The Topeka State Journal (Topeka, Kansas)
May 7, 1902

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t-7 4 V i f 1 1 )i LAST EDITION WEDNESDAY EVENING. TOPEKA, KANSAS, MAY 7, 1902, WEDNESDAY EVENING. TWO CENTS. (7 f 4 -r4 -1 1 i ;5 i si a J 5S It a t: Two Trains Collide in Topeka With Fatal Results. Al XeCandless and John Parks Are Killed. SIX OTHERS ARE HURT. Yietims All Stockmen Who W ere in Calioose- Wreck Was Caused by the Dense Fog. TRAINMEN UNINJURED. Engineer Zimmerman and Fire man Marshall Unhurt. Engine Went Entirely Through the Caboose. Al McCandlefs, of Xatoma, Kas., and John Parks, of Manhattan, were killed in a rear-end collision of two Union Pacific freight trains at the west end of the Union Pacific yards in North Topeka this morning at 3:50 o'clock. Six other men in the caboose of the train which was struck were more or less injured. Some of them may die. Tiie cause of the wreck was a dense fog- which existed at the time of the wrtek. Engineer H. "W. Zimmerman and Fire man J. J. Marshall, of Kansas City, who were on the engine which did the deadly work, both escaped uninjured. They stayed in the engine cab and did not get out until their engine stopped. For pome time after the wreck they were missing, and it was reported that they had run away for fear of arrest, but they both were found shortly before noon, and made full statements of the affair to the railroad officials. Conduc tor Reese, who was in charge of the train also made a statement. All of the men killed and injured are stockmen, and were in the caboose. None of the trainmen Were hurt. The names of the injured men are as follows: H. Kueker, Niles, Kas.; head bad bruised, nose cut. J. E. Fields, Hoxie, Kas.; badly bruised. John Buzzard, Belvue, Kan., bruised. John Hammarlund, St. Marys; left leg slightly bruised. Ed Armour, Chapman; internally in jured. Joseph Hirst, Cheyenne; skull fractur ed, may die. Al McCandless was 'not killed out right. His legs were both cut off and he was taken to Storrnont hospital, where he died about an hour after the accident. John Parks' body was buried under the wreckage and was not recovered till 'J o'clock this morning. The body was not badly mutilated, but his neck was broken. The name of the dead man taken from under the wrecked engine at 9 o'clock this morning- was not learned until the body was removed to DtJloss Pen well's morgue, where Coroner Hoge boom examined the dead man's pock ets and found letters and transporta tion papers bearing the name of John Parks, and the address of Manhattan. His transportation was from Manhat tan to Kansas City, and stated that he was in charge of stock shipped by that train. He was a young man abut 21 or 22 years of age. The wreck occurred about four bloc ks west of the Hoi k Ishi nd-Union Pacific junction. Train No. 14, the reg ular freight from the west, due in To peka at 1 o'clock, was an hour and 4t minutes late. It had just drawn up and stopped at the junction. The train crew were tip near the front of the train looking after a hot box. In the caboose were eight stockmen. The train consisted of is cars of stock from various points in the west, mostly en route to Kansas City, several cars of merchandise and the caboose. An extra freight of empties was fol lowing the regular train. It was in charge of Engineer Zimmerman of Armstrong anil Conductor Reese. While No. 14 was standing still on the main track the extra came up in the rear and crashed into the caboose. It is be lieved that the extra was not running fast as the caboose and one freight k 4 car loaded with flour were the only cars on the regular train much damage. The caboose was smashed into kind ling wood. Hardly a piece was left which couid not be lifted by one man. The car loaded with hour was some what smashed up, and the flour was later transferred uninjured to another car The engine of the extra was not much damaged. Its pilot was destroyed, and the front trucks and smokestack smash ed. The damage to the engine is esti mated at $.300. As soon as the news of the wreck reached the city, the patrol wagon and two ambulances were sent out, togeth er with Dr. H. B. Hogeboom. The in jured were transferred to hospitals as rapidly as possible. Two wreckers were sent to Topeka. one from Junction City in charge of Con ductor Odor, and one from Kansas City in charge of Conductor Keyes. Superin tendent A. T. Palmer of this division came from Kansas City on the wrecker. The morning passenger train was de layed by the wreck about two hours, and did not get out of Topeka till 8:30. Sl'PT. PALMERS STATEMENT. Superintendent A. T. Palmer made the following statement concerning the wreck "It would not be proper for me to ex press an opinion as to the cause or re sponsibility oi this wreck until after the official investigation, which will occur as quickly as we can get our men to gether. It was no doubt due to some extent by the dense fog. Whether the train crew of the extra were at fault is yet to be determined. It is very easy for the engineer to drop asleep. A nap of even a minute's duration may cause the worst kind of a wreck. "It is an undeniable fact that the wreck occurred well inside of the yards, and a train is supposed to pro tect itself when inside of the yards. It is supposed to be running under perfect control, so that there may be no possi bility of accident. "I can not say what will be done about Engineer Zimmerman. 1 do not know whether any action will be taken by the civil authorities. I have not seen Mr. Zimmerman since the wreck." STOKV OF MAN IN THE WRECK. John Hammarlund, who lives half a mile south of St. Marys, is the one man of the eight stockmen in the caboose who escape practically uninjured. He suffered nothing worse than a few bruises. Mr. Hammarlund spent most of the morning at the wreck, and was interviewed by a reporter for the State Journal. He teiis this story of the ac cident: "The men in the caboose were from different towns along the line, and each one ht..U charge of a few cars of stock. 1 did not know personally any of the men in the wreck. I was taking two carloads of sheep from St. Marys to Kansas City for A. J. Knollen Co.. commission men of Kansas City. "I don't know exactly the time of the wreck, but it was after 3 o'clock this morning. I was sitting about midway of the car, and had been asleep. When our train stopped, I supposed that we had stopped for coal and water, as the conductor had told me we would stop at Topeka for that. One of the nnen in the tar. I do not know who it was, got up and said he heard a train coming. I thought to myself that it was probably a passenger, and that we were on the sidetrack for it to pass us. As the man opened the door at the rear end of the car to look out. I raised up on my elbow, and looked out also. I saw the headlight of the other engine coming right at us fast. The man at the door made a rush for the other end of the car. Then the engine struck us. It made a terrible noise. I never heard such an awful crash in my life. I was hurled over and over and the next thing I kne-v I was on top of the engine, with the steam and smoke roaring around me. Then I sort of rolled off and fell into the ditch at the right hand side of the train. I did not lose consciousness, and realized that I was not hurt. I saw a man lying beside the track, and got hold of his arms and pulled him away from the wreck. He got up and I asked him if he was hurt. He said he guessed not much, and then he found a bad cut on his face. I do not know who the man was. "Then the engineer or fireman of our engine called my attention to the en gine headlight, which was smashed and blazing in the midst of the wreckage. I pulled the headlight out of the wreck, and he got a bucket of water some where and told me to throw the water on the wood which had caught fire. I did this, and put out the blaze. We let the headlight stay near the track, and the oil kept burning for some time. It gave us all the light we had. "I hunted around and found a lantern which was somewhat smashed, but I managed to turn up the wick and light it from the blaze of the headlight. After a while I gave this lantern to another man, and found a larger one. W'hiqh I lit. We helped to get the men out of the wreck. "The engineer of the extra's engine came up to me and said: 'Did you hear me whistle before we struck?' I told him no. that I didn't hear any whistle. He said he whistled, and maybe he did, but I did not hear him. There was con siderable fog at the time the wreck oc curred. "The man who was taken out from under the engine this morning (John Parks) sat just two seats in front of me. I did not know him personally, but was talking to him last night before we went to sleex). "I ejepect to go back to St. Marys this (Continued on Sixth Page.) The Union Pacific Wreck, Showing the Smashed Caboose. BIDS AREJLL III, State Text Book Board Now Has the Documents. Consideration of the Books Com menced Today. ALLOWED 10 MINUTES. Each Representative Must Tell His Story Briefly. Forty Companies Have Submit ted Bids For Books. Promptly at 4 o'clock Tuesday after non the state text-book commission shut down on receiving bids on school books. Immediately afterwards the bids were opened and the work of classifying them was begun. As this is part of the secret work of the com mission, no information concerning tha bids will be made public until after the commission completes its work. Today the commission commenced the consideration of the various books. The order in which the different subjects will be passed upon will be as follows: Physics. History. Physiology. Spelling. Readers. Mental arithmetic. Geography. Arithmetic Algebra. Physical geography. Bookkeeping. Civil government. Grammar. Writing. The representatives of the various competing companies will be allowed ten minutes each to explain the merits of each book as the various subjects are taken up. As there are abput forty nrms bidding, and some of them are bid ding on most of the subjects, it can be easily seen that the commission is good for a ten-day session in all probability. Some of the firms, however, are bidding on oniy two or tnree lines oi dooks. The American Book company is bid ding on practically the entire line. This is why it has so many representatives here. Some of them are specialists m certain lines of books, but know nothing about other lines. Each man will push his special lines before the commission. There is a spirited rivalry among the agents for the various companies, but it is for the most part good natured. They tell stories on one another, and there is a great deal of good humored "chaffing." There have been strained relations, however, between G. G. Bur ton, now with Crane Co., and the representatives of the American Book company. Burton was the Kansas rep resentative of the American Book com pany until about six weeks ago, when he went into the employ of Mr. Crane. Mr. and Mrs. Burton have been stop ping at the Throop, and through a mis understanding Burton and J. B. Blazer, an agent of the American Book com pany got into a little physical alterca tion in the corridor of the hotel. The sessions of the state text book commission are held in the rooms of the live stock sanitary commission on the third floor of the state house. The meetings are, of course, extremely se cret, as the members of the commis sion are strictly prohibited by law from allowing any information relative to the business of the commission to be made public until it Is all over. The school book men claim that the value of the contracts have been great ly overestimated, but just the same they are well worth looking after. D. W. Little, assistant state superintend ent, believes the school books to be bought during the next five years, the time which the contracts will cover, will amount to approximately $1,000,0X1. Some of the agents admit that this may be a correct estimate, but others say it is too high. Other people, aside from the book agents, say it will run far over a million dollars. The book men them selves do not agree as to the probable value of different contracts. Here is an estimate which a State Journal reporter secured from one of the agents, who claims to have carefully canvassed the situation: Spellers 40.000 Headers 100.010 Arithmetics 100,000 Geographies 100.000 Grammars SO. 000 Histories BO, 000 Physiologies 25,000 Civil Governments 20.000 Algebras 20.000 Physical geographies 25,000 Bookkeeping 25.000 Writing 100.000 Physics 20,000 Total $665,000 This agent is bidding on readers, arithmetics and geographies. He says these are the most valuable contracts. particularly the arithmetics and geogra phies These estimates are the probable sales of books during the hve years. without taking into consideration the books which will have to be taken in exchange This agent says that readers have been greatly overestimated for the reason that many pupils go only through three grades and use only the cheaper readers. Another agent made the following es timate: Spellers 35.000 Readers 225.00!) Arithmetics 125.000 Geographies 100.000 Grammars 60,000 Histories 40,0 0 Writing BO.000 All other books 75,0u0 Total $710,000 This man claims that readers will amount to 25 or 30 per cent of the en tire contracts. He figures that the ex changing of books will knock $50,0u0 off of these figures. The prices fixed by law for the var ious books are as follows: Spelling book, 10 cents: first reader, 10 cents; second reader. 17 cents; third reader, 23 cents; fourth reader, 30 cents; fifth reader, 40 cents; mental arithmetic, 20 cents: intermediate arithmetic, 25 cents: complete arithmetic, 35 cents; elementary geography, 30 cents; com plete geography, 75 cents;English gram mar, elementary, 20 cents; complete grammar, 35 cents; physiology and hy giene, 50 cents; history of the United States, 50 cents; elements of natural philosophy, 50 cents; civil government, 40 cents; elementary algebra, 50 cents; physical geography, 80 cents; book keeping, 40 cents; writing books, 5 cents each. There are rumors of all sorts of com binations floating around. Most of the agents look with suspicion upon the American Book company, although ru mors of different companies combining with the American Book company are by no means infrequent. Another rumoi was that the Boston companies had formed a combine to control as much of the Kansas business as possible, and another was that the companies which have had the contracts for the past five years are in a combine to continue them for another five years. The representatives of some of the smaller book publishing houses, which are bidding cvi only one or two publica tions, claim that there is a disposition on the part of ire big houses to shut out the smaller ones.- Among these big houses the ones which are largest pub lishers of school books are the Ameri can Book company. Ginn Co., XX O. Heath, and Rand, AIcNally Co. "These big companies want to dis courage other publishers from going into the school book business," declared one of the agents today. "Consequently, if they can not land a contract for them selves they would prefer it should go to one of the other big companies. Their idea is to keep out competition in the school book business. I presume the smaller companies would do the same, thing if conditions were reversed." The books of one company are sub jected to the closest scrutiny and crit icism by rival bidders. It is probable that the defects in every book will be brought out before the week is over, and if the authors can hear all of it they will doubtlessfind out many things they never knew before. Some agents knock on rival companies by claiming that the books they offer are some that are going out of date and have been superseded in other states, and they want to saddle them onto Kansas for five years in order to keep up their sale. The agents of the books which are attacked answer that their publi cations are "tried and true" and that their age is a point in their favor. An other accusation is that some of the books are merely abridged editions of the real article. Many of the book agents have good words to say of the Kansas school book law, but they also criticise it because It admits of no supplementary books, so that if a poor book happens to be chosen by the commission, the patrons of the schools must accept it whether they want it or not. Among the firms and their representa tives are the following: Dodd, Mead Co.; represented by W. R. Madison of Chicago. Scribner Sons, represented by Thomas Ham. Chicago. Central School Supply Co., represented by E. F. Albrecht, Chicago; F. R. Dyer, Wichita; E. H. Roudebush, Topeka, and Levi Humbarger, Abilene. Scott, Forsman Co., represented by the two principal members of the firm. Albert Scott and Hugh Forsman, of Chicago. Butler, Sheldon Co., represented by L. M. Hunt, Chicago. Globe School Book Co., represented by A. A. Tobias. Funk Wagnalls. represented by Captain A. J. Bovven, New York. Allyn Bacon, represented by Carl Bacon, Chicago. The McMillan company, represented by Otto Focht. Lincoln, Neb.; Frank Hummell and A. B. Macy, Chicago. A. Flanagan company, represented by E. E. Smith, Chicago. Longmans,' Green Co., represented by F. O. Perkins, Chicago. Ginn Co., represented by O. P. Barnes, Leavenworth; F. M. Kendall, Chicago; T. W. Gilson, Chicago. American Book company, represented by Major A. W. Clancey. H. M. Skin ner, James Dockerill, and W. B. Blazer, Chicago; E. F. Hassett, St. Louis, and others. D. C. Heath Co., represented by R. M. Pemberton, Topeka; C. H. Ames, Boston. Eaton Co represented by Ira P. Eaton and G. I. Talbot. Rand. McNally Co., represented by B. F. Newkirk. J. A. Hornberger and H. J. Newby, Chicago. Woodward Tiernan. represented by C. R. Frederickson, St. Louis. Interstate School Book company, rep resented by M. N. Warner and Prof. E. D. McKeever, Manhattan. B. F. Johnson Publishing company, represented by J. D. Van Winkle. Crane Co. represented by G. G. Bur ton. Prof, and Mrs. Picken, Miss Cora Miller, Topeka. Wooster Co., represented by Miss Lizzie E. Wooster. Topeka. Goodyear-Marshall Publishing com pany, represented by Carl C. Marshall. Milton Bradley company, represented by A. B. Hoover, Kansas City. RAN INTO BIKMMi BRIDGE A Santa Fe 'Wreck With Heavy Loss but Cfo Serious Casualties Flagstaff. Ariz.. May 7. The east bound Santa Fe limited was wrecked yesterday afternoon two miles west of Flagstaff by runr.rng into a burning bridge. None of the passengers or trainmen was badly injured. One of the dining car waiters had his thumb bro ken and two passengers were slightly hurt. The train was signalled by a trackman, but It was on a short curve and the bridge wa"? too close to stop in time. The composite dining car and two Pullman cars were destroyed by fire. Temperatures of Large Cities. Chicago, Mav 7. 7 a. m. temperatures: New York 56: Boston 60; Philadelphia 54; Washington 68; Chicago 52; Minneapolis 60; St. Louis 56. ROSE ISJIAL1ED. Democrats and Populists Fuse in Seventh District. Young Newton Preacher is Nom inated by Acclamation. QUESTION IS LEFT OPEN State Convention Must Decide Upon the Party Name. If Two Tickets Are Nominated Will Be Independent." Hutchinson, Kan., May 7. Fusion has been accomplished between the Popu lists and Democrats in the Seventh con gressional district, and Rev. Vernon J. Rose, a Democrat, of Newton, will make the race against Chester I. Long as the candidate of the fusion parties. Rose was nominated by acclamation by both the Democratic and Populist congressional conventions here last night. There was no contest over the nomination; in fact, earlier in the day Rose refused to be an active candidate, REV. VERNON J. ROSE. but there was a lively row over the name of the ticket on which the candi date should be placed. The question was at length left open for the state con vention to decide, and if two state tick ets are nominated, Rose will be left off of both and be nominated as an inde pendent candidate by petition. Each party wanted the name but w-as willing to give the other side the can didate. The Populists as a rule were'in favor of fusing and they were conser vative in their propositions, but the Democrats were more radical, and at one time there was danger that fusion would go to pieces. Whiie the Populist conference committee was In the Dem ocratic convention and the Democrats were discussing a proposition to fuse, one Democrat got up and shouted, "The Populists can take the Democratic name or go to the devil." The Populist committee would not stand this and they rushed to their own con vention and William Stryker, the chair man of the committee, reported what the Democrat had said. It angered many of the Populists and had not J. N. Hay maker promptly followed and apologized for the Democrats, the Populists would have nominated a candidate of their own. The Populist convention met in court house and elected W. A. Ayers, of Wichita, as chairman. The Democrats met in the old court house and George T. Pitts, of Sumner county, was made chairman of their convention. Then each convention appointed a conference com mittee to get together on a proposition for fusion. The committee was as fol lows: Democratic J. N. Haymaker, Sedg wick; J. B. Fugate, Harvey: D. H Rich, Kiowa; G. N. Diffenbacher, Bar ton. Populist Solon Gray, Rice; Joseph Geary, McPherson; F. C. Leach, King man; D. M. Aldrich, Pawnee; William Stryker, Sumner: J. P. Parkhurst, Sedg wick; O. Mills. Barbour. The committees met and conferred several times, but each time they could not agree. The report of their deliber ations as made by William Stryker was as follows: 1. The Democrats proposed to give the candidate to the Populists and take the name. Rejected. 2. The Populists proposed to give the candidate to the Democrats and taka the name. Rejected. 3. The Democrats proposed a joint convention a two-thirds vote to settle all questions. Rejected. 4. The Populists proposed that the two conventions nominate a candidate and that a petition be at once circulated under the law to put him on the ballot as "Independent." Rejected. 