The Topeka State Journal (Topeka, Kansas)
February 28, 1900

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J 1 LA5TV EDITION. WEDNESDAY EVENING, TOPEKA, KANSAS, FEBRUAliY 28, 1900. WEDNESDAY EVENING, TWO CENTS. J ONE FOR BULLER. Reports That He Has Captured a Stron sr Position After Crossing the Tugela Hirer Twice. TOOK SIXTY PRISONERS Has Turned Enemy's Left "to a Certain Extent." Thinks There Are Still a tiood Many Hoers Left. London, Feb. 28. The war office has received the following dispatch from Hen. Buller: Headquarters, Hlandwi, Feb. 2S. 5 a. m. Finding thai the passage of J.antf watchs Spruit was commanded by HtroiiK intrenchments, I reeonnoitered for another passage of the Tugela. One was found for me below the cataract by "ol. Sandbach, Koyal Engineers, on February 25. We commenced making an approach thereto, and on February finding that I could make the passage practicable, I crossed the guns and bag gage back to the south side of the Tugela, took up the pontoon bridge on Monday night and relaid it at the new Hite. which is just below the present mai'ked cataract. luring all this time the troops had been scattered, crouching under hastily constructed small stone shelters and exposed to a gallir.g shell and i i He fire, and throughout they maintained the most excellent spirits. Tuesday Gen. Barton with two battalions of the Sixth brigade am the Dublin Fusiliers crept about a mile and a half down the banks of the river, and ascended an almost perp ndicular cliff of about 500 feet, as saulted and carried the top of Pieters tiill. This hill to a certain extent turned the enemy's left ajid the fourth brigade under Col. Norcott and the Eleventh brigade. Col. Kitchener commanding the whole under command of ien. War ren, assailed the enemy's position, which was magnificently carried by the South Lancashire regiment about sunset. We took about sixty prisoners and scatter ed the enemy in all direc tions. TheVe seems to be still a considerable body of them left on and under liulwana moun tain. Our losses I hope are not large. They certainly are much less than they "would have been were it not for the ad mirable manner in which the artillery was served, especially the guns manned by the Koyal naval force and the Natal naval volunteers. BEFORE THE SURRENDER. Belated Details of the Fighting at Paardeberg. Paardebersr. Monday, Feb. 26 (delayed in transmissioni. On this, the eighth day of Oen. Cronje's resistance. Gen. Smith-Dorrien has worked up the river bed to within 200 yards of the lioer laager, squeezing the enemy into a more confined space. The slay of the British here has not been in any way due to Gen. Cronje, but in order to get supplies and rest the troops, which had become absolutely necessary. Now there are daily ar rivals of large convoys, allowing full rations to the men. which had at best been in! ermittent during the last three days. A heavy rain has caused great discomfort to the British, but greater to the Boers, and cold winds have killed many sick animals. Bast night the river rose and brought down a yreat number of dead Boer horses. When the history of Lord Roberts' movement is written it will be found that the marching power and magnifi cent endurance of the British soldier is as great as ever. The march itself as Keen on the map would be nothing very marvelous, but it must be remembered that the whole original plan of march was changed when Gen. Cronje made bis magnificent night trek on the 15th. The whole army swung to the left in hot pursuit. Some of the regiments marched 27 miles in 24 hours, outstrip ping the transport supplies and living tor days on almost quarter rations. Yet the fatigue and incessant hardship were borne with wonderful cheerful ness. There has been a drenching rain for the last three days, the men lying fully exposed to the rain and the sub sequent cold winds, all of which proved the admirable pluck and endurance of the men. Bvery day, owing to the enormous extent of the British line, news is brought of some little action which had passed unnoticed in the excitement of den. Cronje's investment. list Mon day night a brilliant piece of work was performed by the Gloucester's. During the afternoon they approached a kopje containing a body of Boers. They "wailed till nightfall, when 120 men charged the kopje with the bayonet and drove off the enemy with loss, bayonet ing several of them. The positions ta ken however were evacuated during the night. Last night the rattle of musketry showed that the Boers had discovered our nightly rush forward in the river bed. which they have been able to stop. Yesterday they were shelled intermit tently. The Boers possess two Vickers Iaxim guns, two Impounders, and are supposed to possess a big gun. all of hich appear to be sedulously hidden. The war balloon is doing good work. CRONJK SAVED HIS BIG GFNS. London. Feb. 28. The war expert of the Morning Leader writes: "Four thousand Boers and five 13 pound guns. "On one sjde three and a half divis ions and a enormous increasing force with a mass of heavy artillery. Yet the Boers have kept up their contest for more than a week after Gen. Kelly Kenny caught them and after General French headed them off their line of re treat. "Many of Cronje's men have got away and they have saved all their ar tillery. Whither they have gone does not yet appear.Those heavy guns which used to make Methuen grind his teeth in impotence, have disappeared. Where are they now? "Why, of course, on the way to Bloem fontein. "The fact that one-third of the pris oners are Free Staters does not induce confidence that Gen. French will be able to spare many of his mounted troops for the relief of Mafeking. "It would not be surprising if word riad already gone ordering Command ant Shyman to concentrate back of Pre toria, or rather to Klarksdorf and Prot chefstroon districts. For Colonels iiaden-Powell and Plumer, when they join forces, can threaten the Rand and the capital from the rear. "I take it for granted that General French and the greater part of his cav alry are on their way to Bloemfontein. I cannot imagine anything so suicidal as that the Boers would mass at the capital of the Free State. "Ladysmith has not yet been relieved and the .very latest news last night is far from meeting what we would wish. "Are the Boers presumably retiring being reinforced? "Are they actually to outflank us? "The very brevity of the news com pels us to believe its truth and makes us very uneasy. "It is likely enough that, if the enemy has got away his big guns, he has also sent' back to the next front the men who were engaged in removing the guns. "If Gen. Joubert. too, can deliver what an American general might call 'a mule's kick,' Joubert will not only get away easily, but will give us some trou ble before he clears the passes." The military expert of the Morning Post says: "The surrender of Cronje is the first complete victory the British have won in this campaign. "We do not yet know the size of the force that has been destroyed. "Lord Roberts announces he has 4,000 prisoners and has taken six guns. "After the battle of Magersfontein, Cronje's force was estimated at not less than 12,000 men. "So at least half his force and most of, his guns including the larger ones disappeared before his retreat." A. MINIATURE SEDAN. London, Feb. 2K. Spencer Wilkerson reviewing the military situation in the light of Gen. Cronje's capitulation says this morning: "On a moderate estimate one-tenth of the Boer army has been taken on ac count of capture of Cronje. The battle of Paardeberg is a miniature Sedan. "Tomorrow the whole of Lord Rob erts' army, sy 45,000 men will be ready for a fresh advance, if indeed the start be not made today. The objective must be the next Boer army of importance, which is in Natal. The next move there fore, with a view of drawing the Boer at my from Natal, implies an advance on Bloemfontein or some point on the railway between Bloemfontein and Wineberg which would sever the con nection between the Boers in Natal and those south of the Orange river. "If the Boers make a stand west of Bloemfontein, so much the better. With 45,000 men Lord Roberts may well be able to envelop and destroy a respect able force there. "The effect of the Paardeberg victory will probably be a movement northward of the Boer forces south of Orange river. In Natal the effect will be moral rather than strategical. The effect of elation on one side and of depression on the other wiil be equal for the moment to the addition of a brigade to General Buller's forces. "The Boers in Natal have to face a crisis. If they sent troops to the Free State they will sacrifice the whole result of the long campaign before Ladysmith. Not to send them will be to render pro bable a second and still more important victory by Lord Roberts a, few days hence." THE FIGHT AT RAILWAY HILL. New York. Feb. 2S. But for the sur render of Gen. Cronje, which over shadowed the news from Natal, Eng land would be shuddering over the British reverses at Railway Hill, where the Inniskilling fusiliers were caught in a Boer trap and slaughtered. The London Mail's correspondent, under date of Pieters, February 24, describes the engagement: "Last night the Inniskilling fusiliers'. mixed with some of th Dublin fusiliers and the Conna light rangers, attempted to carry Railway Hill from Pieters. They were under a continuous tire, through which they passed up the heavy broken ground to the first Boer trench. Half way up the hill the Boers retreated to the crest and then came back on either flank of the Irish troops enfilading the captured trench with a savage cross as well as a direct fire. "All night and until 9 o'clock in the morning our men held the position un der a ceaseless fire and at terrible cost. At roll call only five officers and 100 men answered to their names. "Colonel Thackery and Major San ders, of the Inniskillings, Colonel Sit well, of the Dublin fusiliers. Captain Maitland. of the Second Gordons, and Colonel Thorold, of the Welsh fusiliers, were killed. Two hundred and fifty-two of the rank and file were killed or wounded. "Gen. Lyttleton's brigade relieved them at 10 o'clock this morning, when the Boer artillery pounded the troops holding the center kopjes without pause but with little effect." BULLER'S TROUBLES. London. Feb. 28. A dispatch to the Daily Mail, from Pietermaritzburg, dated Monday, describes at consider able length the "enormous difficulties of General Buller's task," and says: "The real advance began last Wed nesday. The stupendous nature of the task was only understood when, being on the spot. one was able to realize what it means to hurl infantry at positions aligned in every direction with care fully prepared trenchesand with breast works defended by practically invisible ritiemen. armed with the most deadly rapid firing weapons and aided by quick firing guns which put all but our cannon of the largest calibre into the shade." Commenting upon Friday's fighting the Daily Mail's correspondent says: "As it would have been madness to seek an outlet from the amphitheater of hills by way of Groblers Kloof, on the left, a route had to be found on the right, and at 2 p. tn. on Friday amid the incessant crackling of rifle fire and the roar of cannon, the Irish brigade was distributed along the river to take Railway hill on the other side of Pie ters station. "This hill is commanding enough to insure our final advance, providing we could hold it securely and could mount eannor on it. From Ondorbrook Spruit railway bridge the track runs olong the Tugela and it was perilously open to the Boer marksmen disposed on the kopjes back from the river, and, after passing Pieters station many men would be bound to be hit. "Beyond the station the line passes over another small bridge crossing a deep donga, and it was in the approach to this bridge and onward to the base of Railway hill that the greatest danger from enforced exposure existed. It was necessary to cross by the bridge at the mouth of Donga, which besides be ing difficult of access ran into the Tugela. The path between the railway and the river was almost always in full view of the enemy. "Every man of the Irish brigade had therefore to run the gauntlet of Boer marksmen and numbers dropped on fhe bridge where the Boers' bullets fell dangerously thick, until the bridge was sandbagged and only one man allowed on it at a time. "Very soon fifty men were put out of action in the race from the bridge to the rendezvous and several men from (Continued on Seventh Page.) 20 HOURS OF SNOW Unprecedented Storm Ends at 31idnight Tuesday. Nearly Two Feet of Snow On the Level. ARE SO STREET CARS. City Lines Still Tied Up at Noon Today. Railroads Escape Blockades by Use of Snow Plows. Storm Extended Over Eight Western and Middle States. Tuesday's snow was the heaviest that has fallen in Kansas for years. It av eraged about two feet in depth. The snow commenced falling Tues day morning about 4 o'clock and with but little abatement continued steadily until midnight, a period of twenty hours. The snow is damp enough to pack solid. The wind was light during the day and the snow did not drift badly. The western part of he state seems to have suffered the most for the Santa Fe trains which were to have left Dodge City last night were blockaded there until 7 o'clock this morning and were reported several hours late in Topeka. The St. Joe train on the Rock Island was four hours late and the Kansas City train lost an hum. The early morning Union Pacific trains from the west were from an hour to two hours late. The Missouri Pacific train due from Fort Scott at 5 o'clock suffered the worst, and arrived here at 12:30, seven and a half hours late. Today's trains going north are on time, but the south bound trains are two and a half hours late. STORM STORIES. Some of the Happenings of a Night Battling With the Snow. There are many fresh blots on the book of the recording angel and the list of persons eligible for membership in the St. Ananias club has grown. Both the blots and the list were caused by the snow. The blots on account of the awful things that people said and the eligible candidates on account of the Munchausen stories told about previous snow storms. The street car line, excepting one tiack on Kansas avenue, was entirely blocked early in the afternoon. Cars managed to push out to the ends of the line but could not get back. The snow drifted around them and they were de serted. Two cars on Sixth avenue west and one on East Sixth avenue, more on Twelfth street and other suburban lines were snowed under. One car was snowbound in Oakland. The crew tele phoned in for instructions and were told to leave their car and come home. They refused to desert their posts and re mained there all night in preference to walking five miles to town. They bor rowed coal and some quilts and made a night of it, and still no one will call them heroes for "staying by the ship." "It is an ill wind that blows nobody good," and while business in general was suspended it was a harvest for others. Tile man who sits in front of the Indicator at the A. D. T. office was al most driven distracted. From 5 o'clock until midnight the bell went "ding ding"and the indicator pointed to "cab" about three times a minute. Every boy in the office had orders to find hacks. The hackmen were busy. Call after call was made for hacks until it became necessary to give out numbers and have the people take their turns. Those who pulled the little boxes and turned the arrow round to "cab" became desperate. They turned it to cab, policeman, ex press wagon, messenger and all and got nothing until their turn came. Anybody who dares quote that famil iar line about "The snow, the beautiful snow" is liable to immediate arrest. The order has been issued and the fine for saying "how's this for snow?" has been placed at $7. But despite the inconven ience some people took it good natured ly. In one restaurant the snow packed so deep on the skylight that a glass was broken and the water spattered down like a rain storm. The hole in the sky light was directly over a table. When the other tables and the counter had been filled by hungry people who dared not brave the elements and go home, a party of eight A. O. U. W. men filed in and before the waiters could warn them they sat down at the ill fated table. The water dripped down with setady cadence. They looked up. A big drop hit one right in the eye. He was equal to the emergency. He grabbed an umbrella, raised it over his head and continued his meal. The rest followed suit and eight meals disappeared under eight umbrellas. Of course the center of the table was unprotected and the water from the umbrellas dripped onto the ta ble cloth and into the sugar bow! but who cares for small inconveniences of that kind when hunger is to be appeas ed. The meal was finished with more fun to the square inch than a party of school girls could have had on a. fishing trip. The real fun came when the stores and offices closed at 6 o'clock. The clerks and salesmen rushed out to find the street car tracks blocked, the snow 15 inches deep and home perhaps 12 blocks away. But they were full of resources. One young man, who volunteered to pi lot a half, dozen young ladies home, bought a snow shovel and instead of spreading his coat for them to tramp upon he shoveled paths through the deepest drifts and won their heartfelt gratitude for life. They all agreed in their minds to knit him a pair of red slippers for Easter. The maddest man was the one who decided last summer to try a cozy home in Oakland away from the din of the city. He talked bad talk as he tramped that three miles through the snow and saw only a layer of pure white where the car track was sup posed to be. He was warm. Rather hot under the collar and wifey probably suffered and the steak was pobably on ly half cooked when he reached home but he had provocation enough for a few lapses from church rules. The man at the transfer station had a set of stereotyped answers. "No, the line is blocked. Transfers for Quinton Heights? Yes. but you can't use them until tomorrow. Is the line blocked? Well No. No cars to Oakland. If you want to swear please step in the coal shed." But he tried to pacify the people and the people felt- like annihilating him. But it wasn't his fault. Girls from a dry goods store stood in the doorway and decided to make a rush for it. "One, two, three!" They started. The last one slipped when she reached the snowy sidewalk and fell in a drift of snow. The rest kept on their mad race. The one in the snow yelled and begged them to stop, but they heard her not. Finally they missed her, and went back and pulled her out of the snow drift. A man living in the west part of town got out a 'pair of old snowshoes he used in the White mountains before he came west. He had not used them for years, and his wife had them hung up on the wall to use as photograph holders. But the pictures were unceremoniously con signed to the floor, and the ham-like webs were strapped to his feet and he sallied forth. He had somewhat for gotten the art, and the first thing he did was to land in a snow drift head first with his snowshoes badly tangled. His wife swept a path from the door to where he lay and extricated him, and after a few trials the lost art came back to him and he was the envied of all as he skated along on top of the snow. Everybody felt the effects of the storm. Messenger boys had to abandon their wheels and plod along in drifts half as high as they. The policemen looked into the alleys where the snow had net been broken and wondered how they would wade through in the dark in specting back doors. They turned away with a leaden feeling about their hearts. The hackmen were jubilant. The livery men smiled. The multitude had to get home. They had a corner on convey ances. Long before dark every hack and vehicle that could navigate was pressed into service. Those who were going to the theater and were late in ordering their carriages found them selves facing a long walk or triple prices. The trains were two and a halt hours late, and the "Oliver Goldsmith" company was late in arriving. The mail carriers bemoaned their fate, but they struggled through the drifts and mail was delivered. The shoe stores did a rushing busi ness. High top boots of any descrip tion were in demand and leggins went like hot cakes. The hotels, already crowded by visiting Workmen, were be sieged by business men who thought it better to remain down town than to go home. As the hotels were full they had to hunt other quarters. One mer chant stayed in his store all night, sleeping on a pile of blankets. An en terprising proprietor of a billiard hall hung out a sign that "billiard table berths" could be had for 50 cents a night. The man who had been in Klondike discarded his overcoat, lit a fresh cigar and sallied forth. He told the people he met, "This is simply grand; just like old times." But he was scorned. The man who had "sold" a few wheat margins waiting for a fall in price was jubilant. The snow would be so good for winter wheat. It would grow so luxuriantly that he would win. He was suddenly rich. But no richer in reality than the boys who applied for jobs shoveling snow. They set their price, and they received it. There was a jam when the theaters closed. The audience went bravely forth until the last door was reached, and then stood and railed at the snow. The hackmen were calling their num bers. The owners of carriages were calling their drivers. At least a hun dred vehicles were trying to get up to the entrance at the same time. The people behind wanted to escape and pushed the unfortunates on and forced them into the snow, where they stood like a flock of dazed sheep. Some had to walk home and took the center of the street. The car tracks made the best plodding, and people and carriages both took the center of the street. Some of the snow had been cleared from the tracks and great drifts were left on each side. The hackmen stuck to the tracks and forced pedestrians out into the drifts. There are several scores to be settled. Early this morning the street force went to work clearing the streets and crossings, but they will be able to make but little headway. The street car conductors and motorneers were armed with shovels and sent out to dig out the snowbound cars. The livery men and hackmen made regular trips between the resident districts and up town. There is a scarcity of milk. The country roads are unbroken and the milkmen snowbound. A few managed to reach town about noon, but con densed milk has been at a premium. PASSENGERS SNOWBOUND. Rock Island Travellers Sent to To peka in Omnibuses. The Rock Island west bound train due to arrive in Topeka at 8:05 p. m. Tuesday became stalled a little way from the "Y" and the passengers came on to Topeka in omnibuses. The train had three engines attached and was running about four hours late. When it was found that they would experience difficulty in finishing the run to Topeka a brakeman was sent to Shorey with instructions to telegraph to Topeka for a couple of omnibuses. Two omnibuses were sent out. each hauled by four horses, and as many passengers, with as much baggage as could be strapped on. started to make the return trip to Topeka. Progress was very slow owing to the depth of the snow. Stops for the horses to rest were necessary every five min utes. They finally arrived in the city at about two o'clock, very tired and very sleepy, and glad enough that the trip was over. The passengers report that the weather north of here has been very much worse than it has been here. A mantle of snow covers everything around the yards and shops of the San ta Fe railway in TopeKa. Old railway men say that this has been the worst storm of its kind for over twenty-years. It is almost impossible to move any of the cars standing on the switches. The snow drifted in the central area at the round house from eight to ten feet deep. A force of about fifty men was put. to work early this morning to clear this space so as to get engines out. All the switch engines at work in the yards were double-neaded and the reg ular force was supplemented by all the available engines as fast as crews could be found for them. The three snow plows kept at Topeka were in use nearly all of last night and today clearing the lines east and west. All trains from the east are on time. It has been almost impossible to get any of the local freight trains through for the reason that all the motive power is reeded on the passenger and stock trains. Three passenger trains which were snow-bound at Dodge City for ten hours left there this morning at seven o'clock. It is expected that the line west from Topeka wiil be cleared and regular traffic may be resumed by to night. Santa Fe switch engine No. 2311 in charge of Engineer Wm. Wilson ran off the tr-k this morning while en deavoring to clean a stretch of track. (Continued on Seventh Page.) CHANGE IS Amendment to Porto Rican Tar iff Bill Adopted. Reducing Rate of Duty From 25 to 15 Per Cent. IS OX ITS PASSAGE. Final Tote on the Measure at 3 O'clock. Opponents Continue Fighting to the Last. Washington, Feb. 2S. The last day of the struggle over the Porto Rico tariff bill in the house opened at 11 o'clock with almost every member in his seat and a large attendance in the galleries. The leaders on both sides were actively engaged in rallying their forces and making computations upon the final vote which is to be taken under the or der at 3 o'clock. Mr. Underwood of Ala bama, thg Democratic whip said the re sult would be very close and turn upon the vote of two or three men on the Democratic side. Mr. Tawney, the Re publican whip said the bill would have votes to spare. He said the main dan ger lay in the motion to recommit. Immediately after the reading of the journal the clerk began reading the bill for amendment under the five minute rule. When the third section was reach ed Mr. Payne, the chairman of the ways and means committee offered the fol lowing substitute for that section: Section 3 That on and after the pas sage of this. act. all merchandise com ing into the United States from Porto Rico from the United States shall be entered at the several ports of entry upon payment of 15 per cent of the du ties which are required to be levied, col lected and paid upon like articles of merchandise imported from foreign countries and in addition thereto, upon articles of merchandise of Porto Rican manufacture coming into the United States and withdrawn for consumption or sale upon payment of a tax equal to the internal revenue tax imposed in the United States upon the like articles of merchandise of domestic manufacture: such tax to be paid by internal revenue stamps or stamps to be purchased and provided by the commissioner of inter nal revenue and to be procured from the collector of internal revenue at the most convenient point to the port of entry of said merchandise in the United States and to be affixed under such reg ulations as the commissioner of inter nal revenue with the approval of the secretary of the treasury shall pre scribe: and on all articles of merchan dise of United States manufacture com ing into Porto Rico in addition to the duty above provided in payment of a tax equal in rate and amount to the in ternal revenue tax imposed in Porto Rico upon like articles of Porto Rican manufacture. Mr. Payne explained that the substi tute did two things it reduced the duty from 25 to 15 per cent, and it also re moved some confusion regarding double taxation. Mr. Payne said he still ad hered to the opinion that 25 per cent would be better than 15 per cent be cause it would raise more revenue but 15 per cent was better than nothing. In answer to a question as to how much the bill as amended would raise, Mr. Payne said the estimate for the origi nal bill was $1,700,000. If that estimate was correct the amended bill would raise about $1,250,000 per annum. Mr. Payne took occasion to reprove some of his critics who had complained that he had given no explanation of his change of front. His speech and his report, he said, gave a full expla nation. He had believed in free trade with Porto Rico at one time, but sub sequent information had convinced him that the duty proposed by the pending bill should be imposed. Mr. Berry (Ky.) said the amendment proposed petty instead of grand larceny of the people of Porto Rico. He ridi culed the laborious debate through which the house had passed over the question of what the United States meant under the constitution. If this country had been called "Columbia" in stead of the "United States," 1.20 pages of the Congressional Record could have been eliminated. No one would have had the hardihood to contend then that the constitution did not extend over every foot of soil. The bill was opposed in short speeches by Mr. De Armond (Mo.), Mr. Fitzger ald (Mass.). and Mr. Otoe (Va and de fended by Mr. Grow (Pa Mr. Graff (111 Sir. Rromwell (Ohio), who had hitherto opposed the measure, and Mr. Grosvenor (Ohio). The Payne amendment was adopted without division. STORM CONTINUES. Chicago Harbor is Completely Blockaded. Chicago, Feb. 28. Reports received at the various railroad offices in this city show that the storm continues with unabated fury throughout the west and south. The snow in many places in Illinois is reported from one to two feet deep on the level and has compelled the abandonment of many local freight trains. Passenger trains have been "double-headed" and are moving, though in most cases considerably be hind schedule time. High winds ac companying the storm nave completely blockaded the harbor of Chicago and not a steamer has attempted to leave here today. Hundreds of tons of ice are piled around the cribs but no ser ious result on the water supply is an ticipated 'as large forces of men are at work keeping the intakes clear. Keokuk. Ia.. Feb. 2. Fourteen inches of snow has fallen since last night and business is paralyzed. All passenger trains are belated and freights are abandoned. Nashville, Tenn., Feb. 2S. The storm which was central in southwest Texas yesterday morning has moved slowly to the northeastward and is now central over the Mississippi valley near Memphis. Along its tracks have oc curred heavy rains and high winds. South of Meridian heavy rains are re ported extending to the coast The high wind has done some damage to the tel egraph wires in the country districts. Although there is some apprehension for the safety of shipping, no damage has yet been reported. SUBSCRIPTIONS ROLLING IN. Cominsr From All Parts of the United States Ordering the State Journal For the 3Ionth of March. It will be less than two weeks un til Mr. E. W. Howe's copyrighted ar ticles of Lay Sermons will appear in the Topeka State Journal. Each day the mails are bringing in increased subscription orders and the circulation of this paper for the month of March will be very large. Adver tisers should take advantage of the op portunity to get in with some good big space. Neither the subscription nor advertising rates will be advanced for that month. Tou can send the Journal for thirty calendar days for thirty cents. No sub scription taken fotless than thirty days. Get your orders in as early as possible. After "Howe week" the Journal will print extracts from the leading papers of the country commenting on the Lay Sermons, TWO WERE KILLED. Bad Wreck on the Missouri Pacific East of Kansas City. Kansas City. Feb. 28. Death in its most horrible form came to two passen gers on the Missouri Pacific train No. 1. the St. Louis day express due to ar rive in Kansas City at 5:45 p. m. About six o'clock this train was crash ed into from the rear by passenger train No. 5 from St. Louis, the collision oc curring twelve miles east of Kansas City at Elm Park, a small summer sta tion. The rear coach of the forward train was a parlor car through from St. Louis to Kansas City. The engine. No. 268. of train No. 5, going at the rate of 35 miles an hour, plowed its way into this car, splitting it completely, the two sides of the car being completely sep arated and being heaped on the engine. Almost immediately after the collision fire broke out in the wreck, adding its frightful horror to the scene. The par lor car was completely destroyed. As if the picture was not sufficiently frightful, one young woman was pinned in the top of the wreck, and, although heroic efforts were made to save her, she had to be abandoned to her fate on account of the terrific heat, and in a few minutes the flames reached her, and she was burned with the wreck. Her agonized shrieks for help .chilled the spectators' hearts with horror. Before the flames touched her. she was either dead or unconscious from pain, and was probably spared the agony of death by the Are. She was apparently 25 years old, handsomely dressed, although in very quiet colors. She boarded the train at St. Louis; and told another woman passenger she expected to meet a rela tive at the depot in Kansas City. The other instant death in the wreck was that of Mrs. J. O. Schmitlapp, of Cincinnati, who had been crushed by the engine against a mass of furniture that had been jammed up in one end of the car. Her body was rescued from the advancing llames with great diffi culty and when laid upon the ground she was dead. KILLED. MRS. J. G. SCHMITLAPP, Cincin nati. UNKNOWN YOUNG WOMAN.board ed train at St. Louis. INJURED. Miss Emma Schmitlapp. Cincinnati, O., both arms broken, internal injuries from inhaling steam; will probably die. J. G. Schmitlapp, Cincinnati, arm broken, head crushed; will recover. Mrs. J. Valke, Cincinnati, both arms broken, internal injuries; may die. W. R. Vaughan, Cincinnati, right arm crushed to a jelly and badly bruised shroulder. Frank McAfee, brakeman, St. Louis, right leg broken, head crushed and right hand badly cut by glass. L. F. Sheldon, Sedalia, slightly in jured. The dead and injured were brought to this city four hours'after the wreck oc curred and placed in hospitals. Mrs. Sehindlopp's body was taken to the morgue. Of the injured this morning all save Miss Schindlopp are reported improving while it is stated she cannot live. The body of the unknown woman is still in the wreck of the engine and parlor car. The railroad officials are se verely censured for the delay in getting a relief train to the scene, but they claim that the blinding snow storm and the position of a freight train on the track made it impossible lor them to reach the wreck sooner. The blame for the wreck is attached to no one. It is conceded that the storm had rendered conditions such that the wreck could riot have been forestalled Dr. William Rosenthal, of New York city who was on the forward car of the wrecked train, rendered heroic work in alleviating teh injured. Vaughn, the Cincinnati newspaper man whose arm was crushed and who was pinioned for some time under a window frame displayed great nerve in waiting to be extricated. GIRLS SNOWBOUND., Employes at Woolen Mill Side Home in Coal Wagon. It looked for a while yesterday after noon as if the 13 girls who are employed in the wooi'jn mill and live in town would have to camp in the mill during the night. The Oakland cars stopped running early in the afternoon and when all hopes of getting the line open were abandoned the girls gave up hope of spending the night at home. A soli tary wagon loaded with coal arrived at the mil! late in the afternoon. The girls saw their chance and formed a Coxey army for the purpose of captur ing the wagon and riding back to town. The driver surrendered unconditionally. Boards were placed across the top of the wagon and in a mixture of coal dust and falling snow the girls escaped to town. The schools are effected by the sus pension of traffic, and wBile all the city schools are open the attendance is small, and at the high school the ab sence of scholars is particularly notice able. COL. HUTTMANN BEAD. Ex-Deputy Revenue Collector Passes Away at Wichita. Wichita, Feb. 28. Col. W. E. Hutt mann, deputy internal revenue collector under Cleveland, died here this morn ing of paralysis. RIDDLE REPLIES. War of Words Between Polit ical Chairmen Continues. Populist Leader Ileplies to Re publican Chief. MODERN PRIZE FIGHT. It Is Sometimes Called Long Distance Talking Match. Why Two Parties Will Not Meet in Debate. The plan for a joint campaign first sug gested by a challenge from the Populi.stHi to the Republicans will fail because therti aeems to be no disposition on the part of the two state committees to fret to gether. The Republican committee first declined to accept the challenge as tirst made by the Populists, and wanted it af ter the state conventions. Chairman Ai baugh wrote a caustic letter to the chair man, Taylor Riddle, who today replied to Alba ugh as fo!toj; "I am in receipt of a cm mimical inn from you, replying to one addressed to the 'Manners of the Republican Party of Kansas,' by the- undersigned, in which a. challenge was made tor a joint chbatev on certain questions bet ween t he repre sentatives of the two parties. The debate to be held within sixty days from January 4. the date of my former letter, but you ignore that provision of the challenge and hold -tut mat your 'statesmen and orators' may be able to meet representatives o the People's Party later in the year. "I rea lize that you were not ready to give a decisive reply to our challenge, be cause you had not had sufficient time to consult the bosses of your pn rt y. "The bosses of the Republican partv al ways decide these mailers in executive session. I was a member of the Repub lican party for nineteen year, and t know what I am talking about. The morj secluded the place, the darker the room, the better for formulating "ideas' and pro mulgating the preat 'principles nnon which the Republican campaigns In Kan sas are fought. "'After you have consulted, in executive session, the lats, a nd the Cys. and t h Franks and the Georges, and a few other towering intellects who promulgate tho 'ideas' and formulate the 'principles upon which the Republican campaign in Kan sa are conducted, it may he that vou can state definitely the intention of these managers concerning the challenge to de bate. As one of the little i-oterie who meet in the Blossom House for counsel and comfort. I can understand your de sire for delay in this matter of debate. "From all accounts you hae been ex ceedingly busy down tn the Seventh con gressional district trying to stem the tide against boss rule a nd machine met hods, and while thus en gaged the newspapers of the state tell ws of ot her trials a nd struggles in another corner of the state where one of your managers .appears to have had a little more than he could look after. "In addition to all these worries find vexations, your business down at Km poria recently seems to be of a press ing' nam re. and taking all these things into consideration, I haven't much ho j its that you really intend to accept the chal lenge. "The truth is. that the Republican party of Kansas enters the approaching cam paign with fear and trembling. It dare not defend t he in tarn jus currency bill soon to be enacted into law. The great, masses of the people are not in favor of placing the money of the country in th hands of banks, and that is what the gold .standard currency will do. This act of the present congress and president will be fitly denominated as the Crime of UJifi, and when the people of Kansas speak at t he polls they will record I heir votes; against the party that foisted this in famy upon the countr "Your spell-binders who would not rec ognize a patriotic idea if they should meet one in the public hiehw;iy, may claim a monopoly on patriotism, wrap the Mag about them and howl. "Who darn to haul it down,' but the fact remains that the national administration stands for the same principle, in its Philippine policy that Kngland stood f r w hen t h British government forced upon our col onies a war of greed a nd cimq lies in the approaching campaign your states men must face this question. "The Dec.la ration of I ndpendeneo and the constitution, to a Raker or a Burton or a ("rum or a Stanley, may be obsolete, but with the honest citizen of Kan-as they are regarded as the foundation stout of liberty and justice. "And while t hose, your ora tors and oracles are defending the pol icy of t hn national administration in the Philip pines, will they also defend t he war of greet! and plunder now bei ng waged a gainst the industrial ba nd of Oerman farmers in the tiout h African republic? Such course would be entirely consistent with the policy of the administration at Washington." SURE TO PASS. .Washington. Feb. 2S. The substi tute for the Porto Rican bill and the proposition to recommit were both defeated. This insures the pas-saga o the bill. WILL FIX DATES. Populists and Democrats to Confer About Ntato Conventions. The executive committee of tht Popu list state central committee will meet in Topeka Saturday to fix the dates for the state conventions of that party. The committee 'wiil meet with thR Democratic state central committee in an effort to have I'm- Democrat fix for their state convention the same date the Fopuiifct? will designate. It is said the Democrats want to hold their convention in Topeka and that they want the Populists to hansre their convention from 'Fort Scott to Topeka. The Populists want the Democrats t'" pro to Fort cott, but the Democrats ri-i riot want to take their com cm ion to that part of the Ftate. They want to tro to a town which can accommodate them. CRAPE TORN DOWN. Wiiicb, Was Put on Kentucky Capitol For Goebel. Frankfort, Ky Feb. 28. Unknown persons last niirht stripped the state capitol building of the emblems cf mourning with which the front of the building was draped on account of the late Democratic Governor Goebel. The soldiers were on duty during the nijrnt. Capt. Cochran.. who Is in charge, will hold a court of inquiry today. Weather Indications. Chicago, Feb. 28.--For Kansas: Fair tonight and Thursday; warmer Thurs dav and in west portion tonieht; winds shifting to southerly Thursa.

