The Topeka State Journal (Topeka, Kansas)
February 13, 1902

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Sl"(ittff.iOT.iir.f i ,1 LAST EDITION THURSDAY EVENING. TOPEKA, KANSAS, FEBRUARY 13, 1902.. THURSDAY EVENING. TWO CENTS. DE WETJOT AWAY Kitchener's Big Drive Failed to Catch Boer Leader. Several bills were passed by unanimous consent including the following: To provide an American register for the barkentine Hawaii. The committees were then called. OUT OFJJANGER. Young KooseTelt's Recotery Is Considered Certain. YOU CAN HAVE IT' DIED BY FIRE. SAW THE ROBBERY FIVE STORY HOTEL One of New Buildings Planned For Topeka. And Had a Kifle but Was Afraid to Use It. Enthusiastic Colorado ;Ban queters Make ,ri Most of the Men Who Lost Their TAKE NO ACTION. Lives in Battle Line of Armored Trains and Searchlights 30 Miles Long. A CIRCLE OF FIRE. Fierce Battle Raged Through One Entire Night And Extended Orer an Area or 40 to 50 Miles. London. Feb. 13. The detailed ac counts which have just reached here o Lord Kitchener's combined movement to drive out the Boers from the en closure of block house lines show that the conflict was very picturesque and the most exciting incident of the whole campaign. Although apparently sur rounded by an Impenetrable ring of fiie and steel, the Boers' dauntless bravery and dashing charges ultimately result ed In the majority's escape from the -nestles of Lord Kitchener s close-draw. n net. The British commander's scheme -was the most extensive ever carried out during the present war. It consisted of a continuous line over fifty miles in length. Lord Kitchener, who person ally directed operations, was in close touch day and night with every detail of the movement. The Boers, though hard pressed shrank from attempting to cross the railroad, which was patrolled throughout the night by armored trains equipped with powerful search lights. The train lights were supple mented by stationary searchlights, and the spectacular effect, as witnessed fiom the trains, was most striking. By the side of the railroad were thedark forms of men lying in trenches or standing doing sentry duty. Tr.e gloom of the moonless night was intermittent ly relieved by the sweep of the search lights. The baUle at Heilbron raged from 0 o'clock Friday night until 5 o'clock Sat urday morning. Throughout the 32 hours a fearful ring of fire from rifles, cannon and pom poms swept along t.ii; British lines in holding De Wet's. Boers, who made repeated attempts to break out of the circle of troops. From va rious positions behind rocks and dongas' the Boers kept up a vigorous fusillade, hoping to find a weak spot in the line. Simultaneously others charged, but again and again were the Boers re pulsed, leaving dead, wounded and prisoners in the hands of the British. At the outset of the preparations the Boers realized that the operations were not merely an "ordinary drive," but a move threatening them with total anni hilation, and General DeWet assem bled his whole force and discussed the situation with the commanders, with the result that the Eoers were split uy into three forces. On the third nigh: 300 Boers, hemmed by Van Collera, rushed a force of imperial iighthorse, jelling "Storm, burghers!" About 10'J Boers get through, but the remainder, encountering a tremendous fire, were turned back. Friday night's conflict ebbed and swelled over an area of 40 to 50 miles, in which the long-hunted, harassed and desperate men endeav ored to find outlets. The Boers at one spot got within 30 yards of the British firing line, but the barbed wire balked the burghers and forced them to re treat. The firing never ceased. Aided by the electric searchlights the British hai rowed the surrounding territory with shrapnel shells and Maxim bullets. In the northern section the Boers made a desperate effort to break through. Col lecting a number of cattle, the Boers drove them down on the British lines. Bending low in their saddles the Boers rode among the cattle, making it im possible to distinguish them in the dark ness. The British pickets opened a terrible fire and the Boers were every where met with a relentless hail of bul lets. A long line of flame ran up and down the firing line, nearly SO miles in length as the armored trains flashed their searchlights over miles of coun try. The reports of the quick-firing guns along the entrenched line and the booming of the field guns and pom poms sounded very deep amid the sha: crackling of the musketry, while lleii bron fort contributed to the universal din with the deep roar of its naval gun. This lasted for some twenty minutes when graduallv the rattle died down until only the crack of single shots was heard. Then all was again quiet. The Boers' attempt to break the Brit ish circle had failed. A few of them succeeded in crossing the line, and among them was General DeWet. RESOLUTION DAY. A Number of Measures Passed by the Senate. Washington, Feb. 13. In his invoca tion at the opening of today's session of the senate the chaplain made feeling reference to the death of Senator Black burn's son. A concurrent resolution was agreed to directing the secretary of war to report whether there is danger of the Missis sippi river cutting through the space between that river and the St. Franci river near Walnut Bend. Ark., and if such danger exists to present an esti mate of cost to avert the danger. Mr. McF.nery (La.) offered a resolu tion which was adopted directing the secretary of war to inform the senate what railroads are being built in Cuba by whom they are being built and un der what authority of law. Another resolution offered by Mr. Gal linger was adopted directing the post master general to send to the senate is list of the persons employed in the di vision of rural free delivery at the time it was included in the classified service, whence they were appointed and' whether they were subjected to an ex amination before they were placed in the classification service. A bill was passed to vest in the Spanish treaty claims commission cer tain powers possessed by circuit and district courts of the United States IN THE HOUSE. Washington. Feb. 13. The session of the house today was occupied in the transaction of miscellaneous business Beliered Fight on Old Nomina tions Will Be Dropped. The question whether the Republican nominations made last spring shall hold over for the November election, 1902, seems to have been settled by the county central committee yesterday for the county board composed of County Clerk Wright, County Attorney Nich ols and Clerk of the L-istrict Court Cal laham met this morning and adjourned without taking any action on the ques tion. The hoard met and received a petition from the members of the old county central committee asking that the two nomination certificates which had been tiled and objected to by Oscar Swayze be withdrawn and the same parties be allowed to file another certificate which is expected not to be irregular. The board granted the request and ad journed sine die. The members of the board held that as the certificates to which there were objections had been withdrawn and that a new one was to be filed that the ob jections were annulled, as they were not directed toward the new certificate. Tl.e board took no action on the ques tion on the pound that as the objec tions died with the old certificate there are no objections to the new one. The board neatly avoided any action on the matter fdr the present at least. FOUGHfONrfHOUR. Colombian Nary Battles That of the Rebels. With Panama, Colombia, Neb., Feb. 13. The Colombian government fleet left Panama yesterday morning, met the insurgent warship Padilla off Agua Dulce, at 4 p. m. and fought her for one hour. The government gunboat Boyaca was struck and slightly damaged. The Padilla was hit three times and sought protection from the insurgent guns on shore. LEADING BY 20 MILES. Hegelman and Cava oaugh Are Setting a Terrific Pace. New York. Feb. 13. With half their journey over, the pedestriajas are begin ninig to show the strain ft the six-day walking match. Twenty-one teams have survived the pace, but stimulants ars being used frequently now. The only walkers who seem to be in good condi tion are Hegelman and Cavanaugh. the Hear brothers and the Hurst brothers. The tail-end teams frequently leav'e the track without waiting for their relief and several of them are on the verge of collapse. The leaders are about 90 miles ahead of the individual record and the 13 leading teams have all passed the old reccrd. The score at 8 o'clock this morn ing was: Hegelman-Cavanaugh 471 4 Shelton-Guerrero 452 S Fahey-Metkus 444 6 Golden-Traeey 437 9 Glick-Howarth 418 2 ravis-Carroll 400 t Feeney-Feeney 3S3 6 Heer-Heer 387 6 Hurst-Hurst 385 4 Dean-Campbell 3&4 9 SNOW IS PROMISED. The Temperature Is Continuing Al most Stationary. The weather bureau forcasters have gotten back into the old rut and an nounce colder weather and snow. The forecast sent out this morning was "threatening with rain or snow to night and possibly northeast portion FrMay. Colder Friday." The wind this morning was from the east blowing 14 miles an hour. Ut e temperatures in the northwest have moderated and the only stations reporting minimums below zero are Bismarck 2. Moorhead 10. Prince Albert 14 and Winnipeg 10. The min imum temperature this morning was 18. The hourly temperature recorded by the government thermometer were as fol lows: 7 o'clock 20'11 o'clock 24 8 o'clock 2012 o'clock 26 9 o'clock 2lj 1 o'clock 27 10 o'clock 22 1 2 o'clock 28 WILL OPPOSE HAINES. James Stewart to Enter County Com missioner Race. A contest is expected over the Repub lican nomination for county commis sioner in the First district, which is north of the Kansas river. S. H. Haines, commissioner from that district and chairman of the board of county commissioners, will be a can didate for renomination and election. He will have served one term next Jan uary. When he was a candidate two years ago he was opposed by James Stewart, whom he defeated. Stewart is now making an ante primary canvass for the place. DR. M'CLINTOUK SICK. He is Seriously III With Complication of Ailments. Dr. J. C. McClintock, the well known surgeon, is seriously ill at bis home at No. 1313 Fillmore street. Dr. McClintock has been confined to his bed for the last week and a half past with an inflammation of the eyes and a complication of tonsilitis and grip. His condition was reported as not improved today. SaJe is Postponed. New Tork. Feb. 13. Vice Chancellor Stephenson at Newark today issued an order temporarily postponing the fore closivre sale of the various properties own ed by the Vnited States Flour Milling company and mortgaged for $15.000, ik0 to the Central Trust company of New York, The sale was to have taken place in Jer sey City tomorrow. The order was grant ed on the application of former United States Attorney General Griggs in behalf of Mrs. Caroline T. lxck of orange. Mrs. Anna W. Hooker of New York. Henry Winslow of Duluth. Minn., and John L. IXKige of Great Barrigton. Mass. The or der is returnable on Monday next in Jer sey City. Platts Sues For Divorce. Edwin C. Platts file'd suit for divorce from Laura Platts in the district court this morning. The petition states that they were married December 25. 1867, at Kent, Ind. He says his wife desert ed him in October, 18S9, and he asks for the divorce on the grounds of abandonment. Crisis in Right Lung Success fully Passed. HE HAD A GOOD KIGHT. The President Beturns to Wash ington at iiiO Today. Will Beach the Capital Early Friday Morning. Groton, Mass., Feb. 13. Young Theo dore Roosevelt passed a good night and this morning his condition was such that It was announced that the presi dent would leave for Washington this afternoon. The crisis of the disease in the right lung has been passed success fully. The left lung has cleared to the satisfaction of the doctors and ibe boy is now considered out of danger. Secretary Cortelyou gave out the in formation concerning the patient this morning, with the additional state ment that the hrd passed one of the quietest nights since he had taken ill and that under the careful nursing, which he will have, recovery, while it probably would be slow, is considered practically sure. Mr. Cortelyou said that the hour for the departure of the president had not been set, but that the executive desired to reach Washington early Friday morning. His special train will go by way of Worcester instead of passing through Boston, as it did on the journey from Washington to Groton. President Roosevelt went earlier than usual to visit his son and to bring back his wife to breakfast. For the first time since his arrival the president talked with the newspaper men, while they were securing the report of his son's condition. He was very cordial and spoke with delight of the favorable condition of his boy. The room in which Young Roosevelt was being cared for was not lighted af ter 1 o'clock last night. The rooms of the other two boys who are ill at the in-' firmary were not dark and although each had a restless night, the reports from them this morning were encourag ing. At 11 o'clock Secretary Cortelyou came to press headquarters with the information that the condition of the president's son was excellent and that President Roosevelt was planning to leave for Washington at about 4 o'clock Or 4:30 this afternoon. At one o'clock Secretary Cortelyou announced to the newspaper men that the president would leave Groton for Washington at 4:40 this afternoon. At l:lu o'clock President Roosevelt, accompanied by Dr. Lambert, came over to the Powell cottage, the newspa per headquarters, to personally meet the reporters and correspondents who had been in Groton since Sunday. He -was in extremely good spirits as he shook each man by the hand. He thank ed them in behalf of Mrs. Roosevelt for a bouquet of violets which they had sent to her during the morning. Then he said: "I want to thank you boys, for myself, for the consideration which you have shown myself and my family and for all the courtesies which There has been such a sudden change in Ted that he has come ur, all of a sudden and he is now out of the woods." Continuing, the president said: "I shall leave this afternoon with Dr. Lambert. Alice will come over from Washington tomorrow to take my place to a certain extent, while Mrs. Roose velt will remain here perhaps ten day3 more. Then when Ted is in condition she will take him to the White House for awhile, but he will return here and continue his studies." While referring to the illness of the boy and some of the games he was fond of playing, the president said: "You know Ted broke his collar bone last fall playing football, and Mrs. Roosevelt said she was very thankful for that, as she considered tl'at it in sured him against breaking his neck. At this point three little children were introduced to the president, and ho jokingly said: "Why, are you the littie Powell kids? I have often heard Ted apeak of you; he calls you the Powell kids.' President Roosevelt promised that before he left Groton he would arrange with Dr. Peabody of the Groton school to give out information concerning the condition of the sick bo:-. In saying good-bye to the newspaper men the president referred to the presence of some with whom he had. as he said, "fit and bled" and he departed as cheerily as he had come. (VI RS. M'KIBBEN RESIGNS Matron of Christ Hospital 0uits After 13 Years Service. Mrs. F. G. McKibben, who has been matron of Christ hospital for 13 years, to day resigned her position, to take effect March 1. She will go to housekeeping with her husband at 71G Lane street. No one has been elected to take her place. Philippines Revenues Grow. Washington, Feb. 13- A cable mes sage was received at the war depart ment today saying that the total collec tions at all ports in the Philippines ex cept Siassi, for the month of January were about $720,000 in gold, being nearly as much as the collections during Octo ber and November last and about $100. 000 more than the collections for the sin gle months of August and September last. Xanotype Record Smashed Again. Indianapolis, Feb. 13. Claude Crause, a printer of this city, has broken the world's record as the fastest operator on the linotype machine. He put up in seven hours and forty-five minutes 86,200 ems. The fastest record hereto fore made was the same number in eight hours by an Iowa printer. Crause set 91,000 ems. This included corrected proof. i The Olympia Reaches New York. New York. Feb. 13. The IT. S. cruiser Olympia from Boston, which is to take part in the reception of Prince Henry of Prussia arrived here today. A Tender to Kansas of the Ar kansas Kiver. FRANK NELSON OVATION Glowing Tributes From Press For His Lincoln Address. A Dozen Kansans Made Proud at the Dinner. Denver, Feb. 13. Last night at the twelfth annual Lincoln banquet under the auspices of the Republican state committee, Frank Nelson, state superin tendent of Kansas was one of the prin cipal speakers. Senator. Wolcott of this state was also a leading speaker. The banquet was held in the Brown Palace hotel. Frank Nelson made the dozen Kan sans present proud to be there. His speech was easily the best effort of his life and glowed with eloquence. The audience cheered him to the echo and listened with courteous attention. His reception was equalled only by that of Wolcott. The Colorado Springs Gazette today says: "Frank Nelson the eloquent Kansas orator, commanded close atten tion. His tribute to Lincoln will take a place among the most masterful pub lic addresses of the year. His intensely earnest manner and beautiful rhetoric were most impressive." Today's Denver Republican says: "The Kansas orator has a. fine voice and delivery. The speech was received with enthusiastic attention. Cries of 'Good' and rounds of applause greeted the telling points of the speech. He re ceived an ovation at the conclusion. What's the matter with Kansas," yelled one auditor, and 'You can have our water,' snouted- another." Among the Kansans present was Wil liam Allen White. Mr. Nelson's subject was, "Lincoln and Our National Destiny." He said that "The hour and the occasion prompt us to rededicate ourselves to the best ideals in our national life. The epochs that mark the victories of truth and right; the!:' .convictions that have crush ed error and destroyed wrong; the cour age that has uiheld and defended great ideas; the patriotism that has immor talized our flag; the great events lead ing up to and culminating in the Civil war; the heroic work and mighty influ ence of Abraham Lincoln all pass in review before us upon an occasion of this kind. "During the' first half at our national life liberty was defined by the people of the North and the South in different "terms. To the south slavery was a com mercial term: to the north, a reproach to liberty and humanity. Attempts were made to check the evil from time to time through legislation and compromise, but it would not down. It grew in alarming proportions until it threatened the very life of the republic. The eloquence of Patrick Henry repeated itself in the elo quence of Clay, Webster, Sumner, Beecher and Wendell Phillips. It be came clearly evident that the Revolu tionary war had not solved the problem of free government. When the great contest for human rights came, the God of nationa caHed forth the ieader from the plain, earnest, liberty-loving people in the person of the upright, true hearted, peerless Abraham Lincoln." NEW YORK IS WORRIED. Afraid That Prince Henry Will Not Arrive in Time. Kiel. Prussia, Feb. 13. Mayor Low of New York has cabled to Prince HenrJ of Prussia, saying that Herr Wiegand, director general of the North German Lloyd line, thinks that unless the Kron Prinz Wilhelm sails from Bremen earlier than 7 o'clock Saturday after noon she will not be able to arrive at New York city, owing to the rough weather which prevails at this season of the year, until late in the afternoon .of February 22. too late for the cere mony of the municipal welcome and the presentation to the prince of the free dom of the city of New York. When asked if the steamer could not leave Bremen at an earlier hour. Prince Henry replied that he was unable to change the sailing hour of the Kron Prinz Wilhelm, but he said she would do her best to reach New York early on Saturday, February 22. The Kron Prinz Wilhelm is not chartered by Prince Henry. He and his party go simply as passengers, and it is too late now to notify the hundreds of other passengers that the steamer would sail 12 hours earlier tHan heretofore an nounced, as" she would have to do in order to catch the tide. Herr WIegand'3 view of the case is not shared by the commander of the Kron Prinz Wilhelm. The latter thinks the steamer can reach New York by midday February 22. Prince Henry spent the morning reading President Roosevelt's "Ameri can Ideals" and during the afternoon he coasted on the hill at the back of the castle, over a slope which has been the scene of a hundred fierce fights. Prince Henry, his adjutant, Commander -von Egidy and two of the little princes were on unpainted sleighs, the boys yelling lustily as they charged down the approach. Prince Henry, pink cheeked, lithe and athletic,, appeared to be in fit condition for the hard campaign of dinners and receptions that await him on the other side of the Atlantic. The crowded programme rather dismays some of the members of the prince's suite, but Prince THenry looks forward to a genuine holiday during which he is going to have a good time, as well as one which will give him many valuable fresh impressions. 75.0C0 Out of Work. Berlin, Feb. 13. A census of the un employed in Berlin taken February 2, indicates that, so far as the count has proceeded, there are 75,000 persons to tally without employment and about 40,000 partially unemployed. Secretary Root Has a Cold. Washington, Feb. 13. Secretary Root is suffering from a cold and was com pelled to leave his office and go home for medical treatment. In the Mountains of Kentucky, Were Burned Alire. NUMBER IS UNKNOWN. None Has Been Found to Tell the Story. A Steady Stream of Bullets Poured Into the Flames. Middlesboro, Ky., Feb. 13. Although the scene of the fight yesterday between the sheriff's posse and Lee Turner's men is only four miles from this city, it is still impossible to ascertain the exact casualties- on the Turner side. On learn ing that the officers were coming to his "Blind Tiger," Turner called in his mountaineer followers, who kept up a, hot fire till their building was burned. It is not yet known definitely how many were in the log barracks when the offi cers made the attack. How many were killed or wounded, or perished in the flames also, is unknown. As' those who escaped into the Cumberland mountains are" still defiant and as the victims on Turner's side were cremated.it is doubt ful whether their losses ever will be ful ly known. There are reports of wound ed Turner men being cared for in the mountains. As many murders for years have been reported in and about the no ted log house, surrounded by a barri cade 30 feet high, there are many ex pressions of satisfaction over its de struction, although all regret the loss of life. A month ago, some mules owned by Turner were levied upon because of a debt due Giles Colson. A week ago Tur ner, with a bodyguard, went to "Virgin ia, where the mules had been taken and regained them. While escaping, Boone McCreary, one of Turner's aides, was mortally wounded. Yesterday afternoon Deputy Sheriff Thompson of Bell coun ty, swore in a posse Of 50 citizens of Middlesboro to arrest Turner and the men implicated in the Virginia raid. Turner heard of this and gathered the mountaineers into his fortress for the fight. When the posse arrived a demand for surrender was refused and firing almost at once began. Cecil was shot down. Cecil's body lay in fornt of T?rner's gate. Doyle tried to get it but was shot down. Enraged by this, posse men set the saloon and fortress on fire. As the build ings burned a steady stream of builets was poured into them. Turner and oth ers claim that they did not do any shooting. The blame for the killing of Cecil and Doyle is being laid onto Welcn and other Turner men who are dead. Trouble is expected, however. before any arrests are made on the charge of murdering Cecil or Doyle. Lee Turner, with his brother, "the general" and a large force are patrolling the district around the ruins of the "Quarter house" today and will allow no one from Mid dlesboro to pass to the Mingo mines or elsewhere. Meantime the officers are reticent as to. their next "move." GROW BIGGER. Casualties and Number Engaged in Keutucky Mountain Fight. Middlesboro, Ky., Feb. 13. According to the latest reports from the scenes of yesterday's fight at Lee Turner's "Quar ter house" in Bell county, three and half miles from this city, between offi cers and citizens of Middlesboro and mountaineers, friends of the Turners, eight men were killed and one was mor tally wounded in the conflict. The dead are Charles Cecil, deputy sheriff, and the following mountaineers: Charles Dye, negro; Marsh Wilson; Perry Watson; Frank Johnson, Turn er's bartender; Mike Welch, Turner's chief lieutenant; Jim Prado and a man named Hopper. John Moyle, or the of ficer's posse was mortally wounded. It is also claimed that an unknown moon shiner perished in the flames when Tur ner's saloon was burned and several other persons are reported to have been burned to death although there is no confirmation of this rumor. Over CO men were engaged in the conflict. The officer's posse, it is claimed numbered 40 and they were opposed by 32 mountain eers. Lee Turner, who is now at the Mingo mines denies that he took part In the fisit. It is stated that he has called 50 of his friends together to "avenge the death of his companions and to resist any at tempt which may be made by the offi cers to arrest him, or any members of the mountaineers who took part inthe fight. Stoned the Police. Madrid, Feb. 12. There have been re newals of disturbances in several towns. At St. Sebastian, crowds of people stoned the police and the latter charged several times. A score of persons were wound ed. In Barcelona the strikers and workers have had several conflicts. Shots were exchanged and a number of people were wounded. v Killed by an Automobile. New York, Feb. 13. Henry Theis, a 7-year-old boy, was struck and killed to day by an automobile occupied by Ed ward R. Thomas, son of General Sam uel Thomas and three friends. Thomas was arrested, charged with homicide, and was released on bail. The automo bile which struck the boy is known as the "white flyer" because of its great speed. It formerly belong to William K. Vanderbilt, Jr. Weather Indication. Chicago, Feb. 13. Forecast for Kan sas: Threatening with rain or snow to night and possibly in northeast portion Friday; colder Friday; northeast shift ing to northwest winds. Temperatures of Large Cities. Chicago, Feb. 13. 7 a. m. tempera tures: New York 20; Boston 22; Phila delphia 18; Washington 18; Chicago 26; Minneapolis 16; Cincinnati 16. Fort Wayne, Ind., Feb. 13. The large general store of S. K. Randall, at Aviila, a village north of here, was en tered by burglars early today. The safe was blown open with dynamite and $900 cash and a large amount in notes were taken. David Shanline. a barber, re turned from a sleigh ride with a young lady while the robbers were at work, and discovered them in the store. He was captured and bound in the store, where he was kept until the job was completed. A hotel keeper across the street saw the cracksmen at work and got his rifle, but being 'Without assist ance forebore to interfere. The safe, a massive affair, was completely wrecked by the explosion. There were five of the robbers, and what direction they took is not yet known. National Suffrage Association Will Make an Effort To Double Its Membership and Aid Evolution. Washington, Feb. 13. At an infor mal meeting of the National Woman Suffrage association today held previous to the calling together of the regular convention, the subject of organization and advancement of the cause of wo man suffrage was discussed. Mary G. Hay of New York presided. She said two of the New York state officers had remarked that woman's suffrage would come just the same if there was no or ganization; that it would come through the process of evolution. This state ment caused a number of the delegates to announce that they wished it known that they entertained no such sentiment and asked for the names of the two state officers but Miss Hay declined to give them. Organization, Miss Hay ar gued, was necessary to success. She ad vised all present to join clubs "with the idea of sowing a little suffrage seed." She declared that evolution might bring suf frage but it would be accomplished quicker if evolution were helped along. A number of the delegates urged in creased activity in the matter of mem berships. Mrs. Catt said she would be glad ir a resolution would be introduced in the convention to double the membership and thereby set everybody to work.JTwo years ago Mrs. Catt explained, attertne convention had adjourned, a request was sent throughout the nation to try to double the membership but some people felt that it did not receive the inspiration it would have done had tne convention endorsed it. The members at once acted upon the suggestion and declared it to be the sense of the organization that all should join in an effort to double the member ship. When the association proper was call ed to order by President Catt for its sec ond day's session, there was but a slight falling off in the attendance notwith standing the intensely cold weather. Reports from the committee on cre dentials, board of auditors and the cor responding secretary were read and ap proved. The report of Harriet Taylor ITpton, treasurer, was then submitted and showed the financial condition of the association to be as follows: TREASURER S REPORT. Mrs. Harriet Taylor Upton of Warren, Ohio, submitted her report as treasurer. It follows: Receipts for the year were 113,581 balance $9,810. Three bequests were paid within the year, viz: Mrs. Jonas Green, of Virginia, $100; Dr. Helen J. Underwood, of California, $100; Mrs. Charlotte A. Cleveland, of Perry, N. Y., $2,000. New York contributed more money than any other state, giving $3,310. The five states paying the largest dues and therefore having the largest societies. Massachusetts, Iowa, Nebraska and Pennsylvania. The largest percentage of gain was made by Kentucky where Miss Laura Clay is president. The membership of the association has in creased, and the outlook for future growth and development is most en couraging. Susan B. Anthony at this point sta ted that she had a little scheme for get ting some money out of Uncle Sam. It was that when Mrs. Catt spoke before the committees of congress on Tuesday of next week she should deliver a por tion of her annual address and then ask "leave to print." By this, means, she said, the government will print the en tire speech and it can be sent under governmental frank, to every state of the union. Miss Upton announced that the rail roads had granted an unusual conces sion in extending the date of the tick ets to February 28. Mrs. French, of Rhode Island, gave notice of an amendment to the by-laws providing that whenever 25 members of any state petition the executive com mittee that any question shall be re ferred to the states for consideration such question shall be so referred and if a majority of the states vote in fa vor of the same it shall become a law. Henry B. Blackwell, chairman of the committee on presidential suffrage, urg ed every woman in every state to peti tion their legislature asking for the right to vote for presidential electors. Second Degree Murder. .Nebraska City. Ia., Feb. 13. For the killing of Mrs. Maggie Llnsley on the evening of November 5, a jury today found John McCormick, guilty of mur der in the second degree. Evidence was presented to show that McCormick call ed at Mrs. Linsley's home and calling her to the door shot her dead and that the act was prompted by Jealousy. Af ter the shooting McCormick attempted to commit suicide, but failed. Death of Got. Lindsay. Sheffield, Ala., Feb. 13. Former Gov ernor B. Lindsay, aged 78 years, died today after a short illness. He was the first governor of Alabama after the re construction period. His induction into office was resisted by his predecessor, Governor Wm. Smith, and the contest over the office induced one of the most exciting periods in the history of Ala bama. Death of Editor Proctor. Chicago. Feb. 13. Lewis Amsdem Proctor. 18 years editor of the Evening Wisconsin and for 25 years a resident of Milwaukee, is dead at his sister's resi dence in Oak Park. MORE WORKERS. M. Snattinger Proposes to Erect It at 526 Kansas Avenue. WILL BE 75X125 FEET. Only One of Numerous Build ings Which Are Planned. Will Also Be Many New Best deuces Next Season. A' new four or five story hotel for To peka is in contemplation. The new hotel will be known as the Oxford and wilt replace the present Oxford hotel con ducted at Nos. 526 and 528 Kansas ave nue by Frank Long. Negotiations ara now pending that if carried out will result in the erection of one of the finest popular priced hotels in the west Tha property is owned by Councilman M. Snattinger who will erect the building1. In event the arrangements under way! to build the new structure are com pleted the property next to the Oxford hotel on the north will be secured and the building torn down to make roonl for a 75 foot street frontage for the hotel. The lots are 125 feet deep, Iienca the hotel building would be 75 x 125 fee in size. The building will be either four or five stories high and will contain between B9 and 75 rooms. It will be entirely mod ern throughout, with electric Jjfhta steam heat, call bells and hard wood finish. The dining room and offfeo evil be of marble and the Interior daoora tions will be of a high order, aupasloK to most public buildings. The hotel will have its own steam plant and laundry and tha elevators will probably be operated by the hotel steam plant. The final arrangements fnr th r.d- tion of the building have not hen com pleted, but in event it is decided to re build the hotel on the site of the present one, work will be begun within a few weeks to tear down the present building si; uuu tne new one may oe completed in time" for the fall trade in September. t There will be much building in To peka next season and both skilled and unskilled labor will be in demand. To peka is enjoying a steady and wonder ful growth that gives no sins of weak ening. The opening of the new Santa Fe shops and other industries here will be the source of an increased popula tion within the next few years. Resi dences and dwelling houses are scarce, and besides the erection of a number of business blocks, it is estimated that from 100 to 250 residences will be built, here within the next 15 months. Among the large busi.ness blocks that will be erected are: Four story brick block at 702 Kansas avenue, by Chas. J. Devlin. Four story brick office building on the northwest corner of Ninth street and Kansas avenue, by A. F. Smith. Three story office building of the Kansas-Missouri Telephone company at the southeast corner of Sixth and Jackson streets. A large brick commission house on lower Kansas avenue, by John Beaton of Atchison. A wholesale' house on lower Kansas avenue by -Whlteker Brothers, fruit dealers. A corn sled factory. An automatic scale factory. A. B. Whiting Whole Paint and Glass house. Washburn, college astronomical ob servatory, physical laboratories and steam heating plant. And numerous smaller busineis blocks and residences. DROVE JAPANESE OUT. Striking Miners Attack Tfaoia Who Take Their Places. Florence, Colo., Feb. 13. Tha trouble between the Victor Fuel company and miners employed at their coal mines at Chandler, near this city, culminated1 in an attack oa Japanese miners who had taken the place of the strikers and the demolition of the boarding houso occupied by the Japanese. The moo drove the Japanese out of the camp. The affair occurred after a meeting of strikers at which it was decided to send an ultimatum to the "Victor Fuel com pany demanding the removal of tha Japanese. A report was circulated in the meeting, which was largely at tended, that two hundred more Japa nese were on their way to the Chandler mines, and this so enraged the strikers that they decided at once to rid the community of the Japanese. The at tack occurred about midnight, and it has not yet been learned if any one was seriously hurt, although the Japanese were roughly handled. MANY MEN AT WOBK. t Force at State House Larger Than For Tears. There are a larger numbei- of men at work on the state house than have been employed before for several years. There is a large force setting in place the marble base boards which will run through the corridors on the m-iin floor; a gang of carpenters is at work on thr inner doorways for the north and south entrances, and another gang is at work laying a permanent floor in the ground floor, which has heretofore been only plank. This plank has been in use Fix teen, years. It has been torn up and a regular tile floor has been laid in its place. PABKS IS PRESIDENT. Again Elected as Head of Continental Creamery Company. At the annual meeting of the Conti nental Creamery company the follow ing officers were elected for the en suing year: President, J. S. Parks; vice president. C. H. Pattison: secretary and treasurer. W. F. Jensen; assistant secretary and treasurer, J. H. Taylor. The new- board of directors are J. It. Mulvane, J. S. Parks. W. F. Jensen, C H. Pattison and J. II. Tu tor. 1