5. The Populists proposed that the candidate be nominated and the name left for the state convention to decide. If the state convention fails to decide, the candidate to be named "Independ ent." The Democrats suggested that the district committee be authorized to name the candidate. No action was ta ken on the fifth proposal and the com mittee separated. Then came the trouble in which th? Democratic member made the Populist committee angry, and the Populists "went home." Judge Haymaker follow ed with a conciliatory apology, and the Democrats then agreed to accept the Populists' proposition, and on this ba sis fusion was effected. This was fol lowed by the nomination of Rose by both conventions. Rev. Mr. Rose is a young man, but he has spent a number of years in the ministry and is considered an effective spellbinder. He was born in Iowa in 1871, and learned the printer's trade on Gen. Weaver's paper, the Iowa Tribune. In J8S4 his family moved to western Nebraska. Afterwards he attended tha Missouri State university, and after his graduation he entered the ministry of the Christian church, and for five years he was the state evangelist for that church, living ot Newton. More recently he has edited the Newton Journal as a Democratic paper, but is now employed by an eastern investment company. He was a candidate for the Democratic nomination in the Seventh district two years ago and made an active canvass 9 for the place, but this year he refused to put forth any effort for it. This was the first congressional nom ination in the state by the fusionists and will serve to set the pace for the other districts. niAT BUZZ SAW Additional Evidence Concerning Burton's Fiasco. How He Tried to Bluff Presi dent Roosevelt. Chicago, May 7. A special dispatch to the Tribune from Washington says: In talking over consular and diplo matic matters it is worth while to make note of the fact the Senator Burton of Kansas ran up against a buzz-saw when he attempted to dictate to President Roosevelt. The Kansas senator was one of the leaders of the attacks on Pen sion Commissioner Evans. He and the other Kansas statesmen suggested sev eral names for the place, Including two or three who were grotesquely unfit. President Roosevelt surprised the Kansas contingent by appointing Eu gene F. Ware to be commissioner of pensions, and subsequently sending Mr. Evans to be consul general at London. Having assumed the credit for getting Evans out of the pension office, Senator Burton announced a day or two ago that he proposed to fight the confirma tion of the new consul general on the ground that the appointment was a pro motion which was distasteful to the old soldiers The president made no objection to the threat of the Kansas senator, merely announcing that Mr Evans would re main as commissioner of pensions until he was confirmed as consul general at London, and that neither Mr. Ware nor anyone else would have his name sent in to the senate as commissioner of pensions until Evans was confirmed by the senate. This was an unexpected ultimatum, and so Senator Burton having marched himself to the top of the hill, indecor ously sat down and slid to the bottom again, announcing today that he would not any longer oppose Mr. Evans' pro motion. Nevertheless and notwithstand ing the appointment of a Kansas man, to this desirable post will not get be yond the executive clerk at the W'hte house until after Mr. Evans' commis sion is made for a place which will pay him six times the salary he now en joys. THAT BURTON BLUFF. Cincinnati, May 7. A special dispatch from Washington to the Commercial Tribune says: Senator Burton of Kansas' has broken with the president of the United States in two places. He telegraphed to a number of G. A. R. posts that he would oppose the confirmation of H. Clay Evans as scnuul general to London, and asked them to telegraph their sen ators to assist him in making their fight. He also told the friends of the administration that he would not sup port a Cuban reciprocity scheme be cause he considered it more improper than any scheme ever advanced by the Populists. He said that the Populists of Kansas had for ten years been scheming to get money out of the United States treas ury, and had been opposed by the Re publicans, but that they were American citizens and deserved consideration. He said that we owe the Cubans nothing; and there is no reason why they should be paid money out of the treasury. He said it was a free-trade scheme of the Democrats in disguise. When the president heard of this for midable declaration he quietly re marked that If congress did not pass some sort of a Cuban reciprocity treaty in this congress he would call it in ex tra session fifteen minutes after it ad journed. SAILS FOR MINDANAO. Gen. Chaffee Will Confer With the Dattos Still Alive. Manila, May 7. General Chaffee sailed today on the transport Ingalls for the Lanao district of the island of Min danao. General Davis telegraphed that he thought the presence of the military governor of the islands would have a favorable effect on the prominent Moros and General Chaffee immediately re plied by going to Mindanao. He has ordered General Davis to arrange a conference with the prominent surviv ing sultans and dattos. A post will be established at Camp Vickars, where the troops now are. Little information can be obtained concerning the wounded Americans. General Davis thinks only two or three amputations will be necessary, and that few deaths are likely to occur. Lieut. Jossman's case is now considered to be more serious than that of Capt. Moore. General Chaffee took with him a quantity of medical supplies and two doctors. He thinks there will be no more fighting unless the troops are at tacked where they now are. The ports of the island of Samar have been ordered to be opened to trade May 15. "SEND ME TO ASYLUM." Edward E. Cole Will Have His Request Gratified. Edward E. Cole presented himself at the probate court this morning and at his own request was adjudged insane and will be sent to the asylum. Cole was the witness against himself. The physicians who heard him tell his story were Dr. E. V. Coldren and Dr. J. P. Lewis. Cole 'is about 30 years of age. He is small with hair as blonde as a child's. He would not be taken for an insane person. Cole told his history to Probate Judge Fagan and asked that he be sent to an asylum. Cole has been working for James Hayes at his green house. Hayes' son-in-law, B. L. Hollo way, made the complaint. Cole told the physicians that he had been in an insane asylum in Oklahoma about two years and had been discharg ed from there on trial. He said he had grown worse and that his mind had become so impaired that he was forget ful and that he was discharged from several places where he worked because he could not remember what was told him. He said he feared that some one was after him to do him harm and he wanted to be in an asylum where he would be better off. ytliii A St. Lonis Meat Dealer Gives His Testimony Says Each Packer Has His Day to Buy Cattle. OTHERS ARE KEPT OUT If a Feeder Ships His Stock Further Along A Telegram Precedes Him to His Destination Telling Buyers What Price to Pay For His Stock. St. Louis, May 7. A special to tha Post-Dispatch from Jefferson City, Mo., says: The existence In St Louis of uniform and fixed meat prices and the secret re bate in addition to the C. O. D. list wai shown by the testimony taken at thi3 morning's session of the beef trust in quiry. Attorney General Crow said to day that objections raised by the pack ers' attorneys at Tuesday's session of the beef trust inquiry does not pertaia to the validity of the anti-trust law, but only to the law authorizing the in quiry. The two statutes are separate. "The anti-trust law has been tested twice in the supreme court and is unas sailable," said Attorney General Crow. Maurice Prendiville, a St. Louis Union Market meat dealer, was the first wit ness examined today. In answer to questions by the attorney general, Pren diville testified that Armour, Swift, Nelson, Morris and Cudahy had a fixeJ agreement on prices. "The packers buy cattle on successive days," said Prendiville, "so that each can buy at his own price. There is very little independent buying in the East St. Louis stockyards. The big packers keep others out by telling the cattle men that if they sell any cattle to the Independent buyers they must seil all to them. "A better grade of cattle is sent east than that sold in St. Louis. The ordi nary retail butchers cannot get high class beef. The best beef is sold to butchers at 11 cents on the carcass." "Did you ever get a rebate?" was asked of Prendiville. "Four or five months ago I got re bates on pork from Nelson Morris. At one time the cooler managers told me that they had an agreement not to sell at less than $6 a hundred. They would evade the agreement by selling some cents lower." "Is there an arbitrator in St. Louis?" asked Attorney General Crow. "The cooler managers meet every Wednesday afternoon and form a C. o. D. list, and on Saturday they hold an other meeting. I od not know who fixes prices for them, but they are fixed the last of each week for the week follow ing. "When a man does not sell his cattle in East St. Louis," continued the wit ness, "and he ships them elsewhere, the packers send a dispatch ahead of hirn, instructing the buyers to offer only so much. Meat this year is much inferior to that sold last year. The number o cattle sold and killed In East St. Louis this season has been unusually large. Most of the meat has been Dlaced in storage." William Tamme, of St. Louis, former ly city salesman for Swift, testified to a uniform price at which salesmen of all companies were instructed to sell. Attorney Ernst C. Dodge has charge o the C. O. D. list which is made up ev ery week, the witness declared. Tamme said that the increased price of meat was out of proportion to the increase in the price or cattle. He said 100 butchers in St. Louis had gone out of business and that the Mound Cltv Packing company and the North St. Louis Packing company had also re tired. A recess was taken until 1:30 p. nt. THE GOVERNMENT'S CASE. Chicago, May 7. United States Di trict Attorney S. H. Bethea returned to Chicago today after his conference with Attorney General Knox relative to the investigation of the so-called beef trust. It was announced that the bill for injunction against the big packers is being printed at Washington and that it will probably be filed here Fri day when Special Attorney Day is or dered to arrive with it. The indications are that the scope of the inquiry has been broadened materially. It has been ascertained that the bill will ask not way for a dissolution of contracts er tered into by and between packers, but that goods in transit be seized if it cai be shown that contracts exist whereby railways are allowing packers illegal rebates. THE NEXT STEP. St. Louis, Mo., May 7. A special to the Post-Dispatch from Jefferson City, Mo., says: Quo warranto proceedings, or an ap plication for a writ of ouster against the meat packing companies composing the "Big Four" will be the next step iu the fight of the state of Missouri on the beef trust. The result of the proceed ings, if successful, will be to debar the companies from carrying on business in the state. Attorney General E. C. Crow consid ers the testimony of the St. Joseph butchers on rebates and concessions at Tuesday's session of the supreme court inquiry, conclusive evidence of the ex istence and supremacy of the trust iu Missouri. WAITING FOR MR. CURTIS. Local Politicians Anxiously 'Antici pate His Home Coming. The small fry politicians are anx iously awaiting the home coming of Congressman Charles Curtis. Mr. Curtis is exsected to be here a week in advance of the Republican state convention, which will be held at Wich ita May 3. The Shawnee county con tingent expects him to line up with tre field on the governor question, which means that he will be for Troutman. Ai Mr. Curtis' close political workers. A. K. Rodgers and John Guthrie are working for Troutman, it seems likely that he will also have the congressman's support. Weather Indications. Chicago, May 7. Forecast for Kan sas: Partly cloudy and warmer tonight with possibly showers in west; Thurs day showers; variable wiada. i

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TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL, WEDNESDAY EVENING. MAY 7, 1902. pipi?io IlL W Ui S -J il Deal in Thoroughbred Yearlings is U,ade. Artlinr Featherstone Invests in Kentucky Stock. PAYS OUT $68,000. ;ll Joliii L. Sullivan is Giren a Snubbing. I'ljjht to a Finish Arranged Be tween Hoot and Gardner. Lexington, Ky., May 7. The biggest iSf-dl in thoroughbred yearlings ever con summated in the Blue Grass, the home of the racer, was made by Arthur Featherstone of Chicago on the -occasion of his two weeks' visit to this city about a fortnight ago. He bought about thirty-five yearlings from four or five breeders, paying $08,000 for them. He picked the kind he wanted. A semi denial of the big transaction is made by one breeder, but that it went through ia a certainty. DERBY COLT A WRECK. Alan-a-Dale Will Face the Starter's Flag No More. Ixuisville. Ky.. May 7. Alan-a-Dale winner of the Kentucky Derby and the pride of the McDowell stable and of all Kentucky turf followers, is at Chureh hiil Downs today a brokendown racer, and with but small prospect that he will ever face the starter's flag again. At the sixteenth pole yesterday afternoon Alan-a-Dale was seen to falter and then come on gamely under Wink tleld's whip and spur. There were few, however, who saw him landed a win ner, by a short head over Inventor who thought any serious cause lay back of his action when In short sight of vic tory. An examination shows that Alan-a-Daie has snapped a tendon in his right foreleg. It was evidently done on the home stretch, and only the colt's superb garoeness caused him to come on and win his race. His legs have been in bad shape all season, especially the left foreleg, and it is supposed that the horse in running put much of the weight of his stride on the sound leg As a result, it gave way under the strain. The gameness of his victory has been increased in the eyes of every Ken tuckian since learning of the handicap under which he finished but that does not serve to restore Alan-a-Dale or to comfort Owner McDowell. Abe Frank's performance and his re fusal to stand the gaff in the last half minute of the race make him, in the opinion of turf men here, an outsider in the American Derby. It is common talk today that Abe Frank will not stand for the distance, and that his chance for winning a race over a mile In dis tance is not worth a bet outside of the dollar book. A SAN FRANCISCO CLUB Trying to Match Yanger With Cor bett or KcGovern. Chicago, May 7. Harry Corbett, one of the managers of the Hayes Valley Athletic club, cf San Francisco, has made an offer for a meeting between ISenny Yanger of this city and either "Young" Corbett or McGovern. The offer has been forwarded to Sam Har ris, asking him If he is willing to ac cept. Harry Corbett has control of the fighting permit for June in San Fran cisco and is anxious to bring off a good bout. He has sent word to "Young" Corbett at Denver, and between Cor bett and McGovern it is likely a match will be arranged with Yanger. If neither will accept it is proposed to match Yanger and Abe Attell for a re turn fisrht. Aurelio Herrera has been matched to fight tiudy Ryan of this city at the American Athletic club on May 12. The men will weigh 12S pounds. The line of comparison between Ryan and Herrera Is their fisht with "Young" Mowatt. Both knocked Mowatt out within a round. TWO FOR ST. MARYS. Th0 rethany Team Beaten io a Double Eeader. ?t. Marys, Kan., May 7. St. Mary's f laved a double-header here Tuesday with Bethany and won both games, the --ores being 10 to 3 and 10 to 8. The trails were evenly matched and the j lay was full of vim. The morning contest was any body's victory up to the seventh, when the visitors lost their fceads and the locals ran seven men across the plate. The afternoon battle was a slugging match throughout, but fit. Mary's fusilade of hlt3 was the mora effective. Bethany put up a much bet ter game than in the morning, while the local teamwork fell off somewhat. Brem ner, Fitzgerald and McEniry did the I'.eavy stick work that won the game. IThe score of the morning game: R H E St. Mary's 0 0021070 10 10 2 tsethany 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 7 8 Batteries Hill and Calnan; Peterson nd Nordinling. UmpiresCarpenter sind Hfinnan. Afternoon game R. H. E, St. Mary's 10214002 10 11 6 Bethany 5 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 11 5 Batteries Slattery and Calnan; Hoff man and Nordllng. HART BADLY BROKEN UP. Louisville Fighter Requires Three Physicians For Hia Health. Louisville, Ky.. May 7. Marvin Hart, who beat "Kid" Carter in a bloody tight at the Auditorium Saturday night, now lias three physicians atending him but they say he will recover and that he is only suffering from bad bruises end a broken nose. Hart's manager, H. C. Dickens, says that he wants to arrange a match be tween Hart and either "Kid" McCoy or Jack Root. "I feel confident." Dickens said, "that Hart can whip Root, and I believe he can give McCoy just about all he wants. Hart is In a pretty bad fix now, but he told me today that he wanted a go with either of the two men. McCoy prt ferred. Hart put up a wonderful fight egainst Carter and I believe he is a coming champion." KING PEPPER IS AILING. Noted Sprinter is Fever-Stricken at Meadowthorpe. Lexington, Ky., May 7. When the racing: string of Col. James E. Pepper wa3 shipped east from Louisville the noted sprinter. King Pepper, and a 2 year-old colt and a filly of the same age by ten. Kantaka, two of the fastest youngsters in the string, were unable yy continue training and came here. tajr.g irtpper was getaed last winter. and at fiist stood training well. He took sick of some kind of fever and will now have to rest up at Mead owthorpe until later in the season. Ex cepting Voters he was the best sprinter of his year. Lady Kantaka, by imp. Kantaka, dam Lady Pepper, owned by James E. Pepper, has foaled a chestnut filly by Blue and Gray at Meadowthorpe. TIGHT TO A FINISH. Match Arranged Between Jack Hoot and Geo. Gardner. San Francisco, May 7. A fig-ht to a finish has been arranged in this city between Jack Root and Geo. Gardner, the middleweight boxers. The men are to meet in Nevada on a day between the 2d and 6th of July. A $5,000 purse is to be divided, 75 per cent, to the win ner and 25 per cent, to the loser. The men agree to weig-h in at 9 a. m. on the day of the fight at 165 pounds, give or take two pounds. JOEN L. WAS BARRED Old Pugilist Attempted to Make a Social Call. New York May 7. John L. Sullivan visited the city hall yesterday after noon. When Sullivan is feeling good he thinks that he must see the mayor. He sauntered heavily into the building and lurched down the main corridor toward the mayor's office but Sergeant Kennel saw him on the way. One lialf of the door was closed im mediately and Kennel blocked the pass oj,e, for the rc .lout tat Ic' John L. at tempted to force his way In, using both muscle and tongue to accomplish his purpose. The sergeant caught him about the waist and pushed him back boauy, catching him m time to prevent him from falling. Sullivan remained about the hall for a few minutes and then walked away through the park, shaking his fist in the direction of the mayor's office. CHANCE FOR BROAD. To Take Sullivan's Place Against Young Corbett." Denver, Colo., May 7. Kid Broad has been offered the first chance to fight Young Corbett, as the local promoters have become wearied of the manner in which Sullivan has tried to keep the fight on his list without actually sign ing the papers therefor. A telegram was sent to Joe Macias asking if Broad could arrange his dates to meet Cor bett on May 23, as Broad is always in condition and never passes up any chance to tight. The promoters believe he will surely agree to the match, and will at once come to Denver. Broad's last visit here was when he came to fight Jack McClelland, the battle that never was fought. NATIONAL LEAGUE. AT CINCINNATI. T'p to the ninth inning Phillips and Cheshro had indulged in a genuine battle with honors about even. In the ninth, however, Pittsburg bunched two doubles, a triple and a home run with a base on balls and won. Attendance, 1,100. Score bv innings: R.H.E. Cincinnati 0 0001009 12 9 Pittsbure 1 0000000 6 6 8 Batteries Phillips and Bergen; Chesbro and Zimmer. AMERICAN LEAGUE. AT INDIANAPOLIS. Plank pitched a masterful game and, aided by brilliant and perfect fielding, suc ceeded in shutting out Washington. Car rick was batted freely and his support was poor. Attendance. 1.9S3. Score by innings: R.H.E. Washington 0 000000000 4 5 Philadelphia 1 0 0 1 1 1 3 4 11 15 0 Batteries Carrick and Drill; Plank arid Powers. AT BOSTON. With one out and three on bases in the ninth inning. Freeman drove a hot one past Williams, scoring Parent and winning the game. Dineen was very effective, ex cept in the second, while Foreman was batted hard throughout. Attendance, 3, S:,5. Score by innings: R.H.E. Boston 0 3100000 15 12 1 Baltimore 0 3000100 04 7 2 Batteries Dineen and Warner; Fore man, and Robinson. AT CLEVELAND. The largest crowd ever present at a baseball game in Cleveland attended the opening, there being 11.749 paid admissions. Both Orifnth and Taylor were hit hard, but McCarthy's errors gave Chicago the game: Score by innings: R.H.E. Cleveland 0 0000001 23 13 3 Chicago 2 0000100 3 14 1 Batteries Taylor and Bemis; Griffith and Sullivan. WESTERN LEAGUE. AT ST. JOSEPH. St. Joe won the game from Denver by superior hitting and base running. Score bv innings: R.H.E. St. Joseph 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 05 4 2 Denver luuuuvui 02 s 8 Batteries Parvin and Roth: Frisk and Wilson. Jones' pitching" was" the feature of the game, allowing only five bits in thirteen innings but Kansas City had all the luck and won out. Attendance, 500. Score by Innings: R.H.E. Col. Springs. ...0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 03 9 2 ivansas jity...z iuuu l t a AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. AT COLUMBUS. Columbus played a strong up-hill game after Milwaukee had secured an early lead. Prlester was steady after the third inning and won his game in the eighth with a three-base hit over McBride'a head, scoring Fox. Attendance, 1,437. Score by innings: Columbus 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 05 Milwaukee 2 0200000 0i AT INDIANAPOLIS. Indianapolis won after a long struggle in the rain. Attendance, 240. Score by innings: Indianapolis 3 1200100 7 Minneapolis 2 0001100 04 M. S. U. 32; William Jewell 2. Liberty, Mo., May 7. The M. S. TT. baseball team beat William Jewell Tuesday afternoon by a score of 32 to 3. The Jewell's were never in the game at all. In the first inning 16 of the Tigers went to the bat. The fireworks was stopped by Rhodes' catch. Mclntyre played a good game for Jewell's. All the Tigers scored. Vaeth and McLemore was a fine batter for the Tigers. The Jewell's never found at all. Simpson, the Jewell's twirler, was absent and his loss was felt. The field was muddy and the game was slow. Score: Jewell's 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 23 Tigers 12 0830900 l 32 Missouri Valley League. SFDALIA 7. JEFFERSON CITY 5. Jefferson City, May 7. Sedalia. opened the Missouri Valley League In Jefferson City by winning the first of the series by a score of 7 to 5. Jefferson City lost on errors occurring at critical mo ments. Sedalia had one earned run and Jefferson City 3. A fair crowd visited the game but wet grounds kept many away. Following is the score. R. H. E. Jefferson City 5 9 4 Sedalia 7 8 3 Batteries Jefferson City, Lawtener and Schrandt; Sedalia, Powers and Burnsen. Umpire Hamilton. NEVADA 1, FORT SCOTT 0. Nevada, Mo.. May 7. The 1902 season of the Missouri Valley Baseball League open here Tuesday, Fort Scott being The opposing team. The visitors could cj but he was looking well Irs. Jones Meets Irs. Smith. When Mrs. Jones meets Mrs. Smith, her first question is: "Who will win the Diamond 'C piano?" and Mrs. Smith answers: "Really, I don't know." Deep down in her heart, Mrs. Smith does know; or rather, she thinks she does. She expects to win the piano her self. Are not Mrs. Potter and Mrs. Wil liams and Mrs. Peters working for her? Are they not saving their Diamond "C" Soap wrappers for her? Are not their friends and their friends' friends doing the same