The Topeka State Journal (Topeka, Kansas)
December 13, 1900

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LAST EDSTiOii THURSDAY EVENING, TOPEKA, KANSAS. DECEMBER 13, 1900. THURSDAY EVENING. TWO CENTS. D0LPH!NARR1VES. Head of Striking Telegraphers Is in Topeka. Discusses Strike From Stand point of Men. THE TEXAS SITUATION Sajs Railroad Paid !so Atten tion to Grievances. O. 11. T. President Still Insists That Strikers Will Win. MR. RIPLEY TALKS. "Strike Incident Is Closed Says He. "Don't Stop to Argue When You Are Struck iu Pace." Several Accessions to Strikers lleported Today. "While President Ripley of the Santa Fe railroad, system and National Pres ident M. M. Dolphin of the Order of Railway Telegraphers are both in To peka no conference on the strike ques tion will be held. Neither side will ask for one. President Dolphin states that the last move was made by the telegraphers and overtures should come from the com pany in response. President Ripley says he can be approached by any man, but that the company has no reason to pro pose negotiations, as the strike is re garded on that side as a closed inci dent. President Dolphin arrived in Topeka rm No. 8 at 5 o'clock this morning. Vice President Pearson is left in charge of the Gulf operators' strike at Galveston. President Dolphin will have his head quarters in Topeka for the present, mak ing trips out from here to various points on the line, as occasion demands. "Arbitration of all differences that have arisen in the Santa Fe strike will be accepted by the telegraphers," said President Dolphin to a State Journal re porter. "We are willing to submit these questions to disinterested persons. We will accept the governor of Colorado, the governor of Kansas or the governor of Texas as arbitrator. Or we: will re fer the dispute, with the schedule asked by the Gulf operators, to General Man ager Van Vleck of the Southern Pacific. Isn't it a most fair and reasonable offer to leave the question in the hands of a practical railroad man, who is also an official of the Southern Pacific' "It was a jug-handled sort of arbitra tion that the Santa Fe officials offered the Gulf men. and offered to deceive and gain public sympathy. They pro posed arbitration on the questions favor able to the company only. "The public doesn't fully realize all the conditions of the Gulf strike As early as the middle of last April the men formulated their grievances and tried to have them heard. They spent time and money, traveling long dis- PRESIDENT RIPLEY, Of the A., T. S. F. tances, raying high hotel rates, to get the chance to be heard a few minutes by busy officials. After five months of this and no satisfaction patience ceased to be a virtue. 'Whiie the company business has in- fr-RflSd tto nr rvr-i i rr- .vt:.-. A Mllfe -Liil.;, the number of operators handling the business has been reduced SO per cent. Now the company wanted to eliminate fifteen of the most important stations from the schedule. Thev cut off ex press commissions and ticket commis sions. Operators were compelled to work sixteen to twenty hours a day for low wages. The operators were not ask ing for an eight-hour day, as is the general demand of labor all over the country. They asked eight hours im munity from toil out of twentv-four. Kight hours" rest after sixteen "hours'" labor was their demand, subject to emergency calls. "The situation today is favorable for us. I am confident that the Santa Fe operators will win the fight. I was met at every station on the way up from Galveston. All are standing firm. "I did not know President Ripiev was in Topeka until an hour ago. i" sup posed he was in Chicago or New York, and did not come here with the inten tion of meeting him. Vice President Pearson is in charge at Galveston. The strike is all over the system. It might be said the center had changed to here, but not permanently. I should think the company Tolficers' consciences would be awakened to the wrongs they have imposed upon the men. Advances should come from them, as the telegraphers made the last advance to the. comoanv." PRESIDENT RIPLEY TALKS. When President Ripley was seen by m. State Journal reporter today he had Ht i'et received Lieutenant Governor f.cr ff Carney's dispatch, urging arbitration with the telegraphers. "It is probably on the way," he said, "and what I shall reply is conjectural. As far as the Santa Fe road is con cerned the strike is a closed incident. The time for argument or arbitration is past. Not more than 40 per cent, of the operators went on the strike. We have recovered from the effect of their going. We jtvere prepared to beat them if 75 per cent, had gone out. But when as many as 60 per cent, remained loyal the operators have no- chance of winning and never did have. The argument is ail over. When a fellow strikes you in the face you don't stop to argue any longer. It is presumed that all argu ment is in when the fight begins. "The places of the strikers have about all been filled, and the strike has ceased to give the officers of the road any seri ous concern. Other matters occupy our attention now. "I have not been asked for a con ference by Mr. Dolphin. I am not hunt ing for him. Any man can find me, and talk to me on business." NOTHING TO ARBITRATE. Aldace F. Walker, chairman of the board, said: "What is there to arbitrate? The strikers have broken their own rules, as I understand it, when they did not take a vote among themselves. They certainly broke their contract with the company. Further consideration can not be expected." MORE MEN GO OUT. At strikers' headquarters the men are being encouraged by reports of recent accessions to their ranks. Nine men went out on the Chicago division this morning and President Dolphin received the following dispatch from P. E. Cush man. Needles. Cal. "Dispatchers Coopman and Slack quit this morning account operators employ ed being dangerous to life and prop erty." It was learned by the operators here that the company has been importing "students" from telegraph, "schools" to n VA V.VM. ALDACE F. WALKER, Chairman of Santa Fe Board of Directors. fill the places of the strikers. One of these fell into the hands of the strikers. He said he was one of a party of 17 that had been sent from a school in Iowa. After becoming acquainted with the facts of the situation he decided he did not care to take the responsibility of handling train orders, upon the correct handling of which depended the lives of hundreds of passengers. He told the op erators that he was the best in the lot dnd that he could "send 15 words a min ute, but could not 'receive' very well." "These are the kind of men," said one of the operators, "the company is send ing out to take the places formerly held by responsible men, who have had years of experience in railroading. In ordinary times the railroad would not think of hiring men from these schools, or any one else who had not had experience in actual railroad work. "In case of a wreck these poor, de luded students would be held for crim inal negligence and the real criminal who sent them out would not even be censured. "There should be a law providing that men who essay to do this class of work should pass a critical examination and prove their ability to look after this re sponsible part of railroad work. "Why," he continued, "even such a level-headed man as Charlie Gertiesen, agent for the company in North Topeka, quit train dispatching years ago because the strain of handling trains by tele graph was making him prematurely gray headed. Now much of the respon sibility of the train dispatcher is re lieved by the block system recently in augurated by the Santa Fe and the re sponsibility of the operator out on the line increased. t "These students are put through a superficial examination by Chief Dispatcher Combs at the depot, but you can't make a good operator out of these green iiands in a day, nor a month and many of them in a life time." DOLPHIN HEARS FROM GALVES TON. President Dolphin received the follow ing dispatch from Galveston today: "Monsarette wires company in des perate straits on that end of division. Freight agent trying run trains. Faced up two fast passengers. Did not bite, but train crews refused to take their runs out on these trains today. Hulse wires situation improved. Relief men placed bv companv quitting every day." CARNEY WANTS ARBITRATION. Denver, Dec. 13. Lieutenant Governor Carney who is acting governor in the absence of Governor Thomas, was wait ed upon at the capitol by a committee of telegraphers who desired to discuss at length the existing strike on the San ta Fe and to ask the governor to lend his assistance in bringing about an early settlement. After the subject had been carefully gone over. Governor Car ney signified his willingness to request the officers of the railway to arbitrate the differences. A telegram was prepared and sent to Chairman Walker of the board of directors of the Santa Fe and President Ripley as follows: "In behalf of the people of the state of Colorado, after due investigation, the locked out telegraphers of your railroad are absolved from any complicity in re cent outrages upon certain employes who have taken the places of these men in this state. The interests of the people of the state and the patrons of your road would be materially subserved were the differences existing between the management and the telegraphers submitted to arbitration and settled as speedily as possible. (Signed). "FRANCIS CARNEY, "Acting Governor of Colorado." President Garman of the State Fed eration of Labor sent a similar request to the officers of the Santa Fe. Teleg raphers who heard of the action of these two officers were highly pleased and be lieved that good would result from the movement. Governor Carney was seen at the St. James hotel. The governor, while a member of the state senate, introduced (.Continued on Sixth Page. VEARYWAITIIIG. The Morrison Jury Still Wrang ling Over the Terdict. Small Prospect That an Agree ment Will Be Reached. SEXT TO BED AT SIGHT Feared Jury Would Break Down Unless Given Sleep. Miss Morrison Holding Up Well Under the Suspense. El Dorado.Kan., Dec. 13 At 10 o'clock last night Judge Shinn sent the jury in the Morrison murder case to its hotel for the night with instructions to the bailiff to let the members have a good sleep and after breakfast in the morn ing to return them to the jury room for further deliberations. The jury gave no indications of arriv ing at a verdict. With good beds and food the twelve men are comfortable and will be able to deliberate for a week. John. Gregory, the juror who com plained of being ill, was much better to day and will probably be able to go through the week if necessary. The paoer which the jury sent to the court contained a statement that the jury could not agree. This information is usually conveyed from jury to judge verbally. It stated nothing about how the jury stood. The court and attorneys refused, to give out the contents of the note. There are all kinds of rumors afloat as to the standing of the jury. One thing seems certain, and that is the jurors have disagreed on the question of the guilt or innocence of Miss Morrison. It is not believed they have clashed on any degree of punishment. To the casual observer it would ap pear that at least two of the jurors are holding out for acquittal. Rumor has tt that ten are for conviction and two for acquittal, and there the matter has rested since the jury retired at 8:30 Tuesday morning. Judge Redden, one of the attorneys for Miss Morrison, was on the streets of El Dorado today, happy in the belief that toe had secured a hung jury for his client. "It's not a victory for us." he said, "but it is better than conviction." The majority of the jurymen are un used to close confinement -and are show ing the effects of their long siege. Their names and ages are given. THE MORRISON JURY. Alexander Hewitt, farmer, aged 58, foreman. John Gregory, farmer, aged 24. Joseph Nichols, farmer, aged 47. William Shanock. Jr., farmer, aged 23. Albert Litzkie, farmer, aged 37. H. G. Liggett, farmer, aged 32. J. L. Stewart, farmer, aged 32. CJ. A. Grant, farmer, aged 48. J. B. Palmer, farmer, aged 40. J. M. Helms, farmer, aged 40. F. M. Wright, farmer, aged 3S. vr T Simnsnn. farmer, aged 55. Miss Morrison does not betray her I anxiety. While she believes her chances of vindication are lessening as the hours speed by, there is still a spark of hope in her heart, and her face bears no evi dence of doubt or fear. She looked to day as well as at any time during the trial and seemed in better condition than on Wednesday. She passed Wed nesday as she had the dy preceding, save for the brief interval when she was in the court room. Some of her relatives were with her constantly. The mails brought her more than three dozen mes sages bidding her hope and assuring her of the confidence of others in her in nocence. Two bouquets of fresh flowers were received to replace the faded ones in her garden behind the prison bars. The delav in receiving the verdict is increasing "the county's expense. Clerk of the Court Osburn has given out the following list of expenses already in curred: Per diem and mileage, regular jury, $400: jury claims tiled, $1,425: fees of witnesses, sheriff and clerk, $1,850; Morrison jurv. $850: serving papers, spe cial venires, $550; bailiffs' fees, $100. This makes a total up to the present of $5,175, and the end is not yet. Should the verdict be against the de fendant and the subsequent application for a rehearing be granted the case would be tried before a new judge and prose cuted by a new county attorney. Both of the present incumbents are Populists and will retire in January. Both will be succeeded by Republicans, elected on No vember 6. At the trial Jessie Morrison's age was given at 29. It is said that if one searches the records of the count schools Jessie attended When in- her teens, and then count up to the present year, he will find that she is but a few months short of 32. She looks fully this olA, but this is only natural. Five months' confinement behind prison bars is not a youth-restoring ex perience. By some of the newspapers Jessie Mor rison has been compared to John Henry Collins, the Topeka young man convicted of the murder of his own father. But Jessie Morrison is not so remarkable a prisoner as was Collins. Occasionally she breaks down. Collins never did. She has wept freelv at times wnen inmaa wouia not have batted an eye. Yet she has made a- most interesting, and, perhaps, extraordinary prisoner. It is admitted that she has borne the long siege of con finement and the awful strain upon her nerves remarkably well. Possibly, after all, the only difference between her con duct as a prisoner and that of Collins, is that she is a woman and he a man. Some townspeople who are of an im patient disposition are unkind enough to accuse the jurors of mercenary instincts. Thev argue that this is a season of the veaf when their farms do not require their attention and that to receive free board, free lodging and $2 per day is too much of a. snap for them to break away from until the fudge interferes. There is no reason to believe, however, that the jury is not doing its best to arrive at an agreement. UNLUCKY OMENS ARE APPARENT. Wednesday marked the thirteenth day since the taking of evidence in the Mor rison case began. It began on Friday, November 30. It is rather remarkable how the dav Friday and the figure 13 have shown forward in the Morrison case. Cat tle and Miss Wiley were married June 33. The number of the Morrison case on the trial docket is 13 and on the appearance docket is 1.013. Mrs. Castle was wounded on Friday and the evidence in the Morri son case began on Friday and ended on Friday. A few nights following the wedding thir teen members of the band, of which Cas tle wa-s the leader, serenaded him and his wife. There were three precipes for sub poenas for witnesses by the state which were issued November 13. The attorneys for the defence asked that they be given a copy of Mrs Castles dying statement October 13 and the order granting the re quest was made November 13. HER TOPEKA FRIENDS Send Miss Morrison a Box of Flowers The Dull Routine. I Kansas City, Dec. 13, A epecial to the Star from ElDorado. Kan., says: At 8:30 o'clock this morning the jury in the Jessie Morrison murder case be gan its third day's deliberations. At 11 o'clock Judge Redden, counsel for Miss Morrison, said that he believed that the jury would never agree and that if it did the verdict would not be for convic tion. The prisoner's brother, a teacher who had left his school in a distant city and who had sat through every day of the trial returned home this mornirg, having given up hope of a verdict. The prisoner herself sharing the views of those about the court room and jail, has settled down to the dull routine of pris on life. Today she received a box of flowers from a number of young people living at Topeka, and the morning mail brought the usual number of letters of sympathy. TWO BADWREGKS One on the Burlington and One on the Northern Pacific. Burlington, la., Dec. 13. The Chicago. Burlington Quir.cy railway's fast mail No. 15 which left Chicago at 9:15 o'clock last evening was wrecked two miles west of Kirkwood early today. Fireman Shannon was killed and Engi neer Samuel Dove was badly hurt. The engine jumped the track and was de molished. Two mail cars with their con tents were burned. The mail clerks were not injured severely. All main line trains were delayed, be ing finally sent around by Oquawka and Keithsburg. THREE PERSONS KILLED. Helena, Mont., Dec. 13. Coast train westbound on the Northern Pacific road was wrecked at Brookton, 35 miles east of Havre, early today. Three persons were killed and several slightly injured. THE DEAD. MRS. WATSON, residence unknown. HER AGED MOTHER, name not learned. UNKNOWN RUSSIAN CHILD. Mrs. Watson was thrown through a window, the glass severing her jugular vein and she bled to death. Her mother and the child were crushed to death. The accident was caused by the break ing of a truck as the train passed over a switch. The engine and three cars passed over the switch in safety and the four cars which followed went down an embankment. The sleepers remained on the track. All the injured will recover. RELIC HUNTERS. Deface the Granite Canopy Over Historic Plymouth Bock. Plymouth, Mass., Dec. 13. The canopy over Plymouth Rock has been defaced by vandals. The act, to all appearances, was deliberately done. The. canopy is of gran ite, 15x15 feet, and 3( feet high, being built in the form of four piers with arched openings and surmounted by a granite roof. The square stones on either side of the western entrance are bruised and the angles broken off. whiie marks 'of other hammerings are plain on various parts of the base. A reward has been offered by the Pilgram Society for the detection of the vandals. To make perfect repairs on the canopy, the entire structure might have to be rebuilt. KEPT SECRET 14 YEARS. A New York Murder Discovered by the Finding of a Skeleton. Poughkeepsie, N. Y.. Dec. 13. Peter Austin, the Stormville farmer, who killed his farm hand, Charles Brower. 'fourteen years ago, and threw the body into an old well on his farm, is on trial here un der an indictment for murder in the sec ond degree. The crime was not discovered until August last, when a new owner of the farm was cleaning out the well and found a skeleton. It was identified and Austin was arrested. He confessed that he killed Brower. but said he did so in self-defense, the other man having assaulted him with a knife, while they were returning to his house from milking cows in the evening. July 2. 18S6. At the trial the prosecution combatted the claim of self defense and endeavored to show that Aus tin killed Brower to gain possession of a sum of money that he was known to car ry on his person. The defense claimed that Brower. al though 50 years of age. was desperately in love with Austin's 14-year-old daugh ter, now Mrs. Effie Briggs, and wanted to marry her, but the parents refused to give their consent. Brower was very angry at them on that account, and while rid ing in the wagon with his employer, at tacked him with a knife. Austin, to de fend himself, knocked Brower out of the wagon and in falling he struck the back of his head on a stone and was killed. Through ignorance, Austin disposed of the body and told no one but his wife, who helped him to keep the secret all these years. To Send a Crew to England. New York, Dee. 13. At the annual din ner of the Dauntless Rowing club last night it was decided to send the senior eight-oared crew of the club to England to compete in the Henley regatta in 1902. This crew, which accomplished the unusual feat of winning as juniors, in termediates .and seniors during the sea son just passed, is still in training, and is confidently expected by the club to win the national championship in the senior class during the season of 1901. It will then spend another year in train ing for the Henley event, and will at tempt to capture that blue ribbon of the aquatic world in the following spring. New Company of Guards. Chanute, Dec. 13. Company D, First regiment, Kansas National Guards, was mustered in here last night with 44 members enrolled. Col. Wilder S. Mot calf, of Lawrence was the mustering of ficer. The commissioned officers of the new company are Dr. Ralph A. Light, captain; Attorney Haite Cates.first lieu tenant, and Ira Griffen. second lieuten ant. After the mustering in they gave the company and some other guests a big banquet, and short talks from a number of prominent citizens were lis tened to. Easy Sledding For the Canal New York, Dec. 13. The Herald's cor respondent in Managua Nicaragua, tel egraphs that President Zelaya repeats his former declaration that he will not place anything in the way of the con struction of the Nicaraguan canal by the United States government. On the contrary the president declares he will offer every possible means in his power to aid the L'nited States in the great work. Weather Indications. Chicago, Dec. 13. Forecast for Kan sas: Generally fair tonight and Friday; warmer in weBt portion tonight; south erly winds. HANMnPLEA. Ohio Senator Speaks for His Pet Measure. Urges Passage of the Ship Sub sidy Bill. HAS ISO OTHER MOTIVE Says His Only Desire is the Country's Good. Resents Fancied Imputation of Ulterior Designs. Washington, Dec. 13. By special or der the senate convened today at 11 o'clock. The announced purpose of the early convention was to enable Mr. Joan na of Ohio to address the senate on the ship subsidy bill before taking up the special order of today the further con sideration in executive session of the Hay-Pauncefote treaty. Just four senators were at their desks when President Pro Tem Frye called the body to order, but in a few minutes about twenty-five members had entered the chamber. Mr. Fairbanks (Ind.) offered a resolu tion from the committee on public build ings and grounds directing the appoint ment by the president of the senate of three members of that committee and by the speaker of the house five mem bers of the same committee of the house, to constitute a joint commission to as certain a feasible location for and the probable cost of a hall of records to be located in the District of Columbia, The resolution was adopted. At the conclusion of the routine busi ness Mr. Hanna was recognized to speak upon the subsidy bill. His speech was in a sense a reply to that delivered a few days ago by Mr. Clay (Ga.). Like "Sir. Clay, Mr. Hanna is a mem ber of the committee on commerce, from which the measure now pending-was re ported to the senate. In opening his address, Mr. Hanna said that the remarks of Mr. Clay had brought into question the motives of those who had assisted in the prepara tion of the pending measure. As a mem ber of the maritime committee, as well as a member of the committee on com merce. Mr. Hanna said he felt it his right and duty to explain the work of those committees. "For myself," he declared, "I resent the imputation that any other motive than those of interest in our country and good public policy actuated the committees." Mr. Clay interrupted Mr. Hanna to disclaim any such imputation. Taking up the bill, Mr. Hanna said the pending measure was believed to be the most practical legislation that could be enacted upon the subject. He then sketched rapidly the rise of the shipping industry of the great lakes. He had, he said, been connected with that in dustry for nearly forty years and had seen it grow from a comparatively in significant beginning to its present con dition of unparalleled greatness. He re called the time nearly a third of a cen tury ago, when the ship Escanaba car ried 600 tons of iron ore from Escanaba to Cleveland. Today, he said, there were steamers on the great lakes which were carrying 6.000 gross tons in one cargo. He maintained that this great ship ping industry on the lakes had been fostered and protected by salutary and wise navigation laws. To the advantage of these laws was added the liberal ap propriations made by congress for the improvement of the harbors of the great lakes. Mr. Hanna maintained that in order to build up the American merchant marine it was necessary to have not only capital and experience, but it was necessary like wise "to afford our foreign carrying trade protection some kind of induce mentby law." If this protection should be afforded, said Mr. Hanna, the growth of the American merchant marine would be on a par with the growth of the ship ping industry on the great lakes. Discussing the rise and fall cf the American merchant marine, Mr. Hanna declared that the beginning of the de cline in the industry was coincident with the outbreak of the Civil war. Mr. Vest (Mo.) interrupted the Ohio senator to challenge his statement that the Civil war caused the decline of shipping. He declared the decline had begun as far back as 1855. In response to Mr. Vest's challenge Mr. Hanna reviewed the his tory of the American merchant marine from the establishment of the nation until the present time. He maintained that the decadence in American ship ping had begun in 1860 and not in 1855, as the Missouri senator had asserted. Mr. Hanna declared that the four ships of the American line, which he said, had not made a net dollar since they came under the American flag, would receive less than $290,000 a year each if the biil became a law. At 2 o'clock Mr. Hanna concluded his speech on the ship subsidy bill and the senate went into executive session to consider the Hay-Pauncefote treaty. The forenoon relations committee amendment to the Hay-Pauncefote treaty was adopted by a large majority. IN THE HOUSE. Washington, Dec. 13. When the house met today it adopted a resolution on mo tion of Mr. Payne (N. Y.), the Moor leader of the majority, for a holiday re cess from Friday, December 21, to Thursday, January 3. Before going into a committee of the whole to resume the consideration of the war revenue reduction bill, it was agreed that general debate upon the bill should close tomorrow at 2 o'clock. The reg ular Friday order for the consideration of private pension bills was postponed until Saturday. The debate upon the revenue reduction bill was then re sumed. Mr. MoCletlan iN. Y., a member of the ways and means committee, was the first speaker today. TO ABROGATE TREATY. Senator Money Offers Resolution on Clayton-Bulwer Document Washington, Dec. 13. Senator Money today introduced a resolution in the sen ate providingg authority for the abro gation of the Clayton-Bulwer treaty by diplomatic negotiation. Following is the text of it: "Resolved, That the president of the United States be respectfully requested to consider the expediency of opening negotiations with the government of Great Britain for the abrogation of tne Clayton-Bulwer treaty, with assurance that such action on his part will meet with the hearty consent and support of the senate." CAN NOT DESTROY. Liquor Mnst Be Returned When No Conviction. Judge Magaw gave a decision th:is af ternoon in the Kempton case which is of a great deal of interest to the city offi cers and to the Jointists. When Kempton was arrested a few days ago the police captured a keg of beer and a few bottles of whisky. Kem--ton was again arrested a few days after the first arrest and more beer and whisky was captured. In both cases the evidence was insufficient to secure con viction and Kempton was released. Tl.'? police think that they have a right to destroy the goods captured and Kemp ton thinks they have not. After the trial the attorneys for Kempton demanded that the goods captured be returned and Chief Stahl refused to give the goods up claiming that they should be destroyed. Judge Magaw was undecided as to what to say in the matter and put it off until this afternoon when he gave his opinion. He decided that the goods could not be destroyed where the de fendant had been acquitted and also de cided that the place could "hot be aba ted, another point that the city claimed. The judge said that in order to abale a place the keeper was entitled to a hearing and it had "been already decid ed in the case that Kempton was not the keeper of the place, consequently he could not order the place abated. Kemp ton had been charged with specific sales of liquor and the city had failed to prove its case, so the goods captured could not be ordered destroyed. BRYAN SAYS ISO. Again Declares That He Will Not Be Senator. St. Louis, Dec. 13. William Jennings Bryan in reply to a query put to him by the Lincoln, Neb., correspondent of the Post-Dispatch as to the truthfulness of a statement that he had agreed to ac cept the election of United States sena tor said today: "Simply say that there is no truth In the rumor; that I have other plans." A TREATY WITH BRITAIN Amending the Extradition Arrange ment Formerly Existing. Washington. Dec. 13. A treaty has been concluded between the United States and Great Britain amendatory of the existing extradition treaty and in tended to correct certain imperfections in that instrument developed by recent experience. The changes do not mater ially affect the scope or principles of the existing treaty, the chief item in tne list being a provision classifying as a crime subject to extradition the obtain ing of money under false pretenses. At present the treaty makes extradition able the reception of money obtained under false pretenses, and the omission of the principal in the crime, constitut ing a manifest absurdity. FAIR TO THE PLAYERS. National Baseball League Magnates Make Bright Promises. New York, Dec. 13. The National League baseball men went into session at the Fifth Avenue hotel again today to discuss the players demands. Those present were: A. H. Sodeh, W. H. Conant, and J. B. Billings of Boston; F. A. Abell. Edward Hanlon and C. H. Ebbitts of Brooklyn Fred Knowles, New York: John 1. Rog ers and A. J.Reach, Philadelphia; James A. Hart, Chicago; John T. Brush, of Cincinnati; Frank De Haas Robinson of St. Louis, and W. W. Kerr, P. L. Auten and Barney Dreyfuss of Pittsburtr. John I. Rogers of Philadelphia said: We will take up the players" demands the very first thing and I think that matters are in such shape now that we will be able to arrive at a decision very soon. All the matter on has been threshed out by the club owners pretty thoroughly and they understand per fectly the subject under discussion. Under those circumstances it won't take long to reach a verdict. Our decis ion will be a fair one and will be given out in full to the public. TRIED ON SATURDAY. Another Gambling Case Turns on a Nice Point The case of Al Hayslip. who was ar rested for conducting a gambling room at 803 Kansas avenue, will lome up for trial in the police court next Saturday after noon. There were nine men found in the room when the police made their raid and their trial is set for the same dav. There is an interesting point which will come up in this trial. It seems that tho warrant upon which the arrests were made was sworn out about a month be fore the police raided the place and made the arrests. The question will be: can the evidence which was procured at the time the arrests were made be introduced in the case on which the warrant was sworn out a month earlier? The warrant charges a specific offense. The attorneys for the defense will make their fight on that line, as they claim the evidence can not be used in the case. A. L. WILLIAMS' ORDEAL. Popular Attorney Submits to a Sur gical Operation. A. L. Williams, general attorney for the Union Pacific and former attorney gen eral of the state of Kansas underwent an operation. Mr. Williams is reported as terday. Dr. MeClintock performed th operations. Mr. Williams is reported as doing nicely. The removal of the abscess required the cutting away of a part of the jaw bone. SUSSING FISH SCHOONER. Absent From Gloucester and Said to Have Foundered. Gloucester, Mass., Dec. 13. This city of fishermen is again mourning for the loss of several of her hardy sailofs, this time for the captain and twelve men of the fishing schooner Sigfrid, which lias now been absent from this port for nearly ten weeks, which is believed to have foundered in one of the terrific gales which for the past six weeks have been sweeping the north Atlantic. Five of the members of the crew are married, while eifihteen children will mourn the loss of fathers. The Sigfrid sailed from this port September 14, and since this time she has not reported. The vessel was. on a hand line voyage to the western banks and was provi sioned for nine weeks. Her captain was Alexander Frazier of Port Hastings. Eau Claire, Wis., Dec. 13. The Wis consin State Grange has adopted resolu tions favoring state aid for good roads and condemning the ship subsidy and ir rigation canal bill. NO PULLING BACK. Programme of Santa Fe Stock holders Carried Out. Four Members of the Board Aro Reelected. ACTS ARE RATIFIED. Purchase of San Joaquin Talley Line Is Approved. Similar Action With Reference to Santa Fe Pacific. The annual meeting of the stockhold ers of the Atchison, Topeka Santa Fi Railway company was held in the direr tors room at the general offices i:i thin city at noon today. Four directors whose terms expire were re-elected. They are Kdward J. Berwind of New York, It. Sumers lliiym of New York, George A. Nickerson of Boston, and Andrew C. Jobes of Wich ita. In pursuance of the Santa Fe s policy of consolidating tho several roads own ed and operated by it within the hea I corporation, the San Joaciuhi Valley mi l Santa Fe Pacific were formally lit iter, in. The following .propositions were ac cordingly adopted: The approval of ratification of an agreement for the pale and conveyanri to and purchase by this eomimny of th railroad, property and franchises of San Francisco and San Joaquin Valley Railway company. This company owns tract Irally all of the capital stock of th San Francisco and S in Joaquin Vall"' Railway company, and the diteetors Hp proved an agreement conveying all it property and estate to this company. I i pursuance of the policy which tins been heretofore entered upon, to consolidate and unify the system and its bookkerp ing. This action doc not invoke any ill creased obligations. Authorizing thi purchase by this company and the con veyance and transfer to,it (when suel conveyance and transfer shall be auth orized by law) of tho railroad, proport v and franchises of the Santa Fe Racine Railroad company. This action also in volves no increase of obligations. Th Atchison, Topeka Santa Fe Hallway company owns all the stock and all the bonds issued by the Santa Fe Pncili Railroad company, and It wcmwl desir able that this company should nmiir title to the property of that company, in pursuance of the same general policy of consolidation of titles. The approval and ratification of the pale and conveyance purchase by tin company of the various lines of railroa f, branches, franchises and other proper, ties of other railroad companies, and th". stocks and bonds issued by other rail road companies, heretofore acquired by this company. These were the stockholders and offi cials present at the meeting: E. P. Ripley, president. Chicago: Ald ace F. Walker, rhttirmnn of the board. New York; Victor Mornwete, general counsel. New York: B. F. Chancy, 1!oh ton; O. A. Nickerson, Itooinn: A. C Jobes, Whhlta; C. S. Gleed and How l Jones, Topeka. LIVING IN THEIR CARS. As is their annual custom the officers, stockholders and directors of the Sanlat Fe arrived in Topeka the evening pie ceding the annual meeting. Their spe cial train was side-tracked In the yards by the depot and served an the tuaK nates' hotel. How many railway presi dents, executive board chairmen, a id other capitalists would be content to domiciled within no thicker walls than cars afford under similar circumstance is a question? It speaks well for the calmness with which the telegrajdiei x have pursued their tight that no thought of harm should present itself. President Ripley and the director busied themselves with inspection trip about the yards and shop this mortiinn. At noon they met In the director' room, put the finishing touches ujHn the ab sorption of the roads acquired during the past year In California, receive,! their newly-minted gold plec- from the treasurer for their services and went t- lunch. WHERE TERRY LANDED To Be Suitably Marked by McmonaT in Japan. Yokohama, Nor. 80. via Victoria. B. C Dec. 13. A movement to miirk the phie of Commodore Perry's landing with a. suitable memorial has taken placp. A dis tinguished arid Influential committee bav ins charge of the whi-me. It in likely that it will take the form of a mngnlc cent light house on the dangerous Ply mouth rocks nt the entrance of !'rur:i Hay. Thl beacon i to Ih urnimmte,j by a bronze flgurw of the commodor. Additional evidence of the rapid grnwt'i of western civilisation h r in I ur hi?-hl by the recent, formation of A lath-!' bicy cle club in Toklo. The extra-ordmnry contrast between thm slow shuf!!ing K'ilt of the Japaiienw womer of the old type and tb- vision of wiri t tills period flashing along the etre. is o-i a wheel given a vivid reminder of t extraordinary condition pacing over thu people. Grave anxiety is felt for th fate of the training chip of the Toklo Commer cial Bchool, which with tudontu r board left Muroran In Hokkaido on t le 13th for Shurild sea, where ehe wax die on the 3(11 h. m the 1Vth the tlcrre torm which reently ravaged IP n(f KofiB w rating on the coast and it in fe-tr;'' that the vessel ha-H foundered with all on board, a she w.t a Failing v t with only auxiliary deam power. It in posKddo that he may have been driven lar out to sa. The Sta ndard Oil company In Httraetlirr much attention bv the re. i t tnerease of its capital in local enterprise here to tins amount of t-n million yen. K hiwo o;i region being th nw held of pi.terpr AFTER KUR1ED GOLD. British Troops Search For Hidden Chinese Treasures. Pekin, Pec. 13. A few days ago the British troops were notified of the exist ence of a large amount of treasure twen ty milea northwest. Colonel Tullock and a hundred men left today to invest Itate the truth of the report. Colonel Tuilw k. rfiuested, however, that fifty extra men be detailed. It Is believed that a amount of gold nd valuables were hur led at that point by penwms pimnn te.l with the Chinese court during the -cent flight. The Information regorttiii the treasure was received frttn a foirmr iourt ofUuittJ.