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TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL, THURSDAY1 EVENING. FEBRUARY 131902. Dt Lyon s PERFECT Tooth Powder (ft ELEGANT TOILET LUXURY. CJsed by people of refinement; tor over a Quarter of a century COMING DRAMATIC EVENTS. The Lewiston Sun says the following which will be at the Crawford tonight: "When We Were Twenty-One" as presented at Music hail seems to us what a. Dlav oueht to be. "The excellence of ,the presentation lias aireaay oeen noticea. inoueu uie disae-reeable Dart of the young fool is better done than he Is getting credit for. His passionate self-importance in telling his devoted friends how much better' his judgment is than' theirs, in preferring the scarlet woman to the lovely Phyllis, is delightfully exasperat ing. His Quarrel with jpielt after the catastrophe is well done. "We believe there is'no. sounder in struction in good morals, nor more powerful, than is found in such a play as 'When we Were Twenty-trae e ept. Indeed, in the good lives of the frood people we see. aoouc us. aureiy there is no more delightful way f re ceiving- Instruction. "Under Two Flags" will be at the Crawford Friday.- An advance notice of the play says: 'The play la replete with dramatic situations, and has a vein of comedy running through it, which relieves the heavier seenes and makes a pleasant variety, of humor and pathos. Toe company- carries its own scenery and complete outfit of new- costumes. "Miss Louise McCaJlum. who essays the part of the rollicking good-natured. but quick tempered little vivandiere Cigarette, Is an actress or Intrinsic ability, and sends her auditors away with applause for her bravery and un flinching love, apd tears for her un timely fate. Mr. Hattenbaeh portrays the role of the martyr soldier with a lioenesa worthy of hrs past reputation as an actor of quality. The supporting company is composed of tried and proven actors." Joe W. Spears' Farce? Comedy Star Triumvirate the two American Macks and Mazie Trumbull will present the latest thing in farce "The Irish Pawn brokers" at the Crawford Saturday, matinee and night. The piece is built on new lines and many novel situations are said to abound. Its amusing absur dities, specialties, songs, dances, pretty girls in gay gowns, special scenery and various effects from one of the strong est farce comedies ever offered. "De trusts." said Uncle Eph'm. "is jes' like musharoons. Hit takes a ex pert to tell which is de wholesome an" v. bieh is de pizen." Chicago Tribune. KIDNEY CURE' FREE A Trial Bottle of the World's Greatest Kidney Care. WARNER'S SAFE CURE SENT FREE TO EVEltY READEK OF THE TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL WHO SUFFKKS FROM KIDNEY, LIVER. HLAPDEK OR BLOOD DISEASE. OR WHAT 13 COMMONLY KNOWN AMONG WOMEN A3 "FEMALE WEAKNESS." TEST YOUR KIDNEYS. 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Johnson, of Lexington, Ky.; Will iam R. Allen, St. Louis, Mo.; Frank S. Gorton, Chicago: William O. Pollock and II. K. Devereaux, Cleveland, O. W. L. Hitchings, C. M. Jewett. Frank Walker, H. M. Whitehead and T. L. Quimby, of Boston, and H. W. .Wilson, of Lexington, Ky. The committee on credentials report ed 822 delegates, many represented by proxy. C. A. Willis, of Redbank, N. J., moved an amendment forbidding betting on heats in a race and calling for the ex pulsion of any member who should ai low it. It was not adopted, 296 votes peing against it and only four lor it. The committee on nominations re ported for the re-election of the pres ent officers, including the members of the board of review, J. Malcolm Forbes, of Boston, John C. Welty, of Canton, Ohio, and H. t. Plant, of Macon, tia. A change making the rule against hopples more stringent, but requiring action by the American Trotting associ ation to become effective, was proposed by Mr. Jewett. but was voted down. A new rule, 16, section 1, referring to disqualifications, was adopted. It provides: "Owners who start horses: riders or drivers who ride or drive and all horses started at meetings by persons under penalty by either the National Trotting association or the American Trotting association, shall, by operation of the rules, be henceforth disqualified from the right to compete on grounds of members, which disqualification may be removed only by order of the board of review and upon payment of a fine of $100, to go to this association, the fine to apply to the horse or horses dis qualified, regardless of any change of ownership." Another change provides that written or telegraphed notice for the drawing of a horse shall be given, instead of the oral notice sometimes given in the past. Another change provides that no heat shall be called after sunset. Rule 24, section 2, was amended so as not to permit any person interested in any horse in a race to act "in any official capacity in that race." This is broader than the recommendation of the conference, which mentioned only "judges and timers." Rule 31 was amended so as to allow printed conditions of a, race to arrange for other than the usual number of heats. The rule covering sandwiching of iieats was changed so as to allow the sandwiching of heats of three races on one day. Rule 35, section 3, was left unchanged after a long discussion over a proposi tion to allow judges to declare any heat void for pulling or other irregularities. The rule regarding distances also was left unchanged, although the conference committee recommended a reduction of ten feet. A new section allowing the waiving of distance on consent was adopted. Besides other penalties, the fine for allowing suppression of the correct time els increased from JIQO to SaOO. A board for determining records was es tablished. to consist of the presidents of the National, American and Register associations. The following was added to rule 44, by a vote of 272 to 12: Records cannot be made or bars In curred in trials of sceed where there is no pool selling, bookmaking or other public betting, on the event, no money competed for, no entrance charged or collected from competing horses, no ad mission fee to the gate or grandstand and no privileges of any kind sold. uch performances shall not be consid ered public races." President Johnson left the meeting before it was over, in order to catch a train. As he left it was explained that his son bad died in Montajia and that he had been informed nf the fn.pt lust as he Vaa starting for the congress. A resolution of sympathy for him was adopted by a rising vote. Mr. Willis moved that when the con gress adjourned it be until March 12, at which time, after notice, the question of abolishing the practice of voting by proxy be considered. On motion of Mr. Wilson it was voted to petition the United States congress to allow, on application, an extension of six months to the period of six months during which a Canadian owner of a horse may import the same in bond and free of duty. The next congress will be Held in this city. WHIM TEAMS WILL TRAIN. Preparations Being Made by Big Leaguers For Spring Training, Chicago, Feb. 13. As the Ides of March rn hefrinninar t irnli arnnnH tlin t m a of the big league are beginning to think about journeys to their training quarters and preparations are being made by the magnates. The different teams of the two big leagues will train at the following places: This year the Chicago American league team will train in their old Quarters at Excelsior Surinjrs. Mo., under the personal direction of Comiskey and Griffith. The men did their preliminary work at this resort last soriner and the best nroof that hoy were sdttstled wrHi the pla.ee- is that nii-y iiio Eumpc aniii nils ffpnriK. Manager Frank Dwvir of the Detrotts does not believe in southern trips, and will get his new aggregation of Tigers into hunch strike" fafrrv eood weather. Uwver Iwlieves' that his men wfll be on edge when the championship -season opens. McAleer wiii have the new St. Louis team report to him in St. Louis. Then, if the weather proves bad, he will take nis men to either Memphis or Mobile for their preliminary work. The Cleveland combination will travel direct to New Orleans and do their train ing stunts in the Crescent City under the watchful eye of Managei Armour. Connie Mark will e-et his reluvenAterf band of Philadelphia sludgers, including big La.ioie, into condition at Newport News, Va. The Boston team will make an extend ed southern trip, but Manager Collins is figuring on putting in most of the spring time in Norfolk. Va. McQraw and his lusty band of ball tos sers. who expect to land the pennant in Baltimore this year, will train at Macon, Ga. Tom Loftus will have his reorganized grouo of Senators do their preliminary spring work right in Washington, al though if he strikes hard weather the team will be taken to Raleigh, S. C. The spring training plans of a majority i of the National league clubs have al ready been perfected. President Hart of the Chicago club intends to send the 32 cumulates tor regular practice on trie reconstructed west side team down to Champaign. 111., where they- will be tried out under the direction of Manager Frank Selee. If the Orphans strike an even break on the weather they will have no cause to complain or their training grounds. Pnnp Manajrer Donovan will tie compell ed to train his badlv battered and hope lessly weak St. Louis team on the- home grounds, as President Frank le iiaas Rotiison declined to ETend any money on the spring training of his "roisuts." The Cincinnati club will train in New Orleans under the direction of Manager McFhee. Nineteen players will be taken to the Iraining camp. The Pittsburg champions, who are ex pected to repeat the trick this year, will train at Hot Springs, Ark. Manager Fred Clarke will be in command ami Barney Preyfuss and Harry Pulliam will also be on hand to otter suggestions. Ned Hanlon will take the -Brooklyn players to Savannah. Ga. Hanlon believes mat tieorgia is an laeai state in wnicn to condition nail players. Boston's new manaeer. Al Buckenbereer. has selected Thompsonville, N. C, as the spring training quarters, of the Bostcn- dThe Phillies will train at Charlotts- ville. Va., under the direction of Manager Shettsline. Andrew Freednran of New York, who is weighted down with various troubles, np.s not had time for thought of a spring training camp. HANLON'S BUNCH. Several of the Veterans Are Not in Line. New York, Feb. 3. The officials of the Brooklyn Ball club have been quiet ly signing players for next ball season until they have everybody in line except Joe Kelly, Tom McCreery, Jimmy Hughes, Doe Newton. Charley Irwin and Willia Keeler. They have signed five catchers, including Farreil and Mc tJuire. the veterans; Fuller, from Fort Wayne; Ahearn, of last year's Albany club, and a youngster named Armbrus- ter, who was recommended to Manager Hanlon by Ian Brothers. Seven pitchers have been signed, with Hughes and Newton liable to some to terms at any moment. They included Kitson and Donovan, of last year's team; Wright, a six-footer from Dayton, Ohio; Joss, another big fellow, from To ledo; Mullen, from Forf Wayne; Mc Cann, who was farmed to Hartford last summer, and a left-hander, Wintaam, who has had little experience. Short stop Dahlen has signed, but he. will be the only veteran in the infield, unless Kelly comes to terms and plays first base. Hanlon had a raft tf -new ln- fl elders, including First Baseman Tur ner, of Toledo, said to be a fine player: second isaseman r looa, ot uanrornia. highly spoken of; Third Baseman W'heeler, and Gochnaur, both of Day ton; also, Lowdenslager, -who is an ex periment, and a youngster named Prout of Washington C. H., Ohio, a second baseman. Outfielders Shreckard and Dolan. of last year's nine, have signed together with Hildebrand, of California. recommended to Hanlon by Lange, the former Chicago player, and a young cen ter fielder named Ward, from Ohio. Keeler has received an offer of $5,000 a year from the Detroit American League club, but he says he will remain with the Brooklys for $4,000 a year, about 11,000 more than he got a year ago. Kelly would like to get with the New Yorks under certain circumstances and is holding off for a while. SELEE'S TEAM. Chicago Manager Names the Men He Has Secured. Chicago, Feb. 13. Manager Frank Selee, of the Chicago National league team, paid his first official visit as man ager of the club to this city today. One of the first things he did was to issue a full list of the 31 players he will nan die this season. The most astonishing thing about the list is the absence of the name of Barry McCormick. "He has not been signed," said Selee. His team is made up as follows Catchers, Chance, Kahoe, Kling. Zu laski; pitchers, Taylor, Menefee, Wad- dell, Easton, Ferguson, Hoker, St. Brain, Gardner, Glade, Sample; infield- ers, Doyie, uhagen, Bonner, Lowe, Childs, Raymer, Tinker, Schaefer, Meln tyre, Kennedy; outfielders, Davey, Jones, Williams, Slagle, Congalton, Lynch. Miller: Dexter, utility man. Said Selee: "We will not be able to keep all the men, but we have many applications for the surplus. We will not sell the release of any player, bu we'll place him where It will be to his best advantage. Arthur VV illiams, Jr.. of Maiden Tufts college star center fielder, has been secured. W illiams leaves Boston for the west in March and gets his de gree from Tufts in June. Williams has been playing ball for seven years, start ing with Maiden high school, and is the finest ball player Tult has known." A SPORTY CHINAMAN. Consul General at Frisco Buying Sev eral Race Horses. San Jose. Cal., Feb. 3. Ho Tow, Chi nese consul general at San Francisco, is making material additions to his stable of trotters now at the Vendom stock farm, near this city. His latest purchase is Much Better, 2:07, a pacer which he bought from James W. Rea of this city. Ho Tow is at present negotiating for the. purchase of McKmney, for whlcn he has offered $23,500 and Ira Alto, Rea's champion stallion, for which he is willing to pay $12,500. It is his plan to make other additions to his stable this spring and breed and train harness horses. JEFFRIES AND MARTIN. The Heavyweights Ara Offered $15,- OOO For a Twenty Round Bout Portland. Ore.. Feb. 13. At a meeting of the managers of the Pastime club this city today it was decided to instruct Man agers Day and Grant to offer a purse of $15, UH) for a 20-round contest netween Champion Jeffries and "Denver" Ed Mar tin, the contest to take place some time in Mav. A 'certified check of $5,000 will he deposited by the club a a guarantee of good faith on the acceptance of their prop osition by both men. Q'Connell Goes to Hoosiers- Chieago, Feb. 13. Jack O'Connell.who captained and played first base on the Sacrod Heart college team of Water- town, Wis., last season, has been signed to play that position on Manager Wat kins' Indianapolis team this season. He has been a member of the Green Bay team of the Wisconsin State league af ter college season expired. Ryan to Meet Tim Murphy. Kansas City, Mo.. Feb. 13. Tommy Ryan and "Australian" Tim Murphy have signed articles for a ten-round boxing contest at catch weights before the Tuxedo club in this city Tuesday night, February 25. Giants Sign Roy Clark. New York. Feb. 13. Roy R. Clark, captain of the Brown university base ball club for two seasons, has been signed to play center field for New York during the coming season. Salisbury to Philadelphia, Spokane. Wash.:' Feb. 13. W. Salis bury, Portland's crack baseball pitcher, has signed with the Philadelphia Na tional League club. C. F. Menninger, M. D., office 727 Kan sas ave. Tel. 19: residence 12al Topeka ava. TeL S3. Office bourse 2 to 6 p. m, Cattle Associations Forninlate -v Plans For Union. Will Be Known as Southwestern LlTe Stock Association. PROTECT KANGE MEN. Prevent Thieving by a Careful System of Brands. Abuer T. Wilson of Kiowa Elected President, Wichita, Kas., Feb. 13. The name of the Oklahoma Live Stock association .will probably be changed to the South western Live Stock association, 'as the first step in a movement to effect a con solidation pf all the live stock associa tions of the western range. At present there are five associations the Kansas, the Kingman county, the Oklahoma, the Panhandle and the Texas, The Okla iioma association is the largest of all. If it takes the preliminary step tomor- row by changing its name, then the other associations will be sounded at once on the proposition for all to go into one large association. It is argued that the interests of the range cattlemen can be better protected by one large association than by several small ones. The chief work of such associations ia to protect cattle owners from thieves and loss of strays. A full corps of inspectors is employed by the year to look after the cattle of the members. These inspectors know every bra.nd in the west, .and they are able to locate a man's cattle for him easily. Robert Painter, of Meade, tells of an incident showing the value of the work of the inspectors. A few weeks ago toa received a check from the Kansas City inspector for the value of a couple of cows which had strayed from his ranch unknown to him. They had been picked up by another ranchman and shipped to the Kansas City market. The inspector for the association found them in the other man's bunch, cut them out, sold them and sent the money to Painter. Fewer cattle trades are being made here than are usually made at such meetings. Cattlemen say It is due to the high price of feed. Many stockmen have cattle for sale, but purchasers are scarce. It is too early to buy for the range. Prospective purchasers, how ever, are taking notes and as soon as winter breaks up they will know exact ly where to go to get what they want. Officers, were elected for the year as follows: President, Abner T. Wilson, Kiowa, Kan.; first vice president, ii. W. Cromwell, Alva. O. T. second vice pres ident, Ed T. Davis, Dot, O. T. secretary, W. E. BClton, Woodward, O. T. The report of the Oklahoma live stock sanitary commission for the year was submitted. It showed that, up to date of the open season, 425 inspections had been made, covering head orcattie, about 40 per cent of which were found to be infected. Since November 15 and during the present season, there have been inspected by the regular and dep uty inspectors 6(5,777 head of cattle, at a cost for the deputy inspectors of $2, 841.91. This amount was collected from cattle owners. Three towns are candidates for the next convention. Ponca City, Guthrie and Oklahoma City. This will be set tled tomorrow. A big riding contest- took place at the stock yards park in 'the afternoon. It was witnessed by at least 10,000 people. There were fifteen contestanta,the crack riders among the cowboys of the west. Unbroken range horses were brought from Kingman, and most of them were buckers of the old school. Prizes were awarded as follows: First, C. W. Jack son, Liberal, Kan., $100 in cash; second, W'alter Fletcher, Coolidee, $50; third, C. Reynolds, 101 ranch, $25; fourth, R. C. McPherson, Canadian, O. T., silver spurs. Miss Bessie Mulhall gave an exhibi tion of riding. SHORT HORN CATTLE SALE. Fifty-one head of Shorthorn cattle from J. F. Stodder's stock farm at Bur den, Kan., were sold at the combination sale here today. They averaged $172. The bulk of them were bought by Kan sans. A few went to Oklahoma. Fol lowing are the sales of $200 and over: W. C. Edwards. Wichita, Florence 4th, 1 year old, $205; Oxford Bloom 11th, 1 year old, $255; C. F. Wolf Son, Ot tawa. Hattie May 11th, 5 years old, $300; J. F. Funk, Nickerson, Hattie May 8th, 7 years old. $2W; vv. M. courteous, oar field, Kan., Blondine of Silver Creek, 2 years old. $200; J. W. Heaton. Coates, Kan., Fancy 2d, 5 years old, $250; Rose wood 6th, 4 years old and bull calf, T. K. Tomson Sons. Dover, Kan., Topsy Turvy 2d, 4 years old, $200; Flora Belle, 4 years old, $325; J. D. Brewster, Belle Plaine. Pansy 2d. years old ana cow calf, $205; Prince Fancy, 1 year old,$255( Clay Harrington, Clearwater, Hattie May 2d, 3 years old, $410; Cook.r'ree port. Kan.. Lady Dover, 2 years old.$225; D. Courtwrlght, Larned, Kan., Sun flower Prince. 1 year old, $i0; Harry Lunt, Burden, Kan., Prince Constantine, 11 months old. $200; Tyler Miller. Haven, Kan., Sarah Flad, 1 year old, $225. Eighty nead of poiand-onina nogs owned by Snyder Bros., of Winfield, and H. E. Lunt of Burden, were sold. They brought an average of $25. CALHOUN ON TRIAL. Ha Is Charged With Murder of His Wife. Oswego, Feb. 13. The trial of Dr. C. C. Calhoun, of Mound Valley, for the murder of his wife has been com menced. The first witness for the state was Miss Hallie Elledge, who testified that the defendant married her sister about two years before her death. They had traveled considerable after marriage, lived for awhile at Chelsea, I. T., and afterwards with the Elledge family at Mound Valley. Miss Elledge said she was in the hotel parlor-the night of October '23 when her sister came in from a bicvele ride. She saw her and Dr. Calhoun get a pail of hot water and go to their room. Calhoun asked the witness to stay with her sister until he went for -bis daughter. She stayed, she said, until he came. After leaving the room she heard her sister scream Oh, oh," two or three times. Miss Elledge said her sister was healthy and had never been ill before. Her sister at this time complained of being very weak.- She said she had fallen from her bicycle and injured her self. Her sister was no better the next day. She next saw toer sister at 1:30 o'clock Friday night. She was called by Dr. Cainoun, who also called per motn er. saying he thought "Madge ia dead She saw her sister lying on ner back dead. She carried life insurance in the Knights and Ladies of Security and in the Degree of Honor. Dr. G. A. Calhoun was charged witn murdering his wife October 26, 1901. Mrs. Calhoun died suddenly at Mound Valley.. Kas. Her life insurance amounted to $5,000. A coroners jury recomended that tie husband- be arrest ed and charged with murder: Ira El ledge, brother of the dead j woman, swore out warrant and Drv-Calhoun was arrested. The insurance liolicioj were made out in favor of Dr. Calhoun. The mother grandfather and taster of the dead women believed Dr. Calhoun innocent,. NEW WELLINGTON MILL. It Will Have Capacity pf 600 Barrels of flour Per Day Wellington,- Feb. 13. The Hunter Milling company has closed a contract with A. E3. M osier, representative of the Allis-Chalmers company, of Milwaukee for the erection of a new flouring mill of 500 barrels capacity a day. The new building will be erected just across the track west of the old one and will give the company a total capacity of 800 bar rels a day. It will be 44 by 86 feet, will be of brick arid three stories high above the basement. The contract also pro vides, for the erection of a large, bran store house, The work on the" new mill will begin as soon as possible. The building will be contracted for by the mill company but everything else will be in the hands of the Milwaukee company. Mr. Mosier came td Wellington last week. His com pany has erected most of the large mills jn Kansas and Misspuri and the new Hunter mill will not be second to any of them. "It will be the finest and jnost complete mill in the .state," said Geo. H. Hunter. PORT SCOTT'S RACE TRACK. Grant Hornaday Plans to Build New One. Fort Scott, Feb. 13. Fort Scott is to have a race track. James Burton, the city engineer, has been engaged by Gtant Hornaday to lay it out on Tower Hill where the Athletic park now stands. Mr. Burton has made a pre cursory examination of the lay of the land there and says a nice track can be built. Some Fort Scott men who are interested in fast horses have about completed the organization of a driving club and they have contracted with Mr. Hornaday to lease the driving park from him at $275 per year. The track will be a half mile track, extending 'around the old Campbell house southeast of Athletic park enclos ure. It will be enclosed by a high board fence like that around the Ath letic park and the present amphitheater will be used for it. The judge's stand will be portable so that nothing will in terfere with the use of. the grounds as an athletic park. The gentlemen in terested in the driving club have been having meetings for several days past and they will be ready to announce their organization in a few days. M'PHERSON UP TO TIMES. Citizens Are About to Buy an Auto mobile. McPherson, Feb. 13 Some of the busi ness men- in the city are thinking of purchasing an automobile. McPherson should get several of them to show the other towns that they were not the only people who are able to have one of those fine machines. r But there is almost a surety, of one or two men of this city getting one of these in a short time. Some time ago one business man was thinking of put ting in several and to use instead of horses. He may yet invest. Jumped Too Far. Galena, Feb. 13. Frank Griffin, a 'Frisco brakeman, V was hurt yesterday by-jumping from the top of a box car to the hard ground below. His left knee was badly bruised and skinned. He had set a brake to stop the car near the end of a switch and fearing that it would not stop before reaching the end of the track, which would cause a wreck, jumped. INCREASE OF $10,133,910. Post office Appropriation Bill as Pre pared by Committee. Washington, Feb. 13. The postofHce appropriation bill has been practically completed by the house committee or. postofHces and postroads, and will be reported in a few days. It carries $137, 916.59S, an Increase of $14,133,910 over the current appropriation- and of $3,185,022 over the estimates. The largest item is $41,250,000 for railway transportation of mails. The rural free delivery service gets an increase of $1,250,000, making the total $7,529,000, and provision is made to place the rural carriers under a con tract system instead of salaries, as at present. The extra allowance for fast railway mail service between New York and Washington is omitted, but that for the service between Washington and New Orleans and from Kansas City to Newton, Kan., is included. There is no provision for pneumatic tube service, that subject being covered in a sepa rate bill. For increase of salaries of postoftice clerks $811,000 is allowed, and $200,000 for increase in salaries of rail way employes. JAMES II FARREIL, A PROMINENT CHICAGO MAN. And the Oldest Member of the Illinois House of Representatives Makes a Recommendation. James H. Farreil of Chicago, is one of the best known figures in the Demo cratic politics of that city. For years he has been Marshall of the famous Cook County Democracy Marching club, which has participated in Demo cratic campaigns in half the states of the union, and which went to New York especially to assist in the election of Mayor Van Wyck. Capt. Farreil is the oldest member of the Illinois House of Representatives in point of service, having been a member continuously since 1887. His constitu ents have elected him eight times. He has been a leader In that body from the beginning of his career and is one of the best known figures in Illinois poll tics. Capt. Farreil Is 59 years of age and one of the best preserved men for his years in the Illinois legislature, despite his arduous and constant duties in that body. Mr. Farreil is engaged in the real estate business in Chicago. Under date of March 14, 1901, he writes as fol lows: Springfield, 111. Pepsin Syrup Co., Monticello, 111., Manufacturers Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin. Gentlemen: I have found after a thorough trial that your Syrup Pepsin is a most excellent and successful rem edy for Dyspepsia, Billiousness and Sick Headache. It is most effective and pleasing in all cases of this nature, and it is with pleasure I recommend it to others. Respectfully yours, JAMES H. FARRELU Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin and Herb Laxative Compound is guaranteed to cure all forms of stomach trouble bil iousness, sick headache, indigestion and constipation. Not an irritant but a cor rective. Druggists generally sell it. Ask yours, but if he hasn't it send for free sample and booklet, Pepsin Syrup Co., Monticello, Ills. THE KANSAS DAIRY. New Methods Open Great Opportuni ties For Young Men. Dairying affords to the farmer many new opportunities. The farmer can improve these op. portunilies only in proportion to his ability to exercise his brains. For him to solve are the problems of feeding skim milk profitably, the grow ing of the best feeds and increasing the oioduc-tion of his farm per acre, the breeding of the best cow and the feeaing of her for the greatest profit to assist n:m in solving these prod lems the Continental Creamery has an educational department each month distributing among its patrons bulletins and papers containing practical infor mation on the more important subjects of dairying. "The ereamery can pros per only as its patrons prosper," is a motto of The Continental Creamery and the patron can prosper only in pro portion to the measure of his under standing on these subjects. The Continental Creamery has given a stimulus to the dairy interests of Kansas and is for the young man first and last. The young man of today is going to own Kansas in a few years, and when he does there will be oceans of milk. He Is educating himself at the Kansas dairy school and is reading. and he knows that eventually the farms of Kansas will be smaller and that the dairy industry offers him op portunities to do a large business on a small farm. The young man with taste catering to the public, or of a mechanical bent is preparing himself to buy or establish skimming stations at the thousand different villages of Kansas which today are without that blessing, and to sell his cream to one of the successful creamery concerns. There are in Kansas dairying oppor tunities for young men of limited cap ital. A MOUNTAIN BATTLE. Six Men Killed in Fight Between Officers and Mountaineers. Knoxville, Tenn., Feb. 13. A special to the Journal and Tribune from its Middlesboro, Ky correspondent says: "Six men are dead and as many more are dying as the result of a battle be tween officers from Middlesboro and mountaineers. The battle which was one of the moet desperate in the history of mountain warfare occurred between 4 and o'clock last evening at Lee Turn er's 'Quarter house' saloon, three and a half miles from Middlesboro. Last month some mules and other goods of Turner's were levied on in payment for a debt and a few nights ago It is al leged, he, with others went to Virginia, where the property had been taken, se cured what was formerly his, and re turned to the 'Quarter house.' Deputy Sheriff Watt Thompson summoned a posse of ten or fifteen men for the pur pose of arresting Turner at his saloon. The Louisville Nashville railroad re fused to convey the officers to the sa loon and they walked througft the mountains. Turner had heard that an attempt would be made to arrest him and he and his men, 15 in number, gave the officers a warm reception. The sa loon was well suited for an attack lika this. It was built of logs and was sur rounded by a 30 foot' fence, in which loop holes were cut so that the inmates could shoot at outsiders. Turner's surrender was demanded. His reply was a round of shots. Charley Cecil, of Mid dlesboro was riding a pony in plain view of the Turner men. Some one raised a window of the log house and shot Cecil who fell dead. Instantly the man at the window fell back pierced by half a doaen bullets. Then the firing be gan in earnest. The officers scattered, and hiding behind trees, poured a gall ing fire into the mountain fortress. In the fight John Doyle, a railroad man, was badly wounded, perhaps fatally.and Simon Bean, another railroad man was shot in the hand. The town men gath ered closer around Turner's place un daunted by the shots which whizzed around them. As soon as Cecil was kill ed his companions determined to burn Turner's rendezvous, and in the midst of the battle a man applied a torch to an exposed side of the building. Soon the building was in flames. Several of the mountaineers came to the window and were immediately shot down. The members of the posse, surrounding the barricade, were determined to let none escape. Lee Turner and several of his friends, however, in some manner es caped, and he is now at Mingo mines," eight miles from Middlesboro. Several of bis men perished in the flames. All sorts of rumors are afloat, one be ing that five Turnerites were killed by the rifles of the attacking men and that five more perished in the names. It is also believed that the posse lost more men than one, and that some of the Middlesboro fighters may now be lying dead or dying in some of the hollows surrounding the quarter house. Some of the deputies came in with their rifles over their shoulders. They state that half of the men are still at the "quarter house." and that they will re turn with reinforcements. It is feared that the trouble is not at an end. Tur ner is not a man who is easily cowed, and it is believed that he will organize a band and avenge the death of his friends and the burning of his saloon. Turner is a "brother of "Wild Bill" Tur ner, who was killed some years ago. The "quarter house" Is known far and wide because of the number who have been killed within its confines. Placing yesterday's number pf deaths at six, 59 persons have been killed there, and twice that number wounded. MISSOURI-KANSAS LEAGUE. Baseball Men of the Two Btates Will Meet and Make an Organization. Joplin, Mo.. Feb. 13. Arrangements have been made to hold a meeting at Nevada on February 19 fof the purpose of organizing a Missouri-Kansas base ball league. Representatives of Joplin, Snringfield, Nevada, Sedalla, Moberly and Jefferson City, Missouri, and Fort Scott and possibly Arkansas City and Parsons, Kansas, will meet on this date, and if possible make permanent ar- Lrangements for the coming season. lilt' pi llicijui viiiuw. t.,c n are J. B. Roe of Sedalia and Doc. Shive ley of Kansas City. Shiveley is booked for the presidency of the league. A large delegation has arranged to go from Joplin, and it is expected the other cities interested will give the meeting liberal attention. A schedule has been prepared and will be submitted at this meeting. Piles Cured Without the Knife. Itching. Blind, Bleeding or Protruding 1 Piles. No Cure No Pay. All druggists authorized to refund money where Pazo Ointment fails to cure any case of piles, no matter of how long standing. Cures ordinary cases in six days: the worst cases in fourteen days. One application gives ease and rest. Relieves itching in stantly. Thia is a new discovery and is the only pile remedy sold on a positive guarantee, no. cure no pay. Price 50c. If vour druggist don't keep It in stock send us 50c in stamps for it. Paris Med. Co st. Louis, alao m'f't'rs. celebrated cold cure, Laxative Bromo-Qulne Tablets. wore Whrs Prof. Munyon nys bis Djnpil Cmn will curt- indigestion and all forun of tomcn trouble be aimply tells the truth. It will cure a stomach that has been abused by overrating and over-drinking. It will cure a stomach that has been weakened by old-style drugs. It will do much toward making an old stomach act like a sound one. At all druggists as cents. Fifty six other cures. Munyon, New York and Philadelphia. HC.IYOVS IKBALFB CEUE CiTABBB. HOT SODA The finest Hot Chocolate you ever tasted rich, creamy, and delicious. Hot Beef Tea, Hot 'Clam, Hot Tomato, and other Hots per cup. WEiGHTMAN'S DRUG STORE. ilW.A. The best 5c Domestic Union Cigar made. -Wrapped in tinfoil. Try one. J. It. SPETTER, Mgr. 8161 N. Kas. Ave. E. O. DeMoss. L. M. Penwei,l DeMOSS PENWELL Funeral Directors and Embalmers. First-Class Service at Reasonable Prices. 511 QuiDcy St Telephone 192. TOPEKA, KANSAS. SMOKE KLAUER'S GOLD BUG. 5 CENT CIO A.K. Dandruff Pomitfwfy Cured at your Htkmrn Falling Hair am all affections of the Hair and Scaip p-?'tivl y curctt only with my Siientinc treatments, speci.lly pre. with hook f'e. CII or write, JOHN H. WOODBUkV n.I., J6-? Stale StCfiicng-o. '1 NIGHT SCHOOL OF Y. M. C A. t The Business course is free to ail members of the Association. Tbe studies are: Bookkeeping;, Ele mentary and Advanced. Arithmetic. Blementary and Business. Practical Grammar and Letter Writing, Impelling ana .funciuauon. Professors E. H. Roudebush and C. K. Van Horn hav. been engaged as teach ers for this year, and are thoroughlr equipped by long experience as teacheia in Business colleges to help men to the) very Dest advantage. Lach student will receive neraonal at. tentlon and those who comDlete it course will be awarded the Internatlcs al certificate. For further Information call at tha Association office on East Eigthh street. Kest and Health to Mother and Child MRS. WINSLOWd ROnTHIVfl BTR1TP has been used for over FIFTY TEARS BY MILLIONS OF MOTHERS for their CHILDREN WHILE TEETHING, wit'a PERFECT SUCCESS. It SOOTHES tho r -1 j I T r cni-Trva v. r m at t vj all PAIN, CURES WIND COLIC sad. i. the best remedy (or DIARRHOEA. Sold by druggists In every part of the world. Be sure to ask for "Mrs. Winslow's Sooth, ing Syrup" and take no other kind. Tf iy-nva cent, a pome- Mr. Wheeler Got Kid of His Rheu matism. "During the winter of MAS I was sn lama in my Joints, in fact all ever my Ijodv, that I could h&rdjv hobble uronnrl whn r bought a bottle of Chamberlain's Pain Balm. From the first aoulk-ation 1 tie-nn to aet well, and was cured and have worlc. ed steadily all the year. R. Wheeler, Northwood, r. j. for sale by all drug gists. To Cure a Cold In One Day. Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. uruggiais reiuna money 11 it tails to cure. E. W. Grove's signature on each box. 25c, Everybody reads the State Journal. 10! DYSI IPEPSIA GORE