thing? Mrs. Smith thinks she cannot fail to win. Maybe she can t and men again, maybe she can. Seriously, though, the Diamond 'C voting contest Is attracting an immense amount of attention. The prizes arc- worth striving for. They range all th way from a pair of military brushes to a Kimball piano. No wonder hundreds of Topeka house keepers are lying awake nights figuring on ways and means of securing one of the prizes. No wonder the demand for Diamond "C" soap has increased enor mously during the last few weeks. No wonder every grocer in the city is handling three times as much of it as of any other laundry soap. If you are one of the few housewives who have not yet begun to use Diamond C." you had bettei begin right awav. Every wrapper" counts. Circulars giving details and conditions of the contest can be had at F. W. SWEARINGEN'S JEWELRY STORE, 724 Kansas Ave. little with Pitcher Chinn and lost by a score of 1 to 0. R. H.i: Nevada 1 6 o Fort Scott 0 2 4 Batteries Nevada, Chinn and Cheek; Fort Scott. Bouldin and Homan. IOLA 8. COFFEIVILLE 3. Coffey ville, Kan., May 7. The opening game of the Missouri Valley League be tween Iola and Coffeyville here was won by Iola. Score: R- H.K. Iola 8 7 2 Coffeyville 3 7 2 McGraw Laid OfE Chicago, May 7. President Ban John son of the American league has sent a telegraphic notice of suspension for five days to Manager McGraw of the Balti more team. The action followed the re ceipt of a report from Umpire Sheri dan, telling of the disturbance on Thursday, when Sheridan was escorted from the grounds under the protection of the police, one of whom was struck by a missile thrown by some one in the crowd, and cut so badly that a surgical operation was necessary. Buelow, of Detroit, was also put on the retired list for five days in a letter mailed to De troit on Saturday, as the result of the disturbance at St. Louis. Johnson blames McGraw for inciting the crowd at Baltimore. ENDS A ROMANCE. Mrs. Wetherton Died Before Marriage Was Made Public. The plans of a happy bride-groom, C. W. Wetherton of Topeka, have been blast ed in the death of his young wife, whom he married secretly about two months ago and who had been known until'the time of her death by the name of Miss Margaret Tusten of No. 122a Grove avenue, of Kan sas City. Miss Tusten or Mrs. Wetherton died Saturday after a short illness, but that fact brought to light the very pretty and also the very sad romance of her life. Mr. Wetherton and Miss Tusten had been sweethearts for a long time and had been engaged to be married for 14 months. They planned to have a June wedding, but about the middle of February they decided that they preferred to be married sooner. The young woman's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Tusten. approved the ar rangement, and on February 19 Miss Tus ten. accompanied by her sister. Miss Kdith, joined her fiance at Topeka and thev were married at the home of J. C. Duncan bv Dr. Countermine, pastor of the First Presbyterian church. The only per sons present were R. N. Mclntyre. Mr. Wetherton's employer and Miss Edith Tus ten. Their more intimate friends knew the young people were to be married in June, and they concluded to keep the fact of their marriage a secrpt until that time. With this purpose, cards for the re ception et the home of Mrs. Wetherton's parents the evening of June 4 were issued a short time ago. and on this occasion the announcement was to be made. The voung eoimle had decided to live in Topeka, where Mr. Wetherton is employed as superintendent oi tne maiireK xacLuiy of McEntire Bros., and consequently Mr. Wetherton had furnished the pretty home at No. S16 West Sixth avenue, where he i had been living or 'J had been living tor a tew clays prior to his being called to Kansas City by Mrs. Wetherton s sicKness. Mrs. Wetherton was 23 years old. She was born in Pittsburg. Pa., but had lived with her parents in Kansas City almost since infanev. She was educated In a convent at Independence. Mo., and was a pretty and quite accomplished young wo man. Besides the parents two sisters and a brother survive her, Edith, Helen and Clinton. The funeral will take place from the res idence at 1220 Grove street. Kansas City, tomorrow- afternoon at 2 o'clock. The ser vices will be conducted by Rev. Dr. Robert Talbot, rector of Trinity Episcopal church, of which church the deceased was a mem ber. LARIMER TO RESIGN. John Alexander Will Become Deputy Commissioner of Elections. Within a few weeks J. E. Larimer, dep uty commissioner of elections, will resign his position and his place will be taken by John Alexander, who served as election commissioner during Mr. Larimer's ab sence on a vacation trip a short time ago. Mr. Larimer is to resign partially be cause of ill health which makes it neces sarv for him to take a rest and change of climate and partly because of the fact that he desires to resume his law prac tice which he dropped when he took the position. John Alexander was custodian of the Auditorium. ROCK ISLAND STATEMENT. Shows Good Basis For the New $24,- 000,000 Bond Issue. The Chicago, Rock Island Pacific rail road, in advertising the sale of Sli.OiMUOO new 4 per cent bonds, submits the follow ing statement of earnings, expenses, etc., for the fiscal year ended March 31 i:n2. 1901. Mileage 3.971 3.81S Gross income $29.351. 6M 2.066.OM Operating expenses IS.2S0.333 i.s5.(X'2 Net income $11,071,351 Less fixed charges, etc.. 3.S5S.0W) 3.803.W3 Surplus 7,212.361 t 5.097,019 March earnings estimated. The new bonds are issued to provide the cost of the purchase of at least a majority nf the preferred and common stock of the Choctaw. Oklahoma Gulf railroad. The morteaee is limited to an aggregate prin cipal amount of $24,000,000. "Neglected colds make fat grave yards." Dr. Wood's Norway Pine Syrup helps men and women to a happy, vigorous old age. KAt5SASTIEWS. Chicken Thieves Actively at Work in Bourbon County. Taking Everything in Sight Sear Fort Scott. ONE FARMER LOST 60. Fowls Were Blooded Birds and Very Valuable. Some of the Residents Guarding Their Coops Nightly. Fort Scott. Kan., May 7. The most daring chicken thieves who ever ope rated in Bourbon county are now at work nightly victimizing the farmers just west of the city. The robbers are doing a wholesale business, and, not be ing satisfied with stealing a number of chickens from each coop, thoroughly de nude the hen houses of all winged life. H. H. Lyons, the well known farmer who resides scarcely outside of the city llimlts In the west, came to town this morning and reported that Saturday night his chicken coop was broken into and all his fowls carried off. They con sisted of sixty blooded birds valued at $1 to $1.50 each. The lock on his coop had either been picked or opened with a skeleton key and there was no trace of' the robbers left. Mr. Lyons is hardly more unfortunate, however, than the. bulk of his neigh bors, although his chickens were prob ably more valuable. Old Man Whitmore, residing by the sugar works, lost all his chickens some time Thursday night. In this case, also, there is no clue left. Many chickens be longing to Jess Lyons, son of H. H. Lyons, were taken from his coops early in the week. They didn't leave him even so much as a feather. No clue here, either. The thieves who visited Geo. Gardner, a nearby neighbor of the other unfor tunates, left a trace which may lead to their identity, and if so, arrests will fol low. Mr. Gardner believes he has lo cated a number of his chickens and he will more thoroughly investigate the matter. All the farmers of that vicinity will combine together to catch, arrest and prosecute the guilty parties. The rob beries occur nightly and the farmers expect to find their chickens missing every morning. Some of them are stay ing up nights, standing guard with shotguns. GRAIN RAISERS' FEDERATION. Kansas Wheat Growers Plan to Se cure Better Prices. Salina, Kan., May 7. Pursuant to a call Issued by the secretaries of the farmers' grain and stock associations of Claflin and Ellinwood, twenty-five rep resentatives of seven or eight local grain associations met here Tuesday for the purpose of discussing plans for the or ganization of a federation to comprise the local companies of central and west etn Kansas. It seems that for some time the local associations have not got ten along well with the state associa tion, possiblby for the reason that most of the stack of the latter association is held by persons not interested in any local company whatever. The intention of the meeting was to organize for their mutual benefits, the local grain associa tion of this territory. After several hours of heated discus sion, action of organization was deferred until the state association could be called together and the plan presented to the directors and officers. As several members of the board of directors of the state association were present, it was suggested that a meeting of the state association be held at Hutchinson, June 3, and that a representatKe from each local association in this territory be present and submit their grievances. The meeting was organized by the elec tion of Chris Book of Ellinwood, chair man, and Joe Sparks of Bison, secre tary. The entire afternoon was spent in the discussion of plans for the success of the local organizations, and the meeting favored the selection of an agent or agents to assist in the securing of better markets for their products, higher prices for their grain, and the more economic handling of their supplies, which they have so far failed to secure through other means. COL. BALDWIN'S RECORD. Antecedents of the Officer Who Led the Attack on tne Moros. Leavenworth, Kas,, May 7. Colonel Baldwin, the officer who distinguished himself in the battle against the Moros, is well known at Fort Leavenworth, where he was stationed at one time. Colonel Baldwin is the only officer in the army who has two medals of honor, each for distinct and separate action. One was given him for gallantry in the civil war, and the other for brave con duct in a campaign against the Indians. While c&ptain of company D, Nine teenth Michigan Infantry, at the battle of Peach Tree creek, Georgia, he led his company in a countercharge and en tered the enemy's line, capturing alone two cr.iriTU?;-ioned otucers, fully armed. A second medal was Issued him for an affair on McClellan creek, Texas, November S. 1S74, where he rescued two white girls by an attack upon a band of Indians whose superior number and strong position would have warranted delay for reinforcement, but which de lay would have permitted the Indians to escape and kill their captives. Baldwin is colonel of the Twenty seventh infantry and a close friend of General Miles. Colonel Baldwin was acting Indian agent for the Sac and Foxes before the Spanish-American war. Political influence was brougnt to bear to remove him, but his good record could not be impeached and he held the post until ordered back to his regiment at the outbreak of the war in Cuba. Did He Shoot Plover? Wichita, Kas., May 7. Information was filed In the district court against Off Colour? 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Bill McClurg, charging him with shoot ing two plover contraiy to the statutes of Kansas, which fix the season for shooting plover from July 15 to Septem ber 15. A second count is specified which charges him with shooting a plo ver in the public highway. The Infor mation is filed by County Attorney Conly and Peter Springob, who says he saw McClurg shoot the plover. O. B. Stocker, state game warden for the League of American Sportsmen is in dorsed as witness. The penalty for shooting plover out of season is a fine for each offense of not less than $5 and not mere than $100, each bird killed con stituting an offense. The offender is also compelled to pay an attorney fee of $10 and the costs of the case. Shane's Trial Has Begun. Lawrence, Kan., May 7. In the dis trict court Tuesday morning the case of Captain J. B. Shane, who shot and killed Edward Katherman on the streets of Lawrence last February, was called. The work of selecting a jury was be gun. Of the regular panel all but eleven were excused for cause and a special panel of thirty was drawn. The case will be called again Thursday. The defense which Is being handled by Judge W. W. Nevison, wili enter a plea of insanity in all probability, but It is. not thought that Shane will be let off without a sentence. Ex-Soldier is in Trouble. Fort Scott. Kan., May 7. In the fed eral court Charles Hopper, a negro boy, who served in Cuba during the late war, was found guilty of false swearing in a claim for a pension and was sentenced by Justice Hook to one year in the fed eral prison. Hopper swore that he had lost an eye while in the service of the army, when he had been blind in one eye for a number of years. Pack Trains From Cuba. Junction City, Kas., May 7. Two complete pack trains arrived at Fort Riley last evening from Cuba. Kach train is complete with packmasters, packers, etc., fifteen men in all. There are sixty-seven mules with each train, and the entire equipment was brought with them. Two more trains wiil arri. e here today. Cattle Breeder Dead. Atchison, Kan., May 7. W. O. Park, the well known breeder of fine cattle, died at his home Tuesday of pneumonia, after an illness of a week. He was 30 years of age and the son of the late R. A. Park, president cf the Atchison Sav ings bank, who died Friday last, of the same disease. W. O. Park had one of the finest herds of Polled Angus cattle in Kansas. Wellington's School Teachers. Wellington, Kan., May 7. The board of education last night re-elected Pro fessor H. F. M. Bear superintendent at a salary of $1,200 a year and the follow ing teachers: Misses Jennie Rosecrans, Lou Bybee, Bertha Showalter, Nina Hansen, Ida V. Hoge, Lillian O'Brien, Kate A. Chase, Lucinda Replogle, Mol lie Wilson, Nellie Palmer, Klla Havens, Mas' HiUberd, Myrtle and Lee Burcham. Revival at Junction City. Junction City, Kan., May 7. Union revival meetings commenced here and at Fort Riley this week. They are con ducted by Dr. Walton and Professor and Mrs. Eichtorn. who came here from Manhattan, where they closed one of the most successful revivals ever held in the state. Last evening a special train from Manhattan brought about 200 Christian workers to assist in the meetings. Emporia Didn't Hefuse. Emporia, Kan., May 7. The city coun cil has accepted Andrew Carnegie's gift of $20,000 for the erection of a free city library and has pledged an annual ex penditure of $2,000 for its support. City Ticket Office. Union Pacific R. R.. 525 Kansas ave. fin LtfcJ 11 kA '.J d not only a perfect appetizer and exhilarating tonic, but contains also the properties needful for the purification of the blood, and giving that richness and tone, without wh ich perfect digestion and assimilation of food is impossible, "and the result is dyspepsia with all its distressing symp toms', capricious appetite, inflammation, fullness and heaviness in stomach, nausea, dizziness, and worst of all insomnia and nervousness. S. S. S. iu thus purhying and invigorating the blood renders the greatest assistance to Nature, for with healthy, nutritious blood circulating through the sj-stem it is fully prepared for the changes which take place during1 the Sprine. If We Do Not Large Window Display I but our upstairs location, in keeping down expen- 0 ses, enables us to give you bettep value for your 6 money than you get elsewhere. Give us a trial o and we will let our work speak for itself. g We make a specialty of fine imported goods 5 which we buy direct from foreign houses and wili sell for less than you can buy them in Topeka or g elsewhere. f I B.'F. Abnieycr 5 4 r- i i-1 T I u a UlllUIIUUlW a V ft Jm u 628 Kansas Ave. Second Floor, o fc. a s w m s iinT son Both the Inner Man and the Pocketbook the kind vou eet at the FRANK LONG, Manager. Meals, 25c. Meal Tickets 21 Meals $3.25 Commutation Lunch Counter Ticket3 $2.50 FOR $2.00 Rooms, 50c 526-528 Kansas Ave. 1 block south of P. O. HE GOT THE FARM. Isaac C. Campbell Traded but Now He's Sorry. Gov. Stanley Monday issued a requisition on Gov. Dookery of Missouri for W. A. Roberts of I-awton, who is now under ar rest in St. Clair county. Mo., and who is accused of obtaining- property under false pretenses in Bourbon county. The man who claims to have been cheat ed by Roberts is Isaac C. Campbell, a Bourbon county farmer. Campbell says in his complaint that his farm is worth $2.5(Xf and he had live stock and implements to the value of over 7u0. Roberts came aiong and offered to trade him a farm in the new country west of Twton, Ok., and in addition offered him 2.0CO shares of stock In the Consolidated Oil and Gas company of Lawton, which he clBiroed was salting for 60 cents a share in the streets of Iawton. He said his land down tiiere was Li Li V Make a l f- M flDlfllR oriTioru diman good farming land, but was new, of course. Campbell made the trade, taking Rob erta' word for the value of the land and the oil stock, but when he went down to lawton he found the stock a drug on the market at 2 cents a share and the farm took in the peak of one of yTiohita's moun tains in fact the peak made up the larger part of the farm. Tor this- reason he swore out a warrant charsrhtg Roberts with ob taining property ur'ir fclse pretenses. There is a real Mrate man in Topnki named W. A. Rcb'-rts, but he does not know the Lawton man. Don't Acce it Counterfeits. For piles, skirt bruises, burns equals DeWitt's Mix accept counterfeits. I "Witt's. "I hnvv protruding, blr--: cently could nnd eavs J. F. Gr' ly I tried hfWiit t which eon wsixyi ases, sores, cuts, r wounds nothing 'iazel Salve. Don t r e genuine except led since 15 with .ides, and until r permanent relief Paul,. Ark. "Final- itch Hazel B&lvn cured xne." it1-, jt:x y

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TOPEKA STATE JOTJEXAL, WEDNESDAY EVENING. MAT 7, 1S02. r The primary cause of poor teeth and therefore poor bealth is the general use of white flour. InmilUnirthe mineral properties of the wheat that make teeth have been removed. V our reason tehs you to change v your diet. Unnatural. UnnaKiral Another eanse for v poor tet't h and there fore poor bealth is the ue of soft cooked cer eals. Tieini; soft they are sw:tl?owed without nirtsti ca'ion. The vigorous use of the teeth is a necessary exercise and the only way to mix saliva with tho tMx. our reason tells you to change -v.-.. your diet. A Dfe.- 'V. Snd for the "Vital Ques- ti..n" Hh'ith is the searchlifrnt of health. TM; NATURAL FOOD CO. Piagara Fa Us, fi. Y. TABLE AND KITCHEN. Cundui ted by l.idu Ames Willis, Mar quette Building, Chicago, to whom all inquiries- should be addressed. All rights reserved by .Banning Co., Chicago. The Most Delicious Berry That Grows 'O, marvel, fruit of fruits, I pause To reckon thee. 1 jisk what cause hiet free so much of red from heats At core of earth, and mixed such sweets With sour and spice." The enthusiastic lover of the straw berry considers it the one perfect fruit, without Haw or single defect; no rind or core or stone to mar the full pleasure of the paiate. Xot too tart like the gooseberry, or with the oversweetness which bring-s a. hint of satiety, as with the red raspberry. Cine writer describes it as one unalloyed and unimpaired mouthful of deliciousness. Cultivation has so increased the size of the berry that some varieties reouire the two bites like the proverbial cherry. The straw berry is a hardy little native, which thrives in the northern and temperate climes, and comes of the earliest of the fruits in spring. Its appearance is a surer harbinger of the summer than the one swallow and from its first advent to the close of its season it is eaten and enjoyed with unalloyed relish; as the palate never seems to tire of the flavor which makes it so distinct fron many other fruits. Although the earliest strawberi ies, w hich come to the north ern markets from the southland, are greeted with delight, one does not fully enjoy the choicest wine of their flavor tmtil we have the home-.rown fruit, ripened in the rare, perfect sunshine end sweet-scented dews; these seem to embody the very essence and spirit of rare June days and sunny July. One could as well imagine a Christmas with out plum pudding- or turkey as a sum mer without the strawberry. TH EIH WHOLESOMEXEPS. Eaten in moderation these berries are wholesome and cooling. They are rich er than most fruits in potash and lime Falls, especially soda salts. This fact enhances their value as a food to follow H stionsr, rich winter diet of rather dry materials. They contain a large per centage of water, which still further recommends then for spring and hot weather diet. Their salts are chiefly a combination of vegetable acids with al kalies. These become converted into carbonates in the system, they impart alkalinity to certain bodily functions and are. on this account, useful -when bodily conditions show a grouty tenden cy. In rare cases the effect of eating straw berries is shown in a decidedly uncomfortable manner, by a cutaneous eruption which somewhat resembles erysipelas in appearance. However, this is not the fault of the berry, as some claim, and it should not be blamed for the unhealthy or peculiar condition of the system into which it is introduced. WAYS OF PKKPARIXG THE BERRY. The many ways of serving this lus cious berry are almost as manifold as they are delightful. Every one admita that they are best served whole, fresh packed and uncooked, as heat injures the delicate volatile flavor which makes the.n a delight to the taste. Many of ject to associating- them with cake and cream, the very culmination of gusta tory pleasure in the estimation of oth ers. The addition of some acid, like lemon, orange juice or a sour wine is considered an improvement to thj strawberry. Claret is freuently added, hut there must be no doubt about its quality, as poor claret will ruin the ber ry. STRAWBERRY MOULD. Put perfectly ripe strawberries in a jar or double boiler and set over hot water and heat until the juice is all drawn out. Then strain and measure and to a quart of the juice aiiow a cup of sago, sioait this for an hour in just enough water to cover it. Then add it to the fruit juice and boil until clear and thick like jelly. Turn into a plain oblong mould, flat on top and set away to get cold and stiff. Turn out and ar range two rows of whipped cream roses arouiKf the top and bottom edges of the mould, with whole strawberries in be tween. STRAWBERRY WHIP. When the berries are small and not perfect enough to serve whole, chill them thoroughly on ice; then sprinkle with a little orange juice and plenty of sugar and crush them to a pulp "unci fold, in the w hipped whites of two or three eggs and serve as soon as mixed. ICED STRAWr.ERRY COMPOTE. Pick over carefully and put on ice. in a deep glass dish, three pints of per fectly ripe strawberri'-s. Make a gill of rich orange syrup, add a pint of sau terne and freeze like a. sorbetto. When ready to serve heap over the chilled berries; spread with a meringue and Eerve. STRAWBERRY BEANO MANGE. Stem a quart of ripe strawberries place in a bowl and crush them with a wooden spoon, adding three-quarters of a cup of powdered sugar. Allow tJ stand in a cold place several hours. Heat a pint of milk hi a double boiler with half a cup of granulated sugar. hen hot add two ounces of geiatine dissolved in a little water. Stir until the gelatine is dissolved and then strain into a basin and add a cup of good cream and stir until cold; then pour over the crushed berries, beating them fit the same time: add the juice of a lemon, mixing in very gradually to pre vent curdling. Turn the mixture into a fancy mould and set on ice until set. Turn out and serve with whole, fresh berries. STRAWBERRY CHARLOTTE. Put quarter of a package of gelatine to soak in a cup of cold water and when softened stir it. into a cud of milk scalded in a double boiler with two tablespoonfuls of sugar. Stir until dis OiveJ, then stir in a quart of whipped The Saw is: "Nat- "cV urauv organized fooo.s make possible natural conditions: there is no other way.' In white flour the law is broKen because a part of what nature has organ ised in the wheat ha. been. removed, in soft, cooked food t he taw has been A broken by robhmgr the "5;. Uem or the ir ua.tr-v.