The Topeka State Journal (Topeka, Kansas)
November 17, 1900

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LAST EDITION. SATURDAY EVENING. TOPEKA, KANSAS, NOVEMBER 17, 1906, .SATURDAY EVENTNTG. TIIREE CENTS. GOSSIPSARE BUSY While England's Colonial Secre tary Is Away From Home Ilis TuWie Career Is Being Se verely Criticised. AMERICAN MOTOR CAR Is Attracting Attention of the British War Office. Strong Sentiment in Racing Cir cles Against Bit-hard Croker. London, Nov. IT. Minimum news and maximum rain were the distinguishing features of the wet-k. Such gloomy, wet days as experienced here recently are unusual even for London. Mr. Joseph Chamberlain, that central figure in Brit ish polities, can congratulate himself for more reasons than one upon his absence from his murky native land. He is dis- porting himself on the sunny Mediter ranean. Thus the colonial secretary is temprarily safe from the effects of the vigorous personal attacks which con tinue to be made upon him by the Lib erals, from Sir Henry Campbell-Ban-nerman down. The latest and most im portant of these is a statement made by the Morning Leader, showing Mr. Cham berlain holds 5.0'i0 shares in the Colombo Commercial com; -any. which is receiving large contracts for housing Boer pris oners iiv Ceylon. What makes the case still more damaging is the fact that Mr. Chamberlain sanctioned, as colonial sec retary, a regulation laid down by the governor of Ceylon, strictly prohibiting any ottieer of the local government from interesting himself or his family in. pri vate business. In othi-r words. Mr. Chamberlain forbi Is his subordinates, mder pain of severe penalties, to do what he himself is doing on a large Fcale. It now seems impossible for Mr. Chamberlain to avoid explanations, for which he will undoubtedly be asked when parliament reassembies. Another feature in the same connec tion of w hich the Lilerals are making no little capital is the extraordinary number of directorships in private com panies held by government officers. Of the 20 cabinet ministers, 13 are directors, while between all the 36 ministers 27 di rectorships are held. The list com mences with Laid Salisbury, who as Fists in the management of an insurance company, and includes Lord Selborn, who is both first lord of the admiralty and a director of the Peninsular and Orient steamship company; Mr. Gerald Half our, who unites a directorship in an (t'urr.icum company with the presidency tf the board of tra!e and many other incongruous associations, several of the companies being financially discredited. With such flagrantly weak spots in, the armor of the new cabinet, it is no won ler the Liberals are imploring Lord liosebery to lead the party. Sir Henry Campbell-Rannerman's appeal to the ex-premier only voiced the feeling of the majority of the party, but it was accom panied by such bitter denunciations of the so-called imperialists that it can scarcely be expected to rroduce much result. American enterprise In Great Britain now promises to revolutionize the meth ods of the war office. The problem of transportation of stores, guns and men over country having no railroads has long exercised the army experts. Trac tion engines, bullocks, elephants, horses and mules have been tried, with only moderate success. With the view of dis placing these, a series of experiments is occurring in England, before a war office commission, in which an American motor car suitable for war service, hav ing on board the driver, an American and the inventor, attained a speed of SO miles an hour on grass, going over ob stacles and undulations without the slightest difficulty or injury- Further trials are still necessary, but the British officers were favorably impressed with the performance of the motor car, and are likely to recommend its adoption by the w ar office. The fact that so conservative a paper as Punch devotes a cartoon this week to the representation of an American jockey perched on a horse's neck while the trainer says: "Xow, this horse is as fit as chemicals can make him; you have got a galvanic saddle, an electric whip and hypodermic spurs, and if you shin a hit further up his neck, you ought to lick anything vith hair on it." fairly indicates the length to which the British rancor towards American jockeys has gone. As a leading American trainer said this week: "It is true Americans use linaments and lotions to take soreness out of horses. What a few of the Knglish need, is a lotion to take the soreness out of a few of their ba 1 losers." The failure of the stewards of the Jockey club to announce any decision after two days' investigation of Lord Imrham's charges against Lester Reiff, leads to he belief that if any action is taken, it will appear when Reiff ap plies for a license for 1901. The tone of Lord Durham's letter to the stewards of the Jockey club and the personal in convenience and financial loss Reiff has been put to by the Jockey club failing to notify him in time of the place of their meeting, have served to create a reaction of the sentiment not onlv towards Reiff but towards American jockeys in general. Americans who have watched the progress of the recent crusade against their joekevs and train ers, roint out the significant fact that Fince their importation began every im portant Knglish race, from the five fur long dash to the Derby, has been run from four to thirty seconds faster than ever before. There is a strong intimation in many quarters that Lord Durham is partic ularly anxious to curtail Mr. Richard Croker's Knglish racing career and that the fight against the latter-a horse. The Scotchman II., was largely due to his being owner of that racer. Prosperity continues to be the key note of the theatrical season. TOPEKA MEN BUY A MILL. Thomas Ystge, F. E. Wear and Others Gat Puroell Mills at Manhattan. The sale of the Purcell mills at Man hattan was made yesterday by the Na tional Bank of Commerce of Kansas City yesterday. The mills were bought bv a company of Topfka men for 1:5,000 and are valued at $-10. 000. The company is composed of Thomns Page. F. L. Wear, A. W. Long. David Powlf and William Reed. The company will be known as the Manhattan Milling company. The crital stock of the oom fanv is 525 f". five thousand of which is feaid by each of the partners. TEopeha'-State journal. INDEX OF TODAY'S PAPER. SATURDAY, NOV. 17th, 1900. Weather predictions for the next 24 hours: For Kansas Rain tonight, turning to snow Sunday; much colder Sunday, with winds shifting to northerly. IMPORTANT NEWS AND FEATURES. Faqe. 1 Colorado Negro Earned Alive. Today's London Cable Letter. Convicts Escape From Penitentiary. Progress of the Sells Divorce Ca3e. Try Keconcentrado Plan in Africa. Kansas Officer Killed in Philippines. 2 Sporting News. Kansas News. 3 Railroad News. E. G. Dun's Review of the Week. Stories of the Town. 4 Desired School Legislation Outlined. Church Announcements. Late Telegraph and Local News. B Social and Personal. Four Suicides in One Day. 6 Burton-Baker Senatorial Situation. North Topeka News. Wants and Miscellaneous Ads. Markets. 7 Wants and Miscellaneous Ads. 8 Southern Apportionment in Congress. John Collins an Editor. Snap Shots at Home News. 9 Topeka Society. News Summary of the Week. State Funds in Banks. 10 The Horseless Carriage of Today. The Automobile Balloon. A Mountain Lion Hunt. 11 Theatrical News. Plays in Topeka Next Week. "Zaza" and What It la Current Dramatic Gossip, 12 Editorial. Book Notes. 13 Woman's Page. A Few F.ules For Smart Dressing. The Well Groomed Woman. Hints For the Table Menus. 14 Kansas Fruit Growers. A Young Topeka Artist. Heard In Hotel Corridors. 19 Group of English Politicians. Arbitration Has Long Been Practiced. How Man Should Live. Famous Treaties of Peace. Sign Language in Wall Street. 16 Short Story, "Oliver's Three Gifts." Humor of the Day. LIEUT. KOONTZ DEAD. Another Kansan Killed in the Philippines Fighting. Washington, Nov. 17. The following casualty list was received from. Manila today: Killed October 27, Cafbalogan, Sa mara, D, Twenty-ninth infantry, Cor poral H. Case; October 30, Bugason, Panay, First Lieutenant M. Koontz, Forty-fourth infantry; Nov. 14, Lapas, K, Twelfth infantry, John Lambert. Wounded Charles Mecolister, severe ly: Nov. 2. Point Bano, Luzon, C, Twenty-eighth infantry, Patrick W. Chann, serious; Cook John Boght, thigh, serious; Corporal Henry Kunkel, head, slight. Lieutenant Koontz served during the Spanish-American war as first lieuten ant in the Twenty-first Kansas and was appointed a first lieutenant in the Forty fourth L". S. volunteer infantry, August 22, 1899. His home was at Garden City. Howard M. Koontz was a brother of J. R. Koontz of the Santa Fe general freight office in this city. Miss Jean Koontz of the Topeka city schools, is a sister of the deceased. Lieut. Koontz was married just before leaving Kansas with the Forty-fourth regulars. His wife was Miss Birdie Greer of Chat tanooga, whom he met while south with the Twenty-first Kansas. Mrs .Koontz jj r ii'nv ixi cimiianuuga. ne relatives uc the lieutenant in Topeka today received a message from the adjutant general at Washington conveying information of the young man's death. YA LE-PRiyCETON. A Desperate Struggle Between Noted Football Elevens. Princeton, N. J., Nov. 17. The Prince ton and Yale football elevens met on University field this afternoon for their annual contest. Notwithstanding the fact that the sun was hidden behind clouds, making the day a rather bleak one, the weather was almost ideal for football. Each team was in prime con dition and each hoped to win. Tale, however, by reason of her better per formance during- the season, entered the contest with the greater degree of con fidence. Princeton was early filled with visi tors. Besides the crowds that came on the regular trains two specials from New York and two from Philadelphia brought several thousand enthusiasts. Everywhere the black and orange colors of Princeton and the blue of Tale could be seen. Yale was an odds-on favorite in the betting, but not a great amount of money was up. There were 13,000 spectators present when the Yale players, at 2:37 p. m., appeared on the Held. Two minutes later the tigers came out. Both elevens were enthusiastically cheered. Prince ton won the toss and chose the south goal. Princeton had a very light wind at their back. Yale scores touchdown. Tale kicked goal. Score: Yale 6: Princeton 0. The touchdown was made by Chad wick within one minute from the time the game began. Mattis kicked a field goal for Prince ton. Score: Yale 6; Princeton 5. Minister Harris Will Resign. Indianapolis, Ind., Nov. 17. Addison C.Harris, United States minister to Aus tria, will offer his resignation to Pres ident McKinley this week. He will re turn to his law practice in this city soon after the inauguration of President Mc Kinley in 111 arch. Weather Indicatons. Chicago. Nov. 17. Forecast for Kan sas: Rain tonight, turning to snow Sunday; much colder Sunday.with winds shifting to northerly. DIED BYINCHES. ".0h, My God, Let Me Go," Shrieked John Porter. lleld to a Stake by Chains He Fought the-Flames. BURNED BY A MOB. Lawrence Negro Boy Pays Pen alty of His Horrible Crime. Father of the Murdered Child Lights the Fire. FALLS FROM STAKE. Infuriated Crowd Piles Wood Upon His Prostrate Form. Newly Lighted Embers Soon End His Agony. Porter Released From Topeka Reform School Last January. Limon, Col., Nov. 17. Chained to a railroad rail, set firmly in the ground, on the exact spot where his fiendish crime was committed, Preston Porter, Jr., or as he was familiarly known, John Porter, last evening paid a terrible pen alty for his deed. It was 6:23 o'clock when the father of the murdered girl touched the match to the fuel which had been piled around the negro and 20 min utes later a last convulsive shudder told that life was extinct. What agony the doomed boy suffered while the flames shriveled up his flesh could only be guessed from the terribla JOHN PORTER, The Lawrence Negro Burned at the Stake in Colorado Last Night. contortions of his face and the cries he gave from time to time. The executioners who numbered about S00 citizens of Lincoln county had not the least semblance of the ordinary mob. Their every act was deliberate and during all the preparations as well as throughout the sufferings of the ne gro hardly an unnecessary word was spoken. Grimly they stood in a circle about -the fire until the body was entire ly consumed and' then quietly they took their way back to Limon from whence they departed for their homes shortly afterward. Preston Porter did not seem to realiza the awful punishment htat he was des tined to undergo. As he had exhibited indifference to the enormity of the crime, so he seemed to lack all understanding of its terrible consequences. For more than one hour while prepar ations for his execution were in progress he stood mute and sullen among the avengers. When everything was ready he walked to the stake with a firm step, pausing as he reached the circle of bro ken boards to kneel in prayer. He was allowed to take his time. He arose and placed his back to the iron stake and half a dozen men wound chains about his body and limbs. Kerosene oil was applied to the wood and after a brief pause Richard W. Frost, the father of little Louise Frost whose cruelly mutilated body was found one week ago on that very spot, set fire to the pile. For a moment but a little flickering flame arose, then the oil blaz ed up, sparks Hew into the air and the wood began to crackle. Almost instant ly the negro's trousers caught fire. Even though the flesh must have been scorch ed, he did not utter a sound. The flames crept slowly upward on his clothing, the sparks flew up in a cloud of pale smoke. Porter turned his head and a frightful expression came over his face. With a sudden convulsive tugging he stretched his head as far from the rapidly increas ing flames as possible and uttered a. cry o pain. "Oh. my God, let me go,-men! I've got something more to tell you. Please let me go. Oh, my God, my God!" in terri ble screeches these words, the first he had uttered aloud came from the negro. A terrible tugging at the chains, a suc cession of awful groans and screams told that the negro's awful agony was at last breaking down his sullen com posure. Not an oath escaped him, but he begged and pleaded to be shot. Suddenly the ropes holding his hands burned through. Then the arms, head and shoulders slipped through the chains. For an instant the body stood erect, the arms were raised in supplica tion while burning pieces of cloth drop ped from the murderer. The body then fell over away from the Are, the head lower than the feet, still fastened to the rail This was not expected and for a few minutes these stolid men were discon certed, they feared that the only re maining chain would give way. If this had occurred the partly burned human being would have dashed among them in his blazing garments. And not many would have cared to capture him again. But the chain held fast. The body was then in such a position that only the legs were in the fire. The cries of the wretch were redoubled and he again begged to be shot. Some wanted to throw him over into the fire, others tried to dash oil upon him. Boards were car ried and a large pile made over the prostrate body. They soon were ignited and the terrible heat and lack of air quickly rendered the victim unconscious, bringing death a few moments later. This terrible ceremony, out upon the rolling prairie, concluded the second tragedy upon that spot, the terrible avenging of the first. Through the entire affair but little was said. As they had calmly prepared for the avenging, so the people of the eastern part of the state carried out their plan coolly and deliberately. There was not a hitch in the proceeding. Not a weapon was drawn, there was no angry discussion. After the fire had burned low they told each other good night and they went home. They did not stop to discuss the affair. The train bearing the negro in cus tody of Sheriff Freeman and his dep uties from Denver arrived in Limon at 3:45 p. m. The cars were crowded with newspaper reporters and people who were curious to see the negro executed. R. W. Frost, the murdered girl's father, was one of the passengers. When the train stopped sixteen men, who had been selected by the vigilance committee, entered the train and de manded the prisoner from the sheriff. Their every act was marked by calm ness and determination. The officer pro tested in the name of the law and asked the men to allow him to take his prison er to the county jail at Hugo, but his protests were disregarded. One man carried a rope, on which had been form ed a hangman's noose. It was at first announced that the negro was to be ex ecuted by hanging. Many, including