The Topeka State Journal (Topeka, Kansas)
October 28, 1901

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LAST EDITION. MONDAY EVENING. TOPEKA, KANSAS, OCTOBER 28, 1901. MONDAY EVENING. TWO CENTS. A CZDLGOSZ DEAD TO THEi Faee of the Assassin Will Not Again be Seen Except by Officials and Guests at 11 is Electrocution. ALL TO BE BURNED JNot a Yestage of His Belongings to lie Retained. His Body Will Be Destroyed by Quick Lime. Auburn. N. Y., Oct .23. The officials of Auburn prison today began final pre parations for the execution of Leon F. Czolgosz. Warden Mead, who has re covered from his recent indisposition today conferred with Electrician Davis and the keepers and guards who will assist in the execution and the pro gramme was carefully gone over. War den Mead had selected his assistants from among the prison employes who have had the widest experience in exe cutions. It is understood that the prison offi cials will use every precaution to pre vent Czolgosz from talking in the death chamber, it being their desire that any thing he may wish to say be said in the condemned cell. The prisoner's attitude is reported as unchanged. Apparently he does not de sire to see any one and declines to talk except in monosyllables. For two days a brother-in-law of the condemned has been seeking permission to see him. In order to have him identified the war den went to the prisoner and asked him if he could describe his brother-in-law. He replied: "I did not see my sister married and I do not know the man." "Would you like to see him?" he was asked. "No, I don't care." was the reply. "He wants to be let alone," said War den Mead today, "and we let nm alone. The prisoner is unchanged in demeanor and healtb." Tonight at 6 o'clock, after the death warrant has been read, an extra guard will be placed in the cell with Czolgosz. That portion of the prison in which four other condemned men are kept has been partitioned off from Czolgosz's cell by an iron screen. The extra guards on duty at the prison gates will be main tained until after the execution tomor row morning. The guards were doubled merely as a precautionary measure and not because there is reason to believe the extra men will be needed. The po lice of the city are co-operating with the prison officials and keep a close watch on all trains entering the city. They, too, feel that there is a remote possibility of an act of violence upon the part of some crank imbued with a plan of either aiding or injuring the prisoner and they hope to prevent anything of the kind. Guards and police keep a close watch on State street upon which the main entrance and prison wall front. The prison was perfectly quiet today and at no time were there any loiterers anywhere in its vicinity. Passersby took a fleeting look at the minaret-like watch tower at the south wall which is almost directly over the execution chamber, or peered in through the gate at the front of the building, but none of them stopped. Whenever a visitor rang the bell at the main entrance two guards responded. Warden Mead has thrown still anoth er safeguard around the prisoner to prevent any miscarriage of the plans formulated for his execution. He has directed the death watch to insist that any general conversation which the prisoner may have with a visitor be car ried on in English and be held within the hearing of the guard. The one ex ception under the ruling will be in case the prisoner makes a confession to one of the Polish priests. In that case the guards will withdraw out of hearing but not out of sight of the prisoner. NOTHING TO GET AWAY. Auburn. N. Y Oct. 2S. Auburn pris on has been closed to any who sought Czolgosz, the assassin, and so it will re main until the prisoner has been put to death. The plan to deprive Czolgosz living of any notoriety has been extend ed to deprive Czolgosz dead of notori- ety. Immediately after the execution the clothing of the murderer, with the vast accumulation of mail that came to the prisoner, will be burned. If possible, the request of the parents of the dead man for his body will be evaded. The plan of burning the clothing and letter-? of the murderer will prevent the exhibition of relics. Seven o'clock Tuesday morning is the time set by AYarden J. Warren Mead for the execution. The chair in which Czolgosz will sit to receive the deadly electrical shock has been tested by the state electrician. E. F. Davis. Davis examined the wir ing, switchboard and electrodes and satisfied himself that they are in good condition. He also inspected the dyna mos In the prison shop, where the current- is generated, and at his direction the current was for a brief period sent into the death house as it will go on Tuesday morning. Czolgosz will be the fifty-ninth man in the state and the fifteenth at Auburn prison at whose electrocution Davis has applied the current. The firm purpose of Superintendent Collins and Warden Mead to avoid even the appearance of sensationalism in this case is demonstrated by an inci dent in connection with one of the prin cipal witnesses. Dr. Carlos McDonald of New York city, a former president of the state lunacy commission, is to be the principal attending physician at the execution. He was one ot the alienists who examined Czolgosz in Buffalo and pronounced the prisoner sane. A few days ago Dr. McDonald had a talk with Superintendent Collins and asked him to allow him. after the autopsy, to take the brain to New York citv for exami nation. Mr. Collins said to him: Doctor, I have planned to make this execution an example of mystery that will forestall any attempt at sensation alism. I cannot allow anything to go away from the prison that will in any way continue this man's identity or notoriety. You may stay at the prison for a week if you will, and examine anv portion of the anatomy you please, but my present plan is not to allow any portion of the man, his clothing or even the letters he received, to leave this nlace." Dr. McDonald replied: "I would like to have taken the brain away, but 1 am frank to say that you are absolutely right in the matter. If I desire to make an examination I will do it at the prison." It is understood that an unrepealed law has been found that will allow the warden to refuse any request for Czol gosz's body from even his relatives, and will give the warden the privilege of disposing of it. in that event, within two hours after the execution, unless Dr. McDonald cares to make an an alysis of the brain, Czolgosz's body, clothes, letters and everything remin iscent of him in the prison will be dis posed of. The body of the assassin will be buried in quick lime, and the clothes, letters and packages will be consumed by fire. And this ia not all. Warden Mead, with Supt. Collin's approval, has decided that, for the next thirty hours preceding the execution of Czolgosz not one word of his condition or actions shall be given out from the prison. In other words, the man, beginning from midnight, is practically dead, so far as the public is concerned. When his death is accomplished War den Mead will give out a brief state ment of the prisoner's last hours, in eluding any confession he may make. The result of the autopsy will also be given out by the warden. At the execution on Tuesday Dr. Carlos F. McDonald, of New York, and the prison physician. Dr. Gerin, will bo the attending physicians. The priests, if any are requested by Czolgosz, will be the two Polish ones that have hereto fore visited him. The state comptroller, Erastus Knight, of Buffalo, has been asked to be foreman of the official jury, and will be here. The prison officials rather anticipate a visit from the aged father of Czolgosz. Waldek Bandowski, brother-in-law of the assassin, called at the prison, but was denied admission. Warden Mead who is ill, was in bed, and the chief keeper would not take the responsibility of admitting him. He will probably call again. It is possible none of th; Polish priests will visit Czolgosz, but there is still a question about the final reconciliation of the prisoner with the church in which he was baptized. He maintains the stolidity and indifference which have marked his conduct since his arrest. HIS FATHER'S LAST MESSAGE. Cleveland, O., Oct. 28. The father of Leon Czolgosz. the assassin, was asked what he had to say finally to his un fortunate son. The old man's eyes filled with tears as he replied deliberately: "Tell Leon that I hope that he may rest in peace, that he will become recon ciled to God and will meet his end brave ly. Tell him that as much as I and all of our family regret his most unhappy plight, we can do nothing to interfere; that he alone is responsible tor his un fortunate position and must meet his punishment as a consequence. SHOT BY HIGHWAYMAN. Fred Matchett Wounded and Thinks He Hit a Bobber. Fred Matchett was held up by high waymen Friday night in front of the entrance to Garfield park on North Kansas avenue and commanded to hand over his money. He refused and shots were exchanged. Mr. Matchett was shot through the calf of the leg and he thinks he wounded one of the would be robbers. Mr. Matchett lives on West Holman street. He says he was returning to the house about midnight and when in front of the entrance to the park two men in a buggy drove up behind him and attracted his attention. He looked around and saw that he was covered by a revolver. "Have you any money? asked one of the men in the buggy. "None of your business," replied Matchett. "Hand over what you have," said the man at the same time pointing a revol ver at Matchett. Instead of complying with ihi de mands Matchett says he drew his re volver and opened fire. The highway man returned the fire and Matchett was struck in the leg. He fired three shots and says one of the men in the buggy gave a cry of pain. They drove north on Kansas avenue and Matchett saw them cross the bridge on Soldier creek. Matchett -was able to walk tc the home of his sister, Mrs. Reed, who lives near Garfield park, where !:e is now be ing cared for. The wound -.3 not dan gerous but painful. Matchett has no idea who the men were and he can give no description of them more thaa that they were white. BAIN WAS LIGHT. Less Thaa Quarter of an Inch in Topeka. There was a high barometer in China town, San Francisco, last week, which moved eastward and is the cause of the present variegated weather. The rain this morning up to 11 o clock amounted to 19 hundredths of an inch. The forecast sent out by the govern ment today was "Threatening with showers tonight and probably Tuesday. Cooler east portion tonight." The max imum temperature for Sunday was 6 and the minimum was 50. Today the minimum temperature was 55. The wind at times reached a velocity of 25 miles an hour this morning from the south. The hourly temperatures, ac cording to the government thermom eter, were as follows: 7 o'clock 58 8 o'clock 60 9 o'efock 61 10 o'clock 65 11 o'clock 67 12 o'clock 71 1 o'clock 75 2 o'clock 78 Divorce Blade Absolute. London, Oct. 28. The decree of divorce granted Lady Russell from Earl Russell, March 28, last, on the ground of the earl's bigamy with Mrs. Somervtlle, was today made absolute, no opposition to Lady Russell's application being pre sented. Largest Cruiser in the World. London, Oct. 28. The King Alfred, the largest cruiser in the world, was successfully launched at Barrow-in-Furness today. The King Alfred cost 1.011,759. She will have a speed of 23 knots. Weather Indications. Chicago, Oct. 28. Forecast for Kan sas: Threatening with showers tonight and probably Tuesday; cooler in east portion tonight; fresh to .brisk south erly winds. SHOTJjIS SON. Hugh Wallace of Bossriile in the County Jail. Son Hugh in Hospital With Two Bullet Wounds. RESULT OF A QUARREL Father Is 73 Years Old and the Son Is 38. Stories of the Two Men Widely Divergent. Are Air of Mystery Surrounds the Tragedy. Hugh Wallace, Jr., lies at Christ hos pital with two bullet wounds in his back and his father, Hugh Wallace, Sr., is a prisoner in the county jail charged with the shooting. The wounded man is 38 years old and his father is 73 years of age. The father lived with his son at his home in Rossville. The shooting was the outgrowth of a quarrel between the father and son. There were no witnesses to the affair and each of the participants claims that the other was at fault. The son claims that his father shot him from behind while he was shelling corn and the father claims that the boy attempt ed to shoot him while he was getting feed for the cow and that in the scuffle the revolver, which belonged to the boy, was accidentally discharged and that the boy shot himself. The father made no attempt to escape and was arrested by Deputy Sheriff McPherson. The fath er was brought to the county jail and the boy to the hospital on the Union Pacific train that arrived here at 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon- The story of Hugh Wallace, Sr., is that he made a trip through Oklahoma several months ago and that when he returned he told his son that there was some good land there and advised him to go there and look the ground over. He talked a great deal to his son about the new country and finally induced him to make a trip there. The son returned and was angry because he had found no good land and had paid out considerable money on the trip. The father and son quarreled about the trip and about the land. The father claims that he was prepar ing some feed for the cow about seven o'clock Sunday morning when his son came to the barn where he was and threatened to shoot him. The father says that the son had a revolver in his hand. The father grappled with the boy and the revolver was discharged twice and the boy was shot under the left shoulder and in the right side of the small of his back. The father claims that his son always carried the revolver. The son's story is that he was shelling some corn when his father came up be hind h im and shot him. The son ran for the gate, which was about 10 feet away. The father ran after him with the revolver in his hand. When Hugh Wallace, Jr., reached the gate he found it closed. His father was gaining on him. He partly turned around and his father shot him the second time in the side. The son grappled with his father and took the revolver from him. The son says that the revolver was his and was lying on the bureau in the house when his father got it. Several neigh bors were attracted by the shots and ran to the scene of the shooting. Mrs. Hugh Wallace, jr., was in the house and heard the shooting, but did not witness the affair, but says she saw the father holding the revolver immediately after the shooting. Deputy Sheriff McPherson said this morning: "There is considerable mys tery about the shooting. Nobody saw it. When the neighbors reached the place they found that the son had been shot twice. The father claimed the boy shot himself and the son claimed his father shot him. Mr. Wallace offered no resistance when I arrested him. There was some talk among the neigh bors that the old man is crazy." Hugh Wallace, jr., is resting fairly comfortable at the hospital. The sur geons have been unable so far to ex tract the bullets, but they believe the wounded man will live. FATHER TELLS HIS STORY. The father is in the county jail. He talks rather coolly about the shooting. The following is his account of the shooting: "My son had gone out to the barn to feed his horses, and I followed shortly after and was preparing some feed for the cow, which I milked, when Hugh came in at the door suddenly and yell ed, 'I am going to shoot you.' at the same time jerking the revolver from his pocket. I dropped the pail I held in my hand and grappled with him, h.-lding the wrist of the hand in which he held the pistol. We both fell, and as we went down the gun was discharged. Still struggling, we rolled over, and the gun went off again. That's all there was to it. We had no previous quarrel, and I don't know why he did so, unless it was insanity. He is subject to fits. and Bob Neasley, a ranch foreman on the Holden ranch, told me that Hugh had a fit while working for him, and a pistol fell out of his pocket while he -was rolling on the ground. 'About seven years ago he bought a farm south of Auburn, and stayed on it one season, then had a row with his wife and she left him. He then sold out for $700, after paying $1,000 on the prop erty, and acted very queer, auit work and refused to do anything. I talked to him and tried to get him to brace up, but he said, I'll be d if I do, I'm not going to stay here or anywhere else. My son is aDout 38 years old. and I am nearly i3. I had not quarreled with him and his outbreak Sunday morning was so sudden I am sure he is crazy." Sedalia Morning Capitol Sold. Sedalia. Mo.. Oct. 28. J. S. Brenna- man, formerly busPhess manager of the Red Wing (Minn.) Republican, has pur chased the Sedalia Morning Capital of Dr. T. T. Clifford for $10,000. and is now in charge. John J. Cundiff will edit the paper, which is the only English Republican journal in Pettis county. Manchester's Have a Child. London. Oct. 28. A daughter was born yesterday to the Duchess of Manchester, who was Miss Helena Zimmerman of Cincinnati. Both the mother and the child are doing well. The infant will receive the names of Mary Alva Moiy tagu. ARE LEAVING NOME. Two Steamers Bring Down 1,200 Passengers. Port Townsend, Wash., Oct. 28. Two steamers have arrived from Nome bring ing over 1,200 passengers, the Senator bringing S25 and the Garonne 700. The Senator sailed from Nome October 19 with $500,000 in gold. For several days before sailing snow was falling, ice had formed and preparations were being made for a long cold winter. When the Senator sailed the steamship Queen was at Nome and the Roanoke was at St. Michael and a furious northern gale was blowing. The Queen, Valencia and Roanoke will be the last steamers from Nome. They will bring about 2,000 peo ple and there are many more would re turn if transportation could be secured, besides a large number of destitute who will be compelled to remain at Nome and face an Arctic winter, depending upon charity. Two more murders are added to the list of crimes in the north. A man named Johnson, who had been engaged in freighting at Chinik. was found dead with -a hole in his head and everything points to murder and robbery as John son was known to have a large amount of money, but nothing was found on his person or among his effects. The trag edy occurred at Chinik October 14. W. C. Beall, colored, attempted to stab a woman. Her screams brought to her asistance A. J. Beecher, who saved the woman's life. He shot and killed Beall. The telegraph line between St. Michael and Fort Gibbon on the Tanana has been completed and is in working order. The grand jury which has been in ses sion for the past month at Nome, has concluded its labors, returning 15 true bills. Judge Wickersham has rendered an opinion which gives general satisfac tion among mines. In the decision he sustains the original locators and de clares in substance the miners' rules and regulations are inoperative when they assume to override or are in con flict with the mining laws of the United States. SHOT HIS RIVAL Jealousy Leads to a Tragedy at Independence, Mo. Kansas City, Oct. 28. Ross Sheridan, 28 years old, a well known and highly connected young man of Independence, Mo., yesterday afternoon shot and- it is believed mortally wounded "Writ" Berkey, 27 years old, of El Reno, Okla., at the electric line depot at Independ ence. Both men were infatuated with Mrs. Clara Williams, a handsome grass widow, daughter of "Judge" Cline, of Independence. Sheridan reached over her shoulder to fire at Berkey. He did not utter a word before he fired. The woman screamed and caught the revolver to prevent Sheridan from tiring a second time. She placed herself between- the men and Berkey ran across the street to escape Sheridan. He entered Foster's confectionery store and sank into a chair. The woman followed him, and put her- avms around him, using many endearing terms in asking if he wad wounded. Drs. Wood and Hickerson were hastily summoned. To the doc tors Berkey said: "Am I badly wounded?" "I fear you are," was the reply. "Then telegraph my father, W. M. Berkey, at Geuda Springs, Kas., but don't send any word to my mother, for this will kill her." Very little is known of the wounded man in Independence. From some of his friends, however, it was learned that he was the son of wealthy parents now living at Geuda Springs, Kas. Wrhen the opening excitement was on he went to El Reno and was there thrown in contact with the Williams woman. Her acquaintance with him proved an infatuation, and before she left Oklahoma, it is said, she made Berkey promise to visit her in Inde pendenee, and that was the occasion of his visit to Independence. His rnenas claim that Berkey often spbke of his parents as being wealthy and seemed to have plenty of money. They denied that he was an all round sport or led a sporting life. While in Independence, however, his companions belonged to the class known as sports, and these are looking after him until the arrival of relatives. EVANS FOB CONGRESS. Fourth. District Democrats "Mention" an El Dorado Man. El Dorado, Kan., Oct. 28. Prominent Democrats of the Fourth congressional district are mentioning the name of J. T. Evans of this city as their nominee for congress. Mr. Evans is assistant cashier of Farmers' Merchants' Na tional bank and has held several county offices in Butler at various periods in bis career. Callahan Arraigned For Perjury. Omaha, Oct. 28. The trial of James Callahan began this morning before Judge Keysor in the criminal branch of the district court. Callahan is charged with perjury uttered in his testimony in his former trial for highway robbery and abduction of the son of Edward A. Cudahy, the millionaire packing house owner. Judge Baker granted the motion for a charge of forum and exchanged dockets with Judge Keysor. The latter judge then proceeded nith the case and called a jury. The taking of testimony began this afternoon. Opposition in High Places. Copenhagen, Oct. 28. The slowness in the negotiations between the govern ment and L. S. Swenson, U. S. minister, with regard to the sale of the Danish West Indies, is attributed to the in fluence of a member of the royal family closely connected with the commercial interests which started the agitation against the sale. The. effors to retard the negotiations will probably be con tinued in the hope that something will turn up to prevent the transfer of the islands. Sultan Makes Another Payment. Constantinople, Oct. 28. A further in stallment has been paid on account of the Cramps of Philadelphia, for acruiser making the total paid in the neighbor hood of 70,000. Temperatures of Large Cities. Chicago, Oct. 28. 7 a. m. tempera tures: New York 52; Boston 44; Phil adelphia 50; Washington 50; Chicago 48; Minneapolis 40; Cincinnati 52; St. Louis 48. Want Wine Barred Toledo, O., Oct. 28. At the state con vention of the W. C. T. U. a resolution was adopted requesting Mrs.- Roosevelt to banish wine from the White House. GROSS-EXAMINED. Schley Continues His Testimony Begun Last Week. Rayner Asks a Few Questions as a Starter. TALK WITH BOB EVANS Witness' Recollection of Conrer sation Shows Difference. Attendance at the Investigation Continues Large. Washington, Oct. 28. When the Schley court of inquiry resumed its sit ting at 11 o'clock today Admiral Schley took the stand and after being remind ed by Admiral Dewey that he was still under oath, continued his testimony. When he left the stand on Friday his examination in chief had been almost concluded and when he rcsuned today it was with the understanding that af ter comparative few questions had been asked by Mr. Rayner he wrould be placed in the hands of Judge Advocate Lemly and Mr. Hanna for eross-exami nation. Mr. Rayner's questions were again directed toward throwing light upon disputed points in the controversy and most of them concerned conversa tions which various witnesses for the navy department had with the admiral. Before the adjournment on Friday he had asked him about the majority of these conversations and the principal ones left today were those- which were reported to have taken place between Admiral Schley and Admiral (then cap tain) Evans of the Iowa and Comman der Sharp of the Vixen. The admiral'? version of these interviews differed cgn siderably from that of the other parties to them. The attendance "was large to day as it had been every day since Ad miral Schley went on the stand. HARLOW RECALLED. Previous to Admiral Schley's taking the stand, Lieut. Commander Harlow was recalled to correct his testimony. This occupied but a few minutes, and Admiral Schley took the stand about 11:10 o clock. Mr. Rayner's first ques tion related to an incident testified to by Lieut. Grant of a melee the fleet got into on the way from Cienfuegos to Santiago when it met a sailing vessel. The admiral replied that he had an indistinct recollection of the incident. He said that whenever the squadron stopped it was always in conformity with signals previously made, if there was any mixup, as testified to," he said, "it must have been as the result of the carelessness of the officer of the deck is not carrying out the signals from the flagship. Reverting to May 31, the day of the reconnoissance, Mr. Rayner asked the witness if he recognized any signal from the Massachusetts to the squad ron not to go in any closer. "I cannot recall that signal at all," replied Admiral Schley. "It would have been of course unnecessary, in view of the fact that no vessel could have left the line without the permission of the flag officer or commander-in-chief. Mr. Rayner asked Admiral Schley re garding alleged conversations with Ad miral, (then Captain) Evans on July 4 or 5. "I did have a conversation with him, replied the witness, "but I do not re member whether it was on the 4th or 5th. I would say of Capt. Evans, as I have said of all the others, I do not be lieve he would willingly misstate. I think his recollection is at fault. He did have a conversation with me in re lation to shooting the bow off of one of the torpedo boats and the stern off another and putting his helm starboard and raking one ship and then aport and raking another. My recollection now is that preliminarily he said to me: 'Did you see Jack Philip start to run away?' and I said no; that he was mistaken. That it was the Brooklyn that made the turn, and I asked him if he did not see the tactical necessity for it." Mr. Rayner then called Admiral Schley's attention to the testimony of Admiral Taylor, who as captain com manded the battleship Indiana during the battle off Santiago, and Capt. Daw son, who commanded the marines on that vessel, to the effect that the Brooklyn when she made the loop went southward a mile or a mile and a half. BROOKLYN DID NOT RUN SOUTH. "I think they are entirely and abso lutely mistaken," replied the witness. "The Brooklyn did not pass to the southward of the line except the dis tance perhaps of her tactical diameter, which surely was not greater than 600 yards, and from that time she steered a course parallel to the Spaniards, and I do not think we were over 2,300 or 2,400 yards at any time from the- Span ish line. I say emphatically that the Brooklyn did not run south, and any statement to the contrary is a. -mis- The witness stated in reply to a ques tion from Mr. Rayner that when he started to the westward from Santiago he left the St. Paul at the latter place. Admiral Schley then told of how his papers were boxed up by his secretary for transmission to the department as the regulations require. About this time he went to Porto Rico as a member of the Porto Rican commission and this box was nut on the steamer together with bis baggage. The box finally reached Washington and was then open ed for the first time, the witness desiring to see if the papers were complete. He turned the box over to the department about February 6. He estimated that this box contained all his papers except the document he had turned over to the court, namely a copy of the No. 7 dispatch. The admiral then by permission of the court reverted to his narrative of Fri day and spoke of the hits on the Span ish squadron. The Brooklyn, he testified was the only ship carrying 5-incn guns. A record of the hits received by the en emy showed that 36 per cent of the hits scored by the American fleet came from those guns on the Brooklyn. The Brook lyn received 30 of the 42 hits from the Spanish fleet or about 70 per cent. With this statement Admiral Schley conclud ed his direct testimony and the judge advocate then began the cross-examination. CROSS EXAMINATION. He was asked first about the consul tation with the commanders at Hamp ton Roads before the flying squadron sailed to the southward. In reply Ad miral Schley said that Captains Higgins, Jewell, Sands, Cook and Marix were present. He explained that they had dis cussed the order of battle in case the Spanish fleet was met and also the question of place below the war heads or the over-water torpedoes. "Was there any other consultation with the captains?" "Yes, off Santiago, for the purpose of explaining the formation of the block ade and the method of attack in case we met the Spanish fleet." "Was there any prescribed order of Dattie in writing?" "I did not consider it necessary. We woum ngnt the ships by signal. "Was there time to place the order of battle in writing?" "Yes." "Do not the regulations prescribe that the order of battle shall be reduced to wrting?" "I do not recall." The judge advocate then questione-I Admiral Schley as to the identity of the Cubans, who had informed him at Hampton Roads that the portion of the island of Cuba west of .Havana and Cienfuegos was well held by the Span ish soldiers. He replied that he could not give the names, that they were Cu bans who had come to him as comman der of the flying squadron to give him that information. He was then closely questioned as to who was present in the cabin of the New York at Key West when he talked over the campaign with Admiral Samp son. Admirably Schley replied that Capt. Chadwick had been present part of the time. "When was this?" "On May 18." "Did Admiral Sampson exhibit to you any, or all the instructions he had from the navy department?" "No. He simply spoke of his confi dential instructions from the secretary of the navy." Admiral Schley said he and Admiral Sampson talked of many things. It was a rather long conference and he reitera ted that he could not recall if Captain Chadwick was present all the time. The judge advocate then jumped to the communication to the Marblehead con veyed to Schley through the Eagle, while the flying squadron was on ill; way to Cienfuegos. The admiral said that the message he received was that there was no news of the Spanish fleet. The judge advocate then asked Admiral Schley if he regarded as expeditious, the journey of the squadron from K- West to Cienfuegos in view of instruc tion to establish the blockade there with as little delay as possible. Cruising as lie was, in squadron against the current, Admiral Schley re plied that he did. The judge advocate then asked about the speed from Charleston to Key West, to show that the speed from Key West southward was not so great. He asked why at one stage the admiral had sig nalled to the Massachusetts that if she could make ten knots it would be sul flcent. The admiral replied that after three years it was pretty difficult to tell just why a particular signal had been made when there was nothing startling to fix it. "Your speed was two knots less from Key West to Cienfuegos than from Charleston to Key West?" "Apparently." "Why at 2:45 p. m., May 21, accord ing to the log, did you slow to 4Vi knots?" A FIRE ON THE SCORPION. "I think it was on account of a fire aboard the Scorpion." "Why did you stop at midnight. May 21, before your arrival at Cienfuegos?" "We were ten or twelve miles from the height in the land where the mouth of the harbor of Cienfuegos was, and we stopped until daylight. I did not care to arrive there in the dark." Admiral Schley was asked why he did not personally communicate with Capt. McCalla when he met the Marblehead on the way down. He replied that he saw the auxiliary coming down from the Marblehead to communicate with him. It was Capt. McCalla's duty if he possessed import ant information to communicate it. "Was it the duty of the senior officer to call for report or the junior's duty to volunteer it?" "The junior officer invariably volun teers such information." "Did Capt. Chester inform you that Capt. McCalla, who came aboard the Cincinnati, had lately been at Cien fuegos in communication with the in surgents?" "No." The witness said he had had no con versation with Capt. Chester about the methods ot. blockade. The conversation dealt rather with the habits and usages of the blockade. "Did you learn from Capt. Chester or Capt. McCalla that several gunboats were reported at Cienfuegos?" I heard that in Key West. It was the general report there," replied the witness. 