The Topeka State Journal (Topeka, Kansas)
July 25, 1900

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LAST EDITION. WEDNESDAY EVENING-. TOPEKA, KANSAS, JULY 25, 1900. WEDNESDAY EVENING. TWO CENTS. it- ROM CONGER. Commander Thomas, of the Brooklyn, Sends a Letter From U. S. Minister at Pekin Dated July 4. RELIEF MUST BE SOON, If at All, Is What the Message Said. Gen. Chaffee Arrives at Naga saki, Japan. Admiral Kempff's Report on the Fight at Taku. LI HUNG CHANG STOPS. "Will Conduct Negotiations From Shanghai. Humored That He Is Being De tained by t he Powers. Washington, July 25. The following cablegram has been received at the navy department: Che Fon, July 24. Navigation bureau, Washington. Written message, signed Conger, dated July 4, received Tien Tsin -1st says: "Been besieged two weeks British legation. Crave danger general massacre by Chinese soldiers, who are shelling legation daily. Belief soon, if at all. City without govern ment except by Chinese army. Deter mined massacre all foreigners Pekin. Kntry relief forces into city probably le hotly contested." THOMAS. The message comes from Captain Charles M. Thomas, commander of the Brooklyn. CHAFFKE REACHES NAGASAKI. Washington, July 25. Adjutant Gen eral Corbin received a cable dispatch today from General Chaffee, announc ing his arrival on the transport Grant at Nagasaki. He cables all well. As soon as the Grant is coaled slie will proceed at once to Taku. General Chaf fee on his arrival receivd the cable dis patch announcing his appointment as a major general of volunteers. THE SITUATION AT TIEN TSIN. (Copyright, 1M0. the Associated Press.) Tien Tsin, July IS, via Shanghai, July 21. Colonel Bower, of the Chinese regi ment. Colonel Wogack. of the Russians, and Colonel Aoki. of the Japanese, will form the joint provisional government j for the city of Tien Tsin. which it was recently decided to establish. They will be entrusted wilh the task of bringing eomething like order out of the exist ing chaos. Since the issue of the proclamation inviting well disposed Chinese to re turn to their homes a number have come back to the city and many native servants are coming to the settlements, a majority of them returning to the service of their previous employers. The native city this afternoon pre sents an appalling spectacle of ruin and desolation. The suburbs were com pletely destroyed by fire, mostly caused by the shells of the allies on the side facing the settlements. It is believed that not a dozen houses are intact, and all were a liule damaged by the tre mendous fire of the allies' artillery, which, however, was apparently not heavy enough to produce much effect. A curious spectacle is presented by a number of mud hovels immediately un derneath the wall where the latter was most damaged, hardly one of them showing signs of having been hit. Inside the city the damage was ter rific. The buildings nearest the wall were mostly burnt out and many were totally blown to pieces by the shells of the allies. Among the smouldering ruins are many charred corpses, which the pigs and dogs are eating. The al lies are busy removing the bodies, but In consequence of the great number of dead many have not been buried. The streets throughout the city are strewn with all kinds of articles, and dozens of Chinese are digging in the ruins for money and other valuables. Most of the houses which are intact or little damaged, display the flags of one or the other of the allied forces, the Japa nese and French flags predominating. There have been many attempts to imi tate the flags, which under other cir cumstances would be laughable. The liouses which do not display flags show bits of cotton or paper bearing the names of the allied nations and com plimentary sentences. The French, ap parently, are the favorites, many of the pieces of cotton and paper displaying Inscriptions France." or "Vive la France.'" All are unmistakablv in the handwriting of native clerks formerly employed l.y foreign Chinese firms. It is stated that the Chinese losses Since the troubles broke out are 11 noo most of whom have been killed bv box ers and soldiers. That is probably much exaggerated. The boxers are said to be gathering in larg.- numbers in the neighborhood of the Hskon arsenal, captured bv Ad miral Seymour's column and now'oocu pied by Russian troops, who have suf fered several casualties through "snip ers" concealed in the woods in that vicinity. AMERICAN WOl'NPED TO BE SENT HOME. (Copyright, 1900, the Associated Press.) Tien Tsin. July 19. via Shanghai. July 23. Most of the American sick and wounded have been taken in boats to Taku. where they will embark on the American hospital ship Solace for the United States. THE PE TANG FORTS WILL NOT Sl'R RENDER. (Copyright, Isfto. the Associated Press Taku. Saturday. July 21. Chang Yi has unsuccessfully tried to arrange with the general commanding the Pe Tang forts for their surrender. The general refused to surrender the forts, nut said that if the foreigners did not attack him he would agree to maintain si. neutral attitude. WAR THE ONLY REMEDY. Chicago, July 2,".. A dispatch to the Kecord from Moscow, says: Diplomatic circles in St. Petersburg attach no importance to the news that the government desires to secure the mediation of the Vnited States with the powers and that President McKinley has signified his willingness under prudent restrictions, to offer such mediation. The Russian government takes the ground that no legal government exists in China and that a war for the suppression of rebellion is the only choice of the powers concerned. According to dispatches from Valdl vostock.the Danish missionaries in Man churia, after suffering much hardship have been relieved and are now safe in Valdivostock. A dispatch received there from Chief Engineer Krutzski, of the Manchurtan railway at Algatschi reports that the Chinese have occupied Khailar in north western Manchuria, near the trans Baikalian frontier. The whereabouts of Col. "Youghovtsch is unknown. but the Russian guard troops are gathering for the relief of Khailar. The railway section between Tsi Tsihar and Harbin is considered to be in grave danger. Ai lis quiet at Blagove schensk and in the vicinity of that town and trade has been resumed. DISSENSION AMONG THE CHINESE Copyright, 19U0. by Associated Press. Tien Tsin. Friday, July 20. Chinese coming in from the country report that the Chinese soldiers are killing the box ers wherever the latter are seen, giving as a reason that the boxers deceived them into embarking on a hopeless struggle. An intelligent Chinaman said he regarded this as a sign of widespread ing dissension. It was only a matter of a short time, he declared, before the same state would exist in Pekin, when, in all probability, Jung Lu, commander in chief of the Chinese forces and Prince Chin would be able to regain sufficient influ ence to make peace, especially if the for eigners in the capital were safe. This appears to represent the general native opinion here as far as it is possible to ascertain it. In the meantime reliable news as to events in Pekin and whether the for eigners are alive is entirely lacking or is only obtainable from Chinese sources and even that is most meagre and con tradictory. It is now thought that the forward movement of the allies will pro bably take place earlier than was at first supposed possibly by the end of this month but nothing will be decided before the arrival of General Sir Alfred Ga zelle, commanding the Indian contin gent. A runner who arrived from Pekin yes terday reports that the foreigners were safe on July 10 and that there had been considerable fighting between the boxers and soldiers inside the city. KEMPFF EXPLAINS. Washington, July 23. The navy de partment today made public the mail reports of Rear Admiral Kempff ex plaining his reasons for refusing to Join with the ships of the other powers in the attack on the Taku forts and giving an account of the attack which in cludes many details not heretofore pub lished. Admiral KempfC also encloses the report of Commander Wise, of the Monoeacy, giving a graphic account of the action. Rear Admiral Kempff's ex planation for refusing to participate in the attack on the fortifications of a power with which we were at peace is warmly commended by Secretary Long. The reports are as follows: Vnited States flagship Newark, Taku, China. June 17, 1900. Sir: I would state what follows in regard to the happen ings previous to the resolve yesterday by other senior foreign naval officers here to get possesion of the Taku forts. 2. On Thursday, June 14. Rear Ad miral Bruce called and asked what I Thought t-thn mattar -ami I infurmal him that I was not authorized to initi ate any act of war with a country with whom my country was at peace; that my limit was to protect American in terests, both by regulations, and under recent instructions from both the de partment and from the commander in chief of the United States naval force on the Asiatic station. 3. On the 13th, at a consultation of the other foreign naval officers it was agreed that the railway station at Tong Ku should be taken. (The rail way is under Chinese government con trol.) And in case any Chinese govern ment force acted against the force of any foreign nation all should be in volved and act unitedly. Under my in structions I could not join in taking possession of Chinese government prop erty and did not care to become a party to such an agreement without special authority. 4. Yesterday, June 16, the same for eign naval officers signed a compact that it was necessary to take temporary possession of the Taku forts and notice was served on the viceroy at Tien Tsin, and on the commandant of the forts. I did not join in the attack on the forts Captain Wise of the Monoeacy had or-' aers to protect American interests, based upon department orders, but in case of attack by a Chinese govern ment force, he was to consider it as a declaration of war and act accordingly. .Very respectfully-, LOUIS KEMPFF, Rear Admiral U. S. N. To the secretary of the navy, Wash ington, D. C. SECOND REPORT. United States flagship Newark, Taku, China, June 18, 1900. Sir: I have the honor to report as follows: The commanding officer of the gun boats in the river met on the afternoon of June 16, and agreed for the senior officer of the gunboats to direct the movement. This officer happened to be a Russian. The positions for the va rious gunboats were then assigned, ta king positions in the second "reach" of the river above the north fort. The gunboats participating were the Kore ets, Guilak. Bobr, Russian: litis, Ger man: Lion, French: Algerine, English. The English torpedo boat destroyers Fame and Whiting joined in the latter part after securing the captured tor pedo boats near Tong Ku. The Japa nese gunboat claimed that her engines were disabled, so she remained moored near Tong Ku. and was assigned charge of the railroad station at that place. The United States ship Monoeacy be ing under orders remained moored at Tong Ku and took no part in the ac tion. Many foreigners were afforded shelter and protection during the night. A copy of the report of the command ing officer of the Monoeacy is herewith enclosed. The vessels except the litis took their assigned positions early in the evening of the Ifith instant, and at about 12:55 a. m.. one hour before the expiration of the time limit, all the fort guns which could be trained on the ships fired simultaneously, many shots striking the Koreetz. The vessels returned the fire with a rapid fire from their guns, which with the exception of the guns of six-inch calibre were of small rapid fire type. The guns on the north fort were chiefly 4 7 inch, while the south fort has a nrmber of guns from six to eight inches in calibre. The Algerine having aboard a land ing party of some 3.S0 men, immediately Put them ashore. A portion of them advanced therough Taku to the navy yard and took by surprise four new modern torpedo boats, carrying two tubes and six three-pounders, and con voyed by the Fame and Whiting took them to Tong Ku. The other landing parties and the remainder of the Eng lish, aggregating some 650 men, awaited an opportune time for the assault. The firing continued with more or less (.Continued on Sixth Page.) FIGHTING IN CITY OFPANAHA Battle is Raging in Outskirts of the Town." GoTernment Forces Protected by Entrenchments. HOLDING THEIR OWN. Casualties Already Number 200 Killed and Wounded. Colombia Calls Every Able Bod ied Citizen to Arms. New York, July 25. A dispatch to the Herlad from Panama, dated July 24, says: Fighting is now going on in the out skirts of this city. Large numbers of the revolutionary force reached the suburbs early this morning and began a vigorous attack, which is still in progress. Government forces are making a strong resistance in the Intrenched po sitions they have occupied for several days. It is calculated that 200 men have been killed or wounded so far, among them being many well known young residents of this city. The Red Cross hospital here is filled with wounded and dying soldiers. The help of the ambulance corps of the British cruiser Leander has again been requested in caring for the wound ed and efforts are now being made to bring about a short armistice in order to bury the dead and pick up the wounded still in the trenches. Among the wounded is General Lo zada, formerly in command of the gov ernment troops, who took refuge with others on the cruiser Leander on Satur day. He returned to shore today and took the place of a private in the ranks, fighting with bravery. Every possible effort has been made by the foreign consuls here to prevent a disastrous conflict in the streets of the city, but they have not been suc cessful. General Herrera, commander in chief of the revolutionists, is still at Coro zalla, but it is believed he will soon join his forces now in action. If he does so, the attacks will undoubtedly be still more vigorous and the fighting more general, with disastrous results in the city proper. .Panama's streets are almost deserted. Stray bullets are constantly dropping in the streets, and several persons have been struck by them.. Today's fighting followed an indeci sive battle which lasted -most of yester JaygftFi nomr at LaBoca, between the regulars and rebels, who were landed from warships in. possession of the revo lutionists. The fighting was hard, but both sides maintained their positions last night. The rebels shelled several points on the railway, their purpose being to inter cept the federal troops coming from Colon, numbering 150, under General Sarria. The government has Issued a decree calling to arms all Colombian citizens, between the ages of 18 and 60 years. All public employes not complying with the decree will be heavily fined. No American war vessel is at Pffjiama or Colon. It is impossible to foretell what will be the outcome of the present fighting or the end of the struggle. Reinforce ments expected by the government have not yet arrived. The gunboat Boyaca is supposed to be still outside of Buena Ventura. GOLD DEMOCRATS Now in Session Not Likely to Name a Ticket. Indianapolis, Ind., July 25. If the mat ter Is left to the national committee of the gold standard Democrats, which meets here this afternoon there will be no gold standard ticket in the field. While the committee can not settle the question, its recommendation will have great weight. There is a feeling with the gold stand ard Democrats here that the anti-imperialist or independents, can put a ticket in the field if they wish to. The national Democratic committee will, after the meeting, issue an address which will be In the form of a platform and will reaffirm the position taken in 1S96. The members will be permtited to vote as they please. Nine members of the committee of fif teen appointed by the Plaza hotel (New York) meeting of the anti-imperialists, to visit the meeting of the national Demo cratic committee today are In the city. It is not probable that others will come. Those now here are: Thomas M. Os borne. Auburn. N. Y.. chairman of the committee; J. J. Chapman. J. F. Miller, Joseph W. Price, W. H. Riley. M. D. Rothschild. E. A. Abbott and Alfred Brooks Robinson, of New York city, and Robert A. Widman, of Napuet, N. Y. It is not likely that this committee will do anvthing else than to present its case to the national Democratic commit tee. The members of the committee will present their case with arguments by sev eral members and then wiil await the ac tion of the national Democrats. Should the national Democrats decide not to put another ticket in the field, the anti-imperialists will look to the anti-imperialist league, which will meet here August 15, to place a ticketin the field. FOR UNDERTAKERS. Secretary Penwell Completes the Of ficial Publication. L. M. Penwell of this city, secretary of the Kansas Funeral Directors' asso ciation, is sending out the report of the last meeting held at Wichita from April 10 to 12. The report is quite lengthy, being a 92-page book. In addition to the report, full page pictures of the officers of the associa tion appear. They are: President. J. M. Doyle, Belleville; vice president, Charles Berg; secretary, L. M. Penwell, Topeka; treasurer, Mrs. M. L. Gates Rosedale; sergeant-at-arms, C. H. Northfoss, Newton. .'he book also contains the full page pictures of the officers of the embalm ers' examining committee. They are: President, W. H. Gate3, Rosedale: vic& president, George H. Shaw. Abilene; secretary, J. B. Hinthorn. Hiawatha. The delegates to the national conven tion at Denver were also honored. They are: Joe S. Johnson, Osawatomie; I. W. Gill, .Wichita, and B. F. Bracken, Beloiu OLD OFFENDERS. Police Capture Twelve Jointists at One Raid. Twelve jointists, their attorneys and friends helped swell the crowd in the police station at 4 o'clock yesterday af ternoon. The police made a wholesale raid on the joints and succeeded in gath ering in Larry Sheehan, Mike Kelley and Arch Bailey, of the Clipper restaurant, 116 East Sixth; George Klauer,- George Buford and H. A. Klauer, 424 Kansas avenue; Frank Murphy, lli East Sixth; Mike Thompson. Bob Shelby and E. R. Barber, at the Royal Billiard hail: Ed Timon and Bert Russell, 612 North Kan sas avenue. The jointists gave bond and their trials were set for July 26 and 27. The men arrested are all familiaf with the police court, having been there man times before on the same charge and many of them have cases now pending there. The police secured some liquor and bar fixtures at several places, although the amount was very small. Some good ev idence is said to have been secured against the men arrested. BOERSlETIRE. i. Reported to Be MoTing in the Direction of Leydenburg. Bronkhorst Spruit, Tuesday, July 24. The Boers having learned of the Brit ish advance have evacuated all their positions and are reported to be moving to the northeast towards Leydenburg, whither President Kruger is going. A portion of the Boers remain north of Buchveldt, whence they attempt to in terrupt communications on this line. The bridges here and smaller bridges to the west have been destroyed. The British force comprises two bri gades under General French and a bri gade and a half under General Hamil ton. It is not likely that the advance upon Middleburg will be contested. The Boers remaining upon their farms state that most of the burghers are anxious to bring matters to a finish, but that the foreigners are persistent. ROBERTS' MOVEMENTS IN DETAIL London, July 25, 12:45 p. m. The war office has received the following dis patch from Lord Roberts: "Van Dermerwe Station, July 24. We made a general advance yesterday from position which we have been hold ing east of Pretoria since June 12. Ian Hamilton, from the north, reached Rustfontein. seven miles north of Bronkhorst Spruit on July 22. This so completely surrounded the enemy's line of retreat that they abandoned the strong position they had been occupy ing in front of Pole-Carew. Stephen son's brigade advanced yesterday un opposed to Elands river station. Our right was protected by the First and Fourth brigades of cavalry under French and Hutton's mounted infan try. The former crossed east of Wilge river. "Railway and telegraphic communica tion were restored last night. "In the supply train captured! at Roodvale were 200 Welsh fusiliers, most of whom had been prisoners. DeWet's force is-cootiouing tuaiove northeast erly. It was at Roodeport July 22, with Broadwood not far behind and Little's cavalry brigade following Broadwood. "Baden-Powell reports as follows: 'Magato Farm, July 22. Colonel Sa rey and Lushington, with 450 men, drove 1,000 Boers from a very strong position and scattered them with considerable loss. Our casualties were six killed and 19 wounded.' It is not clear whether the supply train and 200 fusiliers mentioned in the above dispatch are identical with the train and 100 Cameron Highlanders, the capture of which was reported by Lord Roberts in his communication of July 22. The following dispatch from Lord Roberts has been received at the war office: "Bronkhorst Spruit, Tuesday, July 24. We marched here today. This is the place where the Ninety-fourth was at tacked December 20, 1880. The graves of the officers and men are in fair preservation, and will now be put in good order. The march was unopposed, but French's cavalry and Hutton's mounted infantry, making a wide de tour on our right, met bodies of the enemy. They were driven back, leaving several dead and wounded. A good many were also captured. Our casual ties were one killed. "Broadwood reports that he captured five of DeWet's wagons today. He was waiting at .Vredefort until Little joined him." A NEW ELEMENT. London, July 25. A new element has entered into the South African cam paign with the receipt of news that General Carrington, with his Rhodesian force, has had its first fight, attacking the Boers and carrying their position of Selous river Monday after a sharp en gagement. General Carrington lost four killed and 19 wounded. 5,000 m STRIKE For 10 Honr Daj' and an In crease in Wages. New York, July 25. Most of the pants makers in Manhattan borough have struck for a ten hour work day and an advance of 10 per cent in wages. There are 5.000 pants makers in New Y'ork, Brooklyn and Newark. They belong to unions which are affiliated with the United Garment workers, and the latter organization has used all its influence to prevent a strike, believing the time in opportune. However, the pants makers of New York have called out the men in more than 300 shops. The leaders of the strike sent telegrams to the branches in Brooklyn and Newark, informing them of the strike, and received replies saying that the branches would be guided by the action of the New Yorkers. It is said that there has been a gradual return to the task system, under which a man must make a certain number of garments to entitle him to a day's pay. The tasks, the men said, have been grad ually increased, until one had to work a day and a half or two days to earn one day's pay. FIRE THIS MORNING. Spontaneous Combustion at G. A. R. Coal Office. The fire department was called at 4:45 this morning to a fire in the G. A. R. coal company's shed on east Fifth street near Adami. The coal was fired by spontaneous combustion. First a still alarm for the chemical was sent in. The chemical company from headquarters responded and soon after returning to the station an alarm for the department was sent in. The damage was slight. Weather Indications. Chicago, July 25 Forecast for Kan sas: Fair tonight and Thursday; warmer tonight and Thursday; variable winds. MARTIN AND BREIDENTHAL Associate Justice and Governor Selected By Acclamation in the Populist Convention. THE DEMOCRATS YIELD Trade Associate Justice For At torney General. Conference Committees Effect a General Compromise. Complete Fusion Effected on State Ticket. Special to the State Journal.! Fort Scott, July 25. The Populist state convention today nominated David Martin for associate justice and John Breidenthal for governor, each by acclamation. After the adoption of the resolutions which cover five typewritten pages the Populist convention proceeded with nominations. David Martin was first nominated for associate justice. George W. Clark of Shawnee county, then placed John W. Breidenthal in nomination for governor. Mr. Clark's speech was followed by the greatest demonstration of4 the con vention. Delegates stood upon chairs and shouted and waved flags for sev eral minutes. Harry Landis seconded the nomination of Mr. Breidenthal. Leon Lock of Crawford county, named W. H. Ryan of Crawford for governor. Sol Long of Elk, who has a voice that John W. Breidenthal, Today Nominated by the Fusion Forces as Candidate For Governor. can be heard in any hall, seconded the nomination of Ryan. He said: "I will tell you what kind of a Populist I am If this convention would nominate Cy Leland I would get out and whoop it up for him." "No you wouldn't," shouted a dele gate. After A. J. Charlton had seconded the nomination of Breidenthal, W. H. Ryan took the platform and withdrew, ac cording to a prearrangement, hoping to stampede the convention for himself for lieutenant governor. Mr. Breidenthal was then chosen by acclamation. The platform adopted by the Popu lists declares for the etablishment of a state oil refinery and the distribution of native oil to the people of Kansas at cost; provides for a law taxing banks, and for the creation of a fund, to be under the control of the state bank examiner, to be used in reimburs ing depositors in banks that have be come insolvent. FRAKES HAS FIRST HONORS. Democrats Nominate Trego Man For Seceetary of State. Special to the State Journal.l Fort Scott, July 25. After disposing of the report of the conference committees the Democrats proceeded to nominate candidates f or state officers. Abe Frakes of Trego county, was the first man named, receiving the nomination for secretary of state. This was the first nomination to be made in the three conventions. Other nominations by this convention were: For Attorney General II. P. Farrel ly, Chanute. For State Treasurer Conway Mar shall, Garnett. Secretary of State J. B. Goshorn, Iola. Presidential electors L. B. Corsten son, H. J. Rozel and J. B. Fugate. Silver Republicans Act. Special to the State Journal.! Fort Scott, July 25. The Silver Re publicans nominated Webb McNall for insurance superintendent. Pr-ociHiiTitinl electors .Tames Falloon. Hiawatha; R. W. Turner, Mankato. The Democrats later enaorseu jvic Nall's nomination. FUSION EFFECTED. Three Conventions Get Together on the Nominations. Special to the State Journal.! Fort Scott, July 25. The Populist convention ratified the nominees made by the Democratic convention without debate and by a unanimous rising vote. The action of the Silver Republicans was ratified in the same manner. By this action the fusion nominees are: Associate justice David Martin. Governor John W. Breidenthal. Secretary of state Abe Frakes. Attorney nerai H. P. Farrelly. Treasurer Conway Marshall. Superintendent of insurance Webb Mc-Nall. DEMOCRATS YIELD. Adopt Report Giving Populists Asso ciate Justice. Special to the State Journal.! Fort Scott, July 25. The fight in the Democratic convention was precipitated by J. G. Johnson's motion -to hear the report of the conference committee. One faction headed by J. W. Orr and W. F. Sapp insisted on the regular order of business, the nomination of an associate justice. Ed Murphy led the forces for the con ference committe seconded by Joseph Riggs. The motion to hear the confer ence committee report was adopted by a vote of 381 to 92. Mr. Johnson then read the report and explained the method by which the com mittees arrived at an agreement. "We need not be told," said he, "that the feel ing is prevalent throughout the state that ex-Chief Justice David Martin should be the nominee for associate jus tice. I do not propose to say that this feeling is justified but it exists even among a large number of the delegates in this convention." W. F. Sapp made a lengthy speeph, during which he turned to Shawnee county's delegates. Shaking his finger at David Overmyer. he said: "Two years ago this distinguished gentleman as chairman of the Democratic convention said from the rostrum that we should do this now but never let it happen again." Placing his arm about Mr. Overmyefs neck he said: "Isn't that true?" Mr. Overmyer rose deliberately and in a voice like the roar of a lion shouted: "I said so then and I say so now. We had no representation then and we have no representation now. We have not been recognized." The convention went wild, while Mr. Sapp stood helpless before the delegates. The band played "A Hot Time," and the effect of Mr. Sapp's speech was lost. Chairman Atwood said: "There is no minority in this convention so small that it will not be heard, and I demand or der." James W. Orr, of Atchison, followed. He said that he never made the utter ance concerning David Martin charged to him. "I have the highest respect for David llartin," he said. "For years I oc- cupied the same room as his partner and there is no better lawyer in Kansas than David Martin, and I want to say here on behalf of Atchison county, that if it is the sentiment of this convention, and I be lieve it is, that David Martin should be nominated for associate justice, I am ready to cast the vote of my delegation for David Martin." The report was adopted by a vote nearly unanimous. The Populist state convention adopt ed the report of the conference com mittee after a hard fight. Jerry Simp son led the insurgents, seconded by J. M. Allen, of Erie. Aniie L. Diggs and Greeley Jumper supported the report. The vote was nearly unanimous. MB, CLARK'S SPEECH. Geo. W. Clark Nominates J. W. Breidenthal Amidst Enthusiasm. Special to the State Journal.l Fort Scott. July 24. In nominating John W. Breidenthal for governor, Geo. W. Clark, of Topeka, said: "I am here to speak for the Populists of Shawnee county that so-called Gibral tar of Kansas Republicanism that county which in 1SSS furnished one-twentieth of the 80,000 Republican majority in Kansas; yet in 1895 elected Bob Kepley sheriff; in l8!6 cast 5.5U6 votes for Wm. Bryan for president, more than 5. 000 votes for John W. Leedy for governor, and John Madden for congressman, and which next Novem ber will elect ex-Senator John Martin judge of her district court. "With these facts before you, we feel that the Populists of Shawnee county may confidently appeal to this convention for recognition of their claims: and to me has been accorded the privilege of ex pressing here their choice for governor. "Our cantiidate was born in 1857, in the verv dawn of the new historical epoch that was breaking upon America, at the time when the old forces of civilization were almost spent, and when new prob lems in law and government were being presented for solution: when Kansas was an experiment to test advanced theor ies, and introduce larger progress for the race, and when the enthusiasm of her people was guided by principle, and ener gized by patriotism. The years of his earlv manhood were spent in Vigo county. Indiana, which cast for Peter Cooper for president of the United States, one-thirty-eighth of the entire vote received by that great philanthropist. "Having inherited that love of liberty which has ever been one of the distin guishing traits of his German ancestry and imbibed that spirit of political free dom, that patriotic devotion to principle, that fearlessness in championing the cause of the oppressed which have characterized his conduct in all the relations of life, he was attracted by the record which Kansas made in the formative period of her his tory and mounting a prairie schooner westward bound, he rode Into Kansas in 1877 and east hit lot with her people: and here beneath Kansas skies he assisted in sowing the seed of that political faith which teaches the universal brotherhood of man, and which demands recognition Continued on Sixth Page.) Ml KNOCKED OUT. Jerry Simpson's Pet Senatorial Plan is Defeated. Discussion on the Floor Excit ing and Recriminating. IS WILD CONFUSION. "Sockless" Statesman Howled Down by Delegates. He Shakes His Fist in Their Faces. I WON'T SIT DOWN.'9 Pale and Indignant, Simpson Holds Platform. Senator L. P. King Kesents Personal Insinuations. Vote Results Decisively Against the Plan. Special to the State Journal. Fort Scott, July 25. Jerry Simpson's plan to have the Populist state convention nominate a candidate for United States' senator was defeated after one of tha most exciting scenes ever witnessed in a Kansas state convention. P. P. Elder opened the fight. Jerry Simpson was a member of the committee on order of business and secured a recom mendation that the convention nominate a candidate for United States senator. Mr. Elder was on his feet at once and; moved that the recommendation be' stricken out. He said it would be a dan- gerous precedent to establish. Senator Householder followed: "I have been nominated by the people of my dis- trict for state senator and I do not pro pose to be bound by the action of thii convention. I Bhall vote for a man who! is satisfactory to my constituents, the men who vote for me, and 1 want it un derstood that I will not consider the en dorsement by this convention as binding." Senator King followed and said he would not be instructed by the convention. Ha said he would place his nomination in the hands of the people and allow them to nominate some one else. Lester Perry, of Crawford county, said that he was not a legislative nominee. "There has been too much boodle busineta in Kansas," said he, "and I am in favor of giving instructions which will be under stood and which the members of the leg islature can not disregard." Senator Householder started to reply, but Chairman Hoffman recognized Fred Close, a "delegate from Ellis county," who opposed the proposition. J. R. Carter, of Montgomery county, said that the Populist would invite de feat by making a nomination for United States senator. Corner Davies said that the nomination of a United States senator wou!d subor dinate principles to a man. Carl Vrooman, of Parsons, was forced to take the platform by the delegates who had difficulty in hearing the speakers. Ha said that the proposition was simply a. step in the direction of electing the sena- tors by a direct vote of the people. "There is much remedial legislation to be mad by the next legislature." said he, "and 1C we do not make a nomination the legisla ture will spend the winter wrangling over this senatorial question and the peopla will hold us to account." L, B. Keefer, of Leavenworth, said the proposition smacked too much of bossism and that Is what he Joined the Populist party to fight. Ex-Representative W. E. Ward, of Mitchell county, opposed the proposition and Jerry Simpson was then recognized. "It is argued," said he, "that men who now aspire to be United States senator will be lukewarm; will tako their doll, rags and go home. They want to go into the United States senate through the back door. "Here Is the state of Oregon which ls without a senator, because of a wrangle; California and Utah and Washington and Montana, where a millionaire bought hi way into the senate, because, perhaps, the. state convention did not do what we ara t asking you to do. There are Pennsylvania and Delaware without United Stales sen ators. "I have noticed that the people who op pose this are nominees for the legislature. I don't want to refer to the fact that their pay is small and they want to pick up a little along the way. I do not be-' lleve that they are above it, but I want to remove any possible temptation they may have thrown in their way." (Applause.) "Vote, vote, vote," shouted the dele-1 gates. "Just wait, friends," said Simpson, "it i is a sign of a timid man that does not want to hear the other side, especially when it is In the minority." Concluding. Mr. Simppon said: "Do not get alarmed because of a fear that soma politician will sulk In his tent, and I now move the previous question." Senator King climbed on the platform and said, "I rise to a question of per sonal privilege." Mr. Simpson: "A question of personal; privilege will not lie unless some-, thing personal to the gentleman has been said." Mr. King: "The motives of senators have been questioned and I would like to know if that Is not personal, what is?" Mr. Simpson: "The gentleman must confine Voices: "Sit down; Bit down. King! King!!" Simpson: "I won't sit down and you will hear me." Simpson stood on one side of the speaker and King on tha other. Simp son's face was white with rage and he shook his fist in the direction of the dele- gates who howled every time ha opened his mouth. E. C. Hopkins, of Reno county, rushed to the front of the hall and shouted: "Jerry Simpson said there should be a 4 full and fair discussion and he finishes his harangue by moving the previous question." Chairman Hoffman nearly wore out his gavel and a vote was finally taken order ing the previous question. The vote on the motion to strike out was 372 to 14!i. Jerry Simpson then took the platform and said: 'Ve have met the enemy and we are his'n. I want to congratulate tha convention that there are 149 delegates here who believe in Populist principles." The speaker paid no attention to tha hisses, but said that there would be no ill-feeling. "The contest." said he. is simply a sign of intellectual activity and anv one who don't like this way of doing things had better go out into the cemetery-" CYCLONE DAVIS OF TEXAS. He Was a Side Attraction at Popu list Convention. Special to the State Journal.! Fort Scott, July 2S. Cyclone Davis, the Jerry Simpson of Texas, was one of tha side attractions of the convention. Mr. Davis was a "mlddle-of-tha-roader," but he has relented. At various times he has offered himself on the altar of his stata by expressing a willingness to represent CContlnued on Third Pe.)