the father of the negro's victim, protested that such a death would be too easy, and it was finally decided to leave the method of death to the outraged father. He decided upon burning at the stake. The train was then allowed to proceed and at Lake station, about three miles from Limon and near the scene of the negro's crime, the party left the train and began preparations for the deed of vengeance. Suggestions of mutilation before burn ing w'ere made, but Mr. Frost declared against it. Wagons were dispatched for wood and upon their return a score of men assisted in preparing it for the fire. When at last preparations were com pleted, a further delay was made be cause it was known many were en route from Hugo and other parts of the coun try to take part in the affair. It had been announced that 5:30 should be the hour for starting the fire, but it was nearly an hour later when the word was finally given. WILL BE NO INQUEST. Limon, Colo., Nov. 17. No inquest it is said will be held over the remains of Pfeston Porter, jr., commonly known as John, Porter, who was burned at a. stake near Lake station last evening by a mob to avenge the murder of Louise Frost, which the young negro confessed he had committed. In fact, the coroner can find no remains upon which to hold an in quest. A few men remained late last night at the spot out on the prairie where the murder was committed and avenged and renewed the fire again and again, until every vestige of the negro was gone. The iron rail to which the victim was bound will be left standing as a warning to all inclined to deeds similar to that for which young Porter was burned. It is estimated that 700 people wit nessed the exeouti'oA," No women re mained during the cremation, but many of them went to the scene before the fire was lighted and the negro was led from carriage to carriage for inspection. The women's vote was a unit for burning. A strange feature of the affair was that of souvenirs. The negro had, since his confession been devoting every mo ment of daylight to the perusal of a Bible given him by the Denver jailer. Even while waiting for his execution he sat by a bonfire reading from the gospel of St. Luke. Just before he was tied to the stake upon request for souve nirs the boy tore tho leaves from the Bible and distributed them among his executioners. RELATIVES WILL RETURN TO LAWRENCE. Denver, Nov. 17. Preston Porter and Arthur Porter, father and brother re spectively of the boy who was burned to death near Limon last night, were re leased from the city jail today. They intend to return to their home at Law rence, Kan, PORTER IN KANSAS. Negro laved in Lawrence and Was Reform School Graduate. Preston or John Porter, the negro boy who met a. horrible fate in Colorado af ter perpetrating a most horrible crime, was from Lawrence. He served a term in the state reform school at Topeka and also spent some time in the state re formatory at Hutchinson. About six years ago, when Porter was a mere boy, he stole a horse and buggy from in front of a business house in Lawrence. -About three years ago he was again sent up for an attempted as sault on a little girl by the name of Fox, who was carrying dinner to workmen employed in a field near town. But for people being near to prevent. Porter would probably have been guilty of a crime similar to that for which he paid the penalty in Colorado. Porter was released from the Hutch inson reformatory about the first of the year and joined his father, who was working on the railroad in Colorado. PORTER AT THE REFORM SCHOOL. The following facts concerning Porter were secured from Superintendent Han cock of the state reform school: Preston Porter served a term in the reform school in this city where he was sent from Lawrence for an attempted rape. Porter's parents lived in Kentucky. Preston Porter was born, in Hamilton county, Ohio, April 25, 1S85. His parents moved to Lawrence where they uvea together, on 617 Massachusetts street. Porter was not 14 years old when he attempted the crime for which he was sent to the reform school. He was sen tenced by the judge of the district court on January 13, 1899, to one year in either the jail or the reform school. He was admitted to the reform school on January ltj, 1S99, and was released on December 16, 1S99, having spent eleven months in the school. His conduct while in the reform school was good. He could read and write and it is said attended Sunday school before his im prisonment. Preston Porter had a brother who was arrested and sent to the sttae reforma tory at Hutchinson for the same offense. BOOM FOR LEGAL KILLING. Movement to Reinstate Capital Pun ishment in Colorado Statutes. Denver, Col., Nov. 17. The movement to reinstate capital punishment in the statutes of Colorado, has received a great impetus from the murder of Louise Frost at Limon, and the awful lynching that followed the confession of her murderer. A bill with this object in view is now being drawn and its advo cates will make an aggressive fight for its enactment at the coming session of the legislature. By this bill, hanging will be made the penalty for murder and possibly also for assaults such as that (Continued on Sixth Page.) SELLS' JJETECTIVE Man Employed by Peter Sells on the Witness Stand. His Duty Was to Watch the Sells Residence. CAPTURED A BICYCLE. Says It Was Ridden by Co-Re-spondent Win. Bott. Detective Mahoney is Tangled in Cross Examination. After the sensational developments of the last three days yesterday's trial of the Sells divorce case at Columbus, O., seemed tame and uninteresting.' The one witness placed on the stand was John Mahoney, the private detective employ ed by Peter Sells to watch his wife and her alleged lovers. Mahoney's testimo ny was fiat, stale and unprofitable, and consisted principally In relating the manner in which the lights in the Sells residence rose and fell at different per iods during the visits of "Billy" Bott, the defendant in the $25,000 damage suit. Mahoney was not at all a good wit ness. His memory required constant re freshing from the notes he took of the. observations he made during his watch, and he at times showed a disposition to "go up In the air" under Cyrus Huling's close cross-examination. He delivered himself in rather a halting manner, and was an evident disappointment to the crowd of curious listeners, who had hoped for prurient detail from the de tective. The court adjourned a.t noon until the following day. When the doors of the court room were opened the usual crowd of auditors took possession of every vacant chair. Among them were five women, of whom three were colored. While Judge Evans was able yesterday to enforce his ruling regarding the admission of women to the court room these women dodged the vigilance of the officers and secured seats. Rather than excite attention by turning them out they were permitted to stay in the room. Mrs. Sells, accompanied by her moth er and brother, appeared shortly after court opened. The fair defendant did not look as well 'as on the firt days of the trial, although, wrapped ih a jaunty lit tle seal coat, she was dressed with the same fastidious taste and scrupulous at tention to detail. The unexpected defec tion of her "blue-eyed Harry" on Wed nesday had rather shaken her, however. She showed signs of a sleepless night, though she faced the issue of the day with unabated courage. Mrs.Luker, her aged mother, preserved through the morning the same attitude she has throughout the trial of sorrow ful lave for the daughter and courage ous attention to the details of the case. Stroking his heavy gray mustache, Joe Luker, Mrs. Sells' brother, sat by the side of his mother and sister, and throughout Mahoney's testimony kept his eyes fastened upon the witness. Mr. Mahoney testified that he watch ed the Sells residence on the nights of October 23, 24, 26, 27. November 3, 6, 8 ana 9. On the night of November 8 some man left the house after the lights were turned down .and the detective was un able to identify him. All the other nights however, he declared that he recognized in the nocturnal visitor "Billy" Bott. The greater part of Mahoney's testi mony went to show that during the time that Bott is alleged to have spent in the house the lights in Mrs. Sells' bedroom were turned up and down at frequent intervals. After each time that the lights in the bedroom were turned up Mahoney testified that he saw the shad ow of some person on the window cur tain. The shadowgraph showed that the unidentified person was going into a room which Mahoney was informed was the bathroom. Mahoney brought into the court room the bicycle which he took from the por tecochere of the Sells residence on one of the nights when Bott is alleged to have visited Mrs. Sells. Its production in the court room earned him a round of applause, which was quickly squelched by Court Bailiff Spencer. Attorney Hil ling took Mahoney in hand for cross examination, and drew from him the date upon which he entered into the agreement with Mr. Sells to watch his wife's house. Mahoney did not know just when, and contradicted himself sev eral times on unimportant matters. Coming to the evening of November 3, 1SM9, Mr. Mahoney said he was at the Sells residence. A memorandum of the events of that evening was also made. Witness said he went, up there about 8:25 p. m. and saw Mr. Bott come out about 11:15: and took a Neil avenue car at Den nison avenue. Henry Khret was with Ma honey that evening and boarded the car at Buttles avenue. Mr. Bott. at this point in the evidence was taking notes. The lights in the Sells residence that night were turned out in the northeast corner of the house, second story, but the light in the upstairs hall was lighted. As Mr. Bott came out the hall light In the upstairs hall was turned down. November 6. the "light inspector'- was again on duty. Witness reached the vi cinity of the Sells residence at 8 p. m. Witness saw Mr. Bott come out of the Sells house about 10:45 p. m. Witness saw Mr. Bott. he said, as he came out. Mr. Bott again took the car. Khret and Pete Murphy were with the witness. The question of lights that night was not stated. When asked if witness was near the Sells house on the night of November 8. 35S9. Mr. Mahoney said he could not state positively. Upon looking at his rec ord, witness said ne thought he was there. Witness thought he got there about 9 p. m. Later a man came out but witness could not say it was Mr. Bott. The street electric light went out th; night and it was very dark. Mr. Bott had. during this testimony, changed hi seat to back by the judge's stand, where he sat with his attorney, Walter B. Page. On the night of November 9 Mr. Ma honey was again at the old stand. Bv referring to his report witness said that Mr. William Bott came out of the Soils house at 1!:40 p. m. The lights in the residence were again observed bv the de tective. The witness said that as a regu lar thing the hall light was turned down when Mr. Bott came out. The lights in the northeast corner room on the second floor of the Sells residence at times were lighted and then turned down. One night the light was lighted twice. At 10 o'clock Mr. Sells entered the court room and took his accustomed seat back of his- attorneys. Mr. Hiding cross-questioned Mr. Mahonev-. The witness said he had sent for Mr. Sells about October 22, 189. and start ed to watch the house on October 23. He quit watching the house some time ago. The house was watched for some time after November 9. In all the house was watched from October 23 to two weeks after November 9. Four men watched: there were six men on the case alto gether. These were: John Mahonev, Frank Mahoney, Hackman Metz'a son. Peter Murnhv. John Ijorgnn &nn I fenrv Ehret. Mr. Bott seems to have been shad owed at all times. "Who do you mcita-by Metx?" asked Mr. Huling. "tV hy, you know old man Metz, the Hackman "Why." interrupted Colonel Holmes. "he's been dead 10 years." This caused a laugh, in which Mrs. Sells joined. The "shadows" reported to Mr. Mahoney. No duplicate was made of Metz's report. Metz watched Mr. Bott and Frank watch ed for Bott the forepart of the evening. The "operatives" Were numbered. No. 1 was Henry Ehret. No. 1 reported to his chief, Mr. Mahoney, who filed this in his daily report. Ehret went to work shadow ing Mr. Lyons on October 23. Mr. Huling drew out the fact that Mr. Mahoney had been told that the north east room was Airs. Sells' and also that he had been given a general plan of the house. "flow does it come," said Mr. Huling, "that with all this Information in your possession, you can only tell about the lights in that room except on one night?" The answer was that the rec ords would show and that the lights went out so often that he made no note of that. "This Is the first time you have told this. John," said Mr. Huling. "But this is the first time you have asked me," was the reply. "If there was anything peculiar In those lights in that room." said Mr. Hul ing, "why didn't you put it in your re port?" Mr. Mahoney replied that the occur rence was over a year old and at the time he did cot consider this material evidence. The detectives reports were given Mr. Sells after the show came back. Mr. Huling was very persistent in his inquiry as to the lights on the northeast corner room on the second floor, but Mr. Mahoney said all he had was what the reports showed. The reports were turned over to Mr. Safer In November, lsl'9. Continuing Mr. Mahoney said he had received several letters from Mr. Sells and finally wrote him that Ids. Mr. Sells', place was at home. Then Mr. Mahonev met Mr. Sells at Mr. Sater's office upon the showman's return. After the 11 o'clock recess Mr. Tluling took up the cross-examination of Mr. Ma honey and the report of October 23 was analyzed to find, out which part the dif ferent detectives took that night. Mr. Huling called attention of the witness to the fact that there was nothing in the re port about the lights in the northeast cor ner room on the second floor the room supposed to be Mrs. Sells' bedroom. Mr. Huling still kept after the wit ness and asked him to show where he had made any note of the lights in the house after the 2ith of October, 199. Mr Mahoney said all of the reports spoke of the lights, but he could not sav whether they were his (Mahoney's) observation or from those of the operatives. Mr. Ma honey said that Mr. Sells had drawn him a plan of the house wheu he took the case. Coming down to the bicycle episode Mr. Huling asked witness why he took the wheel. The reply was "for evidence." When the "shadow" was lifted from Mr. Bott witness could not exactly tell, but about a week alter the show got home he thought. Mrs. Sells was not shadowed, at least by Mahoney's instructions, he said. Af ter the shadows had been withdrawn the agency still worked for the prosecution, watching witnesses. This waa about the time witnesses were here at Mr. Hagerty a office and that depositions were being taken. Mr. Mahoney did not know the names of the witnesses shadowed or his men did that work. SUES FOR $15,000. Parsons Woman Wants Heavy Sam ages From the "Katy" Railroad. Parsons, Nov. 17. Miss Sadie Bussy, the j-oung lady who was injured several weeks ago while crossing the Katy rail road tracks on Johnson avenue?, has brought suit against the Katy company for $15,000 damages for injuries sus tained. The case will come up for a hearing at the February term of the dis trict court. Sheriff Kdwards was in the city yesterday serving papers in the case. This 13 one of the heaviest damage suits ever filed against the Katy com pany in this city. THEY NEARL1 KILLED UIM. Columbus Man Drinks Fifteen Cock tails in as Many Minutes. Columbus, O., Nov. 17. A Job lot of seductive cocktails nearly killed Fred Boehm, a German teamster, last night. He was in a saloon, when an argument arose over the staying qualities of a cocktail drinker. Boehm said he could drink twenty-five cocktails in twenty five minutes. Others thought differ ently and a bet was posted. Boehm took a flying start. He drank five and then ten and then fifteen. This was the finifh. He was in a state of total col ls pse and was carried to a doctor's office, where a stomach pump was used. The physician said Bcwhm would have ben dead in a few minutes if his friends had not acted promptly. PEARL BIirAN'S SKULL. Found by a Small Boy in a Thick Undergrowth. Cincinnati, O., Nov. 17. A human Fkull, believed to be the hrarl of iVurl Kryan, was found this morning in a thlokct a fw rods from where the headless body of the unfortunate young woman waa Xirst dis covered. The discovrry was made by Genrpe Glr ty, a boy. The spot where the skull was found was' a dense tangle of undergrowth and brush but a short distance from the beaten pathway Along which Hoott Jack son and Atonzo Walling