-. ur&I noes. Natural Natural Rhre dded Wheat Biscuit is within the law because the whole wheat is used nothing1 added nothing taken away. The crispness of Shredded Wheat Biscuit compels mastication and causes the How of saliva. It is therefore natural I s food. Your reason teili ,1 X vou to adopt it. It 'f f-s i crl,1 hir all f4 is sold by all grocers. cream flavored with vanilla or sherry wine. Line a pyramid bowl thickly with led-ripe strawberries that have been sprinkled with a little lemon juice Turn in the charlotte and set away to harden. LADIES' BOUCHEES. Put the yolks of six eggs in a basin and whisk them up with half a pound of powdered sugar until very light col ored. Then add the whites of the eg-gs beaten to a stiff froth and four ounces of flour sifted several times after the first sifting and measuring-. Turn the mixture into a pastry bag and squeeze out on sheets of paper sprinkled with sugar, making the rounds two inches in diameter; sprinkle with powdered sugar and bake in rather slow oven until light and dry. When done cover half of them with fresh strawberry jam, cover with the rest of the rounds and mask com pletely with soft boiled icing- and fresh, ripe berries. STRAWBERRY DUMPLINGS. Make a nice suet crust, roll out about quarter of an inch thick and cut into four-inch squares. Put small sweet ened strawberries in the center and sprinkle over them a mixture of fine bread crumbs sweetened, mixed with an egg and flavored with a little grated lemon peel. Roll up each dumpling and wrap in separate pieces of cheese cloth, tying tightly at each end to prevent escape of the juice, but leaving a little room for dumpling to swell. Steam them three-quarters of an hour and serve as soon as done with strawberry sauce. STRAWBERRY SAUCE. Put quarter of a cup of butter in a bowl and beat it to a cream; then beat in gradually half a cup of sugar. Beat until light and smooth. Crush twelve very ripe strawberries and beat into the sauce a little at a time. If the ber ries are tart sweeten them with pow dered sugar before adding to the sauce. If the sauce begins to curdle beat in more sugar. When done set on ice un til needed. STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE NO. 1. Make a rich, soft, baking powder bis cuit dough with a quart of flour. Bake in one or two square tins, patting the dough out about an inch thick in the pans. Bake in a. quick oven and when done trim the edges with a sharp knife and split the cake in two parts; spread with softened butter and crushed and sweetened berries. Pile one section on the other, put a layer of whipped cream on the top layer and garnish -with whole berries and serve while hot. STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE NO. 2. Make a sponge of a cup of rich milk or thin cream heated until lukewarm, a tablespoonful of liquid yeast and two scant cups of sifted flour. Cover and set to rise in a warm place. When very light add enough sifted flour to make a soft dough. Knead for fifteen or twenty minutes and then divide into two equal portions. Pat out into two cakes about half an inch in thickness, making the center a little thinner than the outside, so that when the cake is risen it will be even on top. Place in tins, cover and set in a warm place until the dough ia twice its original thickness. Bake in a quick oven. When done cover with crushed and sweetened berries and serve with cream, plain or whipped. STRAWBERRY AND GINGER BREAD SANDWICHES. These are somewhat new and novel. Bake the gingerbread in a round loaf pan if possible, so as to have the round slices without trimming. Cut the cake in slices as thin as possible without breaking. Spread with thick cream that has been whipped almost to butter and have a layer of ripe strawberries cut in half with a little lemon juice or wine placed in the center of each sandwich. STRAWBERRY SHRUB. When the berries are plentiful and cheap prepare this for future use. Hull twelve pounds of ripe berries, crush them and squeeze the juice through a cheesecloth. Put the juice in a preserving kettle with the strained juice of six large lemons and let it come to a boil and continue boiling fast for five minutes. Then add six pounds of sugar, stir until dissolved and boil six minutes longer. Take from .the fire and as it cools carefully remove all scum; when quite cold add one and one-half pints of brandy or whisky and put into perfectly clean bottles, cork tightly with new corks, seal and lay the bottles on their sides in a cool, dry, dark place. Inquiries Answered. H. P. H. writes: Will you have the kindness to tell me a remedy for bread loaves being hollow on top? We are baking entire wheat bread in round cans about four inches in diameter by tive inc hes in depth and the top comes out hollow and cuts in rings. HOLLOW LOAVES. It is probable that you allow your bread to get too light before baking. This would cause the loaf to have large holes at the top, particularly if sponge and dough were not beaten and worked well, leaving a coarse grain. Entire wheat bread dough must be allowed to stand as long as white bread, so do not allow it to quite double its bulk, and bake slower. The more you beat the batter the less Kneading- dough requires and whole wheat bread should not be kneaded too much. Whole wheat flour dough if made stiff enough to knead like white dough will be close and hard when baked and this may cause the crumb to separate from the crust. Beat the bat ter well, knead slightly, if at all, and mold while dough is somewhat sticky. You can cut and fold the dough, using a flexible knife or spatula, and this will take the place of kneading. Constipation, indigestion in all its forms and biliousness absolutely cured by use of Waconda, the best natural mineral water in the world. Write for descriptive and testimonial hnnklet. containing letters from many prominent people, some of whom you may know. Address Waconda Springs Bottling Co., Beloit, Kas. City Ticket Office. j Union Pacific R. R., .33 Kansas Ave. V; PdliLOOMJIEWS. II. S. Cable, New General Super intendent, Begins Duties. To Carry Out a Plan of Reor ganization. CONCENTRATE FORCES. Topeka Will Become Point of More Importance In the Management of Affairs West of liiver. H. S. Cable, the newly appointed gen eral superintendent of Rock "Island rail road lines west of the Missouri river has arrived in Topeka and has assumed the duties of his new position. Mr. Ca ble is the son of R. R. Cable, chairman of the board of the Rock Island and has for the past few years and until his appointment to be general superintend ent, been general manager of the Rock Island and Peoria railroad, a road own ed by his father and operated as a part of the Rock Island system. The installation of Mr. Cable to be general superintendent of the Rock Is land lines west of the Missouri river marks the beginning of a new epoch in the management of the western lines of that road which have grown so much in importance during the past few years. One plan of importance that is said to have been decided upon by the manage ment of the Rock Island is the gradual concentration of the forces of operating department and the general oversight of all the business of the lines west of the Missouri river at Topeka. These plans it is said embrace a plan to build a group of small erecting and repair shops at this point on the land recently acquired by the railroad near its bridge over the Kaw river. The lines of the Rock Island west of the river are developing and growing in volume of business a great deal faster than the lines east of the river. The re cent acquisitions to the lines west of the river and the extensions that have been made recently have changed the ap pearance of the map of the road to a wonderful extent and has opened up new fields, new problems and new- con ditions that will have to be met on a broader and wider scale than when a few- years ago the road was under an entirely -different management. The changes in the boundaries of the divisions thathave been announced in the southern territory of the road shows that other changes are contemplated in other sections. Announcements have been made that the main line in Okla homa has been divided into two divis ions where heretofore only one existed. The new division will lie between Enid, Ok., and Chickasha with W. H. Given of Trenton, Mo., as superintendent. Enid and Herington will constitute the other division to be' in charge of A. T. Ab bott. Another change that will be an nounced soon will be the defining of the boundaries of the Horton division to in clude the lines of the road between Kan sas City to Heringtort and Belleville and between Topeka and Horton to gether with the Salina branch. When this change becomes effective it is said the division headquarters will be remov ed from Horton to Topeka. This will be but the beginning of the plan of concentration at Topeki. The work will be carried out e-raduAlly but surely. The advantages of this arrange ment will be readily apparent. The railroad will have r.deiuar? often room he-fc and all the business of the western lines may be transacted here very read ily where the Topeka oftice is con venient to the Chicago office. The Rock Island having always had excellent treatment from the City of Topeka. is therefore on friendly terms with the city and is carrying out these plans for the mutual benefit of both the city and the railroad. From this date all the officers of the lines wes- of the river are endowed with authority to act in matters cover ing a wider scope than heretofore. General Manager Goodnow, who w-as in Topeka for a few hours last wreek, and who has returned to Chicago, is coming again to Topeka some time dur ing the latter part of this week when it is said ne will be in consultation with the various officers of the road here in regard to the plans of the reorganiza tion of the operating department of the road. Several weeks ago, when it was an nounced that the Rock Island had pur chased the Choctaw, Oklahoma Guif railroad it was rumored that it had also secured control of the Choctaw Northern, an independent line connect ed, however, with the former road. That the rumor was true is now known. The Choctaw, Oklahoma Gulf yester day filed notice with Secretary of State George A. Clark that it had purchased the Choctaw Northern and had al ready assumed charge of it. ThiSj of cours, pimply means that it has been trnnsferita to the Rock Island along with the Choctaw, Oklahoma Gulf. These two lines, together with its own road, g-ves the Rock Island control of some of the best territory in Oklahoma and makes it an especially strong com petitor for southwestern business STILL UNSETTLED. Owners of the Wiggins Ferry Still in Doubt. St. Louis. May 7. The contest for su premacy ifi the fight for control of the Wiggins Ferry property is still on be tween the Mercantile Trust company and the Mississippi Valley Trust com pany. The officers of the Mercantile Trust company, the agents of the Rock Island railroad, announce that there is no doubt that their company will ulti mately control the property. The stockholders who firr t delivered their Wiggins Ferry stock or assented to the Mercantile Trust c impany's of fer were called upon yesterday by legal representatives of the M -rcantile com pany, who traveled abort the city with A FOOD CURE FOR CONSTIPATION. Constipation is an lmost universal dis ease among civilized nations, due to con centrated and imperfectly cooked food. Mushes, milk, fine flour, bread and condi ments, added to sedentary habits, result in constipation. hemorrhoids. piles and other diseases of the rectum., requiring surgical operation. intestinal catarrh, headache, bilious attacks, nervous exhaus tion, insomnia, sleeplessness, auto-intoxication and paralysis. The remedy is the daily use of Toasted Wheat Flakes, sweet ened with Malt Honey. Each flake repre sents an entire wheat kernel, less the woody fibre, and contains all the life build ing gluten of the wheat. The raw starcli found in wheat and cracked wheat mushes is dextrinized by thorough cooking an.i toasting, making Toasted Wheat Flakes at once digestible and curing constipation and its attendant illsi. It is unfailing in its work. thousands of dollars in their posses sion, making tenders of the money. "It was a mere formality,"' said President Wade of the Mercantile company, "and if some of them did not accept it was nothing more than we expected. I am not saying, however, anything about who accepted or rejected our tender. I will say that the Rock Island has and will have control of the Wiggins Ferry company." James L. Blair, W. F. Evans of To peka, Kan., assistant general attorney of the Rock Island company, and others enjoyed the carriage rides about the city, tendering the cash for stock held by persons who had signed with the Mercantile Trust company. It was im possible to ascertain from the trust com pany or railroad representatives how much of the stock they absolutely con trolled, but Mr. Wade made the same claim he has adhered to ail along, that the Rock Island had control. M. A. Low, general attorney for the Rock Island: Judge Jacob Klein, coun sel for the Mercantile Trust company; Mr. Evans, his assistant; James L. Blair, and other attorneys were in and out of the trust company's offices dur ing the day. Mr. Low stated that the next move in a legal direction would probably be when the general trial is called early in June. He was of the opinion that the Chouteau stock would yet be put up at auction. The Rock Is land, through the Mercantile Trust com pany, would start the bidding at $L500 per share, but he would not state how high the company would go. CHOUTEAU HOLDS KEY TO SITU ATION. A little boy in St. Louis named August Chouteau seems to hold the Wiggins Ferry deal in the hollow if his hand. The purchase of the Wiggins Ferry is what the Rock Island comanpy has been trying to accomplish through the Mer cantile Trust company. Young Chouteau is an orphan 11 years old and a student at St. Louis univer sity. His father, Edward Chouteau, died a few years ago, and his mother passed away prior to that. She was a Miss Clark. The lad has made his home with his grandmother, Mrs. Peter L. Foy. on Lindell boulevard, just west of Grand avenue. His curators are the children of Mrs. Foy. He owns fifty shares of Wiggins stock, which he inherited at the death of his father. His grandfather, the late Peter L. Foy, was once presi dent of the Wiggins company. He was postmaster at St. Louis, also, under President Lincoln. WILL PICNIC JUNE 21. Santa Fe Shopmen Appoint Commit tees to Arrange Details. Saturday, June 21, has been desig nated as the date when the Topeka shop employes of the Santa Fe are to lay aside their tools and for one sum mer day forget the grime and smoke of the shops in their participation in the annual romp which has been ob served for a number f years. That much was determined by action of the general committee on shop excursion which held its meeting at the railroad Y. M. C. A. Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock. Most of the time was consumed in the choice and appointment of commit tees and a rurning discussion of what should be done in preparation for the event. In the election of officers for the general committee the result was as follows: diaries Cross, of the car sheds, chairman: James Cow-drey, ma chine shop, secretary; John Bauer, tin ner, treasurer. For arrangements, Mr. Cowdrey was made cnairman; Martin Reardon, fore man of a gantr ot laborers in the shops, secretary, and D. Alexander, black smith, treasurer. I. is this trio which will have the iak of fixing up the de tails lor the f: u.-fion, and according to the instructions from the general body they will go to the-cities of Kansas City, Atchison. St. Joseph and Leaven worth to ascertain what inducements those places can offer the excursionists. The active duties of this arrangements committee will begin next Friday mor ning, when they will meet the shop offi cials for a brief conference regarding the event, and later in the day they will go to the general offices to further the preparations. It was decided to get fig ures on the rates for transportation which the company would give to the places mentioned and afterward to post these around the shops where all the men may see them. Another committee of three was named to secure a programme of events for the day, as follows: Robert Wells. Sixth street yards; Bert Nichols, a boilermaker; and William Wilson, clerk to Round-house Foreman Deveny. NEW INTERLOCKING PLANT Rock Island to Build One at Dalhart, Texas. The Chicago. Rock Island Mexico railway will build an interlocking plant at its crossing with the Fort Worth Denver City railway at Dalhart. Tex. The interlocking machine will have 25 working levers. Try to Maintain Rates. Chicago. May 7. Executive officers of western roads met here today to dis cuss the rate situation. The Post to day says: The object of the meeting is to pre vent freight rates from going to pieces. Officially it is stated that rates are in no way threatened but are being main tained in strict conformity with the in junction of the federal court. As a mat ter of fact, since the injunctions were entered outward obedience has been rendered to the letter. However, when a road wants to secure a big shipment by cutting a rate a special schedule is filed with the interstate commerce com mission and the road is safe within the law. Since the injunctions were issued more than 600 such tariffs have been filed. It is said that these tariffs have been filed to take care of contracts ob tained before the issuance of the re straining orders, and that all such con tracts soon will be out of the way. ABOUT RAILROAD PEOPLE. Henry G. Anderson is a new storehouse employe. Brakeman Thomas Libby has been lay ins off a few days. Frank Benson, a tinner who has been in the east about a week, is home. Al Smith, a machinist, has lost two or three days, beinj? too sick to work. Johnnie O'Brien, a brother of Frank of the boiler shop, is seriously sick. William Heberer of the blacksmithing department has been off a day or two. Edward Moore, a helper on the big fire in the blacksmith shop, went home sick Tuesday. John Crawford was following the shop yard engine Tuesday, after a rest cf a wee I:. Engine 174, an eight wheel Brooks, has been put into the south shop for general repairs. Charles Cottman. an upholsterer, has lost two days and it is supposed that he is sicl;. Ernest Rhodes, a machinist apprentice, who has been out of service four days, is working again. John Cooper of the boiler shop has been detained from work on account of the ill ness of hia wife. There has been a big run of cattle from the south along the Manhattan branch recently. John Etzel of the blacksmith shop hurt his back on a lift Tuesday forenoon and had to turn in his card. James Black has been away from his desk in the office of General Storekeeper Hilton for a day or two. Charles Goulding, foreman of the east Catarrh Is Perhaps Responsible For It. PE-RU-NA CURES CATARRH AND INCREASES WEIGHT READ THIS CONGRESSMAN'S LETTER. ft. DC-CONGRESSMAN CHAS. R.TUEHE2 Of NEW VOCK. Hon. Charles H. Turner, 501 G. street Washington, r. C, is an Ex-Member of Congress from New York City two terms; was doorkeeper of the National House of representatives for fouryears; is a member of Tammany Hall, and is very influential in New York City. He writes: "I have used your remedy, Pe-ru-na, as a general tonic with satis factory results. I have many friends who have testified to its virtues, and fully believe you have a valuable remedy." C. li. TURNER. Mr. Jonathan F. Stark, Recorder of Scott county, Soottsburg. Tnd.. writes: "I was afflicted last fall with indiges tion and bronchitis until I only weighed 119 pounds. Knowing that something had to be done soon, I got a bottle of Peruna and took it, and have now taken side tinners, is working after an enforced absence of short duration. John Schwartz, a helper in the night ganc of the boiler shoy. has Quit here and will go to Needles, Cal. The rattler in the brass foundry was re ceiving treatment at the hands of the boilermakers Tuesday. Percv Crow, a laborer in the second story of the storehouse for a month, took his flight and his time Tuesday. Fred Ludington, who has been out of his place at the shops a few days on account of a bad hand, is able to be around. Pat Morgan i-s handling scrap iron in Graham's gang again after a brief lay off made necessary by his wife's sickness. Considerable freight for the use of the American armv in the Philippines has been moving over the Santa, Fe lines lately. Alvan Klias, a clerk in the freight office of the Santa Fe at Kmporia, has been transferred to the North Topeka depot of the company. j Frank O'Brien's baseball nine from the boiler shop has a game signed for the first 1 of the week with the team from Sixth j street. Fred Syler. a member of Jenks' gang in the east shop, has returned from Denver, Col., where he has been for about two j weeks. Oscar M. Wilson, clerk in the office of j Foreman Miller of the machine shop, is at his post of duty after a brief sick lay j off. Two of the boilers to be used on the I furnaces of the new blacksmith shop have been placed and the shell for the third has been rolled. It is fairlv definitely settled now that the division offices and the storekeepers will be able to get together in a baseball game a week from the coming Saturday. Resident Kngineer Meade of this place has an article in the late number of the Roadmaster and Foreman on a method of building masonry in place of old trestles. Flovd Newberrv, a truck worker in the sheds, who has lost three weeks, will not be drawing his pay for some time longer, as he is still too sick to report for duty. The wife and daughter of Fngineer 'Cappv" Sharp accompanied by Miss Byrd L,ee of this place, left Tuesday for Kansas City to attend the musical festival there this week. "Ooudv and cool, with a good rain gen erally over the division," was the gratify ing wav in which the local weather re port of the Santa Fe disposed of matters Friday. Pat Donovan, who went to Pittsburg. Pa., about ten days ago to attend the air brake convention, is in charge of the workmen in that corner of the machine shci). Frank Guv of the engineers force here, has returned to Topeka after an absence in Kansas Citv, going over the work in connection