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TOPEKA STATE JOTTRXAI WEDNESDAY EVENING, JXTLT 25, 1900. SPORTING NEWS. Terry, the Brooklyn, Lad Will Stay in His Class. McGovern Will Fight No More Light Weights. MAILER AND SHARKEY Matched' For a Twenty-five Round Bout in August. Dick Cooley Laid Off on Account of Toor Hitting. New Tork, July 23. Terry McGovern will not take a rest aa he proposed to do, but will make hay while the sun shines. At the Greenwood Athletic club on Saturday night Terry was one of the spectators. As soon as his friends espied him he was called upon for a speech. He said, through the an nouncer: i I 'I stand ready to fight any man In the world at from 11S to 122 pounds. I ion't bar any one. But I want to say this much, and that is that I will not go out of my class again." Andy Walsh says his broken rib is almost in shape again, and he is will ing to fight Joe Walcott. Feter Maher has agreed to meet Tom Sharkey in a twenty-five round bout at Madison Square garden next month. liob Fitzsimmuns has engaged Jeff Thorne, of Kngland, to train him and act as sparring partner for his coming bout with r,us Kuhlin. Al Herford, manager of Joe Gans, said today that if Sam Harris will let his protege weigh in at 133. pounds Gans will undertake to stop Terry in, ten rounds or forfeit the purse. M'GOVERN'S MANAGER Says Erne Was Not Weak When He Fought Terry. New Tork, July 25. Sammy Harris, manager of Terry McGovern, takes ex ception to the statement of Frank Erne that he was weak in the recent cham pionship fight, in answer to Erne's chal lenge which appeared in the Enquirer, Harris said today: "Ertie know s that Terry McGovern has been engaged to appear with a melo drama called 'The Bowery After Dark' fur the coming season, which opens in Philadelphia on August 18. Now, in re gard to Krne stating that he was weak at 128 pounds, Krne knows as well as I do that this is not a fact, as his most confidential friends wagered consider able money before the fight and at the ringside that he would knock out Mc Govern in less than 10 rounds. Erne sta ted to me personally before and after the fight that he never felt stronger in his life, and was sure of defeating Terry. He also stated to me in the presence of his own friends that he was defeated fairly and squarely by a much better man, and that he would give Terry the lightweight championship. He claimed that 12S pounds at the ringside was his actual fighting weight, and that he would have mo excuse to offer if he was defeated. Now, if I can cancel any of McGovern's dates, I will be only too pleased to give Krne a return match at 133 pounds, for I feel confident that Terry can defeat him at any weight." t EIKE AN- EXPRESS TRAIN Black Gelding Coney Paces a Mile in 2:02 3-4 at Cleveland. Cleveland, O., July 25. A world's rec ord was made at the Glenville trotting track when the black gelding- Coney, by McKinney, paced the second heat of a race in 2:02. This is the fastest mile ever paced by a horse in hopples. Frank Bogash has held the record for three years at 2:04U- It was the sec ond heat in the 2:06 race. Prince Alert took the lead at the start and held it to the half, which was covered in l:00i. Then McHenry began to push Coney, who was four lengths be hind the leader. At the three-quarters, which was made in 1:31, he had caught Prince Alert and he was going bo fast that McHenry pulled him down, and he jogged under the wire an easy (Winner. NEAR TO A FAKE. Root-Ryan Contest Declared a Draw Crowd Disappointed. Chicago, July 25. Tommy Ryan, of Syracuse, and Jack Root, of Chicago, fought a draw at Tattersall's last night. Neither had any marked advantage during the six rounds although Ryan cent Root to the floor in the first round ULCERS. 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THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO, ATLANTA, GA. A Rising v.:--- I J '1.' I i v 4 m r a Kay C. Ewry, of the New Tork Athletic club, Is the champion standing jumper of the world. He also holds the record for three standing jumps. Hi is going shortly to try to break his own records. At the Paris games he created a new world's record in the standing Ugh jump, jumping five feet five inches. with a right hook to the jaw. Root evened matters up in the next round with several heavy right swings to Ryan's ear that brought the blood in streams. After that the contest ap peared more like a sparring exhibition than a fight and the 6.000 spectators gave vent to their disapproval in cries of "fake" and "take them off." Dur ing the fifth round several hundred left the hall, so disgusted had they become at the work of the two me). Root had about ten pounds the best of the weight. Joe Choynski and Tommy w hite tooK care of Root and Jack Jeffries and Harry Gilmore looked after Ryan's in terests. The betting was 10 to 8. that Ryan would win. but very little money was placed at those odds. George Siler was releree. JEFFRIES' ARM IMPROVES. Proposes to Fight Fitz or Ruhlin in August. New York. July 25. For the first time in weeks Jim Jeffries was allowed on Saturday to take off the steel harness that has encased his Injured left arm. He hopes to discard it entirely within a dav or two and. if by August 1 he is satisfied that it is healed, he will issue a challenge broad enough to accommo date any of the heavy weights who have been clamoring for a tight wrth him. Jeffries has been taking it easy at At lantic City and save for his injured arm he is in grand shape. He will leave for Mount Clemens next Thursday, after a consultation with his manager, Billy Brady. With a short spell of easy work at that resort he hopes to get his arm in as good shape as it ever was. In case August 1 finds it safe he will issue his challenge on that date. The bad arm has cost Jeffries a pile of money, and he knows that to get some return he will have to fight In this city before September 1. He is anxious to battle on August 25, if possible, and ex pressed on Saturday a preference to meet the winner of the Fitzsimmons Ruhlln bout. EWING'S ROTJST Seems to Have Benefited the Giants New Yorks Were "Soldiering." New York, July 25. Excuses and ap peals for sympathy will avail the New York nine no more this season. If ever a team of baseball players made out a clear case against itself the local aggre gation succeeded in doing it by the ad mirable manner in which they played against Cincinnati, Brooklyn and St. Louis. No doubt exists in the minds of nine-tenths of the patrons of the sport that some of the New York men did not give their best services to the team when Buck Kwing was manager. This is plain enough for a blind man to almost see. Instead of moping around the field, dawdling on the bases, perfunctorily go ing through the necessary motions at bat, and fielding in a listless manner suggestive of a small boy at work on th; family woodpile when the remainder of his chums are in swimming, the Giants have played with the snap and dash characteristic of their work early In the MISTAKEN FOR M'COY. How a Couple of Vaudeville Perform ers Got Free Drinks. Akron, O., July 25. Akron sports were neatly fooled last night by two vaude ville men who have been at Kakeside casino. One of the men, Paul Nichol son, jr., is about the build of Kid Mc Coy. His face resembles that of the Hoosier pugilist, and it would be very natural to mistake him for McCoy. While he and Lawrence Crane were in the Atlantic garden at supper some one who entered the place looked over where the two actors wee seated and exclaimed: "Why there's Kid McCoy." He hustled over and grabbed Nichol son's hand, nearly pulling him out of the chair. The actor immediately caught on to the error made, and in troduced Crane as his manager. In a minute the two men were surrounded by sports, all anxious to shake the Kid's hand. Cigars and treats were fairly showered upon the two men. They could not order fast enough. When they left the room, a curious crowd followed. The report had spread that McCoy was in the city, and old acquaintances wanted to see him. Young Man. Nicholson found that he could not shake the crowd which followed him to the Union depot, giving an enthu siastic hurrah as his train pulled out. OUR DICK COOLEY Laid Off by Manager Clark on Ac count of Poor Hitting. Pittsburg, Pa., July 25. Manager Fred Clarke, of the Pittsburg team, has laid First Baseman Dick Cooley off because of poor stick work. Torn O'Brien was put on the bag and Tom McCreary will go to right field, Wagner remaining on second. The change was tried at New York, and during the three innings of the postponed game O'Brien worked about the initial bag like a veteran. He was playing a great game at that base when injured in Cincinnati the first week of the season. Cooley's fielding has been well nigh perfect, and no fault has been found with his work in that department, but Dick has been sadly off in his hitting, and has not been able to get away from the 200 mark. The loss of three straights to the Phillies showed the necessity of a change that would make batting heavier. EDDIE SANTBT MARRIES. Wedded to Miss Kate Maher of Chicago. Hammond, Ind., July 25. In the par lors of the Hotel Majestic, in this city. Judge Stinson performed the marriage ceremony which wedded Eddie Santry, the pugilist, to Miss Kate Maher, of Chicago. The marriage was intended to be kept from the public and the only persons present were William Sant-y and William Maher, brothers of the groom and bride respectively. The party partook of a wedding supper at the hotel and then returned to vii cago. Reagan Defeats Forbes. New York, July 25. John Reagan, of Brooklyn, last night defeated Clarence Forbes, of Chicago, in the twentieth round before the Seaside Sporting club at Coney island. From the very start it was a hot set-to. Forbes sent the Brooklyn boy to the floor twice in the first four rounds. Reagan then fresh ened up and kept even with Forbes, giving smash for smash. Toward the fifteenth round Forbes seemed to be tiring, and Reagan gave him a swln on the nose that brought the blood. Both men kept going fiercely to the end of the bout in the twentieth round, when the referee awarded the decision to Reagan. New Tork Pugilists. New York, July 25. Joe Walcott says that his next encounter will be with Tommy West, but it will not take place until October. The date of the contest between George Dixon and Tim Callahan has been changed again. The boys will not meet at the Broadway Athletic club July SI. Gus Ruhlin began training yesterday for his battle- with Bob Fitzsimmons. Ruhlin will be located at Bath Beach. Billy Madden will have sole charge of the Akron Giant. Sam Fitzpatrick has received a letter from Billy Delaney. The latter writes that boxing at San Francisco is booming and that many important bouts will be pulled off there during the coming fall and winter. Delaney is interested in one club and says that Jim Jeffries will fight on the Pacific coast. Will Freedman Sell? Philadelphia, July 25. It is rumored that the Union Traction company of Philadelphia and New York made an of fer of $75,000 to Andrew Freedman for the franchise of the New York baseball club and that Andrew looked with favor upon the proposition. The traction peo ple are ready to take up the Giants' bur den the minute Freedman lets go and es tablish a winning team In the metropo lis. Fred Raymer in Trouble. Fred Raymer, the formerly of Atchi son ball player, jumped the Sioux City team, of the Western league, yesterday, it is said, with a view of signing with Pueblo. Sioux City has filed its griev ance with the president of the league, and Raymer will not be allowed to play with Pueblo. NATIONAL LEAGUE. AT BOSTON. Score by innings: Boston 5 0 3 1 0 1 0 1 0 112 17 2 St. Louis 3 0 112 5 0 0 V 0 IX 13 4 Batteries Boston, Willis. Cuppy and Sullivan: St. Louis, Jones, Sudhoff, DiUar and Griger. AT PHILADELPHIA. Score by innincs: RHE Cincinnati 00010000 01 7 0 Philadelphia 1 0100100 8 9 0 Batteries Cincinnati, Breitenstein and Kahoe; Philadelphia, Orth and McFar lajid. AT BROOKLYN. Score by innings: R H Chicago 0 12 4 0 2 0 0 09 14 3 Brooklyn 2 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 07 10 3 Batteries Chicago, Garvin and Chance; Brooklyn, Nops, Howell, McGuire and FarrelL AT NEW YORK. Score by Innings: R H E Pittsburg 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 01 8 4 New York 0 0000011 2 S 2 Batteries Pittsburg. Leever and O'Con nr; New York, Hawley and Warner. AMERICAN LEAGUE. AT MINNEAPOLIS. Score by innings: RHE Minneapolis 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 5 9 10 4 Detroit 2 0020120 310 12 5 Batteries Minneapolis. Bailey and Fish ex; Detroit, Miller and McAllister. WESTERN LEAGUE. AT DES MOINES. Score by innings: RHE Des Moines 6 1 0 1 1 03 7 0 Omaha .002 0 0 0 2 6 0 Batteries Des Moines, McFarland and Loman; Omaha. Roac h and Wilson. Game sioppea on account or rain. THIRST FOR GOLD. Outweighs Everything Else at Cape Nome. Washington, July 25. Surgeon Gen era! Sternberg received a report today from Surgeon R. G. Ebert, of the army dated Nome harbor, Alaska, June 29, which gives details of the conditions existing at that place. He says that within two or three weeks the popula tion has increased from 2.700 to 20,000, with tents and buildings Irregularly lo cated along the beach. The sanitary conditions were crude in the first place, and with the influx of the new popula tion became worse. He describes a hor rible condition existing, as there Is no method of cleaning up the town and no provision for the destruction of accu mulations of garbage and tilth. The thirst for gold existing among the peo ple who have gone to Nome City -out weighs everything else, and no atten tion is paid to sanitary conditions. Re ports of the cases of enteric fever vary from La to i00. There have been 13 cases of smallpox and one death. Measles also has broken out. BURLINGTON ROUTE. New Through Train to Portland and Puget Sound. "The Burlington-Northern Pacific Ex press," a new daily through train from tirana isiana lor Northwest Ne braska, Black Hills, Wyoming, Mon tana, Washington, Taeoma. Seattle. Puget Sound and Portland, Oregon, via Billings, Montana the short line and time saver to the Upper Northwest. To Central Montana in 3i hours; to the Puget Sound in 61 hours from the 'Mis souri river. Through coaches and chair cars, through tourist sleepers, throueh dining car service and standard sleep ers, tnis is ine main iraveiea road Mis souri river to the Northwest. Number 15, Kansas City and St. Joseph to Nebraska, Denver, Colorado, Utah, Pacific Coast and the Northwest, Montana, Washington, Oregon, via Lin coln and Billings. -Weekly California excursions. Number 23, "Nebraska-Colorado Ex press," from Hastings for Nebraska, Colorado, Utah, and Pacific Coast. To the East: Chicago and St. Louis, greatly improved trains in time and equipment. To the North: Best trains dally to Omaha, St. Paul, Minneapolis and the Lake region. J. C. BRAMHALL, T. P. A., 823 Main St., Kansas City, Mo. L. W. WAKELEY, Gen'l Passenger Agent, St. Louis, Mo. HOWARD ELLIOTT. Gen'l Manager, St. Joseph, Mo. Curs For Cholera Infantum Never Known to Fail. During last May an infant child of our neighbor was suffering from cholera in fantum. The doctors had given up all hopes of recovery. I took a bottle of Chamberlain's Colic. Cholera and Diar rhoea Remedy to the house, telling them I folt sure it would do good if ued ac cording to directions. In two days' time the child had fully recovered. The child is now vigoroiis and healthy. I have rec ommended tiits remedy frequently and have never known it to fail. Mrs. Curtis Baker. Bookwalter, Ohio. Sold by all druggists. One Fare to Ft. Scott and Return. Account state convention of People's, Democratic and Silver Republican par ties, the Missouri Pacific will sell tickets to Fort Scott and return for one farr. for the round trip. Dates of sale July 22-23 and 24, limited for return July 28. FACTS ARE STUBBORN If Topeka People Are Not Con vinced by Local Testimonyv They Differ From Other People. Facts are stubborn. Some may be disputed. None can be disproved. -A fact, is always hedged about with' proof; Has to stand the test of Investigation Or It drifts to the realm of doubt. Investigate closely the following: The closer the scrutiny the more convincing the results. A Topeka citizen speaks here; Speaks from experience and convic tion: Mr. II. Smith, of 1408 East 8th street, carpenter at the Santa Fe R. R. shops. Bays: "I did not feel well all the win ter of 1S&8. along in. the spring I be came much worse, was bothered with a constant, dull, miserable, oppressive feeling, had no ambition, was nervous and could not sleep nights. I was about to give up my work for a few days, when my wife procufed Doah's Kidney Pills at Rowley Snow's drug store. I commenced tto take them and a few doses relieved me. Oh finishing the treatment I flt like a different person. I give Doan's Kidney Pills the credit for completely curing me." For sale by Rowley Snow, 600 Kan sas avenue, and all other dealers. Price 50 cents. Mailed by Foster-Milburn Co.. Buffalo, N. Y., sole agents for the United States. Remember the name Doan's and take no substitute. IN HOTEL CORRIDORS. "I had a horrible nightmare last night," said one of a group of gentle men talking together at the Copeland last evening, "and I feel the effects yet. I haven't the least idea of the cause, as I am not troubled with indigestion and my conscience is clear, so far as I know. I went to bed feeling good, but I tossed about a great deal and when I finally fell asleep the most horrible and absurd dreams came to disturb me. I don't recall the preamble, but I have a very distinct recollection of one of the acts in the nightmare: I seemed to be lying in bed with some terrible disease. I think it must have bene paralysis, for I was unable to move a hand, although I could speak. It seem ed that I had been there for hours counting the figures on the wall paper and wondering why someone did not come into the room, when suddenly it appeared that I was not in a room at all, but on a house top like those in Mexico or any warm climate where the inhabitants use the flat roof for a sleeping room. Directly over my bed stretched a telegraph wire and my eyes instinctively followed the wire, from poet to post, away down a street and over a hill. Suddenly I noticed a dark object on the wire a great distance away and I watched it curiously. It drew nearer and I saw that it was a small sized elephant walking on the wire. It was approaching slowly and as it drew nearer, I noticed that the wire bent under its weight, but not as much as one would expect it to do. I thought it was very amusing and laughed, but when I observed that if the elephant continued to advance he would pass directly over my bed, I became sober and tried to move, but it was impossible; I was perfectly helpless. The elephant came along balancing himself with his trunk and swaying in a fright ful manner. I prayed that he might fall before he got over me, for I was afraid the w ire would break at the crit ical moment. The posts on each side of me seemed further apart than any of the others and the elephant swayed more and more as he passed the last post only a short distance from my bed. I held my breath as he got over me, for he stopped, looked down at me and actually spoke. He said he was the champion elephant slack wire walker of the world and If I didn't be lieve it he would do a few tricks to con vince me. I assured him that I knew he was the star performer in that line and begged him to go on, but he would not until he had turned around on the wire while standing on only two feet, and had performed several other diffi cult feats, such as sitting on the wire with all feet off, then balancing on one leg. I broke out in a cold sweat during the entertainment and as he started to walk away I drew a breath of relief Just as he passed from over me I could hear the poles cracking and I gave a yell and jumped from the bed. That awakened me and I was standing in the center of my room trembling like a leaf. The entire dream probably didn't last more than ten minutes, but it seemed a long time to me." "It is astonishing how rapidly the mind works in a dream," said a news paper man who was one of the party. "The dream will sometimes cover long periods of time, but upon awakening it is found that only a few minutes elapsed between the time of dropping to sleep and one of those strange, un peculiar instance if this kind in my own experience: I was working on a morning paper at the time and was doing a lot of extra work, in fact, I had only a few hours sleep in two days and was almost played out. I went to tHe office about 1 o'clock in the morning to write up a fire that had broken out shortly after midnight, and could hardly keep my eyes open as I pulled a chair up to my desk. As I sat down I went to slepe and one of those strange, un accountable dreams came to me. In the dream I had a row with the city editor and quit my job. I had but little money on hand, but I was determined to go to the Pacific coast and try my luck in Frisco. I succeeded in beating my way across the country in box cars and on brakebeams. I begged my grub and had a pretty tough trip, but within thirty days I was in Frisco and had a place with a patent medicine fakir who intended touring the state. We worked the entire coast from San Diego to Portland, the trip occupying almost a year. I had saved my salary and with part of the money purchased a ticket to Japan. I had some friends in Yoko hama and they succeeded in getting me a place there with a shipping company. I remained with the company several years, getting promoted rapidly and at the same time making love to one of the prettiest little Japanese girls on the entire island. She was a perfect beauty and her people were in the highest class. A friend of mine who was wealthy and owned a yacht. Invited a party, includ ing the pretty Japanese girl, her family and myself, to go witn mm on a two weeks outing. We had a splendid time and made a narrow escape from the Chinese pirates who attacked our boat and attempted to board us. In the fight one of the pirates prodded me with a lance and the pain awakened me. I had commenced dreaming before I sat down and that entire dream had passed through my brain from the time I made the first move to take my seat until I struck the pin that some one had placed in the seat of my chair, and which I thought was the prod from a Chinese lance." "Did you ever dabble In the fancy chicken fad," inquirea a traveling man of a friend as they were sitting in me lobby of the National. "I did just once and I came to the conclusion I had bet ter attend to a business I knew some- thin? about. I didn't intend to quit my job, you understand, and put my whole time in on cnickens, nut xnougnt x would raise a few and make some mrmev on the side. My wife attempted to discourage me, probably because she thought that she would have to take care of them as soon as the novelty wore off, but. I persisted and she finally agreed. It was all caused by attending n nonltrv show and reading a few of those poultry magazines. I bought two dozen ei?gs which were guaranteed to be the output of a full blood Plymouth Rock family and set tnem under a couple of plain hens. They hatched out all right and I had twenty-four of the prettiest chicks that ever broke a shell. 1 was just as busy and made as much fuss as the hens, and wouldn't let my wife have a word to say about them. I Y,aA learned all about chicks In the poultry journal and was anxious to dis play my knowledge. The second day after the chicks got out of the shells T built a nice place for them to get a drink. The. only thing I had handy was a bucket and, as tnat was too nign, t eiink It In the rrouhd so that the rim was level with the earth and then filled if with fresh water you know plenty of fresh water is good for chickens. During the day some of it evaporated and the cnicKS, in aiiempiing to reacn t Tie "water, one by one, fell in and drowned. I have decided to let my wife raise the cnickens just as sne used to do on the farm." Best Prescription For Malaria, Chills and Fever is a bottle of Grove's Tastclpa? Chill Tonic. It Is simDlv iron and quinine in a tasteless form. No cure -no pay. rnce, ouc Old Papers for Sale. sold for 5 cents per hundred at this of- j fiee. 1 KANSASJEWS. Independence Will Soon II axe a Large Glass Factory. Will Employ One Hundred Men the Year Around. HASJTHE GAS AND SAND Ex-State Printer Parks Buys a 480 Acre Farm In the Solomon Valley Paying $10,700 Therefor. Independence, July 25. W. B. Dobbs and T. W. Overman, of Marlon, Ind., are here negotiating with the business men for a bonus of $10,000 for the establish ment of a glass factory, to be brought here from Marlon. The negotiations are about ready to be closed, as a number of capitalists have subscribed from $500 to $2,000 each. The factory will employ 100 workmen, and Is attracted to this city by the abundant supply of natural gas and a quality of sand near here, of which bottles and other rough glass goods can be made. This point is also nearer the fine sand beds of Missouri than Marion, which is an important factor. KILLED IN A JOINT. Two Galena Men Quarrel Over a Girl and One is Fatally Wounded. Galena, July 23 Jack Sanders Instant ly killed Charles Payne last evening In George Pulley's joint, near the Frisco depot. It is claimed that Sanders and Payne recently had trouble over a girl. When they met in the saloon, scarcely a word was exchanged when Payne started toward Sanders. He had only advanced a short distance when Sanders pulled his gun and fired rapidly until his gun was empty. The first shot took ef fect at the point of Payne's nose and came out at the back of his head. He fell forward on his face, dying within a few feet of Sanders, who -sent another ball into the back of his head and the following thi'ee into his body. Sanders then coolly bid the by-standers good-by and walked out of the building and toward his house. It is claimed the offi cials have Sanders located, but he has a breechloading shotgun in his posses sion and will resist the officers. FARMERS' INSTITUTES. State Agricultural College Arranges for a Series. Manhattan, July 25. The state agri cultural college has arranged for farm ers picnic Institutes as follows: Portersvil'.e, July 27. Westmoreland, July 27. Cedarville, August 1. Belleville, August 1. Marysville, August 2. Mankato, August 2. Irving, August 3. Stuttgart, August 3. Jennings, August 4. Brewster, August 6. Goddard, August 6. Kanorado, August 7. Zenda, August 7. Norwich, August 8. Arkansas City, August 9. Sibley, August 9. Riverdale, August 9. Benton, August 10. Pontiac, August 11. Dexter, August 11. Cawker City. August 14. Pleasant Hill, August 16. Michigan Valley, August 17. Bellflower Grange, August 18. Wilsey, August 21. Council Grove, August 22. Winchester, August 22. Boyle, August 23. Alma, August 23. Florence, August 24. Denison, August 24. Lone Elm, September 8. Soldier, September 26. Bucyrus, October 6. BRUCE 'WLLI, BE LIVELY. Smelters Will Start Up on Mammoth Scale About September 1. Pittsburg, July 25. The little town of Bruce was for a few months one of the liveliest new towns in this county. But its smelter fires went out and it her-ama dead as the leaves of autumn. The peuple who had moved in expect ing to find permanent and lucrative em ployment in its mines and smelters have hurried away to more promising fields and but few people are left in the one time great Industrial center. But Bruce is going to take a fresh start toward greatness. In about a month its industries will be revived and hundreds of smeltermen and miners will be setting their faces once more toward Bruce. Not later than the middle of Septem ber the local interests, both smelting and mining will be started up again on a larger scale than when in operation be fore and with every assurance of perma nence. The storm of a couple of months ago put a stop to preparations then being made to start, and did so much damage to both the old conntruction and the new constructions then under wav. that it set matters away back. But there is now a certainty that the company interested in smelting and mining at Bruce has am ple capital to make its plans successful and that this company means to build vast rolling mills in this field. MADE MONEY FLY. An 8-year-oid Lawrence Boy Spends a Big Lot in a Short Time, Lawrence, July 25. Earl Woodard, an 8-year-old Lawrence boy, secured a roll of money containing about $W6 yesterday from his home, and had a good time spending it before he was found. The money had been kept in the house by Mrs. Woodard, who lives in the southwest part of town, and the boy found it. The Iosb was not made known to the police until about 6 o'clock in the even ing, and Officers Jean and Monroe soon located the lad at the Santa Fe depot, where he was spending his money in a most lavish fashion. In fact, he wasn't spending it at all: he held a few bills in his hands and just scattered them, be sides giving them to boys who gathered about him. Be had spent some money for a ticket to Topeka, which he lost, and said he had no intention of using at any time, and some money also went for eat ables. When found the boy had a roll contain ing So!. Some money was recovered from his companions who had been the recip ients of his favors, the total amount that was secured being $54.80. FRITZ THE MASCOT. Remains of Noted Dog: of the 20th Kansas to Rest in the State Souse. Independence, July 25. The taxiderm ist's mour.i of "Fritz," the canine mascot of company G. Twentieth Kansas, was brought to Independence from CoftVyville by Captain Scott and was on exhibition yesterday at the Silver Moon restaurant. It will be remembered that Fritz came to an ignominious end several months ago at the hands of a Coffeyville police man. Fritz was never really happy except when fiphting. SeveraJ of his savage at tacks upon dog property la Coffeyville 1ESTF0ITI1 BOWELS If yon baren't a rcpular, healthy fnorement of the bowels every day. you're lck, or will be. Keep your bowels open, and be well. Force, In ihesbapeof Tlxieot physic or pill poison. I s dauseroua. Tbe smoothest, easfeat. most j.eruct way ox keeping thm bowels clear acd clean U to taka Pleasant, Palatable. Potent. Taate Good. To 0xxl, Never Sicken. Weaken, or Gripe. 10c. 60e Write for free sample, and booklet on bealtb. Address StwritBK Rvaedj Coptir, L'ktcac, Uitrl, lw Tara. S2t KEEP YOUR BLOOD GLEAN I For Picnics Y Nothing better than some of A that sice HAM SAUSAGE MADE BY THIS J Clias. Wolff Packing Co. t t Just right for Sandwiches. No cooking needed. 1 Refrigerator AND l Gasoline Stove t Sale now going on at t T. J. Conghlin Hdw. Co. Tel. 60S. 702 Eui. Av. BUY THE GENUINE SYRUP OF FIGS MANtTFACT U RED BT CALIFORNIA FIQ SYRUP CO. WROTE TBI NAME. were tolerated because of his honorable connection with the famous fighting Twentieth. The State Historical society wants him and it Is Captain Scott's Intention to send him there after the present lob of taxi dermy is worked over somewhat. PARKS BUYS A FARM. Ex-State Printer Now a folder of Real Estate Near Beloit Eeloit. July 25. It Is reported that I. "W. and J. S. Parks, lately editors and publishers of the Beloit Call, have pur chased the Mitchell county farm of Dav id Gabler, embracing: 480 acres of Solo mon valley land, only five miles west of this city, for the consideration of $10,700. This is one of the largest real estate transactions In, the history of Mitchell county. Manifold's Band at Downs. Beloit, July 25. Manifold's band will be one of the main attractions at Downs on the 27th, which will be her twenty first anniversary. The Missouri Paclflo road are giving one fare for the round trip on account of this annual Jubilee. Noted speakers, baseball, racing, fire works, balloon ascension and parachute leap, decorations, parade, and many other amusements are on the pro gramme. Log Rolling at Concordia. Concordia, July 25. The annual log rolling of the Modern Woodmen of America of the Fifth Kansas district will be held in this city on Thursday, September 6. A crowd of 10,000 people is expected, as special trains will be run on all the railroads. Committees are now arranging an elaborate programme. Among the prominent speakers will be Governor Northeote, of Illinois, Senator Talbot of Nebraska, and K. K. Murphy of Lea v eo w art h. Little Girl Killed. Marysville. July 25. Trlxle Pu!le!n, the 11 year old daughter of Judge W. T. Pullelne of this place, was killed Tues day afternoon by the caving in of a sand bank. She and a playmate were at play in the place where sand was being dug out when the bank gave way and she was caught in the slide and before help could reach her she was dead. To Buy the Whittaker Plant. "Wichita, July 25. The Dressed Beef as sociation of Chicago and Kansas Cltv 1 negotiating for the purchase of the Whit taker Packing company's plant in this city. John Cudahy i'acking company, and Victor Brown, president of the Nashville (Tenn.) Packing company, were here to day, and inspected the buildings. Tho plant has been Idle since the failure of the Whil taker company, six' years ago. Crap Came Ends in a Stabbing. Haven, July 25. Aa a result of a crap game, Cloyd Holliday. of this place, lies in a precarious condition, being stabbed in a dozen different places, and the mus cles of hia arms severed by an unknown boy. A Splendid "Wheat Yield. Salina, July 26. A T. TJaylor, who has been farming in the northeastern part of Russell county, had a hundred acres of wheat, which yielded 2,740 bushels, all of which tested 0 to 62 pounds. He sold his wheat to ihe Peevv Elevator company at fifty-eight cents. CANDY CATHARTIC