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TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL, THUJISD AY EVENING. DECEMBER 13, 1900. 2 KANSASJEWS. An EniDoria Family Trayels Overlaud From Texas. liequired Seventy-five Days to Journey 800 Miles. IN GALVESTON FLOOD. Father Overjoyed to See Supposed to be Dead. Son Narrow Escape of Little Family From the Cyclone. EvTww!a rv 12. Isaac Sill, who mourned his ton as having perished s. i i nfiw mourns longer. The dead has returned to Ufa ana Saturday evening about dusk, two poor lan horses pulled a campers wagon wi .i.- sirwl UO tO 1( Neosho street. A man, woman and three i i mall children grot out, ana mu eu"v journey of over 800 miles, requiring two T A T-V. A nAtWinV f 1 f the wagon could have well borne the mot to, HiiCH to ViOO H louuuj. The occupants of the wagon were JaKe MUM liii!Ul Ii aw"-j Emporia, but about three years ago mov ed to Galveston, Texas. Their house, which was a frame resting on wooden the storm came Mr. Sill and his family were in the house and were obliged by tne rurv ti tiiw gsuf not daring to seek more secure quarters. one end alone remaining on one ot the pillars. raaKing me iioutj ji.io T,.,v... the storm grew fiercer, the frame work could not resist the force of the wind and was crushed together. Fortunately enough space was left to allow the fam ily to huddle together, and here they re mained until le Biumi -v-' was obliged to use an axe to cut his way v.....n TVw 1iuim 'j n Win- dows hart been jammed together so that ll was iinputMuiu ia vww Mr. Sill's house was in the woods and stoht that Tif- Yiirrt is bevond deserio- tinn. Trees that measured" three feet through had been jerked or twisted from the ground and were hurled together, making passage In any direction impos sible. With an axe a passage was made to the open, and as soon as possible Mr. Sill got his family and belongings together and started to Kansas. TAX.ES of the EASm Beloit Soldier Boy Writes From the Sulu Islands. Beloit, Dec. 13. The Gazette has received the following letter from Henry Hopkins written in the Sulu islands. He says: "The other dav I was offered two slaves for s in cold. Thev belonged to a woman who claims to be a Christian. They were a bov and girl ranging from 12 to IS. The bov had on a shirt which, reached to his waist. The girl's only garment was a strip of cotton cloth wrapped about her waist. Blie StOOCi up Desiue Ilia aim reached just to my shoulders. The wo man wVm owned her thought I wanted to buy her, and said: 'Mucho beveno,' or very good. and told me the girl was wortn at least $iu, ana seemtsti buiiiuaeu that I did not jump at the bargain. I tniked to the slaves a few words in Span ish, but could get no evidence of their being misused. Had I bought them they would have been mine to do with as x saw fit. "Slavery is common in Minrtano and the Sulu archipelago. The chief slave owners are the Moros. They have the right to slaves by their religion. Accord ing to Moro law. a father has the right to sen jus cnuoren; ne can sea ms wue, and. if he eets into debt, he can sell him- sei to pay It. 1 have seen girls sold for one sack of rice, 100 pounds. I have known of soldiers buying girls and giving them their liberty. Not long since a fe male slave connected with the sultan's household feu In love with one of his war riors. She was neither wife nor concu bine, but servant, and the warrior asked his majesty that she be given as his wife. The sultan refused, and the two ran away and got married. They were brought back and the sultan said the man must die. The woman threw herself at the feet of the sultan and begged that she be al lowed to die with her lover. The sultan consented, and the game campilan sliced off two heads. "According to the Koran every Mahom etan has the right to as many as four wives. He also has the right to as many concubines and female slaves as he wishes to take, and as a result is only limited by his means. Datto Utto Is said to have sixty women In his harem. The Sultan of Sulu has thirteen. All that a Ma hometan has to do to get rid of a wife is to say, 'I divorce you. three times, and the woman is sent to her parents. These Mahometans differ In many ways from the Mahometans of the Mediterranean. They are not so exclusive as to their women, who do not hide their faces from the men. They go out upon tho street unveiled, and in their rude huts there are no women's quarters. The husband has also the right to whip his wife. I have been trying to find what the marriage customs of the Moros are. I find that the marriageable age ranges from 12 to IS years, and that a girl is a very old maid at 20." TO THE SUPREME COURT. Attorney For Oberlm Carter "Will Ap peal His Case. Levenworth, Tec. 13. Frank P. Blair, attorney for Oberiin M. Carter, has an nounced that he will take the case just decided against Oberlin M. Carter to the supreme court of the United States, and the court which refused to release him upon the writ of habeas corpus, has an nounced that the case could be taken before the supreme court in a short time. Prank P. Blair, attorney for Captain Carter, yesterday afternoon said: "We will carry this case into the su rrerna court and have the action on th habeas corpus finally decided upon. "We will not stop even there, but will en deavor in every way possible to brins about the release of our client." It is probable that an effort will be made to have Carter pardoned, although he has repeatedly declared that ha does not want a pardon, but a vindication. He has said that should be be pardoned thai he would go to Savannah at once and demand a trial in the civil courts in order to show that he is innocent and the victim of a conspiracy. It is proba ble that a congressional investigation of the whole matter connected with the al leged stealing and conviction of Carter may be asked. The bringing of Con gressman Grosvenor into the case was said to be the first step in this direc tion. i LECTURER DIDN'T COME. Citizens of Whitewater Displeased at Rev. M. S. Hughes' Action, To the Editor of the State Journal. Whitewater, Iec. 13. Rev. Matt. S. Hughes, I. D., of Kansas City, was the second number on the Literati Lecture course and delivered his lecture to a crowded house last Thursday night. That is, he was supposed to do it. The greater part of the audiene held season tickets, some of them coming ten miles. A half hour before the hour of begin ning of lecture a telegram was handed to the management reading: "Cannot be with you. Missed connections. Let ter following." Signed Matt. S. Hughes. Tbe crowd was greatly disappointed. The air was blue. The crowd which came from Elbing, a station eight mile3 distant, took supper at the Bishop ho tel and marched up to the church to read that telegram. The young man who lost a day's work hired a livery team and drove to Potwin for his besc girl, was blue. The carriage load of people who drove from Annelly just to learn that a poky preacher in Kansas City had wheeled around in his revolv ing chair a few times too many, were not feeling right good. Such remarks as these were heard from the disap pointed crowd of intelligent people who had paid their money to hear a man lec ture who was perhaps spending a dress suit evening in Kansas City. "Don't preachers read time-tables?" "Where was he raised?" "Did he think the train would hold for hira?" "Does he expect us to wait here until he comes?" and many others, like Burn's poetry. "Good, but forget it." Well of course all expected the letter to come on the next train, but five days have passed and no letter yet. What do you think of a man that will contract to lecture for a people, set the date himself, name his own price, and then flunk 30 minutes be fore the hour of beginning? The writer thinks he is too small a bore to lecture to the deserving people of Whitewater and if the scribe was the manager, he would write to him and tell him so. A TICKET HOLDER. HAD MONEY TO BURN. Demented Farmer Thought He "Was a Counterfeiter. Wichita, Dec, 13. Edward Gillespie, a farmer, living at Garden Plain, west of Wichita, was brought to this city on a lunacy warrant last night. The man is under the impression that he is the lead er of a gang of counterfeiters and that the United States secret service men are after him. Yesterday he went to a secluded part of his farm, built a Are and was in the act of destroying good United States greenbacks when found by his wife. He informed her that he had burned $240 and was about to con sign to the flames the last of a $300 roll when his wife found him. STRANGE DIVORCE PLEA. The "Wife Became an Adventist and "Wanted Him to Observe Saturday. Coffeyville, Dee. 13. William E. Long, a farmer living west of this town has sued for a divorce on the ground that hi swife has become an Adventist and insists that he keep Saturday as a re ligious holiday and work on Sunday. They were married 30 years ago and liv ed in peace until she became an Adven tist. MUMMY IN AN ATTIC. Child's Body Had Evidently Gone Through Preserving Process. Fort Scott, Dec 13. M. S. Cassinger. a farmer living ten miles northeast of this city, today found the mummified body of a child in the attic of his house. He has lived on the place but three months, and had frequently noticed in the attic a sack which he -supposed was half filled with old rags. Today he had occasion to remove it, and found the contents to be the corpse of a child. If was in a dry, leathery state and had ev idently gone through some preserving process. There is no way of determining how long it tias been in the attic. Mr. Cas singer reported the find to the author! ties and an investigation will follow. IS ENTITLED TO $5,000. Fort Scott Man Shot Through the Head Asks Damages. Port Scott. Kan.. Dec. 13. Oeoree Will iarns, who was four weeks ago shot in the neau ana pernaps mortally wounded Dy Joe Hall, a farmer with whom he had been living, last evening brought suit w,iiiiu nail iu recover o,uw lor personal injuries. The bullet parsed from Williams' face through his head to the base of the skull where it still lies buried. One side of his face has become paralyzed and the injury may yet prove fatal. Hall owns a valuable farm. AFTER TWENTY-FIVE YEARS Aged Lyon County Couple Seek Di vorce Alter a Fight Emporia, Dec. 13. The Gazette says: The divorce case of Felix Vernois vs. Rosa Vernois which was tried in the district court today is perhaps one of the queerest of its kind ever tried here before. To begin with the parties inter ested have been married for nearly 35 years and have several grown children. Felix Vernoia claims that his wife has beaten him several times and injured one rif hiss vf 1 7 i a i .-i i w hand claims that he has not only beat en and mistreated her but he has also failed to provide for her support. An amusing feature of the case is that both parties are French and John Par tner, fit this citv hart t, i ,f c i ter. Judge Randolph said that he inuugui. me parties snouia De divorced and that the nlnintifp ehnni1 n costs of the trial ,T(,pnt fliot tin L pay his own witness fees. The judge took a uay or two to consider tne question of alimony. LIGHTING SYSTEM A SUCCESS. Kansas City, Kan., Streets Are Now Illuminated All Night Long. Kansas City, Kan., Dec. 13. At last there has been installed in this city .i satisfactory street lighting system. Some time ago the city council contract ed for 2a0 gasoline lamps, 100 candla power, and the locations were designa ted by the committee and city engineer. The last of the number ordered has been put up. and they give perfect satisfac tion. There is no moonlight schedule and the lights are kept burning from sunset to sunrise every night- The cost or the lights is less than the old stvle open-jet gas lamps. Pensions for Eansans. Washington. Dec 13. Pensions have been granted to Kansans as follows: Orisinal Levi C. Kreider. Abilene. 16: Andrew Tawater, Argentine, $6. increase Hiram Barren, AlcLouth, fH; George E. Colwell, Fort Dodge. $10; Charles N. Bui lis, Washington, $12: Thomas Ward, Fort Scott, $S; William Baird, National Military home, Leaven worth, $10. Original widows, etc. Minor of Samuel Belveal. Wauneta. tlO: Abbie H. Brtnd. Olathe, $8: Special act November 28, Re becca J. Douglass, Lamborn, $S. Brown County Fair. Hiawatha, Dec. 13. The stockholders of the Brown County Fair association met here and made arrangements for holding the thirty-sixth annual fair in Brown county. G. Y. Johnson was re elected president and Grant W.Harring- ton secretary. The Brown county fair is one of the oldest and most successful fairs in the state. It has missed but two fairs since its organization in 1S64, is out of debt and has money In its treas ury. Petition For Rural Delivery. Coffeyville, Dec. 13. A petition for a free rural mail delivery route west and northwest of this city was completed to day and will be forwarded at once to the postal authorities of Washington. The length of the route is about 2a miles. Petitions for other, routes will soon be circulated. SPORTING MEWS. The Great Handicap Match Be tween Gans and McGoyern Will Take Place at Tattersall's in Chicago, Tonight. BOTH IN FINE FETTLE Colored Pugilist to Win Must Knock Terry Out. Joe Will Hare to Scalo Under 133 Pounds at Dusk. About 10,000 People Will See the Fight of Six Hounds. Chicago, Dec. 13. Shortly after 10 o'clock tonight Terry McGovern, the un disputed featherweight champion of the world, and Joe Gans, in the very first flight of lightweights, will enter the ring at Tattersall's, in Chicago, fit to put up a fast, fierce battle. According to the articles of agreement Gans must finish McGovern Inside of six rounds or lose the decision. Nothing is said in the articles regarding Terry's being or not being on hia feet at the finish. Therefore, to win, Gans must place Mc Govern in a position making it impossi ble for him to respond or resume a fight ing attitude at the expiration of ten sec onds, as prescribed by the rules. The men will battle for 50 per cent, of the gross gate receipts, of which the winner will receive 65 per cent, and the loser 35 per cent. Beside this, Harris will receive an extra 5 per cent, of the gross for signing for McGovern. This is the usual thing for Terry in all his contests at Tattersall's. Both men can win, although not the referee's verdict. McGovern can do this by staying on his feet until the end of the six rounds. He will be awarded the decision, but Gans will win money and add reputation to his name, notwitb- Joe Gans and Terry McGovern, Little Tattersalls in standing that he will have to mark "Lost decision to McGovern; six rounds" in his record. Stopping the wonderful career of McGovern with a knock-out defeat would be something more. Gans, however, cannot lose much unless he ha3 to suffer a ten-second sleep, and will receive enough money for his serv ices for the eighteen minutes of fighting to recompense lnm for his troubles, bruises and, perhaps, reputation. There has been much talk about the weights. Gans will have to scale under 133 nounds at 7 o'clock tne mgnt oi tne contest. This will give him almost four hours before entering .the ring, and a man in the dried-out condition that he will be can gain four or five pounds in this time. This will bring him up to 138 nounds. while Terry, if in good condi tion, should weigh close to 124. George Siler will referee this battle of the local season, but will have no power to decide the winner except by the foul route, as all McGovern has to do to win ia to stay the six rounds. The advance sale of tickets opened up yesterday, and up to last night over two- thirda of the entire nouse naa oeen re served at the usual Dlaces where seats for fight shows are sold. The reserva tions, it is said, are over $15,000, and nearly 10,000 persons are expected in the big south side building when the referee calls the men to the centre of the ring. McGovern will be 21 years of age on March 9, 1901; Gans was 24 years of age on November 25 last. When the men weieh in at 7 o'clock Gans must show 133 pounds on the scales. Gans will gain more, ajid probably go in at oecween 136 and 138 pounds. Judging from the statements of MeGovern's trainers, the ittle champion has not grown muen since the measurements below were, taken last Epring. Here is the way the two men compare: McGovern. Gans. Inches. Inches. Height 62 Neck 154 lt Biceps 10 12 Forearm 9 11 Chest 334 88 6 6?i 27 30 19 20 12 13 67 71 Wrist Waist Thigh Calf Reach Thie .mairh ui iu undoubtedly be- the most important Terry has ever entered into, eays Referee Siler, and likewise the most important in Chicago fight his tory. With Erne compelled to train five pounds below the lightweight limit, Ter rv bad a. arood shade in the conditions. The weight probably did handicap Erne, but if lie thought fie couiu train ucwu W3 j v A J H J s J to 328 pounds and be strong and was not when he stepped into the ring it was his, and not MeGovern's, fault, and showed, intelligent and shrewd matcn making: on the part of Sam Harris. In Gans McGovern will meet a full-fledged lightweight, and. as McGovern can fight at 122 pounds and less if necessary, he has a shade the worpt of the coming fistic argument, despite the fact thai tne contest is limited to six rounds. Gans is a clever, hard-hitting "boxer, one who carries a knock-out blow m both hands. He dropped Kid Parker with a left on the mouth and put him. down for the count wltn a short right jolt unaer ins left ear. I simply refer to these blows and their effects on Parker to show Gans can drop an ODuonent without connect ing with the point of the jaw. Parker is a strong, husky 135-nounder, ana pre sumably stronger and-a harder man to knock out than McGovern. Soy figuring on Gans' blows and their effects on Par ker, hia chances of defeating McGovern are bright. But it must be remembered that Parker, with all ihis weight and strength, does no class witn Aerry as a fighter. When Gans dropped Par-r ker for the count he feinted- him out with- his Jeft. and. as. Parker came in, he hooked over his right and didth$ trick. If Gans- can draw "Terr.y" out ia the same manner he will undoubtedly repeat his Denver perform anoe. But hei e comes the hitch: Can- he draw uerry-. to him as he did Parker? I've seen Mc Govern fight Patsy Haley twice. Ped lar Palmer. "Turkev Point"-BHiy smun, Eddie Santry, Tommy White, Frank Erne, George Dixon, Joe. Berpstein and "Kid" Broad, all clever- men, DUt J. uiu not see any of them draw or feint him into doing anything he did not want to do. Oscar Gardner toppled nim over, as did "Kid" Broad, but not by any pre arranged plans'. They did. not feint 'or draw him into position for a knockdown anv more than "Kid" Carter did Tommy Ryan when he dropped the latter. Those knockdowns Were napnazara anairs They came during warm exchanges, when least expected, and were surprises. Of course the same may; happen on Thursday night, and if so there is no telling how long "Terry" will be com pelled to remain down. There- is no getting away from the fact that "Terry" is badly handicapped. He has height, weight, reach, science, ex nerience and ring generalship against him. Gans is a past master in all that pertains to the fighting game.. Beside that, he can hit a few lines. I saw Gans and Dal Hawkins exchange lerts and rights for fully one minute, with the result that Hawkins was dropped as if shot, and that after Joe was fatigued. As referred to, "Terry" haa a set style of fighting, but Gans has not. Gans Men Who Will Battle Tonight at Chicago. can fight at long range or in mix-up, as the occasion requires. He is a stiff puncher at both long and short range, which makes him the most formidable opponent McGovern has ever met. From this it must not be imagined that Gans is a harder hitter than McGovern. There has been much dispute up this point and the McGovern adherents have a good argument, as their favorite has been knocking out almost all of his opponents. The hitting powers of the men may be equal, but if Gans lands a punch on Mo Govern the latter will suffer more severe ly from the consequences than Gans un der opposite circumstances on the sim ple proposition of weight. Gans with weight behind him will be better protect ed to stand a severe shock than his op ponent, who will be eight or ten pounds lighter GANS A BORN FIGHTER. Gans, like McGovern, was born to skill with the gloves. He was always an adept at the game, and in the days when Jake Kilrain was in the running Baltimore was sparring road. Gans was employed in a large fish house where clerks and other emploves used to find exercise and enjoy ment with the mitts. Gans shortly de monstrated his superi Vty over all the bovs and most of the grown persons em ployed about the place and it was not long before he was in the business for keeps. Blocking is one of Gans' strongest point3 and he lells that lie acquired the art de fensive by letting three or four boys of his own heft attack him at once while he made no effort to strike back, confining himself entirely to blocking. That trained him, too, in generalship, for Gans ia one of the coolest heads in the ring profes sion. At no stage of a contest is there a time at which he does not know exactly where he is "at," a matter which is re ceiving much consideration from the ex perts when they go to forecasting on next Thursday's match. Gans has no superstitions. The fact that the most important battle of his career is to- come oft on the thirteenth of the month while it Is worrying his most con fident followers of his own race, holds no terrors for Joe. Betting on the battle Is fast and furious. The McGovernites are in the majority in Chicago, and they are willing to wager all kinds of money at evens that Gans does not score a knockout and $100 to $250 that Terry puts the Oysterville negro to sleep. Locally, the belling la .practically the same, with the majority of the ''sports" thinking that McGovern will be on his pins when the end Is reached and thus tickets on him paid. Gans has an advant age of a few months over three years in age, 4 inches in height, 4 inches in reach, and expects to enter the ring weighing 135 or 13S pounds, while 123, it ia reported from ,Milwaukee, where McGovern has been training the past fortnight, is the heaviest the "miniature John L." expects to go. Tommy White, the Chicago ''feather," is one of MeGovern's warmest admirers. He was a member of the champion's training corps last week and upon returning to Chicago offered to wager S35, in five sec tions, viz: Five dollars that Terry lands the first punch. Five dollars that he draws first blood. Five dollars that Joe scores the first knock-down. Five dollars that he wins the fight. Five dollars that he leaves the ring at the finish without a mark on his face. White says that Terry is in a vastly im proved condition since the night he bat tled with "Kid"! Broad. He has trained carefully, and will climb over the ropes as tit as he ever was. Talking of his chances, McGovern says: "Ail I want is to reach my man, and I will be willing to wager a few dollars that I will win the battle. I know thHt Gans is clever, but I think I will be. able to get to him. "I know that I have the punch to do the business. I have boxed with Gans before, and know that he can be hit." "I can only say that I am in the very best condition possible and that 1 will do my best to win." said Terrv. "Mv wind is as good as any time I have ever fought oeiore and x am stronger now than when I vmet Erne.-; I am just as confident of staying six rounds as I am of eating my supper, x weignea about TJS yesterday at ternoon. I take a bottle of Bass' ale everv night befijre going to bed in order to give me tui tne sirengta potssiuie, out l oo not drink any water during the. way, except to moisten my lips and gargle mv throat." "I am fit In every way," said Gans last night, as he rested after his day's labors. "And one that figures on my being weak o account of the weight I have agreed iu meeL ivicuovern at is making a Dig mis lane. j.nere na peen. no strain in mv training. I have done just enough work iu get ngnt, ana reel as strong as a bull. I don't underrate McGovern. inth lnst- Terry is a fighting wonder, but, all the same, I feel sure of getting the winner's ana-its ui tne money. Gans will remain at his training quar ters until late this afternoon, while Mc Govern will arrive from Milwaukee e short time before the hour set for weigh ing in. TEBEATJ DENIES STORY. He Will Not Manage the Detroits in the New League. St. Louis, Dec. 13. The report current that Oliver Tebeau ia to manage .the Detroit team in the event that Ban Johnson is successful in forming a new association, is denied by Mr. Tebeau. A short time ago Patsy was offered the management of the Cincinnati club at a salary of J700 a year les3 than he re ceived from the Robisons, but he de- cr.ned it. and later McPhee was anooint ed. Then Mr. T. J. HIckey, president of the Western league, dropped into the city and endeavored to induce Mr. Te beau to accept the management of a club in that circuit, but this was also declined, i-atsey stating that he was sat isfied with his present surroundings and tne Business outlook and had no inten tion of breaking into the game in any capacity. The preps report of today, Mr. Tebeau says, is entirely without foundation, so tar as ne Is concerned. He has not ac cepted a managerial position in the American, Western or National baseball association, nor will he do so, IS ON HIS FEET AGAIN. Riley Grannan Is Coming Home With Plenty of Money. New York, Dec. 13. Riley Grannan, according to a letter from one of his friends, though still in poor health, is square on his feet again and in good standing at home and abroad. The en tire fraternity seems glad to hear of Grannan s change of luck, which is quite a form reversal on the part of the fra ternity mentioned. It has been but a year or so since everybody in the country was lumnlng on urannan. iney made him the target ror an sorts or aDuse. in the midst of it the young plunger pulled up stakes and went abroad, broken in health and fortune. Now you cannot find a man who will not say he is honestly glad that Grannan is coming back to his own. And there is something pleasing about that. MICHIGAN'S GOOD SHOWING. Wolverine Football Team Clears Sev eral Thousand Dollars. Ann Arbor, Mich.. Dec. 13. After vot ing J2.00O into the sinking fund for grand stand improvements, Michigan winds up the football season with a bal ance of $300 in the treasury. There was a net profit of ?4,498 on the Thanksgiv ing day game in Chicago. At the board meeting Harry Crafts of Austin, 111., was re-elected football manager for next year. SMASHED M'COY'S WINDOWa Rowdy Girl Says She Was Knocked Down and Kicked in the Face. New York, Dec. 13. Flora Cora Barry. of 5 East Twenty-seventh street, a young girl somewhat known In the Ten derloin, took exception to being put out of "Kid" McCoy's saloon on Broadway and thrust ner nana tnrougn two win dow panes. She was locked up by Po- iceman Redmond on the complaint of Homer Selby, a brother of the Kid, who is in Europe. The girl was in a penitent frame of mind when she was arraigned before Cleanses the System Gently and Effectually when bilious or costive. Jrvsents in tlie most accept Me anrt Tne Jajratjre principles of pjantr Jen own to act snost Jejeicially. TO GET ITS BENEFICIAL EFFECTS BUY THE GENUINE MANFD. BY CALIFORNIA FIG STRUPCOt SAM rRANCISCO, CAL. LOUISVILLE KY. NEW YORK. NX For sfe ty nfgiin prkr 5Q per tortfr. -v-

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These Remedies are nsed and recommended by more prominent physician and citizens in all parts of the world SOLD ON A POSITIVE OUARANTEE. Sold by our agents, or druggists, or VV. W. GAVITT MEDICAL COMPANY, TOPEKA, KANSAS, U. S. A. Magistrate Meade In the Jefferson Mar ket police court yesterday morning. She had a badly cut eye, which she said she got ia McCoy's place by being knocked down and kiolted. sne aid noi aeny having: been intoxicated and breaking the glass. Selby did not appear to pn9 the complaint ana tne gin was dis charged. KANSAS-OKLAHOMA LEAGUE. Preliminary Steps Are Taken Wot Its Early Formation. rxriria nan 12 "MV Toward Wood cock beRim yesterday a movement to in clude Wichita in the Kansas-OKianoraa v..-. ii iuqo-iii3 u-hlfh i now forminsr. The proposition has not reached the point of formation ot tne iguo jei, f the ritieH of this section ax? now working to that end. A fllrlahnma CitV tt TiH flPT SlftJl been in circulation for some time, each signer of which promises to pay a email amount r V ii nnnnnrt nf bfl'b.ll tfc juuiitii Avt w- ""i team. Since October 1, last, Winfleld has had such a paper in circulation win, success. Arkansas City had adopted the .vno nlan Mr Wnruicnek will take it up In Wichita. He is going to attempt to get 4W signers 10 a runu iu iiu trustees. Kach subscriber is to pay F0 cents per month for five months for the i i ,..f,.r,pfl o YVifbitii. baHe- uaiiwi mauiitiii'. ball club. This will divide the expense necessary to the formation of a club, and Its maintenance during the season. together with, wnat is received in .ir receipts. Can Fignt in Cincinnati i-it--, r -i twi IS Mavor Julius Fleischmann today refused to recede from his promise to grant a permit ior j ;Tv o Kapmrrfeflt hail between February 1 and 14 between James J. Jeffries and either Ajxxa .umm. Sharkey or Bob Fitzsimmons. Nebraska Will Btain Coach Booth. v. t 'J TT.lt.. P "RrtOtla versity of Nebraska football eleven for next year. The regent-i of the "Diversity last evening elected Mr. Booth to the chair of assistant physical director of the i t v. u 1 1 i 1 1 ti ,iC director tempo rarily remaining vacant. Out For the Holidays. Id ays at St. Benedict's college began to day, which is one week earlier than us ual. Tne faculty came to um uu-nuiu- aion that doing this would be the only way to put a stop to the croupous pneu monia epidemic, which has existed there ror tne past two weens, uwv Bald to be sick i the college hospital. A SMRMWIMni giiWBl, 'J"W"3j ju Li Pessaathio. Pboae 31. 21.523 Qtilopy St -HEC02IXE!?D PR0PHIETAHY -HELXEDIE3 MEDICINES TfAII GAVITT'S REMEDIES than any known medical preparations. by us CROKER'S HOODOO. Tammany Ioss Buys a Residence in England. New Tork, Dec. 13 A Journal ml Advertiser dis)atch from London say'.: PJcbard Croker has bought Moat Hons. Wantage, with much of the surrounding land. The price Is withheld but it don not exceed $L'0.(X0. 1 -ie negotiation were arranged last summer and the pa pers were signed when Mr. Croker arriv ed a few weeks ago. The house is in the hands nf workmen who are building new additions and completely remodelling th Interior. The Improvements will cot 7.!i. It looks as if Mr. Croker Intended to make his permanent home there. Moat House is not a very attractive place, especially in winter, as it Is f"iir miles from the railway nnd two mil'- from the nearest town Wantage, whl h ia a rural village. The tHiuse is a low two story brick building on which Cro ker is building a tower that makes it more pirtureso.ua and adds coiiKid-rb! room. The propn-ty has had several owners in the last 60 years, all of whom have tiad some connection with the turf and all have been unsuccessf ul. The house is considered a. turf hoodoo in Berk shire. Pneumonia Prevented. Among the tens of thouands who have used C hamberlHln's Cough l'.in4y for colds and la grippe during the punt few years, to our kijOwiwlK. riot a it.n,t re lias resulted In pneumonia. Tho. Whit field t- Co., 2W Wabah avenue, ChU ko, one of the most prominent retail dr.,u glsts in that city. In speaking of tln, mivs: ""We recommend Chunberlaiti'n Cough Remedy for la arlppn In mmv caws, aa It not only giv- prompt and complete recovery, lut alo counteract any tendency of la. grippM to result In pneumonia" For sala ty all iiruga.ats. Miss Murdock Married. Wichita. Dealt Miss Pearl Murdock. the only daughter of Col, W. M. Mur dock, was married here Wednesday to William Paul Eaton, nephew of ii. I Eaton. Now Is the time when eroup ana lung troubles prove rapidly fatal. Tha only harmless remedv that produces immediate results ia One Minute Cough Cure. It la very pleasant to lake and can l reiie I upon to quickly euro conch, colda and all lurujc diaeaaes. It will prevent uormump Uon. Croup Instantly relieved. rr. Thom as" Ecleotrie Oil. Perfectly safe. Wave fails. At any drug store.