with the new freight house there. Locomotive lo&t, which has been loaned to the Chicago Alton for a week's test on that line between Kansas City and Slater. Mo., made its first trip east Mon day evening. Conductor Stafford, who runs out of Osage City, has asked for and been grant ed a leave of absence for a few days. A. O'Byrne has been .sent down to take his place. Andrew Fairchild. an Emporia Santa Fc employe, who recently returned to that place from the Topeka hospital, has gone to Knnsas City for a short time. He was a sufferer from typhoid fever while here. As a part of the new shop plant which the S:i nta Fe is building in Topeka. the superintendent of the same will be given a structure for his office and corps of clerks. It will be about 30 by 50 feet in dimensions. Byron E. Davis, a machinist who has b en laid up in the hospital so long that he has almost forgotten what the shop looks like, is better and in a short time will probably be about again. V. J. Black, general passenger agent' for the Santa Fe, is in Albuquerque, N. M., preparing for a new time card which is to go into 'effect on the western lines of the Santa Fe. Charles Nichols has gone to repairing cars in the freight sht-ds after a long time spent in George G-rberick's air brake gang. The transfer was voluntarv with hi:v- Rev. F. W. Emerson, who has been lec turing in the interests of the state tem perance union several months, will speak at the coach shop meeting Thursday noon. Prof. Wilcox conducted a meeting there this noon hour. At Marceline, Mo., enough rain had fallen up to this morning to furnish the Santa Fe reservoir at that place with a supply of water which would last until nearly two months. Water trains have b- en run into that division for a long time. Elmer Jacquay. according to reports in Topeka. is to auit his job as boss boiler maker for the Santa F at Raton. N. M., to take a similar place with another road. He was an employe of that department here about ten years ago. A plant has been located at Stockton, MPS NG 1 m I n It ft) hut iff''' O 1 SLJ twenty bottles. After taking the first bottle I gained four pounds, and I kept on gaining at about that rate until I weighed 140 pounds, and am still taking Peruna. It is all right for persons af flicted as I was." JONATHAN P. STARK. Cal., lately for the manufacture of win dow glass, the Santa Fe industrial depart ment being instrumental in getting it started. It supplies the product which formerly came from Belgium. With the return of John Neiswender to the sheet iron gang Tuesday morning, that force was complete in numbers for the first time within the last five weeks. There has been- considerable sickness among the boys in. this department lately. Eight boilermakers are wanted on the western lines of the Santa Fe four at Raton. N. M., and four at La Junta, Col. There is a great demand for mechanics all over the country and the man who has a trade can find -work on almost any western road. Willian E. Symons, newly appointed mechanical superintendent of the Gulf. Colorado and Santa Fe lines, has retired from his position of superintendent of mo tive power for the Plant system at Savan nah, Ga.. and is now in. control of affairs at Cleburne. Tex. Peter Butler, who used to have a place in the roundhouse, is manufacturing the rolls and keeping the metal used on the new water line in a liquid state. Peter Cart has the supervision of the job and it is figured that it will consume more than a month's time. Frank Warren, timekeeper for the Santa Fe at East yard, near Point Richmond. Cal., and for a long time holding a simi lar position for the company at San Ber nardino shops, has resigned. Be has been in the service a long time and from reports in the western papers is a man of much popularity on the coast lines. A. T. Parfitt. foreman of the Topeka boiler shop, has contributed to the May number of the Railway Journal an article on the use of pneumatic tools on ra il roads, referring especially to the pneu matic sledge hammer of which he is the inventor. With it three man can accom plish what it formerly took six. Charles Wincheck. general foreman of the Santa Fe Pacific shops at Ai buquer que, K. M.. has resigned to take a division superintendency for the Mexican Central out of the City of Mexico. Mr. Wincheok has seen service for the Santa Fe at To peka, Fort Madison and Streator and has held the foremanship at Albuquerque for about four yeare. C. A. Rhodes, who has been inspecting stock cars which the Santa Fe is buying of the American Car and Foundry com pany at Terre Haute, Ind.. is in Topeka. With him is also L. C. Broberg, who has been holding the same position, and it is understood that the two will not return there until sufficient material is at hand for the factory to run full time. Six cars of saw dust have been shipped from the planing mill to Argentine to be used in covering the ice wrhich was left exposed by the tire last week. The con tents of the house is being boarded up and covered in a way that will give it, all the protection possible from the elements. Much damage to it resulted from the wa ter used in extinguishing the fire. Frank Thomas, who was lately relieved from the posit ion of inspector of new lo comotives which the Santa Fe was having built at the Baldwin works in order that he might be given a better position with m (uOiirociOiiiOt ATER BUGS, CROTON i and die. leavinsr no odor, as bodies. It has been in general use in houses, stores, hotels, factories, offices, public buildings, etc. for 25 years. Absolutely guaranteed. Crliir Substitutes and Imitation ro worthies. iuUUGn m Imist STEARNS' tLECTKIC; take OMoissg else. -25 cents a box at Druggists and Grocers or sent direct by Express prepaid. STEARNS' ELEGTEIO PASTE CO., CMsags, Ills. IT Hon. T. T. Markland, a well-known business man of Cincinnati, O., writea from 3100 Woodburn avenue, as follows:- "I find that in rny case Peruna is a flesh builder. I am now at work every day, and have gained ten pounds. I took your Peruna according to direc tions, and the result was more than I expected. I can now breathe with ease, and also my cough is stepped. I had it for six months before I took down with the grip. I took no other medicine but Peruna, and it s.ceomplished all. You told me in your first letter that Peruna would cure me and it has. I am seventy three years old and can attend to my work and business as usual." T. T. MARKLAND. LOSS OF FLESH. What Medical Authorities Say as to the Danger Line. Some of the best medical authorities say that if a person loses one-third vt his weight, that the system will not have power enough left to ever recuper ate. That is to say, if a man or woman who weighs 150 pounds in health should, for any cause, be reduced to 100 pounds, they could not recover, but would short ly die. This fixes the danger line at 1-3 per cent. Some say the per cent is a little higher, and some say it is a little lower. Hut this estimate is proo ably nearly correct. Are you losing flesh? If so, do you not know that it is not only foolish but dangerous? You need not continue to lose flesh another day if you will use the proper remedies. Peruna is a great flesh producer. It i through the mucous membranes of the body that all the nutrition must be ab sorbed. If the mucous membranes are healthy, the ioss of flesh is rapidly re stored. Peruna produces healthy membranes. Unhealthy mucous membranes is known as catarrh. Catarrh may be slight fir severe. Peruna always cures catarrh wherever located. Catarrh of any of the vital organ leads to loss of flesh. The catarrh may be so slight as to give no other warning save the loss of flesh. Any one who is losing flesh for no apparent reason, can be sure that catarrh is at the bottom of it. Peruna is sure to cure such cases. If you do not derive prompt and satis factory results from the use of Peruna, write at once to Dr. Hartman, giving a full statement of your case and he wilL be pleased to give you his valuable ad vice gratis. Address Dr. Hartman, President of The Hartman Sanitarium, CiIumbu3, Ohio. the company, will perform many of the duties which formerly belonged to Ben Johnson, engineer of tests, now superin tendent of machinery for the Mexican Cen tral. It is probabie that two of the heavy Dickson locomotives will be assigned to service on the California limited between Topeka and Fort Madison, la., and in such a case 458 and 433 will likely be the ones. The reason given is that the heavy motive power is too much for the track on that rart of the line and as the Dickson are not so great in weight as the new Baldwins it is believed they will be an improvement. L. E. Reed, representing the Illinois Car. and Equipment company of Chicaco. in town Tuesday looking after the delivery to his firm of engine z$Xi, which was sold by the Santa Fe a few days ago. Mr. Reed returned east in the afternoon and it was expected that .the locomotive would go out during the night. It has been do ing service in Leavenworth for a while. The 2199. another smal yard llocomotive. was also bought by the same company a few days ao. Railroad men coming in from the Chi cago division report the track as lu-ing somewhat soft as a result of the recent heavy rains along that line. There "nave been two soakers there within the last few days, and though they seem to be the tirs that have been experienced in many moons, they have drenched everything. Reports from there Tuesdav indicated that still more was coming, too. as when tn through trains left there in the morning the precipitation was particularly heav. Engineer B. W. Ghent has written this paper that he is not yet dead. There have been so many strong rumors among the people whom Ghent counted as his friend to the effect that he had been the victim of a frightful accident, that it is only a wonder the story has not received wider circulation than it has. All possible nit-ariH have been used to ferret out the truth, and it is only to be regretted that Giv-nt, or those in touch with him, did not tuk the trouble to have the matter righted long before now. Members of the Kansas City Commercial club occupied a special train of one bag gage car. one coach and two chair earn which moved over the cut off branch, leaving that city this morning at The first stop was at Ola the. where an hour and a half was spent. At Emporia th" ex cursionists stopped two and a half hours. Newton will be reached at 6 p. m.. where they will stay for the ni&ht. The remain der of the it inerary includes visit s to Pittsburg, CofTey ville and 1 ndep-ndence, returning to Kansas City at y:3u p. m. May in. Edward Munier. foreman of the rod gang in the machine shoo, has accepted a por tion wit h t he mechanical depa rt merit of the St. Louis ami San Francisco road at Spring(Hld. Mo. The place which he will get there has not been mentioned, but he says it is something better than he has been holding with the Santa Fe at To peka. He will leave the latter part1 of th1 month for that city. Munier is considered an excellent mec hanic and came to t w company here 12 years ago a frr ha vmg put In much time in eastern railroad ana contract shcs. r. Jt T EL fe BUGS, and all other Vermin eat 4 tkM' Ik f T. 9 I one insredient dries tia their

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A TOPEKA STAT35 JOITRNAL, WEDNESDAY EVENING. MAY 7, 1902. Jilt IlWL. HT FRANK P. MAC LENNAN, VOLUME XXIX No. 109 TEHMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Daily edition, delivered by carrier. 10 rents a week to any part of Topeka or suburbs, or at the same price in any Kansas town where the paper has a car rier system. i--y maii, one year liy mail, three months j v..K,v edition, one year Saturday edition of daily one year 1.00 IKntered Julv 1. .'.575, as second class matter at the postoffice at Topeka, Kan., under the act of eonsresa.1 TELEPHONES. Office Bell 'phone 107 Busmss Office Ind. 'phone 107 2 Reporte"' Room Bell 'phonetj7 Importers' Room .Ind. 'phona PERMANENT HOME. Topeka State Journal building. SW ana f'ffi Kansas avenue, corner of Kignth. NEW TORK OFFICE,: 211 Vanelerbllt Bidg. spaul Block. Mgr. CHICAGO OFFICE: lMu Unity Bids. Paul Block, Mgr. CP T22 AS30SLT3 PRE S3. The State Journal Is a member of the Associated Presa and receives tne full aay telegraph report of that great news or ganization for exclusive aftarnoon publi cation in Topeka. The news is received in the State Jour nal building over wires for this sole pur pose, busv through the entire day. A complete copy of the night report is also received. Fitzsimmons frankly admits that there Is no hope for Jeffries. In selecting a candidate for the presi dency the Democrats might go farther vhan Topeka and fare much worse. Of course a Kansas soldier would not view the water cure with bo much loathing as would one from Kentucky. Slowly but surely approaches that dreadful 20th of May when Tho.ma3 Estrada Palma la expected to go to work. Eecent developments tend to the con viction that we are in the Philippines for the purpose of pumping water Into the natives. Anyway, it doesn't matter whose prayers brought the rain. Everyone is devoutly thankful and there la water enough for all. Now is the time- for the consumers to organize a trust and put down the price of meat and that of anything else that is sold at exorbitant figures. Now that Senator Burton has decided not to "embarrass" the president by further opposition to H. Clay Evans, it Is confidently expected the confirmation of the ex-eommissioner will go forward. Patrons of the theater at Louisville, Ky., have succeeded In preventing the appearance of any "Uncle Tom" show In that city in the future by means of petition and the boycott. The plan would not be a bad one to try on gome shows that visit Topeka. "When it comes to standing up In a competitive examination the "sons of their fathers" stand no better show than do sons of other people. Young Sampson and young Philip both failed recently in an effort to get into the naval academy although duly appoint ed by the president. iioraisTBDS. Choice of Illinois Republicans For U. S. Senator. Springfield, 111., May 7. Already there are a number of delegates on the ground to attend the Republican state conven tion which meets tomorrow. The action of Cook county convention yesterday in endorsing Chris Mamer for supreme court clerk and Fred Busse for state treasurer, is regarded as conclusive as to these offices, although the sentiment Is strong among the country delegates against giving both offices to Cook county. In regard to senatorship situa tion, it is conceded by practically every body today that the convention will en dorse Hopkins. Congressman Cannon will be tempor ary chairman of the convention. DEATH OF MILS. KELLAM. Pioneer Kansas Woman Suceutbs After Long Illness. Mrs. Julia Smith Kellam, wife of Geo, M. Kellam, died at her home, 909 West Tenth avenue, at 7 o'clock last night, after a loig: illness with consumption. Mrs. Keliam was born at Iraaburg, Vt, June 29. 1S33. She leaves a hus band, Geo. M. Kellam, and daughter, May. Mr. and Mrs. Kellam were married i?i Vermont in 1857, and came to To peka the same year. Mr. Kellam pre empted a farm on the present site of Oakland, and later removed to Kieh land. At the beginning of Mrs. Kel lam's illness last year they moved into town. Funeral services will be held at the residence, 909 West Tenth avenue, at 3 p. m. Thursday. SALISBURY BIIACES UP. Eia Speech e Pessimistic in Tone Than Formerly. London, May 7. The premier, Lord Salisbury, as president of the annual grand habitation of the Primrose league, at Albert hal!, today spoke to an immense audience, in a much less pessimistic vein than when he was last heard in public. He congratulated the league on the staunch support given to Conservative governments, one result ot which was that Great Britain was now supreme in Egypt, while with re gard to Ireland the country need no longer fear the "insane, suicidal pro jects of imperial disruption supported by many of the opposition statesmen." He said the government had not re ceded an iota from Its previous peace terms to the Boers. $20,000,000 Represented. Chicago, May 7. The fourth annual convention of the National Slack Coop erage Manufacturer' association was in session today at the Great Northern hotel. All the manufacturers of staves snd heads for sugar and flour barrels are included in the association, both those of the United States and Canada. The association represents capital of lisi ELI Si ATE UNIONS TAKE A HANI). Various Delegations Visit the Text Boole Commission. The American Book company is. being fought by the labor unions. The text book com mission granted a committee of the local allied trades union compos ed of representatives from the printers, pressmen, binders, eleetrotypera and stereotypers, a hearing at 2 o'clock this afternoon. This committee working under In structions from the National and Inter national executives of these unions are making an effort to induce the members of the text book commission to select books for use in Kansas that are made by union labor. The National and International execu tives have made similar efforts in other states against non-union publishers and in the fight in Kansas the rub comes with the American Book company, a non-union publishing company. The letting of the schoolbook con tracts in Kansas has attracted the at tention of the unions throughout the country and the executive officers have requested the Topeka and Kansas un ions to take action to prevent the let ting of any contracts to any but union manufacturers. In addition to the resolutions which have been addressed to the several members of the commission by the unions, most of the members of the commisbion have been visited person ally by committees representing the unions in the Immediate vicinity of the residence of each member of the com mission. Fully fifty or more trades councils of the state have taken up the matter and are assisting in the fight for the selec tion of union labor made books. At the hearing before the commission this afternoon the local committee re iterated the representations made pre viously by the other committees to the members individually, and enlarged upon the arguments. Attention was called to the numerous acts of the legislature directed to the securing of just compensation and fair conditions for working people. Par ticular reference was made to the eight hour law and the creation of the State Society of Labor and Industry. EMERSON WOULDN'T LEATE Topefea Preacher Says He "Was Ordered Out of "Warn ego. Rev. F. W. Emerson says he was or dered out of the town of Wamego re cently. The trouble that resulted In the order for him to leave town was caused by his address made at Wamego in which he denounced the officials of the city administration for violating their oath of office and allowing joints to run. The address stirred up the officials, and the next day the marshal and Mr. Emerson had a spirited conversation on the street. The marshal ordered the lecturer out of town, and Mr. Emerson strongly Intimated his intention of get ting out when he got ready. He informed the offended official that he had come to Wamego to deliver a series of addresses, and that he had one more to give, and that he intended to stay in town until his errand should be accomplished. He invited the marshal to attend the remaining meeting and to bring the mayor and council along to hear some thing more about the city administra tion. Mr. Emerson Is in Topeka this week. He will speak to the men at the car shops tomorrow noon, and will deliver an address at the annual convention of the State Temperance union in the Au ditorium on Friday. His subject then will be "The Best Form of Local Tem perance Organization." Mr. Emerson is state lecturer of the temperance union. HOAR'S CANAL BILL Massachusetts Senator Intro daces Entirely New One. Washington, May 7. Senator Hoar today introduced a new isthmian canal bill, leaving to the president the selec tion cf a route. The bill is brief, mere ly providing that "it shall be the duty of the piesident of the United States, as soon as the same can economically and conveniently be done, to cause to be excavated and constructed a canal of such depth and channel as will be sufficient for the movement of ships of the greatest tonnage and draft now in use and such as may be reasonably anticipated, from the Atlantic to the Pacific, by such route as may be se lected by him, having satisfied himself of the right of the United States to con struct and protect such canal." The president also is directed to have harbors constructed at both ends of the canal and he Is given authority "to em ploy such agencies and obtain such ad vice as he shall find necessary," Authority is given to the president to determine the terms on which foreign countries .