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TOPEKA STATE JOTTRNAIi, THURSDAY EVENING. FEBRUARY 13, 1902. RAILROAMWS. Santa Fe Maj Spend $1,000,1)00 on Coast Line. lleportSot Confirmed by Topeka 0 flic i a Is. $500,000 rou SHOPS. San Bernardino Thinks It Has Been Settled. Final Blue Prints Said to Be in Preparation It Is reported from San Bernardino that the Santa Fe has decided to ap propriate 11,000,000 for the improvement of the coast lines, of which J300.000 is to be used in constructing new shops at San Bernardino. This report is not confirmed by the local officials of the road. They admit that San Bernardino ia out of their Jurisdiction, but are of the opinion that none of the appropriations for 1902 have been definitely announced from Chi cago. If an appropriation of $1,000,000 had been decided upon they think that they would have heard of It. Tne report as printed in the San Ber nardino Sun. is as follows: "At last, after much argument, dis cussion and rearranging of temporary plans, the final blue prints of plans for Improvements to the extent of half a nillion of dollars, improvements which the Santa Fe has apportioned to the San Bernardino shops and yards, have been approved and are now being is sued by the company's chief engineer, R. B. Burns, whose offices are at Los Angeles. 'The railroad people and their agents have purchased what land they believe necessary for the proposed enlargement o shoo and yard cilities, and are ready for business. The property in cludes a strip of land on the north side of Fourth street and the Santa Fe has purchased it with the understanding that all the improvements must be moved from the premises at the expense of the former owners by the first day of April. As soon as this is completed, work will be begun on the improve ments, as per the blue print plans. When the Santa Fe directors met lor the apportionment of money for im provements a few weeks ago, they voted one million dollars to the better ment of railroading on the coast lines. It was understood at that time, and Indeed for many months before, that much of this fund, at least half of It. would be given to improving the properties of the company in San Ber nardino. Furthermore, a Santa. Fe con tractor said to a. reporter for the Sun a few. weeks ago that he had made rough estimates of the cost of such ad ditions as the blue prints proposed, and believed that they could not be built for less than $300,000. "I believe the Santa Fe figures are less,' he said, 'but building is always cheaper in theory and on paper than it Is when one com mences to nail on the boards. "Collectively the proposed improve ments per the blue prints call for a new coach shop, a new upholstering de partment, a new mill, a new paint shop, a new fire department house, a new brass foundry and all new apoaratus, such as transfer tables and the like, necessary and appurtenant to these im provements. The additions will include the lengthening of the machine shop, the moving and altering of the shop office, and possibly the removal of the material yard to the purchased plot on Mt. Vernon avenue." INSURE CONDUCTORS. Now Association Being Organized For Dining Car Employes. Mazen- J. Titus, a dining car conductor running between St. Louis and Chicago on the Chicago Alton, is organizing an as sociation to be known as the Benevolent Association of Dinine Car Conductors of the United -States. Representatives of al most all railroads of the countrv will meet at Chicago next week and elect offi cers. There are about kvO dining car con ductors. Mr. Titus said: "It is my desire to form a benevolent association issuing rhap in surance. The initiation fee probablv will b and the duos for a vear about as much more. In case of sickness a week will be paid the conductor whilo he is laid off. and i:l case of death his family Will receive Insurance. "Aside from the Ix-novolfnt feature the members of the -n.s relation will be in sured a home in almost even- larsre city. "When the organization is completed we will have club houses all over tho country where the members can stay when awav from home. "The association T have in mind will not in any way be antagonistic to the rail roads, and I think that they will favor our :ila n. "At the meeting next week I expect about 1 conductors. Late- circulars will be sent to all railroads asking the dining oar conductors to join the new organiza tion." NICHOLSON'S EXPLANATION. Tells Why the Santa Fe Has Aban doned Mexican Pullmans. In speaking cf the abandonment of the through Santa Fe Pullman service from Chicago to the Citv of Mexico Passenger Traffic Manager Nicholson of the Santa Fe says: "Our experience in this service has taught us that there can be such a thing as too long a line; that there is a CURSE OP BRINK CURED BY White Ribbon Remedy. Can be given in Glass of Water, Tea or Coffee Without Patient's Knowledge. Whit Ribbon Remedy will cure or de stroy the diseased appetite for alcoholic stimulants, whether the patient is a con firmed inebriate. a tippler." social drink er or drunkard. Impossible for anyone to have an appetite for alcoholic liquors af ter using White Kibbon Remedy Mrs. Aloore. superintendent of the Wo man's Christian Temperance union writes: "I have tested White Ribbon Ken.edy on very obstinate drunkards and the cures have been many. Jn many cases the remedy was given secretly. I cheer fully recommend and erdorse White Rib bon Remedy. Members of our union are delighted to find a practical and econom ical treatment to aid us in our temper ance work." Mrs. West, president of the Women's Christian Temperance union, writes: "I know of so many people redeemed from the curse of drink by the use of Whi-e Ribbon Remedy that I earnestlv reques. you to give it a trial. Iruggists or bv mail $1. Trial package free bv writinW MRS. A. M. TOWXSEXD (for vears sec retary of the Women's Christian Temper ance iiniuii.!, .is iremom street Bos- I ton. Mass. Sold in Topeka by M I Wcightinan, druggist, SC3 Kansas avenue I limit to which you may keep travelers in a car conveniently and comfortably. "Our most serious trouble and the principal cause of the abandonment of the scheme was our inability to keep the cars in a proper sanitary condition during the entire trip. This cannot be done while it is occupied. f"The cars now will be operated only to Kl Paso, where a change will be made and fresh cars boarded on the other side of the border. The recent railroad leg islation in Mexico might have caused such a change later, but it did not fig ure seriously with us in causing the abandonment of our service." The action of the Santa Fe, railroad men say, will be a strong object lesson to those who have for years been advo cating through cars and trains from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Travelers prefer to change cars for the sake of health and comfort on these long jonreys. Few railroad men. know ing the feeling of the public in the mat ter, have ever favored any of the many transcontinental passenger train propo sitions. It is likely that the Hock Island will in a few months establish a line of sleeping cars between Chicago and Paso, Texas, with connection for the City of Mexico. t SOUTHERN KANSAS CHANGES. New Supplement to-Santa Fe Time Card Is Issued. Copies of the new time card supple ment of the Southern Kansas division of the Santa Fe were sent out yester day from the office of General Superin tendent Resseguie. The new time card for the eastern and middle divisions of the road is completed, but has not yet been pub lished. The principal change on the southern division is the change in the run of No. 203 and 204, which will now go through to Wellington instead of stopping at Moline. There are also slight changes In the time of No. 202. and some minor changes on the Coffey-ille. Oirard. Bartlesville and Independence branches. The changes will go into effect on February 16. It is expected that the supplemental time cards for the eastern and middle divisions will be issued to day or Friday. On the main line, two freight trains have been taken off, No. 217-21S and 213 214. No. 202 will arrive at Chanute at 1:10 p. m. instead of 1:50 p. m. It will reach Ottawa at 4 p. m. instead of 4:20 p. m. This is to give more time for the connection with No. 6. No. 133 will reach Ottawa at 4:10 p. m. instead of 4:30 and No. 263, the mixed train out of Chanute leaves at 4:45 a. m. instead of 4:15 a. m. On the Coffeyville branch. No. 282 ar rives at Cherryvale at 11:55 a. m. in stead of 12:30 p. m. On the Girard branch. No. 241 will leave Chanute at 1:55 instead of 2:15. On the Bartlesville branch. No. 267, mixed, will leave Niotaze at 12:45 in stead of 1:30. Returning as 268 it will arrive at Niotaze at 11:45 a. m. instead of 12:30 p. m. No. 225, passenger, will leave Niotaze at 7:40 a. m. instead of 8:25 a. m. Re turning as 226 it will arrive at Niotaze at 10:40 a. m. instead of 11:25. On the Independence branch. No. 224 will arrive at Independence at 11:30 a m. instead of 12:20 p. m. PRESS PROOFS RECEIVED. Santa Fe Issuing an Expensive Bock let About Grand Canyon. About 75 beautiful press proofs of the full-page half tone cuts to appear in the forthcoming Santa Fe book about the Grand Canyon of Arizona were received yesterday at the office of General Pas senger Agent W. J. Black of the Santa Fe. These proofs comprise an entirely new and unpublished series of pictures of the canyon, far surpassing any pic tures heretofore issued by the Santa Fe. The new book will be about the finest thing in the advertising line ever is sued by the road and the most expen sive. It will be given added interest through the fact that articles about the canyon are contributed by a number of celebrated authors and travelers. Among these is Chas. S. Gleed of this city, one of the directors of the Santa Fe road. It is thought that the book will be ready for distribution within a month. It will ccst the Santa Fe about 50 cents apiece to publish the books, and they will be distributed for a nominal sum. NEW FAST MAIL, Union Pacific Said to Be Planning a K. C-Denver Train. It is rumored that the Union Pacific will put on a fast mail between Kansas City and Denver. It is understood that it will be a race between the Rock Isl and and the Union Pacific as to which will reach Denver first. The Union Pa cific has the advantage in the race as it not only has the shortest line, but the Rock Island runs over its tracks from Kansas City to Topeka and from Limoa Junction. Col., to Denver. The Union Pacific is still talking of beeinning work on the cutoff between Brookville and Russell. This would shorten the Union Pacific's line by sev eral miles besides avoiding some bad hills. TO APPROPRIATE $25,O0O. Minnesota Will Seeure Sinews of War For Merger Conflict. St. Paul. Minn.. Feb. 13. By request of the governor. Senator KnatvoJd, chairman of the finance committee of the senate, today introduced a bill appropriating $2o. rj to pay the expenses of the attorney general in the merger suit. The bill was sent to the committee on finance. The bill contains this .provision "It is hereby made the duty of the attorney gen eral to institute a civil action in the name of the state of Minnesota, in any court wheresoever situated to prevent a viola tion or a continuation of the violation of any law of the suite by any corporation organized under and pursuant to the laws of any state." A NEW IDEA. Scheme to Locate Proposed K. C. Union Depot in Armourdale. A communication has been received by the Mercantile club of Kansas City, Kan., and from Jud-e M, J. Manning of Ar mourdale. in which he said it was his opinion the club should urge the union depot committee to consider the location of the deoot in Armourdale. He said that the location was in thA geographical cen ter of the two Kansas Citys. and in the next ten years would be in the populous center: that it was accessible by five of the most important railroads, namely the 'Frisco. Rock Inland. Missouri Pacific. Union Pacific and Chicago Great Western, and that thfre were numerous other ad vantages. The communication was filed but not dtecuased. May Force Better Service. Kansas City. Feb. 13. The Frisco rail road is preparing to put on a fast mail train from St. Louis to the southwest, leaving that city at 2:30 p. m. In order to connect with this new service the time of the Frisco night train from Kansas City will have to be changed. It now leaves at S:20. but will have to leave at 8 o'clock to make the connec tion at Afton. I. T. It is understood that the Frisco will make the change. This may cause the Santa Fe and Rock Island to improve their mail service from Kansas City. Ripley Also Denies It. Kansas City. Feb. 13 E. P. Ripley, president of the Atchison, Topeka "VT I x.r-4 ttV 1 if timid maidens hna a&a. The pinks ajad bkfes'nd pale brocade bent shyly, to bluff Fomeo The. hearts that, bled in ct3&;sqsj wc& The cimbbyr tores red and 'gold, "And alf its- &rek$fs thft i&t io goW V yfhere rejhftskhine& of oldf Since rhymes were made bv Love and Col In bdjx&r, now, machinery made, ,Wc-txijr cur lines from Sdsand'SO -Oisr love through printer's type most gtowl For hearts, it seems were not so cold In days- of flounce snd furhehwi t&te ate the valentines of old f -A' i- Snnta Fe railway, Mho passed through Kansas City Wednesday en route from Los Angeles to Chicago, denied that there was any truth in the statement that his road was negotiating for the purchase of the Mexican Central. "We don't want the Mexican Central," said Mr. Ripley, "and are not trying to buy it. I don't know that any other rail road is negotiating for the property." It has been stated that the, Rock Isl and and Santa Fe railway companies were racing to buy the Mexican Cen tral. "Will Build to Ft. Smith, Ark. Outhrie, Ok., Feb. 13. The Ft. Smith Western Railrcad company was char tered here today to build to this city from Ft. Smith, Ark., a distance of o5 miles. The principal place of business is Guthrie and the capital stock is $2, nOO.000. The incorporators are George Hayden. of Ispheming. Mich.; A. C.Dus tin. of Cleveland, O.; Frank Dale, Adel bert Hughes, F. H. Greer. W. S. Stile.;, F. C. Uol i ca t er, J. W. M c X ea 1 and A G. C. Bierer of Guthrie. The line is in operation out of Ft. Smith, for 50 miles and is in course cf construction here. Has Ordered No Strike at Missoula. Omaha. Feb. 13. Frank T. Hawley, grand master cf the Switchmen's Union of Xorth America, who is in the city, said today that he had no information of the reported strike of switchmen on the Northern Pacific at Missoula, Mont. "We have an order there," said Mr. Hawley, "but its members are conserva tive men and I do not believe they would take hasty action. I would be the man to order a strike and I have heard nothing cf it." Grading1 at GutHrie Commenced. Guthrie, O. T., Feb. 13. The Missouri, Kansas Texas railroad company com menced here today the grading for the extension of the line from Coffeyville, Kas., to this city, a distance of 200 miles. Guthrie is a division point and a large tract has been reserved for ter minals. The line will be extended from Guthrie to El Reno, Anadarko and into Texas: also via Oklahoma City to Col gate. J. T., and via Osage nation to Muskogee, I. T Goes Into Locomotive Works. Ottumwa, la.. Feb. 13. In a letter to a friend here, J. F.' Deems of Chicago, announces that he has resigned as sup erintendent of motive power of the Bur lington route, to accept the position of general manager of the American Loco motive works. The change will take place March 1. Missouri Pacific Gets a New Man. St. Paul. Minn., Feb. 13. George T. Ross, superintendent of the Montana division of the Great Northern, has re signed. He has accepted the position of division superintendent of the Mis souri Pacific, with headquarters at St. Louis. ABOUT RAILROAD PEOPLE. The little son of August Meyer, a tin ner, is seriously sick. James Baird, a coach carpenter, has been laying off a day or two. Henry Steinberg, a storehouse packer, is working- after a brief lay off. John Holliday of the coach truck work ers is on duty after a brief absence. Politics has become a tonic of interest among the fellows at the shops lately. Klmer, the 6-year-cld son of Boilermaker Edward Stitt, is down with the mumps. Receipts of lumber by the store deport ment here have been exceptionally heavy of kit". B. Brown, a helper in the mill, is glad iira''-carp s ii mi(Bimi J,r .JEST"" Where are the rhymes so worn W frayed, Belabored o'er by belle and beats? Where are yoifr satin rows, sweet maid, In tones antique, a la Waiteau! Where are the sighs sent to and fro, The pejaslre love of which they told. And that brave pomp 7 4-f wtere are the valentines of old T v Saintt after a& Jt may be so That iore today can stiff be ijy youths who care not once io know y?her atefhe vzltatne "of' old T J over the arrival of a baby girl at his house the other day.- John Wood, a water service employe who has been out ten days on account of sick ness, is at work. Trains now moving over the Santa Fe carrying citrus fruits exclusively contain as high as 45 cars. Charles Nay lor, invoice clerk in the storehouse, is still absent from his desk on account of illness. Kdward Coleman, a packer in the store department, took an order on the doctor AVednesday afternoon. Lewis Spendlove took his place in the tank room this morning after a rest of a week and three days. Robert Porter, a Newton railroad man, has been in Topeka a few days attending to some lodge matters. The wife of Frank Gntsch. a spring maker who was operated upon a few weeks ago, is improving. Casper Get tig. a heater in the black smith shop, went home sick Tuesday night but is in his place again. Eli Isaacs, a scrap iron worker, did not show up for work Wednesday because he believed? he had the mumys. George E. Ward, who is inspecting couplers at Kansas City, has returned to that place? after a short visit here. Charles Taylor,-day tireman in the mill, is handling the shovel after being out with a game hand for a short time. Maurice Todd of the scrap yards report ed fur work 'Wednesday morning after losing several days because of sickness.' Mrs. Clara Coddington. mother of Con ductor Clint Coddington. has gone to Kansas City to visit her two daughters. Joseph Cofran. assistant foreman of the water service, resumed his dut ies Wed nesday after an engagement with the grip. Thomas Robinson of Nortonville was at the shops Wednesday visiting his brother Frank, foreman of the machinist helpers. P. R. Kinsey. division storekeeper- at Newton, has planned to take a trip to Albuquerque the latter part of this week. Freight business along this part of the Santa Ke is good, many of the through trains of that class being run in two sec tions frequently. John Wood of the sheds has been enter taining for a few days Mr. and Mrs. Wal ter Cook of Silver Lake, who are on their way east. John Irwin, a car repirer, who has been on the pay roll for several months, term inated his service wih the company on Wednesday. Frank Neaviil. a member of the air brake force, has resumed his place after being called home Tuesday by the illness of his child. John Dawson. Sam Bunkumb and A. Rucker have entered the Santa Fe ser vice as train porters between Kansas City and Newton. 'Wednesday the tank gang was putting on the laddensnd other linishing parts of the structure which they have been work ing on here for several weeks. Clarence M. Shea is handling the men in the bolt comer of the machine shop during the absence of Frank Sandmeyer, who has been sick most of the week.. Saturday evening will occur the dance which the,-Sons of Herman will give. One week later the women of the lodge will also hold. an entertainment at the hall. Blacksmith Charles Kaiser, who has had the grip for nearly a week and on that account has been unable to be at his place, was able to come in this morning. Charles Dale, who has served a six months' apprenticeship in the boiler shop, took his time Wednesday and will at once enter the passenger offices of the com pany. Locomotives glO. Pll and 812 arrived Wednesday morning from the Baldwin works at Philadelphia and are being set up here. They are compounds, the same as those which arrived last week. Roscoe C. Jones, who for several weeks has been working at a bench in the air brake corner of the machine shop, has been transferred to the erecting gang under E. E. Jenks in the east wing. Nine linemen have been busv several days stringing wire for the Santa Fe from Strong City to Emporia, When it L fin lore used to knoyr ished the Newton dispatchers will be able to handle the work on the branch. General Manager Mudge "and General Superintendent Resseguie came in Wed nesday afternoon from the north, having attended the meeting of union depot direc tors at Atchison and St. Joseph. Mo. Richard Stellhorn, a tinner who retired from business more than two weeks ago, and since then has devoted his leisure to recovery from a cold and the grip, took up his work again Wednesday morning. John Jurrens, who was away from the big shears several days because he was sick, came in again Wednesday morning, but before night applied for an order on the hospital and was out the remainder of the day. There is talk that the roundhouse at Emporia is to be enlarged and that the officials have begun already looking af ter the matter of providing a bigger place for the motive power which gathers at that point. E. M. Conger, a substantial farmer of Indianapolis. Ind., is here, the guest of J. E. Paddock, a machinist, Mr. Conger has arrived directly from Butler. Mo., where he paid his father and mother a visit. Charles Weber, an employe of the car machine shop who allowed a car wheel to drop on one of his lingers about a 'week ago, has so far recovered from the injury os to be able to resume his place in that department. Jacob Mueller, the cabinet maker who fell near the block office a few weeks ago and sustained a fracture to the right fore arm, is reported as recovering but slowly. It will be a long time before he can re sume worli. Amos Newcomer, who took the fore man ship in the coach shop -while J. W. Mercan has been representing the Topeka council cf the Triple Tie Benefit associa tion at their state gathering here, has been kept at home by the mumps. Joseph Phillips, day fire lighter in the roundhouse, who has been off duty sev eral weeks because of sickness, is reported as being able to sit up in bed, but his re covery is extremely slow and it will be a long time yet before he can report for wor!-. Arthur GHveat. a young brother of Fred and. Frank Gilyeat of the division offices, has taken the job as messenger boy in the office of Mechanical Superintendent Ris tine, vacated by the promotion of Lewis Griley to a place in the blacksmith shop headquarters. Joseph Fentiman. who has in his charge the boltracks at the blacksmith shop, was sick and unable to take hi3 place Wed nesday. He sent word that he had start ed to the shop, but before reaching there was obliged to turn back, and later visited the hosidptal. George L. Cole of Los Angeles. Cal.. an explorer of that part of the United States in which the cliff dwellers lived in the un known past, has been trying to arrange for one of his addresses on that subject at the Railroad Y. M. C. A. No date has yet been definitely chosen. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence E. Paddock have returned to their home in Springfield. Mo., having been called here by the death of Charles A.Pennybacker, a brother of Mrs. Paddock. Paddock is a son of Josiah Paddock, a machinist, and himself was formerly in the shops here, though now he is with the 'Frisco at Springfield. Thomas Paxton, formerly general mas ter mechanic of the Gulf, Colorado. Santa Fe lines, but lately resigned to take the position of superintendent of motive power for the Colorado Southern, has gone to Denver to assume the new duties. His family removed from Topeka to Cle burne, his former headquarters, only a short time before his resignation was an nounced. Fred Grandmougin of Concordia has been visiting his cousin, Eugene Vigneron. clerk in the shops lumber yard, for a few days. Vigneron. who ts the older of the two, had not seen his relative for ten years, and when Grandmougin strolled into the office the other day and asked for a job it was not surprising that he was not recognized. He scon made him self known, however, and decided to re main in Topeka for a few days visit, after which he will probably go to work here. Two inside tiers of columns for the 'new machine shop have been placed by Frank Hammond's) gang which has the job ot constructing the; frame of that building. Besides this a great number of trusses have been assembled In readiness for rais ing as soon as possible. The dearth of structural steel which has prevailed all time has not been relieved, only one car having arrived since Saturday. The con tract calls for the delivery of it before this, but the manufacturers have been so rushed with orders that it has been im possible for them to fill them up to date. Neariv a hundred railroad men gathered In the hall of Irwin lodge 260 A. O. U. W. Wednesday evening and gave a sur prise to the officers and degree team, the result of the meeting being the formation of a Lincoln Night club. Frank Benson acted as president of the session and the following pastmaster Workmen of the lodge filled the chairs: N. E, Cafferty, Cyrus Guthrie, Joe Sieben, John Ash, Ed ward McKiernan, Lewis Jury, J. W. Gib bons. W. E. Powell and H. A. Willis. A quartet composed of A. Ridings. Francis R. McNeill, N. E. Cafferty and W. E. Powell, sang, and refreshments were served. There is a heavy movement of fruit from California to the eastern markets over the Santa Fe now, and if the usual rule applies this year it will continue for a number of weeks longer. The yield of the orange and lemon farms in that state were extraordinary this season, but about two months ago a severe wind storm came which blew down much of th product of the trees, then just ready to ripen. Bv prompt action, however, on the part of the growers and the transpor tation companies, most of this was mar keted, so that aside from the actual dam age in value the loss was not nearly so great as might have been expected. When the new gravity coal chute which the Santa Fe is to build at Topeka is com pleted it will have 2i) pockets and will be so equipped that air, steam or gasoline can be used in pulling up the loaded cars. The old one has tki bins, but with the speed by which the fuel can be handled in the new it will accommodate the needs of this point. It is possible that the one at Emporia may be begun after the gang now at Argentine gets through, as the old structure which was at Newton is to be taken to that place. Foreman A. G. Rich ardson, who has had charge of the men at Argentine, has gone to Chanute to su perintend the building of a Ledger wood hoist, the apparatus by means of which the cars are taken up on the new chutes to be unloaded. According to the statement' of a shop man who has been connected with the Santa Fe here for the last 22 years, there never has been such a long continued sea son of sleighing as has been terminated by the present warm weather. Similar re marks have been heard among other old timers, and it is a matter of surprise that such is the case. The snow has not been deep but the comparatively low tempera ture which has obtained for about a month has prevented sufficient thawing to drive away whatever snow fell. The re minder, though, that ""it is really going has come within the last two days when sunshine and balmy winds made the shop district one especially to be avoided by pedestrians. Walter A. Mitchell, formerly foreman of the gang now in charge ot Ira Miller in the east erecting shop, but since October 26 inspector of engines which the Baldwin locomotive works has been building for the Santa Fe, has returned from the plant of that company at Philadelphia, Pa., and was around the shops Wednes day. Frank W. Thomas of the Norfolk Western took his place at .Philadelphia. Mr. Mitchell will probably return to some position with the Santa Fe, though just what is not known. There were in the neighborhood of 150 locomotives contract ed for when he went east, and the num ber to be completed is still something over a hundred. Within the last few years the run of business for engine builders has been enormous, and during 1901 the Bald win people turned out 1,375. WHAT FILIPINOS WANT. Federal Party's Memorial Sub mitted to the Senate. Washington, Feb. 13. The memorial of the Federal party of the Philippine islands has been transmitted to the sen ate by the secretary of war together w ith a letter of transmittal by Gover nor Taft, in whose charge the document was given. The memorial was adopted at an extraordinary session of the Fed eral party, held in Manila in November. It sets forth that the performance of that obligation of the treaty of Paris, which gave the United States congress authority to fix the status of the Philip pine islands has been deferred to this time because of the attack by the Fili pinos upon the sovereignty of the Unit ed States, an act brought about the memorial says, through a misunder standing and not through hatred of the American sovereignty. It further stats that out of the sixty provinces and districts war exists in only two Batangas and Samar. It also asserts that it is a demonstrated fact that the pueblos or towns anxiously desire "a definitive civil rule," and says those who are still in arms allege the lack of a civil regime, "agreed upon and pro mulgated by the congress of the United States as weighty pretext for their belligerent attitude, which regime shall determine at once the political status and civil rights of the inhabitants of the archipelago in accordance with the treaty of Paris." The memorial then makes a. presen tion of the deduction of the federal party that congress should proceed to carry into effect its intentions of de fining the future of the Philippines in their relations to the United States and aseerts that there is no reason for not replacing the military regime by a civil rule of a popular character in con formity with the decisive words of the never to be forgotten President McKin ley." The memorial proper is divided into two parts. The first of these is a peti tion for annexation and a petition of the form of government desired. In this subdivision the Federal party sets forth that it has made an exhaustive study of both the Filipinos and the j Americans ana conciuues max irom tne mass of data collected it is the "inten tion of the two peoples that they should never be disunited." The memorial an nounces as principles for this union the formation of a "more perfect union, establishment of justice, the insurance of domestic tranquillity, promotion of the general welfare and the securing of the blessings of liberty." The memorial then proceeds: "To make the Philippines a colony of the United States or to grant indepen dence to the Philippines would be to hand the islands over to disorder and to anarchy, to destruction and to chaos. In pure. The critical ordeal through which tha expectant mother must pass, however, is so fraught with dread, pain, suffering and danger, that the very thought of it fills her with apprehension and horror. There is no necessity for the reproduction of life to be either painful or dangerous. The use of Mother's Friend so prepares the system for the coming event that it is safely passed without any danger. This great and wonderful remedy is always glJT'j ncarViVhousanX MWUiW UEl&M nf women thrnnorVi u ,;r; 1 ..rr: nuiiuuieuucuilg. Send for free book containing information uipi im;itr99 muo iu 111 exneciau t inuineri. The Bradfield Regulator Co., Atlanta, 6a. Filoro Harmful Than Alcohol Overeating Worst Form of Intemperance. If your tood is undigested. you are un derfed, no matter bow much you eat. A ad the underfed man Is, to the extent of the underfeeding, crlpplesi for the battle of life. On the otbsr lia-jd, there ia such a thin? as overeating. The harm done by indigestion caused by orerloaded stomachs exceeds that from the increased heart beats caused by the use of alcohol or whiskey. Eat as much pood food as you need but don't overload the stomach. It your stomach. Is weak it may refuse to digest what you cat. Then you ought to use a good digeotant like Kodol Dys pepsia Cure, which digests what you eat without the stomach's aid. This rest and the wholesome tonics con tained in Kodol Dyspepsia Cure soon, restore health. You don't have to diet. Don't eat too much. That's harmful. But eat enough and ot sufficient varie ty. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure will direst it. It quickly relieves the sensation, of fulness and bloating from which some people suffer after meals, lb firevents belching and absolutely cures digestion and other stomach troub les. Equally good for children. Lemuel Jtmei, MryTllle, O aayir "I of fered from di.rpesl for thirty years bafc few bottles ofKodol Dyspepsia Co re complete ly curnd memS I heartily recommend It to all sufferers from this disease." Kodol Dyspepsia Curo Cures all Stomach Troubles. Prepared only by E. C. IeWitt A Co., Chicago. The tt bottle contains 8H times tne 50c site. cvurs utile EARLY RISERS The famous little pills for constipation IT'S A PUZZLE, SOMETIMES, to find out bow best to invest surplus cash. You can invest any amount with us. Our monthly contract hat no superior for systematic saving. C K DITAI BUILDING LOAN jt I I I UL ASSOCIATION. 534 Kansas Ave. Tele. 505. effect the colonial system involves tha principles of difference of citizenship, inequality of rights and other conse quent abuses and injustices, of all of which we Filipinos were surfeited un der the Spanish government and for this reason we reject everything which tends toward a colony. Philippine in dependence, with or without a protec torate, means a holding of power by all the tribal elements of the sects which predominate and would predominate still for some years, until the anger of Filipinos toward Filipinos shall have been completely calmed, education be come general and the fanaticism we have Inherited from Spain eNiled. Fed eration or annexation would settle all these difficulties by concentration of the interest of the Filipino people upon 'ed ucation and labor." The memorialists then pray a decla ration by the congress of the 1'nitel States to the effect that the Philippine islands as they are described in the treaty of Paris and the subseouent con vention with Spain are an integral part of the tTnited States, the said Philip pine islands "constituting a territory with the rights and privileges whii ii the constitution of the United States grants to the other territories such as that of becoming a state of the union." A preliminary form of government similar to that of the territories of the United States is outlined as suitable for the Philippines. The plan provide for a governor and four executive sec retaries to be appointed by the presi dent of the United States and for a territorial senate. In addition to a hous of representatives consisting of thirty members, sixteen of whom are to ba elected by the people and the otiiers ap pointed by the governor. Th? memorial asks that the islands be represented in the United States house of represen tatives by two delegates. The second part of the memorial sets forth the aspirations of a social and economical character, the principal of which the memorial represents to be thu securing of a renedy of the "ancient evil known as the friar." Under this designation the memorial includes all the religious orders now existing in the islands. The memorial says of the lat ter that they constitute an element which are visibly opposed to the irili pino people securing the noble ends gained by the constitution of the United States, and continuing it is declared that the abuses of these orders have been the cause of the bloody struggles of the past and of the deep hatred ex isting between the friars and people of the Philippine islands. Congress asked to take such steps to remedy this evil, and special attention la urged to the resolutions made, by Governor Taft Complete and general amnesty to the Philippine people is asked. In the pacified portion of the islands, the memorial says there are thousands of persecutions brought agMnst tha revolutionists who have surrendered to American sovereignty for ucts of vio lence committed while they were in the field and prior to their surrender. Iri this connection the memorial asserts that there are many revolutionists who have thus submitted who have been now deported to distant island!-' or v,-ho ere undergoing sentences in jafls and prisons while their families i;:fer the greatest sorrow and want. T. is con dition of affairs the memorialists con sider a great obstacle to complete paci fication. Other requests made are for a satisfactory monetary system and for the approval of the acts of the, Ameri can Philippine commission. p No woman's happi ness can be complete without children it is her nature to love and want them M' 1. beautiful and mju! 3 ft f rUP f"f ffTS t AS" 7". C.-i-H f'.f ill

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TOPEKA STATE JOTTTiNAIi, THURSDAY EVEXTNG. FEBRUARY 13, 1902. TOPEKA STATE JOliRm. B? FRANK P. MAC LEXNAN, Volume xxix No. 38 TERMS OF" SUBSCRIPTION. Railv edition, delivered by carrier. IB cents a wrek to any part of Topeka or Kuburba, or at the same price in any K insas town where the paper has a car rier system. Hy mill, one ypav JSy mail, hree months.... w Weeklv edition, one year Saturday edition of daily one year.... l.tw PERMANENT HOME. Torrka Slate Journal building. 800 and 802 Kansas avenue, corner o Eighth. KEW TOKK OFFICE; 311 Vanderhilt Bid. Paul Block, Mgr. CHICAGO OFFtCE: 1540 t'nity Bldg. Paul Block. Manager. TELEPHONES. Business Office Pe.Uv.'pnU,&- Business Office Ind. Phone W Reporters' Room Bell phot.e 677 Reporters' Room -.:..Ind. 'phone 101 1 TTJ1L LEASED WIRS REPORT OF TSE ASSOCIATES JHES3. .The State Journal Is a member of tti Associated Press and receives the full nay telegraph reDort of that great news or ganization for exclusive afternoon publi cation in Topeka. 4 The news is received In the Stat Jour nal building over wires for this sole pur pose, busy through the entire day. A complete copy ot the night report la also received. Balloon voyages seem likely to in crease in popularity as automobiles come more Into use. The fall is not so hard. The Populists appear to have an ex cellent chance to do business in Dela ware. Neither of the other parties is able to elect a United States senator. Perhaps England and Japan took ad vantage of the hibernating season of the Russian bear. When he comes out and looks around there may be trouble. Portland, Oregon, has attained dis tinction through the fact that it is the first town on the Pacific coast to take a stand against the exclusion of the Chinese. The house river and harbor commit tee announces that it is trying hard to keep the amount to ba asked for in the appropriation bill down to $60,000,000. "Where will be found another Thomas H. Carter? When the Colorado legislature makes an appeal on behalf of the Boers based on the plea that no republic should be permitted to perish from the earth, it strikes a tender spot in the American heart. Whenever a Republican shows- a dis position to assail the tariff, all the Democrats cry "sic 'em." But it is not yet forgotten that when the anti-protection party had the opportunity to tear down the wall it merely shifted the stons. The British peerage is gradually and not so very slowly beeoning Ameri canized through the marriage of those possessing titles and those expecting itwds, iu iiir i iim.it (gii la. lit: ucaiu of the Marquis of Dufferin lands an other Yankee woman in the upper row of the titled class. In addition to reforming himself Frank James has undertaken to reform the theatrical profession, and to this end has enlisted the assistance of the court. The judge has informed him, however, that the business may prove expensive, and a. bond will be required in, case of accident. George M. Rommell, of the depart ment of agriculture.animal industry ex pert, says that Americans are now eat ing more beef comparatively than ever before and less pork and mutton. He said also that there are- more beef cattle in the country in proportion to the population than ever before. The number of sheep and hogs as com pared to the population is decreasing. Buffalo Courier: Dr. ftegina Keyes was at the top of the civil service list and many points above any other com petitor, but she was refused the ap pointment of health physician for the Fourth district in Buffalo, for the rea son that "a woman has no business in politics." But the time is approaching when the rule will be that politics has no business1 in city government. It has made a bad show in running the affairs of this municipality. The following from the St. Paul Globe is applicable almost anywhere in the west: "The growth of a city is dependent In large measure upon the growth of the surrounding country. The farmer is the original producer of wealth. This fact should not be lost to sight in planning for the future. Irrigation of the arid lands of the northwest would add a thriving, thrifty population of several millions to the country tributary to St. Paul. Our manufacturers and Jobbers should be masters of the Held; hence they should enter heartily into the plans for the development of the north west by the reclamation of the arid lands." WILL OTJB PROSPEKITT LAS TP From the Washington Post. Judging the future by the "past, but Ignoring differences in conditions, a Rreat many intelligent and thoughtful persons are apprehensive of a collapse if this country's amazing lndustri il prosperity. Because, in the past, periods f unusual activity and prosperity have scon given away to periods of depres sion, the worst times quickly succeeding the best, the impression has become widely prevalent that hard times are near at hand. If you ask any of the exploiters of this gloomy view to point to indications ot a coming relapse, they can only refer to the past. They admit that all the surface indications of continued pros perity are present. They find the mines, mills, railways all the appliances of production and distribution running at full capacity and the most important of our manufacturing plants with orders booked for a year ahead. They admit that our finances are in incomparably better condition than ever before and more healthy than" those of any other people. They gee that not only the na tional treasury, but,he: banks, are abundantly supplied with money. They know that, in financial circles, there is no lack of confidence, and that any enterprise which promises fair returns finds capital to back it. The saving banks, with their enormous and swell ing accumulations of deposits and in crease in the number of depositors, at test the prosperity of labor. The build ing and loan associations show unex ampled growth and solidity. Indeed, all the conditions are a grand inspiration to cheerfulness. Among prominent business men, and especially among leaders in great af fairs, there is no fear of a coming crash, for they know that the conditions which facilitated the rapid alternation of pros perity and panic in past times have ceased to exist and can not be reSur? rected except through years of famine or a succession of practically impossible follies. In this connection the Chicago Inter-Ocean makes these remarks, which, though decidedly optimistic, do not exaggerate the facts of the happy situation: j "Within the last four years the Amer ican people have reached a position which they never approached before. They have piled up prestige, power, and wealth more swiftly than any other na tion in the world. "With these things there has come that reward of all success, confidence confidence of the people in themselves; confidence of other peoples in them. "It is on this basis of confidence the same sort of confidence that crowns the success of the private merchant, or bankerthat the present great prosper ity of the United States is resting. Noth ing like it has blessed the American peo ple before in their history, but now it is theirs, as it was England's after Water loo and Germany's after Sedan. "It is for these reasons that the pres ent prosperity of the American people, if they remain true to themselves, is not likely to be exhausted in the paltry space of five, or ten, or even fifteen years. Their confidence in themselves grows day by day, and with it the con fidence of other nations in them. "Confidence besets confidence. All other peoples have turned their faces toward us. We have but to proceed ra tionally to grow without ceasing for at least a decade to come. "It is the way of the world among na tions. 'To him that hath shall be giv en.' That each and all of our industries and material interests will be equally and Increasingly prosperous, no sane person expects. There must occasional ly be reflex waves. Events in other parts of the world have much to do with our affairs, and it were folly to expect that influence to be uniformly favorable. P.ut it is a fact that we are the solid est of all the nations, not only in the extent and variety of our natural re sources, but in opportunity and capacity for their development and utilization. GLOBE SIGHTS. From the Atchison Globe.l Why not be eccentric by praising peo ple? If you must tell your troubles to a man, ring off when he commences to look at the wall. In many families, they don't have cream for breakfast, but have, instead, the top of the milk. Don't get gay too often; the chances are eight to ten that you will be com pelled to make it good. Was there ever anyone in the world who put on style at meal time when there was no one present? There never was any one so old and hardened that an alleged comic valen tine sent him, did not hurt. Don't send any. Let a man stay up until midnight for a week and he will tell you that he never goes to bed before that hour. When a woman gives a room a good cleaning, her husband soon discovers that he has lost something which he put away to save. Every day children pass this office, going to school, and every day we hear them say, "O, there is the second bell!" How often the second bell rings on all of us! Are you sore on people? Do you snarl at everything? You can't afford it. People soon spot the man who, though slouchy and weak himself, de mands perfection in others. We clip the following from the Brake men's Home Journal: "No lady should talk to a man on -the street for a con siderable length of time, as it is liable to cause people to 'talk' about him." Atchison girls have learned from the Ladies' Home Journal that they can take a quarter's worth of shoe strings, and by working four or five days make a real sweet shopping bag that would otherwise cost thirty cents. Once there lived in Atchison an In dustrious, Hard Working Man. He had a good job with the telephone company, and had held it for many years. He did his work well, and was satisfactory to the company. He was so steady and reliable that he was sometimes held up as a Good Example. But one day, while he was Climbing a pole, he slip ped and wrenched his leg. He was act ually laid up for three weeks, but thought to get a good "settlement" with the company for damages, and walked around with a Cane two months. His lawyer asked the telephone company for $3,000 damages, which the corpuratloi refused to pay, and then the Indus trious, Hard Working man brought Suit through his attorney, under a contract that the lawyer should get half. He got Judgment, but the company took the case to the higher Courts, and he had to walk with his cane and loaf during the balance of his life while the case was pending. POINTED PARAGRAPHS. From the Chicago News. Let well enough alone unless you are a physician. As a Fin is bent, so Is it inclined to carry its point. Undertakers lose out when, the dead past buries its dead. Woman Is a good listener when she can't think of anything to say. One woman may envy the beauty of another, but he intelligence never. Children of poor parents are born lucky; they have no inheritance to lose. With the exception of lovemaking, there are many new ways of doing old things. Some people think things they don't say. and others say things they don't think. If a girl has freckles It's a sign she has a good memory; she simply can't forget them. Some folks are saddest when they sing; and others are saddest when they are not asked to sing. Only a man who has nothing to live for can afford to sit down and wait for the happening of the unexpected.. The wculd-be humorist rubs it In on the mother-in-law occasionally, but re alizing which side of his butter the bread is on, he lets the father-in-law re ligiously alone.. QUAKER REFLECTIONS. IFrom the Philadelphia Record. Hard words sometimes come the eas iest. Brilliant people don't always shine in Society. Common sense isn't nearly so com mon as it sounds. A political boom sometimes turns out to be a boomerang. The successful diplomat realizes that truth must be handled with care. The fellow who refuses to take our advice must expect to take the conse quences. Hoax "Bjones cleaned up $10,000 in the Klondike." Joax "Mining?" Hoax "No; running a laundry." Wigwag "So you don't believe in ad vertising. eh?"Hetipeckke "Noton your life. I got my wife thai way." Wigg "Did you encounter any train robbers In the west?" Wagg "Only the proprietors of the railroad restaurants." It doesn't do us much good to know that every cloud has a silver lining when we get caught out in the rain without an umbrella. Sillieu-"Why do women .kiss each other so much?" Cynicus "It's simply an indication of the natural wasteful ness of the sex." De Tanque "Guzzler says he is now in the pink of condition." O'Soaque "Well, I guess he's right, if we may Judge from his nose." Polly Pinktights "She Bays she was greeted with a perfect storm of ap plause." Fanny Footlights "That's hardly a plausible story." Alas! the times are out of gear, And truth is down the well. We don't believe the half we hear, Nor yet the half we tell. REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR. From the New York Press. Woman's rights are man's wrongs. The liver is always fooling people about their souls. With most men economy, instead of charity, begins at home. If a man were as dumb as an ape a woman would know when he was pro posing to her. There is no objection to being much married if you take care not to do it more than once at the same time. TRIPLE TIE ADJOURNS. No Readjustment of Insurance Kates is Made. The supreme council of the Triple Tie Benefit association of the United States adjourned here without deciding upon a readjusted schedule of rates for policy holders. The matter will be finally de cided at the next meeting of the su preme council in 1904 which will be held at Fort Scott. In the meantime a special committee to be appointed by President R. L. Marsham, will make a thorough study of the question and determine exactly just what is needed in the matter of the advancement of the rates of insurance and will submit to each of the subordi nate lodges of the order three proposi tions for their consideration. At the next meeting of the supreme council two years hence it is expected that each of the lodges will instruct their dele gates to vote for the proposition that seems most advantageous. The board of directors of the order elected at this session of the supreme council are: R. M. Spivey of Topeka: A. L. Woodford of Burlington: A. P. Ree ser of Hartford; R. L. Marshman of Kansas City, Kan., and G. M. Stratton of Clay Center. The auditing committee is composed of C. N. Kiggs of Emporia; C. L. Gar ber of Godfrey and Mr. Waring of Abi lene. The officers elected for the ensuing two years are: President R. L. Marshman of Kansas City, Kan. Vice President J. G. Rodemyer of Topeka. Secretary G. M.Stratton of Clay Cen ter. Treasurer M. Delahey of Watervllle. IN LINE WIT HUH AY. John W. Griggs on the British-Japanese Alliance. New York, Feb. 13. Former Attorney General John Griggs sees in the new treaty between Great Britain and Japan a great step toward the realiza tion in the far east of policies of which the United States has been a deter mined and notable exponent, according to the Herald. He said: "This treaty is apparently a carry ing out of the policy enunciated by Secretary Hay -in his note of July, 1900. It should meet with approval in Amer ica, as it puts into practice those ideas for which we have striven. It affects us only favorably, and as apparently giving to us Just what we have wished, the 'open door' should be welcomed here. "This on its face altrusticmove. Japan and England say that they have in terests at stake, and they announce that where there is a coalition of pow ers against one the other will join its ally in resistance and that they will mutually exert their influence in peace to aid each other. The agreement re cites that they seek to obtain in China and Corea equal opportunities for the commerce of all nations, and therein is distinctly to our advantage. We have long stood for the 'open door.' "While we may welcome also the pro vision concerning the maintenance of the integrity of the Chinese empire, which has been a steadfast object of our policy, it is not certain whether Russia will look upon it with equal favor. I can not tell how she will regard It in view of her Manchurian interests. Rus sia has always held the door open to us. She has avoided incommoding our mer chants and has been friendly to us in China. We have nothing to complain cf in her treatment of our business in terests in Manchuria or elsewhere. As she had constantly proteetedTher inter ests to continue that policy, ve have had nothing especial to fear. "The treaty is in consonance with inter national law and is not unique, although modern parallels of it are rare. It has oftn occurred that two countries have agreed upon a policy of mutual defense, but it has become more infrequent, as gov ernments in recent times have come to be actuated by. the motives of national inter est than by those of family interest. The United States signed such a treaty with France in revolutionary days. That did not have for its object, however, the con servation of the trade and territory of any trade country. Such treaties are rare." "There was a strong objection to tak ing that big donation that the man who makes poker chips offered us, but we Anally accepted it." "What persuaded you to drop your high reslves?" "We heard that the church around the corner was ready to take every cent he'd offer, and no questions asked." Cleveland Plain Dealer.- II AWES IS IN IT.

Ex-Councilman Enters Race For His Old Seat. Thinks That Myers Can Not Be Elected. LINES BEING DRAWN. Effort Will Be Made to Defeat Miller. Lirelj Time Also Expected in Fourth and Sixth Wards. Ed Hawes announced positively today that he will be a candidate for the Re publican nomination for councilman from the Second ward to succeed Dave Myers. "The statement which was published to the effect that I had withdrawn from the race, and the report to the same effect which is being persistently cir culated, are both false. Such rurnors are being spread abroad by some of my enemies, who have been trying to get me off the track. "I have become convinced," declared Mr. Hawes, "that unleBS some other Republican gets the nomination from our ward besides Mr. Myers, we are likely to have a Democratic council man fro.n our ward. I realize that Mr. Myers has many friends, but he has lost many votes already by his attitude in the street commissioner fight. The people of the Second ward believe that Street Commissioner Snyder should re sign, and it is hurting Mr. Myers to support Mr. Snyder and oppose Mayor Parker." Councilman Myers is one of those members of the council who in the caucus recently held voted that Street Commissioner Snyder should be re tained, in spite of the desire of Mayor Parker to-remove him from office. The Second w;rd is a Parker ward, and it does not "stand" for any opposition to Mr. Parker from its councllmen. Ed Hawes is well known in Second ward politics. He has lived in Topeka 26 years, and is a contractor bv pro fession. His home Is at 205 Monroe street. Mr. Hawes has been confined closely at home for the past two weeks by serious illness in his family, and has consequently been unable to refute the stories which have been circulated con cerning his alleged withdrawal. Three times Mr. Hawes has with drawn from political contests for the sake of his friends. He thinks that now it is his turn to stay in the fight to a finish. Mr. Hawes withdrew from the race once on behalf of W C. Stephenson, and again when Dave Myers was a candidate. When C. J. Drew was running for mayor, Mr, Hawes wanted to be a candidate for city treasurer, but withdrew to avoid interfering with Mr. Drew. It looks as though it ought to be somebody else's turn to wit.idraw this time. Whoever is nominated in the Second ward on the Republican ticket will have a hard fight. Edwin B. Snyder Is to be the Democrat nominee," and he is a popular man, and one who will be diffi cult to beat. The opposition to the pres ent councilman, Dave Myers, is so strong that he would have little show if nominated against Mr. Snyder. William Schmittendorf, foreman of the Santa Fe water service, and a grad uate of Heidelburg university, Ger many, has decided to become a candi date for. school board member from the Second ward. Mr. Schmittendorf was formerly clerk of the district court of Osage county. He is in favor of man ual training schools, and will be a valu able member of the board of education. FIRST WARD FIGHT. The Republicans in the First ward are getting worried for fear that the Democrats will elect the councilman from that ward to succeed 9. C. Miller. Mr. Miller appears to be in considerably the same fix that Councilman Myers is. He is a rampant .opponent of the Par ker administration, and has fought" against Mr. Parker in the street com missioner trouble. By taking such a prominent part in this anti-administration struggle, he has in the opinion of many of his constituents, prejudiced the Interests of the First ward, and made him a very undesirable man to re-elect to the council, but there are other objections to him. COGHLAN PLRS0NA IM0N GRATA To Prince of Germany Because He "Hoched the Kaiser" Once at a Banquet- He is in Command of Navy Yardt ')'F;':fJ f ?:rw?L- -y i p v' "sW y Iff Hi V- 'a. c V H I r t v v v- v hiy" s AV-, Ir 1 1 1' W v M li Captain J. B. Coghlan, the American naval officer who created ijuite a storm a short time ago by reciting "Hoch. Der Kaiser" at a banquet, will probably not be asked to take an active part in the reception of Prince Henry, although his position as commander of the Brooklyn navy yard would naturally entitle him to do so. It is beiieved that Coghlan is persona non grata in German circles on account of his utterances. pillliliilll!lllIIIIIII!ilillllW CaliFornia v V. f I Til Sajita. ITe 1 j Personally-Conducted Excursions H t HAT IS, an experienced Passenger Director, who is H familiar with the country, scenery, etc., accom- j5 panies these trains, to look after the comfort U H and convenience of passengers, and point out places of r interest, which are many, especially in Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, and Southern California. New tourist cars daily to Los Angeles and San Fran cisco without change. A whole day and night saved to California via The Santa Fe. Send for illustrated. book ("California and Back") free. Address: T. L. KING, or T. M. JAMES, Ticket E3 830 Kansas Avenue, North Topeka. iliuniiiiiiuniiiuHHiiiiiiiniiiiinnniiiiiM If Miller is renominated, it is more than an even chance that he will be beaten by the Democratic nominee who is certain to be J. W. Blosom, if pres ent Indications are fulfilled. Blossom was formerly member of the council, and suited the First ward people very well. There appears to be lack of material for Republican councilmen in the First ward. A strong sentiment is Being worked up in favor of O. D. Skinner, formerly a councilman from the Eirst, to try for the nomination againsf Mr. Miller. If he would consent to nake the race his friends think that he could win without any question. Mr. iSkin ner has refused to go into the contest, but some of the Republicans wflo are dissatisfied with Mr. Miller are plan ning to prepare a petition and show him that he has a strong following In the ward who want to vote for him. He has a good record to fall back upon. IN THE FOURTH WARD. In the Fourth Ward the' friends of Councilman Weber claim that he will run away with the contest without ajiy difficulty. They say that Mr. Weber beat Charley Samson in the last race, and that Samson was the hardest man In the ward to beat. From this they argue that he should have no trouble in downing W. B. Kirkpatrick. On the other hand, Mr. Kirkpatrick has enlisted the support of a number of the old time politicians m the Fourth ward, and threatens to sweep things in the west precincts. The Snyder-Parker row again appears In this ward and shows that it cuts both ways, for it Is no doubt will cost Mr. Weber some votes from the friends of Mr. Snyder. Weber is a strong supporter of the administration and therefore has antagonized that element in the Republi can party which belie'es that the mayor should not remove Mr. Snyder. SNATT1NQER HAS NO PIGHT. There has been no opposition to Council man M. Snattinger of the Third ward and probably will be none. Mr. Snattinger is recognized as a conservative and cautious business man. FIFTH WARD FIGHT. Apparently the Fifth ward fight will be triangullir. .Samuel T. Howe, John Hew itt and Peter Roundtree are the candi dates. All sav that they will stay in the fight to a finish. THHSB IN THE SIXTH, Three candidates are also certain to be In the race in the Sixth ward. They are George Ttncher. J. A. Ramsey and Jay C. Lee. There is some rumor of other can didates being sprung, hut nothing tangi ble has happened to show that such will be the case. The fight will be a close one with the odds in favor of Mr. Tincher. Chicago, Zeigler Gulf, Springfield, 111., Feb, 13. The Chicago, Zeigler Gulf railroad with a capital stock of $500,000 was incorporated here. The principal offices will be in Chicago. It is to be constructed from Chicago in a south and southwest direction through Zeigler, Franklin county, 111., to Cairo, 111., with branches to East St. Louis. 111., and to the northerly shore of the Ohio river in Massac county, 111. The incor- Agent, Agent, A. tn porators and first board of directors are: Wm. J. Warr, Hugh Crobbe, John H. Hume, Sydney Stein and Henry R.Piatt, all of Chicago. AN END TO COLLISIONS. A New Device Which Is Expect ed to Do Wonders. Chicago, Feb. 13.-A practical demon stration of the utility of a new depart ure, which, it is claimed by railway offi cials, will effectively prove the solution in a large degree of the railway collision problem, was made last night on the Chicago, Milwaukee St. Paul road near here. The device consists of an exceedingly powerful headlight, which not only perfectly illuminates the track with an intensely brigfit shaft of light, for a distance of a mile, but also em braces the striking and novel feature of a beam of light of almost equal bril liancy penetrating over seven hundred feet above, which can be clearly seen ten miles distant. It is thereby possi ble for approaching trains to absolute ly locate each other by this vertical shaft of light, though miles apart, and it is this feature which railroad offi cials claim will eliminate the possibil ity of collision. This vertical beam will, in hilly country especially.where curves in the track are numerous, so positively fix the location of trains that nothing but carelessness on the part of the en ginemen will permit a collision. The apparatus consists of a powerful electric arc headlight, a dynamo and steam motor, all of which occupy the space on the locomotive usually de voted to the headlight. The dynamo which generates the current for this veritable searchlight occupies a space of less than 15 inches wide directly behind the headlight, and is operated by a motor driven by steam impact on a turbine wheel. The current is 6,000 candle power, which can be reduced to any degree of brilliancy at the will of the engineer. One of the heaviest passenger engines on the Chicago, Milwaukee St. Paul, experimentally equipped with this head light, drew a special train a number of miles out Of Chicago last night and a practical demonstration of the work ing of the apparatus was given under the supervision of Charles W. Adams, formerly assistant general passenger agent of the Pennsylvania system. At a distance of half a mile the telegraph of semaphores were clearly defined, while the track bed itself was distinctly visible tor one mue. Straight above the locomotive a shaft o. light as thick as a man's body penetra ted the darkness, and persons posted ten miles away reported that it was clearly distinguishable. This is an en tirely new departure in headlight illum ination, and railroad signals. It is pro posed to signal in this manner when trouble occurs between telegraph points, by the use of colored glass to color the vertical ray of light. Among those aboard the special last night were H. R. Willians. general manager of the C. M. St. P.: W. J. Underwood, assistant general manager; C. A. Woodward, general superintend ent; F. A. Miller, general passenger agent, and J. F. Gibson, division su perintendent, and it was their decision ihat the headlight was thoroughly prac tical and would become one of the su ture requisites in railroading. LIKE A SMALLCITY. Penitentiary Coal Mines Contain 13 Biiles of Railway. Most people have heard of the peni tentiary coal mines at Lansing, but few realize their extent or what it means to operate them. Something of their extent may be imagined when it is stated that there is thirteen miles of railroad in the mine, almost as much as the lines of the Topeka street railway. The convicts employed in the mine would make a fair-sized city of the third class. The lines orallway run through the long corridors and are for the purpose of bringing the coal to the foot of the shaft. They are hauled by mules, and the mules are kept in the mine for years v'lhout seeing daylight. There are statles In the mine and the animals never suffer from the cold. A few days ago Warden Jewett had one of thi mules which he thought had earne'l a vacation brought out of the mine. He had gone into the mine when he was a young mule.. St, John was governor tb?n imd he was named for the sovernor. He is still called St. John. That was twenty years ago. When he was brought to the surface he was securely blindfolded so that the light could not reach his eyes. If it had struck them suddenly it would doubtless have caused him intense agony and -perhaps destroyed his sight. So he was blindfolded and the light will be let into his eyes a little at a time until they become accustomed to the sunlight. Hewett Half the world doesn't know how the other half lives. Jewett-I think you overestimate the number of people who mind their own business. Brooklyn Lif s. 3 T. 8. F. R'Y., Topeka, Kaa, y sss This signature Ii on erery box cf the gonnlns Laxative Bromo-Quinine Tablets remedy that re m coU in ww HUMOR OF THE DAY. "H'm!exclaimed Mr. Goldie, afler reading his morning post, "that boy's college education is making him too smart." "What's the matter asked Mrs. Goldie. "I wrote to him the other day that I thought it would be kinder for me not to remit the check he asked for. Now he writes: 'Dear Father I shall never forget your unremitting kindness.' Tit-Bits. Mrs. Goodsole Why, Johnny, are you just going home now? Your mother's been looking for you all afternoon. Johnny Yes'm, I know. Mrs. Goodsole Just think how Wor ried she must be. Johnny Oh, she's near the end o her worrying; I'm jest beginnin' mine. Philadelphia Press. The North side street ca gave a sudden lurch as the gentleman there was no mistaking the fact that he was a gentleman stepped" aboard, and he trod on the toe of a gruff and crusty citizen of ample proportions who was sitting near the door. "I beg your pardon." he said. "The car started so quickly I lost my bal ance." "It's mighty strange." grumbled the large man, "that people come- blunder ing into a car like that, without look ing to see whose feet they're stepping on." "Now, sir," said the other, politely raising his hat, "I beg your pardon for having begged your pardon." And as he seized a strap and beamed smilingly on the crusty citizen a faint cheer went up fron the other pas sengers. Chicago Tribune. "What ward is this?" asked one of the visitors as they looked through the cross-barred doors at a number of wild eyed, ill-groomed men who were quar reling among themselves. "This," replied the keeper, "Is the place where we confine those men who thought they had a message for man kind and started a paper in order to deliver it. They are our most hopeless cases." With a pitying sigh the visitors passed on. Chicago Tribune. Good health is very much like money: it is valued most by those who have to work hardest to get it, and it is squan dered by those who come by it easily. Exchange. S M IT II IS U'OKRl E 0. People Write to Him For Reports of Tax Commission. State Senator and Member of the Tax Commission Fred Dumont Smilii, of Kinsley, writes State Auditor Cole that a great many people over the state are writing to him and asking him lor copies of the report of the tax con mis sion, and he asks Mr. Cole to do some thing to head oft these requests. It U very likely that these requests take so much ot Senator Smith's time that It detracts from the necessary prepara tion of sundry and numerous news paper interviews on all subjects of pub lic interest. Auditor Cole Suggests that people who want copie3 of the report of the tax commission call on their county clerkx for th?m. An edition of ten thousand copies was printed by the state and was distributed by Auditor Ccla amoi-.g the various county clerks in proportion to the population, and the county clerk: now have the entire edition. Dr. Eva Harding, homcopathist. Spe cialty diseases of woinen. 629 Kansas ave. Tel. 402. City Ticket Office Union Pacific R. R.. 525 Kansas ave. FAT NERVES. A whirl of excitement wa3 recently caused among scien tists by the discovery .of "how nerves act". Healthy nerves are fat nerves. It is fat in the core of a nerve that by hardening and softening creates nerve action. Maybe this explains why Scott's Emulsion has always been such a remarkable remedy for nervousness, Scott's Emulsion makes fat nerves. It feeds them with fat. Good for all forms of nervous- hess and for neuralgia. Send for Free Simple. SCOTT BOWSE, CheniiK os Pear! S:.4 ii j -1 A