bore the body. The skull had been secreted in such a manner that it might easily have escaped observation forever, and it was hy mere chance that it was finally discovered. An investigation Is being made. COMING TO AMERICA. England Desires to Borrow $50,000,- OOO of This Country. New Tork, Nov. 17. There is excellent authority for the statement that of the proposed British loan not less -than $50, 000,000 w ill be floated in this country. A representative of a foreigrn banking house with important London connec tions, says that he has no doubt of this fact. He believes one-fifth of the pro posed loan, or $50,000,000 will be sub scribed here. He said it was his belief that in the future when making- loans all foreign governments would consider this country and its resources. Denver Slay Lose O. A. R. Chicago, Nov. 17. Railroads of the Western Passenger association have formally decided not to authorize the granting of a cent a mile rate for the proposed encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic at Denver next August. Unless the veterans back down from their stand Cleveland, in all prob ability will get the encampment. Orders to Push Enlistments. Cheyenne, Wyo., Nov. 17. The United States army recruiting office In this city has just received orders to enlist as many men as possible for all branches of the service, with especial directions to procure recruits for cavalry service In the Philippines. The enlistments here number forty to fifty per month. Brought $3,000,000 in Gold. San Francisco, Nov. 17. The steamer Mariposa, which arrived here today from Australia, brought $4,000,000 in gold. IS VEYLERSYSTEM. British Will Try Keconr entratlo rian With Uoers. Kitchener Encounters Great JDifliculry in Ilis Work. ACTIVITY CONTINUES. Bloemfontein Railway is Cut in Twenty Places. British Are Forced to ETacuato Position at VryheiJ. Durban, Nov. 17. The Nntal Mercury reporta that among the measure to In" adopted In order to pacify the 1 tints 1st the reconcentrado plan of Lord Robert. Lord Kitchener has decided to take thl step, owing to the difficulty in dealing with the armed Boers while hampered by the civilian population in tha outlying small towns. BOERS DESTROY RAILWAY. London, Nov. 17. The Boers, according to the Cape Town correspondent of thn Dally Hail, have broken the railway In twenty places Ix'twecn Jl-iiifiuiteln and the Oranpe river, and the lino wua cut yesterday between Kimlx-rley and Belmont. The Vryheld garrison in prViotlcally Ik sieged, says the l'lclt-rmaritHburg corre spondent of the Daily Telegraph, wiring Thursday, and the town is evacuated. A position has bcn taken up on the lull commanding it, and notices have leT posted in the vicinity warning (he Iii r that if they attempt to rc upy tha town it will be blown to pieces. "The northern commandf-" nr trek king southward tward th' hiqh veldt with their cattle," says th liv loria ci -respondent of the Mm-ning Post, -wiTltig last Tuesday. "Two corntna nd''s huvn appeared at Balmoral, and a frve i concentrating to stp th'-m. All th passages of the Mag iliesberg to the w st of Pretoria are held by the Biilish U prevent such movement!." BREAK FOR FREEDOM, Convicts Attempt to Escape From Prison at Lansing. Leavenworth, Kan., Nov. 17. One of the most daring and successful escape on record was made by three convicts at the state penitentiary at IanKing. yesterday afternoon. The daub for lib erty for one, at l-nwt whs brief, he fell with a bullet throutrh his Ili ad fr'ni Deputy Warden Thompson' revolver before he -uld gain cover. The con victs, Pam Smith, iiridcr death seriti tu-e, K. F. Kstellc, and lien Cravens, during odd moments in the coal mine had fash ioned a "dummy" revolver out of woo 1, covering the Banie with tin foil. The guard fit the bottom of the pit suddenly found himself loukiior Into th' muzzle of what he thought was a cal ibre revolver, at the same time he wast commanded "hands up." The guar 1 wa compelled to give the sitrnal to "lift up" and on reaching the top the quartette passed the top guard unchallenged, tha one accompanying the convicts being afraid to give the alarm. ;tting out side the enclosure (iunrcl Hi wet t was overpowered, his Winchester and ammu nition taken from him. After passing another pot, occnpl'"l by Ouard Murray, the convict brok and ran. Guard Swaitz i iz-d Murray 'h gun and began tiring, the lire bcintc te turned with such t-tlifct that JSwaita was severely vound-d. Deputy Warden Thompson was at tracted by the shooting, and drawing his revolver fired, shooting -'niIUi in tl! head, his wound lei nit mortal. A scl eral fusillade waa opt tied, -when nott r convict was s-en to frll. but his l ly was drawn to cover by his comrade, ho entrenched himself In a ravine. Tb place was surrounded, but ow ing to Lhj misty nitht nothing othi-r than an x chanc of shots done. KSTKLLE KLUDKS OFKICKKS. Kx-Chief of Police Ramsey, the mam who captured K. F. Kstclle In Top. ka, received word at 10 o'clock today tJiat Kstelle and his fellow convict had prol, ably escaped from the clump of timber in which they had been purrounditi. STILL AT LA RG K. Kansas City, Nov. 17. A Star special from Ieaven wort h. Kan., fcayK: Kstelle and Cravens, toe en lets who escaped from the state penitent inry mine v. sterday afternoon after a run ning fight with guards, ate still at large. The men took shelter In the tim ber that surrounds the penitentiary and in the shots exchanged last evening be fore darkness made further pursuit im possible, it was believed that one of tin convicts had been shot. Search at day light, however, indicated that neither Kstelle nor Cravens was hit an 1 that both have made their escape. Arrm.l mounted guards are today Searching tiif timber in u!l directions. Sam Smith, the convict shot by one of the guards during the break for liberty, is still alive, but will likely die. Smith first came to the Kansas peni tentiary from Sumner county In Feb ruary, iv.is, under a year s sent. ne for grand larceny. He broke away from outside guard in the following June, stole a horse and rode to Butler county where he took part in the robbery of a train and-killed a man. Smith was con victed of murder and brought Im'-k In December. VWS. tinder sentence of death, CAUGHT IN' A HAU.N. CSpeclal to the State Journal T.Ansinr. Nov. 17 At 2 o'l lM k till af ternoon J. H. Tomllnson. warden of th- penitentiary, received word mat trie barn in which Kstelle and Craven. Hi escaping convicts had taken refuse, had been set on fire and was, at that hour, burning fiercely. The two convicts had not, however, nt. that hour made their appearance, but it was momentarily expected, at which, time they will be shot to death by the posse, unless they surrender. As the two convicts were well armed it is not expected they will surrender without a fight in which event th? guards and oitieers have been instruct ed to show no quarter and to take no chances. The men were pursued an nignt through the woods and kept lit? a con tinuous exchange of shots with the posse. Early this morning the convii 1 took refuge in a barn three miles west of the prisi.n. Later the barn was fired, the result of which has not yet been as certained. Deputy Warden W. A. Thompson, onu of the bravest officers in Kansas, head the fioeae.

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TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL, BATUKDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 17, 1900. 2 SPORTINGJJEWS. Manager Tom Loftus Stays With the Orphans. Says He Will Not Be With the American League. MACK AT QUAKEItTOWN Hugh Duffy Will Manage the Brewers in 1901. Hart Opposes Two Ball Clubs in Same City. Chicago, Nov. 17 Manager Tom Loftus, of the Chicago National league baseball club, arrived In the city last night for a. 'few days' visit with Charley Comiskey of the White Stockings. Com ing as it does su closely upon the heels cf the rumor to the effect that he had been, offered the management of the r.ew American league club in Philadel phia, the timeliness of his arrival looks significant. When seen last night, how ever, Loftus said that his visit to the city at this time was a mere coincidence; that he had taken a bowling' team from JJubuque to Itoek Island Wednesday, and after its defeat had decided to come to the city with his wife for a. few days' chopping and include with it all a visit to Comiskty. "I have received no offer to go to Philadelphia and know nothing- of the recent rumor?," he said. "In the winter I drop baseball and confine my Interests to bowling, so I am not well informed on the recent politics of the game." "When asked about what he thought of the new eastern cities on the American league's circuit he said: "It seems to me that the situation in Philadelphia ia about the same as it was last year in Chicago, and you all know how the two clubs worked here. Washington, and Baltimore are both, good ball tow na and certainly ought to prove successful." While Manager Loftus has many friends in the American league, it ia iuite certain- that he will again be with Hart next season. From good authority it ia now known that the plans of the American league are so far advanced that there would hardly be a vacancy for the manager of the Orphans to fill If he wanted a place. It is now certain that Connie Mack will be at Philadel phia, and that Hugh Duffy of Boston will play with and manage the Brewers for next season, although the reverse of this was first planned. The plans afe now as thoroughly perfected In all the other cities, so far as managerial posi tions are concerned, and the work In the future will be confined to the strength ening of the playing forces. Manager Comiskey promises some great additions to the White Stockings next year. President Hart had r.o information to give in regard to the Loftus story, and paid that he was neither confirming nor denying any rumors this year. He said: "For the last three years our club has been kept busy occupying the center of the staee in these ante-season difficul ties. This yrar, however, I am letting the other fellows do the worrying." He paid that he still knew of rio plana far an immediate conference between the National and American, leagues, and thought there would be no such confer ence very soon. It Is possible that the severe illness of President Brush of Cin cinnati, who was named as one of the parties to the proposed conference, misrht postpone such a meeting, how ever, even if it had originally been planned. The Orphans" president hinted that there might be no definite action taken between the two leagnes until the an nual meeting- of the National at New Tork In December. He also said that Jie had always been and was still op posed to the maintaining of more than one club in a city. "While I favor the occupation of Washington and Balti more," said he, "my ideas on the ques tion of having more than one club in a city has always been clearly defined and well known. I contend that it divides Interest and hurts the game." President Hart's statement, coupled with the recent intereviews with Presi dent Friedman of New York, Indicates that there may yet be some opposition to the plans cf the American organiza tion, but the strength of both league would indicate that a truca ia the wisest course, to follow. FOOTBALL, GAMES TODAY. Nebraska vs. K. TT. in tb.9 West and Tale vs. Princeton Down East. Today Is an active one in football circles. In this part of the west the big rune is that between Kansas and Nit Jbraska at Lawrence. While Coach Booth's men are In good shape, the Jayhawkers will go into the amo in the worst condition that they liave been in this season. The manage ment has kept the real state of affairs as secret as possible in order not to detract from the attendance, but Coach lioynton stated yesterday that the team was in miserable condition and can not Jiope to do anything except on punts, quarterback kicks and trick plays, and as they have not so far shown much ability in th two latter plays It will be ft surprise If they even score. In the east the game attracting the most attention is the annual battle be tween Yale and Princeton at Princeton. The sons of Old Eli are looked upon as tun winners. Last Saturday they scored en overwhelming victory against the Carlisle Indians, while Princeton has teen beaten by Cornell and Columbia end played to a standstill by numerous other smaller teams. The only other big eastern game Is hat between the Carlisle Indians and Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania is out for revenue. Last year the red men scalped h pale faces, but the Quakers promise that what they don't do to the braves to day won't be worth doing. Harvard has no game scheduled. Cornell plays Lafayette at Easton and confidently expects to win. In the middle west the big games will fee those between Chicago and Wiscon sin at Chicago. Minnesota and North western at Minneapolis and Michigan and Notre Dame. GANS "WHIPS PARKER. Did the Trick in the Fourth Kound at Denver. Denver, Colot. Nov. 17. Before 2.000 people Joe Cans of Baltimore knocked cut Kid Parker of Denver In the fourth round of what was to have been a ten round go, before the Colorado Athletic ciub lapt night. A sharp right hook un der Parker's left ear did the work, and the blow came when Parker looked titrorta: and w as holding bis own. against the Baltimorean. He proved tiimself able to break through Gans' guard and had landed several od punches on Gana' body. At the beginning Parker appeared nervous, but Boon gained composure, which later developed lnt self-confl-clenc. and he was right op against ggn sparring fox an, opeains. when Uie finish came. The spectators could "not believe that Parker had been hit until they eaw him attempt to stagger to his feet and repeatedly fall to the floor. George Siler was the referee. NEBRASKA TO COME. The Strong Idneoln Football Team to Play Washburn Tuesday. What promises to be the best game of football seen In Topeka. this season will be the contest Tuesday afternoon be tween Washburn and Nebraska. If tha Lincoln eleven comes out of the game today with K. IJ. uninjured, they will be in Topeka Tuesday. The Nebraskans have played cine games this season and have not yet been scored against. They defeated Missouri 12 to 0 and Haskell beat Mis souri 11 to 0. Washburn and Haskell's records are familiar to Topeka people. A wonderfully hard cloee fight may be looked far as Nebraska is after the championship and Washburn is not sleeping for Manager Huron saya the Topeka eleven is in splendid ahape. BIG CONTRACT FOR TERRY. To Bo Matched Against Two Clever Men the Same Evening. Chicago. Nov. 17. "I am willing to match McOovem against both 'Kid' Broad and the 'Tipton Slasher" the same night, in the same ring," said Sam Harris, manager for the clever little actor-ilghter who got the decision over Broad Tuesday night. "I would prefer to have the bouts last longer than six rounds, however, as man can hang on and tire Terry, who will exert more strength in dragging himself away than In delivering blows. Sil-r was almost unable to pull Broad away from Terry in the last few rounds of their light. "Regarding a challenge from "England to match Ben Jordan against Terry, I have only this to say. Let them make the purse $5,000 and we will be there when ever they are ready for us. On the other hand, I will guarantee Jordan a f5,(K)0 purse if he comes here to meet MeGovern. As for the side bet, I am sure there will be all the MeGovern money they can cover. This should be enough for the Englishmen who want to make a match." WHITE TO RETIRE. Game Little Fighter Will Be Seen No More in the Ring Chicago. Nov. 17. Tommy White, who has fought both MeGovern and Broad, who put up such a whirlwind battle at Tattersall's Tuesday night, watched tha struggle from a box seat. "I don't know but what it was a good thing the police stopped my fight with Broad." Tom said laughingly, as he watched th fight the Cleveland man was putting up against the champion. White and Broad went but a coupie of rounds in St. Louis that night, the police calling a halt because one of the contestants in a preliminary had died in the dressing room after being knocked out. "I never got a chance that night to find out how good Broad was," White told his friends. "The news of the death was brought to us just before time was called and both of us knew that the fight would be stopped. Therefore neither of us did much but wait for the police." White is in tfcubt about ever fighting again. His ankle, which was mo badly injured in his second tight with MeGov ern in New York, still gives him some trouble. "You see, there would be money only in fighting such men as MeGovern and Broad," is the way he philosophizes about the situation, "and they are su tough that there is a pretty good chance