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2 TOPEKA-STATE JOUBNAL, "WEDXESDAT EVENING, FEBRUARY 2S. 1900. The British Doctors Cure Piles of Forty Years' Standing Without the Knife. w tit i Abilene, Feb. 12, 1900. Dear Dr. McCully: When the Kansas boys came home last fall 1 visited the offices of the Brit ish Medical Institute to consult you. I had for 40 years had piles and falling out, or mersion of the bowels, and dur ing all those long years of misery and pain and bleeding had failed to obtain any cure. How many times I failed to obtain relief and how much money I expended I can not tell. You did not cut me; you did not lay me up in bed. You sent me home with some medicine and in two months, thank God, I was well. Tours faithfully, JOHN WECKEL. John Weckel's case was remarkable! For 40 years every day iiis bowel fell down and out. He had been repeatedly told the knife was the only cure; he tame to Topeka. was treated only once, and Is now entirely cured. "We most solemnly aver there is no case of Piles we can not cure. We cure all forms of Rectal diseases. All forms of chronic bladder trouble. Anemia of the blood, specific blood diseases. WE GUARAN TKK TO Cl'RK EVERY CASE OF PKIN DISEASE AVE UNDERTAKE. Catarrh of nose, of head, of throat, of stomach, of bowels, of lungs, of liver, of bludder, of kidneys. We cure cancer by plaster. We cure tumors without cutting:. "We correct deformities of the feet, legs and spine. "We cure Lumbago. Sciatica, Lame Hack. Rheumatism. We cure Consump tion in the iirst stages. We radically cure Kupture without the knife. Every case is taken under contract guarantee. Dr. S. Edward McCully. the chief consulting surgeon of the Institute, is in personal charge. Office hours 9 a. m. to S p. m. No Sunday hours! Urinary analysis $1.00; physicians quantitative analysis $3.00. All letters must have stamps for reply. CONSULTATION FREE. 4f3 Topeka Avenue. manger Of contracting Sickness, if you use That'5 the kind fur nished by the M&WatorGo. Telephone 122. 625 Quiacy Street. Wood, Coal, Charcoal, mating Telephone 530 Kaczynski. Fourth and Jackson. WE'LL DO YOUR FULLING RIGHT. Topeka Transfer Go. 509 Kansas Avenue. Office Tel. 320. House Tel. 395. F. P, BACON, Proprietor. ty-SEE ME ABOUT STORAGE. Rest and Health to Mother and Child MRS. WINSLOW'S SOOTHING SYRUP has been used for over FIFTY YEARS BY MILLIONS OF MOTHERS for their CHILDREN W HILE TEETHING, with PERFECT SUCCESS. It SOOTHES the CHILD. SOFTENS the GUMS, ALLAYS all PAIN, Cl'ItES WIND COLIC and U the best remedy for DIARRHOEA. Sola by Druggists in every part of the world. He sure to ask for '"Mrs. "vvinslow's Sooth ing Syrup" and take no other kind. Twenty-five cents a bottle. Diptheria relieved In twenty minutes. Almost miraculous. Dr. Thomas' Eclec ti'ic OU. At any drug store. TT ITh NO Pure Mater SPORTING NEWS, Choynski Fought Walcott With a Broken llib. A Plausible Explanation of a One Sided Bout. HUNGRY FOli RECEIPTS The Californian Knew He Should Not Have Gone On But an Offer of 7 5 Percent of the Purse Settled It. Chicago, Feb. 28. Joe Choynski re turned to Chicago last night and brought affidavits to show that he was not fit to go into the ring with Joe Walcott at New York last Friday night. The evidence is strongly in favor of the Californian and is largely indis putable. Shortly after he arrived here Choyn ski was examined and one of his lower ribs found to be broken, as reported in New York dispatches. The pugilist had statements from a New York phy sician and the trainc-r of the gymna sium where he worked to show that the rib was fractured before the fight with Walcott. Choynski also shows a con tract signed with George Considine of the Broadway Athletic club agreeing to pay Choynski 75 per cent, of the purse, win or lose. This, Choynski as serts, was given after he had refused to go into the ring because of his con dition, and the only reason that he ac cepted was for the money- considera tion. Choynski Is crestfallen over the re sult of his fight with the Barbadoes negro, and blames himself for being urged into the contest by the New York promoters." He claims the guarantee of three-fourths of the purse shows con clusively that the Broadway club was forced to extremities in order to get him to fight. He intended, when he en tered the ring, to fight one round and then make a statement to the public of his condition. On this proposition he asked the managers to declare all bets off, and Choynski claims they agreed to do so. After he had entered the ring and donned the gloves they declined to say anything about bets, and he had either to fight or make an inglorious retreat. As a result Tom O'Rourke and some of his followers won several good bets. Choynski'B story of the fight is that Walcott made a feint for the body and in his anxiety to protect his rib. which pained him severely, the Californian brought down his guard, and imme diately received a blow on the jaw. After that blow Choynski says he knew nothing, and was surprised when the fight was stopped to find he had gone seven rounds. He claims he was never cognizant of having struck a blow dur ing the battle. The rib, to which Choynski lays his defeat, was broken by a fall before he met Maher, but he was ignorant of the fact beyond the knowledge of severe pains in his side, which he thought was due to a bad cold. When he began training for Walcott the rib became so painful to him that he laid the case before George Considine. Choynski intends to take a rest until he has fully recovered. He shows the marks of his fight with Walcott in the shape of two black eyes and a cut on his face. The loss of the fight will pre vent his making several good matches which he had in view, notably one with Bob Fitzslmmons. IS JEFFRIES STALE? George Considine and Jim Corbett Both Think So. Philadelphia, Feb. 28. Among the New Yorkers who came over to the so cial session of the local lodge of Eagles today was George Considine, manager of the Broadway Athletic club of New York, where Joe Walcott gave Joe Choynski such a drubbing last Friday night. Regarding the stories of the forcing of Choynski to fight by a lot of gamb lers. Considine denied the stories abso lutely. "The conditions of the match," said the manager of the Broadway club, "were these: Choynski was to receive 75 per cent of one-half of the receipts if he won and 50 per cent of one-half if he lost. He was afraid of his chances with Walcott and before the fight told me that he would not go on." Mr. Considine was asked as to the condition of Jim Corbett, and he said that he never was in better condition since he has known him. "Jim has been training for over a month, and he is now as fit to fight as he ever was. In that month's work his weight has gone up from 194 to 196 pounds, and his strength has greatly increased. So great is his confidence in his ability to defeat Jeffries that he urged me to make the match winner take all." The stories of Jeffries having blood disorder were brought up and Mr. Con sidine said: "That's a matter I don't care to talk much about, but the night that Jeffries fought Sharkey the big Californian's skin had anything but a healthy look, and those who saw him in the ring could draw their own con clusions. Corbett thinks Jeffries has gone back and does not hesitate to say so." JOHN Zj. IN OPERA. Nothing Light and Airy But Some thing in a Variety "Way. New York, Feb. 28. John L. Sullivan has designs on the vaudeville stage, and, fired with noble aspirations to de vote the remainder of his life to his "art," declares that he will "butt in" to variety and -ariously "make good." He said today that he had not yet fully made up his mind, but said: "You can gamble that it will be nothin' bum. I've been thinking of having a set of bio graph pictures faked up with a lecture, called "Scenes From the Lite of John L. Sullivan, with a Lecture by Himself.' Sufferin' Jers, if I can't draw more peo ple than these cheap soubrettes and broken down opera singers I'll get off the earth. On the level it's a good gag. I can have pictures of the husky news boy beating up a fresh guy what haa cut in on his corner, and then I can show my first appearance in a ring. From there I can go on eay. There will be lots of action." "Will you double up with any one?" he was asked. "What! Me double up? For mine, no. Slough that notion. If I took a dame out she'd say she was making the hit and get swelled on herself, and if a guy went with me I'd get something I didn't like and make things unpleasant. No, I'm going out as plain, old John L That's good enough, ain't it? John L. Sullivan, he runs for mine." "Why don't you get a retty little sketch, light and airy, for yourself?" "Stop your joshin'. Me in the light and airy? .Why these pipes of mine couldn't sing a love note if I cashed ir. for it." KISER AND COOPER Will Train Together For Their Trip Abroad. Dayton, O., Feb. 28. Earl II. Kiser, the "Pocket Hercules," stated today that he expected to leave Dayton with Tom Cooper in two weeks. It is the aim of Kiser and Cooper to team to gether, and they will stop in New York for a considerable time prior to their departure for Europe to complete their racing arrangements. They may con clude to manage their own tour. Both of these riders, who are typically repre sentative of America, will endeavor to bag all of the important purses at the big meets in France this year, and with the Paris fair as an incentive they leave this country in high hopes of realizing a fortune. Kiser was developed by Tom Eck and is acknowledged to be one of the stur diest riders in the United States. Upon his return to America he may participate in the races at Manhattan Beach. The ability of the "Pocket Her cules" became apparent in local races given tinder the auspices of the Dayton Bicycle club, of which he is still an ac tive member. The latter organization is a leading spirit in Ohio athletics. A few years ago it occupied an exclusive home on Fourth street, but the member ship became so large that more commo dious quarters were bought and a new and modern club fitted out on South Main street. It is now said to be the intention of the club to build a club house of its own as soon as the present lease expires. SALARIES OP PLATERS Cut by Brush and Preedman, Says an Eastern Journal. New York, Feb. 28. The Sun today says: Unable to frighten the Brooklyn JBaltimore baseball syndicate with threats of "throw downs" and freeze outs," the broad-minded clique that is directing the affairs of the National League has hit upon a new plan of at tack. Somebody has discovered that Willie Keeler did not sign a Brooklyn contract until last season was nearly over, and that a majority of the games played by the Superbas were illegal be cause qf the existence of the rule that no player can indulge in more than five games without signing a contract. From one of Brush's agents comes a wail that the league could justly de prive the Brooklyns of the pennant on this alleged technicality, and, although the league directors have already offi cially awarded the pennant to the champions, their action can be re scinded. As a matter of fact Keeler signed a regular contract and got his salary on the regular pay days, so such a ridiculous argument is unworthy of repetition. But it is indicative of a feel ing of jealousy that exists among the magnates who cannot have champion ball teams for the asking. It is not far out of the way to say that the cham pionship won by the Brooklyns so clev erly last year is the direct cause for some of the malignant attacks aimed at the Baltimore-Brooklyn syndicate. Freedman and Brush are persecuting players by making arbitrary use of the reserve rule. Rusie, Hartman and Joyce have returned their 1900 contracts to the New York club with the informa tion that the salaries offered were be neath their notice. As Freedman will not accede to their demands, these players must remain out of the busi ness in which they have secured a live lihood until they see fit to bow the knee. Brush is pursuing similar tactics with Hawley and Selbach. who must retire, too, unless they consent to swallow bitter medicine. New York and Cin cinnati, since their ball clubs passed into the hands of these magnates, have never cut much of a figure in the cham pionship race, and baseball critics aver that there will never be a pennant in either city until radical changes in the management of the teams are made. RYAN-ROOT MATCH. Two Thousand of the Proposed Wager Deposited. Hot Springs, Ark., Feb. 28. Tommy Ryan, in the presence of a crowd of sporting men in the Southern club, handed $1,000 today to Leo Mayer.stake holder, as first deposit of his wager of $5,000 to Dan Stuart's $3,500 that Jack Root cannot defeat the Syracusean in a glove contest. Stuart also give Mayer $1.W0. In case either refuses to make good the bet two weeks previous to the date of the battle, the man who de faults loses his forfeit. The money will remain up to May 30. In case no club offer is acceptable, then Ryan is willing to fight Root in private for the $8,500, the aggregate of the wa gers. Champion Jim Jeffries will put up half of Ryan's $5,000 wager. The fight will be for the middle-weight championship. George Siier will be accepted as ref eree by all parties interested, but there is a hitch in the arrangements for the fight. As the match will be for less than 20 rounds, the fight will not take place in Chicago, but Lou Houseman, now wants his man to weigh in at 162 pounds at 3 o'clock of the battle day. HORTON LAW REPEAL. Seems Certain That Boxing Will Be Stopped in Gotham. New York. Feb. 2S. That the Horton law will be repealed is regarded as cer tain. The opponents of the Lewis bill here and in Albany are doing a lot of talking and try to palm themselves off as prophets by wild offers to bet, but, when cornered, they always ask for from 2 to 4 to 1, and then refuse to risk more than a Bowery hat or a cut-rate suit of clothes. They claim to have inside infor mation, but Senator Tim Sullivan, the political oracle of the boxing fraternity, has practically given up all hope. For publication he declares the Lewis bill will be snowed under when it comes tip in the senate, but in heart-to-heart talks to which he is much given he admits that the jig is up and that after September 1 the boxing club promoters and their satel lites will have to move on or engage in some other business. Dry Dollar is regarded by his political associates, both Republicans and Demo cratic, as a shrewd and far-seeing man. To a friend a few days ago he sized up the Horton law question as he sees it. "We- might win this tight if we put up some money," he said, ."but what's the use? Under the Lewis bill the clubs can run until September 1. Three months af ter that another legislature meets and then the fight- -clubs are a sure to go as a nickel is good for an apple. I don't think there is any doubt but that Roose velt will be re-elected and that the next legislature w ill be overwhelmingly Re publican." ABANDONED TOURNAMENT. Miss Rose Murray Robbed of $2,000 Worth of Jewels in Chicago. Chicago, Feb. 28. Miss Rose Murray, who holds the woman's bowling cham pionship of the country, had diamonds and other jewels valued at more than $2,000 stolen last night from her apart ments. Miss Murray, with her father, came to Chicago from Toledo, O., to take part in the All-Star bowling con test, but her loss haa led her to aban don the tournament and she returned to Toledo today. Among the articles lost were a watch and chain valued at $500, a champion ship badge worth $1,000. received by Miss Murray upon receiving her title, and a diamond ring valued at $500. M'COY WAKES TTP. Wants to Fight Sharkey But Will Take on Fitz. New York, Feb. 28. In case no match is arranged between Tom Sbarkey and "Kid" McCoy, the latter is willing to accept the Fitzslmmons deft and meet him in the ring. The names of McCoy and Fitz have been coupled together several times, but this is the first time the Indianian has stated he was will ing to make a match with him. Mc Coy's forfeit of $1,000 to bind a match with Sharkey is still uncovered, and as soon as he finds out positively whether or not Sharkey will meet him he will be in a position to talk business to Fitz. "I would prefer a match with Shar key to any one else," sajd the "Kid" to day, "because he has a victory over me and I am anxious to reverse it if pos sible. I am confident I can do so if given the chance and I posted my money to show that T was in earnest. O'Rourke said he would cover the $1,000. but has not done so yet, and I would like to know if Sharkey intends to box me. If he does not I will cover Fitz simmon's forfeit and sign articles to box him. I intend to challenge the winner of the Jeffries-Corbett contest and in the meantime would like to talie on either Sharkey or Fitzslmmons. No body can accuse me of bluffing, as I al ways back up my challenges with my own money. That should prove better than anything else that I mean what I say." W ATKINS SUPPORTS JOHNSON. Club to Be Placed in Chicago, Regard less of Hart's Wishes. Indianapolis, Ind., Feb. 28. Manager WatkinSj. of. the Indianapolis baseball club, came here from Chicago today, where he held a conference with Presi dent Ban Johnson, of the American league. He says Johnson will pay no attention to the protests of President Hart against placing an American league team in Chicago, and that the St. Paul team will be transferred to that city at once and strengthened with the best material at hand. An effort will be made to arrange dates that will not conflict with home games of the National league club, but beyond this Johnson will not consider the wishes of Hart or the National league magnates. Watkins intimated today that when the national agree ment expires the American league pro poses to be in a position to divide the best territory in the country with the National league anil make a fight for it if necessary. It is believed that the Chicago club is the first move to this end. BALDWIN'S HIGH AIM. California Horseman Will Try For the Derby at Chicago. San Francisco. Feb. 28. "Lucky" Bald win, who is having a string of race horses fitted for the spring race meeting at Chi cago, will make an attempt to win the American Derbv at Washington Park. Baldwin's colors in that race will be borne by Norfurd, a son of the Emperor of Norfolk, who was once a winner of the Derby. Baldwin says his horse has all the speed of his sire, and is much sounder than the old horse ever was. The horse is in training, but no line has been given on what he can do.' It is likeiy that Bald win himself will not take an active part in racing, but the horse will bear his col ors on the track. New Orleans Races, New Orleans. Feb. 28. Favorites were in much better form and landed the money in four of the six races on the card. The feature of the day was Mitch ell's riding. He piloted four winners and one second. Bertha Nell was claimed out of the first race lv Thol Vestal at $K) and First Past, oiit of the last race. by Mrs. C. J. Fursythe at the same figure. The track was fast. Summaries: First race Selling: 7 furlongs. Tobe Paine. 11, 13 to 5. and even, won easily by a length: Bertha Nell, 9y. 12 to 1 and 5 to 1. second; Tvran, 13, 15 to 1, third. Time, 1:28. Second race Selling: 3-vear-olds; 1 mile. Grace Phillips. 102. 10 to 1 and 4 to 1, won handilv at a length: Allie Haley. 100. 6 to 1 and 2 to 1, second: Matt Simpson, 110, 8 to 1. third. Time. l:Vi. Third race Selling: l7 miles. Julius Caesar, lus, 13 to a and even, won easily by a length; Banquo II., Wis, 15 to 1 and 5 to 1, second: Pat Garrett, 100, 4 to 1, third. Time, 3:19. Fourth race Handicap: 6 furlongs. Gold Or. 94, 11 to 5 and 4 to 5. won ali out by a neck: Andes, 115, 9 to 2 and 8 to 5. sec ond Maggie Davis, 92, 4 to 1, third. Time, Fifth race Selling: 1 1-16 miles. Els more, 112, 5 to 2 and even, won easily by two and a half lengths: Northumberland, 104, 7 to 1 and 2 to 1. second; Jennie F., 107, 5 to 1. third. Time. 1-.49V4- Sixth race Selling: furlongs. Trou baline. 105. 13 to 5 and 4 to 5 won easily bv two lengths: livable. 102. 7 to 2 and fi to 5, second, Fleuron, 109, 5 to 2, third. Time, 1:21k- San Francisco Races. San Francisco, Feb. 28. Weather clear; track fast: First race 4i mile; purse. Loch Ka trine, 108, 7 to 10, won; Glenn Ann 117, 10 to 1, second; Pongo, 122, 10 to 1, third. Time, 1:16U. Second race H mile: purse: 2-year-olds. Sofala, 115, 2 to 5. won: Count Hubert, 112, 2i to 1. second: Aphrodis, 101, 40 to 1, third. Time. 0:4b. Third race Futurity course: selling. Strongoli. 114. 3 to 1, won; Almoner. 114, 6 to 1, second; Tallac, 112, 3 to 1, third. Time. 1 :11U. Fourth race 1 miles; selling. Rio Chico. 10. 2 to 1, won; Mary Kinsella. lirt. 2 to 3, second: None Such, 106, 7 to 1, third. Time. l:55Vs. Fifth race mile: purse. Vesuvian, 107, 8 to 5. won: Bessie Lee, 117, 12 to 1, second; Mortgage, 102, even, third. Time, 1:14V;. Sixth race 14 miles: selling. Toribio, 109, 2 to 1, won; Perseus, 106, 12 to 1. sec ond: Tappan, 109, 2 to 1, third. Time, 1:46V. Maher-Conroy Bout Postponed. Youngstown. O.. Feb. 28. The twenty round glove contest between Peter Ma her and "Stocking" Conroy has been oostponed to March 9. The Youngstown Athletic club was unable to get a man to take Matter's place, and his request for a postponement on account of an injury to his hand was accordingly granted. Fitz and Sharkey to Meet. New York. Feb. 2S. "Bob" Fitzslmmons and Tom Sharkey are to meet next Mon day afternoon to arrange a match. Tom O'Rourke. Sharkey's manager.- has ac cepted Fitz's challenge, and says he will agree to anything "Bob" wants, and will bet as much as he wishes at the ring side. The fight will probably take place at Coney Island, and Tim Hurst will be the referee. Signed With Princeton. New Haven, Conn.. Feb. 28. James Robinson, who trained the Yale Football Eleven last season, announced today that he had signed a contract with Princeton, Bears tia Thi Kind You Ha Alwavs Baiigfl CASTOIIIA. Bean ti Ids Kind Ysa Have Always BoiU Bean the I58 59 'Have Always Bough. KANSASJEWS. Leaven worth Labor Organiza tions Co-operate. To Build a Temple on a Wholly Unique Plan. GIVE 0E DAT'S WORK. Each Member Will Contribute of His Time. Neither the Merchants Nor City Asked to Aid. Leavenw-orth, Fib. 2S. This city is to have a labor temple to be bui't with funds which shall be contributed by the members of every labor organization in the city, each one to donate the wages, or the equivalent, of one day's labor in cash. That is the unique co-operative plan which has been adopted by the labor organizations of the city with which to construct a building in which they may meet. The plans are already well under way. A location for the site of the building has been chosen, and other plans of. raising funds than the one suggested have been formulated. It is not believed that one day's wages from every member of organized labor in the city will raise enough money to -complete the temple, but it. will bring in a goodly sum and the or ganizations expect to work together to raise the balance. One thing has been decided upon, and that is the organizations interest ed will not call upon the merchants for subscriptions or solicit any money for this fund. They hope to build the temple by their own exertions alone. Ross Perkins of Bell and Pate's, one of the moving spirits In the plan, speaking of the effort of the labor or ganizations yesterday, said: "The la bor organizations have longe wanted a building of their own and now a de termined effort will be made to build one. It is to be built wholly by the la boring people of the city and it is to be centrally located. The plan adopted is to first have each and every member of the organizations interested donate towards the fund one day's wages or its equivalent. This will raise some where in the neighborhood of $2,000, which of course is not near enough to construct the building, But we will supplement this with money raised by means of entertainments given throughout the summer. "One man has already made us an offer of a lot. It is on Shawnee street, between Sixth and Seventh, and he offers to give us one lot if we will pur chase the adjoining one. He offers the one for sale at a reasonable figure." TAKES HIS OWN LIFE. An Aged Farmer Cuts His Throat With a Pocket Knife. Moran, Feb. 28. An old man by the name of Moss committed suicide at his home five miles east of here between 3 and 4 o'clock Tuesday by sticking his pocket knife into his throat just below the larynx. He got out of bed, dressed himself and told his wife he was going out of doors, but would soon return. Failing to return, as he said he would, Mrs. Moss aroused the rest of the family.and a search was begun. He was found in a short time not far from the barn, al most lifeless. He was carried into the house, dying shortly afterwards. The family came here from Missouri only a few months ago and bought a half section of land east of town. The cause of the suicide is not definitely known. The coroner's inquest was held at noon. BISHOP MIIXSPATJGH'S VISIT. Finds Church Matters in a Flourishing Condition in Marshall County. Blue Rapids, Feb. 2S. Bishop Mills paugh has just completed his annual visit to Marshall county. He expressed pleasure at the work done in the mis sions, especially Mr. E. J. Dent's work in Irving. At that point the bishop baptised a number of children and one adult, confirmed four and received two from the Church of Rome. Mr. Dent has remodeled the chancel, added new altar hangings, a dorsal curtain, and has lamps. The church has been without lamps since the great cyclone about 20 years ago. They have a good working guild and an ambitious choir. The missions at Blue Rapids and Wa terville are doing well under Mr. Dent's charge. AN EMPORIA BAND To Play at a Manitou Resort Next Summer. Emporia, Feb. 28. The Normal Man dolin club will probably play in the Iron Springs pavilion at Manitou next sum mer. Mrs. L. L. Corbett has interested J. G. Hiestand, the manager, in the Normal boys, with the result that he will come here in a few days to hear the boys play. If they can play well enough he will engage them for the season, beginning April 1 and lasting for five months. The salary offered the boys is large enough to be good sum mer wages. The members of the club are Arthur Gledhill, John Hasse-Broek, Don Pat terson and Jesse Green. Miss Delpha Fagleberg will probably go to Mani tou es a pianist in the pavilion. A NEW SUGAR CANE. A Franklin County Man Will Plant the Louisiana Variety. Paola, Feb. 28. John Baldwin, a prominent farmer of Franklin county, was in Paola a short time between trains Wednesday on his way home from Dallas, and other points in Texas, where he had been visiting. He brought back a quantity of cotton seed and will experiment with it on his farm. He also made arrangements to have ship ped to him this spring a quantity of Louisiana sugar cane which, he will plant on his farm. This cane is different from ours in that it produces no seed. The stalk is planted "and from the joints the plant grows. It is much richer in saccharine than our northern cane and Mr. Bald win thinks it will flourish here. FOR THE FEDERAL PRISON. A Lot of Thirty-four Brought Up From the Territory. Leavenworth, Feb. 28. Another lot of thirty-four prisoners was received at the federal prison from Muscogee, In dian Territory, yesterday. There were ten white, fifteen colored and nine In dian prisoners in the lot. Of the fifteen colored prisoners, two were women, Mary Grayson, two years WONDERFUL CURES. Dr. Potter heals the sick of all diseases without the aid of drugs or knife. Pa tients treated at, a distance obtain as satisfactory results as those treated in Kan sas City. The Potter Method of Magnetic Healing has helped hundreds of sufferers to health. DP.. POTTER. President of the National School of Mag netic Healing. geon's knife. Anv one who desires can learn this noble profession; any one who learns can practice. He has abundantly proven this by the large number who have been instructed by him and who are now in active practice healing by this method. He will teach you in ten days this wonderful method through Which wealth a4 fame can be earned, either by mail or personal instructions. Illustrated Journal will be sent free of charge to anyone writing Dr. Potter, 1012 Bast Lightli Street, Kansas City, Mo. BLAERY E. GAVITT, MinaOIR. W. V. GAVITT PRINTING a PUBLISHING CO., Printing Department of W. W. Gavitt Medical Co. One of the Largest Exciuaivo Job Printing Offices In tb City. UR FACILITIES enable us to turn out work in many cases the same day received. Fire Presses, all the Latest Styles of Type, and experienced Union Labor, speak for them selves. When you are in need of anything in our line, send as samples by mail, or call us up by telephone, and our man will call on you and quote prices that's his business. We can save you money on your printing. nn j 601-603 E. Fourth St.,1 Telephone 99. j 400-403-404 Adams st! Topeka, Kans. for larceny, and Mary Snowden, who has five years to serve for assault with intent to kill. Mary Snowden is a sis ter of Littleton Snowden, who is now serving his second term in the prison. She and her brother are members of a band of cutthroats and outlaws in the Territory which the government is rap idly breaking up. Her brother has a very bad record, having been punished nine times since being in the prison. His term expires in March, this year. Major McClaughry notified the at torney general of the receipt of the women and asked to be allowed to transfer them to some other institu tion. The permission has been secured and it is probable they will be sent to Lansing, if there is room for them, if not they go to Jefferson City. The remainder of the prisoners' terms are from ten years down to one year and two months. The last sentence is for trespassing and injuring property. The crimes of the other convicts con sist of assault with Intent to kill, lar ceny, concealing stolen property, burg lary, disposing of liquor and breaking into United States postoffices and rifling the same. Norton Held Without Bail. Galena, Feb. 28. The preliminary hearing of John Norton, the slayer of Marshal Thomas of Empire City, was concluded last evenina;. Eloquent ad dresses were delivered by the attorneys from both sides, after the conclusion of which Judge Elliott bound the defend ant over to the next term of the district court, without bail, on the charge of murder in the first degree. He was taken back to Columbus last nighC after court adjourned, for fear of mob inter ference, and was brought down again this morning. Atchison Hermit Dead. Atchison, Feb. 28. Julius Neuman, who pre-empted the first quarter sec tion at the Lecompton, Kan., land office, died in Atchison yesterday, aged 73 years. He lived on the land, which ad joins the limits of Atchison, contin uously from the time he settled on it, fifty years ago, until the day of his death. He was a hermit and lived alone, never having married. He left a con siderable estate, but had no relatives in America. "Bill" Higgins as an Editor. Galena, Feb. 28. Galena is to have a new Republican daily. The first num ber will appear about March 15 and its editorial management will be under the control of William Higgins, ex-secretary of state of Kansas. George Hig gins, a brother of William, is interested in the venture, as is also M. P. Gardner, who has been in the newspaper business in Cherokee county for the past twenty years. To Enter Newspaper Work. Blua Rapids, Feb. 28. D. O. Munger, formerly owner and editor of the Blue Rapids Motor, will again enter the newspaper field. He expects to locate at Hanover, Kan., and take an active part in the campaign of 1900. Mr. Mun ger is a Democrat, and w ields a caustic pen, and while under middle age is considered one of the "old timers." A Galena Mine Sold. Galena, Feb. 28. The Pilot Mining company of this city was sold last evening to eastern parties, the consid eration being 30,000. The Pilot has been a great producer and is still valuable property that will make good money for years to come. Flour Mill For Blue Rapids. Blue Rapids, Feb. 28. The N. P. An derson Flouring Mill company are put ting in their new machinery, and ex pect to get to grinding in a few days. The new mill and elevator are built on the M. L. Duncan flour mill site, re cently burned, AUXT SUSAX'S WORK. Miss Anthony Will Undertake" to Raise a Suffrage Fund of $500,000. Washington, Feb. 28. Miss Susan B. Anthony has undertaken to raise an endowment fund for the national suf frage association, her aim being to se cure not less than SSOO.OOO to be placed in the hands of 21 trustees who shall use it as they see fit in behalf of the propaganda for equal political rights for women. Incorporation has been BREAST woman who uses Mother's Friend child-birth for it robs this ordeal of its horror and insures safety to mother and child. Our book, "Before Baby is Born, is worth its weight in gold to every woman, and will be sent free m plain envelope by Bradhvsld Regulator Company, Atlanta, Ga. Over 15.000 people have been treated the last year by Dr. Potter's Method and some wonderful cures have been effected.. The following are a few of the testi monials: Mrs. Jennie Rush of GrtnneH. Iowa. came to Dr. Potter for treatment of Lung and Heart trouble, after all other modes had failed, was cured in two weeks' time. J. R. Morris, of Kansas City, could not waik had rheumatism was eurd in a short time. 