'What official information and in structions did you get at Key West from the commander-in-chief?" asked Capt. Lemly. His orders of course to proceed ana then conversation I have detailed with him." The witness said he thought he could tell why the department issued its order regarding the protection of ships from land batteries when Captain Lem ly objected. The court decided that they did not care for this. The witness said he was on board the New York as well a9 he could remember at that time from a half to three-quarters of an hour. Mr. Hanna then read two dispatches from the department dated Washington, Mav 26. regarding the reported presence of the Spanish fleet near Curacoa. Cap tain Lemly asked the witness if he was familiar with these dispatches when he had his conversation with Admiral Sampson. Admiral Sampson merely mentionea them to me," replied the witness. "I had not seen them." Captain Lemly then took up the ques tion of naval regulations and asked the witness if he was familiar with them. Yes," responded Admiral Schley. Captain Lemly then read a number of articles of the regulations in each case. asking the witness if he had complied with the terms of the paragraph. The first paragraph was No. 267 and requires the commander-in-chief when preparing his fleet or squadron to met .the enemy to communicate his general orders, in structions, private signals and such oth er information as will enable each, so far as possible, to understand his duty when in action and at all other times. 'I think I complied with that," re plied the witness. How and in wnat manner asitea. Captain Lemly. "By issuing general orders for the or ganization of the squadron, their in structions and their private signals." The next article was as follows: "Article 269 He shall, if possible, be fore going into action, communicate to the juniors in command, his chief of staff and the captains, his secret orders, private signals ana otner information that will materially assist them if called upon to exercise command." "That I do not remember to have com plied with," said the witness. Captain Lemly then read article 271, which provides that the commander-in-chief shall, if possible, before going into (.Continued on Sixth Page.) DO NOT NEED POSTCANTEEf J. Gen. Miles Upholds Law Abolish' Ing the Army Saloon In His Annual Report to the War Department. A MILITARY SCHOOL, Is Recommended For Establish ment in Southern California And a War College at the Na tional Capital. Washington, Oct. 28. Lieut. Gen. Miles, in his annual report gives the total strength of the army at the pres ent time as 84,513, of which number 33, 874 are in the United States; 43,239 in the Philippines, 4,914 in Cuba, the re mainder in small detachments being in, Porto Rico, Hawaii, China and Alaska. He says it is expected that the force in Cuba will be very much reduced and hopes that the force in the Philippines also can be reduced. General Miles does not approve of the present organization of the artillery corps, saying that it establishes another bureau in Washington. He believes in the former regimental organization. Speaking of the army canteen which is abolished by the army reorganization law he says that no injury has resulted and in the main the law has been bene ficial. General Miles states his objections to the management of military affairs in the war department in the following language: While congress has made ample pro vision for the management of military affairs in the organization of the army whereby the companies, regiments, bri gades, divisions and departments are made the units of administration and by statute has clothed the officials nut only with executive authority but with, judicial powers and responsibility, yet the tendency has been to absorb anil usurp the entire conduct of the military establishment in the city of Washing ton and especially in the staff depart ments. This has been found most In jurious in other armies and is one of the principal defects in our system. The evil has been increasing during the activities cf the wars of the last three years- to an extent that in my judgment, requires serious consideration and I recommend that decentralization be effected as far as possible and that all proper and law ful authority be restored to subordinate commanders who are provided with an efficient organization and who can b safely intrusted with responsibility for the efficient and faithful administration of military affairs commensurate with their important commands." As a large portion of the army is sta tioned in the western part of the United States and over one half west of the Pacific ocean. General Miles recom mends the establishment of a military school in southern California. He also recommends the establishment of a war college in the city of Washington. General Miles refers to a numner ol recommendations that he made in for mer reports locking to the improvement of the condition of the army also to or ders he has issued during the year to accomplish this purpose. He speaks especially of the experience, intelligence, and efficiency of the troops of the United States and the success they have had In China and th Philippines and says they have borne the rigors of the Arctic climate in Alaska and the heat of the tropics and under all circumstances maintained the high character of the American army. He recommends that the military posts throughout the coun try be put in excellent shape for troops that are returned from service beyond sea. BANK CLOSES UP. It Is Solvent but Short on Ready Cash. Omaha, Oct. 28. The National Bank of Commerce has decided to close up its affairs and has turned $220,000 in cash to the Omaha National bank today, for its depositors. President J. H. Evans, of the Bank of Commerce, today gave out the follow ing statement: "The bank is perfectly solvent and tl'e only reason there is for closing is that the bank has a capital of i'O0,OOO of which S150.000 is in real estate. Tbn does not leave a sufficient margin with which to compete with the larger banks of the city." The bank was established as a private banking institution in 18K5. The bank has successfully weathered two finan cial storms. Its cashier is W. S. Kect ner and George E. Barker is vice presi dent. JUDGE HAZEN REFUSES Won't Put Thirty Belated City Liquor Cases on Docket. Judge Hazen this morning refused the request of City Attorney Spencer to place on the docket the thirty liquor cases appealed from the iolice court. The thirty appeals were filed too late by Police Judge Lindsay, else they w-ould have come up at this term. In refusing to set the cases for hear ing at this term Judge Hazen said thai, he already had more on hand than n could attend to, and could not permit the cases to come up out of their reg ular term. The cases will be heard at the Janu ary term of court. The reason they failed of a hearing at this term was due wholly to the failure of the police judg to file them in time. HE'S H ANNA'S FRIEND. Myron T. Derrick, of Cleveland, to Bo Ambassador to Italy. Washington, Oct. 28. Myron T. ITer rick, of Cleveland, a personal friend of the late President McKinley. and one of the admirers of Senator Hanna. will succeed George V. L. Meyer as ambas sador to Italy. This is in accordance with the programme that had been map ped out by President McKinley. Mr. Meyer will resign in the spring and Mr. Herrlck will succeed hire.

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TOPEKA STATE JOURNAI MONDAY EVENING. OCTOBER 28, 1901. SPORTINGNEWS. Jeffries Carries Long Odds on Coming Fight. TH1 Be Overwhelming Favorite In Frisco Contest. INTEREST IS LACKING. Public Doesn't Seem to Care 'Whether They. Meet. Champion Makes a Stake Out of Oil Land. San Francisco, Oct 28. Jim Jeffries promises to be an overwhelming favor ite in the coming championship battle. His admirers will have to give long odds, possibly J10O to J350. On account of the frequency of winners on the short end Ruhlin will have considerable support.- It frequently happens that the public makes the wrong favorite. John I Sullivan was the false choice over Corbett, but there was a. reason for it. The people who did not pay close atten tion to ring affairs labored under the misapprehension that Sullivan was as good as he had always been. But the Scrutiny of the records of champions will show that no man has ever done very much after an absence of three years from the roped arena.. Of course, this argument does not apply either to Jeffries or Ruhlin. Both, should be as good, if not better, than at any time of their careers. The great favoritism of Jeffries Is due to the fact that he is present champion and has never yet suffered defeat, and last that he has a. better record than Ruhlin, has defeated more good men. The champion is an extreaaely cautious fighter, which is another reason for his being such a strong betting choice over Ruhlin. Jeffries is several thousand dollars to the good as the result of a compromise of his oil suit at Grass Val ley. The champion got into oil pretty deeply a couple of years ago, and abdlit that time the papers used to say that Jeff" was a millionaire through his oil Investments. But he wasn't. He, with John C. Yoakum, his partner, recently began suit to quiet the title to land claimed by the Thirty-six Oil company. A compromise has been effected, where by Jeffries and Yoakum get $20,000 in nonassessable and dividend-paying stock in a close corporation, which means big money for Jeffries. Up to date those who are most Inter ested in the big fight between Jim Jef fries and Gus Ruhlin have had no rea son for believing that the S. R. O. sign will have to be put out that night. Strange as it may seem, there is less Interest displayed in the big event than there was in the numerous contests be tween smaller lights of the fistic world which have taken place here. For some reason or other the public doesn't seem to care whether the two big men ever come together, nor which will be de clared the victor when they do clash. Even the local papers are not falling over each other in their efforts to get something in type about the two scrap pers, who are now in training. FOB BILLIARD CHAMPIONSHIP Purse of $2,000 and Diamond Trophy to Be Played For in New York. New York, Oct. 28. "With an offer of a purse of J2.000 the Brunswick-Balke-Collender company today announced that it will give a billiard tournament, open to the world, at Madison Square garden concert hall during the week beginning December 2. The object of the tournament is to settle the dispute as to who is champion, that title prac tically having died with frank C. Ives. Ives won the emblem from George Slos son in 1897. Under the conditions given out the coming tournament will be 18-inch balk-line, one shot in. This is the styie under which the last champion contests four years ago were played. Each game will be of 400 points, to be played on a regulation 5 by 10 table, according to established rules. An entrance fee of $250 from each contestant will be required, in addition to which the company offers a purse of $2,000 in cash, all of which, together with the net box office receipts, will be distributed in prizes. Not more than six players will be al lowed to compete. In case there are more than that number of entries those experts who have never yet taken part in a championship tournament must en- Poison 0Q!i Poison ivy are among the best known of the many dangerous wild plants and shrubs. To touch or handle them quickly produces swell ing and inflammation with in tense itching and burning of the skin. The eruption soon disappears, the suf ferer hopes forever but almost as soon as the little blisters and pustules appeared the poison had reached the blood, and will break, out at regular intervals and each time in a more aggra vated form. This poison will loiter in the system for years, and every atom of it must be forced out of the blood before you. can expect a perfect, permanent cure. Nature's Antidote FOR 'Nature's Poisons, is the only cure for Poison Oak, Poison Ivy, and all noxious plants. It is com posed exclusively of roots and herbs. Now is the time to get the poison out of your system, as delay makes your condition worse. Don't experiment longer with salves, washes and soaps they never cure. Mr. S. M. Marshall, bookkeeper of the Atlanta (Ga.) Gas Light Co., was poisoned with Poison Oak. He took Sulphur. Arsenic and various other drus, and applied externally numerous lotions and salves with no benent. At timea the swelling and inflammation was so severe he was almost blind. For eight years the poison would break out every season. His condition was much Improved after taking one bottle of S. 6. S., and a few bottles cleared his blood of the poison, and all evidences of the disease disappeared. People are often poisoned without knowing when or how. Explain your case fully to our physicians, and they will cheerfully give such information and ad vice a9 you require, without charge, and we will send at the same time an interest ing book on Blood and Skin Diseases. JHE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., ATLANTA, GA. gage in a preliminary argument on the green cloth. That the tournament will have an in ternational flavor is evident from the fact that M. Barutel of France arrived in the city today from Boston.-together with Jacob Schaefer and Leonard Howi son. They have been giving exhibition matches throughout the country. The three other players expected to enter are George Slosson, George Sutton of Chicago and Schaefer. K. TJ. MADE BOBBY SHOWING. Wisconsin Men Smothered tho Jay hawkers SO to O. Madison, Wis., Oct. 28. The Jayhawk ers played their fifth game and met their second defeat of the season Satur day afternoon, the Wisconsin university eleven beating them by the one-sided score of 50 to 0. The K. U. team was hopelessly outplayed from start to finish and the only consolation the Kansans can claim is that their tandem plays with guards and tackles back proved a puzzle to the Badgers up to the end of the game. The victory of Wisconsin was clean cut, the team outclassing its rivals in a knowledge of the game. Their men were more experienced than Coach Outland's charges. The stars of the game for Wis consin were Cochems and Larson, the speedy backs. For Kansas, Elder at quarter played a good game. Captain Jenkinson put up a stubborn game, in the back back-field. Brumage and Louthan bucked the line in good shape and played the game well. Dodds at guard was a stone nvall and Nof singer and Hicks certainly put up the game of their lives. The Kansas boys were much lighter than the husky lads from the Badger state, and Wisconsin showed the effects of better training than the Jayhawkers. The Kansas team will remain in Mad lson over Sunday and will be given a good work out Monday to put it in good shape to go up against Beloit on Tues day. None of the players were seriously hurt. M.COY TO LOCATE IN LONDON. Pugilist Says He Intends to Open Boxing School in West End. London, Oct. 28. Kid McCoy intends taking up his permanent residence in London, with a view to opening a box ing school somewhere in the West end. At least that's what he says. "Parson" Davies, who is now estab lished as an outside dealer in oil shares, has been on the lookout for a suitable location for an athletic club for months past. He will probably be an associ ate with McCoy in his new venture. Both are sanguine of a good field here for such an enterprise. "I am ready to fight any middle weight," said McCoy, "but I won't go outside London to meet them. If they want to meet me they must come here. I claim the English middleweight cham pionship owing to my victory over Creedon two years ago. He derived the title of the championship through de feating Smith, so I am fully entitled ot it, and am ready to defend it against all comers. O'Brien's claim is nonsense. I would guarantee to stop him in fifteen rounds for any purse at any time." FUSTHEB TOUR OF CRESCEUS. Son of Bobert MsGregor Going to California and Mexico. Kansas City, Oct. 28. Cresceus, the trotting champion, was loaded into his special express car at the union depot just before noon yesterday and started for Minneapolis, where he will arrive today. Cresceus is to make an effort to break his mile track record of 2:02 over the Minneapolis track this week.and from there goes to St. Louis the week following for a brush over the St. LouS fair grounds track. Mr. Ketcham also left for Minneapolis yesterday morning. Before taking the train he said he had spent a very pleas ant week in Kansas City. He appreci ated highly the presentation of the cut glass bucket at Convention hall Satur day evening, and regretted that he was unable to respond to Mr. L. C Boyle's remarks on account of the fretful humor of the trotting king. After the St. Louis engagement Cresceus will continue his journey to the Pacific coast by way of Denver and Salt Lake, at both of which points he will give exhibitions. From the Mormon capital he goes on to 'Frisco and thence to Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Albuquer que, El Paso and the City of Mexico. Mr. Ketcham will make the trip with the son of Robert McGregor, and returning from the City of Mexico he will stop at New Orleans on the way to his home at To ledo. Mr. Ketcham says that on the ar rival of Cresceus at Toledo he will be retired from the track to the Ketcham farm near that city. HIGH SCHOOL DID WELL. Made Good Impression in Game at Washburn Saturday. In order to have a football game of some description for those who went out to the Washburn gridiron Saturday ex pecting to see the Manhattan farmers, who did not appear, Manager Huron ar ranged a game with the High school team and Washburn and made it free. There were six men in the Washburn line not counted as regular first team men. They were Haines. Leach, Ash baugh, Thompson. Moss and Delay. Ten minute halves were played and the High school team made a decidedly good show ing against their heavier antagonists. Neither team scored. The line-up was as follows. Washburn Position High. School Ritchie center Rice Haines left guard Deever Dodisman right guard Bennett Leach left tackle Tuttle Maxwell right tackle Millice Cave right end McCauley Ashbaugh left end Fleishman Thompson left half A. Griggs P.Anderson right half Fink Moss quarter F. Griggs Delay fullback Funchess Referee Geo. Page; umpire Robert Smith. HASKELL AND MINNESOTA. Indians Not in Best of Condition For the Big Gams. Lawrence, Kan.. Oct. 28. Football practice at Haskell has been interfered with a great deal the past week on ac count of the fact that several of the men have not fully recovered from the effects of the Kirksville game. There is no doubt but that the men will all be in the game by next Saturday, when the Haskell-Minnesota game will be played at Minneapolis. Dugan had one of the bones in his forearm splintered, and Dubois had his left ankle dislocated, but both are getting along so nicely that they will be in fairly good shape for the big game. The team will leave Law rence Thursday, and will be accompanied by several of their Lawrence friends and backers. Carl, Haskell's center, who formerly played that position with Min nesota, believes that his team will win, and he ia in a position to judge very accurately as to the relative merits of the two teams. The thing most to be feared by the Indians is the line bucks of the northerners. If the Indian line can break up these plays it is thought that the ends and halves will make it very hard for the Gophers to make much ground on wide end runs. Memphis Races Close. Memphis, Tenn., Oct. 28. The Mem phis Trotting association's fall meeting closed Saturday evening with two more world's records to its credit- The fea ture of today's card was the free for all pace, best two in three heats, and it was in this event that Prince Alert, by Crown Prince, and driven by Curry, made two world's records. In the first heat the horse paced the fastest half mile ever made by a gelding, passing the pole in :594. In the second heat he established a world's record for geld ings, completing the circuit in 2:00. Riley B. was a consistent second in both heats, while Anaconda paced an indif ferent race, securing third money. The Abbot, driven by Geers. attempt ed to lower his record of 2:03 today, but failed. The time by quarters was :31, 1:02, 1:33, 2:04. Saturday's Football Games. At Madison Wisconsin, 50; Kansas, 0. At West Point Williams, 0; West Point, 15. At Princeton Princeton, 6; Lafayette, 0. At Annapolis Pennsylvania State college, 11; Naval Cadets, 6. At Ithaca Cornell, 29; Oberlin, 0. At Cambridge Harvard, 29; Carlisle Indians, 0. At Chicago Pennsylvania, 11; Chi cago, 0. At Ann Arbor Michigan, 128; Buffalo, 0. At Minneapolis Minnesota, 16; Iowa, 0. At Portland Dartmouth, 35; Bowdoin, 6. At Dea Moines Drake, 24; Missouri, 0. KANSAS GAMES. At Washington Washington, 11; Clif ton, 5. At Lawrence Kansas City High school, 42; Lawrence High school, 0. At Leavenworth Leavenworth, 6; Kansas City, Kan., 2. At Chapman Chapman, 5; Abilene, 0. At Wichita Lewis Academy. 18; Chil locco Indiana, 6. M. S. TJ. Tigers Defeated. Des Moines, la., Oct 28. Missouri university met defeat Saturday at the hands of Drake university by a score of 24 to 0. Drake made two touchdowns in each half. While individually a num ber of the Tigers played good ball, the team work was poor. Three of the men, Frazier, Charles Washer and Animosa, played their first game this year. In consideration of this fact and that Kirk was new at quarterback, it must be ad mitted that Missouri played fairly well for a new lineup. Parsons 28; Nevada 0. Parsons, Kan., Oct. 28. Nevada and Parsons played a game of football here Sunday. The 'lsitors were defeated by a score of 28 to 0. The Parsons team was exceptionally strong and played well together. The Nevada team was outclassed. Sale of Whitney Horses. New York, Oct. 28. A number of race horses in training, the property of Wil liam C. Whitney and others, .were sold at Morris park today. Paul Clifford was sold to J. H. McCormick for $5,000, Rowdy to E. A. Clark for $2,600, Black Dick to J. H. McCormick for $2,500, Collegian to J. E. Widener for $1,526. "Cash" Sloan Gets a Fall. St Petersburg, Oct. 28. "Cash" Sloan, the American Jockey, fell this afternoon while riding on the race course at War saw. He was picked up unconscious, but revived before he was taken to his residence. C. K. G. Billings Buys Mazette. Memphis, Tenn., Oct 28. C. K. C. Billings has bought the pacer Mazette, 2:04, for $5,000. MIDGET MICHAEL jp Nt Midget Michael, the wheeling wonder of America, who is now abroad to show the Frenchmen how a Yankee Champion can ride a wheel, is seriously considering abandoning the bicycle for the race horse. The midget has always had a penchant for jockeying, and now some tempting offers have been made to him. Tod Sloane will probably be his instructor. KANSASJEWS. Former Missouri Pacific Agent at Enreka in Trouble. Charged With Robbing Mail Sacks in His Charge. AN INTERESTING CASE. Detectives Had Never Suspected Agent Weatherford. Suddenly Left the Country and Thieving Stopped. SLEUTH IS SHREWD Finally Located in a Georgia Mountain Cabin. Confesses and Relates How He Obtained Mail Sack Key. Eureka, Kan.. Oct 28. Subpoenas' have been served on some of our citizens o attend the federal court at Fort Scott as witnesses in a case against J. W. Weatherford. The history of the case as the govern ment has it is interesting. About a year ago J. W. Weatherford was night agent for the Missouri Pacific railroad here. For some time letters con taining money and drafts had been miss ing from the mails and no clue could be obtained as to where they disappeared. The mail clerks and all others who had kevs to the mnil sacks or were intrusted with responsibility in the matter were carerully watcnea, out naming ca-ine ui it. The nowerful secret service of the government, however, did not relax its efforts. Finally Weatherford left the country rather unceremoniously and from that time the thieving stopped. Aitnougn ne had no kev to mail sacks or any author ity to handle mail matter he became an object of suspicion. It was noted that the mail sacks brought in by the Missouri Pacific were left at the depot several hours during the time that Weatherford was on duty, before being sent south on another road. It was also learned that the drafts stolen were cashed in Georgia and other southern points ana tnat Weatherford had come from the south. Postoffice Inspector J. L. Stice went to Ci&nriria and Ala.ha.ma. He located Weatherford's relatives, but could find no trace of Weatherford. He finally got trace of a man giving nts name as J. w. Ford, and was led to the conclusion that this was the man and that he had dropped the first part of his name. After a long search he found the man with his family located in a log cabin away out in the mountains of Georgia. The wo man who answered the officer's knock at the door denied that either Ford or Weatherford lived there, but Stice, sure of his ground, pushed open the door and there sat the man he was looking for, and although he had never seen him he easily recognized him from his photo graph. Sitting there by a primitive fire place In a rude cabin in the heart of the wil derness sat the one whose guilty con science had driven him an exile from all his former prospects. The officer was without proof of his guilt, but seating himself by the fire, then began the bat tle between the guilty conscience and the trained hunter of criminals. "Well, Joe," said the officer, "I have TO RIDE HORSE. had a long hunt for you, but I have got ten you at last." "What do you want with me?" said the victim, attempting to assume an innocent air. "There is no use for you to deny your guilt." persisted the man hunter. T have all the evidence and am convinced that you were not the instigator of the crime. Now, all I want of you is to tell me where you got the key." Caught by the shrewd lie of the in spector and moved by the terrible strain under which he had been for so long, he confessed the whole matter, giving Stice absolute proof of a well planned conspiracy to rob the mails in a sys tematic manner. Weatherford had secured a key to the mail pouches from his brother-in-law, L. T. Denny, who was postmaster at a town in Kentucky. With this key Weatherford had opened the mail sacks while in his charge and had sent the drafts to his rel atives in the south to be cashed. Among the drafts cashed by this "fence" in the south was one for J343 on its way to W. S. Metcalf of Lawrence. Weatherford and L. T. Denny, the Kentucky postmaster, are In jail at Paola and another Denny is out on bond. Had Weatherford refused to talk it would have probably been impossible for the officers to have connected him with the crime. The case will be up for trial at the next term of the federal court at Fort Scott. M'CHESNEY FOB $10,000. Two-Year-Old Chestnut Colt Bought For $760 Sold For Big Purse. Chicago, Oct. 28. McChesney, the 2-year-old chestnut colt which won the seven furlong handicap at Worth, is now the property of Sam Hildreth. It was stated that previous to the race he offered his then owner, J. S. Ward, $8,000 for the colt, but the latter set his price at $10,000. After witness ing the fine performance of the horse. Hildreth paid the amount demanded. Ward is reported to have purchased McChesney from Oots Bros, for $750 after seeing him work six furlongs in 1:14 at Washington park. FOR LOVE OF HIS SISTEB. Young Farmer's Act of Martyrdom May Send Him to Prison. Caney, Kas., Oct. 28. Hiram Warren, a young farm hand living near here, is likely to go to the penitentiary through love for his sister. She was a itea Cross nurse, but contracted consump tion and was discharged, and she wanted to go to El Paso, but the fam ily did not have the means, nor could they borrow the money. Young War ren as a last resort, it is alleged, forged a check on the Caney Valley. bank and signed the Caney Grain company's name, by M. p. Jones.