contest for' liberty. GLOBE SIGHTS From the Atchison Globe.! The lazy and the blind are always taken care of. A woman who is a good bluffer can scare a man to death. An unconfirmed rumor never live3 more than forty-eight hours. Gratitude, like everything else, Is ob noxious when it is overdone. You can't live on Christmas presents any more than you can live on love. No one probably ever felt as badly cut up as a turkey looks when a woman has carved it. A new theory is that rocking stead ily in a rocking chair causes insanity. This would be good to spring at guests when you want the rocking chair for yourself. An Atchison woman who is a mem ber of the Episcopal church, is in a beautiful rage: she has just heard that a lady friend who is a member of the Methodist church, is praying for her. Did any one ever have such an in terest in" Mr. Boy that it occurred to him that the Curfew is a discrimina tion against the boy, and that a case of violating its rules would not stand in the courts, as the law comes under the head of "class legislation?" Why should the boy go home when his father is still on the streets, his mother is off to some whist party, and his sister was carried off to some silly kissing party bv a boy? Why not let the boy stay out. if his father, mother and sister are permitted to be away frona home? He is doing nothing wrong. He likes to sit under an electric light, to be on hand in case anything happens. A boy is al ways looking for something to happen, which is not as great offense as making things happen, which his father, mother and sister are doing, and silly things at that, usually. POINTED PARAGRAPHS. From the Chicago News. Moving pictures are taken from life. Matching for. the drinks is one kind of a ball match. The camel is a lucky animal. It never has to hump itself. The most popular game at late picnics seems to be freeze-out. The village minister acquires a sur plice but seldom a surplus. Persons of the most accomplishments sometimes accomplish the least. An old bachelor says a flirt is a fool who delights in fooling a fool. Too many individuals spend the best part of their time blowing in the at mosphere. The fellow who claims to be itching for a fight seldom comes to the scratch. When a busy man has leisure he al ways does some other kind of work. BACHELOR BUTTONS. From the New York Press About the second month after a wo man joins a club her husband takes to eating out at restaurants. It's a funny thing that no woman can see what her husbajid could ever have seen in any other woman. When a woman wants something she goes and buys it. When she wants to want somethings she goes out shopping. A man can always make his wife mad whenever he wants to by moving the parlor furniture around in different corners. Girls always try to act nowadays to a man like they only hung the mistletoe up just for decoration, and they would be awfully mad if he did it. TRADE EXCURSION On the I'nion Pacific to Topeka 'ext Tuesday, Dec. 19ttu It has been decided by the committee in charge of the Trades Excursions last season to run an excursion on the Union Pacific next Tuesday. December 19th from Wamego to Topeka and re turn. The train has been chartered to run from Wamego in the morning and re turn in the evening. The follow ing extraordinary round trip rates have been made: Wamego .75 Bellevue 65 St. Marys 50 Rossville 40 Silver Lake 23 The committee has all the funds on hand to run this excursion, on account of the balance from last season. All the contributors were notified and only three were not in favor of this excursion. KANSAS NEWS. Temperance Union of Winfield and County Attorney In a Row Over the Settlement of Lfquor Cases. BAD FAITH CHARGED. County Attorney Vigorously Protests Against Settlement By Jointists Paying Money to Hare Cases Dismissed. Winfield, Dec. 12. This city is in the throes of a joint war and temperance and anti-prohibition forces are lining up and discussing the matter spiritedly. About two months ago the Temper ance union waited upon H. C. Hargis, the county attorney of Cowley county, and requested the prosecution of joint ists in Winfield. At the same time they stated that they had employed H. L. Woods of Wellington, to assist in such prosecu tions, and requested Hargis to permit Woods to be associated with him in the preparation of the prosecutions and the consummation thereof. Hargis consented to it. The Temperance union presented the county attorney with a list of wit nesses who had illegally purchased liquor. H. L. Kunce, chairman of the Tem perance union, made affidavit in sup port of the witnesses, and warrants were issued for the following jointists: Frank Manny et al, Chas. Schmidt et al, and Henry Schmidt et al. The jointists were arrested an their trials set for the last of November. The cases were afterward continued until the first of December. A few days prior to the first of December the county attorney was informed that the Temperance union desired that the charges against the jointists be dismissed, under an ar rangement whereby the jointists were to plead guilty under the club house act. Whereupon, on the first of December, the joint cases were settled under the club house act and the charges against them dismissed. County Attorney Hargis now files a motion in the district court to set aside the compromise with a view- of push ing the original suits, alleging, among other things, the following: That the Temperance union held up the jointists for $230 to pay attorney's fees and expenses in connection with the prosecutions, in addition to the reg ular fine of $100 each. The county attorney exhibits a re ceipt from II. L. Kunce, chairman of the Temperance union, in support of the above charge. The county attorney further charges that such extortion was without his knowledge or consent; that at the time the cases were settled by Kunce and Woods, he was sick and unable to be present in court, and that he did not learn of such action until he had re covered and made inquiry as to what disposition had been made of the cases. That at the time of the commence ment of the suit, the county attorney believed the Temperance union to be acting in good faith, and had no idea or knowledge that the union desired by reason of the commencement of the cases to extort from the defendants any money for private gain. That such extortion was a misde meanor and convinces the county attor ney that the Temperance union has been acting in bad faith. The Temperance union explain the affair by saying it was a trap set by the jointists' attorneys, and that Mr. Hargis is seeking for an excuse to here after refuse to prosecute the jointists on evidence furnished by the Temper ance union. ARKANSAS CITY BANK SUED. Mr. Leech of Ohio Charges Fraud and Conspiracy Against Bank Officers. Wichita. Dec. 12. W. A. Leech, a resi dent of the state of Ohio, has filed a suit in the federal court against the de funct First National Bank of Arkan sas City, the Bank of Arkansas City, and two of the officers of the bank. George H. Hartley and Frank C. Deer- ing. The action is brought for the purpose of collecting a large claim against the First Xational Bank of Ar kansas City, in which bank Mr. Leech held two certificates of deposit before the bank failed, which drew interest at the rate of 7 per cent, and amounting in all to $7,810. besides the costs of se- curing a judgment once before. Mr. Leech alleges in his petition sev- eral instances of fraud and conspiracy on the part of the officers of the bank, Messrs. Hartley and Eeering, claiming that they connived together to organ ize the Bank of Arkansas City, ncit for the purpose of doing a legitimate bank- ing business, but merely for the pur- pose of securing the property and re- sources of the First National Bank of Arkansas City which they knew at the time to be insolvent, at a price far be low its actual value and to get this pro- perty out of the old bank's hands so that certain creditors, of which Mr. Teech was one. could not find any prop erty on which to levy an execution. Mr. Leach claims that the property so j transferred from the old bank to the new and disposed of amounts to be- j tween $150,000 and $200,000. TO FORFEIT FRANCHISE. Coffayville Council Not Satisfied With the Gas Furnished. Coffeyviile, Dec. 12. The city council of Coffeyviile has passed a resolution authorizing the mayor to appoint a committee of three councilmen to in vestigate the Coffeyviile Mining Gas company, and to consult an attorney with a view to commencing legal pro ceedings and to having tlv franchise of the company revoked. The resolu tion declares that the company for eight months past has utterly failed to comply with the terms of the fran chise and while it does not state in what respect the company lias so failed, the inference to be drawn is that the company- is not furnishing the amount of gas that the citizens need and for which they are pay ing. BROOM CORN PROFIT. An Areola Farmer Finds It Is a Fay ing Crop to Raise. Areola, Dec. 12 A very practical far- report of the cost of raising his crop of broomcorn this season, allowing $5 per acre for the use of his land, a reason able allowance for the use of teams and implements, including boarding. $1 25 and $1.50 a day for harvesting, the ex pense of marketing, and every other lit tle incidental expense being carefully t kept and counted, allowing three acres to produce a ton of brush, (and his crop made more than that) and the net cost to him of raising a ton of broomcorn and marketing was $37.56. He sold his crop for $62.50 per ton, giving him a net profit of $24.94 per ton, or $3. SI per acre. In other words, ac cording to his calculation, an acre pro duced S20.S4 worth of brush, and de ducting the rent,' the expense was $7.23 per acre, leaving $13.32 per acre for the use of his land. Had he received $80 per ton for his crop, his net profit would have been $42.44 per ton. or $14.15 per acre. On. in other words. his land would have yielded him $26.67 worth of brush, deducting expense of raising, harvesting and marketing, $7.52 he would have $19.15 per acre for the use of his land. FIND INDIAN RELICS. Wichita Men Discover Skull and Ar rowheads In a Mound. Wichita, Dec. 12 Gerald Volk and C. E. Dyall think they have raade an im portant discovery. Mr. VoIk has at his office a skull, several Indian arrow heads, a Hint skin scraper and a stone hammer. He says that Mr. Dyall end himself dug them up out of a mound on Gypsum creek, a few mile3 southwest of this city. The skull, it is thought, is one of a white man, and it is supposed it must be that of an early trapper or Indian trader, who ventured across the plains in the early fifties. Upon the front part of the skull may be seen a peculiar abrasion, which, it is thought, must have been caused by a knife while one of the red fiends was scalping the man. The arrow heads are fine ones. They are neatly chipped from flint, and show that the workmen must have spent con siderable time upon them. The skin scraper is also of Hint, and well formed. These Hint articles are well known to 'archaeologists. The stone hammer is quite large and weighs several pounds. AFTER HORTON JOINTISTS. Gospel Temperance Union Succeeds In Buying Up Evidence. Horton, Dec. 12. For some time the Gospel Temperance I'nion in this city has had a standing reward of $50, of fered for convicting evidence against any or all of the Horton jointists. To day the chairman of the union. Hartley Kellar, announces that sufficient evi dence had been secured against all of the law violators in Horton and that no one would ever know who testified against the jointist or rather who se cured the $30 offered as a premium. The plan as it is being worked in Horton is as follows: A mutual friend goes to the officers of the Gospel Temperance Union and says that he has a list of names, among them being at least one man who will testify for the organiza tion if he is given $50. The case is brought up and if the law violator is convicted on the testimony of the wit ness, then the $50 is paid to the mutual friend who is not in the court room at the time of the trial. He will give it to the witness to whom it belongs: thus shielding the witness. Proceedings will not be begun against one man. but against all in town. Already three men have volunteered to offer testimony. HER MONEY HIDDEN. Woman Who Died In Want Was Wealthy. Wichita, Dec. 12. Mrs. Lucy Hunni cutt died on her claim in the Cherokee strip three miles south of Hunnewell, Kan., in September, and Attorney John Davis of Wichita, who is settling the affairs, has received word that nearly $11,000 in bills has been hidden under the carpet of Mrs. Hunnicutt's house. Until the discovery of this money it was supposed that Mrs. Hunnicutt died in need. Mrs. Hunnicutt. was formerly Miss Crow, daughter of W. D. Crow, a farm er of Putnam county, Indiana. When she was 20 years old she married against her father's wishes. When the Cherokee strip was opened she bargained for a fast horse and urged her husband, who had followed her. to 'make the run" for a claim. He refused an hour before tile signal for starting was fired, and Mrs. Hunnicutt made the race herself. She secured a claim, got a divorce from her husband and had lived alone on her farm for the last six years, often receiving help from neighbors. GRINSTEAD'S LUCK. Editor Found Guilty of Criminal Libel Three Times In a Week. Troy, Dec. 12. Pool Grinstead, the editor of the Wathena Star, was con victed of criminal libel Saturday on the complaint of State Senator John A. Fulton, of Brown county. The article complained of charged Senator Fulton with having attempted to lead astray a young woman of this county who was in Topeka seeking a clerkship in the I legislature. j This is the third conviction of Grin- stead for libel this week, he having been convicted on another complaint 1 of Senator Fulton's on account of an- other article in the Star charging bribery in the location of the new in sane asylum at Parsons. The other complaint was by Albert Perry and the libelous article charged Perry-, who was chairman of the Democratic county central committee, with having used his position to assist his brother-in-law, Cyrus Leland, and the Republicans. Grinstead has been in jail since Mon day, except when in court, he having forfeited his bond by not appearing at the time set for trial. The other charges against Grinstead and one against Frank Elliott, editor of the Troy Times, remain to be tried. OUT OF WRONG BOTTLE. Two Prominent St. Marys Politicians Mistake Corrosive Sublimate For Whisky St. Marys. Dec. 12. Colonel James Graham and William P. Cunr.een, two of the best known citizens and Demo cratic politicians in St. Marys, are ly ing at the point of death. Saturday night Colonel Graham entered a drug store and purchased a quart of disin- fectant to guard against smallpox, which is quite prevalent here. He also i purchased a bottle of whisky. j Later in the evening Colonel Graham j met his friend, colonel cunneen. on tne street and invited him to take a drink. They stepped into a dark stairway for the purpose. Both bottles were done up in wrapping paper alike, and by mistake both drank out of the bottle of disinfectant instead of the liquor bot tle. Soon after both men became vio lentlv ill, and it required the extreme diligence of the doctor to keep them 1 alive over night. It is stated that the i disinfectant was corrosive sublimate. Mr. Graham was lieutenant colonel of the Twenty-second Kansas regiment in i the Spanish war, and is well known in the state. He was master of ceremon ies at the big Bryan meeting at the Kansas log rolling last summer. IN THE SALOON BUSINESS. Town of Madison Runs the Joints For Its Treasury's Profit. Emporia, Dec. 12. Madison, a little town south of here, has decided to run j the whisky business for the benefit of the town and now has two open saloons which pay a monthly fine of $20 each. The prohibition element is in the mi nority and is unable to stop the traffic, although they are making a great effort to do so. REESE SECURES BAIL. Immediately Leaves For the Kansas Coal Fields. Fort Scott. Dec. 12. President Mitch ell, of the United States Mine Workers of America. Monday furnished a $3,000 bond for John P. Reese, member of the national executive committee of the United Mine Workers, who was serving a 90 day sentence here for contempt of the federal court by participation in the Kansas coal strike, and secured his re lease from the jail. Immediately upon his release Reese left for the Kansas coal field to as sume the leadership of the strike in ab solute defiance of Judge Williams of the federal court. He declared that he had done nothing worthy of punish ment and that he would repeat trfe acts which in the opinion of the court con stituted contempt. A CLAIM OF 22 YEARS. Government to Pay For Some Old Indian Depredations- Pittsburg. Dec. 12. Attorney P. P. Campbell has just received notice that j a decision has been rendered m the united fctates court or claims m iavor of his clients and against the govern ment awarding damages in the sum of $7,610. The claim was that of one Melvin Boss, a former resident of this county, who had a herd of fine horses stolen by the Crowe Indians on the night of May 9, 1867 in the territory of Mon tana. CHANUTE IN THE DARK. City Authorities and Gas Plant Can not Agree on Price of Gas. Chanute, Dec. 12. The city will be in darkness after today. The city wanted the gas company to give a rate of 4 cents per thousand feet and the com pany declined to go lower than S cents. The plant which is a private one will be removed to another town. SHIPPERS TO FIGHT RATES. Meeting of State Live Stock Associa tion Called at Emporia to Protest. Emporia, Dec. 12.- The following no tice has been sent to stockmen in Kan sas, signed by J. W. Robinson, presi dent, and George Plumb, secretary of the State Live Stock association: "A meeting of the Kansas Live Stock association will be held in the court house in Emporia December 28, at 2 o'clock, for the purpose of taking action toward protecting cattle shippers against the unreasonable and unjust freight rates recently put into effect by the Kansas railroads, and also to make an effort to obtain better service from the railroads in the transportation of live stock. All parties interested. wheth er members of the association or other wise, are invited to attend." ARE HELD FOR MURDER. Suspects In the Leopold Edlinger Case Had Their Preliminary Trials Yesterday. Fort Scott, Kan., Dec. 12. The prelim inary hearings of the three suspects in the Leopold Edlinger murder case were held here Monday. An immense crowd was present and hundreds were turned away. Neither of the "Smith" brothers, whohave been identified as Ed and George Silbee of Kansas City, had a wdtness or an attorney and after hearing much dam aging testimony given by numerous wit nesses for the state, they were held with out bail to answer the charge of murder. Phillips, the third prisoner, and the old man of many confessions, at the last mo ment, employed lawyers and took the county attorney by surprise. A complaint was issued, however, his hearing was held last evening and he was also remanded without bail to answer to the charge of murder. Edlinger's wagon, team, bedding and even the ax with which his head was crushed are here. The ax was found in the possession of Meeks and Silbee. They had disposed of the team. Mrs. Tyler of Bats county. Mo., identified the bloody necktie found on Ed Meeks as one she had given Edlinger, the murdered man. CITY OWNERSHIP. Horten Citizens to Vote on Owning Its Waterworks Plant. Horton, Dec. 12. The citizens of this city are to vote on the municipal own ership of waterworks at a cost of $40,000 to the city. The city is at pres ent paying $3,000 per year hydrant rent al, and according to the franchise con tract, at the end of 20 years, the city must renew tne contract or buy the plant. The cost to the taxpayers of floating the $40,000 bonds for the pur chase price, will be $1,600 per year, so there will be a net saving of $1,400 year ly. The present hydrant rental for pri vate use is so high, that but few are able to consume the product of the plant, while under city ownership, the rates could be placed within the reach of all. CHANUTE'S QUEER DEAL. City Council Leases Its Gas Lands After Developing a Good Field. Chanute. Dec. 12. After developing a pretty fair field of natural gas and purchasing- the gas plant, which is to be operated by the Standard Oil company-, until said company- is paid $65, 000, the city council has leased his ga3 lands to I. N. Knapp, of the Omaha Gas company. The new company will com mence drilling at once. It is true the city has reserved some land, but the new company can drill within 500 feet of Chanute's wells and that will hurt. SALINA'S MARSHAL Resigns His P;ace to Become a Santa Fa Detective. Salina. Dec. 12. When the city coun cil meets on Monday, December 18, City

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COPYRtQMT l8Ba gy the Procter gamble co. Cincinnati Marshal James A. Gilbert will hand in his resignation. He quits his Job to ac cept a better position as a member of the Santa Fe detective force and will go on the southern Kansas division. The opening was made by the recent resignation of a Santa Fe detective, who went to the Rock Island, the latter succeeding Detective Tobin, of the Un ion Pacific, who has returned to the Cheyenne, Wyo., division. BOOM FOR OBERLIN. Foundry and Machine Shops Started by J. M. Sears. Oberlin, Dec. 12. The Oberlin foun dry and machine shops is a reality, and will soon be in operation. At an ex pense of about $3,000 to build and equip the same, of which the public spirited citizens of the town contributed $300. J. M. Sears, formerly of I one county, has built and put the plant in operation. Mr. Sears Is proud of the Honor while he resided in Lone county of trying to defeat the popular Chas. K. Lobdell far the legislature, at two elections. Mr. Sears having been nominated by the opposition forces. CENSUS SUPERVISORS. Landis Gives Out Number of Enumer ators In Sixth District. Osborne, Dec. 12. Supervisor of Census of the Sixth Congressional district Chas. W. Landis of this city, has given out the following: There will be 4 census enum erators appointed in this district, giving to each county the following number ot enumerators: Chevenne county, 5: Deca tur. 9: Ellis. 8: Ellsworth. 7; Gove. 5: Graham, 7: Jewell, 15; Lincoln. 11: Logan. 5: Mitchell, 14: Norton. 13: Osborne. 14: Phillips. 15: Rawlins, ft; Rooks, S: Russell. X: Sheridan, 5: Sherman, 5: Smith, 18: Thomas, 6: Trego, 5; Wallace, 3. These enumerators will be appointed in March or April, and must enter upon their work the first day of June and have it com pleted by June 30. NO ROOM FOR VETERANS. No More Soldiers Will Be Received at Leavenworth Home. Leavenworth. Dec. 12. The National Soldiers' home at this place is overcrowd ed, and no snore veterans can be furnish ed accommodations. It was decided some time ago that no more could be received, but thev are still coming from Missouri, Kansas and Nebraska. Many of them arrive without money, and when they can not gain admittance to the home fall back on Leavenworth county for support. It is contrary to law to put a veteran of the civil war in the poor h'.use. The officials of the soldiers' home desire it stated that no more veterans can be re ceived until next summer, after new bar racks are put up. ROMANCE IN REAL LIFE. Sweethearts Marry After Baing Sep arated For Thirty Years. From the Salina Union. Mr. K. A. Sharp and bride are guesis at the home of their brother. .Tames A. Sharp. Many years ago this happy couple were youthful sweethearts in the quaint old town of Byron in the beauti ful vale of the Genesee. New York, but a seemingly cruel fate led them intn widely diverging paths. Each married and raised families. In time one became a widow and the other a widower, but though hundreds of miles apart, fate smiled and brought them together af ter an absence of 30 years he from the west: she from the east. And at Minne apolis, Kan., December 5, Judge Apple pronounced them man and wife. The latter place will be their future home. TO OWN THEIR WATERWORKS. Fort Scott Will Move For Municipal Ownership. Fort Scott. Dec. 12. The city council will recommend to the people munici pal ownership of lierhts and water works. They calculate, if the propo sition is properly carried out, to save enough in earnings to pay the cost of the plant within a limited period and at the same time without any addition al cost to the city. TO KEEP OUT OF DEBT. Horton Council Proposes to Issue a License to Every Business Man. Horton. Dec. 12. Since the joints were shut off and ceased paying $400 month ly into the city treasury, the city has been financially embarrassed. The city council proposes as a reme dy that a license be issued to every business man for the purpose of main taining the city's expenses instead of running in debt. McLain's Large Shortage. Parsons. Dec. 12. It is said that a strong effort will be made to make good the shortage of C. A. McLain with the National Mill and Elevator company, and thus save him from the peniten tiary. McLain's shortage with the mill company as footed up to date is esti mated at between twelve and thirteen thousand dollars. The stock of mer chandise at Savonsburg, valued at $4,200, has been turned over to the mil! company, leaving over eight thousand dollars still unaccounted for by McLain. A Cat Chews Tobacco. Saline county is the home of a cat that chews tobacco. The cat is owned by Peter Nelson of Bridgeport, a broth er of S. I. Nelson of Salina. How the feline contracted the tobacco habit is not known to Mr. Nelson. He is simply aware of the fact that the animal is a slave to the use of the weed. Every morning w hen Mr. Nelson comes out of the house he finds the cat watching for him. Me-ow, me-ow, me-ow," which means, "give me a chew," greets his ears. If he fails to comply, the cat con tinues to mew, and will not give him any rest until he takes out his plug of tobacco and cuts off a good sized chew. If the chew happens to be too large for tommy, he places it on the ground and trims it around the edges until it is the right size to fit his unnatural jaw. Sometimes tommy just chews the to bacco like the average man, but at oth er times he chews it awhile and then eats it. Ordinarily a couple of chews a day will satisfy tommy, but occasion ally he wants more. Salina Union. Pensions For Kansans. Washington, Dec. 12. Pensions have been granted in Kansas as follows: Original Samuel M. Beeson. Angola. $S: James J. Thornbury. Princeton. $6. Increase Frederick Kaler, National Military Home, Leaven worth, $17 to $24: Frederick Ziegler, Marysville. $S to $12; Isaac L. Baab, Coffeyviile, SB to $8; John L. Simpson, Pomona, $6 to $S. War with Spain Original Adam Moore, Leavenworth, $16. Kansas Veteran Dead. Independence, Dec. 12. John Wyatt. aged titi. died at his home in this city Monday afternoon of pneumonia. Deceas ed was one of the oldest residents of Montgomery county. He leaves a wife and six children. He served four years in the civil war in the Twentieth Indiana vol unteers. The funeral will be held today, conducted by the G. A. R. Died From Accidental Shooting. Winfield. Dec. 12. Joe. the 7-year-old son of A. Dautsehmann died Monday noon from an accidental gunshot wound receiv ed Sundav. He was playing with a loaded rifle, when an older sister attempted to take it awav from him. The rille was dis charged, the bullet striking him ia the abdomen. Grist Mill For Atwood. Atwood. Dec. 12. Work is being rap idly pushed forward on Atwood's tifv steam grist mill, of which a stock com pany, comprising many of our citizens, have raised the necessary capital t" complete and operate it. The mill is being built in town, instead of on Beav er creek, a mile away, where two water power grist mills have failed. Editor In Search of Health. Atwood, Dec. 12. The pioscr citizen and editor, James D. Greason. of the Atwood Citizen, has gone to Hot Springs. Arkansas, in search of health, he having been a constant sufferer lor many years of rheumatism and asthma. Killed Three Antilope. Oscar Hurst, who works on George Dodd's ranch in South Ke.-.rny. went out hunting in the sand hills, last week, and bagged three fine antelope. He brought two of them to Sudduth. the butcher, and the other one was ta ken as a present to Mr. Dodds. Lakin Investigator. Quarantine Comes High. Pittsburg, Dec. 12. It cost this city $1,177.18 to carry out the quarantine oa smallpox. Food prices were doubled and nurses, vaccination and physicians came high. Hut they were necessary. DeV.'itt's Little Early Risers purify the blood, clean the liver. Invigorate the sys tem. Famous little pills for constipation and liver troubles. At all drug stores.