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TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 25, 1900. RAIL R 0 AD NEWS Jurisdiction of Engineer K. B. Burns to Be Extended. Will Be Giren Charge of San Joaquin Talley Line. HIS THIRD RAILWAY. Mr. Burns is Now Chief Engineer of Two System Lines. Supervision to Extend From Al buquerque to San Francisco. Simultaneous with the promotion of Mr. James Dun to be consulting engi neer of the entire Santa Fe system, and the appointment of Mr. V. B. Storey to succeed him as chief engineer of the Santa Fe proper, the jurisdiction of Mr. K. B. Burns, chief engineer of the Santa Fe-Pacific and Southern Cal ifornia roads, will be extended over the San Joaquin Valley line. The chang-s will take effect August 1. Mr. Dun will leave In a few days to establish headquarters In Chicago, and Mr. Storey will arrive here the first of next week. Mr. Burns' headquarters will continue In Los Angelas, where he lately re moved from Albuquerque. Mr. Burns was chi-f engineer of the Santa Fe Pacific line only up to a few months ago. when the chief engineer of the Southern California road was given supervision of the oil wells in California, and Mr. Burns' Jurisdiction was extend ed to the coast. The further extension j.iaces him in charge of all Santa Fe lines between Albuquerque and San Francisco. RELATIONS TO CONTINUE. Bant Fe-Colorado Southern Agree ment Will be Renewed. Denver. July 23. Vice President Wtn cheil of the Colorado Southern rail road sail yesterday that there was no truth in the rumors circulated that the old Denver-Pueblo line of the road was being repaired with the intention of us ing it again and abrogating the contract with the Santa Fe. There is absolutely no truth In the statements that we are going to break with the Santa Fe." said Mr. Winchell. "We are not making more repairs on the old line to Pueblo than are necessary to keep it in condition, nor have we made arrangements for operating trains over the old line. Our contracts with the anta Fe will be signed and our rela tions with that road will be about the eame as they have been for the last Sear." RATES FOR FALL EVENTS. Reduced Fare for Wichita Fair and Atchison Corn Carnival. The "Western Passenger association has announced the following reduced rates: Kansas state fair. Wichita. September 4 to 7 one fare for the round trip from all points in Kansas, also from Kansas City and St. Joseph, Mo time limit, S.-ptPtr.ber S. The rate wiil be tendered to Oklahoma and Indian Territory lines fr basing purposes. Curn carnival. Atchison. Kan. .Septem ber 20 One fare for the round trip from ail points in Missouri, Kansas and Ne braska from which the local one-way rate to Atchison is not more than $4.30. Fail festival. Kansas City. October 1 to 6 One fare for the round trip from all points in the eastern committee's terri tory from which the local one-way rate to Kansas City is $6 55 or Itss. and ail jsoints in Kansas from which the local one-way rate ia $7.50 or less; return lim it, October i. SURVEY IN PROGRESS. More Evidence of Rock Island Ex tension From Liberal. Clayton. X. M., July 23. The engineer of the Rock Island railroad arrived here this morning with his corps of assist ants en route for the Pecos Valley rail road. In substance he said: "We started from Liberal. Kan., and Burveyed the old line for abcut 109 miles To a p..-nt 20 mi!.?s ast and IS miles north of the southwest corner of Braver county. Oklahoma. Th-re we lft the old line, which ran almost due west and will travel in a southward direction till we rt-at h some point on the Pecos Vall:v railrvad and then will survev a line to Lib-ral. Kan., and in all probability will cross the Colorado Southern at "some Ioint south of Clayton." "Do you believe the Rock Island will construct this line soon?" "I s-e no reason why they should not, and while there are three prospective routes. I believe the line through Clay ton will be the true one. as this ia the most dirtrct route for the Cimma-on I'te creek and Red river valley coun tries." NEW UNION PACIFIC OFFICE. Report That T. M. Schumacher Will be Asst. Traffic Manager. Denver. July 23. It is rumored in Den ver that T. M. Schumacher. general man ager .if the California Fast Fruit line, would be made assistant traffic manager of the I'nion Pacific, with headquarters in San Francisco. It is known here that he has been in Omaha in consultation with officials of the Union Pacific for tn cays. Mr. Schumacher was formerly chief clerk in the general freight office of the i r-lorl Pacific and he was then promoted i?m,UVrelght Pstions on the road. When he resigned two years ago from the service of the company he was jrenerai agent of the freight department i-ha,rl1i"?anel9,e0- He r"igned to go frUU ilre as general agent in tan Franc.sco and later held a similar position with the lin in Chicago He !was made g-neral manager of the line with headquarters in San Francisco a year ago, and he has. raiiroad men say Rootbeer Ovary txxjT. Co.i ir.rt r.r.h7- fl HltttIKl CI.,AmH,-. :v'V are Happy fA R HIRES Wf j Rootbeer AvJ J AWPerai drink i ararytwdT. Cool m.na refreaaiac. II far 35. cnm. J done much to make it one of the best paying fast freight lines in the country. If Mr. Schumacher Is made assistant traffic manager of the Union Pacific It will be a new office. No Philippine Veterans' Rates. Western roads riave negatived the proposition to make a rate of one fare plus $2 for the round trip for the re union of the army of the Philippines, to be held at Denver, August 13. They have adopted one to extend to Septem ber 20 the return limits of tickets sold for the Farmers' National congress, to be held at Colorado Springs August 21 to 23. Gulf lane Appointment Galveston, July 23. Mr. "Walter L Sheldon has been appointed car account ant of the Gulf, Colorado Santa Fe railway, effective August 1, to succeed his brother, W. H. Sheldon, who resign ed to accept the position of chief clerk to Vice President Beggs of the Fris-.-jo. The new accountant has been connected with the office for several years. Too Big for Emporia. The big planer at the shops was taken out and made ready to ship to Newton. It is too big for this place, as no general overhauling ia done here. A bolt cutter from Topeka will be put in its place. Emporia Gazette. THROOP DEAL OFF. Conference Committees Recom mend Nomination of Darid Martin. Special to the State JournaJ.l Fort Scott, July 23. The agreement of the Democratic, Populist and Silver Republican conference committees to report a recommendation to give the Populists associate Justice in exchange with the Democrats for attorney gen eral kept many Democrats awake all night. It was evident that the Populists were determined to nominate David Martin. Ed Murphy, who acted for the Democrats, finally yielded to the im portunities of W. L. Brown, of King man, and consented to the arrange ment. W. F. Sapp, Jim Orr and a dozen others were greatly excited. J. G. Johnson went from one to the other trying to calm the troubled waters, and succeeded to a limited degree. The big- fight over the conference re port will be in the Democratic conven tion, though Clem Fairchiid and a few other Populist aspirants for attorney general and their friends threaten to nr.ke trouble. The adoption of the report foreshad ows the nomination of David Martin for associate justice. The committees, representing the three parties, last night prepared the following report to be made today: "The conference committee appointed by the Populist. Democratic and Free Silver Republican state conventions beg leave to make the following recommen dations: "That the following officers be al lotted to the Popuiists: Associate jus tice, governor, lieutenant governor, congressman at large, state auditor and superintendent of public instruction. That the Democrats are given the offices of secretary of state, state treas urer and attorney general. "That the Silver Republicans be given insurance superintendent. "We further recommend that the Democrats nominate one elector from the Second, Fifth and Seventh congres sional districts; that the Populists nom inate one elector from the Third, Fourth and Sixth districts; that the Democrats and Populists each nominate one elector at large and the Silver Republicans two electors at large." This destroys the Hotel Throop agree ment made by the three state commit tees in February- This concession for Martin from the Democrats was the re sult of a prolonged fight organized by Mrs. Annie L. Diggs. SEVEN SCALDED. Three Bead From an Explosion on a Steam Yacht. Syracuse, X. T., July 25. Through the explosion of a steam tube connecting with the boiler in the steam yacht Tril bv owned and commanded by Fred L. Spink of Scriba. Oswego county, three young children lost their" lives, one more was frightfully scalded and three other people were more or less burned. THE DEAD. MISS IVA SPINK. 9 years old. MISS GLADYS SPINK, 7 years oldl FERN SPINK. 2 vears old. THE WOUNDED. Captain Fred Spink, left arm and hand scalded. Mrs. Fred Spink.scalded about the legs and abdomen. Herald Spink, aged 4, frightfully burn ed all over the body. Mrs. Jay KeLsey, slightly scalded from the knees down. Herald Spink's life is despaired of but the others injured will recover. The Trilby was about to pass through a lock near the city, when a flue in the upper row of boiler tubes loosened and the scalding steam forced open the door" of the fire box. and carrying hot coal, ashes and acids with it. new all over the pas sengers. The children were wrapped In blank ets and taken to a hospital. Iva and Gladys Spink died almost simultaneous ly at 7 o'clock and the death of Fern fol lowed two hours Jater. The boy Herald is said to be dyings BRYAN WILL GO. Accepts Invitation to G. A. R. Na tional Encampment. Chicago. July 23. Col. "William J. Bry an has accepted an invitation to attend the national encampment of the Grand Army in this city next August. General John C. Black, chairman of the commit tee on invitation received this formal ac ceptance settling a question over which there has been considerable controversy. Col. Bryan to Gen. Black says: "When I wrote you on June 28, the convention had not been held and I did not think it wise to make any promises until the convention was over and I had a chance to consult the committee in re gard to the date of notification. I am now in a position to accept the invita tion and take great pleasure in doing so, although it is still impossible for me to fix the exact day owing to uncertainty as to my whereabouts Just before and just after the encampment. If it is nec essary to knew the day at once I would suggest August 30, that would come nearer harmonizing with a subsequent date which I have in contemplation. "Thanking you again for the consider ation shown me by the committee, I am, "Very truly yours, "W. J. BRYAN." Robbed a Faro Bank. Truekee, Nev.. July 25. A faro bank In the rear of Al Richardson's saloon has been robbed by two marked men. who covered five piayers with revolvers and secured about $750. After warning the men that thj. frr nrw. T mnvtt. a.-I ti 1 shot. th robbers made their escape. KNOCKED OUT. fContlnued from First Page.) It In congress, but the people objected to the sacrifice and so Cyclone Davis sweeps backward and forward over the country, shattering everything in his way. When he opens his mouth there proceeds such a torrent of words that it carries every thing before it. Even Gomer Davies, that dignified gentleman from Concordia, got up, waved his hat and shouted whiie Davt3 was discussing the money question. Cyclone ravis looks like a country preacher and is built on the telegraph pole style. He is not particular about the use of pronouns and drawls his words, but he is an old time Populist of the Mrs. Lease type, and when he speaks people listen. AIMED AT STANLEY. Democratic Platform Endorses Live Stock Commission. Special to the State Journal. Fort Scott, July 25. The platform adopted by the Kansas Democrats in their convention follows: The Democrats of Kansas,in state con vention assembled, hereby indorse the Kansas City platform. We regard this platform as a second Declaration of In dependence, and point to it as the hope of the liberty loving people of this coun try and of the world. Railways are public highways. Rail way companies are common carriers and public servants. They are given fran chises and great powers with the agree ment on their part that they will serve the public impartially for just compen sation. Our state has never had an ef ficient system of railway legislation and present conditions call for comprehen sive, intelligent and courageous railway legislation. We believe the first step in any efficient system of railway regula tion is to secure publicity of railway af fairs, and we therefore favor the crea tion of a state officer, to be known as railway auditor, with full powers to ex amine, check, duplicate and keep for public use, ail books, records, papers and accounts of the railway companies, ani to be the public auditor and accountant of all of the affairs of railway companies of the state. There should be created by law a public tribunal clothed with all power necessary for the complete and efficient regulation and control of the railways of the state in their relations to the public and to their agents, ser vants and employes and to all persons whomsoever, and in all of their conduct and actions in the operation of their roads, and in the prosecution of their business in all things and at all times. Among the matters requiring the special attention of the legislature as relating to regulation and control of railways may be mentioned the fixing of passenger fares and freight rates and the absolute prohibition of all discriminations as to either. The grossest and most offensive and injurious form of passenger dis crimination is the free pass, which, in addition to its corrupting influences upon legislators, courts and all public officials, is an insidious means of securing the favor of influential personages and is the fruitful parent of every other dis crimination and of all abuses practiced by the railway companies upon persons and the public. We. therefore, demand its total abolition by making the issu ance or acceptance of the same as like wise of any discriminating favor a pub lic offense. The indifference of some of the railways to the safety and lives of their employes calls forth strongest con demnation of ail humane persons. And we condemn the practice of using what are known as double headers, or two en gines to one train of twice the ordinary size, as likewise all practices and meth ods of railway companies which unnec essarily endanger lives and limbs of em ployes and of the public. While conced ing to railroads the fullest protection of the law in the spirit of justice, yet we submit that the public interests require to be Jealously guarded and the people s rights constantly defended against their abuses and wrongs. The present Repub lican state administration is weak, va cillating and insincere, and we submit that the party responsible therefor is un fit to be charged with the duty of en acting a system of railway legislation for the people of this state. The recent unparalleled growth of trusts and monopolies has brought the American people face to face with the greatest industrial question of anv age. Monopoly in private hands Is wholly bad. There are no good trust3 and we hoid that they must be destroyed by proper legislation. This can be ac complished only by hone3t co-operation between the state and national govern ments, and we pledge ourseive3, in case we succeed at the polls in November, to employ the full powers of our state government in an effort to relieve hon est producers, wage earners and all the Deople from the burdens and oppres sions of monopoly. The inexhaustible supply of petroleum which the Creator has placed within our bordeis for the benefit of our people bas been appro priated by the Standard Oil company until our citizens cannot light a lamp o- oil a machine without the payment of tribute. This monopoly controls the trade in petroleum and in petroleum products in this country, arbitrarily fixing the price which it pays for crude oil and also the price which it charges for the finished product. Its wealth is so staggering and its power so invin cible, that we can have no hope of relief from its speedy exactions except such relief comes from the state and we. mV-- tibial r Vi I f btfi' -r-si JZf&'Si :Jx: rv 'v -As -Vr tf. I f- -T" 1. Sai Na, wife of Clt'en Heng Fe. 2. Hoi An, wife of Wang Shen. 3. "Sarah," wife of "Mark" (Iia Ma-Ke). GRADUATES OF THE MISSION SCHOOL FOR GIRLS IS" THE CHINESE CAPITAL. Because they loved their Redeemer more than life, these noble native women were sacrificed to the fury of the ferocious fanatics inspired by Prince Tuan and the Empress Dowager. They were dragged shrieking from their homes In the rear of the British. Embassy building on Legation street, stripped, stoned, beaten, battered, slaahcti, scarred, outraged, decapitated; dismembered and strewn in fragments oyer the blood-reeking thoroughfare. therefore, demand such legislation as will most surely relieve us from the op pression of this monopoly. We believe that the cattle industry of the state should be encouraged and pro tected, and to that end we advocate the continuance of the sanitary board, un der the direction of the actual cattle men of the state. The defeat of use ful and needed legislation and the pass age of clumsy and abortive laws which will not stand in courts have been the work of professional lobbyists. These malefactors' should be summarily dealt with, their business should be defined and declared a public offense and as such punished by the law. Each day adds fresh proof of the wis dom of the Democratic position upon the question of prohibition and we re new our oft-repeated demand that the question be resubmitted to tlie people. Believing that the public health and the public convenience and interest would be best conserved by the public control of municipal utilities, we favor the public ownership of ail -such utili ties as the best means of such control. As our fathers sympathized with Marco Bozzaris and his Greek patriots, and with Kossuth and his historic Hun garians, with Garibaldi and his devoted Italians, with Bolivar and all other apostles of liberty, so we, their de scendants, keeping alive upon our al tars the fires of liberty, extend to all people who struggle for liberty our sympathy. The brave Boers of South Africa are making a fight for home and country unexampled in the annals of time. They deserve to be free, and that they may be free is our earnest hope. Upon these principles we stand, and with that uneonquered hero, the lion of the west, William J. Bryan, and his il lustrious running-mate, Adlai Steven son, we go to the people confident of such a popular triumph as has never before occurred in our history. NEW DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE. J. Mack Love Will Probably be Re tained as Chairman. Special to the State Journal. Fort Scott, Kan., July 25. The Demo crats have selected the following state committee: At-large J. Mack Love, Arkansas City; by judicial districts: First, J. B. Starnes, Leavenwortn; Second, J. W. Orr, Atchison: Third, Frank S. Thomas, Topeka: Fourth, T. J. Sweeney. Law rence: Fifth. L. D. Eppinger, Burling ton: Sixth, S. A. F. Gollup, Mound City; Seventh. J. F. Roe. Chanute; Eighth, B. L. Strother. Abilene; Ninth, S. F. Hutton, Hutchinson: Tenth, J. L. Pettyjohn, Olathe; Eleventh, S. H. Starr, Caney; Twelfth, T. M. Dolan, Clifton; Thirteenth, R. H. Hazlett; Fif tenth, A. T. Rogers, Beloit; Seven tenth, H. J. Miltz, Norton; Eighteenth, G. L. Young, Wichita: Nineteenth, Geo. Pitts, Wellington: Twentieth, H. J. Roetsel, Ellinwood; Twenty-first. C. W. Brandenburg, Frankfort: Twenty-second, W. W. Letson, Horton: Twenty third. C. A. Black. Twenty-fourth, R. R Bean. Anthony: Thirtieth. W. M. McCandless, Lincoln; Thirty-second, Henry Locke. Syracuse; Thirty-third, T. E. Leftwlch. Lamed; Thirty-fourth, J. N. Fike. Colby. By congressional districts First, E. E. Murphy, Leaven worth; Second, J. C. Simmons, Wells ville: Third, Hugh P. Farrelly. Chanute; Fourth, T. W. Morgan. Eureka; Fifth, TV. H. L. Pepperell, Concordia; Sixth, Charles M. Sawyer, Norton; Seventh, G. P. Locke, Wichita. ALWAYS AN "ANTL" John Breidenthal a Persistent Fighter of Republicanism. John W. Breidenthal. who will be the head of the Fusion ticket for governor. Is generally conceded to be the strongest man the opponents to the Republican party could piace in nomination. He has a clean personal record. In the public administration of his office as bank com missioner he is classed by men of all po litical faith as an efficient, able, honest administrator of the affairs in his charge. He was born in Minnesota. He is 43 years of age. and has spent 23 years of his life in Kansas. When a ooy he went to Terra Haute, Ind., coming to Kansas in 18tl. When he came to Kan sas Mr. Breidenthal traveled over 46 counties in the state and located at Che topa. For many years he worked in a loan office and has always had to do with banking and loan agencies. He lived temporarily in the country near Chetopa, but soon moved into the city and has since so managed his affairs as to enjoy a home in a city. He worked with J. B. Cook in a loan office until late in the eighties, which witnessed his beginning in politics, since which time he has been active and aggressive. The first political movement, with which Breidenthal was identified was the Green back idea. This party held conventions and fought for supremacy in Labette county for many years, but the opposition was usually successful, but in 1S5 came an upheaval which gave Breidenthal his reputation as an organizer, for he made the plans which captured every office in the county for the Union Labor ticket. In the Cnion Labor party was bom at Cincinnati. Breidenthal represented Kansas and was the only delegate present from this state. This brought him the ap pointment as state chairman for Kansas and he returned to Labette county to be gin hostilities. Not much attention was paid to state politics but the Republicans were given the surprise of their political lives in Labette. Breidenthal went to work among the anti-Republican forces and succeeded in securing the nomination of a popular list of young men on his ticket. He traveled night and day over the country; organ BEAUTIFUL CHINESE CONVERTS Torn Limb From Limb by the Pekin Boxers. ized clubs in school districts, the distance requiring all of his time between the close of office hours in the afternoon and the opening hour in the morning to make the trip. He was laughed at by the opposi tion but kept hammering away. Labette county has not yet recovered from the shock which the politicians received at that election. Breidenthal s ticket won. He was at once given a prominent place among the political workers in that coun ty, but ail attempts to conciliate him and land him as a working member in the Re- puDucan ranits laneo. Then came the Alliance movement and Breidenthal was In charge of the state headquarters which were conducted at Enterprise, where Breidenthal and some of his friends were also booming their Tcpoiobampo colonization scheme. The ticket failed to win that year with J. F. Willets as the nominee, but the next election brought the victory for Governor Leweiling. Breidenthal managed that campaign. One of the last acts of Gover nor Humphrey's administration was to sign the bill creating the office of state bank commissioner. Humphrey appointed Charles F. Johnson, of Oskaloosa. but he was put out by Governor Leweiling the following spring and Breidenthal was ap pointed. He has held the office continu ously ever since that time. Breidenthal. innocently of course, was the cause of considerable indignation among Republicans against Governor Morrill. Morrill was furnished by the Re publican campaign managers with infor mation charging Breidenthal with tech nical but not criminal violations of the banking law. Upon this information it was expected that Governor Morrill would cause the appointment of a legislative in vestigating committee which woiild oust Breidenthal from the office and make room for a Republican. In the meantime the Republican politicians had prevailed upon Governor Morrill to name Charles S. Jobes, then of Attica, now a national bank examiner for Kansas, for bank com missioner. Morrill disliked Jobes heart ily. Then Breidenthal made a fight in court and won. Following this the Re publicans wanted Morrill to have the in vestigation and rid the administration of Breidenthal. but Morrill disliked Jobes so much that he declined to do so. And. this action on the part of the governor, caused a sore spot which has never healed. It is being aggravated, too. by the men In the Republican party, who insist that Breidenthal has made an efficient bank commissioner. John W. Breidenthal has always been identified with political movements which opposed the ideas of the Republicans. He has never in any way placed himself lia ble to the accusation of being in any man ner associated or identified with that par ty. He has run the gamut from Green backers to Populists, taking along the way a flyer with the Union Labor ele ment, the Farmers and Laborers' party, a local movement in Labette county.- the Alliance, then Populism, and Is now more than half a Socialist, belonging also to some new organization the motto of which Is "P. O." in red letters on a blue field or blue letters on a red field. Although Mr. Breidenthal has been fur nishing the "prosperity" items, in bank reports, which has made Kansas a promi nent figure in financial circles this year, the Republicans insist that he belongs to the 'calamity party" and will make this fight against him in the campaign. DRAPER RESIGNS. Wants to Retire From Ministry to Italy. Milford. Mass., July 23. General Will iam F. Draper, of Hopedale, last night sent to Washington a letter tendering his resignation as United States ambassador to Italy. General Draper made no state ment as to the reasons he has for taking this step other than that his business at Hopedale demands his entire attention. He refuses to speak of the matter in de tail until a reply Is received from Wash ington, but said to the Associated Press that the letter was sent in good faith and he hoped it will be accepted. The inter ests of General Draper in Hopedale en gage about 3.000 hands. WANT A COPYRIGHT. Texas Populists Seek Protection From Democratic Raiders. Waco, Texas, July 25. The Populist state convention nominated a full state ticket. The platform follows the middle-of-the-road policy, opposes fusion and makes no mention of Bryan. It does not contain any reference to imperialism or expansion. A resolution to embody these question in the platform was voted down. The following resolution was passed unanimously: "Whereas. Past experience has proved that Populist platforms are tempting to Democratic politicians: be it. therefore. "Resolved, That the chairman of the executive committee be hereby instructed to have the Popuiist platform copyrighted before the Democratic convention, August Sth." The state ticket nominated is headed by Jerome C. Kerby, of Dallas county, for governor. TO AT0ID SUNDAY TRAYEL The President Will Arrive ia Chicago Earlier Than Expected. Chicago, July 25. The official program of the 34th annual encampment G. A. R. is not affected by the decision of Presi dent McKiniey to arrive in Chicago on Saturday, August 25, instead of Monday, August 27. as he intended. The change of plan for his arrival is that of the presi dent not the G-. A. PL committee. It is the president's desire to avoid travel on Sunday and to reach Chicago in time to attend the patriotic religious service ar ranged for Sunday at the Coliseum, HEARING REFUSED. Barton Forces Shut Oat of a Conyentioa. Contesting Delegation From Wabannsee County. TWO CANDIDATES. Named by Republicans For State Senator. Junction City Convention Causes a Split. The Republicans in the. senatorial dis trict composed of Riley, Wabaunsee and Geary counties, in a convention called at Junction City yesterday, had a split and the result is two Republican nomi nees for senator in that district: G. "W. McKinght of Junction City, and John E. Hessin of Manhattan. The managers representing the two factions are now quarreling as to the responsibility for the split. In Topeka it is charged that both sides are re sponsible. The trouble first commenced in "Wa baunsee county. There were 180 votes. Carey Carroll, candidate for county at torney, and Hessin received 147, while the Fred Crafts-McKnight delegates re ceived 33. The Burton managers prom ised Carroll the county attorneyship if he would stop his fight. He said he was for Baker and that he would sacri fice the office before he would stop. At the Wabaunsee county convention the Crafts-ilcKnight forces had votes enough to control the convention with out the Alma delegation of a dozen. The Alma delegation was divided and half the votes given to Carroll and half to Crafts. Carroll lost in the fight for county attorney by two votes. The Carroll forces sent a contesting delega tion to the senatorial convention. The chairman of the convention refused to recognize the contesting delegation. The Geary delegation was instructed for McKnight and the Riley delegation for Hessin. The Wabaunsee delegation was contested. At the convention the con tested delegation from Wabaunsee was shut out by McKnlght's forces and not given a hearing. The Wabaunsee con tested delegation then Joined Riley and two conventions were held. Hessin claims 12 out of the 20 convention votes. The party managers are indignans that in a district where there ia so small a Republican majority that there should be a fight. The Populist central committee is much encouraged and now feel certain of pulling Riley. Geary and Wabaunsee out of the Fifth to the in jury of Burton. BURTON HAS NO SHOW. That is the Opinion Held by the Baker Managers. "The claims made by the Burton managers are preposterous." said W. E. Sterne today. "They are either ig norant of the situation or are trying by gross deception to bolster up his can didacy, which is already hopelessly lost. Mr. Baker's friends know he has the contest won. He has two thirds of the nominees and has four-fifths of those likely to be elected. I do not believe Mr. Burton or his friends have any idea that he can be elected next winter, but want to make a fairly respectable showing so that they can re-enter the race in 1902." BUTLER NON-COMMITTAL. Republicans Defeat a Proposition to Instruct for Burton. The Republicans of Butler county held a convention at El Dorado yester day, nominating three legislative can didates, as follows: J. W. Adams, re nominated for representative; J. M. Satterthwaite, editor of the Douglas Tribune, for representative, and F. R. Heydig for senator, the latter defeating J. W. Robison, the prominent stock man, for that place. A proposition to instruct the legisla tive nominees for J. R. Burton was laid upon the table by an overwhelming vote. WEEK IN EACH COUNTY. Congressman Curtis Sines His Com mittee and Plans Campaign. Congressman Charles Curtis has de cided to make an aggressive campaign, and he expects to carry the district by 7,300 majority, or 1,000 more than at his last election. Yesterday the following committee dined with the congressman at the Copeland: Arthur Capper, chairman, Topeka: F. W. Willard, Leavenworth; W. H. Jordan, NVmaha; W. F. Donald, Atchison; W. B. Price, secretary, Jack son: Dr. Frank Swallow. Jefferson. The members from Brown and Doni phan counties were not present. After dinner the committee adjourned to Mr. Curtis' office and rked over the plans for the campaign. Mr. Curtis will spend a week in each county, and will offer his services to the state central com mittee. Instructed for J. R. Burton. Tates Center, Kas., July 25. The Re publican convention of the Fourteenth senatorial district, composed of Alien and Woodson counties, held here today nominated S. J. Stewart and instruct ed him for J. R. Burton. This was managed by Charles F. Scott, who was brought out for congressman at large by Burton. TIEWS OF PARTISANS. Three Reports From the Butler County Convention. There was a Republican convention at El Dorado yesterday. XTnder the head: "Three More For Burton." the Capital says: "El Dorado, Kan.. July 24. The Repub lican county convention today nominated J. 3. Adams and J. M. Satterthwaite, editor of the Douglas Tribune for repre sentatives. Both are for Burton for sena tor. F. H. Leidy was nominated for state senator. He. too. is for Burton." The Kansas City Times contained the following: "El Dorado, Kan., July 24. Butler coun- Shapely erried Women ment prepares tae body for tae ttraia usan it, the avmmetry of form. Morni a Fiiesk all tae danger of child-birth, and carries tae m f-lv rhMlcrh rhi. itirai nmid WltttOtXL Keatest blessinf and taausaads gratefully tell of the great good CnlJ V... II ,Jn,r,.t. if T fM tWT BOttle iit,i- tvnk tfLlrnv alt a'BMt this areat free to any addxeaa by lu luMUU NoD anser Of contracting Sickness, if you use Pure Water That's he kind fur nished by the lonekaWaterOo. Telephone 122. 625 Quincy Street. o It Three Colorado Cities o o o o Pueblo, Colorado Springs and T Denver are on the Santa Fe. 5 All Colorado trains of this line run via these cities. The most satisfactory view of the unpar- o alleled mountain panorama, 5 J stretching from Pueblo to Den- ver, is to be had by this route. O a Through sleepers and chair cars from Chicago and Kansas O City dally. "The Colorado O Express" and "A Colorado O Summer" tell all about the o trains and Colorado's beauties O and attractions. Free. O o o T. L. KING, Agent, 2 TOPEKA, KAN. O rn r3 livi U l& till SHORTEST LINE. COLORADO FLYER SMOKE KLAUER'S GOLD BUG. 6 CENT CIGAR. ty Republicans today nominated thIff county ticket. There wa-- a tinht in th convention when a resolution wns Intro duced indorsing Burton's Republicani.sml and instructing the senator and r-pre-sentatives to vote for him for senator: b a vote of 15o to 3 the convention tabl"I the resolution and the friend of bot! Baker and Burton gave three cheers foe then- favorites." The Kansas City Journal prints the fol lowing: "F.l Dorado. Kan., July 24. (Special.) At the Republican county convention h-r. today an attempt was made to instruct the nominees for senator and representa tives for Burton for senator, but the mo tion was tabled by a vote of 15i to Si. Three cheers were then given for Eket and Burton. J. W. Robison. who has beeij fighting the railroads in the interests oC the shippers, was defeated for senator. The following ticket was nominated: Sen ator. Freemont Leidy: riresmatives. J. B. Adams. J. M. Satterthwaite: clerk of (thA court. George Iane; county attorney. William Reese: probate Judg. J. F. denlng: countv superintendent, John Ma thers commissioner. Sol Anderson. T"" legislative candidates are not oaupokeil for either Baker or Burton." A gentleman recently curd of dyspepsia gave the following appropriate 'enderinif of Burns' famous blessing: Some hv meat and can not eat. and some hava none that want it: but we have meat and we can eat Kodol Dyspepsia Cure b thanked." This preparation will digest what you eat. It instantly relieves and! radically cures indigestion and all stom ach disorders. At all drug stores. Every woman evs a hape!y. prrtty Tje manv af them deplore the low of their itirliak forma aftermarriage The bearing of childrea i i very destructive to the mother s shapehaesa. This can be to drd. however, y tae uae of Morass FlliJO be fore baby comes, aa this acientiac lini olho s aad prr-rrr5 also ebviatea expectant It I 1 Mood remedy, will be aeat JutociAToa CoMiajnr, i Quale S Atlanta. jma