- This, it is said, he took to Coffeyville and cashed it at the First National bank for $136.70. When it came for payment the forgery was discovered and Warren's arrest fol lowed. TO BAISE PRICE OF WHEAT. Flan For Farmers to Befrain From Planting For a Tear. Independence, Oct. 28. B. H. Giger, of this place, who is a large wheat rais er, is the originator of a plan to raise the price of wheat next year, which is meeting with approval on every hand. His plan is to get the farmers to en ter into a contract, not to sow an acre of wheat in 1902 except just enough for seed the following year. It is proposed to begin right away and organize every county by townships. As each farmer signs the contract toe will be required to pay $1, which is to be expended in advancing the work until the whole wheat belt of the country will be put in some other crop next year. The ques tion of such a combination was first suggested at the recent state meeting of the Anti-Horse Thief association and was enthusiastically received, xne same plan was resorted to a few years ago to raise the price of horses and was very successful. SUES HEB FATHER-IN-LAW. Atchison Woman Claims Her Hus band's Affections Were Alienated. Atchison, Oct. 28. The Mrs. Ella D. Nevins $10,000 damage suit against her father-in-law, William C. Nevins, on a charge of alienating her husband's af fections, was begun in the district court Saturday and the trial will probably last two weeks. The parties live near Arrlngton, this county, where they are very prominent. The case is decidedly novel. Jacob W. Nevlns and Ella D. Hargis were married by Rev. Father Metz dorff, at Holton, February 13, 1901. The groom was a few days over 21 and the bride 18. They lived together until April 2, when Mrs. Nevins claims that her father-in-law and husband took her against her will and placed her in a wagon and drove her to the home of her parents, where they left her. She charges that the defendant, William C. Nevins, for the purpose of separating herself and her husband, and enticing him to become alienated in feeling and affection for her and disgusted with her as a wife made certain wrongful and malicious statements to him. These statements are alleged to have been against her reputation prior to her mar riage to the effect that she did not and never would love him; that she was trifling and quarrelsome and that if he persisted in living with her he would disinherit him. DtJNKARDS' LOVE FEAST. Ceremony of Feet Washing Observed at Kansas City, Kans. Kansas City, Kas., Oct. 28. In their little frame church building at the cor ner of Central avenue and Boeke street, in Kansas City, Kas., the Brethren, the sect commonly known as Dunkards, or more properly, Dunkers, held a love feast and communion which began at 4 o'clock Saturday afternoon and con tinued until last night. Dunkers from the two Kansas Citys, Argentine ajid Wyandotte county, numbering about eighty men and women, attended the services, which were held in strict ac cordance with the religious beliefs of these people. Elder C. J. Hooper, of Topeka, offi ciated at the services, assisted by Elder I. H. Crist. The Agape, or feast of love, of which all partook, was a full meal eaten Saturday evening, at which the communion of bread and wine was given. Before eating supper, however, the religious rite of washing feet was observed, in imitation of the Master, who, on the evening before His death, washed the feet of His disciples. In this practice by the Dunkards of the ceremony of feet washing, water la poured into a basin, a brother girds himself with a towel and washes and wipes the bared feet of his brothers, and in turn has his own feet washer. The women wash each other's feet in the same manner. BAPTISTS HAVE CONTROL. Brighter Say in Store For Campbell University. Holton, Kas., Oct. 28. All arrange ments have been completed for the transfer of Campbell university, of this city, to the Baptist church of Kansas. Negotiations have been consummated whereby the present company, which holds a five years' lease, has relin quished its rights. The college will be controlled by a new corporation, con trolled by twenty-four directors, six teen of whom are members of the Bap tist church, and eight are citizens of Holton not connected with the church. The 'directors are: J. D. S. Riggs, Ottawa; A. T. Walker. Holton; Albert Sarbach, Holton; W. W. Naylor, Holton; Charles Morris, Holton, C. D. Logan, Holton; Case Broderick, Holton; John Q. Myers, Holton; Sidney Hay den, Holton; F. E. VanBuskirk, Holton; A. J. Seabold, Holton; J. i. Sehleimann, Holton; J. R. Comer, Atch ison; E. H. Lovett, Ottawa; W. it Wood, Ottawa; E. B. Meredith, Kansas City, Kas.; J. N. Kidd, Horton; L. E. Chase, Padonia; P. W. Crannell, To peka; J. C. Smith, Topeka: W. B. Hutchinson, Topeka ;8. S. Hagerman, Phillipsburg; J. C. Tyler, Great Bend; J. W. Howie, Hiawatha. Items From Ft. Scott. Fort Scott, Oct. 28. The state execu tive committee of the Y. M. C. A. re ported to the convention that it would need $6,000 for the year and $1,200 of the amount was raised on the floor of the convention. Telegrams was sent to the state conventions in Massachusetts and Rhode Island, and a message to Miss Helen Gould, thanking her for her in terest in the work in Kansas. The new state executive committee is composed of: E. H. Anderson, Topeka; E. R. Burkholder, Hillsboro; W. J. Cal houn, Fort Scott; S. Ditzell, Leaven worth; William Folks, Lawrence; J. M Knapp, Wichita; Henry B. Lautz. To peka; Elsberry Martin, Wichita; C. W. McClure, Emporia; Frank Nelson, J. E. Missley and Thomas Page, Topeka; Thomas M. Potter, Peabody; F. A. Potter, Pittsburg; D. F. Shirk, Cotton wood Falls; W. E. Stanley, Topeka, and Sumner Whitson, Wellington. Manager F. M. Yost, of the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Oil company, which has recently developed seven gushers in the Beaumont oil field, announces that his company has practically disposed of all its interests at Beaumont to the Standard Oil company. The purchase of these properties by the Standard Oil company is in line with its ambition to ultimately gain control of the Beau mont oil fields. Saturday afternoon a stranger in the city walked up behind Thomas Sheain, a colored man whom he had never seen before, and deliberately shot him in the back, inflicting a wound that will pro bably prove fatal. The would-be as sassin remained on the scene of his crime five minutes after the shot was fired and then made a successful escape. Arkansas City Items. Arkansas City, Oct. 28. Saturday the Law and Order league of Cowley coun ty held its first open air meeting in fhis city, and it was largely attended by farmers. It had been wisely advertised among the farming districts, and a large crowd came to attend. The league is the organization in CowIey county to fight the liquor traffic, and it is planned to have the farmers help. The third artificial ice company for this city has been announced. About two weeks ago the Arkansas City Ice company made public its plans, and now there is another, backed by eastern money, both ready to begin operations in this city in the spring. This, with the one in operation, will be sufficient to supply all the northern Oklahoma towns that have no factories of their own. The new one has contracts signed to be in operation by April 1. Alvin Mclver, of Greenwood county, stopped in this city while on his way to Oklahoma, and during a drunk was robbed of $80. He secured a six-shooter and tried to regain his money, but was arrested before he did any shooting. He was fined in the police court, and is now working out the fine on the city rockpile. Knights of Pythias Meet. Kansas City, Kas., Oct 28. A district convention of the order of Knights of Pythias, embracing the eastern coun ties of Kansas, will meet in Pythian hall at Sixth street and Minnesota avenue, Kansas City, Kas., today, clos ing tonight with a social session. A large crowd of Knights from over the district is expected to be present, and all Knights have been invited to at tend, as there will be work In the third rank. Will Keep Clean Sidewalks. Wellington, Kan., Oct. 28. The city council will pass an ordinance at its next meeting prohibiting expectorating on the sidewalks. The ordinance will be the result of the desire to keep the town pretty and clean after the new cement sidewalks in the business part of the city axe completed. REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS. F. G. Thomas and husband to D. W. and Lottie Biggs, $150, lot 229-231-233, Winfield avenue, J. W. Morris add. Rebecca J. Myera and husband to C. W. Myers, $3,500, lot 455, s. 453, Tyler street, Gould's add. Kittle L. Coates and husband to Wm. J. Coates, $1,000, lots 646-648, Fillmore street, M. D. sub. N. G. Kenderdine et al to H. E. Ly man, $1,750, pt. of lots 177-179-181-183, Third street. Crane's add. Thos. W. Cole and wife to Wm. P. Wilson, $250, pt. of a. w. of S. e. 28-11-16. Frank Cox and wife to T. W. Cole, $500, pt of a. e. 28-11-16. John Hovar et al to Joseph Kovar, $7,500, pt. of n. e. 3-0-13. D. C. Fleming and wife to Thos. A. Widener, $600, pt. s. e. V 1-12-15. The National White River Bank of Bethel, Vt., to G. P. Gill, $125, lots 2602-2604-6-8-10, East Tenth ave., Fairview add. F. Fensky and wife to Wm. H. Brown, $850, lota 36-8-40, North Chandler street, Fensky's first add. QUIT CLAIM DEEDS. W. B. Lawrence to G. P. Gill, $1, 2602-2604-2606-2608-2610, East Tenth ave.. Fairview add. Henry A. Ingham and wife to D. C. Fleming, $1. pt. of s. e. 4 1-12-15. David C. Fleming and wife to Thos. A. Widener, $1, pt, s. e. M, 1-12-15. Motor Cycle Record. New York, Oct. 28. At the Vailsburg, N. J. bicycle track Albert Champion, on a motor bicycle made a mile in 1:12 2-5, breaking the world's record for this sort of a machine. Champion made the old record of 1:13 about three weeks ago. He will again try to lower the rec ord next Wednesday at the Empire City track. Frank Kramer, the sprinting champion, rode his first race behind motor pace and defeated Monroe in two straight heats. Krebs and Freeman also indulged in a match race. Freeman captured the first heat, but the Newark man won the next two. Smoot Signs With St. Louis. St. Louis, Oct. 2. Manager Donovan of the St. Louis National league club announces that he has signed Outfielder Smoot of the Worcester Eastern league club. This gives Donovan fourteen players. For Female Complaints and diseases arising from an impure state of the blood Lichty'B Celery Nerve Com- Sound is an invaluabe specific. Sold by eorge W. Stansfield, 632 Kansas avenue; Marshall Bros., 115 Kansas avenue. Ir. Lyon's PERFECT Tooth Powder AN ELEGANT TOILET LUXURY. Used by people of refinement for over a quarter of a century Danger o! contracting Sickness il you use Pure Water That's the Kind furnished by the TopeKa Water Co. Telephone 122. 625 QUINCY STREET. f THE COLORADO FLYER FIRST CLASS PULLIAN SERVICE Direct Connection Daily Between TOPEKA and SAN FRANCISCO GREAT ROCK ISLAND ROUTE ..All the best Scenery ot the ROCKY MOUNTAINS and SIERRA NEVADA by Daylight In both direction. D1NINO CAR SERVICE THROUGH. BUFFET LIBRARY CARS. For full Information, reservation and Itiner ary "Chicago to California" address B. W. Thompson, A. O. P. A.. Topeka, Kaa. S. WATTS General Merchandise 328 Kansas Avenue, Topeka Kansas. NEW and Second Hand Goods Bought and Sold. Gents' Furnishing Goods. NIGHT SCHOOL OF Y. M. C. A. The Business course Is free to all members of the Association. The studies are: Bookkeeping;, Ele mentary and Advanced, Arithmetic, Elementary and Business, Practical Grammar and Letter Writing, Spelling and Punctuation. Professors E. H. Roudebush and C. B. Van Horn have been engaged as teach ers for this year, and are thoroughly equipped by long; experience as teacheis in Business colleges to help men to the very best advantage. Each student will receive personal at tention and those who complete the course will be awarded the Internation al certificate. For further Information call at th Association office on East Eigthh street. SMOKE KLAUER'S GOLD BUG. 5 CENT CIG.1. 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TOPEKA STATE JOUENAIj, MONDAY EVENING. OCTOBER 28, 1301. A Sour Stomach Is Often the Real Cause of a Sour Temper. t. nnn of the digestive or- gans has a marked effect upon the char acter or disposition Is a truism as oiu the hills. Old Ben Johnson wisely said: "The pleasure of living depends upon the liver," and it is a fact which nore may dispute that a sunny disposition more of ten results from a healthy digestion than frnm nnv nthpr fftllse. Acid dyspepsia, commonly called scair stomach or heartburn, is caused by slow flippRfirm rf foodrinstead of being prompt- lv filmatiH ami rnnvprtwi into blood, bone and muscle, ft lies in the stomach for hours, fermenting and decaying, creating gases which cause pressure on me lunss ana heart, snort Dreatn anu geiieiiti rnmfnrt And irritation. Such half digested food is indeed poor nourishment for the body, brain and nerves and the result is shown in irrita ble tempers, unaccountable headaches and that depressing condition usually called the "blues," but how quickly all these disappear when appetite ana digestion Laxative medicines only irritate the al ready irritated stomach and bowels and have no effect upon actual digestion of lood. The sensible course to follow is to make use of simple natural digestives like Stuarfs Dvspepsia Tablets after meals until the stomach has a chance to recu perate. The natural digestives which every healthy stomach contains are peptones, diastase and Hydrochloric and lactic acids and when any of them are lacking the trouble begins. The reason Stuart's Dys pepsia Tablets are so valuable ana suc cessful in curing stomach troubles is be cause thev contain, in a pleasant concen trated tablet form all these absolutely necessary essentials for perfect digestion ana assimilation or iooa. Henry Kirkpatrick of Lawrence, Mass., says: "Men and women whose occupation precludes an active outdoor life should make it a daily practice to use Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets after meals. I have done so myself and I know positively that I owe my present health and vigor to their daily use. "From th time I was 22 when I grad uated from school with broken health from overwork, until I was 34, I scarcely knew what it was to be free from stom ach weakness. I had no appetite what ever for breakfast and very little for any otner meal. "I had aciditv and heartburn nearlv ev ery day and sometimes was alarmed by irregularity and palpitation of the heart, but all this gradually disappeared after I began using Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets and I can eat my meals with relish and satisfaction which I had not known since J. was a growing boy. The success and nonularitv of Stuart' Dyspepsia Tablets is enormous, but it is deserved, and every druggist in the Uni ted States, Canada and Great Britain has a good word for this meritorious prepa ration. TO THE SOUTHEAST A. NEW SYSTEM REACHING WITH ITS OWN RAII.S. MEMPHIS, BIRMINGHAM AND MANY OTHER IMPORTANT POINTS IN THE SOUTHEAST. GOOD CONNECTIONS AT BIRMINGHAM FOR MONTGOMERY, MOBILE. ATLANTA, SAVANNAH AND ALL POINTS IN THE STATE OP FLORIDA. PASSENGERS ARRANGING FOR TICKETS "VIA THE WILT, HATE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ENJOY THE COMFORTS OF A BRAND NEW. UP-TO-DATE LIMITED TRAIN The Southeastern Limited. rxrt.1. isroBMATios as to kottxh m XATFIH CHSSKFULLT n B!fI8HKD tTPOS AFFLIOATIOV TO A T Y U K I'M E Of IU OOMPirf, OS TO 726 Centuht BmxDrNG, SAINT LOTIS. "Why, Brother Dickey, I hardly knew you you re looking so young and spry! .What's up now?" "Well, suh, I studyln 'bout gittin married ergin dats alL" "Getting married?" "Yes, suh, I made de 'quaintance er a young gal fer day, en she 'lowed dat ef I d shave oft my gray whiskers, en chop oft de hair what on my head, en stop limpin" wid de rheumatism, en smoke se-gars, 'stidder pipe, en stop preachin' 'gin dancin," en secure my life in her favor fer J100. she'd marry me. Dat how come I look so young'" At lanta Constitution. "Who taught the heathen to play poker?" as.ks an exchange. That's a leading question. Deal the cards aagin. Atlanta Constitution. I am satisfied that TEETHINA (Teeth ing Powders) have saved more children than all the doctors put together I have recommended TEETHIXA when the doc tors gave up the child, and it cured at once. LOUIS F. WAIBEL, HiG TOr?,uspist- St- Louis', Mo. avenue! Stansfields. 622 Kansas CASTOR I A For Infants and CMldren. Tils Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of flj y X RAILROAD NEWS. Bock Island to Make Low Colo rado Bates. Fare Will Be 12.50 From Chi cago to Colorado. NOT EASILY BLUFFED. Bock Island Defies Threats of Competing Boads. Excursion Business Can Be Bandied at Good Profit. It is believed In railway circles that the Rock Island railway will announce the same extraordinary low excursion rates from eastern points to Colorado and Utah during the coming season that it has during the past two sea sons. When the Rock Island took the initi ative in offering the low rate of $25 for the round trip from Chicago to Colo rado points for the season of the year 1900, the officers of the other roads in terested in Colorado business were com pelled to fall into line. The Rock Isl and proposed the plan at the regular meeting of the passenger men of this territory, but the suggestion was not adopted. Later the Rock Island took independent action in the matter. The first year of the excursions proved so popular that the Rock Island an nounced the same series of low rate ex cursions to Colorado this year. The Rock Island is in a position to propose and carry out the low excur sion rates. It is the short line between Chicago and Denver. It is nearly eight hours shorter from Topeka. From sta tistics compiled in the passenger de partment of the road here, it is shown that this excursion business is profit able. This season the competing roads had under consideration several plans to compel the Rock Island to abandon the low excursion rate. Nothing has so far been developed that will accomplish the desired end. That the Rock Island contemplates announcing the same series of low rate excursions to Colorado points next sea son is proven by the fact that in three places in the new calenders for the year 1902, just issued, mention is made of the reduced rates to Colorado and Utah resorts. WANTS $400,000. Modest Demand on the Santa Fe by Colorado Springs Newspaper. The Colorado Springs council is still la boring under the impression that it has a fisht on its hands with the Santa Fe road. The Santa Fe officials here say that they have no trouble with Colorado Soriners and claim that thev can noP un derstand why an effort is being made by the 0 lorado Springs papers to prejudice the people of that city against the road. The Santa Fe asked to have a certain street vacated and offered to build certain elevated tracks at a cost of $50,000 to com- gensate for the favor. The Colorado prings council at once decided that the Santa Fe was trying to rob the town and war appears to have been declared. The Colorado Springs Telegraph says: "The Santa Fe railroad now owes the city of Colorado Springs the sum of $22,000 minimum or 4UMma maximum lor its iau ure to comply with its grade crossing or dinance passed over a year ago. "The city should demand that the rail road come into the city to a union depot over the Jio urande tracks, where its ca pacity for evil will be reduced to a min imum, or if it insists upon coming in over the present route, it should be com pelled to elevate its tracks in order that the people of the city may use the streets witnout aanger or Deing Kiitea or maimea. "It must be clear that the highways of the city are for the use of the citizens first, and they have a right to a safe and unobstructed xise of them; the interests of this railroad must come in second. "Let the council bear this in mind and not hesitate to demand that the people's rights be preserved and maintained." OFF FOR A TRIP. Directors and Officers of Rock Island on a Tour. At a meeting of directors and stock holders of the Rock Island the follow ing amendment to the articles of con solidation was passed: "The board of directors may appoint an executive committee, which shall consist of the president and six directors, and invest it with all the powers of the board when it is not in session." These new members of the committee were elect ed: W. H. Moore, of Moore Bros, and W. B. Leeds, formerly of the American Tin Plate company. After the meeting the following started on a tour of in spection of the Rock Island lines: Di rectors Ogden Mills, G. S. Brewster, A. R. Flower. W. H. Moore. D. G. Reid, W. G. Purdy, R. R. Cable, F. H. Griggs, W. ts. Leeds and V Ice President H -A. Par ker, Second Vice President Robert Ma ther, Third Vice President J. M. John son. General Manager A. J. Hitt, Gen eral Superintendent W. M. Hobbs, Gen eral Passenger Agent John Sebastian, Assistant Freight Traffic Manager II. Gower, John George of Milwaukee, Cor nelius Vanderbilt. R. M. Hoe, H. rl. Hollister and H. H. Hollister. jr., H. S. Cable and Henry Seibert. The party will return one week from today. HORTON'S TALL CHIMNEY. Not as Big by Many Feet as the Edi son Smokestack Hers. The Rock Island has under construc tion at Horton a smokestack, of which the Headlight has this to say: "The new smokestack being erected for the Rock Island shops of this city is a giant in every sense of the word. When com pleted it will be over 150 feet high. At the base it is about 16 feet in diameter, and at 16 feet in height tapers down to nine feet in diameter. From that on up it gradually tapers to six feet in dia meter. This massive structure is top ped with a giant cap, probably 12 feet in diameter and four feet high. The outside of the chimney is of steel one fourth inch thick. Inside this shell it will be lined with fire brick. When com pleted it will be one of the finest chim neys in the west, the best and largest in Kansas." The smokestack of the Edison com pany in Topeka is 18 feet in diameter and 1S5 feet high, is built entirely of steel, and is without guy wirea. MECHANICS TALE BUSINESS. Santa Fa Men Hold Meeting Hers to Exchange Ideas. George R. Henderson, assistant su perintendent of machinery, seems much pleased with the result of the first meeting of division master me chanics and road foremen of engines which was held at the railroad Y. M. C A. Saturday. The attendance was large, there being twenty-five or more present. James Collinson. general mas ter mechanic, opened the meeting with ot the subject "Freventtoa of Engine Failures." inasmuch as many of the failures of locomotives are traceable to some fault in the boilers, it was determined that all the foremen of boiler shops on the system should constitute a committee to decide on plans for simplifying and standardizing the same. The leading paper of the day was read by Koaa Foreman Beardsiey, of the Chicago division, on "Fuel Econ omy." The style of coal ticket which has been in use for some time is to be supplanted by the simpler form in use on the Northern Pacific The present check was brought here by Assistant Superintendent of Machinery Sander son, and is considered too intricate for practical use of enginemen. When an engine was coaled up it was necessary for the engineer to make out three slips as a record of the same, and the result has been that a great many com plications have arisen. The new ticket is much simpler, and can be made out with but little trouble. The next meet ing will be held at Albuquerque the lat ter part of November, and will be for master mechanics and road engine fore men located between Dodge City, Kas., and Needles, CaL PRESIDENT RIPLEY'S CALL. Explains the Details of the Santa Fe, Prescott Phoenix Purchase. In the call for the annual meeting of the Santa Fe road, to be held at To peka, E. P. Ripley, president, in speak ing of the purchase of the Santa Fe, Prescott Phoenix road, says: "The Santa Fe, Prescott Phoenix railroad system extends from Ash Fork, in Arizona, to Prescott and Phoenix, A. T., with various branches, the aggre gate length (including about 24 miles of spurs and sidings) being 248 miles. The company has outstanding $4,940,000 of 5 per cent first mortgage bonds, $2, 964,000 of 5 per cent second mortgage bonds and $7,904,000 of capital stock. Tour directors have succeeded in pur chasing $2,963,000 of the 5 per cent sec ond mortgage bonds and practically all the shares of the capital stock of the company at a cost amounting in the aggregate to $2,833,108. "The gross earnings and net earnings of the Santa Fe. Prescott Phoenix Railway company have steadily in creased since the construction of the line in 1885, and during the three years ending June 30, 1901, the surplus net earnings over and above all charges (including the 5 per cent second mort gage bonds) averaged $93,148 per an num. The line has proved a valuable feeder to the Atchison system, contrib uting a large amount of profitable traf fic, and its acquisition was desirable for that reason, irrespective of the direct profits, which, in the opinion of the di rectors, the investment will yield to the Atchison company." PAID $362,000. Kansas Southwestern to Be Oper ated as Oklahoma Division. Arkansas City, Oct. 28. The sale of the Kansas Southwestern railway to the Atchison, Topeka Santa Fe rail road has been officially announced. The transfer took place in Chicago today. The Kansas Southwestern is a line of 60 miles, running from Arkansas City to Anthony, in Harper county, and was a money-making road. It belonged to some capitalists in Ontario, and for the last two months the Atchison, Topeka Santa Fe has been negotiating with the owners for its purchase. The price paid was $362,000. The roal will be operated by the officials of the Oklaho ma division of the Atchison, Topeka Santa Fe. An Atchison, Topeka Santa Fe official said that a line to the south east will be one of the first built and that it will be merely an extension of the Kansas Southwestern. It is propos ed to build the road from this city through the Kaw and Osage reserva tions to South McAlester, which will give company a direct route to the coal fields of eastern Indian Territory ani Oklahoma, NEW TELEGRAPH WIRE. Rock Island Relieves Pressure Be tween Herington and Chickaaha. Herington, Kan., Oct. 28. A new tele graph wire is being strung from Hering ton to Chickasha along the Rock Island road. The work is so heavy that it can not be handled without more wires. The lines under the present system are so crowded that an operator has to sit at his intrument all of the time ready to seize the line at any time, and seize it he must as soon as there is a break in the use of the line. Even then he has to scrap for the use of the line by show ing that his messages are of vital im portance. This has caused a great deal of hard ship among the operators and the new line is being hailed with joy, as it means that an operator can send his work when it should be sent and not be under the necessity of sitting at the key all day watching every break in the send ing of messages. The new line will be completed in a very few days. A $3,500 ROMANCE. Railroad Man at Newton Runs Into Some Good Luck. Quite a little romance, which had its beginning several years ago, came to light recently, says the Newton Kansan Republican. A young fellow named Chris Hurst has been employed in the shops here for several weeks. He was a good looking young lad and at once became a popular employe. The other day a young, handsome, well drepsed young woman came here from Marysville, and, visiting the shops, dis covered Hurst, whom she was looking for. The meeting was evidently a surprise, at least as far as Hurst was concerned, but those who witnessed it saw that he was overjoyed to meet her. She suggested that he had better resign his position and showed him a Certified check for $3,500. enough to start him in business. It was then learned that the two had been sweethearts for several years, but he not having money enough, was unable to make her his wife and support her in the same generous manner she had been ac customed to living. Her father is a rich, old gentleman, and finally gave his con sent to his daughter's marriage, agreeing to start the young fellow in business. Thus endeth the first chapter. Time alone will weave the succeeding chapters of the story. FORGOT TO RETURN, Railroad Man Skips Out With $150 in Cash. Las Vegas, N. M., Oct. 28. L. E. Grimm, who has been a fireman on the road and later night caller at the Santa Fe roundhouse, left five days ago on a five days' leave of absence. His time was up last night, but nothing was seen of him. and all interested expect noth ing will be seen. He has been living with Mr. Wright and had borrowed money from him to the sum of $150. Mr. Wright is an old man and can ill af ford to lose the money. He leaves a wife and child. AWAY FROM SANTA FE. Santa Fe Line in Apache Canyon Will Be Moved East. Tim Ba.ii.ta. Fe Railroad company will anangtt aboct twelve rrral 'S of its track between Glarneta and Thorn-tan, In New Mfxicra, Bereeal nTflvi fnrthirT eajs, which. will 'avoid part of the Olorieta grade and the. Apache canon washouts. This may make the Lamy branch line three to five mnes longer, it win taice six months to complete that work. It stands to reason that the Santa Fe railroad would not go to the heavy expense of making that change if it had in mind the bringing of the main line to the city of Santa Fe, as ias oeen reported. CONTROL LUMBER BUSINESS. Santa Fe Will Operate the Orange Northwestern. Austin, Tex., Oct. 28. It is reported on reliable authority that the Gulf. Col orado Santa Fe has entered into an arrangement to operate the Orange Northwestern railroad, which is now be ing built from Orange to Buna, where connection is made with the former line in east Texas. This will give the Santa r e practically complete control of the lumber business in east Texas so far as traffic matters are concerned. That it expects to become an important