The Topeka State Journal (Topeka, Kansas)
February 22, 1900

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''t?' 'jo; LAST EDITION. THURSDAY EVENING. TOPEKA, KANSAS, FEBRUARY 22, 1900. THURSDAY EVENING. TWO CENTS. British and Boers Battle From Morning Till Night At Paardeberg "Without Advan tage to Either Side. BOTH LOSE IIEAYILY. Cronje Holds Bis Position in a Bain of Lead. Poured on Him From Fifty British Cannon. Paardeberg, Orange Free State, Tues day, Feb. 20 (via. the Modder river, Feb. 21). One of the costliest actions of the nar occurred at Paardeberg drift Sun- ji day, February IS. Gen, Kelly-Kenny in his pursuit of Gen. Cronje caught 1:1s rear guard at Klip drift and fol lowd the burghers to the Boers' laager at Koodoos Rand. The drift action be gan at daybreak, the mounted infan try driving the Boer rear g-uard up the river towards the main body, while an other body of mounted infantry ma neuvered on the right front and flank of the Boers. The British main body advanced to outflank the Boers' laager on the north bank of the river. Gen. Kelly-Kenny having seized two drifts found the Boers strongly enclosed, and ordered an attack with the Highland brigade on the left and Gen. Knox's brigade on the center and right, while Gen. Smith-Dorrien's brigade crossed the river and advanced along the north bank. On both the north and the south banks the ground is level and the ad vance across this was deadly and the British losses were heavy. The battle was an exact replica of the Modder river. The soldiers were under fire all day and all the fighting bad no definite results, as the Boer Imager was well barricaded and they re mained therein. The British guna shelled the laager vigorously and the Boers confessed to a loss of over 800 men. The terrific shelling -was resumed Monday when Gen. Cronje asked for an armistice. The shelling was continued Tuesday "s over 50 guns pouring lead into the Boer camp. BOTHA'S FORCE SCATTERED. London, Feb. 22.-3:37 p.m. A spec ial dispatch from Paardeberg dated Wednesday, February 21, says: "Commandant Botha haa been at tempting to relieve Gen. Cronje. There has been severe fighting. Gen. Botha's force is scattered, with heavy losses. CRONJE HOLDING OUT. Paardeberg, Wednesday, Feb. 21.-6:20 p. m. A Boer kopje has been captured with 50 prisoners. Gen. Cronje's position is unchanged. BOMBARDMENT OF LADY SMITH. London, Feb. 22. The Morning Post second edition publishes a dispatch from Ladysmith dated February 19, which says that the bombardment con tinues with unusual persistence and ac tivity from Bulwana and Blaauwbank, but is doing small damage. The garrison is in good spirits over Gen. Roberts' success and the advance of Gen. Buller which is now visible. Gen. Buller reports that his casual ties Monday, February 19 were: Killed Captain Thornburn of the Royal Fusiliers. Wounded Two officers and fourteen men. The Times has the following from Lo renzo Marques, dated February 21: According to a Boer account General Dewitt claims to have captured in an attack upon the rear guard of General French s column, ISO wagons of provis ions and ammunition, 2, 00 oxen and 58 men. Winston Churchill in a dispatch from Chieveley, dated February 20, says he still expects fierce fighting before La dysmith is relieved, and he again urges l the Imperative necessity of "pouring a continual stream of men. guns and sup plies" into the Cape. He declares that eoldiers are wanted .in south Atrica and not at Aldershot. Meanwhile he sees many "encouraging signs that the Boers are wearying of the struggle." Lord Roberts' list of 49 killed and wounded officers. including two generals A in the engagements up to Sunday even ing, causes anxiety especially as in the oflicers' list neither the losses of the Welsh and Essex regiments ruor those of the mounted infantry are included. This is about the number that fell at Colenso where the non-commissioned officers and men brought the total loss es to S00. Spencer Wilkerson, reviewing the mil itary situation in the Morning Post, Bays: "Sir Redvers Buller can hardly be ex pected to follow the Boer army to or through the passes, but it is rather sur prising that he should have allowed the Boers to make good their retreat from Natal without a desperate effort either to hold them fast or convert their re treat into a rout. "The net result will be the addition in a week's time of from 1S.000 to 30,000 men to the Boer army confronting Lord Roberts." The latter probably bas 20,000 men available at Paardeberg. "A prolonged fight from Friday to Monday seems to argue something like a Daiance between Gen. Cronje s and Lord Itoberts forces. The question. therefore is which side is able to get ine largest immediate reinforcements. The must substantial erinforcements available for Lord Roberts are the di visions now in Natal, but it will take time to move them. Would that the Eighth division had been held ready at Cape Town Instead of Aldershot. The purpose of the British government is to crush the Boer army and this purpose Implies possession by its commander- in-chier or an assured and growing numerical superiority." CAPTURED BOTHA'S HANDKER CHIEF. Chieveley Camp, Natal, Wednesday, ,-1 Feb. 21. The steady progress of the re- lief column is uninterrupted. The Boers. Tuesday were forced from their last position south of the Tugela resulting in the evacuation of Colenso. which was promptly reoccupied by the Dublin Fus iliers and Thorneycrofts Horse. A Transvaal flag was captured as was a Botha's name. This is treasured as a great trophy. The Boers heavily shelled Hlangwana hill and Colenso Wednesday, February 21, and the British advanced infantry was subjected to a severe musketry fire, but they had excellent cover and the casualties were few. The Boera had the railroad running from Colenso to Bulwana. The British continue to discover large quantities of ammunition. The Boers are well sup plied with food and a quantity of pro visions was left behind. It Is expected that further resistance will be half hearted and that Lady smith will be reached in a few days. BOERS DRIVEN Ox. London, Feb. 22. 4:12 p. m. The war office haa received the following dis patch from Gen. Roberts: "The Boers have been driven off In all directions, leaving many killed and wounded. HOW "BOBS" DID IT. London, Feb. 22. 4:17 p. m. The war ofiice has received from Lord Roberts the following message which was de layed In transmission dated Paarde berg. Wednesday, February 21: "Yesterday afternoon I was satisfied by a careful reconnaissance in force of the enemy's position that I could not assault it without very heavy loss, which I was most anxious to avoid. Ac cordingly I decided to bombard him with artillery and turn my attention to the enemy's reinforcements. The result was most satisfactory. The Boers were driven off in all directions, losing a good many killed and wounded and about 50 prisoners who say they arrived from Ladysmith two days ago by railroad. They also say it was our artillery fire which caused them to abandon the kopje they were occupying. Our loss was two officers. Captain Campbell of the Ninth Lancers and Lieut. Houston of the artillery and four men, all slight ly wounded. HURRY-ORDER FOR GUNS. London, Feb. 22. Artillery officers re ceived hurry orders today to proceed to South Africa with fifty one-pound Max-im-Nordenfeldt guns. SUMMARY OF THE SITUATION. London, Feb. 22. Great relief has been caused here by the receipt of the news from Paardeburg showing that Lord Roberts is personally superintend ing the operations and though it is dif ficult to grasp the real situation, it is generally thought Lord Roberts is gradually tightening his grip on Gen. Cronje's forces. In spite of the appar ent failure of Sunday's attempt to storm the Boer position, it is evident that Gen. Cronje is not merely laagered in the ordinary acceptation of the term, but' occupies a carefully prepared and strongly entrenched position previously made ready with the object of stem ming the prospective British invasion of the Free State. After failing to dislodge. Gen. Cronje and in spite of great bloodshed on both sides. Lord Roberts seems to have con tented himself with shelling the Boers Monday and Tuesday. He apparently contemplated a renewal of the assault Tuesday afternoon but after a recon naissance he decided to content himself with shelling the Boers, which he was still doing, when Paardeberg advices were sent off at 6 o'clock yesterday ev ening. The fact that the Boers from Lady smith have already arrived in the neighborhood of Paardeberg causes some apprehension but reinforcements of guns and men are also reaching Lord Roberts and it is not thought that the Transvaal and Free State railroads will be able to transport hurriendly the great number of men and horses. From the available information re ceived here it appears that Lord Rob erts completely surrounas Gen. Cronje with artillery thus releasing the other arms, of which, military experts assert he has plenty to defeat all reinforce ments of the Boers as they arrive in detail. The fact that Gen. Cronje asked for an armistice points to great losses as well as indicating that he recognized that his hope lies in securing delay in order to allow Boer reinforcements to create a diversion in Lord Roberts' rear. CALLS f.iACRUM AN ASS. Secretary Gage Expresses Him self Regarding the Late Consul to Pretoria. St. Louis, Feb. 22. Lyman T. Gage, secretary of the treasury, arrived here today and is stopping at the Planters' hotel. He came to St. Louis to speak before the Commercial club at its ban quet tonight. In an interview which appeared in the Post-Dispatch today Secretary Gage said of the case of ex-Consul Maerum and his charges against the English government: "The administration thinks of Ma erum exactly what every reasonable man must think that he is an ass. I am convinced that his charges are ab solutely without foundation and have been made in spite to embarrass the administration. So far as I have been able to ascertain there is not a scintilla of evidence to support his charges. I do not believe that the officials of the English government violated the sec recy of our communications to our accredited representative and I think the investigation to be made will show as much. "Of course, if Macrum can substantiate his charges; if he can show documents which will prove that his mail was tampered with, that will put the case in another light. If the investigation should reveal that state of affairs, then the administration would demand an apology for the indignity. But I do not believe there is the slightest possibility of such a crisis arising. As the case now stands, Macrum is not troubling the administration. It will not give him the slightest notice until he proves his charges." DEWEY AT WHEELING. Big Parade in His Honor Spoiled by Rain. Wheeling, W. Va., Feb. 22. Wheel ing's ovation to Admiral Dewey was en thusiastic although weather conditions were rather unfavorable. Rain had been falling almost continuously since yesterday making it out of the question to start the parade which had promised to eclipse anything of similar nature ever witnessed in Wheeling. Conse quently the committee in charge was reluctantly compelled to declare the parade feature of the celebration off. The speaking and other exercises took place in one of the large halis at which time the sword subscribed for by the citizens of Wheeling was presented to Lieutenant Doddridge by Admiral Dewey and the orations incident to the dedication of the tablet commemorating the siege of Fort Henry, or the last battle of the revolution, were delivered. Tonight Admiral Dewey will be ban queted by the Hons of the Revolution. CURTISWINS. Shawnee County Man Scores a Decisive Victory. Defeats "W. J. Bailey In the Primaries. BLOW TO THE MACHINE Administration Workers Given a Severe Rebuke. Anti-Leland People Are Wild With Delight. ATCHISON VICTORY. John Seaton Again Demon strates His Power. Some Things That May Happen As a Besult. Charles Curtis will succeed himself as congressman from the First dis trict. The result of primaries In vari ous counties Wednesday assures for Mr. Curtis a renomination, and that, is equivalent to an election in that dis trict. 'Mr. Curtis achieved a sweeping vic tory in Jackson, Brown and Atchison c.ounnes at the primaries which were held to select delegates to a. county con vention which will name the delegates to the conrgessional convention to be held at Atchison March 20. The victory is so far reaching in the district that Mr. Curtis will undoubt edly be renominated by acclamation. That incident will close the most won derful congressional fight the state of Kansas has ever witnessed. There will be 229 delegates in the Atchison county convention. Of this number 185 or ISO will be for Curtis. In Jackson county Curtis scalped the home man, A. E. Crane, by defeating him In a walk. The Curtis people car ried sufficient number of precincts in the county to insure an overwhelming majority in the county convention. In Brown county the Curtis people carried everything there, taking along the Bailey strongholds in which it was claimed Curtis would be everlastingly trounced for "poking his nose into the First district." The congressional convention will contain 97 votes. It is announced at Curtis headquarters today that he will have 64 of that number. Forty-nine votes are necessary to a .choice. The Curtis managers say he will carry Jef ferson county, and now that the Curtis people seem to have swept the greater part of the district it is believed that Jefferson wilt get into line. Omit Jef ferson and he can win just the same. If this be true, the Curtis strength in the convention will be as follows: Atchison 10 Brown 11 Jackson 9 Jefferson 9 Shawnee 25 Total 64 Mr. Bailey's vote will be as follows: Doniphan 10 Leavenworth 13 Nemaha 10 Total 33 The victory for Curtis means defeat for Leland. It means even more than that and is by politicians regarded as the forerunner- of Senator Baker's de feat. Mr. Baker could not be a can didate for re-election without the sup port of the district in which he lives. Since he linked his fortunes with Mr. Bailey and Mr. Leland and lost, the anti-Baker forces claim to foresee" the defeat of the senator for re-election. This is one of the side-lights of the Cur tis victory. There are a number of prominent gentlemen who got a fall in yesterday's primaries, and if the Curtis people have their way the end is not yet. Public servants who have jeopardized themselves in turning out in a bitter fight against Curtis are: J. M. Chisham, postmaster at Atchi son. R. M. Fulton, of Topeka, postoffice in spector. A. J. White, supervisor of the census in the First district. Chisham wanted to continue as post master at Atchison. To do this he made a fight against Curtis and lost. Now the Curtis people in Atchison county are thinking about going after Chisham on account of "offensive partisanship." white was made census supervisor on probation, that is, with the understand ing that he would refrain from taking part in the contest. However, he did not obey the injunction of the president and may get into trouble. Mr. Fulton is one of the postal in i Congressman Charles Curtis, Who Will Be Renominated on March 20. spectors for the state and he has been making a fight for Bailey. Some of the Curtis managers warned Fulton to get out of the way and keep hands oft but he did not do so and now trouble is threatened for him. Among the men who went down in the defeat which Curtis has adminis tered to the politicians of the district are Federal Judge W. C. Hook, Col. D. R. Anthony, editor of the Leavenworth Times, and his bitter enemy who has been working shoulder to shoulder with him in the anti-Curtis contest, Dr. S. F. Neely, the Democratic mayor of Leav enworth. Then there is C. D. Walker of Atchi son who has been squinting at the con gressional job himself. He failed to carry his own ward for Bailey and Jim Chisham lost his ward to Curtis. If there is any place that Curtis didn't de feat his opponents in Wednesday's primaries it is of so little consequence that it will not be needed in the wind up. In Atchison county the claim is made that it is a case of the "biggest bar'l." John Seaton to punish Leland took up the Curtis cause and through his efforts one of the most stubborn fights in the history of Kansas politics was orga nized. The Bailey people say Seaton knocked both ends out of his "bar'l" and turned the money loose. The Curtis people sav that Bailey spent over $5,000 in Atchison county alone. The anti-Leland managers claim the defeat of the Leland-Bailey forces in the First district contest is but the pre liminary to his defeat for national com mitteeman in the coming state conven tion. Curtis is not the first man in the state who had the courage to fight Mr. Leland but he seems to have won, while others lost. This has inspired con fidence in men who admitted to Curtis that they would stay with Leland be cause in their opinion Curtis could not compass his defeat. Now that Curtis is victorious some of those men will probably desert Leland and flock to the successful standard of the present vic tor. In an Atchison crowd last night some one suggested that the Curtis people be magnanimous and present Bailey for renomination as congressman-at-large. This suggestion fell with a dull thud.' The Curtis people, now that they are on the road to victory, propose to sweep everything before them. The plan has been made to perfect a Curtis organiza tion in every county in the district of such a character that the Curtis forces will control the congressional politics. The fact that Curtis is now in the sad dle will make him strong in all the counties on account of the patronage which he will have to distribute. CY LELAND GIVES IIP. Cvrus Leland, who has been Mr. Bailev's manager, takes the defeat of his candidate good-naturedly and will line up his friends for the nominee of the con- vention in the First district. Mr. Leland said to a Journal reporter: "Mr. Curtis has won. He has carried a sufficient number of counties to end the content in the First district." "What bearing or influence does this result have on Mr. P.aker's chances for re-el ection?" was asked. "This result will have no influence whatever in that direction," replied Mr. Leland. "Mr. Baker is today as strong as he ever was and I think he has the best chance for election to the senate." "Will Mr. Bailey go before the con gressional convention or will he decline to have his name presented and submit to the nomination of Curtis by acclamation," asked the reporter. "I can not speak for Mr. Bailey," re plied Mr. Leland. "I do not know what his plans are. 1 have no idea what will be done by him." TWO ANTI-LELAND DELEGATES. The victory for Curtis carries the two delegates to the national convention from the First district. They will probably be Judge R. M. Kmery of Nemaha county ami Captain John Seaton of Atchison, or some man that Captain Seaton will name. The prospects for Mr. Leland's re-elec tlon to the national committee may be seriouslv impaired by the fact that two delegates from his own district will be against him. This condition of affairs has re-developed the talk for M. A. Low for na tional committeeman. To Mr. Low's po litical sagacity is due the arrangement by which Curtis staid in Washington and at tended to his oiiieial business while the senator and congressman-at-large were at home fighting for Bailey against Cur tis. NEARLY LOST IT. National Republican Convention Al most Taken Away From Phil adelphia. Philadelphia, Feb. 22. The citizen's na tional Republican convention committee held a meeting In the mayor's office to day and the secretary reported that up to date $6,000 have been gathered toward the fund of $100,00), which is to be given to the national committee. Twenty-five thousand dollars has already been for warded to Chairman Hanna and the sec ond $25,000 will be sent to him in a few days. Mayor Ashbrulere informed the commit teemen present that this city came near losing the rational convention because of the petty squabbles over the arrange ments for the convention. The mayor said that on his recent visit to Wash ington Chairman Manley of the sub-com-miuee informed him that he was contem plating removing: the convention to Madi son Square Gaiden, New Tork. but on assurance that the money would soon be forthcoming the national committee men dropped the proposition. "Weather Indications. Chicago, Feb. 22. For Kansas: Gen erally fair tonight and Friday; warmer toniit; cider Friday afternoon or night; southerly winds. TO NAMEA PLACE Democratic National Committee Meets in "Washington To Choose Date and Location of Convention. BUT TWO CANDIDATES. Milwaukee and Kansas City Con test For the Honor. DaTid Overmyer Backs Up Mis souri Town's Claim. "Washington, Feb.22. The Democratic national committee met in the parlors of the Hotel Raleigh at noon today to fix the time and place for holding the national Democratic convention. The convention was called to order by Sen ator Jones, chairman of the committee. Every state and territory was repre sented either by the national commit teeman or by proxy. There was a vacancy from the Dis trict of Columbia caused by the death of Laurence Gardner. James L. Norris had been elected to fill this vacancy but his election was contested and a com mittee of three was appointed to report upon the contest. It was decided to al low each city which is a candidate for the honor of entertaining the conven tion 30 minutes in which to present its claims. It was decided that the speech es in favor of the two rival cities, Kan sas City and Milwaukee.should be made in rotation. James A. Reed, prosecuting attorney of Kansas City made the opening speech, p-esenting the claims of the me tropolis of the southwest. The invita tion he presented, he said, came not on ly from the citizens of Kansas City but from the unfaltering triumphant De mocracy of Missouri. In the contest of 1886, when some of the leaders in other sections of the Union were faltering and hitherto Democratic states were stag gering and weak, Missouri increased her plurality 20,000. Milwaukee, he said, was a worthy opponent and was represented by a spiended set of worthy gentlemen, but he submitted that a comparison of her facilities with those of Kansas City would show the immeasureable superi ority of the latter. Kansas City has 39 lines of railroad and her telegraphic facilities are excel lent. Her hotels are more than ample. Outside of the great hotels of New York there are in Kansas City, seven hotels that will rank as high as any in the United States. The committee he said, should have the first choice of rooms at these hotels, the delegates the second choice. Hotel rates he promised would not be raised. Mx. Reed was especially fulsome In Ms eulogy of the convention hall, which tie said would seat 25.000 people. He quoted Mr. Bryan as having stated that the hall could hardly be surpassed. The mention of Bryan's name drew the first applause of the meeting. He also quoted the late Dwight L. Moody as having said that no hall in this country or Europe could equal it. This hall would be given free of charge. He appealed to the members of the committee in the name of the Demo crats of "Missouri to come to the strong hold of Democracy. -The delegation did not come begging for the convention in the hope of carrying a doubtful state. Whether the convention went to Kansas City or not, Missouri would be true to Democracy. When the name of New Tork was called. Chairman Jones announced that Representative Levy of that state had announced that he desired to present New York's name, but as Mr. Levy was not present New York was passed. National Committeeman Campbell of New York said he had no knowledge that New York desired her name pre sented. Mayor Rose, of Milwaukee, presented the claims of the Cream City. He opened with a bit of pleasantry at the expense of Mr. Reed. He was not the prosecuting attorney of Milwaukee, he said, and therefore could not offer the convention the protection of his office. (Laughter.) However, as the mayor of the city, he would instruct the police force to prevetit any of the delegates or visitors to the convention from breaking into the police station. Mayor Rose urged the selection of Milwaukee for the great good it would do the Democracy. Missouri Demo crats were entitled to all credit for their Democracy. He had lived for years in Wisconsin, where it cost some thing to be a Democrat. Where is the battle of the next campaign to be fought? he asked. In the east hope was vain. In the extreme west there was great danger on the issue of expansion. The votes for the -election of the next Democratic president must come from the middle west. Eight years ago Mil waukee had asked for the convention, and had said "we could carry Wis consin." They were laughed at. Yet Wisconsin was carried for Dem ocracy. Now. although McKinley car ried Wisconsin by 100.000 majority, Mr. Rose promised that the state would this year give her electoral vote to Bryan. This announcement was greeted with great applause. The same element which carried Wis consin in 1892 was in sympathy with the Democrats now he said. The hope of success for the Democracy this fall lay In the German-American vote. He was not here to say that if Milwau kee did not get the convention the state would go Republican. Wisconsin would go Democratic anyway. (Applause.) Kut this much was due the Democrats of Wis consin. He pointed to the fact that one of the influential German newspapers of Wisconsin was now hostile to the admin istration. With its support, the Demo crats could and would carry Wisconsin. "Show to the Germans," said he. "tnat the Democrats are opposed to imperialism and expansion and they will be with us." (Applause.) He recalled the furore cre ated by the speech of Representative Lentz of Ohio in Milwaukee last fall. He said it had aroused the Germans and that now four-fifths of them were opposed to imperialism and McKinleyism. Mayor Rose then turned to the facilities of Milwaukee for accommodating the con vention. In the matter of railroads, hotel capacity and telegraphic facilities, he said that the convention had nothing to gain by going to Kansas City. Besides. Mil waukee had a summer climate far super ior to that of her rival. The determina tion of the convention, he said, should not be a question of personal predilec tion, but of party welfare. Representative Cowherd of Missouri re inforced Mr. Reed's argument in favor of Kansas City. This city came not with promises of the future, but with her rec ord of the past. In closing he paid: "T appeal to vou as men whose breadth of view is bounded by no city's needs, and by no man's am bition, as politicians in the better and the broader sense, holding In your hands your party's fate, whether it be not bet ter politics to reward a friend than buy a foe. Whether it be not better to recog nize past services nobly rendered than to pay in advance upon a promise that will never be performed. Kansas City cor dially extends to you an invitation and promises that if you should choose to be her guests the stalwart Democracy of all the west will be waiting to welcome you at her doors." Ex-Governor Peck of Wisconsin, was the second speaker in behalf of Milwau kee. In 1892, he said, he made a funny speech before the national committee and Milwaukee lost the convention by one vote. He proposed to take warning from that experience. He devoted his time to Impressing upon the committee the ne cessity of propitiating the German-Araer-lcana, who were now friendly disposed towards the democracy. David Overmyer of Kansas, made the closing speech for Kansas Citv. He aroused much enthusiasm by saying that the platform and man were alfeadv se lected by the Democracy of the whole country. READ BY FORAKER. "Washington's Farewell Listened to by the Senate. Washington, Feb. 22. In accordance with custom all of the executive de partments of the government were closed today In honor of the birth of Washington and business generally was suspended in the afternoon. Both houses of congress, however, were in session and as is always the case on holidays the galleries were filled. In the house the debate on the Porto Rican tariff bill was continued and in the sen-j ate after Washington's farewell ad dress had been read. Senator Penrose called up the Senator Quay contest case. An annual custom which has preval ed in the senate for many years is the reading by some senator designated by resolution of Washington's farewell ad dress immediately after .the reading of the senate journal on Washington's birthday. Several weeks ago, Mr. Foraker, the senior senator from Ohio, was selected to read the address. It was a notable compliment to him that when the sen ate convened today all of the public and private galleries were crowded and scores of people stood in the corridors unable to gain admission. An unusually large attendance of senators was present and all gave close attention to Mr. Foraker's reading which was a fine bit of elocution. At the conclusion of the reading he was congratulated by 's colleagues. Mr. Foraker hau scarcely concluded Charles J. Wefeb, of Topeka, Elected Grand Master. the reading of the address when Mr. Penrose (Pa.) rose and called the atten tion of senators to the announcement he had made yesterday concerning the calling up of the resolution involving the right of Matthew S. Quay to a seat in the senate as a member from Penn sylvania. Mr. Penrose said while he desired to have the case considered immediately he had been informed a number of sen ators wanted to be present when it came up and as their request was en tirely reasonable be would not oppose a motion to adjourn at this time. But he gave notice that he would call up the Quay case tomorrow at the con clusion of morning business. At 1:05 p. m. the senate adjourned. JOHN COLLINS' HOPE. Rumor That Effort Will Be Made to Get Xew Trial. John Henry Collins still hopes that he will be cleared of the charge of murder ing his father and given his freedom. His lawyers are still working in hopes of securing a new trial. The attorneys have been watching the Marion Asbell case being heard before Judge Skidmore at Oswego. Asbell is serving a sentence for the murdering of his wife in 1896. His daughter testified that she swore falsely at the trial when he was convicted. The writ was de nied. In speaking of Collins' hopes Warden Tcmlinson, of the penitentiary at Lan sing, said: "Collins talks hopefully of his free dom and says he believes something will yet turn up that will show he was entirely innocent of the crime of which he was convicted. He does not say very jnuch but he evidently believes he will be pardoned or will obtain a new trial. His attorneys have not been here re cently and I do not know what effort is being made to secure a new trial for him." Overstreet Renominated. Indianapolis, Ind., Feb. 22. Jesse Overstreet, author of the house finan cial bill, was renominated for congress from the Seventh Indiana district by the Republican district convention this afternoon. The nomination was by ac clamation. Strong sound money reso lutions were adopted. A letter from Overstreet stating that the Republican party is opposed to trusts was read. ELECT JFFICERS. Charles J." Webb Made Grand Master of Masons. "Wichita Chosen as Place For Session. BESTOR BROWN WINS. Expected Fight on His Promo tion Fails to Materialize. Washington Jewel Is Presented to Grand Lodge. The morning session of the Grand! lodge A. F. A. M. was spent In the election of officers for the ensuing year. The elective grand officers who served during the past year were all advanced and will serve in the following offices: Charles J. Webb, Topeka, grand mas ter. Perry M. Hoisington, Newton, deputy grand master. Thomas E. Dewey, Abilene, grand senior warden. Bestor G. Brown, Topeka, grand junior warden. Robert E. Torrington, Wichita, was re-elected grand treasurer and Albert K. Wilson, of Topeka, was re-elected grand secretary. It waa expected that a fight would be made on Bestor G. Brown who was appointed grand senior and was in line for promotion. Some objection was made to his can didacy on the ground that his home ia in Chicago. He belongs to. the Masonic bodies of Kansas. He received over 500 out of the 50 odd votes and was elected on the first ballot. W'ichita was chosen as the place of meeting for the Grand! lodge in 1901. At this session no cus todians were to be elected and the board, composed of the fol lowing members will serve for tha coming year: William P. Mudgett. Greenleaf; George M. Coplin, Paola;, George F. Pond, Fort Scott. There has been some talk of cutting: down the number of representatives to the Grand lodge. At present the mas ters, past masters and wardens of each lodge have a vote. The representation has been increasing and it has several times been suggested that the wardens be dropped. So far It haa not been brought up in the session. At this morning's session Past Grand Master Loomis presented the lodge with the souvenir Washington jewel. It was moved that the grand master wear the jewel on the second day of every Grand lodee session. A large silk flag was displayed over the master's chair and Past Grand Master Loomis ex plained its significance as follows: '"Being firmly assured of the wisdom of the recommendation contained in my official communication to the lodges relative to the display of the American flag, I would here renew the recommen dation to the Grand lodge, and I would respectfully urge that the Grand lodge adopt a standing regulation requiring every lodge in our obedience to display in open lodge at every stated and spe- REV. T. W. JEFFREY, OF WINFIELD, Grand Orator Grand Lodge A. F. A M. cial communication of the lodge, the flag of our country, as an abiding me morial of him who designed and plant ed it among the nations of the earth, our great brother, George Washington, and as a token of our adherence, as Masons, to the great principles of liber ty and equality which he loved and Hved for, and of our possession of that virtue of patriotism ever inculcated at our Masonic altars, and exemplified In the lives and deaths of thousands of our Sons of Light, whose deeds are re corded in our Masonic archives. "That the Grand lodge may practical (Continued on Sixth Page. mm 4