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TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 23, 1900. TOPERA STATE JQlim BT FRAJfK P. MAC LENNAN. VOLUME XXVII No. 177 Official Paper of the City of Topelca. 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 has a carr.er system. By mail, one year n 1'y mail, three months Weekly edition, one year sy PERMANENT HOME. Topeka State Journal Building. 800 and 102 Kansas avenue, corner of Eighth. NEW TORK OFFICE. Tempi Court Bide A. Frank Richardson, Mgr. CHICAGO OFFICE. Stock Exchange Bid. A. Frank Richardson, Mgr. LONDON OFFICE. 12 Red Lion Court. Fleet Street. TELEPHONES. Builn Office..... Ball 'Phone 1OT Reporters" Room Bell' Phone 577 Commissioners are now appointed by the government on the slightest provo cation. In deceit and prevarication the Chi nese can double discount the Spaniards and beat them. When it rains abundantly in July in Kansas there need be no fear of a short age in the corn crop. What the powers should do is sue out a writ of habeas corpus in the case of the ministers at Pekin. The opposing forces In South Africa re trying hard to regain their places in the attention of the public. There is much discussion now on the subject of a possible third presidential ticket. But why should it be designated as third? If there were any punishment here on earth for liars, there would be a big job ohead in connection with the Chinese business. The chief difficulty lying in the way of suppressing the Boxers appears to be the fact that they imagine they are fighting for their religion. When Gen. Chaffee reaches China with his cavalry, perhaps something will be done towards relieving the white people in Pekin if any are left. Washington Post: The people are al ways ready to save the republic, but they are decidedly tired of responding to the false alarms of politicians. The leading European nations have kept large standing armies for years and now when there is a chance to use them, seem powerless to do anything. If the Democrats ever regain control of the country, won't they make the Populists, who are driving them hither and thither now, look like 30 cents? Old Geronimo is reported to have lost his mind but it was not in playing poker. When the old warrior engaged in this national game it has been the other fel low who lost. It looks as though there would be no end to the number of men who know something about the alleged plot to as sassinate Goebel, while that hundred thousand dollars holds out. One might suppose that the officials at the European capitals are all Missouri ans. to judge by the pertinacity with which they insist on being shown in the matter of the ministers at Pekin. Chicago Record: Doubtful states are those that did not cast their vote for McKLnley four years ago if you are a Republican, and those that did not go for Bryan if you are a Democrat. Milwaukee Sentinel: Why don't the Chinese get a letter from Air. Conger, with the date and all in his own hand writing, and deliver it to Admiral Remey, who could then telegraph the news to Washington? The Wagner Sleeping Car company has been compelled to pay damages to the extent of $750 because it sold two tickets for the same berth, and the late comer was compelled to sit up all night in a day coach. Yet there are people who think the trusts are invulnerable. SHORT LESSON IN ECONOMICS. tFrom the Chicago Journal. Subtract from the general supply the meat which is sent to China, and there is less to feed Chicago and the United States; hence ahigherprice to the house wife. An immediate consequence. In crease the slaughtering and canning business at the 'yards' and there is more work for the employes. There should be higher wages. Not so imme diate. Increase the demand for cattle and hogs to slaughter and can, and the price should be higher to the ranchman and hog-raiser. Xot yet evident. Hold wages at the same level and keep down the price of cattle and there will be mil lions of dollars profit to the middleman. But in time the prosperity will leak through and spill over upon the wage earner and the farmer. SHE HORSEWHIPS HIM. Wife of a Saloonkeeper Assails an Ot tumwa Man on the Streets. Ottumwa. Ia.. July 25. The spectacle of an Irate, muscular woman publicly horse whipping a dignified, elderly man on the streets of this city last evening was wit nessed by a large crowd which was drawn around them by the cries of the infur iated woman. The man was Colonel L, L. Laflin of this city, who was assistant Sergeant-at-Arms of the Kansas City convention, and the woman was Mrs. Thomas Gallagher, wife of a saloonkeeper. The latter and the colonel had some trouble this after noon in regard to business matters The saloonkeeper says that the colonel slan dered his wife. Mrs. Gallagher came dwn town about 7:30 o'clock ami meeting the colonel on the street proceeded to chastise him with a horsewhip. The colo sMi hurriedly left her. SOKE. The Topeka Capital this morning makes a partisan attack upon members of the council; tries to boss that in telligent body; undertakes to convince if that "it does not know what it is about; makes dire threats, and accuses a councilman of doing an illegal thing and reflects upon the whole administra tion. All of this sudden outburst is ad mitted by our morning contemporary to be due to the action of the council in voting unanimously in committee of the whole to make the State Journal the official city paper. This paper is sorry to see so much feeling and resentment displayed over a local issue. The Capi tal declares it should be given the city printing year after year; that it should receive the city printing, the state printing, and the county printing. It makes a terrific fight for all three. A few years ago it was successful in hold ing the city, the state and the county printing, but lately it has run against a number of obstacles which have de prived it of some of these things. The State Journal makes no contest for state or county printing; it has simply sat on the fence and watched the Capital demand the state and county printing on the ground of its partisan position. In the city, however, things have taken a different aspect. Here it has not been a question in city contests be tween protection and free trade, or be tween imperialism and anti-imperialism, or trusts or anti-trusts, or even be tween free silver and the gold standard. These issues are not up in city politics. Matters of municipal importance and the welfare of the city of Topeka are the questions which are rightfully agi tated at city elections. The present city administration was selected on the issue between municipal and stock company control of the water works. Kverything else was lost sight of. In this contest the State Journal supported the candidate who was in favor of the public ownership of the water-works system. Mr. Drew repre sented the people who wanted the city to own and operate the works; who wanted a large portion of the city sup plied which was, and is still, unable to procure water. The Topeka Capital in that contest represented the opposite side. Its candi date, Mr. Frank Brooks, failed to carry a single ward in the city. The recent refusal of the Capital to publish, although requested to do so by unanimous vote of the Commercial club, Edwin Austin's comprehensive state ment in the waterworks question, would indicate that it was still opposed to the pronounced views on this subject enter tained by the mayor and council. The present administration, supported by the State Journal, and an overwhelm ing majority of the people of Topeka, is likely to soon secure for the city its rightful demands in the waterworks sa nation. The city hopes soon to be able to supply its people with that most nec essary element; supply it to every por tion of the city and at reasonable prices. These are some of the reasons that probably induced the members of the city council to be friendly to this paper. Other reasons lie in the fact that there are thousands of people in Topeka who read only the State Journal every day. In the city printing motion. Council man Elliott took no advantage of any body; every member was present with the exception of Mr. Betts, who, in speaking of his expected absence from the city, stated to a councilman that "it made no difference, as he was in favor of the Journal anyway." Thi3 paper does not know how Mr. Warner voted in the. committee on the whole the otheV evening on the first in formal ballot, but it does know, how ever, that the councilmen all of whom were present but one, agreed to abide by the action of that evening; that after the first ballot Mr. Mergan moved to make the matter unanimous and the mo tion was carried without any dissenting vote. Mr. Warner said today that if he is a candidate for mayor next spring he does not know it. He said Mr. Drew is con ducting the affairs of the city in a most commendable manner, and that in the natural course of events Mr. Drew would be the candidate again, and he would most heartily support him. The State Journal does not know how Mr. Roundtree voted, but it does know that he has a perfect right to be a can didate for office if he wishes to be, with or without the consent cf the Topeka Capital. The smallest and most unworthy at tack made by the Capital this morning, simply because it was squarely defeated, is made upon Mr. Elliott, president of the council, whom it accuses of violating the law by holding two positions and getting two salaries from the city. Mr. Elliott during a residence of more than a quarter of a century in Topeka, has made a reputation for integrity, ability and straightforward actions which can not be injured by newspaper Innuendo or attack. He was doing yesterday just what he has been doing for the past six months. It remained for the Capital to first condemn him when it discovered that Mr. Elliott and the majority of the members of the council voted against it as the official paper of the city for the ensuing year. Mr. Elliott as a member of the council dras the munificent salary of $4.16 per month. When he was urgently re quested and appointed as the repre sentative of the city to watch the con struction of the auditorium and city hall, to see that the work was done properly and in accordance with the specifications, it was a happy selection. He is an experienced contractor and builder; had the entire confidence of the mayor and council. No better man in the city could have been chosen for the work. He was especially available be cause he was in the council and knew all about the city's interests. He did not seek the position, but was urged to take it. He went at once to the city attorney and said if there was anything illegal or wrong about accepting the place he would resign as a member of the council. The attorney informed him that he could find no law that in any way interfered with his Jolng the work. This is the exact and true situa tion; and what has the city printing to do with it? The members of the council are not children, if their would-be- boss, the Topeka Capital, is childish. The paper needed a dose of medicine, and got it, and of course makes wry faces. Poor child! GLOBE SIGHTS. From the Atchison Globe. Half the willing people are incapa ble. The things you hate happen as easily as weeds grow. Don't give your children quinine in plum preserves; you will spoil their liking for plum preserves as long as they live. When a girl shows signs of not being as pretty as her mother, every one is reminded that her father Is not very good looking. If the loafers should demand that busy men quit work to play with them, a party would be found to embody the demand in a platform. A man should carry in the wood and sweep the steps, for the opinion of the world is what makes him, and his neighbors are his world. If a mother objects to her daughter's attendance at a social affair, the girl can overcome the opposition by repre senting that it is to be very swell. When a preacher calls on a business man in working hours to give him a few helpful words, the man is bothered the rest of- the day because of the in terruption. An Atchison girl wore her hair on curl papers forty-eight hours in suc cession recently, and when the little fragile things were unfurled to the air, they lasted just three minutes. You can tell a good deal of the char acter of a town by the number of hacks it supports. Wichita has a great many hacks, and its citizens frequently ride in them with the top down. An Atchison man has quit calling on his neighbors in the evening, because of the manner in which neighbors near ly always talk of other neighbors call ing in the evening, and remaining too late. An 'Atchison girl who was coaxed to play recently, gave her audience a se lection from Beethoven. When she got through there was a strange silence, and she turned around to find every one in a faint. It was the first music they had heard that was not rag time in seventeen months. POINTED PARAGRAPHS From the Chicago News. The retired actor is naturally played out. Fortunate is the liar who loses his reputation. Lapland is truly the land of the in fant industry. Congressional bills have given way to the mosquito bills. The farmer who raises poultry is rea sonably sure of good crops. Even the temperate buzz-saw has been known to take three fingers. The chronic loafer is a man who sticks to one thing until he fails. Some women are both good and true and some men are no good and untrue. It is easier to love a poor girl than a rich one, because there is less competi tion. The game of billiards was probably invented by the author of "Wearing or the Green." Probably the future looks dark be cause coming events cast their shadows before them. A girl may be both pretty and ignor ant, but she is never Ignorant of the fact that she is pretty. It isn't much consolation to a. man to know that his neighbor's wife is less extravagant than his own. When one woman out of a hundred has nothing to say the other" ninety nine are asking what is the matter with her. Lots of people think they will be en titled to a diamond-studded crown in the other world because they drop a penny on the contribution plate every Sunday. QUAKER REFLECTIONS. From the Philadelphia Record. Lost, strayed or stoien A cool wave. A warm baby The Infant Hottentot. Collars tumble down aa the mercury goes up. One of the most popular men of the day is the ice man. If the summer girl knew her business she would be cool to the men. No matter how hot the weather, a glass of beer usually has a high collar. The girl who has the finest collection of china is usually the one who couldn't make a oup of tea to save her life. Wig "What was the mean tempera ture today?" Wag "I don't know; but it was about as mean as any I ever felt." Blobbs "Is it true that Youngpop is the father of triplets?" Slobbs "No; there's only one." Blobbs "Just a kid, eh?" "The wind died out in the offing," re lated the nautical young man. "And I suppose there was no awning," giggled the silly girl. "If a man wants his wife to believe everything he tells her," says the Mana yunk Philosopher, "let him be as silent as the grave." "And what makes you think you would make a successful umpire?" ask ed the base ball magnate. The appli cant for the position drew himself up proudly. "Sir." he remarked, haughtily, "I have just finished my duties as cen sus enumerator." The magnate realized that here was a man of indomitable will and great courage, and immediately signed him. FOR THURSDAY A line of Towels (both fringed and hemstitched ranging: in price from lOc to Sl.OO. Also, all Linen Crash at IS'-aC vl- and a bargain for $1.20 dozen. Etta Lacey, 104 East Sixth St. WANT GOOD JOBS. Some Patriots Stirred Only by Financial Prospects. "Yeterans"of the Future Averse to Bloodshed. UNIQUE EXPERIENCES Which Come to an Army Re cruiting Officer. Topeka Furnishes Uncle Sam First Class Men. Sergeant H. C. Sorenson, in charge of the United States army recruiting sta tion in Topeka, has a bundle of let ters from persons who would like to be anything in the army from pho tographers to generals, at good pay and no prospect of work or blood shed. "I received one letter from a gradu ate of a military school who wanted to go to war," said the sergeant. "He is IS years old, and thinks he should be a commissioned officer aa he was a lieutenant at his military school. An other man wants to enlist as an em balmer In the hospital corps. The army has no embalmers enlisted. So many apply who are under age and think they can enlist without the consent of their parents. Three came today, 'but the regulations prohibit anyone being enlisted who is not of age. "We want to fill the infantry bat talion at Leavenworth as quickly as pos sible for service in China or the Philip pines. Men who go in the heavy ar tillery have to be the best and know something about arithmetic. "Very few tramps apply. It is a bet ter class that apply for enlistment now. I have gotten fine men here in To peka. I was ordered to enlist ten good men for battery H of the Seventh ar tillery, stationed at Fort Adams, New port. It is equipped with modern guns. The ten men were all gotten here, and mighty fine men they were. The To peka recruiting station has a reputa tion for furnishing good men. Part of those ten men were from the Twentieth Kansas. The order not to enlist men for the hospital corps has been rescind ed, and men who know something about medicine are preferred. All men who can pass the requirements are ta ken, but a great many young men fail on not being developed, and do not have the chest expansion. They have their choice of going to China or the Philippines in either the infantry or ar tillery. The cavalry is full. Since I have been in Topeka but one man un der the influence of liquor has applied to enlist, and he gets patriotic and ap plies every time he drinks enough." While the sergeant was talking four young men walked in. They had their hats tipped to one side in a very rakish manner and had their shoulders thrown back very square and stiff in anything but a military manner. "What will you have, gentlemen?" asked the sergeant. "We want to enlist." answered the spokesman of the crowd. "In what?" "The cavalry." "Cavalry is full." "Artillery then." "How old are you?" "Eighteen." "All of you?" "Yes." "Have you the consent of your par ents?" "N o." "Can you get it?" "I guess so." "How tall are you?" asked Sorenson of the spokesman as he eyed him criti cally. "Five feet four, I guess." "Let me measure you." The would-be volunteer stepped un der the arm of the measuring stick, but was only 5 foot 3, a quarter of an inch too short. All were given blanks for their parents to fill out and certify to, giving their consent. The boys took the papers and looked at them. "Don't I get one?" asked the one who was not tall enough. "I guess you are out of it," said the officer. "You'll be tall enough In another VALIANT VIDETTES Of the Protestant Episcopal Faith, in Carminei China, Torn by the Most Terrible Tortures at the Hands of Tuan's Thugs. t i -r 0wsr -l 1 f-, T l A. V1 r Rev. Ngol Gi Lang, Hai-Tang District. Here I the onlv photograph In the Western world of the three bravest It was taken exclusively for us at Pekin when the boxers first began their gallant guardsmen of the Cospel have ben dragged from the midst of their employ of Prince Tuan, and are in momentary danger of a dreadful death. vear, Willie," said one of the others, who was just 5 feet 4, in a patronizing way. "When shall we bring these back?" asked one. "Come by Thursday," said the ser geant as they passed out. "How many of them will come back?" was asked the sergeant. "Well, I don't believe any of them will." was the reply. "When it comes to getting the permission of their par ents it's different." The following are samples of some of the letters received: One man writes from central Kan sas, and says: "You will please give me information as to how I could en list as battalion photographer in the volunteers for China." The government is not running any moving picture shows or magic lanterns at present, and has no such places to fill. And the man from the short-grass country writes as follows: "Dear sir I will rite to you asking if i could inlist in the- u. S. army and go to the filo pians at the present time. I woud like very much to go there please rite me at once and oblige. Yours respeet fuly." Another man writes from Coffey county and agrees to come and enlist if Uncle Sam will send him transporta tion to Topeka. A MISSING CODE BOOK. New Development in Connection With Conger Message. Washington, July 25. A discussion of the authenticity of the dispatch from Minister Conger, dated at Pekin on the 18th instant, developed the fact today that several year3 ago a copy of the state department cipher code disap peared and never has been recovered. These code books are numbered and re ceipted for when placed in the hands of those entitled to them. The intima tion was given that the missing code book fell into the hands of the Chinese government. This information was calculated to inspire a doubt of the au thenticity of the Conger message. State department officials decline to discuss the story of the theft of the code book, but do enter a denial that it ever entertained a suspicion that it had fallen into the hands of the Chinese government. It is known that several years ago a copy of the old state de partment cipher, which since has been changed,. was made. A copy of this, the authorities have strong reasons to be lieve found its way into the possession of another government not the Chi nese. This old code has been out of use for many years, having been re placed by one which the state depart ment officials regard as much better. TO CUT HIS SALARY. Opposition to Joe Chamberlain Takes Unusual Course. Londot July 25. Discussion of the col onial ofrice vote led to a spirited debate in the house of commons today, in the course of which liberals again aired most of the old charges against the colonial secretary, Mr. Joseph Chamberlain, and indulged in criticisms of the war in South Finailv, Sir Wilfrid Lawson moved a reduction of Mr. Chamberlain's salary as a mark of censure of his policy. Mr. Chamberlain, replying, welcomed the Issue raised by the motion which, he declared, meant that the war was wrong and that, consequently, annexation of the South African republics was wrong and their independence should be restored to them. In his opinion, however, the war was just and righteous, and should not be judged by its consequences in loss of life. John Bright had defended the civil war in America as just and righteous, al though the loss of life was as thousands to units as compared with South Africa. Mr. Chamberlain charged the radicals with condoning rebellion. The policy of the government, he declared, however, whs not vindictive, and instead of sub jecting the rebels to the death penalty or imprisonment, it only proposed to dis arm them politically for ten years. The opposition did not spare Mr. Chamberlain. Liberal members sharply Interrupted him and charged him with misquoting otner speakers and reminded him that the whole history of South Africa the past seven vears had furnished substantial ground for him to be suspected in all his actions. Mr. A. J. Bairour, nrst lora or tne treasury and government leader In the house, moved closure, which was carried. 109 ayes to 100 noes. The motion on reduc tion or Mr. unamoeriam salary was then lost. 20S noes to 52 ayes, and the colonial office vote was agreed to. h St if V Rev. M. C. Wilcox, Am. Vicar of both Districts. VERY TRIMMED HAT IN OUR STORE MUST BE SOLD. THURSDAY, FRIDAY, AND SATURDAY We will place on sale every Trimmed Hat in our store at less than one-half the former price. THIS MEANS $2 Hats. $1.00. S3 Hats, $1.50. S5 Hats. $2.50 Etta Lacey, OPENS HIS HEART. Letter of the Chinese Emperor to President Loubet. Paris, July 25. The emperor cf China has, sent to President Loubet the follow ingletter, transmitted by the governor of Shang Tung, July 19: "China has for several years been linked in friendship with your honorable country. All affairs concerning our relations on the frontiers of Quang Si and Funan have been discussed and set tled by the way of conciliation. There exist no grievances between us. Re cently the population and Christians found themselves in hostility, and re bellious persons have profited by the opportunity to indulge in depredations with the result that foreign nations have suspected the court of showing partiality towards the people and of jealousy toward the Christians. Subse quently the attack upon and the taking of the forts at Taku took place after which military action and misfortunes ensued, rendering the situation still more complicated and dangerous. "As we think that in the international relations of China with other govern ments your honorable nation has most cordial relations with China and as Chi na is today pressed by circumstances up to the point of drawing upon herself un iversal wrath, in order to arrange these difficulties and to resolve these compli cations we think it possible that it is solely upon your honorable country that we may count. Therefore, opening our heart to you in all sincerity, we demon strate to you our intimate sentiments, and we address you this letter in the sole hope that you will find, Mr. President of the Republic, means of arranging mat ters, and will take the initiative to transform the present situation. "We beg you at the same time to have the goodness to address us a kind re sponse, which we can not help but await with extreme anxiety. "Signed the twenty-third day of the sixth moon of the twenty-sixth year." FOR BEING AN ACTRESS. A Chicago Man Will Disinherit His Daughter. Milwaukee, Wis., July 25. Fascination for the stage is said to have cost Mrs. Robert Curtis Brown a fortune. Her father, it is said, will disinherit her. Jane Peyton is the stage name of Mrs. Brown, whose husband is a Milwaukee physician. She recently went on the stage and has been playing here with the Salisbury stock company. She left today for New York to commence rehearsals for her appearance with Otis Skinner in "Prince Otto." the play in which she made her debut in Chicago last spring. Mrs. Brown is a daughter of Oeorge Van Norman, who formerly lived here, but. who now resides in Chicago. He is said to have such a strong objection to the stage that he declares his daughter can share none of his riches. Mrs. Brown today admitted that her father was much displeased, but said she hoped he would become reconciled. She has not heard from him, she says, since she became an actress, but owns that she has understood from other sources that he will disinherit her. 4

SMt t Rev. Huing Pan Seng, Hok-Chiang District. missir.naries in all the Chinese empire. fiendish operations. Since then these labors by the furious fanatics in the

104 East Sixth Street RUSSIANS ACTIVE. Driving Chinese Out of tho Amur Country. St. Petersburg, July 25. Russian! troops from Nikolsk and Sungary river are hastening to the relief of Charbln and other places in a similar plight. General Grodoft reports that the Chi nese feebly cannonaded Blagovest chensk Sunday; July 22. Little damage was done. Cossacks are crossing the Amur river, dispersing the Chinese. The steamer Vojevoda, which has ar rived at Tolbuzln, from Charbln reports that she was fired upon at Sausln by Chinese from the river banks and Junks. The Japanese government is ready to mobilize three additional divisions for service in China, if required. SANTA FE TAKES ACTION. The Santa Fe passenger department to day announced that it would meet the ac tion of the Rock Island road in arranging for additional excusinns westbound to Colorado and eastbound to Missouri river points. For the westbound excursions tickets will be sold August 7 and 21 and September 4 and 18, with a final limit to October 31. For the eastbound additional excursion tickets will be sold August JO and September 7 and 21. The rate will be one fare plus $2, and stopover privilege will be allowed. TROOPS FOR CHINA. Two train loads of United States ma rines passed over the Santa Fe today en route to San Francisco. There were 5o0 men aboard the train. The passenger de partment in this city reports that next week 3D0 cavalrymen will be moved from Forts Apache and Wingate, Arizona, to San Francisco. Both the marines and cavalrymen are destined for service either in the Philippines or China. National Negro Race Conference. Montgomery, Ala., July 25. The na tional negro race conference was called to order here this afternoon atl o'clock by the chairman, Rev. W. H. Mlxon of Montgomery. lie addressed the con ference later on "Conditions of the ne gro and remedies." Miss Susan B. An thony will not be here. She has sent a paper to be read during the conference which is expected to be in session threa days. A four Handed Fight. Dallas, Tex., July 25. At Monahan'a station on the Texas Pacific road, west of Dallas, Pinckney Hill wai killed and A. H. Birchfield wounded in a four handed fight over cattle ranch troubles. Sidney Pitts is In jail at Barston. Chicago A Pastern Train Wrecked. St. Louis. Mo., July 25. A special to the Post-Mspatch from Keton. 111., says: A solid vestibule passenger train, south bound, on the Chicago Kastern Illinois railway was wrecked near here at 11 o'clock today. Otto Neinal was killed and 25 other passengers were injured. M ilitia Settled It. Vancouver, B. C, July 25. The trouble at Steveston with the striking fishermen in practically settled. The presence of the militia has taken all of the fight out of the strikers. Coal for German War Ships. Philadelphia, Pa., July 25. In addi tion to the large fleet of vessels charter ed by the German government as trans ports for use in carrying troops and munitions of war to China it is stated here that the Hamburg-American Packet company's steamship Adria has been impressed into Germany's service for immediate use. The steamship Boenia, will carry 8.500 tons of coal which will be dumped into her hold at theUreenwich coal piers. This is the 1 argent shipment of coal that has ever been taken from Philadelphia or any other port in the United States. New Train For Chicago via Santa Fa Route. Leaves Topeka 3:00 p. m., arrives Chi cago 7:40 a. m., before departure of out bound connecting trains for resorts in the northern lake region, as well as those Of the St. Lawrence and the At lantic coast. Carries Standard ani Tourist sleepers. Free chair cars. Din ing car. Other trains at 4:30 a. m. and 4:40 p. m. T. L. KING. Agent. TALK No. 102. The Eye. The eyes Is a photographer's cam era in miniature. It has a lens, a focussing apparatus and a sensitive screen. If it is not In perfect ad justment everything is blurred. It Is necessary to make a constant ef fort in order to see at all. The strain upon the focussing powers Is too great. Pain in the eyes. Im paired vision and headaches are the results. It is my business to put these eyes In adjustment and to bring them to a perfect focus. I can not take out the defective lens and Insert a new one In Its place, but I can set a lens In front of the eye that will correct all the defects. I take a careful measurement of every curve and every Imperfection. I see that the glasses are so made that they will neutral'xe every defi ciency. I have all the appliances necessary for doing this work ac curately. What is still more im portant I understand how to use them. Coneultation free. My exclusive attention is given to fitting glasses. CHAS. BENNETT, OPTICIAN. 730 Kansas Avenue. Established 1S79.