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TOPEKA STATE JOTONAT THT7KSBAY DECEMBER 13,1000. Drunkards Easily Cured Miss Edith Williams Wants Every Lady Reader of this Paper to Know How She Saved Her Father. Used an Odorless and Tasteless Rem edy In His Food, Quickly Curing Hlta Without His Knowledge. Trial Paci? of thi R3rn?ay MiUad Fre To Show How Easy IS Is To Care Drunkards. Xothlne could be more dramatic or de voted tnnn the manner in which Miss rr.iith Williams. Box 3. Waynesville. O-, cured her drunken father after years of misery, wretchedness and almost unbear able suffering. 1T3 KEMTH WITiUAMS. 'Te tnther i a reiLirrned man, she Fai'l "ar-1 our friend trunk it a miracle tnat I cured him wkimui his knowijtre or c-nr. I hud road how Mrs. Kate I.vnch of 22? Ellis street, an francLsco. Cal.. bad cured her husband by usins T--7-n r -utmrr v-in hi.-; rtiftVt iinri food and I wrote to It. Haines for a trial. When It came I put -me in father's coffee and food and watched him closely, butt he couldn't tell the difference, so I kept it up. "One mornlre father got up and said ho was hungry. This was a grnd sts-n as he run-ly ale much breakfast. He went away and when he came htme at 'nrr perfectly pnbpr I was aii:ot frantic with joy as I hadn't seri him sber for haf a day be fore in over fourteen years. After iinn?r he 53T flown in the Ins; easy chiiir and paid, "Edith. I don't know what has come over but I hate the sight and smell of liquor and am grans stot drinkiner forever.' This was too much for me and I t-dd him tnen what I had done. "Well we b'th had a srrvod cry, and now- we have the happiest heme and the kindest father you ran fmasine. I am glad you wiil publish this experience for it will reach many others ar.d let them know about thit wonderful Golden Specific." Lr. Haines, the discoverer, will send a sample of this grand remedy free to all who wiil write for it. Er.ouen of the rem edy is mailed free to show how it is used in ta, coffee, or f:d. and that it will cure the dreadrd habit quietly and permanently- Send your name and address to Or. J. W. Haines. Olnn building. Cincin nati. Ohio, and he will mail a free sample of the remedy to you, securely sealed in a plain, wrapper. a!s- full directions how to use It. books and testimonials from hundreds who have been cured, and every thing needed t aid you in stvins? those near and dear to you from a. life of de gradation and ultimate poverty and dis grace. Send for a free trial today. It will brighten the rest of your lite. ibaf a 2 -.m' Two Fast Trains Daily FROM KANSAS POINTS Denver, Salt Lake, San Fran cisco, Portland, -ASD- ALL POINTS WEST. Throned Palace Sleepers, Chair Car, Pullman Ordinary Sleepers, Dining Cars, Meals a la Carte. C2I7 71 Sours ts Psrtlasi From Kansas City. 28 Otier Lise Dees It. For tickets and full information call on F. A. UWIS, City Ticket Agent. Or J. a FULT02T. Depot Agent. ?mrr PERFECT 5 S U f O,- lift! Piff N ELEGANT TOILET LUXURY. Used by people of refinement for over a quarter of a century. WELL' DO YOUR HAULING RIGHT Topeka Transfer Co. 69 Kaasai A-ren-ti. Office lei. 2a. House reU sv F. P, BACON. Proprietor. y SEE ME ABOUT STOEAGS. Rest and Health to Mother and Child MRS. WINSIiOWS SOOTHING STRCP fcas been used for over FIFTT YKAKS BY MILLIONS OF MOTHERS for melr CHILDREN WHILjS TEETHING, with PERFECT SVOCES3. It SOOTHES the CHILD. SOFTENS ti9 GUMS. ALLAYS all PAIN. CURES WIND COLIC and la the best remedy for DIARRHOEA. Sole by Druggists in every part of the world. Be sure to asli for "Mrs. Winsiow's Sooth ing Syrup" and take no other kind. Twenty-five cents a botua. 'tr 0 BBS 1 RAILROAOEWS Rock Island Cat-Off to Save Eighty iiiles. Across Diamond From Fairbury, Keb., to Heriagton, Kas. TEN MILES OF TRACK. Tart of General Plan For Short ening Line to Mexico. Will Begin laying Steel This Month. When the Rock Island begins building its big cutoff to the southwest from Liberal, Kan., to El Paso, Tex., this month it means that within a very few months the Rock Island will begin lay ing steel rails from Fairbury, Neb., to Herington, Kan. It is part of the same general plan to get the shortest lina yet built from all parts of the Rock Island system to Los Angeles and to all parts of Mexiecu Leading away off to the southwest through Kansas, alomst touching the Oklahoma border at the terminus of Liberal, the Rock Island now has a line. All surveys have been completed, artic les of incorporation filed, and formal announcement made that work is to be gin at once on an extension that will carry this road 270 miles further to the southwest, through the Panhandle of Oklahoma, northwestern Texas and northwestern New Mexico by way of Clayton to Santa Rosalie, near White Oaks. Fairbury ia at the northern obtuse angle of a big diamond formed by the Rock Island system. This cutoff will be built diagonally across to the southwest, crossing the southwest side of the dia mond at Clay Center, and will continue southward to HeringUm. where is now the junction of the Liberal extension with the Fort Worth line. This means the building of about ten miles of new track, and will result in a direct saving of over 80 miles more from Omaha, not only to the southwest and to Los Ange les or Mexico, but also to Fort Worth and the whole Oklahoma country. HELD OTTT FOR TONNAGE. Sixteen Cars Not Worth a Special on Missouri Pacific. The dull freight business on the Mis souri Pacific is said to be due to the policy of the company in refusing to move trains until the standard tonnage for engines is reached, says an. Atchison paper. This instance is cited. It is claimed that the Missouri Pacific re ceived sixteen cars of cattle at Kansas City for St. Joe. The shipper was in a hurry, and inquiring for the cause of de lay in starting, was told that sixteen cars did not constitute a train, and that the wait was for additional loads. The story goes that the shipper then turned the sixteen cars over to the Burlington, which agreed to put them in St. Joe in an hour and a half. There was a time when almost any western road would have been glad to have run a special for I sixteen cars. SAXON SENDS A DELEGATION. Committee Sere to Learn Pate of Their Shops. The mayor of Raton, New Mexico, and a delegation of prominent citizens came to Topeka today to interview Santa Fe officials. Raton is fearful of losing the railroad shops now located there. Ths master mechanic was recently moved to LaJunta and the citizens of the thriving little town at the mouth of the tunnel tremble lest the shops follow the master mechanic. C. A. Madoulet, a Raton councilman, who is here for treatment at the Santa Fe hospital, was told by a high official yesterday that the company had no in tention of moving the shops to La Junta. The citizens delegation, headed by Dr. J. J. Shuler. the mayor, is composed of T. A. Shomburg, Harry Wig-ham, Chas. Remsburg and W. C. Wrigley. They propose to carry their plea for the re tention of the shops at Raton before the Here is a fine flashlight showing champion six-day rider of the world; curve at the Fourth. Avenue end of the c-'-'i' -h sy et j c- SENATOR SCOTT PUTS HIS FOOT DOWN. Massive West Virginian Again a Force in the Senate's Pro f Hon. Nathan B. Scott, United States Senator from West "Virginia, employs forceful' gestures in his arguments, whether in the Chamber or on the street. This snappv snapshot shows the Senator in. the midst of a stormy discussion on Pennsylvania avenue. annual meeting of directors today, if necessary. Discharged B. O. Employe Wins. Toledo, O., Dec. 13. In his suit for damages against the Baltimore Ohio railway, A. A. Hickerson was today awarded a verdict of $400 by a jury in the United States circuit court. The award is not for the "blacklisting act," of which the defendant railway was ac cused, but was given on a second cause of aetion, based upon an Ohio statute that makes it imperative for a railroad to give employes reasons for their dis missal. Cascade Tunnel Completed. Seattle. Wn., Dec. 13. The first train will be run through the Great Northern tunnel from the Cascade mountains next Sunday. This will be the finish of one of the most stupendous railway engineer ing feats ever attempted in this country. The tunnel is 13,200 feet long and the thickness of the roof at the thickest place is 5,300 feet. Theatrical Party Bates. It Is probable that the present rates made for theatrical and other organized parties in the territory west of Chicago may be materially reduced. General passenger agents of these lines met in Chicago yesterday and during the con ference it was suggested that the fares charged for large parties moving to gether were too high and, ought to be reduced, if all the roads would stand by whatever reductions were made and cease manipulating agreed tariffs. Passenger fares as applied to parties vary in the west, according to the dis trict. Between Chicago and St. Paul and Minneapolis any party of ten or more persons traveling on one ticket may take advantage of the 2 cents per mile rate. Between Chicago and Omaha and Kansas City the rate will not be granted by the companies unless the party is a bonafide one, organized for the purpose of giving entertainments or ex hibitions. The double rule has led to all kinds of confusion, and there have been threats to bring charges of discrim ination against the lines that operate between Chicago and the twin cities and between Chicago and Omaha and Kan sas City that differentiate in the rates. The peculiar condition was brought about by the refusal of the Wisconsin PHOTOGRAPH OF BIG A. A. McLean, who gives great promise; Major Taylor, the negro now champion sprinter of America; Charlie Miller, Prank .Walier, known as "Old Dutch." and F. A. McFarland, the Pacific Slope flyer as they now appear rounding the garden, which is banked higher than ever to prevent accidents. 4 V n 3 -I i If f i Central to make a difference between parties organized for entertaining or ex hibition purposes and those merely got ten together, to get advantage of the low rate. This forced the other Chicago St. Paul roads to throw open the rate to the public. Semi-organized parties that come under the rule in one section and not in another, are protesting that the differentiation cease. The railroad officers are averse to throwing down the party rate bars in the entire west, say ing they would rather reduce the fare to l1 cents a mile and confine the rate to parties .organized to give entertain ments or exhibitions. CHARGED TO A WOMAN. Further Light Thrown Upon the Sui cide of Sydney Samuel. New Tork, Dec. 13. A dispatch to the Journal and Advertiser quotes Rev. Isaac Samuel, rabbi of the aristocratic Bayswater synagogue in London, as making the following statements con cerning the death of his son, Sydney Samuel, the exporter, who shot himself at Portland, Me., last Sunday: "This is indeed sad and surprising news. My son, who was a business man in Mexico, left London only a few weeks ago, after spending six weeks at home. By the last mail I received a chrful letter from him, written soon after land ing. I cannot imagine why he com mitted suicide, for certainly he left here a sane, well man. "The reports that he committed sui cide because I forbade his marriage with Mrs. Ghartres do me cruel wrong. I ask you not to allow such a stigma to rest oh me. It would be criminal injus tice to a loving father. My son did have an affair with this woman, but broke it off of his own accord. It cut him deeply at the time, but his recent visit home had, I think, made him strong again. 'T cannot do any better Justice to his menory than to lay before you his own papers, including his last will, which he left with me." Rabbi Samuel produced his son's will, dated October 22, last, in which Mrs. Chartres is mentioned, as follows: "I longed for love, companionship and a quiet home life, with books and music to carry out my ideals. I met this wo man, who promised all these, and I SIX DAY CYCLE looked to the future with happiness. But this is ended." Samuel evidently reversed a previoua will and cut Mrs. Chart res off. The rabbi continued: "I did in a measure oppose my son's raarriage with the woman, but I left him to find out the truth himself, which he did. therefore it pains me deeply to hear the accusation that I was the cauee of mv son's death. I went to New York last summer and met this lady. She is clever, fascinating, but unscrupulous. She had enslaved my son. He had spent thousands of pounds upon her, neglectea his business and was ruining himself. but breaking with her was his own vol untary act. FACING A CRISIS. Germany's Financial Matters Are in a Bad Way. New Tork, Dec. 13. A dispatch to the Journal and Advertiser from Berlin says: The pessimistic speech of Baron von Fleischmann, secretary of the im perial treasury in the reichstag- on Mon day in which he told th country to prepare for a period of hard times as the financial situation was gloomy, has created a sensation in the money mar ket. There has been such a slump in the price of mortgage bonds that un less public confidence is restored, the economic stability of Germany will be imperilled, some banks and bankers may find themselves in serious difficul ties and a financial crisis of unparallel ed gravity may be precipitated in Ber lin.. The amount of mortgage bonds in circulation is five milliards of marks ($1,250,000,000.) The mortgage banks were the principal sources of supply to the money market, their bonds being regarded as first class securities. AH this confidence has disappeared and the public are selling bonds indiscriminate ly at panic prices. The PomeraiB bank in one week repurchased $4,000,0X( worth of its own bonds. The First Preussische Hypothek bank and the Deutsche Grundschuld bank are unable to meet the strain and the gov ernment has appointed receivers in both cases. The papers demand the arrest of Directors Sanden and Puchoueller Schmidt. Herr Waersawsky, the third director, has gone abroad. Herr Sanden's personal character is unimpeachable. His private estate has been sequestrated for -the benefit of the bondholders He lives at Potsdam and is a prominent supporter of the empress religious propaganda. Meanwhile the crisis continues and a general panic is quite possible. To avert a crash the Deutsche bank and some other houses have formed a committee for the pro tection of bondholders and are advanc ing funds in payment of interest due. SEW YORK'S TOTE. CoL Bryan Carried but Pour Counties in the State. New Tork, Dec. 13. The state board of canvassers met and canvassed the state vote. Only four of the sixty-one counties cast a majority of votes for Bryan. They were New York, Queens, Richmond and Schoharie. The Prohibition, Social Democratic and Social Labor parties have sufficient votes to go on the next election without a petition. Following are the totals for president: For McKinley (Rep.), 821,992. Bryan (Dem.). 673. SS. Woolley (Pro.), 22.043. Debs (Social Dem.), 12.869. Malloney (Social Labor). 12,622. McKiniey's plurality, 143,606. The plurality of Odell (Rep.) for gov ernor was 111.126. How to Cure Croup. Mr. R. Gray, who lives near Amenia, Duchess county, N. Y., says: "Chamber lain's Cough Remedy is the best medicine I have ever used. It is a fine children's remedy for croup and never fails to cure." When given as soon as the child becomes hoarse, or even after the croupy cough has developed, it will prevent the attack. This should be borne in mind and a bot tle of the Cough Remedy kept at hand ready for instant use as soon as these symptoms appear. For sale by aU drug gists. COLORADO FLIER. Via "Great Rock Island Route." Leaves Topeka 8:10 p. m., arriving Colorado Springs 10:35, Denver 11:00 o'clock next a. m. De Witt's Little Early Risers are dainty little pills, but they never fail to cleanse the liver, remove obstructions and invig orate the system. At all drug stores. RACK i i clilf jiiLi. Disease defeats the purposes of men, sad makes ksvoe of thrlr fondrnt hopes. How quickly courage and energy di&appear I Great enterprises khow ing every probability of accomplish ment take on the sallow hue of ruin when over tasked Nature breaks down. Look around among' your immediate friends. How many of them h&T missed their greatest opportunities through lack of physical and mental energy 1 These men would not be warned. They traded on their strength and took no precaution when there has been at hand the surest help for all such in Dr. Greene's Nervura blood and nerve remedy. The truth about this great discovery of Dr. Greene should be made known to all men. Dr. b's lina These statements of the influence of ill health on worldly success are not overdrawn, neither are the statements con cerning the prompt and positive aid which Dr. Greene's Xcrvura is to the weak -and sickly. The grumbling, surly merchant make little headway. It is brU-l.t words and cheerful ways that bring success, and these things are imponMbl when the system is run down and unstrung. Don't wait until you are forced to the wall. Build up your physical and nervous strength with Dr. Greene" Kit vura. The sick and discouraged find it gives them strength and detfrrc'tnation. The nervous and irritated find in its soothing elements, caltuxitaa and cheer Mb. F. P. Dearth, Woodsville, II., says: About a year and a half ao I was taken fdok and wa ailine fir a lone tim. 1 h I stomach trouble and I was not able to work much for about a ver. I em(ioi a do. t.ir for a year, who did not seem to hit mv case. I was weak and ttie sliirhtt n. r; ,n w i-i ma. I heard, of Dr. Greene's Xervura blood and nerve renM-dv, and of the woti'Wiul r""ii on other people, and I resolved to trv it. and from the result 1 cnit iv not hmjr but r it. I have not been as well in years as I am niat-e taking lr re-ue s N. rvira. I bava heard and known of wonderful cures by Nervura, and 1 cheerfully rucouuneud it toad." READ DR. GREENE'S OFFER OF FREE COUNSEL TO ALL WHO ARE SICK. Dr. Greene's counsel is at the free disposal of all inrmirinrr men and wo men. This brings the benefit of his advice within reach of every one, for con sultation by letter is as free as personal call. Write or call uKn Dr. Green at his office, 85 West 14th Street, New York City, and you have the services of tl o world's most successful physician without cost. Will yon continue to hazard your hopes and your health by neglecting this opportunity to be made well? Dr. Greene's success as a specialist in nervous and chronic diseases is not eotiaiN by that of any other man. Consult him now and find the way to complete recovery. 4 i i t The Topeka Union Lecture Course. A limited number of Season Tickets for the remainder of the Course will be placed on sale at SI. 50 toT the following attractions: t at. 1. Dec 19. 2. Jan. 19. 3. Feb. 6. 4. Feb. 12. 5. March quid Air. Lecture with Experiments. Two Illustrated Evening, by Ernest Seton-Thompson. Purchasers'of these tickets will have an opportunity to draw numbers for choice of seats Saturday, Dec. 15, from 10 a. tu., to 2 p. in., at the High School. Seats for Dec. 19 and Jan. 19 may be reserved Saturday, Dec. 15, at the High School beginning at 2 p. m. Tickets may be obtained at Rowley Snow's; or from any member of the Committee. They will be oa sale also Saturday morning at the High School. i L0 WANTS 1IIS CHILDREN. Teacher Who Objected Waa Thrown Down Stairs. Salt Lake, Ttah. Dec 13. A Fpecial to the Tribune from White Rock. Utah, says that at the request of Agent Myton, Troop K, from Port tnjscheno was ordered out this evening to prevent trouble at Uitnah agency. Over thirty children In the school are down with measles and other diseases and their parents have been much d's pattsfled because the children were not al lowed to to home. One girl died lat n'.eht. Black Hawk went to the sohool this morning and demanded the release of his children. O'Connor, a teacher, made some show of resistance and w;juj thrown down stairs and the chiMren tak en awav bv force. Several other childrea were taken away by other Indiana. Threats were made to burn the p-nooi buildings and the agent called upon Major Hughes for help. Increase in Pig Iron Production. Xew Tork. Dec. 13. According to the monthly blarJt furnace statistics of the Iron Age. there ha3 been for the first time since June l. an increa.se in tne prouue-tinn- of pig iron, the capacity of the coke furnaces at wr.rK on oer-Hmriir l. n-t'ig 3.'7 tons weeklv. as compared with 207.- 3.1 tons on November 1. and :2.V41 t ns on June 1. Coke iron storks have deelimM to fct.:50 tons during November no th:it the statistical position has ktovb muua Bounder during November. Wage Contracts to Be Renewed. Pitt.burg. rec- 13. The 3.W0 employe of the Jones and Laughlin injn and pifints have been notified that the indi vidual wate contracts made two vears ae-o will be renewed for the ensuing year with no reduction in pay. It !s b-i!o-f.i that similar action will be taken by the Carnegie company and the workmen are jubilant. When the stomach is tired out It must have a rest, but we can't live without food. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure "disrests wh;it you eat' so that you can eat all the good rood yon want while it Is restoring the digestive organs to health. It is the only preparation that digests all kinds of food. At ail drug stores. 1 h I? t Vm i. -i. 4 4- X Lectures Afternoon and f Why suffer the pangs of rhcuirutijm when 2 KOHL'S 1 RHEUMATIC ICURE gives quick relief an J permanent cure. t X AH Drurriits. Price J 1.03. X

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.TOPEKA STATE JOTTRNAI THTJRSD AY EVENING, DECEMBER 13. 1900, TOPEKA STATE JOURXAL. ET FRANK P. MAC LENNAN. VOLUME XXVII f No. 2J8 TERMS OF SrBSCRIPTTON. Daily edition, delivered bv carrier. 10 cent? a weeK to any part of Topeka or suburbs, or at the sime price In any Kan sas town where the paper aas a carrier Py mail, one year J3 P mnU -nw.t. 1"J j iin.i, imrc ui"iin c.v Vpkiv eriitftn one vear. .aw PERMANENT HOME. Tnit Slate Journal building. 800 and aing. ot Ei IC3 Kansas avenue, corner of Eighth. KKW TOPK OFFICE. Temrle Court BldfT. A- Frank Richardaon. Mgr. CHTCAOO omCK Stock Exchange Bldg. A. Frank Richardson, Mgr. tONDON OFFTCE. IS Red Lion Court. Fleet Street. TELEPHONES. Business Office Bell 'Phone Vn Reporters' Room Bell 'Phone V The more the light Is turned on the ship subsidy bill the worse It appears. The trouble -with the Boers and the Filipinos appears to be that they don't know when they are whipped. Tf congress doesn't dispose of that ehip subsidy measure soon it will not have a friend left outside of Washington and the ship owning crowd. "Why make a special coinage of 50 cent dollars for the Filipinos? The old fashioned standard dollar was worth ex actly 50 cents in the bullion market yes terday. Standard oil certificates have made another advance, and President Harper of Chicago university has gone east to tap Mr. Rockefeller for that Institution's share of the profits. Philadelphia Record: If the ship sub sidy bill is to be jammed through con gress the jamming will have to be im mediate. Every day of discussion adds to the weight cf popular dissent. "Westward the star of empire takes its way" has received a backset. Census returns indicate that the center of popu lation has started on a return to the eastvard and is now located about where it was in 1SS0. It Is reported that Mr. Debs has de clared his Intention of devoting the re mainder of his life to an effort to be come president of the United States. May not the time come when running for the presidency will be classed among the professions? The brewers are reported to have threatened that they will defeat the ship subsidy bill unless their demand for re moval of the war tax' on beer is heeded. If these two interests get into a fight the people are likely to derive the great est benefit from the situation. The success or failure of the ship sub sidy bill is likely to carry with it many other schemes for reducing the surplus. Artemus Ward's plan of "you scratch my back, and I'll scratch your back," ts not without followers In the American congress, of which fact the annual river ai 1 harbor job affords abundant evi dence. St. Louis Post-Dispatch: When eulo gies of dead members of congress are uttered in the House, the living members dodse into the cloak rooms or leave the building. Trie eulogies are of -no value except to the printer who is paid by the government to publish them. The con gressional eulogy and the congressional funeral junket should be abolished be fore the new century comes in. Indianapolis Press: The experience of the people with the postal service is rather against the argument so often used against the proposition to operate public utilities as public enterprises, that such control would prevent the improve ment and cheapening of the service. We are paying practically the same tele graph tolls that we did twenty year3 ego, thoush the service has been much extended. But. for mall service, we have iiad the benefit of constantly reduced rates, extension of the service and In numerable improvements. REPEAL, NOT VOTE, SUBSIDIES. From the Chicago Tribune. The people would rather see congress at work taking away subsidies than granting them. If the Fifty-sixth con gress wishes to end its life creditably it will repeal the subsidies enjoyed by Mr. Carnegie and other steel and iron pluto crats and by the men engaged in some other Industries, Instead of voting sub sidies to steamship lines. Mr. James J. Hill said last Saturday: "If we are to build the ships here, I ee no reason why. we need a protec tive duty of $7 a ton on plates as long as our platemakers are exporting plates to the other countries especially as they are willing to furnish them for ex port at a lower price than they do to our own people." The cheapest steel plates Imported have to pay a duty of $6 70 a ton. So high a duty Is not necessary for the protection of American manufacturers. Curing the ten months ending with Oc tober last they shipped to foreign mar kets nearly 73,000,000 pounds of steel sheets and plates. The vital point is that th"- sold their plates more cheaply abroad than at home. They asked the shipbuilders on the Clyde, where some cf these plates went, less than they do the American shipbuilders. This is the policy which the iron and steel com bines follow In regard to other products, such as Bteel rails, billets, and wire nails. If the American shipbuilders could get steel and iron plates from domestic manufacturers on as good terms as for eigners do there would be no question about the ability of American shipyards to turn out vessels at a lower cost than competitors. But the American ship builder, like all other domestic consum ers of steel, is at the mercy of the steel combines. They have a low export price for foreigners and a high domestic price Tor Americans. An excessive duty which enables a manufacturer to maintain these two sets of prices is a grant to him of a sub sidy, the size of which depends upon his ra n sweet will. The manufacturers of steel plates can if they choose exact about J7 above the fair market price froia Ameria&n. consumers. It is large ly because of these subsidy grants that a man like Mr. Carnegie has an income of $120,000,000 a year. If subsidies were as odious to congress as they are to the people it would in vestigate this subject carefully, and wherever it discovered an industry con trolled by men, who havean export and a domestic price, the latterthe higher of the two. congress would revise the tariff du ties so as to take away from the manu facturers in question their excess of pro tection and thus deprive them of the power to discriminate in prices against their own countrymen. At this moment the admitted ability of the United States to make steel and iron more cheaply than they can be made abroad redounds chiefly to the benefit of foreign consum ers of American iron and steel. If there Is any congressman who says that tariff duties should not be reduced when a manufacturer has an export and a domestic price, discriminating against his own country, he may safely be put down as the representative of some wealthy corporation, which will be unable to collect subsidies if duties are lowered to a reasonable figure. The Tri bune holds it to be a self-evident truth that any manufacturer who has an ex port and a domestic price the former the lower of the two is not entitled to tariff protection. GLOBE SIGHTS. From the Atchison Globe. We have noticed that when a loafer goes to work he soon quits his job. There is a good deal of foolishness in old people telling each other how young they look. When a woman marries late in life her boys wear long curls until they put on long pants. With practice a woman can shed tears that will melt a man's heart and that will not make her nose red. Tou often hear people say this is a "funny world," but they never fully realize it until they axe 40 or 60 years old. If we were king of a country we would make a rule that every drunken man must remain in his room until his spree is over. When a man enters a church bazar at this season he shows positive genius in going home with everything that his wife didn't need or want. It is an old-fashioned woman's notion that soup to be good should be put on to boil Monday morning, if it Is intended for Tuesday's dinner. A preacher doesn't amount to much, in the opinion of ToDeka DeoDle. unless Topeka papers say, in mentioning him, mai rne jaw .Breakers rear nim. In justice to the boys it should be remembered that their feet do not soil more sheets than the cold cream on their sisters' faces soils pillow cases. A great deal is said of the manner In which newspaper managers exaggerate circulation. General advertisers, in tell ing "the low rates they secure from "other papers," are worse. "My great objection to erand ortern said a woman today, "is that if there is a nre in the act the nrima donna sings a whole lot about fire, Are, fire. tne tenor sings a verse about it, the baritone takes a turn, and it finally reaches the chorus girls before any steps are taxen to put tne nre out POINTED PAEAQKAPH3, From the Chicago News. Friendship la a welcome ship In any port. A divorce suit makes aa appropriate traveling dress. Worry is a greater enemy to the face than the small-pox. The stamp of a gentleman Isn't on sale at the postoffice. The best net for catching an American heiress is a coronet. A benevolent man owns stock in the happiness of all mankind. Many a man isn't worth the market value of the phosphorus in his bones. Tou can't get bread from a stone, but you can get money from a gold brick. Some men are bigamists, but one wife is more than the average man can man age. A man Is aa old as he feels and a woman is aa old as she doesn't think she looks. Never be afraid to side with the mi nority if that minority is based upon honesty and principle. Four boxes rule the world the car tridge box, the ballot box, the Jury box and last, but not least, the feminine hat box. There are two reasons why the aver age woman does not trust the average man; one is because Ehe doesn't know him, and the other is because she does. QTJAXER REFLECTIONS. From the Philadelphia Record. Fvery bonnet has a "b" in It. Even a poor book is bound to sell. Anybody can write a wrong with a pen. The paid-up leading lady is a "fixed" star. Magnets attract metal, and that prob ably explains why magnates draw in so much gold. No young man objects to have his best girl look on him as a conundrum so long as she doesn't give him up. "Doan crowd in yo' angziety to git 'next' to er good thing," says Brother Watkins; "it might put yo' up against hit." Newpop What's good for insomnia? Oldhand Try counting 1,000. "That's what everybody tells me. but confound it, the baby's too young to count." "I chucked a bananer skin in front of the teacher today for a joke," chuc kled Willie. "I don't see any joke about that." said his mother. "Don't you? Well, she tumbled, all right, all right." "There's such a thing as being too cool in the face of danger," says the Manayunk Philosopher. "Many a man's reputation has suffered by his tempera ture getting so low as to make his teeth chatter." "I suppose you feel there's a whole lot due your lawyer for winning the case," remarked the interested friend. "Yes." returned the man who had gone through the lawsuit: "but I can't figure it out quite as much as he makes his bill amount to." A young lady who dallied with golf Gave people some reason to soolff. When she said to the folks "Done in forty-one strolkes!" One chap ewea muttered "Coma olft!" AN AUTOFACTORY Topeka May Soon Hare One of Its Own. Dr. James E. Cole, of Alma, the Promoter. mS NEW YEHICLE. Trial Trip Will Be Made to To peka Saturday. Promises to Travel the Forty Miles in an Hour. "I -will make the trip from Alma, Kansas, to Topeka, Kansas, a distance of 40 miles, over a rough country road, in one hour." At first glance that sounds like an im possible story and a few years ago would not have been listened to, but now when Dr. James E. Cole of Alma comes 'forward with that statement it is the occasion for the uplifting of the hearer's eyebrows and an exclamation of "so?" Dr. Cole and Andrew Lang have re cently taken out patents for an odor less automobile and have completed the construction of their first machine. It will be used In the test run of 40 miles per hour. They expect to start a fac tory in Topeka. The automobile is to receive its in itial trip Saturday when the makers will take the trip overland from Alma to Topeka, a distance of forty miles in an hour's time. They promise to be at the State Journal office at noon. The little shop where the plans for the "auto" were worked out consists of two rooms 15 feet square. The amateur genuisea were of course hampered to a certain extent by the fact that the "Village Loafer," the "Town Idiot" and the "Ornery Boy," together with the other idlers of a blacksmith shop, hung around the little shop to see the prob able outcome of the automobile, the building of which they could not under stand. And the automobile has occupied all their time and attention for the past few weeks, and they could have been