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You can have tliem laid aside until wanted, by paying a small amount on your purchase. Just a few items, to give you an idea Cups and Saucers, 5c, 10c each, etc. Plates, Decorated and with gold, 15c ea., etc. Glass Vases, 5c, 10c, 15c each, and upward. A large China Fruit Bowl or Salad, 30c each. Pin Trays, 10c each, and upward. Decorated Metal Plaques, 30c, 60c, $1.15 ea. These are just a few items. Come in and see the rest. FARNSWORTJI AS 503 Kansas Avenue. 1 6 NOVEL ENTERPRISE. Company Chartered to Fight Corporations in Court. A CODY COMES UP. One of the Victims of the Wrecked Steamer Niagara Discovered. Buffalo, X. T., Dec. 12. The first body to come to the surface of Lake Krie from the wreck of the steamer Niagara was found on the shore near Port Maitland this afternoon. It is un doubtedly that of a sailor named ICnowel. whose home was at Moon Kiver, Ontario. Tattooed on the arms were the letters "M. il K.", and this led to identitic-ation. The names ot three of the crew were learned today. They were: James Oaugherty, fireman, Kingston. Ont.; Jani-s Hanks, Kingston, Ont.: and Frank Kinsan, St. Catherines, Ont. The captain of the steamer James Pisher, jr.. which arrived hre today, reports having f-'pii the stern of a wrecked boat Moating in Lake Erie and the name "Niagara" painted on it. Live Stock Delegate Governor Stanley today appointed three delegates to represent the state at the third annual convention at the National Live stock convention at Fort "Vorth. Texas, January Governor Stanley's selections follows: Thomas M. Potter. IVabody. "VV. W. Outhrie, Atchison. T. A. Hubbard. Rome, Sumner county. CHASE IN "DAVID II ARUM.' Geo. H. Wilson Appointed. Governor Stanley has aprointed Geo. II. Wilson nf Cherokee as probate judtre to fin the vacancy caused by the resig nation of K. K. Sapp. to become judire of the new court in Cherokee and Craw lord counties. Sensible Christmas Gifts. Are always appreciated. Knowing that the people are p'ttintr wise! in their trivinu-s I have gathered together for the holiday season a store full of at tractive looking, fine wearing furniture and other useful articles with which to make the home cozy and bright. I have especially a fine line of ladies' and cent's rocking chairs: also a tine line of carpets, rugrs and curtains. and all kinds of household specialties at the lowest prices and most reasonable terms. E. W. I1VGHES. 423 Kansas Avenue. Special low prices for the holiday trade on a.11 of Mrs. J. A. Davis' paint ings at Keen's drug store. Actor Signs Contract to Appear Under Frohman's Management. New York. Dec. 12. William H.Crane who recently severed his relations with his former manager, has signed a con tract with Charles Frohman to appear under the latter's management in a dramatization of Edward Noyes West cott's novel, "David Harum." Mr. Crane will continue at the head of his own organization and the pro duction of "David riarum"wi!l be made some time during- the present season, the first performance to be given in Syracuse, the late home of the author. Charters Granted. The New York Zinc company, organ ized under the laws of Delaware, has been authorized to do business in Kan sas. The company has an authorized t capital of ST'V'.uOO. The amcunt issued is $L'T."..oeO. The company paid a fee of j ?21." to the state. The officers are as follows: President, J. H. Bartram. New York: vice presi- I dent. V. V. Woleott. Boston; secretary j and treasurer, Charles C. Woleott, New York. Directors pre: J. P. P.artram, C C. The Claim Adjustment company.dam age suit promoters, is the latest topic of discussion in federal court circles. It is an incorporated company, organized for the purpose of promoting damage suits against corporations. Its head quarters are at Kansas City. The facts concerning: the organization have just been brought to light in the damage suit of Henjamin Nieman against the Metropolitan Street Itail way company, of Kansas City, which is now on hearing in the federal court. The matter came up on a motion filed by the defendant to require the plain tiff to fve security for costs in the case. Mr Nieman had filed a poverty affidavit, stating that he had no money with which to pay costs and could not give security. Frank Hagerman, attorney for the Street Railway company, set up the claim that Nieman was backed in his suit by the Claim Adjustment company which was abundantly able to give all th? security for costs required. It was alleged that the Claim Adjust ment company was a chartered organi zation which went around and hunted up damage suits, making contracts to bring them and furnish all the evidence and pay the costs for half of the dam ages collected. M. Freliegh was said to j be the secretary of the organization, j and it is claimed that a number of his relatives are associated with him in it. Mr. Hagerman claimed that the com pany had a contract with Mr. Nieman to prosecute his claim. "Uring on your proof," sa-id Judge Hook. Mr.Freliegh himself .was placed on the stand, and while he admitted that he was secretary of suc h an organization, he denied that the company had any contract with Mr. Nieman to prosecute his claim. He said, however, that thev were to assist T. P. Anderson, attorney for the plaintiff, in the prosecution of the case, but he denied that they had paid the fare of witnesses from Kansas City to Topeka to testify in the suit. Mr. Nieman was then placed on the stand. He said that a representative of the Claim Adjustment company had come to him while he was still in the hospital suffering from injuries he had received and for which it was proposed to bring damages against the Street Railway company, and made a contract with him to bring the damage suit. This contract was afterwards declared off, however, and another one was made with T. P. Anderson, as attorney for the plaintiff. Mr. Anderson was next placed on the stand to corroborate what Air. Nieman had said. While he was still testifying Judge Hook remarked: "The plaintiff will put up security for costs.'" and the court required a de posit ol sitH to be made. i it is saiu mat i. i Anderson was formerly attorney for the organization, b'.lt that .T. K CllbbiSon fru-mr- unoalf- Humlin, Boston: James j er pro tem of the house of representa tives, is now its legal representative. The method of procedure of the com pany is to hunt up actions for damages and make contracts with the damag-ed parties to bring the actions for half the amount recovered. Then an effort is made to settle the matter out of court, but if this is not succesful a contract is made with an attorney to bring the suit on a contingent fee. Mr. Nieman sues the Metropolitan Street Railway company for J25,Cij0 damages for injuries which he sustain ed in a fall, for which he holds the Street Railway company liable. Woleott. C. S 11. Eckles. ex-comptroller of the cur recny; Chas. Hewlett. lihide Island: X. S. Possons, Cleveland: C. M. Dodd, Hethlehem, Penn., and J. L. Walcott, Delaware. The Katherine Milling and Mining company of .Toplin, has been authorized to ctieas" in business in Kansas. The capital is S21.tl'J. Directors and officers I are: M. C. Wetmore, St. Louis, presi dent; Geo. M. Seely. secretary, Joplin; Ryron Ash,. J. W. Ground. James LaJie and Governor William J. Stone. SOCIAL AND PERSONAL. The "Party for Little Men and Wo men," Monday afternoon, given by Mrs. Lewis II. Jansen and Mrs. Armin A. Weiskirch at the home of Mrs. Jansen was a delightful affair: it was compli mentary to Jessie and Herman Wolff of Indianapolis, Ind. The boys all wore long trobsers and looked like miniature men, while the little girls had their hair dressed high and their gowns swept the floor. The rooms were prettily decorated with asparagus and Boston ferns and dainty refreshments were served. One entertaining feature of the afternoon was a guessing contest; a jar of beans was brought in and each little guest given a card with pencil attached with which to write their guess. The six best guesses were rewarded with prizes. The invited guests were: Cornelia Gleed, Laura Hall. Gertrude Kitehell, Rertha Kitehell. Charlotte McClellan, Elizabeth McClellan, Jessie Wolff, Helen Louise Crosby, Anita Weiskirch, Wandella Stilwell, Grace Vance, Alice Winnifred Hughes, Louise White. Flor ence Embree, Marian Wear, Marjorie Davis, Wilhelmina Marburg, Alice Lar imer, Emma Rolmar. Anna Sim. Anna Troutman, Julia Holmes. Roy Jansen. Herman Wolff. James Hughes, David Gray. Burr Willard, Herbert Lininger, Lawrence White. A Surprise Party. A pleasant surprise party was given at the home of Mrs. C. F. Whitney on AVest Sixth avenue last Saturday after noon, by Mrs. Whitney and Mrs. Hiram Kinsrsley, in honor of the birthdays of their little daughters. Ruth Whitney and Mabel Kingsley. The afternoon was spent in playing games and was much enjoyed by the following little guests: Dorothy Van Hook, Sara Webster, Jes sie Faulkner, Angie Gregory, Mary Nissley, Dorothy Hadley, Marian Walp. Vera Perkins, Wandella and Irma Stil well, Anna Myers. Florence Ernbree, Florence March, Marie Kutitz, Jennie Maxwell, Mildred Kepley, Lola Burgess, Marian and Ruth Foster, Ruth Leon ard. Ethel Weymuth, Ruth Whitney, Mabel Kingsley, Henry Faulkner, John nie Nissley, Charles Walp, Roy Larsh, Earle Hanway, Chapped Foot, Frank Stilwell, Charles Freeman, Edwin Campbell. Harry Kuntz. Harry Hetzer, Floyd Snow, Stuart Drum, Harmon Drum, John Kepley, Jean Kepley, Carl Menninger. Edwin Menninger, Harold Railey. Ralph Cross, Hiram Kingsley and Ralph Kingsley. Notes and Personal Mention. Miss Edna Crane will entertain at thimbles next Monday afternoon, com plimentary to Miss Margaret Bear. Mrs. F. A. Lewis went to Newton Monday for a week's visit with Mrs. R. J. Parker. J. P. Davis left Monday for a week's business trip to Cleveland. Ohio. The last party of the Informal club's first series will be given Friday even ing. December 15. Each member has been given the privilege of inviting one couple as guests. The marriage of Miss Emma Dora Phepard and Mr. Loring Price, both of Burlingame, will take place Wednesday afternoon, December 27, at the home of the bride. Both young people are well known in Topeka. Mrs. F. E. Nipps has returned from a several weeks' visit in Phillipsburg, Kan. The D. D. club was pleasantly enter tained Monday afternoon by Mrs. Hor ace Hall. Mrs. W. H. Eastman substi tuted for Mrs. Frank Edson and Mrs. Harry Williams for Miss Glenna Cross. The next meeting will be at the home of Mrs. Frank Patterson. Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Hurd and their sister,Mrs. Delia Moreland of Hiawatha, returned Sunday from a few days' stay in Chicago. The next Imperial party will be given Tuesday evening, December 26. Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Short left Mon day for a trip to Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. H. o. Garvey spent Monday in Kansas City. Miss Pearlade Prescott left Monday for Pueblo where she will give her first recital. Mrs. Louis Wolff and children left to day for their home in Indianapolis. Mrs. A. A. Hurd and her sister, Mrs. Delia Moreland of Hiawatha, will go to Windsor, Mo.. Wednesday for a few days visit with their grandmother. Miss Laura Davis of Wichita is ex pected in Topeka soon to visit Mrs. W. J. Radcliff. Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Black left Mon day for Chicago where they will spend a few days. Avery Turner is in Chicago. Mrs. J. L. Cuthbert of Silver Lake is shopping in Topeka today. Mr. Thad Payne of Fort Scott will spend Christmas in Topeka with his parents. The Duplicate whist club is meeting this afternoon with Mrs. J. F. Jar red. The regular meeting of the Helian thus club was held ls.ft Friday after noon at the home of Mrs. J. K. Jones. An excellent paper entitled "Abraham Lincoln" was read by Mrs. Jones; Mrs. Wright read a selection from Whittier and a humorous piece was read by Mrs. Millard. Mrs. H. H. Hadley was a guest of the club. The club will not meet again until after the holidays when it will be entertained by Mrs. D. C. Tillotson. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Pelham Adams of 917 Fillmore street, are the parents of a son born this morning. Mr. Thomas Keeley of Denver is vis iting Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Quinton. His wife who has been here several weeks will accompany him home next week. Miss Ida Dougherty has returned from a six weeks' visit in the east. The Spalding Reading circle will hold its regular meeting Thursday. Chester Woodward of Lawrence has been visiting Topeka friends. Dr. C. B. Reed is visiting in Peoria, 111. A. M. Warner will come up from Ot tawa the last of the week for a short visit. Miss Anna James of Kansas City is spending a few days in Topeka with relatives. IIAYWAKD'S SUCCESSOR. An Engineer Sailed. Huntington. W. Va.. Dec. 12. Norfolk tt Western passenger No. 3. ran into a siding at Panther today. Engineer W. S. Bishop of Huntineton was killed and Fireman Contz of Blueneld was fatally injured. Appeal to McKinley. Washington, Dec. 12. The content over the place for holding' the next Re publican convention was begun at the White House today. A large delegation from Philadelphia saw the president ami explained to him the hopes of that city, but the president said it would be manifestly improper for him to express the slightest preference for any city in a contest of this character. 3. A. GILL APPOINTED. Eansan Made TJ. S. Judge in Indian Territory. Washington, Dec. 12. The president today sent the following nomination? to the senate: John J. Sullivan of Ohio to be L". S. attorney for the north ern district of Ohio. Joseph A. Gill of Kansas, judge of the Fnited States court of the northern district of In dian Territory. Also a long list of army recess appointments. Call and examine Mrs. J. A. Davis' picture display at Keene's drug store. Governor Poynter is Besieged With Appeals From Candidates' Friends. Omaha, N'eb., Dec. 32. Governor Poyn ter came to Omaha last night after a few days on his farm at Albion and during the few hours that he remained he was closely followed by the friends of the as. pirynts for senatorial honors. M1.-5 arrival at the railway station was on the quiet and he walked up town by back streets, hot no sooner had he arrived at the htel than the politic-ians laid siege and he had to lock himself in his room and station a doorkeeper to keep the crowd back. G. it. Hitchcock's chief editorial writer took supper with him and Allen's friends but tuiihohjd him ut every opportunity, but to none of them did the governor give an inkling of what he proposed to do. An appointment is looked for in a few days. Art lovers of Topeka have an oppor tunity to examine a fine collection of oil paintings by Mrs. Lenore Doster Cooke. now on exhibition at Kellam's. The pictures are the result of last sum mer's work in the Tennessee moun tains. The subjects are unhackneyed ajid the color fascinating. The "Mother and Child'' will attract much attention. The wife and child of the simple moun taineer instantly appeal to the Ma donna sentiment, and attest the uni versal reverence for maternity. Amonio Benzilene Soap try iU X DID YOU EVER BUY A suit of clothes or other wearing apparel where the walls are adorned with mottoes like mother used to frame and hang in the rooms at home only the reading is so very different. The clothing store aggregation usually lines up thusly ONE PRICE TO ALL T 1 NO MISREPRESENTATION 1 I MONEY CHEERFULLY REFUNDED. TRUTHFUL ADVERTISING SATISFACTION OK YOUR MONEY BACK GOODS GLADLY EXCHANGED. YOU TEST THE VALUE of the big sign by offering $9.00 for the Suit advertised worth 15.00 now S9.9S and you get the Suit, that proves the one price to you. You wish you had offered $8.00 instead. WHEN YOU GET HOME and find the pure wool, guaranteed Suit to have a straight cotton warp, you are leary of -tiio little motto in the gilt frame "no misrepresentation." YOU TRY TO EXCHANGE it, then you find the gladly is all in the frame on the wall but you get a poorer suit by payin.tr enough difference, or you maybe take the same one home again, disgusted with elegant signs, and innocent looking mottoes, and modern advertising and you are right. NEXT TIME TRY THE IMPERIAL where we don't display any nice little mottoes no sales no fakes no promises no circus advertising no railroad fares paid no commission no discounts no special sale prices no something for nothing no impossibilities. WATCH TJS GROW WATCH US PROSPER WATCH OXTR BUSINESS METHODS WIN. They are winning every day. People like common sense. SECURITY BUILDING. ROBINSON, MARSHALL CO., V v 701 KAN. AVE. EASTERN BILLIARDS. Thre3hie and Smith, and Cutler and Kellogg the Favorites For Winners New York, Dec. 12. Threshie of Boston and Smith of St. Louis are the favorites with the experts who have been following the plnv in the class B amateur rhampion pionship billiard tournament in the Knick erbocker Athletic club theater. Cutler of Hoston and KelloRg of Chicago are als.o regarded with favor, although their sup porters are not so sanguine of victory as are the admirers of Threshie and Smith. The final series of games was begun to day. With four of the original ten play ers "weeded out the six experts remaining began the final round of the tournament with every promise of some exciting matches. In the opening game today. Threshie met Hevner of Philadelphia, and won with a margin of 89 points. The first of the evening games was be tween 1'. De Mun Smith of St. Louis and J. A. Hendrick of New Haven. Contrary to general expectations tliis proved to be a close game, and the westerner did not have the easv time which some of the ex perts thought he would have. Ifendrick hung on well, and when the westerner needed onlv six points to make the game Hendrick made a plucky brace and ran In, bue he was too far behind to overtake his opponent and Smith ran out in his sev- entv-foiirth inning, the final score being :iiJ to 25S in favor of the western export. Scores: Smith average 4 4-74; high runs 41. 21. 1!' and 1. Hendrick 25: aver age, 3 3D-73; high runs 25. 1M, 19 and 13. BRITISH ORGANIZE. -tt V MORRISON'S ANNUAL I Ilverware Sale. ONE WEEK December II to 16 inclusive. In Chicago to Help Widows and Or phans of Soldiers at Home. Chicago, Dec. 12. A general committee composed of representatives from the var ious Jiritish societies in and about Chi cago met at the Great Northern hotel and formed an organization to raise monev for the relief of the widows and orphans of British soldiers and sailors killed in the South African war. An en tertainment will be given in Central Mu sic hull January 13. British-Americans have already subscribed $4.5o. There are to be 1"0 vice presidents chos en from the leading British-Americans of Chicago and vicinity. The name of the organization is "Society of Sons and Daughters of the British PImpire." A lad ies' auxiliary will also be organized to act in conjunction with the society. The aim of the society is to include every person who is a native of any of the countries of Great Britain or of the colonies vf the British empire. LIVING-LIKE PRINCES. Gang of Boy Burglars Raided in Their Den. Chicago, Dec. 12. A gang of alleged boy burglars was arrested last evening in as lavishly furnished apartments as a mil lionaire would occupy. They were found by the police in a barn in the rear of 43141 Wentworth avenue. Five boys composed the gang and their ages range from 11 to 17 years. The furnishings of the "rob bers' den." astonished the police. The walls were hung with costly tapestries, rugs, valuable paintings anil musical in struments, while on the floor and on the boxes were enough brie a brae to hand somelv decorate a residence. To complete the artistic effect of the rendezvous of the gang. a. varied collection of antique guns, swords and pistols ere fastened to one end of the room with a soldiers' un iform coat as the center piece. The bovs had gained an idea from one of the paintings for over an improvised dais covered with I'ersian rugs hung "The Heading From Homer" and in the chief s chair was a pile of dime novels. When the police entered the chairs were in a semi circle as if the captain of the gang had just finished the reading. WANTS COLLIER'S PLACE. W. W. Martin a Candidate For G. A. R. Department Commander. W. W. Martin of Fort Scott is a capdi da.te for department commander of the Kansas O. A. K.. to succeed O. H. Coulter whose t'-rm expires next year. Martin has started in the race by having his home posts endorse him for the place. The election of a commander will take place at Holton where the state encamp ment will be held next spring. Gov. Thomas Gets Even. Denver. Col.. Dec. 12. Governor Thom as refused to honor the requisition of Governor Stephens of Missouri for the extradition of W. J. Daca of Joplin, charger! with theft. The governor says he suspects the object of the criminal com plaint is to collect a civil debt. He adds that Governor Stephens once refused to honor a similar request from him. Just received a. large invoice of 50 cent books, selling this week for 23 Cents. Best Works of Literature, 125 titles: First Violin, Emerson's Essays, Sartor Resartus, Autocrat of the Break fast Table, etc. Bennett's Book store, 733 Kansas avenue. I REMEMBER Discount on all Solid and Plated Silverware, one week only. THE DATES. C. H. MORRISON, 505 KANSAS AOENUE. 