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2 TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL, THURSDAY EVENING. FEBRUARY 22, 1900. MUNYON'S INHALER CURES CATARRH Colds, Coughs, Hay Fever, Bron- Xchitis, Asthma and all Diseases of the Throat and Lungs. Clouds of Indicated Vapor are lnbalfd through tht mouth and emitted from the ooa trlls, clcauslnic and vnpm-lzluK all ttie Inflamed and 3ineasfl parta whi'-ti cannot be reached by medicine taken Into the fctomacb. It reaches the t'tre spots It heals lh raw stares It noes to the fat of disease It acts as a balm and tonic, to the tchole syxtem fl.00 at ttruaaists or tent by mail. 1S0S A.rch tit., JPhila. OTHERS Have: Been Cubes. I YOU Can Bjs Cubed by Usrtia Rheumatic Cure. Tey a Bottle. All Druggists. Price, $1.00 f t. LONG MAKES A SPEECH. In Favor of Placing a Tariff on Trade "With Porto Rico. Washington, Feb. 22. Chester I. Long, of Kansas, a member of the ways and means committee, closed the debate for the iay on the Porto Rican bill In the house yesterday with a speech in favor of the bill. He said he was a supporter of the administra tion and that he would not knowingly oppose the wishes of the president. The ways and means oommittee had care fully considered the president's recom mendation and h;ul framed a bill to raise revenue for the island. It was a political question and must be met now. Porto Kico was prostrate. Relief could come only by the authorization of a loan, a direct appropriation out of the United States treasury or the enactment of a law to raise revenue. The committee considered that the last method was preferable. Mr. Long said in conclusion: "The acquisition of Porto Rico ajid the Philippines has made it possible for this country in the second century of its existence to extend its trade into foreign lands and become a power on the sea as it now is upon land. To do this, however, we must make tariffs for Porto Rico and the Philippines suit able to their conditions. If this can not be done they will be a burden, not a benefit. The nations of the world have been assured that we favor an open door" policy in the Philippines and treaties are being made to estab lish the same policry in China. This policy does not mean free trade in the Philippines, but it means that the goods and ships of all nations shall be ad mitted on an equality with those of the United States. But if the minority is right we can do nothing except extend the customs and revenue laws to the islands and absolute free trade is the result. Spain under the treaty for ten years can take her goods and mer chandise there free. Once there we would be powerless to place a tariff upon her goods coming from those isl ands into the United States. On the fate of this bill depends the future policy of the administration m rela tion to our trade with the Philippines and the far east." A Frightful Blunder. Will often cause a horrible burn, scald, cut or bruise. Bucklen's Arnica Salve, will kill the pain and promptly heal it. Cures fever sores, uleesrs. boils, corns, all pkln eruptions. Ilest pile cure on earth. Only 25 cents a box. Cure guaranteed. Bold at Waggoner's drug store, 731 Kan eas avenue. Catching the Celestial Ballot. Clancy "I wonder whoi Washington wore a rig-tail?" Casey "Sure, Oi dunno! Mebbe Chinamen hod votes in thim days." Puck. ma. 4I7 v. I 8 AST IT, ACTS GENTLY ON KlO BOWElS CLEANS THESVStEM CLEAN 3" EFFECTUALLY; OVERCOMES -inATlA BlTUAtCoNST,PATIN ilUAU PERMANENTLY ,TSBE&ECTS- BUY THE GENUINE MAN'F'D BY !F9RN!ATg5YRVF(S K CflC. Sc4 N.V. t Qg SALE BY U TBUGC'STS. PPiCC SOc.ftR BOTTLE. r Qi SPORTING NEWS. Yardon, the English Golf Cham pion, Badly Eeaten. Bernard Nicholls of the Phila delphia Club SURPRISES EXPERT. Bob Fitzsimmons Refuses to Box With McCoy. Arlie Latham Will Instruct U. of P. Athletes. Hotel Orraond, Fla., Feb. 22. One of the surprises of the year came Wed nesday when Bernard Nicholls of the Philadelphia Country club defeated Harry Vardon.the British. ehampion,nve up and four to play. Play over thirty-six holes started at 10:30 o'clock with two fine drives rrom each. Nicholls overran the green with iiis Iron shot, while Vardon pitched his mashie twelve feet from the hole. After overrunning the hole Nicholls putted out and secured a 5 to Vardon's 4. On the second Vardon got a fine 200 yards carry. Nicholls putted and on his sec ond went over the green to the woods. He brought the ball to fair ground without penalty and approached dead. Vardon's mashie carried him near the hole, but he was only able to halve it in 4. Vardon sliced a drive Into the woods on the third and gave up the hole with out playing. His strokes were estimated at 5 to Nicholls' 4. Nicholls drove to the left of green, while Vardon got a long straight ball and was on the green in two. Nicholls was short on approach and missed his putt, the hole going to Vardon in 3 to 5. On the fifth Nicholls got into the hammock land again, but dropped on fair green without penalty. When put ting Vardon's ball touched the hole without going in, so Nicholls got a half in 4. Both got long drives of 200 yards in the sixth. They holed out in 4 each. Vardon had bad luck in his seventh drive and fell in the railway track. Af ter chopping the ball out he holed out in 4 again. The next two were halved also, and Vardon was one up at the end of the first nine. Five of the following nine wTere halved, but on the fifteenth, after driv ing a long ball, Nicholls sclaffed hi3 iron shot badly. This gave the hole to Vardon, 4 to 5. Both drove superb balls on the sixteenth, and Vardon approached with a wrist shot dead. He holed out 3 to 4 and scored 3 up. Nicholls got the best direction on the seventeenth drive and was over the green in two, but got a beautiful putt and halved in 4 to 4. Short putting lost the eighteenth for Nicholls and Vardon scored 4 up with 18 to go. The afternoon play commenced at 2 o'clock. Both got good drives and were on the green in two, with regulation two putts out. On the second shot Var don putted badly, but recovered by a pretty approach. However, it cost him six to play out, and Nicholls captured the hole by 4. By a brilliant twenty foot put Nicholls got the third with a 3 to Vardon's 4. Nicholls landed- behind a stump after a long drive on the fourth, but he picked his ball out with an Iron and fell dead on the green. Vardon got within a few inches of the hole on ap proach, but missed, and the hole was halved in 4. Nicholls was now 2 up. Nicholls got a short drive on the fifth and Vardon putted poorly but his cleek put him on the green. The hole was halved in 5. After long drives of 200 yards they landed side by side, but were over the sixth green with iron shots. In coming back Nicholls made a phe nomenal putt of twenty-five yards from the fair green and holed out in 3 to 4. Vardon was unfortunate in driving out of bounds on the seventh. It cost him 3 to hole out, and it went into pond. and, lifting, lost his stroke. Nicholls went into the brush, and as he was al lowed to lift 'without penalty he won the hole in 4 to 6. The ninth went to him also, as Vardon missed his putt. This made Nicholls 2 up. He made this round in 34 to 42 for Vardon. The latter did not get a single hole in the afternoon. The tenth and eleventh went to Nicholls and the twelfth and thirteenth were halved. On the fourteenth Vardon foozled his ap proach and Nicholls scored a great victory by making 5 up and 4 to play. FITZ" IS ANXIOUS TO FIGHT. Believes Sharkey and Jeffries, How ever, Are Trying to Avoid Him. New York, Feb. 22. Bob Fitzsimmons thinks the big fighters are afraid of him. He recently posted $3,000 with a challenge to Jeffries, Sharkey and Mc Coy, and neither has responded in a manner that Bob thinks is business like. "My challenge has been accepted by both Jeffries and Sharkey," he says, "but Jeffries demands 65 per cent of the gross receipts whether he wins or loses, while Sharkey says there must not be any side bet. "In regard to Jeffries' demand I might as well Inform him right now that I will not consent to fight him un der the conditions he suggests. I know very well that I would be fretting the worst of the deal. My challenge to Jef fries expires Tuesday, and then it is up to Sharkey to show whether he is anx ious to fight me or not. I don't think I will ever be able to draw him into a ring with me, as he still remembers the punching I gave him in San Francisco, and will therefore keep away from me. "I am afraid that McCoy won't fight me either, and if he refuses then I will consent to fight Gus Ruhlin. I hope that I may meet Jeffries again, for I think I can beat him in less than ten rounds. It I should ever win the championship again I will retire from the ring for good." COWDEN BUYS THE TIGRESS. Brood Mare and a Filly Purchased From Colonel Young. Lexington, Ky., Feb. 22. Elliott C. Cowden of Mount Kisco, N. Y., has pur chased from Col. Milton Young, Mc Grathiana stud, the 13 year old brood mare, The Tigress, dam by imp. Billet, dam Vega, by War Dance; also the gray yearling filly by Requital, dam, Accoustic, by Ten Broeck, second dam, Miss Austin, by Lightning. The prices were J1.000 each. Thomas Young of Washington, D. C, has bought from J. V. Shipp the 2 year old chestnut filly Midway, by Onondago, dam Miss Hight, by Longfellow. The prioe was $1,200. H. B. Durham has announced that he will race in the east this season. His good filly Merito is not engaged in the Oaks event in the west and will be trained especially for competing with the youngsters of her age on the Jockey club tracks. She is a filly of much merit. Bon Jour, Roumanofl, Mayme M. M. and the other members of this string are in fine fettle. DETROIT MUDDLE CLEARING. Three Persons Prepared to Take Club Off Mrs. Vanderbeck's Hands. Detroit, Mich., Feb. 22. The Detroit basebal muddle is slowly clearing up. The situation nt present is as follows: The club franchise and grounds have been sold tc Mrs. Vanderbeck to protect her interests in her divorce suit. Jas. D. Burns stands ready, with Fred Pos tal and George Stallings, to pay the $9,500 which represents the alimony de cree and costs,providing the ott'er clubs In the American league will guarantee that Detroit will come in under the re organization without change in own ers. This assurance, it Is said, is about ready to be given. The arrangement is for Burns to ta"ke one-half the stock and Stallings and Postal one-quarter each, Stallings to manage the club. He is well known to the players and says that if Detroit is to have a representa tive nine in the league the owners of the franchise must hustle for some of the surplus players of the national league. He points out the fact that nearly all the other clubs have t eir full quota. The problem will probably be solved before the end of the week. CLEVELAND IN ASSOCIATION. Everything Settled But the Question of Securing Grounds. Cleveland, O., Feb. 22. President Ban Johnson, of the American Baseball league, was here in conference today with President Robi3on, of the Cleve land National League club, and local capitalists who are interested in the new American League club to be placed in this city. Mr. Johnson stated this evening that, aside from the question of securing grounds, everything has been practically settled. President Rob ison, it is understood, has named a price for the lease on the present base ball park, which is considered excessive. As a result the American people may seek another location. Mr. Johnson said the new Cleveland club would be large ly made up of the best players of clubs which have dropped out of the National League. WISCONSIN SNUBS YALE. Chagrin at New Haven Over Refusal Sent by Badger Team. New Haven, Conn., Feb. 22. Manager Robert Hfeon of the university foot ball team announced today that Yale would not meet any western football team next fall. He had received an an swer from the University of Wisconsin to his request for a game next fall. The western college announces it will be un able to meet Yale, as no eastern trip Is probable. This decision Is regretted here great ly, as the game last fall between Yale and Wisconsin was one of the best of the season. Hixon, whose home is in La Crosse, Wis., has been making strenuo is efforts ti get the badgers here and naturally is chagrined at the out come. FITZ DECLINES. Refuses an Offer of $5,000 to Box Choynski. New York, Feb. 22. Bob Fitzsimmons has declined an offer to box Joe Choyn ski a six round bout in Chicago in three weeks. The offer was received by Fitzsimmons yesterday, and called for 60 per cent of the gross receipts with a guarantee of a $3,000 purse. Fitx said it would be foolish for him to box Choynski in Chicago for $5,000 when he could get $10,000 for fighting him in this city. Won't Sell to McGraw, Baltimore. Feb. 22. Harry Von der Horst swears he will not listen to any proposition from McGraw's company VERY FEW PEOPLE. Are Free From Some Form of Indiges tion. Veiy few people are free from some form of indigestion, but scarcely two will have the same symptoms. Some suffer most directly after eat ing, bloating from gas In stomach and bowels, others have heartburn or sour risingj, still others have palpitation of heart, headaches, sleeplessness, pains In chest and under shoulder blades, some have extreme nervousness as In ner vous dyspepsia. But whatever the symptoms may be, the cause in all cases of indigestion is the same, that is, the stomach for some reason fails to promptly and properly iigest what Is eaten. This is the whole story of stomach troubles in a nutshell. The stomach must have rest and assistance and Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets give it both by supplying those natural digestives which every weak stomach lacks, owing to the failure of the peptic glands in the stomach to secrete sufficient acid and pepsin to thoroughly digest and as similate the food eaten. One grain of the active principle In Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets will digest 3,0u0 grains of meat, eggs or other wholesome food, and this claim has been proven by actual experiment which anyone can perform for himself In the following manner: Cut hard boiled egg into very small pieces, as it would be if masticated, place the egg and two or three of the tablets in a bottle or jar containing warm water heated to S8 degrees (the temperature of the body) and keep it at this temperature for three and one-half hours, at the end of which time the egg will be as com pletely digested as it would have been in tne healthy stomach of a hungry boy. The point of this experiment is that what Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets will do to the egg in the bottle it will do to egg or meat in the stomach and noth ing else will rest and invigorate the stomach so safely and effectually. Even a little child can take Stuart's Tablets with safety and benefit if its digestion is weak and the thousands of cures accomplished by their regular daily use are easily explained when it is understood that they are composed of vegetable essences, aseptic pepsin, dia stase and Golden Seal, which mingle with the food and digest it thoroughly, giving the overworked stomach a chance to recuperate. Dieting never cures dyspepsia, neither do pills and cathartic medicines, which simply irritate and inflame the intes tines. When enough food is eaten and promptly digested there will be no con stipation, nor in fact will there be dis ease of any kind because good diges tion means good health in every organ. The merit and success of Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets are world wide and they are sold at the moderate pric of 50 cents for full sized packages in, every drug store in the United States and Canada, as w ell as in Europe. For the information of these Inter ested a little book will be mailed free by adressing F. A, Stuart Co., Mar shall, Mich., giving briefly the symp toms of the various forms of stomach weakness, causes and cure. for the purchase of the Oriole League club franchise.- He says they want to "rob" him. Six weeks ago, before they started their association scheme, he says, he might have talked business with them, but now he would ignore them. The anti-syndicate members of the league, however, it is said, would favor the deal. Hanlon says nothing, but is very friendly to McGraw, show ing that he does not altogether oppose the sale of the franchise. Abell and Ebbetts, of Brooklyn, will be approach ed by the McGraw company. President Robinson left for St. Louis late last night, saying to a friend before he left that the question of Baltimore remain ing in the circuit was yet undecided, but he would vote to hold a club in Washington. Root Challenges McCoy. Chicago, Feb. 22. L. M. Houseman, manager of Jack Root, today Issued a sweeping challenge, in which he agrees to back' Root against any middle-weight in the world. Kid McCoy or Tommy R?an preferred, for $5,000. Houseman does not insist on a $5,000 side bet, but in order to get a match will pit Root against any middleweight for as much of the side wager as Root's opponent may elect. The challenge applies to white men only. Arlie Latham to Coach Athletes. Philadelphia, Feb. 22. "Arlie" Lath am, the well known baseball player, has been selected by the track committee of the athletic association of the Uni versity of Pennsylvania to succeed Mi chael C. Murphy as coach and trainer of Pennsyvania's track team. Latham will not take charge of Pennsylvania's athletics until after the return of the team from the Olympian games next fall. Sale of a Stock Farm. Lexington, Ky., Feb. 22. The stock of the Kentucky Stock Farm Publishing company, capitalized at $25,000, which purchases the American Stock Farm, the oldest trotting horse paper in this country, was purchased today by Desha Breckinridge. He will continue the publication of the American Stock Farm here. Consideration private. Piatt Signs With Philadelphia. Philadelphia, Feb. 22. Wiley Piatt is the first number of the Philadelphia team of last year to sign a contract for the coming season. Manager Shetteline said today that the Phillies would start for Charlotte, N. C, either .March 12 or March 14. President Reach today said he was still hopeful of the circuit being reduced to eight clubs. After a Ball Park. Cleveland, O., Feb. 22. President Johnson of the American Baseball league is here in conference with Pres ident Robison and others of the Cleve land National League club. Negotia tions are in progress for the lease of the League park. Baseball Notes. A Chicago writer, has figured it out that "Little Eva" Lange's combined batting average during his seven sea sons' connection with the Orphans was .334. That is certainly good swatology: Tom Burns, the former Chicago man ager, is wintering at his home at Springfield, Mass., and will likely take hold of the professional club of that place during the coming season. Boston "fans," fearful that Herman Long or Link" Lowe will "blow" dur ing the coming season, are yelling for an extra infielder. Jimmy Burke, the St. Louis boy, who has twice played under Tebeau, -loathe choice. Burke's eastern work was -with Rochester, and he played a bang-up game on the third sack for that club. He is the property of Milwaukee and Selee will likely pur chase his release from "Connie" Mack, who is in charge of the Brewers. Harry Vaughn, the former Cleve land receiver, has been sued for divorce and alimony by his wife in the courts of that city. Manager Loftus, of the Orphans, has received a signed contract of Pitcher Harvey, the loudly touted California "phenom." The choice for the Orphans' spring training grounds lies between Selma, Ala., and Vicksburg, Miss. Hart fa vors Selma, but will allow Loftus to make the selection. Col. Rgoers, the wise, gave out the following interview a few days ago: "With McGraw back in line it looks stronger than ever for ten club cir cuit, and I think that is what the cir cuit committee will recommend. The league will hardly care to pay the price asked for the Baltimore and Washing ton clubs, and I am not In favor of vacating this territory." Jimmy Manning, of Kansas City, was in Chicago yesterday and was in con ference with President Johnson of the American leaeue. Manning said the outlook for his team in Kansas City was bright and he expected a good sea son. Johnson said he could give out nothing as yet on the circuit of the league. He has received letters from the Louisville promoters asking about a franchise In the American league for that town. Johnson will leave for Cleveland probably tomorrow. He said that it would take some, time to straighten out matters in Detroit. Billy Phyle has not yet signed a con tract with the Chicago team. He has made several visits to President Hart's office, but nothing, it is claimed, has been said about next season. Phyle will leave for West Baden tomorrow, where he may stay until the team reaches the Springs. It is quite likely that the team will start for Wrest Baden March 8 Instead of a week later. President Hart comes to the rescue of his friend John T. Bush, and says that the letter which the Indianapolis magnate wrote to Harry D. Quinn is six years old, and was written about the time the Western league was formed. The Impression has gone out that the letter is of recent date and that the American league, which Is only five minths old, was mentioned in the communication. Writes the Boston correspondent of the Sporting Life: "What disposition will be made of Freeman is hard to say. If Hamilton comes around ail right the coming sea son, it is hard to see what will come of Freeman. He is far too valuable a man to play on the bench, and to play him on the bench would weaken the team, for he is by no means the weak est man of the quartet of outfielders under any condiitona Freeman ought to make a bigger record for home runs than he did last season, with those short fences to line the ball against. Last season he made the biggest drive by far of the season, over the rieht field fence. It was one of the biggest hits ever seen on the ground. 'Buck' will prove a big favorite with the lovers of the game here without a doubt. The accessions will make the Bostons sure ly as strong as any club in the coun try, and, in the opinion of many, the strongest. Now, come on, Pittsburg, with all your host, and see what you can do against a real good club." RAILR0AD NEWS. General' Manager Mudge Se cures Exact Information In Reference to Number of Men Sent to Argentine. BUT 18 TRANSFERRED. Only Half as Many as He at First Supposed. Importance Attached to Move Therefore Ridiculous. General Manager Mudge of the San ta Fe stated to day that 18 men only had been moved from Topeka to Argen tine as a result of the new freight ar rangement. In discussing the transfer of freight crews earlier in the week Mr. Mudge said that not more than 30 men would be affected by the change, and later he asked the mechanical depart ment for the exact number of engine and train men sent away from Topeka. The Information furnished the general manager discloses the fact that the number is but 18. Three engineers, three firemen, four conductors and eight brakemen have moved to Argentine as a result of the new arrangement. Mr. Mudge says that the engine and train men now in freight service in To peka will remain here, and repeats his statement that the transfer of crews will make no difference with the force at the roundhouse and shops. In view of General Manager Mudge's statement, the following from a Kansas City paper in reference to the change is a tritie ridiculous because of the im portance attached to it. "While the people of Topeka are pro testing against the abandonment of. that town as a division point on the Santa Fe and the transfer of several engine and train crews to Argentine.the business men and property owners of Argentine are rejoicing. They are, sor ry for Topeka, of course, but this feel ing is tempered by their appreciation of a good thing when it comes their way. "Argentine has already begun to re alize the benefits it will derive from the change. Yesterday and today moving wagons were busy hauling household goods from the Santa Fe freight depot to dwelling houses on the hills above the Kaw. This is the personal property of the trainmen who were transferred to Argentine to make their headquarters. The order affected 35 men and the ma jority of them have families." "BEER FOLLOWS THE FLAG." Paul Morton Thus Expresses Reason For Increased Philippine Trade. Denver, Feb. 22. Paul Morton, sec ond vice president of the Atchison, To peka Santa Fe, with Mrs. Morton, and George T. Nicholson, general traf fic manager of the road, are at the Brown. The party arrived from the southwest and will remain in Denver two or three da-3. Mr. Morton said last night that his visit to Denver had no special sig nificance, but it is reported that while here he will perfect arrangements with the Colorado Fuel and Iron company by which the products of that company will be carried to the Pacific coast and to points in the southwest at rates which will greatly add to the available market for Colorado iron and steel. He said that there was nothing in the re port of a coming closer relation be tween the Santa Fe and Colorado Southern systems. "The present mutual traffic relations between the roads are experimental," said Mr. Morton, "and it is not all cer tain that either road will want to con tinue them. I do not think that they will be extended to other parts of the two systems. I am certain that the Santa Fe does not want to absorb the Colorado Southern and I am quite sure that the other road is not at all anxious to be absorbed. "We will have our own line through to San Francisco next month. The im mediate result of this will not be the lowering of the rates we went in there to make money, not to lower the rates. But many of the rates will eventually come down.- That is the natural ten dency. I think the coast people will find some relief from being absolutely at the mercy of one company." Speaking of the transcontinental question, Mr. Morton said that his road would never absorb the Midland again. "We swallowed it once," he said, "and disgorged it with some little nausea. There is not much In the talk of new transcontinental routes. The acquisi tion of the Philippines is not greatly Increasing our trade across the Pacific. Year before last our exports to Manila were $200,000 and last year they were $400,000, but the increase was mostly made up of liquid traffic from Milwau kee and that country up there. Beer follows the flag. "I see that Stilwell is talking of build ing a road to the Pacific. He will find it harder than he did to put the line from Kansas City to the Gulf. He built that by trading his bonds to the steel makers' for the rails and struc tural iron for his track and bridges. "They wanted to keep their mills going, and had no cash trade, so they took the bonds, and kept their mills at work. But now, when there is a cash demand for every scrap of steel, he couldn't make the trade, unless he'd give a ton of bonds for a ton of metal. "We found the country along our line in Arizona and New Mexico doing very well, -probably the greatest pros perity the people have ever enjoyed. There Is a great deal of development going on in the Santa Rita country, in New Mexico. We found a number of Colorado men down there. The Colo rado Fuel and Iron company is oper ating some iron mines, and the Hearst estate is developing a great copper proposition, which looks as though it was going to be a very productive property. "The Santa Fe will continue its pol icy of doing everything in its power to build up the prosperity of its way stations along its line in Colorado and elsewhere. We feel that at one of these stations our interest is 100 per cent. that is, we get all the business, while at one of the larger cities where we have competition we may not get more than 25 per cent- of the trade. So we do all in our power to help the little places." WADLEIGH'S LUCK. Former Western Official Takes a Lu crative Place In New York. Denver, Feb. 22. Many western rail road men will learn with pleasure that Frank A. Wadleigh has been made gen era agent of the Western Passenger association with headquarters in New York city. The position is one that re quires great experience in railroad pas senger matters, greater tact and di plomacy and a wonderful amount of individuality and strength of purpose. It pays well and the hours are short and Mr. Wadleigh is brought Into in timate relations with men who can push him ahead. Mr. Wadleigh was formerly Major S. K. Hooper's assistant on the Rio Grande. Here his abilities were rec ognized and widely known. WThen he left to accept the position of general passenger agent of the Rio Grande Western it was with sincere regret on the part of the Denver officials. His work on the Western line was equal to that on the Denver Rio Grande. It terminated about a year ago in a very unfortunate manner for all parties con cerned in a misunderstanding on a per sonal mtater that was not rectified un til after Mr. Wadleigh had left.. It was too late then to ask him to come back, but in the meanwhile Mr. Wadleigh lacked not for offers of employment. His ambition, however, was to go to New Y"ork, and he waited until he got what he wanted. TO BREAK AGREEMENT. Anonymous Circulars Instruct Agents How to Again Secure Commissions. Chicago, Feb. 22. Extraordinary ef forts are under way on the part of cou pon ticket agents and third parties who heretofore have been paid commissions by the railroads for the routing of traffic to break the agreement of the presidents not to pay commissions. Thousands of circulars emanating from St. Louis have been mailed to every ticket agent in the country, suggesting a new way to force railroad presidents to rescind their action. They read as follows: Dear Sir: The combination of capital represented by the various railway companies, and the uniform actions of all the large systems, have forced their weaker competitors into the movement of abolishing all commission payments. It is the old question, but under a stronger pull than heretofore, and un less successfully combated by you the loss of commissions will be followed up with a formation of a new combination by which you will virtually have to face a loss of position. The remedy lies in your own hands. Route your business to all directions via the strongest line. In the east the New York Central and through connections (also Pennsylvania Line.) In the west the Union Pacific and through connections, the Chicago Northwestern and through connections, also the Santa Fe system (where they are the strong line.) If the ticket agents use their com bined efforts wisely and energetically they will prov'e themselves a stronger power than all the great railway com binations ever anticipated. Follow the above suggestions to the letter until you receive a positive promise from some line that they will pay, ahd then give them all your business. A tip to the wise is enough. Know your power and use it. TRUESDALE'S GOOD WORK. Former Rock Island Man Puts Lack awanna on Its Feet. New York, Feb. 22. At the annual meeting of the stockholders of the Del aware, Lackawanna Western Rail road company today the retiring direc tors wTere re-elected. Samuel Sloan was elected to fill the vacancy caused by the death of John I. Blair. William H. Truesdale was re-elected president and Fred F. Chambers, secretary and treas urer. The vote was 329,830 shares. The results of Mr. Truesdale's man agement were shown in a remarkably gratifying way in the annual report of the company of the