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TOPEKA STATE JOTJKXAIi, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 25, 1900. 1 THE NEW MODEL SUPPLY STORE. Ksa-csr Pastoas. Sisth and Quincy. 9 to 11 a. m. Thursday Borated Talcum Powder put in perforated boxes 9 to 11 a. m. 3 Metal back, Horn Dressing Combs 10c is the value 9 to 11 a. m..5c tlOO Silk Bosom Shirts, either white or fancy colors, from 9 to 11 a. m., for 69c Ladies' $1.75 Chocolate low cuts Lace or Southern Button, all sizes, all widths 9 to 11 a. m. $1.29 Cyrano Beauty Pins colors: bluer white, garnet and amber these pins have sold for 5c each 9 to 11 a. in. 2 for lc Men's 50c Underwear, beautiful new goods, from 9 to 11 a. m....39o Embossed Lace Shelf Paper colors: pink, blue, grreen, rose, yel low and white 10 yards 30 feet to the piece 9 to 11 a. m. piece 2 Men's J12.5 pure fancy Worsted suits perfectly made, with D. B. vests. These are big values at the above trice. From 9 to 11 a. m.. at ?8.50 Shell Side Combs 10c pair is the regular price, 9 to 11 a. m., pair 3 Misses' S1.2S Black or Tan Strap Slippers, bow and buckle, spring heel clean, fresh goods 9 to 11 a, m v 88c 11-50 fine Crusher Hat, in Pearl or Brown shades, for $1.15 Men's hemmed, colored border, white Handkerchiefs 5c is a low figure for this article 9 to 11 a. m., choice 2 Men's 23c Irish Linen Handker chiefs, hemstitched during- 9 to 11, for 19e A big line of Collars, our 10c gTade, during these hours, at 7c Men's S3.0O Chocolate Vict Kid Lace, nickel hooka and eyelets, weit sewed, all sizes c, X and K wliths. 9 to 11 a. m $2.19 THE NEW Kespsr Fastens. WISE'S REPORT TO KEMPFF Telling How the Monocacy Was Dam aged at Taku. Washington, July 23. Following la the report of the action at Taku made by Commander Wise, of the Monocacy to R-ar Admiral Kempff: f S. S. Monocacy. Tong Ku, China, June 17. 1S00. Sir: I have the honor to report upon the occurrences since yesterday noon. I attend i a meeting of officers at 6 p. m. on boari the Borbora. I was shown the protocol and ultimatum as to the Taku forts. The signatures to the documents were autographic and as yours was not appended. I informed the senior officer that he would have to leave the Mono cacy out of the plans and places for vessels of the attacking forces. Second The first gun was fired at 12:45 and with the simultaneous dis charge that followed two of the shots passed over the Monocacy. although she was out of the line of fire between the forts and vessels attacking. Third The litis did not leave her berth, which was a short distance from mine until 10:30 and the Japanese did not leave hers during the bombardment. Fourth The fire was well sustained on both sides and although shell continued at intervals to pass near me, or burst short on beyond. I attributed it to a wild tirir.u by the forts. About 2:30 I was standing on top of pilot house by the gattling. I had mounted there when I heari a shell approaching and immedi ately a crash. The second cutter hang ing at her davits, a few f-et below and behind rr.e had been struck by a shell. It entered her stem, tore out" the bot tom and ranging diagonally across the ship nut after fall of the steam launch smashing pert forecast the ladder and passw-d through the ship's side, in which it left a clear cut overall two feet by ten inches. There were manv men on the forward main deck and it must have gone gone as close to some of them as if did to me. It fortunately missed the launch's davit, as that would have caused it to explore. ...Flft,?irt was ,1ifsuU to make out how the a :ies were faring, but thev were ev idently closing in as after 3 "a. m dij, charges from guns like gatlings or max ims were heard. At 4 o'clock there was a tremendous explion and a mass of flame which I attributed to a magazine in one of the forts. Sixth Towards 4 o'clock, the burstir" f shells in my near vicir.itv increased to such an extent that it occurred to m tnat the forts might be directing some ?lthl fire on the railroad station, as in this Sat country it was a prominent mark and a cumber of Japanese and .uss;an troops, were encamped around it. In such case the Monocacy would he TnvCOPsi derable danger from a rlre which 1 had hitherto considered bad shootirr Acting upon the thought. I at once cat off everything. I steamed away from the bank and went two miles up the river anchoring in the first bend. This mov was made at 4:50 and at 5:30 the fir slackening and a Japanese flag floatin- SVIrv.'ne of the farC3- 1 returned to mv berth. Seventh I was able to render the fol lowing assistance: First, a party of 37 ladies and children, refugees from the mission at Taku who had fled hurriedly Hour In connection with our Ten-Days' Clearing Sale we will run our Regular Special Hour Sale for Thursday. All prices quoted in Friday's Journal and Sunday's Capital hold good for the week. lto 3 p.m. Thursday Boy's 73c fine "Worsted Knee Pants all thoroughly well made during these tours, at 50c Ladies' Embroidered White Hand kerchiefs, 3 different designs these sell some places for 10c 1 to 3 p. m. choice 2C Misses' n.73 Chocolate Kid Lace Shoes, coin toe. stock tip, spring heel, sizes ll1? to 2. Clean, new goods 1 to 3 p. m $1.29 Children's 10-inch Fancy Para sols 1 to 3 p. m-, choice XOc Men's Alpaca Coats, the $1 50 kind, during these hour 3, at.. $1.15 Andrew Jergena Co.'a Sea Salt Castile Soap plain white or mot tled 1 to 3 p. m., per cake lc Men's 5""c Suspenders, all new, fresh goods, during, these hours, at 39c Men's 23c Neckwear, all shapes, for 19c Ladies' Summer Corsets, as good as others sell for 35c, sizes 13 to 30, white only 1 to 3 p. m 19c Men's J4.M Pant3, In fancy Worsteds handsomely made, per fect fitting, from 1 to 3 p. m.. for $2.89 One lot 36-inch wide Sea Island Percale, best cloth made, 12c to 15c is the value 1 to 3 p. m., per yard 5c Child's Black or Chocolate Strap Sandal3. bow and buckle, spring heel, sizes bVb to 11 1 to 3 p. m..79c Back Storm Serge, plaid lining, with cape attached worth S3. 00 1 to3p.m S1.50 Men's 1T.C Socks, in Black, Tan. Blue. Red. etc.. from 1 to 3, at.. 9c Ladies' Linen Crash Summer Underskirts S-in flounce, trimmed with 3 rows white braid was $1.49, 1 to 3 p. m 98c Ladies' t3.0O Chocolate Kid Lace Shoes, cloth or leather tops. All late style goods, fresh and new 1 to 3 p. m $2.19 MODEL SUPPLY STORE. on notification of bombardment. They cape aboard last night at S p. m. and are stilt with me; two officers of H. M. S. Harfleur who come down from Tien Tsin too late to get to any English ship. As I was coming down the river at t a. i m.. an English torpedo boat towing a I Chinese boat prize was met I had no 1 small boat to make a landing so I sent the launch to run her line ashore, for I which thanks have been returned. I j have taken on board and had surgical j attendance for the following: A Japa i neae soldier with a gunshot wound, a j Chinese coolie found close to the ship j with arm torn off by fragment of shell. a Kussian soldier with wound in hand. Eighth This place is deserted by ev ery one; no trains, no telegraphic com munication on shore, but I had a 'phone from Mr. Pottengili who reports all quiet since iirst disturbance. Ninth I know nothing of the light ex cept that the forts were taken. I feel a natural regret, shared' no doubt by the officers, that duty and orders prevented the old Monocacy from giving her an cient smooth bores a last chance. Very respectfully. f. r. WISE. Commander XT. S. X.-. Commanding. PEOPLE RESPONSIBLE For Belays in Mail Pie for Correct Addresses. Considerable delay is caused In the de livery of mail far patrons of the fre rural delivery routes because people, who have correspondents on these routes do not address their mail properly. It is impossible for the postoffice employes to remember all the people in the country as well as In town, and it Is just as es sential that a letter to be delivered in the country be correctly addressed as it is that the street number be placed on the envelope addressed to a person in the city. Of course a list of the patrons of the routes is kept at the office, just as n. city directory is kept, but it would facilitate the delivery- of the mail if the route num ber touid be adJed to the address. If this can not be done, the station from which the route leaves should be included in the address. There are no routes leav ing the main office and consequently a letter addrsed Topeka would be delayed until it couid be ascertained whether it was to be delivered in the city or in the country. Thre routes leave Station "A" in North Topeka and suppiy the country north of the river. Thev are numbered 1. 3 and 4. Route No. 2 leaves Station at Washburn ojiige All these routes are firiiiy and leave the Initial point early ia the morning. If you have country corre spondents, learn what route they are sup plied tv. or at least from which station tn-y are supplied, and address your mail accordingly; it wiil save the deoartment trouble and wiil aid in getting better ser- REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS. Rebecca E. Helwlg and husband to Silas M. Evans. $300. lots j)S and 10 Quiney street, Ritchie's addition. Mary Ransom to James B. Iavidson. $.00. lot 2ig and n ia 220 Clay street. Heme's addition. Mary r. Holliiay to Amanda C- Max well. ll.c.v. lot 277 and s H 75 Madison street. Holiiday's addition. Washburn college to Harris L. Whit ing. $.!ix, lots 17 and 13 Warren street addition "B" to College Hui. 3 to 5 p. m. Thursday Ladies' Satin Band Bow Ties, col ors navy, light blue, pink and car dinal some stores ask 25e for these goods 3 to 5 p. m., choice 6 Men's 10c Handkerchiefs, hem stitched a splendid quality at above price, for 7e Fancy Table OH Cloth, 20 differ ent styles, 43-in. wide 3 to 5 p. m. per yard 15 Men's 50c Neckwear, in Clubs, Imperials, Tecks, etc., for 39c Note Paper and Envelopes, put up in fancy boxes 2 dozen sheets note paper and 2 dozen envelopes 3 to 5 p. m., per box 3C Boys' J3.95 Vestee Suits, In hand some Worsteds and Casslmeres, during these hours, at $2.95 Men's $3. SO Willow Calf Lace Shoes, Tan nickel hooks and eye lets. Very latest style. Good $4.00 hoe 3 to a p. m $2.59 PARIS EXPOSITION Photographic views of prominent buildings and features, 25 different subjects, size 11x14 inches, designed to sell for 25c each 3 to op. m., choice 10 Men's 25c Leather Belts, for.-15o Men's Blue Serge Coats, in D. B. ar S. B. styles. Strictly fast colors our 3.50 coat, during these hours, at $2.49 72-inch wide full-bleached Table Linen Damask 65c is a low figure for this fabric 3 to 5 p. m., per yard 42 Ladies' Vesting Top Lace Shoes, Black or Tan. Neat, stylish goods. Our $2.00 lines 3 to 5 p. m $1.59 Ladies Cream Ribbed Summer Vests, taped neck, worth 10c 3 to 5 p. nx. 3c Men's $10.00 Fancy Suits, in Cassimeres strictly all wool and handsomely made, during thes hours, at $7.45 Men's $2 25 Lace or Southern Tie Low Shoes, Black or Tan. McKay's and Welts, coin or French ties 3 to 5 p. m $1.69 Sixth 5 Qniacy. NORTH TOPEKA. Items Intended for this column should be left with the Kimball Printing com pany. S35 Kansas avenue. Mr. Clarence Young made a business trip to Scranton today. Born. Tuesday, at the Baptist par-i sonage, to Rev. and Mrs. W. B. Hutch inson, a daughter. Mrs. Brazier and daughter, Maud, left today at noon for their tome in Pueblo, Colo. Marie and Juanita Putnam have re turned from a visit to their aunt, Mrs. Wittman, at Kansas City. The Sunday school of the Kansas Avenue M. E. church is picnicking to day on the reform school grounds. Mrs. John Cromw-ell, of &14 Jackson street, will leave Thursday for Wil liamstown, Ky., to visit relatives for two months. J. A. Porter and family have moved here from Eudora and are living at 1325 Monroe street. Mrs. Porter ia the mother of Mrs. Walter Spear. Mrs. Mary Smith and daughter, Ber tha, of Muncie. Inrt.. who have been visiting Mrs. Smith's sister3. Mrs. Angle, of West Gordon street, and Mrs. Janes, of Monroe street, went to Kan sas City yesterday afternoon to visit Mrs. Smith's brother, Mr. Haines. Mr. and Mrs. Graves are in receipt of a letter under date of June 21 from their daughter. Mrs. Charles Thomp son, who is a missionary at Hueng On, China, in which she says at that time they were perfectly safe notwithstand ing the great crimes being committed by the boxers, or, a3 they are called, the Great Sword society, in the north ern part of the country. Mr. and Mrs. Thompson were sent to China by the China Inland Missionary society. Mrs. Adelaide M. Houghtelin, wife of W. H. Houghtelin. died thi3 morning at half past 12 at the family home, 9X1 Jackson street. Mrs. Houghtelin had been in feeble health for several months and her death was not unexpected. The family came to Topeka from Get tysburg. Penn.. in 189. and during their residence here Mrs. Houghtelin made many friends. She was a devoted wife and loving mother and a Christian- in the highest sense of the word. She was 59 years old. and besides her husband leaves six children, Mrs. O. J. Field, of Washington. D. C. P.ev. D. M. Houghtelin, Mr. Guy Houghtelin of Denver. Misses Grace and LauraHough teiin, and Mr. Clarence Houghtelin. With the exception of the son in Denver all were home at the time of her death. The funeral will be held Fri day morning from the house Tourist Bates to Colorado and TJtah. Tickets wiil be sold from points of Missouri Pacific to Denver, Colorado Springs and Pueblo, Colo., and Salt Lake and Ogden, Utah, June 1st to Sep tember loth, at greatly reduced rates. See nearest ticket agent or write H. C. TOWNSEXD, G. P. T. A St. Louis, ila F. E. NIPPS. Agent. Topeka, Kansas. Old P?-r3 for Sale. During this week old papers will be sold tor a cents per hundred at this of-fi.ee. SOCIAL AND PERSONAL. The regular" dancing party was given Tuesday evening at the Elm wood club. Owing to the cool evening the attend ance was larger and the affair more en joyable than any that have been given for several weeks. Among those present were Mr. ani Mrs. W. H. Davis, Mr. and Mrs. L D. Reel, Mr. and Mrs. L. S. Woolverton.Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Schoch. Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Eckert, Mr. and Mrs. Macferran. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Whitton, Mr. and Mrs. James S. Sproat, Mrs. Guibor. Miss Bross, Miss Edith Guibor. Miss Berdena Crandell, Miss Aimee Crandell, Miss Ma bel Crumrine, Misa Katherlne Fleish man. Miss Emma Dennis, Misa Myrtle Davisy Miss Gertrude Hill, Miss Roberta Wasson, Mr. Galen Nichols, Mr. Horace Macferran, Mr. Tom Frost. Mr. Edward Dennis, Mr. Bishop Crumrine, Mr. W.W. Gavitt. Mr. Charles Wolf, Mr. Fred Tuckerman, Mr. Trivoli, Mr. .Walker Cain, Mr. C. W. Kouns. rSoies and Personal Mention. Miss Pearlade Prescott is spending a few days with Mrs. D. H. Forbes at Ce dar Heights, her summer home west of town. Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Gossett are spend ing two or three days at Merrill Springs. Mrs. Johnston and daughter Fay of St. Louis, who have been in the city visit ing Mrs. Johnston's sister, Mrs. A. Ber gen for the past two weeks, returned to their home today. i Mrs. A. A. Hurd is visiting relatives in Missouri. Mr. John Nicholson is spending a week at his home in Lawrence. Misses Fannie and Julia Lelacd went to Troy, Kan., Tuesday for a two weeks visit. Miss Mary Norris Berry of St. Louis will arrive in a day or two for a short visit with Mrs, F. E. Wear. Miss Callie Cuttell will give a "kitchen tow-el shower" Thursday afternoon com plimentary to Miss Rebecca Rodgers. Mrs. c. T. Trapp. who Is spending the summer at Byers, Col., is much improv ed in health. Mr. Serat of Kansas City and F. E. Wear are spending two weeks iu New York. Mr. and Mrs. H. U. Mudge and family will leave next week for a. week's outing in Colorado. Miss Luiu Ewart entertains very in formally this evening complimentary to Miss Ethel Merwin. Mrs. Pope and daughter, Miss Pope, are spending a short time in Topeka with Mrs. James Dun, en route for Denver. Miss Anna Darling has returned to her home after a week's visit in the city with Mrs. J .P. Kaster. Mrs. Harry E. Baldwin will leave Sat urday for her home in Needles. Cal., af ter a six weeks' visit In the city with her sister-in-law, Mrs. A. A. Scott. The friends of Mr. C. E. Gault and Miss Emily Black were surprised to hear of their marriage which was announced in Tuesday evening's State Journal. They were married June 22, In Lawrence, and the affair was kept a profound se cret until Tuesday afternoon, when they left for a trip in the north and east. On their return they will go to housekeeping at 1201 Harrison street. Mr. W. J. Baldwin, who has been vis iting his daughter. Mrs. A. A. Scott for the past two weeks, will leave Friday for his home in Peoria, I1L He will be ac companied by his little granddaughter Gladys scott tor a months visit. Mrs. Matthew Weightman of 1029 To peka avenue and her little grand daughters. Helen Stevenson and Mary Weightman, are spending the day at Merrill hpnnga. Miss Grace Gilpin of Leavenworth, is In the city visiting her sister, Mrs. Ed Tirreil. Miss Stannard and Miss Overley have returned to their home in Joplin, iio. after a three weeks' visit with their aunt, Mrs. E. A. O'Brien. T. J. Hord left Tuesday for a business trip to Chicago. Miss Nannie Veale and Miss Mary Daniels are planning to go to Valencia in a few days for a week's visit Miss Bessie Rieketts of Meadville. Pa. who spent the winter in Topeka with Mrs. George McCoy and Miss Florence VanTassel, will soon return and take a position as bookkeeper for William Green Sons. Miss Garvey and Miss Theresa Ros sington spent Tuesday In Leavenworth. Miss Alice Vanderpool left today for Manitou to join her mother and sisters for a ten days outing. Mr. Roy Kyle and Mr. Charles Reck of Alliance, Ohio, are in the city visit Ing Mr. Kyle's aunt. Mrs. D. W. Mil lard, at her home on Monroe street- Judge and Mrs, W. R. Smith expect to leave soon for an outing at the north erri lakes. George Kenderdine of Hiawatha, for merly of Topeka, is visiting friends in the city. Lloyd Garretson is spending a short time at Merrill Springs. Mr. Mac B. Prescott is visiting friends in Colorado and before returning he experts to make a tour of the state. Mrs. Mary E. Allen of Joplin, Mex, is spending the summer in Topeka with her daughter. Mrs. E. A. O Bnen. Mr. Dell Small of Atchison spent Tuesday in Topeka with the family of Mr. J. v eiaa on his w ay to his rancn near Hoyt. Miss Seima Johnson will leave this week for Iowa to spend a month with relatives. Mr. C. E. Hawley left Tuesday for Washington. I. C. to spend his vaca tion with his family. Mr. Robert L. Fluke of Kansas City, has been spending a few days in the city with the family of F. M. Prescott. SNXBBED IN PARIS. Mrs. Logan Says That Was the Ex perience of Mrs. Palmer. Chicago, July 25. A quarrel which or iginated in Paris between Mrs. General John A. Logan and Mrs. Potter Palmer has been made public by Mrs. Logan. She caused an interview to be published yesterday in which she said the appoint ment of Mrs. Palmer was a discourtesy to other cations. Mrs. Logan returned recently from Paris. She did not receive either from Mrs. Palmer or the French government the recognition she believed was due her. and she lost no time in sail ing home. Here ia what she said in part about Mrs. Palmer: 'The commissioners have accorded her practically no recognition, since there were no places on the special commit tees in which she could serve. As far as I am able to ascertain, the women have been accorded no social recognition by the managers whatever. It is not custo mary abroad for women to attend social functions without their husbands, and almost all of these are arranged for men. "Neither did the foreigners like to sit on committees with women and their ab sence on such, occasions was the natural result- While it was an honor for a woman to be a representative at the Worlds Fair, It would seem that it was excep tionally bad taste for American women to force themselves on a foreign nation that had made it plain that it did not want them. "I have no 111 feeling concerning the exhibits of women at the Exposition, or against the board of lady managers, and my criticism is made merely from the standpoint of an American woman who is interested in the success of woman's work." Mrs. Betts, wife of Police Sergeant Betta, has been very sick, but is re ported to be improving. TOMORROW MEN'S $3.50 ALL-WOOL TROUSERS dn JC On sale at.... CLEARING OUT GOODS WITH Sizes on most lots all shot to pieces bene ws play havoe Come Tomorrow to Tomorrow we (HI $7.50, 83.75, $9.50 Men's and Young Man's Suits, all sizes at only S10, $12.50, $15 Men's and Young Men's finest Suits, all sizes, on sale at .16.60, .13 Very Fin est Suits, all sizes, at $1.00 Men's Black Alpaca Coats at 69 9 $1.50 Men's Fine Alpaca Coats t......S l.OO $7.30 Men' s Flannel Suits at. S5.0O $6.00 Men's Blue Serge Coats and Vesisat S-4.51 TOMORROW BIQ SALE OF MEN'S SHOES, $3.00 Tin and Black Shoes, ail sizes, on sals at .1.95 $3.50. M Tan Shoos at 12.85 $5.00 Tan Shoes at. .3.90 SNAP SHOTS AT HOME NEWS "W. C Ralston ia visiting in Burling ton. M. A. Low went to Oklahoma City yesterday on business. Miss Anna Knox has returned from a visit in Kansas City. The poster craze has taken possession of Topeka young people. W. Lysaght of Uazelwood, Ireland, has located iu Oakland. One of the A. O. TJ. "W. lodges will give a basket social tonight. R. C. Heizer of Osage City, was in To peka today on legal business. The First Presbyterian church will be closed for repairs during August. General Freight Agent H. H. Embry, of the Rock Island, is iu Chicago. J. S. Jordan is suffering with erysipe las at his home, 303 Chester street. Mrs. Fred Carson is spending two weeks visiting friends in Kansas City. The First itethodist church will be recarpeted with 600 yards of new ma terial. Chief Wilmarth ts still looking for horses suitable for service in the fire department. Miss Annie M. Trapp Is In Kansas City attending a meeting of Belgian hare fanciers. Vice President Barr. of the Santa Fe. passed through Topeka Tuesday on his way to Oalveston. C. E. Hawley of the Santa Fe treas urer's office has gone to Washington, D. C., to visit his son. Work is being pushed rapidly on the auditorium. The -roof will be com pleted this week. A. K. Wilson and C. J. Webb are at tending the dedication of the new Ma sonic hall at Wamego. The city council will not hold a meet ing next Monday night. The first meet ing w ill be August 8. Secretary John Coldwell of the rail road T. M. C. A., made a business trip to Lawrence yesterday. A. K. Wilson and C. J. Webb will at tend the dedication of the Masonic building In Wamego today. Rooms are being fitted in the old court house for the use of the Republi can county central committee. W. H. Hamer of Trinidad, Colo., is visiting his brother. Dan Hamer of the United States attorney's office. Charles C. Cantrell has moved his family from Kansas City to Topeka, to make this city their future home. Fred Volker of the Santa Fe paint shop left on No. 5 today for Pueblo. He was accompanied by his son, Fred. The Republican Flambeau club will mt tonight at the armory to discuss the rough rider uniform proposition. The new pastor of the Swedish Lu theran church. Rev. A. M. Heronius. is expected to arrive in Topeka Saturday. Joe Mitchell, an old colored man, was fined $10 by Police Judge Magaw for striking hia daughter-in-law with a club. John W. Breidenthal has received LOm) exposition subscription books. He will ask the bankers of the state to fill them. The Indians returning to Shawnee, Oklahoma. from the Pottawatomie green corn dance, passed through To peka yesterday. Miss Mattie Eskridge is now in charge and will continue the publication of the Emporia Republican. The paper will not be sold now. Mrs. George Lerrtgo has gone to Colo rado Springs. She wiil be Joined later by Mr. Lerrigo and they will then make a trip to California. Dirt is being taken out of the first floor of the new fire department head quarters and work of putting in the floor will be commenced soon. Postmaster General Charles Emory Smith end Secretary of Agriculture Wilson are expected to attend the good roads convention in this city Septem ber 25. Frank Nelson, superintendent of in struction, addressed the meeting of the Young People's Good Citizenship federa tion last nitrht on "Some Essentials of Good Citizenship." One of the features of the Emanci pation day exercises at Garfield park. August 1, will be a guard mount by the Twenty-third regiment band and company C of the same organization. The Elks will meet at the Commercial club rooms tonight to make plans for the entertainment in connection with the auditorium. The Modocs are also interested in this meeting and the plans. Some people do not wait for their friends to preserve their memories in the state historical society, but attend to it themselves, furnishing the society biographical sketches and photographs Albert Sarbach of Hoiton, who is the Republican nominee for the legislature in Jackson county, attended the meeting of the First congressional district com mittee in this city yesterday. He is a member of that body. The proper authorities at the state house should see that the grass and dirt from the state house lawn are not dumped on Harrison street. The filthy condition of that street yesterday was due to the employes of the state. E. L. Brennon, general agent for the Sells-Gray show, was in Topeka yes terday. He closed a contract with the Rock Island for hauling the show over the Rock Island lines in Kansas. Wil lie Pells is the principal owner of the show. Grace Chamberlain has taken her suit Our QUICK CT.FARIJJO SALE and save offer yoa: S5e B $5.85 A $8.85 Wr $12.50 W ttpscuu At Furnishing Goods Sale 25c Men's Fancy Hose 1 4 c Tomorrow 4W S1J0 Fina Negligee Saul, detached CiC cuffs Special sc Vw $1.09 Fina Silk Bodom Shirts mnf At 5y 3So Gauza Knit Baloriggaa bnd waar on saio at E. MONTGOMERY, Prop., (Successor to J. S. Sproat.) Telephone 232. 112 East Sixth Street WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. MAIL ORDERS SHIPPED PROMPTLY. A Saving That Will Build a Bank Account. Large Jumbo Fickles, per gal. .15 Climax Tobacco, per lb 33 Horse Shoe Tobacco, per ib .42 1 pkg. Rolled Oats 05 2 cans Chipped Beef 25 Whits House Flour, every sack warranted $1.00 6c!den Patent, warranted ..$1.00 Straight Patent, warranted 90 Good Package Coffee 10 Cat. Pears, per lb 10 Gal. Plums, per lb 10 Evap. Apples, per lb 07 6 cans Potted Tongue 25 against Joab Mulvane from the city court to the district court. She claims that Mulvane held a mortgage on a piece of land, and that after she paid the mortgage he refused to release it on the records. The city olerk and his assistants have been very busy sending out notice to the owners of property adjacent to the eleven blocks of paving for which con tracts have been let. Returns must be made by August 24 in order to gel the property on the assessment roil for this year. Miss Margaret Jones, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Howel Jones, had one of her eyes removed at Christ hospital yesterday as a result of a Fourth of July accident. The eye was permanently injured by the premature explosion of an Improvised cannon cracker. The Young People's Good Citizenship federation has elected the following of ficers to serve six months: President, A. O. Beach; first vice president, Harry Graves; second vice president. Robert Ogilw: third vice president, Ray Carl; fourth vice president, Samuel Zimmer man; fifth vice president, George E. Doughertv: secretary, G. G. Hostutler; corresponding secretary. W. I. Perry; treasurer. George Triggs. MEN ADOPT SHIRT WAISTS. Women No Longer to Monopoliaa th Popular Garment. New York, July 25. Women are no longer to monopolize the shirt waist.Man has long admired the shirt waist, mora especially when it incased the joyous summer girt. Now he has incorporated the comfortable garment in hia ward robe of summer clothes. What with the fair sex wearing men hats, belts, suspenders, ties, collars and smart coats, it became necessary for man to make some sort of reprisal. Therefore he has fallen upon the shirt waist and taken it to himself. And then it was a man who invented the shirt waist anyway. But the inauguration of the new gar ment is meeting with much opposition. The world is slow to welcome innova tions. It will take determined efforts to stamp out the deep-rooted idea that a man is not "dressed" unless he is ear ning a coat. London is just discarding coats and high silk hats, and servants and horses are dressed with some regard for comfort and the weather. The man in the shirt waist here Is meeting with all the different kinds of discouragement that the professional martyr encounters. He is being put out of restaurants, barred from roof gar dens, and when those things are not oc curring to him he is being sneered at by his feilow citizens. This man in the shirt waist la Just a plain summer man, without any coat or waistcoat. He wears a pink or blue shirt, and his trousers are held In place with a belt. The innovation consists in the fact that he leaves his coat at home. From the standpoint of logic he Is all right. What there is against him is that he is a novelty and that he looks so ag gravating cool. Into the Astor House dining room went the man in the shirt waist this after noon. He took a seat- The cashier came up and said in severe accents to the man in the shirt waist: "Have you no coat?" "No," replied the man In the shirt waist. "Well, then," the cashier decided in the manner of one giving an ultimatum, "we decline to serve you." "But at Newport," continued the man, "everyone goes around like this, the Vanderbilts, the Astors. and, well, all the rest of the fellows." TOMORROW ffEN'S LINEN TEOUS 1.1 ERS, $1.50 trous- A ers on sale at. C A VENGEANCE with prices. money. Tomorrow we offer yon Boyi' Knee Pant Suits In Veatee or double-breasted styles sizes 1 to 14 yr. Wars si.ca aoU $i.S On al at $3.00 Boys' Fine Suits ages 4 to 14 At Si-95 $3-95 $3-93 ...35C -all nobby $S, $7.50 Boys' Very Finest Suits an styles asas 3 to 16 years, at $7.53 Boys' Long Pant Suits At ECe Mathers' Friend TV acti on sale t BOe. 5e. T5c Child's Wash Blouse Suits stiles, s to years, nr. oa sale at....... oy" ays Farcalo Waists .I9C J5C I gal. Honey Drips 25 25 cake Toilet Soap 25 Tar Soap, per cake 05 9 bars Silk Soap 13 bars Good Laundry Soap Gasoline. 5 sal. for .25 .25 .65 Crackers by box, per lb 05 A Good Parlor Broom for 20 Pure Coffee, per lb 10 Pail White Fish Quart Fruit Jars, per doz -Dark N. 0. Molasses, per gal. 25c can K. C. B. Powder 20c can Jack Frost B. Powder, .45 45 .25 .20 .15 I "The millionaires?" Inquired the cash ier, Beginning to relent. "Yes," the man answered, "the mil lionaires. It's the new fashion, just in troduced." "No one ever dined at the Astor Hous in his shirt sleeves," the cashier said, shaking hia head. Then he thought a mo ment and asked: "You say the millionaires are doing It, and that it's the fashion?" "Yea." explained the M. in the S. W., and hotel keepers who do not line up may be sued for all sorts of money and have to pay it too. Now, may I eat here?" "Well." the cashier said slowly, "If it's the fashion It will have to go, but I have my suspicions. You see. we never know everything here, and it may be as you say However, I'll give you the benefit of the doubt. Sit down and I'll send you a waiter." The man In the shirt waist had won the day. He sat down and bad soma wine with his braised beef. LOOK, WHO HE IS! Government Building Inspector Be sents Inquiries. Those who have watched the construc tion of the addition to the federal buiM ing have noticed that the brick used uri the Inside ot the wall have two bole running lengthwise through them and it has aroused the curiostty of the observer-. Several odd gueesea were mad as to why the brick are so made and uaed. The gov ernment has a man her named Hoy I. who is inspecting the work an it Is don and one of the curious gentlemen ques tioned Hoyt: "Will you please tell me the object vt using those brick with holes in? Thera Is soma object and I would like to know what it la to satisfy my cariosity." The inspector sneered and in reply ta the questiun, uald: "No, sir; I never satisfy any one curi osity. I let thm gu-.-ist." Then he tamed on his heel and walked away. It was learned from one of th mm whose title waj only foreman that tn brick were soft and were made with hole-, through them and used on the Inside wall to absorb the moisture. They prevent Uia wall sweating. DEATHS AND FUNERALS. Thomas F. Riley, aged 25. died at Stormont hospital yesterday of appendi citis. His remains will be sent this af ternoon to his home In Iowa City. Ia., for burial. Mr. Kiley was a brakemaa on the Rock Island and lived at Mor ton. LOCAL MENTION. Mrs. Anna M. Trapp, secretary of the Topeka Belgian Hare company, went to Kansas City, where she will take les sons in scoring Belgian hares under Judge Crabtree, who is lecturing in that city this week. When she returns sne will be elected official scorer of the Bel gian Hare club her& Those who scoff say that it is necessary to take l-sor.s in order to distinguish between a Bel gian hare and a common rabbit. George West, J. C. Lindsay and J. T. Bradbury, who live near the Jackson county line, were consulting with Post master Guthrie today in regard to the complaints made by some of the patrons of the rural free delivery route which runs through that section of the county. Harve Wheeler and P. Phillips were arrested this morning for selling liquor. They are charged with being connected with Ed Timou's place at 612 North Kansas avenue. G. F. Sharitt. clerk of the Lnitei States circuit court, left this afternoon for Block Island, Rhode Island, whera ha will join his family and spend the remainder of his summer vacation. The repairs on the Seventh street bridge will be completed tomorrow.