505 KANSAS AOEKUE. REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS Elizabeth Amann et al. to Charles Ruhling, J3.200 .east half of the south east quarter, 2-11-15. L. A. Boyd and wife to Elizabeth J. Adams, $300, lot 646 Clay street, Martin Dennis' addition. S. E. Vorheis and husband to S. F. Boyles, $3.000, west half northeast quar ter 12-10-13 and part northwest quarter 12-10-13. William J. Barnes and wife to Lewis B. Martin, $1,000, lot 54 Western avenue, Watson's addition. Wm.fcjims and wife to Mary L. Cham berlain, $2,175.95, lots 375-77-9-S1-3-5-Washburn avenue, Washburn Place ad dition. Avery Washburn and wife to Saville B. Batcheler $300, lots 44S-50-52 Wayne avenue. Washburn Plane addition. Alvah M. Levy to Jacob H. Fair banks, $1, tract on Sixth and Branner street. Caroline E. Fairbanks to Alvah M. Levy, $1, tract on Sixth and Branner street. J. T. Rockey and wife to L. F. Kem per. $300, lots 316 Jefferson street, Para more's second addition. S. F. Boyles and wife to S. Vorheis. $2,300, part lots &5-7-9-S1-3-5 Pearl street, Rossville. James D. Lane and wife to S. J. Clark, $1, lots 259 and south- half 2C1 Jefferson street, Lockard's ad3ition. Dolmer E. Batcheller and wife to Avery Washburn, $300, lots 43? -7-9-41-3-5 W'arren avenue, Washburn Place ad dition. Lena Kalin and husband to Fred Johnson and wife, $1,500, part south east quarter 5-11-18. Wm. Perry to Solomon A. Shtill, $500, lots 54-6-8 Oordon street. First ward, Watt's sub-division. Theo. F. Orner and wife to John Schilling-. $3,900, south 6214 feet, lot 22 Greenwood avenue, C. W. Pot win's sub-division. The Union Land company to Char lotte Hill, $975, lots 97 Monroe street. L. F. Sater to Peter Sells, $1, lot 46 Kansas avenue. Mary L. Phillips and wife to Sarah A. Campfield, a valuable sum in tlollarst, lots 4.6 and 8 Lincoln street, King's ad-dition. HOLIDAY RATES Via "The Bock Island Eonta" Tickets on sale December 23 to 25; also December 30 to January 1st, final limit January 2nd, 1900. See Rock is land agents for full information. If any one is lying awake nights wondering what to give us for Christ mas, we are willing to cure tfreir in somnia by telling them; a flannel pajama would be preferred to a oopy of "Lucille." 50 cent books for 25 cents this week. Bennett's Book store, 730 Kajisas ave. Itching piles? Never mind if physi cians have failed to cure you. Try Doan's Ointment. No failure ttiere. 50 cents, at any drug store. Are you using Amonio Benzilene T "A 8k In of Fnauty m a Jot Toror DR. T. FELIX GOURAPD 3 OBil-UTA! cream, ok magical beau vii'iE. Purifies ua wed as IVautifies the hkia-.Vj elhar custueUc will do H. Removes Tun, I'illlpeS. Ttr.- IBs.. Molt Patch, es. Kash atitj Skin dihea.e. and every iiiu. lfch on E'jbucy, ao'j dene- u toction. it ha stood tllO V-lot bo year. Hud .9 'iiarmue.s tDte it to t9 b.ire it is prop erly mad?. At cett 00 cOilDter feit ut k.maa." names. Jr. .A. Payre said to a lady of the iiaui-ion pa tient): "As you ladles wid us; tlivm. 1 recum ineDd Go uraud's ream' as tie leat riarns't-i of ail st In preparations." 'or saie by a I 1-iruKgis c and Fancy 4oods Dealers in tile C. b., Canalas. and f.urope. Wt-KD. J. liOFK'NP. Proa'r, ti (ireai Jcaes HL. X. T. IF:c?:ii el 2 We can save you money on your Printing. CALL US t-f. TELEPHONE 3s'o. M. W. W. GAVITT PRINTINS PUBLISHES CO. $VotV,-B4o?luLSstA Topeka, Ear. CHRIST3I AS PRESENTS. These are some of the useful things found at E. V. Hugh' s' Canet Hous-, 423 Kansas avenue: A fine line of all kinrlrt of Kocking Chairs. Kook:as-s, Chiffoniers, Ladies' Lm-Hwing Tallin", Easles, Jardini'-r Stands. Hat and Had Ita' ks, SidetKiards. Pai ior Lamp. Tochers' P.ibl"S. LadinV and (ii-ntis Watches and Jewelry, Carpets, Jtutrs and Stand Covers. You will find my line of giods to le the newest and neatest line of goods in the city and the prices are the very lowest and terms reasonable. K. W. H1GHKS. 423 Kansas Avenue, New Health Institute. Dr. Wood, who has recently come to Topeka with his family, located at 1H West Sixth street with a view to open ing a health institute at that nunib'-r. It being roomy and conveniently i" cated, handy to street cars and busi ness makes it a very desirable location for an institution of the kind. Such an institute will be appreciat I by the citizens of Topeka and vicinity, being more private and pleasant fur patients than at the larger hospitals. The Doctor wants to have it rady in a few days to receive patients who n. I to place themselves under his personal care. Rooms, Board and Treatment, with home comforts at reasonable rates, are assured by the Doctor.

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0 TOPEKA STATE JOURNAI TUESDAY EVEXIXG, DECEMBER 12, 1S99. BUNCLINC WORK. Addition to Topeka Asylum Must Wait. Appropriation Not Available Until Next July. MISTAKE IN THE BILL. Money Made Available a Tear Later Than Intended. Prevents Belief For Which Measure Was Passed. The bundling work of the legislature is arrain displayed in the appropriation for the erection of an administration building at the Topeka insane asylum. When it was the purpose of the autn ors of the measure to make the appro priation available this year, by some d.-vice or another, the law was bungled and the money is not available until Julv. ir'0. The sum of J:!V00 is appropriated for this building, to be used "for the year ending June 3, 10"l." This means that not a cent of this money can be used until next July. The original inten tion of the law was to have the money available at the beginning of the fiscal year, which ends June 30. 1SO0. This period commenced July 1. and the state board of charities had planned to begin the work at that time. A reading of the law soon knocked those plans out, because the money is 11. .r available until next Juiy. The sUm appropriated is for the con struction of the new building, plumb inn, heating, lichting and other neces sary equipment, and including archi tectural and construction superintend ence. The building is to be constructed m accordance- with plar.f" prepared by the state board of charities. The Topeka asylum is now crowded and the new building is badly needed. To mci-t this emergen! y the state board of charities is now considering a plan which the members hope will dispose of the complication. It is the purpose of the board to pro ceed with th" work on this new build ing early in the spring. With this end in view' the board expects to prepare jjlar.s ant let the contracts. to rnen who ;n ,,-,,,L- ,,n .-i-rtir until Julv t. At that time the appropriation is available for the iv-w running ana mo uuu.ru oj T is method hopes to be able to have th, KnO.iitor ooitit.U-To.I a Vt-ar m ai- vance of the time provided by the bung- rs wno nanuieu me inn mruugn wncii thr appropriation is matie. It was well known at the time the legislature was considering this mea sure that the emergency was an ur gent one and the asylum should be re- 1 ved of congestion by providing sepa rate Quarters for the ollic.-rs, so that the room which these departments now occupy could be used for the insane people. This was the principal reason which rf-iii-... tViu nr,riinritii!ll hilt n linfOT- tunate error sonu'where made the ap- propriation available a year later than r Its promoters mtenaeo. Th" law for this improvement was drafted and pushel through the senate and house by .Senator Tom Anderson. AID FOR LEAVENWORTH. Honey Included In Urgency Deficien cy Bill for Penitentiary. Washington, Dec. 12. Secretary Gage today transmitted to congress a com munication from the attorney general Fubmitting estimates of appropriations for inclusion in the urgent deficiency Ull as follows: Support United States penitentiary, Leavenworth, Sfi.nno: penitentiary at Leavenworth, building. $30,000. The building improvements are for erecting 3'ortions of the proposed federal peni tential y. consisting of two interior wings or cell houses, the main corridor ttnd apartments connecting therewith, running back from the interior celt houses and including the school room: the laundry building, one-half the boil er house and the hospital building, the fum to be expended immediately under the direction of the attorney general. The speedy completion of the building is urged for the reasons that GO per cent working time of prisoners employed at the quarry and on new site is lost in marching two and one-half miles be-ti-en this place and their present quar ters, and because danger of escape and nets of violence in order to effect es cape while on march is verv great and necessitates employment of a large number of guards to secure safety of prisoners while marching. Velay con tinues the report, will put back the vork nearly if not quite one year. DOORS STILL CLOSED. Koberta Investigation is Proceeding in Secret Washington. Dec. 12. The Roberts investigating committee resumed its session today behind closed doors. This, it was ex plained, was to permit the com mittee to receive and discuss reports on procedure, form of subpoena, etc. Meantime Mr. Roberts himself and m;lte a gathering of Mormons and gen tries stood outside the committee door awaiting admission. Mr. Roberts was prepared to con tinue his argument on the demurrer on the right of the committee to try him. The gentile delegation was more" num erous, including the white haired Rev. Tr. Iliff. Mr. Schroeder, to whom Rob erta interposed rather sensational ob jections on Saturday and the others who have come on from Utah to direct the proceedings against him. BtcCook'a Brigade Buys a Park. Peoria, Dec. 12. Gen. McCook's brig ade of the federal army in the civil war has purchased Cheatham's hill, south of 4'hiekamauga. Here it was that the :reat fighting brigade had the fiercest (Struggle in its entire war historv. "apt. L. J. bawdy, of Peoria, a dep uty in the internal office, purchased the battlefield and holds it in trust for the lirigade. In due season it will be turn ed over to the brigade and will be used as a national park. The tract contains 60 acres. A Foot Man's HoteL Baltimore, Dec. 12. Joseph Tt. Mc Ie. social superintendent of the Sal vation Army, is about to establish in Haltimore a poor man's hotel similar to those operated by the Salvationists in New York, Chicago and San Fran cisco. The building, Xo. 4 Xorth Fred erick street, is being remodeled and fit ted up for the purpose. There will be Bccommodations for 75 men. The uni form rate at tea cents a, night will be charged. A FlGklT OX BY XL1 11. Democratic Senators Opposed to His Confirmation. New Tork. Dec. 12. A special to the Times from Washington says: Some of the Democratic senators have intimat ed to their friends that they will resist the confirmation of Wm. D. Eynum to be a member of the board of appraisers i at New lork. Mr. Bynum, who was until 1S9B an active Democrat but who participated in the campaign w ith the Palmer and F.tickner Democrats, is less acceptable to Democrats than a lifelong Republican. The argument made against his appointment and confirma tion is that the law requiring that all the members of the board shall not be of the same political party is being dis regarded in appointing Mr. Bynum as a Democrat. When the case is taken up in execu tive session, it will be urged against him that lie really parted company with Democracy when he bolted the Chicago nominations in 1": that he has since stumped for a Republican, or Republi cans in congressional campaigns, and j should be appointed, if at. all. as a Re publican. The opposition is considered likely to be futile, although a number of Republicans say that it is a pretty large and handsomely paid position to be given a new recruit. DRIVEN FKO.H HOME. Mrs. Mallory Makes That a Ground For Divorce. Alexander M. Mallory, who is em ployed in P. W. Griggs' hardware store on Sixth avenue west, has been sued by his wife. Mrs. Fanny Mallory, for a divorce. Mr. Mallory lives out at 1152 Lincoln street, but the couple have been separated for about three months, dur ing which time Mrs. Mallory has been living with her sister. Mrs. Mallory says that they were married in the fall of 1KS0 in Montgom ery county, Tenn. She claims that her husband has abused her for some time past and that on September 15 he drove her from their home, ami that she was compelled to lind a refuge with her sis ter. She says this is the third time she has been driven from her home. Mrs. Mallory asks for a divorce, ali mony, and tile custody of their child, William Karl, a boy of six years. She also asks that Mr. Mallory be restrain ed from disposing of their furniture while the suit is pending, and also that he may be restrained from coming where she is and bothering her. as she claims he is in the habit of doing. OTIS' DEATH LIST. Those Who .Have Died Recently In the Philippines. Washington. Dec. 12. Oen. Otis re ported by cable the following deaths since his last report: Tuberculosis, at Nagasaki, Japan, September l:i. FMrst North Dakota in fantry. Leslie It. Waterman, quarter master's department. Dec. 7, George Q. Davidson, civilian employe, drowned in Pasig river, body identified Dec. S. Sept. 11. Fourth infantry, James Pat tie, company C accidentally drowned, attempting to board launch at San Isi d ro. Nov. 12. First cavalry, James E. Thompson, sergeant. C. E. Bathing, Mariwuina. river at Pasig. Luzon. Dec. 2. Thirty-seventh infantry. Hen ry M. Xeatherlv, company K, variola, at Tarlac. Nov. 2;, Thirty-sixth infantry, Ewen W. Smith, company M, Oebu. Oct. i. Twenty-third infantry, Robert E. Welsch, company A, acute dysen tery. Nov. 22. Sixth infantry. Thomas A. Heide, company D. malaria. Nov. 2:!. Fourth cavalry. Michael Sul livan, farrier, company A. Nov. 24, Peter P. Griewatz, company D. Dec. Burt Henningur. company K. Dec. 1. Third cavalry, Charles Bran nincran, company E; gunshot wounds in action. Nov. no. Sixth infantry, Paul Rinkle; accident by comrade. Nov. 27. Sixth infantry, James Steele, company K. suicide. Dec. 2, Thirty-fifth infantry. George Montage, company C. diarrahoea. Dec. 2. Fourteenth infantry. Joseph F. Williams, company K. erysipelas. Dec. t. Twenty-seventn Infantry. Har old J. Griffith, company G. colitis. Dec. 1. Thirty-sixth infantry. Ray mond firell, company I, tricushid insuf ficiency. Dec. Twenty-third infantry, Thomas J. Murray, sergeant, company A, dys entery. Dec. 7. Twelfth infantry. Harry Gle son, company F; Second. Sixth infant ry. llliam Sherrill, company phoid. Dec. 3. Twenty-sixth infantry E. Ellington, company H. Dec. 2, Twenty-first infantry. K, ty- James George santord. company 1, nephritis. Dec. f. Twenty-second infantry, Ed ward H. Blyler. cause not reported. Nov. 2S. Twenty-second infantry.Her bert G. Hoor, company K. Dec. 25, James Rogers, company K. Does Advertising Pay? From Collier's Weekly.! ''Once, when I was publishing a pa per in Seattle. I convinced a man in the most emphatic way that it paid to advertise." said an old journalist. "He was a fairly prosperous merchant, and I had tried for a long time to get him to insert an advertisement in my pa pier. Oh. it's no use!' he would say. 'I never read the advertisements in a pa per, and no one else does. I believe in advertising, but in a way that will force itself upon the public. Then it pays. But in a newspaper pshaw! Everybody who reads a newspaper dodges the advertising pages as if they were poison.' "Well," said I. 'if I can convince you that people do read the advertis ing pages of my paper, will you adver tise?' 'Of course I will. I advertise wher ever I think it will do any good. "The next day I had the following line struck in the most obscure corner of the paper, between a couple of pat ent medicine advertisements: 'What is Cohen going to do about it?' "The next day so many people annoy ed him by asking what that line meant that he begged me to explain the mat ter in my next issue. I promised to do so if he wouid let me write the explan ation and stand to it. He agreed; and I wrote: 'He is going to advertise, of course.' And he did." Boer Sympathy In the Bouse. Washington. Dec. 12. Representative Jett has Introduced in the house a joint resolution expressing sympathy with the Boers. It is almost in the same terms as that introduced in the senate by Senator Mason. Bad Storm in Wisconsin. Lacrosse. Wis.. Dec. 12. One of the worst snow storms seen hre for sev eral vears started in here Sunday and continued till this morning. Trains on all the railroads entering this city are delayed from three to five hours. Street car traffic is blocked up and telegraph and telephone wires are down in all di rections. The funeral of James M. Johnson, aged 4S. who died Saturday morning, was held Sunday afternoon from the residence, 1546 West street at two o'clock. OPPOSES COLLIN BALL. Cofieyville Journal Says He Should Not Be Sent to Congress. Republican papers have been running Lieut. Collin Ball, a Philippine hero, for congress in the Third district. J. P. Bradley of Sedan, is an acknowledged candidate but he and Ball live in the same town and it is impossible for the members of the party to determine the policy to be pursued. While the debate is going on the Cof feyville Journal, a Republican paper breaks into the game with the follow ing anti-Ball editorial: "It is regretted that some Republican papers have been so foolish as to en courage the idea of picking up any Tom, Dick or Harry who may have a little military glory attached to his name and talk of running him for some big office, when, if the suggestion had been made before the glory was ac quired it would have been considered a huge joke. A case in point is that of a young lieutenant now being talked of by some Republican papers all outside the district, however for congress from the Third district. The suggestion is silly for no other reason than that mili tary achievement cannot confer states manship. Before the campaign in the Philippines, no one would have dream ed of suggesting the young man in question for any office higher, perhaps, than a county office, if even that. To assume that his record in the Philip pines a brilliant one, it is true ha3 clothed him with the knowledge, the wisdom and the sagacity necessary to fill a seat in congress creditably, is to insult intelligence and to advance a theory absolutely without facts or rea son to support it. Third district Re publicans must not let their sentiment override their sense. They should nom inate a strong man politically and oth erwise. Next year will be no time to sacrifice a district to hero-worship." AFRAID OFCONURESS. Movement to Put Sampson Ahead of Schley Hangs Fire. New York. Dec. 11. A Herald special from Washington says: It is expected the president will soon send to congress a special message regarding rewards for officers and men from the Atlantic fleet who dis tinguished themselves during the war with Spain and whose gallantry has not yet been recognized. President McKinley has the Sampson Schley matter under serious considera tion. He is understood to be willing that a bill should be passed authorizing the revival of the grade of vice admiral for the benefit of Rear Admiral Samp son and Schley, the former to be given seniority over the latter. It is believed Secretary Long will join in endorsing this solution of the controversy. What will probably cause considerable critic ism among the friends of Rear Admiral Schley is the determination of Secre tary Long to name Admiral Sampson in the measure he is preparing, giving the thanks of congress to the commander-in-chief of the North Atlantic squadron and the officers and men un der his command. It is not believed here, however, that the president will transmit such a res olution to congress, knowing what de termined opposition it will meet and the probability that friends of Schley would have his name substituted for that of Sampson and pass the resolu tion in that form. TREASURY LI 11 R A UI AN DIES At the Age of 25 at His Home In St. Louis. St. Louis. Dec. 12. Edward Bates, li brarian of the treasury department at Washington is dead at the home of his father. Dr. Julian Bates of this city. Mr. Bates was about 25 years of age and prior to his appointment as libra rian of the treasury department was curator in the public library of St. Louis. The appointment was made last sum mer. The work and the climate of the capital affected his health so aggravat ing a throat trouble that two weeks ago he Was obliged to give up the position. Leave of absence for one month was applied for and readily granted. Mr. Bates' intentions were to go west in search of relief but he became worse as he passed through St. Louis on a visit to his family and here he remain ed until the end which came last night. DEEMING ARRESTED. Officer of Co. A