found at almost any time early and late working in their little shop. A State Journal reporter surprised the Inventors in their shop. "Our automobile has come to stay and as soon as an organization of a company may be effected we will build a plant for their manufacture in To peka. "Several Topeka capitalists are in terested in the project and it is possible that considerable Topeka money will be used in building a factory." r.f V. oru-jftict irn wtiflrlf s to be met with heretofore," said Mr. Cole, "has been the high price at which the auto mobile has sold for. The price of the average machine nas oeen piaccu J1.000. The automobile which we will manufacture will be sold for $250. And the automobile which we will manufac ture will be practically the same ma chine and will be just as valuable as the high priced makes of the eastern fac tories." McPherson County Pioneer, From the Inman Review. Henry Robertson laid claim to having lived in Kansas longer than any one else in this county but R. G. A. Haberlein i i v. V. ,1 A I ttahov. lalU Illi Clillill 11 Ulc siiauir. lein says he ha3 been in the state since 40 years ago last March. He has seen tne state iransrormeu from a "desert" and Indian hunting grounds to one of fine homes and vast wealth. It is interesting to hear him talk about frontier days. He was in the newspaper business in Leavenworth in the early day. He is a brother of Ed F. Haberlein of T 1 1 1 1 w-. Kingdom of Bavaria to Missouri and lo- caietl in ivansa v.ny, in 101a. ayu y t- ai o later they moved to Wyandotte, now Kansas City, Kan., and since that time they have lived continuously in this state. i Chester Leaves the Sultan. Constantinople, Dec. 12. Capt. Chester sailed from Smyrna today in order to rejoin the Kentucky. Prior to his de parture he thanked the authorities for his agreeable visit ,of which, he adds, he will retain the most pleasant memor ies. German Newspaper Sold. Chicago, Dec. 12. The Illinois Staats Zeitung, a leading German newspaper was sold at auction today to Mrs. Marg herita Raster, widow of Herman Raster, who was editor of the paper from 1867 to 1890. The property was bid in for $50,200. subject to a mortgage of $150,000, making the selling price over $200,000. Mrs. Raster was one of the heaviest cred itors of the paper. The company will be reorganized at once, it is said, and no interruption of publication will take place. Kansas City, Kan., Contract Let. Washington, Dec 12. J. W. Hobson, of Washington, D. c., was awarded the contract for the construction of the pub lic building at Kansas City, Kan., at $87,621. Otis E. Gregg and Adolph Par-, son have been appointed substitute car riers at Kansas City, and Francis F. Farrell has been appointed a clerk in the postofflce at St. Joseph, Mo. Christmaa sale, Unity church, December 13 and 14. Supper Thursday, 6 to 8 p. m. Christmas sale. Unity church, December 13 and 14. Supper Thursday, 6 to 8 p. m. THIN CHILD' If a child is thin, let him take a little of Scott's emulsion of cod-liver oil. Some children like it too well; begin with a little. A half-of quarter-teaspoonful is enough at first, if the stomach is weak; but increase, as you find the stomach will bear. The effect is: the little one takes on strength; gets hungry; eats and is happy; gets fat he ought to be fat and gets healthy. We'll send yon a little te try U yea like. SCOTT BOWNK, 40s F earl etteet. New Ye DRUNK 11 JAIL City Prisoners Get Alcohol and Hare Drunken Debauch. The prisoners in the city Jail had a good time yesterday. Some one managed to sneak a bottle of alcohol into the prison and in a short time the inmates were in a state of intoxication. They got into a fight and M. H. Burk was badly bruised. When the chief of police began an in vestigation of the matter all the trus ties denied having anything to do vlth the liquor and could not say who had given it to the prisoners. It developed that John Dahlgreen, one of the chronic prisoners who is a trusty, had a hand in the matter and he was locked up with the other prisoners. The chief thinks that two bottles of 'white horse" were given to the prison ers, but the police were able to find but one bottle and that was empty. "White horse," the prison slang for alcohol, is the favorite drink of the men who spend a majority of their time in the city pris on and they will do anything to secure a bottle of the stuff. The men will be taken before the po lice judge this afternoon and the charge of disorderly conduct will be placed against them. They will probably serve ten days more each for their drunk in the Jail. In order to prevent a recurrence of the kind the iron 'door leading to the big jail room will be kept closed and the trusties will not be allowed to brirg anything into, the jail withouta close examination. MRS. TRACY TO LEAVE. Hearing Nothing From Her Husband She Will Go to Parents. Mrs. Harry Tracy, wife of Harry Tra cy, private secretary of Pension Agent Cyrus Leland, who disappeared on the afternoon of the 6th of last November will leave this Week to live with her par ents, who live at Great Bend, Barton county, Kan. Since Mr. Tracy's departure last No vember no word has reac hed Mrs. Tracy of his whereabouts. She spent some time in trying to secur information of him, but was unsuccessful. HERE'S A CONVICTION. Man Who Sold Liquor at Stahl'a Pic nic Convicted. The Jury in the case of State vs. Page brought in a verdict this morning of guilty. Page was arrested charged with violating the prohibitory law and it is the first case for a violation of this law which fias been brought by the county for some time. Page sold liquor to the people who de sired to buy at Stahl's grove one day last summer when there was a picnic in the grove. Chief Stahl was one of the witnesses in the case. M Alt Hi' IN ST. LOUIS. F. W. Neuman and Miss Whitley, of Kansas, Wish to Surprise Friends. St. Louis, Dec. 13. Francis W. Neu man of Edna, Kan., was married to Miss Laura A. Whitley of Bartlett, Kan., at the Laclede hotel yesterday af ternoon. The Rev. J. W. Cunningham of No. 1414 Locust street performed the ceremony. Mr. Neuman and Miss Whitley came to St. Louis to be married in order to surprise their Kansas- friends. They had been engaged for some time, and the trip to St. Louis, at the suggestion p, j -i i.auiij CL&l They will return to Kansas in a day or TIME HAS PASSED. President Ripley Replies to Ar bitration Suggestion. President Ripley received Lieutenant Governor Carney's arbitration dispatch after the State Journal's interview and sent this reply late this afternoon: "Topeka, Kan., December 13, 1900. "Hon. Francis Carney, Acting Governor, Denver, Col.: "Have given your suggestion of 12th most careful consideration, and regret that circumstances preclude compliance with your suggestion. The striking te legraphers hitherto employed on our lines in Colorado did not strike because of any grievance against the company. On the contrary, by the course they pursued they violated their obligations, technical and moral obligations which, on our part, have been fully lived up to in every respect. The company has not charged strikers with committing out rages on employes. The public and the authorities of law must judge as to who is guilty. Under all the circumstances it is manifest that the time for arbitra tion has passed. "E. P. RIPLEY." SEES MURDER IN VISION. Woman in Dream Witnesses Killing of Her Brother. Lincoln, Neb., Dec. 13. An attorney named Branyan, frpm Huntington, Ind., arrived here today on his way to Broken Bow to assist in the prosecution of Will iam Oxley, charged with the murder of W. H. Fullhart, a wealthy Custer coun ty farmer. Branyan is the legal representative of a sister of the dead farmer, living in Huntingdon, Ind. The attorney relates that on the night of November 20 the sister witnessed in a dream an attack on Fullhart. She saw the assailant over power her brother and kill him with an ax. The vision showed distinctly the horrible wounds on her brother's skull, which .was smashed In with the ax. Three days later news reached her that Fullhart had been found dead on his ranch. His head was crushed as if .with an ax. Last week William Oxley was arrested in South Omaha, charged with Fullhart's murder. Oxley disap peared from Fullhart's farm about the time of the murder. The two had lived together, and no one else was known to be on the place. Gas Company in Trouble. Columbus, O., Dec 13. A petition has been filed in the court of common pleas asking a receiver be appointed' for the Federal Natural Ga9 company and that it be enjoined from disposing of any of its property or stock. It is charged that fraud has been perpetrated and that the purposes of the gas company were mis represented in securing certain rights from the Lake Erie Railroad company. A temporary injunction was granted by Judge Evans, who set December 22 for the hearing for receiver and perma nent injunction. No Truth in It New Tork. Dec. 13 Charles H. Tweed, chairman of the board of directors of the Southern Pacific Railway company, said today that there was no truth in the revived report that the Huntington holdings in the property have been sold. IN HOTEL CORRIDORS. "Some peculiar wounds are received by men in battle," said one of a group who were discussing unusual wounds, "and I know of a case where a young man who was wounded by a Filipino bullet, has suffered in a very extraordi nary manner as a result of the wound. It was during one of the first battles fought in the islands that the young man was wounded. A bullet passed through his throat and when the sur geon got him in hand he was worried over the case for it appeared that the wound would prove fatal. It chanced that the surgeon had a bright thought: the wound was too large to sew up with out putting something in, and he caught a chicken, killed it and put two pieces of its breast in the holes in the young sol dier's throat. The wound was then bandaged and to the surprise of every one, including the surgeon, the youns man got well. Of course he was sent home before the wound had entirely healed but when he left Manila it was evident that he would be all right. The young soldier came home and in the course of time was married and up to that time, no one had ever noticed that the wound, or rather, the treatment of It, had effected him in the least;. Dut shortly after he was married it became evident that he had not escaped from its evil effects. He began to evince a desire to get up early In the morning: and to go to bed with the sun. His wife objected to his tendency to imitate a barnyard fowl and the neighbors suy they are having a family row.'' "There is a woman's club in a south ern Kansas town that got a little out of its sphere not long ago," said a politic ian at the Copeland. "and as a result it is likely that it will disorganize. The club is similar to most clubs which are organized for literary or mutual benefit purposes in small towns, and it had bei n doing very well so long as it stuck to the work outlined, but the trouble came when they attempted to aid some strange woman in distress. It appeal's that a couple of 'ladies' who were 110 better than they should be, went to the town, and attempted to fool the mayor by telling him that they wanted per mission to sell a face bleach or toilet preparation or something in that line but the mayor was a wise man and kn?w a thing or two, and refused to lend the 'ladies' aid in any manner. Thty were persistent, however, and had heard of the club and of its influence in the community. So they went to some of the club members and told how thp cruel mayor had treated them and incidental ly, dealt out taffy to the club members. They were at once taken under the wing of the club and a meeting was called denouncing the mayor and censurin? him for not lending what aid he covld to poor defenseless women who were In 'a strange land seeking to earn an honest living. The mayor didn't talk back, he just winked the other eye and waited. He did not have long to wait, for it soon became town talk that the women who had been tenderly fostered by the club should really not be admitted in high society and church circles.and then the horrible truth dawned upon the club members. They held another meeting and asked the mayor to run the women out of the town and he did it, but the husbands of the club members didn't like the way they had acted, and for that reason it is likely that the club will stick to literature and not attempt to run a house of refuge or home for strange women. When the order of bus iness reaches 'current topics' the club members will discuss the new preacher or the murder trial, and will let the city administration take care of itself." PATENT CONFERENCE. A Series of Resolutions Adopted at Brussels Meeting. Brussels, Dec. 13. The international conference for the protection of indus trial property, at which United States Assistant Patent Commissioner Cham berlain and Minister Townsend were the American representatives, has adopted the following resolutions: First, the period of exclusive rights, previously fixed at six months for patents and three months for industrial designs, models and trade marks, is extended to a year for the first named and four months for the second named. Second, countries signing the conven tion enjoy reciprocally the protection accorded by each country to its own citizens against unfair competition. Third, patents can not lapse because they are not put in circulation, except after a minimum delay of three years dating from the first application in countries where the patent Is allowed and in cases in which the owners of the patent do not Justify causes of inac tion. John Redmond Reelected. Dublin, Dec. 13. The members of the Irish parliamentary party, today unan imously re-elected John Redmond chair man for the present ana coming session. The motion was made by Patrick Mc Dermott and seconded by William O'Brien. On taking the chair Mr. Red mond was warmly applauded. Messrs. Esmonde, Donelan, Patrick O'Brien and Burke were appointed whips. Municipal Leasrue Session. Charleston, S. C, Dec. 31. The League of American municipalities convened to day. Interesting papers were read by the resident of the league, J. A. Johnson of "enver and the mayor of Fargo. N. D., on the contract system for street -improvement; by Mayor Weekly, of Flor ence. Ala., and Lawaon Purdy of New Tork on "Tax Reform Association on Municipal Taxation"; by City Engineers Crabb of Fargo and Tilson of Brooklyn, on street paving and by Mayor Drlscoll of New Haven, on shade trees. Queen Lil Reported Sick. New "Tork, Dec. 13. A report was printed here today to the effect that ex Queen Lilioukalani, of Hawaii, was ill from typhoid fever at the Presbyterian hospital. The officials of the hospital said the report was untrue so far as that institution was concerned. Scotch Invited to Join. London, Dec. 13. A dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph company from Glasgow says the Consolidated Petro leum company of Russia has invited the Scotch oil companies to co-operate in fixing and controlling the selling prices of paraffine and Russian petroleum. The Russian company, it is added Is already in harmony with the Anglo-American company. More Treaty Amendments. Washington, Dec. 13. After the vote on the foreign relations amendment to the Hay-Pauncefote treaty, a number of additional amendments were offered. One by Senator Elkins provides for the abrogation of the Clayton-Bulwer treaty in its entirety. Another amendment pro vides that the United States shall have authority to acquire possession of terri tory adjacent to the canal. McGoT.ern Goes to Chica go. Milwaukee, Wis., Dec. 13. "Terry" McGovem, who is to battle with Joe Gans in Chicago tonight, departed from here at 11 o'clock over the Northwestern road for Chicago. McGovern was ac companied by bis trainers. Everybody reads the State Journal. f SILKS! SILKS!! SILKS!!! 0 Tomorrow morning we place on sale 2,500 yards of Silks, comprising Plain and Brocades, Black Silks and Satins adapted for waists and skirts, also plain and fancy trimming silks worth from 65c to $1.39 per yard YOUR CHOICE, PER YARD THE TOPEKA CASH DRY GOODS CO. -A- ennett Astor Edition of Poets Whittier's Poems Lowell's Poems Will Carleton Poems Louisa M. Alcott's Booka Phronsia Pepper Stoddard Lives of Presidents Henty Books Henty Books.. Christmas Cards. Booklets. Swan Fountain Pens. x i BENNETT BOOK STORE, LOCAL. MENTION. Jack Ryan went to Salt Lake city Wed nesday. Mrs. Thorpe, police matron. Is in New ton on business relative to her offlce. L. R Wright, senator-elect from the Greenwood-Butler district Is in the city to day. The tickets for the McClure meeting at the Auditorium next Sunday are in de mand. There were no arrests by the police last night and no session of the police court this morning. L. S. Harvey of Osawatomie has gone home after a visit with his brothers, A. M. and W. W. Harvey. The window cards advertising the Mc Clure meeting at the Auditorium next Sunday have been distributed. The legislative committee of the State Goods Roads Bureau meets in this city tomorrow to prepare a good roads bill. A case of scarlet fever has been re ported to the health department. The case is at the home of Leroy Carn, 1118 Madi son street. The affairs of the India Famine Relief committe were wound up at a meeting of the directors In the governor's oftic this afternoon. There will be a meeting of the Sunday School Institute tonierht at 7:Hi at the Grace Cathedral. Addresses will be made and papers will be read. All those who are interested In Sunday school work are invited to attend. Seventv-seven physicians have regis tered at "the cttv phvsician's of lice. There are about 130 physicians in the city and according to the ordinance which passed the citv council they must all retflnter before December 2. The penalty for the violation of the ordinance is $25. Some of the people who live In the strip have complained to the mayor that the sidewalks in their part of the city need repairing. The mayor does not know whether the people who made the com plaint are in the city or not, and until the matter is decided they will have to put up with the sidewalks they have. The Sudtarth-Mattern case is being tried in the district court today. The case is an appeal from the city court, where the plaintiff received judgment for the full amount of the suit. Sndtarth was a trav eling salesman for Mattern. who is a dealer in tombstones. Ha claims that Mattern is indebted to him for J129. Prof. Blake of the Kansas university, and Chas. Gleed of the law firm of Olee.l, Ware Gleed of this city hae returned from Denver, where they have been du lng the past week in the Interests of a new Invention of Mr. Blake's.an electrical mining appliance. Prof. Blake has been working on this invention for some months, and it is quite possible that ft will be placed on the market soon. The details ot the invention hav. not yet been made public. Yerkes Get the Place. Washington, Dec. 13. The president today nominated John W. Yerkes of Kentucky to be commissioner of internal revenue. Ping-ree's Tax Measura. Lansing, Mich., Dec. 13. The Oren bill which provides for the taxing of rail roads on an ad valorem basis Instead Of upon earnings, as at present was in troduced in the house today, as was a similar bill covering railroad, telephone, telegraph and express companies. Th? bills were referred to the committee on judiciary and railroads. Jointly. The house then recessed until afternoon. Deal is Closed. New Tork, Dec. 13. Vice President Thorce of the Pennsylavnia Coal com pany said today that the deal by which the company passes into new hands s practically closed. It is said that ail the stockholders are to receive the same price for their stock. The Best Plaster. A piece of flannel dampened with Cham berlain's Pain Balm and bound to the affected parts Is superior to any plaster. When troubled with lame back or pains in the side or chest, frive it a trial anrl you are certain to be more than pleased with the prompt relief which It affords. Pain Balm also cures rheumatism. One appli cation gives relief. For sale by all drug-giata. Book Sale I 50c edition at 33c S1.00 GOc 1.00 COc 1.25 85c 1.50 03c 1.50 03c 75 38c 50 38c 25 12c 730 Kansas Avenue. J flit AND OPKKA HOUSE Thursday and Friday Evenings and Sat urday Matinee, Dec 13th, 14th and 15th, Enormoua Production of IX Hop. Leonard JuTenll. Opetmt, Alice in Wonderland Elaborate Costumes, rharmlne Mniile. Marcli.t aod bpeciattle.il. with -M) children participating. Benefit of Columbia Council, KmgtiK and Lftdl.s of Security. Reserved Seats 25c! S5o and fSOo Sow on sal. at Fiad GrubUr Drug More. DR. BENJ. F. LANG, Ex-Sup t. Nebraska Institution for Epilep tic, and Feeble. Office and Residence 519 Harrison St. SPECIALIST NERVOUS DISEASES Office Hours: 8 to 10 a, m., 4 to 6, and 7 to p. m. Ill m. to 1 p. m Phone BOS. A FT E It DHUMM0ND. Topeka Totger Will Be Brought Back by Sheriff Cook. The St. Louis Republic this morning contained the following: "Sheriff Porter S. Cook of Topeka, Shawnee county, Kansas, arrived In St. Louis last night and will return today with Alexander H. Drummond, the self confesaed forger who surrendertd in rit. Louis Monday night to Sergeant Dt lR coll. "Sheriff Cook declared that Drum mond had never been employed by -th Santa Fe railroad aa the prisoner had stated in his confession to Captain Creeey. He said that Drummond was formerly one of Topeka i beat citizens, until he commenced drinking to os about one year ago. He wa the proprie tor of one of the large! and most profitable feed stores in the city, but his business went to ruin when h took to drink. 'The amount Involved In the forget checks is small.' said the jheriff, "and I believe that the matter will be settled out of court, as the los-rs In both ca' g are personal friends of Drummond. H is well known in Topeka, and much sympathy is felt for his family.' "Drummond was vw weak and nerv ous last night. The sheriff and Detec tive Sullivan took him to the city dis pensary, where Dr. P. R. Johnson ex amined him and pronounced him suffer ing from nervous debility. The phy sician said that Drummond's condition was tiie effect of alcohol and morphine. The prisoner Is perfectly wlllin to re turn to Topeka." Sheriff Cook is expected to return to this city with his prisoner tomorrow evening. Some of Tour Friends are probably Interested in the territory through which the Frisco line pusses its resources and possibilities. I'erhapH they would Ilka to know Just how prof t able farming. fruH growing or mining is in Missouri, Arkansas, Oklahoma and Texas. Bend us their names and wn will forward free a copy of the lllim trated publication giving reKab'e and up-to-date information concerning our great southwest. Home seekers' excur sions at very low rates, twice a month. Address W. C. Melville, N. W. P. A., Frisco line, Kanwui City, Mo. Burdock Blood Bitters given a man a clear head, an ativu brain, a strong, vigorous body makes him fit for the battle of life. COLORADO FLYER. Via "Great Rock Island Route," Leaves Topeka 8:10 p. m.. anlvlr 5 Colorado Springs 10:35, Denver 11: o'clock next a. 10,

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TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 13, 1900. niinvnn lilU li I Uiy RHEUMATISM Wfcn Prof. Munvon suvs his RHEU ilATlSM CUKK will sure rheumatism there isn't any suesjwork about It there Isn't any false statement about it. It sim ply cures. It does Just exactly what he ayg it will do. It cures more quictuy than people expect. It cures without leav lrur tnv ill effects. It is a splendid stom ach and nerve tonic, as well as a positive cure for rheumatism. Ail the Munyon remedies are Just as reiiaoie. Any arueeisr zuc viai. ine Ouide to Health is free, so is medical ad Tlce If you write to Broadway and 26th est., .New ork. A 6k In of Beauty Is a Joy Forever. T. FELIX OOLRALD'S ORIENTAL Pn.,w Tan PimnlM FTWk f and vry Dieniian on p-pnuty, no ltecTion. It. has -tooti tLe test of 53 r, and ia 10 harmless we tti to he ture It is prop erly made. Accept 110 counterfeit of imliar name. Dr. jL. A. Pay re said to a ladr of the baut toavs p-attemt) you ldip will uaa 1 iif to k recom mead Cioiir ud's Cream a uie nana f.,1 f )l CIrin nrpo. raTions. fr' or U l-rujeW's aud Fancy Good la thel'nl'ei Urates, t'auda anl Kurope. FERD T HOPKINS, Prop r, 37 treat Jones St, n. T. MISS CUFF IN TROUBLE. a T. Crawford Attaches Her Box Of fice Receipts in Wichita. Wichita, Dec. 13. The box receipts of the "'Broken Heart" company, which played at the Crawford opera bouse last night, were attached by the sheriff upon a writ fur breach of contract. The ac tion was brought through Hut man Harvey for O. T. Crawford, who claimed damages in the sum of $2uO for failure on the part of the company to comply with an alleged agreement to play in. theaters of a certain circuit con trailed by the plaintiff. l)epu!v Sheriff Thomas Voss served the writ and in identally delayed the Ierfoimani'e for half an hour. The curtain was about to go up for the last act with the entire company upon the stage, when the stalwart form of the deputy unexpectedly appeared upon the scene, and in a sonorous voice this personage informed the assembled troup that the show could not proceed until his claims were adjusted. Two mountain lions, which appear in the act. the first thinar in sight, were seized, but upon second thought, Voss thought it might be best to leave them to the car? of their master, especially as the poor beasts appearedta be about half starved and were surveying; his form with an evident view of making him the victim of a relished repast. The comedian shouted "You will, will you!" as the lions snarled and snapped at the deputy. But when the latter lev ied upon a trunk full of his clothes he did not thins it so funny. Tije other actors protested that they had nothing to do with the contract, while the lady members of the troupe began to cry when the deputy informed them that unless their managers would come to terms he would be forced to cart away their belongings. Whil the argument between the dep uty and actors was going on behind the curtain, the audience became impatient at the delay despite the efforts of the orchestra to attract. When they saw that the deputy sheriff was determined to not permit the show to continue until the attachment was satisfied. Manager J. F. Caven and Ksther Rujaero, the leading lady, ar ranged for the payment of the claim from the box receipts, after which the last act was presented. Miss liujaero is Miss Ksther Cuff of Topeka. To Save a Wreck. Pan Francisco, Dec. is.The tug L. Luc-kenbru-h wi:I s;ut today for Santa Hosulia. in the iuf of California, for t'ie purpose of saving the German ship Kd mund. if thRt is found to be possible. The Kdmima was reported to the marine un derwriters here as having gone ashore broadside on. and was believed to be in danger of breaking up. The Luckenbaeh takes wrecking appliances. Succeeds Himself, Washington, Dec. IX The nomination of Judson C. Clements of Georgia to be Interstate commerce commissioner was sent to the Senate today. Mr. Clements succeeds himself. POINTS OF EXCELLENCE. A Few Reasons Which Are Rapidly Mak ing a New Catarrh Cure Famous. Stuart's Catarrh Tablets, the new Ca tarrh cure has the following; advantages over other catarrh remedies First: These tablets contain no co caine, morphine or any other injurious drug and are as safe and beneficial fcr children as for adults; this is an import ant point when it is recalled that many catarrh, remedies do contain these veiy objectionable ingredients. Next: Being In tablet form this rem edy does not deteriorate with age, or an exposure to the air as liquid prepara tions invariably do. Next: The tablet form not only pre serves the medicinal properties but It is bo far more convenient to carry and to use at any time that it is only a ques tion of time when the tablet will en tirely supers-de liquid medicines as it has already done In the medical depart ment of the United States army. Next: No pec-ret Is made of the com position of Stuart's Catarrh Tablets: they contain the active principle of Kucalyptus bark, red gum blood root and Hydrastin. all harmless antiseptics which, however, are death to catarrhal perms wherever found, because they eli minate them from the blood. Next: You can not cure catarrh bv lo cal applications to the nose and throat, because these are simply local svmp toms and such treatment can not possi bly reach the real seat of catarrhal dis ease which is the blood: for this reason, inhalers, douches, sprays and powders never really cure catarrh, but simply live temporary relief which a duse of plain salt and water will do just as well Catarrh must be driven out of' th system, out of the blood, by an Internal remedy because an internal remedy is the only kind which can ba assimilated into the blood. tuart's Catarrh Tablets do this better than the eld form of treatment because they contain every safe specific known in modern science in the antiseptic treat ment of the disease. Next: The use of inhalers, and spray ing appartusea, besides being ineffec tive and disappointing is expensive, while a complete treatment of Stuart's Catarrh Tablets can be had at any dm;.? Btore in the United States and Canada for 0 cents. ::;:H Vrj fill t QUO VADIS HERE Whitney Version Seen In To peka For First Time. One of the Most Gorgeous Pro ductions of the Season. CAST A STRONG ONE Emperor Nero Depicted in Al His Brutality. Play Will Be Repeated at the Crawford Tonight. For the first time last night Topeka had an opportunity to see the Whitney production of "Quo Vadis." It is one of the most elaborately staged- produce tions that has been in the city this year, and tha principals are strong and sat lsfactory. Last year a barn-storming company visited Topeka with something they called "Quo Vadis," which was a. libel on -the stage as well aa upon the Chris tian religion, whose early history it is supposed to portray, and a good many people were caught with the bait. That fact was probably responsible for the small crowd that saw the opening per formance of the Whitney company last night. But the mistake may yet be rem edied, for the Iieavenworth date was cancelled because of the small stage, and the play will be given a second pro- auction at The Crawford tonight. Sienkiewicz's famous novel has not suf fered in the hands of Stanislaus Stantre Few people who read the book when it was first published imagined that it could be readily adapted to the stage, but Mr. Stange solved the difficult prob lem In a gratifying and thoroughly eat isfactory manner. But even Mr Stange's remarkably strong version in the hands of an in competent caste would make the play ridiculous. The actor who steps before a modern audience arrayed in the robes of Nero's time is in a dangerous posi tion. If he fails in his conception he turns tragedy into a farce. The cast seen in Topeka last night rose grandly to the occasion, and, while there were two or three weak spots in the minor parts, the play was well produced very well produced. Harry Roberts, as Petronius. was an admirable character. As the shrewd ad riser of the brutal tyrant, Nero, ho wa diplomatic and aggravatingly cool. Mr. Roberts is a polished actor. While Mr. Roberts is cast as the star, the really heavy work falls upon Marcus Ford as Viniciu3. Mr. Ford's work in the part is excellent- He was as impulsive and as brave as the young hero is pictured in the novel, and the scene showing his conversion to Christianity is delicately done and very impressive. In the more vehement parts Mr. Ford shows more than ordinary strength, and does not rant. In fact, it is difficult to conceive a more satisfactory conception of the part. Nero, the cruel profligate emperor. was in the hands of Joseph Callahan. In his make-up he has copied the bust of the tyrant in the Vatican, and he gives the audience a good perception of the besotted, inhuman monster as he is known to history. The part may really be called a minor one in the Stange ver sion. but nevertheless it requires a fin- shed actor, and Mr. Callahan is all or that. One sees the monster in ail his cruel vanity and wonders whether hu manity ever should have tolerated such a being as the ruler of the greatest em cire on earth. I.ygia might have been Improved upon and the same may be said of Eunice, but the parts are not so important as one would suppose. Mary Emerson, as the young Christian Lygian, -has several opportunities, but they are limited and even in the final act one feels a lack of something. One of the weak spot3 was Edward Powell as Tigellinus. When all this is said the fact re mains that "Quo Vadis" is a success. The greatest of care has been taken to make the scenic effects perfect in every detail. There are six acts, with an en tirely new stage Betting for each act, and the final scene in the Roman arena is positively grand. The atmosphere of the play is good. Its effect is better than a sermon, for a rerson can see as well as hear. The tri umph of Christianity was never better exemplified than in the last scene, wnen the martyrs sing the praises of the Lord with their latest breath. "Quo Vadis" deserves a crowded house tonight. MUSIC AT HIGH SCHOOL. One of the Most Enjoyable Numbers of Course Given Last Night One of the most enjoyable numbers of the High School lecture course this sea son was the Ernest Bamble Concert company Wednesday evening. The com pany is composed of Miss Sibyl Sammis, soprano; Misa Grace Jenkins, violinist; Mr. Ernest Gamble, basso, and Mr. Ed win M. Shonert, pianist. The High School auditorium was com fortably filled and the audience so ap preciated the efforts of the performers that each number was encored; there were ten numbers on the programme. Miss Sammis has a remarkably sweet and powerful soprano voice. Miss; Jen kins handles her violin with ease and skill and is altogether a pleasing player. Mr. Gamble has a fine bass voice and it has been said that he has the best stage presence of any man on the concert stage but he gives one the impression of being well aware of his own attractions. His double number,"Honour and Arms," by Handel, and "The Bonnie Banks of Loch Lomond," an old Scotch melody, was especially good and won more ap plause than any of his other numbers. Not the least of the attractions of the evening were the piano numbers by Mr. Shonert. "Rhapsodie Hongroise." No. 2 by Liszt, was exceptionally fine. The programme was concluded by a number bv the entire company, "Das Erste Lied"," by Goetze. W A R TO THE DEATH Is Threatened Between the Rival Glass Manufacturers. Cleveland. Dec 13. The Plaindealer says: "The meeting of the Independent glass manufacturers which' has just come to a close in this city promises to have a marked effect upon that indus try in the United States- Practically every independent glass manufacturer in the country attended in person or was represented by proxy at the meet ing. The preliminary steps were taken towards the formation of a strong and complete organization, the purpose of which will be to force the American Window Glass company, better known as the window glass trust, to make terms with the independent manufac turers. Otherwise a war to the death will be Inaugurated." SNAPSHOTS AT HOME NEWS Arthur Capper Is in Chicago. Tomorrow is pardon day at the gover nor's office. John W. Breidenthal is out of the city on official business. Albert Taylor was arrested yesterday on the charge of stealing a bicycle. C. R. Richey of the state treasurer's of fice has returned from a trip to Mexico. Conductor J. W. K. Lemon of the Santa Fe Is aiok at his home, 523 Harrison street. Senator Frank Sponable of the Johnson Miami county district is In Topeka visiting with the politicians. George W. Kanavel, treasurer of the state board of charities, was In the city on official business today. Representative Charles Harris, re elected to the legislature, accompanied by Mrs. Harris, is In Topeka. Never in its previous history has Kan sas experienced such weather as has been recorded for December this year. The annual meeting, the thirtieth In number, of the state board of agriculture, will be held in Topeka, January 9-12. The next number in the Union lecture course at the high school will be next Wednesday night on the subject of liquid air. Dr. O. E. Munn, city bacteriologist, has been appointed state bacteriologist in the place of Dr. Paul Fischer, who has re signed. A small audience greeted the production of "Quo Vadis" at the Crawford last even ing. The performance will be repeated to night. The fire department was called to 522 West Seventh street yesterday, where the flue had caught fire. The damage was very slight. The pupils of the Harrison street school will give an entertainment at the school Friday afternoon for the benefit of the picture fund. A duck-pin contest will take place to morrow night between the Y. M. C. A. and the Topekas of the T. A. A. on the latter's alleys. Flora Egan began divorce proceedings in the district court yesterday. She charges non-support against her husband, James G. Egan. When a student at the state normal school at Emporia "Mike" Dolphin, the head of the O. R- T., was the "ornery boy" of the institution. Topeka police say they have more com plaints concerning stolen dogs than in any other class of rirnnertv. Who hns pior neara oi an arrest tor dog-stealing? The number of fire calls for the noat eight months exceeds the total number of calls for the preceding year, but the property loss nas not Deen as great. W. C. Miller of Barber county, defeated for representative by two votes, is in the city. Mr. Miller is considering- the ad visability of contesting the election of his f-opunst opponent- Superintendent F. R. Dyer of the Wich ita schools, in the cltv on professional business, said last night: "The people of Sedgwick county are in favor of the Kan sas senu-centenmal exposition. Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Lobdell of Lane county are in the city. Mr. Lobdell is here looking after his candidacy for chief cierK or tne house, which Is conceded to him, there being no opposition to the plan L. F. Randolph, president of the Kan- Sas Commission for the Buffalo ernnaltlnn has returned from a business trip to Cbl cago. Mr. Randolph says his official cor respondence shows great interest In the representation ot Kansas at tins expos! tion. Some of the O. R. T. members say the announcement oi no runner recognition of the order may cause some other organ izations on the railroads to aid in the strike, because they fear that this is but the temporary movement to exclude nil organized bodies from the employes. Mr. J. W. Simmons, state denutv henrt council M. W. A. of Portland, Ore., on his way to tne annual meeting or the M. w. A. at Rock Island. 111., marie a. shnrt vici this week In Topeka, and was entertained by many friends and relatives at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Thompson, 1044 Spruce street. The T7. S. Grant reelment TTntnn Veter ans' union, had its annual election of of ficers resulting as follows: A. K. Rogers, colonel; W. A. Quigiey, lieutenant colo nel: S. C. Garrard, major; G. A. Huron, surgeon: J. C. McElrov, chaplain: J. Dailey. officer of the dav R R Smvih adjutant; J. M. Miller, quarter-master. Between the 1st and 15th of TVeetniwr each year, Clem Fairchild announces that ne is going to move away from Kingman. Iast year Fairchild talked of ruins- tn Wyandotte county; the vear previous he contemplated going to Kansas City, Mo. Now he thinks of coming to Topeka. Pri vately. Fairchild told a group of friends last night that he had no Intention of leaving Kingman. A meeting was recentlv held In Nash ville. Tenn., similar to the one which is planned by the Y. M. C. A. for next Sun day at the Auditorium. The ministers of masnvuie gave tne entire Sunday to ser vices for young men and the business men of the city made an active canvass to secure, attendance at the meeting. Sev eral thousand were present at the meet ing. The promoters hope to secure equally good results here by the McClure meeting next Sunday. A BURTON BLUFF. His Managers Say They Hare "Stopped Campaigning." According to the statements made by the Burton managers, the Abilene man has stopped campaigning for United States Senator, because It is figured that ne is now "just as good as elected." the Burton management has given out a statement to the effect that onlv eight men in the Kansas legislature re main unpledged cn the subject of sena tor. There are practically 111 Republicans in the legislature. Of this number 56 are necessary to nominate in caucus. The Burton man-. agers have heretofore refused to make public any statement of their strength. but it Js today announced that 58 mem bers, two more than the number neces sary, have pledged themselves to vote for Burton on the first ballot In the caucus, thereby nominating him on that ballot. The Baker people laugh at these claims. New Swiss President. Berne, Dec. 13. The vice president of the federal council, Ernest Brenner of Basle, has been elected president of Switzerland for 1901, in succession to Walter Hauser of Zurich. Dr. J. Zemp of Lucerne who was chief of the de partment of posts and railroads was elected vice president. Look at Your tongue. Is it coitcd? Then you isve a bad taste in your mouth every morn ing. Your appetite is poor, and food distresses you. You have frequent teadacnes and are oftea dizzy. Your stomach is weak and your bowels are constipated. There's a reliable cure: Ayer's Pills. 25 cents. All druggists. I hare taken ATer'a Fills for 35 yeari, and I consider them ;be beat made. One pill des me more good thaa half a box of any other kind I bave ever tried. Mxi. N. E. Talbot. V,h Q IBM irrina. V.fltt- I Coated The handsome residence of Mr. and Mra A. A. Hurd at 1134 Tyler street was the scene of a brilliant function Wed nesday afternoon. It was a reception given by Mra Hurd, and besides being the event of the week, It was one of the prettiest of the season. The after noon was perfect for such an affair and it was so warm and sunny that among the handsome costumes worn by the guests many light ones were to be seen. As the guests entered the reception hall they were greeted by soft sweet music played by Watson's full orchestra almost hidden behind a luxuriant wall of palms. Receiving with the hostess was her mother, Mrs. M. E. Young, her sister, Mra Delia Moreland, and her niece, Miss Kathleen Moreland. Mrs. Hurd wore a becoming evening gown of rich imported taffeta; the background was white and was flowered with sxjft pink and blue Dresden figures. The bodice was low cut and had littlesleeves reach ing to the elbows; it was trimmed with pink and blue panne velvet and a touch of lace. The skirt had a decided flare at the bottom and was en train. Be side her was a gold and onyx pedestial containing a cut glass vase of Golden Gate roses. Mrs. Young's costume Was of black embroidered crepe dechine with garni ture of tucked chiffon and renainssance lace. Mrs. Moreland wore a handsome black crepe dechine over black taffeta elab orately trimmed with chiffon ruchings, jet and panne velvet. Miss Moreland was in a becoming gown of pale blue silk mull; the skirt was trimmed with accordion pleated flounces and on the decollete bodice was a touch of panne velvet. The decorations in the second parlor consisted of American Beauty roses in Rookwood jars, while white roses In cut glass vases graced the music room. In the bay window of the music room was the punch table which was presided over by Miss Margaret Jones, Miss Lee Red den and Miss Ivab Davis. A novel feature was that of serving the refreshments upstairs; the library and sitting room n the second floor are connected with an archway and there the gUests were served. In the archway was a solid fretwork of smilax and the chandeliers in both of the rooms were wound with smilax. The lights in both rooms were shaded with pale pink paper shades in the form of big, fluffy chrysanthemums. Under the chandelier in the library was a polished table on which was a high rose decorated Jar filled with long stem ed LaFrance roses which reached to the chandelier. In the other room a similar table supported a big cut glass vase overflowing with curly white chrysan themums which could scarcely be dis tinguished from the paper ones over head. The pink and white color scheme was carried out in the refreshments. A pretty red room on the third floor was reserved for the assisting ladies so they might snatch a few minutes' rest during the afternoon. Over three hundred guests were invit ed for the afternoon but the receiving hours were so admirably arranged that the rooms were not overcrowded. There were many assisting ladies and all were handsomely gowned, many in reception gowns and others in evening frocks. Those invited to assist were, Mrs. Frank Hobart, Mrs. Joab Mulvane, Mrs. Harrison Morgan, Mrs. C. W. Kouns, Mra. Margaret Wiggin, Mrs. C. Nj Nelson, Mrs. Charles Blood Smith, Mra A. A. Robinson, Mra M. A.' Low, Mrs. W. J. Black, Mrs. A. L. Redden, Mrs. Speed Hughes, Mrs. Walter Little field, Mrs. Solomon Stoddard. Miss OUie O'Brien. Misa Virgiline Mulvane, Miss Mary Thompson, Miss Metta Robinson, Miss Vera Low, Miss Florence Rossing ton, Miss Myrtle Davis, Misa Harriet Jones and Miss May Hobart. A Birthday Party. Mra W. N. West gave a delightful little party Wednesday afternoon in honor of her little daughter Antoinette's fifth birthday. The time was pleasantly spent in playing games and refresh ments were served. There was a birth day cake containing five lighted candles. Each little guest was given a souvenir of the occasion. Those present were, Grace Dana, Katherine Kizer, Elizabeth Moore, Katberine McFarland. Jane Alexander. Ruth Brown, Marshall Crawford, Alfred Cole. Archibald and Sanford Jarrell, William Bowman and Stanley Copeland. An Informal Affair. Misses Beatrice and Lillian Foster en tertained a few of their friends infor mally Wednesday evening complimen tary to Miss Solomon of Atchison who is the guest of Airs. w. A. mitn. ine evening was spent in dancing. The guests present were. Miss Solo mon, Miss Vinnie Felt, Miss Marcia Soivev. Miss Katherine Fleishman, Miss Bessie Hayden, Miss Nannie Veale, Miss Aimee Crandeli, Miss vuia wooa, jviiss Mabel Wood, Miss Edith Guibor, Mr. Walter Haves. Mr.- Frank Moss, Mr. John McFarland, Mr. Hugh McFarland, Mr. Everett Akers. Mr. Will Stewart, Mr. Robert Stewart, Mr. Leslie Mc- Canne, Mr. Kenneth .Wharry, Mr. Paul Roehr. The Ladies' Music Club. The regular meeting of the Ladies' Music, club was held Wednesday after- noon at the home of Mrs. J. W. F. Hughes in Potwin: the next meeting will be at the home of Mrs. C. S. Gleed. The following programme was given: 1 Beethoven, piano duet Ruins of Athens Misses Irene and Grace Campdoras. 2 Beethoven Absence Mrs. Frank Thomas. 3 Schubert.. .The Lord is My Shepherd Mra Thomas, Mrs. Lingafelt, Mrs. Fos ter, Mra Ferry. 4 Paper, Beethoven Mrs. Macferran a Stradella cnurcn Air Mra Macrerran. 6 Beethoven Andante Con Moto from Fifth Symphony Miss Smith, Miss Martin. Fcr Miss King. Miss Birdie King was the guest ot honor at a pleasant affair given Wed nesday afternoon by Mrs. Norman Kel ler and Mrs. Frank P. Lindsay at tl-.e home of Mrs., Keller. It was a kitchen shower and thimble party combined. Refreshments wer? served and the af ternoon was an enjoyable affair. The guests were limited to the men. bers of the In Tempora club who are: Mrs. John T. Chancy, Mra E. B. Good, Mrs. J. K. Jones, Mra Charles H. King, Mrs. W. F. Schoeh, Mrs. Ella T. Hobson, Mrs. Irving Wellman, Mra Whltmer. Mrs. J. W. Going, Mrs.D. O. Crane. Miss Birdie King, Miss May Butterworth of Los Angeles, Miss Florence Lewis, Miss Olive Lewis, Miss Katherine Millf. Miss Anna Crane, Ethel CockerelL Miss Edna Jduiice, and Miss Julia Whitmer. Notes and Personal Mention. ci i J li i r I ivi r, ,1.11 rj F. Spencer have invited guests for next Tuesday afternoon at the home of Mra Garvey, complimentary to Miss Hattie Mills whose marriage takes place De cember 27. The Grace Cathedral Guild is meeting mis aiternoon in tne ouild parlors. -J- vui give u. x u ciui-K luncheon Friday. December 21, In honor ui ivxiss nauie nulla The annual hannu.t nt n.ntQii "--v o ter No. 34 O. E. S.Jwill be held Satur- amy evening, December 15. for the mem bers, followed bv installation of nmrar: Mr. and Mrs. John Fleisch and son rrtuilCBUay IIUIU O C Joe where they have been visiting Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Fleisch. The Helianthus club will meet Friday afternoon with Mra Millard at 1270 Clay street. Mrs. Richard Gundry has returned to ner iiumu in n,iKPno, uk., after a several wecKs visit in me city with Mrs. I. S Lauck. A. M. Fuller is spending a few days In viitmsu ou ousiness. Mrs. Frank" fTnlj-in A-monta to her home In Lima. Ohio, the first of the week after a short visit in Topeka with her parents, Mr. and Mra Omar ien man. Miss Alta Yoacum of Meriden is in Topeka visitine- Miss Ftnoi nir.o Invitations are out for the marriage of Miss Ethel Rice of Topeka and Mr John C. Martin of Rock Creek, Kan. The maniiige win iae place Christmas day .t. uSu, uuuu at mo nome or the Drlde. m a WbIngtour. Burglars Go From Town to Town Looting En lionte. Mattoon, 111., Dec. 13. An organized band of burglars has) been conducting unusually bold operations in Ashmore, Melwood and Metcalf during the past forty-eight hours. At Ashmore the safe in J. G. Hermann's store was looted of $225. The burglar drove to Metcalf and robbed the postofflce and four business houses. Proceeding to Melwood, another business house was ransacked. The members of the gang have not been ap prehended. The authorities are in pur- ROMANCE IN A MARRIAGE. Mrs. Sadie Pipps Becomes Wife of Millionaire Roger Morgan. Benton Harbor, Mich., Dec 13. Roger Morgan, president of the Hopper-Morgan Paper company, was today married to Mrs. Sadie Pipps. Mr. Morgan is a son or President Morgan of the national paper trust, and is said to be a mil lionaire. Behind this simple announce ment lies a story of love and romance that rivals the celebrated sacrifice of Ruskin in voluntarily giving up his wife, whom he loved, to enable her to marry Sir John Millais. Mra Pipps is a handsome -young wo man. She may be 20 years old, though she looks little more than 25. Until last summer she was the wife of a well known traveling man in this city, who appeared as devoted to her as she seem ed fond of him. A year ago she met Roger Morgan. Before she knew it he was deeply attached to her. Her love for him developed as suddenly. A suit for a divorce followed, which the husband did not contest, and the decree granted The world only knows, or thinks It knows, that Mr. Pipps gave up his wife because he loved her so much that he believed a millionaire could make her happier than he could. t IS HEIR TO MILLIONS. Miss Lizzie Kerns, of San Francisco, Receives News From Montreal. San Francisco, Cal., Dec. 13. Miss Lizzie Kerns, a boarding house keeper, is in receipt of the following informa tion of her changed position in the world: "Montreal, Que.. Deo. 8, 1900. To Miss Lizzie kerns. 1409 Leavenworth street. San Francisco: Our XTncle ,'iward died inov. 2d last. iert aoout ja.otio.ooo to us sisters and other relatives. You must come to Montreal at once. Your sister. "JANE." Miss Kerns, who Is 40 years of age. says her uncle, by whom she was adopt ed when she was a young girl, was a rich speculator and made most of his money in railroad stocks and in the deep-cut canal. "When I was 18 years old," she said "my uncle decided that I should marry Senator Gibson of Ottawa, who was i2 years old. At 6 o'clock in the evening, two hours before the time set for the wedding, I coaxed my waiting maid to run away with me, and we were soon on the train speeding away for the United States. Telegrams were soon flying thick and fast in every direction in an effort to catch us. but we arirved safely in New York. 1-Tom thence I came to Vancouver and then to San Francisco. where I have been in the boarding house business for years. DOWN TO SIX TEAMS. Six Day Cycle Riders Pluckily Strug gle on in New York. New York, Dec. 13. Today found only six teams in the six-day bicycle race at Madison Square Garden. The riders have taken on a haggard and exhausted appearance, due to the terrific pace set Coffee injures growing children, even when it is weakened., Grain-O gives them brighter eyes, firmer flesh, quicker intelligence and happier dispositions. They can drink all they want of Grain-O the more the better and it tastes like coffee. Ail grocan 15c. sad 25c. 3 THE fDOD DRINK 631 Christmas Furnishings. We are now showing the largest and most exclusive lines in Topeka. Smoking Jackets and House Coats, $5 to $12. Bath Robes, $5 to $9. Prince of Whales and Oxford Mufflers, Full Fancy Men's V lit' Vrn y V.iri: Many Novelties in Hosiery, Underwear, Pajamas, Night Robes, Sweaters, Etc. Sole Agents in Topeka for Alfred Benja min Co. Suits and Overcoats, Knox Hats, Dr. Jaeger's Underwear and Dr. Deimel's Linen Mesh Underwear. tail for the first two days of the race. This morning the men increased their speed somewhat. The unlucky falls of yester day caused two teams to drop from the ace, leaving but six. One of the riders, Oscar Aaronson, is in the New York hospital, with an injury to his spine. His partner, Babcock, fell from his wheel at 2 o'clock this morning from sheer exhaustion. Referee Wilson was officially notified by the team's trainer that his men were unable to continue. About the same time it was announced that Turvllle and Glmra were out of the race, Turville was so badly injured by being thrown into a box last night that he is sore all over hia body. At I o'clock he came out and rode for an hour, being lapped by the bunch, and was miles behind. At 2 o'clock he was carried from the track and at 5 o'clock announced his retire ment. Fischer, who was also In the spill, carried the bunch around the track for some time at a twenty-three-mile-an-hour rate, and was cheered loudly. Harry Elkes, who is looking very fresh, came on the track at 5:30 o'clock after a rest of two hours and forty minutes. McFarland had had the same amount of rest earlier. Shortly after 6 o'clock Waller's rear tire burst. The riders quickened their pace and gained several laps on Waller, but only one lap was taken from Waller and Stinson's score. This did not cause any change in the position of the riders. At 7 o'clock the leaders were fifteen miles behind the record made by Miller and Waller a year ego. The men were then riding at the rate of eighteen miles an hour. At the same time a year ago Miller and Waller were riding a twenty- mile pace. RUN ON A BANK. Depositors in Harlem SaYings Institution Uneasy. New York, Dec. 13. The run on the Harlem Savings bank was continued to day. At 8 o'clock, two hours before the time for the bank to open for business, there were 350 depositors in line await. ing for an opportunity to draw their money. The crowd was kept in order by a police squad. President Charles B. Tooker of the bank said today: "We will go right on paying Just as fast as our force will permit until 3 o'clock this afternoon, the closing hour for tne oay. we win pay again tomorrow and aa long as the run continues." When the bank opened yesterday there were 250 men and women in line waiting an opportunity to get Into the bank and get their money. They were kept in check and all confusion was avoided by the oolice lines. At 1 o'clock in the af ternoon the bank wfls crowded with de positors desirous of withdrawing their accounts. It was evident that there were as many persons in the building as could be paid up to the closing time, so the doors were closed. All who were In the building were pRld off. State Superin tendent of Banks Frank K. Ktlilxrurn arrived at the bank in the afternoon and made an examination of the bank a affairs. Shortly afterward he said: The Harlem Savings bank is as sound as any bank in the state. Its securities are of the very best." Superintendent Killbourn estimated that the bank paid out 125.00O since the run began. ALABAMA RUNS TO SEA. Will Make a Test of Her Ouni and Turreta Philadelphia. Dec. 13. The U. 8. bat- tlenhln Alabama sailed tixlay from the League Island navy yard for New York here she will avaat iurtnr ornera. She will make a trial trip on the run which will begin as soon as she passes out to sea. After the sea trial Is completed tne vessel's course will be shaped further out to sea to avoid shipping as all of her guns and turrets are to bo tested ana a report made to the navy department as soon aa the vessel reaches New York. Tf the report is satisfactory, it is proD- able that the battleship will le ordered to Hampton Roads to join the rorin Atlantic squadron. T1 Jlra .1 Kansas Avenue $1.00, $1.50 and $2.00 Dress Protectors, $1.50, $2.00 and $2.50 Suspenders, I) II $1, $1.50, $2 and $2.50 Men's Umbrellas, $1 to $7-5 Dress Suit Cases, $4 to $12 Perrins Fine Kid Gloves, $2.00 best made. Men's Fine Kid Gloves, $1.00 and $1.50 Fine Neckwear From 50c to $2.50 s ti M ij 8:15 TO-MGilT 8:15. I t time In T inckn. of thn ork-mal F. Whitney tunl KdA-tn krmwles ltuauu, ew Vork uud llikctro prodm-doii of QUO VADIS" Six greal w( ts, nrinnllie n'. pL-iyers. 1 lie only atilhoriyed version of Un tor natut romance, and Hi Identical M-milc nnormnf-rd shown in Hie four IchjI mi- ci ii ot -r,l. Prices: $1.60, 1.0, 7c, 2 k. Week Beginning Sunday, Dec, 19. COMEDIANS. Tliureday, December 20. rv n n n i. 1)1 4 r 7? OHORTECT Lir.C. COLORADO FLYEH. IN TR0UI1LE WITH Cill lK It "Tha Anvil" Doee Not Satisfy Ioiur. aace Department. The Anvil, a fraternal, beneficiary or-) ganlzation. Is In trouble with the Innir-. ance department of Kaiira.s. The af. fairs of the organization are Ixinr; man aged ii Topeka by W. A. Tippet, wlm has been offetiug indiu em n I to '.t. women only, upon payment of J..', -m l, according to reports uiadx to W. Church, superlnl ndi r.t. Mr. Church announces that (hia n clallim has no authority whutuvei l do bualneaa In K anon a. The mni' P has taken out no certificate of amlM.r lty and hns complied In no sc"tie vi'li the recently enacted lawn oncei tnioc fraternal beneficiary org:uilr.a(loiiH. Unless the matt r Is adjusted It prolwible that the department will Mk steps to cause the ssmK-iatum to Mtnul with the laws or cease doing t-usn.. i In this state. The Union Lecture Courae. The lectura oourre cotnmltten has de-I tided to phu'e cm sale a limit d r.urnl,.-t tf tl,.lr,. rr- th. rprnalntler of the s n son at l.f0. Thet ttcketa win be a: 1 f for the lecture on liquid air. wlh 'X.r tment", December l't; the lectin bv 1 11 -brt Hubbard. January 19: the con.-iri by the Ottumwn Ma). quart' t nn l t Hpierlng H1rl'g qtmrt"t, F'-l ruaty t; an t February 12. itnd the two l.'-tiu- hv Krenst Seton-Tliompson in Mnicn. I'-ir -chars of these th kets will have a-i im portunity to draw numlwr fr linir- .-f seats at th" High School HMur lay. I -cember 15. from l'l a. m. to S! p m. v i for the next two flutes will be I Saturday, bglnni!g at 2 p. in. at th High Hchool. Tickets on Rule t(t l!l. Hmrw'H. by member of tin- l .tm course committee mid at the HisliF ho -l Saturday morning. To Cure LaQrippe, Colds or Neural Take Tromollne; It will cur rdsl In r,n dav. All orutc-'st are r utli r i-rl refund money it it faiia to curt, i'tic-: -j cents per pat-k.i;e. A Nevor-to-be-Forfrotten Trip. Is the one via the L. hi h Valley J:.-,!', road, between NIJKira K.1!s or !ltrnt-i and New Yotk and i'Mlau Irna. ,v-n; nifioent senre. Historic 1 legions iu fx-rb service. is

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TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL., THTJESDAT EVENING, DECEMBER 13, 1900 GRIMES HAS PLAN State Treasurer Discusses Dis position of Public Funds. Would Hare Depositories All Over Kansas. AWAY FIOM TOPEKA. Believes in Distributing Funds Outside Local Banks. Says He Has Acted Only Under Provisions of Statutes. State Treasurer F. E. Grimes wants the legislature to create authority for the designation of banks in various -parts of the state as state depositories, but the treasurer does not recommend the collection of interest on daily bal ances. Mr. Grimes believes that the exclusive privilege of collecting state moneys and serving in the capacity of state deposi tories should be taken from the banks of Topeka. This information is obtained from the treasurer's biennial report, in which ap pears the fallowing: 'The production of the public funds is a question of grave importance, and de mands the most careful and deliberate consideration. When I first came Into office, I bejran a correspondence with other state treasurers on the subject of fstate depositories. I find that only two Ftates have laws alike Iowa and Kan sas. Iowa has had its law for 22 years, and has not lost a dollar by it. In my correspondence with state treasurers, I find that few of them seem to be satis lied with their present law, and are try ing to provide all the safe-guards they can to protect their state's money. "Tha t the law under which this office is row operating has been of benefit to thj treasury is evidenced by the fact that since its enactment, in 1S91 there has been saved to the state more than $125. O'O by reason of discontinuing the for mer practice of paying mileage and ex penses to county treasurers, who, under the old law, personally brought to the treasurer the amounts due from the var ious counties. Now remittances by coun ty treasurers are mostly made by draft through the mail, and collections are made without expense to the state, and amounts so transmitted are neither re ceipted for, nor credited upon the books of the treasury, until the treasurer has knowledge that the drafts have been paid. "It may be that the present law pro viding for collection depositories could be made more satisfactory to the people generally by an amendment permitting the appointment of collection agents from among any of the banks of Kansas instead of limiting such appointments to the banks of Topeka, and certainly the present treasurer would cheerfully ad minister such a law, but at present he can only act In accordance with the provisions of the statute. Such a law should require the treasurer to take government, state or surety bonds -lor security, and should be so framed as to protect the treasurer and his bondsmen, and to expedite the business of his office and of the state at large. "Tour treasurer gives a bond of $1, 000,000 to indemnify the state against loss through him; this is ample protec tion for the interests of the people, and I think the provisions of any law enact ed should contemplate that the treasurer should be unhampered arid unembar rassed in conducting the affairs of his department. A reasonable use of the state's money could be made a source cf profit to the state by interest on the daily balances. "Any law or amendment providing jrreater protection to the funds under the control of this department will receive my unqualified approval and support." The suit against air. Grimes, under charge of accepting interest on daily balances in the banks of Topeka, has leen abandoned. GOOD WORDS FPU BOTH Witnesses Testify Concerning Repu tation of Mr. and Mrs. Sells. The Sells divorce suit is. dragging, the time being nearly all devoted to the reading of depositions. Judge Hagerty read the deposition of William E. Mon ger taken here at the judge's office. Monger is 3S and lives In Avondale, Tennessee, northeast of Chattanooga about two miles. He rS a painter and also a railway watchman for the Chat tanooga Southern Belt, and as a watchman in 1S93-4-5 and had lived in and about Chattanooga for ten years and knew the town well. He knew Mat tie Schultz by sight and had seen her often on the streets and riding. Mrs. Sells and her brother came In while this deposition was being read. Monger ran a shooting gallery at Chattanooga park while the soldiers were there and used to take parties of soldiers there (in 1S9S.) The house was then on Cliff street, near King. Witness -said he had seen Mr. Peter Sells in Iowa a. long time ago while the show was there. That was the first time, and af ter that he saw Mr. Sells at different points. He followed the show with John Ilavlin to get the crowd for their line of business. This was early in "80. Wit ness was never introduced to Mr. Sells, but Mr. Sells had been pointed out to him. Witness thinks he saw Mr. Sells at Chattanooga in 1S98 at Mattie Schultz's house. Mr. T. M. Anderson if 8 ItS THE TOUCH -(J4'K TUB SrcnYfiCiAR2 Piano m well ft Mm UMthftttttUlw the ma-ft critic,!. Thm TotK-h li lifht, yt firm. u4 fiws th piayttr that wnfidtBcc ae necMMxy. Thm Ivne, ycnaktfati to dtfiM, powerful when de ;i"Ki, or aoft to an extreme. "It enables the player to real ise ku e-tmce ptioar An Ideal Plaso amd m tku ehou.14 be exam fae4 by every iatehdi&f pur-ebeaer- U. B. GUILD MUSIC CO., f I 614 Kansas Aveaue. i 1 'Pi was called to the stand to give the first oral testimony for the defense. Mr. Anderson said he had lived in Columbus 20 years and that he boarded at the Park. He knew both Mr. and Mrs. Sells and boarded there while the Sells' did. He was there before the Sells' came there to board and knew the family fairly well. He knew Harry Lvons and knew him at the time he boarded at the Park hotel. To all ap pearances Mr. and Mrs. Sells and Harry Lyons were friends. Mr. Sells ordinarily addressed Lyons as "Harry." Witness thought he was safe in saying he had heard Mr. Sells invite Lyon3 to come up and play cards. What were their terms of intimacy?" asked Mr. Huling and the plaintiff's at torneys objected. Witness said he could not say how frequently Lyons was invi ted to play cards. Mrs. Sells' conduct at the hotel would indicate that she was r. lady and witness never saw anything out of the way. He was cross-examined by Mr. Sater. Mr. Anderson said he had known Mr. Sells 15 or 20 years, and at the Park saw Mr. Sells very often. His conduct at the hotel was such as would become any gentleman. Witness knew nothing against him; never knew Mr. Sells to be under the influence of liquor or to associate with bad characters. Mr. Sells conduct was good as far as he knew. On two occasions he had played penny ante at the Sells house on Buttles ave nue. They were social games, and sums won and lost were small. After the games there would be light refreshments and beer. He never saw any one under the influence of liquor. Harry Lyons played and Mrs. Sells' conduct was that of a perfect lady. Mr. John White was the next witness. He said he lived at 359 West First ave nue. Mr. Huling questioned Mr. White who said he boarded at the Park hotel for eleven years and knew Mr. and Mrs. Sells and left the Park a short time be fore the Sells went to housekeeping. He knew Harry. Lyons and had been in the Sells rooms at the Park, and had seen Lyons there. Witness had played in games in the Sells rooms and the rela tions between Mr. Sells and Mr. Lyons were friendly. Mr. Huling made Mra. Sells laugh by asking witness about "Peter Lyons," while asking about the intimacy between plaintiff and Lyons at that time. The relations between the Sells and the other boarders were cor dial. Witness had played poker many times there and Lyons was generally there. Witness said he (White) was just as apt to go up to the rooms while Mr. Sells was not there as he was when Mr. Sells was there. Witness did not think this anything unusual. Mrs. Sells' conduct with Mr. Lyons himself and other boarders was the same .and her conduct was good. Mr. Ritson and wife, Mr. Underhill and others used to visit the Sells' rooms. Witness had smoked In the rooms and nothing was said. Mr. Sells smoked at that time. Mrs. Sells used to drink tea after the game. Mrs. Sells used to make clothes for herself and daughter. Wit ness said he felt at perfect liberty to go up to the rooms. After the Sells moved he had gone to the residence one even ing with his wife and had played bil liards. Mr. Lyons came later and took his place. The relations between Mr. Sells and Mr. Lyons at that time were cordial. Mrs. Sells' conduct was that of an excellent lady. Mr. White had heard Mrs. Sells say: "Come up to the room, Harry," frequently. Mrs, Sells' conduct was always of the very best, both by word and look. Mr. Sater cross-examined the wit ness. All the people about the hotel called Lyons "Harry" and witness was called "John." No one was ever intoxicated at the games, which were social. John said he was the poorest player in the lot and didn't lose much. Had never heard of anything wrong until this case came up. Witness never knew Mr. Sells to be drunk or to frequent bad places. Mr. Sells' reputation, as he knew it, was good. COrilE TO HAY'S VIEW. European Powers Yield to U. S. in Chinese Matter.' New "Fork, Dec. 13. A Herald dispatch from Vienna says the Neus Weiner Tageblatt, learns that all the European ministers in Pekin have received final instructions from their governments so that beginning of peace negotiations can be made at once. The success of the American policy on which the new agreement between the powers is based is even more complete than was expect ed. As a proof of this it is learned from the very best source that the powers constituting the triple alliance, which at the beginning were strongly opposed to the American policy have now requestel their ministers to limit as far as possi ble all matters of formality in the peace negotiations, so that peace may be speedily concluded. BEHIND THE BAR. O. Kempton Is a Painfully Persistent Jointist. O. Kempton, who was arrested for selling liquor, was discharged by Judge Magaw yesterday, as the evidence was insufficient to convict. He was again arrested later in the evening at his place, 111 East Sixth avenue, by Chief Stahl and Officer Pavey. They found a keg of beer and a few bottles of whisky. Kempton gave bond and was released. His trial was set for December 21. MARTIN DALE CASE. Suit on Account of Bank Failure Is Continued. The case against William Martindale of Emporia, growing out of the failure of ;the First National bank of Emporia, has been continued until the April term of the Federal court. Martindale has transferred all his property to the trustee of the bank and the depositors, it is said, do not care to have the case against him prosecut ed. It is understood that the case will be dropped on that account. COMING DRAMATIC EVENTS. 