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TOPEKA STATE JOTIRXAL,: THURSDAY EVEXIXG. -FEBRUARY 13,190. 5 Mrs. Clement Smith and Mrs. Fred A. Snow entertained very delightfully at thimbles this afternoon at the home of Mrs. Smith at 721 Polk street. The affair might have been termed a val entine party, as the decorations con sisted of strings of red hearts festooned over the curtains between the doorways and around the chandeliers. The tiowers used were red carnations, and the lights all had pretty red tiower Kach guest was given a red and white heart tied with red and white ribbons, with pencil attached, and reuuested to draw a valentine and write an appro priate verse. It is probable that more time was spent In valentine making than in sewing. A pleasant feature of the afternoon were some vocal numbers by Mrs. U Anderson and piano selections by Miss Faith Andrews. The hostesses were assisted by Mrs. E. W. Poindexter. Mrs. K. H. Anderson. Mrs. B. T. Welch, Mrs. John Sargent, Mrs. A. A. Rodgers, Mrs. Anton Smith, Miss Caroline Koser and Miss Mabel Roser. A'bout 5 o'clock refreshments were served through the rooms on trays. Mrs. Smith and Mrs. Snow will give a second thimble party Friday afternoon. The guests Invited for this afternoon -were: Mrs. C. O. Knowles. Mrs. Edwin Unge, Mrs. W. T. Eckert, Mrs. W. S. Kale, Mrs. A. W. Lacey, Mrs. C. D. Skinner, Mrs. W. A. S. Bird. Mrs. D. O. McCray, Miss McCray, Mrs. C. .H. Ouibor, Mrs. W. M. Davidson, Mrs. C. B. Reed, Mrs. T. B. Mayo, Mrs. Eugene Ptotts, Mrs. Sampson, sr.. Miss Kath erine Mills, Mrs. Albert Parker, Mrs. Byron H. Davis, Mrs. Frank E. Parr, Mrs. J. H. Evans, Mrs. W. A. Mc Oarter, Mrs. J. L. Shellabarg.er, Mrs. Frank Cope. Mrs. J. D. Norton, Mrs. J. K. Jones, Mrs. E. P. 3aker, Mrs. E. T. Sim, Mrs. Wm. Macferran, Mrs. A. O. Itosser. Mrs. Joab Mulvane, Mrs. J. G. Mulvane, Mrs. S. S. Ott, Mrs. A. A. flodard, Mrs. John Chaney. Mrs. Geo. Eagle. Mrs. J. M. Wallace. Mrs. Jas. S. Coe, Mrs. P. I. Bonebrake. Mrs. J. P. Rowley., Mrs. Ida M. Bevier. Mrs. Chas. Colburn, Mrs. R. T. Herrick, Mrs. W. J. Drum, Mrs. W. D. Gassett. Mrs. J. K. Torrington, Mrs. T. B- Sweet, Mrs. AV. B. Swan. Mrs. Dr. Righter, Mrs. Bert Pugh, Mrs. Geo. W. Clark, Mrs. W. W. Samson, Mrs. Henry Roby, Mrs. A. W. Parks. Mrs. H. L. Alkire, Mrs. Wm. Green, Mrs. W. M. Crosby. Mrs. Walter Wellhouse, Mrs. Buck, Mrs. C. F. Whitney, Mrs. L. M. Thomas. Mrs. C. W. Bower, Mrs. Franklyn Metzler, Mrs. Jacob Bair. Mrs. Fred lies, Mrs. J. P. Griswold, Mrs. Jay Morris. Mrs. Geo. M. Xoble. Mrs. Kittie Bailey, Mrs. Thomas Martin, Mrs. Chas. King, Mrs. T. A. Lewellyn, Mrs. A. K. Wilson, Mrs. James Sproat, Mrs. Wm. Parker, Mrs. W. M. Forbes, Mrs. Frank Foster, Mrs. J. R. Hayes, Miss Daisy Hayes. Mrs. E. M. Sheldon, Mrs. M. Weightman, Mrs. C. H. Sampson, Mrs. D. A. Mul vane. A Pleasant Affair. Mrs. George Port Ashton gave a charming little thimble party Wednes day afternoon at her home on Topeka avenue. Her guests were the ladies who assisted her at her "at homes" of Saturday and Monday afternoons. The rooms were prettily decorated and de licious refreshments were served. The guests were, Mrs. DeWitte Nellis, Mrs. B. T. Lewis, Mrs. Luther Burns. Mrs. J. C. Pollock, Mrs. W. G. Kelly, Mrs. Fred Willner of Kansas City, Mrs. J. W. Going. Mrs. D. E. Esterly, Mrs. Harry Williams, Mrs. DuRelle Gage, Miss Norma Wheeler of Kansas City, M1P3 Mabel Knowles, .Miss Lena Mc Crar, Miss Emma Kelly, Miss Anna Marie Nellis. Miss Edna Crane, Miss Marjory Wheeler and Miss Virgiline Mulvane. Mrs. Lewis, who lived in the City of Mexico for a while, gave an interesting talk on her experiences while there, and Miss Emma Kelly took the guests a trip to the Klondike. Little Misses Helen Henderson and Lucile Pollock assisted in serving the refreshments. Tbe lolanthe Club Meeting. The lolanthe club was to have met Tuesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Frank Strawn but on account of illness It was entertained by Mrs. M. F. Rigby Instead. Mrs. Strawn will be the hos tess next Tuesday. Guests of the club were, Mrs. H. Van Tassel of Marshall, Minn., Mrs. George M. Stone, Mrs. James B. Doncyson, Mrs. Lewis H. Greenwood, Mrs. Emmet t Kigby. Mrs. Will Clauser. Mrs. Ralph r"lau3er, Mrs. Ralph Martin. Miss Eva Mayberry of McPherson, Miss Aline Lamy and Miss Lotta Deisher. Mrs. George McCoy won the first club prize, a pretty plate, while the second club prize, a pin tray, was awarded to Mrs. Robert Merrick. Miss Eva May berry won the guest prize, a box of sta tionery. The Maoola Club Party. The Manola club gave its regular lancing party Tuesday evening at Hud fon's hall. Music was furnished by Hall's orchestra, and the evening was njoyed by the following guests: Miss Margaret Wilson, Miss Mav Barrett, Miss Ada Pulley, Miss Fern Prather, Mis Ada Anderson. Miss Gertrude Mil ler. Miss Nellie Hammon. Miss Anna Myers, Miss Estelle Barnura.Miss Fran res McCarter, Miss Helen Harris, Miss Myrtle Karr, Miss Ada Cartliiige, Miss Stella Saxton, Miss Wingett. Mr. W. H. UcKirahan, Mr. Beamer Nelson Mr Louis O. Pulley, Mr. Leonard Ralston Mr. B. A. Rodgers, Mr. Harry St John Mr. Harry Henry. Mr. Harrv T. Smith' Mr. Dwight H. Elder. Mr. Tony Bond' kir. Arthur L. Hudson. Mr. Robert Smith, Mr. C. D. Hudson. Mr. Charles Anderson. Mr. Hadley Carter and Mr Seorge Wilson. Aa Interesting Entertainment The closing entertainment of the lec ture course at the Second United Pres jyterian church took place Wednesday wemng. The programme was an in cresting one. There were vocal num ners by Miss Greenwood, Miss Morrow kllss McLain and Mr. Walter McLaughl in. Readings by Miss Neal and Miss ierrberg. Piano numbers by Miss "arkhurst Miss Herrberg and Misses iIcLain. There was a violin solo by diss Irma Doster and Miss Anna Marie Jellis whistled. There were two vocal lumbers by the Orphean quartette vhicn were much enjoyed. The evening vas thoroughly enjoyed by the large uidience. Notes and Personal Mention. Mrs. L. W. PeiTer has announced the ingagement of her daughter, Winifred Ar.ytr, Mr- William Rader Marshall. Miss Lva Mayberry left Wednesday fternoon for St. Louis, after a month s Mlt with her sister, Mrs. A. A. Hayes. e,CLul,,met this afternoon rith Mrs. Raloh Clauser. The Golden Rule club will hold Us regular meeting Friday afternoon. Feb ruary 14, at the home of Mrs. M. Erick son. at 827 Western avenue. Misses Inez and Gertrude Abbott en tertained a party of girl friends at their home on Harrison street Monday even ing. A game in which the guests were required to guess the names of popular songs from illustrations proved highly amusing. Music was furnished by sev. eral of the guests, and late in the even ing refreshments were served. Those invited were the Misses Louise "Wilson, Amelia Seybold, Gertrude Lewis. Mar garet Maxwell, May Coulter and Lora Parker. Violets for valentines In a violet box tied with ribbon, at Mrs. M. E. Holl craft's, 817 Kansas avenue. Miss Ned Griffitt vill entertain Infor mally at cards Friday evening, Feb ruary 21. at her home on Clay street Mrs. Evans and daughter Mattie, of West Sixth avenue, returned Wednes day from a two months' trip to Cali fornia. Miss Agnes Walsh la planning to go to Emporia Saturday for a few days' visit. Miss Maude Smith entertained the social committee of the First Baptist church and a number of other friends very pleasantly Wednesday evening at her home at 1013 Van Buren street. Roses and carnations at Mrs. Holl craft's, 817 Kansas avenue. Mrs. George F. Sharitt returned to day from a few days' visit in Leaven worth. She went over for the Craneer Darrah wedding. Miss Norma Wheeler returned to her home in Kansas City today after a three weeks' visit with Mrs. George Port Ashton. Miss Sue Sharitt will leave Friday for a visit in Chicago and Kenosha, Wis. GEN. LEE TOMORROW. General Invitation Issued for Fnblic Reception. Brigadier General Fitzhugh Lee will arrive in- Topeka at 1 o'clock Friday on the Rock Island. He will cyme from St. Joe, where he lectures tonight. General Wilder S. Metcalf was In To peka last evening, having come from a visit to General Funston in the hos pital at Kansas City. He says that the surgical operation was much more se vere than anticipated, and that it is not likely that General Funston will be here to preside at the Lee lecture. In his absence General Metcalf will be the presiding officer. The arrangements for the reception at the governor's mansion have been completed, and the Spanish-American war veterans have issued the following invitation: To the Citizens of Topeka: Through the kindness of Governor and Mrs. Stanley we are enabled to in vite you to a public reception at the executive mansion, from 3 to 5 o'clock p. m., February 14, given in honor of General Fitzhugh Lee, who will lecture that evening at the Auditorium for the benefit of Armstrong camp, S. A. W.'V. General Lee has expressed a desire to meet as many as possible of our citizens, and on this account a large at tendance at the reception will be very much appreciated. The following named persons, in addi tion to Governor and Mrs. Stanley, will constitute the receiving party. Gen. and Mrs. Wilder S. Metcalf. Law rence; Major and Mrs. J. B. Reming ton, Osawatomie; Hon. and Mrs. Chas. Harris. Emporia: Hon. and Mrs. Jerry Shaw. Dodge City; Col. and Mrs. F. M. Riddle, Topeka: Col. and Mrs. W. W. Dennison, Topeka: Gen. and Mrs. S. M. Fox, Topeka; Hon. and Mrs. E. B. Jones. Holton; Capt. and Mrs. Clad Hamilton, Topeka; Col. H. C. and Miss Kittie Lindsey, Topeka; Capt. and Mrs. T. C. Biddle, Topeka; Major and Mrs. A. M. Harvey, Topeka. A. M. HARVEY. Commander. H. W. BRENT, Adjutant Armstrong Camp S. A. W. V. UP TO THE EXPERTS. Patrick Trial Has at Last Beached That Stage. New York, Feb. 13. The trial of Albert T. Patrick, accused of the mur der of Wm. Marsh Rice, the Texas mil lionaire, was continued- today before Recorder Goff. When court was ad journed Tuesday evening Albert S. Os born, a handwriting expert of Roch ester, was on the witness stand. He had finished a technical explanation of style and type in handwriting and had given reasons for his opinion that Rice's name was forged on various papers. Mr. Osborn today began illus trating on the blackboard the charac teristics he found in the genuine signa tures of Mr. Rice, and what he stated to be discrepancies discovered by analysis of the alleged forgeries. PRETTY SPRING White and black figured dimity Geisha shirt wai3t, with pin-tucked front, with black insertion, forming a decided point. The waist closes in the back. POLICEJOJTINGS. Two Jointisls Enter Pleas of "Not Guilt j" Today. They Are Tried, Convicted and Pay Finea. ONE MAN'S MISTAKE. "Little Lon" Toirnaend Appear ed Drunken Id Court. He Is Promptly Placed Behind the Bars. W O Jolntists, O. Kempton of the "Capital" Joint, and G..G. Chesney of 115 East Sixth avenue.who plead ed not guilty so many times dur ing the reign of Chief Stahl that it got to be a habit with them, tried it this morning, but failed to produce an appeal bond from the subse quent conviction and fine of $100 each. They had been caught red-handed behind a wet bar and the case was plain. Another jointlst, A. A., alias "Little Lon" Townsend, came around but he made the horrible mistake of bringing too much of his stock-in-trade with him, and when he fell up against the majestic desk and mumbled "Yerronner, I gosh losha reshpec'ferthish court, but I wanseer to unnerstahn ""This man seems to be intoxicated. Take charge of him Mr. Jailer," said the court in a heartless manner. And Mr. Townsend will answer two charges instead of one when he thaws out sufficiently to face the court properly. It is a bad practice for a defendant to bring too much evi dence against himself when he comes to police court. The next case called was that of Chas. Simmons. He answered not. "What's the matter, is he drunk, too?" asked "Hizzoner." "No, your honor." replied a friend of the defendant, "but he is unable to come, and asks for a contin uance." "The case is continued to the 18th," replied the court, "but I want it understood that this court will not make a practice of continuing cases." J. R. King, the "vag" who was ar rested on suspicion of being the man who assaulted and seriously injured Mr. John Greif, was fined $10 for vag rancy, and the chief muttered. "I guess that will hold him for a while." The chief is confident he has the right man and will continue to seek links for the chain of evidence. Last night some individual who was badly in need of a few pennies stole one of the small slot machines from in front of Klingaman's drug store and took it out in a dark alley where he could crack it without being disturbed. The money was extracted, and some boys found the wreck of the machine and gave it to Patrolman Parcells who brought it to the station. Mr. Klinga man called for the remains this morn ing, and said that the loss was not heavy, as the machine did not contain more than a couple of dollars. German Admiral Returns Calls. New York, Feb. 13. Rear Admiral Count von Baudissin, commander of the imperial yacht Hohenzollern, began to day to pay return calls to the city offi cials and army and navy officers, whose representatives were received on the Hohenzollern yesterday. The rear ad miral, in ?ull dress uniform of the Ger man navy, accompanied by an aide and the German consul. General Buenz.went to the navy yard to pay his respects to Rear Admiral Barker. SHIRT WAIST. fitjL 4 Mil 1 WHAT TH E STAT E PA S. Expenses of Charitable Institutions as Shown by Reports. State Auditor Cole makes the following report f the expenses of the state char itable institutions during the month of January and also the inoome and ex penses of the state penitentiary during the same period: Soldiers' Orphans' Home Maintenance .$1,401.45 Salaries 1,017.34 Total ....$2,418.7!) Institution for Education of Blind Maintenance 870.98 Salaries 1,003,30 Buildings, eta 176.40 Total $2,050.68 School for the Deaf and Dumb Maintenance $2,753.89 Salaries 2.250.36 Total $5,004.25 Osawatomie Hospital Maintenance 9.619 15 Salaries.;.. 4.209.85 Buildings, etc 2,379.60 Total $16,2U8.00 Topeka Hospital Maintenance $10,534.81 Salaries 3,679.77 Total $14,214.58 School for Feeble Minded Maintenance $2,852.75 Salaries 1.177.99 Buildings, etc 3.205.50 Total $7,236.24 Industrial School for Girls Maintenance $1,539.06 Salaries 622.4S Total ..$2,161.52 Industrial School for Boys Maintenance $3,994.20 Salaries 1,141.03 Total ..$5,135.23 Industrial Reformatory Maintenance $2,472.67 Salaries 2,2'J3.30 Buildings, etc 3,172.11 Total ..$7,938.08 State Soldiers' Home-Bickerdyke Annex Maintenance $3,96ti.08 Salaries 724.50 Buildings, etc 311.26 Total $5,001.84 State Penitentiary Total earnings ....$21,995.09 Total expenses 14.290.70 Cash receipts 2,199.48 GET OUT OF TEXAS! Insurance Companies Can't Stand Anti-Trust Law. Austin, Texas., Feb; 13. Within the last three days a number of insurance companies which have been doing busi ness in Texas have informed Secretary of State Todd that they have withdrawn from the state owing to the operation of the anti-trust act which requires that the executive officers of each company shall make affidavit that it does not be long to any bureau or organization which has for its object the fixing or the maintaining of insurance rates. Nearly all of these companies are European concerns. State Commissioner of Insur ance Johnson, has been advised that there are eleven insurance companies which did business in Texas last year that have announced their intention of withdrawing from this state. This will make 18 insurance companies to leave the state on account of the anti-trust law enforcement. The suits recently in stituted in Young county against four insurance companies for heavy penal ties for alleged violation of the anti trust law have caused these companies to resolve to quit the Texas field. CARS LAND INTiELD. Wreck of Pennsjlrania Flyer Injures Three Persons. Fremont, 6., Feb. 13. West-bound passenger train No. 405, the Pittsburg and Detroit flyer on the Pennsylvania, struck a broken rail this morning be tween Helena and Millersville and left the track. The train, composed of en gine, baggage car, smoker, passenger coach and two sleepers, was ditched and several coaches wrecked. Three persons were seriously injured. A Detroit lady passenger, who refused to give her name, was badly cut on the left temple and sustained a smashed foot and broken ankle. One of the clerks in the mail car was severely in jured about the spine and the baggage maater was severely cut and bruised. Many others were struck by flying splinters and Jarred, but their injuries are slight. The baggage and mail cars landed in a field and were demolished. Other cars were badly damaged. Both sleepers are upside down in a ditch. The train was filled with passengers, and that no one was killed is a miracle. Dr. Crismore, of Helena, dressed the injuries of those hurt, and they were taken to Toledo in a special car. DON'T WANT THE JOB. Republicans Selected to Go to Bolton Would Decline. Many of the delegates chosen by the Republican county central committee for the Holton convention are anxious to give up their places of honor. There is actually trouble in finding aspirants for places on the committee. Nearly all the long-horn and short-horn politicians want to be on the delega tion to Wichita. They say that t'le Holton convention will be a tame affair with, no political fireworks. If they go to trat convention their chancea of go ing to Wichita are poor and as all kinds of excitement is expected at Wichita they, wish to go there. New Swiss Tariff. Berne, Feb. 13. The Swiss govern ment has introduced In parliament the draft of a new custom tariff bill intend ed to serve as a basis for future com mercial treaty negotiations. The num ber pf dutiable articles is increased from 500 to over 1,100, the duties on some of the present dutiable articles are increased and the bill empowers the bundesrath to increase duties in the case of states imposing high duties on Swiss prociuiits, or not granting Swit zerland the most favored nation treat ment. i Polo Ponies For Gould. San' Antonio. Tex., Feb. 13. J. H. Tappan, breeder of polo ponies, has shipped George Gould eleven of the best ponies on fcis ranch near this city. It is understood here that these ponies international polo tournament to be held, at Hurlingham during the corona tion ceremonies. People's Party Convention. The people's party county convention will be held at Trades Assembly hall, 420 Kansas avenue, Saturday morning at 11 o'clock, to nominate delegates to the party conference to be held in To peka, February 21. No one would ever be bothered with constipation if everyone knew how naturally and quickly Burdock Blood Hitters regulates tfce ftomach and bowels GEN. FITZHUGH LEE OUR FIRE RECORD. Topeka Department Again Makes Splendid Showing. Decrease of $10,000 Is Shown in Last Year's Losses. Another splendid annual record was made by the Topeka fire department during, the year 1901. From, figures riven out today by Chief G. O. Wil marth it is shown that the total fire losses from 195 fires during the year were only J24.649.16, a decrease of nearly $10,000 from the total of 1900. The record for 1901 is lower than ever before. In proportion to the number of fires and the value of property en dangered. The Topeka fire department is losing nothing in its well won repu tation. Topeka continues to rank first of all the cities of the United States in the efficiency of its fire protection. "Of eourBe," said Chief Wilmarth to day, "the fact that our record con tinues good does not prove that some time we may not suffer like poor Fat erson, which has a department four times as large as ours; but if we should have such a fire it would not discredit the department, because we are con stantly doing our best to prevent such an occurrence." The city of Topeka has not had dur ing the entire year of 1901 a single fire which would be called destructive. The worst which the records show is the fire in Proudfifs building in North To peka, on January 14, where, the loss was J3.040. The total loss on buildings during the year was $13,337.73. On contents the loss was $11,311.43. This makes a total loss of $24,649.16. The value of the prop erty which was directly endangered was $508,830. Of the 196 fires, the department con fined 187 to the same floor of the build ing upon which it originated. Not a single one of the fires spread beyond the place of origin, according to Chief Wilmarth's records. Out of the total loss of $24,649.16, the amount covered by insurance was $23, 161.18. On the total valuation of the property ($508,830) the amount of insurance In force was $318,475. It is a peculiar incident that the num ber of fires in 1900 and in 1901 was ex actly the same, 195. The total loss in 1900 Was t33.40.82. WOULD MOVE IT UP. F. B. Dawes Asks Court to Ad vance Sheriff's Case. F. B. Dawes, one of the attorneys for the appointees in the sheriff's case to test the question of whether the old sheriffs may hold over until another election, today filed a motion in the su preme court to advance the case on the supreme court docket, so as to get a speedy decision. The motion asks that it be heard not later than March 10, and seven reasons are advanced why the case itself should be advanced. The last of these is un usual. It states that the briefs on the part of the plaintiffs or appointees, will be served on the attorneys for the de fendants, or old sheriffs, on February 17, and it further waives service of brief on the nart of the defendant. The object in this is, apparently, -to force the submission of the case at the March sitting, so that a decision may be reach ed not later than the first Saturday in April. The reasons given why the case should be advaneed are: First, because it is a quo warranto proceeding to get possession of an office under the biennial election law. Second, because the public generally is interested, because the suit involves the legality of the actions of sheriffs in more than forty counties. Third, because the supreme court has held that when an officer holds over longer than the term for which he was elected his bond does not cover the ex tension of his time, and there are there fore forty sheriffs now acting in Kan sas who arc not under bond. Fourth, because a speedy decision will advise the governor of hia powers under- the biennial election law. Fifth, because unless the case is ad vanced, the time for which the plain tiff, Andrew Pruitt. was appointed, will have expired before a decision is reached. Sixth, because no evidence will be introduced but the case will be submitted- on pleadings. Seventh, because the plaintiff will serve his brief on the attorneys for the defendant on February 17 and will waive service of brief on the part of the defendant. The candidates for appointment claim that the old sheriffs want to delay the case as much as possible in the tope that they can hold on until the next election, while the men who expect to be appointed want to hurry the case Admission 'Tvjjj along so they can get their offices U the decision is their way. Lambert Huggins are the attorneys for the old sheriffs. Notice of the mo tion Jor the advance has already been served on them. N0RT1I TOPEKA. (Xeava Hems for this column with Kim ball Prlntinc Co.. 913 North Kansas Av. Comic and Lace Valentines. James'. A. L. Tomlinson made a trip ta De Soto today. C. C. French was in from Silver Xjaks yesterday. I W. Gleason went to Hoyt today n a business trip. Miss Iva Grow has taken a position at the Western Woolen mill. Social dancing at Lukens' Friday night. Dancing 8:30. Steinberg's orches tra. Miss Jessie Priddy is confined at her home 1108 Quincy street with an attack of mumps. Mr. J. Kennedy, of Melvern, Kan., is visiting hs relatives, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wynne of 404 Railroad street. Rev. Mr. Mooney, who has been Buf fering from rheumatism for several weeks, was able to be down town today, Mr. Bishop of Indianola has sold out and expects to leave before long tar the Philippines, where he will probably lo cate. Riley Ayers, formerly of Silver Lake, who has been visiting there and in this neighborhood, will return to his home in Oklahoma next week. At the close of the service last even ing at the Baptist church the pastor. Rev. W. B. Hutchinson met all the converts who will be baptised next Sunday morning. The Afternoon Duplicate Whist club will meet tomorrow at half past two at the home of Mrs. V. B. Kistler, 1117 Van Buren street. During Lent Miss Lou Dell McMaster will play for Misa Mar tha Kimball. "Rev. J. E. McClain, formerly pastorof the Congregational church here.but who now has charge of the church at Wel lington, Kan., was in Topeka the first of the week attending a meeting of the Home Missionary board of which he Is one of the directors. While in town Rev. Mr. McClain called on several of -his old friends. At the regular meeting of Harmony P.ebekah lodge Tuesday evening the following officers were installed: N. G., Ida Clampit; V. G., Eleanor Holliday; secretary, Agnes Gurui; treasurer .Laura Page; chaplain, Mrs. Hewitt; I. G., Mrs, Smith; O. G., Mrs.Graber: warden, Mrs. Vick; conductor, Mrs. Finch: R. S. N. G., Mrs. Steele; L. S. N. G., Mrs. With ers; L. S. V. G., Mrs. Toung; R. S. V. G., Mrs Knoll The ladies of the W. R. C. very pleas antly surprised Mrs, I. B, Dake at her home on Polk street Tuesday. The guests came with well filled baskets am) a bountiful dinner was served to the following: Mrs. Gurtler, Mrs. Holmes, Mrs. Davis, Mrs. Saunders, Mrs. Miller, Mrs. Allen, Mrs. Lewis, Mrs. Ketchum, Mrs. Guffey, Mrs. Gordiner, Mrs. Hart, Mrs. Deppe, Josephine and Anna Dart and Clinton Ketchum. Mrs. Dake was presented with a handsome tea set as a remembrance of the occasion. THE BURX1NG QUESTION. Satisfactorily Solved by Southwestern j Fuel Company. Why be annoyed about kindling when you can buy for $1.00 12 packages of fiber kindling (10 to the package), mak ing" enough kindling to start 120 fires. Or, if you want to try them, we will deliver one package (10 kindlers) Free with each order of two tons or more of any kind of coal. THE SOUTHWESTERN FUEL CO., 734 Kansas avenue. Telephones 193 and 144. Homeseekers Excursions Via the Santa Fe. On February 4 and 18 will Sell tickets to points in Arkansas, Arisena, New Mexico, points east of Rocky Ford in Colorado, Louisiana, Indian Territory, Oklahoma and Texis, at rate of one fare plus $2.00 for the round trip. Lib eral stop over privileges allowed on go ing trip. Fina limit 21 days from date of sale. For full information address agent at depot, Topeka. What a man will do for polities is astonishing; and what politics will do for a man is shocking. Puck. Everybody reads the State Journal. CONSTIPATION. When your food does not digest properly, the bowels become clogged and the liver inactive. The poisons and imparities that should be carried off are thus allowed to accumulate, causing nausea, sick headache, in digestion, dyspepsia and bilieusness. The best medicine to cure constipa tion and prevent these diseases is Hostetter's Stomach Bittere. Try a bottle and be convinced. HOSTETTER'S STOMACH BITTERS. AUDITORIUM, TOMORROW NIGHT. to all parts of the house. Plenty of Good Seats Left. Reserved seat chart at Stans field's Drug Store. No extra charge for reserved seats. Mmc. Lillian Nordica The Greatest Living Lyric Soprano, AUDITORIUM March 5th. Special engagement by the Topeka Choral Society, Benefit Pipe Organ Fund. Reserved Seats only 1.00. Timely notice will be given of the opening of the chart at Stansfield's. Special attention given to out-of-town parties. Contributions to Pipe Orraa Fond. "Atlas" Rolled Oats Co., Cash $500.00 W. F. Roenr Mnsio Co., 1 Kimball Piano $450.00 ,E. B. Ouild Music Co., lSchteffer Piano ....$450.00 And others to follow. MORE ASSESSMENTS. No Contests For County Offices bat They Mast Far. The executive committee of the Re publican county central committee met last night and levied the assessments upon the candidates who will be on the ticket at the primary March 8. The assessments made were as fol lows: County attorney, $100; probate judge, $150; clerk of the court, $ti0; su perintendent of instruction, $60; county, commissioners; $60; representatives, $25. and each candidate for a place on the County central committee, $1. The as sessments are to be paid February 19. Some complaints have been made that the time is, too short and that the as sessments are too high. Treasurer Matt Weightman, of the committee, said this morning: "The county central com mittee has eome -outstanding bills that must be paid, and is in need of money. For those reasons the date 9t payment was made for February 19. As there is a large expense attached to the tiolding of primaries and as there are few can didates it was necessary to levy as high an assessment as was fair." NEARLY A MILLION. Big Appropriation Asked For Gov emmeat World's Fair Exhibit. Washington, Feb. 13. The officials of the government board for the St. Louis exposition and a number of the St. Louia men Identified with that enterprise today were before the house committee on ex positions in relation to the amount re quired for the government exhibit. Con gress has heretofore appropriated $2a0. 000 as the amount for the building but the amount for the exhibit itself has been left open. Assistant Secretary of Agriculture J. H. Brigham, head of the government board ana his uc'stanta calculate on $800,000 for tht- .:hihit. They also desire a building to rotii $450. 000. Supervising Architect Taylor of the treasury, stated that the building would Cost from $50,00 to $75,OeO more if built within the time orginally aet for open ing the exhibition than it would If an other year were allowed. The various officials explained the magnitude of the work- and the plans to make this gov ernment exhibit in every way worthy of the enterprise as a whole. PLEADS GUILTY. Bank Cashier Brings His Trial to Sudden End. Indianapolis, Feb. 13. The trial of Eichard C. Davis, charged with embez zling $75,000 while cashier of the People's National Bank of Washington. Ind.. came to a sudden end in the United States court today when Davis withdrew his liea of not guilty and offered one ol guilty. Counsel for Davis asked the court to defer sentence on Davis and permit him to go home under bond. He said that Davis had some Important cases against gamblers in the circuit court at Wash ington to recover money that he lost to them and wanted to see these cases to the end. Judge Baker agreed to permit Davis to go back to Washington and re main until April 8 when he is to appear in the United States court and receive sentence. The bond was Pxed at $.ri,000. Taking aa Inventory. Detroit, Feb. 13. The Union Trust company as receiver and Banking Com missioner Malts today began an inven tory of the assets of the wrecked City Savings Bftrik, so that fhe amount of property turned over to the receiver by the banking commissioner will be defin itely known. It will take several day to complete this and meanwhile the bankwill be in charge of Mr. Malta.