year ending Decem ber 31, last. This report showed a sur plus after the payment of dividends of $1,607,173. as compared with a deficit of $509,735 in 1898. The directors elected were as follows: Eugene Higgins, Wil liam W. Astor. William Rockefeller, Henry A. C. Taylor, J. Rogers Max well, George F. Baker, James Stillman, Frank Work, Hamilton McK. Twom bley. Harris C. Fahnestock, Frederick W. Vanderbilt, M. Taylor Payne, John D. Rockefeller, Jr., and Samuel Sloan. A meeting of the directors of the company will be held on Friday to choose a chairman of the board and a vice president of the company. MR. M'MURTRIE RESIGNS. Chie'f Dispatcher of the Santa Te at Topeka Retires From Service. Mr. B. McAIurtrie. who has been chief train dispatcher of the Santa Fe road for over twenty-nve. years, has resigned his position. W. M. Combs, who has been one of the assistants in the dispatcher's office, succeeds ttaiihe position. Mr. McMurtrle. is a telegrapher of wide experience, and is a man who has proved himself very efficient and valuable in the Santa Fe service. He entered the em ploy of -the road when Its was in its in fancy, and has been prominently connect ed with the road ever since. During the war Mr. McMurtrle .was a government telegrapher, find at one time 1 was operator .for the Burlington railroad at Nebraska City. One of the clerks in the office was Paul Morton, who Is today second vice president of the Santa Fe j road. J The resignation of Mr. McMurtrle Is said to be due to a slight misunderstand ing with Mr. Resseguie, general superin tendent of the Santa Fe. in reeard to the management ef the train dispatcher's of- lice. r Contracts For Cripple Creek Line. Colorado Springs, Colo., Feb. 22. Carlyle, Difmer Weltbreck, of Pueblo, were awarded today the contract for the construction of the Colorado Springs and Cripple Creek Short Line from the half-way house to Cameron, eighteen miles, Orraan Crook, of Pueblo, who are building from Colorado Springs to the half-way house, have 1,000 men at work at ten camps. At Cameron con nection is made with the Cripple Creek District Electric railway. On both di visions 2,000 men will be at work by March 1. Trains will be running on the road by September 1. Contracts tor rolling stock have been let. B. O. in Chicago. Chicago, Feb. 22. Negotiations.which have been in progress some time, have practically been concluded whereby the Baltimore Ohio railroad secures a lease for a term of 99 years, the term inal facilities of the Chicago Terminal and Transfer company, given up- some time ago by the Wisconsin Central. PAST MASTER'S DEGREE. It Will Be Conferred Saturday Even ing. The annual custom of having the Master Mason's degree conferred by the past masters of the lodge will be observed Saturday evening at Masonic hall, when the past masters of the lodsre will confer the degree. The offices will be filled as follows: R. W., Charles J. Webb as W. M. W., Hamilton F. Morris a3 S. W. W., William Hodson aa J. W. W., James C. Cooper as Treasurer. W., Jonathan D. Norton as Secretary. W., Augustus O. Wellman as S. D. W., Jacob B. Furry as J. D. W., Charles W. Kouns as S. S. W., Charles S. Downing as J. S. W., Moses Sarbach as Tyler. W., Bestor G. Brown, as S. F. M. W., Frank S. Crane as W. F. M. W., O. W .Blood. W., Owen J. Wood. M. W., George W. Clark. Drunkenness Cured. It is Hioff Within the Reach of Every Woman to Save the Drunkard. A Trial Package Mailed Free to All. By a new discovery which can be given in tea, coffee or food. It does its work bo silently and surelv that while the devoted wife, sister or daughter looks on, tha drunkard is reeiaimea even asaiiisi. m will and without his knowledge or co operation. Send your name and address to Dr. J. W. Haines, 1555 Glenn Bldg., Cin cinnati. Ohio, and he will mail enough of the remedy free to show how it is used In tea. coffee or food and that it will cure the dreaded habit quietly and per manently, also full directions how to use it, books and testimonials from hundreds who have been cured, and everything needed to aid you in saving those near and dear to you from a life of degrada tion and ultimate poverty and disgrace. HOW TO QUIT TOBACCO. A new discovery, odorless and tastels. that ladles can give in coffee or any kind of food quickly curing the patient with out his knowledge. Anyone can have a free trial package by addressing Rogers Drug Chemical Co., 737 Fifth and Race sts.. Cincinnati. Ohio, and easily drive foul tobacco smoke and dirty spittoons from the home. v,'V' Send 35 cent to W. J. Black, G. P. A., Atchison, Topeka Santa Fe R y, Topeka, Kan., for copy of Aztec Calendar, January to June, 1900. Contains six separate reproduction in colors (8 x ll inches) of Burbank's noted Pueblo Indian portraits. Series comprises Wick-ah-te-wah. Ko-pe-ley, Si-we-ka, Si-you-wee-teh-ze-sah, Quen-chow-a, and Zy-you-wah, of the Moki and Zufii tribes. Also engraved cover representing ancient Aztec calendar stone. A handsome and unique souvenir; edition limited order early. POWER FOR Operating; all classes of ma chinery, and the greatest saving- to MANUFACTURERS is electricity, and is fast taking the place of old style motor powers. The large number ol business men of Topeka using it is a guarantee that it is fur nished AT A LOW COST fcy the Edison Electric Illuminating Co. We furnish motors and equipment" 5 E. O. DeMOSS. L. M. PEHWELi. DeMOSS PENWELL Funeral Directors and Embalmers. First-Class Service at reason- able Prices. X. 0. O. F. Building, S23 Quincy Bt. Topeka, Kansas. Tela. 19J. OF LOANING MONEY HAS THE FOLLOWING DISTINCT ADVANTAGES Small expense in maklna; loan. Moderate rate of interest considering total amount paid for time of loan. No large payments to look forward to and worry over. Small monthly payments. And yet you are at perfect liberty to pay as much additional as you wish, or taa whole loan at any time. THE CAPITOL BUILDING AND LOAN ASSOCIATION, 63i KANSAS AVENUE. Rest and Health to Mother and Child MRS. WINSLOW'S SOOTHING SYRUP has been used for over FIFTY YEARS BY MILLIONS OF MOTHF.RS for thei? CHILDREN WHILE TEETHING, with PERFECT Sl'CCESS. It SOOTHES t"" CHILD. SOFTENS the GUMS. ALLAYS all PAIN. CURES WIND COLIC and is the best remedy for DIARRHOEA. Sold by Druggist in every part of the world. Be sure to ask foi "Mrs. Winslow'g Sooth ing Syrup" and take no other kind- Twn-U-five cents a bottle. f r it--'-:- ul

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TOPEKA STATE JOUllNAL. F flKOTo'nH!TMP0IHlEMTn r i J i if i ft EfiS. lnllS0C.pyia.TOFlI 17 S i'.k 2 PROGRESS OF THE PASSING CENTURY. AMERIGA'S GRnAT EXHIBIT AT PARIS IN 19Q0. E9 F EM ,.r;-, S2S flw Slow and Tedious Steps Wbich Led Toward the Establish ment of the Telegraph and the Cable. When one gives a moment to the con templation of the wonders that have been achieved by human inventors dur ing the hundred years that have con stituted the nineteenth century, the mind naturally reverts to the telephone and telegraph, for, of all the inventions few have been of more importance to the world. The progress in the matter of material speed has been immense, but how much greater has been the in crease in the speed in thought! One hundred years ago the means of communication between persons was 2imited to the crudest form of mail ser vice. Even penny postage was not in vented until the year 1S40, when Row land Hill introduced that system in Kngland, and prior to that time the charge for postage was so large as practically to restrict letter writing. Suddenly, however, man discovered that there were wonderful uses to which electricity could be put, and from that day the art of communication has pro gressed by leaps and bounds. It was in 1S37 that Morse gave his first model of the present-day tele graph instrument to the world. It was a clumsy affair enough. The electro magnets used in its operation weighed mote' than one hundred and eighty pounds, the inventor being under the delusion that the wire used in winding them must be of the same size as that of the line itself. The idea that space could be annihil ated in such a way was too preposter ous to be credited for an instant. In fpite of all these discouragements, however, the inventor persevered in his work, and in 1M4 the first message, "What hath God wrought?" was flashed over the wire from Baltimore to Washington. The inventor had triumphed and this advancement of the human race was made possible. Although the first telegraph Instru ment was, comparatively speaking, a success, the present fine-wired, com pact and portable electro-magnets, weighing less than a pound, had not been dreamed of. When the first line was opened it was with a primitive sys tem of combined circuits, but in 1S46 the Idea of short circuits and relays began to be developed. Some idea of the immense growth of the telegraphic industry during the past half century can be gathered from the fact that the receipts of the first line for the year 1846 were $4,228.77, whereas to-day the Western Union Company alone does a business of some twenty-three million dollars annually, and the Postal Company does nearly as much, this representing a business of more than one hundred million mes eates. The thought that poles might pos sibly be dispensed with and that Insu lated wire might be laid along the floor of the ocean was slow in suggesting Itself, but finally it did come, in 151 a submarine cable was laid from Dover to Calais. It was at this time that Cyrus Field evolved the idea that has given us the great ocean cable system of to-day. "If thirty miles can be bridged in this manner," he asked, "why not the width of the Atlantic?" At first the idea was regarded as an idle dream, but Field 1 sy I I J J- i I J j THE WAT THE PATRIOTIC MAIDEN CELEBRATES THE BIRTHDAY OF THE FATHER OF HIS COUNTRY. was eloquent and in 1S57 the cable had been laid from Newfoundland to Ire land. It was the beginning of the greatest of modern achievements, for to-day scores of these cables stretch for tens of thousands of miles under the oceans of all hemispheres. The consideration of the telegraph and cable naturally suggests their younger brother, the telephone. As -far back as 1687 Robert Hook was experi menting in the belief that it would be possible for him to discover some means of conveying sounds by the use of wires and wooden rods, but it was not until 1S76 that the telephone in a useful form was evolved. The first apparatus of a fairly useful telephone was introduced to the Patent Office by Alexander Gra ham Bell, and this was the telephone of to-day minus the improved trans mitter and with the chief parts some what differently arranged. In Itol Wheatstone succeeded In showing that Hook had been correct in his principle that sound waves could be transmitted from one place to another, to a moderate distance, by means of wooden rods, and afterwards be con veyed to the ear by the vibrations given to the air at the end of the rod. All these experiments, however interesting they may have been, were not practi cal, but when Bell and Edison appeared the problem of voice communication was solved. To describe the steps by which this invention has been improved or to di late upon its commercial advantages would be useless. The advent of the long distance telephone alone has been an inestimable advantage, but all these achievements have been of such recent date that the successes are matters of current knowledge. Such have been the results of nine teenth century achievement along the lines of long distance communication; but, great as they have been, there is every reason to believe that the next quarter of a century will witness in ventions so radical and improvements so great that the methods of communi cation of to-day, great as they may seem to us, will sink into insignificance. When Marconi, a short time ago, es tablished the fact that wireless teleg raphy was within the realm of proba bility the world entered upon a new era of invention, and the solution of the problems of rapid telegraphy and the transmission of pictures by wire will be two of the great inventions that will make the dawn of the twentieth cen tury memorable. Let no word of mine be taken to im ply that these results have not yet been attained. Of course there can be no question but that there are already ma chines that make rapid telegraphy pos sible, and there are already instru ments by means of which pictures and drawings of all kinds may be trans mitted long distances. At the present time, however, these inventions are more or less in the ex perimental stage. The results promis ing as they are can scarcely be re garded as more than successful trials of the new inventions, and it will re main for the twentieth century to wit ness the development that will make them of incalculable value to the world. 1TTTTTT7 S, nfwKilI i mm 1 Y-tW AUTOMCBI LE TvVEUVE-IN COAST DEFENSE w WAR-SHIP (THE SWDiAWA) THE STRANGE THINGS THE REAL LIFE OF WASHINGTON. By James Barton, Ph. D. At no time during the past century has the great George Washington been brought closer to the hearts of the peo ple than he will be upon the occasion of his next birthday. The centennial of his death, which was celebrated some two months ago, tended to call the attention of all Amer icans to the character of the man who had done so much for the new nation and the information that they derived at that time will be still fresh in their minds when they are called upon to celebrate another anniversary of his birth. During the past hundred years the story of the life of Washington has come to be regarded too much in the light of a legend. So much stress has been laid upon the facts that he was a mod el citizen, a perfect soldier, the one virtuous man of the eighteenth century that people have come to look upon him as a somewhat impossible creation of minds too much given to eulogizing their heroes. The paeans of virtue have been sound ed so often that the legendary charac ter has taken the place of the real man who actually lived and breathed the first air of freedom more than a cen tury ago. g THE REAL MAN. To talk this way may seem like trea son, for to-day Washington occupies a place in the highest ranks of the im mortals, but, in spite of all this, it is impossible to avoid the expression of the opinion that it would have been better if the character of the first Pres ident had not been so much idealized in its transmission through the years. In other words, if we had been per mitted to remember that Washington was. a man, with human faults and human imperfections, his character woukl not have suffered, for the ines timable virtues of which he was pos sessed would stand out in marked con trast to the more human background. If we remember that he was pock marked, that he was jilted by a fair Low Land maid, that he was not al ways constant in his affections, and that he had a temper that now and then got the better of him, we should realize that the hero was a man like ourselves, and wTould marvel the more at the sterling characteristics that made him the founder of the nation. Washington idealized is a character for whom there is no place in a world of human beings. Washington the real is a man for whom no words of praise are too great. As has been said by Greene, the historian, "No nobler fig ure ever stood in the forefront of a na tion's life," and his birthday should be an eternal festival wherever a free man speaks the English language. mv WiimiMiiaMim tl.. II -sia5 fi 6 S WASHINGTON WOULD SEE IF HE WERE ALIVE TO-DAT. To one who reads of the early life of Washington it cannot but seem strange that he should have been chosen as the revolutionary leader of the colo nies. It is true that he had some mili tary training as a lad, but he had. cast the exciting experiences of this kind of life aside to retire to the seclusion of his farm at Mount Vernon. There his life was prosaic in the extreme, but Washington accepted it without a mur mur. He was one of the most practical of men, one of the least visionary of hu man beings, and in none of the diaries that he kept at this time is there a trace of the divine discontent, the ex traordinary ambition or the genius that would have been anticipated in a man destined to be such a great leader of the people. That the selection of Washington was a wise one there is not the shadow of a doubt. The won der is how the revolutionists came to decide that he was the proper person to take command of the almost hopeless tangled affairs of the colonies. The process of his selection is a matter of history. The divine inspiration behind it all is what amazes. The hesitation of Washington In ac cepting the command of the Continent al army has often been described and the words with which he finally as sumed the office of Commander-in-Chief ring true of modesty: "I beg it may be remembered by every gentle man in this room that I this day declare with the utmost sincerity I do not feel myself equal to the command I am honored with." Washington meant ev ery word of this, but he was willing to assume the responsibilities in view of the unanimity of the appointment. If Washington was modest, however, he was also brave. He was a good sol dier even if he was not one of the most brilliant of generals. Devotion to the cause for which he was fighting was his inspiration, and by his patience, his enthusiasm, and his passion of patriot ism he at last inspired a whole nation to victorv. He was called upon to contend against dissension in his own ranks, and at the time w hen discords and dis satisfactions threatened to cause the disruption of the Continental army, it was his personality alone that saved the day. This is the secret of his power; the real justification of his fame. HIS RETIREMENT. After the great object of his life had been attained the commander retired, like Cincinnatus, to his farm and pri vate life. In his modesty he believed that he had closed the door upon pub lic affairs, but the people had other claims upon him, and by almost unani mous acclaim he was recalled as first President, to institute the beginnings of the government, in the doing of which he was to set his name forever upon the new country. It is impossible in any brief space to give a proper estimate of Washington's character. That he had a temper that sometimes obtruded itself into the meetings of the Cabinet, is a matter 1 SlEflMSHi P-uB:'-'". that cannot be denied. He was a man who was particularly sensitive to criti cism and the utterances of the opposi tion press often inflamed his passions. In spite of this, however, he was most magnanimous and could bear no last ing resentment against any man. Even those who nagged and attempted to thwart him during the days of the war he afterward helped to positions of emolument and distinction. Washington's mother was a great trial to him, but he was a good son and treated her most generously. She was far from refined in her appearance and was much given to smoking a pipe and gambling. In her the firmness that characterized the son appeared as un reasonable obstinacy, but he bore with her and through experiences that must have tried his soul he remained always respectful, gentle and affectionate. VERY LIBERAL. In his army days when the New Eng land troops desired to burn an effigy of the Pope in celebration of Guy Fawkes Day he interfered and ex pressed his surprise that the officers Hm RTTRS OF" Gm M Q WHITE LPiDYOnvTH, OHCAlU3"DUC3-OUT'raDI FOR THE GErrtCRPH-. BY HIS STWFrTfTHlS SHELTER OIR GEORGE OCCUrtCn GENERAL WHITE'S HEADQUARTERS IN LADYSMITH WERE SMASHED DAY OF THE SIEGE. Magnificent Display of Native Products to be Shown by American Manufacturers at the Paris Exposition. Although a large amount of space has been eet apart for the use of the United States at the Paris Exposition, nearly all of it has already been taken up by prominent American manufacturers. At present there is every indication that the number of exhibitors from the United States will not be less than 7,000 and this will represent every branch of manufacture and art. It is quite impossible at this time to ascertain just how the exhibits from this country are to be divided, as the printed lists furnished by the Ameri can commissioner are somewhat vague. Enough facts are given, however, to show that almost every line of busi ness followed in the United States will be well represented at Paris. Of the number of exhibitors who have already taken space, 1,110 represent the purely commercial branches, while the remain ing exhibits are divided among such classifications as agriculture, mines, literature which includes the Ameri can periodicals, science and the fine arts; religious, charitable and other as sociations, and education, which will in clude the exhibits of the schools, col leges, etc. Prosaic as such a description may seem the actual exhibits will be far from uninteresting, for they will in clude almost everything in the range of human endeavor so artistically ar ranged as to attract the immediate at tention of even such a blase individual as the average Frenchman. When he has walked through the American ex hibit he will have seen everything that a human being could possibly require in his passage from the cradle to the grave. There will be the food to feed him, the beverages to satisfy his thirst. He will see the clothing necessary for every stage of life and for every de gree of temperature from the polar cir cle to the equator. If he desires amuse ment, education or opportunities for in vestment he need go no further in fact he may buy everything from a stick of candy or a plug of tobacco to a burial casket or a thousand horse-power mo tor, a set of false teeth or an incubator, and if he does not see at the first glance the article that he requires it will only be necessary for him to ask for it. Numerically the largest exhibits will be those of the manufacturers of wines and other liquors. For all time France has held one of the highest positions among the makers of wines, and it has only been within the past few years that anyone of good taste has been willing to drink American made cham pagnes and other vineous beverages. Of late, however, the public taste has changed, as is shown by the fact that the total amount of wine imported by the United States in 1898 was less by more than a million dollars than what it has been for any one of the previous four or five years, while the exports were correspondingly greater. It can not be denied that these figures prove conclusively that there is a growing demand for American wines and the wine manufacturers are satisfied that the demand will be increased many fold by their exhibit at the great world's exhibition. In addition to the exhibit of wines, however, an effort will be made to ex cite foreign interest in other American drinks. No less than fifteen brewers and soldiers should have been so "void of common sense as not to see the im propriety of such a step." Memoirs and valet reminiscences have made more than one popular idol totter on its pedestal, but this is not the case with the immortal American patriot whose 168th birthday is so soon to be celebrated. George Washington is one of the few characters in history who will bear microscopic inspection. Under none of the innumerable side lights which have been thrown upon his character and personality does his dig nity dwindle. Here and there we may find many minute details of little things that reveal to us the man, but even this true Washington, the man as he was seen and known by those who lived with him, is more lovable than the idealized creature that eulogy has pictured. Put all the facts together and examine the man with all the light they throw upon the frail human en velope which bound him, and he is still the great George Washington the one overshadowing, heroic figure of our American life and history. fVT have already taken space and each exi hibit will be made upon a most elabo rate scale, many of the exhibitors hav ing signified their intentions of giving a thorough representation of the meth ods of brewing followed In the United States. The brewers of beers and ales are not the only persons who are alive to the value of future export trade, however. There will be mineral waters and soft drinks enough to satisfy the thirst of an army of prohibitionists and. If some thing stronger is demanded, twelve distillers of whisky will have samples of their goods on hand. One of the features of the drink ex hibit will be the American soda foun tain, with its drinks of all flavors, while nearly every State in the Union will furnish its exhibits of hard and soft cider. In fact, it looks as if there was an organized effort being made to in terest foreigners in this distinctively American beveraire The American health food exhibit will be another prominent feature of tha' Exposition. Already nearly every manufacturer of condensed or other wise prepared milks has announced his desire for space, and there will be no less than fifty indispensable breakfast foods on exhibit. In fact theFrench dyspeptic who wanders about in tha midst of the array of health foods, all of which are guaranteed to satisfy the hunger and cure disease at one and the same time, will be bewildered by the menu set before him, even if he doea not accept them as a pleasing substi tute for frogs' legs and absinthe. The American display of flour will also bo large and interesting, as every kind of patent flour in use in this coun try will be on exhibition. The packers of the West are also preparing to maka great exhibits of their meats, and the canned goods manufacturers will at tempt to show their ability to competa with the foreign canner of fruits and vegetables. Naturally the manufacturers of to bacco in its various forms will be on hand with fine displays of their prod ucts. If it is cigars that are wanted there wiir be thousands of kinds to choose among, if smoking tobacco Is required it can be obtained in any form from the common plug to the most costly of patent mixture, and if It is cigarettes that are needed every va riety will be on sale even to those mada of Turkish or Egyptian tobacco wrap ped in Japanese rice paper. In exhibits of machinery America will not be behindhand, as is shown by the list of exhibitors. No less than seventeen different varieties of tha typewriter will be shown; there will ba almost no limit to the number and va rieties of bicycles exhibited, and there will be enough automobiles to prove that France is not the only country in which such modern vehicles can be made and made well. There will also be scorea of exhibits of machinery and machine-made products, and many dis plays to prove the ability of American inventors in every line, exhibits rang ing from the articles of ordinary every day use to the latest electrical appli ances and the largest of locomotives. At the same time there will be prac tically no limit to the number of "freak" exhibits that will have a placa in the American section. One young man is going to show the Parisians how to turn air into a liquid, producing in so doing a cold so intense that ice sets it to boiling. By this means he will show them how to run great engines and power plants at a cost Infinitely lower than any at which they hava ever been run before. Another American will show thq Frenchmen how to make artificial crystals that will scratch diamonds, and he hopes that, by the time for the opening of the Exposition, he will ba able to make diamonds themselves in his little furnace. To describe all the novelties that America will show the foreign visitors to the great fair, however, is quite im possible, for the section will include al most everything from a reproduction of a Vermont granite quarry to a display of patent medicines. Among frome of the most attractive exhibits, however, will be a herd of wild ostriches from a California ranch; the silk display: the artistic jewelry and the reproduction of an American glass maker's workshop, in which the men will be seen at their work of bending and cutting art glass ware. BY A BOER SHELL ON THE 87TH

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TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL, THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 22, 1900. TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL. BY FRANK P. MAC LENNAN. iVOLUME XXVII No- i6 Official Paper of the City of Topeka. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. ra!ly edition, delivered by carrier, 10 cent a week to any part of TopeKa or suburbs, or at the same price In any Kan sas town where the paper baa a came, pystem. g,, By mail, one year so mail, three months en Weekly edition, one year PERMANENT HOME. Topeka State Journal Building, 80Q ana 102 Kansas avenue, corner of Jlsntn. KEW YORK OFFICE. Temple Court Bide. 'A. Frank Richardson. Mir. CHICAGO OFFICE. Btock Exchange Bide. !A. Frank Richardson. Mgr. I.ON'DON OFFICE. 