for a man to pet a whipping and that does not do much good to anybody." Tom my has a good business on the west side and in addition to that has taken the management of the boxing shows at Aurora h.'Ul, Milwaukee avenue and Huron streets. The first exhibition under his management will be given Mondav night with Jimmy Barry aa referee of all the contests. Sloan Leaves England. London, Nov. 17. Jockey Tod Sloan sailed for America yesterday on the Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse, and it is suspected that by leaving unexpectedly Sloan has escaped the battle that is be-. Ing waged by Lord Durham against the American, riders. Sloan is deeply dis gusted with recent criticisms, and before sailing said that all he wanted was to be let alone. He added that he did not want a band to meet him at New York. Success For Coach Yost. Coach Yost is etlll meeting with great success with tha Leland-Stanford team. His football eleven has not aa yet been Ecored against and last Saturday Stand ford beat Oregon 34 to 0. On Thanks giving day Stanford meets the Univer sity of California and if the former wins it will be another "never defeated" team for Yost. K. TJ. Baseball Manager. Lawrence, Nov.17. The athletic board has elected Stewart Simpson, manager of the baseball team for the season of 190L Sloan Cannot Get License. London. Nov. 17. Truth says it has learned that Tod Sloan will not ride in Bngland in 1901. The paper adds that it is it very improbable that he will set a license if he applies for one. TWO TRAINS FILED UP. Disastrous Head End Collision on the Pennsylvania. Oil City, Pa., Nov. 17. A head-end collision between a Pennsylvania extra freight train and a "Lake Shore pass enger train occurred two miles west of here last night. Both engines were de molished. All of the passenger coaches left the tracks and forty oil and coal cars of the freight were derailed. The killed were: THOMAS SUTTON, baggageman, of Ashtabula. JOHN KANE, head brakeman of the freight train, aged S2. of Newcastle. ENGINEER PITZER, of tha freight, aged 40, of Newcastle. Two male passengers and the news boy, names unknown, are supposed to be dead underneath the wreck. Every Exertion a Task Every Care a Burden There Is allure of the strength to do and the power to endure there is weakness all aver" that is persistent and constant. The vital functions are Impaired, food does not nourish, and the whole system is run down. A medicine that strengthens the stomach, perfects digestion, invigor ates and tones is needed. Wkat Hoed 6utasrtll 414 far Mr. L. B. Garlana, kmr. Team., it has for ethers. She took it win ik. was aU ra wm wiih ut appetite, losiar k. mmi maabl t so her werk. It rcstortsl her pU. iacrttui her vcickt. ama ksr weU aaa stroB. This U ku m uslilta utensnt. Promises te cure and keeps the prom ise. Tha earlier treatment is begun the better begin it todajr. KANSAS NEWS. Atchison's Colored Soothsayer Who Swindled Many, Then Suddenly Disappeared With the Proceeds, IS CAPTURED LN IOWA. Julia lysles Gave Her 100 to Hare Spirits Work. Fortune Teller Was to Make Any Wish Come True. But the Fairies Were Obstinate and Uncontrollable. Atchison, Nov. 17. Sheriff Kiff left for Topeka last night to get extradition papers from Governor Stanley for the purpose of returning to Kansas from Des Moines Dr. Elisa Taylor, a colored soothsayer, charged witlj swindling many Atchison negroes. Julia Lysles, colored, one of the vic tims of Dr. Eliza Taylor, who disappear ed Wednesday night, lost $100.60. The Taylor woman called on the Lyslea girl early in November and told her that she had the power to make any wish come true. If a person put up enough money, she said she could make any number of wishes come true. However, she ex plained that in ease a wish were made no one should know it but the Lyslea girl and herself. "If you could tell a wish or I should tell it," said Mrs. Tay lor impressively, "we would both be paralyzed." Thus she paved the way for securing a neat sum of money without being exposed. The Taylor girl bad a lot of things Bhe wanted, and on November 3, she gave Mrs. Taylor $25 of her hard earned money. Mrs. Taylor wrapped it up in tin foil, and said it must be kept in a certain secret place until November 14, when the wish would cume true. On No vember 2, the day before, the Lysles girl had given Mrs. Taylor $2.50 as a starter. On November 4 there was some kind of a tangle in the wish, and she had to give Mrs. Taylor $3 more. On November 7, the spirits got to Jangling and turning everything upside down, and it took another $25 to ease up the situation. Matters worked smoothly until Novem ber 9, when another slight tangle oc curred, and $9 had to be put up. This amount did not aid the case.and It look ed as if everything were to be lost, and November 10, $3.50 were ventured to sooth the lacerated spirits. This did no good, and on November 12, $30 were cast into the insatiable caldron. This seemed to make everything right, and on November 14, the Lysles girl was to have every wish satisfied, and she was also to get all her money back. On November 14, or last Wednesday, Mrs. Taylor showed signs of uneasiness, and left her boarding place. It was rumored that she was going to leave town, and the Lysles girl hunted her up. It turned out that the spirits did not work well at the boarding house Mrs. Taylor had just left, and the Lysles girl had to put up $4 more to set every thing right again. Wednesday night Mrs. Taylor left for parts unknown tak ing the money. A state warrant was is sued for her Friday morning charging her with obtaining money under false pretenses. The Lysles girl borrowed some of the money she gave Mrs. Tay lor and also pawned her watch to raise funds. She is a domestic at the home of Mrs. Lester Brinkerhoff, on Kansas avenue. It is said that there are num erous other cases similar to this, except that the Taylor woman did not get so much money. A telegram received from Des Moines, Iowa, in the afternoon states that Mrs. Taylor was arrested at that place under instructions received from Bnerirr J&.m. FILIPINOS FOB EMPORIA. Two Little Brown Men Will Attend the State Normal. Emporia, Nov. 17. At least two Fili pinos will be registered at the normal school next September. Two families have offered to take a native apiece and see that he has a home while he attends the normal. Thia is the result of the proposition made by the government to the normal schools to educate a few Fil ipinos after the government pays the ex pense of bringing them over. Emporia can have five or six if she wants them. No charge will be made for their tuition, but it will be necessary for some one to provide a means for the natives to sup port themselves. The two families who have offered to take two of the Filipino are doing so for philanthropic reasons. They will be given some work to do but it will be more a case of living at home than workings for their board. FOE WICHITA'S PARK. Missouri Pacific Donates Tan Oars of Crushed Rock. Wichita, Nov. 17. The Missouri Pa cific Railroad company has donated ten more car loads of crushed stone for the driveways of the park. The Missouri Pacific which is warming up to Wichita in a truly brotherly way has already done much in the crushed stone way for the park and thia extra git t will be high ly appreciated. As soon as the rock arrives It will be placed on the park drives. The first car loads will probably arrive within a few weeks, and if the rock is placed on im mediately it will settle before the win ter comes on. All of the ten car loads will be placed on the drive before spring. TO LEAVE KANSAS. Editor Barney Sheridan to Winter South For His Health. Paola, Nov. 17. The friends of Barney Sheridan will regret to learn that the veteran Democratic editor of the West ern Spirit is soon to temporarily leave Kansas in search of health. With his wife tie will spend the winter in Ashe ville, N. C. Today Mr. Sheridan announces a sale of all his fine stock on his 320 acre ranch in Miami township on the 22d Inst. This sale will be one of the largest in Miami county, amounting to perhaps $3,000 to $10,000. SEEKS HEAVY DAMAGES. William Barn ait Thinks Missouri Pa cific Had Him Wrongly Imprisoned. Fort Scott. Nov. 17. The first case called far trial in the United States court yesterday was that of William Barnett, a young man who 'resides near Cofreyvllle vs. the St. Louis and Iron Mountain Railroad company. The case is an action te recover $10,400 alleged damages. Sometime ago the plaintiff was arrest ed at the instigation of the defendant railroad company, accused of robbing J the depot agent at Talala, Indian Terr! torv. He was hrous-ht here and arraign ed before United States Commissioner Mosher, who discharged him. ie now seeks to recover $10,400 for raise arrest and imprisonment. He is reoresented bv Attorneys Thos. G. Ayers, of Coffeyville, and John H. Crain, of this city. The rauroao. com pany is represented by CoL. J. H. Rich ards of this city. SUES FOB DIVORCE., Liva Stock Inspector Musgrov Charged With Cruelty. Welline-ton. Nov 17 Lem Musgrove, the livestock inspector who lives at South Haven was today sued by his wife Jennie for divorce. She charges him with extreme emeltv. She alleges that he has threatened to sell all his oroDertv and leave her witn out any means. A temporary injunc tion was granted and served on the hus band today restraining him from ais posine of anv of the property. The petition states that defendant owns 240 acres of land near South Ha ven and personal property to the value of $3,000, and the wife asks that she and the children be given all the real estate anu ja.uoo cash. The couple were mar ried in this county in 1878, and have three children, two of whom are minora. SOME RARE INSTRUMENTS Received by Lawrence University From Germany. Lawrence, Nov. 17. Prof. Haworth has just received from Germany a large consignment of goods for the geological department. It is in the nature of ap paratua for presenting the subject of hemihedrism In crystallography and for illustrating the properties of crystals. One class of these is composed of paste board polyhedrons enclosed within oth er glass polyhedrona The other two classes are much alike, and illustrate the optical properties of crystals, the difference being in the number of color ed rays refracted from within. They are very fragile objects and required deli cate packing put they arrived in a re markably good condition. The list included also a two circle con tact goniometer.an instrument for meas uring the angle at which various crys tals are formed. The cost of the entire bill was 370 marks, about $90. The cost of the goniometer was 30 marks, or $7.50. But few or the larger universities con tain these models for illustrating hem- inearism. WANTS $20,000 DAMAGES. Woman Injured in a Crossing Acci dent Sues Santa Fe. Hutchinson, Nov. 17. A suit against tne aanta u e has been hied in the di trict court of Reno county by Mrs. Amanda L. Conklinsr. who received in juries on the Santa Fe crossing on Main street, in the city, on the night of June 13, moo. Mrs. Conkling- was on the street car which waa struck by a train at the time wnen three women of this city were killed. The plaintiff asks the court for damages in the sum of 120.000. Mrs Conkling's attorneys are J. W. Rose of this city and J. G. Waters of Topeka, TO LOUISIANA SALT FIELDS. Several Hutchinson Salt Workers Contract For a Year'a Work. Hutchinson, Nov. 17. Charlie Harrell, Charlie Blue, Frank Clathorn, and four other firemen who have been employed xii tne salt woiks, nave gone to Morgan City, Louisiana, to work in the salt works there. All but two of the men have families, but they will leave them in Hutchinson. The men have contract ed tor a year. The salt works at Morgan City are on an island in the gulf about three miles from shore. The climate is said to be unhealthy. The salt is mined in mucn tne same manner as here. T. W. ECKERT SUED. Editor of Arkansas City Traveler Sued For Criminal Libel. Winfield. Kaa, Nov. 17. T. W. Eck ert, editor of the Arkansas Citv Trav eler, was arrested Friday on complaint of B. F. Lloyd, a newspaper man of Arkansas City, and a former employe of the Traveler, charged with criminal libel. In a signed article published dur ing the campaign Eekert alluded to Lloyd aa an indicted perjurer and thia suit is the culmination of a long, bitter war between the newspapers of Arkan sas City. Lloyd filed a civil suit against Eckert Howard, publishers of the Traveler, for damages in the sum of S2a,000. Both sides have employed good lawyers, ana a long, tiara tight is ex pee ted, MAYORS IN SESSION. Representatives of First-Class Cities Gather at Wichita. Wichita, Kas., Nov. 17. The mayors and attorneys of the five first class cities or Kansas, namely, Kansas City, Fort Scott, Leavenworth. Topeka and Wich ita, met here to draft bills tending to better tne municipal codes of Kansas cities which are to be presented for pass age at the next term of the legislature. The more important are: A bill to empower the police judges to punish violation of city ordinances with both fines and imprisonment; em powering cities of the first class to con demn or purchase water, light and gas plants; authorizing cities of the first class to fix and control their boundaries; to compel counties to pay all expenses occasioned by epidemics within thedr borders, whether within the boundaries of cities or not; authorizing cities to tax telegraph, telephone and electrlo light poles of such companies" within the boundaries of cities; authorizing cities of the first class to create benefit dis tricts and apportion taxes therexm to pay for the opening of streets; to empower cities of tha first class to regulate the charges of public corporations; em powering cities of the first class to cre ate sub-park districts and assess the property therein to purchase and main tain a park or parks therein; repealing the law giving- the district court Juris diction" over the limitation of territory from the limits of cities; to make the expense of building all bridges charge able to the county at large. Pensions For Kansans. Washington, Nov. 17. Pensions have been granted as follows: Original William Ham, Lawrence, $8; Charles E. Green, Arkansas City, $S; James Kennedy, Leon, $6. Renewal and Increase Daniel Harri son, Argonia, $14. Increase John Rich, Olathe, $8; Wil liam H. Cochran, Wellington, $8; Isaac A. Wiley, Eureka. $12; James R. Rather, iKowa. $12; William H. MeBride, Mc Cune, $10; Archibald McCollister, Hiatt ville, $8; Henry S. Cowger, Minneapolis, $17: Tobias Gibson, Atchison, JS; Edward T. McFarland. Effingham, $14. Original Widows, etc. Special, Octo ber 31, Margaret Fits, Lawrence, War with Spain, riginal Fred. Car ter, Richmond, $12. Atchison Prosperity Item. Atehisrwi, Nov. 17. Fifty men are- row employed at the atone quarry below town, and additional men are being hired aa fast ad they can be secured, i f U Countess I 1 lj Chefould, 1 jl l! Recommends V I gSafe "The Gosnold," Chicago, IIL, Sept. 21, 1900. Warner's Safe Cure Co., Gentlemen Although in my 80th year, I am up and around 365 days of the year. I can walk two miles with out fatigue, in fact, prefer it to driving. For the past ten years I have used no medicine except Warner's Safe Cure, aad find that it keeps tne ia good health. Before that time I suffered often with headache and pains m my back and should! s, but since I have used the Safe Cure, I have bad neither ache nor cam. It is certainly a remarkable life- 1 com. it ia rtaliuv a remaraaoie ilie- r t i giver, and I cheerfully give it my j J I hearty endorsement. Vf 1 Yours truly, 1 1 I (Countess Chefould.) J ver, and 1 cheeriully MISSOURI PACIFIC LINES FBOII KANSAS CITY. No. 2 leaving Kansas City 9:50 a. ra. is solid veetibuled train to St. Louis, consisting of Smoking car, Day coaches, Reclining Chair car Seats Free) and Pullman Parlof car. Connections at St. Louis union depot with eastern lines for New York and Atlantic coast points. liv. Eanaaa City. 9:50 am 9:00 pm 1:10 pm u a lO:45 pm 9:85 pm u u 10:50 am 10:50 am 9:55 pm 2:25 am 8:10 am 7:10 pm Ar. St. Louia 6:15 pm 7:10 am 10:05 pm 7:20 am Ar. Omaha 6:15 am 6:30 pm Ar. Lincoln 7:10pm 6:35 am Ar. Joplin 8:45 am 2:30 pm 1:50 am F. E. MPPS Ticket Agent, Topeka, Ele-htv men -will be employed -within a week or ten days, as the demand tor etona ia very brisk. Lively Firo at lola. Iola, Kas., Nov. 17. Fire broke out in the Nieholaon smelter here yesterday af ternoon and before ltould be controlled caused a loe of $3,800 worth of prop erty. Tha fire waa caused by too lut ore being put in the bins. POPE'S KIND WISHES. Prays That Prosperity Will Coxno to tha United States. Rome, Nov. 17. The pope has Just granted a special audience to the Kt. Rev. Maurice E. Burke, bishop of 8i- T .,1 HAn Tiirrtr thtt IntitrvlPW the sovereign pontiff again gave expression. V. r...i .Via 1 1 will errant hia prayer for the prosperity of the United siaiea. OLD STEWART MANSION Purchased by Speculators and Will Be Torn Sown. Mew York. Nov. 17. The Stewart man sion, the famous marble palace at Fifth avenue and Thirty-fourth street, will be torn down. Contracts for the sale oi the property have finally been signed and it has passed into the banda of the COLDS Pnwiv'i Rpudv Relief cures and pre vents Coueha, Colds. Sore Throat, Innu enKa Tlrrmi'hitis. Pneumonia. iSwelllni? of the Joints, Lumbago, Inflammation, Rheu matism, Neuralgia, Headache, Toothache, Asthma. Difficult Breathing. Radway a Keady Keuet ta a sure euro for everv Pain. Sural 11. Bruises. Palna in the Back, Chest or Limba. It waa the first and is the only Pain Remedy that instantly gtoDi the most excruciating pains, allays inflammation and cures con gestions, wnemer ui viio iuuks. bhjhh.ii, bowels or other glands or organs, by one application. m i m u u u For Internal and External Use. A teasuoonful In water will In a few minureg cure Cramps, Spasms, Sour Stom- acn. nannuurn, sicil neauxcue. i f .m.t -rhoea. Colic, Flatulency and all internal nairs. Hold dv urufirarists. RADWAY CO., aa Kim St., New York. U Li U Princess rt Chicago, UL, July 30, 1900. Varoer'i SJ Cure Co., Gentlemea I I am plcued to say a Uw word of praisa for Wamcr't Sai Cart, u I bad tt s took with mxSUat qualities. Thca the system it exhausted by being vwtxxtd or run down, with a eaw of genaral debility, I Uow of nothing; -which acts so promptly and satisfactorily on the entire system as the Sals Cure It stimulates the appetite, and ia ducn sleep, and when anyone can cat or deep well, th health will soon be Cure Princess Carmyaiiki.) FREE SAMPLE. 