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6 TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JTTL.T 25, 1900. TOP THEMARKET. Kansas Musk Melons Capture Bostoniaus. Sunflower Product Superior to All Others. ONE CAR PER DAT Is Sow the Way the Kansas Melons Reach Boston by the Fargo Ex press Line. Kansas leads the world in wheat and Corn, butter, cheese, milk and egg3 and a good many other things, so it is not Etr&nge that Kansas musk melons should go into the Boston market, rated superior to the famed products of Rooky Ford And other western places of production. Musk melons grown at Morehead, a email town in Kansas, near Independence, have penetrated the Boston markets and the rating given them is very high. The melons, according to reports received by the shippers, are superior in flavor and quality to the products of the regions more celebrated in this line than Kansas. The reputation which the Kansas melon established in Boston is making money lor the Kansas growers. The "Wells-Fargo Express company is promoting the enterprise of growing these melons and 1U0 acres of line land at More bead are devoted to the melon. The crop is now being gathered and chipped at the rate of one car load per day. A letter to a Topeka man who is inter ested in the business contains the follow ing: "The Kansas melons which are now reaching our markets in the refrigerator cars of the Fargo Express company, at the rate of one car per day are in great demand. "The distance for the shipment may make some difference, but the Kansas melons reach us in more prime condition than those of the country farther west. There is no more popular melon on the market in Boston today than the Kansas product. We have many customers who pronounce it superior to the Colorado pro duct for two reasons. 'First The meat of the Kansas melon eeems liner and does not have the granu lated appearance of other products which we have handled. 'Second, and in fact the principal rea pon in my opinion, for the popularity of the Kansas melon is the excellent flavor. It is decidedly aromatic and also lus cious." Another man, interested also in the Kansas melon writes as follows: "If we could have the Kansas melons all the time the products of other states would be a drug on the market. The Kansas product is superior to any we liave ever handled." BECKLEY'S CONFEDERATE. Crawford Anderson's Conduct Causes "Arrest at Carbondale. Carbondale. Kan., July 25. Crawford Anderson, who claims Reserve, Kan., as tiis home, was arrested here yesterday on suspicion of being a confederate of Chas. Beckley, an account "of whose crooked iiess was given in yesterday's State Journal. Yesterday forenoon Anderson went to W. A. Sproat's livery stable and endeav ored to hire a team to drive a few miles in the country. Mr. Sproat refused to allow the rig to go out unless accompa nied by a driver. Anderson objected to this arrangement and went to the Santa Fe depot. Several citizens with whom he Jiad conversed during the morning had leen comparing notes and found that lAnderson had told conflicting stories concerning himself and his previous thereabouts. Marshal Davis and Mayor 3VIcCohn followed Anderson to the depot and began to question him, and the an swers they received served only to con vince them that the stranger was a good cubject for investigation. They placed Mm under arrest and put him in jail. When being search Anderson was ask ed if he carried a gun, to which he an swered "No." A minute later a 38 calibre Smith Wesson loaded revolver was found, the point being in his shoe and the butt tied to his leg with a handker chief. A supply of cartridges was found In his pockets. His pocketbook contained 961. In a note book found on Anderson's jjerson is a formula for changing the color of horses by the use of acids. In the same notebook was written a minute description of the route from Carbon dale to the Foster farm, Beckley's head Quarters. On an old envelope taken from his pocket was the reauest to "re turn to lock box 63, Carbondale. Kan." L.ock box 63 has been Beckley's postoffice address since living in this vicinity. He denied any knowledge of Beckley, and claimed that he wanted the livery rig to drive out to Mr. Spencer's place, who he claimed lives near the Foster farm. No one by the name of Spencer lives in that neighborhood. Deputy Sheriff Brady, who happened to be In Carbondale on other business, took the prisoner to Lyndon, where he was placed in the county jail to await further investigation. SHIFTED TO DEMOCRATS. J. G. Johnson's Endorsement of Com promise Fails to Stop Complaints. By Associated Press. Fort Scott, Kan., July 23. The fusion controversy in the Populist and Demo cratic state conventions, in session here, was today shifted from the Populist to the Democratic convention by the agree ment of the conference committees to trade the Democrats the office of attorney greneral for that of associate Justice, to enable the Populists to nominate David 3ilartin for the latter office. The confer ence committees met last night in the room of J. G. Johnson, vice chairman of the Demoerutic national executive com mittee, and were in session for eight flours. At Democratic headquarters this morn ing the announcement of their conclu sions was received with pronounced dis favor, many of the leaders declaring the convention would no consent to thateur render, even though it had been endorsed by Mr. Johnson. Troops Return From Cuba. New York, July 25. The United States transport Rawlins arrived today from Havana, Matanzas and Santiago with thirteen officers and 386 men of the Fif teenth infantry. The battalion is under the command of Major J. c. Chance. CASTOR I A For Infants and Children. Th8 Kind Yea Have Always Bccght Bears the Signature f FROM CONGER. tContinued from the First Page. spirit until daylight, when it became very rapid and active, and, it is re ported, very disastrous to the Chinese. About 4:30 a shell entered the maga zine of the Guilak, blowing her up, causing her to take water and burning 47 men more or less severely. She got over an awning (as a collision mat) and after a few hours' work was floating at her normal height. At about 5 a, in., the gunboats having silenced the northwest fort, a landing force charged and occupied it, where hoisting the flag a few casualties oc curred, notably the captain of the Japa nese landing party and one English sail or killed and several wounded. The Chi nese then abandoned the north fort, which is joined to northwest fort by a protected passage. After about two hours more the south forts were taken, after the explosion of the magazine. Most of the occupants fled, but were not pursued. Some 30 or 40 were found hid ing in parts of the fort. The various na tions participating their flags on the various flag staffs. The forts being of thick mud and grass adobe, were but little damaged by the gun fire, although they received a host of projectiles. The guns and gun shields as a rule were not damaged. Two or three of the modem guns were disabled. The dead Chinese were not counted, but it is estimated by eye witnesses that some 2oO dead were left in the fort. The loss on the side of the allied forces was, as nearly as possible as follows: Algerine One officer badly injured; eight men wounded. litis Captain badly injured; three or four men killed; six or eight wounded. Kornetz Two officers badly wounded; eight men dead; twelve wounded. Guilak One officer badly wounded; eight men killed; ten wounded; forty seven burned by explosion of "powder room." Lion One man killed; one badly wounded. Other vessels engaged. Injuries of mi nor importance. The above account gleaned from con versations with officers but may con tain minor inaccuracies. During the engagement guns were turned on the Monocacy which was out of the line of fire. She was struck (no casualties) and was forced to withdraw up the river. Very respectfully, LOUIS KEMPFF, Rear Admiral U. S. N. The Secretary of the Navy, Washing ton, D. C. LI REMAINS AT SHANGHAI. Washington, July 25. The state de pat tment has received a cable dispatch from Consul General Goodnow, but it is stated that it contains nothing to clear up the situation at Pekin. Mr. Goodnow says that Li Hung Chang will remain in Shanghai for the present, and will conduct his negotiations from that city. There is an intimation that Earl Li is detained at the request of the foreign officials, although this was not so stated by Acting Secretary Hill. No information has been received from the Chinese legation or Chinese government in response to President McKinley's reply to the emperor. No answer has yet been received from the second dispatch sent to Minister Con ger through Minister Wu, but it is stated that when a reply is received it will probably set at rest all doubts as to its authenticity. AN ADVANCE MOVEMENT POST PONED. (Copyright, 1900. the Associated Press.) Tien Tsin, Wednesday, July 11, via Shanghai, Tuesday, July 24. The allies today sustained 100 casualties in re pelling an early morning attack on the railway station across the river from the foreign settlement. A regiment of Japanese, a battalion of French from Tonquin and the Hong Kong Sikhs par ticipated in the fighting. The allies had planned a general movement against the Chinese position, and a contingent of the Ninth United States infantry landed at midnight, prepared to ad vance. The movement was prepared, however, after a part of the troops had started, on account of the difficulties encountered in crossing the canals. The Chinese apparently had teen in formed of the plan and had gathered a large force opposite the station. These opened with rifles and field guns and the foreigners advancing were met by a severe infantry fire, the Chinese creeping close to the station behind the cover of the tombs. The fighting be gan at 3 o'clock and lasted four hours, becoming a hand to hand conflict. The Japanese company leading the charge lost all of its officers. Five Japanese and six Frenchmen were killed and three Sikhs were killed and six wound ed. Two British guns mounted at the lower end of the settlement bombarded the Chinese positions with lyddite, firing at the pagodas on the wall of the native city. Two more guns are being mounted. There is great need of more heavy guns to displace the Chi nese artillery. Plenty" of light batteries are arriving. A British officer who was in Lady smith throughout its siege by the Boers says the severity and accuracy of the Chinese shelling the past week exceed ed that of the Boer bombardment of Ladysmith. 1 The heat is intense. LONDON WEAKENS. London, July 25 The tone of the Eur opean press with regard to the message dated July 4. received here yesterday from the British minister at Petan, Sir Claude MacDonald.continues pessimistic and the endless and extraordinary suc cession of Chinese dispatches purporting to describe the situation at Pekin only serves to bewilder. However the earlier unquestioning belief that a massacre took place has to some extent been sha ken and it is now admitted, despite the lieavy load of evidence supporting the reports of the massacre, that Sir Claude MacDonald's letter disposed of the first story alleging that the crime occurred June 30, so Minister Conger's dispatch and other stories reporting the lega tions safe July 10, 14 and 18 give some ground for assuming the possibility that the second reports were also unfounded. Another version of the story which reached General Li, commanding the Pei Tang forts, by a runner from Pekin was brought to him yesterday. The report of anaichy in the Chinese capital which General Li communicated to the British officer commanding at Tong Ku, says the British legation was being bombarded when the messenger left Pekin, July 14. Prince Ching, this report says, was as sisting1 the ministers and his palace was protected by 10,000 Chinese troops. Prince Ching, according to this report considered himself able to cope with the situation. According to a dispatch from Che Foo received here today. Admiral Seymour has started for the Tang Tse river to ar range for the protection of the local ports which are threatened with attack. The Austrian warships Kaiserin Eliz abeth and Aspern have sailed for China. There is some fear in London that the Russian claim to control of the railway from Taku to Pekin will delay the pro posed advance of the allies to Pekin. It is thought that this claim is in pursu ance of Russia's alleged plan to prevent avy power but herself from proceeding to Pekin in sufficient force to be effec tive and to procure for herself sole oc cupation, either as conqueror or peace maker. Special dispatches received here today from Berlin counteract the replies of President McKinley and the German minister of foreign affairs. Count Von Buelow to the Chinese emperor's appeal, from, the standpoint obtaining at Berlin that the object of all Chinese assurances is to gain time for military preparations and undermine the unity of the powers. The Morning Post's Berlin correspond ent asserts that the attitude of the Uni ted States government is regarded as a decided triumph for Chinese diplomacy, w hile the Daily News says that the at titude of the Washington authorities is regarded in Berlin as a regrettable er ror. Similarly the London afternoon pa pers regret that the "president of the United States has taken a line that can not possibly fail to encourage the Chi nese to further duplicity." ALIVE JULY 22. Washington, July 25. The state de partment has received a cablegram from Consul McWade at Canton saying that Viceroy Tak gives assurances that all the foreign envoys at Pekin were alive and well on Julv 22. LATEST AUTHENTIC MESSAGE. Washington, July 25. The message from Minister Conger which came over the wires from Captain Thomas this morning was the first communication of unquestionable authority which has been received from the American min ister at Pekin since his urgent appeal for help of June 12. It establishes clearly the fact that the American minister and probably the other lega tioneers were alive on July 4, though in sore straits. Therefore it completely and finally disposes of the first stories that were published from Shanghai of the massacre of June 27. It is true that it does not in itseif negative the subsequent reports of the massacre on July 6, two days later than the day of the dispatch, but the officials here feel that there is quite as much reason to believe that the second re port was false as in the case of the first report, now shown to have been erro neous. 3.000 AMERICANS AT TAKU. Shanghai, Tuesday, July 24. Three thousand American troops have ar rived at Taku as well as eight trans ports filled with British troops. Both detachments are deficient in artillery. A cable steamer has started to lay a cable from Wei Hai Wei to Che Foo' and Taku. ENGLAND'S POSITION. London, July 25. The British pre mier and minister of foreign affairs. Lord Salisbury, today notified the United States ambassador here, Mr. Joseph H. Choate, that it was impos sible to accept the evidence so far sub mitted by the United States regarding mitted by the United States ergarding the safety of the foreign ministers at Pekin, and that until their safety was thoroughly established the British gov ernment would be unable to discuss any question of mediation or kindred matters. EIGHTY RUSSIANS KILLED. Yokohama, Tuesday, July 24. Tele grams from Seoul and Chemulpo, under the date of yesterday report from Rus sian sources that 80 Russians have been killed by Chinese at An Tong, 20 escap ing across the Yalu river to Jiju. According to another account, GO Rus sians who had been defeated by Chi nese, arrived at Jiju Sunday en route from Port Arthur to Pyong Yang. Rus sian officials have left Seoul for Pyong Yang. Japanese correspondents accuse the Russians of brutal inhumanity in the fight at Tien Tsin. The newspapers here are advocating an understanding with Russia, permitting the dispatch of Japanese troops to Corea in case the dis turbances spread from Manchuria there. BACKED BY GOMPERS. American Federation Will Help St. Louis Strikers. St. Louis, July 25. President Gompers of the American Federation of Labor, who has been here investigating the strike of employes on the St. Louis Transit company, has left here for Chi cago. W. D. Mahon, president of the Amalgamated association of street rail way employes of America, said that be fore leaving here Mr. Gompers endorsed the strike and said that the movement would have the support of the American Federation of Labor. According to Mr. Mahon, President Gompers fully sympa thizes with the men in their resumption of the strike on July 9, and adds that he declared that he would not have agreed to the terms of settlement of July 2 by which the strike was temporarily declar ed off. DROVE TO MASSILLON. President and Mrs. McKinley Take Luncheon 'With. Friends. Canton, O., July 25. President and Mrs. McKinley drove to Massillon today to be the guests at lunch of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Steese. The Ohio officials have been advised that a call on Saturday will be agreeable to the president. This dis pels the rumor that he will (return to Washington at short notice. AMERICAN CYCLISTS Who "Will Compete in Paris Contests Sail for Europe. New York, July 25. The American cycilists who are to take part in the in ternational cycling contests at Paris next month, sailed today on the Ameri can line steamship St. Louis. In the party are Tom Cooper, of Detroit; Floyd A. McFarland, San Jose, Cal., and O. I. Stevens, of Ottumwa, la., who comprise the "professionals," John Lake, of Port Richmond, S. I., champion amateur; "Doe" Morrow, trainer, and R. A. Moon ey. manager. The present programme is that after competing at the exposition they will go to Germany, Italy and other places favorable to racing. They will sail through the Suez canal to Austria, ar riving there tbout the last of February. They will return to this country by way of San Francisco. Indians Start Forest Fires. Kalispell, Mont., July 25. One of the worst forest fires ever known in north western Montana is now raging in the Swan Lake country on the western part of the Lewis and Clarke forest reserve. Gus Mosler, superintendent of the re serve, reports that the Indians deliber ately set fire to the timber and are slaughtering the game. eH will pro ceed against the perpetrators. Within the space of thirty miles up and down the river, he says, there are over thirty fires now burning fiercely, including the finest white pine and cedar on the re serve, and that it is almost impossible to estimate the damage. As fast as one fire is extinguished another is set and his rangers are almost worn out. New Fast Train to Chicago via the Santa Fe. Leaves Topeka at 3:00 p. m., and ar rives in Chicago at 7:40 a. m. This train carries free chair cars and Standard Tourist Sleepers to Chicago. In addi tion there is No. 6 leaving Topeka at 4:40 p. m., arriving Chicago at 9:30 a. m. These trains make all eastern connec tions, also those for the Aiichigan and Northern Lake resorts. 3 L. KING, Agent, Topeka, Kan. MARTIN AND BREIDENTHAL (Continued from First Page. of the God-given right to equal opportun ity before the law; that creed of which the Farmers' Alliance was the natural outgrowth, and of which in turn produced the splendid fruit of Populism. "When to be a Greenbacker or a Union Laborite was to suffer the anathemas of corporate greed, and when to be an advo cate of industrial freedom was to invite obloquy and derision, our candidate was always found in the front rank, bearing aloft that banner on which was inscribed 'Equal Rights to All, Special Privileges to None!' "Although preferring to be a private in the ranks, his political associates- have ever been prompt to discov!' his capacity for leadership; and in IsSl'he was nom inated and made the racer for lieutenant governor on the ticket bearing the name of Benj. F. Butler for president. "For several years he was chairman of the state central committee of the Union Labor party. He was present at the birth, and acted as one of the sponsors at -the christening of the Populist party, and for six successive years was chairman of its state central committee. The Populists of Kansas have learned to look to him for counsel and advice, even as the native sunflower turns its face to the orb of day for that light and vitality necessary for its complete unfoldment. "The Kansas state banking law, the product ot his genius, andr lHBKeiy tne re sult of his labors is pronounced, even by his political adversaries, ,at)d by the man agers of the great financial institutions of the country to be the best state bank ing system in existence; and his intelli gent and businesslike administration as bank commissioner has not onV reduced to the minimum losses to depositors and stockholders, occasioned by the acts of dishonest, incapable or careless bank offi cials, but has won for him the respect and confidence of all with whom he has had official business relations. "You have adopted a platform expres sive of the hopes and aspirations of the great common people of our state and na tion; and the nomination of our candi date, will emphasize the sincerity of your declarations. "While there are many Populists who would grace the office of chief executive of our state, men who are entitled to great distinction and consideration at the hands of our paity, you will, I know, par don me for appropriating, in this conven tion, these words once spoken by our great national leader: "It is' no reproach to the stars, faithful sentinels of the night, that every morning a sun arises in whose greater brilliancy their lesser light is lost." It was only in response to the urgent and persistent demand of numer ous members of the parties comprising the so-called allied forces in Kansas, men whose past services, and thorough knowl edge of existing political conditions, quali fied them to speak advisedly as to his duty in the premises, that our candidate consented to the use of his name in con nection with this high office, and when he declined to adopt measures calculated to make certain his nomination, measures perfectly legitimate, in and of themselves, and such as are usually employed by those seeking political preferment he be came so prominent a character in public esteem, the demand for his nomination became so universal, as to over-shadow the claims of all other candidates. "He has already been nominated by the people of Kansas, and it now remains for you to ratify their choice, and give them an opportunity to elect him, and thus evidence your de-otion to the principles of the initiative and referendum. "It has been said that no one can com mand success in a political contest; but let me say that when the triune forces in Kansas shall have given to our match less chieftain who has been thrice nomin ated for the presidency, a running mate for governor in the ierson of him whom I shall name, they will have done all that human endeavor can accomplish to en title them to the confidence and support of a virtuous people. "He has ever been proud of Kansas; nrnud of the record she has made for freedom, for equal rights, for broad and oenign government, anu ne ueiieves inui her pre-sentprogress is but a promise of still greater victories yet to come, when larger and broader views of citizenship shall prevail. He has at all times de fended her, her people, and her institu tions from open attacks by foes from without, and from the invidious misrepre sentations by the recipients of her favor and partiality from within. "Having the physical and the mental strength equal to any emergency which may arise: a steadfast reputation for honesty and integrity which excites not onlv the wonder, but also the contempt of political demagogues, tricksters and bood lers, he will be a chief executive of whom every loval Kansas man will be proud: and his faithful discharge of official duties will reflect credit upon the state which will have so signally honored him. And now Mr. Chairman, I perform the proud est act of my life as I place in nomina tion for governor, the candidate of iy heart's desire, the expressed choice of the Populists of my county and the nominee of the people of the state, John W. Breidenthal." PIONEER KANSAS LAWYER. David Martin's Varied Experience in Political Parties. Judge David Martin Is one of the pioneer lawyers of Kansas and has long been identified with the courts in an official capacity. His first office as judge was in the district composed of Atchison, Brown, Doniphan and Nemaha counties, being first elected in ISsO. There was no opposition and no votes were recorded against him. Four years later he was re elected and there was but one vote against him, it being recorded in the of ficial returns as "scattering." During his last term as judge Mr. Mar tin rendered a decision, in 1S85, in which he held that the prohibitory law of Kan sas, not long prior to that time enacted, was constitutional. Soon after that upon application of S. B. Bradford, attorney general. Judge Martin granted an injunc tion against Atchison jointists and the saloons were closed. The decision in the case where the va lidity of the prohibitory law was involved, was afterwards affirmed by the supreme court. Judge Martin was appointed by Gover nor Morrill to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Albert H. Horton, chief justice of the supreme court. Judge Mar tin was then practically unknown to the politicians and they made a great fuss about the appointment, but Governor Morrill silenced them by saying: "I want ed a good lawyer and I think I've got what I want." There was no opposition to Martin' appointment, because it was made before the politicians knew there was a vacancy and Judge Horton who resigned helped set the pins for the appointment of Mar tin. Judge Martin's term as chief justice ex pired in 1S97. He was presented to the Republican convention in 1S96 as a candi date, but the railroad influence which op posed him in Fort Scott, defeated him in the Republican convention. Judge Martin has also, following the St. Louis national convention expressed the opinion that the Republican party had deserted some of its old members and he remained steadfast to the silver cause. This operated against him in the Republican convention and T. F. Garver, of Saiina, was named. He was defeated by Judge Doster. In 1SS8 when Martin's position on the silver question was well known, the Sil ver Republicans and some of the Popu lists urged his nomination for associate justice by the Populist state convention. But. at the last moment, he refused to consent to the presentation of his name and Jusice S. H. Allen was renominated, but he was defeated by Justice W. R. Smith, of Atchison. If Martin should be elected Atchison county will furnish two members of the supreme court. As a matter of fact, since the state has been organized, there has been practically no time when Atchison- county did not have one justice on the supreme court bench. Judge Martin's position on the silver question first attracted the attention of the Populists and later some of his deci sions appealed to their sense of justice. C3 Bears the Signature of 3 r Z 3T -A. The Kind Yoa riava Always Boogft SUMMER GRAND OPERA. Italian Soloists to Give a Concert in Connection "With Marshall's Band. Arrangements have been practically completed for the appearance here of Signor Badaracco ana jvime. jsaraucci, former members of the Lambardi Italian Grand Opera company,. who are now at tracting much attention at Fairtnount Park, Kansas City. It is proposed to put on portions or "tjavaiiena tusti cana" and "II Trovatore" in connection with Marshall's band at Garfield park. Signor Badaracco and Mme. Barducci were heard here last winter in "II Tro vatore. The former has signed with the Theater National at the City of Mexico, and will leave shortly for Milan, Italy, to study Puccini's "La Tosca" and other new operas. He will then return to Mexico. Mme. Barducci will leave in a few weeks for San Francisoc to sing in the Tivoli Opera HdUse there. The appearance of the two Italian singers would prove a pleasing diversion from the regular band concert pro gramme of the summer, and would un doubtedly be appreciated by Topeka peo ple. They will likely be here during the week of August 5. THREE WOfflEM- DEAD. Six Persons Injured by Explo sion in Celluloid Collar Factory. Chicago, July 25. Shortly before noon today an explosion occurred in the chemical department of the Windsor Celluloid Collar company, on the fourth floor of 125 Dearborn street, setting fire to the building and resulting in the death of three women, the fatal in jury of another, and minor injuries to five other persons. The property loss is estimated at $3,000, partially insured. Dead: MRS. ELLEN MCLAUGHLIN. TWO UNKNOWN GIRLS. Injured: I Grace Peterson, fatally. Viola Ritter. Unknown man, cut by falling glass. Two unknown women, cut by falling glass. There were 25 girls working in the Windsor Collar company's works when without a moment's warning a terrific explosion occurred blowing the glass of the front windows clear across Dear born street. A sheet of flame followed instantly, and the terror stricken girls, with their clothing licked by the flames, crawled through the windows to the fifteen-inch coping running along the front of the building. The coping extended 80 feet to the Lichstern Tailoring company building, the windows of which were thronged with men shouting encouragement to the terrified girls. As fast as they reached the Lichstern windows the girls were drawn into safety. Just as Mrs. McLaughlin was about to be drawn through the window the girl be hind her, in her haste, pushed Mrs. McLaughlin, who lost her balance and fell to the ground, dying instantly. The two unknown dead girls jumped from rear windows. One was picked up dead and the other died at the hospital. FROM BUENOS AIRES. General Manager and Chief Engineer of Argentine Railroad Here. Mr. J. V. Cilly and Mr. M. P. Hughes, of Buenos Ayres, Argentine Republc, are in Topeka today. Mr. Cilly is general manager and Mr. Hughes chief engineer of one of the government roads having headquarters in Buenos Ayres, and their visit to the United States will probably result in revolutionizing railroading in Ar gentine. Mr. Cilly and Mr. Hughes are both na tives of South America, and this is their first tour of the United States. They are in this country for the express purpose of studying the methods of American rail roads, with a view of introducing similar methods in the Argentine republic. They have spent some time in the east, and are now on their way to the Pacific coast. The two officials visited the Santa Fe shops, in this citv, and were astonished at what they found there. They were par ticularly impressed by the demonstration of time and labor saved by the use of compressed air. BRY AN IN NEW YORK. Will Make Six Speeches in the Em pire State in October. New Tork, July 25. The announce ment was made at Democratic state headquarters that Mr. Bryan will visit New York state after October 1, making six speeches in as many different cities. He will talk in New Tork city, Brook lyn, Syracuse, Buffalo, Rochester, and Utica. The details of the meetings in this city and Brooklyn will be made beT fore he reaches the east, for which part of the country he will leave Lincoln Oc tober 1. Chairman Jones of the Democratic na tional committee will come to the east after Mr. Bryan has been notified of his nomination. It was said that an east ern branch of the national headquarters will probably be established in this city. BURLINGTON ROUTE. New Through Train to Portland and Puget Sound. "The Burlington-NorthernPaciflc Ex press," a new daily through train from Grand Island for Northwest Ne braska, Black Hills, Wyoming, Mon tana, Washington, Tacoma, Seattle, Puget Sound and Portland, Oregon, via Billings, Montana the short line and time saver to the Upper Northwest. To Central Montana in 34 hours; to the Puget Sound in 61 hours from the Mis souri river. Through coaches and chair cars, through tourist sleepers, through dining car service and standard sleep ers. This is the main traveled road Mis souri river to the Northwest. Number 15, Kaasas City and St. Joseph to Nebraska, Denver, Colorado, Utah, Pacific Coast and the Northwest, Montana, Washington, Oregon, via Lin coln and Billings. Weekly California excursions. Number 23, "Nebraska-Colorado Ex press," from Hastings for Nebraska, Colorado, Uatah, and Pacific Coast. To the Etist: Chicago and St. Louis, greatly improved trains in time and equipment. To the North: Best trains daily to Omaha, St. Paul, Minneapolis and the Lake region. J. C. B RAM HALL, T. P. A., 823 Main St., Kansas City, Mo. L. W. WAKELEY. Gen'l Passenger Agent, St. Louis.. Mo. HOWARD ELLIOTT. Gen'l Manager. St. Joseph, Ma If you can't get along with people, keep out of their way; let them alone. If you roast your enemy, he will roapt back; two people engaged in roasting each other, is a foolish piece of business that greatly tires the community. 