12 Red Lion Court. Fleet Street. TELEPHONES. Puslnf-s Office Bell h"n Reporters' Room Bell 'Phone 67 Oen. Buller has made his .regular Weekly crossing of the Tugela.This time he was headed northward. It looks as though the Democrats frnlght be forced to endorse the Populist candidate for the presidency. Many shortcomins are being charg ed up to the British war office, but we believe it never imported any reindeer. In the contest for the honor of en tertaining the Democratic national con vention it appears to be beef against beer. When Gen, Cronje retreats he takes !ii3 big guns with him. His example in this respect is commended to the Brit ish commanders. Mrs. Lease has shaken the dust of Kansas from her feet but the name Mary "Ellen" still clings to her, being bo printed in the New York Journal this week. Every country with one or more isl ands to sell now turns to the United states. Ecuador is reported to have one which she would like to dispose of for $2,000,000. Daly and Clark have carried their fight Into the United States senate. Whether or not they have also carried there their methods and their millions does not appear. Those bonds which Mr. Cleveland sold for about $1.14 are now quoted at $1.35 In the market and they are not so valu able In fact as they were at the time of sale because there are fewer coupons attached to them. It is not surprising that Mr. Carnegie Fhould consider it a disgrace to die rich when one reflects that $22,000,000 of that gentleman's wealth was derived from the profits of one year's business and without any exertion on the part of the possessor. The state department defends itself against the charges made by Consul Macrum by declaring that it received no notification from that gentleman that his dispatches were being opened and held back. Possibly the censor got in his work on that. too. Wonder has been expressed in some quarters that Judge Taft should be willing to give up a life position and a salary of $C,000 a year and take the presidency of the Philippine commis sion. A partial explanation, perhaps, can be found in the fact that the presi dent is reported to have assured the judge a salary of $25,000 a year in the new position. The Minneapolis (Minn.) Cycle Path association will ask the council to pass En ordinance providing for the issuance if licenses to wheelmen at a cost of 50 cents, permitting them to ride on the ineycle paths constructed with the mon y thus raised, and prohibiting riders riot having licenses to ride on these Iaths. Commenting on this plan the Journal of that city says: "In the first place, the bicvele rider who refuses to take out his license will be no worse off than he is now. If he ioesn't choose to pay 50 cents for a li cense he is still at liberty to ride on the c edar blocks, or in the gutters and ruts s he does now, but if he chooses to pav the moderate sum of 50 cents for a year's license he may ride on the paths constructed by the use of his money and that of others. And so it is hoped ihat this cycle path scheme will build bicycle paths wherever they are needed within the city limits. In a community where there are in the neighborhood of at least 40,000 wheelmen, undoubtedly nearly if not quite all of them will re gard it a privilege to be able to contri bute to a plan so practicable and effi cient as this. The ordinance ought to pass, and it undoubtedly will." FORESTS AND FRESHETS. From the Milwaukee Wisconsin. The freshets in New England are sub siding. They resulted from a heavy fall of rain, which rushed from the frozen earth directly into the creeks and rivers and swelled them far beyond their banks, in many cases. This experience illustrates very clearly the theory of the forestry reformers who ascribe the periodical Hoods in Europe and in cer tain portions of the United States to the removal of the trees by the settlers and lumbermen. L'nder natural conditions the rainfall is held back by the tree3 and the grass, but when the trees arf removed the water finds its way more iuu kly Into the various water courses Kxtended cultivation of the soil is a c ure for this evil, but ,in manv sections the land is unlit for agriculture and when denuded of its timber becomes Bimply a watershed from which the moisture runs quite rapidly. Where the land is broken by the agriculturist a great deal of the moisture sinks into the soil instead of seeking the water courses, and this relieves the creeks and 1 ivers during periods of excessive rains Jn early days. Milwaukee river used to indulge in periodical rampages, but it is troublesome now only when rains oc cur before the ground is thawed in the spring and the water rushes into the frozen tributaries, and thence Into the river, to break up the ice. Were the comparatively treeless country along Milwaukee river not thoroughly culti vated, the freshets would probably be frequent and disastrous. The division of forestry of the depart ment of agriculture is about to make a ystematic study of this subject. It has Selected the watershed which embraces the sources of the Mohave river, in the San Bernardino mountains, California, and will institute observations embrac ing a study of the present forest cover, considered in relation to the rainfail and the flood capacity of streams. The area embraced by the investigation is under the control of an irrigation com pany which has kept 28 rain gauges in operation for seven years, and has measured the flow cf the streams dur ing that time. The soil and the geo logical formation are practically the same, and it is believed that with con ditions so nearly similar throughout the region the observations will be as in structive as if made on the same tract before and after lumbering. The findings of the division of fores try will probably confirm the theory that forests have an influence in hold ing back from the watercourses the moisture which falls from the clouds during extremely wet weather. It is well known now that although the rain fall may be less, a barren area will of ten produce greater floods than a wood ed area. GLOBE SIGHTS From the Atchison Globe. An Atchison man parts his hair on one side and his beard on the other. If you are not a fool about politics, you are fortunate, since most men are fools about politics. When a woman repeats what a man says about his love affair, it la apt to be very highly colored. Probably the chief reason that women envy a queen is that a queen, in her whole life, never knows what it is to wash dishes. An Atchison preacher scolded his congregation because they did not give more liberally: he believed that the church was justly entitled to one-tenth of a man's income. This is the cry people hear every week day: that they should give more liberally. We won der that they go to church on Sunday to hear it again. HONDURAS MUST PAY. For the Killing of an American Named Pears. Washington, Feb. 22. After investi gation of the facts connected with the killing of the young American Pears in Honduras about a year ago, the state department has come to the conclu sion that the case is one warranting a formal request for indemnity from the Honduras government, and Minister Hunter will be instructed accordingly. Pears was killed by a sentinel as an incident to the close of a revolution in Honduras. The government claims that he disregarded the sentinel's chal lenge to halt, but it appears that Pears was at considerable distance from the sentinel; that he did not understand the challenge: that he was killed out of bounds, so to speak, and unwarrantably in the opinion of our government. It is believed that the indemnity claimed will be about $10,000. This appears to be rather a low esti mate of the value of human life, but it is pointed out by the state department officials that our own government has fixed a rate much lower in cases where it has paid the indemnity for the kill ing of foreigners. K. cTgets" it. Washington, Feb. 22. Kansas City has bec-n'selected as the place at which the Democratic national convention will be held, by a vote of 40 to 9 for Milwaukee. PAINTEU THE CHAMPION. The Pittsburg Shooter Kills 94 Birds at Amateur(Trap Shooting. Garden City. L. I., Feb. 22. C. A. Painter of Pittsburg won the amateur trap shooting championship of 1900 to day with a score of S4 birds killed and six missed. It. A. Welch of Philadelphia and Daniel I. Bradley of New York each killed 91 and divided second and third money. Harry Kirkover of Buffalo killed S9 and received fourth money. Louis T. Duryea of New York killed 87. No prize to fifth place, in addition to the $440 cash to the winner. Amended Shipping Bill. Washington, Feb. 22. The senate committee on commerce today agreed upon all the amendments to be made to the shipping bill, but did not reach a formal agreement to report the bill. There is, however, no doubt that this will be decided upon at the next meet ing and it is possible that a special meeting will be called for the purpose of securing this action in advance of next week's regular meeting. The amendments accepted today were made as the result of a conference with mem bers of the house. They are on the same general line as the provisions of the bill introduced in the house yester day by Mr. Minor. Michigan League Republican Clubs. Detroit. Feb. 22. The annual meeting of the Michigan League of Republican clubs was held in the Hotel Cadillac convention hall. Five delegates at large were chosen to attend the national league convention in St. Paul next July, also delegates from each congressional district. Hal Smith of Ionia was elect ed president of the state league. A res olution was adopted reaffirming alleg iance to the St. Louis platform and pledging support to all Republican catt didates for office. "I can highly recommend Beggs' Hair Renewer as a pleasing restorative appli cation for the hair arid a sure cure for all scalp diseases." Mrs. J. Whertle, Omaha, Neb. A thoroughly reliable prep aration; endorsed by thousands; it will not disappoint. R. W. Squires, pharma cist, 732 Kansas avenue. My Lord In Petticoats at the Grand tonight. The Elks' show; and it is an entertainment you should not miss. De Witt's Witch Hazel Salve is un equalled for piles, injuries and skin dis eases. It is the original Witch Hazel Salve. Beware of all counterfeits. At all drug stores. $8,500 For Three Deaths. Atchison, Feb. 22. The jury in the damage case against the Atchison, To peka Santa Fe for the accidental killing of Jennings Judah at Omaha junction crossing, returned a verdict in favor of Mrs. Nancy J. Judah. his widow, for $5,000. In the same accident, two daughters of Mrs. Judah, Fannie May, age 21. and Nannie, age 14. were killed. Mrs. Judah instituted three sep arate suits. The case for the killing of Nannie Judah resulted in a verdict against the company for $2,000; in the case of Fannie May Judah the verdict was $1,500. making the combined judg ments in Mrs. Judah's favor, $8,500. Renominated by Acclamation. Indianapolis, Feb. 22. In the Ninth district Charles B. Landis, Republican, was renominated by acclamation. The convention was held at Noblesville. In the Tenth district E. D. Crumpacker, Republican, was renominated by ac- J cla.ma.tion at Lafayette. KANSAS NEWS. Crawford County Prospectors Find Pottery Clay. An Excellent Deposit of Kaolin About 27 Feet Thick. TO LOCATE A POTTERY. Forty Acres WiU Be Purchased and Mines Opened. Will Give Employment to Hun dreds of Men It Is Said. Pittsburg, Feb. 22. Parties who have been prospecting in the vicinity of Pittsburg for clays have discovered a wonderful bed of finest pottery clay. They have within three and a half miles of this city found an excellent bed of kaolin, which is the very purest of pottery clay. It Is twenty-seven feet thick and the parties have concluded to buy forty acres of it, with the object of locating a pottery. The parties are unwilling to make more than this pub lic at this time until they have con summated the deal for this rich deposit. This discovery is considered one of the greatest importance to Pittsburg. The prospecting has been done at the direction of the manager of an industry now employing hundreds of men in the vicinity of Pittsburg. This gentleman is a friend to this city and while he has never before taken an interest in clay and clay pro ducts he pledges himself to give this industry his best attention and if it will furnish employment without loss of money he will gladly promote the enterprise and he thinks it will and give employment to a great many men. MISS BAKER MARRIED. Daughter of Senior Senator Weds a Surgeon in the Navy. Leavenworth, Feb. 22. Miss Mary Leonard Baker, daughter of United States Senator Lucien Baker, and Dr. Charl ;s Henry Tilghman Lowndes, Uni ted States navy, were married at 7:30 o'clock last night at the home of Sena tor Baker in this city. As the bride is. a Protestant, and the bridegroom a Catholic, a special dis pensation, permitting the celebnUon of the marriage in this. Holy, year, was procured from Cardinal Gibbons. The wredding was private and was perform ed by the Rev. Father Downey, of the Sacred Heart church. The bride was given away by her father. Senator Baker, and was attend ed by two of her former schoolmates, the Misses Mary Boyd and Etta Kitch ey of this city. Dr. E. E. Tull, of New York city, acted as best man for Dr. Lowndes. It was a green and white wedding. Southern smilax relieved by bright red holly berries and rose blooms, all from Maryland, the home state of Dr. Lown des, formed the decorations. The bride wore white mousseline de sole over taf feta, cut high in the neck and with a bertha of point lace. The bridesmaids' dresses carried out the color scheme, being of white organdie with servet or fichues of pale green liberty silk over them. The bridegroom was uniformed in the regulation full dress for naval surgeons. His sword was that carried by his grandfather, Admiral Buchanan, of the Confederate battleship, Merrimac. After the wedding a reception was held to the many friends of the bride and her parents. Dr. and Mrs. Lowndes left on a late train for the east. They will spend their honeymoon at Old Point Comfort, Washington and Baltimore, and after March 15 will be at home at Annapolis, Md. The bride is the only daughter of Senator and Mrs. Baker. Besides being possessed of a rare blonde beauty, she is a charming conversationalist, cultur ed, and with a pleasing, gracious man ner. She is a graduate of the local schools, and obtained her collegiate ed ucation at Vassar. Dr. Lowndes is of. an old Maryland family. Ex-Governor Lowndes, of that state, is an uncle of his. Johns Hop kins university is his alma mater. For the past Vi years Dr. Lowndes has been a surgeon in the navy. He was a mem ber of the Nicaragua canal commission, after which he saw service in Cuban and Philippine waters on his vessel, the Princeton. For the next few years Dr. Lowndes expects to be on shore duty. POOL GRINSTEAD'S PAPER. Receiver Appointed For the Wathena Star to Satisfy Libel Suit Costs. Troy, Feb. 22. In the district court here today a suit was filed by the state against Pool Grinstead, editor of the Wathena Star.and others holding mort gages on the Star, asking that a re ceiver be appointed to take charge of the Star, and apply the proceeds of the paper to pay off the fine and costs of over $400 against Grinstead incurred in the recent libel suits against him. Judge Stuart being absent from the county, Probate Judge Hardy appointed J. S. Leonard, of Troy, receiver, and he has gone to take charge of the plant. These proceedings are had under the statute authorizing executions to be is sued against the property of defendants in criminal cases for the costs and fines, and the receiver is asked for as the property will not pay the mortgages and costs if sold, but may be run by a receiver and the proceeds applied there to. RECONCILIATION FOLLOWED. Wife Who Had Started Divorce Pro ceedings Changes Her Mind. McPherson, Kas., Feb. 22. Edward Freyer, living near Solomon. Dickin son county, came to McPherson on a visit. He had separated from his wife about a year ago and she moved to this county and commenced an action for a divorce a few wTeeks ago. Freyer, not jOSTETTER's CELEBRATED U If there is a tendency to Constipation keep the bowels regular and the stomach pure with the Bitters. It Is invaluable for all stomach troubles, includ ing Liver and Kidney Diseases or Malaria, Fever and Ague. knowing of her being here, walked into Heithecker's store, where his wife hap pened to be. Seeing him, she sprang up with a cry of surprise and joy, af ter which the meeting adjourned to another place. Explanations followed and a recon ciliation, after which a motion was filed dismissing the divorce proceedings. Pensions For Kan sans. Washington, Feb. 22. Pensions have been granted as follows: Original Joseph W. Pain, Cadmus, $8 Thomas E. Doyle, National Military home, Leavenworth, $6; Deitrick Bruns, Menlo, $6. Increase Thomas J. Fish, Topeka, $12 to $14; John M. Kelley. Montana, $6 to $8; Amariah Daniels, Norton, $6 to $8; Frances M. Westlake. Zingo, $6 to $8; Lewis Thompson, Chetopa, $8 to $10; William H. Barger, Eureka, $14 to $17; James P. B. Dryden, Emporia, $6 to $10. Original widows, etc. Pauline Mc Whinney, Lyndon, $8; Belle Brake, Uniontown, $8. Reissue Mena Tepfer, Wichita, $12. Original widows, special account.Feb ruary 7, Sallie F. Collumber, Cedarvale, $S. EARLY SESSIONS. House Is Crowding Work on the Porto mean Bill. Washington, Feb. 22. The house be gan holding early sessions today, meet ing at 11 a, m., owing to the pressure for time in the Porto Rico debate. Mr. McClellan (New York) opened the debate speaking in opposition to the bill. Mr. McClellan was frequently and generously applauded by his Democra tic associates. Mr. Brantley (Georgia) spoke against the bill and particularly on the future of the Philippines. He pointed out that a year had elapsed since the treaty of peace and yet congress had failed thus far to lay down a policy for the Philip pines. It was this Inaction by congress, he said, which spread uncertainty among the Filipinos and nerved them to further opposition. He declared that the new Philippines commission could accomplish nothing and if it went to the Philippines at all it should go with the power and authority that congress alone could grant. Mr. Grosvenor (Ohio) followed In sup port of the bill. He said that any po litical party or individual who took part "in ratifying and supporting the treaty with Spain was estopped from opposing any of the legitimate effects of that treaty. When that treaty hung in the balance a certain Nebraska colonel left his regi ment and came to Washington to aid in securing ratification and he did in fluence votes at a critical juncture. At that Mr. Grosvenor said if there was one man in the country who should shoulder responsibility for the treaty and its succeeding responsibilities, that man was Wm. J. Bryan of Nebraska. Mr. Grosvenor said that speaking as an individual, and knowing all things involved In the situation here now he thought nothing would give the presi dent greater sorrow than the defeat of this bill and the turning over of this house to the Democratic minority. Mr. McCall (Mass.), the only Republi can member of the ways and means committee to dissent from the majority report, followed in opposition to the bill. Mr. McCall said that he regretted greatly that he could not agree with his colleagues as to the pending bill but he was compelled to dissent because it involved nothing less than the proposi tion that congress in dealing with terri tories of the United States had absolute power unfettered by any of the limita tions of the constitution. The question is not, does the constitution govern Por to Rico, but does it govern us? Can congress, which is the creature of the constitution, do those things which it prohibits? "If congress has the power," said he, "to levy duties over an area comprising territories, then the rule of uniformity applies to that same area. This is in accordance with the primary rules of construction. But the decisions of the supreme court put the matter above question. John Marshall, as great a jurist as ever sat upon the bench, de clared in Loughborough vs. Blake that the rule of uniformity in the imposition of duties extended to the territories. A fantastic theory which has been dis covered by some modern jurists within eighteen months holds that this opinion of Marshall's was a mere dictum, and that the District of Columbia, in regard to which the decision was rendered, got under the constitution by some process which made it different from a mere territory. It is only necessary to say that in all the long line of decisions concerning the constitutional status of the District of Columbia, the court has shown its ignorance of this modern dec laration and treats the district as a vulgar territory. A third of a century after the Loughborough case, the su preme court again, when California be came a territory, decided that the rule of uniformity would apply to it. Here are two different decisions, a generation apart, by our highest court, each ren dered when the court was composed of entirely different justices, specifically holding that the rule of uniformity in imposts armies to territories, and those decisions stand absolutely uncontra dicted. And yet in the face of those decisions w-e who have taken an oath to protect and defend the constitution are asked to levy duties against an Amer ican territory." BLESSED 15,000. Pope Bestows Benediction on Italian Pilgrims. Rome, Feb. 22. There was an im pressive scene in St. Peters today when the pope gave his blessing to fifteen thousand Italian pilgrims, who filled the vast basilica. The appearance of Pope Leo, borne on the Sedia Gestatoria, evoked tremendous outbursts of en thusiasm. The air resounded with "Vi vas." After praying at the high altar, the pope, carried in St. Peter's chair, listen ed to the singing of anthems, in which the congregation joined. The pontiff was then borne through the midst of the crowd and pronounced the benedic tion. Death of Capt. Langworthy. Washington, Feb. 22 A cable mes sage was received at the war depart ment from Gen. Otis today saying that Captain Samuel R. Langworthy, Thirty fifth volunteer infantry.died at Balinag, Balucan, of pernicious remittent ma larial fever yesterday afternoon. This officer was one of the oldest volunteers in point of service in the Islands. He was a resident of California. DEATHS AND FUNERALS. Lewis M. Bisley, aged 7 years, son of Mrs. Laura Bisley. died this morning at his home in Oakland. The funeral of Mrs. Ross Burns will be held at two o'clock Friday afternoon from the First Congregational church instead of at 1:30 o'clock as before announced. LONG DRAWN OUT CASE. Jury Again Disagrees In Suit of Dud ley vs. Wear. After sitting on the case for the greater part of a week, the jury which has been listening to the trial of the suit of Mrs. S. V. Dudley against Frank E. Wear and others has decided that it can not agree, and the case will go over to another term of court. It has been tried twice, and it was one of the most complicated cases that ever came be fore the Shawnee county district court. The story of the case dates back from the boom times in Topeka when people were platting additions out in the coun try two or three miles, expecting to get rich off of them. Mr. Wear and Colonel George W. Veale in the spring of 1887 purchased 30 acres of land from W. D. Alexander and platted it as "Irving Place." They gave Alexander a mort gage for $7,500, and he sold the mort gage to Mrs. Dudley. Wear and Veale sold a one-fourth interest in the land to A. C. Sherman and M. J. Carnahan each, and Carnahan sold half of his in terest to James J. Campbell. All of these parties were made principal de fendants to the suit, besides various others who claimed to have some sec ondary interest in the land. In the course of time $8,475 was paiS on the mortgage. The balance remain ed unpaid up to December 2, 1893, the day before the debt would become due, and on that date Guilford Dudley went to Mr. Wear and insisted on a payment on the mortgage in order to keep it alive. Mr. Wear explained that he had paid all of his share of it but he paid $5 for Sherman in order to keep the debt alive. When another five years was nearly up, at which time the statute of limi tations would again run if no more payments .were made, suit was brought against all the parties for the amount then due, $1,658.60. On the first trial of the case the jury found for the plaintiff, but a new trial was secured on the ground that the verdict was contrary to the special findings. In giving his instructions to the jury in the trial just concluded, Judge Hazen said there had been no case since he has been on the bench in which so many important questions have been involved. The main point at issue was whether or not the relation existing be tween the five owners of the land was a partnership. In case It was, one partner is liable for the whole indebt edness if the other members of the partnership are unable to pay. The courts have already decided that one person can not make a payment on the indebtedness of another and in that way keep it alive, so that Mr. Wear's action in making a payment for Mr. Sherman did not keep the mortgage alive unless a partnership existed, in which case each member of the part nership is liable for the total indebt edness. A list of 135 special questions was submitted to the jury to answer, but after deliberating on the case for a day and a half, the jury decided that it could come to no agreement. SCUDDER CASE DISMISSED. A Divorce Suit Which Will Not Be Tried. "Seudder vs Scudder, dismissed." This is the entry made in the trial docket in the district court, and back of it lies a story of domestic felicity restored to a Topeka -household over which the white-winged dove of peace refused to hover for several months. Mrs. T. T. Scudder was the plaintiff in the action, and sue brought suit against her husband, who was formerly a well known Topeka insurance man, asking for a divorce. They lived for a time in Potwin, and later boarded at the Throop. Mrs. Scudder alleged that her husband abused her shamefully, threatening all manner of evil against her. She also alleged that her husband's affections had strayed after a girl down at Webb City, Mo., and she had sev eral pictures of the latter. On these grounds she asked for the divorce. Mrs. Scudder was at one time county superintendent of Miami county, and refused a renomination in order that she might marry Mr. Scudder. The ease has been on the docket for several months and Mrs. Scudder has made no move to prosecute it. Mr. Scudder travels most of the time, and Mrs. Scudder went to Paola after the suit was filed. Her attorneys have not heard from her for a long time, and recently they were told that the couple had "made up." Accordingly when the case came up in the district court for disposition it was allowed to be dis missed. ANOTHER GOOD SALE. Seats For Stuart Robson In Great De mand. The advance sale of seats for the en gagement of the Francis Wilson com pany at the Crawford theater Saturday night and the engagement of Stuart Robson at the same house next Tues day night shows that Topeka people thoroughly appreciate first class at tractions. The sale of seats for the Robson engagement opened with a rush this morning, and the comedian will probably be seen by an audience similar in size to that which will sea Wilson Saturday night. The Wilson and Robson engagements are the two most notable of the present theatrical season. Neither of the stars has been seen in Topkea in years. John Dirr, Poseyville. lnd.. says. "I never used anything as good as One Min ute Cough Cure. We are never without it." Quickly breaks up coughs and colds. Cures all throat and lung troubles. Its use will prevent consumption. Pleasant to take. At all drug stores. Killed 70 Chinese. Rangoon. British Burmah, Feb. 22. A British official attached to the boun dary commission, named Hertz, while touring the Burmah-Chinese frontier, with an escort, has engaged and routed two considerable forces of hostile Chi nese from Mien Kawg Pa, killing the leader of the Chinamen and 70 Chinese. Scald head is an eczema of the scalp very severe sometimes, but it can be cured. Doan's Ointment, quick and per manent in its results. At any drug store, 0 cents. Nervous, Despondent, Fhysieally Ron-Down Men and ffoiaen Take the greatest blood and nerve builder of the century. Dr. Hallock's Wonderful Electric Pills for weak, worn-out, nervous people. Used in pri vate practice since 1S48. Thousands re stored to health and happiness.. Sold at all wholesale and retail drug stores, $1 per box, 6 boxes $5. Rowley Snow, 600 Kansas avenue, Topeka, Kan. Advice on all diseases from specialists free. HALLOCK DRUG CO., 110 Court St. Boston, Mass. KIDNEYS IIIIHMII.Mfcl.il I 111 I,,, wW As surely as the heart beats time to the life of man so do the kidneys fore shadow death. It is simply a matter of a few years w' n the neglecting of the kidneys' danger signals result in the life of man and woman being prema turely cut off. When the kidneys are in a healthy condition tney extract all poison and disease germs from the blood, passing them along the canal that connects the kidneys with the bladder and then out of the system along with the urine. When the kid neys are in a diseased condition from overwork, cold, or any one of the very numerous causes they refuse to perform their functions as a filter, causing the very prominent display of the signals above referred to. Many and many are the letters that have been received by THE HOLTIN CHEMICAL CO. from suffering people, who regret with their last breath that they did not take heed of the danger signals that were given them by nature. Suffering in the last grasp of the dread ed Bright's Disease, they knew that had they taken DR. HOLTIN'S KID NEY TABLETS their lives would not Dr. Holtin's Kidney Tablets is the only remedy absolutely and unconditionally guaranteed to cure every form of Kidney or Bladder complaints excepting of course, advanced Bright's Disease, a cure of which cannot be guaranteed. If Dr. Holtin's Kidney Tab lets do not cure, send to our laboratory and have your money refunded accord ing to our guarantee. For sale by the following druggists in Topeka: OEO. W. STANSF1ELD, 632 Kansas Ave.; L. S. WOOLVERTON. 704 Kansas Ave.; ED. T. SIM, cor. 6th and Kansas Ave.; W. H. WILSON, 414 East 4th; A. T. WAQGONER, 731 Kansas Ave.; MILLER PHARAMACY, 6th and Topeka Ave.; A. O. ROSSER, 10th and Topeka Ave.; A. C. KLINQAMAN, 120 East 6th; ROW LEY SNOW. 6th and Kansas Ave. For sale in North Topeka by A. W. LACEY, 831 Kansas Ave.; ARNOLD DRUG CO., 821 Kansas Ave. CONDUCTORS WILL DANCE. Eleventh Annual Ball to Be Given Tonight. Several Topeka conductors have been busy today decorating Security hall in an appropriate manner for the eleventh annual ball of Topeka division No. 179 of the Order of Railway Conductors to night. For a number of years the To peka division has arranged a ball on the night of Washington's birthday, and each affair has proven the biggest of the kind in the state. A large num ber of railroad men from neighboring cities will be in attendance at the ball tonight. Harry Griffin, the well known gen eral manager of the Santa Fe "plug," will act as master of ceremonies to night, an office he has held with honor at similar events for several consec utive years. BAILEY SURRENDERS. Leavenworth Will Send a Curtis Delegation to Convention. The Bailey forces have surrendered in Leavenworth county, and arrangements have been made for a Curtis delegation from Leavenworth county, which has been regarded as a Bailey stronghold. The following telegram was received in Topeka at 2 o'clock this afternoon: Leavenworth, Kas., Feb. 22, 1900. "A. K. Rodgers, Topeka, Kas.: Ami cable arrangements have been made with Senator Baker for a solid Curtis delegation from Leavenworth. Meet ing called off. F. W. WILLARD." The meeting which is referred to was one planned for tonight. The Modocs were to be thre, and a round-up like the Atchison meeting Tuesday night was planned. This takes away 13 delegates from Bailey and leaves him with 23. Bailey may withdraw from the con test and permit the nomination of Cur tis by acclamation. TO PRESERVE BREAD. H. V. Felt Introduces a Reform WTiich Has Merit. H. 3f. Felt at 507 West Tenth has in, troduced a new feature in the making of bread in this city. Bread as ordinar ily sold is handled many times before it reaches the consumer and it is, of course, subject to the accumulation of things not in its original composition. Mr. Felt personally receives the pro duct of his ovens as the baking is com pleted ani at once wraps the bread in a dust proof paper which is then sealed, making an air-tight covering for the loaves. This covering is not removed until the bread is ready to be placed upon the table. Then the paper is taken off and the bread, fresh and crisp, is ready for the knife. This new method does not increase the price or decrease the weight. ANOTHER COLD WAVE. It Is Scheduled to Arrive Friday Night. Kansas is in the track of a cold wave and the mercury is expected to fall by Friday night. The forecast is "generally fair tonight and Fridav. Warmer tonight. Colder Fridav night." There ia a high barom eter near San Francisco moving in the wake of a low that started about St. Louis and is moving toward the Atlan tic. The zero weather continues in the north. The maximum temperature up to 11 o'clock was 36 and the minimum 17. The wind south making 8 miles an hour. The snowfall was two and six tenths inches and 63-hundredths of an inch of water. "I had dvspepsia for years. No medicine was so effective as Kodol Dyspepsia Cure. It gave immediate relief. Two bot tles produced marvelous results." writes L. II. -Warren, Albany, Wis. It digests what vou eat and can not fail to cure. At all drug stores. SIGNAL DIZZINESS. SIGNS OF DANGER AKE EVERYWHERE. Backache, Headache, Tired Feeling, Pains Across the Loins or in Bladder, Nervousness, Sleeplessness, Chills, Scald ing TJrine or Urine of au Unnatural Color, all tell one story that of Diseased Sidneys. have been crushed out before Its natural time. Is this not a warning to people who are rushing along life's pathway without any regard to the cry of Nature's signs? The American people, as a nation, overwork their kidneys. This fact, coupled with the large quantity of In jurious acids contained In the common American beverages, fully accounts for the surprising and always Increasing number of deaths in this country from the fatal Bright's Disease. Bright's Disease, the advanced form of Kidney Disease, is purely and simply consump tion of the kidneys. Like consumption of the lungs, a cure is almost utterly impossible in Its advanced stage. All persons mothers and fathers, sons and daughters owe to themselves and fam ily connneetions a serious duty that of taking such steps as will insure them against premature death. Weak, over worked kidneys must be attended to. They must do their functions properly, and all injurious acids consumed through the stomach must be oblit erated by means of the kidneys, and if the kidneys are in any way clogged, the proper medicine must be taken to as sist them in their filtering process. The kind that please. Our stock includes the most pleasing gifts for those you care to make happy. Some of these articles cost a great deal, but they're all worth the price. Every dollar invested in such goods is wisely placed. Your regard for a friend is never cheapened by such gifts. See our 25c Sterling Novelties Engraved Free, at MORRISON'S Jewelry and Optical Store, 507 KAJSAS AVE., TOPEKA. SENTENCE SUSPENDED. W. J. Kirk Stole Coal Because He Was Freezing. W. J.Kirk was arraigned before Judge Magaw today on the charge of stealing coal. Kirk admitted his guilt. He made no defense. Judge Magaw asked him where he had gotten the coal and he replied that he took it from a car standing on the Union Pacific tracks. "Why did you take it?" asked the judge. "Because I was freezing," was the answer. "Sen tence is suspended and you may go," was the decision of the court. TALK No. 77. Sizes. A good many people ftk me whether large lenses or small ones are better for the eyes. I am in favor of the larger lenses, although they should not be too large in proportion to the face. Some faces look better In large lenses while others would look better in small. The only difference so far as the eyes themselves are concerned, is the fact that the larger lenses give a better range of vision. It is easier to turn the eyes from side to side than to turn the whole head. From the standpoint of fash ion the larger lenses are really be coming more and more popular. The standard of today is three sizes larger than the standard of six years ago. This shows an in crease of one size for everv two years. I believe that before the present year is over it will increase still another size. My exclusive attention is given to fitting glasses. CHAS. BENNETT, OPTICIAN, 730 Kansas Avenue. Established 1879.