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TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL, WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 28, 1900. Liid Ft IriiOGBGDEPGt Ss a proud and peerless record. It is a record of cure, of constant con quest over obstinate His of women ills that deal out despair suffering that many women think is woman's natural heri tage; disorders and dis placements that drive out hope Lydla E. Pinkham'i Vegetable Compound cures these troubles of women, and robs men struation of its terrors. No woman need be with out the safest and surest advice, for fairs Pinkham counsels women free of charge Her address Is Lynn, FJIass Can any woman afford to Ignore the medicine and the advice that has cured a million women? MR. BRYAN AT MEMPHIS. The Nebraskan Enthusiastically "Wel comed to the Tennessee Metropolis. Memphis, Term., Feb. 2S. William J. Ilryan arrived in Memphis Tuesday and rivas given an enthusiastic reception by thousands of local and visiting ad mirers. The early morning trains on all the railroads were oaded with visitors who came to hear and see Mr. Bryan and to join in the celebration of Mardi Gras. In the morning a breakfast was tendered the Nebraskan by VV. H. Car roll and a reception was held at the 3eabody hotel in the afternoon. Last night Mr. Bryan delivered an address at the Auditorium. The huge structure nvas packed with people and many were denied admittance. in an interview Mr. Bryan was asked (what the paramount issues in the ap proaching campaign would be. He said: "Well, that depends. There are three questions before the public the money question, trusts and imperialism. Men differ as to the relative value of these questions, but the Republicans are on the defensive of all of them. Events will do much to determine which issue will exercise the most influence. For Instance, the currency bill which is now in conference has emphasized the money question, because it attempts to carry the gold standard a little far ther and to turn paper money over to national banks. Every new trust tends to emphasize the trust question. "The Boer war and the Porto Rican tariff bill are emphasizing the ques tion of imperialism. But as I said, the Hepubliean party is on the defensive on all of them, and the right will be 'made all along. All three of the ques tions are alive." "No, It is not dying out," replied Mr. Bryan, "and the editors who continue to say that it is know better. The ac tion of the Republican party in amend ing the currency bill as a last resort, to as to revive the promise of interna tional bimetallism, is a confession that the gold standard is not satisfactory, and no Republican editor can explain that amendment except by acknowledg ing that it is an attempt to thrust fraud on the American people." Another Increase Demanded. Cleveland, O.. Feb. 2S. The yardmen and trainmen of the Cleveland Terminal and Valley railway have decided to ask for an increase in wages which will jjlace them on the same footing as the name class of workmen on the remain der of the Baltimore Ohio system. They also request that they be ex empted from the Baltimore Ohio in surance feature. Oh, the Pain of Rheumatism! Rheumatism often causes the most Intense suffering. Many have for years vainly sought relief from this disabling disease, and are to-day worse off than BTer. Rheumatism is a blood disease, and Swift's Specific is the only cure, be cause it is the only remedy which can reach such deep-seated diseases. A fr -rara ao I vras taken -with inflam matory Rheumatism, wflmh fefcame so intense tbAt I was for weeks unable to walk. I tried several prominent pnysi cianp and took their treat ment faithfully, but -wa-i unable to gettheshphtest relief. In fact, my condi tion seemed to prow worse, tae disease spread over my entire body, and from November to March 1 suffered tpony. I tried many patent medicines, none relieved lne. TA VpoB the ad-rice of a Vc V friend I decided to try R. c 1 s. S. Before allowing ira a lift r? M to take It. howeTer. my guardiau. wno was a chemist, analyzed the remd, and pronounced it free from putastwr meraurr. I felt Co muirh better after tsti:i in)ttlMthit T snnilniicd the remedy, and In rwo montna I was cured completely, the cun was permanent, for I haT aever since bad a toucn of Rheumatism though many unea exaoaed to damp and cold weather. Eleanor M. TirraLi. 71l Powelton Ayenne, Philadelphia. Don't suffer longer with Rheumatism. Throw aside your oils and liniments, as they ean not reach your trouble. Don't experiment with doctors their potash and mercury will add to your disability and completely destroy your digestion. will cure' perfectly and permanently. It is guaranteed purely vegetable, and contains no potash, mercury or other mineral. Books mailed frea by Swif fiDecifio Co., Atlanta, Ga. Blood RAILR0AD NEWS. Plea For System in Selection of Railroad Employes. Claim Agent of Northwestern Road Says It is Necessary. DEMANDS ATTENTION. Employment of IncompetentMen Expensive to Roads. Should Receive as Much Consid eration as Equipment, Etc. In the last issue of the Railway Age, TL. C. Richards, general claim agent of the Chicago Northwestern railroad, has an interesting article on the "Sys tematic Selection of Employes." The article is a plea for system In the em ployment of men for railroad work, and in conclusion he suggests the es tablishment of joint employment agen cies, in charge of competent judges of human nature. Mr. Kichars says: "Is it as important to have good em ployes as it is to have grooi structures, roadway, and equipment? "Should there be as much attention paid to the matter of getting good em ployes as there is to securing good road way, bridges and equipment? "Ought the men who are to operate the complicated machine called a lo comotive and the men running the lim ited passenger and freight trains carry ing millions of passengers as well as millions of tons of freight across the country at a constantly increasing rate of speed, whose duties are growing more difficult each year, to rank as high in the human family as the machine or train they run does in the inanimate world? "If so, what system or method should be adopted by the railroad companies to get the best YieTp the wages paid by them will hire, and how and by whom should the men be selected? "A million men are now employed by the railroads in this country, several of the large systems employing 50,000 each. About 25 per cent., or 250,000, are en gaged in the engine, train and switch ing service. Every year from 5 to 10 per cent, of that number is added by the increase of business and changes caused by promotions and natural causes: and yet. little or no systematic plan has been adopted by the railroads to secure the best men.although by rea son of the high wages paid by them and the natural attraction and opportuni ties for advancement that the service gives they ought to have the pick of the ambitious young men of the country. "Having been for years thrown more in contact with men than with things and having constantly brought to my attention the bad and expensive results caused by the employing of men, who, by reason of their mental, moral or physical make-up were not fitted for service in the operating department of a railroad, and. after giving the mat ter much consideration as to how to remedy the trouble, 'as every wrong is supposed to have a remedy,' I have be come satisfied that the only way to do it is to change the system or method of employing men, and give the matter the same attention and thought that is given the questions of determining what make of engine, car, bridge, rail or structure is the best, as well as the most economical, for the companies to adopt. These questions are today given consideration by the best minds, as well as by the most experienced men in the service, from the president down, while the matter of inquiring into and passing upon the qualifications, charac ter and record of applicants for employ ment who are to operate the engines, cars, signals, track, etc., in the pur chase or building of which so much money is expended and so much con sideration is given, is left to a clerk or a subordinate official in the transporta tion or mechanical department, when any inquiry at all is made in the mat ter." CABOOSE EVOLUTION. Present Style Way Cars Represent Rank Extravagance. Economy appears to be the cry from all departments of railroads. The bond holders and stockholders demand it at present, and the officials must make a good showing if they hope to be retain ed in office. The Railway and Engi neering Review gives the following as an instance of rank extravagance: "In these times of exclusion of ev erything which tends to diminish the paying load hauled it is odd that the large, heavy double-truck caboose has escaped attention. The well known ex pedient of filling the tool boxes and the space underneath the seats with sand and iron in order to make the caboose so heavy it will ride easy, brings the weight of the caboose up practically to that of a loaded car. In the past, espec ially in the west, the sparsely settled country through which the road ran compelled the crew to practically live in their cabooses. "But such is not the case at present. There is no necessity of the crews liv ing in the cabooses, and very few of the men do. Why, then, is it necessary to drag such a heavy non-paying mass as is exemplified in the double truck ca boose? "On the road it is never occupied by any other man than the conductor in summer, and in winter a four-wheel caboose is large enough to accommo date all the crew, who congregate there for refuge from the weather. "The small caboose contains plenty of room for all legitimate purposes, it pre cludes any attempt at loading it down with old iron and sand, and it is per fectly safe to operate, and simply seems not to be adopted because of the dislike of trainmen for them, and because it is the custom to provide a roomy. double truck, easy-riding burden to the loco motive for the accommodation of em bryo trainmasters." FOR THE GRAIN TRADE. New Transcontinental Route About to Be Arranged. New York, Feb. 2S. Plans have been partially completed for a new great transcontinental railway line, with a connecting line of steamships to Liver pool. by which the distance between that city and the western grain states is to be shortened. The new Milwaukee Southwestern is to be part of this system, which when completed will extend to the Pacific coast. James McNaught, who returned yesterday from Milwaukee, in speaking of this scheme, said: "This road will be operated in con nection with the Canada. Atlantic and the Great Northern railway of Canada. The line of the Canada Atlantic and its connections will be used as far as Ot tawa. From there to Quebec the con nection will be furnished by the Great Northern of Canada which is now under construction and will be completed by June. The line will be in full opera tion to Quebec by the middle of Aug ust." The Canada Atlantic has an outlet on Georgian bay, so that grain could be shipped from Milwaukee to this point by steamer. Negotiations for the ac quisition of steamers for the new Quebec-Liverpool ocean line, which is to be part of the system, are now pending. It has not yet been definitely settled by which route the Pacific is to be reach ed, but it is understood that one of the existing lines will operate in harmony with the new route to the Aflantic. "GET RICH QUICK" SCHEME. Ticket Commission Agitation Brings Out a Clever Gentleman. Chicago, Feb.28. The "get rich quick" man has invaded the railroad field much on the plan of others of his kind, who have been handling the turf invest ment concerns. The agreement to abol ish the paying of commissions to agents of connecting lines for the sale of tick ets has afforded an opportunity for a "bright" man to enrich himself at the expense of the railroad employes. His plan is to send out a confidential letter to agents, asking them to become mem bers of an association forming for the purpose of perpetuating commissions. The projector claims to have an inside agreement with the officials of weak lines whereby a commission on ticket sales can be secured for the agent pro viding he is a member of the associa tion. The price of the membership has been fixed at the modest sum of $5, but rail road officials do not believe he has suc ceeded in securing many victims. They will call the attention of the postal authorities to the scheme. REDUCE PULLMAN RATES. That is the Object of a Bill Introduced In Congress. Local railroad officials have been noti fied that a bill had been introduced in coiiEres bv Representative Kitzererald of Massachusetts to fix the rate for a lower berth in sleeping cars at not to exceed 60 cents per luo miles and the upper berths at not to exceed 25 cents per 100 miles, except that the minimum rate for lower berths shall not be less than $1.25 and $1 for the upper, regardless of the mileage traveled. The rate for a lower berth, if fixed by congress, will practically be the same as at present on 500-mile points; that is, $2.50, but it will reduce the rate on the upper berth to $1.25. The lowest rate now in force by the Pullman company is $1.50, which applies between Chicago and Peoria. Railroad men doubt if a law such as is Firoposed would be constitutional. It could n any eveVt only apply to Interstate busi ness. There has been a feeling for some years, however, that the upper berth rates should not be as high as for lower berths. RUSH OF WORK. Santa Fa Shops Have All They Can Do. Building is not a stand still in the Santa Fe shops in Topeka by any means. Nearly every stall in the round house, erecting and paint shops is occu pied. The same is true of the coach erecting and paint shops, and at present the car repair sheds are crowded. The machine shops also have a rush of work. In every department for some time past a large force of help has been working full time, and it seems quite probable that this condition of affairs will last. WILL BE OPEN MAY 1. Paul Morton Names That Date For "Valley Line Completion. Chicago, Feb. 2&. Vice President Paul Morton of the Santa Fe has returned from a trip to the Pacific coast. He says the new San Joaquin Valley road will be completed and opened for San Francisco business about May 1. At Los Angeles Mr. Morton had a conference with shippers of oranges re garding the complaint about the rout ing of shipments. The railroad insisted that it must control the routing in or der to maintain the integrity of the through rates. Shippers were satisfied with the explanation, and the assurance that rates would be kept at as low a figure as possible. KINGFISHER BRANCH. Work on Santa Fe Guthrie Extension f Has Been Commenced. Work on the new Santa Fe branch line from Guthrie to Kingfisher is ex pected to begin within a few days. The material has been unloaded at Guthrie. The branch, which is about thirty miles long, will be finished in a short time, as it is the intention of the road to put on a very large force of men. Pullman Car Shortage. Chicago, Feb. 28. A scarcity of first class sleeping cars exists among a num ber of the railroads radiating from Chi cago. The famine has been caused, it is said, by the action of the Pullman company in sending too many of the Wagner cars to the shops for repairs at the same time. It is said that when Pullman's company took hold of the affairs of the Wagner corporation it found the cars of the latter badly in need of repairs. These cars have been taken out of the service and some Pull mans substituted. Pennsylvania Into Buffalo. Philadelphia, Feb. 28. The Pennsyl vania railroad company will within a short time have a line of its own to Buffalo and the work of locating the new road -will be begun soon. It is the intention of the company to build a line from Kane or Wilcox on the Philadelphia Erie railroad to Buffalo, about 125 miles. The Same Story. The gross earnings of fifty-four roads for the second week in February were $7,474,326. against $5,7S6.0S3 for the sec ond week in February, 1899, an increase of $1,658,243. Fifty-two roads show in creases and two decreases. Since Jan uary 1 the roads referred to above earned $43,290,850. an increase of $6,962. 605 over the $41,328,245 reported for the corresponding period of 3899. For the longer period fifty show Increases and four decreases. More Engines For France. Philadelphia, Feb. 28. The Baldwin Locomotive Works of this city has re ceived an order from the Paris and Orleans railway of France for 30 ten wheel passenger engines. This is the first locomotive contract ever placed by this railway in America Rock Island in Salt Lake! The Rock Island railroad has opened a new office in Salt Lake City. This move has been made necessary because of the new Chicago-San Francisco sleeping car service which was inaug urated by that road on February 25 Refuses It St. Joseph, Mo., Feb. 2S. In a per sonal letter to a prominent Burlington official here. W. C. Brown, of Chicago, general manager of the C. B. Q., says he will not accept the presidency of the Kansas City, Pittsburg Gulf and has so notified the members of the reorga nization committee. SAT DOWN UPON. State Will Not Recognize So Called Redemption Companies. Nebraska Concern Not Allowed to Operate in Kansas. HOW IT IS WORKED. Policy Holders Pay Stipulated Sum Per Month. Attorney General Says Institu tion Is Not Legitimate. The state charter board has turned down the application of the Bankers' Investment company of York, Neb., for permission to do business in Kansas. The action of the board is based on the opinion of the attorney general that this organization is not a legitimate in stitution and is conducted along lines of similar organizations which have proven to be fraudulent in many re spects. The action of the officers of the com pany first called attention to possible circumstances of irregularity. The state law provides that a certain per cent of the capital stock of companies coming into Kansas be deposited with the treas urer. The announcements and literature of this particular company proclaim that it has a capital of $75,000. Under the Kansas law the company would first be required to deposit $15,000 before any action could be taken towards a consid eration of the application for permis sion to do business in Kansas. When this fact was presented to the officers of the company President N. V. Harlan wrote to the attorney gen eral saying: "The papers of our organization carry on the face of them a statement indi cating a capital of $75,000. In the ar ticles of incorporation ithe organization may have $75,000 capital but that fact is there is no paid up stock. We simply pay in enough for the running expenses and provide necessary office, literature, etc. It is simply an investment. The holders of contracts are not stockhold ers. They simply pay in on -the con tracts and draw out under the condi tions stated in the papers. "We find upon inv stigation that companies organized similarly are safe and reliable. Under the laws of this state such companies are permitted to do business. We have consulted our at torney general, auditor and other offi cers and we are informed by them that there is no violation of the laws of this state. "We would be pleased to do business in your state but desire to ascertain what the construction of your law is. We do not wish to violate the spirit of your law or to be involved in any con troversy." The attention of the state charter board was thus called to this class of companies. There are many organized on similar lines doing business in the state and it is the intention of the at torney general to institute an investi gation for the purpose of finding out if there is any possibility of crookedness in the management of those organiza tions now in the state. Should he dis cover any such tendencies there is to be some trouble for them. The attor ney general will invoke the aid of the state to drive them out. This Nebraska concern collects $3 in advance after which the pavments by contract holders are $1.30 per month. Of this sum $1.05 is applied to the re demption fund; 25 cents goes to the of ficers and the $5 advance payment goes to the managers. It is one of those organizations, the members of the state charter board hold, that promises to give a contract holder something for nothing. The prin ciple of the business does not offer any assurance of "redemption." The certif icate says "when the redemption fund is sufficient" certificates will be re deemed. A contract holder in such an organization is not promised when the time shall come. The fund might never be sufficient to redeem the certificate so the plan goes on forever. The attorney general in discussing the matter with the state charter board pointed out the principal provisions of the contract and asked the associate members of the board to see if they could discover anything in the way of assurances to investors which mean anything. The other members did so and agreed that the plan is not a good one to give state saction to. The pro visions to which the attorney general directed their attention are as follows: "4. Whenever there is in the redemp tion fund an amount sufficient to re deem a certificate in its order of issue, derived from monthly payments and ac cumulation of lapses, fines and forfei tures accruing thereto, such amount shall be used for redemption of said certificate in cash. It is further agreed that, if a certificate should be reached in the order of redemption before the full number of 39 monthly payments necessary for its maturity have been paid, the holder hereof shall pay the unpaid installments in order to mature said certificate. It is further agreed that upon the completion of 39 month ly payments, and the certificate has not been reached in the regular order- of re demption, it shall be considered fully paid and no further payments shall be required. "5. Certificates shall be paid In regu lar numerical order, commencing with the oldest outstanding unpaid and un cancelled certificate, and payment con tinue in like manner until all certifi cates are paid. But in case a member nolding a certificate (after seven con secutive" payments) the certificate be comes due and payable immediately(for a funeral benefit,) upon the proof of death ot the member, at the home office of the company. The unpaid certificates remaining must be matured in regular manner. ALREADY SETTLED. Depew Defines His Position on Philippine Questions. Washington. Feb. 28. Previous an nouncement that Mr. repew (X. Y.) would address the senate drew a large attendance of senators and a notable as semblagre of spectators in the galleries yesterday afternoon. Mr. Turlev (Tenn.) was entitled to the floor at the conclusion of routine busi ness to conclude his speech cn the Quay case, but he Yielded to Mr. Uepew, say intr thnr if time allowed he would finish his speech after the New York senator had concluded; if not, he would go on tomorrow. Mr. Depew addressed himself to the res ohitmnc -,iYot-cm1 on the Philirmine aues- tirm r,rtif!ilsHv to that oroo.tted by Mr. Beveridsre (Indiana) declaratory of a pol icy of the Lnlttl states lowara ine rut i.;lnna.. He said in cart: "Mr. President: In the wide range iiniiiumiiuiHnHiHiiiinnnninm ALL H A business man ought to be in his prime at g His day's work ought to be pleasure to him j in the evening buoyant and joyous But so 1 his health When a man gets up in the Mr. Calvin Brewer, real' estate dealer, of 635 Jefferson street, says: "Ordinary Anglo-Saxon fails to convey any idea of -what I suffered from my back when on tha Texas Pacific R. R. engineer between Fort Worth and Texarkana. I have often when I stooped to oil my engine suffered excruciatingly, and when on the engine the zsz least jar sent twinges of pain cleaa from my loins to the tp of my head. The 12 trouble finally forced me to give up my position, and when weakness of tha kidneys, srz. particularly observable at night, was added to former troubles, my condition was not 3 one to be envied. Now if the first box of Doan's Kidney Pills, procured at Rowley sss Snow's drug store, corner of Sixth street and Kansas avenue, had not brought Es me positive relief, I never would have followed up the treatment, neither could I ba induced to recommend the preparation nor endorse its claims. Send anyone to ma cs for minute particulars of my experience with and opinions ot Doan's Kidney PUls." Doan's Kidney Pills are for sale at all drug stores. Ei 50 cents a box. Foster-Milbura Co., Buffalo, N. Y. U illlllNiiUlulinilllllliLOI!!!! which has been eiven to the discussion of the Philippine subject, many questions nave Deen raised which, in my judgment, have ben settled bv events. They em brace our right to govern thG Philippines, to stay there, the existence of a de facto Philippine government, alleged under standings from our government to the Filipino government for a recognition of its independence, the title of the United States to the archipelago, the power of the United States tosubdue insurrection within the islands or to impose its laws upon their people, and the power, under the constitution, ror the c nited tetatep, to acouire territories and to eovern them. except under the familiar territorial term. with the understanding that at the proper time they shall be admitted as states. 'Most of these Questions are purely aca demic. There are well-meaning and hon est people who gather every year in Lon don, ana aia last year in unsion, to pro test against the beheading of Charles the First. But Charles the First was be headed two hundred and fifty years ago. Bv his death the chains which bound a free people were broken. Cromwell, with all his mistakes, all his errors, and all the injustice which can be charged against him. created tnat reign ot indi vidual judgment and conscience which has evoluted into civil and religious lib erty, which ha created the commercial spirit of the Kr.giish speaking peoples, which has made them explorers, travel ers, masters upon the sea and land, as settlers and colonizers, and has earried. with their influence, sell-government and representative institutions all over the worm, it is still an academic discussion whether President Lincoln had the right to coerce a sovereign state, but the exer cise of that right saved and re-created this republic and has made it the fore most, power of the world. There are con stitutional lawyers and writers upon pub lic questions who still discuss the power or Abraham Lincoln to issue the Eman cipation Proclamation, but he did issue it. slavery was aoonsned. and tne Diessmps of the act are enjoyed by owner and bondman equally, by the free sttites, and by tnose tnat were once Known as the slave states. e are in the Philirmines: we are there to stay by conquest and bv treaty rights. All which precedes the ratification 01 tne treaty Dy tne senate 01 tne united States is an academic question." In conclusion he said: "In spite of ourselves we have colonial possessions. W e have no policv to de clare, no glittering resolutions or procla mations to maxe ana in wie tuture to embarrass us. We will stamp out the insurrection and establish a stable Gov ernment. We will organize local govern ment. We will constitute courts. We will insure with the whole power of the United States security for life and property, free dom of religion and the equal ajid just administration of the law. "The kindergarten of libertv. under competent instructors, rapidly develops its nupus tor xarger responsioiiiLie.s ror citi- EALS Condensed Milk- Bontefic Coodesssd Mk Co., N- Y. FAGGED aching back, and carries it about with him all day long When it's torture for him to stoop or bend his body, when his head aches almost to splitting It is no wonder he gets home in the evening all fagged out It is no wonder that he becomes an old man years before his time What he needs is Doan's Kidney Pills. His kidneys arn't doing their duty Backache is kidney ache you zenship, respect for law, for judicial du ties and for a constantly increasing share In their local nnd general assemblies. One yeax of rule by the United States in Cuba is a, convincing object lusson. Brigands have become farmers, and revolutionists conservative citizens. Order has taken the place of anarchy, and law of license. The Cubans are developing their indus tries and rapidly acquiring habits of self government. So the uplifting of the peo ple of the Philippines to the comprehen sion and practice of orderly Industry, re spect for individual rights, confidence and then participation in government will add enormously to their happiness and recip rocally to the strength, prosperity and power of our country." At the conclusion of Mr. Depew's speech Mr. Turley (Tenn.) resumed his argument against the seating of Mr. Quay of Pennsylvania OTIS' DEATH LIST. Washington, Feb. 28. The war de partment has received from General Otis the following list of deaths that have occurred among our military ser vices in the Philippines: Manila, Feb. 27. Deaths, accidental, November 7, William E. Brace, H, Thirty-fourth Infantry, explosion of pun cotton: suicide, February 23, Geo. N. Knox, D, Sixth artillery; second, John C. Hudson, C, Twenty-third infan try; December 19. Herman Rogers, I, Thirty-ninth infantry; Rio Ran Juan, variola, 23rd, Krnest W. Schoormaker, E, Fourth cavalry ;23rd, Leroy Watkins, corporal F, Twenty-fourth infantry; January 26, Henry W. Couch, C, Thirty third infantry; February 19, Luther M. Rauss, M, Thirty-second infantry; January 13. Frank M. Halllday, F, Thirty-fourth infantry; 22nd, K. L. Deming, corporal, G, Thirty-fourth in fantry; 21st, Walter S. Hemphill, I, Thirty-first infantry; February 5, Leonidas F. Walker, corporal, E, Thirty-fourth infantry, fever, malarial; February 18, Warren Coyle, I, Fourth cavalry; 7th, Edwin S. Larkin, company D, Sixteenth infantry; 20th, Dewitt C. Hyatt, K, Forty-first infantry; 5th, Richard Richards, company E, Thirty fourth infantry, typhoid; January lth, Fred Armstrong, IX Twenty-fifth infan try; February 16, Charles F. Fair, F, Fourth infantry; 23rd, George E. Wil liams, H, infantry: 22nd, Elmer F. Price, F, Fourth cavalry; 19th, John S. Ney, II, Ninth infantry; 2nd, Juhn W. Page, E, Thirty-fourth infantry, dysen tery; February 7, Henry J. MoDole, D, Thirteenth infantry; 15th, William i. Samuels, F, Twelfth infantry; 20th. William F. Spilker. sergeant, B, Thirty fourth infantry: Clarence A. Thompson, H, Thirty-fourth infantry, pneumonia; loth, Stephen Hall, corporal, T, Ninth infantry; 20th, Everett T. Carr. G. Forty-third infantry; rephritis.January 25, John Loefflfr, F, Third cavalry; Feb. 17, Lewis W. Ellis, I. Thirty-second in fantry; appendicitis, February 7, Fred M. Dudley. L, Fortieth Infantry, sep ticemia, 19th, Renney Humphreys, A, Thirty-ninth infantry; 22nd. Richard T. Frank, C. Third infantry; rubola. Jan uary 1, Fred D. Day, G, Thirty-fourth Infantry; organic heart disease, Feb. 3, Henry Bacon, H, Twenty-fourth in fantry; cerebro spinal meningitis, Six teenth, Bert W. Hayden, H, Thirty fourth infantry. LAEGE EXCESS OF DEATHS Over Births Shown by Cuban Statis tics Covering Ten Tears. Washington Feb. 2S. Major John Davis, surgeon TJ. S. volunteers, and chief san itary officer of Havana, Cuba, has for warded to the war department some sta tistics in regard to births, deaths, mar riages and immigration. These statistics cover the lat ten years ended December 31 last and show that during that decade there were 4W.509 births. S.ot'S marriages and 101. deaths, an apparent excess of 61.423 deaths over births. The death rate was heaviest during -i8. ls:7 and luSfi. in the order named. Of the total number of deaths during the decade. 5,413 were from yellow fever and &6.519 from other causes. Of the 40,509 births during the ten years OUT fifty. 3 his home-coming much depends on morning with an 5 H ess know And Are the one unfailing h cure Want proof Plenty of it right here H in Topeka Here's an instance: H U; LbUU SHORTEST LINE. COLORADO FLYER. SMOKE KLAUER'S GOLD BUG. 5 CENT CIGAR.