Twentieth Kan sas Taken to Council Bluffs. Pt. Joseph, Mo., Dec. 11. John J. Deeming, company A, Twentieth Kan sas, the handsomest (fmcer in the regi ment, was arrested here Saturday and taken to Council Bluffs, la., on a war rant sworn out at the latter place by Miss Tena Leonard, aged 22, who charges Deeming with betraying her. Deeming is now in the insurance busi ness here. Lieut. Deeming enlisted at Topeka and served with the regiment throughout the Philippine campaign, until it was mustered out. Since the Twentieth Kansas regiment returned two anonymous letters have been received by the State Journal post marked Council Bluffs. The lirst one receiveu was its I'.muws v as jecei- j ed shortly atter tne regiment returned: "A lieutenant of company A. Twenti eth Kansas is in good luck. He is the owner of three wives. One a Philippine beauty. He is at a loss to know which one is the best." Soon after this letter was received another in the same hand writing and bearing the same post mark was re ceived. It read as follows: "A lieutenant of company A. Twenti eth Kansas, just lately mustered out, is very sorry he did not re-enlist wiiile in the Philippine islands. He says it was war there but claims it is worse here with the girls, as three very pretty girls are after him and are going to sue him for breach of promise." Before enlisting Deeming was in the insurance business in Topeka. He un listed as first sergeant of A company and was promoted to be a second lieu tenant. He was one of tne most popu lar members of the regiment. While camped in San Francisco he secured a furlough and made a hasty trip to Council Bluffs. His comrades expected that he was to be married. The mem bers of the regiment who know him well say there is no truth in the insinu ation that he has a native wife in. the Philippines. Sent His Proxy From Cuba. Wilmington. Del., Dec. 12. Gen. Jas. H. Wilson, who is in Cuba with his command, has sent to Henry B.Thomp son of this city his proxy as member of the Republican national committee for this state and Mr. Thompson who belongs to the Dupont regular Repub licans will attend the meeting in Wash ington on Friday. K. N. A. Ball. Shawnee Camp Xo. Xo. 1574 R X. A. will give a ball next Thursday evening at 704 Kansas avenue. All invitations is sued by the team of Shawnee camp 2mX M. W. A. will be honored and all per sons holding the same are cordially in vited. Xo admittance without invitation. BOSTON ELECTION. Both Republicans and Democrats See Victory For Their Mayor Nominee. Boston, Dec. 12. The campaign for the political control of Boston closed last night with both sides apparently confident of victory today. The Demo crats, despite the defection of one of their leaders, claim the city for Patrick A. Collins by 7,500. wiiile the Republi cans, although believftig that the split in their opponents' ranks is serious, are more moderate, placing the probable lead of their nominee for mayor, Thom as N. Hart, at 5.000. Thirteen aldermen will be elected by districts. Seventy-five members of the common council will also be voted for, as well as eight members of the school committee and a street commissioner. There will be three complete ques tions on the ballot to be answered by the voters. First, as to the relaying of the street railway tracks on Tremont street, removed when the subway was built: second, making eight hours a day's work for city laborers; third, rel ative to permitting the sale of liquor. TO GET AFTER CLARK. Senate Elections Committee Authorized to Proceed. Washington, Dec. 12. At the opening of today's session of the senate resolu tions were reported favorably from the committee on contingent expenses au thorizing the committee on privileges and elections to proceed with investi gations of the election to the senate eff W. A. Clark of Montana and N. B. Scott of West Virginia. The resolu tions were adopted. Mr. Cullom's bill providing a form of government for Hawaii was sent to the committee on foreign relations. Mr. Pettigrew (S. L. offered the fol lowing resolution: "That the secretary of the navy be, and he is hereby directed to inform the senate whether the flag of the Philip pine republic was carried by vessels in the bay of Manila and whether the flag of the Philippine republic was ever sa luted by Admiral Dewey or any of the vessels of his fleet at any time since May 1, lSyS; were Spanish prisoners de livered over to the Philippine forces at tne time or tne surrender at Subig bay; did a vessel commanded by the forces under Aguinaldo flying the Philippine flag accompany the vessels Concord and Raleigh back to Subig bay in June, lSys, in order to compel the surrender of the Spanish forces?" Mr. Pettigrew asked for immediate consideration of the resolution, but Mr. Chandler objected and it went over till tomorrow. When the resolution of Mr. Pettigrew relating to the trouble in the Coeur d'AIene mining district was laid before the senate, Mr. Chandler offered a sub stitute, eliminating the charges against General Merriam made in the original. After a sharp colloquy between Mr. Chandler and Mr. Pettigrew, the reso lution was referred to the committee on military affairs. At 12:53 the senate went into execu tive session. At the close of the executive session the senate received from the house a message announcing the death of Rep resentative Daniel Ermentrout of Penn sylvania, The usual resolutions were adopted and the senate at 1:40 ad journed. The senate in executive session con firmed the nomination of Leonard Wood to be major general of volunteers. CONFLICT OF DATES. Does University of California Expect to Play Two Football Teams on Christmas Chicago, Dec. 12. The Tribune today says: The announcement that the Universi ty of California had arranged a date with the Carlisle Indians for Christmas day was something of a surprise to the University of Chicago eleven who sup posed it had an option, on the date. Coach Stagg yesterday wired the Cali fornia management asking about the date and requesting some definite an swer, but last night had received no reply. The athletic board at the uni versity did not hold the meeting called for yesterday, but will meet late this week, when the trip to the coast will be definitely settled. The students do not favor the trip, although some members of the eleven would like to make it. FOR COLORED INSTITUTE. One Ohio Woman Sends $25,000 Other Donations Raise Fund to $86,00O. Kew York. Xec. 12. Good results ac complished through the Madison Square Garden concert Hall meeting on uecem I ber 4. in- the interest of the Tuskegee I formal and Industrial Institute, Tus- kesree. Ala., are apparent. Today a check for $2;j.O0O toward the endowment fund of Tuskegee came from a woman in Ohio. Thisls a con ditional S25.000 subscription made through drover Cleveland, the donor having removed th condition. Other gifts mnde the whole amount aAded to the endowment fund of the Tuskegee institute since the Madison Square (jar- den concert hall meeting aoout ?bt,0U0. White Had the Best of It. Chicago. Dec. 12. A special to the Times-Herald frnm Cleveland. O.. says: The 20 round contest between Tommy White of Chicago, and Art Simms of Akron, was declared a draw at the end of the contest, much against the show ing made by White throughout. White had ail the better of it and Simms' blows seldom landed. Kansan's Pension Measures. Washington. Dec. 12. Mr. Bowersock of Kansas, today introduced the follow ing bills: Honorable discharge for Jes seDotts: pensions to Florence E. Wil bur, Emmett Gillooly, Mary McLaugh lin. Wm. H. Deesler, A. M. Templer, Joseph Fipps. and for the relief of the university of Kansas. Kansas City's Purchasing Depot Washington, Dec. 12. Congressman Cowherd called upon the secretary of war today and requested that an army purchasing depot be established in Kansas City. Mo. There was such a depot in Kansas City at one time, but for some reason it was discontinued. Secretary Root promised Mr. Cqwherd that it would be re-established. Handsome Donation In Prospect. As a result of the visit of the Union Pacific officials here yesterday a hand some donation of about $3,500 may go from the Union Pacific company to the endowment fund of the Kansas Wesley an university. The officials were greatly pleased with Salina after being shown around and were much impressed with the prospective benefits that will come to the city by the gifts of the Rev. Mr. James. So strong was the impression that the officials have agreed to recommend that the company make a donation of J3.500 to the en dowment fund being pledged on the strength of Mr. James' donations. Sa lina Republican. MONETT TIP.NED DOWN. Supreme Court Dismisses His Suit of Ouster. Columbus, O., Dec. 12. The supreme court today handed down a decision dismissing the ouster suits brought by the attorney general against the fol lowing insurance companies on the grounds that they had combined to fix rates: St. Paul Fire and Marine In surance company of Minnesota; West ern Insurance company, British-American Insurance company. Home Insur ance company, Royal Insurance com pany, Liverpool London Insurance company, London and Lancashire In surance company. North Brand Mer cantile Insurance company, Caledonia Insurance company, Manchester Fire Insurance company and the Buffalo German Insurance company. The court dismisses the suits on the grounds that the evidence does not sup port the petition of the attorney gen eral. A similar suit against the Fire Underwriters is still pending. PORTO RICO KNOCKS. The Island Demands Some Sort of Attention From the Government. Washington, Dec. 12. The cabinet meeting today was devoted almost wholly to a discussion of the political and financial conditions in Porto Rico. The matter was brought up by Secre tary Root who stated that a communi cation had been received from the gov ernor general of the island enclosing petitions describing the situation and asking for action by congress which would determine their political status and relation to the United States. While the island itself has no public debt, yet the planters as a rule, it is said, are heavily involved. No money is coming into the country for Investment and al together the situation is not calculated to foster trade or commerce. The secretary of war shares the views of the governor general and the presi dent is extremely desirous that con gress shall take early action to secure the islanders a stable form of govern ment. It is understood that the secre- I tary of war and the president and all members of the cabinet are in favor of giving to the Porto Ricans a form of government similar to that given to i Louisiana AL'NT SUSAN APPEARS. And Gets Permission to Address Fed eration of Labor. Detroit. Mich.. Dec. 12. At today's session of the American Federation of Labor convention the executive coun cil of the federation reported its doings for the year. The report stated that the brewery workers still retained some of the stationary engineers in their un ions, notwithstanding the executive council had declared that the two should be separated. A similar state of affairs existed between the brewers and coopers. Controversies between, lo cal unions of shoemakers and their na tional organization were reported to be in process of amicable adjustment. j The council had been unable to adjust i the differences between the factions of the painters' associations. The brick layers had approved a proposition for affiliation with the federation. The 1 council reported adversely on the re quest of the bartenders to form a sepa rate union instead of being amuated with the waiters and restaurant em ployes. The report said that the typo graphical and printing machine ma chinists' unions are still at variance, the former having decreed that the lat ter must be members of their organiza tion, which action the machinists re fused to endorse. The council express ed disapproval of the sending out of boycott circulars by any local or na tional union, without having first re ferred the matter to the federation. On recommendation of the resolutions committee the executive council was empowered to take action in investigat ing the Idaho labor-militia troubles. A tlood of resolutions were introduced, covering nearly every subject of inter est to labor. Miss Susan B. Anthony asked per mission to address the convention and was accorded a half hour of the after noon session. NIGHT SESSIONS Will Be Held by tha House to Discuss Currency BilL Washington. Dec. 12. The debate on the currency bill continued in the house today. Owing to the pressure for op portunity to speak on the Democratic side, Mr. Richardson, the minority lead er, asked that night sessions be held for the remainder of the week, but this was demurred to and it was finally agreed that night sessions for debate should be held Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Mr. Grosvenor (Ohio) was the first speaker today. flRlTlSll HA UK AFI11E. The Indian Empire Loaded With Coal a Total Loss. Lima, Peru. Dec. 12. The British bark Indian Empire, consigned to the Shute company, arrived at Callao from Fleetwood, after a voyage of 91 days. She was laden with coal. She was found on fire Monday morn ing. Xot withstanding the efforts of the crew and the assistance of the French cruiser Protet, the bark became a total loss, with the exception of the iron hulk. The hulk was towed ashore by order of the captain of the port, near the mouth of the river Bimac. It is es timated that the loss is about 10,000. 11ECE1VEHS APPOINTED. For the Mercantile Co-Operative Bank of New York. Xew York. Dec. 12. P.eceivers were appointed today for the Mercantile Co operative bank of this city. It was practically a building and loan association, accepting the deposits of members and loaned them to others at an advanced rate over that paid by the bank for deposits. The stockholders are expected to lose heaviiy in the winding up of the business. Civil Service Affairs. Washington. Dec. 12. Howard Fielding has been appointed superintendent of the buildinss now being constructed on tne reservation of the Kiowa, and Comanche Indians in Oklahoma- The leases of the postoffiees at Hutchinson and Ottawa, Kansas, will expire on June l.lSmO. and the postolfice inspector has been sent to both of these towns to make arrangements for tew quarters. Holiday Kates, 1899.1900. The Missouri Pacific will sell tickets between stations within 200 miles dis tance at rate of one fare for round trip, with minimum of fifty cents. Dates of sale. December 23, 24, 23, 30 and 31 and January 1, limied for return January 2. Shawnee Tribe X"o. 14 Red Men will celebrate the one hundredth anniver sary of the death of Washington on Thursday evening. December 14th. at their wigwam, corner Sixth and Quincy. Free to all; every one cordially invited. POLICIES ARE VOID. XT. S. Court of Appeals Decides for the Insurance Company. St. Louis, Mo., Dec. 12. The ITnited States court of appeals today rendered a decision in the case of F. E. McMas ters, deceased, who held five policies in the New York Life Insurance com pany of $1,000 each. The suit was orig inally instituted in the United States circuit court for the northern district of Iowa. The federal court sustained the decision of the lower court, declar ing McMasters' policies void, despite an agent's agreement allowing certain concessions. ABOUT 75 CASES. Disease Called "Cuban Chickenpox' Shows Slight Abatement. Dr. A. A. Raub has reported a case of the disease now prevalent in Topeka. on North Van Buren street, as a mild case or smallpox. Dr. Raub is one of the Topeka physicians who have maintained from the first that the disease was smallpox and not chickenpox. Cuban'' or otherwise. The physicians generally do not pro nounce it smallpox. The disease is gen-ei-ally known as Cuban chickenpox and is prevalent in many towns in the state. Very few fatalities are reported. The sanitary officers state today that there are in the neighborhood of 75 cases now in the city. Three new cases were re ported today and five houses where the disease has existed were ordered fumi gated. MANSFIELD MAY COME. Richard Mansfield may be seen in Tope ka this season. He is not so far booked 1 at either of the Topeka tneaters. nut a consignment of his advertising paper has been received in Topeka. It is believed that the appearance of the paper is a forerunner of an engagement of the em inent and eccentric actor here. Mansfield is at present in New "York city, but will soon start on a tour west, lie is booked for an engagement in Kan sas City, and from there may come to Topeka. The great character actor has not been in Topeka since 1S95. when he put on "A Parisian Romance." This 1 year he is presenting "Cyrano de P.er i gerac" in connection with his former rcp ertoire. He played to an enormovs aud ienee at the Grand Opera house at the time of his last visit and would draw as large an audience again. The funeral of the four weeks' old child of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bubia, who died Friday, was held Saturday afternoon from the residence, 824 Clay street. TODAY'S MAKKFT REPORTS Chicag-o, Dec. 12. "WHEAT With Wall street less unsettled and a cold wave in sight the tone of the wheat market was steady at the opening-. May at 6n1.4'&;StC'. showing an initial Rain of He from yes terday's close. In view of the loss here yesterday. Liverpool had an appearance of strength which was also encouraging1 to the bulls. The market was quiet and the price eased off from the opening on. rm fir takinir. M;lv touch ine: 6Uc. Local rfF-iiit wprp 94 Vnrs. 21 of contract l erade. ZVIinneaDolis and Duluth reported 462 cars against 1,029 last week and 04 a year ago. The market was quiet throughout the session. Bradsteets report of a hearty in crease in the visible hit the price forci bly and May dropped with little support to 6Si,c. The market recovered a bit on buying against puts ond covering by shorts. May closing s&J,ic under yester day at fVjc. CORN was steady. May opening un changed at 32 ;i23ic, easing off early witn wneat to jva;ii:-"sc. wnicn price was maintained with little change for some time. The weather was considered a bul lish factor and offerings from the country were small. Receipts were liberaJ, 516 cars hare. Trade was dull. OATS were quiet and featureless, influ enced by other grains. Local receipts were 30S cars. May opened a shade under yes day at. 23"sJ'24c. Selling for some time var ied little from initial figures. PROVISIONS were firm on a hog move ment lighter than expected, moderate of ferings and a good investment demand. Initial prices were firmly maintained in ribs and lard, pork holding steady at the advance which followed the opening. May pork opened 2V2 cents up at $10.07' and rose to $10.20; May lard unchanged at $5.55 and May ribs a shade better at $5.37V' 5.40. RYK December 50Hc; May 52c. BARLKY Cash 35fj45c. TIMOTHY December, $2.42; February, $2.47: March $2.50. FLAX Cash northwest $1.51; southwest $1.51; December $1.51; May $1.4tJ. Grain Letter. Chicago. Dec. 12. WHEAT There has been weakness in wheat most of the ses sion and trading been in hands of pit operators. At opening, which was at call price, there was apparently plenty of wheat for sale and under these offerings market sold to tc. which was put price for week as well as the day. Holders of the latter were buyers, causing a reaction but the advance was checked by a report of an increase in world's supplies of over 3V2 million bushels. On this decline re- i ports of cash workings here and exports i 01 l loans neipeu values. one senti ment is strongly bullish, there appears to be a belief that hut little advance will take place prior to holidays and this is giving us a very narrow market. The northwest markets have shown strength and some inquiry for flour reported. Most of the wires huve been in trouble and news from seaboard been light. CORN early was easy and very dull but closed firm. Western offerings small but spot demand here is slow. Professionals J had com for sale. Clearances 712. 0W. The seaoeiLru repoiteu do ioa.as lor export, which would indicate demand not so poor as reported. OA'J'S have about held their own but very dull. The range has been only He. Wet weather fo rseveral days has been against any great movement. The ship ping demand is better than for wheat or corn and is taking care of the receipts. PROVISIONS have been firm, helped early by some outside demand. Pork at its best was up l:c: lard and ribs up 21oe. There has been some buying of lard by the Sudahy Packing company. The strength has been rather mysterious. Commission houses continueto be the best buyers. Shipments of prodnet liberal. J. F. HARRIS. Chicago Liveato't Market. Chicago. Dec. 12. CATTLE Receipts, 3. rHfU, generally steady: canners strong; cows strong: stackers and feeders steady. I'eeves $4.r7.jO; cows xi'a 4 ;0 heifers Joo.I: canners Sl.O'aS.OO; stoekers and feeders S3.'"'u4.'1: Texas grafts steers $.1.25 (4H.2M; Texas fed beeves $4.2513.25. HOGS Receipts today 3J.0fu: tomorrow. So-ifo: left over 23': steady to shade lower. Mixed and butchers Jo.iMi 4.10: good to choice heavy J.t''-M.lO; rough heavy. S3.S.1..7V. light $3.b5l.05; bulk of sales J3.H.VS4.05. SHEEP- Receipts lO'CrO. Sheep active: native wethers $3.u(W7 3.7.: westerns $4.'