-nay use the canal. The ag gregate cost of the canal is fixed at $180,000,000 and ten million dollars Is appropriated for the beginning of the work. Will Sign Oleo Bill. Washington, May 7. All doubt of the president's intention in regard to the feigning of the oleomargarine bill, was removed today, when he said he would give if his approval either today or to morrow. Peace is Probable, London, May 7. The wife of Gen. Lu cas Meyer, the commander of the Or ange Free State forces, who is in this country, received a cable message from her husband yesterday saying that peace in South Africa was probable. Hood's Sarsaparllla Has won success far beyond the effect f advertising only. The secret of ita wonderful popular ity is explained by ita unapproachable Merit. Based upon a prescription which cured people considered incurable, Hood's Sarsaparilla Unites the best-known vegetable rem edies, by 6uch a combination, propor tion and process as to have curative power peculiar to itself. Its cures of scrofula, eczema, psori asis, and every kind of humor, as well as catarrh and rheumatism prove Hood's Sarsaparllla the best blood purifier ever produced. Its cures of dyspepsia, loss of appe tite and that tired feeling make it the greatest stomach tonic and strength restorer the world has ever known. Hood's Sarsaparllla Is a thoroughly good medicine. Begin to take it TODAY. Get HOOD'S." Endless Chain Fake Insurance Scheme in Kansas. An Alluring Circular to En trap the Unwary. HAS NO AUTHORITY. Company Has No License and Affairs a Secret. Mr. Church Turns Matter Over to Government, What appears on the surface to be a first class combination of an endless chain insurance graft was today brought to the attention of WT. V. Church, su perintendent of insurance, and Mr. Church is taking steps to investigate it. It is known as the American Assurance association, and its circular states that its head offices are at Newton, Kan. The same mail this morning brought two inquiries from different parts of the state, and each inquirer enclosed a cir cular setting forth the plan of the con cern. The parties making the inquiries wanted to know if the company is re liable and if it is authorized to trans act business by the insurance depart ment. The circulars contain no names of in dividuals whatever. A hasty glance at the circular reveals only that the name of the company is the American As surance association of Newton, and that it proposes to do big things for its mem bers. Each member is required to pay in a membership fee of two dollars and two dollars a month thereafter for six months. At the end of this time his contract or "policy" matures. A hasty reading of the circular leads one to be lieve that "'when the policy matures the member receives fifty dollars, but on closer reading he finds that the company agrees to pay back his twelve dollars and his proportion of what has accum ulated from lapses, but in no case shall he receive more than fifty dollars. The circular lays great stress on lapses. It presents a table to prove that 64 per cent of all persons who take out policies in old-line insurance companies allow their policies to lapse, and it repre sents that this is where the insurance companies make their money. It states that the same ratio of lapses can be expected in this company, but the mem bers who keep up their payments will reap the benefit of the lapses. The two dollars membership fee pays the "company" for doing the business. Of course, every man who gets into it believes that he can easily pay two dollars a month for six months, and he will not be the one who will lapse. But it is in the endless chain feature that the principal graft lies, and this is not brought out prominently in the cir cular. A careful reading shows that when a member joins he is sent a cer tificate of membership and three blank applications for new members, "and is authorized and agrees" to get three new members who will carry out the requirements of members in other words, they will pay in their fourteen members and each of them will get three new members to do the same thing. The circular does not say so, but the indications are that if one of the three fails to perform his contract it lapses the man who got him to be come a member. It would appear on the surface as though this would allow the "company" to pay each man at least $36, provided all of the three members procured by him carried out their contracts, and if any one of them failed to do so the com pany would not be obliged to pay the policy. This would protect the concern from becoming heavily Involved when the membership begins to fall off, and it Is apparently sure of its two dollars membership fee from each member. Superintendent Chureh says he river heard of "the concern until this morn ing, and that it has no authority from his department to transact business. He also ascertained from the office of the secretary of state that it is not incorporated in Kansas and has no au thority as a foreign corporation to do business in the state. He thinks it has violated the postal regulations, and he therefore forwarded one of the circulars sent him to the postoffice authorities for an investigation. In the meantime he will investigate the company in Kan sas and try to ascertain who is run ning it. The circulars received bv Superin tendent Church bear the imprint of the Newton Kansan. and it is therefore supposed that Newton parties are at the head of it. UNION MEETING TONIGHT. Homeopathic and Eclectic Medical Societies' Union Session. The Kansas Homeopathic Medical so ciety began the thirtv-fourth annual meeting at the Y. M. C. A. rooms this afternoon. The society will be in session until Friday night. The session this after noon will be the opening business meeting. Tonight at S o'clock there will be a union meeting at Security hall of the Eclectic and Homeopathic societies presided over by Dr. Lowrey. The music, will be furnished by the Ad Astra quar tette and Mrs. W. B. Swan. Dr. Finley Eilingwood, of Chicago, will deliver an address. The meeting is open to the public. THEY SAW ROOSEVELT. Congressman Long Introduces J. II. Simpson and Others. Washington, May 7. Congressman Long today called at the White house and presented to the president Mr. James M. Simpson of McPherson, Kan.; C. F. Biddle of Wrichita, and E. F. Prescott of Topeka, and J. K. Beau champ of Enid, O. T. Mr. Simpson is collector of interna! revenue for the district of Kansas, 'jlr. Biddle is a deputy United States mar shal for Kansas, and Mr. Prescott also formerly held a similar position. Mr. Biddle and Mr. Prescott recently brought some ineane federal prisoners east from the federal prison at Leaven worth, to be treated in the federal hos pital for the insane here. Reser Out of Quarantine. The family of R. Reser. at 707 High land avenue, was released from quar antine for smallpox today. It was xn Mr. Reser's family the disease was dis covered after three members of the family had the disease. Mr. Reser sajs he did not know he had the disease. Breaks Fee Record. The office of the secretary of state broke the record in the matter of fees during the month of April. The fees for the month just closed amounted to $1. 7S9. They include the fees for applica tions for charters not the regular char ter fee?, which are paid directly to the state treasurer and t10 fees for com missions as notaries public. OLITICS BREWING, Club Women Take a Day Off and Go to Long Beach. Los Angeles, May 7. Politics will be brewing all day for instead of making motions at business sessions the con vention was dismissed for a compli mentary all-day excursion to Long Beach, tendered the visitors by the local biennial board. The surprise of the club women's convention was the report of the nom inating committee, as follows: For president, Mrs. Demies T. S, Den ison cf New York. First vice president, Mrs. Robert J, Burdette of California. Second vice president, Mrs. Emma Fox of Michigan. Recording secretary, Mrs. W. T. Coad of South Dakota. The nominating committee of forty women who were sworn to greater sec recy than at any previous biennial, tried to give out the impression this morning that the report published was slightly wrong. The information, which came from three sources, is absolutely re liable as far as it goes. The placing of Mrs. Burdette as first vice president pleased a large majority of club women. It is likewise the pre vailing sentiment that the promotion of Mrs. Fox from recording secretary to the second vice presidency Is merited. The nominating committee met at 5 o'clock at the women's club house and did not conclude their deliberations un til 10:30, an intermission being arranged for dinner. The utmost secrecy was ob served, the doors and windows being bolted, while a boy was placed outside as guard. The committee was called to order by Mrs. Fox as recording secre tary of the federation and when the committee decided on a permanent chairman in Mrs. Barnes of Kentucky, Mrs. Fox excused herself. The first question considered was whether there should be but one ticket. CUBAN BILL PISSED. Provides a Salary of 812,000 a Year For Squires. Washington, May 7. W7hen the sen ate convened today Mr. Cullom, chair man of the foreign relations committee, reported favorably a bill making ap propriations for the diplomatic and con sular service of the United States in the republic of Cuba. The salary of the minister was fixed at $12,000. Mr. Spooner (Wis.) offered an amend ment appropriating not exceeding $2,000 a year for the rental of a proper lega tion residence in Havana. It was agreed to. As amended the bill was passed. Mr. Hawley, chairman of the commit tee on military affairs, reported the army appropriation bill. Mr. Culberson (Tex.) inquired wheth er the secretary of war had responded to his resolution of the 1st instant con cerning the orders of General. Bell and General Smith. When informed that no response had been received, he offered a resolution directing the secretary of war to send to the senate copies of all orders, instructions, letters and cable grams relating to reconcentration in the Philippines and also copies of all orders, instructions, letters and cablegrams re lating to the order o Brigadier General Jacob B. Smith to Major L. W. T. Wal ler. Mr. Lodge said that as a resolution of which the above was an amplification, had been passed only five days ago, he would ask that the resolution go over. It was so ordered. Consideration of the Philippine gov ernment bill was then resumed and Mr. McComas (Md.) addressed the senate in support of the measure. DEFENDS FUNSTON. The benefit provided in the pending bill, he said, was being obstructed by the minority of the senate, the mem bers of which confined their speeches to denunciations of the army. He said that all humane men deplored the ad ministration of the water cure by Americans, but he insisted it was not patriotic to clutch at every charge made against our army. He made a warm defense .of General Funston and paid a high tribute to his courage and patriotism. Mr. McComas paid a high eulogium to President McKinley, President Roose velt and Secretary Root. He said: "Blind partisans abuse them; pessi mists decry their work; cynics sneer, idealists revile and timid souls de nounce them as untrue to liberty. But all of them are forceful and masterful men of whom the nation has reason to be proud." IN THE HOUSE. Washington, May 7. Some routine business was transacted at the opening of the session of the house today. The senate amendment to the bill to au thorize municipalities in the Indian Ter ritory with 20,000 inhabitants or over to issue bonds, was agreed to. A bill was passed to change the terma of the district court within the First judicial district. Mr. Sherman (N. Y.) called up the conference report on the Indian appro priation bill. STATEHOOD BILL CALLED UP. Washington, May 7. The house this afternoon took up the omnibus terri torial bill which provides enabling acts for the admission of the territories of Arizona. New Mexico and Oklahoma to statehood. Mr. Knox, chairman of the committee on territories, took the floor in support of the bill. WANTS A DIPLOMA. J. P. Sit el ton Sues Kansas Med ical College For One. A mandamus suit was filed in the su preme court this afternoon against the Kansas Medical college by 3. P. Shel ton a medical student, asking the court to compel the college to issue him a diploma and give the degree of M. D. The entire faculty and board of trus tees are made defendants in the suit. Shelton alleges that he had an under standing with the college whereby ho should attend for a three months' term and receive a diploma. He says he has gone the three months and has passed a satisfactory examination in all branches in the college, yet he, is still refused the diploma. A very enjoyable evening is promised May 9, Orphans' home benefit concert, at the First Congregational church. Only 20 cents. C3 3 O XT X m Boars the The Kind You Have Always Bought oa-?x-. Bean th The Kind You Havi Always Boalt j m o s-1 a Bean the Iha Kind You to Aiwavs BcagM Signature of i.; f iff 4 Ito i -"Vi B"TEAUTY Is only the result of pure blood coursing through a ruddy cheek J of clear, bright eyes, showing the sparkle of health. A woman's features may be irregular if the glow of health is in her face. But a well formed mouth emitting a foul breath, eyes that have lost their luster, cheeks scarred by lines of suf fering show the parts that health and sick ness play. Thousands of women are hag gard and unlovely today because female suffering is dragging out their very lives. Disordered menstruation causes aggravated cases of falling of the womb, leucorrhoea and other female illness so fatal to woman kind. Suppressed menses hold the waste matter in the body and the blood becomes impure. Profuse menstruation saps the body of its strength. Wine of Cardui in stitutes a regular flow, throwing off the impurities from the blood and stopping all wasting drains. The terrible bearing- down pains are the result of irregular menses and Wine of Cardui will banish them completely. NO HELP TO LABOR. Redaction of Cuban Sugar Duty Would Help Planters Only. Washington, May 7. Manuel Ronda, a sugar broker, testified before the sen ate committee on relations with Cuba today. He said he bought more sugar for the independent refiners than for the trust. He said Germany fixed the price of sugar. In February and March there was a reduction on Cuba sugars below the Hamburg price because the supply is greater than the demand. The Cuban seller would receive all the benefit of a reduction of duty by the United States, he said. If no reduction was made, there might be a panic in Cuba as those who might have made advances on su gar would call in their loans. George E. Bryson, commissioner of deeds of Havana, testified that many large and small plantations in Cuba are owned by Americans. As a rule the Spaniards control the sugar production by holding mortgages on plantations. Bryson also said that the peons or colo nos who grow the sugar on the planta tions would not derive any benefit from an increase in the price of sugar. MASSESFOR HIS SOUL Funeral Services Over Remains of Archbishop Corrigan. New York, May 7. Masses for the repose of the soul of Archbishop Cor rigan were said today at St. Patrick's cathedral and were largely attended. The 6 o'clock masses were celebrated by the Rev. Father Lavelle, rector of the cathedral, and the Rev. Father Daly. At 7 o'clock the Rev. Geo. W. Corrigan, a brother of the dead archbishop, and Bishop McQuaid, of Rochester, offi ciated; and at S o'clock the Rt. Rev. Ignatius Sanchez de Oca, the bishop of San Luis Potosi, and the Rev. Father McAleer, of the cathedral clergy, were the celebrants. Later in the morning the body of the archbishop was carried into the cathedral and placed at the head of the center aisle and just in front of the altar. The head was placed toward the altar and was ele vated, so that the mourners could see the face of the dead prelate when half way down the center aisle. A philIfwilpolicy. Report That the President Fa vors One Like the Cuban. Cincinnati, May 7. The Washington correspondent of the Commercial Tri bune says: President Roosevelt is expected soon to publicly outline his policy toward the Philippines. It probably will not come in a message, but in some form which gives it an authoritative charac ter. The principal objections which the Democrats and others have to the present Philippine civil goveijiiuent bill is that it leads to nowhere. It is entire ly provisional and does not look beyond the needs of a fiscal year. It is expect ed that the president will tell what he thinks should be done for the islands. One who is in a position to speak with some definite knowedge as to what is in the president's mind, informs the writer that it is his intention to say that as rapidly as possible the Philip pines are to be placed in the same in dependent position as Cuba. That the government which we are now estab lishing is to be used as the basis of an insular republic, w-hieji will be given various degrees of independence as fast as the natives can accept the responsi bilities. STANLEY ON TOUR. Governor Accompanies Kansas City, Kansas, Commercial Club. Governor Stanley went to Kansas City last night to join the Commercial club of Kansas City, Kan., in it "sun shine trip" through southeastern Kan sas. All of the state officers were in vited to go with the club, and a num ber of them intended to do so, but none of the others could get away. The club left Kansas City this morn ing, going over the Santa Fe- "cut-off" to Emporia. II Miss May Marl-ell Society Belle of London, ?roiac of Ontario, Can ad a. Miss Harkell, of London, Ontario, Can ada, is a beautiful girl who knows what suffering is ad Wine of Cardui has brought her back to health. She is one of tht social favorites of her home and her recovery to health has permitted her to en joy the company of her many friends in stead of lying on a bed ef sickness and suffering. For the health she now enjoys sha gives credit to Wine of Cardui. She writes: I have found 'Wine of Cardui an excel lent remedy for female trouble. I suffered for three years with terrible bearing-down pains at the menstrual period, f could hardly stand on my feet and was never real welL 'Wine of Cardui was the only medi ciae that I could depend oa to do me any good, as I tried several with no success. Wine of Cardui cured me and I have cow enjoyed perfect health for two years, and give you all the credit for I know you de serve it." Wine of Cardui is the only medicine thousands of women can depend on because in their trials of pain and distress it is the only medicine that brought them relief. For a young girl it is the best remedy to guide her over the shoah of womanhood by starting the menstrual flow in a healthy and natural manner. Menstruation started right is very easy to keep regular through the years of mature--womanhood. Then the "change of life"; need not be feared. Thus Wine of Cardui is woman's best re lief from youth to old age. Wine of Cardui not only prevents female troubles but it cures the most obstinate cases when they are deeply seated. Miss Markell's experience with Wine of Cardui is enough to give any woman confidence La-Q--1,N 1 1 ii Li, r AUDITORIUM Tuesday Evening, May 13th, Topeka Commandery No. 5, Knights Templar, WILL GIVE A VAUDEVILLE ENTERTAINMENT AND BAND CONCERT BY MARSHALL'S FULL BAND OF SIXTY PIECES Admission 25 Cents AdvanceSala of Seats at Stansfield's Drug Store. 1 TEMPERANCE WORKERS. State Union Will Be in Session Tomorrow. The annual convention of the Kansas State Temperance union begins at the Au ditorium tomorrow and continues during Friday. All the sessions will be held at the Auditorium and a large number of temperance workers from all parts of the state, and particularly Topeka, will be in attendance. The following ia the pro gramme: THURSDAY, MAY 83:30 P. M. Call to order by President T. P. Garver. Music, singing "America," by the audi ence. Prayer by Rev. H. A. Ott, Topeka. Organization of the convention and ap pointment of committee on credentials. Brief written reports from absent local workers and three minute reports from members of the convention. Appointment of committees on resolu tions and nominations. Announcements and adjournment. 7:45 P. M. Singing by the audience, led by Prof. V. E. Ridenour. Prayer by Rev. F. W. Emerson, Topeka. Music. Address of welcome by Dr. J. T. Mc- Farland. Address by President T. P. Garver. Solo, Mrs. Belle Brockway Warner, Ot tawa. Opportunity for liberal free will offer ing. Address, "The Triple Curse," accom panied by 125 superb stereopticon slides, 42 of them photographed from life in To peka to illustrate Rev. Charles M. Shel don's story, "Who Killed Joe's Baby?" Prof. A. D. Wilcox. Announcements. Solo. V. E.. Ridenour. Benediction, Rev. S. S. Murphy, Baldwin. THE ICE CONTRACT. Mr. Peppmey8r Says He Has Not Been Treated Fairly. To the Editor of the State Journal. The action of the city council in awarding the ice contract to the Mutual Ice company in spite of the fact that my bid on the large quantity to be used was 15 cents per ton less, seems to me to be unwarranted, and unfair. Further more, the present "business administra tion" did not let the contract to the p i Guaranteed Ail Wool Materia!. HI v.. ST! 4 smn JT- ..5. Ah ,o-s '?r, in it, especially a woman who is suffering. Wine of Cardui is not an untried remedy. A million women have secured blessed re lief from their sufferings. by taking this treatment. It relieves menstrual troubles in an incredibly short time. Ia a simple case of deranged menses Wine of Cardui never fails. To relieve disordered mensem is to remove the cause of other female troubles. Any physician will tell you that to remove the cause of a disease renders the cure easy, in fact seldom fails to com plete the cure. If you would have the same relief which Miss Markell secured try Wine of Cardui. You can take it without aa examination and without any publicity whatever. You can take it in tie privacy of your home and secure just as much ben efit as if a doctor had prescribed it for you. Thousands of suffering women today are feeling the vigor of returning health by taking Wine of Cardui in their homes. Miss Markell has told you what your ex perience will be. Try it. If you need advice write to The Ladies' Advisory Department, The Chattanooga Medicine Co., Chatta nooga, Tenn., and tell all about your case and a free letter of advice will be sent you. Why not begin the Wins of Cardui treat-1 ment today? Like thousands of other women, you fj win pa reuer irom sunenng j in Wine of Cardui. lowest bidder. Mine being the lowest bid, I should have had the contract. I know that some councllmen were made to believe that the "Topeka Ice company," of which I am the proprietor Is an ally of the "ice trust," as the "Peoples Ice company" has been called. This impression is doing me a great in justice, as I am as much of a competi tor of the Peoples Ice company as is the Mutual company. The Mutual Ice com pany managers have it seems to me, been a little too active in circulating the report that I am a part of the old ice octopus. They should at least treat me fairly in this matter. Twice within the past two weeks I have accommoda ted the Mutual Ice company by selling them ice. Certainly I would not do this if I were in anyway a part of the Peoples com pany. The fact that I am furnishing "munitions of war" to an arch enemy of the "trust" should certainly prove to the members of the council and the To peka public that my business Is as i n dependent, separate and free as is the Mutual Ice concern. All I want is fair play. Yours for honest, straightforward dealings, H. L. PEPPMEYER. Carabine in Front. London, May 7. Carabine won the Chester cup (handicap of 2.550 sover eigns for 3-year-olds and upward) at Wie Chester meeting today. St. Alde gonde was second and Sweet Sounds came in third. Sixteen horses ran. Why suffer longer with constipation, when you can be absolutely cured by using WTacOnda water? Prescribed by physicians. Endorsed by all users. For descriptive matter and testimonials write Waconda Springs Bottlin- On.. Beioit. Kas. Emporia and Return $1.84 via Santa Fe. Account Commercial Travelers. Tickets on sale May 8, 9, 10. Limited May 12. Adhesive, invisible, refined Satin-Skin Powder adus invaluable attractions. Flesh, white or brunette. 25c Model. Emporia and Return $1.84 via Santa Fe Account Commercial Travelers. Tickets on sale May 8. 8, 10. Limited May 12. $1.75 Ona Lei. We Make PANTS ONLY Exclusively to Order. S3. 50 Two Less. SEATS FREE. 4. k U yOL3L3 SAMPLES. Trousers made to your measure in the latest styles of goods and shapes, actual values $5.00 to fS.oo, and guarantee perfect fit and workmanship. Send for free samples and self-measuring blanks. GRAND PATS GO. Dept. 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TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL, WEDNESDAY EYENING. MAY 7, 1002. 5 ---"4' if s 1 Every Day It's Something Different, UMBRELLA SALE Colored Silk Umbrellas with and without borders values $3.50 to $5.00 S2.00 Colored Silk Umbrellas with and without borders values $4.50 to $6.00 S3 00 A FLURRY IN HANDKERCHIEFS Ladies' All-Linen Unlaun dered Handkerchiefs with embroidered initial, i-in. hem a bargain at 15c Tomorrow !0e OUT OF MONEY. School Board Must Find a Way to Get Funds. The board of education will hold a meeting next Monday night to discuss the finances of tile city schools. The board finds itself practically with out funds. The money on hand and that which will be received front the county and state tax levies at the end. of the fiscal year y. ill not pay the ex penses of the schools up to date. Fur ther than this the board has coming due bonds to the amount of S:i6.00U as sumed by the city when the four coun try districts were annexed to the city. The board fen not pay these bonds and wishes to refund them, but the dirlicuity hems to be that as the bonds were issued by the school district boards the city board can not refund them. The board wiil also discuss the advisability of submitting" a proposition to vote bonds to the amount of $1:,,000 or Jl."i, tliiO to be used In building a new school in North Topeka. one in Parkdale. an addition to the Potwln school, and a manual training hig"h school. Occult Science Club Social and Dance Social and dance at Lincoln Post hall Friday evening, May 1. Strawberries and ice cream. Good music. All friends invited. Our May Sale of 1 1 j i t -i i n i o en l THE WOMAN'S STORE- jj ran Arinii r I-. &a a& ei j SI Commenced Monday Continues One Week. THE LARGEST STOCK AT THE LOWEST PRICES we have ever offered you. In our May Sale -we always show THE NEWEST CONCEITS, especially in LACE-TRIMMED GARMENTS, u-hich promise to be THE FAl'ORITES this season. Our Garments are CUT FELL, elaborately trimmed and well made. 1 S Gowns. Gowns of good muslin, yoke of tucks and hemstitching, hemstitched cambric ruffle another style with tucks and lace insertion and cambric ruffle a 50c garment 33 2 Lonsdale Muslin Gown, wide embroidery and and insertion, cambric ruffle, braid stitching another style Lmpire front, made ciotn, torchon lace and ribbon too garment Gown of Lonj Cloth, yoke of sernon ana tucks, torenon edge on el,ieve i nree styles of gowns made of l.ONT, CLOTH CI 18 1 embroidery aud tucks; bargain: Si. ",o garment Ol.lQ Aj Beautiful creations from $2. 75 to $7. 5U each. y t j f i