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4 TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 28, 1900. TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL BY FRANK P.. MAC LENX-VN. VOLUME XXVII. 51 Official Paper of tjie City of Topefca. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION'. Daily edition, delivered by carrier, 10 cents a week to any part of Topeka or suburbs, or at the same price in any Kan sas town where the paper haa a. carrier system. By mail, one year 53.60 liy mail, three months "Weekly edition, one year 50 PERMANENT HOME. Topeka State Journal Building. SoO and 802 KaJisas avenue, corner of. Eighth. MEW YORK OFFICE. Temple Court Bldg. A. Frank Richardson, Mgr. CHICAGO OFFICE. Stock Exchange Bldg. A. Frank Richardson, Mgr. LONDON OFFICE. 12 Red Lion Court, Fleet Street. TELEPHONES. Business Office Bell 'Phone 107 Reporters' Room Bell 'Phone 577 It is plain that Cronje knew when he was whipped. He surrendered uncondi tionally without waiting for an Invita tion toi do so. After all it is not unreasonable that the British should feel elated. It was no longer a light for glory but for the very existence of the empire. The Philadelphia Times calls atten tion to the fact that the approaching event at Kansas City will mark the first occasion on which the convention of a great national party has been held westward of the shores of the Missis sippi. The well worn remark that small fa vors are thankfully received and large ones in proportion, seems particularly applicable to Great Britain at the pres ent time. There is more rejoicing over the capture of Cronje's little band of heroes than there was when Kitchener killed more than the same number of savings in one fight in the Soudan. Perhaps, an American will fail to see much glory in an army of 50,000 men commanded by the nation's greatest general, and assisted by artillery to the number of 110 pieces, forcing the sur render of 3.000 men, untrained in the art of war, after a resistance of a week, hopeless from the start. When the history of the Transvaal war shall be written it may appear that Gen. Cronje's movement which ended in his capture, was deliberately planned. At this distance, it looks as though something were necessary to check the march of Roberts to the Free State capital, for which he was evidently headed, until a sufficient force could be massed in his front to stop him. Cronje was the only man in a position to do this. What more natural than that he should decide to sit down in the best place he could find for the purpose with the intention of keeping his antagonists there as long as possible and then sur rendering as he has done. War is much like a game of chess and the most suc cessful player sometimes finds it neces sary to sacrifice a valuable piece, when by saving it he would lose the game. "Lest we forget." it is well to calLat tention occasionally to those 4 per cent government bonds which Mr. Cleveland sold at about $1.04. They were quoted in the market yesterday at J1.37V2. Yet they are not intrinscially so valuable now as they were when first placed up on the market, for the reason that they have not so long to run. These bonds have steadily advanced in price since the date of their issue, but this week they have taken a spurt, due it is said, to the impending passage of the new currency bill. Under the new law many outstanding government securities will be surrendered in exchange for new 2 jier cents, running 30 years. When the work of refunding is completed not many bonds will remain outstanding, bearing a high rate of interest, except ing the Cleveland fours. How much higher they can go and still be more profitable than the two's is a problem that only the financiers can solve. The senate and house conferees have agreed on the currency bill which is to finally become a law. It is in substance a distinct enactment of the gold stand ard, with the secretary of the treasury directed to maintain all forms of money issued by the government at parity therewith and to provide gold if needed by sale of bonds. The erection of a sep arate department of the treasury to deal with the issue and redemption of government notes. The clauses relating to refunding of the outstanding govern ment bonds remain practically un changed as they stood in the Senate bill. The new bonds run thirty years and bear 2 per cent. In order to Induce holders of the present bonds, particu larly national banks, to make the ex change, the premium upon these will be paid in cash, and circulating notes based on the new bonds may be issued to the full amount of their face value, and will be taxed only one-half the rate imposed on circulation taken out on the old bonds. THE RAILROAD OUTLOOK. Henry Clews, the New York authori ty on business and financial matters, takes the following roseate view of the future of the railroad interests: "The railroad situation continues em inently satisfactory, for earnings are showing steady gains over the increases of last year, and every indication points to the maintenance of this improvement for a long time to coine. General trade is in excellent condition, and this week is witnessing the largest rush of buyers to New York that was over known. The wholesale stores and hotels are filled with representatives of big interior business houses, who are here enthusi astic over the outlook in the west and south and ready buyers at advancing prices for merchandise. In the dry Koods market there is oftener a scarci ty of goods than of buyers. This means a. large west-hound traffic for the rail roads during the next few weeks. Last week's east-bound traffic was the big gest on record. During the last five weeks the east-bound tonnage aggrega ted 71(8.000 tons, against 524. OuO tons fame time in 1S9 and 431,000 tons in lsisi. GLOBE SIGHTS fFrom the Atchison Globe. Every woman likes to talk of the "depths in her nature that are never stirred." 11 We believe it will be found that next to electricity, flattery is the greatest force in the world. Good clothes make a woman look well, but they will not make her look younger than she really is. When a man does anything note worthy, he nearly always makes him self disagreeable in looking for credit. There is some wonder that Spring is pictured with her arms full of. flowers, instead of carrying empty corn and tomato cans. A woman is convinced that she haa a better memory than her husband, be cause she can remember the preacher's text after she gets home. A correspondent writes to this office to complain of the numerous accounts of card parties printed. We become mighty tired of them, too. What has become of the old fash ioned person who wrote long descrip tive letters to his friends? How for tunate that he has been gathered in. An Atchison man who was once wealthy, lost his fortune and honor in trying to take care of kin. The time is coming, we hope, when kin will be handled rationally. An Atchison girl is dreaming a con tinued story every night, and finds that it is lovely to live in a book where people who stand in one's way Just naturally take sick and die. When a girl of sixteen fails to get a new dress or her algebra lesson, she remembers that "Behind the clouds, the sun's still shining," and grows brave. In a like manner, she knows a piece of copy book poetry to apply to all the tragedies and griefs tnat a girl meets who has nothing to do but learn her school lessons, wipe dishes, and curl her hair. EXPANSION TALK. Hearing District Court Post poned. "Expansion" was the subject under discussion in the district court today. City Attorney Bird had the pro-expansion side of the controversy to uphold against about a dozen other lawyers. The discussion was over the annexa tion ordinance. Judge Hazen had set it for hearing today, but after it had been discussed rather informally for a time, the "antis" asked for more time, and the court stated that it would be set for hearing some time soon, but the exact date has not been specified. I. R. Hite, Isenhart Alexander, Vance Campbell, Welch, Schenek Weich, A. H. Case, L. H. Greenwood and H. C. Root were among the at torneys who were opposing the ap proval of the ordinance by the court. The first objection raised to the or dinance was that the papers had been filed in the district court too soon on the same day that the ordinance was published in the State Journal, but Judge Hazen quickly overruled this ob jection. The main point discussed was whether or not the court had the power to ap prove part of the ordinance and re ject the rest, or whether it must be accepted or rejected as a whole. D. R. Hite, who represents the Klein heirs, who own the property just east of the liranner school, explained that it made considerable difference in his position on the question. "If the court can accept part of the ordinance and reject part," said Mr. Hite, "that is the line that I wish to argue on, but if not we will join with the other parties in trying to knock the whole ordinance out. But I don't wish to take part in anybody else's quarrel unless I have to." Judge Hazen said that he understood that the court could rule on each sep arate piece of property described in the ordinance and approve or disapprove of any or all of them individually, and the action of the court settled the boun daries of the city. Several of the attorneys then stated that they desired more time to prepare for the hearing, and Judge Hazen. said he would fix the time later. PARIS PAPERS HOWL Think It Is Time to Do Some thing to England. Paris, Feb. 28. Newspapers here out do the rest of the continental press in bewailing Gen. Cronje's defeat and in virulently abusing Great Britain. They declare that the Tarnsvaal has fully demonstrated its right to complete po litical independence with an outlet to the sea.- They suggest that the best help for the Boers would be to create a diversion againt Great Britain else where and maintain it is the duty of Europe to intervene and "end the most infamous of all the wars England has ever waged for predatory purposes." VISITOR'S ACCIDENT. JohJi Musgrave Falls on Sidewalk and Breaks His Leg. John Musgrave, from Glen Elder, slipped on the snowy sidewalk on Ninth street about noon today and in falling broke his left leg. Mr. Musgrave was carried to the Copeland hjtel and later removed to Ktormont hospital. He lives at Gler Elder and is a delegate to the A. O. IT. W. grand lodge. He was returning from the morning session to the hotel when he feil. "It is an III Wind That Blows Nobody Good.' That small ache or pain or weakness is the "ill wind that directs your attention to the necessity of purifying your blood by taking Hood's Sarsaparilla. Then your whole body receives good, for the purified blood goes tingling to every organ. It is the great remedy for all ages and both sexes. Dyspepsia Complicated with lever and kidney trouble, I suffered for years from dyspepsia., 'with severe pains. Hood's Sarsaparilla made me strong and hearty." J. B. Emerton, Auburn, Me. JtOCtCS SaUafxiittta Rood's Puis cure ii?w iH the nou-lrritating and nnty cathartic to tak with Hood'a Sarsaparilla derer. "I'll be hanged if I do," retorted the prisoner. "All the world loves a lover," remark ed the blonde young man. "Nonsense!" retorted the cynic. "Most of his friends think '.e's a chump." "Do you keep dates?" asked the young woman in the fruit store. The new clerk blushed. "Yes, miss," he stam mered. "Where shall I meet you?" "Strong drink has caused many a man's downfall," exclaimed the temper ance lecturer. "So have banana skins," remarked the man with a red nose on the back seat. Sunday School Teacher "What are we taught by the story of Lot's wife looking back and being turned into a pillar of salt?" Jimmy Tuffnut "Not to rubberneck." Tommy "Pop, a stag party is a party of men, isn't it?" Tommy's Pop "Yes, my son." Tommy "Then stagnation would be a nation where there weren't any women, wouldn't it?" THE BOEKSSTRENGTH. Paris Cor. New York "World. An eminent South African authority, a man whose relations with the Boer gov ernment prevents the use of hi3 name, sends this first accurate statement of the real strength and hopes of the Boer army. His statement may be relied upon as ex act: The numerical strength of the army which is opposing Kngland is as follows: South African Republic soldiers li.'-OO Orange Free State soldiers 5S.0H) Immigrant Boers 5 00 ruianders 5,000 Natal Dutch 5.M) Cape Colony Dutch, about 8,000 Total 64,000 Against these "Embattled Farmers' England's divided forces of 140.000 men, her crack regiments, led by her foremost generals, have dashed them?wlves in vain. England owns to losses of more than lo. 000 men. The Boer losses are unknown even to the Transvaal's best informed agents here. England controls the cable and there has not been one word of com munication between President Kruger or General Joubert and the Transvaal re publics and Europe for weeks. Regarding the Boers ability to hold out, the informant said: There is not the least doubt of their endurance and successful resistance for months to come. They are controlled by the same intense patriotism and sustained by the same intelligence, courage and fortitude that enabled the Americans to prolong for six years their war for liberty and independence. "And the Boers ha'e one great advant age that Washington's army was without money, modern arms and a hiliy coun try, which provides natural defences and entrenchments of the most formidable kind. "Two recent inventions greatly aiding the Boers can hardly be overestimated in this war the high power rifle and smoke less powder. The first makes the British soldier a mark for the Boers at 2.2U0 yards over a mile and the smokeless powder makes it impossible for the Brit ish to see their intrenched enemies or to estimate their numbers. "Read the English papers. Nearly every soldier writing home bewails the fact that ho is 'fighting an invisible foe.' "We had 30 months' supply of ammuni tion at the beginning of the war and are now making more. "You wish me to explain how the re publics were so well prepared for war when it came and when they got their modern artillery and Mausers? "Oom Paul did not expect war with England after the Majuba peace. Even after the Jameson raid it was believed that peace might be permanent. But I know that a little later when Premier Schreiner of Cape Colony was so fiercely cross-examined in Tondon it became clear that Chamberlain was bent on finding or making a casus belli. "Then in July. one of President Kruger's representatives cabled in cipher three words. 'Time to prepare.' From tha.t day the republics have been inces santly preparing for this fight. "We hope for ultimate peace with in dependence and honor. It may come in three ways: The very large and enlight ened part of England, which was opposed to the war, may gain in influence. Sec ond. England may suddently be confront ed by dangers elsewhere, requiring the temporary withdrawal of her forces from South Africa. If that happened the war would never be resumed. What is now the Orange Free State won or kept its free dom so when the Crimean war turned England's forces away from Africa. Third, mediation by some other power the lender of friendly services prompted by an irresistible public or popular sentiment, might bring the war to an end within six months without wounding national prida on ether side." COMING DRAMATIC EVENTS. The Barlow Minstrels will be the at traction at the Crawford' theater to night. The company was seen here this season, and theater-goers' are familiar with the performance. The Brothers Royer in the acrobatic farce frolic. "Next Door," showed at Pottstown, Pa., and the News had the following to say of it: A crowded house greeted the "Next Door," with Brothers Royer as the stars last even ing, at the opera house. This roaring farce comedy is new on the boards, but like love's young dream, it will never grow old. The audience which greeted the play last evening was the largest of the season. Every seal in the house was sold, and standing room was at a premium. The specialties were great, the Royer troupe of acro bats, the Mahr sisters, contortion dances, and the specialty of Archie and Rose Royer made a decided hit. Archie and Res? Royer made a decided hit. Archie Royer is more clever in "Next Door" than he was in "Eight Bells." The performance will be seen at the Grand Opera House tonight. The Sousa concert on Saturday night at the Crawford theater will offer more new works than is usual even in the Sousa concerts which are always notable for novel ties. The programme announced is full of the newest and best composi tions that have been brought out on both sides of the water. Six of the numbers are altogether new, including the latest march. "The Man Behind the Gun," Sousa. The soloists are in line also. Miss Bertha Bucklin, violin. Miss Blanche Duffleld. soprano, and Mr. Arthur Pryor, trombone. It goes with out the saying that the encore music will include many brilliant novelties. HIS GREAT WORK. From the Chicago Times-Herald. A Chicago man who has written a book was telling about It the other day to. a friend who had once done him a service. "By the way," sairt the author, "I would be delighted to give you a copy of my work, if you care for it." "I should be more than pleased to have it." was the reply, "especially if you will write your name in it." "All right. There is a book store just around the corner. If you will ac company me we will go there and get it. I don't happen to have a copy in my office just now." After they had stopped to glance at some of the new things in the book store the author hailed a clerk, and pushing his chest out very far asked for the novel that he had written. "Yes, sir," the clerk said. "We have it around here somewhere, I believe, but you are the first one who has ever asked for a copy, and it may take me some time to find it. Wouldn't some thing else do just as well? We have a great many better books at the same j) rice." MEMBERS EXCITED A. 0. U. W. Resents Charges of Partisan Politics. Webb McNall Is On the War Path. TIIE WORK OF EXE3IIES Claimed That Opponents of Or der Circulated Report. Election of Officers Taking Place This Afternoon. The Wednesday morning session of the A. O. U. W. grand lodge was spent in balloting and discussing the suicide clause proposed by the law committee but no decision was reached. The balloting was announced to be held Tuesday afternoon but did not commence until the morning session. The election board commenced the can vassing of the votes as soon as the bal loting was completed. If an election is not reached on the first ballot another E. E. MURPHY. OF T.KA VENWORTH, SUPREME REPRESENTATIVE. will be called. The arguments for and against the proposed suicide clause are heated. The members claim that politics have not entered into the contests for grand lodge offices and that Republicans are voting for Populists and vice versa. Webb McNall rose to a question of per sonal privilege ajid scored the authors of the statement that he was working to put the grand lodge in the hands of the Populists. He said: "I have been a member of the grand lodge for 20 years and have never brought in a word JOHN M'KIBBOX. CONWAY SPRINGS, GRAND OUTSIDE WATCH. about politics in any way. When I was grand master I appointed Democrats, Republicans. Oireenbackers and all. "I move that a special committee cf three be appointed to prepare a suita ble resolution to present to the grand lodge condemning the newspaper war fare upon the order and individual members and that it be embodied in the grand lodge proceedings." The motion was carried unanimously and Senator George H. Lamb) Republi can, was appointed chairman and K. E. Tonight at Representative hall the drill contest for the Topeka cup will be held. The prize cup has been do nated by the eight lodges in Topeka. Lindale No. 299, Apollo No. 1SS, Capital No. 3. Irwin No. 260, Kaw Valley No. 20, Upchurch No. 244. Star No. 331, and Topeka No. 11. The cup is of silver and weighs 15 ounces. It is' six inches high ry KJS) fi 't '"ill r s. f i"- j ii f- t y v Murphy, Democrat, was the second member appointed. At Tuesday afternoon's meeting of the grand lodge the law committee re ported in favor of a suicide clause. The clause provides that the insur ance shall not be p;iid when the holder of the policy commivs suicide unless the act be caused by insanity or some other extenuating circumstances. C. W. Hawkins submitted a minority report recommending that death claims be paid with no question as to how the de ceased came to his death. Grand Mas ter Crider and Webb McNall were among tlwse who favored the clause. The report brought out a long discus sion. The principal question to be de cided during the session is whether the per capita tax shall be increased or not. At present it is $1.25 but the costs of having deputies and paying premiums to get new members is expensive al though satisfactory. The tax must be increased or the deputy system done away with. In speaking of the tax. Grand Recorder Forde said: ''To raise the per capita tax v.-ill re sult in a great deal of harm, and yet it will be absolutely necessary to do it if the present deputy system and grand lodge premium of $2 continue. The per capita tax could be allowed to remain where it is, namely, $1.2r, and both sys tems continue if the laws -were amend ed so as to make half of this premium payable by the applicant. I am not so sure but what this can be success fully done in this state. Lodges could be required to remit, for the beneficiary certificate fee, the sum of $1.50 instead of 50 cents only. The subordinate lodge could either provide for a $1 initiation fee, to be paid by the applicant, or, if the finances of the subordinate lodge would permit, and they deemed it best to do so, the $1 additional, or a part thereof, could be paid from the general fund instead of being collected from the applicant. This occurs to me as a suggestion as to a way to avoid the difficulty. Of course the grand lodge premiums could be reduced to $1, but if it were done we would no longer secure the services of the deputies, nor would there be as much work done by the members of subordinate lodges to se cure new members where the reward ofr such effort was only $1 instead of VI" Dr. L. D. TJhls, candidate for grand medical examiner, is superintendent of the state insane asylum at Osawatomie. He is a resident of Paola and is known as a capable physician. He was for several years assistant superintendent of the asylum and when the present state administration came in power he was appointed to take charge of the in situation. The delegations from his part of the state are unanimous in support ing him for the office he desires. Tom Hayes, well known in the grand lodge, is one of his ablest supporters. MORE PROMISES. Mr. Dawes Tells What He "Will Do" to the Klondikers. As a result of the conference of Gov ernor Stanley with ex-Attorney General Dawes last evening, Mr. Dawes prom ised to continue the prosecution of the Klondike saloon keepers until every drinking place is closed for keeps. Dawes told Governor Stanley that he had the situation "well in hand" in the Klondike, and that there is not a bar in the place. He further said that in the "raid" last Friday night by Mar shal Townsend two women were ar rested and the marshal suspected three others of selling iiquor, but did not have sufficient evidence to warrant raiding them. Marshal Townsend on the other hand, told a Leavenworth Times reporter the morning after the raid that he was in six places and in every one of them there were several old soldiers who were then drinking or had been. Townsend also said that five wagon loads of bar fixtures went to the Klondike on Fri day. The reporter of the State Journal who Visited the place on Friday found just such a condition and there can be no doubt about the facts. Mr. Dawes should be more careful about his state ments. "I told Mr. Dawes," said Governor Stanley today, "that I wanted him to go into court and see if a conviction could not be obtained against those law breakers. I know nothing about the matter myself except what other peo ple tell me. From the reports I receive from the Soldiers' Home I judge there Is more or less bootlegging all the time, but it is extremely difficult to stop that, as the men who do the buying will not voluntarily testify, and is is difficult to find out who they are." "Why were not the Klondikers pun Topeka's Prize A. O. U. W. Team and eight inches across. The Topeka j lodges were barred from competing in j the grand lodge drill contest and the idea of a cup was suggested to be put up by the Topeka lodges and defended j by a Topeka team against the winner 1 of the grand lodge prize team. Some time ago the competitive drill between the Topeka teams was held and the .team from Upchurch lodge -no. 244 was ished in the first place, instead of be ing allowed to go free on their promise to quit?" Governor Stanley was asked. "That I do not know," 'he replied. "Mr. Dawes and Mr..Fenlon thought that their way was the best. I suppose the jointists started up again just to see whether or not they would be al lowed to run. Dawes told me that he found out they were going to open up. and he immediately made arrangements for the raid." OFFICERS ELECTED. Crider Fails of Election as Grand Master on First Ballot. The first ballot cast in the grand lodge has been counted and resulted in no choice for grand master workman as there are five candidates and a majori ty was not secured by any. The prob abilities are that Crider will be defeated for grand master as he polled his full strength on the first ballot and he lacked only five votes of being elected. For grand foreman N. B. Chatell, of Galena, was elected. For grand" overseer M. W. Freiden berg, of Atchison, was elected without opposition. For grand recorder E. M. Forde, of Emporia, was re-elected without op position. For grand receiver M. B. Light, of Winfield, was elected. There was no election for grand med ical examiner and another ballot will be taken. J. W, Porter, of Pittsburg, led on the first ballot. For representative to the supreme grand lodge, .three to elect, but two were elected. E. E. Murpny, of Leaven worth, and W. M. Wallace, of King man. The second ballot will be taken for the third position. There was no election for grand trus tee. G. A. Spencer, of Mound City, led. The vote for the next meeting place of the grand lodge stood as follows: Hutchinson 260, Leavenworth 235 and Galena 196. Another ballot will be taken. GETTING CLOSE. Bubonic Plague Appears Near Yucatan Coast. Washington, Feb. 28. The surgeon general of the marine hospital service has been informed that the bubonic plague has appeared on the island of Cozumel, off the coast of Yucatan. It was brought there from Brazil. Quar antine officers in Mexico, in the Gulf states and in Cuba and Porto Rico have been directed to observe strict quaran tine CRONJE STARTS SOUTH General and His Family Depart Under Guard. London, Feb. 28 8:08 p. m. The war office has received the following dis patch from Lord Roberts: Paardeberg, Feb. 28. Cronje with his family left here yesterday In charge of Major General Prettyman and under the escort of the City Imperial volun teers and mounted infantry. Later in the day the remaining pris oners went in charge of the Earl of Erroll and escorted by the Gloucesters and a hundred imperial volunteers. The women and children are being sent to their homes. I understand that great dissatisfaction was felt by the Boers at Cronje's refusal to accept my offer for safe conduct for the women and children and medical care for the wounded, 170 of whom are now in our hospital. Many of them are in a ter- rible plight for want of care at an earlier stage. I inspected the Boers laager yesterday and was much struck by the ingenuity and the energy with which position vvas made almost im pregnable to assault. Postmaster at Downs. Washington, Feb. 28. The president today sent the following nominations to the senate: Postmasters: Kansas J. H. Smith, Downs. Army Major R. M. O'Reilly, surgeon, to be deputy surgeon general with rank of lieutenant colon els: Captain W. J. Wakeman, assistant surgeon to b" surgeon with rank of ma jor; Second 1-ieutenant C. H. Whipple, Jr., first artillery, to be second lieuten ant of infantry. Cup. declared the winner. That team chal lenged the winner of the grand lodge contest and tonight the team from No. 244 will drill against Wichita lodge No. 271, the winner to receive the cup and to defend it against all comers at the next session of the grand lodge. It is expected that at the next session the grand lodge will place a $100 bill in the cup to be givea to the winner. PERHAPS the last work you had done by the "other man" did not quite suit you. Well, you know "We Do the Best Work" IN ALLPA H. L. LARSH CO., 116 W. 8tli St. PENINSULAR. T. J. Cpughlin Hdw. Co. AGENTS FOR TOPEKA. Telephone 606. 