.ivj-i 4. lambs, natives J4.Wy5.bu; western J5.15i5.00. Official receipts and shipments for yes terday CATTLE receipts 23.741 shipments 3.744. Hogs receipts 40.14,: shipments G.344. SHEEP receipts 14.713; shipments 66. New York aioney Market. Xew Tork. Dec. 12. MONEY on call firm 6 to S per cent. Prime mercantile paper u1 ft 6 per cent. Sterling exchange firm with actual business in bankers' bids at SI7a 4.S7i.4 for demand and at $fl"-4fi4l'A for sixt y days. Posted rates $4.SJ't 4. SL'ii," and $4.I2. Commercial bills li-vrti 4 (i-2. SIIA'ER Silvr-r eertirifates riffasOc; bar silver r.:!Hc. Mexican dollars 4714n. BONDS Ooveiment bonds strong: 2s. reeristered 102: 3s. retristered V'K; coupon l'.':-tsc; new 4s. registered 133"4 coupon. Yi'-y-i: old 4s. registered 113: coupon 114?i; 5, registered coupon 1123. Butter Market. Xew Tork. Dec. 12. BUTTER Receipts ?.145 packages: steady: western creamery 23' 27c; June creamery 22250; factory &2uc. Sugar Market. Xew Tork. Dec. 12. SUGAR Raw, steadv: refined quiet. COFFEE Barely steady; Xo. 7, 6;sc Kansas City Livestock Warkefc Kansas Cltv, Dec. 12. CATTLE Re ceipts 11,000 natives, 2,000 Texans. Market steadv. Native steers 4.XVfi6.50: Texas steers $3.0Xfi5.55. Texas cows. 2.4u'i3.2u; native cows and heifers $2.10114.35: stock ers and feeders J3.75fi4.S0; bulls $2.6uc 4.0o. HOGS Receipts 13,0o0. Market steady at yesterday's close. Bulk of sales $3.!'2':i; 3.&7V,; heavy $3.!014.00; packers. JS.KIVsi 4.U0:" mixed $3.Jv&3.97'; lleht $3. SoljI. lie; yorkers $3.95' 4.011; pies J3.6lz3.'.i7'-2. SHEEP Receipts 4.000. Market steady. Lambs $3.5o'a5.2a; muttons $o.0ira4.25. Kansas City Produce Marks: Kansas City, Dec. 12 WHEAT May, 62L.c: Cash: No. 2 hard K5'aJ32c; No. 3, 57'a(:2c: No. 2 red BStiOS'c; No, 3, 64$ 67c. CORN May 2740. Cash: No. 2 mixed 2S1i'i-'"sc: No. 2 white "Js'tc; No. 3, 2bo. OATS-No. 2 white 24Wr3oc. RYE No. 2, 47c. HAY Choice timothy J9.00S9.50; cholca prairie $7.0i7.50. BUTTER Creamery 22325c; dairy 13c EGGS Fresh 15'c. RECEIPTS Wheat 43 cars. Topeka Hide Market. Topeka, Dec. 12. Based on Chicago and Boston quota tions. The following are net prices paid in Topeka this week: GREEN" SAj-T CURED 10Ue. GREEN SALT HALF CURED 9ViC GREEN t'NSALTED-SV- NO. 1 TALLO V Cotton Market. Liverpool. Dec- 12. COTTON Spot; de mand moderate: prices unchanged. Amer ican middling 4 5-10d. Galveston. Texas, Dec. 12. COTTON Quiet. 7 5-lt'.c. New York. Dec. 12. COTTON Spot, closed quiet and steady. Middling uplands 7 11-1G; middling Gulf 7-15-lGc; saies 4u0 bales. Topeka Market Today. CATTLE. COWS $2.5C-gS.25. STEER S $3 5tw I 4 00. HEIFERS $3. UMj 3 40. HOGS. LT GHT-SS. f0'g 3 GO. HEAVY AND MKD1UM S3.50&3.7O. GRAIN. NO. 2 WHEAT 62i2wG3c. NO. 2 CORN 23Vi24c. NO. 2 OATS 23 ii 24c. H A Y J5 50(g 6 00. RODUCE. EGGS ISc. CHICKENS $2. 50fT3. 00. BUTTER Country. 20c. Elgin. 111., Dec. 12. Creamery butter 26c. Kansas City Poultry Market Kansas City, Dec. 12. TURKEYS 7-5 7" -.c. C H I C K F. N S 6'ti C -c. EGGS-15'..c. BUTTER lG-a 17c. Market Gossip. Furnished by J. C. Colngs. Commission Merchant. 112 East Fifth St.. Topeka, Kan., receiver and shipper of grain. Liverpool Wheat id lower; corn U'-l lower. London: Wheat tions Vid lower. cargoes inactive, op last Northwest cars: Minneapolis 211, vear aol; Luluth 251, last year dm. Total clearances wheat and Hour 288,000, corn 666,000. Primary receipts of wheat 52f.0Xt, last vear 1,17(1.000; shipments ltj.00, hut year 707.O00. Corn receipts 437.0O0. last year 7.1, X": shipnif-nts 4os,t.i0. last year 3M3. Kansas City receipts: Wheat 4;i; corn 13; oats 4. iast year wneat corn ii; ;n T. and S. F. railwav nut reported. 11. A Paris: Wheat closes 5 centimes higher to unchanged; flour unchanged. Liverpool close: Wheat lower; corn .mI lower than yesterday. Privileges good this week: Puts May wheat bMc: calls 7uJ4C Puts May corn 32:i-sc: calls 33VsC. Topeka cash No. 2 hard wheat 59 pounds 61X2c; No. 2 mixed corn 23c. Kansas City cash: No. 2 hard wheat 53 pounds 62'JjtKic. No. 2 mixed corn 281-4c. St. Louis close: Wheat. May 71c; corn May SIHe; oats May 24"c. P.radstreets wheat increases .i.h-u,0xt. With these increases in world's storks and light trade it does not seem possible to get anv advance in prices yet. Puts May wheat Cs7c calls 6'.1ic. Puts and calls May corn 3234C. Curb May wheat 6c bid. Minneapolis elope Wheat, May GOHc Duluth close: Wheat, May C7"b P r i v i 1 ege s go o d next w eek P uts May wheat 0tc; calls 7IV4C. Joseph's Tips. Furnished by J. C. Goings, Commission Merchant, 112 East Fifth St.. Topeka. Kan., receiver and shipper of grain. Xew Tork, Dec. 12. Foreign houses have equal orders, selling St. Paul and buying Pacifies, but not trading to any considerable extent in either direction. Probably the low prices that were tem porarily recorded on yesterday will not again be seen formany a mouth. We shall have a good trading market for some days to come. Buyers of standard is-ug wiil make big money. Get some New York Central. Burlington. Union Pacific. South ern Pacific and I'nion Pacific for substan tial gains. Sell the industrials on all rallies for a couple of points turn. It i just three weeks since Sugar sold at consequently us fall of nearly SO point was unjustifiable even on the plea tfut Director Matthiessen has resigned, our information by the way Is that Matthies sen was invited to go. Sugar will pay is dividends regularly, at least this Is the promise held out by Mr. Harry Ilave mtyer. J. ARTHUR JOSEl'il. Range ot Prices. Furnished by J. C. Oolnjrs. Comrars!oa Merchant. 112 East Fifth street. Topeka. Kan., receiver and shipper of sraio. Article. YV li EAT- Dee. Mav Julv C KN Dec. May OATt? lec. May POKK Dee. Jan. Mav LA HO Doe. Jan. -Mav Dec. Jan. May Open Hlgn Low Close Tea. f-.i r-,si r,-.ii er.'-, '.:'-s-'4 ;:i:H, B-a fi'-cU 0y;a-70 UlJvs-70 bj'i t'.:'4 3n-"-4-H 30'4 30 3-S r."f-i iia-A 3-H4 322 32 3J 's-- 22H 22U-"; 22U 22U-"s 23T.-24 24 237 21 21 S 72 R 75 S 70 s 75 S ".7 ft '2-riO 10 ik) 'J -2 l'j f -2 .10 05 10 22 10 05 lJ 22 iM Ui fi 10 5 15 5 10 a 15 5 It 5 37 o 40 5 35 V) f. .555 5 60 5 55 Gbo 5 1-5 5 27 5 35 5 25 5 5 '-5 5 37 5 42 5 57 5 42 5 37 Ranges of Prices on Stock. Furnished by J. C. Oolngs. Commission Merchant. 112 East 6th St.. Topeiia. Kan. receiver and shinpc-r of grain. Stocks. Sugar People's Gas Am. Tobacco A. S. W B. R T Leather Federal Steel C. H. fe U- Rook Island St. Paul Atchison Atchison Pfd .Manhattan 137 i 1 JM'i; 33':-, 1.;-, "s v tl i J--V- '.';--i 1"2 I i '3 i K4! i S7-'-H, :;:!4 h' 7V v 77 7'2; 7;:i, 7v4, I,'-, 47 V DP; 5i 137 13"!t 137 s i-'i 11"!.. ii.,.',, 1"'..'2: iW-N, l"t-, 121V 121-B 32"' 1:1 l-i-- 21!., 21',, 2"V 21', 21 I'll 1"2;J '"-V 1'T' h'Ui S7 I y 7 7 4C-4: 4.--V 4 4';; 4:5 j 4.V. 4 4'-: 4 TV 4- 4-'t 12'it; 12 I 12' 12', 4" I 341 3'- Hi1,1 in;; i i rv- i-.i-. r!.- IV 2'.',, 5,,-4j sfi's ;n 5.- 5-I"5 !'l '1 r.u: 75'v 75; a, Jl..; jr.'l -,3 54 V 55:4. 537,, fo7 54 si7,: -2 i n i v' 55V &:ii 54 5' 13v4i 13-, 13-V 134 Western Union Mo. Pacifi I Pae. Pfd Union Pa.cific So. Pad he So. Pac. 1'fd C. C. C Paper Reading Pfd T. C. I No. Pac. Pfd No. Pacific L. N S. J C. i. W Correspondent: .T.F. Harris. Chia,; Member Chicago Board of Trad a. Telephone 273. J. C. GOINGS, Commission Merchant, GRAIN AND PROVISIONS. Receiver and Shipper of Grain. 113 East Fifth Street. Leased private market and gossip wlr to Chicago. Always in the market for caeh grain. Consignments of grain ami correspondence solicited.

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TOPEKA STATE JOUENAI TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 12, 1899. MUNYON'S INHALER CURES CATARRH Colds, Coughs, Hay Fever, Bron- i chitis, Asthmaj I jjand all Diseases I of the Throat and ?jr Lungs. Clones of Mtiirat.-d Tannr ar inhalfd tlirouph thf mouth and mittd frura tb ovs trlls, lf-arisSr:e' and vaporizing all the Inflamrd end disoascd parts which cannot be reached Ly medicine t:ikcii iuta the bTcmaoh. It reaches th nrr spot It hals the raw pjncex Xt pot s to thr ffn( of diseasr It acts as a bahn antl tonic to th ivhnT shstem ff.no at tlruoaist or sent by mail. 1505 Arch S'tf l'hila- New Crawford Zvle. ONE SOLID WEEK (Except Saturday) COMMENCING MONDAY, Dec. nth. THU FAMOUS DALRYMPLE Comedy Company In ,i Repertoire of Late Xew York Suc- Popular Prices Tp. 20e ami 30c LADIES FRKK MONDAY NIGHT. Matinee Sat. Dec. 16 iSight THE KMIXEXT LEWIS MORRI50N. In his latest and greatest creation, Frederick the Great A magnificent STKCTACi'LAR COM EDT, The Greatest J'r.Kiuctiun of the Century Two ears of Scenery and a Great Cast SKATS OX SALE Night Prices $1, 73c, 50c. 25e. Matinee. 5"e. 25e. WE'LL DO YOUR HAULINQ RIGHT. Topeka Transfer Go. fi09 Kanuu Avenao. Offioe Tal. 330. House Tel. 39S. F. P. BACON, Proprietor. EES ME ABOUT ETOKAOE. AT THE PLAY LAST NIGHT. The manasrer r.f the Dalrymple Com edy company, which npiened an t. ncra1-nv-nt of live nit-ins at tlv Ci'awlurJ thfatr-r Monday niirht, in his announce ment belore the curtain stated that he did not wish ifnp!e who came to see th yierformance of his players to think j they would see "a Jc Jefferson or Lew- j is Morrison production." "We only laim to cive the people 10, 20 anil 3 j cents worth of entertainment," said I lie. This was u far more sensible an- nounct'inent than is usually made by manners of repertoire companies, and Mr. Ja!rymple at once deserves credit f for originality and srood Fnse. Tlie audience last niht was larcre enough to till the house and clearly in dicated the fact that it received its money's worth in the performance. 'A Sailor's Iass'' was the name of th bill, and with the exception of the villain. the members of t lie comnany did as well ts th audience expected them to do. Mr. Uruns' make-up as an old man was excellent, and Mr. Harry Kin,sley found particular favor with the audi enco in the part of th Irish servant. Hntwofn the acts, Mr. Kinsrsly en tertained the audienr' with a. Uerman monoloirue sketch. The llruns demon strated their ability to tear paper in artistic designs, and: Nina Mruns prove! her riiiht to th programme title cf "t ndu ranee" dancer by manipulating several yards of liht materia 1 in the blaze of an electric lantern for some time longer than the usual space of time. Big Steal is Charged. Montreal, roc. 12. M. Iemieux. ac countant of the d'f unct Hanque Ville Marie, was arrested hist niht on a c-ha ree of sta lim? $173,u00 from the funds of the institution. Every family should have its house hold medicine chest and the first bot tle in it should b T)r. "Wood's Xorway Pine Syrup- Nature's remedy for coughs and colds. HOLIDAY KATES Via "The Rock Island Route." One fare for the round trip west of Missouri river, imp and one-third fare' east of Missouri river. Tickets on sale j December J to also December 3u to January 1st. final return limit January 2nd. IsoO. For full information see A. M. Fuller, City Passenger .Asent. Does the Business. Farkershnrg. W. Va Mr. T. II. St rout writes: I t he bush Kgs' Ch rry Cough yrup uoes every time, not once has it fai'ed Tii cure cold. Guarant my children ot truup or ed for I.a Grippe. R. W. Squires, 7Li2 Kansas avenue. Memphis Route Holiday Excursions. On rcomhpr 20. 21 and 22 the Kansas City, Fort Si-ott Memphis Railroad company will sU round-trip tiekets to points in Florida, Georgia. Alabama. Mississippi. the Carolinas and the southeast fremrai'v at rate one fare ticket? eood thirty days for return. On December 24. 2.". :J,0 and and January 1. round-trip tickets will be sold between all local stations (except wiit-re rate is 50 cents or less) at rate cif on-1 fare, limited, for return to Jan uary 2. President Pharmacy Association. Henry P.oliman. president State Phar macy ass. tcia lion of Wisconsin, wriles us: I have soei vour Cherrv Coiiirh Svrup and l-ieys' Little Giant Pills for years. and Iind them exceedint:l v satisfactory and a go. .c: si-lh-r. ua ranteed. K. V. Quires. 7LI2 Kansas avenue. I For Good Work, Quick, i CALL TOPEKA I LAUNDRY CO. f 5 Phone 153. I V' SNAP SII0TSAT JI031E NEWS Senator II. P. Farrelly of Chanute is in the city. Poems about the beautiful snow are now ii ue. William Fish Is quite sick at his home in Potwin. Christmas trees, holly and mistletoe are appearing. The tire department horses have been tdmrp shod. Ii. C Hoizer of Osage City is In Topeka on legal business. J. S. ITohson. sitrnal engineer of the San ta pe, is in California. J. K. Oubbiso.n of Kansas City is here on loyal business. Mr. ami Mrs. E. A. Prescott are spending- the day in Kansas City. J. Thurston who has been serlcusly 111 for a month is improving. The Father of His Country died just l(p years a next Thursday. Congressman Curtis favors an early convention in the First district. Ceore A. Clark has returned to city atter several days' absence. There are over thirty furniture household goods dealers in the city. the and "Friends." one of the sonsrs in "The Jolly Musketeer." has had a large sale. Postmasfr-r Ssvnllow of Meriden was visiting with Postmaster Out hrie Monday. K. A. Austin, trainmaster for thf Snnta, Fe at Wellington is in Topeka on business. The state sheriffs' association will meet in Tupcka in annual session December 2-. There are four cases of scarlet fever and two case uf uiphtheria, in the city at pres ent. The city employes are anxious to be paid off btrfure Christmas and they wTil bo. The annual meeting of tions and organizations various assooia wiil soon begin m mis city. County Clerk "Wright is anticipating a hunt in the western part of the state in a few days. General Manager Frey of th Santa Fe returned this morning from Albuquerque. New Mexico. Those who hnve been waiting all the season fr a 1 f-2O-S0 cent show now have an opportunity. Thp annual meeting of the state tem perance union will be held in Topeka Jan uary 1) and 11. Several motions were filed in the pan cake llour injunction suit in the district court yesterday. ieorge W. Martin, secretary of the State Historical society, will not move his family to Topeka. The Meyer Vaude ville company will probably he secured for the Crawford theater New Years. County Attorney Jetmore yesterday ex pressed h i nisei f as confident of winning in the Yoenian trial. O. Ij. Me I ntosh, who was seriously in jured by being struck with a bottle, is abl to leave his room. The annual reunion and reception will be given Wednesday night by Siloam lodge No. 2.:,, A. F. A. M. John Philip Sousa's new march "The Man Behind the Gun' has not yet made its appearance in Topeka. Frank W. Squires of Chicago, has taken a position in the office of the general ma nager of t he Santa Fe. The book stores are anticipating an un usually large sale of late books during t3ie holiday sea -on tins year. Those handsome neckties that cost four prices and do not wear as long as a cheap one are made for Christmas. A year ago now the Collins case was in full blast. The defense began presenting its evidence a year ago today. Judge J. G. Wood will address the high school classt-s Thursdav morning on "The fafe and Work of George Washington." "A Chicago iloy" is the title of the farce comedy to be put on bv the Da lrvmple company at the Crawford theater tonight. A man who lives in the suburbs of To peka is the owner of ijeo hens, and he is getting rich off them at the present price of eggs. Th members of a church un at Downs, Osborne county, are putting into practice the principles and ideas advanced in "In 1 1 is Steps." There are many crossings in the city which need fixing" badly. These cross ings are almost unpassable in rainy and muddy weai her. Mr. Avery Turner left Monday after noon for Chicago to take up the work of the super intendency of the Chicago divis ion of the Santa Fe. Past year at this time there hail been snow storms on October 17 and 24, Novem ber -1 and and December 12. AH of them came on Monday. Crane Co., have issued a neat circu lar describing the books by the late Col. M enry lnman, Some of the press notices quoted are f n un Knglish papers. The plumbers' case in the district court wiil be trin t o morrow. It will be the hist jury trial of the term and U will probably require several days, to hear it. F. D. Cohurn. secretary of the State Poard of Agriculture will deliver an iid dress at the Franklin countv farmers' in stitute at Welles ville Thursday. It is rearing the time to hear that the Fl ks are ting to put on some extra va ganza that "ran a hundred nights in New York." or something of that kind. The sidewalks in many parts of town arr4 not much better than no sidewalks at all. The water generally stands on these sidewalKs in great pools, after a rain. A man went up town yesterday and bought a pair of rubbers. He went back to his office and took them off nd in two minutes went out in the rain without them. The ice storage houses along the Kaw between here and Kansas (aty whTcn have been put in shape to receive ice this whiter are stiil waiting for the crop to freeze. Irwin lodge No. 2rt0, A. O. F. AY., will trivo its second, social dance of this year's s- ries, at the hall, corner of Sixth and (juincy streets, on Thursday evening of this week. Charles Pf. Ridgway, assistant superin tendent of insurance is spending the week at his home in utawa. lie wi'l deliver a n address at the Farmers' institute at Yx'ellesviile this week. The grand lodge committee of the A. O. T". AY. will meet on Thursdav evening of this week at the hall of Capital lodge No. A. All members of the committee are requested to be present. The Scots and admirers of Bobbie Burns in the city held a. meeting at the office of Postmaster John Guthrie last night to arnngt for the proper celebra tion of the birthday of Burns. A Topeka girl is spending most of her time in doing Christmas "shopping" .iust now. She dosn't expect to buy anything, but she enjoys looking at the pretty tilings and picking them over. At the com mu nion service Sunday at the Fu. h'd avenue Methodist church. Rev. J. I. Hitchcock of Valley Falls preached. The pastor, lite v. D. Ii. Moore, baptized one and received seven into the church. Chief Ramsey has $J50 stowed awav as the reward for capturing the McFarland murderers. Detective Gilmore has a bill of against the government for arresting a deserter. It pays on the side, to be an officer. The Masonic organizations in Topeka are preparing to hold special exercises on Thursday in memory of the one hundredth anniversarv of the death of Geortre Wash ington. ri he Father of His Country was a devout Mason. A motion to set aside the service of summons in the R. G. Martin divorce suit has been tiled in the district court. There was a clerical error in the return date on the summons, and this is made the ground for the motion. The new ta ndem compound passenger locomotive which was built at the Santa Fe shops in this eitv.