6nri postal for fra mtiI to Warner's Cur Qo Utn.timths ipaaVar, give ft my Kan. rz3 0 uu i SMurjiiiiii! 0HORTE0T LINE. COLOliilDQ FLYER. Barney-Sheldon syndirate, composed of C. T. Barney, George It. Sheldon, John A. MoCall. Henry Seliptnan, Kdmund C. Baylies, William F. Havemeyer, tieorge F. Victor and C W. Morn Mr. Barney said that the mansion, which waa the home of the late A.- T. Stewart, and later the home of the Man hattan club, will be at once torn. down. No other structure -will be erected; the land will be held for speculative pur poses. A Guaranteed Cur for Piles. Itching, Blind, Bleeding er Protruding Piles. No cure, no pay. All druggixts are authorized by the manufacturers of Paxo Pile Ointment to refund the money where it fails to cure any case of piles no matter of how long standing. Cures ordinary cases in six days; the worst cases in fourteen days. One application gives ease and rest. Relieves itching instantly. Thia is a new dicovery and is the only jile remedy sold on a positive guarantee, no cure no pay. Price 50c. If your druggist don't keep it in stock send us 60c -in postage stamps and we will forward same by mail. Manufac tured by Paris Medicine Co., St. Louis, Mo., Manufacturers of Laiative Bromo guinina and tireve'a Tusteleaa Chill Tonic, Try tha new cigar "Growler." To Cure Dyspapsia and Indigestion Take Rex DvRpejisia Tablets All drug gists are authorised to refund money In any case it fail to curs. Plica uu ceuta per package. 1 Carmynisld sco mm on as) -Safe Cure h is well worthy tk praise of aU. Youra very truly. Lv. Kansas City. 2:25 am Ar. Carthage 8:07 am 8:10 am 1:50 pm u a u 7.1o pm u u l:05ara 9:20 pm Ar. Littlo Bock... 7:55 pm 10:00 am 7:05 am 10:00 am Ar. Hot Springs. 10:85 am 8:00 am Ar. EL Job 10:20 am 10:60 am 1:15 pm 4:35 pm 8:23 pm II C. T0W.SED, G. P. T. A., St. Louis, Mo. Y.f mi Two Fast Trains Daily FROM KANSAS POINTS TO Denver, Salt Lake, San Fraa Cisco, Portland,, AXD ALL POINTS WEST. Throurh Palacs Sleepers, Chair Cars, Pullman Ordinary Blaepsrs, Dimin Cars, Meals a la Carte. OzlT 71 Stui t Tortlail From Kansas Citt ITa Otis Lin. Sms It. For tickets and fall Information, call P. JL. LEWIS, City Ticket Ag-ask Or J. a PUX.TOK. Deset Xfmt. WELL DO VOUH HAL'UNfl RIOKT Topeka Transfer Go. CSC lei. 20. Sou TL 3v F. P, BACON, Proprietor. FV-SEB HI ABOrT ITOKAQK. V i i

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TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL-, BATUEDAT EVEXIXG, NOVEMBER 17. 1900, 11 Judge Wm. G. Evving OP- CHICAGO, ILL., a member of the Board of Lectureship of The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Mass., will lec ture on CHRISTIAN SCIENCE 11 8 it 4? AT The Crawford Opera House, TOMORROW AFTERNOON at 3 o'clock. 8 Subject Christian Science The Religion of Jesus Christ." Everybody Invited. At t. Seats Free. PRICES ADVANCE. Demand For Manufactures Eas Taken on Ksaewsi Activity. New York, Nov. IT. P. G. Dua's Weekly Review of Trad says: Prices of commodities advance almost without exception and ail the changes in manufactured goods are in the direc tion of rirm-T quotations. The srr.aii ness c.f stock3 of goods carried is a fea ture or" our retorts from most of the leading centers. Scarcity of labor gives manufacturers in the middle states great c-.-r.cern. Activity at Cincinr. -t n and steel rru.ls steadily Increases, and there is an equal ly unif:-rm advance cn the quotations. The gain has been mere general this week than at any previous time this season, pig iron moving up 25 cents a ton and correspoc ding gains appearing in bars, billets, plates and structural materials generally. Instead of the re cent agitation for cheaper steel rails, there is r. talk of an advance to owing to the further rise in steel billets. Orders come forward in the be-st volume since last spring, when there was severe inriation of prir s. and requests for quick delivery are General. The report of pie iron p-r eduction on November 1, by the Iron A?j. shows a weekly ca pacity of only -3. "-4 tons, the smallest erne S-ptmber. 13S. but the reduction cf 2d.Zi.-o tons from October 1. in fur nace stocks is most encouraging. These Mg'Jres with the activity in ail branches of the industry indicates that there will be no further reduction in output, but the December statement will probably Eh'.w more than iOO furnaces in blast. Packer hides at Chicago have ceased to advance, but remain firm at top fig ures, and country hids made further pains. Tanners are not buying eagerly, and offerings are also mod-rate. Leath er quotations are only sliirhtly altered, while most era-ieS are steady at former figures. Pelf-ins butts have advanced eharpiy. Boot and shoe manufacturers are still unab!' to s-cure any advance Jn quotations. although they are attempt ing to raise lists li1? c -nts. Laical job bers are we'd supplied, but more season able weather has stimulated retail trade. Texti'e iniuscrie? are rather quiet, al though heavy weight good3 move more freely with the lower temperature. "Woolen manufacturers are not yet seek ing raw material in great quantity, and wool is not changed in price. Sales at the three chi-f eastern markets have aam Increased while western consign ors still insist that commission men shall not accept lower bi is. -A. temporary flurry in the wheat mar ket on Monday took the December co tton above St) cents. It was reported that "Wail street operators were turning their attention to grain. Publication of the usual weekly statistics had a depress ing effect, however, particularlv the TOormES exports from Russia, which were a contradiction of earlier state ments that the crop was short in north ern Europe. Liverpool selling was large and the realizing soon made a decline cf ever tw cents which, exceeded the prev ious advance. The much discussed ad vance in meats at Chicago was not heavy, but scarcity of first quality fresh eggs has brought very high prices. Cotton n se slightly. Exports to Great Britain continue heavy, even at p.rices two cents higher than a year ago. Total cotton shipments in October were valued fit ).3L1')T. exceeding ail records and showing a gain of 200 per cent over the previous month. Failures for the week were 217 in the Fnited States against 219 last year, and S3 in Canada, against 20 last year. What's the secret of happy, vigorous health? Eimply keeping the "bowels, the stomach, the liver and kidneys strong and active. Burdock Blood Bitters does it. WW 99 Cures Conjhs, Colds, Influenza. Catarh, Pains In the Head and Chest Sore Throat, dcneraJ Prostration and Fever. If "Seventy-seven" la taken early it cures a Cold long before it reaches the stage of Grip. Catarrh. Pneumonia or any serious Bronchial or Cata-rhai diffi culty. A cure by "77" ia complete: no stuffy head; no Cough: no sensitive Throat or tender Chest; just a. complete cure without any prostration, the tc-nic properties of "77" sustaining the system during the attack. At druggists, or mailed, 2;c Dr. Humphreys Manual 00 the care And treatment of the sick, mailed free. Humphreys- Homeopathic Medicine Co., Car. William to Jobs u.. New York. RAILROADJIEWS. Rock Island OSciala la Con struction Territory Again. General Manager's Party Go Orerlaud From Liberal, Kan. ROAD TO BE BOUGHT. Baying El Paso Northeastern to Complete Line. News of Roads and Railroad Men Far and Near. Announcements of the Rock Island's movement Into EI Paso from Liberal, Kas.. come thick and fast these days. Early this week General Manager Parker passed through Topeka and went down over the southwestern line. Chief Engineer J. E. Dauchy. of the system, followed a few days later, taking Gen eral Roadmaster Irvine and -other offi cials along. General Manager Parker and party now turn up in the interes ting territory where the extension is sur veyed, and by those who have been still doubtful this Js taken as proof positive that the extension wdll be built. General Manager Parker's private car was sent around by the Texas Pacific to El Paso while his party proceeded overland from Liberal, over the sur veyed route, and met it at Capitan, N. M., the northern terminal of the El Paso Northeastern. This road, it has been unofficially announced, the Rock Island will purchase to complete its line into El Paso. In all probability the construction of this line will b- commenced very soon. It will make the Rock Island a most formidable competitor for through busi ness, and will give it a short line to the Pacific coast. ST. JOE IS STIB.K.rKG. Electric Road to Kansas City in Sight More Roads Wanted. St Joeph, Mo.. Nov. 17 Eastern capi talists, headed bv J. P. Gibson, of Phila delphia, are said to have completed a deal for the construction of an electric rail way between Kansas City and St. Joseph, cn the east side of the Missouri river. Trains are to be run every two hours right and day at half tfaa present railway charsea. Ju-t now St. Joseph is experiencing an awakening to railroad needs and the com mercial ciub will begin a vigorous cam. naign for more railways during the eoin-ir.2- week. President Hundley said today: "We need more railroads to act as car riers for our trade to new markets. These can be secured only by hustling." This Is the brief announcement of the purpose of the club. It is stated that the Wabash railway can be brought into St. Joseph for a comparatively small outlay on the part of the citizens of this city. It developed at an informal conference of citizens today that the determination is formed to pet this road, and at least two others. The Baltimore Ohio is one of the two mentioned. A prominent official of that line has recently visited this city to make informal inquiries about the means to reach this point. The franchise for a belt line has been kept alive by Colonel J. W. Boyd, it is believed at the ie.stance of the Baltimore Ohio, al though it is impossible to verify thl3 by the local attorney for the company. The Commercial club will be prepared to give away sites for factories, and a large am'-unt cf literature, showing the ad vantage of St. Joseph, will soon be is sued from the press for distribution in the east. The effort of doubling the popula tion in the next ten years, as it was done in the litst ten, will be made. FIREMEN ASSIGNED. These Santa Ee Stokers Get Places Advertised Recently. In the several places advertised for the oldest firemen applying runs have been assigned as follows: J. J. McKenna, H. H. Brown and John Clark to tne three vacancies on west end passenger runs. Joe Atkinson to the Marceline passen ger run, F. A. Overton on trains Nob. 203 and 2C4. N. McAuley on trains Nos. 7 and 8, between Kansas City and Topeka- D. M. Shannon to trains Nos. 1ZL and 12-. between St. Joseph and Topeka. George Eiiiott to trains Nos. Ill ar.d 112, between Kansas City and Emporia Frank Galletly to a freight run on the Howard branch. HUNTED JN NEW MEXICO. Bruin Failed to Show Up Bat Shop Nimrods Slew Deer. Ten days' hunting in the Raton moun tains of New Mexico furnished rare sport for two of the most enthusiastic hunters at the Santa Fe shops; James Lysacht and Harry Hobson are the pair. As Hobsr-n is much the talier, the sup position ia that he headed the expedition. They left on election day, each with a mountain battery, looking- for big game. Lysacht had a forty-seventyper. which Benson says w-ould do to shoot ele phants, and Hobson fondly caressed a thirty-thirty smokeless. The jolly rimrods came back last evening. They found it intensely cold weather camping out in the mountains. They report their inconveniences' well repaid in the killing- of three deer and half a dozen -wild turkeys. Their last day wound up with a. grand duck hunt, with plenty of birds in sight to dodge rifle balls. The only disappointment of their trip was that they didn't set any bears. WHY NOT KANSAS t Railroads Trying to Colonize Boers in America Couldn't Do Better. That the Indiana counties of Lake. Por ter. Stark and Laporte within the next year or so will become the permanent trekking grnunds of many Transvaalers and Free Staters who are intent upon leaving the South African reoublics seems probable. Owners of land iii the Kanka kee -.-aiiery are reported to have combined for the purpose of sending agents to South Africa and Holland to encourage, settle ment of their lands by the disappointed republicans. Within the last few months several agents for the Afrikanders have come to this countrv to look into colonization schemes sugg?ted bv the Northern Pa cine, the Great Northern and the Canad ian Pacific raiirimds. S-rae of the roads offered to give land to the Boers and to do much toward developing the property. Owing to the severity of winter ia the territories traversed by the lines the schemes did not appeal strongly to the aaentd. The Boers axe looking for lands adaoted to the raising of cattle and to general agricultural pursuits. Some of the Indiana railroads, it is said, are show ing a marked interest in the scheme to have the foreigners colonize the Kanka ke valiey. Fort 'Worth's Hope. Fort Worth has an idea that the Fris co will build into that city. A dispatch sent out after the announcement of the gigantic improvement contract was let, this week, says: From what could be learned in railway circles here it is al most certain that the St. Louis &d &aja hilly 1 uid u RHEUMATISM When Prof. Manvon savs bis RHEU MATISM CURE will cure rheumatism there isn't any guesswork about it there isn't any false statement about it. It sim ply cures. It does just exactly what he says it will do. It cures more quickly than people expect. It cures without leav. ing any ill effects. It is a splendid stom ach and nerve, tonic, as well as a positive cure for rheumatism. All the Munyon remedies are Just as reliable. Any druggist 23c vial. The Guide to Health is free, so is medicai ad vice if you write to Broadway and 2tith St., New York. Francisco intends to extend its road to Fort Worth. The agreement with the contractors by the Frisco to extend the line 200 miles into Texas Indicates that that company is seeking more and bet ter outlets from this state to Kansas City and St. Louis. Mr. Stilwell ia Wichita. Wichita, Kan., Nov. 17. President A. E. Stilwell, of the Kansas City, Mexico Orient railroad, arrived here this after noon to look after the interests of the proposed new road in this city. A special election wdll be held in Sedgwick county next Tuesday to vcte on a proposition to issue JIKmjoO county and city bonds to aid the new enterprise. The proposed new road is to run through Wichita and the principal shops are to be located here. Most of the farmers in this section are opposed to the bond issue, but many of the city merchants favor ic Goes to Oklahoma. Charles Sawyer took up his time yes terday, leaving the employ of the Santa Fe to engage in farming. He i3 one of the oldest men on the wrecking crew, having been in service a matter of 15 years. He will leave in a few days and go on a farm in Oklahoma. Goes to the CutoflE Engine S09. which has been fitted to another Bucyrus steam shovel, left this morning for Edgerton on the cutoff. The work train equipment was intended to go a. day or two ago and rush orders have kept things hustling- to get away without further deiav. EGYPTIAN ANTIQUITIES. Tne Peabody Museum Receives Col lection From London New Haven, Conn.. Nov. 17. Peabody museum has received from London, an important collection of Egyptian anti quities presented to Yale by the Con necticut members of the American Archaeological association. The relics were found in excavations made in Aby don. by the Egyptian exploration fund association and have been on exhibition in London. In the collection are a number of rare specimens, among them ornaments of shell and green glass beads, pendants of fedlspar and pieces of flint which date back to prehistoric times. There are six finely preserved scarabs of the Eigh teenth dynasty and a number of alabas ter vases of theRameses period in a very good state of preservation. There is al so an inscription taken from a royal tomb belonging to a. king of the First dynasty. In the tombs that were excavated were found model tools, axes, hoes, chis els, a headless statuette, several jars, two gold earrings and some gold hair rings. A chair leg fitted with ivory pegs also was obtained. These specimens have all been placed in the Peabody museum in a room that will later be used exclusively for Egyp tian antiquities. NOT A CATTLE TRUST. G. R. Loving Explains Details of His Big Texas Scheme. New Tork, Nov. 17. The Times prints the following: George R. Loving, of Fort Worth.Tex., is in the city for the purpose of form ing a cattle combination, and it has teen reported that John D. Rockefeller is to be interested in the company. When Mr. Loving was seen at the Waldorf-Astoria he said that the company which he was endeavoring to form was not a trust in any sense of the word and that Mr. Rockefeller, so far aa he knew, was not to be interested in the company in any way. He said that he was in New York last spring on the same mission which brings him here this time and that he had expected to form the company at that time. Mr. Loving said that the company would not attempt to control prices at all, but that it was the intention of those who are promoting the company to purchase about 3. 