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TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL,, THURSDAY EVENING. FEBRUARY 13, 1902. 6 Cured Of Piles. Mrs. Hinkey, Indianapolis, writes: "The doctor said it must be an operation cost ing Isi and little chant to survive. I .chose .Pyramid Pile -Core and one 50e box made me sound and well." AH druggists sell it. It never fails to cure any form of piles. Try it. Book on piles, cause and cure, free liv mail. Pyramid Drug Co., Marshall. Slich. CAMPBELL AT CHICAGO. The Eansan is Greeted With Enthusiasm. Chicago. Feb. 13. Memorial exercises in. honor of Abraham Lincoln were held here Wednesday on a scale surpassing that of any other previous local celebra tion of the anniversary of his birth. Appropriate exercises were held in the schools, all cf the public buildings save the postoffiee were closed and no busi ness was transacted at any of the tanks, on the Board of Trade or on the btock Exchange. A lame number of business houses were closed, during the afternoon. In the evening: there were a number of banquets at which the speakers for the most part dealt with some phase of the life of Lincoln. The largest of these af fairs was held in the heme of the Mar quette club where at least 700 members of the dub gathered to listen to the ad- Lafayette Young of foes Moines, la., ppoke on ''Abraham Lincoln." and his address was received with much ap plause. Curtis Guild. Jr.. of Boston, spoke on "Our-" Flag in the Tropics." His declar ation of what is owed as a duty to its new' possessions by the United States was received with much approval. Senator McLauren of South Carolina, followed with an address on "Lincoln and His delations to the South." Philip Campbell of Kansas had for his subject, "The Responsive Powers of the Republic." His remarks were greeted with much enthusiasm. Banquets were also held by the mem bers of the Lincoln club at which the chief speakers were Governor Yates, ex United States senator from Nebraska, John M. Thurston and Congressman Foss of Chicago. TRAIN RAN ON GROUND. Kept Going After Learing Kails Until It Went Into Ditch. Cleveland, O., Feb. 13. The Erie road's vestibuled passenger train wa3 wrecked about 40 miles from this city. The whole train left the track and ran on for twenty car lengths, finally top pling over into a -ditch. Twenty-one persons were injured, but none were killed. The cause of the wreck is said to have been spreading rails. Most of the injured were in the coach next to the last. The rear coach was the private car of Joseph Ramsey, president of the Wabash railroad. His car did not top ple over, but the car in front did. Mr. Ramsay was not hurt. George Thomas of Cleveland received what are feared to be fatal injuries; brain concussion. Robert Blickensderfer. general man ager of the Wabash railway, St. Loui, was cut about the mouth and bis body bruised Charles Harris, a cabinet maker at the Santa Fe shops, was prostrated at his work today and was taken home. George Chase, a machinist helper at the Santa Fe shops, was scalded today by steam from an engine. He is ser iously burned. MANDARIN OF THE Precious Ruby Clasp. 'An Illustrious Chinese Mandarin was put on the famous American food, Grape-Nuts, and he and his wife cured of stomach and kidney trouble and heart disorder after he. in xiartitmlar. had been pronounced by his physician Incurable. His letter is written by his Interpreter and signed with his Chinese signature. It recites, "For three years I was under the care of the best physicians in Rus sia, Germany, France, America, as well as my own country. 1 had tried bathe and water cures almost without num ber. I grew worse until finally my phy sician pronounced me Incurable and I was doomed to die in from three to six months. A friend prevailed upon me to change my food and take up Grape-Nuts. This I did more to gratify my friend than from ahy benefit I expected, but within 24 hours the results were so gratifying as to astonish and delight myself and family. My improvement continued without relapse until at the end of three months I was well and sound, weighed more and was stronger and had a better ap petite and more perfect digestion than at any other time in my life. My wife was also a victim of serious ftomach trouble from which she had suffered for several years. She has been restored to good, robust health by the use of Grape-Nut.. I have recommended it In about half a dozen families toid it has never failed to benefit. I will be pleased to reply to all letters having stamped envelope en closed." Pak G;iw Mun, Mandarin of the Ruby ButtOT, Member of the Lit erati, .Magistrate of the Order of the Manchusian Crane-. Order of the Girdle of the Jade and Precious Ruby Clasp, Servant to His Imperial Majesty the Son of Heaven, etc.. etc. His interpreter and secretary, E. Per eivale Baker. .dls to the letter. "I am familiar with all the facts related by Prof. Pak and "know them to have been moderately stated. I also, and my fam ily, have reefdved much benefit from Um use of Gr Ape-"uts." ABRAHAM LINCOLN J. W. Gleed, of Topeka, Has Place of Honor As Speaker at Great Banquet at Waldorf Astoria. FIVE HUNDRED THERE. A Scholarly Address on the Groat Emancipator. Senator Depew and Two Others "Also Spoke." New York, Feb. 13. The principal Lincoln day banquet was given last evening at the Waldorf Astoria by the Republican club. There were five hun dred guests. The toast "Abraham Lin coln" was responded to by James Willis Gleed of Topeka, Kansas. The other toasts and speakers Were: "A Tribute to McKinley," Senator C M. Depew; "The Republican Party," Lieutenant Governor Woodruff; "The Conquerors." Creswell MacLaughlin. The audience was a magnificent one of the best people here and from neigh boring cities.- The decorations were ex traordinary and the music a great fea ture. The banquet was one of the most successful of a remarkable series. Mr. Gleed was the first speaker and said in part: J. W. GLEED'S ADDRESS. Mr. Lincoln in a marvelous way em bodies the history and character of the American people. The tragedy of, his life, like the tragedy of the nation's life, takes root a long way back. It was in Virginia that the first African slaves were landed. When the national punishment came, it was Virginia that suffered most. In Virginia the great tragedy came to an end; and it was in Virginia that the father and mother of Abraham Lincoln were born. Thus the tree of healing springs from the Old Domain, where the national disease was first planted. Fifty-four marks the beginning of the last decade of Lincoln's life. It marks the beginning of his ministry. Now we are to find what manner of man he has become and what place he is to hold in the history of the nation and of the world. Biography should be read backward first find what, at maturity, a man was and did all else is incidental and Mr. Lincoln's should begin here. From this on, he stands always In the white light. From this on. we can see for ourselves the great patient purpose driving, the great intellect executing, the great heart suffering. From this on we need take no man's word for him; we may study Lincoln direct; we have an authentic record twelve hundred printed pages of his own words his letters, speeches, messages and proclamations. And what a marvelous record It Is! Let any young American of this or fu ture generations who seeks the true image, the unbroken melody, take up this record first and last. A MARVELOUS RECORD. He will rise up with the feeling that those twelve hundred pages, re cording the thoughts, feelings, purposes, triumphs and sufferings of the last decade of Lincoln's life, make a book matchless since the Bible: It will be to him like a spiritual bap tism a new birth! And ever there after, when he listens to the words of any man, however great, however elo quent, about Lincoln, he will feel that he has the measure of the speaker or the writer, perhaps, but never the meas ure of Lincoln; he will feel ever more deeply that Lincoln, looked at through the eyes of any man, however sympa thetic, is simply Lincoln diluted, Lin coin lessened; and be will turn back unsatisfied to Lincoln's own printed pages and recorded words. Oh, the strength and the grandeur of that record! Oh, the beauty, the gen tleness, the tenderness of it. It seems today, forty years after, fresh-wet with tears; the blood stains are not dry; the p-ayers still beat up to heaven or are but just now hushed! The meanest of us rises from it awe-stricken, with bated breath, humbled, comforted, in spired with something of that heroic heait new-growing in his own; with something of those melancholy eyes new-shadowed in his, with something of that dauntless courage and invincible purpose knitting itself into his inner most being. There shines the mind, there throbs the heart, there moves the divine' undeviating purpose! Twelve hundred pages of words pressed out like drops of blood and sweat by a great civil struggle burned out in the fiery furnace of war! No hatred, no scorn, no pride, no exultation, no sel fishness, no weakness of any kind any where to be found! Every page with something to moisten the eye, to stiffen t'-.e will, to exalt the aspirations, to il lumine the intellect, to set the heart t'r.obbing or the nerves tingling! On every page some sentence that flashes like a search-light or rings like a rifle shot! No other such record to be found in all literature! THE UNION WAS EVERYTHING. He appreciates the value of the union. The union was everything. The extreme abolitionists, hating slavery, were demanding immediate, universal emancipation: otherwise, disunion. The extreme southern leaders, understand ing slavery that it must be extended or die were demanding extension or disunion. Mr. Lincoln saw that to give up the union was to confess the failure of free institutions before the world the inability of democracy to maintain itself in arisis. It meant the negro abandoned. It meant weakness, waste and perpetual warfare if not chaos to north and south. The anti-slavery cause, the cause of the Constitution ard of the Declaration all hung on the preservation of the union. Thus Mr. Lincoln, understanding slavery and hating it. understanding the Declaration, the Constitution and the Union; and loving them, framed the issue. Slavery is wrong; it shall not be extended, but restricted and left to destroy itself. The Declaration is right and shall be restored. The Constitution shall be preserved and the Union for ever maintained. This was the broad issue. Lincoln made it in fifty-four; he made it broad; he kept it broad. On this issue the battle was fought from fiftv-four to Apnomattox. THAT PATHETIC FAREWELL. With that pathetic farewell to his friends at Springfield, he journeyed down to Washington. We know what he finds there. Mr. Buchanan, willing, as was said, to give up a part of the Con stitution, or even the whole of it. if per chance he might save the rest, had left everything undone that ought to have been done. A great rebellion had been inaugurated. Mr. Lincoln confronts not mere ill-controlled mobs raised against the very idea of government, but seven sovereign states later eleven fully organized, officered, armed, equipped, with all the machinery of government running smoothly and all compact and united for the protection of a vast ma terial interest. With the seceding states have gone senators, representatives, secretaries, federal judges, foreign min isters and consuls, army and navy com manders, inferior officers, heads of de partments and clerks without number carrying over to the enemy all their re sources of knowledge, skill, experience and leadership -depriving the federal government of its very memory and leaving- every department confused, un nerved and paralyzed. Hidden disloy alty, more deadly than open desertion. lurks In every branch of the civil ser vice. No man knows whom to trust. The treasury is empty. Arms, arsenals, ships', navy yards, fortifications and garrisons have been betrayed or aban doned. Foreign governments are un friendly, prejudiced, and ready to in tervene. The people of the north are torn with conflicting views. The" tasks are gigantic enough: the con ditions to the last degree perplexing; his experience and preparation imost notn- On the other hand there is the just God in Heaven whom he trusts: and there is the American people whose temper and power he understands. He trusts in God; he understands the American people. The American people! Ah, there was the arsenal! There was the courage.there was the conscience, there was the over whelming power! Latent, dormant for the time being, yet there was the power: there it was. spread across the continent like a sleeping sea! There it lay in the hearts of some millions of common Amer ican men and boys and women! There it lav as It lies now, in the stored intelli gence, skill, conscience, self-control, aevo tion and-invincible courage of the Ameri can oeoole. Intelligence. conscience strength, heroism were common then as they were three years ago as they are today. What we had then, what we have now, was. and is. an almost limitless store of human skill and capacity. It was this which constituted our real wealth then. It is this which constitutes our real wealth and strength today. This Mr. Lin coln understood. He knew the common people. He knew the farm boys who could be turned into captains and colonels good enough In time of war. He knew the canal drivers, the real estate agents and the tanners who could command arm ies and win victories. FOIK YEARS OF BLOOD AND FIRE. We can not follow him in detail through those four years of blood and fire we can not tell the story of the war but there it is in that record! There you see him pleading with the south, uniting the north, -Holding on to tne Doruer states, watching the newspapers, watching elec tions, watehincr public demonstrations. watching congress, controlling the various executive departments, flanking eopper- neaos ana peace iemoerais, naniting nis own unreasonable friends, flanking regi ments of office and commission seekers as well as regiments of rebels, raising troop3. creating a navy, studying maps, planning campaigns, making, encouraging, stimu lating, rebuking and unmaking generals: protecting the public credit, pondering for eign relations, solving great constitutional problems, encouraging and comforting his soldiers and his people, issuing a steady stream of messages, proclamations, decis ions and various state papers air calm, matured, prudent, eloquent, wise; destroy ing four million slaves and putting in their places four million free men; rebuilding from the outside loyal state governments; collecting and spending millions upon millions of wealth; holding as in the hol low of his hand the lives and properties of more than half a continent: wielding a power really as great and absolute as any despot ever had in history, yet exercising that power reluctantly, mercifully and with scrupulous and painful regard to ev ery constitutional limitation and every in dividual rieht. There he stands for four awful years hasting not. resting not, looking forward and backward, surveying ail, controlling all, caring for all, like Kate or Providence itself Calmly he takes each man's cen sure: steadfastly he reserves his judg ment: nothing too soon: nothing too late. The people must have time to think: the battle is theirs.Emancipation cannot come, at once: its necessity must be seen: the border states must, if possible, be held. MeClellan must be kept a while till the people and the army could see him as he is. Negro regiments will not do at first: but negro regiments come as northern prejudice melts. On this general and that, on this Question and on that, he bides hi time. The xresent is not all: there is the future. The army is not all; there are the people. All there is of Abraham Lincoln his pride and dignity and honor, so-called, and reputation every feeling and emotion of just and proper resentment everything but principle he is ever willing to sacri fice to attain the great end. Greater than all this was his justice, his fairness toward the south, his sym pathy with the southern people, his mag nanimity toward even the leaders of the rebellion. HIS MAJESTY OF CHARACTER. He did not slur over or ignore the guilt of secession, but if you will observe him throughout the four years of his service, with the press misrepresenting him: radi cal anti-slavery leaders stabbing him: the public at times misunderstanding him; the governors and the generals complaining of him: his enemies jeering: his friends fal tering, doubting and scolding; with armies meeting disaster after disaster; with the union he loved shattered into fragments; with the slavery he hated securing per haps a still firmer foothold: with the cause of popular institutions trembling in the balance: with the shriek of the wounded, the groans of the dying, the wail of the Widowed and fatherless, ringing in his ears: torn. wounded, crushed in every wav; suffering only as One suffered there vet is not a note of scorn, not even an epithet of hate or a word of bitterness in all that matchless record. Oh. the greatness of it! Oh. the majesty of it! Nowhere any room for malice or hatred or cruelty, or revenge. WAY THE WIND BLOWS. Populists Will 1'robably Tote to Unite With Democrats. The Indications at present are that the Populist conference next week will decide to support the Democratic ticket but will maintain its state organization in the way of a state committee. This will be done for two reasons. First, it will head off any dissatisfied element of the party from reorganizing and claiming to be the real Populist party, and it will also serve to keep the old line Democrats good. At least these are the arguments set forth by some of the politicians who are favoring the schemer John Curran, the secretary of the Populist committee, claims that a state convention will have to be called, no matter what -action the conference takes, even if it decides to go out of business entirely. If the sentiment should be overwhelmingly in favor of going into the Democratic party, though, many Populists do not see U.e necessity for holding anothar state con vention. It is possible that this will be the last state convention the Populists, as a party, will ever hold. One plan that may be pursued, how ever, in order to head off any middle-of-the-road faction .that might be in clined to make trouble, will be to main tain the state committee and then call a state convention a short time before the election and endorse the Demo cratic ticket. This plan, it is claimed, would shut off the dissatisfied element that wants to keep free of the Demo crats from nominating a ticket and get ting it on the official ballot as the Peo ple's party ticket. There is no such danger anyway because the new elec tion law prohibits a party name of two words, so the ticket would have to go under the heading "Populist," and it would probably have to secure a. place on the official ballot by petition. Barnes So you are going upon the stage? Expect to become a great actor one of these days, I suppose?" Howes Expect nothing. I want to learn to write as they do upon the stage when they have a letter to write. Jimini! Stenography is nothing to it. Boston Transcript. City Ticket Office. Union Pacific R. r... o2a Kansas ave. EXPRESS MERGER. Foar Big Companies of the Country Unite. Adams, American, U. S. and Wells-Fargo in One. HARRIMAN IS SLATED For the Presidency of the Wells Fargo Company And May Bo the Head of the Big Combine. San Trancisco, Feb. 13. The Call this morning intimates that the. four big ex press companies of the country the Adams, American, United States and Wells-Fargo may merge into one cor poration. It says: Word comes, by private message from the east that E. H. Harriman, president of the Southern- Pacific company will be elected to tne presidency of the Wells-Fargo Express company at the next annual meeting of the stockholders." The paper adds that Harriman may be selected as president of the proposed company. NOT SO FAR AS HE KNEW. New York, Feb. 13. The dispatch re ceived from San Francisco quoting the Call to the effect that a merger of lead ing express companies including the Adams, American, United States and Wells-Fargo companies might be ar ranged, was today shown the report was not correct. Such a thing had not been contemplated, be said, so far as he knew. WILL HOLD OVER. Republican Nominations- Made Last Spring Still Good. Welch-Tioutiuan Battle to Be Fought March S. As was announced in the State Jour nal the Republican county central com mittee Wednesday afternoon decided by an almost unanimous vote that the can didates nominated last spring should go on the ticket at the November election, 1302, without having to go through an other primary election. There were but two dissenting votes to the proposition out of the 51 votes present at the meet ing. It was rumored on the streets yes terday that the candidates would not be opposed by the Troutman element. Robert Stone, the law partner of Mr. Troutman, has been opposed to the nominations holding over up to within a few days. He was represented by proxy in the hands of C. W. Barnes yesterday and his vote was cast with the majority. Oscar Swayze, who made objections before the county board, made no fight at the committee meeting. T. D. Humphreys introduced a resolution to the effect that the" nominations would be good for the! coming election and it was carried. The candidates who have won their point and who were nominated last spring are as follows: A. T. Lucas, sheriff; V. C. Bo wen, coun ty treasurer; A. Newman, county clerk; John Marshall, register of deeds; H. B. Hogeboom, coroner; J. P. Rodgers.coun ty surveyor. There was some discussion about holding the primaries early but the vote for the county primaries for the offices of clerk of the district court, probate judge, county attorney, superintendent of public instruction, county commis sioner and three representatives, was that they be held March and a call for a county convention March 10 will be issued by the committee. At the primary to be held March 8 the contest for the county delegation between James A Troutman and R. B. Welch will be settled. At that time the delegates to the county convention will be voted upon. No primary will be held for delegates to the Holton convention. The chair man of the meeting appointed a com mittee composed of H. M. Philips, John Ostrand, W. I. Jamison, Charles W. Barnes and Phil Eastman to submit a list of delegates and alternates for the Holton convention. The list submitted was adopted as follows: Dover John Tomson, delegate; J. O. McConnell, alternate. Mission EdBuckman and J. E. Maus, delegates; Charles Spreng and J, JA Sim. alternates. Williamsport C. W. Smith, delegate; Clyde Jordan, alternate. Monmouth C. W. Wright, delegate; E. S. Fasnacht, alternate. Topeka R. S. Van Sant and Robert Stone, delegates; William Bradbury and George Flanders, alternates. Tecumseh George Bunce, delegate; W. A. Kearney, alternate. Rossville John Taylor, delegate; H. Cline, alternate. Silver Lake G. W. West, delegate; Wm. Doel, alternate. Menoken M. A.Hutchinson, delegate; Samuel Haynes, alternate. Soldier T. T. Wright and King Ream, delegates; Oliver Cunningham and Rob ert Keith, alternates. Auburn F. W. Harrison, delegate; A. ITighrobin, alternate. First ward J. B. Betts, C. W. Thomp son, Frank Beach and E. C. Fester, del egates; D. T. Gregg, M. Bickle, W. G. Brcoks and Wm. Stewart. alternates Second ward A. K. Rodgers, James Mullen. James Mergan.Fred Stonestreet and T. S. Williams, delegates; John F. Carter, F. L. Stevens, Otto Larson. Jas. Tyler and John A. Alexander, alter nates. Third ward D. W. Mulvane. Del Keizer. C. W. Hixon. Arthur Capper and W. T. McKnight, delegates; John Dudley, A. H. Horton, Otto Anderson, M. Weightman and L. Spaulding, alter- 1 nates. Fourth ward T. J. Anderson. John Wetterskog. James Ramsey, Milt Stoker and Col. J. D. Norton, delegates: Frank Blanch, A. M. Fuller. Samuel Rice, Jas. Guy and W. F. Weber, alternates. Fifth ward J. S. Warner, John Childs. and Captain C. H. Titus, delegates; C. T. Mattingly, C.-W. -Smith and-O. E. Hungate, alternates. Sixth ward John Gardiner, J. W. F. Hughes and C. H. Childers, delegates; George Tincher.'J. McLatchey and A. T. Allen, alternates. DEATHS AND FUNERALS. Mrs. Laura S. Montgomery, wife of John C. Montgomery, died at theirhome in Covena. Cal.. January 2, at tne age of 60 years. Mrs. Montgomery was for merly a resident of Topeka, residing lor ten years at the corn sr of Fifteenth and Mulvane streets, and leaves a large circle of friends here. Mrs. Ltnnie Saunders, of 620 Lake street, died last night at 2:30 of lung trouble, at the age of 42 years. The funeral will be held at the house at 10 o'clock Friday morning. NORTON SELECTED Sixth District Convention Will Be Held April 23. V Basis of Representation Will Gire 156 Delegates. WHITE AS COMPROMISE Rumor That Contending Forces May Unite on Him. More Trouble Over Cawker City Postoflice. Colby, Kan., Feb. 13. The Sixth dis trict Republican congressional commit'' tee in session here has called the Sixth district convention to meet at Norton on April 23. The basis of representation will be one delegate for every 150 votes cast. for George A. Clark for secretary of state two years ago and one delegate at large for each county. This will make a convention of 156 delegates. The discussion among the members of the committee and others in attendance at the committee meeting seemed to in dicate that Hays White, of Jewell coun ty, may be the Sixth district nominee as a compromise candidate in the Welling-ton-Reeder fight. A meeting of the judicial committee of the Twenty-fourth judicial district was also held and the judicial convention was called to meet at Goodland on April 16. The district is made up of the coun ties of Rooks, Graham, Sheridan, Thom as and Sherman. There will- be no con test over the judicial nomination, as Judge Charles W. Smith, of Stockton, who has been on the bench ever "since the district was organized in 1888, will be renominated without opposition. It will be no great surprise to Sixth district politicians who are not intense partisans of either Wellington or Reeder, if White wins in the Sixth dis trict congressional fight, because of the bitterness which has arisen between the extreme supporters of Congressman Reeder and the Ellsworth county can didate, E. W. Wellington. The forces of the two leading candidates will be pret ty evenly divided in the congressional convention, while White will make no small showing, as he will have the Jew ell county delegation solidly for him, which will be by far the largest delega tion in the convention, and some of the western counties as well. This will give him the balance of power. The fight between Wellington and Reeder has be come so bitter that the partisans of t;ach can see no good in the other, and the conservatives are becoming tired of the struggle. That is why sentiment is turning toward White. Congressman Reeder's friends have been elaijning that he is a great friend of the old soldier, and it is a fact that he has been instrumental in securing many pensions for his constituents, but in other ways he has made enemies of the old soldier element. In Mitchell county, which was for some time con ceded to Reeder by Wellington and in which Wellington had expected to make no iisht, Reeder has made trouble for himself over his postoflice appointment at Cawker City, and now there is dan ger that he will lose the Mitchell coun ty delegation and that it will either go to the convention unlnstructed and di vide its vote between White and Wel lir gton, or it may go to Wellington alto gether. As the State Journal announced some time ago, Mr. Reeder has determined to appoint C. M. Higley as postmaster at Cawker City, displacing L. L. ai- rich, an old soldier. Higley is a com paratively young man. Mr. Reeder did not send his recommendation of Higley to the president until recently, and three days later President Roosevelt is sued his order to the chiefs of all de partments instructing them that pref erence must be given to civil war vet erans in both appointments and reten tion in office. It was feared by Higley 's friends that this order might affect him, and last Wednesday a petition in his behalf was started among the old soldiers of Cawker City. It met with opposition, and the mem bers of the Cawker G. A. R. post are working for Alrich. The battleground between Wellington and Reeder is in Osborne and Lincoln counties, and in each the Reeder ele ment is in control of the party organ. Lincoln county is in Wellington s sena torial district- The Ellsworth Reporter is now pushing Wellington's campaign, and the Lincoln Republican is mean enough to go back two years and hunt up an editorial in the Reporter, pub lished February 22, 1900, in which it un mercifully "roasts Wellington. It is causing no end of amusement among Reeder s friends, lne Reporter reters to Wellington in the editorial as "The Duke," and it says: "We are somewhat amused to hear that Mr. E. W. Wellington, of this city, has offered himself as a candidate for delegate-at-large in the state to the na tional Republican convention. 'Our friend Wellington appears to be always on hand and ready to accept any old thing that will help Keep his name before the dear public, and as soon as there is evidence that a place is vacant, and the voters are looking for a candllate, tnis gentleman Dobs up serenely' and informs them that 'Barkus is willm although we think that the people of the district are not. "We are unable to see any reason why Mr. Wellington should aspire to this position or why the people should feel inclined to give It to him. 'If he thinks that the use of his name will be a factor in giving strength to the Republicans in the coming cam paign, he reckons without his host. He has been a candidate before the peo ple -in the past. Not very long ago he wanted to represent this county in the legislature, and although he made an aggressive campaign, rode the county from side to sirte. ana too to bottom. with the best aid his friends could give him, yet -the voters declared that they would rather send a gentleman by the name of Sekavec, who resides in the southwest part of the county. "As this did not work, there came a time wfien a state senator was to be elected, and Mr. Wellington con cluded th9t, although he was not fully appreciated in his own county, yet the district would surely give him a ma jority. So he went at that, made a thorough canvass of the district, had the voters all figured out, and had the all ef a Democratic balance of power, that he assured his friends was sure to land him In the office. He made his usually thorough campaign; went around and simwed himself to the voters, especially those who called themselves the leaders, and assured himself and his friends, that no mat ter how the rest fared on his ticket, he was sure to be elected. There was a gentleman by the name of Helm run ning against him, -who lives near Ells worth, and he went around in his way and talked to the voters. There was a mistake made by his party in making up the ticket, so that Helm's name had to be hunted for in 'order to vote for him, but finally the election was held, and still Mr. Wellington did -not get votes enough, notwithstanding three Republicans were elected in this sen atorial district of four counties. "He next announced himself a candi date for congress, but not receiving any encouragement, let the matter quietly drop. "He then concluded he would run this fall for state senator, but there seemed to be some obstacle In the way, and he concluded to let it pass and stand as a dark horse, still 'willin',' should his ser vices be demanded.- -"Having failed entirely- to be elected to anything, he concluded that an ap pointive office would do, so won out and got on the governor's staff, and was made a member of the state central committee. This, at least, would give him a say on the state offices in this county. So as a net result of his work. Ben Shaffer was appointed deputy oil inspector, and yet the machinery of state nas gone on just the same. "We do not claim that his being a spoke in tne party wheel Will stop pro gress, we simply claim that our friend. the Duke, cuts no ice, and aside from his notion of his own ImDortanee. back ed- by a very, very small following of Republican mends, and a few Demo crats he appears to have no claim for any office, and we hone that the Re publicans will, when they come to select the delegates-at-large. pick upon men who are. and have been representative Republicans, who have shown their ability by doing something that has strengthened the party and helped build up the state." The fact that the strength of Reeder and Wellington is pretty evenly divided ts indicated by the action of the con gressional committee. The principal test of strength came on fixing the date of the convention. The Wellington rorces wanted the convention in March, but Reeder wanted April 23. The Reeder date was chosen by a vote of 14 to 12. TODAY'S MARKET REPORT. Chicasro- Feb. 13,-WHEAT-Grain mar kets at the opening today took on much the same character as was shown before yesterday's holiday. -May wheat opened c to 6e higher, at 7814c to 786784c, on slightly better IJverpool cables. There were no special early features, thougk this pit was affected to some extent by later weakness in the 'coarse grains. Commis sion houses bought sparingly early and the local crowd sold. May sold down to 78c, and steadied near that figure. Local re ceipts were lignt. at it car none ot con tract grade. Minneapolis and Duluth re- ported 539 cars for the last two days; making a total for the three points of 654 cars, against one day's receipts last;week After touching 77ftx7?7&c May rallied on reports of a continental demand to 7S-74 cuiS'fac, and closed nrm ana 'Sc nigner, at 7$7Sc. CORN May corn opened Wac to y,SM.c higher, at i2(a$lc. with wheat the .early inniience. iater, tt. Ijouis anu tne soucn west began selline and the small early strength was lost. Trade was not exten sive. May sola aown to ti"c, ana sieaaiea. Receiots were 27 cars. The close in corn was firm. May c up, at 62'ifi62Aic. OATS An uncertain feeling pervaded the oats pit. The oneninff was unchanged. May at 43c, and with the early better feel ing in corn May advanced a shade. There was little disposition, however, either to buv or sell. Irade was devressins:lv dull and May reacted to 4274c. Receipts were 3 cars. PROVISIONS Hog products were some what weaker at the opening, following lib eral receipts and lower prices at the yards. There was some support on the decline which steadied the market, but trade was very slow. May pork opened unchanged, at J15.H5. and sold off to $15.90; May lard SS'ic down, at J!.47s, and May ribs zsCgoc to a shade lower, at ib.bua !.tl'.t. WHEAT Cash: No. 2 red. SSeu.c: No. 3 red, S214fff841,ic: No. 2 hard winter, 76S? 78Vic; No. 3 hard winter. 75H'?iic; No. 1 nortnern spring. viM-caiyc: ino. a nortnern spring. itx-'ri iic: riO. 3 spring, visiibc CORN No. 3. 59fi5ti4c. OATS No. 2. 43V.-i44c: No. 3. 435T43IAC. FLAX Cash Northwestern, $1.71V4 1.71i: southwestern, $1.60; May, $1.74. RYE Feb., 58M,c; May, ftjc; July, 69c. TIMOTHY March. $6.506.55. Chicago Livestock Market Chicago. Feb. 13 CATTLE Receipts, 8.000 head, including 200 head of Texans. Market steady. Good to prime steers, $b50 (&7.25; poor to medium. $4.00.00; stockers and teeoers. j2.iKi4. iu; cows. i.zo'aix.2o; heifers. $2.25(55.25: fanners. $1.25152.25: bulls $2.25'(i4.S0; calves, $2.007.50; Texas fed steers. 54.-'ao.if. HOGS Receipts today. 46.000 head: esti mated tomorrow. 40.000 head; left over, 3. 828 head. Market for heavy, steady; light 5c lower. Mixed and butchers'. $5.&0fa6.4O s-ood to choice heavv. $6.3lXfr6.45: rouerh heavy, $58566.20; light, $5.70iji5.90; bulk oi sales, is.wriih.zij. SHEEP Receipts, 14,000 head. Sheep and lambs steady, uood to choice wethers, $4.755.25: fair to choice mixed, $3.S0r4.60: western sheep, $4.255.85; -native lambs, $3.75'i6.65: western lambs. $5.25ra6.65. Official receipts and shipments yester day Cattle. Horrs. Sheen. Receipts '....20.062 Bii.aW 14,073 Shipments 4.377 8,384 329 Kaasas City Livestock. Kansas City. Feb. 13. CATTLE Re ceipts, 4,000 head, including 1,000 head of Texans. Market steady. Native steers. $4.856.25; Texas and Indian steers, $4.15fc5 5.10: Texas cows. $2.75Cu4.50: native cows and heifers. $3.005.25; stockers and feed ers. $3.5064.75; bulls, $3.00'34.50; calves, $4.50 i !o. HOGS Receipts. 16.000 head. Market for best steadv: common a shade lower. Bulk of sales. $5.50fi6.40: heavy, $6.35-6.50; Packers', $6.0fri6.40: medium. $5.9lJ-ii6.30; light, $5.40&i.l0; yorkers, $5.306.00; pigs, $4,5055.30. SHEEP Receipts. 