-and which was fullv described in the StaTe Journal of Novem ber 2Hth. has been given nearly a page in the Rail wa y Review. Past year clerks and office emploves had a grudge against the calendar be cause Christmas a"id Now Year eame on Sun. lay and they got no" vacation. This year it just suits them because they get Sunday and Monday both off. Ja iler G rubbs and Sergea nt Donova n were to have a shooting match vesterday at the fair grounds. Gruhbs claimed he waited in the snow and rain two h-uirs for the sergeant who wa.s peacefully toasting himself by the fire at the station. Clerks on the top floor of the Santa Fe office building complain of poor light dur ing this time of year. The windows are so a rranged that they do not give much light and the clerks are compelled to work some days by electric light during the entire day. The next union meeting of the A. O. U. W. lodea o Uze city will be held the second Thursday night in January, at the hall of Irwin lodge No. 200. The meetings are open to the public and the hall on these occasions is always well tilled with members and their friends. Just after P. S. Ferry completed his arguments before the jury in the Yoeman case yesterday afternoon he went into J udge Hazen's private office to light a cigar. A piece of brimstone from the match flew into his eye and for sometime he had a serious time with it. A Kansas soldier in the Philippines writes his friends that while a two-cent stamp will bring s letter to him. a five cent stamp will bring it much more quick ly. A letter bearing a live-cent stamp got's on the regular mail steamers, while those bearing only two-cent stamps have to wail for transports. Bob Semple. the well known politician, is making great advance in dramatic art. and his friends are becoming alarmed over the possibility of his withdrawal from Kansas politics to go on the stage. He recently took the part of an Irishman in a play at Arion hall, and he made bis love scene so realistic tha t he was com pelled by applause to go through with it three times. A peculiar state of affairs exists at a house on Adams street between Crane and First streets, which it might be well for the sanitary sergeant to look into. At one of t he houses in the middle of this block, t here is it case of the so-ca lied Cuban chickenpox. Behind the house is a long stable, where many of the Santa Fe employes and the men who work ia mills in that irt of town, keep their horses. As a result of this the occupants of the house are in close contact with the men many times a day. and all use the water from the same well. GATACKE'8 DEFEAT. Upset tha Entire Plan of the British Campaign. New York, Deo. 12. Discussing the .A nilo-P.oer situation, the London cor respondent of the Herald, pays: Experts would not be surprised to find that a considerable part of the Koers who "were investing hadysmith had been called off and hurried down to the southern part of the Free State to bar the approach of the Tiritish from Xorthorn Cape Colony. The extreme mobility of the Tloers has always been one of their chief sources of strength. Oeneral Duller yesterday held a re view of the troops at Frere Camp, probably as a prelude to giving the or der for an advance. For the moment the great turning op erations which has been going on in the western field stops. Lord Methuen. on the extreme right, had been thrust for ward to turn tiie Free Staters when they would break back toward Bloem fontein. As an incident to the general plan to relieve Kimbcrley, General French was creeping up as a center line and occupied town after town, conform ing to Methuen's movements. At last the time came when the pivot of the movement. General Gatacre's force, should move forward. The stra tegic necessity of siezing Stormberg was obvious. It is the junction of the main line from F.ast London into the Orange Free State with a little branch line running west, which, when the bridge, somewhat in the side and the culverts have been repaired, will give communication by rail between Gen erals Gatacre anil French. It was also necessary to ntake a forward movement on the center and right to keep the at tention of the Doer commandos, which micrht otherwise fall upon Methuen's weak line of communication. Methuen has nearly accomplished his share of the scheme. He has been successful at great price in all his engage-ments. In all probability he has'but one more ac tion at Spytfontein or Magorsfontein before Kimberley will be relieved. He is more anxious about the long line of communieo t ion behind him than about the intrenched position, which he has sooner or later to assault. General French has hail no great difficulties in his way. He has advanced from village to village, with the intention of event ually occupying Colesberg and debouch ing into the Free State at Xorvaals Po i n t The first move on Gatacre's part was to seize Stormberg. if possible. This attempt has ben defeated and he has retired to Moltono. The effect of this on the future con duct of the campaign can not be pro phesied with any certainty. General Gatacre will have to be reintorced very strongly. General French wiil have to pause in his advance. Lord Methuen. once the final action for the relief of Kimberley is fought, will have to turn his attention to the line of communica tion with De Aar. SYMPATHY FOR, BOEIIS. Omaha Citizens Protest Against the XT. S. Giving Aid to England. Omaha, NTeb., Dec. 12. A mass meet ing was held in this city last night at which resolutions were adopted favor ing the Doers in their conflict with Eng land. Governor Poynter presided and speeches were made by G. M. Hitchcock, candidate for I'nited States senator; Governor Poynter and others. Former Senator Allen was advertised to be present but failed to appear. Among the resolutions adopted was the fol lowing: 'Resolved. That we enter emphatical protest against any alliance expressed or understood between the government of the United States and that of Great liritain and we protest against any "courtesies" being extended to the gov ernment of Great Britain by our civil or military authorities to the detri ment of the heroic people of the South African republics now fightine- for the same principles that the American patriots fought for." INTO A TAGAL TRAP. Experience of Private Peter Karl In Luzon. Xew York, Pec. 12. A special to the Tribune from "Washington, IX C, says: In hospital reports which reached the war department from Manila is chron icled the tirst casualty due to falling in to a Tagal pitfall which contained the horrible device of bamboo posts set firmly in the hole and sharpened at the top for the purpose of impaling the un wary. The American troops have fre quently found such traps on the line of march and especially in front of insur gent trenches, but instances have been extremely rare in which the bamboo stakes were discovered. Ordinarily. the traps have been simply deep holes in the junsle. covered with long grass and although soldiers have frequently fall en into them no serious injury has re sulted. On October 2". when 45 men of company I, Nineteenth infantry, were engaged in a reconnoissance in chasing a small band of Tagals from some trenches. Private Peter Karl plunged into such a pit. with its sharpened bam boos and had his leg and foot severely lacerated, which put him out of service. Fortunately, he did not tumble head long into the trap, for if he bad, in the opinion of the surgica 1 officers, his wounds must certainly would have been fatal. It takes but a minute to overcome tick ling in the throat and to stop a couh by the use of One Minute Cough Cure. This remedy cures all forms of throat and lung trouble. Harmless and pleas ant to take. It prevents consumption. A famous specific for grippe and its after effects. At all drug stores. Amonlo Benzilene Sdap; try it. Mrs. R. Churchill. Berlin. Vt.. savs: "Our baby was covered with running sores. DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve cured her.' A specific for piles and skin diseas es. Beware of worthless counterfeits. At ail drug store. CASH IS LACKING. All That Is Required to Crocker Deal. Close the San Francisco, Dec. 12 Geo. Crocker, second vice president of the Southern Pacific company, has returned from Nov York. In an interview he denied the report that he had resigned from the board of directors. T am stilJ representing the Crocker interests in the Southern Pacific," he added. "The information has been giv en out that the Speyer syndicate has purchased all the Crocker stock. The syndicate has bought the stock, but it has not paid for it as yet. Negotiations are all concluded and we have agreed upon a price, but the cash has not been paid over, so far as I have been able to learn. Fntil the stock is paid for I shall continue to represent the Crocker interests in the company, and shall not resign until then." Mr. Crocker stated that J. TV. Mac key and D. O. Mills had been mention ed as successors of Directors Russell J. Wilson and C. O. Lathrop.but they had not yet been elected. Vice President Crocker says that the Spever syndicate is composed of New York, English, Berlin and Frankfort bankers, and it appears that C. P. Huntington's only interest in the re cent stock deals was confined to his purchase of Southern Pacific stock from the syndicate after-it had been purchased from other holders. Hunt ington has increased his interest in the railroad corporation by purchasing from the Speyers a certain proportion of the Crocker stock. The syndicate re taints the balance of the Crocker and all of the Stanford stock, and for the protection of its interests it will have certain representatives on the board of directors. Concerning all the rumored negotia tions for the purchase of the Crocker interests in the Pacific Improvement coiTipanq. Mr. Crocker would only say that the Crocker interests remained in tact and would not be sold. NORTH TOPEKA. Items Intended for thi3 column should be left with the Kimball Printing com pany. 8.15 Kansas avenue. All ladies trimmed hats at half price at Costley Ac Post. Olen Dolman is suffering from an at tack of "Cuban, chickenpox." Mrs. K. D. Shall and Mrs. A. M. Baird spent Saturday in Kansas City. Born, Friday, to Mr. and Mrs. John Holliday of 1319 Jefferson street, a son. Get votir magazines and fashion sheets free at Costley At Post. Mr. J. W. Lutes who has been quite ill at his home, i)24 Morris ave., is getting better. The ladies of the Kansas avenue M. E. church will meet tomorrow in the church parlors. Mrs. Bernstein left Saturday for Memphis, Tenn., where she will spend the winter. Miss Nora Phillips will arrive today from Council Grove to visit her sister, Mrs. S. L Courtney. Miss Pearl Henry is now ill with "Cu ban chickenpox. "which makes the third case in that family. There is a case of Cuban chickenpox in the familv of John Oakley corner of Laur arit and Monroe streets. Will Cowdry returned yesterday from Nebraska, and Montana where he has been working for some time. Married. Sunday. Heoerriber 10th at noon by Rev. Calvin Holman, Miss AVillenence Smeltz and Mr. James Oswalt North Topeka colored reformer, Wm. G. "Brooks, will deliver an address tonight at 7::;il at. Mount Olive chapel on the "En forcement of the Prohibitory law." The house of Mr. Ammel on Monroe street has been fumigated, his little daughter having recovered from her attack of scarlet fever. Mrs. Cooper, who has been visiting her daughter. Mrs. Ryan of S13 Quiney street for several weeks, has returned to her home in St. Louis. Mrs. J. C. Fulton and children. Hazel and Helen, left today for San Diego. Cal., to spend the winter visiting Airs. Fulton's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sterne. Miss Alice Wilson left yesterday for her home in Kansas City, Kan., af ter a visit to her sister, Mrs. M. R. Col lison of East Gordon street. The Ladies' aid society of the Presby terian church will meet Wednesday after noon at 2:Mo at the home of Mrs. A. M. Petro, foil Van Bureu street. Miss May McNoun will fill Miss Anna Henry's place at Costley Post's as Miss Henry is out on account of "Cu ban chickenpox" in the family. Mrs. J. J. Irons came home Sunday from Chicago where she has been for the past 12 weeks the guest of her daughter, Mrs. Frank Bannister. Mrs. Ralph Porter and children left yesterday for their home in Green City, Mo., after a week's visit to Mrs. Jane Porter and Mrs. Frank Hale. The Ladies' Duplicate whist club met yesterdav afternoon at the home of Mrs. E. D. Small. 3 Jackson street. Mrs. L. A. Rydep played for Mrs. Rollin Nichols. On Thursday evening all the camps of the M. W. of'A.. will bold a union meet- ins- with camp 1243 at their hall. Kan sas avenue. Governor Stanley has prom ised to be present. The Fraternal Aid association will give a dance Wednesday avening. December f.f. Members and friends cordially invited. Music furnished by Hueehner orchestra, l.euo North Kansas avenue. At the Soldier township Sunday school convention which was held last Saturday and Sunday at the Lyman school house, Messrs. I. N. George, J. G. Knox and C. A. Stephens were chosen delegates to at tend the annual convention of the state temperance union January 10 and 31. Robert Forbes died at his home in Menoken township, Saturday, Decem ber 9 at S p. m., in the TSth year of his age. The funeral was held Tuesday at 11 o'clock from the Prairie Home church. Rev. W. T. Pence preached the sermon. The interment was in Rochester cemetery by the side of his wife. The deceased was born in Herki mer county, N. Y., April 29. 1S22. He leaves three sons. William II., J. H., and R. H.. and two daughters, Mrs. Mary D. Haines and Mrs. Daisy Bur gen to mourn his death. He endured his last sickness with great patience and resignation, FAIL TO CENSURE. New York Presbytery Postpones Action In Dr. McGiffert's Case. New York. Dec. 12. The New York presbyterv took no action today in the case of Rev. Dr. Arthur C. McGiffert, charged with teaching doctrines not in accord with the position of the church. The matter was postponed to a spe cial meeting to be held next Monday. The general impression among the members of the New York presbytery is that that body will vote to drop the charges, as it did in the case of Dr. Briggs. This will probably not end the matter, as a minority can appeal to the general assembly, as was also done in the case of Dr. Briggs. 8trike Ending Wilkesbarre. Pa., Celebrated. Dec. 12. The miners strike at Nanticoke was offi cially declared off last night and the event was celebrated by the ringing of church bells, blowing of steam whistles, etc. The strikers gathered in the streets, threw their hats in the air and embraced each other. Aged Circuit Rider Dead. Alameda, Cal.. Dec. 12. Rev. Samuel I. Sterrett. a pioneer circuit rider of Minne sota, twice chaplain of the Minnesota leg islature, is dead at his home in this city of a complication of diseases. He was 74 eax3 of age. THE WALL-EYED PIKE. From the New York Sun. George Armour of Xarrowsburg caught a wall-eyed pike in the Delaware river last week that tipped the scales at .S1 pounds and measured 32 inches in length. The tish was landed with an 8-ounce rod. Armour sent the fish to a New York friend, who mounted it upon a piece of polished mahogany and placed it on ex hibition. Its size and beauty attracted much attention. The wall-eye is not a pike at all, al though it is somewhat of the shape and has the markings of the pike. Freshly caught it is one of the most beautiful fish imaginable, of a dull silver and opal coloring. It is somewhat lighter in hue, but more nearly resembles the bluetih than any other freshwater fish. It is somewhat more retiring in disposition than most freshwater fish, seeking the eddies where the waters lie deep and still. It does not cha.se its prey with the cour age of the trout or the ferocity of the black bass, but it is a game fish of no mean abilities, and will put up a good tight when struck. It will not thrive ex cept in clean running water with a. rock bottom and its flesh is tine and delicate as food. Just when the first wall-eye came to the Delaware and decided to stay and rear its family is not known. Attention was first called to the subject by a genius named Barnes who lived in Ringhamton. Mr. iiarnes of Khighamton was at arious times observed at various points along the river, paddling his own canoe and generally minding his own business. At night fall he would come ashore at some unfrequented spot and sit on the bank until picked un bv an Frie f reisrht train. j He made it all right with the train crews wnii ooieo on ire wuu e liieii. oa lveu and broiled. These men spend much of their time while off duty with a rod or a gun, but none of them had ever taken a wall-eye. As a matter of fact they did not know that there were wall-eyes. When interviewed on the subject Mr. Barnes of Pinghamton talked about the weather. He and his tactics remained a solid mys tpry until the gentleman in due time drifted down to Xarrowsburg. People who saw him there mildly wondered what he was dredging for in the eddy, and, wholly undisturbed by him. continued to occupy the most likely spots for bass. Toward evening he brought his boat ashore. Mis catch for the day numbered about twenty-live wall-eyes, averaging five pounds apiece, and packed side by side on the ground the row measured about ten feet across. To put it mildly the natives were astonished, old fishermen like C. H. Mur ray and Jake Gebhardt. who could entice bass from the river when everybody else failed, had not even suspected the pres ence of the fish in these waters. A week or two later the residents of Xarrowsburg sauntered out of doors after breakfast a nd again discovered t he re ticent Panics out upon the broad eddy. They returned to their homes in haste, sought their lishing tackle, and immed iately set forth. The ordinary pursuits and industries of Xarrowsburg were at a standstill that day and every craft that would float was in commission. Barnes, still paddling his own canoe, remained coy. The Xarro wsburgers could only get near enough to see him occasionally draw a Hashing tish from the water. Barnes was hard pressed, but that day his catch numbered thirty-five wall-eyes, ranging in weight from three to nine pound. Xarrowsburg surrounded him at once on his arrival at the shore, but to all inquir ies Iiarnes merely gave another discourse on prevailing climatic conditions. The next time that the gentleman was dis covered on the smooth waters of the eddy he was observed at long range. Telescopes and field glasses came unto plav and scouts were stationed at allftioints from the covered bridge to the head of the is la nd. The local sportsmen have since been shares of the piscatorial secrets of Parries. To troll successfully for wall-eves one must have the line sunk to the bottom of the deepest pools. A spoon is attached to a few feet from the end of the line, and three feet above the spoon a live lamprey about six inches in length is hooked as it is for still bass fishing. To be sports man like one should use a light rod and equally light, though strong, tackle. It is no trouble at all t know when the fish takes hold, and as Mr. Mulvaney puts it, "there's a foight beehune." The other day C. B. Lawton caught a wall-eye in the Delaware at Catlicoon that weighed P 1 4 pounds and more than covered a yard stick. So far as is known this is the record fish in these waters for a year. A month ago two drummers had three hours to wait for a train at Cam coon. They borrowed some tackle from Charley Thorwelle and returned in time for their train with two fish that weighed together ibout thirteen pounds. Burglar Sullivan's Plight. From the Philadelphia North-American. "Help! Help! Murther!" came the voice, as if its possessor were at the bottom of a well, with a featherbed on top of him. Policeman Snyder stopped short in his nocturnal wandering. He expected nothing more blood-curdling than an old man being beaten and robbed by a couple of thugs in a blind alley. Never theless, he drew his revolver and club. Thus fortified, he went on cautiously in the direction of the voice. In front of tenantless 3.'i8 North Sixth street he found the alley gate ajar. "They're murtherin' me! Help! Help!" came the voice, huskier than before. Snyder peered into the alley. In the dim light he saw a pair of legs kicking for dear life. "come out of there!" yelled the val iant Snyder. "Faith, an' that's what Oi'm a-tryin' to do." responded the voice. Snyder's eves were erowinff accus- j tomed to the darkness, but instead of outlining a footpad and his victim they I vould still distinguish nothing but those kicking legs. As for the voice, it seemed i to come from the cellar, j There was something so uncanny I about it that Snyder concluded a light would cheer him. So he struck a j match. It revealed the nature of the diffioul I ty, though it didn't explain it. The possessor of the legs and the voice was sticking fast in the cold air hole of the unused furnace. "What's up, man?" exclaimed Sny der. "Me legs, misther git hold on 'em an' pull!" implored the subterranean voice. Snyder pulled, but two weather beaten shoes were the only evidences of his energy. The occupant of the hole didn't move an inch. "Wait a minute an' I'll get help!' sug gested Snyder. "Niver fear 'bout moi waitin' assured the voice. "But Oi say. misther, couldn't ye be afther 'commodatin me wt' a chew?" While Snyder was trviner to wrestle with the problem of carryinsr ammunition i to the imprisoned enemy he found the side door unlocked. Groping his way to the i cellar, ne was anie to see the other half of the man in the hole. "Hiven bless ye. even if ye are a cop per!" exclaimed the prisoner as he bit off half of Snyder's plug. "Who are yer. an' what are yer doin' here?" asked the policeman. "Oi'm Dinnis Sullivan, at yer service, sir an Oi'm a burglar." replied the pris oner, chewing vigorously. Snyder deciding that the temporary jail was about as safe as could be desired, de parted in search of aid. He presently re turned with several neighbors, armed with a hatchet, a poker and a coal shovel "Dinnis." still suspe-nded somewhat after the manner of a cherub on a Christmas tre. continue! to chew and to kick. Twas the work of but a few minutes to batter down enouarh brick to free the man in the hole. But beneath all his dirt there was the irresistible good humor of his race, though he realized what he yet had to face. To Lieut. Fulmer. at the Ruttonwood street station, he narrate'd the story of his last few years. Since 1,n2 he has serv ed various terms for larcenv, but during the la-st year he has plied his trade more stealthily. Half a dozen of the recent jobs he told of in detail, the principal one be ing" of the home of H. S. Palmar. 