500.000 acres of land in Texas, near the line between Texas and New Mexico, for the purpose of go ing into the cattle raising business on a large scale. It was his Intention at first to form a. company with a capital of 50 million, but he found that it would not be practicable and fee has now de cided that the new company will be cap italized at about $12,000,000. Mr. Leving says that he was not in Cleveland two days ago and that he has not called on Mr. Rockefeller and that has no one else who are interested in the company. Who are to be the stock holders Mr. Loving declined to say, but he wished it distinctly understood that the new company has no connection whatever with the leather trust, aa re ported. For our deeds in this world we axe noti fied that Reparation hereafter is given. So the woman who wears a large tk ca ter hat Will gat a small halo in heaven. Philadelphia Press. NOT COD-LIVER OIL but Scott's emulsion of cod liver oiL They are not the same far from it Scott's emulsion is cod-liver oil prepared for the stomach. Let cod-liver oil alone if you need it. When your physician orders toast, do you breakfast on flour Pure cod-liver oil is hard to take and hard to digest. A man that can keep it down, can saw wood. He thinks he is sick he is lazy. We'll ses4 jtm little to try if jmm ECQTT E0WNE, 409 Fcul tact, Kw Ywk. Now that the time la drawing- near, the tricks that go with the trade of a statesman are being talked over. During the 18S8 session of the legisla ture some of the members had consid erable trouble in the house of represen tatives about getting friends on the main floor. One representative from the east ern part of Kansas had a great many friends who wanted to hobnob with the law makers on, the main floor. Of course the representative had to look after his constituents. When they asked to "get in on the ground floor" he had to get them in, so as to be sure of their votes when he got home. The rule of the house was that members could bring their relatives and members of their family in. One day a white man, we'd known as a high railroad official, asked the representative to take him in. on the main floor. He walked with the repre sentative to the door. "My brother, said the representative to the doorkeeper. The man waa passed in. A few minutes later the representative received a call to see some one in the anteroom. He went out and found one of his constituents a colored man, wait ing for him. The colored man aiao wanted to go in on the main floor. "Come on," said the representative. They stepped up to the doorkeeper. "A brother of mine," said the repre sentative. The doorkeeper smiled. The door swung open. The brothers passed ia. A good story, whether it be true or not, is told on "C nele" Jake Smith, the man, whosa name appears on a famous brand of seoop-s-hovels, and who once a year makes hia friends glad with. a. May day party. The story goes that years ago Mr. Smith was summoned to sit on a jury. He appeared at the court room and waited for the other eleven men tried and true, but they did not appear, so the two sides agreed to let the one juryman act as the entire jury. Just how- the matter was arranged according to law Is not known, but Mr. Smith eat as the jury and heard the evidence. When the testimony was all in the jurry retired to the jury room and waa out about an hour, just long enoufh to finish a couple of good cigars, and the jury of one man tried and true returned with the verdict that the jury could not agree. A witness hy the name of Black was brought into court to prove that the man on trial by the name of White had been in jail. "Has this man White ever been In jail?" asked the attorney for the prose cution. "Yes," replied Black. "Did you see him, there V "Yes." "Where was it?" "In Jackson county." "Who else was ia jail at th timer "I was," replied Black. There is a professor in a certain edu cational institution in town who has a reputation, in his own mind, and with many other minds as well, of always be ing right. Not long ago a student in writing an essay speiled a word, as the professor said, incorrectly. The professor called the student to the desk and said, "How do you spell this word?" "As it is spelled on the paper," said the young man. "It is not right." "I think it is," said the student. "You are mistaken," said the pro fessor. "Consult Webster." The young man hunted up the word in the dictionary. ""What do you find?" asked the pro fessor. "I find," said the young man. "that Webster has made the same mistake I did." HUNDREDS DYING. ftiBajru-n Indians in Dire Need of Government Aid. Chicago, Nov. 17. "t'nless government aid is extended the Alaskan Indians th death rate this winter will be appallingly larsre." This Is the statement of G. B. Swinehart. of Nome. Alaska, who i3 on his way to Washington, where he will bring th matter before the notice of tne department of the interior. Continuing, Mr. Swinehart said: "The Alaskan Indians are in dire straits. About a month ago I made a trip down the Yukon river and found hundreds of men and wmen dying of a disease that is really nothing more or less than consump tion. The sickness, which has now be come an epidemic was first noticed last spring. During the summer the disease increased and the Indians were unable to drv nsh, which is their chief and almost their only staple. Consequently unless aid is sent a number of them will die of starvation this winter." Mr. Swinehart was the first "United States commissioner to Nome. AFKAID OF TOPEKA. Other Eieh. School Teams Avoid Meeting Capital City Players. The Topeka high school football team, it seems, has nearly all the football teams in its circuit scared out. Four games have been canceled for the rea son that their opponents are afraid to meet them; are afraid they will be too badly bruised up or that the score will go too high, against them. And it is a fact that the high school team is in ex cellent shape. L'nde- the efficient titel age of Washburn?! coach, "Bennie" Owen, they have worked until they axe now able .0 rlay a very fast same. The first game to be canceled was that with the ESngham team. Effingham, hearing of the fast work of the Topeka boys, decided that it would be the wise est thing to do and called the game off. A game was immediately arranged for with the Lawrence high school team, and they were so badly defeated that after returning home they sent word to Topeka that they would not bring the Topeka team to Lawrence. Tha team from the school for the deaf and dumb at Olathe have the same com plaint and refused to take the Topeka team to Olathe. And lastly the team representing Campbell university of Hoiton made the brag that they would not allow Topeka to score in the neit game. The Topeka boya suspecting something- wrote to Hoiton and asked for their line-up. It was sent, and it was found to contain the names of two outsiders. The Topeka boys immedi ately got into communication with, the Hoiton boys and entered a pretest against professionalism. The Hoiton boys would neither agree to take off the outsiders on their team nor allow the Topeka team to play a couple of heav ier men on guard. Considering the fact that the Hoiton team averages, twenty A Venerable Wisconsin Lady Restored to Health by Pe rtina After Twenty-five Years' Suffering. Special news from Evansville, Wls.J EVANSVTLLE, WTIS.. Nov. 11.. A woman cured cf catarrh of twenty-five years' standing was the occasion of Pe runa being introduced to the inhabi tants of Evansville, Wis. From that time to this there has been a great de mand for Peruna in this vicinity and hundreds of cases have been cured. It is in this manner that Peruna spreads from town to town and from state to state. No sort of advertising could have given Peruna the reputation it has. The secret of its success is that it makes cures. It cures old cases of catarrh where other remedies have failed. This ought to make any remedy popular. Mr. C. R. Harden, of Evansville, Wis., writes the following letter: Dear Doctor Hartman "I wish to write to certify what Peruna has done for me. I read of Peruna in the papers, of what It -Would do for catarrh, and sent for a bottle. This was the first bot tle of Peruna that ever came to Evans Startling Statements from Kentucky, Illinois and Remarkable Recoveries. "WTLLARD, KTY. The news of the recovery of Mrs. Elizabeth Prater is a very striking instance of the won derful curative powers of Peruna. This estimable lady had been an invalid from catarrh of the stomach and bowels for twenty years. No wonder her many friends are enthusiastic over her recov ery. She writes: "It is through the mer- ciea of God and your medicine that I am per mitted to write you this letter. I have been a constant sufferer from bowel and stomach trouble forabout twenty five years, and could never find relief until I be gan the use of Peruna. "I began the use of your med icine the first day of last September and have taken nine bottles of Peruna, and can say that I believe I am cured of my troubles, and I think I am enjoying as good health as an old lady ef my age could expect. I am seventy-one years old I recommend Peruna to sufftrers wherever I may meet them, and -h"3 of my friends are being benefited by it. I think it is a God-send to poor suffering humanity. I will always be thankful to you for your medicine and kind advice, and trust that many others will take your remedy and be as greatly benefited as I have been." pounds heavier to the man than the To peka boys. Manager Heacock called the game off. Arrangements are being made to get another game here for the people who hold season tickets. This game wid probably be between the regular team and a team composed of the alumni of the high school. If the game is played it will probably be on tne first of De- "rneteam from the Central high school of Kansas City comes to Topeka onSat urday, November 24. Tlus is brand to be a hard game. Kansas City de feated the Topeka team in the firs game which, was Play2-? Every effort will be made to win in this encounter. It will undoubtedly be the best game the high school team wl play an the home grounds this season. AN OLD DEED. A. a Curry Presents State Historical Society With Family Kelic A. 53 Curry of 701 Lime street has pre sented the State Historical society with an old deed. -It is a title to a ten acre patch ot ground in Virginia and is signed by Robert Brooks, esquire, who was then governor of the commonwealth. The deed was made in 1796, about 28 years after the signing of the Declara tion of Independence. The instrument is strangely worded being in the style of address of these days. The descrip tion starts out by stating that the land i3 bounded by a line drawn from a willow tree on one corner, so maiy poles to an other willow tree where a line drawn to another corner, a number of poles away where there Is an ash and an oak tree and thence north to another oak tree with a peculiar mark on it and so on until the description of the land is fin- iSThe title was given to Mr. Currys Weak Lungs Tie wind kno-ws your 'wcix spot, even if yoo don't. It strikes J on t little in the clest, iai tkco tkit tigkt feeling comes on. Yon begin to cough, tad flows jot come vita one of your regular tird colds. Dida 't you know tkt Ayer's Ckerry Pectoral strengtkeas weak longs anil prevents pneumonia? Tlr isesr S5e., eaujfth for an ordfEry eoSd; 5t.. Jtast riyht for aithml, broachtti-. horcM, Hoer'nx -c.u-h. hard eokiaf giojG, saad economical for chronic eaaea. Elizabeth Fratsr. i Iii r.i ,1; iiit- 1 mu v ville; from my using It all three of the druggists now keep it. It cured my wife of. catarrh with which she bad been troubled for more than twenty-five years, and I had been troubled with it for fifteen years. We are now both all right. "My youngest son had la grippe four years ago, and as he had supposed had got well, or so far recovered that he went to work. He took a relapse and the pneumonia set in. He had hemorrhages, and though we tried everything we could think of it was to no purpose un til we gave him Peruna. The hem orrhages stopped, and he soon got up and is well and hard at work. We think there is nothing like Peruna." In a recent letter Mr. Harden writes: "We ksep Peruna always in the house, ELGIN, ILL. In a very recent com munication from this place comes the news that Mr. Arthur Ernest Kidd, a well-known architect of that city, has made complete recovery from catarrh of the head from which he had suffered for nearly a quarter of a century. Ac cording to Mr. Kidd's statement of his own case Peruna has scored another vic tory over a case of c hronic ca tarrh of long standing. H e writes the fol lowing from 13 Hamilton ave.: "I am 42 years of age, and have had catarrh of the head forover half of my life, as a result of (Ss-ii-i' followed by ty- li J l i c e i I got so bad that I was almost constantly coughing and clearing my throat. The catarrh greatly impaired my eyesight, and the hearing in one ear, and reduced my weight to 110 pounds. "I tried nearly every catarrh remedy advertised, besides a great many differ ent physicians' treatments, all of which failed, and the physicians would finally tell me that I could not be cured In this climate; that I ought to go to a dry climate, etc. "I had heard and read of Peruna, and finally decided to try it two months ago. I have now taken seven bottles, and weigh 1T2 pounds. Never felt happier or merrier. Feel tip top." I Mr. JL. E. Kldd. BMkkeeaisx. Shortbasd. Telexrapay, PeanassJiis. Psoas i. 21o2J Qulac Si. "DIRT DEFIES THE KING." THEN IS GREATER THAN paternal grandfather and it has been in the family ever since. Mr. Curry says that he remembers well the time when he was a smaii boy and watching his father and grandfather when they were rummaging throue-h their legal papers handle the deed. The original holder of the deed was a colonel in Washington's array. CHINA PAYING UP. American Claims Are Being Settled at Canton. Canton, Nov. 17. The American con sul here has been notified that the board of reconstruction has been ordered to pay $10.jO as the first installment in settlement of American claims. All the consuls are pressing for indemnity for the destroyed missions. A special deputy has been appointed for each district to estimate the damage done, the Chinese apparently realizing that settlement of the claims is the only method of ridding Canton of foreign gunboats. A fire has occurred herewhich destroy ed between 2'X and 300 houses. Bad Storm at Home. Seattle, Wrash., Nov. 17. Ia velocity of wind and high surf Nome had the worst storm of the season, beginning Oct. 31. Passengers on the Oregon re port that it lasted with fury until No vember 3, being still in progress, though milder, when that vessel sailed. After the wind had blown from the southeast for sixteen hours, during which time all the vessels In port put to sea, it sud denly veered to the west, the thermom eter dropping nearly thirty degrees. Rain, snow and hail fell. More or less damage done to property along the front. You can't afford to risk your life by al lowing a cough or a cold to develop into pneumonia or consumption. One Minute Cough Cure will cure throat and lung troubles quicker than any other prepara tion known. Many doctors uwe it as a specific for grippe. It Is an infallible rem edy for croup. Children like it and moth era endorse it- At Jul drug stores. CO VERY. es It cured us both of catarrh of 1 re standing. We have cal''-r .