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TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL. THURSDAY EVENING. FEBRUARY 22, 1900. A BEAUTY-SPOT. Plans Completed For Impro Ye meni of Central Park. Will Be One of the Prettiest Places in Topeka. SERIES OF LAKELETS. They Will Be Fed by Clear Spring Water. Park Commission "ow Ar ranging the Details. If the board of park commispioripra of Topeka Is given the authority and pro vided with the meaii3 to carry out their plans a park of considerable beauty, al though not great In magnitude, will be constructed at Thirteenth and Fillmore streets. The board is already in posses sion of plan for beautifying this tract of land. The park -will extend from Thirteenth to Fifteenth streets, between Clay and Fillmore, and will contain about 17 acres. At present the property i3 not improved and there are no houses upon it, and all the property baa been secured either by fift or sale. There is a depression extending- through the property which makes it less desirable for residences than it would otherwise be, but it renders the location more de3irable for park purposes. 8. W. Manning, a landscape architect of Boston, who was in Topeka several years a&o, has made a plan of the prcposed park, upon which the park commissioners will work, with Borne possible alterations. Down the center of the depression Mr. Manning has planned a series of ponds or lakelets which, it is claimed, can be con Ftructed with little trouble. They will be connected by smtLlI streams over whir-h will be constructed rustic bridi-s. There In a Bpring in this depression, the waters f which are now conducted into a st-wer. It is said that this spring will be suffi cient to ke-p the ponds full of wat-r after they have once ttr'eii tiitd. In each f the Ripper and luwvr ponds there will be a am.iil wooded island, connected with the mainland by a rustic bridge. Weii laid wniks will wind in and out among the shrubbery, lined with flowers, while shade trees will be planted here and there through the park. At the upper end of the park, facing towards the south, will be a "look out," overlooking the lake lets. A grAat many of these improvements can be made during the coming year, al though it will take lunger for the shade trees to attain their growth. The park commissioners expect to se cure sufficient contribution from the resi dents of the neighborhood, to earn out t he Improvements of the park when it baa once passed into the control of the city. This will require about $3,0w, the most of which has already been sub ev rubed. Another feature of Topeka's park sys tem which the board of park commission ers had in mind is a boulevard to connect Mage park with the proposed Central park. Donations for a right of way will be solicited from the land owners be tween the two parks. The boulevard will increase the value of the adjoining prop erty to such an extent that proDeriv own ers can afford to donate sufficient land for it. The boulevard would be independent of either of the avenues running out to rage park, and the park commissioners would exercise exclusive con trot of it, bo that t hey could keep off heavy ve hicles. The driveway will be macadam ized 30 or 4o fet-t wide, and on either side will be a wide parking, set out with trees, shrubbery and flowers. BOER FLAG CHEERED. Ancient Order of Foresters "Withdraw Prom the British Order. New Tork, Feb. 22. At the last meeting of court unique. Ancient Order of Foresters, Brooklyn, the court with drew from the British order and joined the Foresters of America. The Boer flag was unfurled and greeted with much applause. Court Unique has a membership of 144, arwi each member was required to pay the per capita tax of 30 cents each year to the grand lodge in England. This tax was increased to 50 cents a head some time ago. It was said that the increase was in a measure a tax upon the Kngllsh order for the Boer war. The members refused to pay and were suspended. An application was made to the American Order of Fores ters for admission, which was grranted. In a show window of the assrimbly rooms is an efflsy of an English soldier behind a wooden cannon and a placard which reads: "The first English pris oner captured by the Boers of Dutch town." Inside the hall is a glass contribution box to receive funds for the Netherland lied Cross in aid of the Boers. PIONEER NEWSPAPER MAN. John R. Gould, Prominent in Early California Affairs, Dead. Baltimore, Feb. 22. The funeral took place here yesterday of John R. Gould, a. Mexican war veteran who enjoyed the distinction of having published the first Knglish new spaper on the Pacific coast. In he eniisted in the "United States navy and went with Commodore Stock ton to California. The commodore de sired to publish an English paper at Monterey. He appointed Rev. Walter Colton editor and Mr. Gould printer.For Fix months Mr. Gould set the type for The Californian and worked off the pa pers on a. hand press of antiquated pattern. ANT I iP I lLL(W H A L F S IC Kl FoTkT BECAUSE ANTI-PILL FIT8 SQUARELY INTO HALF-SICK FOLKS. WHY? BE CAUSE THEY WERE MADE FOR EAOH OTHERI SEE THE POINT? THIS NEW AND MARVELOUS REMEDY CONTAINS NEITHER PODOPHYLLIN, LEPTANORIN. COLOCYNTM, QAMSOQE. ALOES, JALAP, CALOMEL. RHUBARB, OR OTHER INGREDIENT INJURIOUS TO THE MOST DELICATE CONSTITUTION. DR. LEONHARDT'S HAS THE PROUD DISTINCTION OF CURINO BILIOUSNESS WITHOUT CONGESTING THE LIVER; DYSPEPSIA, WITHOUT HURTING THE STOMACH; CONSTIPA TION, ANO NOT INDUCING COST1VE NESS. IT CURES 6TOMAOH. LIVER ANO BOWEL DISEASES. MONEY REFUNDED IF ALL THESE CLAIMS ARE NOT TRUE. THAT'S FAIR I DOUBT IT? TRY ITI ALL ORUQQISTS. 25c, OR ADDRESS Anti-Pill Co., linooln, neb. SAMPLE FREE. "FOR PILES take MEM-ROID." CLAT -i&z&ttsj-'- ttse&fi&v&t! K'pr;sfe iccsssi ii- lss, serif wvsv liyw a rriK? tra wz&3jzzi ST I i J 14 IK r c&? Kr-&&rz; -r- gas a m 3srrr Plans For Topeka's New Central Park, Designed by S. W. Manning, of Boston. SOCIAL AND PERSONAL. Misses Myrtle and Ivah. Davis enter tained informally at cards Wednesday evening at their home on Topeka ave nue. The prizes, a hunting scene and a stein were won by Miss Lillian Whit loc k and Mr. John McFarland. The gnests were. Miss Edna McClin tock, Miss Hazel Fassler, Miss Lillian Whitelock, Miss Susanne Gay, Miss Helen Thompson, Miss Vera Low, Miss Edna Crane. Miss Charlotte Page, Miss Theresa Itossington, Miss Florence Ros-sing-ton, Mr. Frank Whitelock, Mr. Guilford Dudley, Mr. John McFarland, Mr. Archie Williams. Mr. Tom Clem ents, Mr. Tiffany, Mr. Galen Nichols, Mr. Dorr Norton, Mr. Will Aleander, Mr. Lon Davis, Mr. Frank Davis and Mr. Durelle Gage of Boston. The Sixty Three Club. The Sixty Three club was pleasantly entertained Tuesday afternoon by Miss Hazel Fassler and Miss Sarah Horner at the home of Miss Fassler. The guests of the afternoon were, Miss Ruth ilcClintock, Miss Irene Horner. Miss Ella Seovill, Miss Charlotte Page of Denver and Miss Vera Low. The prize, a pretty silver mounted comb, was won by Miss Susie Gay. The club will be entertained in two weeks by Miss Myr tle Davia. A Successful Affair. The members of the Y. W. C. A. and the Y. M. C. A. gave a George and Martha Washington entertainment at the Y. W. C. A. rooms Wednesday even ing. About fifty young men and wo ment in quaint old fashioned costumes, composed the reception committee. The rooms were patriotically decorated with red, white and blue draperies and flags, ranging in size from the very small ones to those covering an entire wail: pictures of George and Martha Washington occupied conspicuous posi tions. The decorations were in charge of Mrs. Alice Clugston and Miss Tina Wade, assisted by a 'number of the young men. Seats were arranged In the gymnas ium and a tiny stage erected at one end. A short musical programme was given consisting of vocal -solos by Miss Edna Parkhurst and Miss Laura Till son, and a piano number by Miss Catherine Smith, also selections by the Y. W. C. A. and the Y. M. C. A. quar tettes and a reading by Miss Clara Crum. The audience joined with the young people in costume in singing America, after which a number of tableaux were given. Little Miss Fay Tincher recited -'The Minuet," illustrat ing it at the same time. There were two scenes from Miles Standish, "Why Don't You Speak for Yourself. John?" and "The Reconciliation," the parts taken by Miss Edith Capper and Mr. Howard Thomas. Martha Washington was represented by Miss Leggett; George Washington by Mr. Leon Thorpe: Evangeline. Miss Grace Ad ams;The Man with the Hoe, Mr. Berry; Pochahanta, Miss Margaret Goodrich. A little bnrlesque on the scene between George Washington and his father at the time the cherry tree was cut was given: the father was represented by Jake Strickler and the son by Mr. Frank Forbes. Music was furnished between the tableaux by Mr. G. O. Beardsley. An informal reception occupied the remainder of the evening. The tea room was one of the attractive spots. Tea and hatchet-shaped gingerbread wafers were served from a daintily arranged table by Mrs. J. C. McClintock and Mrs. G. A. Huron, assisted by Mr. Dickson, Mr. Berry, Mr. Baer, Mr. Klein and Mr. Frank Forbes. Between three and four hundred guests called during the evening. The Primary S. S. Union. The Primary Sunday School Teachers' union will meet Friday afternoon. Feb ruary 3, at the Y. W. C. A. rooms on Jackson street, at 4:15. The following programme will be given: Devotional Exercises Mrs. Atwood. Lesson Mrs. Crosby. Discussion. Picture Work Miss Huron. Legion of Honor Lesson Mrs. Hardy. New Closing Song for the Primary Mrs. Fairchiid. The object of the Primary Sunday School Teachers' union is to assist the primary and intermediate Sunday school workers, and to elevate the standard of work done in ail churches, regardless of denomination. All pri mary and intermediate Sunday school workers are urged to be present at the meeting. Notes and Personal Mention. Mrs. Frank Lewis went to Lawrence today to attend a reception given this afternoon by Miss Mary Monroe. Miss Ivah Davis returned the first of the week from a few days' visit with friends in Wellington. Miss Theresa Rossington went to Lawrence today for a short visit with. Miss Lou Neely. Miss Blanche Steel entertained a few friends informally Tuesday evening at her home on Madison street. J. P. Davis is spending a few days in Atchison on business. ilisa Alice Flynn left today for an ex tended visit with Miss Frances" McCar thy in Denver. The first of the Informal club's third series of parties will be given Friday evening at Hudson's hall. The member ship of the club is larger than ever be fore, and is pretty evenly divided be tween the married and unmarried men; this series promises to be even more en joyable than either of the preceding ones. Durelle Gage, of Boston, is spending a few days in Topeka with- the family of J. P. Davis. The Vakeme club which was to have met Friday with Miss Elizabeth Cole, has been postponed until Monday ev ening. Miss Rose Loomis of Buffalo, N. Y., who has been spending the past three weeks in Topeka with Mrs. G. G. Gage, left today for Los Angeles, Cal. T. P. Cully is in Dodge City on busi ness. Judge A. H. Horton and daughters, Miss Rosamond Horton and Miss Alice Prescott will attend the Pomeroy recep tion in Atchison this evening. Mrs. A. H. Allen is visiting friends Jn Salina. Miss Ada Grabendike, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Grabendike of Ottawa, and Mr. Maynard Hand of Topeka were married Wednesday.February 21, at the First Methodist church. Rev. C. S. Nus baum officiating. Mr. and Mrs. Hand came at once to Topeka and will be with Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Constant at 921 Fillmore street until they go to bouse keeping. BAD FEELIXG APPEARS. In the Investigation of the "Wardner Mining Riot. Washington, Feb. 22. When the in vestigation of the Idaho labor troubles was resumed today before the house committee on military affairs. Chair man Hull stated that Governor Steun enberg of Idaho, who is attending the investigation had protested against the line of procedure which impugned the state officials. Mr. Hull said the gov ernor held that the testimony in effect placed the state officials on trial and if that were the case, they were entitled to be present and to be represented by counsel. The chairman called on Governor Steunenberg to make his own state ment. Representatives Lentz and Hay of the committee energetically opposed this procedure and the governor's statement was deferred. Considerable feeling developed among the members as the inquiry proceeded. Mr. Lentz sought to introduce an affida vit seeking to show that intimidation of a miner had been resorted to by a rep resentative of the governor of Idaho, in order to gain personal ends. The committee refused to admit the affidavit. Mr. Lentz then gave notice that he would at the proper time move that the affiant, A. S. Balch, be called as a wit ness. The chairman stated that it would be necessary hereafter to hold sessions during the afternoon, while the house was in session and that he would re quest permission to do so. Adjourned. DAIRYMEN'S PARADE. Is the Feature of Today's Session of Association. Lincoln, Neb., Feb. 22. There was no session of the National Buttermakers' association this morning.. The delegates and visitors inspected the exhibits and attended the auction sale of prize butter. The feature of the day will be the parade this afternoon, headed by the Illinois delegation, which, as the winner of the prize banner, is in accordance with a rule of the association accorded the place of honor. Following the pa rade, the regular programme will be re sumed at the Auditorium. Changes His Creed. New York, Feb. 22. Rev. Madison C. Peters, who recently declared his inten tion of becoming a Baptist and resigned his charge as a minister of the Re formed church, will receii e the apostol ic rite of baptism in Calvary Baptist church on Friday, March 2. Calumet rP) Quality J Salting (z) Powder' JANUARY DRY. The Precipitation For the Month the Smallest But One on Record. The following is from the report of T. B. Jennings, director of the Kansas section of the climate and crop service of the department of agriculture, for the month of January: No severe storms occurred during the month, and the mean temperature was 35.3, or 6.6 degrees above the normal. The mean barometric pressure was 39.1. The average precipitation for the state was 0.22 of an Inch. The greatest local amount was 1.06 inches at Ystes Center, and the least, none, at Emporia. There were but seven days on which no pre cipitation was recorded. The precipitation, with the exception of January. 1SS7, is the smallest on the state record. In many of the north western counties only a trace occurred while at Lakin, Scott. Lebanon and Em poria, no precipitation was recorded. During the 14 Januaries on the state record, January, 1SS7, with 0.21 of an inch shows the least, and January, 189S, with 1.73 inches, the greatest precipita tion. The precipitation this month av erages 0.22 of an inch, which is 0.63 of an inch below the January normal; it ia below normal at every station, the greatest deficiency occurring in the ex treme eastern counties, where it amounts to over an inch. But little snow fell. The prevailing wind was from the northwest. 46 per cent, with 37 per cent from the north. The other winds were about equally divided between east and south. Dry weather was the prevailing fea ture, only 6 per cent of the days being rainy. Fifty-five per cent of the days were clear, 23 per cent partly cloudy, and 22 per cent cloudy. Fogs were num erous, and a thunderstorm occurred on the 22d. The total rainfall was 0.12 of an inch, which is 0.67 of an inch below normal. There have been 37 Januaries with more rainfall and three with less. Rain fell in measureable quantities on the 8th and Sth. The ground continued moist through the month, and much of the spring plowing was done during the wafm weather. Wheat has continued grow ing, especially since the 12th, and is in very good condition; much of it has been pastured to prevent stooling.Some of the more tender wheat was hurt by the cold snap at the close of the month. A GERMAN SUGGESTION. England "Would Not Listen to Medi ation Proposals Save From Uncle Sam. New York. Feb. 22 A special to the World from Berlin says: An article palpably inspired In the Kreuse Zeitung which represents the opin ion of military and government circles, says: "Mediation in the South African war is only possible from one side namely, from the United States. "From any other nation or group of nations mediation would be construed by England as an impertinence. "President McKinley's intervention would certainly receive attention. "The question is, has President McKln ley the wish and courage to intervene? "His re-election is certain; why should he trouble himself? "Besides Kngland is displaying at pres ent the greatest complaisance to the United States." PROVED AN ALIBI. A Suspected Train Robber Makes a Showing and Is Released. Chicago, Feb. 22. "Pat" Crow, who was arrested two weeks ago, suspected of being one of the men who held up a Northwestern train at tower W, Oc tober 13, has been released on bail, and the. case against him will probably be dismissed. Special Agent Riley of the Northwestern said he was confident Crow was not connected with the rob bery; Police Justice Ludwig at Ge neva, where the prisoner was confined allowed Crow's attorney to sign his bond for $10,000. The preliminary hear ing is set for next Monday morning. Riley said that Crow's arrest was caused by the statement of a man who told Captain Lavin and Inspector Hunt of the Chicago police department' that Crow approached him some time before the robbery and asked him to enter the plot. Since then Riley has found that Crow was at work in the South Omaha packing houses at the time of the robbery. WILL BE HEARDAPRIL 3. SNAP SHOTS AT HOME NEWS The Bate Is Fixed For Stockmen's Suit The case brought t by the Kansas Stockmen's association to determine the constitutionality of the act creating the court of visitation has been set down for hearing April 3. the' opening day of the April sitting of the court. This is an advance of the case in response to a motion died in the court by Mr. Garver and Mr. Godard. The Elks give their show at the Grand tonight. Siloam lodge holds a special meeting Saturday night. The hotels have been crowded by the visiting Masons. Mrs. D. D. Clarke of S07 Monroe, denies that there is smallpox in her house. The registration books will close on March 23 for the spring election. The sidewalks on Kansas avenue have all been cleared of the snow and ice. The schools of the city held exercises today ia honor of Washington's birthday. G. C. Clemens will deliver an address at Trades Assembly hall tomorrow even ing. General Hudson lectured last evening at Baker university on "George Washing ton." There are 20,857 Masons in Kansas. Sev eral of them are visiting in Topeka this week. District court 'was in session today, notwithstanding the fact that it is a legal holiday. Mrs. Etta May Williams has filed a suit for divorce from her husband, William J. Williams. C. E. Bascom, Rock Island agent with headquarters at Hutchinson, was In the city yesterday. Joseph Landrey, local editor of the Ar- fentine Republic, is in attendance at the lasonic grand lodge. General Passenger Agent W. J. Black, of the Santa Fe, has returned from a bus iness trip to, Chicago. The money order department of the Topeka postoffice paid out $3,653.91 on money orders yesterday. Pick Smith has charge of the first ad vertising car and H. A. Hiath is bill pos ter for the Elks' "show." Mrs. Jarley's wax works were again shown this time in Topeka last evening by pupils of Clay schooL A Washington social was held at the Y. W. C. A. rooms last evening, by the Y. W. C. A., and the Y. M. C. A. James B. Mullen, who was elected pres ident of the Santa Fe Curtis club, last evening, used to be councilman. A new map of the city, according to the new boundaries and ward lines is being made by the city engineer's force. Rev. S. E. Busser. of Emporia, who has charge of the reading rooms on the Santa Fe, was in Topeka yesterday. Frank Cell of Topeka will represent Washburn at the oratorical contest, which is to be held in Emporia Friday night. Rev. H. G. Fonken, pastor of the Third Presbyterian church, spoke to the men at the Santa Fe shops today at the noon hour. Jack Downing, postmaster at Hays City, is in Topeka on his way home from Excelsior Springs where he has been re cuperating. Mr. Latchford delivered an address on Gladstone, last evening at the Unity church. The lecture was well received and was admirably presented. Over seventy of the Santa Fe shopmen were served with coffee yesterday, at the new coffee room, which has been estab lished at the Santa Fe shops. Invitations have been issued for the February recital at Bethany college on Friday evening, instead of Saturday as has heretofore been the custom. Miss Georgia Brown has more than filled her contract to see that the Elk3 show people are duly and truly prepared, for everything is in apple-pie order for tonight, at the Grand. Shawnee county's portion of the semi annual dividend of the state school fund was paid over to County Treasurer Philips by the state treasurer yesterday. It amounts to $7,994.25. An interesting program has been pre pared for the meeting of the Primary Sunday School Teachers' union, which meets Friday afternoon at the Y. W. C. A- rooms on Jackson street. George Wagner of the Shawnee county Populists' club claims that the club is for Briedenthal for governor but that they will not do anything to Injure the candi dacy of Major A. M. Harvey. At a meeting of the Second Ward Re publican club last evening. John T. Cha ney was endorsed for state senator, and David Myers was endorsed for council man. The meeting was an enthusiastic one. The circular announcing the appoint ment of Geo. A. Hancock as superin tendent of machinery, has been officiallv sent out by the 'Frisco road. Mr. Han cock's headquarters will be at Springfield, Mo. There is a rather peculiar circumstanco WARREN M.GR0SBY&C? y) IMIY GOODS 3 6.3-615 HANS. AVE. OUR TENTH YEARLY SALE OF HOUSEHOLD LINENS THIS WEEK. kit A A A A A A GRAND OPERA HOUSE February 22 and February 23. THURSDAY AXD FRIDAY EYEMGS AAD SATURDAY MATKEE, TTHE5 EItfI For their Tenth Annual Benefit, present the Topeka Dramatic Club in the Great Three-Act English Comedy entitled My Lord in Petticoats," Produced under the personal direction of Georgia H. Brown. Under the management of Dean R. Low. Walter Smith Dean Low ..Hale Hamiltok ADRIAN SHKRMA.f Joseph Mokoax cast op characters. Stephen Spettigue. Solicitor, Oxford Col. Sir Francis Chesoey. late Indiaa Servica Jack Chesney. Undergraduate Charley Weyehom. St. Olde allege Lord iancourt Babberlv. Oxford llrassett. Colleee Scout Harry Vast Nordstbaxd Kitty Verdum. fcpettiifue's Wari Yirgilinr Mulvakk Amy Spettigue, Spettlgue's Niece Evilt Kino 111a Delahy, an Orphan Daisy Sxiiu SYNOPSIS. Time The Present. Commemoration Week. Oxford. Act 1. Jack Chesney's rooms in the College. When pious frauds are dispensations." Hudibr&e. Act 2. Garden outside Jack's rooms. "While there's tea there's hope." Pinero. Act 3. Drawing-room in Spettigue's house. "Dinner lubricated business." Boswull. Chart now open at Fladd Grubbs', 605 Kansas Avenue. Reserved Seats, first Floor 75o and $1.00 Reserved Seats, Balcony 60c and 75c X-- X-

X- x- x- X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X- in connection with the suit of Mrs. Mullln again-xt the city, in which the plaintiff was given a verdict for S460 a few days a?o. Both sides ha.vA filed motions for a I new trial. Worshipful Master J. M. Hamme and Senior Warden J. B. Smith of Zeredatha lode No. SO A. F. 4 A. M, of Cottonwood Falls, are attending the grand lodge ses sion. Their lodge took Becond place for increase in membership. Emporia will have a lively time tomor row niht. The state oratoricaJ contest wiil be held there, and the collesre boys will make the town warm. Tickets for the contest are held at a dollar, and Em poria people cannot get them even at that price. There are only three legal holidays in the state of Kansas. They are W ashing ton's birthday, February 22: Memorial day. May 30. and Ijabor day. the first Monday in September. There is no law making July 4. Thanksgiving day. Christ mas or New Year's legal holidays. Sick headache. Food doesn't di gest well, appetite poor, bowels con sripated, tongue coated. It's your liver Ayer's Pills are liver pills, easy and safe. They cure dyspep sia, biliousness. 25c. All Druggists. AT THE PLAY LAST NIGHT. Several members of "The Girl from Chili" company, seen at the Crawford theater last night, give evidence of abil ity superior to the merits of the piece they are now handling. Their work conveys the impression that a credita ble farce would be given a creditable production at their hands. Mr. DeWitt Clinton, whose role compelled him to be on the stage the greater part of his time is one of the number. Miss Edna Ells mere is another, and Mr. Frank Bacon is a third. Mr. Bacon's, opportunities w?re limited in comparison with those of vhe otner two, but he read his lines in a cs.y that denoted a good sense of humor. "The Girl from Chili" is rather fear fully and wonderfully made. In its writing the responsible party undoubted ly attempted to construct a new farce out of "Charley's Aunt." and while the selection of a foundation was excellent, the completed work shows that excel lency stopped there. During the second act Miss Ellsmere displayed a pleasing voice in two selec tions, and Misa Fay Courtenay and Master Gus Tate executed a decidedly animated cake walk. Plenty of good seats left for the Elks' show tonight: but the Grand, you know, will hold a heap ef people, and then some. "A Skin of Beauty la s Jot Forever." DS. T. FELIX OOURATO'S ORIENT At CREAM, OR HAQICAI, BEAUTIFIER. Purines as well as. Beautifies the Sklo N other cosmetic will do ic. Removes Taa, Fimpies, Kreck les.Moth Patch, es. Kash and .kln diseases, and eTery biem uh en beaurr, and defies de fectum. It has stood the tehtof 52 Tean., and is so harmless we taste it to be sure it is prop erly made. Ac cept no counter feit of similar names. Dr. L. ivr tz a iadv of the haut-ton ia pa tient i: "As you ladies will use them. I recom mend "Oouraud's Cream' as the least harmful of all skin preparations." For sale by ail Druslsts and fancy Goods Dealers in the u. S..Canadas. and Kurope. FEED. T. HOrK.13 3. Prop'r, 1 Great Jones N. X. BEST FOR THE NEW TORK. The Flagship From the North Atlan tic Squadron to Be Retired. New York. Feb. 22. It is said at the Brooklyn navy yard that the navy de partment has decided to retire the arm ored cruiser New York as flagship of the North Atlantic squadron and replace her with the new battleship Kearsurge. The New York has been the flagship of the squadron since before th war witn Ppain and has seen much hard sen-ice. The reason given for the change is that the cruiser is in need of an overhauling ani a "rest." It was said that in addition to the Kearsarge, the new battleship Kentucky and the re-constructed cruiser Atlanta will be added to the North Atlantic, srjuadron. The New York ia now in West Indian waters. She is due at Hamilton Roads on March 23. and. it is expected, will come to the Brooklyn yard in April, when Admiral Farriiihar will transfer his flag tothe Kearsarge. "I think I would go craxy with pain were it not for Chamberlain's Pain Balm." writes Mr. W. H. Stapleton, Her minie. Pa. "I have been afftieted with rheumatism for several years and have tried remedies without number, but Pain Balm is the best medicine I have got hold of." One application relieves tee pais. For sale by ail drucgista.