factor in the lumber transportation of that region is shown by the fact that on all of its cars there is now being painted tne words "lumber route." TO KEEP OUT SMOKE, Petroleum Locomotives to Be Used at Cascade Tunnel. Experiments are to be made with fuel oil by the Great Northern in the Cas cade tunnel to determine the merits of assertions made by railway engineers, that oil fuel keeps air in tunnels clear. Although the most improved system of fan ventilation has already been applied, it is said to be almost impossible to keep the tremendous bore free from coal smoke and gases. It is planned to use in the tunnel heavy locomotives fitted with devices for burning petroleum. These are to be used on all trains through the tunnel coal fire locomotives taking the trains again as they emerge. New Road Through Oklahoma. Oklahoma City, Okla., Oct. 28. Ed ward Brazell and Albert Hunt, of the Interstate Construction company at Lamonte, Okla., drove from Caldweil to view a route for a railway to be built to Oklahoma City. The route is almost due south and cuts the territory between the Atchison, Topeka Santa Fe and the Chicago Rock Island. The road will pass througn Lamont, Gar- ber, Marshall and Cushon. About 50 miles of right of way has been secured. One of the great railway systems is be hind the local promoters, but they de cline to divulge which one. Brazell arrl Hunt will be here in two weeks with a proposition for depot, right of way and yards. May- Change the Union Pacific Line The Ellsworth Messenger says: "Par ties from the eastern part of the county inform us that the Union Pacific com pany has apparently found a practical route from Terra Cotta to Kanopolis, one that will cut out the heavy grades now traveled. For several years past there have been repeated and persistent rumors regarding the probable change of route of the Union Pacific through the eastern half of this county. Num erous surveys have been made, all hav ing for their object the location of a practical route from the east line of the county to Ellsworth, whereby the deep cuts and heavy grades between Terra Cotta and Kanopolis should be avoided. One Half the Crop Marketed So Far. Avery Turner, superintendent of the middle division of the Santa Fe, which takes in the Kansas wheat belt, says that only about 50 per cent of the 1901 wheat crop has been moved. "In some localities the most of the crop has been moved. "In some localities the most of the crop has been marketed," said he. "and in others very little has been. Ta ken as a whole, about half the crop has been moved. The rest will go to market more slowly. We are glad of that. It will not rush us to handle it and there will be more money in it for the rail roads. It costs more for railroads to rush stuff to market than it does to handle it in the usual way." Conference of R. R. Representatives. A conference of representatives of the Frisco, Rio Grande, Santa Fe, Denver road. Rock Island, Cotton Belt and Texas-Pacific was held last week at Fort Worth, to fix switching charges. and also to arrange for trackage in the packing house district, preliminary to the erection of plants by Armour and Swift. ABOUT RAILROAD PEOPLE. Blacksmith Thomas Cole was off duty Saturday. Conductor Stafford of Osage City was in town Sunday.. Henrv Miller, a scran iron worker, took sick Saturday and was obliged to go home. O Miller is a. Tiew tinner, nut on this morning. He has been working for Van Dorp. Brakeman Frisbie. who was compelled to lay off a few days ago because of sick ness, has reported. TS. M. Van Cleave, a storehouse worker. was off duty because of the illness of his wife. She was removed to the hos pital. The wife of James Anderson who works in the car sheds, left Saturday for Missouri. where sne will visit several weeks. G. W. Betts of the blacksmith shop has a mashed finger caused by getting it caught in between a pulley wheel and chain. Frnnlr Tletlnr clerk In the cabinet shop. has returned from Chicago, where he has been for a week. He was accompanied by his mother. Brakeman John Ashton. who strained his back a few days ago while carrying a keg of nails out of a car, is able to be on duty. Bishop Vincent of the EniscoDal church. who stopped oft Sunday with Bishop Milispaugn, resumed ms journey nome to the east on No. 6 Sunday evening. Several of the blacksmiths were at work the other night getting out a rush on on an equalizer to go witn one oi tne ig dirt spreaders being used on the cut-off. A number of shOD men. members of the local council of the Knights of Columbus. went to Hutchinson on rxo. 1 Saturday night. A new lodge was instituted in that town Sunday. Fireman W. H. Brooks has gone to Col orado, taking with him his wife, whose health it is hoped will be benefited by the chans-e of climate. He is out on a sixty days' leave of absence. Another bolt machine will soon be on duty in the blacksmith shop. About two months ago one of them was broken and since then it has been given a new bed, which places it in good shape for work. James Thomas, a brakeman on the San ta Fe-Pacific, running out of Los An geles. Cal., is in Topeka for a visit with his parents. Thomas formerly had a run on the Manhattan, Alma and Burlington branch. John Wall, the mill machine hand who had one hand badly lacerated Friday af ternoon while on duty, is getting along all right. He is at his home on North Branner street, between the railroad and Crane street. Conductor Fierv. Engineer Henrv Mc- Cowan and Fireman George Williams were over from Leavenworth Sunday, bringing with them light engine 230O for slight repairs. They returned to that place in tne evening. Fire Chief Snyder had his men out for a preliminary exercise Saturday after noon, xne result or tne practice seems to have been satisfactory and it is expected that by spending a short time every week the shop men will develop into more than merely amateur are ngnieirs. tf 'T- Ber-rfc men u at warlc on the machinery for a new elevator to go in the pattern shoo. The masonrv has been held up agafti because the material did not arrive, Dut it is thought will be re sumed soon. The contractors said at the beginning that they planned to have the structure reaay ior occupancy Dy Decern uer i. PhiliD Engstrom. a annth shnn machin ist, has been off duty on account of the sickness of his wife. Some of the boys suggested that his absence Saturday was for the purpose of arranging for the re ception of seven dozen little chickens which were due to emerge from a newly yuiuiiLumu mcuoator. Eleven inch air pumps have been made one of the standard si7.n within the last few days. Heretofore the usual sizes have been eight and nine and a half inches, but with the increasing length of nauia iinu ine Duuaing oi larger locomo tives, the increase of the size of the fa cilities for handling the trains is a nec essary consequence. Henry Hamilton, a nortpr on No. 8. was slightly burned by the explosion of an acetylene gas lamp as the train reached Eudora the other evening. Some of the passengers were scared but not much hurt and no damaere was done. Every once in a while these lamps do some prank that is not altogether funny, but so far as remembered no one has ever been injured. Some time within the next six weeks or two months it is expected that a spe cial train will pass through here over the Santa Fe railway on its way from New iom city to ban Francisco, carry mg a delegation of Knights of Columbus, which will organize a council at 'Frisco and an other at Los Angeles. It will Drobablv be joined by a few people as it passes mrougn ivansas. Engineer James Rollo, who on August iu was in a neaaena collision Detween tne fast mail and a freight standing on the main line a short distance south of To peka, has reported for duty. Rollo was oniy sngntiy injured. Dut nis Hreman, Frank Wahl, had one hip badly bruised when he jumped. Wahl has so far re covered that he expects to be marked up iui- uui.y some lime i:ms weeK. Talk is going around the- boiler shop about a boxinsr contest that the fellows in that department want to see pulled on. ine principals are to De Jonn Mes pelt and Joseph McKeon and the length of the go four rounds. Frank Sanderson has been suggested as referee and Wil liam Reddy and Ben rustin, sr., as sec onds. If the final Dreliminaries are ar ranged the time and place of the event win De announced later. Napoleon Tulin. formerlv saw filer in the mill, was in town Saturday packing up to go to Ainuquerque, M. some weens ago tulip s lungs Decame affected as a result of inhaling the dust from the emery wneel over which he worked. He went out west to try the climate with the hope of being benefited. He has been helped by the change and has since been transferred to Albuquerque, for which piace ne lett today. Aut Maze of the boiler shop wishes to deny the statement made a few days ago that his wife had sued for divorce. He, says mat nis wire and child have Doth been dead for some time. 'More 'than a year previous to that time he paid her ali mony, and after the first separation she manifested a desire to come back and live with him. He. however, refused. thinking it advisable after the disagree ment over a stepenuo, wmcn ne says was tne start or an tne trouDie. Jacob Lewis finished- the third year of m aei vice its nmni caller oi enerme crews on Saturday night. Previous to taKmg liim-l juu ne lost an arm wnne serviner an apprenticeship in the machine shop. Then ne uecame a ciera in tne orcice ot tne di vision master mechanic and finallv brought up at his present place. Alto gether he knows about everv turn about railroading, as night can boy he has had a great many varied and valuable experi ences while on duty; some of them thrill ing, too. i-tis latner is an employe ot the mecnanicai department. Harry W. Wey, formerly stenographer to Kdward Grafstrom. mechanical engi neer, will not return from Ohio, where he went for a visit two months ago. He has accepted a Dosiiion at tne shops of tne Pennsylvania road at Denison, O. Deni son is the division point between Colum bus and Pittsburg and it is believed that Mr. Wey has an excellent job in some of the offices of the mechanical department there. Newton Jenkins of Columbus. O.. who has been filling the vacancy caused by his absence from here, will continue. as Mr. Grafstrom's stenographer. At McFarland the Rock Island has fin ished a large standpipe which it has been constructing there for some time. The company has also purchased 600 acres of land at that place and has built a sheep o i. n iui.ii ii acuuuillluuttLO tl.',UW illll- mals. The object of this is to give stock men, who ship their stuff in from the far west, an opportunity to unload and feed, water and otherwise prepare to nut it in good marketable shape. This place being furnished within three hours' run of the Kansas City or St. Joseph market, gives a big advantage over previous conditions when no such chances were given for placing the sheep before the buyers. There is a possibility that the Santa Fe will make its own air pumps. Heretofore the main nart of this has been done hv the Westinghouse Air Brake company, the railroad finishing a part of the ap- piinncca. it ics utueveu, However, mai ie work can be done here with a saviner as soon as the mechanical department has secured the additional room which the new shops will afford. This will give em ployment to perhaps six or eight skilled workmen. The experiment of changing the old style air reservoirs used on freight cars to fit the quick action triple valves is also beinff made. About the onlv alteration made is in substituting a three quarter inch air pipe for one three eighths of an inch in diameter. The first order includes twenty-five reservoirs. Eugene Vigneron, clerk to R. B. Ford. foreman of the lumber yard, handles a pen in an artistic way. He has just finished a watchman s bulletin for the shop's fire department, neatly and legibly done. This hangs in the head quarters of the department, and its purpose is to show at any time of the day 6r night the location of the mem bers. Opposite the name of each man is a peg with a number painted on the end. Below the list of firemen are the names of the places where watch is to be kept. Whenever a man goes on duty in any of these places, the peg which is set opposite his name is taken out and put in the hole beside the printed name of the place where he is watching. A glance is all that is needed to determine just how the fellows are placed. If the words of a man who returned recently from a sojourn in the east are to be believed, the trains which west ern roads are running just now far sur pass in equipment those of the eastern lines. It is difficult to understand why this should be so. Perhaps the fact that passengers as a rule do not travel such long distances there as they do out here is a partial explanation of this. It does not require so much time to go from one city in that country as it does here; that is, per passenger the mileage must be much below that of travelers in portions of the United States not so thickly settled. The new chair cars which the Santa Fe lately placed in service surpass in elegance anything that the company ever has offered to its regular first-class pas sengers, who pay no extra fare for special privileges. They are elegantly arranged in the matter of seating, heated and lighted in a modern way, have wash rooms in either end, and for natural illumination are away above the ordinary coach, there being large windows from one end to the other with only small spaces between which prevent the admission of light. If there is any road in the country that can show better and more comfortable means of handling its chair-car pas sengers, that certainly deserves more credit than has been heard of. FROM DODGE CITY. Superintendent Ayers and Trainmas ter Fowler were in the city Wednesday, looking over a location for temporary offices. It is understood that they will occupy the reading room building as a trainmaster's office, the men's waiting room in depot as superintendent's office and the freight office as the dispatch er's office. The reading room will be moved in one of the Vacant store rooms US in. the. cit3S- The chsos Witt takaj Dtff afcility Rellatility and Adaptability to all classes of work, are the qualities "which, make Remington Typewriters THE STANDARD EVERYWHERE wTTCKOrr, SEA1IA1TS 86 BENEDICT, 105 IT. Qtb. St., Kansas Clt7. E. B. MacDCWELL, 112 "W. eth Ave., Topeka. PJCT0 California and the East is the Union Pacific, "The Overland Route." This was the first road to span the continent with bands of steel. It made friends in those early days it is making them now, on account of its superior service and superb equipment and quick trains. For full information call on or address A. LEWIS, City Ticket Agent, 525 Kansas Avenue. J. C. FULTON, Depot Agent. place as soon as the general superin tendent acts upon the matter. Jerry Shaw is laying off on account of a slight sprain. w. Parson is laying off for several nierhts. Pap Kelsey was laying off Wednes day. A. H. Hartwell was running the switch engine. Jim Corey came in on second jso. 2 Thursday evening. A new time card goes in effect about November 3. Then Nos. 3 and 4 will go on duty. Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Webber are the parents of twins. Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Fred Bommer- lin Wednesday, a 10-pound boy. Willie Warren is in Effingham, 111., studying photography. NEWS FROM CAPITAL Items of Interest to Kansans From Washington. Washington, Oct. 28. The following is from the Washington Star: The people of Cape Town will have the picture of a stalwart American be fore them when Mr. William R. Big- ham, of White City, Kas., arrives in their midst. Mr. Bigham, who served in the Kansas legislature for some time, and who was instrumental in securing a majority for United States Senator Burton, arrived in Washington yester day, and signed himself at the Metro politan as from Cape Town, which is his destination as consul general of the United States. He stands apparently over six feet, and is built in propor tion. "I had been in the hardware ana real estate business for many years," said Mr. Bigham last evening, as he held a law book with new sheepskin binding in his hand, "but a few weeks ago, before I had any idea of getting an appointment as consul, I sold out all my interests, except my cattle and real estate. I wanted a little rest from the cares of business. Since coming to Washington I learn that I shall be ex pected to spend more money than my salary at Cape Town. That was some thing of a surprise to me, but 1 intena to see the thing through." The new consul general la a native or Hamilton, Ohio, but went to Illinois while a young man, and served aa a cavalryman in an Illinois regiment dur ing the civil war. He is a very cordial friend of Senator Burton, who secured the consular appointment for him. The senator lives in the county ad joining that in which I reside," said he. There are scores ana scores or tsurt- ons in my home county, and, strange to say, all of them are Democrats. However, they hold a family reunion everv SeDtember. and the senator, tne only Republican in the family, is al ways invited to attend and deliver the address. He accepts very cheerfully, for the senator does not allow politics to stand in the way on such occasions." Mr. Bigham plans to stay nere a lew days to obtain instructions regarding his new duties. He says ex-Consul Stowe and others have informed nim that the business is accumulating rap idly at Cape Town. On that account he will hasten his departure somewhat. The following is from a Washington paper: Mr. Charles H. Pattison, of Topeka, Kas., was registered at the Metropol itan yesterday. Mr. Pattison once en joyed the distinction of editing a news paper in a town of two inhabitants. Relating his experience in this partic ular yesterday, he said: 'I was in Colorado in tne eariy eight ies looking for something to do, when erold was struck close to where I hap pened to be stopping. Immediately a little city of 3,000 or 4,000 people sprung up. I began the issue of weekly newspaper, in order to secure the offi cial pahii cation, of legal notJcna many Wyckoff, Seamans Bene&ct 327 Broadway, New York THE ONLY DIRECT ROUTE BETWEEN Your health 19 your banll Prescriptions filled as your doctor directs. WEIGHTMAN'S DRUG STORE. of which had to be run for three months in the nearest paper. The law provided it had to be a regular news paper, too, otherwise people would have printed handbills for the notices, and would have had nothing else in them. I worked up a pretty fair-sized circula tion, when suddenly the whole town picked up its duds and left, striking for another camp, where gold had just been discovered. Literally there was no one left but the postmaster and myself. I had a lot of contracts for the publi cation of official notices, all of which were as good as wheat and were bring ing me money, and the postmaster' salary waa determined by the bulk of business he sent out and received. "The result was we decided to re main. I lived there three months, print ing my paper and drawing money for my notices, and the postmaster re mained with me, sending the paper out and thereby maintaining his salary. I used to get awfully lonesome, but it paid, and of course I saw it through. I'll warrant, however, there are few people who ever published a newspaper under such unique conditions." President Roosevelt has been prom inently identified wtih the cause of civil service reform, having served as a mem ber of the civil service commission, and his well known views in favor of the re form have led to some speculation as to what ha may do to extend it, it beinrf generally resumed that the reform will not be neglected under his administra tion: The statement has been made that the president is strongly in favor of a reform in the consular system and of taking fourth class postmasters out of politics and also the examining sur geons in pension cases. There are about 3,000 of the latter throughout the coun try and one of the reforms that Com missioner of Pensions Evans haa fav ored is to include those surgeons under the civil service law. Mr. A. P. Meyers of Americus, Lyon county, Kansas, an employe of the cen sus office, has been promoted to a sub chiefship of a division. He has some fifty clerks under his supervision, and his salary ts 1,200 a year. Mr. N. H. Loomis of Topeka la regis tered at the Ebbitt hotel. Mrs. David J. Roberts, a former resi dent of Emporia, has been elected presi dent of the National Woman's History club. This organization has some forty members. Mr. J. H. McCall is among the latest Kansas arrivals in the national city. L. WILLIAM THAVIS. For Female Complaints and diseases arising from an Impure state of the blood Lichty's Celery Nerve Com pound is an invaluable specific. Sold by George W. Stansfield. &12 Kansas ave.t Marshall Bros., 115 Kansas ave. The Woodmen Circle will give a dan at their hall, 418 Kansas avenue, Mon day evening, October 29. Admission 10a. Don't despair; any bad skin improves wonderfully, using Satin-Skin Cream and Powder. They're magical In effect. 25c New Model. C F. Menninger, f. I otTirt 727 Kan sas ave. Tel. IS: residMc i2& Ttka a.-m 0T So. Offlca-hAucsat to.& k bw

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TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL, MONDAY EVENING. OCTOBER 28, 1901. TOPERA STATE JOIMAL ET FRANK P. MAC LENNAN. VOLUME XXVIII ..No. 256 T1MHI G r-c OTTpapTJTPTTON. Daily 'edition, delivered by carrier, 10 cents a veelc to any pari 01 iu suburbs, or at the same price In any Kansas town where the paper na By mail, one year '2 By mail, three months AVeeklv edition, one year Saturday edition o daily one year l.w TI.-T?f A,' IT NTT HOME. Topeka State Journal building, 800 and HVI r I. iht h V. AAUDCLa SLVCUUC, W lit! -b NEW YORK OFFICES: 111 Vanderbilt Bldg. Paul Block. Mgr. Business Office Bell "phone 107 Reporters' Room Bell 'phone 577 OF TH3 ASSOCIATED PRESS. The State Journal Is a member of th Associated t'ress ana receives hj dav telegraph report of that great news t ...i,ciVA afternoon OUD- lication in Topeka. The news Is received In the State Jour nal building over wires for this sole pur pose, ousy inrougn w enui jo.j complete copy of the night report la also Perhaps Pat Crowe Is waiting to allow the lady missionary to come In first. The Buffalo exposition lost $4,000,000, but It is not recorded that the boarding house keepers came out behind. It Is about time that the Boers had something to say about the probable date of the ending of the war in South Africa. Before deciding the Schley case in ac cordance with the government's conten tion the people will hear what Admiral Dewey thinks about it. There are said to be 46,000 members of Tammany holding office in New York. This is but a part of the b!g handicap Seth, Low has been compelled to carry. It appears from the later evidence that the swear words which Admiral Schley used during the Battle of San tiago applied to the Colon and not to the Texas. The Cuban elections have been timed to take place while the United States congress is in session. Perhaps there was design in this and perhaps there wasn't. The Goebelites in Kentucky seem de termined to hang on to what they have. Caleb Powers has been convicted the second time. Gov. Taylor probably will prolong his visit to other lands. If Shepard shall carry New Tork he will do it without the help of the press. There come times when some people re fuse to be shown. Carter Harrison was elected mayor of Chicago once with every paper in the city fighting him. U. S. HEADS THE LIST. The United States continues at the head of the list of the world's exporting nations. The comparative figures pre pared each month by the treasury bu reau of statistics, exhibiting the im ports and exports of each of the prin cipal countries of the world and the average per month during a given pe riod, show that the domestic exports from the United States are greater than those from any other country, and that the monthly average during the year 1901 has been higher than that of any other country. For the nine months ending with Sep tember, our exports of domestic pro ducts were $1,024,605,181, against $1,018,- S45.768 from the United Kingdom, the next largest exporter of domestic prod ucts in the same period. While a com parison during the same period with Germany, France, Russia, Netherlands, and India, which follow in the order named in the magnitude of their ex ports, is impracticable because their fiscal years are not conterminous with that of the United States, the totals of their exports during the latest available years show not only that the United States is clearly in the lead as an ex porter, but that the growth in iier ex ports has been more rapid than that of any other great exporting nation. In the calendar year 1900, for which the statistics of most exporting coun tries are now available, the figures for the United States were $1,453,013,659 of exports of domestic products, against 4497,263,737 in 1875, an increase of nearly 200 per cent, during that period; while those of Germany were in 1900, $1,050. 611.000, and in 1875, $607,096,000, an in crease of 73 per cent.; and those of the United Kingdom in 1900, $1,418,384,000, and in 1875, $1,087,497,000, an increase of about 40 per cent. JUSTICE BREWER ON TRUSTS. From the Chicago Record-Herald.l People who can see no immediate so lution of the trust problem have the distinguished companionship of a mem ber of the United States supreme court. In his oration at the Tale bicentennial Justice Brewer declared that the pres ent movement toward consolidation and centralization was a natural evo lution, that "injunctions against strik ers will not stop it, legislation agalnat trusts will not." Assuming that the movement might have a dangerous ten dency he could suggest only one safe guard, namely, a proper public senti ment formed under the leadership of educated men. This leaves us very much in the dark as to how public sentiment should act, but the address is instructive from its negations. It is worth remembering when numerous glib persons are clam oring for radical legislative restrictions on trusts that one of the greatest legai authorities in the country admits his inability to devise such restrictions. No judge upon the bench stands higher than Justice Brewer. He is a marked man in the supreme court, a man whose superior strength and talents have com manded general recognition. But he tops short where the voluble regulat ors of the trusts propose to begin. Furthermore, reason la all on his tide. What possible legal way is there tn a free country to prevent two or two Tri, corfioraXUtoa from selling out to a single concern if they see fit to do so? They are exercising a right which could not be destroyed without an in fringement upon the principles of civil liberty. It may be said also that the most effective legal checks upon them are discoverable in the old common law which receives little help from new statutes. Long before the word trust was used in the modern commercial Bense combinations in restraint of trade were forbidden. But as business has made them so business Imposes the greatest limita tions upon them. An absolute monop oly over such an extensive country as this is possible only" in the. case of a very few products. Competition still has a chance and inventions are con stantly inspiring new competition. The genius for making money is too com mon in the United States to be cor nered by any kind of combine. GLOBE SIGHTS. From the Atchison Globe.J How we all love a forgiving person! Your friends probably say you are bull headed. A girl's engagement is not a success unless it sets society "agog. When some people attempt to jolly you, they make you mighty tired. Other people's love affairs seem so silly. But your own seem to be all right. You have seen thousands of pictures of angels. Ever see a picture of a man angel A man who prospers gets even with some of enemies by making tnem en vious. Some people have to scratch bo hard to get along that they are "sore" all the time. Girls who wear fancy shoe strings, shouldn't get mad if a maa looks ot their feet. Nothing makes a white man quite so mad as to have to work while some col ored man is loafing around. The worst robbers are the most re- stected men of civilization. Any mer chant in town can tell you who they are. Every time a man is married, some woman savs: "Well, goodness gra cious: them that want him, can have him." When a man has a sufficient accumu lation of complaints and diseases, the undertaker steps in and puts them in a glass case. The Indian as a decoration fad has about reached his right place: his face now appears in rugs, where you can wipe your feet on it. An Atchison man complained so mucn that his life was monotonous that his wife invited her mother to come and visit them. Every woman thinks before she has had a trial that her influence would be next to hypnotic in getting a sick man to take his medicine. Along about this time every year, ma and the girls get together, ana decide that if pa's overcoat has a new collar on It, will save buying a new one. An Atchison woman who has money, has permitted her children to go to school when and where they pleased, with the result that their education is as smattered as a child's first copy book. POINTED PARAGRAPHS. From the Chicago News. An old fool is always more foolish than a young fool. Long sermons are sometimes referred to as clerical errors. When American meets Greek the chances are he can't read it. Always do the best you can and let others think as they will. The swimming instructor is apt to be immersed In business. Beauty is a delusion and a snare especially to women who lack it. A hypocrite is like the letter p the first in pity and the last in help. "Never give up" is a good motto for people who don t pay their debts. Love is blind. That is why eo many women marry men to reform them. Every man knows a lot of other men that he would like to class as strangers. Many a man's success is due to the fact that he never attempts to do any thing beyond his ability. A physician always asks a sick man what ails him, and then proceeds to charge him $3 for the information. Some men get on in the world on the same principle that gives a man with a paint-pot the right of way through a crowd. QUAKER