-very 1 1 t while to inquire as to -what IVruna h.n done for us. I iay: 'Lo Ic at ua. That is proof ennmh." "I sen you a picture of my rf-' '-r'-. I helped build a house in Iowa tj'y n the first of last Jun. and workd eighty two days, only losing cnt-q uart-r of a day during the whole time. H w i that for an old man 77 years old? I mine home n S.-ptemter an i have built another house out in the countrv this fall and am well and Ira rl y t ly. "I hope to live twenty yean jet, an J If Peruna hlps m In the future s If has in the past. I don't know why I can't. The drugirists sy I'.runa Is 'n of the best soiling nictln Ints thy fmve in stock." C. It. HAH DEN. Peruna can be relk-.i upon fi cure slight colds and roughs and other ca tarrhal ai'menta with a print-tn- -'s that is uneo;uiled by any order rem i v. If a cold has settled in any portion f the body and produced ntarrh. It 1 generally thought by people that thy must suff-r on yeflr after dr wl'h-eit any hope of cure. ThH in not true, how ever. Peruna cum rtn-h case. Thou sands of testimonials that cau never be used attest this fm t. Any one wishing fr IitTatur this ubJot should address lr. Hart" man, Columbus, Ohio. New Hampshire of Other MANCHESTER. N. TT. 'According 19 late advices. Miss plan he L. Kunui.-it has made a complete rBcjvi-ry from ca tarrh of the head which had caused a chronic running from the tars. 1 1 medical circles this cure has created dscided sensation. Her own sttaenient of the case ia as follows: "I have suffered for s veTal year with catarrh if th head. It fin ally rem he. I my ear, and caused a running ar. Having read f It. Hartman rmedi. s I irn lnedltely wrot and ho advise, i me. Today I nm In better health than I r.avbeen f r some time I witl flally re enrnmt n-i I'. ru til f-'rallca'arrfi JJ Biaache L. Bundled ll iSf'S. Th'Te 1 cnlv one systemic catarrh r m !y th.it Is sure to cieanwe the wh! system of ts tarrh. That remedy is Peruna. Thi n a remedy that ntedi no -ui-i7.in in addition to what the people y cf it. Everywhere the people are praising pe runa as a remedy for ail forms of ca tarrhal difficulties. Address The Peruna Med! ire Co., Columbus, O.. for a fre r. .py of Dr. Hartman' latest book on catarrh. Thin book tr-ts af th" difercnt phasn an.t st( ges of catarrh and should b ia thi hands ef every catarrh sufferer, "lieaii.l and Beauty" nt free to women. y ROYALTY ITSELF. DM08S. L. H. rK-fWSiO. DeMOSS 6z t PENVVELL t Funeral Directors X and Embaimers. IVst-Class Service at reaaosy J able prices. JJ 1 1 -"'-"'-r T ill Quincy St.. Topeka, Kmm. X Telephone 19s. 4k S A. W. H0PKI.V3. W. M. Uos-Kxsa HOPKINS SON, MERCHANT POLICE. Private Work a Specialty. Offlcs and Residence, 115 Kansas Ave., Topeka, Kas, ZVlONErTOI-OAN. Monthly payments. Long or SherS Time. Privilege to pay. CEpitlCBi!d:nzaniLoaaissn'a s 534 KANSAS AVE. J

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TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL, SATURDAY EVENING. NOVEMBER 17, 1900 1H- ili u A (TV f V I TV1 FAVORITE PHESCRIPIION MAKES BOTH MOTHER AND BABY HEALTHY STRONG. AND A Purely Vegetable and Per fectly Harmless, N on -Alcoholic and Non-Narcotic Preparation. f? i- j, ii r-- n fim-n-i -i n"i- JBEAL ON THE ROAD. Traveling ia Interest of Kansas Ex position. L. O. Peal, chairman of the auxiliary board of ways and means of the Kan sas Semi-Centennial Exposition com pany, is out on the road in the interest of the sale of stock of the company. Mr. Peal's trip will occupy about a month, and during- this time he will visit all the principal cities along- the line of the Rock Island railroad west of Topeka. tl'3 will make the counties of Wa baunsee, KiUy, Oeary. Clay. Republic, Jewell. Smith, Phillips and Norton. Mr. Peal will during this trip come ir.to contact with as many members of the coming- legislature as possible, and will eniMn-iir to uet them on the rig-lit side of the question. He will also make it a point to visit the various commercial clubs in the cities vhtre he stops and. interest them in the project and urge them to Bend delegates to the state meeting- in this city on January 13. I LLARD NOT CALLED. Ex-Cashier Has Not Been Summoned in Grimes Case. The testimony of Frank Willarci has not yet been taken by the prosecution i f the case asai:ist Frank Grimes, and no date has been fixed for Mr. .Willard to appear in court. Willard has been In town a -week but has not been summoned, owing to the absence of T. F. Doran from the city. Air. Uoran will return to Topeka to night. Ferry and Doran and J. G. Wa ters will later confer concerning the Wiilard testimony and a time will pro bably be fixed for the examination of the ex-cashier of the Merchants bank. The Manayunk Philosopher rlsea to re mark that it s a pity some fellows who boast of their family trees can't be strung up on them. These proverbs are queer things. We hear about footprints in the sands of time, and we are also told that time flies. Now, If the latter is correct, where do the footprints come from? THOUSANDS BEAR WITNESS To the Value of the Pyramid Pile Cure. Thousands of pile sufferers bear t ness to the inestimable value of the Pyramid Pile Cure, and even those who have undergone surgical operations without cure, have been happily sur prised by results from a few weeks' treatment with the Pyramid. The relief from pain and Itching Is al most instantaneous and the healing oils and astringents contained in the rem edy gradually and naturally bring about a complete cure in any form of piles, itching, protruding, internal or bleeding. Mr. Archie Birkett, of Ionia, Mich., writes: -I was troubled with piles so bad I had to tuit work for awhile. I found no relief until I tried the Pyramid Pile Cure. I used only two applications and it cured me alrnoot Instantly. I can truthfully recommend the Pyramid Pile Cure to any sufferer from piles." Mr. F.dward Dunellen. of Wiikesbarre, Pa., says: For seven years I was scarcely ever free from the itching tor ment of piles. I had used ointments and salves without number and often times got relief from them, but it took the Pyramid Pile Cure to make a com plete cure and it did it thoroughly and for eighteen months I have not had the slightest trace of piles. 1 feel all the more rejoiced because some of my friends told me I would never be cured unless I submitted to surgical operation and this I felt I never could do. Mrs. Aaron Medron, of Savannah, Ga.. writes: "Ever since the birth of my first child, six years ago. I have suf fered greatly from piles and rectal troubles. I could not bring myself to bear the thoughts of a surgical opera tion and had always been prejudiced against patent medicines. Hut it was simply a case of try some thing or give up entirely, and so having often seen the Pyramid Pile Cure adver tised I determined to try It, and for two years have never ceased to congratulate myself that I did so, for I have been entirely cured of rectal troubles and two packages of the Pyramid removed every trace of the piles. This may sound far-fetched and overdrawn, but it is absolutely true." The Pyramid Pile Cure contains no co caine, opium nor any injurious drug whatever, and is absolutely safe, pain less and effective. Druggists sell full-sized treatment of this remedy f 0 cents. GATCIIJRUANTS. State Educational Committee Wants a 'ew Law. ProTide For an Officer to Catch Runaway Scholars.' THE CHANGES WANTED Effort Will Be 3lade to Improre Reform School. Flan of School Taxation Is Satisfactory. Not Frank Nelson, state superintendent of public instruction. Is preparing his an nual report, In. which he will make sug gestions and recommendations concern ing the improvement of the school work of the state. Last year the State Teach ers' association appointed a. committee on legislation, consisting of Mr. Nelson, John MacDomald of the Western School Journal, Supt. J. C. Short of Saline county, Supt. I. H. Hannen of Coffey county, and Supt. A. B. Carney of Con cordia. The committee has already held one meeting and partially outlined Its work, and another meeting- will be held early next month. Mr. Nelson is enthu siastic over the outlook, and believes that with organized effort some very im portant school legislation can be secured during the coming session 01 tne legisla ture. "We have a compulsory attendance law," said Mr. Nelson to a State Journal reporter, "enacted in 1874, but It has been a dead letter during all these years. The provisions are such that it is almost impossible to enforce it. One of the needs of our state is a practical com pulsory attendance law, and we propoe to see if something can not be done along this line this winter. Many of the best states of the union nave eompuisoiy laws which are productive of much good to the school interests, and there is no reason why Kansas should not be in line along this phase or our eaura.uuuai work. "We expect to amend the present com pulsory law in several ways," continued Mr. Nelson. "For instance, in the law which we have in view, we hope to have provisions made for the appointment of truant otticeis. vine county coiumiMiiuu ers, upon nomination of the county su nwintpndfnL shall be authorized to ap point these oilicers, each truant officer to receive about $2 per day for actual service rendered in the discharge of his duties, the same to be paid by the county treasurer from the county fund. "Provisions should also be made re quiring the teacher to make a monthly report to the county superintendent be fore receiving his month's salary of all cases of truancy in his district. The countv superintendent should then re port such cases to the truant officer. This plan would make the work very effective and would no doubt bring about the desired results. "The right which the state has to tax the ieople for the support of schools car ries with It the right to enforce attend ance in the schools. The lost boy costs more than the saved boy. "Man v of the teachers and educators have felt for some time the need of a manual training department in connec tion with our state reform school and this will be one of the measures that we will try to secure during the coming ses sion of the legislature. We hope to in terest the state board of charities and the state association of charities in this movement. The boys at the reform school should not only be taught to be have but they should be taught work along those practical lines which will enable them to prepare themselves for some particular line of skilled labor. A correct conception of labor is the true basis of morality. "An effort will also be made to secure legislation relating to school taxation. The subject of school revenue is one of the most important effecting our work at this time. Under our present system, the revenue of our schools is derived from the local district tax, supplemen ted by a small additional tax from the state and county funds. Practically all the revenue is derived from the first source. According to our present law, each school district In the state, havin? a good and sufficient school building, is required to maintain a term of school at least four months. This without re gard to the assessed valuation of the district and in spite of the fact that the stronger districts receive a much great er amount from the state school fund than the weaker ones. A district with a small valuation can maintain only a short term of school and very often se cures a poorly paid and inefficient teacher. And even under these adverse conditions, such a district is compelled to levy a tax to the full limit allowed by law in order to meet the legitimate ex penses of the school. On the other hand, districts with larger valuations are able to maintain a long term of school and pay for an efficient teacher with a levy sometimes as low as two or toree mills. "There must be a remedy for thin un just system," said Mr. Nelson with a great deal of emphasis. "Under our present system, the burdens of educa tion are very unevenly distributed." "What remedies are you going to sug gest?" asked the reporter. "The committee on legislation," re plied Mr. Nelson, "has given this ques tion much thought and study and we expect to petition the legislature to give us a two mills state tax to be distribu ted in each district.the number of teach ers to be determined on the basis of 60 children of school age, or fraction there of not less than ten, this tax to be dis tributed at the time of the distribution of the semi-annual state school fund. This is the outline in general. We also hope to secure a county levy of not less than three nor more than five mills. We will bend our energies for the securing of this tax legislation which means so much to the school interests of the state. "We also expect to secure a modifica tion of the state uniformity law. al though no definite plans have yet been decided upon. It Is very apparent that a rt vision of the prices must be made in order that better books may be se cured for the children of the state. Worthless books produce worthless re sults. A good book is at all times a good Investment." This probably means that for the bene fit of the book companies the price of books will be raised, to obtain "a better book." A Great Medicine. "T have used Chamberlain's Colic. Chol era and Diarrhoea Remedy and find it to bo a great medicine." says Mr. K. S. Fhipps, of Poteau. Ark. "It cured me of bloody mix. I can not speak too highly cf it." This remedy always wins the go.id opinion, if not praise, of these who use it. The quick cures which It effects even in th most sever cases make it a favorite everywhere. For sale by all druggists. All druggists sell a "growler" for 5 cents The new hand-made citfar. SUNDAY AT THE CHURCHES First United Presbyterian church, cor ner of mishth ana Topeka avenues, T T5 -f TCirnVtan rator: Preaching to- morrowat 11 o'clock on "Repentance Unto ijire. ana at v.ju on i ne ufju o.". Hohhoth cf.ifw-.i nt o-is n ml r Tl. at 6 :o0. First Unitarian church: Services at 11 a. m. with sermon by the minister. Rev. Abram Wyman, subject, "The Ethics of Socialism. Young People's society at 4:00 r. m.. subiect. Trowbridge's "The Young Surveyor,"' Dana Parkhurst, leader. First Church of Christ. Scientist, corner Huntoon and Polk streets: Services at 11 a. m., subject "Ancient and Modern iNe oromiinov: or Mesmerism and Hypno tism." Judge W. G. Ewing. of Chicago, 111., will lecture at 3 n. m. in the Craw ford Opera house, subject "Christian Seience the Religion of Jesus Christ. The Church of Spiritualism will hold their usual conference meeting next Sun day at 2:30 p. m. In the evening at 7:30 Miss K. Challand will lecture, suDjeci, "The Three Temples." African M. E. church (St. John), corner Seventh ana iopeka avenues: Class meet lng at 10 a. m. Preaching by the pastor at u a. m ana i p. m., morning sun ject, "Salvation"; evening subject, "Christ a Rock." The union quarterly meeting of the Sunday schools will be held at this church at ii:3U p. m. C. K. meeting at 6:S0 t. m. A. M. Ward, oastor. First Presbyterian church: Preaching hv the nastor. Rev. J. U. Countermine. 1. U., morning, "Christ Sounding the Curfew of the Soul;" evening. "Eleven Days' Horse Back Ride Uu ThrouKh Palestine. Nazareth, Cana. Tabor, Mount of Beati tudes and the Sea of Uanies. Airs. i: n. Wear will siner at evening service. Sun dav school, 9:45 a. m. Junior and sub- junior C. E-, 3 p. m. Senior and Inter mediate C. E. meetlne-. 