702 Kansas Ave. DEFENDED BY SISTER. Miss Greenspan Comes to Support of Her Brother. Simon Greenspan was arrested for in sanity by Sheriff Cook and Deputy Sheriff Stewart iate Tuesday afternoon, and spent last night in the county jail. This morning he was taken before Pro bate Judge Dolman for his hearing, but his sister also appeared, and at her solicitation the hearing was postponed until this afternoon, as she wished to light it. She said that Greenspan is not crazy, and she will take care of him herself. "Why. judge," she said to Judge Dol man, "anybody could swear out a war rant charging you with being crazy and bring you in here to try you." Judge Dolman continued the case un til this afternoon. Greenspan has been kept locked in the parlor cell at the jail, and during th? morning he became extremely noisy, cursing and demanding to be let out. Jailer Lawson has had a sort of harness made for insane people, and at first sight of that Greenspan promised to keep quiet. MAX WITH SHOVEL. He Is In Popular Demand In Topeka Today. "The man with the shovel' Ms In de mand today and the supply is not equal to the demand. The City Railway company pressed all their conductors and motorneers into service with shovels and hired every man with a shovel who asked for work. The railroads notified the employment bureaus and the police that every one looking for wrork would be given em ployment and that the number of men wanted was unlimited. The street force went to work early clearing the cross ings and gutters. Street Commissioner Snyder is employing all the men he can get. All the street graders are at work clearing the gutters. The snow has to be gotten out of the gutters so that the water from the melting snow will run off without running over the sidewalks and getting into the cellars. The snow plows on the city railway were out early but all the lines will probably not be open before tomorrow. Testimonial to Cronje. Washington, Feb. 28. Representative Fitzgerald of Massachusetts, today passed around among his Democratic colleagues the following cable to Gen. Cronje, the defeated Boer general. Up to 2 o'clock today about 30 of them had signed It: "Gen. Cronje, Cape Town, Africa: Members of (he United Ktatesi house of representatives congratulate, you and your soldiers cn the magnif icent display of courage and heroism in your brave fight for human rights." A Night in the Rigging-. New Tork, Feb. 28. The Morgan line steamer El Paso from New Orleans has arrived, having on board Capt. Somera and seven men rescued Monday off Fry ing Pan lightship from the sinking schooner, Sarah E. Ward of Philadfl phia, bound from Charleston, S. C, for New Tork. The crew suffered all the hardships of a winter gale from the 24th to the 20th, spending a whole night in the ice coated rigging with the vessel filling under them before being rescued. TALK No. 80. Magnifying Glasses. There ia nothing1 so injurious to the eyes as jrlasis which (greatly magnify. They are invariably too strong-. It is not natural for the eyes to pee objects too lurge or too small. The object of glasses is to make e f'rythi nsr perfectly clear and distinct, but not enlarged. To place the eyes under jKirfctly nat ural conditions and to relieve all overwork and Ftrain. It is to thia kind of work that the optician is especially trained. He must take a careful measurement of every curve and muscle of the eye. He must be able to select Klasses that will neutralize and correct evf ry defect. They must be of the right focus and th right strength and must be in correct position before t h eyes. If you ought to have glasses or believe you ought, I will be glad to make an examination and tell you Just what you ned. I make no charge for consultation. My exclusive attention ia given to fitting glasses. CHA5. BENNETT. OPTICIAN. 730 Kansas Avenue. Established 1S79. w PER I) CSJ (J li g II

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TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL, WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 28; 1900. 5 ACTOR jjOYEARS, That is the Record of Stuart ltobsou. Talks About Failure of "The Gadfly." MUST BE VERY FUNNY. Audiences Refuse to Take Hini Seriously. Says Sol Smith Russell Preacher of the Stage. is Stuart Robson will be 64 years old next Sunday. His career as an actor is rapidly nearing the half century mark. The veteran entertainer mentioned his progress toward the golden jubilee tuage with an evident sense of pride in lits dressing room at the Crawford the ater last night. And the sense of pride was even more evident when he follow ed it up with the remark that during the 23 years he has been before the pub lic as a star he has been identified with but one distinct failure. This was his sumptuous production of "The Gadfly," which lie put on in New York at the opening of the season. New York refused to accept the comedian seriously, and his attempt cost him $1$, 000. "The American public is peculiar be cause it dooms every man to a special ty," he said last night. "It has time and again thwarted many heroic attempts to demonstrate versatility. Take Joe Jefferson, for instance; because Joe Jef ferson can give the public the best perf ormance of "Hip Van Winkle," the public decides he must forever remain the sleeper of the Catskills. The public killed Frank Mayo because it refused for years to see him as anything else but "Davy Crockett." Because I had succeeded in comedy, the American public, or at least that part of it repre sented by the theater-goers of New York, wouldn't have me in a serious part. "But I am like the proverbial burnt child," continued Mr. Robson. "I have had enough of it and don't propose to try a serious part again. Some of my friends blamed me for not trying the "Gadfly" on audiences of other cities, but a New York audience is easier to please than an audience in almost any other city in the country. People who think New York theater-goers know any more than theater-goers of any other city are wrong. This is only rea sonable when one stops to think that a big portion of every audience represents people who are in New York expressly for the purpose of being entertained. Actors want the approval of New York simply because New York is the great advertising center of the country. If a piece succeeds in New York its suc cess is heard of throughout tne country. In this way advertising that could un der no circumstances be purchased is received free. An actor doesn't take a play into New York for the purpose of artistic criticism, because artistic criticism is not there any more than it is In the majority of other cities. But he takes a play in there knowing that if New York likes it the whole country will hear of it being a success. "I believe the 'Gadfly' was one of the strongest plays ever produced." he went on, "much stronger than the book. Rut that didn't matter with the theater goers, simply because they had always peen me in comedy up to that time. The English public is unlike the American public in this particular. ;ow Sir Henry Irving can play anything he wants to; Beerbohm Tree and other prominent English actors can do the same thing. But here you are a 'spe cialist' and failure to remember it proves costly. Mr. Dixey, of my com pany, is one of the best actors in Amer ica, but 'Adonis' killed him. He put on "Adonis' in New York City for C:17 per formances, the longest consecutive run on record, and outsifle of New York played it for years. And what was the result? The American public still sees Mr. Dixey as 'Adonis' but as nothing else." Mr. Robson says that Sol Smith Rus eell is to him the most remarkable comedian of the American stage be cause of the hold he has upon the peo ple who are not theater-goers in any sense of the word. "Sol Smith Russell started entertain ing people, who had never seen foot Itghts. in churches, and today he has a following of that same class of people that is remarkable. He is a preacher of the stage. People who never think of looking at the insiite of a theater on any other occasion will turn out to see Russell. And when they see him they see a most accomplished entertainer." Mr. Robson says that he met Mr. Russell In Washington a short time ago and while he was still ill at that time, he was feeling much better than the time he gave up the stage in Chicago. Mr. Russell stated that he expected to be able to take up his work next sea son. In two weeks Mr. Robson will be in New York with "Oliver Goldsmith," and will play an engagement of four weeks there. The play was written at his suggestion by Augustus Thomas, and the comedian says he asked the author at the time if he thought he (Robson) could play the character. "I don't think you can play it," re plied Thomas, "but I believe you can make the people think you can." SO M F.W H AT D 1 S A PI'0 1 N T INT,. Stuart Robson must be credited with a remarkable interpretation of the charac ter of "Oliver txoUismith" in his new comedy by thu.t name from the pen of Augustus Thomas. The author of "Ala bama" must in turn be credited with hav ing constructed a natural stage story about incidents in the life of the Irish poet. The eostumer and scenic artists must likewise deserve credit f.ir a suc cession of artistic stage pictures. But with all credit aggregated, t here is some thing disappointing about the production of "Oliver Goldsmith." as seen at the Crawford theater last night. Fossibly the disappointment is due in part to the fact that the costume com pany of Augustus Thomas reminds one of tne costume comedies or Sheridan suf ficiently to provoke a comparison. Bad "Oliver Goldsmith" but a part of the scintillating brilliancy of "The School for Scandal," it would be a great success. It is true that the author cleverly injected fi number of the historically bright pay riffs of Goldsmith and his associates into the play, but they are so set as to form beacon lights rather than result in con tinued brilliancy. "Oliver Goldsmith" is simply a stage re cital of incidents in the life of the author of "The Deserted Village." based on his love for Marv Hofnock and the rinallv successful efforts of him and his friends to put "She Stoops to Conquer" on the stage. Augustus Thomas has been noted for his naturalness in constructing plavs preceding the Robson order, and it may be that his devotion to the natural is largely responsible for the disappointment In the new comedy. The brilliancy of Oarrick and Burke and Dr. Jonson. and the blundering wit of Oliver Goldsmith may have been no more evident in their daily associations than Mr. Thomas makes it in the play, but theater-goers of the nineteenth centurv undoubtedly believe it to have been. The players are made to move in a decidedly natural atmosphere, but it is one that is but sparsely illuminated by witty dia logue. The comedy situations are practic ally confined to the second act, which serves to show an attempted rehearsal of a portion of the Goldsmith play. In the production of "Oliver Goldsmith" the individual efforts of the people pre senting it are far more responsible for the entertainment provided than the'work of the author. Mr. Robson is supported by a most excellent company and the various parts are exceptionally well cast. The work of Mr. Robson shows him to be a thorough student of the character of Oliver Goldsmith, and his interpretation, by reason of the study it shows ,is prob ably one of the best things he has done. Mr. Henry K. Dixey. who is seen in the part of "David Garrick" deserves to rank next to Mr. Robson. Mr. Dixey appar ently fully appreciates what the charac ter of the brihiant actor misfht have been, and Mr. Thomas was naturally kinder to Ills part in the mat,ter of bright lines than any of the others! His bit of acting in the second act with Miss F.llen Mortimer was one of the neatest points of the per formance. In the last net he made a most ludicrous Knglish baiiiff. Miss Florence Rockwell looked and act ed the part of "Mary Horneck" charm ingly. Mr. Walter Hale and Mr. H. A. Weaver proved themselves particularly capable in the respective parts of "Ed mund Burke" and "Dr. Jonson." The audience that saw the comedy was cut down in numbers by the severe storm. Practically the entire, house was sold, but many seats remained vacant. The train on which Mr. Robson and his company arrived from Wichita, was several hours late and as a result it was y o'clock be fore the curtain was rung up. Be re sponded to a curtain call after the sec ond act, CR0XJE S HUMILIATION. Roberta and Kitchener Scored For Their Treatment of Boer General. New York, Feb. 28. A special to the World from Washington, D. C, says: Continental diplomats accept the de feat of Gen.Cronje in grim silence. None will consent to be quoted for any ex pression except that the issue was what might have been expected. One of the attaches who has himself served as a soldier, however, said: "There is one aspect of the capitula tion of Gen. Cronje which is humiliat ing to every soldier. There is a broth erhood of chivalry which binds all pro fessional soldiers. Violation of the del icate amenities which govern the con duct of members of our profession is a reflection upon the order of chivalry as much today as it was when knighthood was in flower. "Gen. Cronje made a gallant defense. At the cost of the utmost sacrifice and pain he stopped the victorious LordRob erts and held his ground until his hard pressed countrymen could form for a final defense. "The fact that Lord Roberts and his lieutenant, Lord Kitchener, compelled the valorous Cronje to the bitter hu miliation of presenting himself at the tent of his conqueror as a suppliant for the miseiable boon of unconditional surrender is a requital of bravery not consistent with chivalrous conduct. Sol diers throughout the world will be amazed. There was no possible excuse. The fact that the British commanders might have apprehended treachery is the flimsiest pretext. The British were strong enough to have executed the frail army were any violation of wax committed. "Cronje has been a brave foe. He made no discrimination between the wounded British and his own people; all were treated alike, as was shown when the hospital at Jacobsdal was captured two weeks ago. The bitter hu miliation put upon him is a stain upon Christian knighthood. It is without parallel. "Contrast the conduct of Lord Rob erts and Kitchener with that of the victorious Schley and Shafter. The ut most courtesy was shown to their over thrown foes. Philips' 'Don't cheer, men; they are dying,' will stand in contrast to the conduct of the generals who com pelled a gallant foeman who had bat tled against tremendous odds to come as a humble suppliant even to the very doors of their tents, to beg for his brave soldirs tha tthey might ignominiously surrender. "This ruthless, overbearing conduct will have an effect upon civilization. Those who claim to admire fair play should exhibit some of the elements of the chivalry which is the real basis of gentlemanly conduct. "Soldiers will remember this treat ment and it is possible that on another day it may be returned with interest." CRONJE'S DOWNFALL Made an Event of Great Rejoicing at Victoria, B. C. Chicago, Feb. 28. A special to the Record from Victoria, B. C, says: When the news of the surrender of Gen. Cronje and his army was received here Victoria went wild with excite ment. All the whistles and bells of the city were tooting and clanging for a considerable time. The flags which since news came of the death of Vic torians at Paardeberg had been flying at half mast were raised to the mast heads. The local bands were hurriedly as sembled and as they played the national anthem and other patriotic airs the enthusiastic crowds cheered for the queen and the generals and soldiers at the front. The buildings of the city and all the shipping in port were draped and bunting was flying every where. The school children were sent back from school and the mayor pro claimed a public holiday. All day crowds marched along the streets cheer ing, waving flags and singing patriotic tunes. The following cablegram was sent by Victoria's mayor to Lord Lansdowne: "Citizens of far west Victoria, B. C, send hearty congratulations on the suc cess of the British army and rejoice that Canada participated with other portions of the empire In the splendid result, which they hope Is a harbinger of glorious peace." LIE UNDER THE SEA. Spanish Armored Cruisers Cannot Be Recovered by Uncle Sam. New York, Feb. 28. A special to the Herald from Washington, D. C says: All chance of saving any of the Spanish armored cruisers sunk off Santiago, Cuba, has gone. Word Das reached the navy department that the Cristobal Colon, which was pushed on the beach by the cruiser New York, alter the bat tle with Cervera'a command, has slid into deep water. The department long ago gave up the idea of saving the Colon. Private per sons have been writing to the secretary of the navy for permission to raise the vessel, but as they could not meet the department's requirements, or imposed impossible conditions, favorable action on their requests has not been taken. Ended Three Lives. Bluefield. W. Va Feb. 2S. Joseph Glean, a farmer, living six miles north of this place killed his daughter and Al bert Marsh, her lover, and then killed himself yesterday. Glean had forbidden Marsh to call on his daughter and rind ing him in the parlor ordered him to leave. Upon Marsh's refusal Glean fired at him with a shotgun. Ellen Glean sprang in front of her lover and received the charge in her throat, dying instantly. The second shot killed Marsh. Glean then cut his own throat. Fred Collier on "The "World." Fred H. Collier, formerly managing editor of the State Journal, is now working on the World, New York City. It was reported by mistake that Mr. Collier had accepted a position on the Kansas City Journal. SOCIAL AND PERSONAL. The Lakota club held a pleasant meeting Monday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Harrison Morgan. Marie An toinette was the subject of a paper read by Miss Mary Moon. Miss Alice Pres cott gave a reading on the Place de la Concord. There was also a reading by Mrs. David Palmer, and Miss Dora Furman lead a discussion on the sub ject "Was Marie Antoinette a victim or an evil genius of the French revo lution?" The next meeting will be held In two weeks at the home of Miss Mary Thompson. Notes and Personal Mention. The Thalia club will meet this even ing with Misses Santa and Fe Waters. Miss Jean Frost will leave Friday for a week's visit with relatives in Gales burg, Illinois. The tenth annual meeting of the Kan sas Woman's Press association will be held in Topeka May 5. The Neighborhood High Five club will be entertained next Tuesday evening by Mrs. George McCoy at her home on West Eighth street. J. M. Valentine, of Admire, i3 spend ing a few days in Topeka with his par ents. Captain and Mrs. Ragland expect to leave in a few days, for Atlanta, Ga., to live. A certain Topeka girl is showing her defiance of superstition by wearing three opal rings on one finger. Miss Alice Prescott will entertain the Douze Whist club Saturday afternoon. The C. C. club will give a dinner party next Tuesday evening at the home of the Misses Hagar on Topeka avenue. A woman's desk may be fitted up with all sorts of dainty letter openers, but nine out of ten prefer to open their letters with a hairpin. The Fortnightly club has presented another picture to the public schools. Mrs. D. S. Griffin, of Denver, is visit ing her sister, Mrs. L. Sneehan. Mrs. Charles McClintock is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John' Price, in Atchison. The Portia club will meet Thursday afternoon. March 1. with Mrs. D. C. Tillotson. This will be the annual meeting for the election of officers. Miss Theresa Rossington has returned from a week's visit with friends in Leavenworth. Mrs. Sharrard and Mrs. Gardner, of Meriden, were in Topeka to see Stuart Robson, Tuesday evening. The Progressive Grande club will meet Saturday afternoon at the home of Miss Charlotte Parkhurst, in Potwin. Warren M. Crosby returned Tuesday from his eastern trip. The Violet Party. A charming affair for this season of the year is the violet party. The rooms should be decorated with the fragrant little blossoms, and each guest given a card on which she is to answer a num ber of given questions, with words made from the letters in "violet." The prize should be a dainty bit of china deco rated with violets. If favors are to be given, a tiny bunch of violets will be the most appropriate. A pretty fancy in refreshments is to have for the last course meringues, tied with violet ribbons and a bunch of violets thrust through the ribbons on top. For Spring Wear. With the close of February the win ter wardrobe has about accomplished its purpose. Women begin to weary of furs and heavy wraps, and are pleased to transfer their attention to the fa brics and fashions for spring. The stores are especially inviting during these of tentimes dark, dull and dreary days of declining winter. They seem to have an ticipated the color, light and bloom of the vernal season, which we are all long ing for, and to browse among the wealth of spring fabrics, exquisitely beautiful in their manifold tints and diversified design, and the profusion of dainty and diaphanous rainbow tinted materials I'or the aprpoaching summer time, is like getting a foretaste of the season when nature has garbed the trees in green and sprinkled the meadows with buttercups and daisies, and of the rose decked days then not far off. Not a few women are making up their summer wardrobes. Certainly every wise woman has begun to think what she will select for spring. The decision should not be difficult, for the exhibits of fabrics in the stores were never so abundant, diversified and artistic. There is something to suit every taste and ev ery pocketbook. The new satin foulards are beautiful both in texture and coloring, and so lustrous and soft that they look like panne. Whether you choose the deli cate pastel colors or the brighter tones they are a desirable purchase and fur nish the foundation for an effective cos tume. The designs In spring foulards are of great variety, but especially beautiful are the Persian patterns, wrought in Oriental colors. Crepe foulard is a nov elty full of artistic possibilities. It is close kin to the exquisite crepe de chines, which have long since been giv en a prominent place in the list of fa vorite fabrics for artistic, beautiful gowns. Possessing delightful possibili ties in the fact that it lends itself to soft and artistic folds is a dainty fa bric called satin de Paris. It belongs to the crepe de chine and crepe de Paris family, though the sheen is more lus trous and the crepe-like weave not ao discernible as in these. A silk and wool material which is very much liked is lansdowne and is perfectly smooth, like satin-faced cloth, btu soft and dainty in texture. It is not new, btu as it is not costly and has so many of the fashionable qualities, it fills a place between the cheap and the very expensive materials, which every woman cannot afford to have. The pop ularity of the crepon weaves has by no means abated, and the new designs are extremely rich in appearance. In severe tailor-made costumes the plain skirt with one or two box-plaits in the back is the favored style, but in the more elaborate costumes the side and box-plaited effects are universal. Some of these plaits start from the waistband and are stitched to within 12 or 14 inches of the bottom. Others start from 10 to 12 inches of the top where they commence as tiny pinched-up tucks and from whence they broaden out to inch wide plaits, near the foot. The majority of the Eton coats touch the belt in the back and are long point ed in front, but cut as if double-breasted in width but allowed to extend straight forward, rolling in revers from the opening. Often the back and side of the Eton are confined by a wide stitched band of the cloth pointed in the back and closing after passing beneath the center fronts, which are left loose. As to trimmings, next to the popular finish of silk machine stitching, use will this spring be made of fine silk gimps, which vary in width from a quarter to two inches. A very effective gimp is composed of all silk cord, in two shades, woven in fine basket designs from a very narrow silk tape border, which is concealed beneath the edge of the gar ment it trims, so that it appears to form part of the material. Vienna-woven "outline trimming" is another style which comes in a number of pretty spring colors, and just a touch of gold or silver is introduced in its weaving. Lecture Course. The Mendelssohn quartette concert tonight at the high school. Tickets for this entertainment and the concert by the Spiering siring quartette, 7a cents. SEWER PIPE TRUST. Manufacturers Form a Combine With $10,000,000 Capital. New York, Feb. 28. The manufac turers of sewer pipe from various parts of the country who have been at the Fifth Avenue hotel for more than a week have formed a combination taking in the majority of the firms in the United States. The capitalization of the new organization is Jlu.OOO.OOO. The combination is the result of ne gotiations begun about a year ago. Last spring a protracted meeting was held at the hotel with the same end in view, but no agreement was reached. The promoters, however, were not discour aged and went to wprk some time ago to renew the negotiations with the re sult named. There are said to be forty-five sewer pipe works in the country and of these twenty-eight are in the combination just formed. These Included the fac tories of R. M. Francy and W. B. and Elmer E. Francy, of Toronto, Ohio; O. C. Barber and D. E. Hill, Akron, Ohio; James Porter of New Cumberland. W. Va.; C. A. and John Freeman of Ohio, and several manufacturers from Michi gan. It is the general belief that most of the other owners will join the new combination sooner or later. Who the officers of the new company will be is not yet known. TOTED FOR PASSES. Iowa Legislature Decides to Keep Up Free Rides. Chicago, Feb. 28. A special to the Times-Herald from De3 Moines, Iowa, says: After an all-day discussion the Hughes anti-free pass bill lacked one vote of passing in the house. Various atempts had been made to kill the bill with amendments and by the indirect means of laying it on the table. The judiciary committee had reported tha bill in an emaciated form, making it apply only to delegates to political con ventions. A minority report, restoring the bill to its original form, prohibiting issuing passes to all state and county officers, including members of the legis lature and district judges, was adopted by a vote ot 54 to 34. The opponents of the bill next tried to amend it by making it apply to the railway commissioners, to whom rail way companies are compelled by law to furnish free transportation. This failed by a vote of 38 to 51. The morning votes indicated that the bill would pass, but during the noon re cess several members changed their minds 'and, voted no on the final roll call. No motion to reconsider was made. The discussion was at times very animated. WILL SEND TEAM EAST. University of California Athletes Will Compete With Crack Teams. Berkeley, Cal., Feb. 28. It has been officially decided to send the track team of the University of California east this season. There will be meets with Cor nell, Columbia, Pennsylvania, Wiscon sin and Princeton, and possibly Yale and Chicago. The University of Cali fornia team will also compete in the Mott Haven games. From the first place men a team will be chosen by the American Athletic association to be sent to the Paris exposition. California may count on one man, and possibly two. The Californians will make their headquarters at Princeton. Seven of the twelve men have already been selected, as follows: Track Cap tain Drum, who runs the 100 and 220 yard dashes; Cadago will run the 220 and 440 yard dashes; Ben Blakewell will run the 120 and 220 hurdles; Broughton will go the broad jump and run the 1C0 yard dash; Hoffman will go the high jump and pole vault; Woolsey will put the shot and run the 100 yard dash, and Blaw will throw the hammer and put the shot. UNITERSITIES UNITE In a Trust For the Conferring of Higher Degrees. Chicago, Feb. 2S. Eleven of the leading universities of the United States have de cided to unite in a permanent organiza tion to establish and maintain uniform ity in the requirements for the degree of doctor of philosophy and other graduate degrees. This action was taken by 17 university presidents and professors, rep resenting eleven universities, at a meeting held in Haskell hall. University of Chi cago. Another meeting for permanent or ganization will be held tomorrow. "This organization is not to be a trust, but a co-operative association." said Prof. Leuscnner, secretary of the meeting. "We do not propose to make it impossible for the smaller universities to give higher degrees. We think that the adoption of uniform standards on the. part of the larger universities and a co-operative as sociation to consider all questions of graduate work we do not consider under graduate work will help smaller univer sities as well as our own. In some places now a high school is given recognition as a university. That should not be." President Leuscnner, representative of California, outlined the plan. President Eliot appointed the following committee of live to draw up a plan of permanent organization: President Jordan, of Ice land Stanford, jr., chairman; President W. R. Harper, of Chicago; Monsignor E. Conatv, of the Catholic university; Prof. D. V. Pette, of Michigan; and Prof. W. R Newbold. of I'ennsy lvania. The universities which have agreed to go into the association and their repre sentatives at the meeting are as follows: Harvard President Charles W. Eliot. California President Benjamin Ide Wheeler, prof. Armfne Leusehner. Chicago President William R. Harper, Prof. Gardner Hale. Columbia Prof. Nicholas Murray, But ler. Michigan President James B. Angell, Prof. D. V. Pette. Clark Prof. K. E. Sanford. Pennsylvania Prof. N. D. Lerned, Will iam Romaine Newbold. Princeton Prof. AV. F. Magie. American Catholic university Right Rev. Mgr. Conaty Prof. Daniel W. Shea, Prof. Edwin A. Face. Johns Hopkins Prof. Ira. Remsen. Leland' Stanford, Jr. President David Starr Jordan. Dismissed the Ministry. Victoria, B. C, Feb. 28. Lieutenant Governor Mclnnes has refused to sanc tion the combination secured by the government party led by Mr. Semlin with live members of the opposition by which power was to be retained and has dismissed the ministry. The choice of the new prmier is noc yet announced but it is generally believed General Lunsmuir w ill be the premier and Joseph Martin again the attorney gen eral. Ten Business Houses Burned. Newark, N. J., Feb. 28. The firemen were still hard at work today playing streams of water on the smouldering ruins of the large fire last night swept through the entire dry goods district of Newark.