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6 TOPEKA STATE JOUENAT THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 22, 1900. If your hands are rough, hard or chapped from the repeated washings necessary to keep them free from the office dirt, examine carefully the soap you use. If it is a cheap toilet soap, you will find that it is greasy, acrid and irritating. Ivory Soap makes a profuse' lather that removes the dirt and rinses easily, leaving the skin soft and clean. If your office force is large there are two considerations that will recommend Ivory Soap to you. It is quick in action, saving time; and is inexpensive. Send the office boy for some and try it. OOPVH1QHT IS9S BY THE PROOTEK COMBINES TO FIGHT. Electrical Supplies to Be Made Cheap er to the People. Pittsburg:, Pa., Feb. 22. The Post will Bay: One iantie combine is to fight another in the electrical supply busi ness. Contractors have taken steps to protect themselves against the com bination of supply houses now forming in New York. If the combine in the metropolis meets with success it will have to combat one of the strongest organizations of capital and skilled la bor that the world ever knew. In all the leading cities of the country asso ciations of the contractors have been organized. These associations have made contracts with the skilled work men, and a compact has been made that will make itself felt. Pittsburg figures prominently in the proceedings. The association of electrical contract ors of western Pennsylvania is about ready to orpanize and a meeting will be held in this city within the next ten days. A national organization is asked for by a circular that is ready to be mailed to all the contractors of the United States and Canada. As has been published in the tele graphic dispatches of the Post the sup ply men are about ready to do busi ness on a combination basis. The building boom is on and a big advance in prices is expected. The contractors have made their contracts with the builders and with their workmen at fixed prices and an advance in sup plies will cause a loss of money to many. BOOfil FOR WOODRUFF. Is Started at Banquet of Mich igan Republican Club. Detroit, Mich., Feb. 22. Severalstrik Ing ovations were given last night by leaders of the Republicans of Michigan to the stars who appeared before them on the occasion of the fifth annual ban quet of the Michigan club. P.ut the en thusiastic reception accorded to Tim L. Woodruff, lieutenant governor of New York, far outshown all other features of the occasion. Introduced as the proba ble candidate of the great pivotal state of New York for the-high office of vice president of the I'nited States, Mr. Woodruff stood mute before a long con tinued storm of applause such as would easily upset the equanimity of a less sturdily poised person than the brilliant and the aggressive young New Yorker. Major General Shatter, Governors Nash of Ohio. Shaw of Iowa, and Pingree of Michigan, all received welcome second only to that of Mr. Woodruff. More than DoO Republicans sat at the annual feast. The galleries were filled with spectators. The big armory was gay with patriotic, decorations. Washington's portrait had the most conspicuous place and pictures of Pres ident McKinley, Admiral Dewey and Generals Shafter and Alger were (sus pended from the gallery fronts. The national colors hung from ceiling and walls. J. R. McLaughlin, president of the club and Governor Pingree delivered addresses of welcome. The governor in the course of his speech stated that af ter eleven years of continuous service, he had no desire for further public pre ferment. Governor George K. Nash, of Ohio, fpoke to the toast "Washington ami the Northwest Territory." In presenting Mr. Woodruff respond- WU U Cures Coughs and Colds cures them quicker and better than any cough mix ture ever made. It does more. It enriches the blood, strengthens mind arid body, gives vigor and vital ity. Cough mixtures won't do this, nor will they cure deep-seated, stubborn coughs. Scott's Emulsion Ivill. Try it I All?ltT- OAMBLE CO. CINCINNATI ing to the sentiment "Washington, the Kxpansionist," the toastmaster, ex Senator John Patton, Jr., said: "The Republican party believes in young men. They were in at the found ing of the party; they have been in it since and to them the party still turns with confidence and hope. The Michi gan club has been in the habit of nom inating presidential candidates (allud ing to speeches before the club by Har rison, McKinley, etc.). Surrounded as I am by governors and would be gover nors and other candidates I am inclined to think that lightning might easily strike a vice presidential candidate as well. When in the next national con vention it is asked: 'Whom does New York want to name for vice president?' (because as New York goes so goes the union), will they not turn to that stalwart pair of New York leaders and bring forth the. name of Timothy L. Woodruff." (Long and loud applause.) Following Mr. Woodruff's speech, Gen. Shafter was called upon. A big burst of applause greeted the man who com manded in the Santiago campaign. He paid earnest tribute to Gen. Alger as "a man who had raised and equipped ar mies sufficient so that in little more than a hundred days from the begin ning of hostilities one of the great na tions was suing for peace. Gen. Shafter. declared himself an ar dent Republican and predicted that Washington, Oregon and California would give the largest Republican ma jorities in their history. "Men of Michigan in the footsteps of Washington." was responded to by Gen. Henry V. Boynton, of Washington. Leslie M. Shaw, governor of Iowa, spoke to the toast 'What and how much we have accomplished." SPARK FKOM A PIPE. Causes the Death of Two Miners and Injury of Another. Monongahela, Pa., Feb. 22. Two mi ners were killed and one fatally injured by an explosion of giant powder at their camp near here. Their names: Killed:' It3BT. PKZZONI. JOHN DORS A. Injured: Peter Lorsi. Mrs. Pezzoni was also seriously burn ed while tearing the burning clothing from her husband. The three victims were burned almost beyond recognition. It is thought the powder was ignited by a spark from one of the miners' pipes. A BLOW TO SCKAyTOX. Mt. Carmel Coal Company Closes Two Shafts Throwing 25 O Miners Out of Work. Scranton, Kan., Feb. 22. C. J. Devlin, president of the Mt. Carmel Coal com pany, the largest mining corporation In the county, has issued orders to close down shafts No. 10 and 12. The opera tion of these mines to supply railroad fuel has been the mainstay of the min ers during the dull summer season, and their shutting down at this season of the year comes as an unexpected blow. Mr. Devlin explained to the miners' committee that the difficulty of secur ing railroad contracts was the direct cause of the shutting down of the mines and as the railroad company was averse to using the Scranton coal no prospects could be held out for a future resump tion of the works. The mines will be dismantled and filled up. About 100 families are affected by the shut down, most of them old residents and prop erty owners. Mr. Devlin has agreed to employ about 100 miners from this place in his Toluca, 111., mines. The small coal companies are giving their miners near ly full time work. PUKCELL ACQUITTED. On Charge of Leading a Riot When Organizing a Union. Williamsburg, Ky., Feb. 22. Orga nizer eorge W. Purcell of the United Mine Workers has been acquitted of the charge of leading a riot. Purcell ac companied by 200 others went to the Proctor mines to organize a union. He was met at the edge of the company's land and forbidden entrance. Purcell came on against tne orders of the super intendent and organized a lodge but was not'diirderly. The jury alter be ing out a few minutes returned a ver dict of not guilty. Newspaper Publishers Meet. New York, Feb. 22. The annual meet ing of the American Newspaper Pub lishers' association was called to order by President S. H. Kauffmann, of the Washington Star in the Waldorf-Astoria yesterday. The forenoon session was devoted to effecting an organization and receiving the credentials of dele gates. Do you want a good laugh? Well, then, go to the Grand this evening and see Joe Morgan personate another fel low's atmtie. SIIOPMENJJNITE. Organize a Curtis Club "With James Mullen President. John T. Chaney and T. F. Doran Make Speeches. MUCH ENTHUSIASM. Arrangements Made to Push the Organization. Oyer 850 Men Have Signed the Rolls. About 100 of thetSagla Fe shop men met at the old court house last evening and organized the Santa Fe Curtis club. This club already gives promise of becoming an important factor, as it starts out with a membership of over S50 of the men employed at the Santa Fe shops. There were several of the prominent JAMES MULLEN, politicians of the city present, who were there to see that the organization was properly made and to help matters along with a short talk and plenty of enthusiasm. Among these may be mentioned John Chaney, T. F. Doran and W. C. Stevenson. The meeting was called to order at 8 o'clock with J. W. Gibbons, foreman of the locomotive paint shop, in the chair. In opening the meeting Mr. Gibbons said: "We are this evening, gentlemen, to organize a Curtis club. We are here to promote the interest in Charles Curtis and do everything that is in our power to renominate him and re-elect him. There are representa tives here from all the departments of the Santa Fe shops, and it is the pur pose of the meeting to form a per manent organization. The first thing for us to do is to elect officers of the club." Following out this suggestion, James' B. Mullen, assistant foreman in the blacksmith shop, was elected president, and Charles French was chosen as secretary. In taking the president's chair Mr. Mullen said: "It would be impossible for me to express to you the honor which 1 feel you nave bestowed upon me by selecting me to preside over this club. I believe that there is no grander work for the shop men to do than to do all that they can in fur thering the interests of Charles Curtis. "Charles Curtis has stood by the rail road man at all times. He has stood by us loyally, as he has stood by every one of his constituents. He is a man of whom v,e are all proud, and it is to our interests as well as his that we do all that we can to send him back to congress. "I believe that the time is past when one-man iower can, rule in Kansas. The time is past when one man can dominate the people of this state. Boss ism is dead and the coming election will prove it a thing of the past in Kansas. "We are proud of Charles Curtis be cause of his manhood, Because of his record in congress. It is a spotless record. He has stood by the First dis trict. I ask you tonight. Are we to stand by him? I will answer the ques tion. We will stand by him until the last battle is fought and he has been re-elected to congress and succeeds himself, as representative of the First district." John T. Chaney said: "Gentlemen, as I understand it, you have met here tonight to further the interests of Charles Curtis, the best congressman that the state of Kansas ever pro duced. "In Shawnee county we are all for Charles Curtis. This county really does not need any Curtis clubs, but it is for the influence that they will have and the work that they can do in the sur rounding counties that we need the Curtis clubs. "In Shawnee county, not only are the Republicans for Chas. Curtis, but nine tenths of the Populists and the Demo crats are for him. Many of these have come into my office and signified their intentions of voting for him. Chas. Cur tis is going to win this fight. I want to see the time come when we can ad vance him from the lower house to the senate. We want to advance him to the senate next time. "The organization of this Curtis club should be made permanent. You don't need the Republican party, perhaps, but the Republican party needs you. I believe that every Republican in Shaw nee county i for Chas. Curtis, not only the rank and file of the party, but the machinery of the party is with him." T. F. Doran "I am a trifle embarras sed to appear before you at. this time. I met Chaney up town and we started out to hear the returns from Atchison. I understood that we would get them here and so here we are. "Chas. Curtis has been tried and found faithful to every duty. He lends his best efforts to every man who seeks help of him, if they be reasonable. "It is a historical fact that the great est men that this nation has produced have been those which have been kept in office. The way to get them is to keep the best men in office until their experiences have made them skillful. "The people of Shawnee county are for Chas. Curtis. I believe that the whole First district is for him. When he is renominated and returned to con gress, we can feel that we have done our duty. "I believe with Ingalls that it is the duty of every man to be a politician. Not to seek office but to see that the best men and those which are worthy, are put into office. They are the moul ders of our civilization. They speak for us. It is through them that we accom plish our ends. "Everything that we do -comes "back to us. That is the reason that we have the best government under the sun. There is nothing done in our govern ment but that which tre do orrselves. If we would selgpt men who will do the best and who are capaole to fill their position, then we will have a perfect government. "Our hope is that Chas. Curtis will be re-elected to congress." W. C. Stephenson "It is never too late to say a good word for Chas. Cur tis. I have known him since I was a boy plowing corn. I have known him almost every day since. As a student, a lawyer, as county attorney, and as representative. Never did a man show greater honesty, integrity of purpose and true worth and ability than does Chas. Curtis. "It is not hard to find a man of abil ity, but it is hard to find a man who is always right in his opinion, always hon est in purpose and always eets there like Chas. Curtis through thick and thin. "I have alwavs admired Chas. Curtis. You will alwavs find him to the front. He is right. When we find a man of his kind it is proper that we push him ahead." Otto Larson "I am no speech-maker, but I am for Chas. Curtis. Everv one in Shawnee county is for him. We are going to organize the biggest Curtis club in the state. The shop men are nearly all for him, and those who are not, will soon be converted." Mr. Hardy "I am no politician. I am a blacksmith. Have been here only two years, but I have a vote and I expect to use it in the right place." Ed Hawes "We are all glad to see so many of the shODmen take such an in terest in politics and in Chas. Curtis." W. F. Weber "I am no politician, but I am interested in Chas. Curtis, and am for him lirst, last and all the time." Dave Myers "I came here- tonight not in the interest of mv candidacy tor coun cilman from the Second ward. I came here in the Interest of Chas. Curtis. He is an honest, upright man. I hope that he will be returned to Congress." J. W. Gibbons "With Chas. Curtis on the Republican ticket it means many votes to the party. No Republican is op posed to him. We are all in favor of Curtis. A man who claims to be a Re publican and can not support Chas. Curtis is simply a Republican in name only and 1 for what he can pet out of it. We havo never had a congressman who has done his duty like Chas. Curtis has done his. He is loyal to every man. "We need more men like Chas. Curtis. He has proven himself worthy the re spect and support every one of his con stituents. There need be no anxiety as to the standing of the Santa Fe shopmen. They are all for Chas. Curtis." On motion of Mr. Gibbons, the follow ing committee, composed of men from the different departments of the shops, who should canvass the shops, and general of fices in the interest of Chas. Curtis, was named Alexander McNair, boiler shop: James Swan, brass foundry: Cyrus Guthrie, round house: Otto Larson, blacksmith shop: Wni. Carrie, south erecting shop; Al Ford, east erecting shop: J. W. Gib bons, paint shop: John Isaacson, planing mill; Geo. Gerbrick, car sheds; J. B. Price, machine shops; Martin Rearedon, car shops; Carl Dean, pattern shops; Al Chambers, store house; Robert Ford, lum beryard: Dave Myers, coach department; A. C. Soles, baggage department; Geo. Elliott, at depot; Gilbert Slusser. Joe Sneider, general offices; George Porter, general offices; Lewis Peachler, Sixth street lumber yard: Robert Barnes, tin shop: William Clarke, water service; Ed. Pol ley, engineers, and Chas. Swanson, car sheds. Also on motion of Mr. Gibbons, it was decided to call the club, "The Santa Fe Curtis club." CARNEGIE'S DEFENSE. Has a Long Conference With the Steel Company's President. New York, Feb. 22. Andrew Carnegie had a long conference at his home in this city today with Charles M. Schwab, president of the Carnegie -Steel com pany. The talk relate-! to the litiga tion in which Mr. Carnegie and the steel company are involved as a result of the suits begun by H. C. Frick. At the conclusion of this conference, Mr. Schwab started for Pittsburg. Neither Mr. Schwab nor Mr. Carnegie would discuss the matters of the steel com pany. It was said at Mr. Carnegie's house that he had decided not to go to Pittsburg at present. Mr. Schwab will act as his representative there in the matter of preparing the defense. Mr. Carnegie is thoroughly in touch with the situation in Pittsburg and can direct matters from here. If his presence there is required he will go out, but not until he is needed. Much of the time today was taken up by Mr. Schwab" and Mr. Carnegie in going over papers in the case, consult ing as to the line of defense and making a rough outline of method of procedure. Not a word about the conclusions could be learned and it was said they would make nb statement except in the proper legal way. Relief In Six Hours. Distressing Kidney and Bladder Disease relieved in six hours by "New Great South American Kidney Cure." It is a great surprise on account of its exceeding promptness in relieving pain in bladder, Kidneys and back, lit male or female.- Re lieves retention of water almost immed iately. If you want quick relief and cure this is the remedy. Sold by Sim Drug Co.. 834 Kansas avenue, and Geo. W. Stansfield, 022 Kansas avenue, drug gists, Topeka, Kansas. Diphtheria relieved in twenty min utes. Almost miraculous. Dr. Thomas' Eclectiic Oil. At any drug store. Prof. M. H. Kisper, 'r-vangelical Luth eran Seminary, Addison, Ills., writes: "I had been suffering for some time with severe pains in my lungs anJ coughed al most constantly. One bottle Beggs' Cher ry Cough Syrup entirely cured me." It Is guaranteed to cure has never failed. R. W. Squires, pharmacist. 732 .Kansas ave. My Lord in Petticoats at the Grand tonight. Don't miss it. Second Time in Two Years. Bradford, Pa., Feb. 22. The business portion of Greater Hazel for the sec ond time in two years was almost destroyed by fire at an early hour to day. The following buildings were de stroyed: General store of H. C. Tay lor, the City Drug store, the postoftice and K. O. T. M. hall. No estimate of the loss can be given. THE FOOD DRINK Some people can't drink coffee everybody can drink Grain-O. It looks and tastes like coffee, but it is made from pure grains. No coffee in it. Grain-O is cheaper than coffee costs about one quarter as much. All grocer 15c and SSc Russia Sees a Chance to Get Into Persia. Country is Disturbed by Insur rections. SHAH OUT OF MOSEY. Hardly Able to Control the Ex isting Situation. Czar Is Awaiting the Coming Opportunity. New York, Feb. 22. European news papers just received give details of a recent rebellion in the Persian province of Kurdistan, the rising being so se rious that Russia contemplated send ing troops- into Persia. The Kurds of the Ssowoutch-Boulak district raised the insurgent banner against the gov ernment of .Teheran under the leader ship of Elkan, Daboukri, Mayhour and Beisadas, the chiefs of the four prin cipal Kurdish tribes. These chief3 had received from the Shah honorific dis tinctions, under the form of decorations and high titles. Nevertheless they had preserved their spirit of independence. They are rich and enjoying great popu larity, so that it was easy for them to group around them 1,500 Kurdish land owners. They are the blind in struments of Mirsza Fetach, the soul of the anti-Persian movement in Kurdis tan. The governors of Ssowoutch-Boulak up to this time had recognized the real authority of this powerful individual. Prince Manoutcher-Mirsza, the new governor, acted as if he did not rec ognize it. In order to avenge him self the cunning Mirsza Fetach con cealed liis sentiments but he incited the new governor to inflict corporeal punishment on one of the Kurdish beys. This punishment was resented by the whole proud and bellicose nobility of Kurdistan and was the signal for the revolt, a single tribe, with its chief, Nomad-Aga, remaining faithful to Persia. Manoutcher-Mirsza sent the commandant of the troops. Gen. Mushir Lachker, to Aserbeidschau to open ne gotiations with the rebels. But all propositions failed and to satisfy .the insurgents who demanded the recall of Prince Manoutcher, the latter was dis missed from his office as governor. The Kurds then entered Ssowoutch-Boulak and asked by telegraph that Gen. Mushir-Lachker should take the place of Manoutcher. Instead of complying with their re quest the Shah sent them the severe and energetic Semid Khan who had al ready been governor of the province. This apnointment set fire to the already troubled situation and became the sig nal for an armed struggle. Thanks to their acquaintances, the rebels entered the city of Tabris, the residence of the governor and there were daily fights with the government's troops. Finally Semid Khan left his post and was re placed by a functionary, MusuH Mesna leck, who was in complicity with the in surgents. Tranquillity has prevailed from that moment, at least apparently, for the Kurds continue to demand a kind of autonomy, with the right of choosing their governor, whose appoint ment would have merely to be confirm ed by the shah. They have prepared and presented a provincial constitution', composed of sixteen articles. One of them states that hereafter the Persian gov ernment shall pay its (officials in Kur distan. The shah will not agree to that article, claiming that in Persia no funcr tionaries are paid by the state, but by the inhabitants under their administra tion. Moreover, he is encumbered in his struggle with the rebels by the financial embarrassments of the Persian treasury. MRS. LAAYTON'S THANKS.

Makes Public Acknowledgment For the Home Fund. Washington, Feb. 22. Mrs. Lawton has made the following acknowledg ment of the receipt of the home fund: "Pewee Valley, Ky., Feb. 18, 1900. "Dear General Corbin: "Such kindness as yours can never be repaid, and my heart is very full when I try to thank you. Words seem very poor at such a time. Will you please believe that I do appreciate it and all my life will find comfort in the remem brance. "The universal feeling, which prompt ed such wonderful generosity from the nation is so beautiful to me and so dear, my gratitude is inexpressibly pro found. "It has relieved the one anxious thought Henry would have had and I do not know how to thank you or the nation. "Believe me, with kind regards, very sincerely, MARY C. LAWTON." WOUNDED BY A MOB. Son of a British Vice Consul Attack ed by Mussulmans. Bevroot. Svria. Feb. 22. A mob of Musselmans has wounded the son of the British vice consul, Abela, at Sidon and has surrounded the consulate. Troops have been dispatched and the consul general has gone to the scene of the disturbance. ALL DAY IX THE ICE. Steamer Iowa Held Fast Outside Chi cago Harbor. Chicago, Feb. 22. Forty passengers who spent the night on the Goodrich line steamer Iowa, which was blocked by the ice outside the harbor here yes terday reached shore at 6:30 o'clock this morning. The boat having left Milwaukee at p. m., Tuesday became wedged in the ice about a mile out from the harbor upon, reaching here yesterday. A tug was sent to lend assistance, but suc ceeded only after a night of incessant, work, hampered, as it was by snow and the gale which blew from the northwest part of the time. It was said today that the boat was not materially injured. Noted Kentucky Lawyer Dead. Louisville, Ky.. Feb. 22. News has been received of the death in New York this morning of George M. Davie, one of the most prominent lawyers of the state. Mr. Davie was a leader of the Palmer and Buckner movement in 1896, taking an active part in the Indian apolis campaign and serving as state chairman for the National Democrats. He was a member of the firm of Humphrey Davie of this city. Don't forget that the Elks' show is at the Grand this evening. THE STAR GROCERY. J. S. SPROAT, Prop., Telephone 253. Sixth Street. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. "We can save you money on Flour. "We have one Straight Patent Flour, every sack guaranteed, 85 cent3 for 50 lbs. Our White House FIour,"at 95 cents a sack, is cheaper than any high patent sold in Topeka. OUR STORE IS FILLED WITH BARGAINS. 2-Ib. can Preserved Strawberries 10 Kansas Potatoes, per bu 35 Minnesota Potatoes, per bu 60 25-oz. can K. C. Baking Powder 20 1-Ib can Dee Baking Powder 25 V-lt can Price's Baking Powder.. .20 1-Tb pkg. Anvil Soda 05 7 lbs. Lump Gloss Starch 25 IS lbs. Sal Soda .25 8 pkgs. Pearline 25 10 bars Lenox Soap 25 10 bars Clairette Soap 25 4- rb pkg. Gold Dust 15 2 pkgs. Grape-Nuts 25 2 pkgs. Postum Cereal .25 W. H. Baker's Breakfast Cocoa, -lb can 20 10-tb sack Fine Table Salt 10 10-rh pail large fat Mackerel 1.20 10-Tb pail White Fish 45 5- Ib can special A Coffee 1.00 White hoop Holland Herring, per keg 1.10 1-lb brick Codfish 10 Tomorrow you can get here TWO BLUE PREMIUM STAMPS for every JO-cent purchase, or 1 Green Stamp on everything except Sugar, and we will pay in cash or merchandise 20 cents per 100 for either kind. ELECT OFFICERS. (Continued from First Page.) ly exemplify the lesson here recommen ded, I have assumed the authority to purchase a Grand lodge flag, and have ordered jthe same displayed at this an nual communication. I trust that this v. HENRY C. LOOMIS, OF WINFIELD. Past Grand Master Grand Lodge. action may meet with your approval." During the session some objections have been made to the dissolving of the Masonic Mutual Insurance society. The society has no connection wijth the Masonic fraternity further that that its membership is limited to Masons. Sec retary W. M. Shaver explains the sit uation as follows: "We sent out cir cular letters notifying the members that a meeting would be held to decide the future of the society. The benefit fund had been growing- smaller and we wrere not getting in new members T. B. JENNINGS, OF TOPEKA. Past Grand Master Grand Council enough to keep it up. It meant that after 40 or 50 more death losses were paid we would be swamped. It was decided by a vote of 66 to 600 or more to turn the policies over to another company and thereby give the members who were too old to be reinsured a chance to continue their policies. Some wished to divide the money which would have meant about $50 apiece to the members and many of the older men unable- to get any Insurance now in other companies. It was the only thing to do." SOT THE PHffiXIX CLUB. Valuable St. Bernard, Credited to the Organization, Is Found. The valuable St. Bernard dog whose disappearance was credited to the "Phoenix club" has been found. Detective Gilmore was in North To peka yesterday and saw a fine St. Ber nard dog. He followed it to the home of J. W. Miller,, on North -Van Buren street. Mr. Miller explained that the dog did not belong to him, but that It had been there about three weeks. Mr. Miller's little boy was standing on the corner of Seventh and Kansas avenue waiting for a car one afternoon about three weeks ago. The car did not come and he'walked along while waiting for it. A dog trotted beside the boy, and the two walked along together. The boy finally walked all the way home, and the dog, which had become quite friendly, followed him. Mr. Miller had since been watching for the advertise ment of a missing dog, but had seen none. He was willing and glad to re turn the dog to the rightful owners. Don't risk the little one's lire; croup Is a dangerous disease. Mrs. H. Grees, Dun dee. Kans.. says: "My little daughter had been troubled with croup since she was three months old; Beggs' Cherry Cough Syrup cured her." Children like it. Guar anteed. R. W. Squires, pharmacist, 7S2 Kansas avenue. V JOT lit r. 7 Lion and Leveririg's Coffee, per pkg 12 Gunpowder Tea, per lb, 35 cents; 3 lbs. for 1-00 Basket fired Japan Tea, per lb, 35 cents; 3 lbs. for 1-00 Oolong Tea, 35 cents per lb; 3 lbs.. 1.00 7-Ib sack Sehotten's Special Coffee, 1.00 Straight Santos Coffee, per lb:.... .15 Pure African Java Coffee, per lb.. .25 Soda and Oyster Crackers, per lb by box 05 4 lbs. fresh baked Ginger Snaps.. .25 18 lbs. finest and best Granulated Sugar 1.00 2 cans 3-Tb' Tomatoes .15 2-ib can Tomatoes 05 2 cans Iowa Sweet Corn. 15 3 cans New York Sweet Corn 25 Layer Figs, per tb 10 lib pkg. Seeded Raisins 10 3 1-Ib pkgs. cleaned Currants 25 Fancy California Peaches, per lb.. .10 6 lbs. California Prunes 25 3 lbs. country Dried Apples.. .25 MENAGE TO A TRUST. A Large Holder of Milling Stock Op poses a Combine. New York, Feb. 22. Ora M. Jewell, by her counsel, applied before Justice Dickey, in the supreme court today, for an order restraining certjain defendants from transferring her shares of preferr ed and common stock and bonds of the Hecker-Jones-Jewell Milling company to any person or company organizing the so-called flour trust. By consent of counsel, hearing upon the application of the injunction pending her suit was postponed until February 28. As the value of Mrs. Jewell's interest i,n the Hecker-Jones-Jewell Milling company is placed at $81,000, the successful issue of her suit will seriously threaten, it Is said, the organization of the proposed trust. The parties made defendants in the injunction proceedings are Thomas A. Mclntyre, the Franklin Trust company, George H. Southard, president of the Franklin Trust company, William A. Nash, the United States Flour Milling company, and the Hecker-Jones-Jewell Milling company, of which Jacob Amos Is president. Mrs. Jewell, as a stockholder of the Hecker-Jones-Jewell Milling company through her suit is trying to break the trust agreement which she signed. In making this agreement she surrender her shares and bonds in the milling company to the Franklin Trust com pany as trustee, for the flour trust. Her shares are now deposited with the Cen tral Trust company, which is trustee in the new scheme for the organization of a flour trust, Mrs. Jewell maintains that as the original plan of the rtust was not carried out, she Is entitled to the surrender of her secur ities. She says that Mclntyre, South ard, Nash and Moller are endeavoring to organize a new company, to which they propose to transfer her stocks and bonds of the milling company. She does not give her consent to it. The United States Flour Milling company proposed to acquire the property of the Hecker-Jones-Jewell company and had tha plants of the large mills in tbe west, in cluding those at Minneapolis, Milwau kee and Duluth. The plaintiff demands that the trust agreement by which she surrendered her share in the Hecker-Jones-Jewell Milling company be annulled and that the value of her checks, or the stocks themselves be returned to her. The trustee of the flour trust has refused to do this, it is alleged. INDOOR TENNIS. Contest for National Championship Begins in New York. New York, Feb. 22. For the national lawn tennis in-door championship which began today in the Seventh regi ment armory, there are twenty-four en tries in the singles, and they include most of the cracks at the game in the country. In the preliminary rounds played to day there were many surprises. Hackett of Yale, who with Allen, also Of Yale, won the championship in the doubles at Chicago last year, was in 'poor form, and was beaten with ease by Hugh Tallant, the ex-Harvard player. Chicago Livestock Market Chicago, Feb. 22. CATTLE Receipts, 9.500. Steady to strong lor choice; butch ers' and canners strong; stockers and feeders steadv. Beeves, $4.0035.90; cows. $3. Wu 4.40; heifers. $:i.4O'(i4."0; canners. $2.20 fa2.0: stockers and feeders, $3.404.7a; Texas fed beeves, $4.CKi5.0i). HOGS Reeeits todav. 37.000: tomorrow, 28,000: left over. 6.7;7. Opened 5 cents low er, closed weak: top $4.fi5. Mixed and butchers', $4.ikVu4.&2'; good to choice heavy, $4.RO'o4.i5: rough heavy. $4.55'i4.75; light. $4.ci4.M: bulk of sales. 4.70i&4.90. Sheep Receipts. 12,000. Steady, Native wethers, $4. 905.75: western wethers. $4.85 &S.65: lambs strong, natives, $5.007.00; K-estern. $6,001 7.00. Official receipts and shipments for yes terday: Cattle Receipts, 17.909; shipments, 4.849. Hogs Receipts, 41.375: shipments, 7,2."S. Sheep Receipts. 10.53: shipments, 603. Kansas City Livestock Market. Kansas City. Feb. 22. CATTLE Re ceipts, 8.000. Market about steady. Na tive steers. $4.4' 5.2-V, Texa-s steers, $3.754 4.50: Texas cows. $2.5iKf3.:iO: native cows and heifers. $2.4iW4.4D: stockers and feed ers, $3.25'ci5.35: bulls. $2.754i3.S)0. HOGS Receipts. 11.000. Market weak to 5 cents lower. Bulk of sales, $4. 051514 75; heavv, $1.7'-,'a4.SO; packers. $4.K&4.774!: mixed. $4-5fi4.72i2: light. $4.504.70; york ers. $4.firfj4.7; pisrs, $4.4ofa4.50. SHEEP Receipts, 3.1X10. Market stron. Lambs, $4.0tu.7o; muttons. $2.25$i.90. Correspondnnt: J. P. H arris Chicago &leu:ber Chicago tteurd ot Irade. Telephone 273. J. C. GOINGS, Commission Merchant, GRAiN AND PROVISIONS Receiver and Shipper of Grain. 113 Ernst Fifth Street. Leased private market and gossip wire to Chicago. Always in the market for cash grain. Consignments of grain ju&d correspondence elicited.