6:30. First Conereerritional church. Rev. D. M. Fisk, pastor: Sundav school at 9:4a. Ser mon at 11, "What Shall Twentieth Cen tury Topeka Re?' Christian Endeavor at 6:1a. sermon at 7:ot. ine une i ning in the Universe I am Most Afraid Of." Apostolic Congregation and Bethel Di vine Mealing home, will hold services at the Stone Mansion one Itnile west of Wash burn college. Ail cars met by carriag between the hours or iu ana iz a. m. ana 2 and 3 p. m. Services U a. m., 8 p. m and 7:30 n. m. Oakland Presbyterian church: The Rev. J. S. Caruthers will preach at 11 a. ni. and V:di p. m. tomorrow. Third Presbyterian church, corner Fourth and liranner streets: Revival meetiners under the leadership of Evan gelist Birch as follows: Morning service at 11 o clock; a mass meeting tor young people, at 3 o'clock; and evening service at 7 :30 o'clock. Third Christian church, comer Third and Iike streets, F. E. Mallory, pastor: Preaching at 10:45 a. m. 7::i0 p. m., min-iK lng topic, "too evening topic. rue un ruly xongtie." .tuple sciioot at y:.v a. ni. junior C. E. at S p. m.; senior C. E. ut 6 p. m. North Topeka Baptist church, corner Laurent and Harrison street, lie v. YV. 15. Hutchinson, pastor: Services at 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. Morning subject, "Forsak ing and Returninar; evenini? subiect, "The Make-Believe Family," the sixth ser mon in the series on "Some Families I Have Known. Wesleyan Methodist church, corne Third and Jefferson streets: Sunday scnool, 10 a. m. preaching by tne pastor, Rev. C. T. Carkuff 11 a. m. class meet ing following: young people's meeting, led by Hilton CtouUI, :o0 p. m. preaching by the pastor, 7:30 p. m. Services at the Second United Presby terian church, Bennett's Flats, West Twelfth street. 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. Dr. James White, of Arkansas City, will preach, subject in the morning. "God Shaking the Nations;" in the evening, "The Mold of Doctrine." Sunday school, 10 a. m. Junior C. E., 6 p. m. C. E., 6:45 p. m. Highland Park Assembly hall: Sunday school at 2:30 p. m. preaching at 4 o'clock by the Rev. P. B. Iee. Christian Endeavor society at 8 o'clock. Central Congregational church, Huntoon and Buchanan street, Frank IT. Allen, pastor in charge: Sunday school at 9:45 a. m.; sermon, 11 a. m. Junior Endeavor at 3 p. m. Intermediate, 4 p. m. Senior at 7 p. m. First Christian church, on Topeka ave nue, between Sixth and Seventh streets, F. W. Emerson, pastor: Bible school, 9:45 a. m.; Junior C. E., 4 p. m.: Senior Endeavor will meet in the church audi torium at 6:15 p. m. The temperance com mittee will conduct the meeting. A. H. Vance will address the meeting on "Pres ent Conditions. How They Came About, and the Remedy;" others will speak also. Preaching services at 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m.. morning subject, "Kept by Christ." First Baptist church, corner Ninth and Jackson streets, Philip Wendell Crannell, pastor: Sunday school, 9:30 a. m: morn ing worship, 11; Junior C. E., 6:30; even ing worship, 7:30, sermon on "A Prince and His Father." the last of the "Suc cessful Life" series. First Methodist Enisronal church. .Tohn T. McFarland, pastor: Class meetings at 9:30 a. m. Junior league, 10 a. m.; public worship with preaching by E. M. Mills, corresponding secretary of the Twentieth century movement. 11 a. m.: Sundav school, 2:30 p. m.: Jefferson street branch scnool, 2:4o p. m.: Epworth league, 6:30 p. m. Preaching by Dr. Mills at 7:30 p. m. The newly organized Quartette will sing at both services. rarKdale iletnodlst Episcopal church, corner Seventh and lime streets: Class meeting, 10 a. m.; sermon by the pas tor. Rev. D. D. Cheney. 11 a. m. Sunday school. 2:30 p. m.; Junior League, 3:30 p. m. Enworth Ijeairue. fi:3f n. m sermon by Rev. L. H. Murlin, D. D., president of Baker university. 7:30 p. m.. EPISCOPAL. Grace Cathedral, bishop, the Right Rev. Frank R. Millpoauarh. t. D dean. th Very Rev. John W. Sykes: canon, the ttev. Maurice j. Bywater; Services 7:30 a. m.. Holy Communion; 9:30, Sunday school: n. morning prayer, LJtanv, ser mon by the Very Rev. John W. Svkes: 7:30 p. m., evening Draver. sermon hv the dean. Good Shepherd, corner of Laurent and Quiney. North Tooeka: Services 9.45 Sunday school; 11 a. m., morning prayer, Litany, sermon bv Rev. Canon v.vwier- 7:30 p. m., evensong, sermon by Canon By wa ter. fot. Simon's, porrte? of Western nvemiA and Seventh street: Services 9:45 a. m.. Sunday school: 4:30. evenintr nravpr ser mon by Rev. Canon Bywater. t. alvarv Mission, corner of T.nlrn nno East Sixth street: Services 3 p. m.. Sun day school: 4:00 p. m., evening praver, sermon by the Very Rev. John W. Sykes, dean of Grace Cathedral. -4s 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 ej 4 l I a m ta You have a large number of friends. Have they a Piano in the home If they have, ask them whose make it is. They will tell you it's a .i.i .....I.!,. .1, i. I., .......,...l.. .11. ,i i .....it,UJ,-. .11.... I..U.. I ,,l..iM.iiil! STATE BUTTER MAKERS. State Dairy Association Will Meet in Topeka in January. The Kansas State Dairy association will hold its annual convention in To peka, January 7-9. The sessions will be held in horticultural hall in the state house. It is expected that 400 or 500 members and visitors will attend. Sev eral sessions will be held each day when subjects of interest to creamerymen, cheese manufacturers, dairymen and farmers will be discussed. Secretary of Agriculture Wilson, ex-Governor Hart of Wisconsin, and other speakers of na tional and state repute are expected to deliver addresses. Classes for instruc tion and examination in dairy arts will be formed and premiums awarded. Tha convention will close on Wednesday ev ening with a banquet. W F. Jenson, of this city. Is president. and T. A. Burman, of White City, is sec retary of the association. The week of January 7-12 will be no table for the conventions to be held in Topeka. There will be sessions of the state board of agriculture, 8-11; the Kansas Improved Stock Breeders' asso ciation, 7-12;and the Kansas State Poul try association s poultry show, 7-12. Homeseekers Excursions via Santa Fe Route. On Tuesday, November 20. will sell tickets to points in Arkansas, Arizona, Indian Territory, New Mexico, Oklaho ma and Texas at rate of one fare plus $2 for the round trip. Final limit of tickets, 21 days. For sprains, swelllnirs and lameness there Is nothing so good as Chamber lain's Pain Ka 1m Irv it. For sale bv- all druggists. 4 4 t t 4 4 t I W W V T T We'll tell you why. They'll tell you why. See if we don't coincide Because it has the tone, quality, and workmanship. Because it is a work of art. Because it adds attractiveness to the home. Because all leading musical artists of the world join In singing its praise, and use it in their professional tours. That's the number of Kimball instruments made and sold each year. 4 ALL CO., T. P. CULLEY, Manager. Branch Honse, 630 Kansas Avenue. Reliable Persons Having Surplus Income, Desiring a Profitable and Safe Use for Money are invited to examine and acquaint themselves with the details of what ia conceded to be the best of all investments. More than four hundred thousand people have already done so and the result is the establishment of a permanent fund for their benefit exceeding S300, 000,000, and this is a balance remaining after payments to them or their estates of more than $525,000,000 within the past fifty-seven years. A full description of the latest plan offering great advantages will be forwarded to you free on application. It will certainly interest you. It may prove of great benefit to you. No other method offers the same security combined with the same opportunities. Address for particulars JOHN E. LORD, General Agent, Topeka, Kansas. PUNISHMENT TOO SMALL. President McKinley Wants Boxer Leaders Made to Suffer Severely. New York, Nov. 17. Wu Ting- Fang, the Chinese minister, Is quoted In a Herald dispatch from "Washington as saying of the Chinese situation: The Imperial government Is anxious to meet the views of the allied powers. Severe penalties have been imposed upon tnose wnom it is sate for the Imperial government to punish at this time, and consideration should be shown to China In her present unfortunate position and she ought not to be pressed too hard. I am in hopes that no attempt will be made to destroy the Ming tombs. Such a proposition is horrifying to con template. As works of art they are beautiful. They are not the tombs of the emperors of the present dynasty. When the Manchus conquered China, in deference to the feelings of the Chi nese they permitted the tombs to remain without desecration. They form one of the sights of China, and have given much pleasure to foreign sightseers." hue the administration is pleased with the decree of the Chinese govern ment punishing the boxer leaders, it is not thought the decree goes far enough. The name of Gen. Tung Fuh Siang, commander of the Chinese troops, is missing from the list of officials it is stated to the fact that Tung Fuh Siang is supported by his troops, and that It would be very embarrassing to the em peror at this moment to attempt to pun ish him. Nevertheless officials at Washington. think he should be promptly punished. and at the cabinet meeting it was de cided to instruct Minister Conger to In sist that he suffer for his part of the outrages, and that the penalties for some of the officials named In the decree be made more severe. Neither the presi dent nor Secretary Hay favor the exe cution of the eleven princes and officials whom the ministers have named, but they desire the Imposition of a punish ment more severe than mere degrada tion. It has come out that the Russian and French ministers are working in har mony with Minister Conger in, the effort to reach a prompt conclusion of the ne gotiations. PANIC IN A COLLEGE. Students and Teachers Flee From Fire in Hospital Rooms of Cottey. Nevada, Mo., Nov. 17. Cottey college, a Methodist institution for women, caught fire In the fourth story, In the hospital rooms. The flames were dis covered by Miss Vesta Harding, a stu dent. Excitement reigned for over half an hour among the inmates. Teachers and pupils ran from the building, shriek ing and crying. The fire department, with the assistance of citizens, put out the fire. The loss ia estimated at saveral hundred dollars. Irrigation Delegates Governor Stanley today appointed the following delegates to the national irri gation congress to be held in Chicago November 21-24: George M. Munger, Eureka D. M. Frost, Garden City. i Chester I Long, congressman. W. A. Reeder, congressman Sixth dis trict. E. R. Moses, Great Bend. Charles S. Landis, Osborne. H. M. Cottrell, Manhattan. The two congressmen will stop at Chi cago on their way to Washington. Always Took Food Before Pleading. Dr. Brnnton, one of the most famous physicians of London, tells of a patient of his who was a noted barrister and who always took a full dose of cod liver oil before pleading a case. This bar rister did not believe In stimulants and never used them while engaged in mental labor. Yet he always took his dose of cod liver oil because he said it rendered his mind much more active. Without doubt cod liver oil Is a most remarkable food, especially when partly digested as it Is in Scott's Emulsion. It certainly strengthens the memory and feeds and builds up the whole nervous system to a most remarkable degree. Not Disappointed. "So your teacher Is going to be married. Then you won't marry her when you grow up?" "No, and neither would the other fellow, if ha'd ever been in her class." Puck. 1 BETTER THAN MEDICINE. A Turkish, Electric or Min eral Bath prescribed by tfie leading physicians of the city. Best of attendants. Massage Treatment, Swedish Move ment, given at your heme or the Sanitarium. i TOPEKA MINERAL WELLS. 140 of Its Stenographers Holding Positions ia Topeka. A large high grade Institution. P'ment's famous Hy.tem. "Touch Method" of typewriting. Instructions strictly Individual. The only school in the w-t huvlnif a" practical department furnished with new typewriters and all modern npp)lm e. where advanced pupils do work for the public nnd receive their eitir e.-ir'lnvn. Kvery graduate goes out an experiei.cej t'nnKTaphpr and If iruHrnntead s p nt'l n or money refunded. lay and nltfht sessions. Pupils can enter at any time. Call or write for circulars. 628 and 630 Kansas Ave. Established 1&87. Tele. 898. ANNA E. CANAN. W. S. BERGUNDTHAL, 117 West Seventh Street, Real Estate, Insurance, Rents, Collections. A large list of Property for sale at Moderate Prioe and on Reasonable Terms. A number of properties eepeoially desirable for shop men, III OAKLAND AND IIEEHY'8 ADDITION TELEPnCNU 199. Th.ud. of three mil lion bottle of this etegaat hair drwslae In the United States and Greet Britain In 1890 prove that It has surpassing aoerlt end does all that is claimed for it. HAY'S ilair-iiG&i3!i has been a blessing to thousands who have become gray or bald. Hay's Hair-Health is a health ful hair food, restoring youthful color and beauty to gray aud laded tiair. Ke moves ana prevents dandruff and stops laHmtj and break in p of the hair. It is OOt M dy. and positively will not dis colcr the scalp, hands or clothing and its use cannot be detected by your best friend. Prevents hair falUn after Sea, bathing or much pcrspirauon. Ont ctt!s Doss It. f HAY'S HAiR.KEALTH4 I m x d large 50c. BOTTLES Leading Druggists, EVERT BOTTLE IVfiRRflflTED to restore gray, white or faded hair to youthful CoJor and life. It acts on the roots, giving them the required nourishment and positively produces luxuriant thick hair on bald heads. Afotf m GemyHski Lmfi." the testimony of hundreds using it. Hay 'a Hair-Heaitii is a dainty dressing and a necessary adjunct to every toilet, and no Tike other preparations, has healthful action on the roots of the hair, causing the hah to re-rain its original color, whether black, brown or golden. Oooef torn 25c OMkm HARFIMA SOAP. fiit r.t mrJ rnnnon in five dars. take it to airr of the followina d-rtitrtrist and thev will rive you a targe bottle of Hay's Hair-Health and a 25c. cake Hortina Medicated Soap, the best soap for Hair, Scalp, Complexion. Bath and Toilet, both (or Firty cents; regular price. 75c. This otter is good once oniy to same famiiv. Redeemed by leadia? druggists everywhere at their shops only, or by tne Philo Hay's specialties Co., azq Laiayette be, Newark, I. J., either with or without soap, by express, prepaid, ia piaia sealed package on receipt of 60c. and this coupon. 0PH3fITCS. Any person purchasing Hay's Hair-Health ti4lS4i J I iaiaW anrwhere m the United States, who has not Name.... .-been benefited, may have his money back by addressing tniuo ilAV b. bfKviALTiES we iaravette street, fsewark, ri.j Address Smp' Refuse ail sisttfntts Jnsist havutf fi. J. J, FoUawiRg drusiirists suppty Hay's Hair-Health and Harffna Soap In their shops only s Swift Helliday, 523 Kansas Avenue, Topeka. Rowley Snow, 600 Kansas Avenue, Topeka. CARLISLE YS. U. OF P. Indians and Penngylvanians on Penn sylvania's Gridiron. Philadelphia, Nov. 17. Anxious to re trieve their crushing defeat of last year when the Carlisle Indians won by the score of 16 to 5, the Red and Blue of Pennsylvania this afternoon met their former victors on Franklin field gridiron. Pennsylvania won the toss and chose ihe east goal. A light wind is in her favor. Wheelock kicked off the Pennsylvania's 20-yard line. Potter catching the pigskin. He advanced the ball 15 yards before he was downed. The ball was advanced a few yards when Gardiner punted to the Indians' 15-yard line, the Indians fumbling. The ball was steadily advanced by end runs. First half Pennsylvania 11; Indians 0. How to Treat a Troublesome Corn. To jemove a troublesome corn or bun Ion: First soak the corn or bunion In warm water to soften It. then pare It down as closely as possible without draw ing; blood and apply Chamberlain's Fain Balm twice daily: rubbina vigorously fur live minutes at each application. A corn plaslt-r should be worn for a few days, to protect It from the shoe. As a general liniment tor sprains. Druises. ianien"s and rheumatism. Pain Balm ia uneu.ualed. For sale by all druggists. COLORADO FLYER. Said the teacher to the grammar class To which our boys belong: "The horse and cow in in the field, ,.iuojj B iq) u )ii(a 'mom "The cow and horse i In the field," Spake one in manners vmed; Hecause. you know, 'tis more pu41te To mention ladlea first." Life. Discount sale on watches this month, at Morrison's. Via, "Great Rock Island Route." Leaves Topka 8:10 p. m.. arriving Colorado Springs 10:35, Denver 11:00 o'clock, next a. m. De Witt's Little Early Risers are the best liver pills ever made. Kasy to take and never gripe. At all drug stores. Present Select your Christmas pres ents at Morrison's and have them laid away. Part paymeut required. TERTIaTONlAl. Mrs. Mary N. Osborne, South Kansas Ave., Says: I have had my eyes tested and glasses fitted before, but I am now satisfied they did not understand my cae. I purchased a pair of your Special Ground Crystal Lenses and they grave me immediate relief. DR. J. E. LITTLEFIELD EYE SPECIALIST. Office 1255 West Street, Topeka, Kens.

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