'Alice in Wonderland," with original expensive costumes, scenery and prop erties, will be presented at the Grand tonight, tomorrow night and mati nee Saturday. The operetta is given for the benefit of Columbia council. Knights and Ladies of Security, and will be pro duced by 250 children of the city un der the personal supervision of Miss Hope Leonard, who dramatized the work. Col. John F. Bragg of New York will manage the affair. The magnificent Whitney "Quo Vadis" will be given a second production at the Crawford tonight. Still Hopes For Andrea. Copenhagen, Dec 13. The brother of Professor Andree, the missing Arctic explorer, who attempted to reach the North, Pole in a balloon, resides at Goth enberg, from which place it is an nounced that, hoping for Andree's re turn from the polar regions, he has deferred opening the latter's testament A for twelve months. BOTHAJjEFIANT. Eoer General Declares the Transvaal Government Is Still Doing Business in the Regular Way. KRUGER WENT FOR AID Tice President Schalkburger Was Duly Sworn In. It Has Been Firmly Decided to Continue the Struggle. New York, Dec. 13. A Journal and Advertiser dispatch from Amsterdam says: The following proclamation by Gen. Luis Botha has been received: "Whereas, I have been informed that the enemy circulates all sorts of wrong and lying reports among the burghers about the government and myself, out offices and officials are charged to com municate the following Information to the general public: The executive coun cil after consulting the state president of the Orange Free State has decided, in the interests of our cause to "give leave of absence to our state president, with orders to go immediately to Eu rope in order to assist our deputation there in the work they have before them. Vice President Schalkburger bas been sworn in according to law and is now acting as state president. He is now assisted by the state secretary, two members of the executive council, Lucas Meyer and myself and other officials; in short, our government exists in the same way as before and is now in my neighborhood and in direct communica tion with me. "Let the blood of our brave dead al ways be a strong voice inducing every burgher to fight for real liberty. We have nothing left to lose, but everything to win. The government is most firmly decided to continue the struggle. I am convinced the burghers will applaud this decision and act accordingly until the end. "Burghera are warned against the fine words used by the enemy to deceive them and to make them put down their arms because, according to the procla mation of Roberts.they will all be trans ported to St. Helena, or Ceylon, as pris oners of war. Our cause, however pre carious, is not hopeless if every burgher only does his duty. The Lord is sure to give a blessed end in His own time and in His own way." GERMAN FRIENDS ACT. Berlin, Dec. 13. As a result of a mass meeting at Hamburg the friends of the Boers at that place have sent the im perial chancellor, Count von Buelow, a. strongly worded disavowal of the Ger man government's Transvaal policy. DE WET "THE FOX." New York, Dec. 13. A dispatch to the Tribune from London says: DeWet, "the fox" is still afield and running to cover at Reddersburg, with his pursuers close behind. General De Wet instead of following the direct road from Rouxville to Wepener, where he would have been headed off by the col umn sent. to intercept him, has circled around Knox's forces, recrossed the Caledon river ahead of them, regained the Smithfield road and doubled back upon his first track. It has been a won derful fox hunt, and has not yet ended. Knox's troopers have not lost eight of the brush during the long circuit and are riding hard. The persistence with which the British flying columns hang upon DeWet's flank and keep up a run ning fight is better proof of ultimate success than the assumption of sangu ine experts that the wary guerilla will be entraped at Reddersburg by the column- waiting for him. DeWet has the advantage of knowing every foot of the country, but there will be limits to his powers of endurance if Knox's troopers, as is generally believed in military cir cles here, are well supplied with relays of horses and can keep up the chase. Several petty affairs are reported brief ly by Kitchener, but it is clear that he attaches supreme importance to the cap ture of DeWet and Steyn as the first real stroke of his campaign. Military men here are commenting upon the fact that Gen. French, the best cavalryman on the British side, is not employed against DeWet, but the probable ex planation is that his rank excludes him from commanding a small flying col umn. French was last reported at Jo hannesburg, but has not been mention ed In the dispatches from the front for several weeks. Sir Robert Reed, who made the most dismal speech ever heard in parliament, a year ago, when the cup of British hu miliation was brimming over, was the chief croaker at yesterday's debate, and he startled the Liberals by advocating negotiations for amnesty and business arrangements for restocking Boer farms and rebuilding houses. Mr. Broderick. who had recovered from the previous day's nervousness, made a spirited re ply, charging him with aiding and abet ting the enemy. MILNER MADE ADMINISTRATOR. Cape Town, Dec. 13. Sir Alfred Milnr has been gazetted administrator for the Orange river colony and the Transvaal. Gen. Kitchener has cabled to the auth orities of South Australia asking that the wounded imperial bushmen who are now convalescent be returned to South Africa. Another contingent of Canadian troops started on their way home todav on board the Roslyn Castle. They received an enthusiastic send off. Monument to Jennie "Wade. Gettysburg, Pa., Dec. 13. The women's relief corps of Iowa has arranged to erect a monument here in honor of Jen nie Wade, the only woman killed during the battle of Gettysburg. The 'monu ment will be erected in the spring and will be dedicated on July 3, 1901, the thirty-eighth anniversary of the battle. Liquid Air. The lecture on liquid air with experi ments in the High School course will be given Wednesday, December 19. This will be the most Interesting scientific lecture ever given in Topeka. Single tickets for this lecture will be sold for 50 cents. Season tickets for the lecture on liquid air and the remaining five num bers $1.50. Chronic Rheumatism Cured. Dr. H, B. Hettinger. Indianapolis, Ind., says: "For several months after sprain ing my ankle I was severely afflicted with Rheumatism. I finally tried Detchon's Mystic Cure for Rheumatism, and in 4 days could walk without my cane; two bottles cured me sound and well. I take great pleasure in recommending the Mys tic Cure to all who are afflicted with Rheumatism." Sold by Swift Holliday, 523 Kansas avenue, Topeka. New York, Dec. 13. A membership in the New York Stock exchange was sold today for $47,500 to John H. McCul-lou-jh. DOLPHIIiJRRIVES. (Continued from First Page.) the arbitration bill which became a law in Colorado. "I have always been in favor of ar bitration in settling labor disputes,' said the governor, "and I could not hesitate when called upon by the teleg raphers today. As a working man my self my sympathy is with the wage earner.provided he keeps within the lim its of what is right and lawful. I sin cerely hope this cause will be fairly arbitrated and the entire trouble quick ly settled." DOLPHIN LOST HIS PLACE- His Device to Get Kid of a Loafer Re sulted Disastrously. M. M. Dolphin, the head of the O. R. T., was, soon after he became an op erator, in charge of the station at Saf fordville, midway between Emporia and Strong .City. The place was then an unimportant point, not much business being done. The station was a. place for the con gregation of local loafers who establish ed a rivalry for the post of honor, which was sleeping on the principal table in the office of which Dolphin had charge. Dolphin is a quick-tempered individ ual and was, in his day, the boss of a very active gang of small pugs who made life a burden for other small boys in Emporia. Dolphin was short on words but long on devices. He hesitated to tell his loafing friends at Saffordville that they were in his way, so he resolved upon another expedient. While one of the principal nuisances was sleeping on the table late one night Dolphin placed a lighted match under the man's coat tails. The cloth ignited Immediately. In the scrimmage which followed a fragment of the burning coat dropped into the waste basket. The papers caught and blazed up. In a moment the office was ablaze. Extraordinary efforts subdued the office and coat tail fire but soon thereafter Dolphin "resigned." He has since been connected with the O. R. T. DENOUNCED RAILROAD. Pueblo Trades Assembly Endorsed Striking Telegraphers. Pueblo, Colo., Dec. 13. Trains con tinue to pass through Pueblo on the Santa Fe on three districts, including freights, without much visible change. The Order of Conductors met last night and considered the report of its repre sentative at the trainmen's special meet ing, but took no action. The local trades assembly held a meeting and adopted resolutions endorsing the strike of the telegraphers and in favor of assisting morally and financially and denounced the railroad. FIREMEN NOT ASSOCIATED. National Chief Sargent Declares No Connection With Strike. Galveston, Tex., Dec. 13 F. P. Sar gent, grand chief fireman, and F. W. Arnold, grand secretary-treasurer of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen, were in the' city yesterday distributing relief funds among sufferers of their organizations. Messrs. Sargent and Arnold left last night for north Texas. Grand Master Sargent stated that the telegraphers' strike had nothing what ever to do with their mission. He had not held a conference with President Dolphin of the O. R. T. and he had made no engagement with him to meet him on the strike issue. "We are not associated in the strike, nor have we any grievances that I am aware of with the Santa Fe," said Mr. Sargent. WILL SUE COUNTY. Doctors Object to Having Bills Slashed by Commissioners. The county commissioners appear to think that when a doctor presents a bill that he raises the bill to about double the amount he expects to receive for his services and so they have formed a habit of cutting all bills presented by doctors. In some cases they cut the bill in half and in other cases they cut it more than half. The doctors are tired of the actions of the commissioners and five of them have determined to bring suit against the county for the full amount of their bills. The doctors who have expressed their intention of suing the county for ser vices rendered are Hogeboom, Donnell, McConnell, Martin and Buckmaster. All of these doctors have performed services for the county and when their bills were presented they were cut in two. Dr. Donnell said that he would collect th entire amount of his bill if he had to fight the commissioners through every court, and the other doctors are of the same opinion. Drs. Donnell, Martin and Buckmaster all held post mortem ex aminations while McConnell's bill was for chemical analysis. The actions of the commissioners in their treatment of the poor who are sick show that they don't like to spend any money for medical services and would let the sick suffer before they will order a doctor to attend them. They seem to have gone a little further now and re fuse to allow the doctors the full amount of their bills when services are per formed. GERMANY'S PURCHASE. TKrom Harper's Weekly. Germany's purchase of the Caroline Is lands from Spain had already drawn pub lic attention to this little-known Pacific group, when a suggestion was made to America which is certainly entertaining, though hardly to be entertained. The King and head man of Kusaie, one of the eastern-most of the Carolines, sent a peti tion to congress, representing that as they had been in intercourse with the Ameri can people for fortv-seven years that is. the American missionaries, traders and whalers and had. both in this manner and otherwise, acquired a knowledge of our Institutions, thev- xe'shed to be an nexed to the United Sta V. It Is assumed that the people who expressed this amia ble preference did not know that they were bout to be acquired by Germany. The Caroline group includes, besides coral islands, five mountainous islands of basaltic formation, beautiful and fertile with rivers and springs.- To the north are the Ladrone Islands, and to the west are the Philippines. Among the many queer legends of these children of the Pacific, there is none more hishlv improbable than their theory as to the origin of these islands and their in habitants. Thev think they themselves were very strong in the water in fact, thev lived in it. The story goes that a woman and her children were floating around on the reef, when a man appeared from the west with a basket of soil on his shoulders. He had started out to make an island with a mountain on it. One of the children cried out to him, "Give us a little soil to make a place for our mother to rest, for she is very weak and can not swim." He took out a handful of the earth and threw it down, making an is land. As the man was going on his way over the water, the son slyly made a hole in the basket: so, as he proceeded on his wav, he left a trail of land behind. Sud denly he became conscious that the bas ket seemed light, and looking around, he saw the land. In his anger he turned about and trod upon it, and thus the is lands were formed. Everybody reads the State Journal. HEALY IGNORED. Secretary William Declines to Answer His Question. London, Dec. 13. A wide field was cov ered In the House of Commons today during question time, but the matters touched upon were largely uninterest ing. Mr. Chamberlain said Great Brit ain proposed to establish cheaper post age with the United States, but Wash ington waa not prepared to entertain the matter. Lord Cranbome, under secretary tor the foreign office, said he regretted that Canada was excluded from the most fa vored nation treatment by Germany, but explained that in the absence of a com mercial' treaty between Great Britain and Germany there was no remedy at present. Powell William, the former financial secretary of the war office, an swering a question, said 182,460 horses and mules had been landed in South Africa during the war. Timothy Healy's interpolation as to the number of asses sent to South Africa was not answered. WALTZ KING MAY COME. Date For Topeka If Auditorium Can Be Secured. Topeka music lovers may have an op portunity of hearing the famous Strauss orchestra in this city on January 16. A contract for their appearance here has been signed, contingent however upon securing the Auditorium. This is- one of the most important musical attractions touring in America this season. Edward Strauss, the leader of the orchestra, is known as the "Waltz King." He is a native of Vienna and is creating a great sensation in American musical circles. The western tour of the company will bring the orchestra to Kansas City about the middle of January where they play in Convention .hall. The orchestra does not play the opera houses as their capacity is so limited that they will not accommodate the crowds that throng to hear it. This is an engagement of which the Commerical club is proud. It will per haps be the most meritorious attraction Topeka will have this season. H1TT Ul THE RACE Illinois Congressman Announces Candidacy For Senate. Washington, Dec. 13. Representative Hitt of Illinois today made formal an nouncement of his candidacy for the United States senate. He sent telegrams to friends in Illinois who have expressed themselves in his favor and to state leg islators in his locality as follows: "I appreciate and accept the sug gestion received from yourself and your legislative colleagues that I be a candi date for the senate, and will be grate ful for your support, esteeming that support an honor, and earnestly hoping it may be successful." JUDGES TO ORGANIZE. Probata Officials Slay Form a State Society. There will be a meeting of the judges of the probate courts in this state at the court house in this city December 2S, at 10 o'clock, in the morning. Judge Dolman of the Shawnee county probata court and Judge Hoch of the .Marion county probate court are the prime movers in the meeting. They have advocated for several years that the judges should form an association, the object being to discuss matters of legislation in the interest of laws re garding the work in the probate court. It is expected that there will be a good attendance, as a large number of the judges have expressed themselves as interested in the purpose for which the meeting is called. ON THE SAFE SIDE. Police Lock TTp James Sullivan For Fear He Will Steal. James Sullivan, a man about 70 years old. is in the police station charged with vagrancy. Sullivan is held on that charge for the very simple reason that it will hold him for a while and that is all the police care to do. Sullivan has served a term In the peni tentiary for stealing hogs from the asy lum. The sentence did not seem to do him much good and the police have been watching him for several days. It seems that the police found that he had gone to Wolff 's packing house and had sold them six hogs, which were to be de livered Monday. They knew that he did not own a hog and thought he might be selling something that he expected to pick up at some farm house, so they took the safe side and locked him up. Of course. Sullivan denies intending to steal hogs or anything else and says that one term in the penitentiary is enough for him. "Pie" Jordan was a right hand to Sul livan and it Is said helped him in gather ing in other people's swine.- "Pie" is in the penitentiary. BIG MORTGAGE INVOLVED. C. L. Wilson and George Maria Now on Trial. The casa of State vs. C. L. Wilson and George Maris is before the district court today. The case was filed last sum mer. J. H. VanOrsdale is the complaining witness and it is charged that the de fendants secured $15,000 on cattle which did not belong to them. Mr. VanOrsdale is the man who brought suit against the city for tearing down the viaduct. W0?,'r GIVE HER UP. Peter Watson Arrested. For Beating His Divorced Wife. A warrant is out for the.arrest of Pete Watson, who is charged with assault and battery. Several months ago Wat son's wife applied for a divorce and se cured it. Since that time he has been following her about for fear that she would speak to some other man. Last night Watson followed his former wife from the house where she is work ing to her home and before she reached her home he beat her. She told her troubles to the police, but they referred her to the county attorney, and it wa3 in that office that the warrant was is sued. Watson drives a wagon for Parkhurst Davis. The case will come up in the city court. TODAY'S MARKET REPORT. Chicago, Dec. 13. WHEAT There was little trade in the wheat pit early today and most of that was local. May opened unchanged at 737ic to 74c. under the in fluence of a fair Liverpool response to the firmness here yesterday. The market, however, straightway turned heavy, under-selling by longs, who feared a bearish government report Monday, May declin ing to 78c. Local receipts were 92 cars, none of contract grade. Minneap olis and Duluth reported 428 cars against 5S3 last week and 351 a year ago. Liberal primary receipts and lack of outside support told against the price, and May later declined to 72c closins weak, fa(ae lower at 73c. CORN Corn was very quiet and prices easy during the first hour, being Influenced bv the wheat heaviness and the excellent weather. Receipts were Sail cars, none of contract grade. May opened tinrnangeii at 36c to 36c touched 3S4ic and then declined to 30c. December opened 'al,iC higher at 3738c to 37c helped by the ab sence of contract corn-in the recelpta, but sold off to 37c. The close was easy. May He lower at 35f'tc and December 3?c down at 2G;V(c. OATS Trade in oats was flat. May opened a shade higher at 23c, touched 23-&ftic, and reacted to 23u":ic. Re ceipts were 302 cars. PROVISION'S Provisions were quiet but steady on lighter hog receipts than had been expected. January pork opened 5c higher at $12.20 and sold to $12.22: Jan. uary lard opened a shade up at $H..S.Vi6.x7 and advanced to $6.W, and January ribs started 2e improved at $6.25 arul touched $6.22, but recovered. FLAX Cash: N. W-. 1.6S: No. 1, 1.623 1.63: December, J1.G2: May, $1.62. RYE December, 47c; January, 47c; May, 49c. BARLEY Cash, SS'-TflOc TIMOTHY December, $4.50; March, H.65. Chicago Live Stock Market. Chicago. Dec. 13. CATTLE Receipts. 9,500: generally steady, including butchers' stock. Good to prime steers, $o.352tf G.2&; poor to medium. $4.0o5.30; ptockers and feeders, $2.2544.25; cows. J2.50'y4. 10: heifers, $2.6O4j5.O0; canners, J2.0Wi2.45f bulls, S2.5ii 4.35: calves, $4.305.25: Texas fed steers, $4.0OS4.S5: Texas grass steers, 3.2&i4.00; bulls, t2.5iynx.25. HOGS Receipts, today 3S.000, tomorrow 30.000; left over. 6.800; steadv, closing firm: top. $4.97. Mixed and butchers', 4.f 4.97; good to choice heavy, $4.srv' 4 :6; rough heavv, $4.5oti4.60: light, J4. aVui. 92', 4; bulk of sales, J4.77Wg4.90. SHEEP Receipts. 17.000; sheep and lambs eteady, except heavy. Oood to choice wethers, $4.i(f4.50; fair to choice mixed, S3.90"i4.10: western sheen. S4.0O49 "&4.50; Texas sheep, (2.504i3.66: native lambs, $4.1rV(i5.75: western lambs, $5.0tKii5.7o. Official for yesterday: RECEIPTS Cattle, 21,029; hogs, 48,385; Sheep, 34.759. SHIPMENTS Cattle, 8,354; hogs, 4.3S5; sheep, Kansas City Live Stock Market. Kansas City, Dec 13. CATTLE Re ceipts, 6,000: market steady. Native steers, 4.25'u6.25: Texas steers, J2.75ft3.90: Texas cows, J2.10-&3.30: native cows and heifers, $1.506.00; stockers and feeders, J2.35&4.25; bulls, J2.50ra3.75. CALVES Receipts, 200; market steady, 4.25-n5.50. HOtiS Receipts, 17,000: market steadv to stronger. Bulk of sales. Jt.85i 4.K7H: heavy, J4.82i-aiit.90; packers, J4.S2Va.!2I"i:: mixed, M.SitfM.STH: light. J4.75'b4.D0; yorkers. J4.&5 44.tJ: Pigs. J4.25fl4.S0. SHEEP Receipts. 3.0"0: market steady. Lambs, J4.00y5.75; muttons, t2.00i1.25. Kansas City Produce Market. Kansas City, Dec. 13. Close: WHEAT May, es-Sfifie. Cash: No. 2 hard, 65f(6Cc; No. 3, 62;536oc; No. 2 red, 6stj6Dc; No. 3, 6&&67C CORN May, 31',icJ4c. Cash: No. 2 mix ed, 34c: No. 2 white, 344c: No. 3, SiMa. OATS No. 2 white, 2i'uVsO, RYE No. 2. 46 tic. HAY Choice timothy, J10.00ffll0.50; choice prairie. $i.CKKtl9.50. BUTTER Creamery, 194j23c; dairy, fancy, 17c. EU-GS Vresh. 21c. RECEIPTS Wheat, 94 cars. Today's Topeka Markets Topeka, Dec. U. CATTLE. COWS $2.507 3.25. H E 1 F E R S $3. 00',, 3. 50. CALVES. HE A VT-3 0O-5 3. 50. LIGHT tUnder 2 lbs) 34.00 4.64 HOGS. LIGHT $4.40-?? 4.60. MEDIUM AND HEAVY $4.434.60. GRAIN. NO. 2 WHEAT 62'oU2V4c NO. 2 CORN 29u30c. NO. 2 WHITE CORN SOa NO. 2 OATS 23c HAY $7.0i(7.50. PRODUCE. EGGS 22 c. BUTTER ISO. Topeka Hide Market. Topeka, Dec. 13. Based on Chicago and Boston quota tions. The following are net prices paid in Topeka this week GREEN SALT CURED 7Hc. GREEN SALT HALS" CURED 3o NO. 1 TALLOW 4c New York Money Market. Kew York, Dec. 13. MONEY Money on call at Mid per cent. Prime mercantile paper, 44 fi 5 per cent. Sterling exchange firmer, with actual business in bankers' bills at $4.S4Li'ii for demand and at M.Si'-'Vi fa4.81 for sixtv days: posted rates, J4.Mifc fo4.S2 and J4.8514a-4.S6; commercial bills, $4.SlVfil4. SILVER Silver certificates, 64'765c; bar silver. 643f,c: Mexican dollars, 600. BONDS Government bonds strung: re funding 2s. registered, 104H; do. coupon, 105; Ss, registered, 10; coupon. 1094. new 4s. registered. 338: coupon. 13SV.: old 4s, registered. 114: coupon. 115; 63, regis tered, 112; coupon, 112. Butter Market. New York. Dec. 13 BUTTER Steady; creamery, 18'd26c; factory, 12jjl5V4c Sugar Market New York. Dec. 13. PUGAR Raw, steady; fair refining. 3 2f-32c: centrifuinl, 96 test, 4 I332c; molasses sugar. 3 21-32c. Refined quiet: crushed. J5.0U; powdered, J5.70: granulated. $5.Si. COFFEE Quiet; No. 7 Rio, 7c Cotton Market. Galveston, Tex., Dec. 13. COTTON Easy. 9Hc. New York, Dec. 13. COTTON Spot cot ton closed quiet: middling uplands, 9:4c; middling gulf, Sales, 29 bales. Joseph's Tips. Furnished by J. C. Goings Commission Company, members Chicago Board of Trade, Topeka. New York, Dec. 13. The Stock Ex change will close at noon. 22d Inst., and remain closed until the 26th. Interna tional pump stocks will be traded in on the floor today and the price will be ad vanced. Hold Burlineton. Buy Readings, preferred. Expect tractions will go high er. Sell Western Union on mlllcs. J. ARTHUR JOSEPH. Grain Letter Furnished by J. C. Goings Commission Company, members Chicago Board of Trade, Topeka, Kansas. Chicago, Dec. 13. WHEAT Whent has again shown the want of speculative sup port. The news, while not particularly bearish, had enough to it to cause the traders to let go their holdings, and the result has been a lower market. Early cables were only tid higher, but the re ports from the northwest were to the ef fect that their stocks would increase about 1'4 millions, thereby giving us a fair in crease in our visible supply. Paris waa somewhat easier, 3'ic per bushel lower. The sentiment is quite bearish all throuurh the trade, and short selling is confined to few. Elvfitor interests have chansre.l some January to May. but bulk of trade is in the more deferred option. Reported that millers have been good buyers at Minneapolis. The close Is weak at bot tom prices. CORN Com has been easy all around, even December lost some of Its premium. Feature has been marked Increase in coun try offerings, as shown by unanimous sell ing by elevator interests here. Receipts continue liberal enough but still do not grade. Short interest, however. Is small and there is no lare centered holding. Cash demand practically nil. Seaboard reports foreign Inquiry indifferent. 1 he heavy movement should take prices some what lower. OATS Oats have been quiet and steadv with the ranee narrow. Receipts were 3'tZ cars with 160 for Friday. Country offer ings show some increase. The market kef ps about on a shipping basis, but busi ness is slow, because of car ecarcity. PROVISIONS Provisions have been firm with some good buying of January lard through brokers and commission peo ple. Sellers have been scattered and scarce. There wre 4A0O0 hcgn with 31," for Friday: IOO.iMi hogs Wft OjO last vear. Pecking wet for 'tie 675,0u sgaJnwt 6.uw last yuur. Fh'pmenl of product liberal. J. F. iiAi.iUa. Market Gossio. Furnished by J. C. Ootnr Cmlli Company, members Chicago ieuartl vt Trade, Topeka. Chicago: The weather map how mod' erate winter condition with irenrrlly f"T weather. Rjlns predicted are not real ized. In extreme north much colder. Cincinnati: The Clncituir.ti I'iie Cur rent says "Little new concerning whe.it crop, which ireneraily compared fuvor-ile with 0110 year ao or bettyr. Weather favors curing and marketing of eoro. Grain movement holding up well. Pack ing 57&.OUO agiiiiiKt fi.'.S.oeM a year airo." ChlcaKo: The deliveries on lteceml. r contract yesterday afternoon wea 0 bushels wheat, '.'M) bunheii corn, 35.0 bushels rye and 2.2.KI tlerciw lard. Chicago: In reply to R.U Inquiry regard ing the. grade of wheat designated h "Special bin" in Minnpolt ki. a re liable (train dealer ats: "There t 'some divergence of opinion amontf Hit oori men, but a fair estimate would probably be half of special In bin Is No. 1 and No. 2 northern, the blanct winter wheat Rti'l low grades. I should think about on m.l llon bushels No. 1 and winter wheat il) one million bushels. Many good men her beiievo th. proportion of poor Ftnfr Is larger than this. A prominent elevator man told me about four million I'.nlieit of the special bin stuff Is 'pruts' and t here Is May hedned against it. 'i will notlo our proportion of No. 2 In public e evaton Is small inbuilt one million liuh?i). It Is fair to presume lots of choice N. wheat has been specified to bolu make No. 1 wheat later.'1 Liverpool. l:M p. m.: Wheat. .;d htrh-r; corn, December higher, January v.d higher, Murch unchanged. Paris opening: Wheat dull, unchartg-ed; flour dull, 10c lower. London. 1. :J0 p. m. Wheat sfenflv. De cember 'Sid higher, March and Jurn1 Jo higher; corn, steady, liccember unchang ed, February Vd higher titan ye.trday' close. Chicago: Hogs, 3S.0O0; cattla. 9,500; sheep. 17,110. Kansas Citv: ITop-s, 35 O'iO; cattle, 5,000. Omaha: Hogs, .ini; tattle, 2,2'"). Chicago: Hogs open eteady t yester day's average; cttttltt steady to iiower; dav's average: &.Kt hogs left over ftm yesterday; receipts of hogn, year ngo, :ti -000. Cattle steady to lowr. Kheep steady. t bleago: V heat, H2 cars, graded e; corn, 201 cars, graded 0; oats, Hi2 earn, graded H. Chicago; Cables show little, mora strength this morning, although p t wheat Is unchanged, imported that there was good inquiry for wheat shipment yes terday. The trade Is ready to bull mar ket and the letting up In receipts will be en argument in that Una. The r orthwet generally are sending strong ncua to this market on Hour hltuHtionu sta.-ting of mills, good demand, lighter receipts aoon. Locally the crowd art prepared for tha advance. If It comes. Kansas city receipts: Wheat, !M cars, last year 30; corn, 59 ears, laat year 33; oats, 3 cars, last year 2. Paris close: Wheat, 25c lower; flour 10 2"g lower. Antwerp: Wheat. 12'Jc higher. Primary receipts and shipments: Whe-it Receipts, today hint year 4"M"; shipments, today 210. lt year l:i.mi. Corn Receipts, todav 473 m, last vet)r 87s.i; shipments, today itis.ooO, lust year lkH.S-lO. Liverpool closing cable: Wheat, UftVl higher; corn. !d higher. St. Louis receipts: Wheat, todav 3fl 4'M. last year 32i; corn, todav s5.7i, In-t year bu,t00; oats, today 31,2K), last year 21.5.10. Chicago: Brndstreet's will be. about 3'4 million wheat and tluur shipped from both coasts this week. Chicago: Estimated cars for tomorrow Wheal, 300: corn, 3')5; oats, 1.n. Chicago: Total clearance Wheat nnrj flour (as wheat), 3ti.0UU buttuels; corn, Siit,. 32'j bushels. Chicago: Quite a number of Vcal trad ers bought wheat yesterday from to 74c for May. Today the market has not acted to suit them and they have ol 1. Market rather dull, n.hwest receipts large and cash demand poor. Range of Prices. Furnished by ,T. C. Ootngs Commission company, members Chicago Board of Trade, Topeka, Kansas. Chicago. Den. I. Article. WHEAT- Dec. Jan. Feb. M a v CORN Dee. Jan. Feb. May OATS Dec. Jan. lliiv PORK lxe. Jan. M a v LARD Dec. Jan. May RIHS Dec. Jan. May Open High Low Close Tea. 701 7n 70 7"'i 7014 71-7H4 71', 7014 7',-N,7iS 71'., 71', 71'-. 71',-fc WT-74 74 73! 73-J, 73!-74 37 37 3T-i 3'". 37 35 21-H 21 '4 21 H 21-V 21,- eV't 11 25 11 r. 12 20 32 25 VS 15 12 10 Vi li U 10 7 17 7 20 7 17 6 K5 6 7 6 85 6 KO 6UZ 6 SW 21 23: 21- 23;- 12 20 12 10 12 25 12 15 7 n 7 20 6 85 6 6 SO 6 35 6 22-2'. 6 32-5 6 25 C 32 e 25 6 35 6 23 6 32 :-2 t 3 Minneapolis and New York Kang-e. Furnished by J. C. Duncan, commis sion, grain, provisions and atoeks. of lira 1" East Fifth street. 'I 'hone 113. Clmrde, Knepp Co., corerspondents, Kansuj City, Mo, MINNEAPOLIS. Article. Open High Low Close WHEAT Dec. 71 71 71 71', 7 May 74-J, 71a 7i;-T4 7 NEW TOKK. Article. Open High Low Close CORN Iec. 44 45 44H 44 4: May 42 42 4i 4i:S 4 Yes. iV'i Yea. Range of Prices on Stock. Furnished by J. C. Duncan, commis sion, grain, provisions and storks. lUftra IW East Fifth street. 'Phone 123. Charde. Knepp Ac Co.. c4rer&poilU(Uil!i, Kaimua City, Mo. New York, Dee. 11. 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4v 3:'! K'i 40 41 H i:r inv.j 3.-. 22-N 141 3- eE't! 7I, Is2-V ti-1 M HI l J. C Goings Commission Co. Members Chicago Hoard of Traie. Buyers and 5liipper of drain. Milling wheat a Fpertatty. Consignment! Kolii-itud. 112 Ea"t rifth Street. Topeka, Kansas We respectfully solicit your patronage and offer careful and lioneat execution o orders. Please note: We are represented in Kansas City by The F. P. Simlh t'otnm's slon Co., members of the Kansas lity P.oard of Tra4.-. and ar ntHking a te. daily of executing orders lu that market. i