i i I i Many other styles up to pair $3.25 10 doz. Corset Covers made of cambric, the new bolt style, lace trimmed 25o I.otlSiiale Cambric. H rows of Cm Vrn-tnU cliKlor tnr-La. of 4 tucLi nli li ontsfl rr-l- eaiawn rums Cover of India l.ineu. lace and ribbon trimmed Children's Drawers. Children's Mnsiin Drawers, trimmed Willi three fine retieli tucks, ajtes from i to 8 years all sizes 150 Mises' All-Cambric I (rawer, hemstitched, a-res 10 rjaiui 14 years U sixes 25c Children's Muslin' Drawers, tucks aud embroidery trnnnied, ages 1 to s years aii sizes 25c Children's Muslin downs 390 and 500 each Special r dov.en Children's Lawn Aprons, embroid ery trimmed 25c each Other styles, 39 0, Boo and 7r.c. if H r" S3 A special meeting of the members of the city federation of women's clubs wiil be held at Unity church Thursday morning at 10 o'clock, to discuss ar rangements for attending the annual meeting of the state federation to be held at Salina. May 27, 2S and 29. All the club women of the federation are requested to be present. The Felicity Ciub, Mrs. Geo. W. Veale, jr., entertained the Felicity club at her home, 223 East Kleventn street, yesterday afternoon. The substitutes were Mrs. J. C. Pol lock who played for Mrs. Dell Small, Mrs. A. VV. Parks for Mrs. C. B. Reed, Mrs. A. I Green for Mrs. A. W. Lacey, Mrs. A. J. Walcoit for Mrs. B. T. Lewis, and Miss Waleott for Mrs. J. F. Myers. Mrs. Sarah B. Smith wiil entertain the ciub at its next meeting at the home of her daughter. Mrs. Frank S. Crane. The next meeting will be the last of the season's series. Notes and Personal Mention. Mrs. Du Relle Gage left yester- day tor St. Louis, where sue win join Mr. Gage, who has been in St. Louis for several weeks in a permanent resi dence. The Delta Omicron Omieron frater nity of the high school w ill give a party at Vinewood. Friday, May 16. Mrs. Thomas Keeley, who was the guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. It. Quinton, has returned to her home in Denver, accompanied by Mrs. L. B. Kendall, who will visit her for a few weeks before returning to Topeka. The high school seniors will give a class party Friday nisht at the home of -Miss Nellie I'reidenthal. Mrs. F.. A. P.eid, of Kenosha. Wis., who is the guest of her niece, Mrs. O. J Wood, will leave for her home next week. Mr. A. B. Quinton has returned from a short trip to Denver. Miss Grace Weiss will go to Atchison Saturday for a short visit, and from there to St. Joseph. The Misses Tillotson are in Kansas City today. Mrs. Armin Fassler is in Kansas City. Mrs. II. J. Bone and her children, who are at the Copeland, will return to their home in Ashland tomorrow. The Rev. Mr. Wyman is In Chicago. Mrs. Harry F. Williams and her lit tle daughter Marian are visiting Mr. and Mrs. II. L. Bert, in Quincy, 111. Mrs. Myrtle Poote-Holmes has re turned from a short visit in Kansas City. Mr. Frank Willard left yesterday for New York city. Mrs. Norman Wear is in Kansas City, the guest of Mrs. Frank Wear. Mrs. William Kugene Stanley has re turned from a visit in Wichita. Miss Louise Smith was up from the university at Lawrence and spent Tues day in Topeka with her parents, Mr. anil Mrs. Charles Blood Smith. The T. S. S. club will meet Friday with Miss Nellie Cartlidge. Mrs. Amanda McFarland of Alma, Okla., is the guest of her nephew. Dr. &s m m i: JH. ii.Ja.ii Skirts. Skirt of good niusim. 6 inch cambric 7QC ruffle, lace trim mil a rule ffitrmcnt W7W Skirt of szood mtislm. 8 inch cambric 45c runie, hemstitched a tile garment. Skirt of good muslin, 9 inch cambric ruffle tucks ami embroidery linished: an f,Qr 85e garment VOL. Very fine niusUn, 9 inch cambric nouuee. i rows of alternating hemstitch and tucks. edged with 'JVi inch embroidory; QZr a $1. 25 va.ue yoi. Vary soft fine miishn. deep 18 inch lawn lloiuice. 4 rows Point de l aris Lace.ei IQ al.M Karuifiit 1.10 Other beautiful creations up to $12. oo each, f W of trimmi torcho neck and 85 Drawers. n, in- H I I I? M 1 V 25 doz. soft finish muslin drawers French band, hemstitched, cambric ruffles, opened and closed, length 23, 25, 27, each 23 18 doz. cambric drawers, French band, lawn rufflas, 4 rows hemstitch ing, 3 rows tucks, pair 393 5 doz. cambric drawers, 6 in. flounce lace edge, pair 89tf 105 doz. cambric drawers. 9-in. fiounce, 2 rows lace insertion, laca ede, pair 50c 39o 50e BABY CAPS Y2 price. 10 doz. Lawn Caps, all sizes, ranging in price from 25c to 1.50 each soiled from handling washed they are good as new, at liaif Price. n C. B; Reed. She will go from here to Kansas City to visit relatives. Miss Hortense Leffingwell of Oales burg". 111.,, is the guest of Mrs. Qeorgre D. Walp, 624 Buchanan street. She will remain until Saturday. Dr. and Mrs. W. N. West and their children jnd Miss Amy Nelson of Iron wood, Alien., are in Kansas City today. Miss Klvira Millspaugh returned yes terday from St. Mary's hall, Faribault, Minn., where she attends school. Miss Mlllspaugh sprained her ankle during the Kaster vacation, which she) spent In St. Paul, and has not been able to re turn to school since. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Knowles of Kansas City were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Knowles, Sunday. Mrs. W. W. Manspeaker returned Tuesday from Hot Springs, Ark., where she has been taking the baths for sev eral weeks for rheumatism. Miss Blanch Weimer, who has 'been the guest of Miss Mabel Foucht and Miss Mabel King for some time, will leave Thursday for her home in Upper Sandusky, Ohio. Mrs. Harmon Wilson and her eon, Dyle, left yesterday for Gainesville, Tex., for a visit of several weeks. Mrs. A. M. Worden and her daughter, Margaret, of Pueblo, Col., are visiting Mrs. T. S. Mason. Mr. Paul Palmer will entertain a small company at a muslcale Thursday night. Mrs. May Coleman will spend Thurs day In Kansas City the guest of Mrs. L. H. Palmer. Mrs. J. A. Moss of St. Marys was in town today. Mr. C. B. Goodrich is spending a few days on his ranch near Houston, Tex. Miss Douise Henderson and Miss Dulu McKee are in Kansas City for the May festival. The Dougherty Success club held its regular meeting last night at Eighth and Jackson streets. A large attend ance enjoyed the following programme: Duet Prof. Worral and Miss Ber onius. Recitation Miss Wasson, Instrumental "Holy City," Prof. Heck, Mr. Karl Spencer and Miss Me Murtrie. Impersonation "Old Black Joe," Mr. Robert Irwin. Solo Mr. M. W. White. Instrumental Prof. Heck, Miss Spen cer. Mr. Earl Spencer, and Mr. Frank Holland. The club expects to be favored with an address by Dr. McFarland at the next meeting, May 20. copeHnF6ntrial Charged With Murder of A. C. Kodgers of St. Joe. Green River, Wyo., May 7. Ned C. Copeland was put on trial today for the murder of A. C. Rodgers, a traveling man for Swift Co., with headquarters at St. Joseph. Mo.., on a train near this city several months ago. Copeland was at one time a teller of the Nebraska National bank at Omaha, and with his disappearance from that city $10.0ti0 of the bank's money was found missing. The bond company was searching for Copeland at the time of the shooting. Copeland's attorneys will make a plea of insanity and his relatives are mak ing a strong effort in his behalf. Rodg ers' friends are making an equally strong effort to secure a conviction and are lending all the assistance possible to the prosecution. At the time of the shooting Copeland claimed Rodgers had hounded him from San Francisco, and had a strange in tluence over him that Copeland could not shake off. HE IS WITH FARHAM. Rev. Granville Louther Visits "Gift I of Tongues" Prophet. Kansas City. May 7. Dr. Granville Ioulher, the Methodist preacher who was expelled from the church at Mc pherson, Kas., during the latter part of March for heresy, is visiting here at the home of Rev. Chas. F. Parham, of "gift of tongues" fame, at 305 East Eleventh street. Dr. Douther came here mainly in the interest of a plan he has in contempla tion to unite in one church to be called the "New Thought church" as many as possible of the independent religious or ganizations existing in the United States. There are a number of such or ganizations in Kansas City, and with these Dr. Louther will discuss his plan while here. If he sees his idea can be carried out the independent organiza tions of other states will be communi cated with and urged to join the "New Thought church." "My belief in my teachings has not been shaken in the least," said Dr. Louther. "I believe I am right." Dr. I.outher will speak in the tent of the "Multitude" at Eleventh stre'et and Baltimore avenue under the auspices of Walter Vrooman next week. He will also talk before the "Multitude" audi ences which gather in the Century theater-next week. It is possible that in the event of his New Thought church idea failing to materialize he may be made a pastor of a church in Walter Vrooman's model village. Dr. Douther is a socialist, and is the editor of the Southwestern Advo cate, a socialist periodical published at Winfield, Kas. Dr.. Louther says he has also been offered the pastorate of a Congrega tional church in Kansas City, Kas., near the packing houses. Dr. Louther is a native of West Vir ginia. He has been a minister thirty years. lT. S. MARSHAL OUSTED. Ha Took Money For Exerting Influ ence Unlawfully. Washington, May 7. The president has summarily dismissed John Grant, V'nited States marshal for the eastern district of Texas. On April 1 last the attorney general charged Grant with receiving a fee of $2,000 for service in securing for a Beaumont, Tex., national bank a designation as a United States depository. Grant is said to have ad mitted that he received the $2,000, but stated that it was not as a fee, but was in payment of the legitimate ex penses of himself and friends in that connection. When asked for a state ment of these expenses. Grant replied that it was impossible for him to give an itemized account. Thereupon the at torney general recommended his imme diate dismissal. "Topeka the Beautiful." The Topeka Folder issued by the Com mercial club to advertise the- city, is ready for distribution and the people generally are Invited to call at the Com mercial club rooms, secure copies and send to their friends. They are put up ready for mailing. T. J ANDERSON, Secretary CASTOR I A For Infants and Children. T!i3 Kind Yen Have Always Bought Bears the SX S&s s? Signature- Of (ut&jf7-CC&& SNAP SHOTS AT HOME NEWS The Floto show tent was crowded last night. F. F. Prigg of Hutchinson was In the city yesterday. A. B. Peters of Mankato is in Topeka today on business. The Topeka Choral society went to Kansas City today. W. H. Rossington is at Independence trying a law case. Judge Ribert Helzer of Osage City has been in Topeka this week. W. A, Curl of Ottawa is planning to establish a branch of his rating bureau In Topeka. T. F. Garver declines to accept offers of re-election as president of the State Temperance union. The payment of pensions in in prog ress at the TJ. S. PenBion agency at the federal building. There was but little perceptible rise In the condition of the Kaw as a result of the recent rains. The mercury, in the government ther mometer got up to 64 yesterday after noon. Marshall's band will open the outdoor concert season Sunday afternoon at Garfield park. H. A. Heath Is in Kansas City attend ing the Aberdeen-Angus Cattle Breed ers' convention. The baseball nine scheduled to meet Washburn on the diamond this after noon "is from Missouri." The Republican Flambeau club meets tonight to arrange for taking part in the Decoration Day exercises. "When Reuben Comes to Town" will be at the Crawford Saturday matinee and night. The production is said to be good in epite of its name. The crowd at the Floto show last night would have appreciated it if Lee Jones, who prides himself on his skill as a rider, had tried to ride the trick mule. The two proprietors of the "Sells Sterne Great United Shows" appeared in the grand entrance at the Floto show last night. Each presided over a pony. All the Christian Endeavor societies and Epvvorth League societies are in vited to attend an entertainment to be given tonight at the First Cumberland church. At Washburn college chapel tonight Carl M. Johnston will give a vocal re cital, assisted by Frank D. Carruth, vi olinist. The programme embraces ten composers. Mrs. Annie L. Diggs will speak Fri day before the State Temperance union convention that begins tomorrow on the subject "The Best Form of Local Tem perance Organization." The meeting last night at the Commer cial club to make plans for the enter tainment of the St. Joseph excursion ists was a failure as the members of the association failed to attend. Lena Romaine brought suit in the dis trict court Tuesday afternoon against Robert Romaine who is blessed with a very musical name which he assumed because he was chidstened Schlegel. Edward E. Sapp, from Galena, was in Topeka Tuesday. He "is the man who was a judge when he was not a judge. Anyway the supreme court moved his bench out from under hirrk in the Ga-lena-Pittsburg district. Mrs. J. T. McTnness and two sons are here from Kansas City for a visit with Mrs. M. E. Nece of 219 Hancock street. They are accompanied by Mrs. B. Davis and her little daughter, Frances, of the same place. There will be a dance at the hall at 704-706 Kansas avenue, given by Irwin lodge No. 260 of the A. O. V. W.,. com plimentary to the Knights of Pythias band. The musicians will appear for the first time in their new uniforms. A meeting or the Topeka Orphans' home management will be held Thurs day to complete arrangements for a concert to be given at the First Congre gational church. The meeting will be held at the home of Mrs. Silas Rain IIS Van Buren street at 2 o'clock. Mrs. E. M. Ellis and Mrs. Orin Ellis were thrown from the carriage in which they were riding on East Sixth avenue yesterday afternoon. Mrs. E. M. Ellis sustained a fracture of the hip, while her companion escaped with but a few bruises. They live in Auburndale. The son of John Conmors ate a pota to Tuesday that had been stuck on a gasoline can muzzle by a grocery clerK. The boy was quite sick for a time. The point in this story is that a grocery clerk who would stick a potato on a gasoline can in lieu of a stopper when potatoes are worth more than Jl a bush el, ought to lose his job. MINISTERS ARfThERE. Methodist Preachers Holding a Meet ing in Topeka. The members of the Ministers' asso ciation of the Methodist church for the Topeka district are in convention in Topeka this week. The Topeka district convention of the Woman's Foreign Mis sionary society of the Methodist church is also in session, and a joint meeting of the two societies will be held this even ing. The officers for the ensuing year in the Ministers' association have been elect ed. They are: President, Rev. J. R. Madison. Secretary, Rev. H. E. Wark. Treasurer, Rev. O. M. Bowraa Rev. J. T. McFarland delivered the sermon at the opening session on the subject "The Fundamental Alms of the Christian Church." The meetings will continue this even ing and tomorrow afternoon and even ing. The meeting will be devoted to the reading of papers and discussions of religious subjects. The meeting this evening of the Wo man's Foreign Missionary society will be addressed by Mrs. Mary F. Nind, who is one of the finest platform speakers of the Methodist church. Mrs. Nind will occupy the pulpit of the Methodist church next Sunday morning. CONDITION OF CROPS. As Shown by the Weekly Summary of the Weather Bureau. Washington, May 7. The weather bu reau's weekly summary of the crop conditions says: Nearly the entire country east of the Rocky mountains has experienced a week of highly favorable temperature conditions and the central valleys, lake region, middle Atlantic states, and por tions of Texas and Oklahoma have re ceived generally ample but In places unevenly distributed rainfall. The mid dle and south Rocky mountain regions continue to suffer from severe drouth with disastrous effects to crops and live stock. Over the western nortion of the plateau region and on the Pacific coast the week has been decidedly cool with heavy frosts in. the plateau districts. Dry and warm weather is much need ed in Washington and Oregon. Except in portions of Iowa and Mis souri, where corn planting has been in terfered with by heavy rains, this work has made very favorable progress in the states of the central valleys, anu the early planted is generally germi nating well. A very general improvement in the condition of winter wheat is reported from the central valleys, lake region and middle Atlantic states. The crop, however, has suffered in portions of Nebraska, Kansas and Texas, and in 2,000 Trousers to select yours from here all new spring fashions, dif ferent from ordinary stors pants, see ours at $2.09, $2.50, $3, $3.50 to $19 3fl $0 For Grand 8 Not the S10 kinds ordinarily shown in Clothing Stores, but Suits that one glance will convince you are, tip-top in make, finish and fashion and different from others any pattern or color you desire each suit we guarantee in every particular are made with self-retaining hair cloth fronts, padded shoulders and hand-made collars, jr' 1 1 f j such as usually are shown only want you to see them even if you Rogers, Peet &Co.'s Fine Suits, $15 to $25; Trousers $6 Boys' Everyday 500 Child's Wash Sailor Suits made of Anderson's best madras, aJso Chambray's and Galeteas in Russian Elouse, also Blouse Sailors are 75c and $1 garments ages 2 to 10 while they last, now for Boys' Nobby Straw Hats stiff brim or fedora style at, Boys' fine blue Serge Suits, $4 is real value of these suits we offer at.... i r 5. 1 Boys' Balbriggan Underwear F with short or long drawers Z3C special Black Stockings, ribbed, 20c kind, for 10o Blouse Shirt Waists, with 2 collars, only 50o Boys' Leather Belts, fine 35e kind, at 15o Boys' Soft Negligee Shirts, now at 25 0 the last named state has failed so rap idly in sections that some will be plowed up for other crops. Favorable reports continue from California, ex cept in the southern part of the state. In Oregon and Washington the crop, though late, is in promising condition, especially in Oregon. Spring wheat seeding has been de layed in North Dakota and northern Minnesota, but has made favorable progress in the southern portion ot the spring wheat region. Oats have made very favorable prog ress, except in Nebraska, Texas and portions of Missouri and Alabama. Good stands of the early planted cot ton are generally reported, but the late planted, especially in the central and eastern portions of the cotton taeU, is coming up irregularly. Some replant ing has been necessitated in Texas by high winds and drifting soil. The prospect for peaches in the Ohio valley- is not promising, but elsewhere the outlook is very favorable. The re ports respecting other fruits are gen erally encouraging. AT THREE CARD MONTE Strong City Man Victim Wichita Sharpers. Of Wichita, May 7. Adam Williams, a young farmer who says he lives at Strong City and who has been working near Hennessey, O. T., for some time, is penniless in this city as a result of falling into bad company. He was re lieved of his railroad ticket and about $45 in cash by two skillful manipulators of a three card monte game and the probable use of knockout drops last ev ening while waiting in the city between trains. Williams arrived about 9 o'clock on the Rock Island from Hennessey. He was on his way home and was com pelled to wait over in Wichita for the 10:35 Santa Fe train north. He met several men at the station and finally two of them took him over to the near est saloon for a drink. Ho says as soon as they drank they proposed a game of cards to pass away the time until the train arrived and on which they said they were going to Newton. Williams agreed and they all sat down together in an adjoining card room. About the time 'they sat down. Wil liams said he felt a queer pain in his head. He thought it was nothing more than a severe headache and paid no more attention to it. He entered into the game and in a very short time lost all the money he had. Then the men told him their train was coming and left him. Williams says a short time after the men left he became unconscious but managed to stumble into the station where he fell asleep or rather into a sort of stupor out of which he did not arouse until late this morning-. BEGAN WITH SALOON. San Domingo Revolutionists Sack a Town. New York. May 7. Members of the crew of the Hritish brigantine Alice, Captain Inness, which has just arrived from the West Indies, report that while the hrigan tine lay about So yards from the shore at Barabona, on the southwest coast of San Domingo, a force of revolutionists entered the town and began discharging rifles. In habitants of the port ran shrieking from their homes along the beach. "The revolutionists first sacked the prin cipal saloon in the town." said one or the crew. "They broke all the windows, drank all the liquor in bottles and then smashed the bar. They rolled barrels of rum out into the street and what they could not drink they turned into tne gutters. "Next day they atacked th jail and took out all the prisoners they wanted. The freed convicts joined the insurrectionists. "In the attack eleven guards and one prisoner was killed. Two civilians were killed in the woods which thickly skirt the town at the base of the mountains. "The women and children who tied along the beach sought the protection of Capt. Inness, who brought off as many as the gig would hold. A sloop brought off the rest of the fugitives. "The refugees. 