REFLECTION'S. IFrom the Philadelphia Record.3 The fortunes of war are those made by army contractors. Sound money must be the kind that jingles in a fellow's pocket. Fame often consists of having yellow dogs and five-cent cigars named after you. No, Maude, dear; there is no similar ity between a ship's hatchway and an in cubator. What's the use of talking about ele vating the stage? Every stage has its wings and flies. "It's all right to pick your company," says the Manayunk Philosopher, "but don't pick them to pieces." Sometimes a man boasts that he holds the key to a situation, and then discov ers that the lock is rusty. Teacher "What is politeness?" TJt- tle Boy "Not to ask for a second piece of pie when you're out visiting." Nell "I admit that Mr. Staylate has his shortcomings." Belle "What I ob ject to is that he's so long goinsr." The married man who stays out late discussing the questions of the day may have to face the questions of the night when he gts home. Oldbach "What limit do you play in your married men's poker games?" Newly wed Oh, no fellow can bet more than a ton of coal." First Goat "What became of that smoking jacket you stole from the clothesline?" Second Goat "I trans formed it into an Eton jacket." Man's inhumanity to man Fills barbers' hearts with woe. All men they place beneath the ban Who let their whiskers grow. REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR From the New York Press. Good cooks make cheerful husbands. The best way for a man to get mar ried is to try not to. When you speak of catching things men think of fish, colds and scoldings; women of husbands. A woman can always be hapov with out a man to rule her, but she can be happier witn one to do it. One thing that takes away a srood deal of the pleasure for women in camping out wnere you Bleep on Uie ground Is that there is no chw to look for a maa under the bed. MM GIRLS 0AT A.YAC11T. Said Mr. Sherwood to the crew of the Perry, "I'll bring down some swell new girls Saturday evening." Said the crew of the Perry to their girl friends: If you come down faatur- day, wear your good clothes for a change. We are going to have some swell new girls on board. Then answered the eirls. with much dignity, "Are you going to lay aside your old sweaters and duck trousers and dress up for those new girls? "Never!" responded the crew as one man. "Then why should we sacrifice our selves?" asked the Kirls. "Because we want you to make a good impression. We can do that witn out dressing- ud." "You are even more conceited than we thoueht." replied the girls. "Well, if you cannot dress up, stay at home," said the ungallant seamen. "We will," the girls responded with emphasis. Saturday night came. So did the swell new girls. "This is the crew of the Perry," said Mr. Sherwood as the girls stepped aboard the yacht. "Glad to meet you," said the crew. But the swell new eirls said nothing They only nodded carelessly and went to the bow, leaving the crew in the stern. "Thev don't seem so dreadfully pleased to meet us," commented the skipper, sailing off on the port tacK. "It is my turn to talk to the new girls," said Eddie. "You had your in nine's with the last ones." So Eddie rolled up the sleeves of his striped shirt, which was evidently a relic of former grandeur, and started in to fascinate the new girls. Jack fol lowed. Then the men in the cockpit wished for the girls who usually sailed with them. In a few minutes Jack came back. "It's your turn, Chet." he said. "I have a chill." New girl No. 1 was talking earnestly with Mrs. Sherwood. New girl No. 2 was talking at Eddie. New irl No. 3 did not look very ap proachable, but Chet went forward, de termined to entertain her, for she ap peared lonesome. "Do you like sailing?" he asked, wish ine to say something original. "Yes," answered the girl, adjusting her glasses and starting at Chet s duck trousers, which had seen whiter days. "We have had lovely sailing weath er," remarked Chet. No answer. "Don't you think we have?" persisted Chet. "I don't know. I am sure." And the girl lifted her eyebrows. Chet murmured something about tak ing care of the jib sheet and sneaked back to ask the boys for an overcoat. In the meantime Eddie was enjoying himself immensely. New girl No. 2 had examined him critically as if he were a species of animal. Then she had sal a svm pathetically: "Don't you get dreadfully tired on the boat?" "No. Why?" Eddie spoke in a sur prised tone. "Oh. it must be awful to go out in all kinds of weather and risk your life. But then." she added, with an engaging smile, "a sailor has to be very brave or he wouldn't choose that calling. Eddie, being a lawyer, was about to remark that he knew of things which took more courage than sailing, but he did not have time, for the girl asked: "Are you well paid for running the boat?" "No," answered Eddie sadly as he thought of the money he was paying for the privilege of sailing. Then she advised him to join the Downtrodden Employes' association and said seriously, "Do you drink?" Eddie's first impulse was to say: "No. Do you?" Seeing, however, that she was anxious to do some reforming he answered, "Yes." She then talked to him of the evil ef fects of liquor and the dangers of a sailor's life and begged him to promise not to drink any more. Then as the boat landed he looked into her eyes and said earnestly, "I'll promise ye, rniss, and I want to tell ye I'll not forget ye." The new girls left the yacht well sat isfied with their conduct. As they crossed the viaduct new girl No. 3 said, "Two of that crew were very presump tuous, but I squelched them." Mr. Sherwood looked amazed. "Why, I never knew those boys to be anything but gentlemen," he said. "The one with whom I was talking," interrupted girl No. 2, "knew his place perfectly, and he seemed quite intelli gent." "Quite intelligent!" shouted Mr. Sher wood. "He ought to be. He is a grad uate of a university, an ex-member of the legislature and may be president of the United States some day." "Why," said new girl No.2, "I thought lie was a sailor and tried to make him promise to go to the mission and told him his clothes wouldn't make any difference. I got him to give up drink ing, too." "That is rich. He is one of the most exemplary young men in society and a millionaire." The girls voted that in future they wouldn't judge men by their clothes, tnd the men voted to stick to their sailor girls. Presidential Appointments. Washington, Oct. 25. The president today made the fololwlng apointments: State Ethelbert Watts, Pennsylvania, U. S. consul at Prague, Austria. War Samuel D. McMaster, second lieutenant artillery. Navy Augustus C. Almy, lieutenant commander; Martin J. Clan cey, warrant machinist. Every Exertion a Task Every Care a Burden There is failure of the strength to do and the power to endure there is weakness all over that is persistent and constant. The vital functions are Impaired, food does not nourish, and the whole system is run down. A medicine that strengthens the stomach, perfects digestion, Invigor ates and tones is needed. Wht Hood's Sarsspwills did for Mrs. L. B. Garland. Shady. Tens., it has done for others. She took It when she was all run down with out appetite, losing flesh, and unable to do her work. It restored her appetite, increased her weight, and mad. her well and strong. This is her own unsolicited statement. iSocd'B Sarsaparilfa Promises to cure and keeps the prom ise. The earlier treatment Is begun the better begin It today. DIDN'T SEE CZOLGOSZ. Assassin's Brother-in-Law lie fused Admission to Prison. Auburn, N. Y., Oct. 28. Czolgosz's brother, Waldek Czolgosz, and brother in-law, Waldek Thomas Bandowskl, did not see the prisoner this morning. Waldek Czolgosz appeared in front of the prison very early but made no request to see his brother. He walked up and down in front of the prison, and one or twice stopped at the gate and peered through. He did not seem es pecially worried. Bandowskl asked to see the prisoner, however, and was re fused admittance pending the arrival of Superintendent of State Prisons Collins at 3 o'clock this afternoon. In addition to Czolgosz's lack of interest in a visit from his brother-in-law the prison offi cials had another motive in delaying the matter. They have a suspicion that Bandowskl is using his relationship to the prisoner in behalf of individuals who are said to have paid his expenses. If the fact can be established to their satisfaction Bandowskl will speedily forfeit any right, to recognition and ad mittance. Waldeck Czolgosz has made no for mal request for the body of his brother. He merely discussed the question in a general way with the warden. Bandow- ski is the author of the plan to take the body to Buffalo for cremation. State Comptroller Knight today tele graphed Warden Mead, declining th invitation to act as foreman of the jury that will witness the execution. It will therefore be necessary to select another foreman and that will be done this af ternoon. State Treasurer John Jaerkel will probably be asked to take the fore manship. He is among those required to witness the execution. RUSSIAN STORY REVIVED. More Rumors About a Murder in North Topeka. Three Russians, only one of whom could speak English even in a broken way, called at the police station today and questioned Jailer Jester about a story told by a small Russian boy sev eral months ago. The story as told by the boy was so absurd that the police simply laughed about it, and compared the youth with Munchausen and Ananias. He said that two weeks prior to the time, which would place the occurrence in June, ms father and brother had killed a "hobo" who was stealing chickens. First he said his brother shot the vag, ana finding that he was not quite dead his father cut off his head with an ax. Then the father and brother buried the body in the back yard, where he re mained two days. Then dogs molested the grave, and they dug up the body, carried it to the river near the house, which was near the north end of the Rock Island railroad bridge, and buried him a second time in the sand near the second pier of the bridge. The police did nothing about it and forgot the circumstance. It was in re gard to this boy's story that the three Russians called today. They also had a story to tell. A friend of theirs whose name was Davids, was scheduled to start for Rush county about the time of the alleged incident but he has never reached his destination. They say that the last time he was seen by any of his friends was while drinking beer at the house of the boy's father, on a night corresponding with the time of the mur der as told by the 10 year old boy, and they are now confident that he was murdered. The family suspected have since moved to another place and the house, which was a small one. is also alleged to have been moved, but t hese Russians seem in tent on investigating the case to satisfy themselves about the probable end of their friend Davids. All names are with held by the police, who await further de velopments. BLACKLEG AT EMPORIA. Many Cattle Die of Bread Disease In Lyon County. Emporia, Kan., Oct. 28. Blackleg among cattle is prevalent in this vicinity again and a number of fine animals are dead and many more sick. The disease is thought to have resulted from a change of feed, by taking the cat tle off pasture and putting them on dry feed. Yesterdav several deaths were reported In the northwest part of town while Americus also reports a number of deaths there of Interest to Kaneans. Washington, Oct. 28. Rural free de livery will be established to commence January 1, as follows: Kansas Rantoul, Franklin county, carrier, Henry A. Furness; route, twen ty-four and one-half miles; population, 675; postoffice at McCandless to be dis continued. The following changes of fourth-class postmasters have been made: Kansas Blakeman, Kawnns county. J. F. Bartholomew, vice J. S. Burkett, removed; Gaylord. Smith county, G. R. Parker, vice L. C. Headley, removed. The following pensions have been is sued to Kansans: Original Nathan A. Tucker. Little River, $6: William Ingalls, Topeka, $6; Thomas Hogan, Wichita, $6. Increase, restoration and reissue, etc. Peter Hantz, Pittsburg, $10; Alexander Sanders, Wamego, $10; Asbury L. Foutz, Sylvan Grove, $12; Francis M. Foss, Gar field, $27; John D. Stowell, Kilbourn, $8; Thomas Haxton. Cuba. $8: John W. Pier- son, dead, Lyons, $17; James A. Death, Blue Rapids, $10; Richard Slyter, Wlcn ita. $17. Original, widows Rebecca s. tiaines. Manhattan, $8. SANTA FE CHANGES. Master Mechanic Taylor Transferred Other Promotions. The Santa Fe today announced TAftt C. M. Taylor, master mechanic of the Santa Ft at La Junta, has been transferred to Raton, where he will be master mechanic of the Rio Grande and New Mexico di vision. H. Zeisroldt rHvislnn foreman at Raton. is made division master mechanic at La Junta to succeed Mr. Taylor. H. C. Peyton, division foreman at Wel lington, has been made division master mechanic with headquarters at Welling ton. DEATHS AND FUNERALS. Joseph Meredith.son of William Mere dith, of 504 East Eighteenth street, died last night of typhoid fever after a sick ness of two weeks. He was 24 years old. Funeral announcements will be made later. The funeral of Mrs. Phil Henderson was held Saturday morning at the resi dence of her mother. Mrs. J. M. Blake at No. 403 Liberty street. HE MADE FOOL BETS. From the N. O. Times-Democrat. A florid man with a sample case flourished a pen above the register of a minor St. Charles street hotel and told the clerk to give him room No. 13 "It's taken," answered the man behind the diamond stud. "What? Is there another blank fool on earth?" mum bled the visitor as he grasped his valise and made for the door. A reporter who had heard the request hurried after and sandbagged the stranger as he hit the sidewalk. "Excuse me, sir, superstition of yours, I suppose, that thirteen bust ness?" "Young man," answered the red faced individual, "it's not super stition at all; it's the fool cure I am taking. I'm in my third month of a six months treatment. It's effective, and you can recommend it to your friends. Step in this place and 1 11 tell you all about it. Two highballs here. Now, it's this way: I was born a tomfool, and when I was a kid if anybody dared me to jump off the ioof of the coal house I did it, even if it jolted me 'dotty' for a week. I was expelled from college for plugging Prex with a snowball at the instiga tion of a 'co-ed, and when I grew in terested in politics I spent half my time. wheeling fellows around court-house squares in barrows. I went with one half of my whiskers shaved off till my own family wouldn t speak to me f pay for my confidence in John L. Sul livan, and this spring I got thumped for trying to work the buffalo hold-up on a man who couldn t see the joke. Then, to cap it all, I made this thirteen bet with a fellow idiot, and I have $300 of my hard earned lucre deposited in neutral hands in New York to guaran tee that I will sleep in only No. 13 hotel rooms during my six months" trip. If I had only agreed to tar and feather my self or eat a wine glass every morning or wear one foot in a sling for a week it might not have been so bad. but six months of room No. 13 will hasten my death ten years. In the first place, half the hotels I find haven t any No. 13 at all, and when they do they assign the disgraced number to some purblind apartment at the opposite end of the building from the elevator and fire escape, mouldy, musty and used by toe chambermaids as a storehouse for soiled sheets which it is too much trouble to carry downstairs. There is generally a horseshoe dangling from the gas jet, and the negro porter keeps his fingers crossed as he brings in your grip. I'll gamble that not 2 per cent, of the call-bells in rooms 13 of the United States are in working order. In three cities the police were notified of my supposed mania, and in Atlanta I surprised a house detective comparing my features with those of a small photo, taken front view and side view, with specifications and aliases on the back, with the name of one of the land's most notorious hotel workers. Then the man with whom I made the bet writes me on black margined paper with a skull and crossbones in the cor ner, and addresses it in immense fig ures to room 13." ROAD NOT SOLD. President of Mobile, Jackson Kan sas City Road Makes Statement. Mobile, Ala., Oct. 28. Col. Frank B. Merrill, president of the Mobile, Jackson and Kansas City railroad, denies em phatically the reported sale of that road to the 'Frisco line, and furthermore says there are no negotiations on foot for the sale or control of the MobUe, Jackson and Kansas City road. Gas Company Wins a Point. Chicago, Oct.28. Judge Haency in the circuit court today declared valid the gas consolidation act of 1897 by which a number of gas companies were merged into the Peoples Gas, Light and Coke company. The matter before the court was a petition "by the people" and State's Attorney Lineen for quo war ranto proceedings to compel the Peoples Gas, Light Coke company to show by what uathority it operated the com plainants avering that the consolidation act was invalid. Found Dead in His Buggy. Plymouth, Ind., Oct. 28. At daylight today four miles north of here the dead body of Myers Beard, aged 19, was found in a buggy, the horse having carried him to the gate of his father's farm home. Young Bear had spent Sunday evening away from home. There was a bullet hole in the temple and a pool of blood in the buggy. There is no doubt that Young Beard was murdered, but there is no clue to the murderer. Hotel Afire in Frisco. San Francisco, Oct. 28. Three alarms of fire have been sounded for a con flagration in the Occidental hotel. The fire seems to be in the basement. Much smoke Is pouring from the hotel, and it ts so dense that the firemen are fighting the fire with difficulty. LOCAL MENTION. The rlav school football team will play the Eskridge school team at Eskridge on Thanksgiving. The West Side Needle club will meet Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock with Mrs. Ruppel, 1119 West Second street. TTarvev Slusser. a 15-year-old boy liv ing at Forest and Oakland avenues, shot off his left forefinger Sunday while out hunting. Mrs. W. E. Groves will entertain the ladies of the First Christian church at her home, 601 Clay street, Tuesday af ternoon. The Santa Fe received notice today of a small strike at Fort Madison. Eight coal shovellers quit work because dump cars were used. Next Friday and Saturday the Shaw nee county Sunday school association will meet at the Third Presbyterian church of this city. Tooeka Commercial Travelers, council No 42. crave a banauet Saturday night. L. T. Reese of Leavenworth, grand counselor for the state, was present. Judge C. E. Foote of Topeka will participate in the celebration at Leaven worth on October 29, by the A. O. U. W. lodges of that city in commemoration of-the 33rd anniversary of the founding of the order. Mrs. Niece D. Cole of Chanute who is grand chief for the De gree of Honor of the state will be pres ent as will also be a number of the grand officers of the A. O. U. W. of the state. Some of the shop men who work nights were scared nearly to death Friday night by a crazy man who came through the east shop gate in nis mgnt ctotnes and after asking for a chew of tobacco said he was going to get John Collins out of the penitentiary and secure a re ward of $100,000. That story sounds about as credible as the rest of the Col lins stories that have been noaung around lately. Geore-e Kellam of Richlaod is here to day after attending the horse show and fancy stock sale in Kansas City where he had nine Galloway cattle for sale. Mr. Kellam expressed himself as well nleased with the stock sale, although he said "prices are not what they wnere be fore this year." Mr. Kellam is one ox the most extensive stock raisers and is well known over Shawnee county as well as the state. HOW RRB YOUR KIDNEYS? You Owe It to Yourself to Find This Out at Once. A SIMPLE TEST VILL TELL Then Leave the Rest to WARNER'S SAFE CURE, Which Has a Record For Cures Unparalleled. Warner's Safe Cure has been tested many years and found to be an abso lute cure for all forms of kidney and bladder disease. Warner's Safe Cure, to begin with, is purely vegetable and contains no harmful drugs; it is a most valuable and effective tonic; it is a stimulant to digestion and awakens the torpid liver, putting the patient Into the very best receptive state for the work of the restorer of the kidneys. It goes right at its work, and does it with absolute method, preparing the tissues, soothing where soothing is needed, stimulating the enfeebled organs and healing TRY THIS SIMPLE HOME TEST: When you arise in the morning put some urine in a glass or bottle, let it stand twenty-four hours; if then it is milky or cloudy or has a reddish, chalky sediment in the bottom of the glass, or if particles or germs float about in it, your kidneys are diseased. Are you languid, low spirited, weak and flabby, have you a constantly drubbing ache in the small of your back? Have you chills, scalding and pains when you urinate and a frequent desire to urinate? If so your kidneys are diseased. This is the supreme moment when you should begin to do something to arrest all these unnatural feelings and conditions, for they are the unmis takable symptoms of kidney disease. And they tell you that your kidneys have been diseased for a long time, for kidney troubles seldom put out such symptoms as the victim recognizes until they have been working several months. You have every reason to be alarmed, and you should take Warner's Safe Cure at once. Taken at this stage your kidneys will fc-et relief from the free trial bottle almost from the first dose. "CPU TT'Ti Aa evidenc of their complete confidence in Warner's Safe JL Cure as an absolute cure for all diseases of the kidneys, bladder, liver and blood, the manufacturers, Warner's Safe Cure Co., Rochester, N. Y., will send any one who writes and mentions having seen this liberal offer in this paper a trial bottle of this valuable medicine absolutely free, postpaid, together with a medical booklet containing many con vincing testimonials of wonderful cures. This is looked upon as a plain business proposition by the WARNER'S SAFE CURE CO.. because they know that WARNER'S SAFE CURE never fails to cure, and that the sufferer with kid ney disease who uses a trial bottle will realize that its effect is beneficial and will continue to use it until a cure is effected. The genuineness of this offer is fully guaranteed by. the publisher. All letters answered by regular prac ticing physicians and treated strictly confidential. You can get WARNER'S SAFE CURE at any drug store. Regular size fl.OO a bottle. If your drug gist does -not have it. write Warner's Safe Cure Company, Rochester, N. Y. Ask for WARNER'S SAFE CURB. Take no other. THAWING FROZEN MEAT. From the London Daily News.l In order to make it of oleasinE- and nn- petizing appearance and fit for the board In the home that every self-conscious En glishman conjures as his castle, oversea raised meat that has been frozen to pre serve it requires to be thawed. The latter process is the least lovely of any, and it is wasteful to boot wasteful of those quali ties in the meat which make not only for toothsomeness, but also of nutrition as well. When taken out of the cold storage chamber frozen or chilled meat at once begins to absorb whatever moisture or humidity there may be in the atmosphere: the carcass becomes wet and clammy, and eventually it begins to "weep" or drip. All of which is far from pretty, and does everything else but enhance the value of the commodity. A New Zealander, A. A. Chapman, hail ing from North Otago has come along with a simple patented contrivance for the treatment of frozen meat, which does away with all that is unpleasant and re stores to Its original qualities, and, what is more. Its perfectly natural color. He calls it "dry thawing," and it is being used with eminently satisfactory results by one of the larsrest firms of importers and salesmen in Smithneld market. In stead of being exposed to the open air, Mr. Chapman s method is to place the meat as it comes out of the cold chamber in an airtight mackintosh envelope, and after it has so hung for a number of limir-ia If- Crimea nMt nf hf.autifiil rnlnr flrv and hard,, which is by way of being re markable in point of contrast with the wet, flabby, ill-colored and sometimes evil smelling stuff that has not been so treated. The secret of the "dry thawing" process is that the atmospheric vapors are condensed on the outside of the mack intosh cover, and not on the surface tis sues of the carcass. Publicity is all that is required to bring the system into great demand. NOTED OCEAN TRIP. From the Chicago Inter Ocean. A London cablegram saying that the last trip of the White Star steamship Oceanic, the longest ship that ever rode the seas from Liverpool to New York, broke all records of profit making, sug gests the interesting and complicated question of the expenses and financiering of the big ship on her 3.007-knot journey. The cost of running the vessel, accord ing to the London Dailv News, was $35, 000. while from passengers alone was re. eeived $126,630. The subtraction shows a remainder of profit of $90,630. This does not include the receipts for bringing to New York 2,000 tons of wool ens, dry goods, cutlery, goat skins, olive oil and grapes, raisins and almonds from Spain, at the rate of $2.50 a ton, or a total of $5,000, or other revenues. Only 2. C00 tons of the Oceanic's 4,000 tons of cargo space was utilized. The subsidy from the French govern ment for the right to enroll the Oceanio as an auxiliary cruiser is private. It is divided into twelve parts, and even Agent John Lee doesn't know what this means. The Oceanic brought 1.20ii bags of mail, but she receives from the king the same amount, brings she much or little. In view of the profit on passengers alone no wonder Bruce Ismay, of Ismay, Imole Co., said on his last trip to New York: "J. Pierpont Morgan hasn't enough money to buy the White Star line." Yet the dividends paid by the close cor poration, considering the enofmous ex penses of all the ships, are probably less than 12 per cent. THE RIVER WAS FROZEN. IFrom the London Chronicle. A new theatrical story is always wel come. Here Is one whose novelty is vouched for by one of our readers. When Miss Delavelle Barrington was playing Miami in "The Green Bushes" at the old Mary street theater, Cork, a ludicrous incident occurred. Miami haa to jump Into the Mississippi, but when Miss Barrington reached the rocky emi nence from which she had to leap she saw there was no mattress below to receive her: also the ledge of rock in front of the supposed river was too at the same time. It builds up the body, gives it strength, and restores the en ergy that is or has been wasting under the baneful suffering of kidney dis ease. The one great fact that stands out Is that Warner's Safe Cure cures. Miss Rosalie T. Teller, Secretary of the Floral Club, Milwaukee, in an in teresting letter exactly describes one of those attacks on the kidneys which presented characteristic symptoms un usually early, was attended to imme diately, and resulted in a rapid and complete cure. Miss Teller writes: "Last spring I contracted a severe cold, which I neglected to my sorrow. It set tled in my kidneys, producing inflamma tion, with sever backache and continual headache. We had a part of a bottle of Warner's Safe Cure in the house which my brother had been using, and I tried it. To my surprise, I began to mend very rapidly. I took a second bottle and a third, and kept on improving until at the end of five weeks I was entirely cured." low to conceal the actress after her leap. Miss Barrington, however, noth ing daunted, took her leap, and came down with a thud on the bare stage. The situation struck a member of the "gods," for a stentorian voice called out: "Oh, be jabers, 'tis frozen!" IMPORTANCE OF ST.TH0MAS rFYom the London Chronicle. It is too early yet to say that the sale of the Danish West Indies la a fait accom pli. The announcement made by a tele gram from Copenhagen the other day that the United States had purchased the three islands for about 900,000 must be accepted with reserve until confirmation arrives from Washington. St. Thomas is the only one of the three islands tsat tempts the Americans. Its value lies in its geographi cal and strategical position. It stands on the Atlantic highway, with a large and safe deep water harbor, led up to by a narrow and practically land locked en trance. Steamers and battleships of the heaviest draught can lie alonRsldrt the dock and coal in security. St. Thomas also possesses a large dry dock built by BritlsH enterprise, and a cable station. Somebody once described it as a place which. Is on the way to every other place in the West Indies. It was this convenience of its position that made it some forty or pfty years ago the rialto of the West Indian Islands. New Greek Postage Stamps. When, some six months ago, the Greek postmaster general sent a magnificent New Year's greeting card to his col leagues throughout the world bearing Impressed upon it by the original dies the designs of the new Greek stamps to be issued to the public six months after ward, great interest was aroused in offi cial postal circles by the promise of a striking and handsome set of stamps. This promise has now been fulfilled by the issue of a complete set of fourteen new and beautiful postage stamps by Greece. The new stamps in design, color and execution are among the most beau tiful ever Issued. The "motive" of the design is, as it has always been in the case of the stamps of Greece, a figure of Hermes, with his petasus, or winged cap, his wings on his heels and his caduceus, or serpent entwined and winged wand, denoting his office as herald. The particular form of the mes senger of the gods portrayed on the stamps Is that of the statue of Mercury, by Giovanni da Bologna. Of the new stamps there are fourteen different values embraced by three distinct de signs, the central figure being always the peculiarly appropriate Hermes, the difference consisting only in the frame work, and, in the case of the four high est values, in the size of the stamp. The third group, consisting of four long stamps for the values of one drachma, and the two. three and five drachmae, has the simplest and most severely classical design, though this is, of course, relieved by the richness of the colors, which are black, with bronze, silver and gold respectively. The design consist a of a simple Greek ornament border, en closing the figure of Mercury, with the word "Ellas" at the top, and the value In drachmae at the bottom. The new stamps are all alike most delicately en graved and beautifully colored, and reach the greatest excellence of printing and production the perforation and "centring" of the first Impressions alone leave something to be desired. They are printed on strong paper, water marked with "E. T." and a crown, for the Hellenic government, by Messrs. Perkins, Bacon Co., to whom much praise is due for these beautiful speci mens of the engraver's and color print er's arts, the technical excellence of which says much for at least one brancb of British industry London Times,