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1 i TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL, TUtJllSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 22, 1900. VI fx if J VI 5 I; A HYOI CURES COUGHS, CATARRH, CONSUMPTION It is the Only Remedy Ever Endorsed by the IT. S. H alth Reports. Sold bv all druggists. Outfits com plete, $1.00. Trial Outfit, 2oc. IT IS GUARANTEED. Bend to THE R. T. BOOTH CO.. Ithaca, N. Y., fur live days' free treatment of i EW CRAWFORD OPHE0EuAsE. Thursday, Feb. 22d. TH2 EVENT OP A LIFE TIME. CITE GLOF.IOUS NiaST- r.eaiici'3 Sto.peadl.oii3 Spectacular inic Lrook Jr. 35 Prominent Artists, including Miss Maud Shepard, formerly of Topeka. Prices 25c, 35c, 50c, 75c. SATURDAY, Feb. 24th GALA NIGHT. First Appearince in Topeka of FRANCIS WILSON And Mis Great Company. Tha Foremost American Organization in the Comic Opera Classic RM With a cast including Francis Wilson. Pauline Hall. Lulu Gloser. Wm. Broder-K-k, Jerome Wen t herbv. Josephine Knapp, Peter Lang. A. M. Hoibruok and 50 others. Prices: 50c, $1.00, $1.50. Seats on pale at Rowley S Snow's Wed nesday morning. It costs you nothing to come and see the Largest and Best Line of New Wall Paper in the city. "We also have a large stock of last year's patterns that we are selling from 40 to 60 per cent, cheaper than the new goods. They are Bargains. W. A. ALEXANDER Successor to The Kellam Book Btationery Co. Wall Paper Dep't. Telephone 263. 619 Jackson Street. One Boor South of Grand opera Houbc It Costs You Nothing Extra To patronize the personally conducted excursions to California via the Santa Fe Route. A special conductor is em ployed by the Railroad Company, to make its patrons comfortable. Details of service given on request. T. L. KINO, Agent, The Atchison, Topeka Santa Fe Railway, TOPEKA, KANSAS.

The usual muss to be cleaned up after Paper hangers is very annoying. If a Paper Hanger is given to understand that unless he is neat, he will lose his job, he will be neat. WE have no trouble, because we employ only the best skilled workmen, and besides, our WALL. PAPER is right, and up-to-date. Hill, Banta Co., 121 West Seventh Street. Through First Class Pullman Sleepers Between Chicago and San Francisco. Via Denver and Salt Lake City will be inaugurated Feb. 25th. by the Great Hock Island Route, leaving Chicago at 30:00 p. m. daily. Omaha, 1:30 p. m. The Jolorado Rockies and Sierra Nevada are crossed by daylight in both direc tions, making this the grandest scenic trip In the world. The cars are Pull man's Finest Broad Vestibuled Sleepers and are carried on limited trains with Dining Car Service through and Buffet Library Cars. Direct connections to and from Southern California. See your agent for berth reservations and folders or address, E. W. Thompson, A. G. P. A.. Topeka. Mr. Mason you should go and see the Elks' show tonight at the Grand, as the Elks and Masons are a good deal alike In some things. CITY ELECTION. Republican Primary "Will Be Held Saturday. No Contests in Three of the Wards. C0UXCIL3IEN FIGHT. Excitement in Third, Fourth and Sixth Wards. 31. Snattinger Appears to Lead in Third. The Republican city primary will be held next Saturday afternoon In To peka and in three of the six wards there will be very little interest taken. The fight for councilman in the Third. Fourth and Sixth wards will furnish some entertainment for those that like excitement. In the Third ward there are two can didates, M.Snattinger and P. H. Forbes. It appears at this time that Mr. Snat tinger has much the better of the con test and he will likely win by a good majority. Mr. Snattinger is a retired business man and is one of Topeka's oldest citizens. He has large property interests in Topeka and is at the same time wideawake and progressive. His stand in favor of municipal improve ments is in line with the spirit of the times. There is a disposition among the people to elect business men to the city council, an example that should be fol lowed in every city in the country there would then be fewer scandals. Mr. Forbes is a lawyer and like Mr. Snat tinger, has announced himself in favor of public improvements. The two men are also of one mind on the waterworks question in favor of city ownership. When a business man like Mr. Snat tinger is willing to serve in the city council he should have no opposition. In the Fourth ward two business men are candidates C. H. Samson and W. F. Weber. Both men stand upon the same platform with reference to city ownership and public improvements.Mri Samson is manager of the Topeka Pa per company and has liv.ed in the Fourth ward all his life. Mr. Weber is in the grorery business and has been prominent in meetings of the Grocers' association and president of the local association. The Retails Clerks' association is fighting Mr. Weber and a committee has been appointed to help defeat him. While they are not working for Mr. Samson he will naturally profit by the fight. The opposition is based upon Mr, Weber's position on the early closing movement. They claim that he refused to close his store at the hour fixed by the association. This, is the only outside element that enters into the fight and what influence it will have cannot at this time be told. It appears now that Mr. Samson has the better of the contest but the result is enough in doubt to allow of some wagers being made among the support ers of the two men. Mr. Samson is en ergetic and enterprising and has done untiring work in the campaign. In the Sixth ward there is a contest between two men in what will be known as the Lowman Hill precinct. It has been conceded that the south end of the ward should have a councilman and the rivalry is confined to that end though the votes of the Potwin people will de cide the question. The candidates are S.. A. Swendson and John Tulloch. It is conceded that Mr. Swendson will get a majority of the Lowman Hill vote and both men are now actively at work on the Potwin end of the ward. Mr. Swendson is an active young man and property owner who is employed at the Santa Fe hospital and Mr. Tulloch is a member of the Webster-Tulloch Coal company. The odds are in favor of Mr. .Swendson, say the politicians. S. C. Miller will be nominated without opposition in the First ward, David My ers in the Second and Councilman Jas. Warner will be renominated in the Fifth. There will be but one contest for member of the school board, that being in the Fourth ward where A. A. Rodg ers. T. E. Sheard and Harry E. Valen tine are the candidates. An Editor's Iiife Saved by Chamber lain's Cough Remedy. During the early part of October, 1896, I contracted a bad cold which settled on my lungs and was neglected until I feared that consumption had appeared in an in cipient state. I was constantly coughing and trying to expel something which I could not. I became alarmed and after giving the local doctor a trial bought a bottle of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and the result was immediate Improve ment and after I had used three bottles mv lungs were restored to their healthy state. B. S. Edwards, Publisher of The Review, Wyant, 111. For sale by all drug gists. Rev. Sheldon's Books, 5 Cents. 1 "In His Steps," "Crucifixion of Phillip Strong," "Robert Hardy's Seven Days," at Bennett's book store, 730 Kansas avenue. Cleanses and renovates the system, cures dyspepsia and liver troubles, makes new, rich blood Beggs' Blood Purifier. "Cured- me of a bad case of blood disor der." John Wisener, Chippewa Falls, Wis. R. w. Squires, pharmacist, 732 Kan sas avenue. Spring is now approaching and we all need a shaking up, and many of us take some sort of "pizen" In the spring for the blood; but a good laugh will do more good than a whole drug store that is, than the whole stock of solid drugs; and if you want a good hearty laugh, go to the Elks' Benefit entertain ment tonight at the Grand and see My Lord in Petticoats... Money-Saving, Business-Getting These are tome- Typewritten times called "fac simile letters, and sometimes T j.i, Multigraph" letters. Xo mat- -Letters ter what you call them, If properly pre pared, they are the best thing for soliciting business by mail ever used. We hare a process for producing fac-simile Typewriter letters that defy detection. They can be furnished with names and addresses and signatures complete (press copied effect) or without names and addresses. Where it is desired to fill in names and addresses from time to time on form" letters, rib bons are furnished which are prepared with same ink used for printiug. thus insuring a perfect assimilation of color. Trices are low, and the work best that can oe done, bainpies aud prices for the asking. Press 6f Adams Brothers. 7it Kansas Ave. ALL CLARK'S WAY. Testimony Today Is Favorable to the Montana Senator. Washington, Feb. 22. John B. Well come was recalled before the Clark investigating committee at the begin ning of the session today; At the in stance of Senator Chandler Mr.- Well come related that he had been present ent when Senators Chandler and Caf fery had examined his bank account and that according to their findings he had only two corrections to make. They had found two checks, one for $250 and the other for $400, which should be added. C. W. Clark, son of the senator, was next called. Mr. Clark said he had taken an active part in the Montana legislative campaign in 1898 and in the senatorial fight following. He was treasurer of the Clark campaign com mittee. The first effort of the com mittee was to take the state conven tion from the Daly people, the next the election of the Democratic state legis lative ticket, making practically two campaigns. The money placed in his hands was for the purpose of cover ing both of these campaigns. Mr. Clark said there were an average of 150 persons in Helena in his father's behalf just prior to the election, and all told there were fully 300 people there from first to last. Most of these had come with the view of Helping Mr. Clark in the contest, but the witness had no doubt that some of them came "with the hope of earning a little ex pense money." Mr. Clark said he had never author ized Whiteside to see members of the legislature in his father's behalf; never tallied off' the members of the legisla ture with him, and had never told him that any state senator or legislative member was to get any specified sum for his vote. He denied all Incrimi nating testimony given by Whiteside. Mr. Clark said that with the first meeting with Whiteside the latter had said he was tirpd of the Daly people; that he was unpledged, and that he wanted to support Senator Clark. He had said he did not want any money for his support, but that he wanted an equal chance with others in bidding upon buildings contemplated by my father. This was promised and Mr. Whiteside then said ha would vote for Clark. The witness explained the cir cumstances under which he had writ ten to State Senator Myers, enclosing him a check for $500. He considered the sum in the nature of a retainer for legal services at Bridger. He admitted that after the Whiteside exposure he had asked Mr. Myers not to give the letter out because he feared that at that time when public excitement was so great the letter might be connected with the bribery case. Rev. Albert B. Martin, principal of the female seminary at Deer Lodge, testified next. He produced the letter written him by Senator Clark last Oc tober which the doctor had taken to Chief Justice Brantley in connection with the Wellcome disbarment case. The letter was as follows: "Dear Dr. Martin If you 'could see our mutual friend Judge B., and state to him what John R. T. told you, out lining the plan of campaign, which practically showed that everything was practically prearranged, I am sure he would have a better understanding of the Wellcome proceeding, and would not allow that splendid man to be dis barred. He has a lovely wife and chil dren, and it is a shame that he should suffer disgrace through two such dis reputable men i'.s Whiteside and my namesake, W. A. Clark, of Madison county. (Signed) W. A. CLARK." Mr. Martin said that "our mutual friend Judge B." was Judge Brantley, and that John R. T. was John R. Toole, who four weeks previous to the meeting of the legislature said that the reports concerning Senator Clark's methods would be Investigated by a committee. He said he felt interested in Mr. Wellcome because his father-in-law was an old Presbyterian minister. He had hoped that he could influence the supreme court to send him back to the Silver Bow county court, but he saw no indelicacy in doing that. "It was no more improper than it would be for me to approach a senator here and ask him to vote for Mr. Clark," said the witness. The interview with Justice Brantley was perfectly friendly. Dr. Martin said that he had also re ceived another letter from Mr. Clark a-fter the Whiteside exposure in which Clark had referred to his own good character, saying this was the best legacy he could leave to his children., C. W. Clark was recalled. Me con tinued his specific denial of testimony of witnesses for the prosecution who had made statements indicating his con nection with efforts to corruptly in fluence members of the legislature. He thus reviewed the testimony of White side, Butler, Hewitt and Senator Myers. A Grand Exhibit. Backroan's Glass Blowers, who will give exhibitions at 505 Kansas avenue, Morrison's old store, in this city next week, give a wonderful exhibition tn the art of blowing, spinning and weav ing glass into beautiful ornaments. This is the same company that created such a sensation in Kansas City re cently by their wonderful exhibition. Among the many novelties they ex hibit is a glass steam engine in full op eration, also glass dresses, neckties, pin cushions, etc. The admission is but 10 cents, and every visitor receives a souvenir. "Working Night and Day. The busiest and mightiest little thing that ever was made is Dr. King's New Life Pills. These pills change weakness into strength, listlessness into energy, brain fag into mental power. They're wonderful in building up the health. Only 25c per box. Sold at Waggoner's drug store, 731 Kansas avenue. New Road for St. Paul. Minneapolis, Minn., Feb. 22. A spe cial from Mason City, Iowa, says: Evi dence accumulates that the Burlington, Cedar Rapids Northern, foreseeing that it is to lose its Twin City connec tion, the Minneapolis St. Louis, which will form an alliance with the Illinois Central, will lose no time this spring in building into Minneapolis and St. fauL Notice. Apollo lodge No. 188, A. O. TT. iv. To all members: Tou are requested to be present next Friday evening, February 23. Business or importance. W. T. WOOTERS, M. W. "After doctors failed to cure me of pneumonia I used One Minute Cough Cure and? three bottles of it cured me. It is also the best remedy on' earth for whooping cough. It cured my grandchil dren of the worst cases." writes Jno. Iierrv. Loganton, Pa. It 'is the only harmless remedy that gives immediate results. Cures coughs, colds, croup and throat and lung troubles. It prevents consumption. Children always like it Mothers endorse it. At all drug stores. Lecture by the Rev. Charles L. Ains- worth at Lincoln Post hall, 118 East Sixth street, Friday evening, at 7:30 p. m. Subject, "Clairvoyance." Surely will Interest one and alL SOUTH TOPEKA, Items intended for this column should be left with the Kimball Printing com pany, 835 Kansas avenue. Mr. and Mrs. A. McClure are the par ents of a daughter. The pupils of Rochester school en joyed a holiday today. The president of the Union Pacific road will be in town tomorrow. Mr. and Mrs. Reed, of Denison, Kas., are visiting their son, S. L. Reed. Mrs. Trachsel. of Meriden, is the guest of Mrs. L. S. Dolman, of 122 West Gor don street. Mrs. Wilson, of Kansas City, Is the guest of her daughter, Mrs. Collinson, of East Gordon street. A number of young men will give a dance Friday evening at the F. A. A. hall in the Barrett block. Mr. and Mrs. Booth, of Bunker Hill, Kas., will arrive Saturday to visit their niece, Mrs. Theodore Forbes. Mr. Will Vanorsdal, of Silver Lake, who is a candidate for county superin tendent, was in town today. Mrs. Todd left today for her home in Frankford. Ind., aftei- n. visit to her son, Mr. J. H. Todd and family, of 1012 Jackson street. The ladies of the Second Presbyterian church gave a character and fish sup per last evening at the church, which was well patronized. The money which was raised by the pupils of the Rochester school at their recent entertainment will be used to purchase a flag for that building. Mr. and Mrs. Sparks and niece. Miss Hessie Simmonds, returned yesterday from Atchison county, where they went to attend the funeral of Mrs. Spark's sister. There will be a called meeting of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union at Mrs. King's, 115 East Gordon street, at 3 p. m., Saturday. A full attendance is urged. Mrs. J. C. Joseph and sons left today for Atchison, where they will visit Mrs. Joseph's sister, Mrs. White. From there Mrs. Joseph will go east to attend the openings of some of the large millinery houses. Mr. George Sharrard, who is attend ing the University of Kansas at Law rence, is visiting his sister, Mrs. Ar thur S. Kane. Mrs. Kane is also en tertaining today her brother and sister, Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Sharrard, of Meri den. Mr. Sharrard is one of the incor porators of the new creamery company recently organized at Kansas City. Homer Offield was given a Surprise party last evening at his home on Lo gan street. Those present were: Stella Mitchell, Mary Markham, Sadie Heber, Emily -Hewitt, May McNoun, Grace Miller, Fay and Lutie Brill and Miss Summers, Herman and Ed Buech ner, Tom and Walter Summers, Ken neth Clark, Will Buechner, Charlie Sandmeyer. Oran Layton, Robert Mc Mahan, Leslie Hamilton, and David Bergundthal. There Is no better medicine for the bab ies than Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. Its pleasant taste and prompt and effec tual cures make it a favorite with moth ers and small children. It quickly cures their coughs and colds, preventing pneu monia or other serious consequences. It also cures croup und has been used in tens of thousands of cases without a sin gle failure so far as we have been able to learn. It not only cures croup, but when given as soon as the croupy cough appears, will prevent the attack. In cases of whooping cough it liquifies the tough mucus, making it easier to expectorate, and lessens the severity and frequency of the paroxysms of coughing, thus depriv ing that disease of all dangerous conse quences. For sale by all druggists. WKWI AXD MISCELLANEOUS ADS. ANN OTJNCEMENTa I AM A CANDIDATE FOR COUNTY superintendent, subject to the Repub lican primary election, to be held on April 14, 1900. S. F. WRIGHT. I HEREBY ANNOUNCE MYSELF AS A candidate for the office of county super intendent of public instruction, subject to the Republican primaries, Saturday, April 14. F. E. KCTZ. I AM A CANDIDATE FOR COUNTY superintendent of public instruction, subject to the Republican primaries, to be held April 14, 19ju. WILL VANORSDOL. I AM A CANDIDATE FOR THE OF fice of county attorney of Shawnee county, subject to the Republican pri maries, to be held April 14, lHOO. CHAS. F. SPENCER. I HEREBY ANNOUNCE MYSELF AS A candidate for representative for the 37th district, comprising the Sixth ward of Topeka, and all the townships in the county, exclusive of Tecumseh and Oak land precinct. JOHN B. SIMS. I AM A CANDIDATE FOREPRRSEN tative In the 38th district, comprising the First and Second wards. Oakland and Te cumseh townships, subject to the Repub lican primaries to be held April 14. H. C. SAFFORD. M. SNATTINGER 13 A CANDIDATE for councilman from the Third ward, subject to the Republican city primaries, February 24, 1900. I AM A CANDIDATE FOR BOARD OF education, subject to nomination at Re publican primaries in the Fourth ward. A. A RODGEKS. JOHN C. TULLOCH IS A CANDIDATE for, councilman from the Sixth ward, subject to the Republican city primaries, February 24, 1900. C. H. SAMPSON IS A CANDIDATE FOR councilman from the Fourth ward, sub ject to the Republican city primaries, February 24, 1900. I AM A CANDIDATE FOR THE OF fice of county attorney of Shawnee county, subject to the Republican pri mary, April 14th. GALEN NICHOLS. I ANNOUNCE MYSELF AS A CANDI date for county commissioner of the city district, composed of the Second. Third and Fourth wards, subject to Republican primaries.. C. V. WOLF. I AM A CANDIDATE FOR PROBATE judge, subject to the Republican pri mary election, to be held on April 14. 1900. W. E. FAG AN. I AM A CANDIDATE FOR THE OF fiee of state senator, subject to the Re publican primaries, to be held April 14, 1900. JNO. T. CHANEY. I ANNOUNCE MYSELF AS A CANDI date for the office of probate judge of Shawnee county. Kansas, subject to the Republican primaries. L. S. DOLMAN. THOMAS F. DORAN IS A CANDIDATE for county attorney, subject, to the Re publican primaries. I ANNOUNCE MYSELF AS A CANDI date for the office of representative of the Thirty-eighth district, comprising the First and Second wards of Topeka. the town of Oakland and the township of .Te cumseh, Shawnee county, Kansas, sub ject to the Republican primaries. ALVIN J. DODGE. I HEREBY ANNOUNCE MYSELF A3 A candidate for county commissioner of the city district, composed of the Second, Third and Fourth wards, subject to R.e publicaa primaries. J. M. MILLER. SILAS RAIN, candidate for office- of county commissioner for the cltv district (Second, Third and Fourth wards). Sub ject to nomination by the Republican pri mary election. I HEREBY ANNOUNCE MYSELF A candidate for the office of probata judge of Shawnee county, Kansas, subject to the Republican primary, when held this spring. H. J. BEVELLE. WANTED HELP. WANTED By young man in school, work for room within half mile of Capi tol building. Address C. W., care Jour nal. WANTED Position by experienced sten ographer. Will work for $3.00 per week and privilege of doing outside work not conflicting with regular duties. Address J. L., care Journal. WANTED Position as housekeeper in widower's family. Call at 120 West 6th. Mrs. A Brooke. WANTED A position by a young ladv stenographer or office work. Address M. M. Journal office. WANTED Thoroughly competent widow. With VOUniT rihft HirMi nncitiAn a a housekeeper In or out of city. Object good home more than wages. Address idow," Journal office. WANTED Work by 'a boy. Address 702 -1 -.CJ-.3 t- OCVTI1L11 HI. W ANTED Position as nurse girl or to assist with houseworks. Call or address 341 Shawnee avenue, Potwin. WANTED Position by experienced black smith, general work.' Address care T. M. Ward, 817 N. Kansas ave. WANTED PEMAIE HELP. WANTED Reliable white girl for general housework. 407 Greenwood ave. WANTED 3 intelligent ladies to canvass pleasant and profitable business. Sal ary, $50 per month. Address S., care Journal. V ANTED Ladies or gentlemen to assist in selling the Perfected Oxygener King. Call at room 2, Columbian building, from 2 to 4 p. m., or write to Oxygener. Co., To peka, Kan. WANTED MALE HELP. WANTED Men who are out of work to call and see us. Domestic Mercantile Co., 216 East Fifth st. WANTED Men to learn barber trade. Only eight weeks required. Special of fer now for graduates to work for us. 500 positions open; new field: can earn tuition by bringing four students. Our catalogue explaining special offer mailed free. Moler college, S, Louis, Mo. WANTED AGENTS. AGENTS "Life of Moody," by Dr. Chap man, sells like wild fire. We guarantee $5 a day and send outfit absolutely free on request. J. L. Nichols Co., Naper ville. 111. WANTED MISCELLANEOUS. WANTED To rent two rooms, furnished for light house keeping. State location and price. Address D. W., Topeka Busi ness college. WANTED A lady wants to do sewing in exchange for board and music lessons. Address J. T., care Journal. WANTED Kansas reports, standard texts, in good condition. C. W. Davis, 622 Van Buren st. WANTED Horses to winter.best of stab ling and care. H. W. McAfee. 616 Kan. avenue. FOB, S.ALE MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE Calf, fourth house west of Hayes' Greenhouse. FOR SALE-Cheap 1 pair horses, Huck ster wagon, harness, chicken coops, egg case, for $ro.no cash. Inquire at Calvin's barn, North Topeka. FOR SALF Part Jersey cow and calf. 413 Taylor st. FOR SALE Four-year-old bay mare, 222 Buchanan st. FOR SALE Household goods at 400 Western ave. Call mornings this week. FOR SALE Rubber-tired buggy, good as new; also driving horses cheap. 732 Kansas ave. FOR KENT OOKS. FOR RENT Three furnished rooms for light housekeeping. 835 Topeka avenue. FOR RENT Furnished rooms, modern conveniences. 207 East Tenth st. FOR RENT Furnished room with board, modern. No. 520 Harrison st. FOB, BENT HOUSES FOR RENT 706 Madison St., house and barn. F. E. Watson, Thompson block. FOR RENT Six room cottage, barn, cis tern, well. 924 North Van Buren key at 1302 Logan street. FOB SALE-REAL ESTATE. FOR SALE Seven room, 2 story house, 2 lots. 20x160 good barn, cistern, well, nice shade: price $1.4u0.00. Inquire at property, 1318 West Sixteenth street. FOR SALE 7 room house, 2 lots, cheap if taken before March 1st. 829 Tyler st. Call in afternoons. FOR SALE OR RENT Farm of 160 acres, near town. For terms apply to M., Dut ton house, for few days. FOB EXCHANGE. FOR SALE OR TRADE Good 7-year-old Jack. 523 Western ave. JLSTANDFOUND LOST Watch fob with 14 small sterling silver hearts and one large one, on Kan sas avenue, between Seventh and Eighth, Return for reward to 457 Sumner avenue, Oakland. LOST On Kansas avenue, between the City Hand laundry and Ninth St., a pair of gloves with fur tops. Finder please return to secretary of state's office and receive reward. MISCELLANEOUS. FOR RENT Small farm, two miles from city; house, barn and well. Dr. Ly man, 705 Kansas ave, STALLS IN GOOD BARN FOR RENT at 421 Quincy street.. DOCTORS, HEALERS, OSTEOPATHS persecuted for curing. Graduates pro tected. People's Institute, Chicago. R-I-P-A-N-S. 10 for S cents at druggists. They banish pain and prolong life. Ons gives relief. No matter what's the matter one will do you good. JSTOjRAGE TOPEKA STORAGE AND WAREHOUSE Co. aeks and ships household goods. Tel. 186. C. D. Skinner. 123 East Sixth st. WATCHES cleaned. 76c; clocks, 50c; main springs, 75c: crystals, 10c. Cash paid for old gold or silver. All work guaranteed. Old jewelry exchanged for new. If hard up, see Uncle Sam, 612 Kansas avenue. JUEGAI (First published In the Topeka State Jour nal February 22, 1900.) NOTICE. At a meeting of the cltv council of To peka, held February 20, 1900, the following was .adopted bv the mayor and council of the city of Topeka: Resolved, That in order to promote the health, comfort and welfare of the city of Topeka and its inhabitants, it is here by declared to be necessary to grade, curb with Colorado sandstone and pave with vitiified brick on sand foundation, 45 feet wide, Topeka avenue between the south line of Fourteenth street and the south city limits, in the city o' Topeka. C. H. NETTELS. I hereby certify that the above is a true copy of the original resolution now on file in my office. In Witness Whereof. I have hereunto set my hand and official seal this 21st day of February, 1900, at Topeka. Kansas. (Seal.) J. H. SQUIRES. City Clerk. (First published in the Topeka State Jour nal February 22, 1900.) NOTICE. At- a meeting of the city council of To peka, held February 20, 1900. the following was adopted bv the mayor and council of the city of Topeka: Resolved. That in order to promote the health, comfort and welfare of the city of Topeka and its inhabitants, It is here by declared to be necessary to grade, curb with Colorado sandstone curbing and pave with Capital City vitrified brick on sand foundation, fifty feet wide, To peka avenue between 2nd and 3rd streets in the city of Topeka, C. H. NETTELS. I hereby certify that the above is a true copy of the original resolution now on file in my office. In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and official seal this 21st day of February, 1900, at Topeka. Kansas. (Seal.) "J. H. SQUIRES. City Clerk. (First published in the Topeka State Jour nal February 22, 1900.) NOTICE. At a meeting of the citr council of To peka, held February 20. 