-N. J. The .Are started in W. V. Snyder's department store and spread rapidly, burning out ten busi ness houses. Contributions for Irish Soldiers. New York. Feb. 28 Mrs. Adair has received $263 in small sums for sending comforts to Irish soldiers on board the American hospital ship Maine at Dur ban. The accounts today show the aw ful losses amongst the Dublin Fusiliers in the late battles near Colenso. If any of their compatriots feel inclined to send further subscriptions they will be received if directed to "Mrs. Adair, care Messrs. Morgan Co., New York." Sale of J. B. Which we bought from C article in this fine stock is people the past week have choice, and the prices are a MILLS' STOCK at A LL Stiff Mills' price $3 and $4 Sale Price A chi all colors. Your choice H ILLS' Caps price Valises, Suit Cases, Umbrellas, HIRTS All the Shirts left from J white and fancy, such brands as Monarch, Elgin, Clinton Smith's, of which Mills' price was $1.00 to $2.00 Today your choice at Great Good Bargains in Men's Fine Clothing. MEN'S FINE OVEECOATS. Ulsters ami Suits. made of best, most satisfactory fabrics, in all styles were our best $10.00 aud (ti f, $12 :.uo garments. You can buy one at fty, JW EN'S FINE SUITS and OVERCOATS Made of elegant materials were SU.M OCi "!r to $15.00- VV d Our Special Sale Price PJltf QUB BEST SUITS. OVERCOATS, also Ulsters. v All small lots of finest iiarments, that were $15 IU U.UO. It Will pay you to buy an Overcoat or Suit for next winter at our price of $12.50 Special Sale of Pants. BULL PES" HORRORS. Witnesses Continue to Give Details of Outrages at Wardner, Idaho. Washington, Feb. 2S. The investiga tion of the course of. the United States military forces in connection with the Coeur d'Alene Idaho minis troubles was resumed today by the house com mittee on military affairs. Wilber H. Stewart, publisher of a paper at Mul lan, Idaho, a town near the scene of the rioting testified at considerable length. He said his paper had no official con nection with the miners, and he had no part in the riots at the time of the blowing up of the mill. Subsequently, however, he was arrested without war rant at his office, by State Auditor Bartlett Sinclair and an army officer. Mr. Sinclair stated to witness that he was accused of publishing seditious matter. A special train took him to Wallace and after a night in jail he was put in the "bull pen." The officer who arrested him wore the uniform of the United States army and was in charge of the military- forces. Mr. Stewart described the interior of the "pen" along the same lines as pre vious witnesses. He said he was com pelled by the negro soldiers to do re volting work. Stewart testified that when he got sick and refused to do the work on ac count of illness the negro soldiers used obscene language and oaths against him until the corporal of the guard made them desist. The general treat ment of the men in the "pen" was re volting, he said, to an American citi zen. They were frequently insulted. Mr. Stewart will continue his testimony when the investigation is resumed to morrow. At the request of Mr. Lentz the following additional witnesses were subpoenaed: Charles Francis, Montana; Geo. Cornell, Burke. At the request of Representative Dick the followii-g were subpoenaed: J. J. Coakley, Weiser, Ida Wm. Pipkin, Burke; A. B. Campbell, Spokane; Hugh France, Fred Burbridge, W. C. Pipes and Roger S. Rogers, Wardner; Henry Hawes, Wallace and Soumer Mallot, Spokane. Savitt's Successor. London, Feb. 28. The result of the election which took place in South Mayo yesterday for representative in parlia ment in succession to Mr. Michael Davitt whoresigned as a protest against the Boer war was as follows: Mr. John O Donnell, nationalist, 2,410; Major John McBride, Nationalist, 427; Mr. O'Donnell's majority 1.943. Major Mc Bride was the organizer ot the Irish brigade in the service of the Transvaal Boers. At the last election in South Mayo Mr. Davitt was returned unop posed. J. P. Morgan Going to London. New York, Feb. 28. J. Pierpont Mor gan has engaged passage, it is said, on the Oceanic on March 21, when he will make his usual spring trip to Lon don and the continent. General Barnes Married. New York. Feb, 28. General W. H. L Barnes of San Francisco was mar ried Monday night to Mrs. Anna M. Scott, at the residence of General Barnes' brother, John S. Barnes, in this city, by Rev. Dr. David H. Greer. The couple left for the west yesterday. Steam Fngines Made From Glass. Backman's glass workers opened their exhibition last evening on Kansas ave nue. Among the many features are two steam glass engines in operation, made entirely of beautifully colored glass rods. One is a beam engine, used to operate side wheel steam boats; the other a Coriis, which is not quite com pleted, although Mr. Backman has it in operation. It was put in operation for the first time at Lawrence, Kan. A beautiful red glass sign bears the name "Lawrence," in honor of the town. Mr. Backman may be seen making orna mental parts to go on It. The steam chests and cylinders being made of glass, shows the opening and closing of the valves, and proves steam to be in visible. Mr. Backman delivers a lec ture on steam and its application to engines. They form valuable? object lessons. Six artists are at work making beautiful ornaments which are given to visitors free of charge. Hills Co.'s E. Gault, Trustee, continues until entire stock is sold. Every offered, in this Sale at less than wholesale cost. Many wise purchased enough for most a year's supply. The stock ;s very revelation of cheapness. Come to this Great Sale, sure aid MILLS' REGULAR PRICES HATS Sill CAPS. the Newest Shapes in and Soft Hats mostly made by Sweet, Dempster Co., Chicago, very fine Hats. 1.85 II Mills' $2, and $2.50 Hats, shapes, all 50c 50c to $1.50 Sale 25c only etc, in this Sale. the Mills' Stock 50c Reductions BOYS' REEFERS All woof, large storm collar, ages 8 to 15. were $2.45. It will pay (hi 1 "T you to buy one for next winter J) 1.4 'J BOYS' SUITS All wool, all stylei, 01 A"T ages 9 to 14 were $-.'.50 and $3.0 J .M..I.I on sale at v v BOYS' FINEST SUITS In all styles. A.) A"T best makes, sold as high as $7.60 ,V,i. .1.1 Your cliolce of these y"""7 YOUNG MEN'S SUITS -Ages 13 to 19, 61 AT of all-wool fabrics-$7.60 Suits .14 Sale price v 7O0 khim At. Auarbacb WOULD LOVE GOLDSMITH. Florence Rockwell Says Poet Is Her Favorite. Miss Florence Rockwell, the accom plished young lady who was seen here last season with Sol Smith Russell and last night as "Mary Horneck" in Stuart RobBon's production of "Oliver Gold smith," is a believer in presentiments. A year ago she had a presentiment that she would in some way be identified with the character of "Mary Horneck." "It was one day when Mr. Russell was reading us sketches from Moore's de lightful work about Goldsmith," she explained last night. "He read the name 'Mary Horneck,' and the thought then came to me suddenly that some day I would in some way be connected with the character. At that time I had no intention other than remaining with Mr. Russell, and had no thought that a play written around the life of the Irish poet would be put on the sta ge. "I am such an admirer of Goldsmith in reality," said Miss Rockwell, "that I find no difficulty in loving him on the stage. I think if I lived in Goldsmith's time I should really have loved him." OYSTER TRUST FORMED. Seeks to Control the Foreign as Well as Local Trade. New York, Feb. 28. The consolidated oyster company is being organized. It seeks to control not only the local trade, but trade to foreign shores as well. Ev ery man that eats an oyster in London or New York will be a subscriber. In all probability the fry will soon be raised out of reach of the casual mid night roysterer, who bears home pen ance in a box. The formation of the oyster monopoly is in the hands of Theron Strong, a law yer. At the present moment Mr. Strong is disinclined to give complete details, as he says there are still options to be secured from different oyster growers. MEET AT GARNETT. Congressman J. D. Bowersock to Be Renominated in Anderson County. The Second congressional district con vention at which J. D. Bowersock will be renominated by acclamation will be held at Garnett, April 5. This was de cided by a meeting of the congressional committee at Lawrence yesterday. Delegates to the national convention from the district will be named at that time. FIGHT FOR A GIRL. Five Greek Fruit Vendors in a Ter rific Battle. Chicago, Feb. 28. Five Greek fruit vendors all loved the same girl, and in a discussion over their relative chances came to blows last evening. As soon as the battle grew furious the contestants allied themselves according to family ties, three, Circicoupoulos brothers bat tling on one side and two Amos on the other. They fought with stilettos, base ball bats, knives and bricks and four of the five were so seriously injured that they are now in a hospital. Countess Sings Coon Songs. London, Feb. 28 The Countess Rus sell made her debut in vaudeville at the Tivoii theater last night, and sang coon songs in a sweet voice. They were well received. Scald head is an eczema of the scalp very severe sometimes, but it can be cured. Doan s Ointment, quick and per manent in its results. At any drug store, 50 cents. CASTOR I A Tor Infants and Children. Be Kind Yen Have Always Bought Bears the Signature J- fine Stock (Jndsrwear ONE Lot of Mills Finest Underwear, all kinds, small lots sold by Mills at 31.50 to Collars Sample Linen Collars, 25c, 20c and 15c grades, 5c each. Cloves Mills $1 Kid Gloves Sale price 50C S3.00 Our Sale Price ONE Lot mils' $1.00 Derby Ribbed Un derwear Our sale price 55 MILLS' $1.50 and fa Underwear All kinds o Our sale price yOL JILLS' 50c Fleece. lined Under- wear-Sale price MILLS' 50C. 75C Hose, OC Sale price XJu MILLS' 25c, S3e Hose, I 7 bale price I I b NECKWEAR -Great Values. Mills' 25c, 35c Neckwear Sale price 14o Mills' 50c, 75c Neckwear On sale at 25o Mills' $1.00 to $2.00 Oxford Mufflers On sale at. .50o in Clothing. SHOES! TRY OUR WASHBURN $3-50 SHOES. Ouattei. NORTH TOPEKA. Items Intended for this column should be left with the Kimball Printing com pany, 835 Kansas avenue. Clifford Nystrom who has been ill for the past week is very much Im proved. Frank Berry has recovered from an attack of tonsilitis and has resumed his place at the store. Miss Agnes Coughlin of Peterton is the guest of her cousins, the Misses Coughlin of Monroe street. J3.50 boots for $2.00; men's and ladles" heavy shoes, rubber and arctics at re duced prices. COSTLEY POST. P. R. Walsh, roadmaster for the Union Pacific, was a Topeka visitor yesterday. He returned to Kansas City today. Miss Grace Reynolds of Lawrence has been the guest for the past week of her sister, Mrs. O. F. Whitney and will now visit her cousin. Dr. T. tt. Reynolds and family for a few days. Charlie French will go to Leaven worth shortly to take the physical ex amination as he is a candidate for an appointment to West Point. Miss Randal of South Havens, Mich., who has been visiting Miss Eva Hoga- boom of Harrison street is the ruest this week of Miss Blanche Shepherd of: Quincy street. Mrs. Will Courtney and little son ar rived last evening from Abilene and are the gutsts today of Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Courtney. They will visit Mrs. Court ney's mother, Mrs. Doyle of Oakland, la ter. Miss Clara J. Murrell, aged 14, daugh ter of Mrs. J. M. Murrell, died last even ing at nine o'clock of appendicitis at the family home, 1228 Harrison street. No arrangements for the funeral have as yet been made. As a team hitched to a coal wagon was crossing the Union j.'aciiic tracks yesterday afternoon one horse was struck by a switch engine and so bad ly injured that it was necessary to shoot the animal. The wagon was con siderably broken but tne driver esoaped, uninjured. The Welsh people of this city will hold their celebration in honor of their patron saint, St. David, tomorrow even ing at Metropolitan hall on Kansas ave nue between Fourth and Fifth streets. There will be no tickets and no admis sion fee. There will be a good pro gramme and a basket picnic. DIFFENDERFER-PARAMORE. Miss Lodie Paramore and Mr. Ray K. Dlffenderfer weie married lust evening at the home of the bride's parents, on Quincy street. The ceremony was per formed by Rev. W. B. Hutchinson of the Baptist church In the presence of the Immediate families of the contract ing parties. Both young people are well known here and have a large circle ot friends. ALARM FOR CHOKER. Friends Fear That the Health of tha Tammany Man is Seriously Im paired. New York, Feb. 28. Richard Croker's condition is beginning to alarm his political and personal friends. Reports from Wantage, England, are that he is recovering slowly from his Injuries. While his fractured leg is mending, his stomach troubles have attacked him again. One of Mr. Crocke's lieutenants re ceived a letter from him yesterday in. which Mr. Crocker was frank enough to say that he was not in the best of health. He also wrote that he would not return to New York before the lat ter part of May. This will prevent him attending tha Democratic state convention, which is to elect delegates to the national con vention, and is taken as an indication that his troubles are of a serious char acter. A New Premier. Victoria, B. C, Feb. 28. Joseph B. Martin has been named by the governor as the premier of British Columbia and will probably announce his cabinet in, the legislature today. There will be a general election immediately, probably on federal party lines.

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TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL, WEDNESDAY EVENING. FEBRUARY 2S, 1900: 7 TONIGHT. THE GREAT BARLOW MINSTRELS MANAGEMENT HAKKV WARD. -WHITE ARTISTS 35 O J C Iff FIRST TART SONGS. 2 UISASS BANDS L ilfcS COSTUilKS. DANCES. GKAND STREET PARADE AT NOON. 35- SATURDAY NIGHT, MARCH 3d. SOUSA AND HIS BAND. BERTHA BUCKLIN, Violiniste. BLANCHE DUFFIELD, Soprano. Last Concert Here Before Departure for Europe. Prices t 60c, 75c, $1.00, 1.50. Seats on sale at Rowley Snow's. G RAND OPERA. ROUSE WEDNESDAY NIGHT, February 28. The Famous BROS. ROYER In the Greatest of all Acrobatic Farco Frolics. NEXT DOOR See the Royer Troupe of Acrobats?, the "Wonderful Trick Scenery, the Hot Chases. See the Great Leapers. the Hilarious Situations, the Funny Mule. CaLchy Music. Lively specialties. Hand some Costume and luo Other Surprises. Reserved sent sale will begin Monday morning at Flatly Orubbs' drug store. I'rices 25, 35. 5:, to cents and $1. ANOTHER BIG COMPANY. James-Kidder-Hanford Organization "Will Visit Topeka. Another good attraction has been booked for the Crawford theater in this city. The James-Kid der-Hanford or ganization will be here on the night of March 31. The play to be presented has not yet been der ided upon. Louis James and Katherine Kidder were seen here last season as members of the .Tames-Kidd'-r-Warde triumvi rate in "The School for Scandal." Mr. Hanford was here as one of the McLean-Tyler- H a nford alliance. The present organization of s.tars is present ing a rop.-rtoire of plays including cora ley, romance and tragedy. TODAY'S 31 A K KET KEPOKT. Chicago, Feb. 2. "W HEAT The wheat market opened easier uii the liberal north west receipts and because a heavy snow covering- to crops was reported. May ,Vq14! under yesterday at tiT)7! tjic. Liver pool was steady. Trade was vi-ry quiet lor some time. May touched r"sc and reacted to Wsc, but as scalpers were looking- for small profits the price quickly re ceded to 'jyh There was a lit He out ride selling-. Local receipts were 44 cars, none of contract grade. Minneapolis and Duluth reported fCi cars against 0u4 last week and AZ'l a vear ago. The market held steady at the small decline, until ten minutes before the end of the sessions, when holders not wishing to arry a load over night, unloaded. May declined to and closed weak. "s'(j 1; under yesterday at i'c. CORN Corn was duli but steady dur ing the first hours of trading. Cables were unchanged and country offerings small receipts here were cars. 41 cars u nder t he estima te. May opened un changed at :'r touched 'iac, but returned to ;kc around which the demand. tl Tugh light, seemed to be equal to the supply. Corn continued quiet and closed, steady, May a shade lower at i!4 m'-; :;."c. OATS were inactive, scarcely any busi ness being done. May opened a shade lower at 23 "bc. Lora 1 receipts were 13U cars. 11 cars under the estimate. PRO VISIONS The provisions market opened practically unchanged. There was little outside demand and the price eased off early, but steadied at the decline. May pork opened a shade higher at $10.7J''i 10.72'. and sold off to Slti.021;.: May lard unchanged at $5.s5. selling to Jn..1. and Mav ribs unchanged at SD.S'Xa 5. &2 touch ing $5.77'. Chicago Livestock Market. Chicago. Feb. 2$. CATTLE Receipts. 32,000. Generally stronger. Good to prime steers. ToilO cents higher at jri.''afi.l'O; poor to medium strong. $4."mk;m.s5: stoekers and feeders. $3.51 ku 4.75; cows. Si.'; 4.25; heif ers, $.'i.2"'f 4.5i canners. $"'.2.ryy 2. bulls. ?2. vrj 4. 2.'. cal ves, $5. i 7. 7.") Tex n s fed steers. Texas bulls. ?:i.2.i n.75. HOGS Receipts today, ,J,i'M,,.i; tomor row. ;if.ii'Hj; left over, -i.CS. (Jeneral steady to strong. Mixetl ami butchers. 84.7'''? 4.W): good to choice heavy. $4' 4.''2'-: rough heavv. ?4.io 4.7: light, ?4.(jriM.!;3; bulk of sales. $4.smi4.S."). SH E EP Receipts, 12,000. Sheep strong to shade higher, lambs 10 cents higher. Oood to choice wethers. $5.4'5.S'J: fair to choice mixed. S4. 4ti-ii 5.5 western sheep. $ri.2"..v 5.10; yea tiings, $5.75'S.;0: native lambs, $r.0i'(7.:io; western iambs, l.X. Official receipts and shipments for yes terday Cattle Receipts, 4 5:5; shipments, l-9:". Hogs Receipts, 9.:;.m: shipments. &.WJS. Sheep Receipts. 1.151: shipments, 955. Kansas City Livestock Market. Kansas City, Feb. 2S. CATTLE Re ceipts, 2.'M'. Market strong. Native queers, $4.0-i 5.75; Texas steers. $3.oiKa l.oo Texas cows. Uh,i y.lVi: native cows and heifers. $l.5Ki 4.4a; stockers and feeders, .10775.25: bulls, $3.mj 4.00. H OGS Receipts. 5,ft. Market firm. Bulk of sales and heavv. $l.tfo74.7f; pack ers. $4.H2o'?i4.7!7l. light, $4.(4.722; mixed, 54.5o,'o4.'J71:2; yorkers, $4.t'7 4.tJ7l. pigs. $3.50 fa4.r,o. SH EEF Receipts, l.ooo. Market strong. Lambs, $3.75' -00 muttons, $3.005.70. Kansas City Produce Market. Kansas City. Feb. 2. WHEAT -Mav. 6i.Sc. Cash: No. 2 hard, tilic: No. 3, oW 62c: Xo. 2 red. T"o; No. 3. O'l-Tiibc. CORN May. 'UV- Cash: No. 2 mixed, 3ie: No. 2 white. :i2l-rn-'ic: No. 3, 32lic. OATS No. 2 white, 24425c. It V E No. 2. 52e. HAY choice timothy, $y.25a9.75; choice prairie. $7.Ch7.25. BUTTER Creamer'. 20y23c; dairy, ISc. EGGS Fresh, 12c. Topeka Markets Today. CATTLE. COWS $2.30?t3.50. STEERS $3.51 4.00. HEIFERS Xi.Wn 3.75. HOG3. LTGTIT $4.304.5). HEAVY AND M EDTUM-r$i.40 4.55. GRAIN. KG. 2 WHEAT-tilVc. XO. 2 CORN 25 cents. NO. 2 OA1S-24C. HAY 55.5ufati.0O. PRODUCE. EGGS 13 cents. CHICKENS (l'a6H cents. BUTTER 2u cents. Grain Letter. Furnished by J. C. Goings. Commission Merchant, 112 East Fifth street, Topeka, Kan., receiver and shipper of grain. Chicago. 111., Feb. 2. WHEAT Weath er cor.d It ions in winter wheat country were such as to cause a rat her weak feeling- in wheat and selling from that section been quite general. Early trades were at Flight decline from previous close, and the session dragged along but with little interest until toward close when nharp break resulted, due to further liqui dation on part of longs. The northwest receipts were again heavy and selling from there quite noticeable. Clearances were light and ca-h demand at this point very limited. There appears to be noth ing In the situation at moment to in duce Investors to take hold and in con sequence a lower market is looked for. CORX Has held remaxbaly well in the face of wheat s weakness. Patten has done considerable buying and as country offering-3 were small, those in the pit were 0I aimliar volume. There is no marked improvement in the shipping demand, but ocean freight show a declining tendency, due probably to British successes. Their recent strength ha been the greatest ob stacle to large exports. The poor grad ing continues to attract attention and prospects are favorable for May going to a premium over July. OATS Have been stationary and with exceedingly dull trade, the pit being de serted most of the time. Receipts light. There don't seem to be much indication of an awakening in this cereal. J. F. HARRIS. New York Money Market. Xew York, Feb. 2s. MONEY Money on call steady at 2'-4 per cent. Prime mer cantile paper. 415-'ii per cent. Sterling ex change heavv at $4.y1-2Z' fr demand, and at $4.MU for sixty days: posted rat is, $4.S4'i4.So and S4.s71'2,ti4.!sb; commer cial bills. H.jV.KJ1... SILVER-Silver certificates, Kifr 40c bar silver. 5:t:ij,c; Mexican dollar?, 47-ic IJOXDS Government binds, irregular, 2s, registered, KG; s. registered. 311; cou pon, ill: new 4s, registered. 1 :37a4 cou pon, 1' old 4s. registered, ex-interest, lh;'i: coupon, 117V&; 5s, registered, 1151; coupon, 115',-i. Butter Market. New York, Feb. 2. BUTTER Steady; western creamery, li 24c; June creamery, Sugar Market. Xew York, Feb. 2. SUGAR Raw weak and lower. Reiined easv. COFFEE Nominal No. 7 Rio, SVc. Topeka Hide Market. Topeka, Feb. 28. Based on Chicago and Boston quota tions. The following are net prices paid in Topeka this week: GHKKX SALT C .'RED cents. GREEN SALT HALF CURED S. GREEN VNSALTED "Pi cents. NO. 1 TALLOW i cents. Cotton Market. Liverpool. Feb. 2S. COTTON Spot cot ton, demand moderate: prices higher; American middling, 5 H-l'id. New York, Feb. 2S. COTTON Spot cot ton sLeady, 1lc higher; middling uplands. 9 5-1 tic; middling gulf, 9 U-ltc. Sales, 1,125 bales. Market Gossip. Liverpool: Wheat, Vsd higher; com, un changed. ('Viicntro- Whp.at recpints 44 cars. sTad- ed 0; corn, 4y'. cars, graded 2; oats, 139 cars, graded JO. Chicago: Hogs close strong to 5c higher, 20.io tomorrow. Chicago: With cables but Hd higher and snow general through winter wheat belt, there appears little chance of ad va nee in wheat, except It comes from a continuation of shorts covering, which does not appear likely, as those that are short now feel quite secure in their posi tion. Continental markets lower. There continues to be belief that the July will spread to i;2e over tne aiay. Chicago: Hogs. 3.000 strong. Kansas City: Hogs, 5,000. Omaha: Hogs. 8.500. Minneapolis receipts: Wheat, 310 cars; last year, 273 cars. Duluth receipts: Wheat, 213 cars; last year, lli cars. Paris close: Wheat 5c higher to 5c lower; fl o u r 10 tfx 1 5c lower. Provisions open lirm on lighter hogs, looks as if week's receipts would not be over 175.000. Trade very light; would sell on rallies for present. Chicago: Estimated receipts of hogs to morrow. 27,0uo. Liverpool: Wheat closed up for the day: corn unchanged. London: Cargoes wheat closed unchang ed to Jad lower tiian yesterday. Chicago: Trade in corn light, demand for July a feature; elevator selling small. Comtsoclv bought Mav wt 'Ar armind th I opening. Country acceptances light so iar. .viamet acts wine easy. Kansas City receipts: Wheat. 10 cars today, 15 cars last year; corn, 17 cars, to day, 25 cars last year; oats, 4 cars to day, it cars last vear. St. Louis receipts Wheat, 14.000 bu., last year, 10,200; corn, 55,0o0 bu., last year, 36.0O0 bu. Kansas City cash market: Xo. 2 hard wheat. 5:-lbs test 02 to 63c: No. 2 mixed corn. 31a4c; No. 2 mixed corn. 32,2c. Primary receipts and shipments: Wheat, receipts. 6-3,imi, against 5"3.000 last vear; shipments. 175.000. against 201. OoO last vear. Corn, receipts. 5.uihi. against 894.000 last year; shipments, 371, 0X, against 327,000 last year. Eange of Prices. Furnished by J. C. Goings, Commission Merchant. 112 Ea,st Fifth street, Topeka, Kan., receiver and shipper of grain. Chicago. Feb. 2S. Article. Open High Low Close Yes. WHEAT Feb. Mav Julv COR N Feb. May Julv OATS Feb. May Julv PO H"K Feb. Mav Julv LA RD 637& 64; 66-4 67-Vs 33-s 33 344 35 35 35 6576-6S 60H 65Ji tiO-7 6t)7a 6j 35 35-H 35H 351, 34 U 35 224 22 10 40 10 55 10 55 10 70 10 CO 10 72 5 70 5 72 5 80-S2 5 5 6 90 5 92 5 72 5 75 10 70 10 72 10 70 10 72 10 50 10 57 Feb. May July RIBS Feb. May July WHEAT- Mav Julv CORN Feb. May July 5 2 5 82-85 5 77 6 S2-95 5 Vo 5 87 5 77 5 77-SO 5 75 5 SO 5 S2 5 77 KANSAS CITY. 5 75-77 5 SO 5 77-80 5.82 62V4 62H l2 61!2-?s 61 62i 61V. B1V 62'.s 31 31 31 314 31 i 31 31jB 314 31 31", Ranges of Prices on Stock. Furnished by J. C. Golngrs. Commission Merchant, 112 East Fifth street. Topeka, Kan., receiver and shipper of grain. Xew York, Feb. 28. Stocks. Op'niHighlLow Cl'sei.Yes. Sugar People's Gas Am. Tobacco leather H. R. T A. S. W Keiicrul Steel C. H. Sz Q Rijck Island St. Paul Atchison Atchison Pfd Manhattan "Westorn Union Mo. Pacific lor,i ir jos-i- J'174 lieu s."