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TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL, MONDAY EVENING. OCTOBER 28, 1901. Governor and Mrs. "W. E. Stanley will Bive two nublic receptions at the ex ecutive mansion on Wednesday and Tiin-(iat7' cvunin?!) Xnvpmber 6 and No personal invitations are to be issued for the affairs. An Informal Affair. Miss Helen Smith entertained infor mally this afternoon at her home on Topeka avenue, complimentary to Miss Ruth McClintock. The time was pleas antly spent in playinff high five and int in tha gfternnnn n daintv luncheon was served. The guests were limited to the young ladies or the Driaai pan. and enough additional ones to make three tables. A Surprise Parly. Mrs. TV. J. Healy gave an enjoyable Uttlo mrrrisp nartv Saturday evening at her home on Harrison street for her daughter Lulu, in celebration or nei sixteenth birthday. The evening was suent in Dlavintr progressive hign ne, and after the scoring refreshments were served on small tables through the rooms. The rooms were prettily deco- ratfi for the occasion. The guests included Miss "Vivian Tut tle. Miss Maude Grimes, Miss Nellie Kaster, Miss Margaret Going, Miss Nellie Cartlidere. Miss Pearl Herroerg, Miss Mabel Cuthbert, Miss Nellie Mc Klrahan, Miss Virginia Meade, Miss Alice Meade, Miss Esther Kauch, Mr. Harry Fleishman, Mr. Frank Grimes, Mr. Karl Ewart. Mr. Kobert Wells, Mr. Montie Kistler, Mr. Carl Trapp, Mr. Sumner Everingham, Mr. Archie Mul- holland, Mr. Stanley Reed, Mr. a lios sett, Mr. Walter Myers, Mr. Clarence Graham and Mr. Robert ella. For Mr. and Mrs. Sheldon. Colorado Springs Telegraph: The visit of the Rev. and Mrs. Charles &i Sheldon, of Topeka, Kas., was made tne occasion of several informal little gam erings, whose greatest interest lay in the fact that all the persons present were old friends, and in the case of the men schoolmates of the distinguished guest of honor. On Wednesday night Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Brooks had the biiei dons and Prof, and Mrs. M .C. Gile dining -with them, and on the following day the Giles had the Sheldons, fror. and Mrs. F. W. Craigin and Mrs. Fair banks lunching with them, and the Sheldons and Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Jon son dining with them. Mrs. Sheldon did not return with Mr. Sheldon, but is still there the guest of Prof, and Mrs. M. C. Gile, on North Tejon street. A New Dancing Club. A new dancing club has been organ ized which will give its first party Tuesday evening, November 5, at Hud son's hall. It is to be known as the Manola club. The name is especialiy appropriate, as Manola is the name of a famous Spanish dance. The officers are: President, Mr. Harry Goodrich; secretary and treasurer, Mr. F. W. Swearingen; executive committee, Mr. Louis Vesper, Mr. Gus Mackie, Mr. Swearingen, Mr. Beamer Nelson, Mr. Harry McKirahan, Mr. Russell Kincaid and Mr. Jack Sharitt. It is the largest dancing club in town, as there are about fifty members. The hall is to be decorated and refreshments served, which will make them more like private parties than club affairs. Notes and Personal Mention. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Blood Smith re turned Sunday evening from Kansas City, where they spent the week with friends attending the horse show. Miss Geneva Giles has invited guests for a card party Tuesday evening at her home at Seventh and Van Buren streets. Miss Tosa Anderson, of Solomon City, is visiting friends in the city. The commiseeo club will give its first regular dancing party of the season Thursday evening at Steinberg's hall. Mrs. Harold Robinson and children and sister, Miss Nina Bragunier, left Saturday for Galveston, Tex., where they will make their home. Miss Mabel Koger left the last of the week for Lehigh, Tex., to spend the winter with her cousin. Mrs. W. W. Webb and Mrs. Schuyler Nichols are planning to spend Tuesday In Kansas City. Mrs. C. Bowman is confined to her home at 429 Harrison street by illness. Mrs. Fred Freeman spent Saturday in Kansas City at the horse show. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Merrick have been spending the past week at Excel sior Springs; they are expected home Wednesday. Miss Ethel Davis has returned from Lawrence where she attended a frater nity party Friday evening. Mrs.W. G. Dickie has returned front a week's visit in DeSoto, Kan. Mr. and Mrs. Court W. Flower and daughter Virginia of St. Louis, are spending a few days in Topeka with Mrs. Flower's mother, Mrs. R. C. Mil ler. They expect to leave Thursday for a trip through Kansas and Nebraska. Mrs. S. F. Fulton and son, Darrow, returned to their home in Kansas City today after spending a few days with Mrs. Fulton's mother, Mrs. B. T. Payne on Topeka avenue. Mrs. W. H. Righter has invited guests for a luncheon Thursday at her home at 1220 Fillmore street in honor of Mrs. R. B. Kepley who is to move soon to the country near Meriden. Mrs. L. Q. Tuttle and little son re turned Saturday from a visit with friends in Lawrence. Little Miss Marguerite Mills will en tertain a company of her friends at a Halloween party Thursday evening Mr. and Mrs. Stth Young of Hamil ton, Mo., spent Sunday in Topeka with Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Low. They were ac companied by Mr. Low's mother, Mrs F. P. Low who will spend the winter with her son and family. Mr. Fred Jolley spent Sunday with Kansas City friends. Miss Margaret Weiss expects to go to Lawrence Wednesday for a short visit with friends. Mrs. C. N. Nelson will entertain a few of her most intimate friends at her home at 1028 Harrison street Thursday evening. Mrs. Hart and daughter Frances left Saturday for their home in Denver af ter a two weeks' visit in Topeka with Mrs. C. G. Foster and daughters on Harrison street. Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Case of Abilen- spent Sunday in Topeka the guests of Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Low. Miss Winnifred Prescott went to Ar kansas City Saturday for an extended visit with her Bister, Mrs. Charles L. Brown. Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Billings of Mar ion are in Topeka visiting their son, Mr. O. C. Billings. The Nautilus club will hold its regu lar meeting Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock with Mrs. A. C. Axtell at 1357 Dillon street. The club members will read the second and third acta of the "Two Gentlemen of Verona." Miss Edna Kirkpatrick of White City is in Topeka visiting relatives. Miss Anna Harrison came up from the university to spend Sunday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Harri son. Miss Loren Leslie accompanied her and was her guest while here. Miss Julia Warner and Miss Cora An derson will entertain a number of their girl friends at a slumber party Hal loween night, at the home of Miss War ner. Mrs. B. B. Clary went to Kansas City Sunday for a, two weeks visit with rel atives. Will Lyman of Kansas City spent Sunday in Topeka with relatives. Mrs. A. W. Lacey and Mrs. A. TV. Parks will issue invitations Tuesday for a Halloween party Thursday even ing at the home of Mrs. Lacey, on Har rison street. Governor and Mrs. W. E. Stanley and Mr. and Mrs. E. F. "Ware expect to at tend the state conference of the D. A. It., which is to be held in Wichita, Wednesday and Thursday. A large re ception will be given Wednesday even ing. Mr. Logan, of West Eighth avenue, went to Leavenworth Sunday. His wife and son will Join his Thursday, and they will make their home there. A reception will be given by Lincoln circle. No. 1, Ladies of the G. A. K-, Tuesday afternoon, at Lincoln post hall, from 2 until 5, in honor of Mrs. Emma S. Wall, national president. The Law rence circle has also been invited to at tend. Miss Florence Johnston spent Sunday at her home in Wamego. W. G. Dickie has returned from a week's business trip to Colorado. The Iolanthe card club will hold Its regular meeting Tuesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. W. W. Carr. Mr. Fauvell, who accompanied Ray Wardall to Topeka from New Zealand, left Sunday for London, England. Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Atwood are ex pected home this evening from a two days' stay in Kansas City. Mrs. Edwin Blssell has returned from a month's visit in Chicago with her sister, Mrs. F. G. Bannister. Frank Jenness, of Chicago, is in To peka visiting Miss Zura Kellar. Dr. Ida C. Barnes has moved her of fice to 726 Kansas avenue. ATLANTA NEWS SUSPENDS. Vain Effort For Two Evening Papers in Town of 100,000. From the Fourth Estate. The Atlanta (Ga.) Daily News, after being in the field for a few days more than one year, has suspended publica tion. This leaves the Atlanta Journal the only afternoon paper, and the Atlanta Constitution the only morning paper iu Atlanta. Both are high class publica tions and enjoy the Associated Press franchises. The News was started by several men who withdrew from the Journal .hen the latter paper was sold to its present owners. According to the statement of Presi dent George A. Speer, of the News, the paper had lost $30,000 within less than twelve months, besides the large investment placed in machinery and mechanical equipment. In March last the stock of the paper was increased to $75,000. According to Mr. Speer. during tne month of September one of the stock holders put up $3,500 in cash to keep the paper going. 'While the staff of the paper was very sanguine that it could be pulled through successfully." said Mr. Speer, a careful business investigation oi ii affairs by Mr. Spalding, Mr. Gohlstin and myself demonstrated that this was absolutely out of the question, and that even with the superb stare ana magnificent talent which the paper commanded no such end could be reasonably hoped for. The xiarties owning control or tne paper saw that the field here would not warrant the profitable publication of two evening papers, and that it was better to close down while they could pay all of their debts and save the stockholders as much as possible, than to continue locing money until the company was insolvent." The failure of the News is similar to that of the Indianapolis Press, which was started bv Maior Richards and John H. Holllday after they were left out in a reorganization scheme. The great risk run m starting a. dailv newsDaoer in a field that is al ready amply covered is most strikingly illustrated by the suspension or tne Atlanta Evening News. The paper in question was finely equipped in every wav. its nacres were newsy ana inter esting, and other things being equal there was no good reason why it should not have had a successful ca reer. But other things were not equal. Tne field was already occupied by an after noon naner which had a firm hold on the reading public and the business in terests of the community, and notwith standing the city's 100,000 population. the new paper was a losing feature from start to finish. Th man who has decided to enter tne newspaper field, however, is not at all lifcf.lv to lw trreatlv influenced by prece dent. The fact that others have failed makes little difference to him. He nas his Hnaa how a newsrjaDer should be run, and he carries them out for a lim ited period in any event. Thom an ftw cities that have not a full complement of newspapers. In fact very many have more than the com munity can or at least will support. It is safe to say that there have been more consolidations of newspapers with in the past vear than in any previous two vears. Taken all in all the public has been the gainer. The reader finds the successful newspaper a more profit able investment than an unsuccessful one. CHAROWHAS LEAVES." Greek Will Visit Hia Old Home Across the Seas. Louie Charowhas, Sr.. left Topeka to day for his home in Greece and he left Louis Charowhas, Jr., to look after his business interests in his absence. Louie the elder has been successful in the role of a much prosecuted man. There has not been a term of the dis trict court in the last three years or so that Louie has not been on hand with his appeal. When he decided to return to Greece and visit his family he took young Louie in hand and gave him a tew pointers in lawing" and before he left town he was all smiles to see voung Louie in the district court get a small judgment against Marshal Stonestreet or the city court because the officer at tached the stock of the Greek. Then big Louie, or old Louie, or Louie the Greek, whichever you please, was happy and he prepared to make the journey. POLICE JOTTINGS. Officers Interrupt a Quiet Game of Poker. Justice Disney of Oakland One of the Victims. ONLY OJfE IS HELD. Wm. Bryant, the Proprietor, Is Fined $50. Jointists 1 Hare an Unusually Li rely Day. ANT. were the vic tims who appeared before the pro tem judge. T. H. Bain this morning. It appears that al though Chief Stahl was visiting his farm on the Sab bath day, and tusseling with frac tious horses, his force was very much present during Saturday night and Sunday and that there was "something doing" in police circles. Prominent among the rapid succession of raids, was the fell swoop made by Sergeant Goff and Officers Bernard, Walker and Mathews Saturday night on a poker game conducted by Mr. Wm. Bryant, upstairs in a rear room at No. 625 Kansas avenue. It appears that Mathews carefully "spotted" the estab lishment, and when it was ripe, went out and secured the attention of the other officers, who raided the place in style. The posse approached the portal of the establishment with due caution, and Sergeant Goff was about to give the A Quiet Game of Poker is Interrupted. mystic sign of admission, when Mr. Bryant stepped out into the hall pre sumably to capture a breath of fresh air. As soon as he had closed the door, which worked with a spring lock, he was grabbed and requested to open the door. Without waiting to use his latch key he yelled, "Open the door," and one of the unsuspecting gamists on the inside, recognizing his voice, opened wide the portal. A cheerful sight met the gaze of the police. Around a table sat the gamesters, with neat stacks of red, white n H. NEW MUSIC TEACHER AT WHITE HOUSE. First Photograph of Miss Cornelia Dyas, Who Has Been Commissioned to Teach Music to Rooevelt's Youngsters. Miss Cornelia Dyas, the new music teacher at the White House, is a Cleve land, Ohio, girl. She received her musical education in New York, and won jor herself a high place in musical and social circles. Her manner is said to be pleasing with children, so she wiU probably captivate the Roosevelt children. and blue discs, which bore a close re semblance to poker chips, before them. Their looks were extremely dismal when they were, booked at the police station a few minutes later, under the names of Win. Bryant, Tobe Tobias,Frank Fagan, C. W. Striker and L. G. Disney. The raid, contrary to custom, caused great joyfulness among the joint element, be cause the raiders chanced to corral the last victim on the list, who is a justice of the peace and who frequently deals sadness and disappointment to the fes tive joint owner. It is safe to say that a dozen liquor dispensers got drunk to celebrate the event. The queerest part of the story came to light this morning in police court when Bryant pleaded guilty to keeping a gambling house, and paid a $50 fine while tne gamesters were discharged without any trial. It has been the custom heretofore to fine ev eryone found in a gambling den, from $10 to $25, and this notable exception is beyond comprehension. Another interesting item was the col lection about 4:30 Saturday evening of a large colored person name! James McCoy at his place of business, 509 Kansas avenue. Now McCoy consider ed himself quite brilliant in the joint business, but reckoned not of the ever present spotter, who gave away the whole story. When the police called at his place, he grandly invited them to search the ranch. They were "onto" the workings of Mr. McCoy, however, and immediately requested him to unlock a large trunk which stood in a conspicu ous place. "I haven't the key, gentle men, as it is not my trunk, having been left here by a boarder," said Mr. Mc Coy. The police knew exactly what was in that trunk, and loaded it into the official hearse, together with McCoy, and removed them to the station. Here they carefully pried the lid off the trunk and disclosed a complete joint, tapped keg, drip-pan and glasses. Mr, McCoy entered the usual plea this morning. Hutoh Cave of the North side was raided later in the evening with indif ferent luck, not much liquid being found. "Not guilty." The day force called at the "Senate1 Joint with startling frequency all day Saturday and Sunday. On one occa sion, they rushed to the rear of the building.just as the assistant barkeeper emerged from the front door with a jug under his coat, and carried it into a store next door. Late at night a jug of tanglefoot was found, and the sup posed proprietor, Mr. Homer Gregg, was gathered into the fold. A second call at the Cave institution disclosed Matt Cave as the person In charge, and he joined his brother in the not guilty plea this morning. "Jump" Williams was put under re straint on the Sabbath day, and "keep ing a tippling shop open on Sunday,"ad ded to the regular "selling and main taining" charge. Henry Hatcher, steward of the "A B C club" was added to the list this morning, making a total of five joint ists and several Unsuccessful raids to the credit of the force. Many minor cases came before "hiz zoner" this morning, among whom were George Buckner, drunk and disorderly. B. J. Pietman, who took a gun away from a friend to keep said friend from getting into trouble, and then got into the unavoidable state himself, by ten ing a colored boy that toe "didn't like a nigger nohow, and displaying the gun of his friend. He was taxed $10 this morning, and filed an appeal. Several plain drunks added from $3 to $5 each to the city treasury. The case against Earl Cunningham who was turned over to a policeman by M. L. Gordon, an employe of the Klst- ler-Melzter Grocery company, was dis missed by a member of the firm who said that he would not have preferred a charge against the small colored boy had he been present at the time, as the prunes stolen were wormy and practi cally worthless, and there was a serious doubt as to whether he stole them or not. IT HURTSJRADE. A Premonition That King Ed ward Will Not Be Crowned. London, Oct. 28. The pertinacity with which society discusses the ru mors regarding the health of King-Ed ward has had a serious effect on the court dressmakers, who expected ere now to have been busily engaged on the coronation robes, etc. They are keeping large staffs in almost complete idleness. The members of society have apparently made up their minds that they will not go to any expense until they feel sure that the coronation will really occur. There is a very clearly de fined impression in the diplomatic corps that the king is threatened with some organic complaint. Some go so far as to say that it is cancer or Bright's dis ease, or both. Probably the truer so lution is that the cancer rumor springs from the king's oft-expressed dread of cancer, which has made such ravages in his own family, and that whatever ailment may threaten him, it has not reached any definite or dangerous stage, else he would be quite unable to keep up his incessant round of public duties and private pastimes with the regularity and zest which he continues to display. In spite of ,these facts there is undoubtedly a very alarming premo nition in court circles, especially among the women, that the king will never live to be crowned, which, however baseless or otherwise, is having a. seri ous effect on trade. The favorite story in this connection now current is that a palmist told Queen Alexandra not long ago that she would never live to pe crowned. New Tork, Oct. 28. Commenting upon the report that King Edward is sutler ing from cancer in the throat, the Lon don correspondent of the Journal and Advertiser says: That the kine has some ailment which has taken the color from his usually ruddy cheeks and given occasional en feeblement to his gait is undoubted. The English papers as a rule caretuiiy refrain from making allusions to his ailment and rather incline to speak of his good state of health, but the fact can not be long concealed that some thing serious is the matter with him. In the clubs, in high society and in the business circles of the city the mam topic daily is the king's condition. The old rumors, true or untrue, that the king is suffering from threatened aneurism of the aorta have penetrated every circle. It is impossible to get at his physicians, and inquiries addressed to those surrounding him are met by dismal headshaking. The government will soon be compelled to make some authoritative statement. MALCOME COPELAND'S HUN. Twelve-Tear-Old Astonishes Every one on Washburn Field. Malcome Copeland, the 12 year old son of E. L. Copeland, holds the record for the longest run on the Washburn grid iron this season. Saturday afternoon between the halves of the Washburn-High school game Warren Gill, captain of the Wash burn first team, decided to give the youngsters in the grounds a little exer cise and the spectators some amuse ment. There were in the neighborhood of a 100 boys, black and white, ranging in age from 17 years down on the fietd. Gill sent half of them toward the south end and the other half to the north end of the field. Young Copeland was with the north enders. Gill kicked off for the south enders and Copeland got the ball. He tucked it under his arm and down the field he went toward the north goal with the rest of the half hundred north enders trailing after him. He ran ahead of his interference. The 50 south enders were blocking his way. He gave the first south ender a dodge and the next one the straight arm and on he went. The crowd in the grand stand cheered him. He looked like Albert Reid's pic ture of "The Washburn Boy." The 12 year old football player shook off sev eral who tried to tackle him, dodged others and made a run of 60 yards be fore he was downed. It was the record breaking run for the Washburn field this year. Mr. Copeland decided that his son had won glory enough after one game and led the young hero away as soon as Gill got the south enders and the north end ers untangled and dug down far enough to get young Copeland out of the mesa Malcome Copeland is quarterback on the Polk school team. FAMINE IN KLSSIA. Government Aid Required to Save Cattle and Horses. (Correspondence the Associated Press.) St. Petersburg, Oct. 15. A letter from Saratoff predicts the wholesale loss of horses and cattle unless energetic measures are taken to provide fodder. The government zemstvo has declined to assume the responsibility for repay ment of an advance of 340,000 roubles for this purpose, and the central gov ernment has not yet decided whether to loan the money to the peasants without guarantee. The government has never recovered from the loss of horses and cattle during the previous famines of the last ten years, four of which have been marked by partial or complete crop failures in some districts. The number of horses was lao.ooo below nor mal last year, and the number of cattle 50,000 less than ten years ago. The losses of the peasants in live stock in Star Grocery. 112 East 6th Street. Fhone 252. 21 lbs. Best Granulated Sugar 1 With other groceries amounting to S3. Choice Bulk Coffee, per lb. 10c Bulk Pepper 15c New York Grapes, per basket. 15c Cat. Prunes, lb 5q White Fish, each 1c QL can Sorghum.... 10c 12 bars Soap...... 25c 6 bars Tar Soap. 25c Parlor Broom 20c Rice, per lb. 5C 2 cakes Scouring Soap Qq 2 packages Oat Meal 15c 2 boxes Imported Sardines... J.5c Patent Flour, per sack .-90c 1 ,ll, J, .1 ,t ,t, ,f i ,1 ,a, i ,t ,t At the RED FRONT HO East Sixth Street. Only store in Topeka where you can purchase The Radcliffe $2.50 Woman's Shoe. Best shoe ever offered for the money. Call and see them. This store will close at 6 p. m. except Saturdays. Now is the time to get one of those U. S. rn mS a-t nn Patent Blizzard Caps OUC, 5C, $I.UU eaCtl. TO hold our customera and obtain others, it is necessary to eive irood value for the money which we do try us. We have no Humbug Bankrupt, Distress, Dissolution, or Hour Sales we give good value all the time. Low Prices on LINE.NS This Week. 54-inch Unbleached Linen Damask, several patterns to choose IQ. from per yard l&C 68-inch Unbleached Linen Damask, extra heavy nr Per yard uUU 64-inch Unbleaohed German Linen, soft finish, 65o quality Q 7 1 f Per yard UI2V 68-inch Bleached Damask nq Special price per yard i O C 68-inch Bleached linen Damask 40c quality il f Per yard tZuC Our Line of Fall Millinery is Complete. t no e.aoo-tf st. 'Phone S22. this province during the decade are estimated at 13 million roubles. The zemstvo has declared the entire prov ince to be in a state of famine, and has voted 220,000 roubles for highways and 190,000 for the purchase of grain. KORTH TOPEKA. fLeave items for this column with Kim ball Son. 912 Kansas avenue.! R. H. Trial, of Muscotah, was a North side visitor Saturday. To rent Furnished rooms, 100S North Jackson street. Board one door south. Mrs. J. M. Kortz has returned from a visit to her brother, Frank Schaeffer, at Iowa City. John French, of Springfield, Mo., ar rived yesterday to visit his family, at 1317 Quincy street, for a few days. Miss Grace Miller returned Saturday from a short visit to Miss Anna Heart burg at Kansas City. Miss Hazel Fulton will give a mas querade party Thursday evening at her home, 814 Quincy street. Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Nicholson have re turned from a short visit to Mr. Nich olson's parents at De Soto. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Caldwell and Misses Eleanor and Lelia Caldwell spent Friday in Kansas City. Miss Rlla Cunningham, who has been spending the summer in Topeka, has returned to her home in Meriden. A number of the friends of Miss Stella Mitchell gave her a surprise party Saturday evening at her home, cornel of Van Buren and Gordon street. Mrs. James Sheldon and children will leave this week for The Needles, Cal., to join Mr. Sheldon, who has been there for several months. Mrs. F. J. Greenway is expected home this week from Dulutn. Minn., whi;re she has been visiting her daughter, Mrs. Arthur Woodworth, for several week3. The regular monthly business meet ing, of the C. E. society of the Central Avenue Christian church will be held this evening at half past 7 at the church. Rev. Matthew Francis, who will as sist Rev. W. B. Hutchinson in the re vival services which commenced last evening at the Baptist church, arrived today from his home in Council Grove. Leave your orders at 833 Kansas ave nue art room, upstairs, for oil, water color, glass, china painting, drawn work, Battenberg, crocheting shawls, card writing and engrossing. Mrs. N. Jones. The Rochester Literary club will meet 'at the home of Mrs. Davis Thursday afternoon. Roll-call will be answered by miscellaneous quotations. Reading from "Bitter Sweet" continued by Miss Irene Campdoras and Mrs. Davis. Mr. Hartzell, who has been night operator at the Union Pacific depot, has been made agent at Loring, ana Mr. Bert Enoch takes Mr. Hartzell's place as night operator. Mr. McKee arrived today from Kansas City to assist with the day work. Revival meetings will begin this even ing at the Baptist church, and will con tinue throughout the week. Rev. Mat thew Francis, of Council Grove, well known as a preacher and evangelist. will preach. Beginning Tuesday, day meetings will also be held at 2:30 p. m. The ''old folks" service" yesterday morning at the Kansas Avenue M. E. church was well attended. The church was decorated for the occasion with autumn leaves and ferns. There was a short sermon by Rev. Frank Hoyes, and Rev. Calvin Holman made a few remarks. The music for the day was in keeping with the rest of the service. the choir singing old nymns to oiu tunes. There were present a large num ber of people who were past three score and ten, while several who en joyed this special service were over four score years. Nome Officials Removed. San Francisco, Oct 28. Advices re ceived from Nome state that Judge Wickersham has removed from office United States Commissioners James L. Galen, R. N. Stevens, Archie Wheeler and O. E. Cochrane. The grand Jury is said to be investigating charges which have been made against these rormer officials. Bain at Horton. Horton. Kan.. Oct. 28. A good rain fell in this vicinity last night Reports indicate the same conditio over the en tire Horton division of the Rock Island railroad. The Meade Arrives From Manila. San Francisco, Oct. 28. The trans port Meade arrived here today, 27 days from Manila. She has on board nine companies of Pacific coast artillerymen. Mrs. Simpson I'm worried about Jim- mie's tendencies. Mr. Simpson He doesn t tell fibs or hook cookies, does he? Mrs. Simpson No; but he always be haves when we have company. De troit Free Press. 'Our friend Butely over there says nature intended him for a poet." 'Oh, pshaw! .Nature never had such bad intentions as that." Judge. 4 s. T i Remnants of Damask:, lt to 2& yard pieces One-Third Off. Napkins. Several dozens Pure linen Nap kinsslightly soiled The.. S1.50 1.75 2.00 2.25 2.60 3.00 for.. $1.00 1.25 1.40 1.60 1.75 1.98 We do not sell in half-dozen lots. Towels. Odd lot Linen Towels, sold in. at 25c to 33c -to close at... lUC 'Phone 822.