23 North Thirty-sixth street last September. He got through h. cellar window and stole several pieces of silverware. Magistrate Jermon in the central police station yesTerday morning sent him to prison in default of bail. Examine Mrs. Davis' elegant line of paintings now on sale at Keene's drug store. NIGHT CLERK KILLED Because He Refused to Boom a Drunken Man. New York, Dec. 12. James Holcrow, 33 years old, night clerk In the Waverly hotel, a lodging house at Eighth ave nue and Twenty-eighth street, was shot and almost instantly killed In that place at 1:30 o'clock this morning by Martin Sweeney, 33 years old, a waiter who gives the Waverly hotel as his place of residence. Chief of Police Devery, who was standing across the street, rushed over to the hotel office and arrested Sweeney, who was standing over Holcrow's prostrate form, the revolver in Sweeney's hand still smoking. Holcrow was bleeding from three mortal wounds in the heart and lungs. He tried to speak but was unable to do so. and died in a few minutes. It is supposed that Sweeney, who was drunk, became enraged because Holcrow refused to give him a room. t0 ASP MISCELLANEOUS ADS. WANTED HELP. WANTED Position as assistant book keper. Good references. Address George Luhman, 4u2 Monroe street. EXPERIENCED LADY STENOGRAPH er desires to procure position to work mornings. Address A. A., care Journal. WANTED A place by a No. 1. first-class cook; can do all round cooking, hotel or restaurant; can do short order cooking. H. H. Davis, 4o3 Madison. WANTED Sewing by the day by a wo man that can cut and fit. Price $1 per day. Address Airs. A. A. Sykes, station B, Topeka. WANTED Work by a boy 20. Address 702 East 7th St., up stairs. CASH for acceptable Meas. State If pat ented. The Patent Record. Baltimore. Md. LOST JLND FOnNa STRAYED Prom 810 West 6th St., small sorrel horse. Jl years old. Kinder please notify Geo. W. Clark, 5u3 Kansas avenue. WANTEDAGEN AGENTS Outfit fre Freight paid, cred it given, for selling the finest set of in structive, entertaining Christmas books, graded for children of all ast-s. at the lowest prices ever known: 50 cent book containing beautiful illustrated poem of Lord's Prayer, only 15 cents: $1.I0 book 25 cents: $1.50 book 50 cents; $2.50 book 75 cents; liberal commission to assents. Fer guson Printing Co., room 8u7 Ferguson Building, Cincinnati. Ohio. WANTED -MALE HELP. WANTED A first-class cook, 323 West 10th street. WANTED At 1C33 College ave.. young man (white) to care for 2 horses, cow, furnace and be generally useful: don't apply unless you know the work and want steady place. WANTED Men to learn the barber trade. No expense if you will work for us. Eight weeks completes. Just adopted plan that guarantees W monthly. This propo sition never made before. Only open to graduates. White today for particulars. Moler Barber college, St. Louis, Mo. WANTED Boy to drive delivery wagon and take orders. 400 East 8th street. WANTED Hustling clothing salesman. C. A. C, care Journal. WANTED FEMALE HELP. WANTEI Girl to do general housework at Ills Topeka avenue. ANY LADY having 2 or 3 hours' spare time a day can make $5 weekly, work ing for us at home: nothing to sell. Send self-addressed envelope for free sample. Manhattan E. M. Co., 101 Beekman St., New York. WANTED Sewing girls. Mrs. Mercer, Crosby Bros. WANTED Girl for general housework at 1014 Tyler street. WANTED To buy cheap, large work horse. Watson's stable, Seventh and Van Buren streets. WANTED Lace curtains and portierers to clean. Reduced rates for few days. All work guaranteed. Fosdick, fS Kan av. WANTED Horses to winter. best of stab ling and care. H. W. McAfee. C16 Kan. avenue. WANTED Guns to traSe or repair: big line. Golden Rule. 514 Kansas avenue. FOBEENT-HOUSES FOR RENT Flat.. 212 East 5th street. FOR RENT Ten roomed, strictly mod ern house, close in. Apply to T. E. Bow man Co. FOR RENT Modern S room house. $25. Iu26 Van Buren. Call 1100 Topeka avenue. FOR ROOMS. FOR RENT Furnished room with board, heat. bath, electric light. SkjO Topeka ave. FOR RENT Three modern unfurnished rooms. Call after 5 p. m., S19 Huntoor. Et. FOR SALE MISCELLANEOUS. FOR SALE One oak sideboard at 314 E. Eighth street. FOR SALE CHEAP Milk business: pay ments: books show net proceeds. Dairy, care Journal. FOR SALE CHEAP Tubular steam heat ing boiler, also 2 Remington typewriters Ni. 2 and 5. and 5 heating stoves. Ad dress 201 West Slh avenue. SHAFTING. PULLEYS. ETC. We have a large lot of shafting, pulleys, hangers, belting, etc., on hand for sale cheap. It is all in good condition and just it was when we Inst used it in operating our printing, binding and e!ec trotyping machinery. We discarded all of it. to operate each machine by its own individual electric motor. A very low price will be made on any of it. Have also some steam and gas pipe. CRANE CO. FOR SALE I.ane?han roosters at $1.00. Seconds at 5(c. Call 5 p. m.. 421 Quincy. FOR SALE CHEAP Beautiful upright piano, almost new. Address Piano, care Journal. FOR SALE A whole or a half Interest in a good Republican paper in eastern Kansa-s; a bargain. Address "J," care Journal. FOR SALE CHEAP for cash, one good, big, nearly new cook stove at 1732 Fill more street. FOR SALE One Singer sewing machine, phaeton, carpenter's tools, guitar, table silverware, silver stand lamp, hanging lamp, gold and silver watches, rings, etc. N. B. Campbell, "J5 Kansas avenue. FOR SALE Two upright pianos cheap. In good condition. al Kansas avenue. FOR SALE Standard bred mare. 520 E. loth street. FOR SALE Half Jersey family cow, fresh soon. 421 Quincy street. FOR. SALE MISCELLANEOVi FOR SALR CHEAP Orean machine or trade for cow. and swirv ol HaucocB FOR SALE REAL ESTATE. v r. c--a u 27J3 acres. 2 miles out. 10 arrs bottom land. We offer this at the greatest bar gain: near this citv. IMiUGRATH tX ,v REALTY CO.. l-l Fast Fifth Street. FOR PAPF A SNAP- On Western ave.. a 6 mem cot tag. 2 3 lots. 2 cisterns, sewer, barn, shade. $1. part cash. Owner leaving city. See us a.t once. TOPEKA REALTY CO.. n;;4 K.m. Ave. II. M A C F l-Z H R A X Manager. NOTICB-ThP real estate of Wm. Murtln- dale as conveyed to nie for hs cred.'tor- is hereby offered for sale for the !iilie-c price offered bids will be received by n.- for this property as a whole up to and ii -chiding December 23. lv-:. E;u h b! I be accompanied by a ceriiiied check f,.r 5 per cent of bid. Those who de-ir? t purchase mny see description if lands it t office of receiver of First Ni'tionnl tiink at Emporia. Kc. nsas. or of the underpinn ed ill Florence. K:n;.-;e". It. T. BATTKY, Trustee. FOR SALE Mo, .till v payments. 3 acre on East 6th st. car line. That two st rv modern east front house. 12:11 'l:iv St.. f less than cost of house. I. J. Brown, '.7 Columbian bldg. MISCELLANEOUS. JOHN KAI.LAi'XER. Ladies' Tailor, re moved to t;:4 Kansas ave., down s air-i. Jackets made and altered, fnr g irmer.i repaired: satisfaction guaranteed. M. MAXSOV, 414 Kan. Ave., buvs gentle men's clothing, shoes, hats. etc. Fays $2 to $6 a suit. Dros me a card. STANDARD SYSTEM OF DRKSH CCT ting wiih Victor measurements. Ty ler st. Mrs. Arnott. FOR Jl.eo per month the Amerh-tin Mene volent association will insure your tur.- against sickness and accid.-nt and p. you from $J0 to JMn per mouth. S.e N. ii. Campbell, tl'tf, Kansas avenue. NOTICE To Whom it may concern it known that my petition ts on c the office of the probate court ot" S net county. Kansas, asking for a pi to sell intoxicating li'jnnrs at ti Fourth street, in the S.c.nd ward, i; citv of Topeka. Kansas, and the of the same Is set for Wednesday, the day of Januarv. l:"o.. at a. to. M. A. Fl NTH E Topeka. Kansas. Ilect-mber M".c 1 -i mi Ka- R-I-P-A-N-S. 10 ror 5 renin at drucgt-t.. They banish pain and prol.u g hie 0.14 gives relief. No matter what's tile matter one will do you guud. FOR EXCHANGE. TO EXCHANGE Six room house, modern in Kansas Cit-, well located, clear, for small tract nea IMMIGRATION AND REALTY CO.. 1-1 Eai I 'll l h street. PHYSICIAN AND SUKOEONS. L. A. RTDER. M. D. OFFICE and residence corner Gordon rm and Centrai ave.. North Tcpeka. '!'hor. 114. Lses the Brinkcrhoff eysien of rect il treatment. a iutces-fcful and pnlnies treatment for piles, catula. titthure. u cerulion. etc. IDA C. BARNES. M. L. Office 735 Kansas ave. Hfpldenre Vn:r. teenth and Clav. Office hours: 9 a. m. tm I 11 a. m.. and i p. m. to 5 p. m. Teiepnor.a t9s residence and lb office. I DR. EVA HARDING. 7!omeopth:t. fc Kansas ave. Tel.. 402. S. E. SHELDON". M. D. Surgery and diseases of roml. wiffj private bositaL Ofhce No. 720 Kan. av. MONEY. WANTED-Enrm loans in eastern Kan sas and western Missouri, Jooy and up vards GEO. M. NOBLE CO.. Crawford building, Topeka. Kan. $100,000,000 TO INVEST through Bankers. Brokers, Promoters: send for circular. Investors' Directory. N. Y. MONEY to patent srood P"! .ecurr I through The Pattnt Record. Bait. more. Mj. LOANS on pianos, typewriters bioyclei. guns, watches, diamonds ana any per gonal croperty. L fciscoc, 113 Kansas ava. EDUCATIONAL FRENCH AND GERMAN Taught either in class or private, terms reaonab-a. Mrs. Hannah Klhlberg. 318 Harrison st JEWELERS. JAMES B. HAYDEN. Jeweler ni Op". clan. Complete slock of watches, dia monds, (iivenvare. etc. Eyes ciaraistj and spectacles properly fitted. STAMPS. SEALS AND STENCILS- THE 3. C. DARLING CO.. TA KAN. AV. Hl:h Grade Rubber Stamna; prompt wor. low price. Catalosue Fret- Phone -i2. PAVING. THE OFFICE r,f the Capital City V. trifle 1 Brick and Piivme Co. has been removii J to West Eighth at. WATCHMAKER. WATCHES cleaned, 7."c: clo'-ks, v; malnspr.nga. 75c: crystal. Pic. C3 paid for eld gold or siivpr. All v.ork t:a. anteed. Old jewelry exchanged for new. It hard up. sea L'Gcle Sam. Zti'l Kan. ave. HAIR GOODS. SW1TC7IE3. CHAINS. Face treaTnen'v Shampooing and hair dryed by hot air. Mrs. Rattle Van Vleck. 220 East Fiftn at. CHEMIST. J. T. LOVE WELL. Ph. D.. Analytical chemist and ASsayer. 623 Kansas ave. BICYCLES. V. S. CYCLE CO.. 11S Z. Stri nt. Na-lor.aJ and Union bicycles. Sundries, repairs. TOPEKA CYCLE CO.. 11J W. Sth St. Bicycles and sundries: bicyr-..?s oJ taDdema tor iDt; repairing ot ail kinds. FLORISTS. MRS. J. R. HAOl'K, Florist. Btiree..0r K. J. Groves. 17 Kansas ave. 'Ptaons Sol. TIN SHOPS. J. M. BATRD, hot a!r fu.-naes. purr.ps ana tin roofins- 21 W. 6th. TeL 364. STORAGE. TOPEKA STORAGE AND WARFHOt'S T3 CO. Packs ail ships househc-id goods. Tel. ISi C. D. Skinner. 123 Laa: S.ita su ATTORN E YS-AT-LAW. MILTON BROWN. lawyer. Practice In all state and federal coons. Suits 41. Craw ford bldg.. TopeKa. Kan. SPECIALISTS. DR. C. H. GUIEOR, Diseases ot the Nose, Throat and Lungs. 7vi Kansas ava.

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8 TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL, TUESDAY EVEXIXG, DECEMBER 12, 1899. How to Cure Dyspepsia Stop Doctoring the Symptoms Which are Indigestion, Flatulency, Nerv ousness, Sour Stomach and Gastritis. KILL THE GERMS Which Cause the Disease Itself, and All These Will Disappear. THIS IS EASILY DONE. The New Treatment Never Fails to Cure no Matter How Severe the Case May Be. Xoir that it has been proven beyond all doubt that food is not digested in the stomach, only prepared by this or tran for digestion in the intestines; and That dvspepsia is only caused by a dis ease germ, the use of digestive fer ments to assist digestion may be dis j .enped with. The same can be said of ira.-dies given to cure Flatulency, Ner vousness. Sour Stomach, Distress after Kating. Biliousness, etc.: these are but the after effect or symptoms of the dis ease, not the disease itself, consequent ly such remedies can only afford tem porary relief. To cure Dyspepsia you must kill the germs which cause it. To relieve the symptoms, it requires two different remedies, which if given together counteract the effect of each other. HYO.ME1 DYSPEPSIA CURE rover fails to cure, because it contains the only germicide known of sufficient power to destroy the bacilli of dyspep sia without injury to the patient. It never fails to relies'e the symptoms, be cause unlike any other treatment, each remedy is given separately. It has jirmvn a positive cure in every case tried and this is why it is the only one ever guaranteed. Sold by all druggists or sent by mail. Price So cents. one day's treatment pent free on receipt of 2c stamp for postasre. The li. T. Booth Company, Ithaca, X. Y. HO U'flflTl The Eminent Spec- Ulli T UUU ialist and Expert Q Diagnostician is located at 118 West Sixth, between Kansas Avenue and 2- Jackson Street, Topeka, Kansas. ft His "r, years of experience in the treatment of chronic diseases qual ifies him to restore to health many who have been pronounced incur able by both the regular and spe cialtv practitioner. It is frankly 8 S3 his branch ot the profession. g S5 All weaknesses peculiar to either Q Fex. no matter from what cause, O promptlv vield to the skillful treat- Q ig merit of Tr. I). I-.. Wood. O Office hours: S a. m., to 12. 1 to 5, O Q 7 to 9 p. m. Sunday 2 to 5 p. m. y "SAINTS AND RASCALS." title of Lecturs Delivered Last Night to City Teachers. A. E. Winship. of Boston, lectured last night at the High school on "Saints and Rascals." The lecture was given under the auspices of the teachers of the Topeka public schools. The assem bly hail was crowded. Mr. Winship's lecture was a plea, for better education. He told of the 1.200 descendants from the original Juke who lived some 200 years ago in New York and was noted as a shift less ne'eruowell. Of the descendants great numbers were criminals, imbeciles and the lowest types of humanity. None made good and leading citizens in their communities. He said that he wished to trace the descendants of an other quality of mankind, Jonathan Kd wards who lives in the colonies and was a contemporary of Benjamin Franklin. Of the 1.500 descendants from Jonathan "Edwards he found lawyers, doctors, ministers, statesmen and lead ers in all branches of business with but two or three bad or illiterate charac ters. He said, in speaking of the work to be done now. that those who were in the Juke's class should be taught better and won over to the Kdwards class. In speaking about the missions of the different countries he said England has bd the world for 200 years and will for iN) years more in economies. Germany leads the world in education and in vestigation and the great discoveries in science. Erance. he said, leads the world socially and dictates the fashions. America's work has been and is to be the work of humanity. Lead and Zinc Near St Louis. St. Louis. Dec. 12. Irfad and zinc have been discovered in the vicinity of Centaur, St. Louis county, about forty miles from this city, and preparations have liefti completed to mine it on a large scale. Two hundred acres of land on which mineral has been found has teen purchased by St. Louisans. The ore Is said to be very rich. Denmark Would Sell. Washington. Deo. 12 The Post says: The ranish government has made an other effort to sell the Danish West In dies to the T'nited States. The proposi tion was laid before the state depart ment by a representative of the Danish government, and the matter is now un der consideration. The American em bassy in London is assisting in the ne gotiations The price asked for the is lands is $3,000,000. COFFEE THE CAUSE of Heart Trouble. "Three cases of heart trouble that frave been relieved by stopping coffee and taking Postum Food Coffee, have come under my notice. First, my own case. I suffered greatly from palpita tion and irregularity of the heart. My physician ordered me to leave off cof fee, and when I took up Postum Food Coffee in its place, the heart trouble was soon entirely cured, and I find the Postum to be just as the doctor said, 'not only harmless, but very beneficial.' "A gentleman friend had much the fame trouble with his heart. I suggest ed that he try Postum. After the first cup at breakfa-st, he said. "I don't wajit any more of it." Inquiry proved that it had not been properly boiled, so I pre pared a cup for him, strictly according to directions, and he pronounced it 'de licious' and "better than coff-e.' Mrs. of Padueah. suffered much the Fame way, and has had the same ex Terience in recovering from heart trou ble by the discontinuance of coffee and taking' up the use of Postum. For pri vate reasons. I request that you with hold my name from, publication." Princeton, Kj'. GATACllE'S REPUTATION Lies Buried in the Graveyard of South. Africa. New Tork, Dec. 12. A dispatch to the Tribune from London says: When the army corps first went out to Africa Gen. Gatacre was generally regarded in military circles as the strongest of the three division com manders. Gen. Methuen was called the ideal guardsman and tactician of the parade ground. Gen. Clery was known as the schoolmaster in strategy, owing to his connection with the staff college and with manuals on military science, and also as the best dressed officer in the army and the most popular club man and epicure. Gen. Gatacre had the reputation of being a seasoned soldier who had seen more military service than either of his colleagues, and had done brilliant work in Chitral and in Egypt before Omdurman. Both Gat acre and Methuen were known as mili tary martinets who expected fhe men under them to work hard. whereas Clery was a less rigorous diciplinarian and more considerate in his treatment of his soldiers. Gen. Clery has not yet had a chance to show how good a strategist he is. but Gen. Methuen. has so far proved to be a poor tactician although a strong fighter, and the enemy has not been able to entrap any portion of his force. Gen. Gatacre lias shot his boll, and the best that his admirers can say is that South Africa has always been the graveyard of military reputations. If Gen. Gatacre recovers his prestige it will be because sympathy is excited by premature attacks like that made by Lord Durham yesterday, who in the safe retirement of a fat stock sale luncheon described Gatacre as a man unlit to command troops in South Af rica. Lord Durham over-shot the mark in declaring that the war ofiice was re sponsible for the disasters at Storm j berg in appointing Gen. Gatacre to the I command of a division when the opin j ions of officers who had served under him were known. I A more practical line of criticism would be to censure the war office for not sending out a larger force of cav alry and artillery in good time and not in arming Gen. Gatacre with adequate facilities for scouting and gun practice, without forcing him to depend upon treacherous spies as guides and then I finding himself outclassed in guns. General Younghusband and other military experts who were willing to discuss the question publicly, yesterday contented themselves with laying stress upon the necessity of having cavalry for scouting and with explaining Gat i acre's motive of surprising an intrench ed position when he did not consider himself strong enough to force it by frontal attack as a sound one. Later details of the retreat from Stormberg do not prove easier reading for Eng lishmen than Gatacre's first bulletin which was curtailed by the war ofiice and rendered unintelligible. What hurts the Englishmen's pride is the humiliat ing fact that battalions famous for fighting as the rifth and the Royal Irish Rifles are. with historic records 1 of splendid service in peninsula cam paign, in the Lucknow and in recent campaigns down to Omdutman. have1 been entrapped and forced to surren der, notwithstanding the warnings from the Nicholson's Nek and the Ia iuba Hill battles. The temperature fell i vesterdav in every London club and there was an air of pensive melancholic pervading the whole body of the civil service. The war office bestirred itself with preparations for expediting rein forcements and announced that the first battalions of the sixth division would sail on Saturday. There will be more strength in the Bow, even if one general after another goes wrong and shows incapacity for adapting himself ""to Dutch tactics. The Dutch warriors for their part, display remarkahle flexibility. While continuingto fightin their own way, they have learned that the British open bat tles with artillery fire, in order to clear ground for a front attack, and they adapt themselves to these tactics, by suspending gun fire and holding back rifle volleys until they can be most de structive. They have also found out that the British commanders attempt to surprise their positions by forced i marches at night and they get their foes in well placed ambuscades. Tf 7 7 Mr. and Mrs. Otto Von Schaezler, Who Refused a Baronetcy. Not many American girls would will ingly give up a title but that is just what Mabel Canniff, a Topeka girl, did. Many of the olde.r citizens of Kansas wiil remember the venerable Dr. H. J. Caniff. while the younger generation is well acquainted with his children, Fred. Will li.. so long in the Santa Fe otlices, now living in Davenport. Ia., and Mabel, for some years prominent in Topeka society. Dr. Canniff was one of the early set tlers of Kansas, and was one of the main promoters of the Leavenworth, Iiawrence GalveFton railroad, now the Southern Kansas branch of the Santa Fe. It was thremgh hrm that George P. Peck came to Kansas to be come one of the prominent factors in its growth and prosperity. At one time Dr. Canniff was at the head of the Odd Fellows of the state, and he it was who introduced the Knights of Pythias into Kansas. At the time of his death, a little over ten years ago, the late T. D. Thacher. an old time friend, was made executor of the will, and guardian of Mabel, the only daughter. Miss Canniff as a girl was unusually attractive, a brum'tte in coloring, and possessing a fascinating manner pe culiarly her own. For several years she made her home with Mrs. Frank Washburn of Washburn Place, but in 1SP6 she was married to otto L. Schaez ler at Toluca. 