-:" 1K. iim- v1: lift i 107 V 1X V'i 104U 7:aS: 7oT3: 70 I 7"'- Ts 61 i 6H 57' 57", 57 i 57-: 57 5.'1. 'i 52'- 53T: 53 ir.4 124. 122V 124-j 123 V7- 107V lox l'7.; 122-s 122", 1211. 122-x 122 21i-.i 22'.: 21U 221,; i-.Bg t1! to1-.) t'3'-si t1! K5 92--. M"'.' I'.Sig SI 1 S2-V SI j 82 V SI 45v 4.;U 4.,! 4W 'i 74 74.' 74 71 7i:'4 4S-V 40.: 5i0, 5' 5' 5: f .S','1- 5' f'2u; '-4 J ill I 14 74V 74 7V 74 53 j 63'-. 53 i bV-, 52U S1U, S2'-Si Si's' S2-- Sla 131, 13",; 13'u! Vi'sl 13H T. Pic. Pfd Tnion Paclrici c. T. C. 1 No. Pac. Pfd Xo. Pacific L. N c. a. v j Dividend 2 per cent. Dividend ls per cent. 1 Sales, wit.iiii shaxes to noon. ONE FOR BULLER. (Continued From First Page.) the volunteer ambulance corps were wounded on following the troops." The Daily Mail has the following from Ladysmith, dated Saturday, Feb ruary 24: "Yesterday the Boer retreat contin ued. A party of about seventy, en route for the north drew rein for Limit hill. A battery of 15 pounders, placed not far oft suddenly opened fire and prac tically annihilated the party. A Boer ambulance was later on seen collecting the dead and wounded. "The Boers are trying to form a bridge or drift across Klip river, south of L'mbulwana. evidently for the pur pose of permitting the passage of wagons and artiilery in their retire ment from Colenso. Our guns are pre venting this work being carried on." The Lorenzo Marques correspondent of the Times, telegraphing Tuesday, says: "Many foreigners are leaving the Transvaal and numerous government officials have started for Holland. Adel bert Hay, United States consul in Pre toria, is earning the respect of both lioers and I'itlanders and proving him self tactful and assidious." LITTLE FAITH IN BULLER. London, Feb. 2S. Oen. Builer's ac count of the tremendous resistance he is encountering in his efforts to reach Ladysmith has brought public interest with a sharp turn from complacent contemplation of Lord Roberts' victory to a realization of the sertous condi tions still existing in Natal. Though Gen. Builer's lengthy dispatch is con strued as a victory bravely won, the commander of the forces in Natal has so often reported similar victories with out achieving his main objective, that the public has learned to contain its jubilation until Lady-smith is actually relieved., while the long list of casual ties invariably following any apparent gain by Gen. Buller is always awaited with dread and anxiety which tempo rarily rob his partial success of its ac claim. However It is the general accepted belief that Gen. Buller is determined to reach Gen. White this time, and though the stages are disappointingly slow', the nation confidently awaits news or the relief of those 8,000 be sieged troops. Gen. Builer's reports show there is urgent need of Lord Rob erts exerting every effort to still fur ther draw off the Boers from Natal to the Free State. That he will do so, and quite likely is already doing so by- marching on Bloemfontein is regarded as almost certain by the military crit ics here. With the additional 600 Boers reported prisoners at Kimberley it seems that the number of men cap tured by Lord Roberts nearly reaches o.ooo. The afternoon newspapers comment on the Hero of Kandhar's achievement, laying special stress on the gallantry nt" the Canadians who according to a Paardeberg special were actually fight ing hand to hand in the Boer trenche when Gen. Cronje surrendered, though this scarcely agrees with Lord Roberts' dispatch. TALKING IT OVER. New York, Feb. 28. A dispatch to the Tribune from London says: The effect of this victory upon Sir Redvers Builer's campaign in Natal was discussed by veterans last night with intense interest. It was gen.?ial!y conceded that while Gen. Joubert s troops would be disheartened and Gen. Builer's soldiers would be inspired to emuiate the example of their more fort unate comrades in the west, there wouid be more desperate fighting in conse quence of Lord Roberts' success. Gen Joubsrt now lias no motive for an im mediate retreat, since it is too late to effect Gen. Cronje's deliverance. He has behind him Sir George White's armv, whioli is nearly starved- out and helpless from lack of ammunition. If he can repel Gen. Buller s assault upon his strong defensive position and. drive him back to the Tugela he can compel Gen. White to surrender and in a way offset Lord Roberts' victory, besides changing the balance in the compara tive lists of prisoners. The opinion in official circles last night was that Lord Roberts had rendered Gen. Builer's campaign more difficult by his victory- There was no official news from Gen. Buller when th-? war o.T.ce closed at midnight and the press dispatches were fragmentary and inconclusive. It was clear that there had been a week s heavy fighting, with serious losses on the British side. The Boers were ap parently reinforced on Friday and made a determined effort to drive back the British brigades. Gen. Builer's men only held their ground after desperate nght ing and they were exposed to a heavy fire trom the Boer guns. Military wn ters are beginning to criticise General Builer's tactics in putting forward his lines and not massing his troops for an attack but these strictures are unjust when the reports of his operations are in the mam intelligible. PROUD OF CANADIANS. Ottawa. Ont., Feb. 28. The governor general has received the following ca blegram from Princess Louise, the wife of the Marquis of Lome, formerly gov ernor general ot Canada: London. Feb. 27. I desire to express congratulations on Cronje s surrender, effected by gallant Canadian aid. Deep sympathy for Canadian losses. Am proud to have lived among them. (Signed) LOUISE. IN INSTALLMENTS. London. Feb. 28. Lord Roberts has forwarded an additional list of the British casualties during the three days' fighting at Paardeburg, showing 12 killed and 82 wounded, and four miss ing, and including seven officers and four Canadian privates wounded. BRITISH RETAKE RENSBURG. London. Feb. 2S. 4:53 p. m. A dis patch from Arundel says that the Brit ish troops have again occupied Rens burg. BOOM IN COTTON. Reaches Highest Prices Siace 1895 on. New York Market New York. Feb. 2S. Great excitement prevailed in cotton circles today on con tinued heavy buying largely for Euro pean account, but to a considerable ex tent also in th eway of public specula the morning in the local market ad vanced 12 and 17 points on the old crop positions, while the new crop positions had only a sympathetic and partially rally. The summer months were in great demand for covering short con tracts. At 1 o'clock March was quoted at 906. May 905 and August 901, the highest prives since 1S95. I Hugh Grant Receiver. J Xew York, Feb. 28. Ex-Mayor Hugh J. Grant was today appointed tempor- ary receiver of the Third Avenue Rail- i road company by Judge Lacombe of the j United States court. The Wheeling j Electric Manufacturing company of i Pittsburg today filed a claim of $507.- j 861 against the Third Avenue and For ty-second street, Manhattan &t. Nich olas Avenue companies. The Westing house company and Church Kerr Co., of this city also filed a claim for J22 416. The list against the company thus far aggregates $5, 810,991. 20 HOURS OF SNOW. (Continued from First Page.) The engine was running at an ordinary rate of speed and just as it reached the Fifth street crossing all four driv ers left the track. It was pulled on again by the aid of two engines. the Rock Island also had an accident of the same kind. Three switch en gines were coupled together and in an endeavor to clear the track immediate ly in front of the (if pot one of the en gines was forced off the end of the track onto the Kansas avenue pave ment, rearly blockading the street for a short time. OUTSIDE OF KANSAS. Yesterday's Storm Extended Over Eight States. Chicago, Feb. 2S. Local traffic was blocked in parts of the city by the snow storm which started last night and trains were delayed. The weather bureau announced today that the snow fall was the greatest since the winter of 1S98, averaging nearly seven inches in the middle western states. It was stated that theconditions give no prom ise of any abatement of the storm be fore tomorrow. The greatest snow, according to the weather map, is in Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, southern Michigan, northern Indiana, southeastern Iowa and south eastern Wisconsin. Railroads running through these states reported trains from half an hour to nve hours late. The C. B. Q. Kansas City train was1 reported five hours late at Galesburg and making progress only with the aid of snow plows. All the railroads sent out their plows during the night. In Chicago traffic was carried on with the greatest difficulty, the streets being blocked by great drifts of snow. A mile of cable cars were tied up on the North side line for hours and in other portions of the city the snow blockade was so effective that many people were com pelled to wade through the snow to their places of business. Reports received from various cities in Tennessee, Mississippi and Louisiana indicate that the storm is general down the Mississippi valley although the snow line does not extend very far south of St. Louis. Heavy sleet storms are reported south of St. Louis and Centralia, 111., with much damage to telegraph and telephone wires, while severe wind and electrical storms are reported. Peoria, 111., Feb. 28. A snow storm, amounting almost to a blizzard, has been raging in this city since 5 o'clock yesterday evening and at 10 o'clock this morning shows no sign of abatement. Old inhabitants declare it the worst storm in this part of the Illinois valley for 25 years. All railroad trains are late. Not a Chicago paper for sale on the streets at noon. The street railway companies had their men out with snow plows and shovels all night but the tracks are blockaded so that cars runs intermittently. The thermometer has stood at about 20 above ever since the storm started. St. Joseph, Mo., Feb. 28. The snow storm of yesterday and last night was by far the worst of the winter. Rail road and street railway traffic was de moralized and many trains were aban doned last night and this morning. Some of the street railway lines were not opened until noon today. Kansas City, Feb. 28. The whole southwest is a mantle of snow- that lies from two to three feet deep on the lev el. Trains are late in all directions, tel egraph and telephone facilities are bad ly interrupted and at some points in Kansas where the wind has had a clean sweep and piled the snow in high drifts, outside business has been abandoned. In Kansas City street car service has been almost at a standstill since last night and only the efforts of an army of snow shovelers this morning made it possible to get about. In the Immediate vicinity of Kansas City a high temper ature prevailed and no serious suffering is reported. From Kansas and the ter ritories, where the snow was accompa nied by sleet and a strong wind, come reports of damage to stock. It was the fiercest storm experienced in the south west for several years. Today is bright and clear and the snow has stopped falling. Special dispatches from Hannibal, Mexico, Marshall, Higginsville, Holden, Knobnoster, Browning, Jefferson City, Salisbury, Adrian and Huntsviile, Mo., indicate that the storm is widespread. and that railroad traffic is impeded by a heavy fall of snow. At Hannibal the worst snowstorm "since 1873 has been raging since noon Friday. The snow is 20 inches deep on an average, and in places it has drifted to a depth of six and eight feet. It is still falling. All passenger trains have been great ly delayed and some freight trains have been abandoned. The street cars have not turned a wheel since yesterday, the streets be ing entirely blocked. All outdoor busi ness has been suspended, and many men were unable to get to the shops this morning. It is quite probable that trains on all roads entering this city will be abandoned tonight if the snow continues falling. The snow is wet and heavy. In the vicinity of Mexico, Mo., and Quincy, 111., the snow has fallen to a depth of two feet, causing delay to street car and railroad traffic. In the latter place business is practi cally suspended. St. Louis, Feb. 28. The snow that fell yesterday to a depth of several inches was followed last night by sleet and rain that froze as it came down and covered everything with a thick coating of ice. Under foot the snow was reduc ed to slush. As a result of this storm which ex tended for a distance of 20 miles about the city, the conditions are worse than at any time this winter. Wires and polrs in every direction are down with the weight of ice and hundreds of trees are broken. The Postal Telegraph company dur ing the early hours of the day had not a wire out of the city, while the West ern Union was almost as badly off, its communication to the south being en tirely cut off. Most of the wires of the telephone company being underground they did not suffer so badly, except in the outlying districts. The electric light ing and power companies suffered con siderably by crossed wires but are able to keep their systems in operation to day. For several hours street car traffic was almost entirely blocked on some of the many electric lines and many per sons had to walk part, if not all the way to work. Ice covered rails and broken trolley wires caused the delay which ex tended to every street car line in the city. So far as known there were no casual ties but several horses were killed by live wires and many persons had nar row escapes from death. Incoming railroad trains were late. Cleveland. Feb.28. From three to sev en inches of snow fell within a very short time throughout Northern Ohio early today. On the trunk lines trains 'were reported from 30 minutes to two hours late. Many street car lines in this city were completely tied up during the morning. Bryan, O., Feb. 2S. One of the heav iest snow falls of this winter began at midnight and at 9 o'clock this morning the ground was covered to a depth of seven inches and the snow was still falling. The temperature dropped 20 degrees last night. Joliet, 111., Feb. 28. Since early last night the worst snow storm known here for years has prevailed. Huge drifts have formed and there axe no signs of abatement of the storm. Business is suspended. Washington, Feb. 28 Snow has fallen to a depth of 8 to 15 inches in Illinois, northern Indiana and eastern Missouri and special reports received at noun in dicate that heavy snow and high winds will seriously interfere with traffic from northern Ohio over western Pennsyl vania and lower lake region and the in terior of New York tonight. In eastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland and Virginia temperature conditions favor rain changing tonight to snow. Mobile, Ala.. Feb. 28. A terrific wind and hail storm struck this city shortly after 3 o'clock this morning and lasted? two hours. The wind readied the veloc ity of a gale and blew down fences, trees and telegraph wires. From re ports of incoming steamers, no dam age has been done to shipping. The storm was general along the Gulf coast. Indianapolis, Feb. 28. A heavy fall of snow last night was followed by a sleet storm which almost tied up street car traffic during the morning. Later in the day the sleet turned into a steady rain. Pekin, 111., Feb. 2S. Snow has been falling continuously since 4 o'clock yes terday afternoon and now rovers the ground to a depth of two feet. Busi ness is practically suspended and trains have been tied up. Willie's Mama Too much pastry is not good for people. Poor Uncle George who was very fond of it died from the effects of an internal growth. Little Willie Was it a pie plant, ma? Philadelphia Record. AID SIISCELLUEOUS ADS. ANN OUNCEMENTa I HEREBY ANXNOUNCE MYSELF A candidate for county commissioner in the district comprising the Second. Third, and Fourth wards. C. A. FELLOWS. UPON THE EARNEST REQUEST OF a great number of old soldiers, laborers and business men. I will be a candidate for state senator at the Republican pri maries in Shawnee county, April 14th, l&oo, und if chosen for that honorable and responsible position I pledge my best ser vices to the faithful performance of the duties of that office. T. W. HARRISON. Z. T. HAZEN ANNOUNCES HIMSELF a candidate for the office of judge of the Third Judicial district, subject to Re publican primaries April 14th. J. V. M ERG AN. COUNCILMAN FROM the Second ward, is a candidate for pro bate judge, subject to the Republican pri maries April 14. I AM A CANDIDATE FOR COUNTY superintendent, subject to the Repub lican primary election, to be held on April 14, lyoO. 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. KUTZ. I AM A CANDIDATE FOR COUNTY superintendent of public instruction, subject to the Republican primaries, to be held April 14, liwo. WILL VAXORSDOL. 1 AM A CANDIDATE FOR THE OF fice of county attorney of Shawnee county, subject to the Republican pri maries, to be held April 14, CHA3. 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 FOR RKPRKSEN tative in the 3Sth 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. S AFFORD. C. H. SAMPSON IS A CANDIDATE FOR councilman from the Fourth ward, sub ject to the Republican city primaries, February 24, 1300. I AM A CANDIDATE FOR THE OF fice of ccunty 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. THOMAS F. DORAN IS A CANDIDATE for county attorney, subject to the Re publican primaries. I AM A CANDIDATE FOR THE OF fice of state senator, subject to the Re publican primaries, to be held April 14, TAX). 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. 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. ALV'IN J. DODGE. I HEREBY ANNOUNCE MYSELF AS A candidate for county commissioner of the city district, composed of the Second, Third and Fourth wards, subject to Re publican primaries. J. M. MILLER. SILAS RAIN, candidate for office of county commissioner for the city 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 probate judge of Shawnee county, Kansas, subject to the Republican primary, when held this spring. H. J. EEVELLE. WANTED HELP. WANTED Position as housekeeper n widower's family. Call at 12o West CUi. Mrs. A. Brooke. WANTED MALE HELP. WANTED Experienced coachman: refer ences required. Address A. H., Coach man, care Journal. WANTED At once Men with means, to take charge of mail routes. I'rices rang, iner from $1.' to S1.SX per year. Will give sub-contract filed with P. O. depart ment. Topeka Employment Agency, 41S Kansas ave. WANTED AG EJfTS. ACTIVE WORKERS WANTED FDR "War in South Africa." the story of a heroic effort. Pictures in glowing colors the mighty struggle, battles and sieges, marches and retreats, victories and de feats of both great armies battling for supremacy, by America's greatest his torian, Wm. Harding. Piggest book, only $1.50. Best book, more illustrations, fast est seller. Only book to buy. only book to sell. Expensive Sl.'JU outfit sent free for 12 cents for postage. The Dominion company, Dep't 7, Chicago. IS B5"Si I AO WANTED FEMALE HELP. WANTED At once Chambermaids: din. ing room girls: dishwashers and house girls. At Topeka Employment Agency, 418 Kansas ave. WASTE I White girTfor general house work. 1243 Topeka ave. WASTTED MISCELLANEOUS. WANTED House of 4 or 5 rooms, west side, from ll.uuo. to $1,2. Address House, care Journal. WANTED Horses to wlnter.best of stab ling and care. H. W. McAfee. 616 Kan. avenue. FOB SALE KISCEIXANEOTa FOR ?ALF One Jersey cow giving three and on half gallons milk a day. H. Veijer, 113 East Sixth st. FOR SALE Brunswick Billiard hall. 734 Kansas avenue. Cheap if sold soon. FOR SALE One-half interest in livery and boarding barn. Other business takes my time. A good Investment for the right party. Address Jas. Jarrett, Quincy, 111. FOR SALE New upright piano cheap for cash. 40S East Eighth st. FOR SALE A few more Black Lang shan cockerels for tl each. 421 Quincy. FOE. 2EST-SOOKS. FOR RENT Nice, clean furnished rooms. with or without board. Apply Su4 Mon roe st- VRIEJST HOUSES FOR RENT Good five room house, well, cistern and barn. 907 East Eighth ave. W. H. Whittelsey. 135 Madison St., agent. FOR RENT Six room cottage, barn, cis tern, well, '.lit North Van Buren key at 13u2 Logan street. FOR EENT MISCELLANEOUS. FOR SALE Parties having failed in pay ment on piano, it is again offered for sale at $60. Apply 3S6 Poplar St., Oakland. FOR SALE Coal, try a ton of that Osage coal at per ton and get sat isfaction. G. G. Coffman, 'Phone tW3. FOR SALE One 6-horse power gasoline engine and o!ishing outfit complete in first class order. Address J. J. Lloyd, Bar clay. Kan. FOR SALE Household furniture, two in grain carpets, nearly new. matting, bed room suits, dining room and kitchen fur niture. Call this week. 1US5 Van Buren. FOR SALE Coal, try a ton of that Osage coal at $3.50 per ton. and get sat isfaction. G. G. Coffin, 'Phone 6vJ. FOR SALE REAL ESTATE. FOR SALE Boarding house furniture. Good trade. Address L. L., care Journal. FOR SALE 80 acre farm near Dover, well improved. Inquire at J. F. Roberts, Dover, Kansas. FOR SALE 7 room house. 2 lots, cheap if taken before March 1st. 829 Tyler St. Call in afternoons. FOR EXCHANGE. TO EXCHANGE Nice cottage west of avenue, for small farm in eastern Kan sas quick. 325 Kansas ave. MISCELLANEOUS. YES, A BIG SNOW, but it will not inter fere with the Black Diamond Chimney Sweep getting on tp of your house, if you want your cnimneys cleaned out. Ring up A. D. T. and he will come right out. STALLS IN GOOD BARN FOR RENT at 421 Quincy street.. R-I-P-A-N-S. 10 for 5 cents at druggists. They banish pain and prolong life. One gives relief. No matter what's the matter one will do you good. JEWELERS. JAMES B. HATDEN. Jeweler and Opti cian. Complete stock of watches, dia monds, silverware, etc., Eyes examined and spectacles properly fitted. STOEAQE TOPEKA STORAGE AND WAREHOUSE Co. Packs and ships household goods. Tel. 186. C. D. Skinner. 123 East Sixth at. STAMPS. SEALS AND STENCILS. THE J. C. DARLING CO.. 734 KAN. AV. High Grade Rubber Stamps:prompt 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 Mussourl, $5o0 and up wards. GEO. M. NOBLE CO., Crawford building, Topeka, Kan. LOANS on pianos, typewriters, bicycles, guns, watches, diamonds and any per sonal property. L. Biscoe, 523 Kansas ave. CLAIRVOYANT. MRS. WILLETT, 12" WEST SIXTH ST.. Trance Medium, gives advice on busi ness changes, lawsuits, love, marriages, divorces, absent friends, wills, deeds, family, or money matters: changes luck, locates buried treasures, reunites the sep arated, causes speedy marriages. Head ings. 50 cents, and up; ietters with stamp enclosed answered. TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN. NOTICE Tl 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, li0, at i:00 a, m. CHAS. W. KOHL. Topeka. Kansas. February 15. Iy00. HAIR GOODS. SWITCHES. CHAINS. Face treatments. Shampooing and hair dryed bv hot air. Mrs. Hattie Van Vleck, 22 East Fifth at. LIFE INSURANCE. LIFE INSURANCE POLICIE3 BOUGHT for cash or loaned on. A. F. Sherman, Crawford building. ATTORNEYS-AT-1. AW. MILTON BROWN, lawyer, Practice in al) state and federal courts. Suite 41. Craw ford bldg. Topeka, Kan. FLORISTS. MRS. J. R. HAGUE. Florist, successor to R. J. Groves. 817 Kansas ave. Phone 602 CUT FLOWERS and floral designs at Haye3'. 107 West Eighth sU 'Phone 5S9. LEGAL. (First published In the Topeka State Jour- NOTICE. peka. held KeOruary 20. l'.n. the following the citv of Topeka: Resolved, That m order to promote the of Topeka and Its inhabitants, it is here- IKIfk n-il V, 1 1 .1., c-ri .l.il .-.V.A Q,l, n-ll-A with vitrified brick on sand foundation, 45 xeet wide, I opekn avenue Dot vn tne south line of Fourteenth street and th south city limits, in U.e city of Tpcka. C. H. NETTELS. T hereby certify that the ube i a true p i iv nf tht or iirm;il 1 1 stilul ion now on tile in my office. In "Witness W hereof, I have hereunto set my hand and official seal this 21 st day of February, liAW, at Topeka. Kfinsss.. (Seal.) J. H. SQUIRES. (First published in the Topeka State Jour nal February 23. 1M1.) NOTICE. At a meetinp of the citv council of To peka. held February 20. lwo. the follow ing was adopted bv the mayor and council ut" the city of Topeka: Resolved. That in order to promote the health, comfort and w elf are 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, fif t y feet wide. To peka avenue between 2nd and 3rd streets in the city of Topeka. C. H. NKTTEL9. I hereby certify that the above is a true copy of the original resolution now on file in my office. In Witness W hereof T have hereunto set my hand and official seal this 21st day of February, liHX), at Topeka. Kansas. (Seal.) J. H. SQl'lRES. City Clerk. (First published in the Topeka State Jour nal February 2Zt NOTICE. At a meeting of the city council of To peka, held February 20. JlA the following was at! op ted by the mayor 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 Tope k a and it 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 found a t ion thirty feet witie, Kleventh street, from the west line of Harrison street to the east line of Topeka avenue in the citv of Topeka. C. II. NKTTKLS. 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, li.K), at Topeka, Kansas. (Seal.) J. II. SQI'I KKS. City Clerk. BANK STATEMENTS. OFFICIAL STATEMENT OF THE FINANCIAL CONDITION OF THE Bank of Topeka, at Topeka, state of Kansas, at the close of business on the 13th day of February, 11W0. RESOURCES. Loans and discounts S MS.17.3 Loans cn real estate 4'; W1.f2 Overdrafts s. T.4.1U Real estate S72-h.W Expense account .i.;K..tl Other bonds and warrants G0.ubti.ii Cash items, other than reserve Items 1,43.71 Other resources, goods, chattels, etc a,'.'. i.53 Cash and sight exchange, legal reserve 5is.110.77 Total S1.CV9.6!M.U7- LIABILITIES. Capital stock paid in 210.0oo.00 Surplus fund IVooimiO Undivided profits 22 7y Interest 7i7H Exchange 5n.4 Dividend declared but not paid t'.S.OO Individual deposits 1.2X8.521.01 County deposits 20.til4.18 Banks' ami bankers' deposits fi'.M04.ti7 Demand certificates l'..411.K8 Bills rediscounted 16.5o0.ix) Cashier's and certilled checks.. 7,os.32 Total 51 .li.'.('.'.iC.U7 State of Kansas. Countv of Shawnee, ss: J. J. W. Thurston, cashier of said bank, do solemnly swear that the above state ment is true: that said bank has no lia bilities, and is not endorser on any note or obligation other than shown on the above statement, to the best of my know ledge and belief. S help me God. J. W. THURSTON, Cashier. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 24th day of February, lli'io. (Seal) 8. F. HUGHES. Notary I'nblic. (Commission expires on the lDth day of December. l:ol. Correct Attest JOHN R. MULVANE, A. W. KNOVVLLS, T. 15. SWEET. Directors. To John W. Breidontlml, Bank Commis sioner, Topeka, Kansas. PHYSICIAN AND SUBOEONS. L. A. RYDER. M. D. OFFICE and residence corner Gordon St., and Central ave.. North Topeka. 'Phone 214. Uses the Brinkerhoff system of rectal treatment, a succe.-ful and painless treat ment for piles, listula. fishure, 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 5 p. m. Telephone 5yK residence and in office. B l7! MARTIN, M. D.. 404 KANSAS avenue, over Wallace's drug store. Phones: 476, residence, 635 office. DR. EVA HARDING, Homeopathlst, 623 Kansas ave. Telephone 4u2- P E. SHELDON. M. D. Surgery and dis.-oscs ot women, with private hospital. Office No. 720 Kan. Ave EDUCATIONAL. FRENCH AND GERMAN Taught either in class or private, terms reasonable. Mrs. Hannah Kihlberg, 31t HarrUon t- SPECIALISTS. DR. C. H. GUIBOR. Diseases of the Nou, Throat and Lungs 706 Kansa9 avenue. OSTEOPATH 1ST. STEPHEN C. WOODHULL, Osteopath ist. Hours: 9-12; 2-4; Thurs., 9-12. 627 Ks. Av. BICYCLES. U. S. CYCLE CO., IIS E. 8th t. National and Union bicycles. Sundries, repair. TOPEKA CYCLE CO.. 112 W. 8th et. Bicycles and sundries; bicycles and tan denis for rent; repairing of all kinds. WATCHES cleaned. 75c: 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. 112 Kansas avenue. MRS. EMILY TURNER. Ladles' Certifi cated Nurse. Quincy st. N. Topeka.