ELEVATOR MAKES TilOUJBLE One in federal Building Goes on a Rampage. In an effort to repair the machinery of the elevator at the federal building today, workmen who were manipulat ing the elevator box from the basement, and who were unable to determine the location of the cage In the elevator shaft, ran the cage upward until it struck the cross bars over the shaft and Just under the ceiling on the third floor. The force of the shock was sufficient t' jar the timbers that are set in the wa'.la of the building and crack and crumble the plastering and masonry. The trou ble was afterwards made more aggra vating by running the cage to the bot tom of the shaft and allowing the ca bles to become slack around the drum cylinder and thus entangle themselves. Alaska's Reindeer Are 4,166. Seattle, Wash., Oct. 28. Dr. Sheldon Jackson, general agent of education for Alaska, has arrived in the city from the north on the steamer City of Topekn. He Is on his way to Washington. He praises the work of Lieut. Berthoff, the adventurous revenue cutter officer, who reached Port Clarence from Siberia with a herd of reindeer. The reindeer In Alaska now number 4,166, exclusive of the new herd. JEW C We take great pleasure in announc ing the following as our list of Novel ties for the month of November, 1901: VOCAL. Songs from Musical Comedies. We're Ail Good EcIIows 25c Isidore Witmark. One of the geius from J lie Chaperons." Maidie, Come Be My lady 25c Wtn. Loraine. BALLADS. Sweet Matilda 25c Fred Gtapin. Thine, Only Thine 25s Clayton Mayo. I'll Take Yonr Plaee, Jack 25c R. P. Lilly. Don't Send the Organ Man Away 25 c James Thornton. I'm Dreaming of a Bygone Day. 25c WiUD. Cobb Gut Edwards. COON. Miss Clementina 25c Alfred EL Aarons. My Dixie Queen 25c Sydney L. Perrin. I'm Thinkin' 'Bout Yer, Honey, All the Time 25c Cole Johnson. SERIO COMIC. Jean, Jane, Jennie, Jeannette. 25c Nat. D. Mann. COMIC. I Was Certainly Dreamin? 25c 'Willie Wild-wave. Susan, Dear Sue 25 C Herbert Dillea. INSTRUMENTAL. De Pullman Porter's Ball 25c Jno. Strotnberg. Two-Step. Uk me oily of I ritz Williams' sod 3 in Weber a J-ie.d'n nur.eque "Hoity l oity." WALTZ. Southern Blooms 25c Will Accooe. CHARACTERISTIC. Panamericana 250 Victor Herbert. The Camel's Tread 25o Frederic Ota pin. Dream Days of Seville 25 S John W. Bratton. E.B. GUILDfllUSIC CO. 614 Kansas Ave.

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6 TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL, MONDAY EVENING. OCTOBER 28, 1901. it is nous. Nothing; Has Been Ileard of Miss Stone For a Month. Three Parties In the Field Searching For Her. SUE WILL BE FOUND. Within Ten Days if She Be Still Atire. Trouble Due to Rivalry of Bul garia and Turkey. New Tork. Oct. 28. According to the Sofia correspondent ol the Journal anj Advertiser, Colonel Kantcheff, pi elect of the Bulgarian po.ice, has made tue following statement regarding Miiss Stone. t..e missing missionary: "If Miss Stone is living sae will be found within ten days. Three diftViem parties are now en route to estbLsn communication with the biigando. Dickinson has sent two young men from Sofia. Ti.ey ;e :djteauuinns and know the country wen. A pai ty of five has gone 1'roin Saraukuv wita the same object. Tney are former pupils of Miss Stone and volunteered i'or the Uip. Mr. Dickinson pays ali expenses. "The tuird party consists of one sent by the Rusti-in minister. "Tnis is the most mysterious affair we have had since the court photog rapher was captured in the woo-s n:ar Samakov thirteen years ago. He is sull living, and his trugai life with the brig ands cured him on several diseases. "It is ominous tnat notuing has been heard of tue captive for a montn. Our severe measures have driven tne brig ands from the frontier to tne interior, and it is now a race between the three relief parties to see wnich wi.l find her Brst. Some one is sure to find her if living. "News has reached us t!at the brig ands were attacked by Turkish troops, but this is not confirmed. "While the government declines to parley with the brigands, it faci.itutes every effort to find Miss Stone. T.ie brigands doubtless are now in some Turkish house. The Turks invariably protect them for backsheesn. Tne brig ands wih kill Miss Stone if they do not get the ransom. They have said so. and they always keep their word. ThU Is brigand code of honor. Other band3 will scoff at them if they let her go without money. "If we find them we will hang them all. They are sure to be caught within a year." Consul General Dickinson asserts that the real cause of the delay in finding Miss Stone is the rivalry between the Turkish and the Bulgarian govern ments to fix the responsibility on each other. Turkey wants to find her in Bulgarian territory, and vice versa. Mr. Dickinson also declares that 300 Bulgarian soldiers are totally Inade quate for the frontier over 100 miles long. HER DEATH REPORTED. Sofia, Bulgaria, Oct 28. Six young Bulgarians have banded themselves to search for Miss Stone, the American missionary and her companion, Mme. Tsilka and with the consent of the Bul garian authorities have left Saniokov with this ob.iect in view. The absence of news about Miss Stone has led to the revival of the report that Bhe already has been killed and the brigands have dispersed. A WORD FOR THE MARINES. Gen. Haywood Wants His Branch of the Service Attended To, "Washington, Oct. 28. In his annual report upon the condition and services of the United States marine corps for the past year Brigadier General Charles Heywood renews a former recommen dation that congress shall make the rank of the commandant of the ma rine corps that of major general. This recommendation, it is stated, is embar rassing to the general. Inasmuch as such action would result in his own pro motion, but he points out that the pres ent authorized strength of the corps, 6,062 men, should entitle the command ant to the rank of major general, as the army regulations provide that the ap propriate command for a major general Is four regiments, or 4,880 men. He calls attention to the fact that all the bureau chiefs of the navy department have the rank of rear admiral, which corresponds to that of major general la the army. General Heywood strong ly recommends that the law providing that officers of the navy who served with honor during the civil war may retire with the next higher rank, be extended to the marine corps. It is no more than just, he says, that the few old officers left in the corps, who stood shoulder to shoulder with those in the navy during the war of the rebellion be given the same consideration. The total loss in the enlisted force of the corps during the past year caused by discharges, desertions, deaths and retirements was 2.580. At the date of the report, October 1. there were 72 officers and 2.118 enlisted men of the corps at various stations in the far east. Before closing his report General Heywood takes occasion to express his appreciation of courtesies extended by the army in the way of transportation and supplies. In conclusion he says: "I am pleased to state that the corps has been able to meet promptly and satisfactorily the many and varied de mands which have been made upon it during the year and feel justified in stating that it has maintained its high reputation for efficiency." W OM EN KISSEDP0 WERS. Scene In the Court Room When the Goebel Verdict Was Read. Georgetown, Ky., Oct. 28. When Ken tucky's ex-secretary of state. Caleb Powers, was convicted again as acces sory before the fact to the murder of Governor William Goebel in January. 1900, and the second time sentenced to imprisonment for life, there was a strange scene in the court room. Powers sat pale and motionless when the verdict was announced by the fore man. B. S. Calvert, his old schoolmate. Opposite Powers, on the other side of the court room with the attorneys, sat Ar thur Goebel, brother of the late senator and governor, with his eyes fixed on the prisoner. The Powers attorneys shook his hand, expressing aloud their belief in hla innocence. Women crowded around Powers: several embraced and kissed him. Many were crying. The defense filed a motion for a new trial. Judge Cantrill heard arguments immed iately on the petition. The motion for a new trial was over ruled and the case will be appealed. The Judgment la suspended pending the de- clsion of the higher tribunal. Powers was taken to Frankfort on an evening train and committed to jail without bail. OLD SPECTER RISES. Senator Burton Sued In Missouri on Old Colorado Action. While in Kansas City, on his way to Washington, Senator J. R. Burton was served with a petition in a suit for the payment of nine promissory notes, ag gregating $26,717.50. A deputy sheriff and a lawyer were waiting for Senator Burton and his party at the Union depot when Santa Ke train No. 6 pulled in, but the officers missed Burton in the crowd and service was not secured till they had followed the party over to the Blossom House. When the train pulled in the cars, from every door of which passengers were pouring, were closely watched by the deputy sheriff and the lawyer. The senator and the ladies with him were not observed by the watchers, however, and it was feared that the scheme to get legal service in Missouri had failed. The two men did a great deal of running around and were relieved when they were informed that the senator had gone to the Blossom House, where the party went directly to the parlor. While the senator was in the act of swallowing a dose of medicine Deputy Rosenberg appeared at the door. "Good evening, senator," said the offi cer. "Good evening, sir," responded the Kansas statesman. "This is J. Ralph Burton, or J. R. Bur ton?" "Both," was the reply. Without a word of explanation the deputy handed the petition to the sen ator. The latter read the title of the suit, grew visibly embarrassed, put his glass in a table and heaved a sigh. "All right," he said. The task had been successfully per formed and the deputy joined the wait ing lawyer. Mrs. Burton and Miss Ru dolph were in the room at the time of the incident, but neither said a word while the deputy was there. A few mo ments later the travelers descended in the elevator, went to the dining room and continued their journey toward Washington Saturday night. Alfred Gregory, the lawyer who help ed Deputy Sheriff Louis Rosenberg to get service on the senator while he was in Missouri, says the suit, which is brought by the Merrimac River Savings bank of Manchester, N. H., is for money borrowed during Senator Burton's land speculations in Colorado in 1SS8. Senator Burton said to a reporter, im mediately after he had received a copy of the petition: "There is nothing in it. It is the same suit I won in Denver a few years ago. They have no case and I'll beat it in Missouri. That's all I in tend to say about it." The petition served on the senator says that in June, 1SSS, Mr. Burton bor rowed money from Crippen, Lawrence Co. and gave his personal notes. The notes were for five years. Later they were purchased by the bank which brings the suit. Seven of them were for $1,500 each, one was for $1,200 and one for $1,000. It is recited that interest on the nine notes amounting to $1,573 has been paid and that no interest has been paid since 1894. The suit is for princi pal and interest on each note, the total being $26,717.50. "We like the Missouri law better than the laws of other states, and therefore wanted to bring the suit here," said Mr. Gregory. "This matter has been in the Colorado courts, in which state the debt was contracted on real estate deals, but the statute of limitation has affected the case in that state." HAS COST CITY Si, 100. Amount Paid Out in Interest For banta Fe Money. Today the city of Topeka stopped paying interest at 6 per cent, on the Santa Fe bond loan. The various banks of the city which have been advancing money received their remittances from St. Louis and shipped on the bon'd3 to the purchaser. The bonds did not come back into the hands of the city. Each bank shipped what it had direct to St. Louis, C. O. D. The amount of interest which the city of Topeka has paid to the banks of Topeka for the temporary loan is about $1,000. This is $300 more than it would have been necessary to pay pro vided the bonds could have been sold instead of borrowing on security for a short time. The Daily Bond Buyer, published at New York, in its issue of October 22, says that the difficulty in disposing of city and county bonds still continues. "Not for four years," says the Bond Buyer, "has it been so difficult to dis pose of municipal bonds." It states that one county in New Tork has de cided to postpone issuing some proposed bonds till the market eases up a little. The Bond Buyer quotes in full the edi torial concerning the Santa Fe bond issue of Topeka which was printed in a recent issue of the State Journal. STILL STRUGGLING. Fight Over Liquor Inquisition Law Is Resumed. Judge Hazen heard the arguments In the habeas corpus case of Waldo Calvin to test the county attorney inquisition law today. County Attorney Galen Nichols and Assistant Attorney General A. L. Red den appeared in defense of the law, and G. C. Clemens and O. E. Hungate appeared for the opposition. The con tention of the lawyers who are trying to break the law is that it is unconsti tutional. If the law is found to be con stitutional the opposition will contend that even if it is that it applies to coun ty attorneys, and that an assistant at torney general has no right to proceed under that statute. Nearly All Claims Settled. London, Oct. 2S. At the resumption of the sitting of the South African com pensation commission today Major Gen eral Sir John C. Ardaugh, on behalf of the government, announced that all claims of foreign countries had been set tled diplomatically with the exception of those of The Netherlands and France, as follows: The United States, 6.000; Austria, 15,000: Germany, 30.000; Russia, 4.100; Italy, 12,000; Spain, 150; Sweden and Norway, 1.000 Switzerland, 250 and Belgium, 800. Died in His Cell. Hartford, Conn., Oct. 28. Charles H. Faulkner, of New Britain, who has been in the county jail here for some time awaiting trial on the charge of embez zling $16,000 tax money from the town of New Britain, was found dead in his cell shortly after 1 o'clock this morning. Death was caused by heart disease. Not long ago a prominent country law yer, becoming nettled at the ruling of a Judge, picked up his hat and started to walk out of the court room. He was halt ed by the court with the Inquiry: "Are you trying to express your con tempt for the court?" "Io, your honor," was the reply; "I am trying to conceal it." Argonaut. CROSS EXAMINED. (Continued from First Page.) action supply every captain with a plan of battle, showing thereon the position each shall occupy. "Yes," replied the witness in reply to Captain Lemly's question. If he had complied with that article. "I do not understand that that is necessarily writ ten. I think that order is sufficiently carried out when a commander-in-chief decided to place his crews in the order of battle and inform each what he pro poses to do." "Do you think admiral, that you can supply every captain with a plan of bat tle and do that at an oral conference?" asked Captain Lemly. "I do not think that is absolutely nec essary, replied the witness. "There are instances where battles have been fought without doing that. Any plan of battle that might be originated is subject to a change. I have never known a battle that was fought on the plan originally chosen." Mr. Rayner: "Do any of the regula tions use the word 'written.' Captain Lemly: "Do you think you could supply the captains with a plan of battle without writing them?" Mr. Rayner; "I could not, but I know the admiral could." Continuing his examination, Captain Lemly asked: "When at 9:45 a. m.. May 20, you sighted a man of war as shown by the Brooklyn's log, and cleared for action, what orders had been issued in con formity with the provisions of the regu lations?" NO ORDERS NECESSARY. "I should not think any instructions would be necessary for a fleet meeting a single vessel, except to smash her up." Capt. Lemly: "Could you tell abso lutely there was only a single vessel al though you sighted but one?" "As I only saw one smoke, I presumed of course, there was but one vessel. Subsequently we raised the Vesuvius which was very much lower in the wa ter." Capt. Lemly: "As a matter of fact there was more than one vessel? "There were two vessels, that was de veloped later." "Others might have been developed in the same way?" "If they had I should have pitied them. If they had been separated they would have permitted themselves to be knocked to pieces." The judge advocate then asked the witness whether between the dates to which the court had restricted the ex amination he, according to article 271 of the regulations, furnished each cap tain with a plan of battle. "Verbally, yes." "But not in writing?" "I did not think the regulations re quired it." "Did you communicate to your cap tains your confidential instructions from Admiral Sampson not to expose your ships to land batteries, before the destruction of the Spanish fleet?" "I did not because I regarded them as confidential." "In your report you say that the Iowa arrived off Cienfuegos May 22, although she started a day later, did she not ar rive only about five hours after the squadron?" "Although we did not go In during the night, I considered that we arrived off Cienfuegos May 21." "When did you first see the entrance to Cienfuegos?" "A little after daylight May 22." The judge advocate called the admiral's attention to his statement to the senate that while on the bridge of the Brooklyn on the afternoon of May 21, being about 30 miles from Cienfuegos. he heard big guns fired with the regularity of a salute. The admiral stated that he remembered the incident distinctly. He did not know the exact distance. He did not consult the lo. "Does not the log show that you were 45 miles from the harbor?" I do not know. ROOSEVELT 43. Received as Gifts Simple Little Tokens From His Children. Washington, Oct. 8. President Roosevelt was 43 years old Sunday. The youngest president in the history of the United States found the day little different from that of other Sabbaths. In the morning he went to his church the little Dutch Re form church and between prayers was stared at by visitors who attended service in order to get a glimpse of the president. After church the president and the chil dren took a long walk and then returned to the White House for luncheon. Mem bers of the cabinet called during the af ternoon to extend their congratulations. Important business requiring attention, Mr. Roosevelt was compelled to be in his office for a short time, and then he had a pleasant romp with the children. The dinner at 11 o'clock was purely a family affair. There were no guests and Dr. Nicholas M. Butler of New York, Mr. and Mrs. Roosevelt's house guests, having left Saturday afternoon. The table was elaborately decorated with roses from the White House conser vatories, and in the center of the table was a fine large cake, ablaze with 43 can dles of different colors and much amuse ment was afforded the children when the time come to blow them out. The gifts the president received were "simple little tokens from his children, one more elaborate than the others being: a paper weight in the form of a Dutch windmill. Secretary Long called upon the presi dent and exchanged birthday congratula tions with him. Mr. Long was 63 years old Sunday. Miss Long accompanied her father to the White House. BRUBAKER NOT HELD. Will Not Have to Answer For Forgery. John Brubaker, whose preliminary hearing for forgery was commenced in the city court last Friday, was dis charged this morning. Brubaker, who Is a member of the quartette bound over for hog stealing, it is allesed, affixed the name of E. C. Shank to the back of a check which he received from the Wolff Packing Co. in payment for the stolen hogs, and then cashed it at the Bank of Topeka. He was defended on the forgery charge by Attorneys Reed and Ensminger, who opened up the defense Friday with the assertion that the endorsement was no part of the check, and that the statutes of Kansas made no provision for the forgery of endorsement. The court took this proposition under advisement until Saturday when Attorney Reed made a new objection, to-wit: That as the check was payable to bearer the en dorsement was superfluous, and there was nothing to be gained by adding such endorsement. This was also taken un der advisement by the court, and a ver dict of acquittal given this morning. He They say, dear, that people who live together get to look alike. She Then you must consider my re fusal as final. Tit-Bits. Wigg "What is the first step to be come a successful bookkeeper? Wagg To be a successful bookbor-rower.