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TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL, THURSDAY EVENING. DECEMBER 13, 1900. rrv km l X W Li U Come in now, when you can choose from the full line, and we can wait on you more satisfactorily. You can select your purchase, and have it laid aside, and thus avoid the crush cf next week. You should find something to interest you in the following partial list A large line of nicely decorated China Teacups and Saucers, 25c and 50c ea. An especially good thing is our 30c line of Haviland China decorated Teacups and Saucers. See the Haviland China deeorated Mayonnaise or Salad Dressing Dish for I.OO The Marmalade Jar to hide the jelly glass is practical and dainty from $1.60 to $2.35 each. Tobacco Jars, in odd shapes and with place for sponge, from 45c to $3.00 ea. Match Holders and Ash Trays, from 10c to $1.00 each. A line of Bread and Butter Plates, from $1.00 to $10.00 per dozen. COME EARLY AND AVOID THE CRUSH. FA MISSOURI PACIFIC LINES FROM KANSAS CITY. Xo. 2 leaving Kansa3 City 9:50 a.m. is solid veatibuled train to St. Louis, consisting of Smoking car, Day coaohe3, Raclining Chair car Seats Free) and Pullman Parlor car. Connections at St. Louis union depot with eastern line3 for New York and Atlantic coast points. Lv. Kansas City.. 9:50 am 9:15 pm 1 1 0 pm 10:43 pm 6:55 am u u u 9:55 pm 10:50 am 10:oOam a 9:5 5 pm 2:25 cm 9:55 am 7:0O cm Ar. St Louis

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F. E. MITS, Ticket Agent, Topeka, INDIAN ASKS WHOLE CITY. Son of Chief of Pottawattomies Claims Indiana Land. Benton Harbor, Mich., Dec. 13. Chas. I Pokag-jn, only surviving son and heir at th late chief of the Pottawattomie tribe of Indians, Simon Fokagon, was in this city today en route to La Porte, j Ind., where he -w ill take legql jneasures to put himself in possession of a tract i of land worth millions of dollars. The lard in question covers the entire city of La Ports". Mr. Pokagon has been for a consid erable time past In correspondence with V.". I.. Juner. commissioner of Indian af fairs at Washington, D. C... from whom lio rrus r-iviv I valuable information re garding: hi? claim. Pokapon has docu ments in his possession showing that t'r." government by virtue of the treaty with the Indians October 26, 1S3S, and afterward embodied in the treaty of January 10, 1S46, issued a patent for an entire section of land 610 acres to Chief Pokajron. at that time the head of the Pottavvattnmies. Chief Pokaeon was th father of the late Simon Pokaijon and grandfather of the present claimant. YALE'S NEW CAPTAIN. Demand Tor Undergraduate Makes Him Football Leader. New Haven. Conn., Dec. 13. Charles Clouid, liOi of Albany. X. T., was last n'.Erht elected captain of the Tale foot bfcH elevens. The choice, K is announced, was "practically unanimous." Only one ballot was necessary to elect. The only other candidate vias Perrv T. W. Hale, P. G. The election of Gould had been fore casted very plainly since the banquet last right, when stress was laid upon the value of having an under gtaduate cap tain. SheiJon is in the scitntiric school and Gouli. Chadwlck. Bloomer and HeU were the only academic men who met FREE RUPTURE CURE Wonderfully Brilliant Invention Sold at a Low Price A Home Cure That Is Restoring Thousands to Perfect Health. A Free Trial Is Mailed to All Who Send Nams and Address. In sneak- ing about his remark abie cure of a dangerous rupture Mr. 1-atvrence P. Meyer, of Syracuse, X. Y.. ays: I tried the method o f Dr. Rice because i t seemed such a vast im provement over any thing else I el curative effects such as no other t reatmsn. Mr. Lawrence E. Mever. contains. I hadn't much faith in the pos sibility of a cure but the results are re markable. I had been laid up for months but from the day I began the Riee method the rupture did not bother me for u. min ute. It was only a short time when I couldn't feel any tra.ee of where the rup ture had been ar.d I soon was able to work all day as freely as a. youn? man. I advise every ruptured man or woman to send at once and tjet this method, as it will certainly cure permanentlv and per fectly." Mr. Meyer 's advice is good. Upon application to Dr. Rice, he will send you a fre trial of his famous method and If you know of any other person rup tured have him write also. Such an art of kindness will be remembered all the rest of his life. Write todav withnut fat' Address Dr. W. S. Rice, 63 p. Main st Adams. N. X. The trial is mailed free to ail who send ir.aiiie and address and is eut sealed in plain wrapper. V ail 503 KANSAS AVENUE. 6:05 pm i 7:10 am i 10:O5 pm 7-.ZO am 6:50 pm i 6:15 am 6:25 pm j 7:03 pm 6:35 am 8:45 am 4:0O pm j 1:50 am I i 1. v.Kansas City Kan, the requirements tacitly agreed upon.On that basis the honor was rightfully Gould's because he is the only one who will be a. senior next year. His election will give satisfaction, although Hale had a strong- following. Gould has played left end two years on the Tale university eleven. In his freshman year he was a member of his class team. He prepared for college at Albany academy. He is 20 years old. f feet inches in height and weighs 165 pounds. Mould's election will probably mean that Oapt. Gordon Brown, Jr., will be head coach next year. Albert M. Shape, 3d. S.. left half-back, announced before the election that he will not play football next year, al though he will return to complete his course in the medical school. Hale expects to return to finish his post-graduate course and to play. TOWNHELpTBAY While Burglars Rob the Bank of Thousands. Canal Dover, O., Dec. 13. Four masked men held the town of Shanesville, four miles west of here, at bay before dawn today while they blew the safe in tha private bank of John Dorschuck. The ex plosion aroused the citizens, who armed themselves and turned out but were taeid off by the determined burglars until th9 wrecked safe had been looted. Then, amid a fusillade of bullets, the four escaped on a Wheeling Lake Erie handcar, carrying-'with them between $3,000 and Si.COO. That some of the bullets took effect is evident by a trail of blood. The conditions surrounding the robbery are the same a3 those at Seville, a few days ago, and the belief ia general that the same men did the work. The robbers abandoned the car before reaching the Baltic. live niiics distant, and a posse is now in pursuit with bloodhounds. RICH OIL FIELD PROMISED. Standard Company Seeks to Lease Thousands of Acres in Indiana. Frankfort, Ind., Dec. 13. It developed here today that a stranger who has been inspecting' much of the western part of the county for several weeks is a representative of the Standard Oil company. His mission becajne known when he called a meeting- of farmers owning thousands of acres of land for the purpose of considering propositions to lease their land for oii well purposes. The stranger says the strip of coun try known as the "Rocky ridge," ex tending from Logansport to Vincennes has all the indications of an ideal oil territory, and that it reaches its richest development in this county at the point where the leases are to be taken. Many farmers are already asking fabulous prices on their land. PLAN A PINEAPPLE TRUST. Florida Growers Have Project to Con trol Product in the State. Jacksonville, F!a., Dee. 13. The pine apple growers of Florida will meet in Tampa January 23 for the purpose of forming a. pineapple growers' trust, which will control the product of shed ded pineapples in Florida. It is proposed that when the pineapple trust is formed every man who raises a pineapple in the state will ship his product to the central depot of the company in Tampa. Ship ments to the markets will be made from this depot exclusively. John C. Heard and V. Lv Straub, of St. Petersburg-, and Judge M. C. Reidell of Port Tampa City are the leading- workers toward the forming of the state organization. Help is needed at once when a person's life is in danger. A negieeted coUKh or cold may soon become serious and shouid be stopped at once. One Minute Coug-h Cure quickly cures coughs and colds and the worst cases of croup, bronchitis, grippe and other throat and lung troubles. At ail firug stares. ASM BY .2:25 am 9:55 am 7:00 pm 6:40 pm 9:40 am 0:4O am 8:00 am 10:50 am 6:00 pm 6:10 am Ar. Carthago 8:07 am 3:22 pm 1:05 am Ar. Little Rock 7:55 pm 7:25 am Ar. Hot Springs A,:. St. Joseph .10:35 am 10:20 am 1:14 pm 8:25 pm 7:40 am II. C. TOITBEAD, G. P. &T. 1, St. Lonis, Mo. ROMANCE OF A KL0NDIKER. Returns With $100,000 and Remar ries Divorced 'Wife. Battle Creek, Mich., Dec. 13. Mrs. Jerome Jordan of this city waited for two years to hear from her husband, who went to the Klondike, and then ob tained a Givoree on the ground of deser tion. Now the husband has returned with bags full of gold dust, said to amount to $100,000. The meeting: of the couple was affecting. It transpired that both had written letters that never reached their destination. Reconciliation fol lowed, and today the two were remar ried. Books For Christmas. Mrs. Ross, of Chicago, who has been in" library work for a number of years, is at the Blower House with a full line of samples of Standard Works in tha best editions, at lowest prices, cash or time payments. If you have not seen the Stoddard Lectures which constitute a tour of the world see them. They contain 4,000 beautiful engravings, giving a rival pan orama of the whole world and 4,000 paees of description, giving just the in formation we all should obtain, regard ing the world's notable places, people and things. The best means of prepara tion for travel, the best substitute for travel, a most valuable reminiscence of travel. It is already in the homes of many To peka citizens all oS whom will commend it as a most beautiful, interesting, in structive, enspiring and ennobling w-ork. Write for information regarding this or any desired publication, or call any evening or Saturday afternoon, and in spect samples. Book buyers will be well repaid for the time spent in examina tion. Mrs. Ross, Blower House, Topeka. Th Best Plaster. A piece of flannel dampened with Cham berlain's Pain Balm and bound to the affected parts is superior to anv plaster. When troubled with lame back or pains in the side or chest, give it a trial and vou are certain to be more than pleased with the prompt relief which it affords. Pain Bairn also cures rheumatism. One appli cation gives relief. For sale by all drug gists. To California, the American Summer land. The Overland Limited" via Union Pacific makes 15 hours quicker time be tween Missouri river and San Francisco than any other line. Finely equipped with Double Draw ing Room Palace Sleepers, Buffet Smoking and Library Cars with Barber Shop and Pleasant Reading Rooms, Dining Cars, Meals a ia carte, Pintsch Light. Steam Heat. Of this train Admiral Beresford says: "Why, I never saw anything like it; and then, too, this dining car system it is grand. The appointments of the Union Pacific trains are a constant source of surprise to me." J. C FULTON, Depot Agent. When you need a soothing and heal ing antiseptic application for any purpose use the original De Witt's Witch Hazel Salve, a well known cure for piles and skin diseases. It heals sores without leav ing a scar. Beware of counterfeits. At aii drug stores. Escaped the Ice. Berlin, Dec. 13. An official of the Xavy department has informed the rep resentative of the Associated Press that the German second-class cruisers Her tha, Hansa and Irene have escaped be ing frozen in at the Taku roads and that all the other'German vessels are in ice free harbors and waters. The of ficial added that only the hospital ship Savoya and the transport Palatia were icebound at Taku. A called meeting of Beulah Chapter No. 34, O- E. S., will be held at Masonic Hall, Saturday afternoon at 2:30. All members requested to be present. Only two more days of Morrison's an nual silverware sale. NORTH TOPEKA. Items intended for this column should be left with the Kimball Printing com pany. 83S Kansas avenue. S. D. Wise is ill at his home, 1413 Quiney street. Mrs. Holcomb of Elmont was in town yesterday shopping. Julius Bolz of Meriden was a North side visitor -yesterday. LADIES see our china counter before making your purchases. COSTLET POST. Miss Anna Rosa will spend the Christ mas holidays at Louisville, Kan., visit ing friends. Those that have not seen our handker chief display should see it. COSTLET POST. BLANKET SALE 20 per cent dis count on all blankets from $1.00 up, for one day, Friday. COSTLET POST. Mrs. Maize of Quincy street has re turned home from an extended visit to her daughter, Mrs. J. N. Wiley of Nor ton, Kan. J. C. Flynn of the Capitol Elevator Is suffering from an attack of fever and was taken to the hospital yesterday for treatment. Mrs, Billard and sons, Robert and Phiiip, returned last evening from Kan sas City where they have been attending the grand opera. The Evening Duplicate Whist club will meet Friday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. George C. Bowman, S15 Vari Buren street. W. J. Stovall of the North side post office, who for the past two weeks has been working at the general office, has returned to station "A." Mrs. Pauline Seibert of 405 Paramore street leaves next Monday for El Dorado, Kan., where she will visit her son and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. William Seibert, for two weeks. John French, formerly superintendent of the blacksmith department of the Santa Fe shops. but who is now con nected with another road at Springfield, Mo., will arrive home about the 22nd to spend Christmas visiting his family at 1317 Quincy street. J. H. Foucht received a telegram to day announcing the death of his father, Christian Foucht, which occurred early this morning at hi3 home in Upper San dusky, Ohio, Mr. Foucht, accompanied by his sister, Mrs. Kate F. King, left this afternoon for Upper Sandusky to attend the funeral. Mrs. J. N. Lee who has been visiting in the city for the past three weeks will leave Friday for Kansas City to visit the famiiy of her brother-in-law, Mr. Charles Lee. From there she wiil go to Chicago where she will make her home this winter with her sons, Messrs. Ed ward and John Lee. Mrs. Lee is the widow of the late Rev. J. N. Lee, for several years rector of the Church of the Good Shepherd and the founder of Bethany college. A committee composed of Mrs. C. C. Nicholson and Mrs. Charles Curtis from the Argonaut club. Mrs. W. i. Lacey, Mrs. W. S. Hamriek and Mrs. M. M. Hale from the W. T. K. club met Wed nesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Nicholson, 919 Van Buren street to dis cuss plans for the rest room for farmers' families which they wish to establish. The ladies are very enthusiastic for the establishment of this much needed rest room and intend to push the matter af ter Christmas. LIST MADE UP. Probable Officers ef the Federa tion of Labor. Louisville, Dec. .13. At the opening session of the American Federation of Labor today the following appeared to be the most popular list of new officers to be elected the last day of the conven tion: President, Samuel Gompers, New York; secretary, Frank Morrison, Washington, D C. treasurer, John B. Lennon, Bloom ington. 111.; first vice president, James Dufflcm, Boston; second vice president, John Mitchell, Indianapolis; third vice president, James O'Connell, Washington, D. C, fourth vice president, Thomas Kidd, Chicago: fifth vice president, Max Morris, Denver; sixth vice president, Dennis Hayes, Philadelphia. The above, if elected, will constitute the new executive council. The first res olution cailed up at the morning session was one presented by Delegate Nelson of Philadelphia, disapproving of the al leged action of Dr. John Alexander Dowie of Chicago,( in importing and fr Dowie of Chicago, in importing labor! Dowie of Chicago in importing foreign lace makers for working in an estab lished industry in the United States. The resolution was adopted and copies ordered sent to President McKinley, Treasury Secretary Gage and Commis sioner Powderly. A resolution waa also passed directing the executive council to take such ac tion as is necessary to have an eight hour biil introduced in the legislatures of the states where an eight-hour law does not now prevail. A sharp debate arose over the consid eration of a. resolution denouncing a hat factory at Fall River, Mass., for the al leged substitution of foreign women to do the work of men in the manufacture of hats. The resolution further declared that the United States government has for the past three years placed all or ders for hats to be worn by its soldiers with the Fall River factory, and regis tered a protest against the further plac ing of army orders for hats with any non-union concern. The resolution was adopted. The convention adopted resolutions fa voring shorter hours for barbers and extending sympathy and moral support to the Iron Moulders' union of North America. A resolution against trusts offered by Max Hayes of Cleveland, was amended by the committee and reported to the convention as follows: "Resolved, That this twentieth con vention of the American Federation of Labor reaffirms its position on the trust question by urging the unorganized working people to organize in their re spective trades as the best means of resisting the encroachments of trusts and monopolies. And we also renew the recommendation that trade working men generally study the development of trusts and monopolies." Mr. Hayes took the floor to protest against the change in his resolution. He was replied to by Treasurer Duncan who said the committee had deemed a moderate resolution along practical lines much wiser than a radical ful mination. Mr. Hayes" position was con demned by a number of delegates as tending to transform the Federation of Labor into a political organization. Delegate Agard, of St. Louis, said he did not believe trusts should be de nounced indiscriminately, but the ques tion should be studied carefully and the truth sifted out. John Mitchell, president of the United Mine Workers, resented a statement made by Mr. Hayes to the effect that if the mine workers would strike again they could secure a still greater increase of their wages. "There has not been one important step taken by the mine work ers." said Mr. Mitchell, "that' has not been bitterly opposed by the Socialist j Labor party of Pennsylvania. Today our people earn as good wages as any of the crafts; during the past twenty years we have increased our wages 40 per cent and this has been done through the efforts of trades unionism. If the be lievers in socialism can point, to a prac tical solution of the industrial problem, I am iiot so biased as not to be ready to join them." Upon a roll call the resolution as amended by the committee was adopted by a large majority. The convention adopted a resolution favoring congressional legislation for the pensioning of the civil service ap pointees who are disabled In the service of the government. The committee re ported adversely on three resolutions favoring a co-operative commonwealth and public ownership and control of ail the means of production and distribu tion, but submitted a substitute dis claiming all political intentions. PLACED UNDER ARREST. Precautionary Measures to Insure Gans-McGovern Fight. Chicago, Dec.13 When Featherweight Terry McGovern and Lightweight Joe Gans step into the padded ring at Tatter sails tonight to do battle for six rounds, probably the biggest crowd that ever gatherec? around a ringside in the west will be present. Hundreds of sporting men from New Tork, Cincinnati, Balti more, Detroit. St. Louis, Milwaukee and other cities arrived today to see the handicap battle between the two famous sluggers and today it was impossible to secure a good seat except from ticket scalpers, some of whom reaped a har vest. Every precaution has been taken by the fight promoters to prevent the threatened police interference with tha fight. Both McGovern and Gans have been placed under arrest and are con stantly accompanied by constables and it is said that arrangements have been made for the presence of a justice of the peace at the ringside tonight ,in case the fighters are arrested, to release them promptly on bonds and the fight promo ters have given out assurances that th men will step into the ring at 10:30 o'clock. As a further precaution, McGovern will not leave his training quarters in Milwaukee until rather late this after noon and on his arrival will be spirited away until weighing in time at 7 o'clock. Gans too kept out of the way during the day and only did enough work to keep himself within the limit of 133 pounds. Betting is heavy on the fight, with McGovern the favorite at 2 to 1 that he will stick the route and thus win. AN INCIDENT AT ALCATRAZ From the Washington Star. "In reading, a few days ago, of the es cape of four long-time prisoners from Alcatraz Inland, the military prison in the harbor of San Francisco," said an ex-soldier of the regular army who now lives in Washington, "I was pretty forcibly re minded of an experience I once had on Alcatraz with a -prisoner of the only time In my life, in fact, when I ever dropped under the gun; on which occasion 1 found out that being under the gun is neither ex hilarating nor entertaining. "I was soldiering- as a buck private with one of the two artillery batteries stationed on Alcatraz Island, which is a seven-acre rock riKht in the middle of 'Frisco har bor, and of a most forbidding aspect. Some of the guard posts were compara tive snaps, anil the xoldier who appeared on guard in the best shape as to his equip ments and general appearance was given the privilege of picking out these snaps, instead of being compelled to walk post two hours on and four off during his twentv-four-hour period of guard duty. One of the best of these snap tricks was that of the man picked out to be present at the Alcatraz clock, with a, pistol strap ped around his waist, when the govern ment tug stopped at the island, a.- It did several hours a dav. The only other bit of work that the man on this duty had to do was to get up at 4 o'clock in the morn ing, awaken the convict cook who pre pared the prisoners' meals, accompany him to the prison kitchen a gloomy room below the prison, against which the wat ers of the Paciric storm the year 'round and stay with him until the prisoners' breakfast was prepared. This wasn't such a bad job. for the convict cook always preoared the guard an unusually good breakfast, if he liked him. I used to cap ture that guard trick every time I mount ed guard, and after a few months I got to know the consict cook pretty well. "This fellow was an Arizona desperado with a record, named Caldwell. He had enlisted in a cavalry outfit in Arizona, stabbed a trooper against whom r-e form ed a grudge, jumped the lay-out, been captured and given a twelve-year bit on Alcatraz to do. He had done four years of the stretch when I first woke him up and conducted hira to kitchen. Caklwell was a genuinely bad lot. and no mistake. But he was a crackerjack cook, having done that work for innumerable camping outfits before enlisting, and they per mitted him to do that work with the ball and chain to hamper him. When I first took the snap trick that required me to accompany Caldwell to the prison kitchen the sergeant of the guard warned nie that I'd better keep a weather eye on the man: that he was a real hard one, and that it would be the part of wisdom to keep the flap of my pistol holster un buttoned a!! the time I was with him. and also to keep out of the range of the iron ball attached to the cook's leg. "One clammy, foggy morning I roused Caldwell out of his cell with unusual an ticipation, for I had lost my supper at the battery mess the evening before by being late for it. so that I was hungry and in great shape for some of Caldwell's fried steak and potatoes and coffee, Caldwell set to work getting the meal for me be fore he started to prepare the convicts' breakfast, and when he set it before rne I sat down at the wooden table raven ously, hunger making me forget all about my job of keeping an eye on a prisoner known, to be desperate. I was eating away, while Caldwell clomped around the kitchen, dragging the heavy ball after him, when suddenly I feit a sharp tug at the holster strapped on my right side. When I hopped up In alarm I was too late. Caldwell, with a queer expression In his eyes, had my gun on a dead line with the middle of my forehead. "Me? Oh. T sat right down sgain and looked at Caldwell. What else was there to do? 'Well, son. said he to me, never taking that gun off my head for an instant, 'how do you feel?' 'Like one who formerly was.' said I, gulping. 'What's the gag. Caldwell?" "I going to do you.' said Caldwell, with an evil look, and his eye3 were the merest slits. 'That sor said I. "What have I been doing now?' 'Well, you're one of 'em, that's all.' said Caldwell, doggedly, 'and you're all alike to me.' "Now, I didn't feel a bit gay. as you may Imagine, but I laughed a whole lot, nervously, right them. 'Say. If you put my light out." I said to him. 'and the ofticer of the day find out that you've done it with my own gun. i 11 be court-martiaied and probably bob tailed.' "The Idea of a dead man being court martialed seemed to tickle Caldwell, for he grinned sardonically. 'Don't you get gay or chipper with me. Ombrev,' he said, however, in a tone that wasn't a laughing matter at all. 'The point with me is that I don't intend to finish this bit out on this rock, and here's my chance to pass the whole thing up, but before I go I might Just as well take one o' you jumpers along with me. I'll give you ten minutes to square yourself with what's on the other side of the big divide,' replied Caldwell, 'and then we're going to pass over that way together." "Oh, well, those weren't a haptiv ten minutes. I could feel my hair creeping beneath my forage cap. but from the looks of Caldweil I didn't reckon there was much use a.sking him to give me a show for my white aliey. and so I 'spent the ten minutes in thinking it over and wondering why I hadn't been real good when I had the chance, so that I'd never have found myself in a buck's uniform in the American army, when suddenly Cald- weiL after the long pause, dropped tha gun with a grin and handed It back to rue, handle foremost. 'li s been so long since I had th drcp on a man, said he to me, in a cherfui tone, 'that I couldn't resist the temptation to stampede you up some." "Then he went on about hi work just as If he hadn't had me attunine rny ears to the anticipated Found of crlestial music for the worst ten minutes I had ever pars ed in my life. "I never IetCaldwelI get nearer than fifteen feet from me after that." To Cure Dyspepsia and Indigestion Take Rex Dyspepsia Tablets. All drug gists are authorized to refund mon.-y in any case it fails to cure. Price iu cents per package. LD MISCELLANEOUS ADS. FREE MESSENGER FOR WANTS PULL a Postal Telegrph-Cabl Bo, or call by telephone No. 417 and hav your Want Ads brought to The State Journal office by free messenger. No charge to you fir messenger sen. lea. Cost of classi fied ada. 5 cent per itn of six words to the line and every fraction thereof. SITUATION WANTED. WAXTED Position as bookkeeper, five years experience; all references- A. L., care Journal. WANTED Situation as housekeeper In private family by competent and experi enced woman. Address R. A. F., Cr7 Quincy, city. WANTED Position as housekeeper In widower's family; no objection to chil dren; city preferred. Address A. V., Jour nal ofnee. WA.N'TKD Situation by married man In city or on farm: references furnished. Call or address 21o Harrison. WANTED To do chores or ofiice work for board, with privileges of time for Bible study. Address S. J. Pasgiiis, care Journal. WANTED First class canvassers, male or female; also general agent on salary. Apply 7 to S p. m., IIS East Seventh St., third floor. WANTED A first-class solicitor, man or woman, for high grade propfciti"n lu crative; permanent. Addrtss it .Blower house. WANTED Capable, reliable person In every county to represent large company of solid financial reputation; iv'X salary per year, payable weekly: $3 per day ab solutely sure and all expenses; straight, bona-fide. definite salary, no commissi n: salary paid each Saturday and expene money advanced each week. Standard House. Caxtoii Building. Chicago. MEN to represent Domestic Med. Co., Iowa City, Iowa. Also advertisers, good salary. Triumph Co.. Dallas, Texas. WANTED FEMALE HELP. WANTED Competent girl for housework. H'jO Harrison st. general WANTED Ladles and gentlemen to travel and appoint agents; salary. fclO to "S0 per month, and expenses. Experience unnecessary. Address M. G. p., care Journal of rice. WANTED AGENT3. AGENTS WANTED Catholic agent". Outfit free. Men or women, town or country. Write at once. C. P. L. Co., 334 Dearborn St., Chicago. III. WANTED MISCELLANEO US. WANTED You to use Washburn's pure apple cider. 15c per gallon; leave orders at Kansas ave. W ANTE I To buy fixtures for meat mar ket, horse and wagon; pay cath IX cheap. T., care Journal. WANTED Street showcase. S17 Kansas ave. WANTED To loan money on valuables, etc. Smith, 117 East Pifth st. WANTED-500 sets harness, buggies, wag ons, surrles, carts, etc Newell, 922 Kan sas ave. FOE RENT BOOMS. FOR RENT A very desirable furnished room, strictly modern. S-l Topeka ave. FOR RENT Furnished room. first floor; board, if desired. 13 Topeka ave. FOR RENT Room, with board, modern conveniences. Tahle boarders wanted. 516 Harrison st. FOR RENT Third floor of the new Wiggin Mats; iwven moms: every mod ern convenience. IiKu&re ki Quincy st. FOR RENT Furnished or unfurnished rooms. 1101 Van Buren st. FOR RENT Room and good board, 13 per week. 4U East Seventh st. FOR RENT Room with board, modern conveniences. Topeka ave. FOR RENT Furnished room, modern. 721 CJuiiicy st. FOR RENT HOUSES. FOR RENT Strictly modern cottage with everv con venience, at corner Sixth and Lincoln. TOPEKA REALTY CO.. R34 Kan. Ave. H. MACFEKUAX. Mgr. FOR RENT Five room cottage, near Rock Inland "Y." intjuira .Mrs. D. L. La kin. FOR RENT Large boarding house: all furnished: boarders will remain with new tenant. Or wid sell boarding house furniture and fixtures. JJO Monroe st. FOR RENT 101 Fillmore. 8 rooms, mod ern, except furnace, east front, first class repair, barn, fc5.i0. Inquire 1015 Fill more for key. FOR RENT 1130 Polk, seven room house, bath, gas, etc. 'Phone t& FOR SALE MISCELLANEOUS. FOR SALE The be-.t lot of Belgian hares in the cirv; sell entire stock, on account of ill health. Thos. S. Lyon, 1401 College avenue. FOR SALE Household goods. 1027 Clay street. FOR SALE Large bed with springs and mattress; half price. 412 Wet Seventh. FOR SALE Two Durham, cows, three years old. 1114 Taylor st. FOR SALE Cook stove, motik'y stove, soft coal stove. 610 West Tenth st. FOR SALE One fresh cw or will trade for a good delivery horse. 113 Eat Sixth street. FOR SALE Square piano, one Knabe piano, one Gilbert piano, one Gale Co., one Fischer piano. Above piano just latelv taken in exchange will be closed out at a bargain. We have no room to spare In our warerooms. as you will readily see, and muit be closed out quicklv. E. B. GCILD Ml SIC CO.. U .KauiMa Avenue. FOR SAT.K Two thnrm A"'r I..nn tn- ear tock; two years paid uu. v i I tell fur amount paid iu. AJ.uu -A5iia," cre Journal. FOR SALE REAL ESTATE. FOR SAL!". On payment, that n '!""i-e. U'C Fillmore; barn, ci.tm nn4 ewer. AJaw cottJie on Whhiirtl T 1 J. P. BROWN, 17 Columbian l.M'g. MISCELLANEOUS. CIITMNKT3 ItF,PAtRK1. Call or ad dress Tu7 cjulncy i-t., brick I a -r. CLAIRVOYANT. PROF. J. T. II M'.V.a I'D, th "!airvo.-nt 'I r.i t Ment;m .f Chlc.Lgo. In our v f ,r on'y n w i' i more. He tint Innt.i te 1 l.l; u i.k w l-'Ai Ja-kon ft- SPIRIT IMtKI.Ii-T' w(K.. to t, ar from loved sod lto Hi i r t i- Bble information. i and f i tnre, lMi,-lne' v-ntwr'", i'l t Mm. Janetle Fuller, 4 ,i Jli...,, t i t. JWATCHAKEK WATftlF' cleaned. 75c: clock. S"r; ms'n rprlr.e. T&c: ccytai 10c. t'awh r-aid r old gold or flllvr. All work KuarroM. Old jewelry excnangi ri tor new. If u4 1 UP. ses U Sum, kiJ kumtus aveuu. ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW. T I). II CM PH KEYS, Lawyer. Itoo U Columbian builuins;. SPXCIALISTa DR. C. H. OT'IBOR, of th Mn, Throat and Lungs. 7u Hamas avsnu. STOCK WINTERED. WANTFn TInrc to w l-fr. It w !c. A fee, lt Kaoa. Farm 'prions i-tt r MATTRESS. MATTRES3KS trmile to f.rHer and cle.t" sd; feather cleaned, bought and to Id. Drop me a card. T. W. PiUu-lt. Zil tmn nas ave. Cabinet irk, upuc.stei i show cases. FLORISTS. MRS. i. R. IIAGCF, FlorUt. OT.nnr to R. J Groves. e;7 kur.tu a vs. 1 hurts o. CUT FLOWERS nd P.orai c-t.iRn st Hayes'. 107 West Liliih tU '1'hui.s W3. PAVING. THE OFriCKrf the rapftal city VKr""4 Brick and paving Co.. has been r:novd to 111 West Eighth strettt. STORAOS. MERCHANTS' TRANSFER FTOR '.OR Co., packs, ships and stores hou-twho.! goods. Tel. lit. Ciumncs Skiruir, iji k 6th st. BICYCLES. TOPEKA CYCLE CO., 112 TVe.t Oh r Tel. 7"u. Illccie and PUtulri.- bicycles anu tauueui lur tor rent; reiuuriu( vf ail -kinds. U. S. CTCIJE CO.. its E. fh at. N itl .ra and Union blcycias. fciundrleji, repairs. PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS. u n y i i fi tT"t iT OFFICE i rp'iiiet ce r- -r Hord-n t. and Central ave N. rih Tcp. k, 'J kn 2'. Cv.-s the Rriokrlifr y-tro of r- cI treatment, a successful and ramls tr,.t rnciit for pue. tisiuta. Ueua, ulceration, etc. IDA C. BARNES. M. IX. Office 731 K.vn5a ave. Pldne Thir teenth and flay. Office hour? 9 a. m.. to 11 a. ni., and J p. m.. to p. m. TeU'pbons 6:'8 residence and 1 offics. tR. EVA HARDING. Horneopathlst. SJ Kansas ave. Ueicphune 4u2. PATENTS. FP.EF Our nw hndtooR or. patents Ftchr Thorpe, patent lawyers and solicitors. Junction l.ld.. .Ninth ao-1 .V a sts., Kuwi City, ilii. Ti- "Union Us." COM STOCK ROSEN. lBter:i Sohc'tois Offices: Rosea i'.-k 418 Kansas avs. MONEY. TO LOAN Money on Topeka Mil ett. Pay bHCk nif ii'lily. I.iw initn-it Shawnee liui.cni g and I. i.o A- oi-ixtiou. See Katman, at lli Wist Six-h treeu MONET TO LOAN n live ck. piano org-.ns, typewrit' r, hou s!i JJ poo. m .-mi pers onal security. L. I -i-c m C-w x a. ve. MACHINE SKOrS. WANTEY) Gu" t r- palr r echsr On new ones. KH&orw :mund. den Rule" Machine works, ill kki.ua art, TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN. TO WHOM IT MAY f OS'i E UN -M pliOHtlon for a permit to ll Int. m. ing lujuor. accororiK t" law, at I.I I -t I-ourt'i sln-tt. In Hie Pi coii'l nurti of Uii citv of TopekH. I. IIW "ti fil In t,e of fice of .e probate iriflire of Sb county, Kai!fc!iji. The li ring of th e mo in net for Thursday, at o nock a to., Januarv 10, 1. M. A. Kl. Ni iii. TO WHOM IT MAT rrjNCKH.N .My ex plication for o permit to sell li.tojnent irg Honors. HTor-iing to law, st 4-4 Kn pas avenue. In the Second u ri of the. oiiy of T ie ka. in now on tile in toe of fice of the probate juie of Hlms-nes county, Kii t. 'I tie hearing of tow s,ii. Is set for Monday, at 'J o'clock December 31.tt, J. HEM; I r.l'TA LOST AND FOUND. LOST Oxford men! ticket. about punches'. 1'leane leave at Oifor.j. LOST Martin fur collarette, taken t-v ml-take at Mn. A. Hum's recep'iou Wednesday afternoon. i-nilnT l;;' h. Kindly return to Airs. F. Jl. btokea. No. fc-S Tyler et. LO!T Hliick Pllk haul-hue. ..m between K KriM-erv wed .uni.-. on Bortirigame road. Fimier pleads ieavs at Kale's and receive rtaaxd. STAMPS, SEALS AND STENCILS THE 3. C. DABUNO CO.. 734 Kan. Ave. Rubber i!amp britss and alun-if?:Um 1 1 n etiecks. Friowsiow. catalogue iree. Tel. is-. JEWELERS. JAMES B. TIAYPrN. Jeweler and Opti cian. Corrr'ete stock of watch, ois munos, silverware, etc. Eves examine! and spectacles properly Ottod. HAIR GOODS. SWITCHES. CHAINS. WIGS, FH. po-dng. etc. Mr-. H iu V tu Vise. East Fifth. 1'iioi.e