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8 TOPEXA STATE JOURNAL, WEDNESDAY EVENING. FEBRUARY 2S, 1900. 0031 PAUL'S COUSIN. SNAP SHOTS AT HOME NEWS ITlFlJ v mma x A il s. 505 KANSAS AVENUE. Morrison's Old Stand. TO TREAT WITH LABOR. Newspaper Publishers Appoint a Standing Committee. New York. Feb. 2S. The American Newspaper Publishers' association at the recent session in this civ, in view of the conflicts of greater or less grav ity between members and employes, and with a desire to prevent such conflicts If possible in the future, appointed a special standing committee with au thority to secure the services of a com petent commissioner. In explanation of the objects of the standing committee, the chairman, Al fred Coles, of the Chicago Tribune, the secretary, M. J. Lowenstein, of the St. Louis Star, and Herman Kidder, of the New York Staats Zeitung, have issued the following: "This special standing committee is substantially an arbitration committee. Its duties are to obtain data respect ing wages paid in the several cities, the condition of labor in the offices of the various members of the associa tion, and such other information as may be useful and beneficial to both em ployer and employe. "'The committee feels charged with the sacred task of settling disputes whenever possible and to that end will labor to secure the establishment of joint national arbitration committees to adjust labor troubles between mem bers and their employes that cannot otherwise be settled. "The committee was not appointed to provoke controversies or to antagonize labor, but on the 'contrary to promote a better understanding between mem bers and their employes. The services of the committee and its commissioner will be at the disposal of any member of the association, and the good offices of the committee will be gladly extend ed to any member on request." MISS UKEY'S SLIT. Judge Decides Against Mansfield in a Preliminary Motion. New York. Feb. 28. Kx-Judjre Ditten Jioefer and A. H. Hummel liMi-ked horns In the supreme court this morning In the snilt of Actress Katherine Orey against the Richard Ma.ns.ield company for $3,5'K damages. The ex-jude,, in behalf of Mansheld, asked for an order of court compelling Miss Grey to make her com plaint "more definite and certain." Mr. .i-fumrael opposed the motion, saying the complaint which he had drawn gave the defendant all the information to which he was entitled before trial. Justice Pmyth denied the motion. If Mansfield, the Manstield company or the ex-Judge wants more explicit information they will have to get it without the aid of a court order. Miss Grey allege? that she contracted to appear with Mansfield, but that because of the acta of the defendant she was not permitted to go on. CODY AIDS AN ELOPEMENT. Buffalo Bill's Relay Thwarted an Ob jecting Parent. Omaha. Feb. 28. Colonel "William J. Cody (Buffalo Pill) had a prominent part In aiding- a romantic marriage in Cody City, in thA Big- Horn Kasin, last week. Ellen Barbee and Ous Thompson were betrothed, hut the girl's father took a strong dislike to Thompson, and forbade the nuptials. The yuun persons deter mined to get married auvhow. Thompson asked Buffaio Bill for a relay nf horses, so as to pet a marriage license in Ba-sin City. I'io miles awav. The girl's lather heard of the plan and started first, to prevent the issuance of the permit. 'ody loaned three of his best horses to Thompson, who thus succeeded in beat ing the father. Thompson hastened back w ith the license and the marriage was celebrated. Helps Over the hill. Got lots of Brain Work? Use GrapeNuts. "I find Grape-Nuts very helpful to a man troubled with the cares and worri ment of business," says Louis Fink, Jr., of 59 S. Fourth street, Philadelphia. "At the time I commenced using the food I was very weak, from want of properly selected food. The help I re ceived from the powerful food elements In Grape-Nuts was indeed wonderful. I have come to use the food regularly and do not think a breakfast complete without it. "I suggest you mention in your ad vertisements that Grape-Nuts are noth ing like oatmeal, for many of my friends express themselves as weary of the mushes and such will find a de lightful change in taste and results by usins Grape-Nuts." There's a reason why this food gives one the feeline of new vitality and vior. Actual use proves the propo sition. All grocers. sell Grape-Nuts, and the pure-food factories of the Postum Cereal Co Ltd.. at Battle Creek, Mich., pro duce them. JL wire r i I. TISITORS ENTERTAINED. A. O. TJ. W. Delegates "Were Guests at the (J rand. The Grand opera house was packed last night, despite the storm, and the visiting delegates were greatly pleased with the entertainment given Dy tne Topeka lodges. The first part of the entertainment In troduced the "Smoky Mokes" minstrels. The second part was made up of spe cialties and closed with a cake walk. The entertainment was free. The fol lowing took part The Misses Wyatt, 1m Gabler, Vm. Brooks. Percy Crow, Walter Mills, Arion Pinging society, Chas. Mahana. Burlesque quartette. Brooks, Mills, Watkins, Borland; M. Aye, R. Woods, Arthur Long, Frank Ellison, J. N. Wat kins, F. A. Borland. Ad Astra quar tette, H. L. Shirer, H. E. Everholt, W. M. Shaver, J. Moore; Jos. Whitmer, Frank H. Lane, Mahana and Long, Gertrude Belle Tyron.Jno. F. McMahon, Miss Hill. AFTER AMERICAN GOLD Russia Borrows $25,000,000 From New York Capitalists. New Tork, Feb. 28. The Herald says Ignoring Berlin, London, Paris and the other European banking centers, the Russian imperial government has come to New Tork for a loan. A syndicate of financial Institutions of this city banks, trust companies, and insurance companies have just ar ranged the purchase of an issue of $25, 000.00 of 4 per cent, bonds, representing a first mortgage on the Wladikawkas railway system. The principal and in terest of these bonds are guaranteed by the Russian government, and are pay able in American gold dollars at the New York Security and Trust company. The nature and size of this loan and the disclosure which it makes of this country's present position as a financial power of the world Is its most interest ing feature. Another is the surprising showing it reveals as to Russia's pur chase in the American market of iron, steel, coal and finished: machinery. Be sides there is the fact that a gold loan guaranteed by one of the great Euro pean powers selling in the American market at a price which nets the syndi cate slightly more than 4 per cent. The first $10,000,000 of the "bonds have just been delivered In New Tork and a pay ment of $5,000,000 has been made on ac count. This money is now deposited to the credit of the Russian government at the office of J. P. Morgan Co., the National City bank and the New York Security and Trust company. A special arrangement made with the Russian government by a representa tive of the syndicate, who has recently returned from St. Petersburg, provides that none of the money for the bonds is to be transferred to Russia, but that all of the amounts are to be deposited in New York to the credit of the gov ernment and disbursed under direction of the Russian fiscal agent in America, M. De Routkowsky, in payment of the balances which Russia is incurring with American ship builders, iron and steel manufacturers and others of that class. Authorities believe that this initial purchase of coal and the buying of ma terials in connection with the construc tion of the Trans-Siberian railway and the great development of her agricul tural products is only the beginning of Russia's -purchases in this country. SHOT AT CASTRO. New "President of Venezuela Meets Usual Fate. Caracas, Venezuela, Feb. 28. During the carnival procession yesterday a Venezuelan fired two shots at Presi dent Cipriano Castro without effect. The, president was afterwards ac claimed by the populace. The city i3 quiet. Gen. Cipriano Castro became president of Venezuela in October last, as a result of the successful revolution against President Andrade, who fled from the republic. But Castro was not recognized as president by the United States until November 20, 1S99. Castro is about 36 years old, is well educated, and is credited with being possessed of ample means. He has been a strong supporter of the liberal party. BRIEF TELEGRAMS. New Tork. Feb. 2.S. Baron Gevers. min ister of the Netherlands to the United States, arrived on the steamer Rotterdam from Rotterdam. New York. Feb. 2S. The cable compan ies have issued the following notice: We are advised that telegraphic cimmunica tlon with Kimberley is now restored. New Tork. Feb. 2S. The steamship Teutonic sailing for Europe today will take out 50,w0 ounces of silver. Noumea. New Caledona, Feb. SS. Two more white persons and eight Kanakas have died of bubonic plague. Washington. Feb. 2S. A six-inch armor plate intended for the Russuin government was tested at the Indian Head proving grounds today. A six-inch gun was tired at the plate, the prniectile having a ve locity of over 1.WV) feet per second. The plate was unharmed, the penetration be ing less than an Inch. He laves in Minneapolis, Kansas, and Does Not Boast of Relationship. The Minneapolis Messenger tells the following story of a man in that town: "In a little white, vine-clad cottage on Rock street in this city, is an own and sure enough cousin of the renowned president of the Dutch republic, Oom Paul Kreuger. This cousin of the Transvaal president is Fred Kreager, and the striking and remarkable resem blance which he bears to his isoutn African cousin bears out his claim to being a limb of the old Kreuger family tree which generations ago was planted deep in Prussian soil. Com Paul him self has never, to our knowledge, denied the relationship Which is claimed by the Minneapolis branch of the family. "It is a mistaken iaea that prevails that President Kreuger of the Trans vaal is of Holland descent. He is a descendant of the old family of that name near Minden, Prussia, and an own cousin to Fred Kreager of this city. The change in the spelling of the FRED KREUGER. A COUSIN OF OOM name of the Minneapolis branch of the family is one of the cruel results of the late civil war in this country. Fred Kreager, as we shall continue to call him, came to this country from Prussia In 1SD0, and knowing no better settled in Missouri. "When the civil war broke out he en listed in the state militia, and his cap tain, a Missourian by the name of Mc Fadden, in placing his name on the roll of the company spelled it with an a, instead of with e u according to the time honored custom of the family. Be ing unable to read or write, Mr. Kreager has ever since spelled his name in the Missourian style of orthography. He is only another victim to Missouri illit eracy, but his name on a check, and his education extends no further than sign ing his name to such ii struments, is just as good as though it had never been juggled with by a Missourian. He is a hale, hearty man of eighty-eight years, owns considerable of this world's goods and enjoys life just as much as though his distinguished cousin was not in danger of losing his presidency and country. "There can be no doubt that the two are cousins. The president of the Transvaal republic is the son of Fred Kreager's father's only brother, who in early life went to South Africa, but Uncle Fred, as he is familiarly called, has never yet asked any odds of his renowned relative and will make no effort to assist him in keeping his little republic among the nations of the earth." IN A CHICAGO FIRE One "Woman Loses Her Life and Four Other Persons Are Injured. Chicago, Feb. 28. One woman lost her life and four other persons were in jured in a fire that destroyed an apart ment house at 325-327 Wells street last night. The firemen made several heroic rescues during the progress of the blaze. THE DEAD. MISS KATE ENGMAN, dressmaker, 19 years old; overcome by smoke and rescued by firemen; dj.ed at hospital. THE INJURED. Mrs. Albert Frieberg, ran from fourth floor through smoke and flame, carry ing her baby; slightly burned and suf focated by smoke. Albert Frieberg.slightly burned about face. Oscar Nicholas, taken from third story window by firemen; slightly af fected by smoke. Miss Mary Pierson, dressmaker, rescued by firemen while clinging to window sill on fourth floor; burned slightly and ill from smoke and shock. The property loss was slight. BRITISH DENTISTS Are Tendered a Banquet by Profes sional Brethren in Chicago. Chicago, Feb. 28. A banquet was ten dered by the Odontological society of Chicago at the Victoria hotel last night to Dr. Morton Smale, dean of the den tal hospital of London, and Dr. E. Lloyd Williams, also of that institution, who are making a tour of inspection through the dental colleges of the United States under the authority of the British gov ernment. An address was read sent by Dr. Louis Ottofy, a member of the society, now resident in Yokohama, Japan, ad vising American dentists to not attempt to compete in the Orient with the native Japanese dentists who, though using old methods, he said, are rapidly pro gressing to modern dental practice. A resolution was passed indorsing Dr. H. H. Wilson for the position of dental examiner and supervisor in the army in the event that the bill now pending before congress, providing for the ap pointment of dental surgeons in the army, is passed. J. E. BRYANT DEAD. He Held Many Places of Honor in the South During Life. New York, Feb. 28. Col. John E. Bry- I ant uieu louay in ims ciiy. I In 1S64 he was sent to Georgia by Gen. Rufus Saxton, military governor of the department of the south, on whose staff he served 17 months, to look after the interest of the emancipated slaves. He took charge of the freedmen's bureau. At the same time he published the Georgia Republican at Atlanta. Colonel Bryant was appointed postmaster at Augustus, Ga.. by President Grant in 1S6. but resigned in 1S70 to take his seat in the legislature, to which he had been chosen. President Arthur on July 25. 1SS4, ap pointed him United States marshal for the northern district of Georgia. in place of Lieutenant General Longstreet, re moved. He was unanimously confirm ed by the United States senate, both senators from Georgia, Democrats fa voring his confirmation. He held this office until July 1. 1SS5. Burned at Sea. Souraybaya, Java. Feb. 28. The American ship St. John. Captain Fales, from New York for Yokohama, is re ported lost by fire. All hands were saved and landed at Banjoowange. The St. John had a registered tonnage of l.SSS and w as owned by J. F. Chapman Co., of New York. Today is the beginning of Lent. The supreme court will convene next Tuesday. A concert and ball is scheduled for Arion hall this evening. J. M. Simpson, Republican politician of McPherson, is In Topeka. The snow has been cleared from the east steps of the state house. W. H. Gates of Concordia, clerk of the court of appeals, Is In the city. Kansas avenue presented a busy Ecene this morning. There were snow shovel ers everywhere. Delivery wagons had a hard time of it in getting around today where the roads were not broken. Another batch of depositions have been filed in the pancake flour injunction suit in the district court. The street car company made a call for 500 men this morning to shovel snow off the street car tracks. Webb McNall is one of the oldest mem bers of the A. O. u. W. in the state. He is a pioneer in the organization. In some Topeka stores this morning everybody from the proprietor to the er rand boy got out and shoveled snow. There are a great many men with lame arms and backs today. They had to shovel snow and they are not used to it. An Oakland car stuck in the j.nnw yes terday just east of the Santa" Fat shops and remained there until djijt-'&ut to day. ?'T And in the midst of it all tlTtf" morning an ice wagon went around dumping ice out into the snow drifts in front of cus tomers' houses. There are 38 suits set for hearing In the district court next week. The ma jority of them axe actions which can be settled quickly. The divorce mill will grind in the dis trict court the latter part of next week. Ten divorce suits are set for hearing on Friday and Saturday. The Welch people will celebrate St. David's day on Thursday evening, March 1, at Metropolitan hall. The exercises will begin at 7:30 o'clock. John MacDonnld nf the Western Hchnnl Journal, is in Chicago this week attend ing the national convention of state and city school superintendents. Assistant Attorney General West has filed a motion to quash the new manda mus suit brought against State Grain In spector McKenzie by H. C. Galloway. If the man who apologized for the delay in the curtain last night at the Craw ford had omitted "yours truly" from his remarks, ins speech would have been a good one. The bottom layer of snow was packed so hard on the walks this morning that In some places the snow shovelers "quar ried" it as they would stone, removing it In large cakes. Probate Judge Dolman yesterdav mar ried James M. Lamon and Sarah Elliott, of Scranton. He said he hoped that their wedded life would not be as stormy as their wedding day. Early this morning a little pony floun dered through the snow on Kansas ave nue and on its back were two big men and a sack of feed. It was a case for the humane society. Sam Amidon of Wichita who Is talked of for congress on the fusion ticket in the Seventh district and mentioned for attorney general, is attending the A. O. U. W. grand lodge meeting. Some of the state house employes who live three blocks from their work eat din ners at noon down town, walking the same distance, but claiming that they live too far from their work to go home. People who work down town and live out in the suburbs were disgusted with suburban life lat evening when the snow tied up the street car lines and thev had to flounder home through the drifts. The railroad officials conferred with the Kansas City stock yards company today to make arrangements to have the com pany weigh cattle in accordance with the agreement made at the conference last week. On the south side of the court house grounds the snow drifted up even with the top of the terrace and out over the sidewalk, compelling people to flounder through the outer edge of the drift on the parking. A Topeka man recently remarked to G. C. Clemens that he noticed that he, Clemens, was drifting- toward the Re publican party. Clemens replied. "Yes, I have got far enough along that I can drop into the Copeland for a cigar." A business woman who was compelled to come down town this morning waited until she thought the Santa Fe office clerks would have a good patch broken, but she says that every one who had pre ceded her was a man who took steps three feet long. OLDEST A. 0. U. W. MEMBER S. A. Getty of Downs Claims That Honor. S. A. Getty, of Downs, who Is attending the A. O. U. W. grand lodge, claims to be the oldest Workman in Kansas from years of membership. Mr. Getty is 73 years old. He joined the order at Latrobe, Pennsylvania, in 1873. The lodge number was 30 and was the thirtieth lodge organized in the United States. At that time the entire member- S. A. GETTY, OF DOWNS, Oldest Workman in Kansas. ship of the order did not exceed four fig ures. He came to Kansas in 1S78 and set tled at Downs. He was one of the promo ters of the Downs lodge, which was or ganized in 3Ss5. He has held all the chairs. As he was over age he had to have a special dispensation to change his membership from the original state. Mr. Getty is visitiner his daughter, Mrs. George E. Dougherty. DEWEY ARCH FLXD. Howard Gould Offers a Conditional Subscription of $25,000. New Tork. Feb. 28. At a meeting to day of the executive committee of the citizens' committee for perpetuating the Dewey arch, it was decided to make public an offer by Howard Gould that he would be one of four men to sub scribe $25,000 each, to be paid on De cember 31, 1900. provided up to that time the subscriptions amount to $400,000. Memphis Route Fast Train. The Southeastern Limited leavini? Kansas City daily at 6:30 p. m. enables passengers to reach Memphis at S a. m., Birmingham 4:30 p. m., Chattanooga 8:45 p. m., Atlanta 10:35 p. m.. New Or leans 7:35 p. m.. next day, Jacksonville, Fia., $:30 second morning. Correspond ing time to all points in the southeast. Entire train, with reclining chair car and Wagner Palace Buffett Sleeping car runs through to Birmingham (sleep ing car through to Jacksonville) stop ping only at important local stations, as Olathe, Paola, Pieasanton, Fort Scott, Lamar, Springfield. Pl S TLTAVING purchased the Entire Stock of Caskets and Robes of one of the best Eastern factories, will sell for JUST ONE-HALF FORMER PRICE. Call on Us for Ambulance I Service.

Heavy Weight Metallic Caskets Former price $200, now Fine Caskets J Pormr price $150, now Fine Caskets Former price $100, now

Fine Caskets Former price $75, now HACKS FOR FUNERALS Former Price 3.00 Anti- Combine Undertaker. ROBISON TELLS WHY. President of Stockmen's Association Explains Recent Concessions. While J. T. White is charging that the cattlemen's committee was faithless to its trust, President J. W. Robison has been preparing a letter to explain to the cattlemen what the results of the con ference with the railroads were. Mr, Robison's letter follows: "To Kansas Live Stock Shippers: In the conference of shippers and railroads we were unable to secure all the con cessions we desired, but we secured great reductions on the movement of cattle into Kansas and in moving cattle from point to point in the state. 'First We secured a pasture rate perferrable to the last feed in transit rate in use. The new pasture rate will be the rate from point of loading to the Missouri river, less the rate from the unloading point to the Missouri river, with seven cents per 100 on the mini mum weight of 22.000 for 36-foot cars, and a proportionately less weight on smaller cars. This does not tie up the cattle to go out on any particular road or at any particular time, but at the pleasure of the owner as to road and time at the local rate. This rate only requires the shipper to pay for service rendered in shipping into pasture points on receipt of cattle there, and outship ping to be paid for when the cattle are delivered at final destination, thus not tying up so much money in the bills of lading as was formerly done in feed and transit bills. It leaves the owner free to go out on any road and at any time he may wish, untram meled by his incoming bills. "Second The weighing by railroads is to be discontinued as soon as ar rangements can be made with the Kan sas City and St. Joseph stock yards. The weight to be the selling weight.less 500 pounds, to be deducted for fill in the yards This will obviate the delay in weighing and switching before unlsad ing in the yards, which heretofore has been a source of many complaints from shippers. "Third The roads agree to equalize and correct all unjust charges at any stations now so charged, and to reduce the hog rates to an equality with cat tle rates per car for the same service. We were unable to secure carload ser vice or to get any reduction in rates from Kansas points to the Missouri river. We reserved the right to prose cute the cases, involving the constitu tionality of the court of visitation Jaw, now pending in the courts." WALCOTT PUFFS UP. The Barbadoes Pugilist Issues a Sweeping Challenge. New Tork. Feb. 28. Joe Walcott, the little Barbadoes negro, today issued a challenge to any prize fighter in the world, McCoy.Corbett. Jeffries and Fitz Simmons preferred. Sharkey refuses to fight a black man. "Washington Notes. Washington, Feb. 2S. Eddie S. Meair, of Lawrence, Kan., has been appointed as sistant engineer at the Haskell institute, at that place. William Painter, of Guthrie, who was reported to be appointed on the capitol police force, has, instead, been given a job in the house folding room, at $.0. Edwin D. Mihesell, of Keodesha. and R. A. Lovitt, of Salina. Kan.: Lake More, of Fairland, and William P. Thompson, of Vinita. I. T., have all been admitted to practice before the interior department. Rural free delivery service will be es tablished on March 15, at Paola, Miami countv, Kan., with one carrier. Length of route, 25 miles; area covered, twenty rive squ;ire miles: population served, 7u0; carrier. William P. Lunn. Representative Curtis, of Kansas, is at work on a bill which will be the forerun ner of a policy of assimilation toward the Indian Territory. It is understood that the measure is designed to divide the ter ritory into counties, making in all about twenty-eight county divisions. Forrest McKiniey. of Guthrie, the presi dent's second cousin, who came here about ten days ago to apply for appoint ment as secretary" of the Philippine com mission, has gone. home. It is thought that he received an intimation that his appointment would not be considered ex pedient. The senate has passed the bill providing for. the appointment of an additional United States commissioner in the North ern judicial district of the Indian Terri tory. It authorizes the appointment to be made by the judg;e of the United States court, the commissioner to be perma nently located at Wewoka. Seminole na tion. Train Robber Killed. Ifansas City. Feb. 2S Lon Curry, one of fhe train robbers who engaged in the Wilcox. Wyo., hold-up on the Union Pa cific la.st June, when something like O was secured, was shot and killed by officers at Iclson. near here this morn ing, while resisting arrest. "Yis," said I.arry, describing the mill accident, "th' poor mon phwas caught by th' force av th' fly-whale an' corried up. Eut he phwas dhropped from th' force whin his fate sthruck the wall." "Dhropped from th' force?" echoed Denny, absent y. "Phwat did th' police board foind him guilty av?" Chicago News. er Cent, on the Dollar. w- v-w j ill e $100.00 Former price $o0, now. S25.00 75.00 Former price $25, now 12.50 Kfl flfl CJtildren's Caskets C fA JU.UU Former price 10, now U.UU Q7 fl Children's Caskets ft Crt Of.lfU Former price $5, now u.Uu M KNIGHT, 406 Kansas Avenue. KAISER'S PLAY HISSED. He Left the Theater in Disgust After the Third Act. Berlin. Feb. 2S. The first presenta tion of "Der Kisensahn" (the iron tooth) at the Royal theater was a notable event, socially and artistically. All the tickets had been sold nine days ago, and the house was packed. Emperor William appeared during the second act, and sat almost unob served and quite alone in the royal or chestra box, screened by the drapery from observation. After the first act there was com plete silence. After the second and third there was rather vigorous ap plause, but from the parquette, where the critics and literary people sat, and from the second and third galleries, there came a piercing storm of hisses. The emperor, whose collaboration with Captain Lauf in the play is well known, was highly displeased. Captain Lauf took a cup of tea with His Majesty after the third act, having twice an swered calls from the boxes and else where and having come before the cur tain as pale as a ghost. Then he with the emperor left the theater, which caused a sensation. Neither the empress nor the imperial princes attended, quite contrary to the previous arrangement. The public verdict of the play is that it is verbose, although containing fine dramatic passages, and too palpably glorified the Hohenzollern hero who put down the Berlin rebellion In 1847. The acting was excellent throughout, especially that of Herr Matkowski, as Frederick of Hohenzollern, and of Frau lin Poppe. GOIXti TO CUBA. Secretary Root Will Visit the Island "With His Family. New Tork. Feb. 28. A special to the Times from Washington, D. C, says: It is reported that Secretary Root is to leave the city today for a trip to Cuba with Mrs. Root and Miss Root. Secretary Root could not be seen to verify this report, but it is ascertained that for some time he has had in con templation a visit to the city of Ha vana and perhaps a more extended tour of Cuba, to inform himself about some phases of the administration of the isl and that the reports of officers on duty do not fully present to him. The intended trip has not been talked about at the war department and offi cers on duty near to the secretary ad mitted that they had not been informed of the intention of the secretary to go to Cuba. LIVELY CELEBRATION Three Americans and Five Mexicans Killed on Washington's Birthday. Chicago, Feb.2S. A special to the Tri bune from Guaymas, Mexico, says: On Washington's birthday a shooting affray occurred at Pilares De Tierra, in which three Americans and five Mexi cans were killed. From accounts it ap pears a friendly feeling had existed at Pilares and in order to do honor to the L'nited States it was arranged on Feb ruary 22 to raise the flags of the two republics together on the flagstaff. The Mexicans had charge of the af fair and raised the American flag above the Mexican to the complete satisfac tion of the Americans. But when the Americans showed so much apprecia tion of the act the Mexicans found they had made a mistake and decided to lower and rehoist the flag, with the Mexican flag on top. Then the Ameri cans declared such a transaction would be an insult to the United States flag. Superintendent Danforth told the Mexicans that they would have to shoot Jiim before they could haul down the American flag. It was held that the flags should have been hoisted proper ly in the first place. The Mexicans were about to mob Danforth when Charles Hogsett, who was with the Rough Rid ers in Cuba, interposed with a six shooter in each hand. Firing from both sides immediately ensued and Hogsett was instantly killed. John Evans and Dick Rea, two other Americans, were mortally wounded. But the Americans held the fiag pole and both flags floated through the day. Five Mexicans were killed and the dance which was to have followed was a failure, as no Mexicars attenced and there were less than half a dozen Americans in condition for dancing. "I hope I make myself plain." said the lady, trying to explain a question to a caller. "I hop not. madam," he responded. "I would prefer that I be stupid rather than that you be plain." Detroit Free Press. "Did you take any interest in the late election?" "Interest!" echoed Senator Sorghum, in grieved accents. "I was mighty lucky to get my principal back." Washington Star. X i s. i.ir OFFICE Open Day and Aight Tel. 52.

t Now $1.50 MADE IN TOPES A GUARANTEED PUHE Gypsy Queen BAKING POWDER. Fob Sale by Hanley Bros. N. F. Conkle. Dibble Groc. Co. Webber Co. Sam Rice. J. H. Kine-. C. W. Thompson. A. Sheetz. Fred Glick. Geo. Hafner. -W. B. Brown. D. J. Dickenson. J. S. Sproat. E. Jansen Co. Fitzgerald Lannan. GOLDEN RULE JOXES. Declares He Has No Faith in the Ne braskan or in McKiniey. Toledo, O., Feb. 23. Mayor Jones repud iates a portion of a recent interview in which Toledo's "golden rule" executive is made to say he will support Bryan for the presidency. Mayor Jones says: "The difference between the Brvan. and McKiniey programme is a difference in degree: it is the same kind. I have no faith in either: both are evil. I am a so cialist. I believe in brotherhood and can only find peace in advocating those prin ciples that will lead me to live brotherlv. Bryan is advocating an entirely different set of principles. 1 do not know whom I shall vote for for president." Senator Jones! Son Weds. St. Louis, Mo., Feb. 28. Miss Anna Gray Taylor, only daughter of Mrs. George Taylor, of this city, and niece of Hannis Taylor, ex-minister to Spain, was joined in wedlock last evening t James Kirnbrough Jones, jr., son ot United States Senator Jones (Ark.). Rev. Archibald Carr officiated at the ceremony, which was held In the par lors of the West Knd hotel. A recep tion followed the ceremony. Miss Virginia- Davis, of Kentucky, and Jose phine Conway, of Arkansas.were brides maids. Mr. F. W. Plant, of Minneap olis, acted as best man. Among tha out-of-town guests at tne wedding were Senator and Mrs. Jones and Miss Jones, of Arkansas, and Mrs. W. W. Dickson, of Anaconda, Mont. The Burlington Route the Best lane West: Kansas City and St. Joseph la Nebraska, Denver, Utah, Pacific Coast Two Trains Daily. Weekly California Excursions. Northwest: to Black Hills, Montana, Washington, Puget Sound, via the short Billings Route, the time saver 50 to 500 miles saved. Tourist Sleepers Tuesdays and Thursdays, Kansas City and St. Joseph to Seattle. East: unquestionably the best trains via Chicago or St. Louis. North: to St. Paul, Minneapolis and the Northwest region. Komeseekers' Excursions to the West and Northwest. 7S00 Miles of Standard Railroad. Tha Main Traveled Road in the Louisiana Purchase. Wide-Vestibuled, Pintsch-lighted.com-plete trains of chair cars (seats free), Pullman -sleepers. All Ticket Agents can ticket via the Great Burlington Route. Write L. W. WAKELET. Gen'l Passenger Agt., St. Louis, Mo. J. C. BRA M HALL, T. P. A., 823 Main St., Kansas City, Mo. HOWARD ELLIOTT, General Manager,-St. Joseph, Mo. "For six TTKmru I wmm m victim of 4 7s- repala in its worat form. I could eat nothing ut milk toast, and at times mjr atomacb would cot retain and direst even tbitk Last March I began taking CASCAHETS and since then X have steadily lmnroved, until I am as well as I erer iras in my lire." l ay id H. Mubpht, Newark. O. Pleasant. Palitable. Potent. Tute Good. TV Good. .Nerxr SicKn. Weaken, or Gripe. 10c, XicUto. CURE CONSTIPATION. KarHac bnl Cam. Caw, Mlml. Tart. 311 ft! TH 1&,,f, n ffi'crarteeil by all drng- av'iU'bHW HU to CV J lotHtcco Haslu Ski, I ffp CANDY L. JJ CATHARTIC yi