- Philadelphia Record. BIG FRAUD FOUND. U. S. Mails Used to Swindle Public Out of 1,000,000. Firm of J. M. Fisher &Co., Bos ton, Under Arrest. Boston, Oct. 28. In connection with what the TJ. S. marshal's office declares to be one of the biggest frauds they have ever had to do with In this city, members of the firm of J. M. Fisher, Co., brokers, were arrested today on the charge of using the TJ. S. mails in a scheme to defraud. It is alleged that $1,000,000 has been taken from the public since January 1, 1900. The method of the firm is said by the authorities to have been very simple. People all over the country, it Is alleged, were written to and told what excellent chances there were to invest money and that large returns could be expected. Pools were formed and those desirous of getting rich quickly were invited to re mit. After two or three weeks, it is said, investors would be advised that a pool had been formed on some .well known stock and that as the quotations had gone down the margins had been swept in and that more money was necessary imme diately in order to save the stock. After having put in two or three times the orig ing amount some of the investors became suspicious and called attention of the au thorities to the -matter. BARBErTCQ. RETURNS. Again Promise to Complete To peka Pavement Repairs. E. B.Demarest, the Kansas City man ager for the Barber Asphalt Pavement coaipany, came to Topeka today, and arranged with City Engineer McCabe to have the work of pavement repairs re sumed Wednesday morning, and car ried through to completion without de lay. This ends the impending difficulty between the city and the pavement company. Mr. Demarest says that the reason the company quit work here before completing the repairs required by the city was that the city ot Wichita has been clamoring for some work all sum mer, and finally became so insistent that the company was obliged to take the machinery from. Topeka to use at Wichita, H. W. Buckley, the Topeka manager, was also sent to Wichita to supervise the repairs. "We will ship iu a carload of mater ial Tuesday morning," said Mr. Demar est today to Mr. McCabe, "and on Tues day evening Mr. Buckley will come back to Topeka Work will be com menced Wednesday morning with a big gang, and we will make all the repairs asked for by the city engineer. We have not the slightest intention of failing to comply with our contract with the city of ToDeka." Mr. Demarest, Mr. McCabe and W. E. Sterne, the local attorney for the Bar ber Asphalt company, made a tour of the streets of the city this morning, and it was agreed that the following streets shall, as far as necessary, De entirely resurfaced; Quincy, between Eighth and Tenth; Eighth, between Jackson and Harrison; Second, between Quincy and Kansas avenue; Third, between Quincy and Kansas avenue; Jackson, between First and Second; Kansas ave nue, between Fifth and Sixth. Minor repairs will also be made in North To peka, and on any other streets in town which need attention. BIRMINGHAM ORATORY. From the London Chronicle.l The additions to be made to the Bir mingham Oratory as a memorial to Car dinal Newman will be of a very simple character, if they are to be in keeping with the original design. The church, as Newman built it. was merely four brick walls, requiring no design beyond that of the local builder. Somebody has de scribed it as having the appearance of a riding school. The accessories are all equally plain, including the oaken pulpit from which the former far famed preacher of St. Mary the Virgin's, at Ox ford, addressed, over a long series qf years, a congregation of a very different order. Yet the first idea of Newman had been very ambitious indeed. His inten tion was to build in miniature a sort of St. Mark's, Venice, the church he most of all admired, and there are still pre served some plans made in this spirit by M. Viollet le Due, who was among the distinguished visitors to Newman in Bir mingham. At the Oratory school, Birmingham, the Duke of Norfolk was educated, perhaps on a system which did not theoretically promise the good results actually at tained. For he had his separate rooms, and did not wholly share the life of school fellows; nor was he compelled to do vio lence to his inelinations in the course of his studies. It has often since been a great regret to him that he was not at least coerced into a good speaking knowledge of French. Newman rather prided him self on the attention given to the classics in preference to modern languages. Into the details of the school life he did not enter. But when he received on one morning a letter from one boy's father complaining that the holidays were too short, and from another complaining that they were too long, he did not think it necessary to trouble a secretary, but simplv made a cross fire of the contradic tory missives. Perhaps the hint may be useful to head masters at the present time. Franklin's Far Seeing Wisdom. From the Portland Oregonian. The late Benjamin Franklin sat on the back fence and counted the volts as they flashed down the string from the kite sailing in the clouds above, and piled up in an innocuous heap in the Leyden jar at his side. An old neighbor passed that way and paused to observe him. "Mr. Franklin," said the neighbor, as he lifted his hat respectfully with one hand and dodged a jagged streak of lightning with the other, "why does a man of your width between the eyes content himself with tempting provi dence with kites and compiling ante diluvian platitudes for an almanac, when he might be winning everlasting fame on the battlefield?" "My frlend,"answered the philosopher, slowly, "the quiet pursuits with which I am content to while away the few days of my existence are not what you may call exciting, although I have had some pretty warm half hours with light ning and diplomacy, but you must re member that they will never lead to my becoming a part of historical fiction, or induce any actor with high boots and large oaths to show me to the matinee girl of the future as he thinks I was." The neighbor bowed to the great man's superior wisdom, but it remained for generations yet unborn to gauge the length of head indicated by that brief speech. PROUD DAY FOR YOST. Wonderful Record of Michigan at Ann Arbor. Ann Arbor, Mich., Oct. 28. Under a Johnstown flood of 22 touchdowns and 18 goals the University of Buffalo Sat urday afternoon sank to a football grave, as far as any great standing i& concerned. "Michigan, 128; Buffalo, 0." That is the score by which Michigan won, tne greatest scoring record ever made by one university team against another. The bisons are the conquerors of Columbia and Lehigh, and the score of Saturday will undoubtedly open up the eyes of the eastern critics to Michigan's claim for recognition. Said Coach Gor don of the Buffalo team after the game: "Really, there is nothing to say, but that I think that Michigan is the most wonderful team in the country. I never saw such magnificent team work be fore, and I would like to see Michigan take the conceit out of Harvard, Yale and Princeton." In the 50 minutes of play, the time being shortened at Gordon's request, Michigan made over two and one-half points to the minute. An average of one touchdown to every two quarter minutes of play was made. For the entire season Michigan has made 297 points to its opponents' nothing, which excels any record of any team in the country for scoring. Michigan made those 297 points In 220 minutes of playing, which is an av erage of one and one-third points to the minute. Those who did not witness the game will be inclined to attribute Michigan's big score to weaklings for opponents, but every man on Regents field saw that this was accomplished by perfect team work, interference, "help him along" and an endeavor to make a foot more whenever tackled. Michigan's offense was irresistible. Coach Yost and Assistant Coach Ben nie Owens, both from Kansas, were large factors in the work. KILLED BY NATIVES. Navel Cadet Loveman Noa Loses His Life iu Samar. Washington, Oct 28. Secretary Long has received the following cablegram from Rear Admiral Rodgers confirma tory of the Associated Press dispatch from Manila: "Naval Cadet Loveman Noa while on shore near Nipanipa, Samar, on boat expedition was killed by natives Oc tober 27." Naval Cadet Noa was appointed from Tennessee, and entered the Annapolis academy in September, 1896. After his graduation in June of 1900, he went to the Philippines in the performance of the required two years' service at sea, and was one of the two officers aboard the small gunboat Mariveles, which had been doing patrol duty among the smaller islands of the Philippine group FOR SELLING LIQUOR. Farmer and Wife Arrested on That Charge. Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Gregory, living three miles south of town on the Bur lingame road, were arrested last Sat urday for selling liquor and brought be fore Justice Queen's court. They plead ed not guilty and gave an appearance bond. A case of hop tea was the entire stock confiscated. Suicide at Hutchinson. Hutchinson, Kas., Oct. 28. George C. Updegraff committed suicide some time Saturday. His body was found in a pasture on Ed Blair's farm close to the city. No cause is known for the deed, except financial reverses, as he has lost a fortune in the past few years. Up degraff was one of the best known business men in this city. MAINTAINING DISCIPLINE. From the Philadelphia Telegraph.! .A quaint story of a master builder and a British workman is told by a trade journal. Having heard that tlie men did not start work at the proper time, the em ployer thought he would drop down about 6-30 one morning and see. Going up to the vard. he caught sight of a joiner standing smoking with his kit not even opened. Simply asking his name, which he found to be Malcolm Campbell, he called him into the office and. handing him four davs' pav. ordered him to leave at once. After seeing the man clear of the yard he went up to the foreman and explained that he had made an example of Malcolm Campbell by paying him off for not start ing at the proper time. "Great Scott, sir!" ejaculated the foreman, "that chap was only looking for a job." TODAI'S MARKETREPORT. Chicago, Oct. 28. WHEAT Wheat open ed easier on lower cables. and reports of showers in Argentina. December started in c lower, at 7171c. There was some little outside demand for May, but offer ings were liberal both for the long ac count and by short sellers. The pressure was not enough, however, to break through 71c for December during the first hour and prices fluctuated narrowly on a very quiet market. Statistics were mixed in their influences. Northwestern re ceipts were smaller and there was con siderable decrease in breadstunts on pass age, but these were balanced somewhat by decreased world's shipments. Local re ceipts were 130 cars 1 car of contract grade; Minneapolis and Duluth reported 993 cars, making a total for the three points of 1,123 cars, against 1,197 cars last "What would you do if the world should come to an end. Uncle Dave?" "Jump on de end en trust in de Lawd." Atlanta Constitution. Pills For the cure of all disorders of the stom ach liver, bowels, kidneys, bladder, ner vous diseases, loss of appetite, headache, constipation, costiveness, indigestion, bil iousness, fever, inflammation of the bow els, piles and all derangements of the in ternal viscera. Purely vegetable, contain ing no mercury, minerals or deleterious drugs. OBSERVE the following symptoms resulting from disease of the digestive organs: Consti pation, inward piles, fullness of the blood in the head, acidity of the stomach, nau sea, heartburn, disgust of food, fullness or weight in the stomach, sour eructa tions, sinking or fluttering of the heart, choking or suffocating sensations when in a lying posture, dimness of vision, dizzi ness on rising suddenly, dots or webs "be fore the sight, fever and dull pain in the head, deficiency of perspiration, yellow ness of the skin and eyes, pain in the side, chest, limbs and sudden flushes of heat burning in the flesh. A few doses of RADWAY'S PILLS will free the system of all the above named disorders. Price 2Scts per box. Sold by all drug IBadw week an 1,319 cars a year ago. Bread- stuns on passage aecreased 936,000 bush els. World's shiDments last seek wer 8. 732,000 bushels, compared with 8,925,000 bushels a yeaf ago. Reports that the rains in Argentina wouiu not nrtu lilt' crop aamage, sent shorts scurrying to cover, and December wheat rose to 7171c, but later dull ness eased the market again and Decem ber closed weak and (?Ic lower, at 71c. CORN December corn opened -:gc lower, at 565?ic, on lower cables and followed the influence of wheat. Trade was small and unimportant, with local of ferings the only feature. Prices stayed around the opening quotations for the early part of the session. Receipts were 185 cars. December corn reacted on wheat influ ence to 67c, but closed c lower, at 56c OATS Oats were easier with other grains. December opened c lower, at 364c, but on a fair o utside demand soon sold to 36c, easing off later He on profit taking. Receipts were 192 cars. PROVISIONS Provisions were dull and lower on a lower hog market and had just enough trade to establish quotations. Jan uary pork opened 10c lower, at $15.02, and sold to $15.05: January lard 5c down, at $8.22, and January ribs 5c, at $7.77. WHEAT Cash: No. 2 red, 7272c; No. 3 red, 70ii71c; No. 2 hard winter, 70SJ71c; No. 3 hard winter, 70S70c; No. 1 northern spring. 7114&73c: No. 2 north ern spring, 69$ 71c: No. 3 spring. 67&70c. CORN No. 2, 57&574c: No. 3. 57c. OATS No. 2, 36!&37c; No. 3, 36 36e. FLAX Cash: Northwestern, $1.52; No. 1, $1.52; Oct., $1.52. RYE Oct., 53c; Dec, 55c; May, 55c, BARLEY Cash: 5Ifi5Sc. TIMOTHY Oct., $5.87; March, $5.87. Chicago Live Stock Market. Chicago, Oct. 28. CATTLE Receipts, 19,000 head, including 2,000 head of Texans and 5t)0 westerns. Good cattle 10ftt20c higher; others steady to strong. Good to prime steers, $6.40g6.80; poor to medium, $4.005.90; stockers and feeders, $2.254.45; cows, $1.40-04.50; heifers, $2.40-i5.10; can ners. $1.40ti2.40: bulls, $2.25S4.50: calves, $3.00 .25; Texas fed steers, $2.754.00; western steers, S3.50fa5.50. HOGS Receipts today, 36.000 head; esti mated tomorrow, 28,000 head; left over, 1, 977 head. Market 5&10c lower. Mixed and butchers', $5.756.40: good to choice heavy, $6.25 -R 6.42; rough heavy, $5.70'i5.85; light, $5.5-S6.10: bulk of sales, $5.90fi6.10. SHEEP Receipts, 20,000 head. Sheep stronger; lambs strong to 10c higher. Good to choice wethers, $3.50'S4.00: fair to choice mixed, $3.25Si3.50: western sheep, $3.25(g3.5o; native lambs, $3.004.75; western lambs, $4.0014.65. Official receipts and shipments Satur day: Cattle. Hoes. Sheep. Receipts 211 15,557 1.975 Shipments 836 1,742 2,122 Kansas City Livestock. Kansas City, Oct. 28. CATTLE Re ceipts, 11,000 head, including 200 head of Texans. Beef steers strong: others steady. Native beef steers, $4.81X 6.50; Texas and Indian steers, $2.703.75; Texas cows, $1.75 2.75: native cows and heifers, $3.00'c5.35: stockers and feeders. $2.75S;4.25; bulls, $2.25 3.80: calves, $3.Kg5.50. HOGS Receipts. 7,000 head. Market 5 ?T10e lower. Bulk of sales, $5.6iKi6.10; heavies, $6.05S6.15; packers', $5.7Oa6.10; medium. $5.65-66.05; light, $3.355.95; york ers. $2.25fS5.90; pigs. $4.75-65.25. SHEEP Receipts. 3,000 head. Market steady. Muttons, $2.75&3.7o; lambs. $3.75-o) 4.75: range wethers, $3.2!Vfi3.60: ewes $2.75 3.35; stockers and feeders, $1.50g3.25. Kansas City Produce. Kansas Citv, Oct. 28. Close WHE AT Dec, 66iati6c: May, 7070c Cash: No. 2 hard; 67W67c; No. 3, 6667c; No. 2 red, 71c; No. 2 spring, 676Sc. CORN Dec, 5RVc: May, 58c. Cash: No. 2 mixed, 58.58c; No. 2 white, 59 59c; No 3. 59c OATS No. 2 white, 38-S38yic. RYE No. 2. 56c. HAY Choice timothy, $13.0013.50; choice prairie. $13.00fn3.50. BUTTER Creamery, 19c; dairy, fancy, 14(fil5c. EGGS- Fresh. 17c. WHEAT Receipts, 178 cars. New Tork, Oct. 28. SUGAR Raw steady. Fair refining, 3 5-16c: centrifugal, 96 test. 3 l-16c; molasses sugar, 3 l-16c. Refined steady. Crushed. $5.60: DOwdered. $5.20; granulated, $5.10. coif jfiaju firm. jno. i uo, 6a New Tork Stock Letter. Furnished bv J. E. Gall. Commissions. Grain, Provisions. Cotton and Stocks. Of fice 110 West Sixth street. 'Phone 4S6. Correspondent Christie Grain and Stock Co.. Kansas City, Mo. New York. Oct. 28. An immediate rally followed the nublication of the bank statement Saturday, althouerh the circum stance is probably only partially the re sult of cause and effect. The bank exhibit was better than expected and Wall street looked only at the decrease in the sur plus reserve which, considering- the dis crepancies in the statement itself and the total disagreement which currents of money so far as they may be trace, muepenuent investigators agreea in the preliminary forecast that the banks must nave lost at z minion aouars in the week. It is possible that some book keeping methods in connection with the Pocahontas coal payment last week may be resuonslble for the eain of nearly $1.- 600.000 in cash, as reported by the state ment. There is. However, a discrepancy between the several items of the state ment, deposits failing by nearly 2 million dollars to show the increase called by changes In other items. It is fair to as sume that banks are not so well off as the statement's averages show, but never theless the surnlus reserve of nearly $14, -750,000 is satisfactory enough unless ex travagant speculation should lay too se vere demands in the near future upon the resources of the banks. It will be no ticed that the exchange market was firm with more business doing than usual on Saturday. Another need for remittance must now claim greater attention. It will take several million dollars to meet the installment due November 7 on the American subscription to the British con sol loan made last April. Exchange for this purpose must be collected by the end of this week. Although preparations have been made In the market for this remittance the bulk of it will naturally not be forwarded earlier than possible. Market Gossip. Furnished by A. G. Goodwin, Commis sion Merchant, 601 Kansas avenue. Furnished by A. G. Goodwin, Commis sion Merchant, 601 Kansas avenue. Liverpool opening cables: Wheat, Vid lower; corn unchanged. Second Liverpool cables: Wheat, d lower: corn, 4d lower. Chicago: Business in wheat here Sat urday was 100,000 bushels of No. 2 hard winter wheat and 100,000 bushels of oats, including 65,000 bushels of No; 2 white. At the seaboard exporters bought 184.000 bushels of wheat and 88,000 bushels of corn. Omaha live stock receipts: Hogs, 5.500 head: market steady. Cattle, 4,500 head; market steady. Northwest grain receipts today: Min neapolis, 810 cars: Duluth, ls5 cars. A year ago: Minneapolis, 878 cars; Duluth, 67 cars. Chicago: Receipts of wheat and flour here this week eqiial to 5. 770,600 bushels; shipments, 4.610,000 bushels. Karis: Wheat dull, 5gl0 centimes lower. Chicago: Phillips estimates shortage of corn crop at 6CK3.O0O.0OO bushels;this in con sideration of the amount that will be fed to stock. Chicago: Privileges good this week, lc away on December wheat and December corn. Liverpool. 3:18 p. m.: Wheat, d lower; corn, d lower, for the day. Chicaero grain receipts: Wheat, 130 cars; corn. 1S5 cars: oats, 192 cars. Liverpool closing cables: Wheat, d lower; corn, id lower, for the day. Kansas City grain receipts today: Wheat. 178 cars; corn, 123 cars: oats, 26 cars. Same day a year ago: Wheat, 241 cars: corn, 29 cars: oats, 20 cars. Total visible supplv: Wheat. 40.631,000 bushels: corn, 13,631,000 bushels; oats, 8, 197.6(0 bushels. Chicago: Estimated grain receipts to morrow: Wheat, 215 cars: corn, 195 cars; oats, 189 cars: hogs, 26.0U0 head. Total clearances wheat and flour as wheat. 553,233 bushels. Chicago: December wheat Puts. 70c; calls, 71V-C; curb, 71fi.l4c. December corn Puts, 66c; calls, 674c; curb, 56c Wool Market St. Louis, Oct. 28. WOOL Dull. Terri tory and wastern mediums, 4gl614c; fin, U4floc; coacse, 12ijl5c. Joseph Tips. Furnished by A. G. Goodwin, Commis sion Merchant, 601 Kansas avenue. New York. Oct. 28. The market prom ises to be somewhat reactionary today as a result of the bank statement and talk of gold exports during the week and as a disposition to await for some definite announcement of an agreement between the Morgan-Harriman interests in the Northern Pacific, C. B. Q. and St. Paul matter. There will be little money made in sell ing short and we think the market a buy at somewhat lower prices. It will pay to pick up some St. Paul, Union Pacific and the coalers on any decline. J. ARTHUR JOSEPH. Topeka Markets Topeka, Oct. 28. HOGS. HEAVY $5.10fff6.0. LIGHT $4.9015.65. ROUGH $4.75x5.60. CATTLE. E EI FER S $2. Wi 3. 26. COWS J2.O0lu3.OO. GRAIN. NO. 2 WHEAT 6052 62c NO. 2 WHITE CORN 68c, NO. 3 CORN 68c NO. 2 OATS 40c. PRODUCE. EGGS 15c BUTTER 15c. HAY $12,006 13.00. ALFALFA $12.00(f?13. 00. DRY LOT CATTLE. STEERS $4.001 4.50. COWS AND HEIFERS $3.0034.0(1 VEAL CALVES. HEAVY $2.5(K, 3.00. LIGHT $3.50&.V25. Topeka Hide Market. Topek, Oct. 28. GREEN SALT CURED NO. 1 8a. GREEN SALT CURED NO. Z-1.0. NO. 1 TALLOW 6c New Tork Stocks. New York, Oct. 28. Wall Street. The opening stock market was narrow and irregular. There were some points of strength among the coalers and transcon tinental roads, but the majority of stocks were lower. Amalgamated Copper ran off a point and People's Gas was under pressure. St. Paul, after Belling up ft point, fell back below Saturday's level. A tendency either way was not main tained very long during the first hour's business. Rallies and reactions occurred frequently. The general drift was down ward. St. Paul, Missouri Pacific, Amalga mated Copper and Sugar covered a range of a aoint or more. The last mentioned was sold heavily toward 11 o'clock and broke to 117. Missouri Pacific sold i point over Saturday's close, but lost tho rise. Chicago, Indianapolis and Louis ville, American Ice and Virginia-Carolina Chemical advanced 1 point and National Salt preferred and American Linseed pre ferred 1 points. Lackawanna rose 2 and reacted 2 points. Omaha, New York. Chicago and St. Louis and Faclno Mail yielded a point Liquidation was on a large scale in Amalgamated Copper and there seemed to be no Inside support. The price brok 2 points, to 83, and Anaconda was low ered 14 points. Elsewhere prices sagged sympathetically with the selling most ef fective in St. Paul, Union Pacific and Su gar. Northwest opened 4H points off, at 207. Chicago Great Western preferred B declined 1 points and Tennessee Coal 1H points. Manhattan advanced 1 points just before noon and People's Gas rose above 106. Bonds were irregular. Other local stocks followed the rise in Manhattan to the extent of a point or more, B. R. T. touching 62, Amalgama ted got up to 85. The entire market again became heavy; People's Gas and the local stocks reacting sharply. U. S. Steel stocks lost point each and Colorado Fuel a point. A few stocks were as much as a point under Saturday. Michigan sold at 116, a rise of 8 points since the last sale in March. Realizing in the active leaders brought large offerings and prices declined sharp ly all around. Extreme losses from 1 to 2 points in St. Paul, Union Pacific. Sugar, People's Gas and Amalgamated Copper and many other stocks fell a point or more below Saturday. New York Money Market. New York, Oct. 28. Close MONEY Money on call firm at 3H Per cent; prime mercantile paper, 4yi5 per cent; sterling exchange steaav witn actual Dusiness in bankers' bills at $4.86'i4.&6 for demand and at $4.83!fi4.84 for 60 days; posted rates, $4.84M'fi4.85 and $4.87; commercial bills. $4.83U4.X3?4. SILVER Bar silver, E7c; Mexican dol lars, 451ic. BONDS Government bonds steady. Re funding 2s, registered and coupon, 108'4: 3s, registered, 107: coupon, 10Vi; new 4s, registered, 138: coupon. 139; old 4s, regis tered and coupon, 111; 5s, registered, 106; coupon, 107. Cotton Market. Galveston, Oct. 28. COTTON Cotton steady at 7 15-16c. New York, Oct. 28. COTTON Spot cot ton closed quiet and 3-16c lower. Middling uplands. 8 3-16c; middling gulf, 8 7-ltto. Sales, 700 balea Range of Prices. Furnished by A. G. Goodwin, Commis sion Merchant, 6ol Kansas avenue. Chicaeo. Oct. 2S. Open High Low Close Sat WIIEAT- Oct Pec Mav CORN Oct Dec Mav OATS Oct Dec May PORK Oct Jan May LARD Oct Jan Mav RIBS Oct Jan May 71 71 71H-71 714- 70-71 71 H,' 74- 74-75 55 55 56 51B7 59- 69 66- 56 69-oSTfc 59 5H 68 SB 36i- 36- 36- 3i- 36 3S- 38 3 13 40 1 3 60 15 00 15 00 15 12 15 00 15 00 15 20 -5 02 15 10 15 02 15 12 8 77 8 82 8 75 8 75 8 97 8 85-87 8 SO 8 80 8 87 8 25 7 82 7 77 7 72 7 72 7 85 7 85 7 80-82 7 80-82 7 92 8 82 8 82 7 77 7 85 Bid. Asked. Range of Prices on Stock. Furnished by J. E. Gall. Commissions, Grain, Provisions, Cotton and Stocks. Of fice 110 West Sixth street. 'Phone 406. Correspondent Christie Grain and Stock Co., Kansas City, Mo. New York. Op'n High Low Sugar 11 119 117 People's Gas 1"4 H4 1!V A Mai. Copper 8614 86 K3 B. R. T 6 62 6 U. S. Steel 42 42 41 Texas Pacific 39 39 3 M. K. T 50 50 49 C. G. W 25 25 24 Rock Island 143 143 143 St. Paul 171 171 167 Atchison, com 7R 7S 7S Atchison, pfd 96 97 96 Manhattan 119 120 11 Western Union 91 91 91 Mo. Pacific 98 9R Wabash 36 36 3T So. Pacific 60 01 5 U. P., com... 102 1 02 99 Southern RwV. 32 32 31 Reading 42 42 41 N. Y. Central 15X 15s 156 T C. 1 6 69 Erie 41 41 4 C. 0 45 4.V-, 44 B. O. IOT. 105 10t L. N 103 l't! 102 Pacific Mail 43 43 43 Oct. 28. CTse Sat 117 119-S 1W lo4 x:f 86 t 42 39 50 '4 25 6 41 3S 49 2t 11.1 143 167 170", 78 7K 96 96 12i 119 91 96 97 35 36 59 ft) 99 101 31 32'-, 41 42 156 15s 59 60 41 44 4!V 14 Vi lf-! 104 43 A. Q. GOODWIN, 601 Kansas Avenue, COMMISSION MERCHANT Stocks, Cotton, Grain and Provisions For cash or future delivery. Private market wire to K ansa City, St. Lout Chicaeo and New Vokr. Telephone 273k

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