2.500 head. Market firm. Muttons. $4.00i5.20: lambs, $5.5ri 6.35; western wethers, $4.65(5.45; ewes, $3.59 (64.60. Kansas City Produce- Kansas City. Feb. 13. Close WHEAT tceceipts. Z4 cars, aiay, 7bc; July. asc. Cash: No. 2 hard. 76c; No. 3 hard, 75c: No. 2 red, 88c; No. 3 red, 87c; No. 3 spring, 73V(Ti73-'iic. CORN May, 62Uc; Sept., 60ic. Cash: No. 2 mixed, 61fe6H4c; No. 2 white, 67c; No. 3 white, 66f6iic. OATS No. 2 white, 47C RYE No. 2. Wi61c. HAY Choice timothy, $13.50; choice prai rie. $12.50. BUTTER Creamery, 2024c; dairy, fan cv, 18c. EGGS Fresh, 23Wr(Si24e. New York Btocks. Wall Street, New York. Feb. 13. STOCKS Six thousand shares of B. R. T. were thrown upon the market at the open ing selling simultaneously at 63 down to 61M. compared with 64 on Tuesday. Met ropolitan street railway tell l'rfe points in sympathy. American Express also was off 3 points. Prices generally were disposed to advance and gains reached a large frac tion in some of the prominent active stocks Iowa Central rose 1V4 points and Reading second preferred advanced a point. Supporting orders held B. R. T. around 62. but other active stocks ran off. Sugar lost over a point. There were wide upward movements among some of the minor stocks. Colorado Southern and second pre ferred. Minneapolis and St. Louis. Ies Moines and Fort Dodge, Pullman, Texas and Pacific. Norfolk and Western and Smelting rising a point. General Electric jumped 3 points. Glucose lost 2 points. Minneapolis. St. Paul and Sault Ste Marie preferred declined a point. A 24 point rise in Texas and Pacific, to 423i, caused a demand for other southern and southwestern stocks and Southern Railway preferred. St. Louis and Southwestern stocks. Wabash pre ferred, the Denver and Rio Grande stocks, the Kansas and Texas stocks and Missouri Pacific rose 1 to 2 points. The Colorado and Southern stocks also brought higher prices, the first preferred touching 67. Texas and Pacific Land Trust was active at a 2 point improvement. Consolidated Gas rose l7-fe points; Brooklyn Union Gas 2 points: Northwest -preferred 3 points, and Kanawha and Michigan and Third Avenue a point. Other stocks had been sagging, including some of the early strong feat ures, but when the buying of the south western group got in full swing It check ed the depression elswhere. Metropolito Street Railway rullied to above Tuesday close and Sugar recovered a point. 11 market then became easier and. duller. Bonds were irregular. A drive against Amalgamated Coppi carried it below Tuesday's prices. The! were reaction of 1 point to Texas Pacirl Sa. Louis Southwestern preferred, Roo Island, Manhattan and Smelting. Nasi ville, Chattanooga and St. Louis lost 21 points and Wheeling and La-ke Erie pr ferred a point. Many leading active stock were well below Tuesday's prices. The market drooped constantly on ligri offerings and the morning advances in th southwestern stocks were largely reduced Manhattan' was the principal featur large sales -dropping it over 2 points fc below 131. St. Paul. Rock Island, South ern Pacific, New Jersey Central and Erfc second preferred also showed net losses a a point or more. Lackawanna advanced I points. Market Gossid. tFurnished by A. O. Goodwin, Coraml sion Merchant, 601 Kansas avenue. Liverpool opening cables: --Wheat, higher; corn, Mid higher. Second Liverpool cables: Wheat, higher: corn, Hd lower than the opening Chicago grain receipts: Wheat, la cars., corn, 27 cars: oats, 63 cars. Price Current: Snow covering favorably to wheat. No material change. Generalir fair to good, but poor in Ohio river-valley Interior movements light. Kansas City grain receipts: Wheat, II' cars: corn, 89 cars: oats, 31 cars. Kansas City grain shipments: Wheat 24 cars; corn, 192 cars; oats, 33 cars. f Kansas City: Estimated grain receipti for tomorrow: Wheat, 12 cars; corn, lta. cars; oats, 11 cars. Closing Liverpool caW"s: Wheat. ifl. Dies. Kansas City: May wheat Puts. 76cl calls. 77c: curb, 7ViC May corn PutSi 62,ic: calls. 63c: curb. 62Hc. New York Money Market. New York. 'Feb. 13. Noon MONEY Money on call nominally at 214'?i21 per cent: prime mercantile paer. 4i4i pei cent; sterling exchange- steady, with ac tual business in bankers' bills at $4.87H''f 4.87 for demand and at $4.841?'64.84. for t days; posted rates, $4.85(64.88; commercial bills. $4.83a4.843. SILVER Bar Bilver, 55Hc; Mexican dol lars, 43Hc BONDS Government bonds steady. To day's Quotations: V. "S. refunding 2s, registered 108t U. S. refunding 2s, coupon 108' V. S. 3s, registered liWi IT. S. 3s, coupon 108' I V. S. new 4s, registered 139".S U. S. new 4s, coupon iiV'.t V. fi. old 4s. registered 112 131 S. old 4s. coupon 112 U. S: 5s. registered r. 106 V. S. 5s, coupon 106 Cotton Market. New York. Feb. 13. COTTON Spot cot ton closed steady and l-16c higher. Mid dling uplands, 894c; middling gulf. 9c. Sales, 100 bales. Galveston, Feb. 13. COTTON Firm at 8UC 1 Sugar Market. New York, Feb. 13. SUGAR Raw steady. Fair refining. 3Hc; centrifugal. 96 test. 3c: molasses sugar, 2vfcc. Refined steady. Crushed, $5.25; powdered, $4.85; granulated. 54.75. MOLASSES Firm. Wool Market. St. Louis, Feb. 13. WOOL Steady. Ter ritory and western mediums, 166 He; fine, 12(?17c; coarse, 12616c. Topeka Markets Toceka, Feb. 13. HOGS. HEAVY $5.95(&6.15. LIGHT $:.30'ri5.80. ROUGH $5.800.95, A 'Xki. ill CATTLE. STEERS $3.756 4.75. COWS $3,006 4.00. HEIFER S $3. 256-4. 25. VEAL CALVES. HEAVY $3.0063.50. LIGHT $4.006 4.50. GRAIN. NO. 2 WHEAT 72c. NO. 2 WHITE CORN 65c MIXED CORN 64c. OATS 60c. PRODUCE. BUTTER 18c. EGGS 2c. PRAIRIE HAY By the car, $9.0012.50; by the ton. $10.00614.00. ALFALFA By the car, $12.0013.00; by the ton, S12.00613.00. Topeka Hide Market. Topeka. Feb. 13. Prices paid in Topeka this week. kithn?l on Boston quotations GREEN SALT CURED NO. 1TMc. GREEN SALT CURED NO. 2 6140. NO. 1 TALLOW 5c Kange of Prices fFurnished by the Kemoer Grain com pany, 1U4 'Board of Trade, Kansas City, Aio.. tnrougn tneir lopeka onice, at litf West Sixth street. 'Phone 486. Chicae. Feb. 13. Open High Low Close Tuea WHEAT- May July TO4- 78- 78 7Si,i 78H-H T86 78;fc-7 781 6214-vi fii; 62Vi 6Vr CORN May 61- 62 6174- 62V 61 Vi 61Va Julv OATS Mav Julv 43 37 434 37 !4 42 365 4-5 37'.4 43 46:4 PORK May Julv- .15 95 .16 00 15 97 16 02 15 85 15 95 9 42 9 57 S 62 8 62 15 90-2 15 95 16 00 16 02 LARD Mav Julv 9 47 9 62 9 50 9 65 9 45 9 57 9 52-53 9 67 RIBS- May July 8 55 8 57 8 65-67 8 67 8 52 8 57 8 62 8 67-70 Kansas City Grain. rFurnished bv A. G. Goodwin. Commis sion Merchant, 601 Kansas avenue. Kansas City, Feb. 13. Ooen Hich Low Close Tues w ri gat May 76H-76 70- 75 Julv 74T4 75ri 74&4 76-4 75-;i 76 75 UUKN Feb 60 March 60 61 6 61H 61 Mav 62-61Ts S2'y 61Vk- 62H 2 July 624 62" 62 62-fc t,2'-4 Sept bb'M 60 SHU 60 W.k OATS May 4fli 45--i July 34 34 34 34 34 Range of Prices on Stock. fFurnished bv Ahe KemDer Grain com pany, 104 Board of Trade, Kansas City. Mo., through their Topeka office, at 110 West Sixth street. 'Phone 4S6.J New York. Feb Oo'n HiKh Low Cl'se 13. Tues Met. St. Rwy. Am. Smelter 17l4 17P4 17014 1704 4SV4 48 47 47 128 J2X 12K' 1271 K-1 101T4 10H4 l1s. 711,4 71 69 "i 62V4 62 6114 611 44:5 44 44U 4414 95 95 94 94-t. i. 39 3'14 38 39 5314 524 52T4 2316-24 23 23- VVte 165'. lKS'i 164 16714 lt7-'4 1654 lwi 7X'4 74 77 77' 98' 9S SSU, 9S'i 1324 133 130 1314 1034 105 14 11M 44 41 43 43 ...67 67 06 6'i 111414 104 1H3 1U3 90 60 W' 8! 33 34 33 384 96 S) 96 W 5 59 58 5M 165 lr,-, 164 1CI 66 66 66 6 4T. 40 394 40 46 464 46 46 10:, irif 104 ls- 105 1(16 106 lf"- 47 47 47 -47 34 34' 34 34 114 114 113 114 t. 76 76 76 76 91 91 91V 91 1514 1514 ir'4 47 127 11 71 64 41 94 39 IS' -23 165 lt-6 78 !-X 133 1(4 44 66 1 90 33 95 SW54 1i5 66 4'1 ini 11)5 47 84 113 7i 91 151 Sugar People's Gas Amal. Copper B. R. T U. S. Steel U. S. Steel, pfd Texas Pacific M. K. 8z T C. G. W i-iock Island St. Paul Atchison, com Atchison, pfd Aiannattan Mo. Pacific Wabash So. Pacific U. P., com U. P.. pfd Southern Rwy. So. Rwy., pfd Reading N. Y. Central T. C. I Erie C. O B. O L. N Pacific Mail C. A C. A., pfd C. A.. 2d pfd Western Union Pennsylvania- C. N. V. 222 223 222 223' 4 23 24 2d. Wabash, com

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f0 TOPfTTCA STATE JOURNAL, THURSDAY E VJKN1JVG, FEBRUARY 13, 1902. I $B8& rl K I i On February 2, 1902, The Union Pacific placed in service between KANSAS CITY and SALINA TWO NEW EXPRESS TRAINS, Nos. 7 and 8, (DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY.) "rVTrt T Leave Topeka 1 0.05 A. M. MO 4 Arrive Salina 1.40 P.M. TO R -Leave Salina 2.20 P. M. Arrive Topeka 5.55 P,. GOOD PASSENGER SERVICE. These trains are equipped with chair car and fine high back coaches, and run through without cl ange from Kansas City to Salina. Heated by steam. Full information in regard to rates cheerfully furnished on applica tion to any Agent, or by addressing F. A. LEWIS, City Ticket Agent, 525 Kansas Ave. J. C. FULTON, Depot Agant. BEST PERSONALLY CONDUCTED TOURIST EXCURSIONS TO ALIFORNI VIA LEAVE TOPEKA Wednesdays and Fridays VIA Scenic Line LATEST IMPROVED TOURIST CARS H'A.ST THAIXS E. W. Thompson, A. G. P. GEO. M. NOBLE Ss CO. Financial Agents Buy, Sell and Manage Real Estate. Buy, Sell and Collect Mortgages. Insure Property in Seven of the best Companies in the State. TOPEKA, KANSAS. Telephone 444. 501 Jackson St. 'DIRT DEFIES THE KING." THEN IS GREATER THAN y-1 iyia the remedy that core t eolt tm one &ir. Kaw Valley Mince Meat Is made from strictly pure and healthful ingredients Sound apples, sweet cider, good, fresh beef, new seed ed raisins, and finest grade of spices. v Prepared by the Chas. Wolff Packing Co. Sold by all the best dealers. BABY GOES TO JAIL At. Bequest of Mother Who Is Charged With Counterfeiting. St. Louis, Feb. 13. Today Ben Ivins was arraigned before United States Commissioner Gray, charged with be ing a member of a Rang: of counterfeit ers having its headquarters at 1703 North Eighteenth street. Charles R Davia and his wife. Stella Davis' Charles Hagsdale and Mabel Ivins, wife of Ben Ivins, were arraigned before the commissioner yesterday afternoon The counterfeit coins which the three men are accused of making and the two women of circulating-, were mostly $5 eold pieces. These were of copper with a thin electro plating of gold. Mrs. Ivins' baby, aged one year, was Bent to Jail with her at her request. He Darlingv I love you! She And have you never told other girls the sajne? He Well er yes; hut not bo near Christmas. Puck. Ctr Ticket Offiics Union Pacific R. R., 625 Kansas ave. New Trains -ETWEE (arises City -AND- Safina. r.EAVE TOPEKA Wednesdays VIA Southern Route T. A., Topeka, Kans. ROYALTY ITSELF. This signature la on every box of the genuine Laxative Bromo-Ouinine Table BEYOND ALL PRECEDENT. Consumption of Pic Iron la Some- thin? Prodigious. Cleveland, C, Feb. 13. The Iron Trade Review, discussing markets in its current issue, says: Each week adds to the strength of the market and accents the- inadequacy of pig iron and steel making capacity to supply the country's present demands. The course of the market in the past week and the statistical position of pig iron on February 1 tell the same story ot prodigious consumption beyond all record, and of production still lagging behind. Statistics of pig iron output in January and of stock reductions De tween January 1 and February 1 point to consumption in the first month of the year at the rate of 18 million gross tons a year, while blast furnace ca pacity active on February 1 represents an output at the rate of about li,600,- uoo tons a year. But we are not sure even of this in adequate capacity, the severe snow storms of last week having again de ranged railroad operations so that many furnaces were compelled to bank for a day or two for lack of coke. In the valla's and Pittsburg district this interruption is estimated to have cut down the pig iron output by 5.000 tons. Conditions are better this week, but the ease with which the trade can be disturbed is still its most marked fea ture. Both pig iron and steel have ad vanced in the week, and buying of the former has been particularly heavy in the Chicago district. A 20.000 ton trans action in malleable pig is reported there and one for 10.000 tons, in addi tion to other round lots. The demand for basic iron is not so strong as in the preceding week, but the heavy additions to basic open hearth steel capacity in the past two years are telling not only on. the basic pig iron market, but upon that for melting scrap. Foundry iron is advanc ing under pood buying for the second half. Small foundries that buy from month to month are likely to be pinched by the scarcity of iron for delivery in the first half which has already de veloped. Many buyers axe still holding off on contracts for the second half. while others have bought freely. One estimate based on careful inquiry is that two-thirds or the foundry iron production for the year ia now under contract. CELEBBATE LINCOLN DAY. Well Knpwn Colored Men Participate in the Exercises. The anniversary of tli birth of Atwa ham Lincoln was celebrated by the negro Lincoln Day club t Representative liail yesterday. Music was furnished by the Twenty third Regiment band and speeches were made by J. A. Page. J. H. Guy, Captain S. A. Harvey. Rev. W. L. Grant and Prof, w. T. Vernon. In part Capt. Harvey said "At one time we had nine reiwesenta trves and senators. We have none now lhey were no disgrace to their constitu ents. No more than many of the members who have been of the white race. No more than some who are now there. "The Democrats have nearly an equal division of the votes in the north, the east and the west, and this attempt to disfranchise 20 per cent of the votes will place them in supreme control. Is it not time for the Republican partv to take such means as were taken during the re construction period to save themselves from total annihilation? 1 heartily concur with those efforts which are to be made to redmre the representation of those states in accordance with the votes and as the constitution says they should be. "The men who came here without anv desire on their part and who. notwith standing they are bearing heavy burdens, and who are not murmuring very much, whose interests are all with this country, .should have as many rights as those for eigners who are Hooding the country and have no interest here." AS VIEWED IN VIENNA. Austrian Newspapers Discuss British Japanese Alliance. Viennt, Feb. 13. The Anglo-Japanese treaty tf alliance is the feature of today's news in the Austrian newspapers and Russia's probable action is widely dis cussed. The concensus of opinion among those who arts generally in touch with Russian views is that the militant Mus covites will endeavor to revenge them selves by stirring up disorders in Afghan istan, while the Russian government will lie low awaiting the moment when Japaft. having organized the military forces of China, will join hands with the latter and drive out all Europeans with the excep tion of the Russians who. by that time, will occupy an impregnable position in Manchuria. Some of the papers affect to see in the publication of the treaty at the time when Admiral Prince Henry is starting: for the T'nited States "Great Britain's reply to German's rapprochement with the Uni ted States WILL AWAIT DECISION. Ice Trust Case Sleeping Till Supreme Court Acts. The ice trust case commenced last fall by County Attorney Nichols is resting at present awaiting the decision of the supreme court on the validity of the trust Jaw. Attorney Nichols, acting under the trust law summoned several witnesses before Judge Hazen last fall and in formally examined them as to the work ings of the trust. Nothing was develop ed. Nichols has not prepared and filed a regular case. He says there are sev7 eral cases before the supreme court in which the validity of the law is ques tioned and that he does not wish to pro ceed further until the cases are decided. COMING TO TOPEKA. P. W. Price Will Move From Ne braska to Engage in Business. P. W. Pi-ice, of Diller, Neb., and who is a cousin of Mrs. P. L. Rush of No. 140ft Kansas avenue, has resigned his position as cashier of the People's State Bank of Killer to come to Topeka to en gage in business. The Diller Record says: P. W. Price has occupied his pres ent position for about 14 years and by a careful and conservative management of its affairs he has brought this insti tution up to a position among the very best banks in this part of the state, and the fine building erected during his term may very properly be regarded as a monument to his enterprise, and a cred it to the bank and community. "Mr. Price will retain an Interest in the bank and remain a director. He will move in March to Topeka, Kan., where he will engage in business." A CONNECTING LINK. Steamers Purchased For the Trans Alaskan Railway. Chicago, Feb. 13. Options have Just been secured by Captain E. D. Comings, cf Seattle, on three steamships for the trans-Alaskan railway, to ply between Peattle and Iliamna toy. Alaska, and forming the connecting link in railway transportation between the United States and Asia. Captain Comings has for several months past been searching on the Atlantic coast and along the Great Lakes for suitable vessels. Those secured are of 2.600 tons freight and 300 passenger capacity and ccst approxi mately $25,000 each. One was secured on the Atlantic coast and two on the lakes. They are single screw vessels with a speed of ten knots an hour, 275 feet long and 40 feet beam. They wi'.l proceed to Seattle via the straits of Magellan and be put in service there about the 1st of May. J. T. Conforth, who .explored the route of the trans AJUi?kan from Iliamna bay to Port Cl?renee, left last night for Washing ton after a conference with Captain Comlrrgs relative to the purchase othe steameivs. Something That Will Do You Good. We know of no way in which we can be of more service to our readers than to teli them of something that will be of real good to them. For this reason we want to acquaint them with what we consider one of the very best remedies on the market Tor eougns, cuius ,-V'V olaini croup. We refer to Chamberlain s Cough Remedv. We have used It with such good results in our family so long that it has become a household necessity. i. ..rmrit iiHA we haven't anv doubt but that It has time and again prevented croup. The testimony is given upon our own experience, and we suggest that our readers especiallv those who have small children, always keep it In their homes as a safeguard against crop. Camden (S. C.) Messenger. For sale by all druggists. Executions at Long Rang. Constantinople. Feb. 13. Warrants have been issued for the arrest of Prince Lutfullah and Sabahadin, sons of Damad Mahmud Pasha, the sultan's brother-in-law. and other prominent Turkish fugitives, who are charged with organizing at the prince's headquarters in Paris a conspiracy to overthrow the sultan. They will probably be sen tenced to death by default, as was re cently done in' the case of Damud Hah mud Pasha- Santa Fa Health Resorts Excursion Rates. Phoenix, Arizona, and return, $65.00, good for nine months. San Antonio, Texas, and return, $30.00, good returning until June 1. El Paso, Texas, and return, $4X40, good six months. Las Vegas, N. M., and return, $31.00, three months' limit. Hot Springs, Ark., and return, 128.85, three months' limit. Excursion rates to other health re sorts quoted on application. Address T. L. KING, Agent A. T. S. p.. Topeka. Or T. M. James, ticket agent, 830 Kan sas Ave., North Topeka. Cures croup, sore throat, pulmonary troubles Monarch over pain of every sort. Dr. Thomas Eclectric Oil. Everybody reads the State Journal WMWI IAD IIISCELUAEOUS ADS. FREE MESSENGER FOR WANT3 PULL, a Postal Telegraph-Cable bo or cajl by either telephone No. 417 and have your Want Ads brought to the State Jour nal office by free messenger. No charge to you for messenger service. Cost of classi fied ads 5 cents per line of 6 words to the line and every fraction thereof. ANNOUNCEMENTS. I AM A CANDIDATE for the office of probate judge for the second term, sub ject tu the Republican primary election to be held on the Sth day of March, 1902. W. E. Faean. JOHN G. HEWITT, WHO HAS BEEN A resident of the Fifth ward more than thirty years, will be the Republican can didate for councilman from that ward, since Mr. Warner has decided not to be a candidate. t. WANTED SITUATIONS. WANTED By young man going to school place to work for board. Restaurant .i .1 i i i (.1 Lll liril, AUUI CSH 1 V LBIC JVUI 11.1 1 WANTED Sewing to do at home. Room Id Pluvl hntcl 11K W f.th CI WHEN you want to hire a man or boy, call u; Y. 11. C. A., telephone 311. We have a list of men and confidential ref erences concerning them. Y. M. C. A Employment Bureau, 117 E. 8th st. WANTED MALE HELP. WANTED Good boy of-15 years with bi cycle. $2.50, per week. Address -"Boy," care Juurnai. WANTED Male and female, life insur ance or building and loan solicitors or canvassing agents. Room 15, Stormont bldg. The Debenture Trust Co. WANTED Men to learn barber trade, only weeks required. Oraduates make $'50 monthly. Can earn scholarship, board, tools and transportation' if desired. Pre pare now for spring rush. Write for par ticulars Moler Barber college, St. Louis, Mo. WANTED--FEMALE HELP. WANTED An experienced nurse for chil dren. Apply Throop hoteL WANTED Kitchen girl, also dining room gltl. Southeast corner Sth and Quincy. WANTED Wash woman. Mondays, white preferred. J216 Ta-lor si. WANTED Competent woman for house work: no washing or ironing. 51ti To peka ave. $60 MONTHLY', copying letters at home. Inclose two stamps with application. Woman's Western Employment Bureau, box 33, Quincy, 111. WANTED White girl, for general house work, small family, good wages. Apply at once 911 W. 10th ave. WANTHD Oirt for general housework Apply at 917 Fillmore.'.j WANTED SALEjSMEN- WANTEDGood solicitors in every town to visit doctors and' lawyers: something new: quicK stner.. Aaaress ti a. t.o. Room 2, ti20 Kansas aye. WANTED MISCELLANEOUS. WANTED To invest $1,000 to $2,000 in substantial paying business: partnership or entire. Address C. A. J., care Journal. WANTED To buy 'driving team. Ad dress. State bank, Hoyt. Kan. WANTED City milk route: would buy, h-ase or operate on commission. Address Mills, 725 Chandler st. WANTED To rent a farm within 12 miles of Topelta, grain rent preferred. R. Brittain, io Branner st. WANTED To buy a house 6 or T rooms, with 1U. or 2 lots, for cash. Address Z.. care Journal, giving lowest net cash price and location. SPECIALISTS. DR. LITTLE FIELD is the only, registered optician in this city. He has made a thorough study of the eye and its influence over the nervous system as is attested by the number of diplomas that adorn the walls of his orfice. He is the inventer of "Litilelielfl's System of Eye Measure ments." which is being adopted by leading opticians everywhere as the most accu rate system of testing ever devised.. He is president cf the Kansas School of Optics, the only incorporated optical college in the state. Consultation and tests free. The best glasses this week only $1.00. DR. SARAH KLINE, eye and ear. Cata racts removed by absorption: glasses fitted free by new method. S23 Kansas ave. DR. J. ALBERT BERRY. 623 Kansas ave., t.l 7r'5 Diseases of the organs of Ul.HllLMI, 1111. IllJf lc Miuuiu, .ILIJ throat, stomach and intestines. KEAL ESTATE TRANSFERS. C. B. Merrlam et al to Mathew F. Gamiowski, a tract on Gordon street, North Topeka. i Wm. Pears and wife to J. E. Pears, $1,300, southeast quarter, 28-10-15. Peter Vinson to Martin Oglesby, $260, part southeast quarter, 36-11-15. Jo3. Davis and wife to Ida May Woolfi? et al, $750,tract on Gordon street, North Toneka. J. W .Albright to Geo. A. Stafford, lot3 234 and 236 Heale street, West End sub division. It. Hodglns and wife to Geo. A. An derson, Jr., $2,000, part southeast quar ter and part northeast quarter and southwest quarter 3-12-14. John Davenport, executor to Martin Oglesby, $260, part of southeast quarter, 36-11-15. Wm. C. Robbins et al by Cook to Pe ter Roth, $1,905, lot 164-166-168, Lan street. Home's addition. L. Hawes to F. R. Baker, $1, lot 353 Clay street. WON'T ACCEPT NEW RULES. Tbey Will Not Be Used by the Amer ican League. Chicago, Feb. 13. It is stated that Ban Johnson of the American league, after consulting with Umpire Jack Sher idan and President Hickey of the Amer ican Association, the latter having just returned from the east authorized the announcement lhat the new American League will not accept the new rules framed up at Buffalo. It is also predicted in baseball cir cles that Hickey will follow Johnson'3 lead and several other minor leagues are likely o follow suit. This means the complete collapse of the plan of formulating a universal coda of rules under which the games in all leagues, both professional and ama teur were to be played. FOR RENT ROOMS. FOR RENT 4 unfurnished rooms $5 per inoiun. iui ijuwrencc st. l'X)U RENT-2 unfurnished rooms, first noor, wen, cistern. i ay lor st. FOR RENT- Nicely furnished rooms with Board. Ziz rl- tn st. FOR RENT Nicely furnished room, all modern conveniences, furnace heat. van iiuren. FOR RENT To gentlemen, furnished room, modern conveniences. 421 Quincy. FOR RENT Furnished rooms for house keeping, first floor. 607 Topeka ave. FOR-RENT HOUSES. FOR RENT 5 room house. 1270 Lincoln. ee Llder. 611 Kansas ave. FOR RENT Store building suitable for a first-class grocery and meat market; good location for- bnsiness: Living rooms aoove. ins Liav street. F OR SALE REAL ESTATE. FOR SALE Monthly payments or cash Good vacant lots, Washburn car line. Lowman Hill cottage ne,ar car line. 3 lots N. K. Cor. fcth and Morris. House and 2 lots, Fillmore near 12th. No. 309 Kansas ave., east front lot. 2 vacant lots. Clay near 12th. House and 2 lots. Walnut Grove. Stone house, Monroe bet. 13th and 14th. Business lot. North lopeka near depot. Suburban land, 6th and loth sts., west. Suburban residence. West 6th. 15 acres. F. J. BROWN, 17 Columbian bldg. FOR SALE By M. Heery, 326 Monroe st. houses and lots on tur.e payments. LIST your real estate with S. W. McKlb- oen. fea .Kansas avenue. FOR SALE Railroad lands. 10 vears time wheat, alfalfa or grazing lands; large or small tracts. j- V. Lana lq., asa Kan. a v. JRXCHAIJGE FOR EXCHANGE OR SALE-Large sound work horse for driving horse or 2 smau norses. tsarnes, izi w ttn st. FOR EXCHANGE Farm implements and cattle ior city property. Aaaress L, o, L., care Journal. FOR SALE MISCELLANEOUS. FOR SALE Fresh Jersey cow 471 Ohio ave., i-iaiana. FOR SALE $150 diamond ring for $100. Address Ring, care Journal. FOR SALE Good 2d hand gent's wheel. 1367 Dillon st. FOR SALE The best bank counter in Topeka, and other furniture. May be seen at sm nansas ave. Aaaress u. c Baker. 11S E. ath st. PALMIST. CELEBRATED Egyptian palmist. Madam Vongor, 906 Kanbas ave.. gives advice on business, speculation, investment, insur ance, love-, courtship, marriage and di vorce: settles lover's quarrels, reunites the separated, causes a speedy and happy marriage with one of youi choice. She tells past, present and future in the life of all from birth up. Call and consul her. Prices in reach of all. CLAIRVOYANT. THE BROCK WAYS. Acknowledged lttadrs of occult demon strations in all its known phases. Parlors 2!3 K. 7th st. If sick, in doubt or trouble, al affairs of life, you can be benefited by seeing them. Private readings daily. Proof positive seance every Sunday and Thurs day, 7:30 p, ni. SATIN-SKIN SPECIALTIES. A KISS of Satin-Skin Powder removes that "shiny look," replaces unsightll ness with beauty, 25c, at the New Model. MEDICAL ECZEMA positively cured.no cure no pay; every case guaranteed. Full particulars address Home Remedy Co., Topeka, XCan. HAIR DRESSING. SWITCHES, shampooing, wigs, etc. Mrs. Van Vleck. 232 E. 5th st. Tel. 878. PATENTS. J. A. ROSEN Attorney and counselor In patent, trademark ana copyright causes. Patents procured; trademarks registered. Office, Rosen Building, 41& Kansas Ave. PAVINO. THE OFFICE of the Capital City Vitri fied Brick and Paving Co. has been re moved to 118 W. Sth fct. STAMPS, SEALS. AND STENCIL) THE J. C. DARLING CO.. 734 Kan. Ave." Rubber stamps, brass and aluminum trade checks. Prices low. Catalogue free. Tel. 2a2. CHARLES H. TRAPP, printer and rubber stamp manufacturer, has moved to 714 Kansas ave. Tel. 20. FLORISTS. CUT FLOWERS and floral designes al Hayes'. 107 W. 8th St. 'Phone 5H3. .BICYCLE 3. TOPEKA AUTOMOBILE AND CYCLE Co. Tel. 706. Bicycles and sundries; bi cycles and tandems for rent;- repairing of all kinds. U. S. CYCLE CO., 118 E. Sth st. National and Union bicycles; supplies, repairs. JEWELERS. JAMES B HAYDEN, Jeweler and Opti cian. Complete stock of watches, dia monds, silverware, etc. Eyes examined end spectacles properly fitted. WATCHMAKER. WATCHES cleaned, 75c; clocks, 50c: main springs. 75c: crystals. 10c. Caah oaid for oid gold or silver. All work guaranteed. OM jwtiry exchanged for new. If hard up. Uncle Sam. 513 Kataa ave. FREE DISPENSARY. FREE DISPENSARY. 128 Kansas are.. seven Topeka physicians, where those who are unable to pay for medical treat ment may have the same free of charge. ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW. T. D. HUMPHREYS, lawyer, has moved his office to 604 Kansas ave. TO WHOM IT MAT CONCERN. ALL, parties will take notice th.t J. W. Nash has no authorky to represent me in any manner; to contract debts on my behalf: to manage any of my affairs, and all parties owing, me are hereby directed to make payment to me direct and to make no payments to him. LURA A. UECHEM. When a friend comes up to you and says, "Now I want you to tell me the truth," prepare to lie, or else say sonne thing disagreeable. Atchison Globe. INSURANCE STATEMENTS.' T7ANJ'iTAl71 Year Ending December 31, lflOl. SECURITY FIR7XSI RANCJ5 CO., New Haven. Conn. Risks written during year .tfa,14ii.44 Premiums reeeive4 thereen 7.S Losses Incurred 384.233 Assets 1.10S.S52 Liabilities, except capital stock... 641.213 income s. ns.:js Expenditures 647,111 ANNUAL STATEMENT. Year Ending December 31, 1901. MANCHESTER ASSl'RANCE CO., Manchester, Eng. Risks written during year $182,437 Premiums received thereon 2,it8 Losses incurred 1.121, Assets 1,822, Liabilities, except capital stock.. 1.268 Income 1.770, Expenditures 1.738, ANNUAL STATEMENT. Year Ending December 31, 190L AGRICULTURAL FIRE INSURANCE CO.. WatertOwn. N. Y. Risks written during year $164,453,500 i-remiums received thereon l..-3.! losses Incurred 53it.SH Assets 2.:f7ti.670 Liabilities, exceot cauital stock.. l.prt.l Income 1.181.H73 Expenditures 1,0S6,9M ANNUAL STATEMENT. Year Ending December 31, 1901. CONNECTICUT FIRE INSURANCE CO., Hartford. Conn. Risks written during year $228,707,070 premiums received inereon z.ms.um Losses incurred 1.45A.8M9 Assets 4.818,611 Liabilities, except capital stock-. 2,310.1b'3 Income 2.573.011 Expenditures i 2.3!1,71 ANNUAL STATEMENT. Year Ending December 31, 1901. MERCANTILE FIRE MARINE IN SURANCE CO., Boston, Mass. Risks written druing year $44,107,447 lremlums received thereon 4xw.5!:i I-iosses incurred i:t7.5si Assets 7h2,WK Liabilities, except capital stock 2:t5,4?-if Income 1:9.2K Expenditures 257,577 ANNUAL STATEMENT. Year Ending December 31, 1901. PELICAN INSURANCE CO. (FIRE), New York. Risks written during year $26,407,020 Premiums received thereon 273.76: Losses incurred fto,62S Assets 425. 5c5 Liabilities, except capital stock 142, Pn Income 203,W'i Expenditures 156, S07 ANNUAL STATEMENT. Year Ending December 31, 190L NORTHWESTERN NATIONAL FIRE INSURANCE CO.. Milwaukee. Risks written during year ..,,.,..$146,090,837 Premiums received thereon 1.4n.7t;i Losses incurred 5W.6f Assets 3.065.fl'JI Liabilities, except capital stock.. 1.437.7M) Income 1.266.6M Expenditures 1,113,192 ANNUAL STATEMKNT. Year Ending December 81, 1901. LLOYDS PLATE GLASS INSURANCE CO.. New York. Risks written during year $16,177,611 Premiums received thereon 448.519 Losses incurred 182.140 Assets Liabilities, except capital stock 248.403 Income 449,044 Expenditures 65.325 ANNUAL STATEMENT. Year Ending December 31, 1901. NORWICH UNION FIRE INSURANCE sot'ip.r. rxorwicn. l-ns. Risks written during year $327,283,407 Premiums received thereon Losses incurred Assets j... Liabilities, except capital stock. Income Expenditures 1.42i!.0tiS 2.171.048 1.61SMR9 2 006.HU 8. 200. OSU ANNUAL STATEMENT. Year Ending December 31, 190L" ORIENT FIRE INSURANCE CO.. Hartford. Risks written during year -....$127,054.MS Premiums received thereon J.51S.M4 Losses incurred 731,724 Assets 2.1H4.S21 Liabilities, except capital stock.. 9uu.7. Income 1.144.b.! Expenditures 1,268,078 ANNUAL STATEMENT. Year Ending December 31, 1901. U. 8. BRANCH ROYAL FIRE INSUR ANCE CO.. New York. Risks written during year $788, 450,393 Premiums received thereon 6 737,ti61 706.225 Losses incurred 2. Assets 7, 3(3,215 Liabilities, except capital stock.. 4, 781.693 Income Expenditures 118,8S 985.241 ANNUAL STATEMENT. Year Ending December 31, 1901. FIREMEN'S INSURANCE CO.. iya unlit,! e. f Risks written during year $96,995, 986 Premiums received thereon Losses incurrea 9U.S26 l,2N4,"ii9 411.519 809.377 575,51)4 Vsseis .iabilities, except capital stock. Expenditures'.,.,.... ANNUAL STATEMENT. Year Ending December 31, 1901. THE UNITED STATES CASUALTY CO.. New York. Risks written during year $626,320,665 Premiums received thereon 1,113,3:3 Losses incurred 242,657 Assets 1,292.172 Liabilities. exceDt cauital stock.. 527. 12 Inoome 876.058 Expenditures 736, 7o2 ANNUAL STATEMENT. Year Ending December 31, 1901. THE CONTINENTAL CASUALTY CO.. Hammond, Ind. Risks written during year $103.281, 654 Premiums received thereon 1,692,760 Losses incurred 554.658 Assets 849,756 Liabilities, except capital stock.. 446,899 Income 1,075.045 Expenditures 966,476 ANNlTAjl STATEMENT. Year Ending December 31, 1901. UNION CASUALTY SURETY CO., St. Louis. Risks written during year $78,120,421 Premiums received thereon 579.377 Losses incurred 199.594 Assets 524.993 Liabiitles, except capital stock 178.016 Income 419,S:2 Expenditures 405.950 ANNUAL STATEMENT. Year Ending December 31, 1901. GIRARD FIRE AND MARINE INSUR ANCE CO., Philadelphia. Risks written during year $47,008,370 Premiums received thereon &04.4S1 Losses incurred 21o.1ip6 Assets 1,984.950 Inabilities, except capital stock v 1,097.4, 1 Income 539.840 Expenditures 524,194 ANNUAL STATEMENT. Year Ending December 31, 1901. THE FIDELITY AND CASUALTY CO., New York. Risks written during year $1,040,210,231 Premiums received thereon 4.870.241 Losses Incurred 1.530,637 Assets 4,416.912 Liabilities, except capital stock 3,06.754 Income 3.952,36a Expenditures 3,674,683 ANNUAL STATEMENT. Year Ending December 31. 1901. THE CONTINENTAL FIRE INSUR ANCE CO.. New York. Risks written during year $611, 682. 411 Premiums received thereon 6,793,531 Losses incurred 2.684,055 Assets Il.509.il1l Liabilities, except capital stock.. 5,69.. 683 Income 5,836,183 Expenditures 4,722,522 INSURANCE STATEMENTS. J ANNUAL STATKMENT. Year Ending Decenibt r 31, l.-ol. THE STANDARD LIFE A .ACCIDENT INSURANCE CO., Detroit. Risks written during vear $220.f,l.!J5ii Premiums received thereen .W.i Losses incurred w-j.m! AstMts 1. ).33l.3ni Liabilities, except capital stock., vjs.iUS Income 1.2v.!'7r .Expenditures 1.095.2SI ASNUAL 8TATKMKNT. i Year Ending December 31, 1!H)1. THK MARYLAND CASUALTY CO., Baltimore. Risks written during year $38.9:t6, Premiums received thereon 2.i'25, Losses incurred 77" Assets 2.476 Liabilities, except capital stock.. 1.039. Income Jf 1.7fi. Expenditures 1,590. 1.7 0T W4

451 79t ANNUAL STATEMENT. Year Ending December 31, Idol. THE PREFERRED ACCIDENT INSUR AW'H CO. Risks written during vear $5S0,75O.Oi'0 Premiums received thereon 1.141.sf4 Losses incurred 471. .f.S Assets 958. 9S4 Liabilities, except capital stock.. S-ix.riln Income 1,147.87$ Expenditures 1.112,!Ci7 ANNUAL STATEMENT. Year Ending December 31, 1901. AETNA LIFE INSURANCE CO... ACCI DENT AND HEALTH DEPT.. Hart ford. Risks written during year $382.678. 199 Premiums received thereon l.3i5.12. Losses incurred Assets 69,li"9.UHl Liabilities, except capital stock..' 678 11 Income H.y'i9.6"tl Expenditures S,6U.4H ANNUAL STATEMENT. Year Ending December 31. 1901. AETNA FIRE INSURANCE CO.." Hartford. Risks written during vear t63ft.fiA4.E3A Premiums received thereon 6.239.4:ct Losses incurred 2.M2.27i Assets 14.0I1.9-1S Liabilities, except capital stock.. 4.4H-.877 Income 5.475, i::5 Expenditures 4.973.5-4 ANNUAL STATKMENT. Year Ending December 31j 1901. HOME FIRE INSURANCE CO., New York. Risks written liurtng year ..$992,822,071 Premiums reoeived thereon S.ivn.tiiS Losses incurred 3.320. .mi Assets 15.1.-4. 193 Liabilities. exceDt canrtal stock.. 2S7.S5 Income .s 6.552.25,1 Expenditures 6,6t,2?3 ANNUAL STATEMKNT. Year Ending December 31, 1901. GREENWICH FIRE INSURANCE CO.. New York- Risks written during year $253,986,921 Premiums received thereon 2 271,522 Losses incurred l.(7.827 Asstts 1,912.1.21 Liabilities, except cauital stock.. I.o76.!-i Income 1,906.3m Expenditures 1.791.717 ANNUAL STATEMENT. Year Ending December 31, VM. HAMBURG BREMEN FIRE INSUR ANCE CO.. Hambursr. Risks written durine vear tl3.W9.50.1 Premiums received thereon I,7ii9,;2 Losses incurred 9:;7.7o i Assets .labilities, except capital stock.. 1.25.04 ncome 1.487. ai't Expenditures 1,479,253 ANNUAL STATEMENT. Tear Ending December 31, 1901. LONDON LANCASHIRE FIRE IN- T 1 i I T I ..I 1 I 1. 1 1.11.1 ,1 Risks written during year $281.4(0.522 Premiums received thereon 2.6i:..i-i Losses incurred 1..I82.262 Assets Liabilities, excent canital stock.. 2.544,682 j,(;7S.;.v: 1.822.47 1.863. 41 0 Income Expenditures ANNUAL STATEMENT. Year Ending December 31, 1901. THE V. S. FIDELITY AND GUARANTY CO., Baltimore. Risks written during year $3&3,431.rSS Eremlums received thereon 1.445.9K. osses incurred 22.616 Assets 2.507.KV Liabilities, except capital stock.. 731. v'7 Income l,'io.25l) Expenditures 1,01.6.'J ANNUAL STATKMENT. Year Ending December 31, 1901 London assurance corporation. London. Risks written durig year $150.153.0J' Premiums received thereon l,:iS8,K-5 Losses ihourred 746,'."7 Assets 2.41M.7-1 Liabilities, except capital stock.. 1.137.22': Income 1.G06.02H blxpenditurea 1,561, 4u2 ANNUAL STATEMKNT. Year Ending December 31. 1901. 'PHOENIX FIRE INSURANCE CO., Hartford, Conn. Risks written during year ...$385,018.84 Premiums received thereon 3.771.841 Losses incurred 1.9C8.471 Assets 5.953.444 Liabilities, except capital stock.. 2.s:i7.1' Income 3.5o1.7l Expenditures 3,228.4i-2 PHYSICIANS AND 8TJ3GEONS. Office f2i Kansas ave. Residence Thir teenth and C'iay. Offict hours: 9 a. m to 11 a. m. and 3 p. m. to 5 p. m. Telephone ZiS lesidun'ie and l-i office. r. L. M. POWELL, M. D. Office, 834 Kansas ave., phone 27. Residenoe phone 26, STORAGE. mrhatiJtasTfe&toagk Co. packs, ships and stores household aoods. Tel. 186. Clarence Skinner, lint K. 6tu St.. MONEY. TO LOAN Money on Topeka real estate. Pay back monthly. Low interest rate. Shawnee Buildyig and Loin Association. See Eastman at 115 W. 6th st. MONEYTO LOAN on live stock, pianos. organs, typewriiere, riouaciiuiii kuhuh aim personal security. L. Blscoe. 523 Kan. Ave RAILROAD TIME TABLES. ROCK ISLAND ROUTE. WESTBOUND. Arrive. -Leave. Texas Express No. 1 12:50 pm 1:00 pm St. J. Topeka No. 139.12:45 pm Night Colo. Flyer No. B. 8:10 pm 8:10 pm Night Texas Ex. No. 3. .11:45 pm 12:01am 3 w. Express No. 25.... 8:06 pm K. O. Chickasha No. 35 9:30 am t:35 am EASTBOUND. FJastbound Limited No. t 3.30 pm 8:35 pm lopeka St. Joe No. 14. 3::J0 pm East Ex, Mail No. 4 5:30 am 4:20 am Col it K. (X Flyer No. 10 7:30 am Topeka St- Joe No. 26. 7:31 an. Chick. K.C. No. 36. 7:00 pm 7:oo p:u All trains dally except Nos. 35 and Hr daily except Sunday. UNION PACIFIC. WESTBOUND. Arrive. Leave. Den A: Pac. Coast No. 6.12:30 pm 12:30 pm Limited No. 1 11:10pm lLlOpm Ji,nc Citv Pass. No. 3.. 6:10 pm 6:25 p.t Salina Ex. No. 7 10:0oam W0:0,pm iA811Vl.'l. Atlantic Ex. No. 4 3:00 pm 3:00 pm Limited No. 2 S:!r?,,n K C Pass. No. 6 8:0m :20em Salina Ex. Ne. 5:56 pra 6:10 pm K. C Ex. No. 8.... 6:o6pm 6:10 pm .ii ...i., Huliv Mivnt Nos. 7 and S daily except Sunday. MISSOURI AUAJTXU. irrlva. T.a.va. f opeka-Ft. Bcott Accom. No. 25 a :w pui t -w ua