'Women love a clear, ne-aitby complex ion. Pure blood makes i;. Burdock Blood Bitters makes pure blood. Old Papers for Sale. During this week old papers will be sold for a cents per hundred at this of TODAY'S MARKET REPORT. Chicago, July 25. WHEAT Weakness was still the prominent point in wheat when the market opened today, although a little deceit at the outset momentarily hid the true condition of affairs. Septem ber opened gc over yesterday at 75c to 75c, because scalpers did a little buy ing in hope of a rally following the re cent slump. There was no support forth coming, however. The outside demand was still slack and longs continued to liquidate, and the decline brought out stop loss orders which helped the slump along. September dropped to 74e. and then on covering by shorts the market reacted to 75c. Receipts here were 189 cars, 34 of contract grade. Minneapolis and Duluth reported 251 cars against 181 last week and 3S5 a year ago. A renewaUof the cash demand came to the support of futures late in the session and September rallied to 7574c and closed firm, tfic over yesterday at 75 e. The cash business was reported at 400,000 bushels, most of it hard Kansas. CORN Corn also suffered a further de cline, longs liquidating on the abundant rains and prospects of a big crop, while scalpers sold on weak cables. September opened a shade down at 38'fT'-c and de clined to 37c, where the market stead ied. Trade was quiet. Receipts here numbered 298 cars. Shipping houses were the best buyers. The market recovered some later in sympathy with wheat and closed steady, September c lower at 37c. OATS Oats were dull and easier with wheat and corn. There was no feature to the early trade. September opened unchanged at 23c and dropped to 22c, where the market met sufficient support to steadv it. Receipts were 16 cars. PROVISIONS The provisions market was easier in sympathy with corn, trade being quiet. Hogs were lower at the yards and this had a deDressine effect. September pork opened 2 to 7c under yesteraay at ii.tsa to jii.au, and declined to $11.70; September lard began 2c down at $6.75, easing to $6.70'&6.72, and Septem ber ribs 2fS5c depressed at $ti.90&6.92, dropping to $6.S7. FLAX Cash: $1.60; August, S1.47; Sep tember, $1.38; October, $1.31(61.32. RYE-Tuly, 51c; September, 5253a BARLEY SS4tic. TIMOTHY September, $3.40: October, $3.25. Chicasro Livestock Market. Chicago, July 24. CATTLE Receipts, 15.500. including 700 Texans. Generally steady to strong. Good to prime steers, f5.1oraS.5; poor to medium, $4.65g5.10: stockers and feeders, $3.OO!'a4.70; cows, fj00 B4.50; heifers. SS.OCKSo.OO; canners, $2.00x) 2.S0; bulls, $2.75'S4.BU; calves, J4.50Co6.5o: Texas fed steers, $4.35(55.15: Texas'"rrass steers. $3.404.25; Texas bulls, tZMrnSM; HOGS Receipts today, 24,000; tomourow, 20,000: left over, 2,597; average, 5c lower; top, $5.40; mixed and butchers', $5.10((5-30; good to choice heavy, $5.15i5.40; roTigh heavy, $4.95S5.10; light, $5.1505.40; bulk of sales, S5.20&5.35. SHEEP Receipts. 11,000; lambs strong. Good to choice wethers, $4.10ri4.40; fair to choice mixed, $3.004.00; western sheep, $4.00i4.40: Texas sheep, $3.0lrS4.00; native lambs, J4.00-5.50; western Iambs, $5,00(8 5.60. Official yesterday: Cattle Receipts, 4,596; shipments, 1.812. Hogs Receipts, 10,905; shipments, 2,586. Sheep Receipts, 13,825; shipments, 1,290. Kansas City Livestock Market. Kansas City, Mo., July 25. CATTLE Receipts. 9.000; market steady; native steers, J4.25fti6.50; Texas steers, $2,4545.35; Texas cows, J2.25z3.05: native cows and heifers, $1.20lu4.85; stockers and feeders, J2.90ffr4.50; bulls, $2.75Ccl3.75. HOGS Receipts, lu.000; market 57 cents lower. Bulk of sales, J5.15iQ5.221; heavy, S5.20W5.30; packers. $5.15''g5.27Ml mixed. $5.Wit5722; light, $4.50-55.22; york ers. $5.15'&I5.22U,; pigs, $4.3o$r5.20. SHEEP Receipts, 2.000; market steady. Lambs, $3,504(6.00; muttons, $3.25itf4.50. Kansas City Produce Market, Kansas Citv, Mo., Julv 25. WHEAT September, 6oe. Cash: No. 2 hard, 66 67c: No. 3, 63&4&c; No. 2 red, 70&72c; No. 3, 6Vi;70c. CORN September, 35Hc December, 3212& Cash: No. 2 mixed. 35&16c; No. 2 white, 3SViSVc: No. 3. 37c. OATS No. 2 white, 2614c RYE No. 2, 50c. HAY Choice timothy, $9.00; choice prairie, $7.00. BUTTER Creamery 1518c; fancy dairy 15c. EGGS Fresh, 9c Grain Letter. WHEAT Cables were d lower this morning and southwest receipts liberal. The market started off barely steady and when early buying orders were executed it started on the downward road catch ing stop loss orders on the way. It found support at 74c and turned again and after a quiet and listless market until about 12:30. started up at a rapid gait. closing up over a cent from the low quo tation and He above last night. We have had a hard break and It seems like taking a big risk to sell short at present prices. Sentiment is turning bearish and our experience in tiie past has been that under these circumstances it is nearly al ways right to take the opposite side trom the crowd. Northwest receipts were small and clearances light. There was a good lot of wneat worked tor export on ttie break. CORN Corn was weak again and sold off l14c below last night's close for Sep tember. It has transpired that the big fellows who were bulling the market loaaea up to tne guards wnen crop dam age begun and were playing for 50c a bushel, and would have gotten it had it not rained. That Sunday night rain took all the gimp out of the market and Mon day moaning following the whole world had some corn to sell. The big lines have been coming on the market steadily, but are now about liquidated and we believe the break is over. PROVISIONS Provisions were dull and featureless; 24.000 hogs in Chicago and markets 5c lower at the yards. Cattle market 5c higher; 25,000 hogs expected to morrow. Packers were the buyers of September pork. J. C. GOINGS. AN IDEAL CLIMATE. The first white man to set foot on Utah soil, Father Silvestre Velez de Escalante, who reached the GREAT SALT LAKE on the 23rd day of Sept., 1776, wrote in hia diary: "Here the cli mate is so delicious, the air so balmy, that it is a pleasure to breathe by day and by night." The climate of Utah is one of the richest endowments of nature. On the shores of the Great Salt Lake especially and for fifty miles therefrom in every direction the climate of climates is found. 'To enable persons to participate in these scenic and climatic attractions, and to reach the famous HEALTH, BATH ING AND PLEASURE RESORTS of Utah, the UNION PACIFIC has made a rate to OODEN and SALT LAKE CITY of one fare for the round trip, plus $2.00, from Missouri River, to be in effect June 21st, July 7th to 10th in clusive, July 18th, and Aug. 2d. Re turn limit Oct. 31, 1900. For full information, call on or ad dress, F. A. Lewis, City Ticket Agt., or J. C. Fulton, Depot Agent. MONEY TO LOAN. Monthly payments. Long or Short Time. Privilege to pay. Capitol Building and Loan Assoc, 'n 534 KAiidAa AVE. Topeka Markets Today. Topeka, July 23. CATTLE. COWS AND HEIFERS J2.60SS.25. HOGS. LIGHT $4.70'S'4.SO. MEDIUM AND HEAVY J4.7OS6.00. GRAIN. NO. 2 WHEAT 65ftc. NO. 2 CORN 35c NO. 2 OATS 22c. HAY 5. 00(55.50. PRODUCE. EGGS 9 cents. CHICKENS 6SSH cent. BUTTER 13c. Topeka Hide Market Topeka, July 25. Based on Chicago and Boston quota tions. The following are net price paid in Topeka this week: GREEN SALT CURED C NO. 1 TALLOW 3c. GREEN SALT HALF CURED ey.0. Market Gossip. Furnished by J. C. Goings. Commission Merchant. 112 East Fifth street, Topeka, Kan., receiver and shipper of grain. Market gossip ligrht, account imperfect wire service. Liverpool: Wheat, d lower; corn, lower. Duluth receipts: Wheat, today, 25 cars, against 156 last year. Bulletin: Government crop report says "Kansas early corn damaged by dry weather; late improving from recent rains." Omaha: Hogs. 12,000 5c lower. Chica-go receipts: Wheat, 183 cars; graded 34; com, 298 cars, graded 91; oats, 86 cars, graded 26. Chicago: SeptPmber wheat Puts, 743ic; calls, 76c September corn Puts, 36c: calls, 3150, good tomorrow. second Liverpool cable: Wheat, a lower and corn Id lower for the day. Closing Liverpool cable: Wheat, to Id lower; corn, IVgd lower for the day. Northwest receipts: Wheat Minneap olis. 226 cars against 229 a year ago. The four ports cleared 102,000 bushels wheat and flour (as wheat), and 278,000 bushels corn. Chicago: Estimated receipts for tomor row Wheat, 150 cars: corn, 250 cars; oats, 100 cars; hogs, 25,000 head. Kansas City receipts: Wheat, 243 cars; corn, 52 cars; oats, 6 cars. Last year Wheat, 54 cars; corn, 47 cars: oats, 2 cars. Chicago. July 25. BUTTER Firm; creameries. lSfulO'c: dairies, 141'C. EGGS Firm; fresh, UV4c New York Money Market. New York, July 25. MONEY Money on call nominally l1 per cent; prime mercan tile paper, 44 per cent. Sterling ex change steady at $4.87 for demand and at $4.&7'8'fr'4.!4 for stxtv davs; posted rates, $l.S4V.M.S5 and 4.SS4i4.SS; commercial bills. $4.S34.83ti. SILVER Silver certificates, 61W62c; bar silver, 60Vic; Mexican dollars, 48c BONDS Government bonds strong; re funding 2s, when issued, registered.-104!4: coupon, liM'4; 2s, registered, 100; 3s, regis tered, 109: coupon, 110: new 4s, regis tered, 132; coupon, 133; old 4s, regis tered, 115; coupon, 115; 6s, registered, 113(&U4; coupon, 114. Butter Market. New York, July 25. BUTTER Weak J creamery, 17's20c; current packed factory, 14&159ic. Sugar Market. New York, July 25. SUGAR Raw strong: fair refining, 4c; centrifugal, 94 test, 4c: molasses sugar, 4c. COFFEE Unsettled No. 1 Rio, a nominal. Cotton Market. New York. July 25. COTTON Spot cot ton dull; middling uplands, 10c; middling gulf, 103jjC Sales. 155 bales. Galveston, Texas, July 25. COTTON Quiet, 9c Missouri Weekly Crop Bulletin. Furnished by J. C. Goings, Commission Merchant, 112 East Fifth street. Topeka, Kan., receiver and shipper of grain. Rains in northern and western counties have been of incalculable benefit to the corn crop, coming just in time to save It from serious injury by drouth. In a few counties the crop is reported to have been shortened one length, one-third by tho dry weather, and there are few districts where drought prevails crop is suffering severely, but in most sections injury has been slight and the. crop now promises to be one of the largest ever raised. Consid erable early corn is in roasting ear. While the rains have been of great benefit to corn and pastures In some counties, par ticularly in the central and southern sec tions, they have greatly interfered with haying, threshing and stacking. In some localities much damage has been done to grain in shock and stack. Considerable hay has also been damaged. Fall plow ing is progressing well in some of the southern counties, while in others ground is wet. Range of Prices. Furnished by J. C. Goings, Commission Merchant, 112 East Fifth street, Topeka, Kan., receiver and shipper of grain. Chicago, July 25. Article. Open High Low Close Yes. WHEAT July 74i 74 73 74- 74 Aug. ...74- 74 73 74 744 Sept 75- 75 74 75- 75V4 CORN" July 38 38 37 38 Aug. 3s- 38- 37 377-4 3lv Sept 38-i 3SV4 37 37 38 OATS July 22 22 22 22 22 Aug. 22 22 22 22 22 Sept 23 23 22 23 23 POKK July 11 65 11 80 Sept ...11 90 11 90 11 72 11 77 11 92 LAUD July 6 70 6 72 Sept 6 85 6 85 6 75 6 75 6 77 Oct 6 80-85 6 85 6 75 77 6 SO RIBS July 6 87 6 92 Sept 6 90-92 6 92 6 87 6 90 6 95 Oct. 6 85-S7 e 90 KANSAS CITY: WHEAT- July St-pt CORN Sept Dec 04 W 64 66 35 32 64 64 66 65- W? 33 32 34- 35 31 32 35 Ranges of Prices on Stocks. Furnished by J. C. Goings, Commission Merchant, 112 East Fifth street, Topeka, Kan., receiver and shipper of grain. New York. July 25. 'op'n'HighlLow!ci'se Yes. I I I I 127 127 12R! 127 127 bil't 99 9HI j 99 9fii 98 90 97l 31 85 84 35i 34 65 57 65 I 6til 56 34 34 33 34l 34 126 126 12fV 126 l'J6 1"6 107 1U6HI l"6iK7 111 131 111 111 111 2ri 26 2r 26 I 26 69 69 69 6H 69 9" S0 89 9" 91 79 79 79 79j 50 50 60 60 50 72 75 72 75: 75 57 57 56 67 57 13" 1 128 12914. 130' 4 33 34 I 33 33 33 59 69 59 6 59 27 27 27 27 27 69 69 58 69 59 75 75 74 75 75 71 71 70 71 72 61 51 60 60 51 72 73 72 73 73 11 11 11 11 Stocks. I Sugar People's Gas Am. tobacco A. S. W Federal" Steel".! C, B. Q C, R. I. P... C, M. St. P.. Atchison com.. Atchison pfd Manhattan Western Union Mo. Pacific U. Pac. pfd U. Pac. com N. Y. Central.. So. Pac. pfd C. C. C C. O Reading pfd B. O T. C. I N. Pac. com..... L. N C. G. W. Telephone 273. J. C. GOINGS, Commission Merchant GRAIN AND PROVISIONS. Receiver and Shipper of Grain. 112 East Fifth Street. Leased private market and gossip wlr to Chicago. Always in the market for cash grain. Consignments of grain and correspondence solicited.

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TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 25, 1900. FORTIETH EDITION. toy Pnt a. copy in your grip yon will enjoy reading it on your vacation. THE STORY OF A COUNTRY TOWN By E. W. HOWE CH A3. DUDLEY WAENEB: "The boob is one of the small nnm ber of genoiae American books." "W. D. HOWEIX3, in Century: "A fiction which ia of the kind most characteristic of our time, and which no student of our time here after can safely ignore." MARK TWAIN: "When I read passages from it, Geo. W. Cable shouted, ""Superb! I like the Conntrv Town' so much that I am glad of an opportunity to say bo." SATURDAY REVIEW: "A remarkable book in all respects one of the most remarkable of Am erican books." EDINBURG REVIEW: "Western civilization in back conn trv districts has been well drawn by Edward .Eggleston, but with greater intensitv and reserved power by E. W. Howe in 'The Story of a Country Town.' In Papsr Cover, QCt AT KELUM'S, L Jb Postage 8 cents extra. Cloth bound, post paiJ, $1.35. A whMmas's tool ba.i 'n"t oomplwe without a' bottle of Dr. Thomas' Eclec tric oil. Heals cuts, bruises, stings, sprains. Monarch over pain. Big 4 Four "THE NEW YORK and BOSTON LIMITED," EASTEOL'ND. Daily. Lv. ST. LOUIS S.OO a. m. Ar. Terre Haute 12.36 p. m. Indianapolis 2.-5 p. m. Cleveland 9.5-5 p. m. Buffalo 4.00 a. m. Rochester 5.40 a. m. Syracuse 7.3-5 a. m. Ctica 8.53 a. m. Albanv 11.15 a.m. NEW "YORK 2.55 p.m. BOSTON 4.5-5 p. m. NEW MORNING TRAIN With Through Pullman Sleepers, ST. LOCIS TO NEW YORK. 5T. LOLIS TO BOSTON. Vestibuled 'oaehes. All meals served in Pining (.ars. Tins train receives a. 1 Simu la Connection as at. Louis from the West aiid southwest. C. W. Green, T. P. a.. Kansas City, Ma C. L. HlLLEAKY, A. G. F. A., at. Louis. Mo. E. 0. DeMOSS. L. SL PESWELL. DeMOSS PENWELL Funeral Directors and Embalmers. First-Class Service at reason able prices. 511 Quincy St., Topeka, Kan. Telephone 192. t Why suffer the F3.ngs of rhsumatism when 5 I KOHL'S l I RHEUMATIC I CURE gives quick relief and X permanent cure. All DrojjUts. Price $1.00. Old Paper for Sale. During this week old papers will be Bold for 5 cents per hundred at this of fice. Glorious Ken Comes from Dr. D. B r-prtre rf TTashtta, I. T. fi writes: E"ct-cB'' ters his cured Mrs. Brewer cf s-rorula "which cad caused her ereat su?--i:ig f.jr years. Terrible sores would br-ak out cn her head and face, and the best doc-ton- could eive her no help; but now Ver htaith is excellent." Electric Bitters i the best blood purifier known. It's the supreme remedy for eczema, tetter, sa.t rheum, ulcers, boils and running so-es It stimulates liver, kidneys and bwVis expels poisons, helps disestion. builds u- the atrengru. Only 5-) ets. Sold by Wa goner, druggist, 731 Kansas avenue. Guar anteed. STOHXA. &srs ths Eiaatxi of Bean tin af TOUtA. a i-zt m Haw BoagJJ MAYBURY A FAVORITE Detroit Mayor Leads in Race for Democratic Gubernatorial domination. Detroit, Mich., July 25. Accord ins to the assertions of Democratic leaders of Ions experience, the state convention of the party held today is the largest, in point of number of delegates pres ent, of any Michigan Democratic con vention since the civil war. A full rep resentation is 730 delegates. Those in their seats when the convention was called to order at noon were estimated to number nearly 700. Between 10 o'clock and noon repre sentatives of the twelve congressional districts held caucuses and selected m-mbers of convention committees. Ko features of strife deveoped in the caucuses, and none, of special Import ance had made its appearance when til? convention opened. Mayor Maybury, of Detroit, was still stror.giy in the lead for the nomination for governorship, although, the non appearance of the mayor, who is in Boston on a business trip, rather cast a damper on any outward enthusiasm for his candidacy. It has ben understood for some time past that May r Maybury would not beeume a candidate unless the nomina-ti-.-n is tendered with practical unanim ity. The other candidates are P. J. Cavanaugn. cf Pawpaw: Brad Hayes, of I.na: S. L- Lignail. of Fowlerviile, and Patrick Oilkey. of Kalamazoo. N) light was anticipated over the adoption of a platform. Thomas E. Barkworrh. of Jackson, who was a stray probability for chairman of the resolutions committee, prepared a draft which, it is understood, reaffirms the Kansas City platform, and in relation to state issues declares for equal taxa tion, and a more economical conduct of state affair?, and denounces alleged "thievery'" of various appointees under the present state administration. The convention was called to order by the chairrrvtn. of the state committee, D. J. Car-.pau. who after brief remarks called Alfred Lucking, law partner of Mayer Maybury, to preside as tempo rary chairman. Mr. Lui kit s made a lengthy but ex pressive speech, referring principally to the respective claims cf Republicans and Den-ocrats as ?et forth in this year's national platforms. He predicted that the campaien would not be so exciting as that of four years ago. ELKS HILL ENTERTAIN. Meeting Tonight to Arrange for Audi torium Celebration. Th Klks are planning to give a min strel show during the week of festivi ties occasioned by the opening of the Auditorium. Preparatory arrangements will be made at a meeting which -will be held this evening in the Commercial club rooms. Invitations have been sent out to a number of" home entertainers for the meeting tonight. It is the intention of the promoters of the plan to make this one of the best minstrel shows ever put on by Topeka talent. It has not bren definitely set tled how many persons will be on the statte. As many as may be induced to help will take part. A large chorus will be trained for the show. The Modoos will take a prominent part and assist in getting up the entertainment. The Kansas City Elks are preparing to give a megaphone minstrel show in that city July 31 to raise funds to help pay for the Kansas City convention hail. A committee will be chosen at the meeting tonight to go to Kansas City and confer with the Elks in that city with a view to getting some pointers which will be useful in producing the show in this city. MAN! WANT JOBS. Flood of Applications at Republican National Headquarter. Chicago. July 25. So many applica tions have been received at Republican national headquarters for positions of various kinds including messengers, la borers, writers, speakers, clerks and bandmasters that Secretary Perry S. Keath has requested the Associated Press to state that all applications for positions should be submitted to the committer in writing and should bear the endorsement of the national com mitteeman or the national executive committeeman of the state in which the applicant is located. Nearly all of the time of the members of the executive and officers at headquarters thus far has been consumed by personal calls of applicants for positions. Tours in the Rocky Mountains, The "Scenic Line of the World," the Denver Rio Grande railroad, offers to tourists in Colorado, Utah and New Mexico the choicest resorts, and to the trans-continental traveler the grandest scenery. Two setjarate and distinct routes through the Rocky Mountains, ail through -tickets availabe via either. The direct line to Cripple Creek, the greatest gohl camp on earth. Three trams daily, each way with through Pullman oalace and tourist sleeping cars between Chicago, Denver. San. Francisco and Los Angeles, and Den ver and Portland. The best line to T'tah. Idaho, Montana. Oregon and Wasa.-ngton via the "Ogden gateway." Dining cars (service a la carte) on all through trains. Write S. K. Hooper, O. P. i T. A.. Denver. Colo., for illus trated descriptive pamphlets. Notice. The oel-brated team, better known as the Kid Team." of Irwin lodge -HO. A. O. -U V, will give their first basket social Thursday evening. July 26. Ail brothers arid their wives and family and s w-eth-a,rts cordially invited. Bring baskets. Public auction of baskets by the well known auctioneer. Brother Deweese. Convention of Photographers. Milwaukee, Wts.. July 25. The dele gates to the National Photographers' association convention today listened to an able discussion by B. J. Falk n "The copyright Question of today." and a paper by prof. A. lirirfiths on- "Topics of interest and value to the photograph ic profession generally." A committee n nominations was named and reports of officers received. Buffalo and Detroit are in the lead for the next convention. The Best Remedy For Stomach and Bowel Troubles. "I have been in the drug business for twenty years and have soid most ail of the proprietary medicine of any note. Amorar the entire list I have never fourwd anything to equal Chamberlain's Colic. Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy for all stomach and bowel troubles," says O. W. Vakerield. cf Columbus. Ga. "This rem edy cured two severe eases of cholera morbus in my family and I have recom mended and sold hundred of bottles of it to my customers to their entire satisfac tion. It arTorda a quick and sure cure in a pleasant form." For sale by all Urug-giAts. BECKLEY ESCAPES. Shrewd Thief, "Wearing Handcuffs, at Large Again. Charles Beckley, who was arrested at Falls City, Neb., and taken to Osage City to answer to the charge of robbing several houses, escaped this morning from Sheriff M. G. Huffman of Osage City. No particulars of the escape are known except that at the time of his getting away Beckley was handcuffed. There is a gang that has been stealing and plun dering in that part of the state for some time and Beckley is suspected of being a member, if not the leader. Yesterday af ternoon Sheriff Cook arrested Kenneth Crozier on the charge of burglary. Cro sier is suspected of being a member of the gang. He was released on bond. Sheriff Cook brought him to the county jail in Topeka and today, after hearing of Beckley's escape, received word that the bondsmen of Crozier would come to Topeka and demand his release. Sheriff Cook will refuse to deliver him. "I don't propose to have him escape," said the sheriff. "I have him properly arrested on a warrant and I shall keep him to answer to the charges of burg lary made against him by people of this county. These fellows are suspected of being members of a regularly organized gang and that gang must be broken up." A searching party visited Beckley's place five miles west of Carbondale and found him absent. They f und property valued at $l,'.u0 on the premises, that had been stolen within a radius of 110 miles. In a cornfield near Beckley's house was. found an assortment of farm implements that would stock an imple ment house. Several buggies were under going rtpaii ting and change when he tuuk his sudden departure. A buggy would be so changed in a week that its owner could not recognize it. It would be repainted; the shafts exchanged for the tongue of another stolen liuegy and the manufacturer's name plate ex changed. Then it and a stolen team would be taken to northern Kansas and sold, and anything in the way of horses, cows or movable farm property there, would be stolen and sold about Topeka. There are it counts against Beckley for stolen property found on his place. JESTER'S SIDE Testimony of the Defense Be gins at the Noted Trial. St. Louis. July 25. A special to the Poet Dispatch from New London, Mo., says: The trial of Alexander Jester for murder was resumed today with W. W. Settle of Monroe county. Mo., on the stand. Mr. Settle testified for the state several days ago. The defense sub poenaed him for the purpose of contra dieting some of the state's witnesses who swore that it was during the morn ing that they saw Jester and Gates pass through Middle Grove. The witness said that in 1S71 when he was janitor at the Middle Grove church he cleaned up the building In the afternoon and he was going to the church when he met Gates and Jester. W. H. Ownsby of Salisbury, Randolph county, Mo., jailer at Paris in 1S71. when Jester was first arrested and placed in this jail, charged with the murder of Gates, was the next witness. The de fense used Ownsby to contradict the testimony of P. M. StracK of St. Louis, who swore last Saturday that he saw Jester and Gates near Sidney, Mo., and later that he saw Jester in the Paris jail and the prisoner told him that Gates had cut his own throat. W. W. Riley, an old citizen of Mon roe county, testified that he saw Jester and Gates pass through on the Middle Grove and Paris road one morning in 171. and that he rode horseback about thirty or forty miles behind them. The witness said he did not observe any blood in Hulen lane or on the road turn ing south or on any road. Pie did not see the other witnesses. Mr. Clark, Mr. Satterly and W. S. Shrewsbury, who swore they rode along this lane about the time Jester passed, with Gates. James McMorris. who lived on Reece creek, swore thathe saw the carcass of a cow going down the creek in the spring of 1S71 or 1S72. With this witness the defense is trying to account for the body Mr. Riley, for the state, swore he saw floating down this creek in 1S71. With W. L. Jarivs of Columbia, the defense is trying to account for the blcod found near Bee creek- He said: "My father owned a prairie farm near Centralia in 1S71. We were hauling rails from the wood west of Bee ranch to Prairie farm. My horse broke through the ice and cut his leg and after cross ing the bridge I stopped to examine the wound. It made quite a pool of blood in the snow where the horse stopped. The Gates searching party recalled the inci dent and asked about the blood at the time of the excitement over Gilbert Gates" disappearance." For burns. Injuries, piles and skin dis eases use DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve. It is the original. Counterfeits may be of fered. Cse only DeWitt's. At ail drug stores. REV. H. H. GEORGE, D.D., Famous National Reformer, Wishes to Have "Christ in the Constitution.'' J ,v J V x 2 H$ ?i iff 1 1 fill I III j !l3s? Imi lilt 5 ;ur:tli limit!!--1 !ill!Ij;s rn lntniJH till I i i l I I lis H JSf umn ill i if m:UnPimi 1 -v tip 1. 1. 1 Rev. H. H. George. D. D-. of Beaver Falls. Pa., field secretary of the Na tional Reform association, believes that a country of Christian institutions and Christian believers should acknowledge constitutionally the inspiration of Christianity that Christ should be recognized ia the Constitution. HID HIS GUNS. Witness Testifies That Powers Kept Them Concealed in His Office. Georgetown. Ky., July 25. A dozen or more witnesses who had been sum moned on behalf of the commonwealth in the trial o' Caleb Powers, charged with complicity In the shooting of Gov ernor Gotfbel. were excused today on motion of the prosecution. As the same thing ha occurred each morning this week the total list of witnesses for the prosecution has been reduced very ma-le-ially. Some of these excused were put on their recognizance to appear and testify In the cases of Toutsey and others, which are in the distance. This is the fifteenth day of the trial. The defense asked that Robert Noakes be recalled that they might ask him some questions on one point, but stated that they would recall him later for further cross-examination. The prose cution consented to it and Noakes was asked to fix the time of the several conversations he claimed to have- had with Caleb Powers at Frajikfort, Jan uary 25. McKinsie Todd, who was private sec retary to Governor Taylor, was the next witness called. Witness had seen Governor Taylor in conference with Powers, Culton, Finley and others fre quently. Saw Toutsey in the governor's office twice doing stenographic work. Witness did not know why Toutsey was doing this work as the governor had a stenographer of his own. Saw Caleb Powers and Toutsey to gether January 30. Later the same day witness saw Toutsey come into the governor's reception room carrying a gun. Toutsey took a position by a window and later went into the office of the secretary of state, where he knelt down by a window, out of which fee pointed the gun. Powers saw Tout sey. and asked witness to get him out of the room, and witness asked Tout sey what he was doing there with a gun. Toutsey said there was trouble at the legislative building. Witness told him the legislature had adjourned and asked Toutsey what he intended to do in case of the trouble. Toutsey said: "I don't intend to start trouble, but if it starts this building must be pro tected." Witness said Caleb Powers there joined in the conversation and told Toutsey it would never do for any one to shoot from that building. Tout sey had the window raised and the blind pulled down. Witness left the room, Toutsey and Powers remaining. On Monday following Powers saw Toutsey outside and he wanted admission to the office of the secretary of state. Powers said Toutsey acted so peculiar that he did not want him around, and asked witness to get away. On Saturday prior to the assassina tion witness saw three guns in the of fice of the secretary of state. Toutsey called attention of the witness to them by removing a plank under which they were concealed. Toutsey said: "Pow ers claims to be a brave man, but he hid bis gum" no, IE THIRSTY! Sheldon Drinking Fountain is Now in Place. The handsome bronze drinking: foun tain, the gift of Rev. Charles M. Shel don, was put in place near the transfer station today. The fountain is worthy the attention it is receiving and will prove a conspicuous monument to the generosity of the do nor. FLAMBEAUX FIGHT. Question of Rough Rider Brigade to Be Settled. The question of Rough Rider uni forms will be fought out at the meeting of the Republican flambeau club to night. The membership is divided on the pro position. Oscar Swayze will lead the antts and have a large following. Swayze says that the meeting has not been offi cially called and that point may be brought up to force a postponement. To day Swayze has been studying Reed's rules and will go on the floor ready to spring parlimentary law if necessary. At the meeting pictures of McKinley, Roosevelt, Stanley and Curtis will be "unveiled." The pictures are 4 by 5 feet and are the work of M. H. Ghent. Suggestions For Summer Vacations. A booklet quoting rates to principal resorts in Colorado. Utah, Iowa, Illi nois. Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, New Tork, New England and Canada. Free. Indispensable to those who have not yet decided where to spend their va cation. T. L. KING. Agent, Santa Fe Route, Topeka. Kan. v n era m MISCELLANEOUS IDS. WANTED SITUATIONS. WANTED A placa as housekeeper in widower's family, or will care for the sick. Address A B., Journal office. WANTED Position as housekeeper by young widow. Address Z. B. M., Gospel Mission, 2XZ Kansas ave., Topeka, Kan. WANTED A place as housekeeper. Call or address Gospel Mission. ZX1 North Kansas ave., Topeka, Kaa. WANT E X M AXJS HELP. WANTED All-round printer with J2S0. Country weekly proposition. Address X-. State Journal office. WANTED Men to learn barber trade: only 8 weeks required. Special offer of board, tools, transportation and scholar ship continued until August on account it demand for our graduates. Splendid chance for applicants from distance. Cat alogue mailed free. Aloler Barber College, St. Louis. Mo. WANTED FEMALE HELP. WANTED Middle-aged white woman for light housework. 623 Topeka ave. WANTED Experienced Swede or Ger man girl, to do general housework. 401 Tyler street. WANTEDAGENTS WANTED Woman or man in every town, to collect names, $5.00 per M0. H. B. Robinson Mfg. Co., Chicago, 111. 12.500 CAN BE MADE during next six months by hustling agents handling our white and fancy rubber collars, cuffs, bosoms and neckties. Patented and guar anteed goods. Enclose stamp for special plan. M. M. Mfg. Co., Sprintie!d, Mass. DO YOU WANT traveling Job on sal ary? Answer, Triumph Co., Dallas. Tex. WANTED MIS CELLANEOX73. WANTED A modern house, furnished or unfurnished, suitable for a small family, located on the west side. Address W. T. I., Journal office. WANTED Nursing by day or week; ref erence given. 12BS Mulvane st. WANTED A party moving to Colorado to share car for household goods. "Mov ing." care Journal. WANTED Four or five unfurnished rooms: must be nice. Address E. E. H-, care Journal. WANTED To buy second-hand 2-horse power gasoline engine. Address C. E. L.. Journal. WANTED Lace curtains and portieres to clean. Mrs. Fosdick. 725 Quincy St. FOR RENT Furnished S room cottage, west side, on car line: reference re quired. Address J. H., Journal office. FOR RENT Three furnished rooms for light housekeeping. 711 Monroe st. FOR RENT Furnished rooms, modern conveniences. 2507 E. 10th st. (boarding house near). FOR RENT Nicely furnished room. 611 West Sixth street. FOR RENT One-half of my store. F. W. Swearingen, jeweler, 724 Kansas ave. FOR RENT Recently modernized furn ished rooms for light housekeeping; also single rooms. 421 (quincy st. FOR RENT Furnished rooms cooL W. comer Fifth and Madison st. FOB RENT HOUSES. FOR RENT New cottage. 5 rooms. 17th and Kansas ave., on car line. FOR RENT 6 room house. Enquire CS Jackson street. FOB SALE MISCELLANEOUS. FOR SALE Two small well bred male puppies. Buchanan St. FOR SALE A good milch cow. 171S Van Buren st. FOR SALE Open buggy cheap. 1,.'24 Kansas ave. and harness. FOR SALE Nice Durham bull calf. 422 Chandler st. FOR SALE At once, leaving city, steel range, base burner, bookcase, bed room suit. Brussels carpets, etc, great sacrfnee. Call at once, 4a4 Shawnee ave., west. Pot win. FUR SALE Newfoundland puppies. Call at 614 Lincoln. FOR SALE Grocery stock and fixtures. 14 Railroad st-. North Topeka. FOR SALE A team, wagon and harness, very cheap: half cash, half in work. Corner Lake and Crane street. FOR SALE Good family cow; call after 5 p. tn., at 617 Lime st. FOR SALE On payments, new cottage and ten room house on Washburn car line. SO acre farm near Osage City. To buy or sell reai estate, see F. J. Brown. 