111., where her brother Will then had charge of certain Santa F;e interests, ilr. Schaezler came from THE BRITISH MEDICAL INSTITUTE Has Been a Success From the Start. Its Offices at 412 Topeka Ave nue Are Crowded Daily. A staff of eminent physicians and sur geons from the British Medical institute have, at the urgent solicitation of a large 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 p-ive their services entirely free for three months (medicines excepted) to ail invalids who cail 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 be made for any services rendered for three months, to all who call before January 4 th. The doctors treat all forms of disease and deformities, and guarantee a cure in every case they undertake. At the first interview a thorough examination is made and if incurable you are 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 pain or cutting; also all skin diseases, rupture and ail diseases of the rectum are posi tively cured by their new treatment. Dr. S. Edward McCully. the chief con sulting surgeon of the Institute is in per sonal charge. Office hours from 9 a. m., to 8 p. ra. No Sunday hours. Special notice If you can not call send stump for question blank for home treat ment. TRUSTED EMPLOYE GONE. Hia Books Were Kept la a Skillful Manner. New Tork, Dec. 12. Since November 9 Henry S. Kramer, a, dealer in jewelry and watch materials, at No. 82 Nassau street, and the police of this city and of several neighboring cities and towns have been trying to get possession of Meyer Goldstein. Lp to that date Kramer and Goldstein occupied the re lation of employer and employe; since then they have occupied the relation of pursuer and pursued. Goldstein, Kramer alleges, disappeared suddenly November 9, taking with him something like $20,000 in cash and jewelry bulong ing to his employer. It is understood that Goldstein is within a crimparatively short distance of the city, and that he is conducting negotiations through his attorney look ing to a compromise with Mr. Kramer. Mr. Kramer, it is understood, will not compromise, and intends to prosecute Goldstein, regardless of the loss of money that might be saved by a com promise. Mr. Kramer did not suspect the honesty of Goldstein, who was his bookkeeper, until the latter had disap peared. He then commenced to make a close investigation and found, it is said, that Goldstein had carried on his op erations for several years. Tho accounts of the store had been kept so carefully that it would not have been possible, up to the actual flight, to have detected anything wrong with the books. Even now, after the four weeks that have elapsed since Gold stein fled, Mr. Kramer does not know the full extent of the losses he has sustained. A Lick at the Trusts. "Washington, Dec. 12. Senator Chilton has introduced a bill prohibiting the sending of articles. the making of which is controlled by a trust from one state to another. Such offenses are made punishable by imprisonment not to exceed three years. Germany some 18 years ago. He had served as a lieutenant in the German army, but like so many others of his nation, came to the United States to make his own way in the world. His father was Baron von Schaezler with estates around Schloss Vombach, near Munich, and Otto was the eldest son, and heir to the estate and the title. Otto was employed for some time in the Santa Fe oitices in Topeka. This summer Mr. Schaezler received notice of his father's death and that his presence at the old home was necessary, leaving his wife with her brother in Davenport Mr. Schaezler went to Ger many to arrange the succession. And then he did what not many na tive born Americans would h;ii"e done. He relinquished his title to a baronetcy, giving it to a younger -orother, but re turns to the t'nited States with a for tune. The Topeka friends of Mabel Canniff will be glad to know that she fully approves of this action. While so many American girls are anxious to wed a title, with or without wealth, she is quite willing to retain that re publican simplicity which seems to be slipping out from the American charac ter. In this, too, the old time friends of Dr. Caniff realize how completely this action would have met the ap proval of her sturdy republican father. Just what is the amount of the for tune is not known. It is possible that Mr. and Mrs. Schaezler may settle in Topeka. Their only child, Paul, was born last August. IREM 7Vc DRY MAKIN Q manity in a fine light. The problem of what to buy" is ever recurring that other problem of where to buy, it follows close upon its heels. This store has solved them both for you, solved them in a most satisfying manner, as a glimpse of this big holiday equipment will prove. The time draws nigh, the climax will soon be reached. Each day and every day from now till Christmas this store stands in the breach, ready to supply your every want. Thus we reap the just fruits of much preparation much thought and much hard work. DresS Goods. We always sell lots of Dresses for the Christmas Season. It makes a nice as well as useful present. If you want to give a Dress, let us help you in selecting; it, whether it be a black or colored Wool or a Silk. Here are a few of the many specials we are giving to help you in your buying $1.93 Imported Plaid Suiting, for $1.50 yd. J1.50 Camel Hair Dots for $1.00 yd. $1.23 Scotch Plaids for $1.00 yd. $1.00 Heavy Golf Plaids for 75c yd. $1.25 Camel Hair, Stripes and Plaids, for $1.00 yd. 75c Fancy Imported Suitings for 59c yd 00c Novelties, Check and Stripes, for 39c yd. 39c Fancy Suitings, all styles, for 25c yd. Fascinators. Ice Wool and Wool Squares in styles and patterns that you'll like and at prices that are right good ones as low as 25c, and better ones 50c, 75c and 98c Underwear Bargains. We have a line of the finest Union Suits for Ladies ever shown in this city. It's the "Knit-to-Fit'' make. It's perfect fitting: made only in the finest wool or cotton. We will sell the $5.00 suits for $3.50; the $4.00 suits for $2.98. A few Cotton Vests and Pants, worth $2.50, for $(.25. Fancy Work. We are selling all our material for this work at LESS THAN HALF PRICE. Any of our Fancy Cords, worth 15c yard, for 5c Wide Linen Fringe, all colors, worth 12M-C yard, for 5c Klegant Tapestry Cord and Tassels, worth 35c, for lOc Silk Fringes, worth 15c and 25c yard, for 5c and lOc Plush Balls, all colors, worth 12c doz., for 5c Plush Balls, worth 30c and GOc dozen, for lOc and 15c Cushions for Pins, etc., all styles, all prices. An our Pillow Tops CHEAP to CLOSE OUT. Aprons for Christmas. Come in and see what pretty, dain ty Swiss Aprons we can sell you at 25c, 39c, 50c, 75c and 98c each. Also what good, serviceable ones we can show you in White Lawns, hemmed, tucked, lace trimmed, etc., at special prices for the Holidays. CHOKER'S NEW POWER. He Temporarily Captures Kings County Democratic Machine. New York, Dec. 12. Richard Croker has captured the Democratic organiza tion of Kinss county through the vol untary retirement of Hugh McLaugh lin from the leadership of the machine. Mr. McLaughlin has been succeeded by a triumvirate, consisting of John Mc carty, James Shevlin and Patrick H. McCarren. These three men are in full sympathy with Tammany hall, both in business and in politics. Their sway, however, is not complete, though so far it has not been disputed. Several groups, headed by men who. were formerly among Mr. McLaughlin's powerful lieutenants, are watching the course of events, and may at any time lead a powerful opposition against the new order of things. Comptroller Bird S. Coler and Bridge Commissioner John L. Shea are at the head of one of these groups. Senator Michael J. Coffey and Councilman Mc Garry are also unattached, and it is probable that eventually a coalition will be formed between them to restore Brooklyn's political independence of Tammany hall. Should this occur a battle will fol low which will plunge Brooklyn into political chaos. No effort wiil be spared by Mr. Croker and the Tamamny lead ers to preVent Mr. Coler from coming to the front. He has fought them al most from the beginning of the present administration, and their hatred of him knows no bounds. Nevertheless. Mr. Coler. who. by the way. is a Westerner, is verv popular with the people, and there is talk of running him for gover nor. RETURN TO THE STAGE. Sybil Sanderson Dacides to Go on the Concert Platform, Paris. Dec. 12. Sybil Sanderson has finally decided to return to the stage, not to grand opera, at least at first, but to the concert platform, which first brought her fame. She will sing in tho roles of "Manon" and "Rhyme'' for some time. During her husband's life and after. Miss Sanderson was a verv sick woman. She met Loie Fuller at Aix les Baines and Loie induced Miss Sanderson to go at once to Carlsbad. The singer soon returned to Paris rehabilitated. "My return to the stage will be to help me to bear my sorrow." she said. "Sor rows grow by nursing. If I were to 613-615 KANS.AVE. OT Cloak Room. A good place to select a present that is both useful and acceptable. We can save you dollars in this Department. All our fine Jackets for Ladies, Chil dren and Misses marked down to cost and less. FUR SCARFS AXD COLLARETTES, in Marten, Oppossum, Electric Seal, Mink, Astrachan, at all prices from $3.50 up to $35. OO. MUFF to match at $1, $2, $3, $4, $5, $7, $8 and $10. ELDERDOWN SACQUES marked down for the Holiday trade. Our $1.00 ones for 75c; $1.50 ones for $1.00; $2.00 ones for $1.25; $2.50 ones for $1.50. The Christmas A36-in.Lunch Linens. !oth n plain Damask Linen at 75c, $1.00, $1.25, up to $3.50 ea. Nice Center Pieces, round or square Battenburg effects, just the thing for Xmas gift, at $1.00, $1.25 and $1.50 each. Knotted Fringe Tea Napkins, pretty designs, fine quality, $1.75, $2.25, $2.50 and $3.00 dozen. A most complete line of Towels, just as serviceable as beautiful, at 19c, 25c, 39c, 50c and 75c each. One of our leaders in Table Damask for this SEASON of the year, is a 72 inch full bleached, handsome pattern, 75c per yard. Napkins to match, at $2.00 dozen. A most complete line of Pattern Cloths at same price as Damask by the yard, $1.00 up. HANDKERCHIEF LINENS toplease you in every width from 23 to 45 Inches wide, all qualities, from 39c to $1.25 yard. ART LINENS, white, 18 to 54 inches wide, at 25c to $1.25 per yard. Christmas Our fine Wool Blankets. Blankets will give you value paid for. They are all large sizes, pretty bor ders, good wearers and washers. Our $5, $6, $8 and $10 Blanket is every one a leader and a trade winner. SPECIAL IN TENNIS CLOTH One case Tennis, GOOD HEAVY CLOTH, pretty styles in Checks, Stripes and Plaids, at 5c yard. Toilet Sets and You find this Brass Goods. b!ef the JNorth Koom. Complete assortment of Brass Pic ture Frames, in gilt and Russian gray. Toilet Sets in silver, gilt, ebony and Dresden. Military Brushes, Cloth Brushes,Hat Brushes, Match, Soap and Stamp Boxes, in silver, glass; Cigar, Cigarette and Puff Jars, and at lower prices than you ever bought them for before. continue to hug mine without diverting my thoughts my heart would soon burst. The afTiictions which have been put upon me make me sometimes think that at best life is but the husk of pleasure around the heart of sorrow. "Yet, I would not blot out the past. I want to remember its joys and be able to bear its sorrows. The only inherit ance left me by my husband is his beautiful young daughter. My devotion to her, for her father's sake, makes my sorrow all the keener." DELAY FOR CARTER Seems Likely to Grow Out of Indict, ments in Georgia. New Yjjrk, Dec. 12. A special to the Herald from Washingxon, D. C, says: In military circles here the impres sion prevails that the indictment of the members of the Atlantic Contract ing company, which is alleged to in clude Captain Carter, late of the army, by the Savannah authorities, will be used by the friends of Carter to further delay the execution of the sentence im posed upon him by the court martial which convictevl him. Before Captain Carter was sentenced to dismissal from the army and order ed to serve five years' imprisonment in the Frt Leavenworth prison, the At lantic Contracting company brought suit in the court of claims to recover certain money claimed to be due it in connection with work performed under contract in Savannah harbor and Cum berland sound, A motion to dismiss its original bill has been entered. It was stated by the counsel for the Atlantic Contract ing company that the company had no intention of abandoning its claim, but simply desired an opportunity to amend its bill, in accordance with the changed conditions brought about by the con viction of Captain Carter. Counsel stated at the time that an amended bill would be filed as soon as the original bill was missed, which would bring the Carter case in all its details before the court of claims for consideration. Legral authorities in military circles say that the indictment of Captain Car ter as a member of the Atlantic Con tracting company, or in connection w ith the members of the company, will not vitiate or intexfere with the ex ecution of the sentence. A Pile Cure. Beggs' German Salve is well known by most doctors and druegists to be a sure cure for Piles. Blind. Bleeding or Itching. K. AY. Squires, 7S2 Kansas avenue. HERS mm M.CH0SBV 9 1Y CiOODS H APPY. Medallions. Every Medallion must be sold by Christmas Eve. This means a big Medallion business, but we've the Medallions to do it with. Yes, and the prices, too. A great many new subjects, many styles of frames; prices begin at J8c, all prices between up to $8X0; choice assortment of Black and White "Art Relevio" work, direct to us from the manufacturer. Look at our line before purchasing. The JeWelry. Rgkt in the midst of the Christmas Jewelry selling. Scores of Jewelry bargains for you- One item in a dozen gets space here. Children's Gold Rings, plain and with dainty settings, at 25c, Ladies' Gold Rings, with stone set tings, at 25c and 50c, Brooches, beauties for 25c and 50c, Gent's Cuff Buttons, 50 styles we should say, every price from lOc to $1.50 pair. Children's White Metal Bracelets at lOc; Plated ones at 25c; Sterling Sil ver at 50c at $1.00. Ladies' Bracelets, different styles, qualities and prices, 25c to $1.50. Complete line of Sterling Silver Novelties at 25c and 50c. Just opened a new assortment of Shell Goods Side Combs, Back Combs and Pompadour Combs. Clocks Gilt, Bronze, Oxidized and Black. Tou can depend on their tell ing you the time right $1.75, $2.00, $2.25 up to $6.00. Nut Picks and Cracks An alright Christmas gift in any sts'le or price you want, from 15c to $1.00. We expect by Tuesday to have an other lot of those Sterling Top Glass Peppers and Salts at lOc each. Be quick If you want them, as many of them are already spoken for. Umbrellas And by the way, For Gifts. mst sensible gifts at that. A more comprehensive stock 'twould be hard to find; a more worthily priced stock does not exist. Children's Umbrellas at 75c, 90c, $1.00, $1.25 and $1.50. Ladies' Colored Umbrellas at $2.25, $3.00, $3.50, $4.00 and $5,00. Ladies' Black Umbrellas at $1,00, $1.50, $1.69, $1.75, $2.00 $2.25, $2.50, $2.75, $3.00, $3.25, $3.50 up to $8.00. Gent's Umbrellas, $1.00, $1.25, $1.50, $1.75, $2.00, $2.25, $3.50 up to $8.00. The handles are so varied we will not attempt to describe them. INDIANS MAKE PROTEST. Otoes and Missouris Say They Were Coerced in Sale of Their Lands. Washington, Dec. 12. Eight Otoe and Missouri Indians from their reservation in Kansas appeared at the office of the commissioner of Indian affairs today to discuss the recent agreement with In spector McLaughlin for the rebate of their lands in Nebraska some years ago. They are: Albert Green, John Pipe stem, Clem Jones, AA'illiam Fawfavv, George C. Daly, Richard Shunatona, James Clemhorn and Clem Whitehiorse. Five others are expected tomorrow, when their case will be heard. They claim that the agreement was never signed by their head chief and that they were coerced into making an agreement by the agent and the in spector. BLIXT ASKS A PARDON. Sentenced For the Murder of Cather ine Ging. Minneapolis, Minn., Dec. 12. Claus A. Blixt. who pleaded guilty to the mur der of Catherine Ging in 1894 and was sentenced for life, today filed applica tion for a full pardon. First That he is not guilty of murder or of any crime. Second That the real perpetrator of the crime was Harry Hayward, and that the deed had been committed be fore he had any knowledge of the crime. Third That he was drused when go ing with said Harry Hayward that niht and would not under any cir cumstances have been coerced, if it had not been for the medicine given him by Hayward. WITHOUT A FIGHT. Gen. Lawtoa Peaceably Occupies San Miquel, Luzon. Manila, Dec. 12. 9:30 a. m. General Lawton with the Thirty-fifth infantry and four troops of the Fourth cavalry, has occupied San Miquel without a fight. The insurgent commander. Gen. Pio Del Pilar, who made his headquarters there with supposedly the largest force of insurgents north of Manila, is be lieved to have divided his men into 613-615 KAWS.AVE. That's the key to the whole Christmas situ ation, and it shows hu Christmas With such a stock, Kid GlOVeS. with such very rea sonable prices, ana with so many people who would appreciate a Christmas present of this kind, there'll be a selling record in this section that'll be hard to down a year hence. "Tampa" Embroidered In Black and Self; colors, Tan, Mode, Brown, Blue, Slate, White and Black; two-clasp, perfect fitting, $1.25 value, for $1.00 pair. "Doris" Medium heavy for street wear; matches your manish shoes, two clasp, embroidered; a. worthy Glove at $1.25 pair. "Dorothy" The BEST to be had for the money; all the popular shades. Tou need not be ashamed to make a present of a pair of Dorothy Gloves, for they will be appreciated, $1.50 pair. Nice line of Fancy Embroidered Back Gloves; also Opera Gloves, all lengths. Leather Can't go into descrip Goods. t0113 can't emphasize the varieties; come and let the stock talk to you; let the little prices tempt you good ma terial, well made, nicely trimmed Purses at lOc, 15c, 25c and 50c. Combination Pocket Books, 25c, 50e, 75c, 85c, $1.00, $1.25, $1.50, $1.75 and $2.00. Chatelain Bags, 25c, 35c, 50c, 75o, $1.00, $1.25 and $1.65. Boston Shopping Bags, 50c, 59c, 65c, $1.00 up to $2.25. Silk and Chiffon Neckwear for Ladies. Styles, qual ities, prices, all appeal to vour cood taste, good judgment and prudence. Ladies who would be well dressed can wear these with satisfaction. NEW LOT OPENED FRIDAY. Ladies' Stock Collars Silk, Satin and Velvet, plain and trimmed, at 25c, 35c, 39c, 50c, 75c. Silk and Chiffon Jabots, without stock, at 39c, 50c, 75c, $1.00. With stock attached, at $1.00, $1.50, $1.65 up to $4.00. Silk Fronts all colors, at $1.00, $1.25, $1.50 and up. Mull Ties all prices from 25c to $1.50. Silk Ties at 50c, 75c, $1.00 up to $2.50. Handkerchiefs. ButweVctoid you about 'em before. Handkerchiefs enough in this store at this time to supply the whole community with gifts. scattered bands. The inhabitants have petitioned for a strong garrison. Col. Hayes with cavalry, had two brushes with the insurgents, the Amer icans having two wounded. Seventy insurgents attacked a com missary bull train returning from Ca pas to Tarlac. The drivers escaped with the loss of their rations and ef fects. Capt. Sturgis, with a troop of Elev enth cavalry, surprised 40 insurgents under Gen. Pando near Morzagaray. The insurgents had a major and two privates killed, a lieutenant and three privates wounded and a lieutenant and. 14 men, with 21 rifles captured. Jack and Gill Went down the hill to get a drink of water. Jack thought he would leave Jill and started out Lo sprint it. Jill took took one Little Giant i'iil and Jack found he was not in it. Pleasant and sure. K. AV. Squires, 732 Kansas avenue. Through Sleepers and Chair Cars to San Antonio via Milana Pullman sleepers and free chair cars leave Topeka daily at 12:20 a. rn. via Santa Fe Route. Absolutely no changa of cars. An irreproachable service. Folders, tickets, and reservations may be had by applying to T. L. King, Agent, Depot. A Keen Clear Brain. Your best feelings, your social position or business -success depends largely on the perfect fiction of yejr St-irriaeh and Liver. Dr. King's New Life Fills give in creased strength, a keen, clear brain, high ambition. A cent box wiil make you feel like a new being. Sold by Waggoner, druggist, 731 .Kansas avenue. The Only High Grade Baking Powder Offered at a Mod rate Prloe. PA IIIMPf Baking UlSMu iM Powder HONS SO COOD.