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TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 13, 1900. 8 THE DUTY OF I' OTHERS. TFbat Buffering' frequently results from a mother's ignorance; or more frequently from a mother's neglect to properly instruct her daughter I Tradition says "woman must Buf fer," and young -women are so taught. There is a little truth and a great deal cf exaggeration in this. If a young woman suffers severely she seeds treatment, and her mother should see that she gats it Many mothers hesitate to take their daughters to a physician for examina tion but no mother naed hesitate to write freely about her daughter or herself to Mrs. Pinkham and secure the most efficient advice without charge. Mrs. Pinkham's address is Lynn, Mass. Mrs. August Pfalzgraf, of South Byron, Wis., mother of the young lady whose portrait we here publish, wrote Mrs. Pinkham in January, 1399, saying her daug-hter had suffered for two years with irregular menstruation had headache all the time, and pain in' her side, feet swell, and was generally miserable. Mrs. Pinkham promptly replied with advice, and under date of March, 1899, the mother writes again that Lydia E. Pinkham's "Vegetable Compound cured her daughter of all pains and irregularity. Nothing in the world equals Mrs. Pinkham's great medicine for regu lating woman's peculiar monthly troubles. TELEPHONE Kaczynski, 4c -FOR

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t Charcoal AND Kindling. Fourth and Jackson. Tele. 530. STEOXG COLLEGE MAN. P. L. Dindhammer Breaks Records in a Strength Test. Chicago, Dec. 13. Fred L. Dindham mer of Northwestern aeademy.yesterday broke all the western college records in a strength test taken at the Evanston ,Y. M. C. A. gymnasium under the sup ervision of Director Dass. Dindhammer cored a total of 4.632 points. The best previous college record in the west was 4.23S, made by Alfred "W. Place of the University of Chicago, on February 16 last. The marks scored by Dindhammer were as follows: Arms 1,189; legs 2,804; trunk 39; total 4,632. Dindhammer is 23 years of age, weighs only 159 pounds, and is five feet seven Inches high. RELIGION IN LUZON. Methodist Missionaries Wanted to Carry on Christian Worif. Chicago. Dec. 13. Bishop McCabe of the Methodist church has received a, letter from the Rev. J. L. McLaughlin, presiding elder of that denomination in the Philippine Islands, describing the reiigious conditions and calling for more ment to assist in carrying on the work. He says: "What we need is a teacher, deaconess or trained worker to go into the com munities now and train the people. Now Is our golden opportunity. "A few months ago our native preach er opened services in a small village near Manila. After five weeks, when, on account of the work, he was compelled to discontinue at that place, a delega tion headed by the president of the village came in and pleaded with us for a preacher, so we sent one out. "We held services two Sundays in a cock pit. Then we repaired to the church where we have been worship ping ever since. After careful explana tions and invitations 228 names have been given and the parents are received Into our church on probation." Lone Highwayman Robbed Stage. I,ake iew. Ore., Dec. 13. The Lake View and A per stage was robbed last night about S o'clock about two miles from this city. A lone highwayman ac complished the job. No passengers were aboard the stasre. Two mail sacks were rifled and a considerable amount of reg istered mail taken. SOSTETTEE& I CELEBRATED Keouci of Stomach ail ments leads t serious conse quences. The Bitters should be taken at the first symptom of Constipation Indigestion, Dyspepsia, and Biliousness. Do not fall to try H at once if you would be cured. .1 .j itr -f rr".'F Wood CSoaL i 7 licx fm SHALL MOVE? That Appears to Be the Question Before the City. Missouri Pacific May Be Extend ed to Omaha. READY TO TAKE ACTION Commercial Club Discusses the Question. Many Things of Interest Are Considered. C. I. Bolmar appeared before the Commercial club last night with the suggestion that the Commercial club en ter into correspondence with the Mis souri Pacific railroad officials and urge the extension of their line from Fort Scott to Topeka, on to Omaha. Mr. Bolmar assured the members of the club that the Missouri Pacific offi cials had the plans for this move un der serious consideration and advised that the club through its secretary write to C. G. "Warner, vice president, at St. Louis. With the building of such a line the passenger service would be much im proved. A movement was on foot over a year ago to induce the Missouri Pacific to inaugurate a better train service, but nothing was accomplished for the rea son that the officials of the road felt that the traffic would not justify Hie in creased expenditure in maintaining the passenger trains. Since that time busi ness has picked up to a. great extent and the officials of the road are of the opinion that there is a great field for development with a. line south from Omaha. "This line would tap a good country and would be the means of bringing much trade to Topeka," said S. H. Downs. Mr. Bolmar said that when the Mis souri Pacific built into Topeka the coun ty voted $125,000 to the road; 7o,000 was to be paid upon the event of the road reaching Topeka and the remaining $50, 000 when the line reached the north boundary of the county. The $50,000 was forfeited by the road when it refused to build farther north than Topeka. The matter was referred to the com mittee on transportation with Instruc tions to secure the co-operation of the various other cities interested in the building of the proposed line north to Omaha. CENSUS COMMITTEE REPORT. S. II. Downs, chairman of the census revision committee, reported that no real progress bad been made In the af fair; that in the opinion of the commit tee it would be useless to send the names of those who were omitted from the canvass. He suggested that Topeka set about and take her own census. City Attorney W. A. S. Bird, who was present, said: "What good will it do for Topeka to take the census on her own responsibility. The official census shows what we have to the eyes of the world. "If we want satisfaction we must act now. The supervisor of the work in this city and his assistants were sup posed to have been able to perform their duty and If they have not done so now is the only time to rectify the mistake." The committee is in possession of many names of those who were not vis ited by an enumerator, but several hun dred should be secured to make a good showing. Two families which include ten per sons who live on the second floor at 831 Kansas avenue were never visited by the census enumerator, they say, and many similar cases have been brought to the notice of this committee. The committee was continued. TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE REPORTS. The transportation eommittea set forth its findings in the following re port: "Your committe on transportation, to whom was referred ttie question of rail road legislation by the Incoming legis lature, respectfully submit the follow ing: "At present there is no law In Kansas exercising state supervision of railroad traffic. Both branches of the legislature are Republican, in politics, and It is therefore reasonable to presume that the platform of the Republican party, re garding railroad legislation, will be fol lowed. The resolution of the railroad question adopted by the state conven tion of that party is as follows: The Republican party pledges it self to the work of securing to the people such legislation founded in common jus tice and business sense, as will provide adequate protection against the greed of the corporations without crippling them with unjust exactions. We favor the re establishment of the board of railroad commissioners with such additional powers as shall render their work effec tive and with power to fix and enforce just rates and recommend the election of the members of this board by the people.' "We believe that If the above recom mendations in the platform of the domin ant party in the next legislature are car ried out that pood results will follow. We recognize that very much depends upon the personnel of the railroad com missioners selected to enforce any law enacted by the legislature and to this end we think that one member of the board of railroad commissioners should be appointed upon the recommendation of the commercial clubs and other bus iness men's organizations of the state, and that all the members of the board should be appointed subject to confirma tion by the state senate, and that the members of the board should be selected so as to give the eastern, central and western portions of the state, each a member. "We think the law should be plain in its language, devoid of unmeaning phrazes and ambiguous provisions. That the board should have absolute power to correct discrimmations,and also pow er to fix and enforce Just rates subject to revision by the courts. "We believe that if a law Is enacted along these lines and the first board ap pointed, is composed of men of unques tioned character, ability and fitness for the position, that much good will result and the question of railroad legislation, which has for many years been the foot ball of the politicians, will be practical ly and sensibly settled and that the best men in the state will be elected two years hence. "We recommend that'the secretary be Instructed to furnish the legislative com mittee of 'the commercial clubs of Kan sas' with a copy of this report for their consideration. Respectfully submitted, "W. H. DAVIS, Chairman. "J. G. BATTER. "GEORGE V. HOSSFELD. "O. A. HOLCOMB. "WILLIAM SCHICK. "CHARLES WOLFF. i "E. H. CROSBY." The Commercial club declared strong ly in favor of a repeal of the law allow ing the purchase of tax certificates by the county. This law has worked a decided hard ship for the city of Topeka. NO MONEY FOR PARKS. "I went to see the Mavor recently,' said S. H. Downs, "on park matters'. We were short of funds and wanted to se cure money to complete a little work mis ran. "I discovered that we had run against a snag. The Mayor said that the city was hard up and that I would not be able to get the money desired. He also explained that the city would have to borrow money to pay the interest on the bonds, because of the ruling which al lowed the county commissioner to bid in the property to be sold for taxes, and thus deprive the citv of its revenue. "The city is deprived of the use of $8,000, and the city board of education of $1,500 by this ruling, and there is no way in which the loss may be 9s trieved." The city council appointed a commit tee to look Into the affair, as. did the board of education. The committees will try to effect a compromise. The com mittee on state and national legislation was detailed to work in conjunction with the committees appointed by the Mayor and the board of education to secure the repeal of the law. "The municipal league," said W. A. S. Bird, "has for seven years endeavored to secure some legislation along this line. The matter was discussed at our last meeting, but no bill was prepared. It works a hardship to all the cities of the first-class in the state." "There is now a ease to test the va lidity of this law," said James A. Trout man, "in the supreme court from Reno county. But, providing the law is de clared unconstitutional, the harm has been done in this case. All that we may do Is to try and prevent its repetition another year." "The bill should be repealed," said Mr. Bird. "The bill surely must have passed the legislature without much con sideration." "Gee whiz!" exclaimed Major Ander son. "They do a lot of that!" A petition is being circulated to pre sent to the legislature to secure permis sion to vote bonds to build a bridge at the site of the old sugar mill. C. P. Bolmar asked the club to use its influence to have this petition changed so that the bridge will be lo cated about two miles east of the pro posed location, at the point under the Rock Island track, where $50,000 have already been spent for abutments and piers. The matter was referred to the roads and bridges committee. NEW CLUB HOME. A committee, composed of M. C. Hol man, T. J. Anderson and D. J. Green wald, president, secretary and treasurer of the club, was appointed to look up a new location for the Commercial club. Two sites have been offered, the sec ond floor of the addition to the Knights and Ladies of Security building and a small room on the third floor of the Au ditorium. The following new members were elected to membership in the club: Welch Welch, attorneys; J. C. Gordon, Copeland hotel; J. C. McCllntock, M. D., Topeka City troop; A. Reinisch, landscape gardener; Kistler-Metzler Mercantile company, and- Winfield S. Smith. THE TWENTIETH CENTURY "Will Be Welcomed With Eclat by Gotham Citizens. New York, Dec IS. Plans for giving an official welcome to the twentieth cen tury will be submitted to the municipal assembly next Tuesday by Mr. Guggen heimer, president of the council. If these plans are favorably received ac tive preparations for the celebration will be intrusted to a joint committee of the council and board of aldermen. Mr. Guggenheimer said that he would favor the holding of a reception at the city hall by the city authorities, the illumina tion of the building and displays or fireworks, together with music by sev eral bands. Already one of the largest singing so cieties in the city has suggested that a chorus of several thousand voices be stationed upon the steps of the city hall to sing national anthems and seasonable selections. STEALS HIS THUNDER. Mark Twain the Lion at Winston Churchill's War Lecture. New York. Dec 13. Winston Spencer Churchill, M. P., war correspondent, gave his lecture on the South African war here last evening. He was introduced by Mark Twain, who Degan oy saying mat, al though a friend of his, he did not agree with Mr. Churchill a.3 to the righteous ness of the South African war. He then said that he had for years preached Anglo-American amity. He had helped the alliance by Impartial compliments. Ha added: "I have shown how America has thrown her doors wide open to all those that suf fer and are oppressed and who can put up $50 admission except the Chinese. We draw the line there. "And how unselfishly England has wroueht for the open door for all in China and how openly and how piously America has stood for that open door in all cases where it was not her own. And how generous England has been and America has been in not urging China to pay fancy rates for extinguished mission- A WINNING BOY. Earns His Medals by the Use of Good Food. A. Vicksburg, Miss., boy, J. B. Smith. corner Grove and Third streets, says: "I have been studying very hard to try and beat my room in examination. I have been eating oatmeal and cream for breakfast all my life. Lately when the hard study began I did not feel well enough to go to school.and there was an examination ahead of me and an exhibi tion, too. "I was determined to go through this examination, but felt so sick all the time that I didn't know how to accomplish it. Well, mother saw the Grape-Nuts food advertised, so she bought some and gave it to me for breakfast every morning. and you just ought to see what this food did for me. "I began to get well at once and grow hearty and fat, in spite of my hard work .Above all that I did beat my room at examination, making a general aver age that was the highest mark in the room. I am also able to take part at the military drill tomorrow night at the ex hibition and will try for the gold medal for general excellence. If you think there is any question about this you can write to Bro. Garbrial, our principal, and he will tell you that It is true." It is of the greatest importance that parents feed their growing children. aunng siuay, on the most nourishing food possible to obtain, and there is no question on thi3 score regarding Grape Nuts, for the food is compounded of the elements selected from the grains whici go to quickly make and rebuild the brain and nerve centers. Any parent can prove this statement by feeding the children on Grape-Nuts. Obtained from any first-class grocer. aries, like Germany does, but i3 willing to taKe produce for tnem a"" prafkprq and nthpi. -hinfirs whv. Germany has made things so expensive that China can not anora uerman missiuuiura any more, but hae got to wait until she is better nxea financially. Ana now siuiiny and sorrowfnllv si ml shamefacedly Eng land and America stood at Port Arthur weeping, while France ana. uermany helped hold Japan and Russia robbed ner." SICK OF THE 1AR. Many of the American Officers in Luzon Sigh For Home. New York, Dec 13. A dispatch to the Herald from Washington, D. C, says: "If the wishes of high ranking offi cers in the Philippines are observed, many important changes will occur at the end of the present dry season. Sev eral of the general officers are urging that they be ordered home, and it is expected that when the volunteers are returned they will accompany them. It is the general belief of wen mtormea officers that General MacArthur and General A. E. Bates will return to the United States within a few months, and Major-General Chaffee, now in com mand at Pekin, will be ordered to Ma nila as General MacArthur's successor." WAS REALLY T00 BAD. Speaker Henderson Covered tip Brit ish. Flag at Wrong Moment New York, Dec. 13. According to a dis patch from Washington to the Times, shortly before the capitol centennial ex ercises In the house of representatives were to begin, Representative Walter Reeves of Illinois, saw the British flag dropping over a corner of the executive gallery, the house having been aecorated with flags of all nations for the occasion. Mr. Reeves hurried to Speaker Henderson and reported the matter, being fearful of comment on the circumstance. Mr. Hen derson at onoe gave orders that a naval signal flag should be hung over the Brit ish flag, completely hiding it from view. This was done. Shortly after other mem bers of congress noticed that the house was full of flags representing all the na tions of Europe, and that the only na tion which was omitted was great Britain. Word was sent to Speaker Henderson, and he was asked to get a British flag in position. He did the best he could, but the hour had arrived when the ceremon ies were to begin, and it was too late. MINING FIGHT ENDED. Struggle For Noted New BfexicoProp erty Closes in Compromise. Phoenix, Ariz., Dec. 13. The two fac tions of the Cobre Grande Mining com pany ended its conference here yesterday by complete adjustment of the difficulty, which for years has occupied the time of the supreme and lower courts of Arizona, Mexico and Texas. The exact terms of the settlement are secret, but it is known that the faction headed by W. G. Greene will take up all the stock at the par valwe of $2.50 per share. The agreement in cludes 112,000 shares, but there are still other shares and it is understood that these will be taken up at the same figures. The decision will stop many cases pend ing in the higher courts and relieve the strained situation at the mines located at Cananea, Mexico, which has for some time required Mexican troops to prevent bloodshed between the disputants over the possession of the property.. THREE CENTS A MILE. Northern Pacific Railroad Will Reduce Passenger Rates. Tacoma, Wn., Dec; S3. The Northern Pacific has decided to reduce passenger rates in Montana from four cents to three cents per mile. The change will go Into effect shortly after New Year's. The reduction has been stubbornly fought by the Great Northern and Un ion Pacific on the ground that the UBion Pacific would be forced to make the same rate in Oregon. When this reduc tion is made every state on the line of the Northern Pacific will have the three cent rate. CIVIL SERVICE REFORM. Annual Meeting of National Associ ation Now in Session. New York, Dec. 13. Delegates from all parts of the country are expected at the annual meeting of the National Civil Ser vice Reform, which opens here todav. Be sides the general sessions, there will be two meetings in the Carnegie Lyceum and a banquet at which Bishop Potter, vice president of the league-, will preside. Gov ernor Roosevelt, Wayne MacVeagh, George L. Rives, president of the Char ter Revision commission; Wheeler H. Peckham; Charles J. Bonaparte of Bal timore; Representative F. H. Gillette of Massachusetts; Richard Henry Dana of Boston, and members of the state and city civil service committees are expected to attend. At the meeting in Carnegie Lyceum to night, addresses will be made by Mr. Bon aparte, William Dudley Foulke of Indiana, and Rev. Dr. Rainsford. Carl Schurz will preside. PRESENT FOR NEW ZEALAND Uncle Sam Sends 500,000 Salmon Eggs Across the Sea. San Francisco. Dec. 13. Cant. G. TT. Lambson of the United States fish com mission will sail today on the steamship Sierra with 500,000 live salmon eggs in his charge, which he is taking to New Zealand as a present from the United States government to the New Zealand government. These eggs were collected at the United States salmon station at Battle Creek, Tehama county, Cal., from the fall run of Sacramento river salmon, between November 10 and November 15. LARGE GOLD OUTPUT Klondike, Alaska and Nome Fur nishes $25,724,223.81. San Francisco, Dec. 13. A careful ap proximation of the total yield of gold from the Klondike and Alaska, includ ing Nome, for the present year, has been completed by the Selby Smelting com-' pany, acting in conjunction with the statistician of the San Francisco mint. The amount aggregates $25,724,223.81. di vided as follows: Klondike, $21,358,329.17; Nome, ?4,36o,sy4.61. Death of B. R. Crocker. Sacramento, Cal., Dec. 13. Benjamin R. Crocker, the first purchasing agent of the Central Pacific railroad, is dead at his home in this city. He disposed of his railroad interests several years ago. To Repair the Oregon. San Francisco. Cal., Dec. 13. Cant. F. W. Dickens, U. S. N., will sail to morrow for the Asiatic station on the steamer Rio de Janeiro, to take com mand of the Oregon. He expects to soon bring the battleship to this port for permanent repairs to her hull, which was seriously injured when she struck a submerged rock in China waters. The Kentucky will replace the Oregon in the Orient, Dlie New York- Merc&siiMe Comrap i WERE YOU EVER LOADED? We are, and we are going to unload. We bought more Shoes last Fall than we needed in our business, and we are going to sell a lot of them BELOW COST 50 pairs Men's Shoes at 90c a pair, were $1.50 a pair. 50 pairs Men's Shoes at $1.00 a pair, were $1.75 a pair. 50 pairs Women's Shoes at SoC a pair, were $1.25 a pair. 60 pairs Children's Shoesngood at 25c a pair. Cotton Blankets 1 lot, 10-4, at GOc a pair. 1 lot, 10-4, at G5c a pair. 1 lot, 11-4, heavy, at $1.10 a pair, were $1.25 a pair. Ladies' Union Suits 29c, 37c, 4Sc, GOc. Pants and Vests, were 50c, now 39c. All-wool, Red, 9Sc. Men's Extra Heavy Ribbed Shirts and Drawers, 45c each. Odd lot Men's Camel's Hair Underwear, 9Sc each. Men's Extra Heavy Fleeced, 75c a suit. 1 lot Men's Negligee Shirts, were 45c, now 25c. 1 lot 50c quality at 35c. Apron Check Gingham,- 4c a yard. Dress Gingham, 61c a yard. 500 yards Flannelette, 6c a yard. Just the thing for Dressing Sacques 400 yards Snow-Down, 12c a yard. 1 lot Dress Plaids, She and 10c a yard. 700 yards Light and Dark Outing, 5c a yard. 1,000 yards Light Outing, extra quality, was 10c, now 7ic a yard. All Capes and Jackets, 25 Per Cent. Off. Millinery, 50 Per Cent. Olt 'Phone 822 BRIEF TELEGRAMS. Iondon, Dec. 13. Dr. Joseph Parker, minister of the city temple, who has undertaken the editorship and control of the Sun during Christmas week, has In vited George Edward3 of the Gaiety theater, as a labor of love, to assist him by dealing with dramatic matters. Livadia, European Russia, Deo. 13. Emperor Nicholas now takes his meals with the empress. New York, Dec. 13. Possession of Geo. Gould's yacht Atlanta was formally transferred to the Venezuelan consul general at this city .when Napoleon Bolet Praz, special commissioner for his gov ernment paid $125,000 to Mr. Gould's agent. London, Dec. 13. The Vienna corres pondent of the Daily Chronicle says a rumor is in circulation in the Austrian capital that former King Milan Is about to become engaged to Miss Atsel, an American heiress. Belgrade, Dec. 13. M. C. Genitz, for mer minister of the interior, has been sentenced to seven years imprisonment for lese majeste and publicly insulting the government. Berlin, Dec. 13. The Local Anzleger has a special dispatch from Pekin say ing that fire has destroyed the quarters of a number of officers about a thousand paces from Count von Waldersee's. Kansas City, Mo,, Dec. 18. There are more than 40 cases of smallpox in St George's hospital. Only one death, from the disease has occurred. Springfield, Mass., Dec. 13. Prof. Mar shall Henshaw of Amherst college died suddenly today. New Tork. Dec. 13. The 'Western Un ion Telegraph company reports that for the quarter ending December 31 parti ally estimated the net earnings will be In the "good old days' a man's care for his health was marked by the completeness of the armor in which he lock ed himself up. It was very un healthy in those "merry days of jovial robber barons, to be outside of the steel case of lcnigthood. It was steel vs. steal every hour of the day. In our times a man needs to be armed inside rather than out. The Eentle srerm is like love in that he "laughs at lock smiths." You can't lock him out, but you can make it so mighty uncomfortable for him that he'll be elad to aret out and seek some other lodging. 1 he greatest protection against disease is a healthy condition of the stomach and other organs of digestion and nutrition. Health is the true armor against the germ, the health ot the stomach ana allied organs is assured to those who use Dr. iierce's Oclden Medical Discovery. It purifies the blood, strengthens the stomach, nourishes the nerves and gives new lite to the lungs. There is no alcohol or other intoxicant contained in "Golden Medical Discov ery." "Itased ten bottlesof Dr. Pierce's Golden Med ical Discoverv and several vials of his Pleasant Pellets a year aaro tins spring, and have had no trouble with indigestion since," writes Mr. W. T. Thompson, of Townsend, Broadwater Co., Mon tana. "Words fail to tell how thankful I am for tile relief, as I had suffered so much and it seemed that the doctors could do me no good. I got down in weight to 125 ponnds, and was not able to work at all. Now I weieh nearly 160 and can do a day's work on the farm." Dr. Pierce's Pellets cure biliousness. 110 East Sixth St., 9 Topeka, Kansas. siny about 11,700,000. Tins dividend of 14 per cent., which was declared, calls for the payment of $1,217,000. New York, Dec. 13. The New Tork board of trade and transportation has adopted resolutions asking congress to make the volume of currency more re sponsive to the requirements of trade and to Insure the jerp lity 'ot the told standard. Washington, Dec. 13. In connection with its consideration of the army reor ganization bill, the Senate committee on military affairs listened to an argument by Adjutant General Corbin for the con tinuation of the present canteen system in the army. St. Paul, Minn., Dec 13 The will of the late Senator Cushman K. Davis was filed for probate today by Mrs. Anna M. Davis, the widow. The will leaves all his estate to Mrs. Davis. The estate is valued at $25,000 In personal and $40,000 in real property. CHINESE RESTLESS, Call on All Good Citizens to Rise Up and Oust Foreign Dogs. Hong Kong, Dec. 13. The city was placarded today with statements Incit ing the people and the members of the secret societies to unite and rise during the month of 'January and drive out all the foreigners. Crowds gathered around the placards, but no actual outbreak is reported. Reports have been received from Can ton to the effect that Yung Sung Po, the reformer, has been horribly tortured. Though he was strung up by the thumbs and toes, he would confess nothing. POLICE FOR LUZON. Commission Appropriates$150, 000 For MacArthur's Use. Manila, Dec. 13. The Taft commission has parsed an act authorizing General Mac Arthur to establish police in the cit ies and towns and appropriating $150,000 for their maintenance. Commissioner Wright, who is assigned to supervise the establishment of a con stabulary, among other duties, said the establishment of a local police force was a necessary teature of civil government and was approved by the military govern ment. An act was also passed providing for the retention in office of the municipal councillors elected under order of the mili tary governor until a general municipal law was passed. The terms of some of the councillors expire in January. The elections for councillors are suspended, p'inally a bill waa pa-ssed directing the civil service board to examine the report on the readjustment of the eaiaxies of civil employes. THAT TWO WEEKS' NOTICE. Theatrical Managers Must Live TJp to Clause in Contracts. New Tork, Dec. 13. The appellate divi sion of the supreme court has just handed down an opinion of interest to theatrical managers and actors. It deals with the vexed two weeks' notice clause, and holds in substance, that if a company closes its season unexpectedly, such a notice Is not necessary, even when such a notice is provided for by the terms of the contract. The case was that of Walter W. New comer against Charles B. Blaney. New comer was musical director with "A Koy Wanted" company. The company's sea son closed abruptly, and Newcomer brought suit for two weeks' salary and his railroad fare to New York. He received a Judgment in his favor in the lower court, and the defendant ap pealed. The question had not hitherto been carried up to the higher courts. Cause of Canton Explosion. Victoria, B. C, Dec. 13. The explosion at Canton, it seems, according to recent advices, was caused by reformers who smuggled dynamite from Macaon and stored it near the yamen of the local magistrate and exploded it in the hope of destroying a quantity of ammunition stored in the yamen. The reformer who rented the house in which the dynamitf was placed and several ciiers have betn arrested and will be executed. S. DSHOBB. X. K. FEN WEli. DeMOSS PENVVELL x t 1 I. Funeral Directors and Embalmers. FX -Class Service at reason able prices. f 511 Qulacy St., Topeka, Kaa, X Telephone 193. 5 o I The Kaw Valley Brand f OF- o o Mince Meat MANUFACTURED BIT Chas. Wolff Packing Co. is made of the very best, and strictly pure and healthful ingredient!. Your grocer keeps it buy some. It will make the best niNCE PIES you ever tasted. z o MONEY TO LOAN. J Monthly payments. Long or Shorn lime. .Privilege to pay. Ccpitol Building anl Loan Assas,'a 5J4 KANSAS AVE. AMG SHORTAGE. Clerk of Education Board Stole $10,000 a Year. Cincinnati. Dec. 13. The shortage cf Geo. R. Griffiths, deceaSf i. clerk of thn board of education for thirteen years, is generally admitted to be $130,(ki. Dis crepancies between the annual reports made to the state school rom miss! out r by the county auditor and the reports of receipts made by Griffiths to th board of education show an additional short age of t?,4T,.H21. Whether all of this lat ter discrepancy represents downright stealing, or whether th-re hs hern groH carelessness in bookkeeping Is a matter which is now engaging the earn est attention of expert urcojintanta are at work on the formidable array of books. Author Crawford to Sail. New York. Dec 13. V. Marion Craw ford, the author, will Bail for Italy Hat urday. Me came to America riritly especially to witness the dramatization of one of his novels. He will return in February with Mrs. Crawford, who has been absent from the United Etata tvr 16 years. New Century Stamp a. New Tork, Dec. 13. A dispatch to the Herald from Lima, Peru, says: Nattv.. and foreign capitalists have Buhscrihr.l J120.000 toward the building of the CVrro. Pasco drainage tunnel. The Lima po.t office haa put in circulation to cpiehrate the new century three tu-ts of taKt stamps, with portraits of Kenor Roirsarta Admiral Grau and CoL Loiocueat. 'Phone 822 i