17 Columbian building. FOR SALE For rest of this week, old ex changes will be sold at Journal office for 5c per bundle. FOR SALE Fresh milk cow. 227 Monroe street. FOR SALE Cheap Two top buggies, 1 single harness. 308 Ea2t Eighth st. FOR SALE Feed business, stock and fixtures cheap, going away. XSt Kansas avenue. FOR SALE Baby carriage, child's crib, book case, lounge, chairs, extension lad der, lawn mower, refrigerator. kitchen range, kitchen cabinet and table. and other household goods. Apply 42S Taylor street. FOR SALE Small restaurant, doing best business In Topeka for capital invested. J. A. C, Journal office. FOR SALE 20 or 25 ft. iron frame awn ing, with canvas for 12 foot sidewalk. J1.0O per foot. 114 West 7th St. MISjCETXATJETJ STOLEN White Barnes bicycle, front T. M. C. A., Friday afternon. Liberal re ward for return. Clark Daily, 213 Fill more. ST RATED OR STOLEN A brown horse, branded "F. P." little white in fore head. Return it to LyjS Monroe st. and get reward, M. G. TO TRADE A block of 21 lots on 20th and Adams for improved property. M. Heery. CLtlEVOYAX MADAME RUSSELL, the world's re nowned clairvoyant trance medium and ocult wonder. Reads your entire life past, present and future. She gives you advice on business, love, marriage, di vorces, absent friends, social or domestic affairs. Hours, 9 a. m. to p. m.. daily. Sunday, a. m. to C p. m. Parlors, 215 East Seventh street. una wFm LEGAL, (First published In the Topeka Stata Jour nal juiy AX, 50T1CE. City of Topeka, July SL 1300. To whom It may concern; Notice is hereby given that we. the un dersigned residents and freeholders of the city of Topeka, R. M. Spivey. James Gil lett and A. P. Benson, were duly appoint ed by the mayor and council of the city of Topeka, and having duly qualified as ap praisers to ascertain the actual value of the land proposed to bt taken under or dinance No. 2141. approved April 25. 1S00, for the purpose of opening an alley on the north side of lot 151 and in the rear of lots 151 and luT, Inclusive, on Parkdale street, commonly called Lime street in said city, and also to assess and apptalse the damages and benefits arising there from, to the lots and pieces of propeny lying and situated in the benefit district created and established by said ordinance, which ie described aa follows, to wit: Beginning at a point fifteen feet south of the north line of lot No. 151 on Park dale street; thence westerly parallel with the north line of said lot, 131 feet; thence southerly parallel with the west line of Parkdale street to the south line of lot No. liT on Parkdale street; thence westerly fifteen feet; thenc northerly and parallel with the west line cf Parkdale street and 130 feet westerly thereof to the suuth bank of the Shunga nunga creek: thence easterly along ths south bank of said creek to the west line of Parkdale street; thence southerly along the west line of Parkdale street to. th place of beginning. And also to make a true value and ap praisement of all lots and pieces of ground situated in said benefit district, without regard to the buildings or improvements thereon. And notice is hereby further given that we will meet a- such appraisers on the 2nd day of August, lyoo, at o'clock a. m. of said day in front of lot No. 17. Park dale street, commonly called Lime street, city of Topeka. in said benefit district, f-r the purpose of ascertaining the actual value and making appraisement of the property and assessing damages and ben efits as aforesaid. R. M. SPIVEY. JAMES OILLETT, A. P. BENSON, Appraisers. STORAGE. MERCHANTS' TRANFER STORAGE Co., packs, ships and stores household goods. Tel. U6. Clarence Skinner. 123 E. 6th st. HAIR GOODS. SWITCHES. CHAINS. WIGS; your own design to order. Face treatments. Mrs Hattie Van Vleck, 220 East Fifth it FLORISTS. MRS. J. R. HAGUE. Florist, successor to R. J. Groves. 17 Kansas ave. Phone CGI CUT FLOWERS and floral designs at Hayes'. 137 West Eighth st. 'Phone 663. WATCHMAKER. WATCHES cleaned. 76c; clocks. Re: main springs, 75c: crystals, 10c. Ca.-h paid for old gold or silver. All work guaranteed. Old jewelrv exchanged for new. If haro up. see Uncle Sam. 612 Kansas 'nu- SPECIAXISTa DR. C. H. GUI BO R. Diseases of the Kose. Throat and Lungs. liKi Kansas avenue, ATTOENEYS-AT-LAW. MILTON BROWN, lawyer. Practice la an state and federal courts. Suit 41. Crav- ford bids- Tupeaa. MONET. MONEY TO LOAN on farm and fcity pro perty. Low rate of interest. J. M. BRIER, 15 Columbian Bids. MONEY TO LOAN on lire stock, pianos, organs, typewriters, household goods aad personal security. L. Biscoe, ai3 Kan. ave. TO LOAN Money 00 real estate. Month ly payments. Low interest. Se Cast man. 115 Wast Sixth at. JEWELERS. JAMES B. HAYDEN. Jeweler an Opti cian. Complete stock of watches, dia-mc-rws. silverware, etc.. Eyes examined and spectacles properly fitted. MACHINE SHOPS. MACHINE SHOP Lawn mowers sharp ened, razors aad clippers ground. Base ball and sporting goods. Golden Rule Machine works, 514 Kansas av. FLASHLIGHT PHOTOa PORTRAITS taken at your home or our studio, day or evening. Nichols Flash Light Studio, 708 Kansas ave. PAVING. THE OFFICE of the Capital City Vitrified to 118 West Eighth street. PHYSICIANS AND STjBGEONS. CHARLl.S C. BRADLEY. M. D. Office SH Kansas ave. Phone. S7b-2. Residence. 5U West 7th street. 'Phone 678-J. Henry W. Robv. M. SURGEON. 536 Kansas Avenue. Residence. Twenty first it. and Kansas ave. Topeka. Kan. L. A. R"M5ER. M. D OFFICE and residence o-r.er Oordcn St., and Central ave.. Nork Topeka. 'Phone 214. Uses the Brinkerhoa system of rectal reatment, a successful and painle-ss treat ment tor piles, fistula, isluure. ulceration, etc IDA C BARNES. M. D. Office 732 Kansas are. Restdese Thlr- teentu srji Cia7. Office hours: 3 a. m.. to 11 a. m.. and t p. m to J p. a. Telephone rt3ldcncr and IS office. F. rf. MARTIN. ST D.. 404 KANSAS avenue, over Wallace's drws stor Phones: 4I residence. CSS ofTV-e. DR. EVA HARDING. HomeopathlaC Kansas ave. Telephone 402. BICYCLES. TOPEKA CYCLE CO.. 112 West h St. Tel. 706. Bicycles and sundries: bicycles and tandems for rea.1; repairing of ail kinds. U. S. CYCLE CO., lis E. th st. National and Union bicycles. Sundries, repair. STAMPS, SEALS AND STENCILS THE J. C. DARLING CO.. 734 Kaa. Ave. Rubber stamps, bras and aluminum trade cnecks. Prices low. Catalogue tree. Tel. 2S2. TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN. NOTICE My application for a permit to sell intoxicating liquors, according to law. at 607 Kansas aveue. in the Fourth ward of the city of Topeka. is now on file in the office of the probate judge of Shavnee county. Kansas. The hearing of the same is set for Tuesday, at s o'clock a. tn.. July 31. 10 G. W. FLAD. FREE MESSENGER SEBVICE. PULL a Postal Telegraph-Cable Box. or call by telephone No. 417 and have your Want Ads bruught to The State Journal office by free messenger. No charge to you for cKngr service. Cost of elassl. fled ads. a cents per line of six words to the Una and every fraction thereof. 1 Small 0, if AT i o t o o o o o Z o o i o o o e o o o e o o o To QefBtfore Tfjt People in tht Most Direct" W&j? U$e the Columns of the Stit Journal. 2 o o a a o o o o o 4) o IF Jew Ar Lost or Fund ny thing tmaks it known through Th Stats Journal. o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o f o o o o o o o o IF Tom Want to Buy or Sell any thing, Kent a Soon or Toko Boarders, try a Small Adver tisement in Th State Journal. IF You Want a Situation and Xeed Assistance, a Small Advertise meni will he Inserted for three days Without Charge, IF Tom Want to Hire a Man, a Boy or a Woman, an Advertise- ment in This Paper tviH bring you so many applications that you can have your pick of th IF o Ton have property to Rent or m T a o For Sale, the easiest, simplest and cheapest way to bring it before the public is to put a o o little Advertisement in Th 5 State Journal. It will be read everywhere its Kan tat, the Stat of IF Tom have anything to Trade, whether it is a Bicycle, a Stove or a Piano, tell the people about it in This Paper, and you will get m Customer. o IF Tom have a Stock of Goods to sell, a little as-cent Advertise. ment may brine you trad worth o tarn times the cost. o o o o o IF Tom have Removed Tour Place a, of Business, if you have mew o o foods or have mad amy change o in your business, Ullit. Tell it o at th rat of 50 cents per week O if y, "om dor to invest o o o t IF Money be carefully invested in t Advertising it will pay big re- WruM. JL Amau jiavrns- im The State Journal x costs cents a lime a day. o r

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TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 25, 1900. 8 OOOBS WASH GOODS LOWEST Our complete line of Wash half-price. Heat Lawns and Cords were 8io Kr Now, per yard ifw Tiner Batistes and Dimities were 10c and 12c Olp Now, per yard 03 .Sheer Dimities, Pretty Corded Batistes were 15o and 19c per f Q 1 f yard Now, per yard 2 rWright Graham's 32-inch Madras Ginghams were 15c- fif Now, per yard vfw A few of those Linen Suitings left 32-inch material were 15c and ftp 19c a yard Now, per yard lUw A combination which is always a favorite: 3 Wash Cloths and 1 cake Q of Toilet Soap Package luw sA Splendid Hemmed Linen Huck Towel, 18x36 inches, heavy Each 1 if w Ask to see Wahrex M. Crosby's Special" Sheet, size 81x90, ttllr bleached, good quality Each uUw A 62-inch Half Bleached German Linen Table Damask QQf" For, per yard 09w Extra Heavy 72-inch Cream Damask, neat patterns, good for wear Cfj Per yard J U v Odd Half Dozens 3 Bleached Napkins These are good valae rj C At, per bunch tub Eave you gotten your August "DESIGNER" P Only a few left. Staa&ard Patterns hecoma a necessity "wliea once nsel, BSCA.TJSS TBE1T 70T7 KSTCW "WHAT A SAVISTO 07 LABOR TSET ASE. PARTIAL LAW IN FORCE. -Soldiers Protecting Japanese Against British Fishermen. Chicago, July 25. A dispatch to the Record from Vancouver, a. C, says: Martial law is in force in the fishing: towns aloiis the Krazer river. After the arflvaj of the militia the unique sight was -witnessed of the "soldiers of our queen' driving: white men off of Canadian waters to make room for Japanese and the breaking up of the fishermen's union. A monster mass meeting was held last night at which the striking fishermen fand Indians railed at the authorities for helping the Japanese as against white British, subjects. After the meeting' there was a monster parade, the marchers 'Jeering at the soldiers. NOBODY WANTS IT. Another Man Declines to Be First As sistant Postmaster General. "Washington, July 25. Ex-Representative Georsre M. Curtis, of Iowa, has declined Xhe office of iirst assistant postmaster general. Postmaster General Smith said Today that no one else had been offered -the office. AMATEUR OARSMEN May Not Have Funds to Send Abroad Victors in Contests. New To rk, July 25. N"o pro gre ss has been made toward a settlement of the dif ficulty in which the national association of amateur oarsmen finds itself on ac count of, loss incurred on the grand stands erected for the regatta of last week. The stands are being- removed and the lumber is to be sold and the amount received for it deducted from the total expenses. All the bills will be in hand in a day or two. i2t is known that there is a loss of sev eral hundred dollars on the venture. As soon as the association officials can balance their accounts and find out how Inuch money they have on hand, they will announce their decision in the mat ter of sending1 abroad the victors in the -recent trials. It is now generally expected Mthat the Wachusetts double will not be 'cent and that Teneyck will be the only representative of his club. No word has yet been received from the Philadelphia oarsmen, though they have fheen unofficially notified that there ia .danger of, only half the Vesper eight be '.ing sent to Paris on account of the in sufficiency of funds. The Harlem Rowing club has sent" a ,lettr to the secretary of the national as sociation formally demanding that Ku smohr be included in the party to be sent 'Abroad. Leaves Gold Democrats. Louisville, Ky., July 25. Zach Phelps, of this city, has sent a letter to George "Foster Peabody, chairman of the national (gold) Democratic party, tendering his .resignation as a member of the commit ,"tee. Mr. Phelps intimates that he will -vote the regular Democratic ticket on account of the situation in Kentucky, Ibrought about by the killing of OoebeL, Elevator Destroyed. Buffalo. N. T., July 25. Fire, -which Btarted shortly before midnight, destroyed rthe eastern elevator, which is situated on the island opposite the foot of "Washing ton street- The elevator and its contents '-were valued at $750,000 and are a total :losa. Expelled From Prussia. Berlin, July 25. Max Gruss, the painter, who is an American citizen, baa been ex celled from Prussia- INTENDED FOR OTHERS. Difficult to Believe Advice Applies to Vs. "While reading the morning paper at bieakfast, I frequently read over the advertisements of Postum Food Coffee and finally began to wonder if it was a tfact that my daily headache and dys pepsia were due to coffee drinking. "It never occurred to me that the warning fitted my case. "I had been on the diet cure for more than ten years, having tried a strictly meat diet, also a strictly vegetable diet and at other times left off breakfast for a. time and again left off dinner, but all these efforts were futile in ridding me of the steady half-siek condition under which I labored. "'I had never once thought of over hauling 'dear old coffee," but when it finally occurred to me to make the trial and take up Postum, I immediately discovered' where the difficulty all these years came from. I now eat anything for breakfast, as much as I desire, do ing Justice to a good meal, and the tame at lunch and dinner, with never a headache or other disagreeable symp tom. My only 'crankiness' now is to know that I have Postum served as it phould be made, that is properly boiled. There is a vast difference between poor ly made Postum and good. "C. E. Hasty, of Alameda, CaJ., in sists that he owes his life to me be cause I introduced him to Postum. I have a number of friends who have been finally cured of stomach and bowel trouble by the use of Postum Food Coffee in. place of regular coffee. "Please do not -use my name." D. J, H.. 1223 Bremen 'street. Cincinnati. Ohio. 613-615 HANS. AVE NOW AT THE PRICES. Goods all reduced to nearly CLARK IS SILENT. Montana Senator Refuses to Discuss Campaign Contributions. New York, July 25. William A. Clark, of Montana, who was interviewed by a Tribune reporter last night, declined to discuss the report that he had con tributed a large sum of money to the Democratic campaign fund. "What is your status as a represen tative at the present time?" he was asked. "I am the duly appointed senator from the state of Montana. The best constitutional lawyers in the United States and elsewhere have pronounced my credentials to be legal and binding. They will be received at the next ses sion of the senate, and I expect to take my seat." Speaking of the eight-hour system as adopted in western copper mines, Mr. Clark said: "We put the eight-hour day into effect on the twenty-second anniversary of the organization of the labor union of Montana. It is a mistake to as sume that I am not a large employer of labor in Montana. I bave between 3.500 and 4,000 miners in my employ there. The eight-hour day affects the underground workers. "The eight-hour schedule is also in force at the I'nited Verde mine in Ari zona. The men thpre appreciate it. They serenaded me when the order was given changing the hours." MANY ORATORS Are Tendering Their Services to the Republican National Committee. New York, July 25. Senator N. B. Scott, who is in charge of the headquarters of the Republican nationttl committee in the Metropolitan Life building, has received a telegraph dispatch from Senator Hanna, the chairman of the committee, announc ing that Senator Hanna will not be in this city before Friday. Senator Hanna, Senator Scott, Joseph H. Manley, Cor nelius N. Bliss and Frederick S. Gibbs will have a conference at the headquar ters on Friday, it is expected, and will decide upon arrangements for campaign work in the eastern section of the coun try. Mr. Manley is expected to arrive from Maine today. Mr. Scott, who is to have charge of the arrangements for speakers in the campaign, says: "Every mall brings applications from orators who want to take the stump for McKinley and Roosevelt. I think nearly all the Republican orators of national reputation will be heard in this section of the country before the end of the cam paign. I have talked with Secretary Root and Secretary .Long, who are extremely busy just now and I hope to get some speeches from them later. The plans for speeches have not been made yet, and the speaking probably will not begin before August 20." A LONG DROUTH. It Has Seriously Affected Crops in Eastern Statesl New York, July 25. The Tribune says: The drouth which has prevailed generally in the New England states and in New York, New Jersey and Del aware since March, has had a serious effect on many of the crops, many of the recent local showers affording little relief to the farmers. In New York state the hop crop Is seriously affected and the yield will be less than it has been for many years. The farmers also report a great short age in the hay crop, and scarcity of food for cattle throughout the coming winter is anticipated. In middle and southern New England the continued lack of rain is threaten ing the late crops, and in Massachu setts the early corn crop is a failure. LITTLE IS OUT. Refuses to be a Candidate for Congressraan-at-Large. Special to the State Journal. Fort Scott, July 25. E. C. Little decid ed today that he will not permit his name to be submitted to the Populist state convention for congressman at large. He said that his prinicpal pur pose in coming to Fort Scott was to help David Martin's boom and he is satisfied with the result of the conference. LACK L0TE RE-ELECTED. Opposition Pails to Defeat Secretary Pepperell. Special to the State Journal. Fort Scott, Kan., July 25. The Demo cratic state central committee organized this morning by reelecting J. Mack Love of Arkansas City, -chairman; W. iri- L. Pepperell, of Concordia, secretary and Frank Thomas of Topeka, treasurer. Mme. Janauschek Improves. New York, July 25. Mme. Janau schek, teh actress, who was stricken with- paraysis a week ago, is improving steadily and will be out in two weeks, it is hoped. She is in her Tlst year. BRITAIN'S WAR SYSTEM Being Studied by America With. View of Partial Adoption. New York, July 25. A dispatch to the Tribune from London says: Colonel William Carey Sanger, who has been studying for months the British sys tem of auxiliary forces, under instruc tions from Governor Roosevelt and from Secretary Root, has completed his investi gations here and has started for Switzer land with Mrs. Sanger. He will probably devote several weeks to examination of the Swiss military service, which is unique in Europe, being an anomalous but effec tive system of compulsory volunteering. Colonel Sanger's work in England has been thorough and his report will include a comprehensive survey of the operation of the British military system of regular and auxiliary forces during the war in South Africa. He has been especially interested In the second line of British reserves, consisting of militia, volunteers and yeomanry and the information which he has collected will have a direct bearing upon the Amer ican problem of establishing a homogen eous reserve, or auxiliary force, for the army through the co-operation of the fed eral and state authorities, when the rela tions" of the national guard to the regular army have been determined. B. L. LEAGUE. Opens Its First Session at Indian apolis. Indianapolis, Ind., July 25. The first session of the League of the Building Loan association was held here today. Many men prominent in building and loan affairs in different parts of the country are in attendance. One of the prominent visitors is Carroll D. Wright, United States commissioner of labor, who will address the league tomorrow. The first session was largely taken up by ad dresses dealing with building associa tions and their benefits. CALIFORNIA CROPS. Yield of Grain and Fruits Exception ally Good This Season. San Francisco, July 25. Information received by the Examiner from all parts of the state in regard tb the condition of the crops this season indicates that a very good average of production will be maintained. From some sections there have come reports of failures but they are not so material as to detract from what will evidently be a standard of general excellence. Frosts and late rains have in some cases caused severe damage. In the southern part of Cali fornia the yield of deciduous fruits will not be near as large as was expected. Of citrus fruit there will eb ample output. San iDego's supply of lemons .will be double what it was a year ago. In the northern part of the state the late frosts were instrumental in slightly damaging some of the fruit, but the yield will still be large. The reports on grain are generally encouraging, the instances where failures is noted not being serious enough to make any great difference in the supply. Altogether the prospect ap pears to eb one of a most satisfactory character. A DISTILLING SHIP. Built for Use in Spanish. War Will be Sent to China. New York, July 25. The distilling ship Arethusa will reach the Brooklyn navy yard from Philadelphia today, and will take on a cargo of general stores, field guns and other ordnance. While no great amount of stores will be sent from the yard, it is thought that shipments sent from other yards will make this cargo one of the largest ever shipped from the navy yard. These shipments will nominally be made to the Philippines, although it is consid ered almost certain that a large part of them will be sent to China, where the field guns particularly are badly needed. As the Arethusa will undoubtedly form part of Admiral Remey's Chinese fleet, the fact that she is a distilling ship will make her a valuable addi tion to the Asiatic squadron, fresh water in China being a scarcity. She waa fitted up for use in the Spanish war, but before she was ready hostili ties ahd ended and she was moored at the League Island yard in ordinary for more than a year. As soon as there was danger of trouble with China she was overhauled and made ready for service, and having at large capacity she has considerable cargo room, is an excellent sea ship, and is in every way fitted for her new service. The Arethusa will remain at the navy yard about ten days. The Rainbow, now lying In ordinary at the yard, will probably see service LATEST AND BEST AUTHENTIC Photograph of Hon. Adlai E. Stevenson, Ex-Vice President and Demo cratic Vice-Presidential Nominee, A' t, I v 'I 4 '7 r wM in China next fall. She Is also a dis tilling ship, has even a larger capacity than the Arethusa, was recently re fitted and overhauled, and is now ready for service. WOULD SLAUGHTER DOGS. Abilene Man Wants to Start a Sau sage Factory Here. T. J. Anderson secretary of the Com mercial club is in receipt of a letter from John Jaiycey of Abilene containing a proposition to tsart a sausage factory in Topeka. He says: "I have been in your city for a week and I notice that it has at least three times as many useless dogs as any other city I was ever in. I have been thinking of starting a sausage factory and with a little encouragement from your club I think I could guarantee to furnish sau sages for one year at least for one cent a pound below any competition. Please present this matter to the club, it would benefit the city in more ways than one." RAIN WAS GENERAL. Kansas Received a Thorough Soak ing Yesterday. The forecaster announces today that Kansas will have "fair weather tonight and Thursday. Warmer west portion to night. Warmer Thursday." The bulletin of the department of agri culture for the 24 hours ending Tuesday morning at 1 o'clock says: "Heavy gen eral rain fell in Kansas, Iowa, Eastern Nebraska and northwest Missouri and light to moderate rains elsewhere in corn and wheat region." The bulletin shows the following rain fall in Kansas: Baker, .25; Concordia. 1.08; Dodge City, .94; Fort Scott, .0; Hays Citv, 2.16; Macksville, -4S: Manhattan, 1.20; McPherson, AS; Osage City, 2.10; Sedan, 1.53; Toronto, .60; Wichita, .50; Kansas City, 1.68. x The maximum temperature today up to 11 o'clock was 7S and the minimum 66. The wind has been northeast, blowing 10 miles an hour. IN QUICK TIME. Gen. Chaffee Made Trip to Japan in 22 Days. New York, July 25. A special to the Tribune from Washington says: rri tnant and interesting A lie iiivssi miyviitwi. official news received by the war de partment from the Orient Tuesday was a dispatch saying that the transport Grant had been" sighted in the Inlands sea of Japan, and would reach Nagas aki at an early hour today, twenty-two days out from San Francisco. Aboard the Grant are Major General Chaffee (who will learn of his promotion to that rank as soon as he steps ashore,) two squadrons of the Sixth cavalry and a battalion of marines. General Chaffee will receive telegraphic advices from the secretary of war which will hasten the departure of the Grant for Taku, where she will probably arirve on Sat urday. It is expected that General Chaffee, after a conference with Ad miral Remey, will immediately proceed to Tien Tsin, leaving the troops which accompanied him to follow as quickly as practicable. It is expected that the transports with two battalions of the Fourteenth infantry and Reilly's bat tery of the First artillery from Manila, will reach Tien Tsin by the time Gen eral Chaffee arrives there. After his conference with Admiral Remey and the commanders of the military forces at Tien Tsin, General Chaffee will promptly and fully advise the war de patrment in regard to the details of the situation and the prospect of an early advance of the relief force toward Pe kin It Is understood that his instruct ions contemplate that he shall do all he can, with due regard, of course, to military considerations, to promote as early an advance as practicable, and it i tViot in rlnini? this he will other commanders of the international forces. That the military preparations of the United States for the rescue of Minister Conger and other American citizens in China, if they are still alive, and for the protection of other American inter ests there will be pressed as vigorously as ever pending the suppression of the disorders wmcn mt? V, t. viWnallv fnnfPBSPlI itS in 11 l- II L IIOO iuu.,.,7 nVt114"r r mitill id C7i(1pTlt both flOm the president's dispatch to the emperor and from the vigor and energy with which sucn preparations are pushed. It is now conceded that bat tery O of the Seventh artillery, now at Fort Riley, Kan., under orders for Ma nila, will probably be diverted to North China- This battery is equipped with siege guns. Owing to the great size and weight of these guns and thefr carirages, their removal to China is a formidable unaertaKing ana win re- with His Grandson, Adlai E., Jr. si 4'- Mw- flipfe WJim iVv r There are two new lo&V'' rwr, if. 'si branches on the Unddda YivL. lfri -if if family tree forming a. The Uneeda Quartet lkv v A'i oodluartet- They are is of sturdy growth from Sfirijl I Uneeda vigorous stock. The lfl All Milk BlSCUlt fruitage of the tree is 1 Qfi? it iANDj health and the harvest MM .VM Uneeda time is now. 5? I Graham Wafer RATIONAL BISCUIT CBMPAST. JO fiSfSTiS M Ur( day. Try them to-day. quire much more time than the move ment of an ordinary battery of artil lery. rlhe military authorities still hope that it will not be found necessary to send these heavy guns to China. There have been shipped from the quartermaster's depot at Jeffersonville, Ind., to Seattle. Wash., for shipment to Taku, fifteen car loads of army wagons and parts and field ranges and twenty- live car loads of army clothing and other quartermaster's supplies. The war department has purchased in China a vessel of light draught and high speed for General Chaffee' use as a dis patch boat to carry messages between Taku. Tien Tsin and places further up the Fel-tio, lr he finds it necessary. SUICIDE AT WICHITA. Herbert B. Stimpson Charged With Embezzlement Ends Sis Life. Wichita, Kas., July 25. Herbert B. Stimpson, a lawyer and prominent crim inologist, of this city, committed sui cide this morning. He shot himself in the head. He had just been arrected charged with embezzling S625 given him by a client to quiet a title to real estate. He had been decorated by King Hum bert of Italy for scientific works- He won the cross of the Legion of Honor by blowing up the gates of Dahomey. KANSAS MIDLAND SOLD. Representatives of Frisco Bondhold ers Bid it in for $500,000. Wichita. Kas., July 25. The Kansas Midland railway was sold at public sale in this city today by J. F. Shearman, clerk of the United States district court, to Alfred R. Peck and Harry Eronner, representing the bondholders, for $500,000. The road will pass into the hands of the Frisco system. Heir Born to Cantacuzenes. Paris, July 25. A son was born on Saturday to Princess Cantacuzene, who was, before her marriage, Julia Dent Grant. Mrs. Fred Grant is with- her daughter. The princess and her son are doing well. BI1 BLINGTON ROUTE. New Through Train to Portland and Puget Sound. "The Burlington-Northern Pacific Ex press," a new daily through train from Grand Island for Northwest Ne braska, Black Hills, Wyoming, Mon tana, Washington, Tacoma, Seattle, Puget Sound and Portland, Oregon, via Billings, Montana the short line and time saver to the Upper Northwest. To Central Montana in 34 hours; to the Puget Sound in 61 hours from the Mis souri river. Through coaches and chair cars, through tourist sleepers, through dining car service and standard sleep ers. This is the mai traveled road Mis souri river to the Northwest. Number 15, Kansas City and St. Joseph to Nebraska, Denver, Colorado, Utah, Pacific Coast and the Northwest, Montana, Washington, Oregon, via Lin coln and Billings. Weekly California excursions. Number 23, "Nebraska-Colorado Ex. press," from 'Hastings for Nebraska, Colorado, Utah, and Pacific Coast. To the East: Chicago and St. Louis. greatly improved trains in time and equipment. To the North: Best trains daily to Omaha; St. Paul, Minneapolis and the Lake region. J. C. BRAMHALL, T. P. A., 823 Main St., Kansas City, Mo. L. W. WAKELEY, Gen'l Passenger Agent, St. Louis, Mo. HOWARD ELLIOTT, Gen'l Manager. St. Joseph, Mo. If you can't get along with people, keep out of their way; let them alone. If you roast your enemy, he will roast back; two people engaged in roasting each other, is a foolish piece of business that greatly tires the community. NOT MADE BY THE TRUST. Calumet fh Baking MODERATES f I (Z) Powder IMPROVED SERVICE VIA Topeka to Chicago Santa Fe Route. Leave Topeka 4:30 a. m., arrive Chicago 9:00 p. m. M 3:00 p. m, 7:40 a.m. f 4:40 p. m., 9:30 a. m. DISTANCE 525 MILES. Time Less Than 17 Hours. Unequalled by any other line or combi nation of lines. Pullman Sleep ers, ITree Chair Cars, Dining Cara. T. L. KING, Agent, TOPEKA. T. F. LANNAN, Formerly of Klnley ft Lannan Carriage Making and Repairing. Rubber Tire Wheel Co.'s Tires put on by the latest improved method. THEY ARE THE BEST. You will Bnd my work good, and prices low. Southeast Corner Fifth and Jaokaom Stroeta. Cheap Excursion Kates to Colorado On June 21, July 7, 8, 8, 10 and 18, and Auff. 2 Tickets from points west of Missouri River, and east of Colby, Kan., to Den ver, Colorado Springs, Manitou, Pueblo, Salt Lake City and Ogden, Utah, and re turn, will be sold by the GREAT ROCK ISLAND ROUTE At rate of Ona Regular Fare Plus $2.00 for Round Trip, Return Limit October 31, 1900. BEST LINE TO DENVER Only Direct Line to Colorado Springs and Manitou. Take advantage of these cheao rates and spend your vacation in Colorado. Sleeping car reservations may be made now for any of the excursions. Write for full Information and the beautiful book. -COLORADO THE MAGNIFICENT" sent free. E. W. THOMPSON, A. G. P. A., Topeka, Kan. JOHN SEBASTIAN, G. P. A., Chicago. WE'LL DO YOUR HAUL1NQ RIGHT. Topeka Transfer Co. 509 Kansas Avrnn Office Tel. 420. House TaL 391. F. P, BACON, Proprietor. -SEE ME ABOUT STORAGE. Rest and Health to Mother and Child MRS. WINSLOW'S SOOTHING SYRUP lias been used for over FIFTY YEAR3 BY MILLIONS OF MOTHKRS for their CHILDREN WHILjS TEETHING, with PERFECT SUCCESS. It SOOTHES ths CHILD. SOFTENS the GUMS. ALLAYS all PAIN. CURES "W IND COLIC and is the best remedy lor DIARRHOEA. Soli by Druggists in every part of the world. Be sure to ask for "Mrs. Winslow's Sooth ing Syrup" and take no other kind. Twenty-five cents a bottle. To Farmers. We are now ready to receive tomatoes on contracts. BIRD CANNING CO. The best thing fop your table during the hot weather is our Sweet India Relish It has that peculiar sweet-sour twang that keeps you from getting thirsty. OTTO KUEME CO. Summer Excursions VIA The Union Pacific will place in effect on June 21, July 7 to 10 inc., July 18th and August 2nd, Summer Excursion rates of 0E FARE FOR ROUND TRIP plus $2.00 from Kansas and Nebraska points TO Denver, Colorado Spring, Puehla, Ogr&ea anl Salt Lake. Tickets good for return until Oct. 31st For Time Tables and full information call on F. A. Lewi, City Ticket AgU, or J. O. Fulton, Depot Agent. A western Jury recently brought In the following verdict: "We find the prisoner guilty as charged, but we do cot believe that he is the right man."