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8 TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL, THUKSDAT EVENING. FEBRUARY 13, 1902. KIDNEY TROUBLES. Mrs. Ionise M. Gibson Says -v That This Fatal Disease is Easily Cnred by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com pound. Deab Mrs. Piskham I felt rery discouraged two years ago, I had Buf fered so long with kidney troubles and other complications, and had taken bo I much medicine without relief that I began to think there was no hope for me. Life looked so g-ood to me, but what is life without health I wanted to be welL MRS. LOCISE M. GIBSON. 'L,ylia Tl. Pinkham's Veje- table Compound cured me and made me well, and that is why I g-ladly write you this, and pladly thank you six bottles was all I took, tog-ether with your Pills. My headache and backache and kidney trouble went, never to return the burning sensation I had left altogether my general health was so improved I felt as young1 and light and happy as at twenty." Mrs. Louise Gmson, 4813 Lang-ley Ave., ChiAgo, 111. $5000 forfeit if above testimonial la not genuine. If you feel that there is anything at all unusual or puzzling about your case, or if you wish confidential advice of the most experienced, write to Mrs. Plnkham, Lynn, Mass., and you will be advised free of charge. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has cured and is curing thousands of vases of female trouble. IlEAfJS JEFFEKSO.N GUARDS Major Edward A. Godwin to Com mand World's Fair Police. St. Louis, Feb. 13. A special to the Olobe-Democrat from Washington. D. C, says that Major Kdward A. Godwin, Eighth cavalry, U. S. A., will com mand the Jefferson guard or police or ganization of the Louisiana Purchase exposition in St. Louis. Orders to that effect have been issued over the signa ture of Secretary Root, and Major God win has been instructed to go at once to St. Louis and report ,to the presi dent of the exposition company. D. ft. Krancis. The selection of Major God win was a personal one with the secre tary of war. He did not solicit the duty nor had he asked his friends to do so for him. During the war with Spain Major Godwin commanded the Seventh Im mune?, the colored regiment mobilized at Jefferson barracks, and later he be came colonel of the Fortieth volunteer Infantry in the Philippines. During the last six months the major has been a meriber of the board of review in Washington which passes upon the ex amination papers and general qualifi cations of officers seeking commissions in the regular establishment. At the play last night. "Just to .make you laugh, that's all," was the advertised purpose and preten sion of "Two Married Men," the little farce enacted at the Crawford last night. The manager did well to thus relieve himself of any responsibility. People did laugh, especially at Chas. Schilling, the "Dook de Kackiack." who introduced a few novelties in the way of musical instruments. At the price charged it is quite possible that no one will start proceedings against the com pany for obtaining money under false pretense. u cent of the food to be digested. That strikes at the very keystdne to the arch of health. Failure in digestion means lack of good blood, and therefore a lack of food for the nerve centers. As the nerves control the organs of the entire body, one can readily understand that a disorganized nervous system may show effect in any part of the body. Therefore, a removal of the cause will allow nature to right itself. A powerful assistant to nature is Postum Cereal Food Coffee, eom-poseI of the albumen, phosphates, gulten, etc., from which nature builds in the delicate tissues of the nerves. Postum aids digestion without drugging, and furnishes a concentrated liquid food as well as a most delicious morning Coffee. If tne reader has ever failed to make Postum satisfactorily, it will be found that to allow it to boil 15 minutes after boiling commences, will solve the problem, as it must be so boiled to extract taste, color and food value. Pos tum Cereal Co. Ltd., Battle Creek, Mich. GOOD OFJOPEKA. Commercial Club Membership to Be Increased to 500. Will Improre the Facilities For Helping City. WORK AS ONE MAN. Not Necessary to Go on Streets to Get Subscriptions. Prince llenry Itinerary Will Not Include Kansas. 1 To double the membership of the Commercial club is the purpose of the plan suggested at .the meeting of the members of that club last night, by H. M. Philips, chairman of the committee on membership. "To double the mem bership of our organization," he said, "means to more than double the effi cacy of it. "Each member of the club should feel it his duty to induce some friend of his who is in business here to join the or ganization. The membership of the club should be SCO instead of 250. "As we) are all aware we must wake up if we hope to get the large conven tions to Topeka that we hoped would be attracted here after the building of the Auditorium. We must select a com mittee of workers, whose duty it will be to secure these conventions and big gatherings for Topeka, and not allow them to fail under any circumstances. To do this we will have to pursue the same tactics as other towns. Our com mittee will have to be provided with funds so that they can say, 'we will fur nish you with a hall, with music and will pay the expenses of the central committees or leaders who are manag ing the convention." '"Heretofore when we needed this money we have gone out on the street and solicited it. That is not a good methol to employ. If ea.ch of the mer chants and business men in the city should join the Commercial club, the expenses would be a. trifling item and it would furnish an adequate sum for a convention committee to work with. The initiation fee of the Commercial club is only five dollars with monthly assessments of one dollar. It may be seen that 250 additional members would raise over a thousand dollars in in itiation fees and the monthly dues of 500 members will net $6,000 per year. A great deal may be accomplished with that sum of money." Chairman Philips made the encourag ing report of introducing 15 applicants for membership into the club. They were unanimously elected to member ship. They are; J. B. Betts, David T. Gregg, W. E. Fagan, F. W. Swearlngen. Eugene Hagan, Chas. K. Holliday, Mc- Cormiek Peake, J. H. Squires.Quinton Quinton. B. F. Pankey, J:no. P. Rog ers. A. Zahner. Schmidt Brost, G. W. W. Gates. Fred If. Hodgins. OPPOSE BOWERSOCK BILL. D. H. Scott, chairman of the commit tee on immigration presented the fol lowing set of resolutions that were un animously adopted: v hereas. There is a bill rsow before congress providing for the lease of the government land in Kansas few grazing purposes at the rate of 2 cents per acre: and "Whereas, During the past few years all properties in western Kansas have greatly advanced In value. grazing lands being valued at from $300 to $800 per quarter section, and renting at from 510 to $50 per quarter section; and W hereas. The passage of the bill In question will act as a barrier to the homesteader and destroy the effects of that measure, by the large catt inter ests to the detriment of the smaQ farm er and stock raiser: therefore. 'Resolved, By the Commercial club of Topeka that we are unalterably opposed to what is known as the Bowersock bill. in its application to Kansas. "Resolved, That we ask our senators and members of congress to use every influence in their power to prevent the bill from becoming a law, and that a copy of these resolutions be sent to each of our United States senators and mem bers of congress." PRINCE HENRY CAN'T COME. The invitation of the Commercial club extended to Prince Henry to visit Topeka Examine The Cof f ee-Never-Hurt-Me People. Some famous brain workers have made a welcome discovery along the line of recov ery; of health by the proper selection of food. Several were of the. t'Coffee-never-hurt-me" kind, but, as an experiment, tried leaving it off ten days, and the use of Postum Cereal Food Coffee in its place. A definite and de cided improvement in health is practically certain to attend such a change. Look carefully into the state of health of the individual who knows that "coffee don't hurt and you are almost sure to find Rome form of physical ail or functional disturbance per haps muddy complexion, or weak eyes, incip ient heart failure, kidney trouble, liver or bowel disorders, or some form of weakness that shows plainly enough by the cry for. relief sent up from some organ of the body. Why does the dismissal of Coffee and the use of Pos tum bring help? Experiments in artificial digestion show clearly tothe scientific investigator that coffee" arrests di gestion, and according to one authority, allows only 61 per on his western trip was not accepted. It was found to be impossible to make the change in the itinerary of his trip so as to include Topeka. EXPOSITION REPORT ADOPTED. The report of the Kansas Midwinter ex position was read and adopted. It provides for returning the 40 per cent of the pro ceeds of the various charitable organiza tions that were due the exposition asso ciation. It also provides for the distri bution of $300 equally between the tluve daily papers of Topeka in slight recogni tion of the services of the newspapers to the enterprise. Fifty dollars were appro priated to be given to Police Matron Thorpe and $1,000 was returned to the ex position association for future use alonif similar lines. Geo. AV. Crane.book publ isher.announced that with his contract for text books for the Kansas schools, he distributes about $100,000 annually in salaries to em- E loves in Topeka who mtTde the text ooks, and asked the co-operation of the members of the club in securing the con tracts to furnish the text books that were to be decided upon for a term of five years by the text book commission on May 6. IN A MpASKET Freedom of London Is Bestowed on Joe Chamberlain. He Talks About What Will Done to the Boers. Be London, Feb. 13. This metropolis be stowed its highest distinction on Joseph Chamberlain, the colonial secretary, to day when at the Guild hall, it conferred on him the freedom of the city, in a gold casket. Mrs. Chamberlain accom panied her husband, and -.they were greeted on their arri val with a fanfare of trumpets. Mr. and Mrs. Chamber lain were conducted to the library where they were received by the lord mayor. Sir Joseph C. Dimsdale and the lady mayoress. The hall was crowded, among those present being Mr. Cham berlain's political colleagues and ad herents who duly applauded thebestow al of the city's freedom. The address in connection with the presentation con gratulated Mr. Chamberlain on the ser vices he had rendered to the emire during the last twenty-five years, dwell ing especially on the way in which he had welded the colonies together. In replying Mr. Chamberlain dis claimed any intention of making polit ical capital out of the occasion, but he said he thought he might, in behalf of the government, make an appeal for na tional support. The government had two great national objects in view: to establish beyond question British au thority in South Africa and to maintain the unity of the empire. Both objects were involved in the South African war. The war would always be memorable, because it had called out a greater mili tary effort than ever before asked from Great Britain, and because it had shown to friend and foe the potential strength and almost inexhaustible re sources of the empire. He had not thought it necessary to stoop to meet the imputations of national greed, lust of territory or personal ambition and criminal motives suggested by the in significant minority, since the war had the approval of sister nations across the seas. In regard to the immediate causes of the war, continued Mr. Chamberlain, it was not onlv lmnosslhle lor a ereat nation to allow its subjects to be'humiliated or op pressed, its engagements broken and black races oppressed, but the very existence of the empire was involved and the govern ment was pledged to continue it until the danger from which they had escaped was forever averted. After a reference to "shallow observers abroad who foretold Great Britain's down- iall, Mr. Chamberlai.i concluded with a towing tribute to the colonies who hroughout the war. he said, had demon strated their intention to share the obli gations as well as the privilegs of the em pire. It was a long step towards the con clusion which was now within measure of practical accomplishment. He did not envy the statesman who would be willing to compromise the issue for which the em pire fought. The nation was not vindic tive to its enemies. If they surrendered today they would be welcomed as friends tomorrow The expulsion of those who caused the war was only a measure of self-preservation. Similarly immunity for treason was not humanity, but was cruel ty to the loyalists and to the Boers who now. in thousands recognizing the futility of the struggle and were aiding Great Britain to end the war. In justice to those who had died and as security for the survivors, the Boers must be made to recognize that they are defeated and from them must be taken the barest pos sibility of repeating the attempt. To do otherwise would be to invite the contempt of foreign countries, whose affection it seemed impossible for them to gain, but whose respect, at any rate, they were able to secure. A luncheon followed the reply of Mr. Chamberlain to the presentation address. DIAZlORETIRE. Report That Mexican President Will Resign His Office. El Paso, Tex., Feb. 13. A representa tive of a very prominent house in this city which has Mexican connections of importance, claims to have received in formation from an agent in the ,City of Mexico that President Diaz intends to retire from the presidency inside of six months, and that General Reyes is to succeed him. The agent says the in formation comes from an unquestioned source. DCM0NT takes a trip. A Gale Arose and He Had Trouble in Landing. New York, Feb. 13. Between showers this afternoon, M. Santos-Dumont made a fourth "sortie" from his aerodrome with his air ship, cables the Monte Car lo correspondent of the Herald. At 2 o'clock the rain having ceased for a moment, the aeronaut sailed away in the direction of Cape Martin, being pre ceded by two boats from the Prince of Monaca's yacht.' the Princess Alice and followed by a steam launch commanded by the prince. Half way between the aerodrome and Cape Martin, the sky becoming cloudy and the wind suddenly rising.the aeron aut wheeled about 'and returned to the FocJ D'HercuIe, where the occupants of the steam launch were able to seize the guide rope at 2:35 o'clock, and conduct the air ship near the aerodrome. The manuveurs then became very dif ficult. Some of the suspension wires had been broken and the prince had his arm bruised by the guide rope, which weighs 50 kilogrammes, sweeping rapid ly over the stern of the steam launch. When the air ship was ten metres from shore the guide rope was passed from the steam launch to a small boat and then to workmen on the jetty. This is the longest trip M. Santos-Du-mont has accomplished, both as to time and distance. After the landing had been accomp lished the prince received M. Santos Dumont and the due de Dho on board his yacht, and arranged with the aeron aut various plans for landing maneuv ers during the next excursion. The due and duchees De Bassano and Mademoiselle Marie De Bassano, who with the Empress Eugenie had been watching the operations from Cace Mar tin, came to the aerodrome to present the aeronaut with their felicitations and those of the empress. Half an hour after the aeronaut's re turn to the aerodrome the wind became violent, a heavy rain storm followed and the sea became very rough. SNAP SHOTS AT HOME NEWS The Ministerial union meets next Monday. Dr. George L. Cole, of Los Angeles, Cal., is in town. Frank Brown was in Kansas City yesterday afternoon. "When We Were Twenty-One" will be at the Crawford tonight. Miss Susie Armstrong, of Eskridge, is here for a visit of a few weeks. The McKinley memorial fund of the Kansas school children continues to grow. Lincoln's birthday anniversary was celebrated at the Industrial institute yesterday. The True Hardware company, of St. Marys, has been chartered with a capi tal of $5,000. Clyde Miller, of Osage City, who is looking after his father's boom for gov ernor, was in Topeka last night. Violets for valentines in a violet box tied with ribbon can be bought at Mrs. M. E. Hollcraf t's, 817 Kansas avenue. Olive Barrett filed suit in the district court yesterday for divorce from Kdvwin S. Barrett on the grounds of desertion. The Haskell Indians' date to play basket ball with the Y. M. C. A. team has been changed to Tuesday night at 8:30 o'clock. Dan Hamer, stenographer in the office of IT. S. Attorney J. S. Dean, has re turned from a visit to his Itome at Madison, Kas. The politicians have all been in Wich ita this week, attending the cattlemen's convention. None of them entered the "roping" contests, however. General Wilder S. Metcalf was up from Lawrence last night. He expects to make such trips frequently after March 1, about once every 24 hours in fact. Hundreds of people are being fitted with Dr. Littlefield's "Pure Parisian Crystal" Spectacles and Eye Glasses. Only two days more of this sale. Best glasses only $1.00. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Pennybacker, Miss Henrietta. Pennybacker and Miss Dela Holmes have returned to their home in the northern part of the county after a visit in ToDeka. So far no candidate "has appeared against "Shel" Curtis in his candidacy for clerk of the district court. It is just as well for no one is as well acquainted with the duties of the office as he. Topeka will probably get the state en campment cf the Kansas National Guards next summer, as they can "mo bilize" here more easily and with less expense than at any other point in the state. It is now nip and tuck between the government prognosticators and "Cider" Smith. The government has promised snow for two days, and Smith says the storm period will L not be here until Sunday. People who cross the state house grounds In their da,lly trips to and from the business part Of town wonder why it is the janitors at. the state house are not required to keep the walks in pass able condition. The Missouri Pacific Railway com pany has appealed to the supreme court a case from Marshall county in which it was ordered to repay $102 to the Blue Valley Plaster company, which the lat ter claims was excess freight. J. G. Slonecker, W. G. Smyser and D. W. Nellis, the building committee of the trustees of Christ hospital yester day afternoon inspected the new build ing 4at the hospital preparatory to ac cepting it from the contractors. E. S. Knight, commission clerk in the secretary of state's office, returned to day from Colby where he has been at tending the Sixth district congressional committee meeting, "plugging" for Reeder. He also succeeded in taking the judicial convention to his home town, Goodland. Medical college students are enthu siastic over the prospects for a strong football team at the Medical college next season. A schedule of games is being arranged to include games on the local gridiron with Nebraska univer sity, Iowa university. Haskell Indians, Osteopaths of Kirksville, Denver Ath letic club and Manhattan. An effort will be made to get games here with both Kansas university and Missouri university. "It doesn't seem to me there was any excuse for the way Lady Shorthorn treated us," said the American mother to her daughter. "It was absolute, un qualified rudeness." "Ye-es." replied the daughter, doubt fully, "but you see she knew better. and everybody knows she knew better. and that makes all the difference in toe world." Washington Times. "The square peg in the round hole" figuratively expresses the use of means unsuited to the desired end. A great many people who have been cured of dyspepsia and other diseases of the stom ach and its allied organs of digestion and nutrition by the use of Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery say: "We tried many medicines with only temporary benefit. It was not until we began the use of 'Golden Medical Discovery' that we found a complete and lasting cure." It is undoubtedly true that Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery holds the rec ord for the perfect and permanent cure of indigestion and other diseases of the stomach and associated organs of diges tion and nutrition. It is not a palliative. It cures the cause of disease and builds up the body with solid healthy flesh, not flabby fat. It in with pleasure that I tell you what Dr. i;-.-u x,-1 ii-a 1 niscoverv and Pellets' have done for me," writes Mia. T. M. Palmer, of Peede. Kaufiiiau Co., Texas. "Two years ago I was taken with stomach and, bowel trouble. Evenrthinp I ate would put me in distress. I lived'two weeks on milk and een that gave me ain. 1 felt aa though I would starve to death, hree doctors attended me one said I had dys pepsia, two said catarrh of the stomach and bowels. They attended me (one at a time) for one year. I stopped taking their medicine and tried other patent medicine got no better, and I grew so weak and nervous my heart would flutter. I could not do anv kind of work. Now I cau do my house work very well attt gaming in flesh and strength, and can eat anything I want." .Accept no substitute for Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. Dr. Pierce's Common Sense Medical Adviser is sent free on receipt of stamps to pay expense of mailing ofly. Send 21 one cent stamps for the paper covered book, or 31 stamps for the cloth bound volume. Address Dr. R. V. Pierce, Buf falo. N. Y. Laui OLEO BILL AS PASSED. Wu Changed After It Loft the Com mittee's Hands. Washington, Feb.' 13. The oleomarga rine bill as finally passed is somewhat modified from the form in which it was reported from the committee on agrt culture. It makes oleomargarine or im itation butter or cheese transported into any state or territory for use,' sale or consumption therein subject to the laws or sucn states or territories, notwith standing that it may be introduced in original packages, and Imposes a tax or 10 cents per pound on oleomargarine made in imitation of "butter of any shade of yellow." When not made in such imitation the tax Is reduced to one-fourth of one cent per pound. The second section is intended to prevent dealers, hotel proprietors, restaurant and boarding house keepers from color ing the uncolored article by making any person who colors the product and then sells or furnishes It to others a manu facturer within the meaning of the act. Penalties for violation of tne act are a fine of not less than $50 nor more than $500, and imprisonment for not less than 30 days nor more than six months. The new section relating to the inspection and branding of reno vated butter is as follows: "That the secretary of agriculture is hereby authorized and required to cause a rigid sanitary inspection to be made from time to time and at sucn times as he may deem necessary, of all factories and storehouses where butter is renovated: all butter renovated at such places shall be carefully Inspected In the same manner and to the sane extent and purpose that meat products are now inspected. The quality and quantity of butter renovated shall be reported monthly. All renovated but ter shall be designated as such by marks, brands and labels, and tha words 'renovated butter' shall be print ed on all packages thereof, m such manner as may be prescribed by the secretary of agriculture, and shall be sold only as renovated butter. No ren ovated butter shall be shipped or trans ported from one state to another, or to foreign countries, unless inspected as provided in this section. AUKT SUSAN PRESIDES. Night Session of Suffragists Given Over to Fioneerp. "Washington, Feb. 13. The first night's session of the convention was given over to the pioneers, a number of whom oc ctipied seats on the platform. Miss Su san B. Anthony presided and greetings and addresses from a number of well known women were heard. A cordial greeting from England's pio neer Priscilla Bright McLaren, was pre sented by Mrs. Florence Fenwlck Miller. A contribution on "Educated Suffrage' from Elizabeth Cady Stanton was read by Clara Dewick Colby of Washington. MRS. STANTON'S ADDRESS. Mrs. Stanton is the only living woman who signed the call for the first woman's right convention held in the world. This convention was held at Seneca Falls, N Y., July 18-19, 1848. She and Miss Susan B. Anthony have battled together for wo man's rights for the past 50 years. Mrs. Stanton's paper la part was as follows: "While we should not allow our country to be a dumping ground for the refuse population oi tne tia world, we snouirt welcome all hardy, common sense labor ers here. The one demand I would make for this class is that they should not be come a part of our ruling power until they can read and write the English language intelligently ana unaerstana tne principles of republican government. This is the only restrictive legislation we need to protect ourselves against foreign domina tion. '"With free schools and compulsory edu cation no onei.iias an excuse for not under standing the language of the country. The great political parties fear to propose this measure test it snouiu insure tneir aereat, A renublio based on theorv of univer sal suffrage in which a large class of edu cated women, representing the virtue, in telligence and wealth of the nation, are disfranchised, is an anomaly on the gov ernment ana especially wnen an men. foreign and native, ienorant and educated. black and white, vicious and virtuous, by tneir votes aeciae tne ngnts ot this su perior class. "As women have no voice in the laws tinder which they live, they surely have the right to demand that their rulers, for eign and native, shall be able to read and write English. The popular objection to woman sunrage is tnat it wouia aoubie the ismorant vote. The oatent answer to this is: abolish the ignorant vote. Our legislators nave this power in their own hand3. There have been various restric tions in the past for men. We are willing to abide by the same as men, provided the insurmountable question of sex be for ever removed." A paper by Caroline Hallowell Miller of Maryland, who, because of illness was un able to be present, was read bv Mrs. Har riet Taylor Upton. The paper was en titled w ny we come Again, and was an earnest plea for equal suffrage. The venerable Henry B. Blackwell of Massachusetts followed with a brief talk on "Equal Rights to All." It had been his fortune, he said, to be associated early in life with women obliged to rely on their own efforts. In 1865 he was a work ing member of the National Equal Rights association and sought vainly to secure suffraE'e for women in the reconstruction of the xinion. He then gave a history of the adoption by Colorado, Wyoming, Utah and other states of woman suffrage, and concluded by saying that woman's equal ity is fast becoming the watchword of civilization. Rev. Antoinette Brown Blackwell of New York, introduced as the first woman ordained to the ministry of this country, read an interesting paper on "Chivalry." Rev. Olympia Brown of Wisconsin gave an interesting talk on conditions of suf frage as existing in tne United States, oa vine particular attention to the Drivil- escs which aliens have in exercising this right and making the laws. The singing of "Auld Lang Syne" closed the evening's session. Regulars Pass Through. Companies F" and H of the Fifteenth infantry, regulars, passed through To peka Wednesday- evening- at 5 o'clock on a special train over the Santa Fe on their way from Madison barracks, N. Y., to the Philippines. There were 208 men in all, and each carried rations, accoutrements and 50 rounds of ammu nition. Commanding the train was Captain Willis ITline, of. compny F, and alonp with him in the special offi cers' car were Lieutenants Gad Morgan and A. E. Bryce and Chaplain Joseph Clemens. Most of tha members of the two companies had been through the Cuban campaign, and did not seem dis couraged at tre prospect of service in the Philippines. Their train was snow bound about 24 hours near Syracuse, N. Y. "Stanley Kail" Completed. Prof. W. T. Vernon, president of Western university, the negro indus trial school located at Quindaro, Wyan dotte county, who was one of the speakers at the Lincoln Day banquet last night, says that the new building for his school is now complete and they are moving into it this week. It is called Stanley hall, after Governor Stanley. There are now 101 students in the school, and Prof, Vernon ex pects a considerable number more with in the next three months, mis will oe a large gain over last year. She Recommends Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. T have used Chamberlain's Cough Rem edy for a number of years and have no hit;Tirv in savine that it is the best remedy for coughs, colds and croup I have ever used in my iamuy. l nave not woras to express mv confidence in this remedy. Mrs. J. A. Moore. North Star, Mich. For sale by all druggists. Price's Cream Baking Powder is everywhere the acknowledged standard, the powder of the highest reputation, greatest strength, and absolutely pure. It renders the food more healthful and palatable, and -using it exclusively you are assured against alum and other dan gerous chemicals from which the low-; grade powders are made. Dr. Price's Baking Powder is sold on its merits only never by the aid of lotteries, gifts, commissions or other schemes. The entire value of your money comes back to you in baking pow der the purest, most economical made. Price Baking Powder Co., C MIC AGO. BURNED BY STEAM. Twelve fear Old Harry Jones Scalded in Peculiar Manner. Harry, the 12-year-old son of W. F. Jones who has charge of the Plntseh gras and Baker heater equipment of Santa Fe passenger coaches, is slowly recovering from the effects of a fright ful scald received at the Branner school a few days ago. V hue steam was being- blown from one of the boilers, one of the other boys picked up the hose through which the hot vapor was escaping and held it in such a position that the legs of the boy were burned from the knees down. All the skin will come off, and the lad will be unable to be out for several weeks. CLABK WILL Bfc'ILD. To Erect a Modern Residence at 921 Fillmore. Architect Ij. M. Wood hast rnmnlptftl plans for an eitjlit room residence for Judge George W. Clark. Work will be begun on the residence early in the spring at 21 Fillmore street. It will cost from J4.00O to J5.000 and will be entirely modern. Lavigne Breaks His Arm. San Francisco. Feb. 13. In boxlner with his sparring partner, Mike Don ovan. "Kid" Lavigne broke one of the bones of his left forearm. This makes it impossible to carry out the fight be tween Lavigne and Jack O'Brien of New Xork. For Singers and Speakers The New Remedy For Catarrh is Very Valuable. A Grand Rapids gentleman who repre sents a prominent manufacturing concern and travels through central and southern Michigan, relates the following regarding the new catarrh cure. He says: "After suffering from catarrh of the head, throat and stomach fpr several years, I heard of Stuart's Catarrh Tab lets quite accidently. like everything else. I immediately bought a package and was decidedly surprised at the immediate relief it arrorded me and still more to imd a complete cure after several weeks use. I have a little son who sings in a boys' choir in one of our prominent churches, and he is greatly troubled with hoarseness and throat weakness, and on my return home from a trip 1 gave him a few tab lets one Sunday morning when he had complained of hoarseness. He was df- jigr.tea witn tne fireci. removing an iiuk iness in a few minutes and making the olee clear snd strong. "As the tablets are verv Pleasant to the aste. I had no difficulty in, persuading him to use them regularly. "Our family Dhvsician told us they were an antiseptic preparation of undoubted merit and tnat ne nimseir naa no nesiui tion in using and recommending Stuart's Catarrh Tablets for any form of catarrh. "I have since met many nublic speak ers and professional singers- who used them constantly. A prominent Detroit lawyer told me tnat Stuart a catarrn Mao ists kent his throat in line shape during the most trying weather and that he had long since discarded the use of cheap lozenges and troches on the advice of his phvsician that they contained so much tol'u, potash and opium as to render their se a craper to neaitn. Stuart s Catarrh Tablets are large.pieas- ant tasting lozenges composed of catarrhal antiseptics, like Red Gum, Blood Root, etc., and sold by druggists everywhere at 50c for full treatment. Thev act upon the blood and mucous membrane and their composition and re markable success has won the approval of physicians as well as thousands of sufferers from nasal catarrh, throat trou bles and catarrh of the stomach. A little book on treatment or catarrn lailed free bv addressing F. A. Stuart Co., Marshall. Mich. y ic frn las Note. Alum baking powders are low priced, as they cost but three cents a pound to make. But alum leaves in the bread or cake glauber salts, sulphuric acid and hydrate of alumina all injuri ous, the last two poisonous, PICKWICK WELL PLAYED. Washburn Students Stage the Trial Scene. The Washburn college chapel was crowded last night by people who want ed to see the students of the college present in costume the trial scene of Bardell vs. Pickwick from Pickwick papers. The play was well staged and costumed, and the acting was very satisfactory. Several of the woman parts were taken by the boy students at the col lege, and they did their parts well. The role of "Mr. Pickwick" was taken by Frank Carruth and that of "Mrs. Bar dell" by Miss Annabelle Tlce. "Sam Weller" was played by S. L. Cox. Twenty-five students were in the cast. The stage represented an old English court room, and was very well ar ranged, considering the lack of theatri cal facilities of the Washburn chapel. As a curtain raiser, a stereopticon read ing was given by Prof. L. R. Cart wright, entitled "The Owl and the Woodchuck." Prof. Cartwright is the elocution professor at Washburn, and it was under his direction that the play was given last night. The proceeds of the play, about $50. wiU be used to pay "the expenses of the annual intercollegiate debate with Grinnell college, Iowa. Relief in Six Hours. Distressing kidney and bladder disease relieved in six hours by "New Great South American Kidney Cure." It is a. great surprise on account of its exceed ing promptness in relieving pain in blad der, kidneys and back, in male or female. Relieves retention of water almost imme diately. If you want quick relief and cure this is the remedy. Sold by George W. Stanslield and the Swift Holliday Drug Co. Wiqhita and Return $4.62 Via Santa Fe. Annual meeting Live Stock associa tion. Tickets on sale Feb. 10, 11, 12, good returning Feb. 15. A complexion of satin texture, clear ness and beauty follows use of Satin Skin Cream and Powder. 25e. At New Model. Rosy Cheeks. Do you want them? Do you simply want to glow with health? Do you want to eat well, sleep well and work well? Tr Lichty's Celery Nerve" Compound. Sold by George W. Stansfield. G32 Kansas ave nue; Marshall Bros., 115 Kansas avenue. New Crawford Theater. 8: 1 5 TONIGHT 8: is A COMPANY OF ARTISTS Id H. V. Esmond's Great Play, WHEN WE WERE TWENTY-ONE. Prices 2Zc, 50c. 7e, Sl.oo. Carriages, 10:40. &eai saie opens xueaay. FRIDAY, February i4t7t. Leon n. Hattcnbach on J Company In his own dramatization of Ouida's famous novel UNDER TWO FLAGS With Louise McCallum as ''Cigarette." Prices 2Bc, 50c, 75c. Matinee and Night. SATURDAY, February 15th. Joe W. Spear's Comedians' In the Musical THE IRISH PAWNBROKER. Mazie '1 rumbul! and the 2 American Macs. More music thau a comic oivera. Evening prices 2ic S5c. coc, 75c. Matinee prices. Children 15c; Adults '-'Sc. 3oc MONDAY, February 17. Jules Hurry presents America's Greatest Lmotional Actress ROSE COGHLAN iu a society play ot today "FORGET ME NOT" A great star, great play and groat cast. Miss Cohlan'& first appearance bere In years. Prices 25c to M.SO. TUESDAY, February 18th. AL G. Field Greater Minstrels. The two bin eompanWM combined. J-aru-est minstrel sliow in the world. 00 peepla on the stHL'e. 'I he big parade at 11:00a.m. daily. Open air band concert dally. Prices 25c to si.oo.