1900, the following was adopted by the mavor and council men of the city of Topeka. Resolved, by the Mayor and Council men of the City of Topeka, That in or der to promote the health, comfort and welfare of the city of Topeka and its inhabitants, it is hereby declared to be necessary to grade, curb with Fort Scott blue sandstone curbing and to pave with vitrified brick on sand foundation thirty feet wide. Eleventh street, from the west line of Harrison street to the east line of Topeka avenue in the citv of Topeka. C. H. NETTELS. I hereby certify that the above is a true copy of the original resolution now on file in my office. In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and official seal this 21st day of February, 1900, at Topeka, Kansas. (Seal.) J. U. SQUIRES. City Clerk. ATTOBNEYS-AT-LAW. MILTON BROWN, lawyer. Practice in all state and federal courts. Suite 41, Craw ford bldg. Topeka, Kan. STAMPS, SEALS AND 8TENCILS. THE J. C. DARLING CO., 734 KAN. AV. High Grade Rubber Stamps :prornpt work, low price. Catalogue free. Phone 292. PAVING. THE OFFICE of the Capital City Vitrified Brick and Paving Co., has been removed to 118 West Eighth street. MONEY. MONEY 6 per cent loans on real estate, cash on hand. Can renew your loan on short notice. Manspeaker Henderson, 704 Kansas avenue, Topeka. WANTED Farm loans In eastern Kan sas and western Missouri, $500 and up- GEO. M. NOBLE A CO.. Crawford building, Topeka, Kan. LOANS, on pianos, typewriters, bicycles, guns, watches, diamonds and any per sonal property. L. Biscoe, 23 Kansas ave. CLAIRVOYANT. MRS. WILLETT. 120 W. 6th st,. the won derful trance medium, can be consulted on all affairs of life. She gives advice on business changes, travels, lawsuits, in vestments, love, marriage divorces, ab sent friends, wills, deeds, family or money matters, reunites the separated, causes speedv marriages. Readings 50 cents and up. Hours 10 a. m. to 8 p. m. LIFE INSURANCE. LIFE INSURANCE POLICIES BOUGHT for cash or loaned on. A. F. Sherman, Crawford building. EDUCATIONAL. FRENCH AND GERMAN Taught either in class or private, terms reasonable. Mrs. Hannah Kihlberg, 316 Harrison st. SPECIALISTS. DR. C. H. GUIBOR, Diseases of the Nose. Throat and Lungs. 7u6 Kansas avenue. JSjrEj3PATHIST STEPHEN C. WOODHULL. Osteopath ist. Hours: 9-12; 2-4; Thurs., 9-12. 627 Ks. Av. TO WHOM IT MAY CONCEBN. NOTICE To Whom It May Concern Be it known that my petition is on file in the office of the probate court of Shaw nee county, Kansas, asking for a permit to sell Intoxicating liquors at 226. Kansas avenue, in the Second ward, in the .city of Topeka, Kansas, and the hearing of the same is set for Thursday, March 15, 1900, at 9:00 a. m. CHAS. W. KOHL. Topeka, Kansas, February 15, 1900. nurses MRS. EMILY TURNER, Ladies' Certifi cated Nurse. 1028 Quincy st. N. Topeka. HAIR GOODS. SWITCHES, CHAINS, Face treatments. Shampooing and hair dryed by hot air. Mrs. Hattie Van Vleck, 220, East Fifth st. FLORISTS. MRS. J. R. HAGUE, Florist, successor to R. J. Groves, 817 Kansas ave. Phone 602. CUT FLOWERS and floral designs at Hayes'. 107 West Eighth st. 'Phone 589. BICYCLES. U. S. CYCLE CO.. 118 E. 8th st. National and Union bicycles. Sundries, repairs. TOPEKA CYCLE CO., 112 W. 8th St. Bicycles and sundries: bicycles and tan dems for rent; repairing of all kinds. JEWELERS. JAMES B. HAYDEN. Jeweler and Opti cian. Complete stoclc of watches, dia monds, silverware, etc.. Eyes examined and spectacles properly fitted. .BANE STATEMENTS. KEP0R1 OF THE CONDITIO!! or THIS Central National Bank Of Topeka, Kan., at the Close of Business February 13th, 1900, as called for by the Comptroller of the Currency: KESOUKCE3. Loans and discounts $572,871 70 tjverdrafts. 69 08 U. 8. bonds to secure circulation (0,000 00 Freinimnoa U.S. Bonds. 500 uo Stocks, eecurlties, etc.... 96,245 43 Kurmture and fixtures... 4.500 00 Real estate 2,625 On Internal reveBuetimps. 1,320 0 Due from Natloual banks $14.79179 Due from, state banks... 25.418 sa Due from approved re serve agents 198,483 10 Cheeks and other cash Items 9,4TB 03 Exchange for clearing house 1S.748 77 Bills of other National banks 77,778 00 Nickels and pennies 734 47 Specie: Gold and airrer.. sraj-j 50 Legal tender notes 20,009 00 450,647 28 Redemption fund with V. a. treasurer ,250 03 Total $1,181,028 46 LIABILITIES. Capital stock paid In $250,000 01 Surplus fund 15,000 00 Undivided profits less ex penses and taxes paid. 4,805 56 National banknotes out standing 45,000 09 Due, to other National banks $25,557 13 Due to state banks '9,381 40 Individual deposits sub ject to check 772,936 $5 Demand certificates of deposit 13.515 49 Cashier's checks out. 25,272 60 $866,662 90 Total $1,181,028 46 State of Kansas, Shawnee Co.. ss. I, Edwin Knewles. cashier of tne aboye named Bank, do solemnly swear that the above statement is true according to the best of my knowledge and belief. EDWIN KNOWLES, Cashier. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 17th day of February, lyjo. SealJ GEO. B. MANNING, Notary Publics. (Commission expires September 13, 1901.) Correct Attest: F. M. BON'EBRAKB, CHAS. J. DKV1.JK, A, 8. Johnson. Directors. OFFICIAL STATEMENT OF THE FIN ANCIAL CONDITION OF The State Savings Bank, TOPEKA, KANSAS, At its office at Topeka, state of Kansas, at the close of business on the 13th day of February, 1900. RESOURCES. Collateral loans and discounts. 42,944.19 First mortgage loans on real es tate 62.092.97 Furniture and fixtures 2,3' K). 00 Expense account 623.83 United States bonds on hand 29,950.00 Topeka City and other bonds and warrants 38,198.42 Cash and sight exchange, legal reserve 74. 531. 71 Interest paid -1.042.99 Total .T25L614.U LIABILITIES. Capital stock paid in 2j.0fl0.00 Surplus fund 300.00 Undivided profits 1.3X3.88 Interest 1.271.79 Dividend declared but not paid.. 6.00 Individual deposits 114.256.91 County deposit 24.S44.39 Time deposits b4 551.16 Total $251,614.11 State of Kansas, County of Shawnee, ss. I, Wm. Macferran, cashier of said bank, do solemnly swear that the above state ment is true; that said bank has no lia bilities, and is not Indorser on any note or obligation other than shown in the above statement, to the best of my knowledge and belief. 60 help me God. WM. MACFERRAN. Cashier. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 21st day of February. 1900. CHARLES S. ELLIOTT. (Seal) Notary Public. (Commission expires on the 25th day of February, 1902.) Correct attest: E. WILDER, SN. P. GARRITSON, THOS. PAGE, Directors. To John W. Breidenthal, Bank Commis sioner, Topeka, Kansas. STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION of the Merchants National Bank of Topeka, Kansas, at the close of business February 13th, 1900. 11ESOCKCE3. Loans and discounts on personal and collateral security $410,234.9 Overdrafts, secured' and unsecured... 15,393.73 V. S. bonds to secure circulation 109.oii0.00 Other stock and bond sou hand 10,234.46 Fnrnlture and fixtures f 4,000.00 Due from approved reserve agents $294,241.94 Due from national banks, banks not reserve agents, 40,563.85 Bills of other natonal banks 9.800.03 Cold and silver coin 6,223.00 Fractional currency, nick els and cents 271.70 Kevenue stamps 1,225.00 Legal tender notes 21,509.00 Exchange for clearing house S.812. 40 377.646.89 liedemptlon fund with U. S. Ireasurer 4.50O.O0 Iremiums of U. S. bonds..'. 11,528.66 Keal estate 2,633.47 $936,3(15. 24 LIABILITIES. Capital stock paid in $100,000.00 Undivided profits, less expenses and taxes paid 4,440.07 National bauk notes outstanding 90.lio0.00 Individual deposits subject tocheck $720,789.88 Demand certificates of de posit 12,855.56 Certified checks 2,541.05 ashler's checks. 1,262.84 Due to other national banns 202.11 Due to state banks and bankers 4,214.23741,865.17 $936,306.24 State of Kansas, Shawnee countys. ss: I. F. W. Freeman, cashier of the above named bank, do solemnly swear that the above statement is ttae to the best of ny knowledge and belief. F. W. FREEMAN. Cashier. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 19th day of February, A D.-1900. (Seal) L. C. BRONRON. Notary Public. My commission expires September 20th, 1903. Correct Attest: W. W. MANSPEAKER. 'V. A. L THOMPSON. CHAS. BLOOD SMITH. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEONS. LA?DRrMDV' OFFICE and residence corner Gordon St., and Central ave.. North Topeka. 'Phone 214. Uses the Brinkerhoff system vZ rectal treatment, a successful and painless treat ment for piles, fistula. Uahure. ulceration, etc. IDA C. BARNES. M. D. Office 732 Kansas ave." Residence Thir teenth and Clay. Office hours: 9 a. m.. to 11 a. m., and 3 p. m., to S p. m. Telephone 638 residence and 16 office. F. H. MARTIN. M. D., 1 404 KANSAS avenue, over Wallace's drug store. Phones: 476, residence. 635 office. DR. EVA HARDING, Homeopathist, 629 Kansas ave. Telephone 402. 8 E. SHELDON. M. T. Surgerv and diseases of women, with private hospital. Office No. 720 Kan. ave.

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8 TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL., THURSDAY" EVENING, FEBRUARY 22, 1900. Sun FiriHTTfiW poor not suit It's the articles agfe. of M I t4uU0ytofeaBili Roasted A Point to Remember The principal reason for the rapid growth of our Prescription Business is the fact of our using nothing but the purest drugs and most skilled labor, and insisting on the strictest adherence to our motto Positively Xo Substitution. If you see our name on any thing, you will know it is RICiMT GEO. W. STANSFIELD, DRUGGIST, II Phone 2S9. 632 Kansas Ave. is: AGAINST SMALL POX, "CUBAN" CHICKEN POX. Or any other contagious diseases, fumigate your rooms with "Silver Leaf" VINEGAR. The only Pure Article on the market. Keep a bowl full in every room, or, better still, set a dish of it on the-stove and heat it up. For sale by the following grocers: Star Grocery. Exchange Grocery. Dibble Grocery Co. Hanlev Bros. J. F. Gliek. C. W. Thompson. Geo. Lepper. J. C. Dolman. Granteer Oberley. M. S. Burgess. Monarch Gro. Co. D. J. Dickenson. Geo. Mee'ns. W. L. Osborn. F. E. Jordan.. Sam. Rice. A. Sheetz. Hanley Bros." Grifiing Fritton. Berry Bros. Fitzgerald Lannan- R- H. Bartlett. Wm. Green Sons (both stores). 1 Best Dining Car Service. Cn!) Depot Id Chicago on theElevated Loop. Br. Lyon's PERFECT if i Goiii rmm AN ELEGANT TOILET LUXURY Used by people of refinement for over a quarter of a century. Pure, Healthy, Fragrant. The unnatural c3or from perspiration and all other impurities are sneeailv nn,l completely removed and the entire body given a pure, healthy, fragrant tone by the daily use. m toilet and bath, of WOODBURY'S Facial Soap and WOOD BURY'S Facial Cream. WE'LL DO YOUR HAULING RIGHT. Topeka Transfer Co. 509 Kansas Avenue. Office Tel. S30. House TeL 395. F. P. BACON. Proprietor. WBEE ME ABO0T 8TOBAGE. sxr Don't imagine you're too rich or too to use Arbuckles' Coffee. You're The famous brand is blended the taste of the many not the Its price is made to suit the purses finest flavored coffee any coffee of its kind in the world. The unique process of preserving its flavor through an air-tight coating of nutritious substances explains its unusual goodness. The large buying and selling of Arbuckles' Coffee explains its low price. The many you obtain free with Arbuckles' j- to clinch its popularity. Try a pack- Never mind the low price. Judge its goodness aside from its price. ARBUCKLE BROS., Notion Dept. New York City, CAPTURED EIGHT PHIZES. "Hands Up" a Fox Terrier Proves a "Winner at Gotham Bench Show. New York, Feb. 22. An Immense crowd thronged Madison Square Gar den at the dog show throughout the day and evening. The sensation of the day was the awarding of eight prizes to one dog.the wire-haired fox terrier. Hands Up, a son of Champion O'Gobang, This dap per little animal is only 17 months old and today was his first appearance in the show ring. He won the novice and the limit classes first. In the open class he met Champion Thornlield Knock-out and Limefield Rhoderick and beat them. He won in the ring for winners only. He is owned by R. F. Mayben, of New York. Frank Jay Oould fared badly again. Champion Marvelcroft, one of his costly St. Bernards, won a blue tie on Tuesday and entered in the winners class today. She was beaten by the shapely Lady Kryn Mawr. Clarence H. Mackay carried off three blue ribbons with his pointers. Richard Croker. Jr., won with "Fire Chief" and "Yorkrille Belle" in several bull terrier classes today and also with "Petera morse," an imposing and offensive looking bull dog. CHINAMAN MADE LL. D. The University of Pennsylvania Honors Chinese Minister. Philadelphia, Feb. 22. The exercises attending the dedication of the new law school of the University of Pennsylva nia were continued today at the Acad emy of Music in conjunction with the regular Washington's birthday cere monies of the university. The principal guest of honor and orator of the day was Wu Ting Fang, the Chinese minis ter who was on the programme to de liver an address on the "Proper rela tions of the United States to the Or ient." The exercises opened with prayer by Bishop Ossi W'hitaker. The degree of doctor of, laws was then conferred on the following by Provost C. C. Harri son: Prof. James Barr Ames, dean of th? law school of Harvard University: Ger ald Brown Finch, A. M., University of Cambridge; Sir Charles A. Roe, A. M., University of Oxford: Senior Associate Justice John Marshall Harlan of- the supreme court of the United States; Oscar Strauss, United States minister to Turkey. Wu Ting Fang, Chinese minister and orator of the day and President Porfirio Diaz, president of Mexico. President Diaz was represent ed by the Mexican ambassador to the United States, Senor Manuel De Azpi roz. COMING DRAMATIC EVENTS. The treat of the season in the comic opera line will be the engagement of Francis Wilson and his celebrated com pany at the Crawford theater Saturday night. This will be the first visit of this strong organization to Topeka at least, within late years. The famous opera of "Ermine" will be given, and Mr. Wilson will appear in the peculiar and eccentric character of "Cadeaux." It is in this role that he sings the fa mous "Dickey Bird Song." The support of the star this season is stronger than ever before. It includes Miss Pauline Hall, Miss Lulu Glaser, Miss Jepnie Wethersby and others almost as well known. Proseprity has followed Stuart Rob son's peregrinations in the comedy field for a good many years, but it remained for the 19th century to cover him with the roses of absolute success which has come in the shape of Augustus Thomas' latest effort at playwriting entitled "Ol iver Goldsmith" and written around the life of that famous Irish poet. Nobody living and playing comedy brings such depths of intellectual grace, so much soft persuasive wit and mental grasp of character as Stuart Robson. To him the stage owes some of the most dash ing, brilliant and imperishable acting the English speaking public has on rec ord, and today his repartee is as cun ningly put and his imagination as pur suant and sympathetic as when he captured us years ago with his smart, rakish captain in "Black Eyed Susan." Therefore i was meet and proper that in the twilight of his magnificent ca reer he should score in what is now conceded to be the greatest comedy suc cess since the days of Sheridan. Mr. Robson will be at the Crawford theater next Tuesday night. The sale of seats is now open. "Black Crook, Jr.," will be at the Crawford theater tonight. Scenic and mechanical effects are announced as a feature of the performance. Gone to the Exposition. New York. Feb. 22. Among the passen gers on the steamship La Touraine, which departs today was Arthur Valois. of New York, United States commissioner to the Paris exposition. a W. S. Phtlpot. Albany, Ga., savs. "De Witts' Little Early Risers did rrie more good than any pills I ever took." The famous little rills for constipation, bil iousness and liver and bowel troubles. V.i-.i. iv in- a ITS I I 1 I- H to few. of all. of x N. Y. MEET WITH THE PRESS. Gov. Roosevelt, T. B. Reed and Other Notables Dined by Newspaper Men. New York, Feb. 22. The New York Press club held its annual dinner last night at Delmonico's. About 200 per sons were present. Among the guests of honor were Governor Roosevelt, Archbishop Corrigan, General Miles, i nomas B. Reed and General Merritt. The death of Benjamin Wood, a mem ber of the invitation committee, cast a gloom over the festivities. General Miles responded t6 the toast "The Press." Congressman John T. Shafroth of Colorado spoke on "The War in South Africa." "I believe It is time," he said, "that some nation of the world should arise in the dignity of asking those warring countries to stop the slaughter now go ing on. Great Britain has no more right to control the internal interests of South Africa than it has of con trolling ours." Governor Roosevelt said he had learned from long experience that it pays to take reporters into one's con fidence. He said a public man must have courasre to deal with the "ma chine" on the one hand and the man with the small brain on the other. Making reference to the public criti cism of his conference with Senator Piatt, the governor said: "I will con fer with anyone I may please and with as many as I please. But after it is all over I will act on my own best judgment." THE FILIPINO COUNTRY. Prof. "Worcester Gives His Impression of Our New Possessions. Chicago, Feb. 22. A special to the Record from Madison, Wis., says: Dean C. Worcester of the Philippine commission lectured at the University of Wisconsin last night upon the Phil ippines. After describing his exper ience in his travels about the Islands, Prof. Worcester said: "Where the natives are somewhat acquainted with the whites through Spanish occupation, the rule may aptly be applied that the morality of the peo ple increases as the square of the dis tance from Spanish occupation in creases. Many of these island people have not yet arrived at the dignity of a tribal organization. This, however, applies only to the uncivilized people." In regard to slavery in Sulu, Prof. Worcester admitted that it existed to a considerable extent, but did not think absolute prohibition would remedy it. He advised that it be gradually rooted out by providing against any addition to the slave class by birth or other wise. Continuing, Prof. Worcester said: "The agriculture of the people is still in a very rude state and it is probably safe to say that there is not a single modern plow that can turn a furrow in this whole group. There is a great source of wealth there in lumber if properly developed. At present there are not over two steam saw mills in op eration. With the introduction of mod ern methods in this, as well as in sugar and tobacco culture, quick and consid erable returns may be expected. "The Filipino has many good points but has utterly no experience in the af fairs of government. Besides this, he is as a rule intensely ignorant. Self government is absolutely impossible. The only sensible course is to gradually increase theii rights and privileges." Baby "Weighed Sixteen Pounds. fFrom the Chicago Tnter-Ocenn. The largest boy ever born in Chicago, according to reports from the city health department, arrived at the home of Mr. and Mrs. M. G. MeOonnell. No. r236 Ho nore street, at 3 o'clock last Thursday morning. He weighed 16 pounds a few hours after brrth, and if present growth continues, he will be a giant before ma turity has been reached. ALASKA WORKER Gained 44 lbs. by Leaving Off Coffee and Taking Postum Food Coffee. Some people in Alaska have work to do. A widow woman, Mrs. Adda Cross ley, of Juneau, says she has been doing the cooking for eight men through the winter, and during the summer for fif teen more. She went to Alaska an in valid, and had been in poor health four or five years before going. It seems that sickness was caused and kept up by the use of coffee. When she finally discov ered the real cause, she abandoned cof fee, and finding Postum Cereal Coffee in the stores, took up its use. She saj-s: "I commenced using it once a day for two months, then twice a day. I only weighed 80 pounds when I start ed, and could hardly get up and down the stairway. After leaving off coffee and beginning the use of Postum, I took up the work for eight men. I improved steadily, and in December last weighet? 121 pounds, which is more than I have weighed for 20 years. My face is round and ruddy. Friends say if it was not for my gray hair I would pass for 30 very easily. There is no doubt that the words on the farmous trademark. 'It makes red blood,' are true." iff .rw mi' v. 1 aha '3 fa M' NETHERSOLE ARRESTED. Heleased on Parole and Gave Her Play Last Night New York, Feb. 22. On a warrant charging her with offending public decency, Olga Nethersole, the actress, was arrested this afternoon and made to appear in the Center street police court. She was paroled in the custody of her counsel and the case set for hearing Friday morning. The arrest is the culmination of the attack upon and denunciation of "Sapho," Clyde Fitch's play, now being produced by Miss Nethersole at Wal lack's theater. The play is a stage adaption of Alphonse Daudet's novel of "Sapho." The attack seems to come from all directions, the play being denounced by pulpit and press. With Miss Nethersole were arrested upon the same chargeHamiltonRevelle, her leading actor, and Marcus Mayer, her manager. A warrant was issued for the arrest of Theodore Moss, proprietor of Wallack's, but as Mr. Moss was ill, Charles Burnham, the manager of the theater, appeared in the police court in his stead as representative of the play house. The warrants for the arrest oE the four persons orinciDally concerned in the production were issued early in the J uay uy a magistrate on mtormation 01 District Attorney Gardiner, based upon the complaint of Robert Mackay, a newspaper reporter. The complaint sets forth that the play is the portrayal of the life of a lewd and dissolute woman in a way to offend public decency. District Attorney -Gardiner in his re quest that a warrant be issued, alleges that "in a dramatic performance en titled 'Sapo' indecent postures, indecent suggestive language against good morals and indecent conduct have been portrayed before public audiences." The provision under which the war rant was issued is section 3S5, subdi vision 11, of the penal code, applying to public nuisance.which is a misdemeanor and is punishable by imprisonment in the penitentiary for one year or a fine of $r,00 or both. Miss Nethersole was arersted at the Hoffman house by Inspector Thompson and taken directly to the Center street police court. She was evidently greatly womea.Dut soon overcame her nervous ness. At the dictation of her counsel she said in answer to the complaint: "I have committed no offense against the good morals or the law of this or any other country. I especially demand to know the source of this attack upon me and my proprietor. They can not have too speedy investigation." At the request of Miss Nethersole'a counsel the hearing was set for Friday morning without objection by the dis trict attorney's representatives. After this matter was settled. Chief of Police Devery stated emphatically that he would not interfere with the performance of "Sapho" until the case had come up for hearing and had been disposed of. The play was presented last night. IRON MARKET QUIET. "Weakening of Prices Shown in Past "Week's Transactions. New York, Feb. 22. Discussing1 the condition of the iron and metal trades the Iron Age today says: Aside from some sales of Bessemer pig in Pittsburg aggregating about 20,000 tons, taken by large interests, the pig iron markets are exceedingly quiet Buyers of foundry iron all over the country seem determined to await de velopments until they commit them selves further. The majority seem quite well supplied for a considerable time to come and they are willing to take their chances beyond that. Under the pressure there has been some weak ening of prices and in isolated instances large producers Have named lower fig ures, particularly for the second half. It is a fact, too, that a few consumers are beginning to. ask that deliveries be not pushed. The event of the week in steel billets has been the closing of a contract between the leading consuming interests and large steel makers involv ing about 75,000 tons of steel for early delivery. Report has it that it is merely a conversion contract. In any case it relieves the pressure which has been exerted on the market lately. The sheet consolidation under the auspices of the Moore party secures very large tonnage to the National Steel company, rising as it does above 500,000 tons annually. Practically this makes this large producer and its allied interests self-contained, the tonnage of the tin plate, hoop and steel companies being very large in the aggregate. With some rail tonnage and consider able billet tonnage in addition the com pany has its capacity fairly well en gaged. The formation of the sheet consoli dation has had an immediate effect upon prices in the central west, the territory to which the new consolida tion is practically confined, although it does not even there hold undisputed sway as yet. The plate trade continues weak. A lot of about 20,tj0 tons for the Pacific coast has been placed in Pittsburg and some figur iig is beingj done for lake shipyards. It is reported that consumers have a good deal of material still due to them on old contracts. The reports from the structural mills continues quite encouraging. Our Chi cago correspondent notes that the Chicago and isortnwestern railroad has placed on order for 5,600 tons of bridgework with an eastern concern. Car builders are still coming into tne market for material and have lately nlac ed some notably good orders for axles and special forgfngs. The rail trade is quiet, only small lots of light rails being placed with foreign Duyers. News from the other side continues en couraging. English furnacemen have late ly taKen orders tor pig iron lor liermany for 1W1 delivery at uresent prices.1 Copper has quieted down. Quite recent ly sa.ies nave been made in England at Detter prices than can De oDtalned here, when only a few months since lake cop per was sold in Germany at considerable below our parity. The London tin speculators have given the spot market another twist. The spelter market is developing more and more weakness, due largely to the fact that the demand from galvanizers is disappointingly light. The tin plate trade is reported to be in excellent condition. One by one the Idle plants are resuming work. JULIA DENT GRANT ILL. "Wife of Prince Cantacuzeno Afflicted With Fever in St. Petersburg. New York, Feb. 22, Princess Can tacuzene, who was Julia Dent Grant, granddaughter of General L. 8. Grant, is ill with typhoid fe'ver in St. Peters burg, Russia. Her mother, the wife of General Frederick Dent Grant, now in the Phil ippines, Eailed hurriedly on the Ameri can liner St. Louis yesterday. She hopes to reach the bedside of her daughter within ten days. She took with her an American train ed nurse. Mrs. Grant, the princess' mother, has been livine in Washington. Ten days ago Mrs. Grant received a cablegram from Prince Cantacuzene in St. Petersburg, saying that the princess was slightly ill, but that no fears need be entertained. Early yesterday morning came a ca blegram to Washington which said that the sickness had developed into un doubted typhoid fever and quoted the r iniMF sr

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