1U1 in number, remain about three tlays. Meantime 1(0 govern ment soldiers had appeared and were driven to retreat by the revolutionists who then disappeared." No Truth in It Vienna, May 7. There is no truth in the report (published by a news agency in the United States yesterday) that demonstrations in favor of the reestab lishment of the kingdom of Poland oc curred at Warsaw Tuesday, that the demonstrators were charged by Cos sacks, who rode over the people, flogging them with knouts: that six persons were killed and-225 injured and that over 8'J0 people were arrested, including children under 10 years of age. Your friend is going "and so are her sisters and her cousins and her aunts." Orphans' home song festival, Friday evening. May 9, Congregational church. 20 cents. AUERBACH &GUETTEL. Satire Suillin?. 789 Sacs as A pnng suits in $15 and S18 Suit3 we 1 1 don't buy they're fine for Needs at Bottom Prices 25c $2.95 Boys' Good School Knee (IP Pants, extra quality all ZjC colors at Long Pant Suits, fine ones frr good ones, blue serge or Jgrl fancy $8 suits for HEN A Shirt Snap for You. 20 dozen soft everyday shirts of finest light weight blue chambray collars attached corded bosom sizes 14 to 18 worth 75c and union made tomorrow for MEET IN LAWRENCE. Kansas Medical Society Will Open Its Session Tonight Lawrence, Kan., May 7. The thirty sixth annual meeting of the Kansas Medical society begins here tonight at the Fratenal Aid hall. The convention will last during Thursday and Friday. A banquet and smoker will be given Thursday night at 7 o'clock at the Eld ridge House. The arrangements for the entertainment of the visitors is under the direction of Dr. S. W. Williston of Lawrence. The officers of the association are: President, Dr. L. H. Munn. Topeka. First vice president. Dr. J. W. Ryan, Coft'eyville. Second vice president, Dr. J. M. Latta, Millerton. Recording secretary. Dr. W. E. Mc Vey, Topeka. Corresponding secretary, Dr. J. "W. May, Kansas City. Treasurer, Dr. W. E. Barker, Chanute. Librarian, Dr. S. G. Stewart. Topeka. Judicial council: Dr. Maggie Ij. Mc Crea, Kansas City, Mo.; Dr. M. P. Sax ton, Bonner Springs; Dr. W. R. Priest, Concordia; Dr. Geo. A. Boyle, Louis burg; Dr. R. J. Morton, Green. Secretaries of sections: Surgery, Dr. J. M. Kleizer, Parsons; gynecology. Dr. D. K. Dongshore, Topeka; opthal. Dr. R. S. Magee, Topeka: general medical. Dr. Chas. Gardiner, Emporia. The meeting opens tonight with th? address of welcome by Judge Samuel Riggs and the response by Dr. J. W. Ryan. The reports of the committees and matters of business will afterward be taken up. COUNCIL IN A DISPUTE. A Misunderstanding About the Next Sleeting. There is a dispute among the mem bers of the city council as to the time of the next meeting. City Clerk Squires and Mayor Parker say that they understood that another meeting would be held next Monday night. Councilman Bergnndthal, who made the motion to adjourn, asserts positively that he did not fix any time for another meeting, and that there fore the next meeting will be on the first Monday in June, unless one is specially called. The fact is that the council adjourned In a decidedly informal manner. The Vinewood park franchise had just been under discussion. The friends of the measure were trying to prevent a vote on the acceptance of the mayor's veto. Several motions to adjourn for one week had been voted down. Finally the roll was called on the question of sustain ing the veto, and as soon as it was fin ished nearly all of the councilmen started to leave. In the confusion Coun- USE STANDARD PATTERNS JUNE STYLES our Large W ash Goods Stoclls All in North Aisle, of easy entrance, with the be3t of everything plenty of light, plenty of attention, plenty of fabrics suited to your purse 10,000 yards Wash Fabrics yard at 8 Ko 10c 12 -'c 15,000 yards Medium Wash Fabrics Per yard at 15o 10c 4L5c 25,000 yards Fine Fabrics Per yard at. 35c 39c 50c 50c 65c 75c White Shirt Waists Si 1.50 1.75 1.95 2.25 and on up to 80.00 Colored Shirt Waists S1.00 1.25 1.50 1.88 2.25 2.50 2.98 Muslin Underwear Annex. Is always at your command. Lots of New, White, Cool Under Muslins for the warm season at POPULAR PRICES. Unit Underwear Annex. We're fixed on all the kinds that suit Ladies, Men and Children Ladies' Cool Vests. -10c 12 -c 15c 25c Children's Vests or Pants 10c 15c 25c Men's Shirts or Drawers 25c 50c "75c We sell "Reubens" Infanta' Boys and Girls. WEAR SOROSIS SHOES MAY STYLES vs. 1 1 f 1 to $10 48c V i V ft S I I1! I itew Iranian! nieiiier. Saturday, Matinee and Night, May 10. The Big Musical Comedy, When Reuben Comes to Town." Thebeit and brightest comedy ever offered to the public. Sparkling Music. Magnificent Scenery, a Priza Beauty Chorus, 40 People. Presented by the Morris Hall (Joniedv Co. Prices 25c. 50c, 75c, $1.00 Matinee, 35c, 50c. Children, 25c. Monday, Tuesday May 12, 13. MATINEE TUESDAY. Prices $1.00, 75e, 50c, 25c, Night. Matinee. 50c, 35c, 25c. Sale of seats opens Friday, May 9. cilman Wolf asked to have his vote changed, and at the same time- Council man Bergundthal made his motion to adjourn. The motion was put by the mayor and declared carried, though no one was heard to vote. The council men were ali talking among themselves or with outside friends. So it is still on open question as to when the meeting will be htld. Appar ently, Councilman Bergundthal's state ment as to what he moved should con trol the action of the council. Card of Thanks. I desire to express my gratitude to my neighbors and friends who, in the hour of trouble sickness, and death of my beloved wdfe, so kindly gave us their assistance and svmpathv. MR. FRANK W HALEY. Kansas City and Return $2.67 via the Santa Fe May 6-7-8, good returning May 9th. 613-615 HANS. AYE. 1 1 p 8 8 Shirts. We sell "M" Knit Waists for v

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0 TOPEKA STATE JOUEN1L, WEDNESDAY EVENING. MAY T. 1902. ;fv ?3rnpnrH k,j I tl I Jt 1 U O Lf 1 k E. riontgomery. Prop. 1 12 E,. 6th. Phone 252. 34b. can Pumpkin 10c 3 cans Salmon 25c 5- lbs. Baking Powder 00c Can Cherries 10c 2 3-!fa. cans Apricots 25c 6- lbs. Bulk Starch.... 25c 10-!bs. Hominy 25c Parlor Brooms 15c Lion Coffee, package iOc 2 Loaves Bread 05c 6-Ibs. Rice 25c 2 cans Sugar Corn 15c Standard Tomatoes iOc Bulk Pepper, lb i5c Sweet Pickles, quart 10c IOc bottle Cresent Catsup 05c Ua-gaL Cooking Syrup 25c Hire's Root Beer, per bottle ..15c Wilbur Cocoa, per box 25c f i g j c! contracting Sickness il you usa That's the Kind furnished by the Water Co. Telephone 122. 623 QUINCY STREET. Th3 Murderer's The Minnesota wo man murderer, Har rv Heyward. Prof. De Morian examined his hand two morn ings before his trial he would die on the jt'aTold. A thick: hand and palm, reddish lines, short thumb, especially the first imalanx verv short, a short line of head and a short line of heart. Two stars in the tirst and second phalanx of the second Jniger and a crescent cuts the life line be tween 34 and 35 years. For a straight, scientific life reading1, call on PROF. De MORIAN, 213 E.asth 7th. St. The only standard palmist we3t of the .Mississippi river. SMOKE KLAUER'S GOLD BUQ. 5 CENT CIGAR. r Piiicliard KniseW VETERINARIANS Kest and Health to Mother and Child MRS. VVIXSLOTS SOOTHING SYRUP has been used or over FIFTY TEARS is MILLIONS OF MOTHERS for their CHILDREN WHILE TEETHING, wltij tKRFECT SUCCESS. It SOOTHES the CHILD. SOFTENS the GUMS, ALLAYS all PaIN, CURES WIND COLIC and la the bent remedy for DIARRHOEA. Sold by druggists in every part of the world, lie sure to ask for "Mrs. Winslow'a Sooth ing Syrup" and take no other kind. Twenty-five centtt a bottle. New Departure by the Missouri Pa cific Railway. Always anxious to improve the ser vice the Missouri Pacific railway has Inaugurated observation cafe cars on its day trains between Kansas City and Ft. Louis, No. 2 leaving Kansas City Sj 50 a. in. and No. 1 leaving St. Louis 8 a. in. This means a substantial Improve ment in the service between the cities named and something that will be ap preciated by the traveling public. Homeseekers Excursion via Santa Fe On May 6th and 20th, the Santa Fe will sell round trip tickets to all points in Oklahoma, Texas. New Mexico, Ari zona Territory, Indian Territory. Arkan sas, and Colorado east of Rock Ford, st one fare plus $2.00. Limit, 21 days. SStti)ver privileges on going trip. nd rrpdicted that 106 East Tenth Street. Telephone "319 i SALlPSOpPIRES Long Suffering of the Admiral at an End. Severe Cerebral Hemorrhage of Yesterday Proved Fatal. ROSE FHOM POVERTY. Sketch of a Career Which Was Typically American. He Graduated From Naval Acad emy in 1801. Washington, May 7. Rear Admiral William T. Sampson, retired died at his home in this city at 5 o'clock Tuesday afternoon. The immediate cause ol death was a severe cerebral hem orrhage. He' had been 'in a semi-conscious state for several days. At the bedside when the admiral breathed his last were Mrs. Sampson, Mrs. Lieut. Cluverius. the admiral's married daugh ter; Admiral Sampson's two young sons, Kaipn and Harold Sampson; Dr. Dixon, the attending physician, and nurses and attendants. Mrs. Sampson has broken down un der the severe strain, and was quite 111 all auring the day. Sampson's father was a day laborer in Palmyra, N. Y., fifty years ago. The family existed on his scant wages. When the boy was born and past the time of babyhood he split wood, raked hay, and did chores for neighbors, the money which he earned going into the common purse of the family. He was so plucky and persistent in his search for work, so thoroughly clean, that he attracted the attention of men in pub lic life. Then Congressman Morgan of Wayne county admired him and came forward with an offer to give him a start. The assistance proffered was m a chance to try for the naval academy at Annapolis. He did try, passed, went to the academy and graduated an hon ored pupil in 1S61, some three years after Dewey's graduation. His taci turnity bothered him at this time. He realized that a close mouth may often be a disadvantage. He could play ten nis, and he used his skill in this direc tion to lead him into social life and re lations with men and women where he would have to talk. In this way he made himself companionable. Free from the academy, he was as signed to the frigate Potomac. Later he was returned to Annapolis as an in structor and in 1&65 was executive offi cer of the Patapsco of the South At lantic blockading squadron. He stood on the bridge of the Patapsco the night of January 15, 1S65, while dragging for torpedoes, the boat struck one and was instantly sunk. He was thrown into the water and picked out by one of the picket boat. For his intrepidity at this time he was honorably mentioned by his commanding officer. In 1S66 he was lieutenant commander of the flagship Colorado of the Euro pean station, and in 1Si2 with the Con gress at the same station. He was fre quently returned to Annapolis during this time to act as a special instructor for short periods. His commission as a commander came to him in 1874, when he was placed m charge of the Alert. Eight years later he is found in the Asiatic squadron, and in 18S5 doing spe cial service at the naval observatory and a member of the international prime-meridian and time conference. With the opening of the last decade he was on land again as superintendent of the academy from which he graduated, a delegate from the United States to the international maritime conference, and commissioned captain. One year later he was made commander of the iron clad San Francisco, and in another year the first commander of the Iowa. Still another year, and he wer.t higher this time to be chief of the bureau of naval ordnance. President McKinley called him to be president of u;e board of inquiry on the Maine disaster, and from that work he succeeded Ad..iirai Sicard in command of the Nortn AtL-intl-i squadron. Then he was heard from off Havana, then Cardenas anu Alataiuas, then near to the fortifications of San Juan, and finally in the famous blockade and bat tie of Santiago. His home was In Glen Ridge, N. T., 30 minutes out of New York citv. He was married twice, arid his family con sisted of two sons, Ralph and Harold and his daughters, Olive Farrington, Hannah, known as "Nan," Margaret, the wife of Lieut. Roy C. Smith, and Kate, the wife of Ensign Jackson, the hero of Samoa. In his private life and when away from his ship, Admiral Sampson was passionately fond of ten nis. His home life was that of thousands or unostentatious Americans a great deal or Dooks, much of nusic. fondness for outdoors, adoiation for the head of tne lamiiy. aversion to publicity. Ensign Jackson, who n.a'r td one of the -admiral s daughters is the naval cadet v.'ho at Apia !ed his men during the frightful hurricane to the tops and formed a human sail, holding the ship trom going to tne fatal coral reefs. For this congress by special act gave him his commission. Admiral Sampson learned" during the civil war the same lessons from the lips of Jbarragut that Dewev learned Steaming up Mobile bay Farragut kept saying to his officers: "Don't fire at long range. Save your ammunition. Then again: "Get in close. Get on to them. Then fight. HOW SCHLEY FEELS. Washington. May 7. Admiral Schley today made the following statement re garding the death of Admiral Sampson: "I regret very much the death of Ad miral Sampson and I sympathize with his family. No one has ever heard me utter one unkind word about him. "On account of his death I have re quested my friends in Baltimore to post pone the delivery to rhe, which was in tended to have taken place tonight, of the Cristobal colon service of silver, and they have acceded to my request. JEFF DAVIS' JOKE. Exiles a Negro Criminal to Massa chusetts. Little Hock, Ark.. May 7. Governor Jefferson Davis today pardoned And rew Thompson, a negro, on condition that Thompson go to Massachusetts within the next 30 days with the inten tion of becoming a citizen of that state. Thompson was convicted of assault with intent to kill and sentenced to three years in the penitentiary. The governor issues the pardon, because he says he "has lust returned from the north and has heard many expressions of sympathy by the citizens of Massa chusetts for what they were pleased to call the poor, oppressed negro of the south, and desires that they shall have an opportunity to reform a certain por tion of the negro population of our state." Watch for the programme. Orphans' home benefit concert. I WAR IS OVER. San Domingo Rebels in Possession of the Government. Monte Christi, Santo Domingo, May 7. Further confirmation was received here today of the surrender of San Do mingo, capital of Santo Domingo, Fri day last to the revolutionary forces commanded by Vice President Vas quez. The provisional government es tablished there will retain power until new elections have been held. Peace is completely re-established in the southern part of Santo Domingo. Advices from Puerto Plata, on the north coast, announce that the crew of the Dominican war vessel at that port has sided with the insurgents, and yes terday conveyed to the governor. Gen eral Deschamps, an order to surrender. An agreement providing for a suspen sion of histilities at Puerto Plata was signed later in the day, so as to permit the drawing up of the conditions on which the port will capitulate to the revolutionists. When San Domingo city surrendered to Vice President Vasquez. President Jiminez sought refuge in the French consulate there. COURT LETS DOWN BARS Excluded Publications to Get Back to Second Class. Washington, May 7. Justice A. C. Bradley in the supreme court -f the District of Columbia today rendered a decision in the injunction case brought by counsel for a New York publishing company against Postmaster General Payne. The decision was rendered on the demurrer filed by the postmaster general to the complainant's bill for an injunction to prevent the postmaster general from charging the third class rate instead of the second class rate on the complainant's publication known as the "Pocket List of Railroad Officials." This was the first injunction case brought to determine the power of the postmaster general to charge the higher rate under a departmental regulation promulgated on July 17, 1901. Under this amended regulation the postmaster general has excluded from the second class rate a very large number of pub lications. Justice Bradley also decided two man damus cases involving the official rail way guide and official list. The pur port of Justice Bradley's decision is that the regulation promulgated by the post master general goes beyond the law and is practically an amendment of the law, which the postmaster general has no power to make. In the mandamus cases the justice ordered writs to issue restor ing the second class privileges to the publications involved, and in the injunc tion case the justice continued the in junction preventing the postmaster gen eral from refusing to carry the pocket list at the lower rate of postage. HOW IT HAPPENED. C!en. Chaffee Reports on Slaugh ter of Moro Prisoners. Washington, May 7. The War depart ment has received the following cable gram: Manila. Adjutant general, Washing ton: General George W. Davis reports Saturday, 1 p. m.. May 3, prisoners that had been disarmed, sitting on open hill top and surrounded by strong guard, at a concerted signal sprang to their feet and rushed down the hill. Several- en deavored to seize rides from guard and one succeeded while, soldier was drink ing from canteen. Direction of the Might such as to bring them to the rear of the company, so that tiring upon the Moros would endanger our men. Guard and one company opened fire without orders, killing thirty-five. Nine were recaptured and the others escaped. Re gret this accident as it was desired to release the prisoners, except a few of the leaders, and encourage the return of the others to peaceful labors. "CHAFFEE." FEVER IS GONE. Queen Wrilhelmina's Condition is Reported as Favorable. New York. May 7. John R. Planten consul general of the Netherlands, re ceived the following cablegram today irom the foreign office at The Hague: Queen s condition satisfactory; no fe ver. The Hague, May 7. Queen Wilhel mina's physicians issued this morning the following bulletin from Castle Loo "Last night there was very slight In crease in the tempei-ature of her ma jesty but she had a good night and this morning there is a conpiete absence o fever, and the patient's general condi tion is satisfactory. New York, May 7. There is a clause in the Dutch constitution which is par ticularly interesting just now, cables the London correspondent of the Tribun It provides that if the queen has a son, her majesty shall abdicate in his favor. when he reaches his ISth birthday; if, on the other hand, no child is born with in five vears, the Dutch parliament has the power to dissolve the marriage. Pensions For Kansans. Washington, May 7. These pensions have been granted: Kansas Original, William Hutchinson. Wichita, $6. In crease, Daniel Steed, Marquette, $17; Benjamin Colville, National home, Leavenworth, $14; August Lerch, Na tional home. Leavenworth, $12; James McDowell, Tonganoxie, $8; John Roney, Arlington, $14; William Love, Tonga noxie. $10; A. Palmer. Kingman. $24; Edmond Otto, St. Paul. $17; Richard Carter, Atchison. $10; Henry Wrestler, Pittsburg. $12: William Tipton, James town, $17; William McCune, Kansas City, $50. Widows, Nancy Rucker, Au gusta, $S; Rosa Bailey, Mount Ida, $12; Mary Henderson, Smith Center, $S. Patents Granted Kansans. Washington. May 7. These patents were issued today to Kansans: John A. Betts. Smith Center, cultivator; Wm. H. Bonner, Newton, railway tariff book: Frank E.Iluggins, Zeandale, electric call system: Lewis Reedy, Lawrence, sproc ket wheel for bicycles: Holland Wheeler, Lawrence, inlet and catch basin. Union Men Out at "Wichita. Wichita, Kas., May 7. More than 200 carpenters struck here Tuesday for an eight hour day at $2.50, apprentices $1.75. and double pay for extra time. Practically every union man in town is out. The strike cripples the contract ors, who have a large amount of work on hand. Anti Beef Eating League. Lynn, Mass., May 7. An anti-beef eating league is being organized among the 5,000 employes of the General Elec tric company. Between 1,300 and 1.700 names have been secured, representing 3,500 consumers. Local dealers com plain that the consumption of meat is falling off rapidly. SASHED. Continued from First Page. evening. I will not finish my trip to Kansas City. I have had excitement enough for this time." W. H. AND J. R. LASSWELL'S ES CAPE. W. H. Lasswell and Jess R. Lasswell, his son, had a narrow escape from the wreck. The two Lasswells are among the prominent and wealthy stockraisers in the northeast part of the state. They live near Holton. They were at St. Marys last night, and had intended to come to Topeka with several car loads of stock on the illfated train this morn ing. They h.ad their car loads of stock eady, and decided that instead or. com ing down in the caboose they would come to Topeka on the evening pas senger and get a night's sleep In a ho tel. So they were in Topeka this morn ing, and were among the first to go out to the scene of the wreck. J. C. FULTON'S STATEMENT, J. C. Fulton, the agent of the Union Pacific at Topeka, is reticent about mak ing a statement concerning tne cause of the wrick. 'It is certainly a mistake that the ex tra was running forty miles an hour when it struck the rear end of No. 14. It would have derailed more cars than t did if it had been going at that speed. I am informed by the train crew that the train was going about twelve miles an hour. As it was, the caboose was smashed to pieces, one car loaded with flour was derailed and one end of it smashed, and the third car tilted up a little, but not derailed. The tender of the extra's engine was not hurt, and the engine was not seriously damaged. "1 do not care to make a statement concerning the responsibility for the wreck. The fog probably had something to do with it." SCENE AT THE WRECK. With its blunted nose and huge wheels half buried in the soft mud and cinders at the south, side of the main track the big mogul locomotive of the death-dealing extra lies tilted diagon ally across the track. Before the wreck ing cars commenced work it was nan buried in the splintered wood of the demolished caboose. Part of the roof of the caboose still hung to the top of the engine. There are deep dents and sharp scars in the sides and running gear of the locomotive, and the bell is battered and scratched. Around the wreck there Is an im mense crowd of people, whose curiosity leads them to get into places ot danger spite of the hard work ot a aozen policemen who have been on duty since early this morning. In the crowd are scores of picturesque old negro mammies and negro women with babies in their arms. .There are also many able-bodied young men and boys of the negro race. The wreck was right in the midst of the big negro set tlement at the west end of North o- reka With the permission of the railroad officials, the colored folks were allowed to carry away the splintered wood ot the caboose. Enough fuel was sup plied by the wreck to keep the west end of North Topeka in fire wood for some time. There were also many professional and amateur photographers in the crowd, who braved the warning of trainmen and commands of the police, to get snap shots of the wreck from ad vantageous locations. The smashed up freight car has been dragged by one of the huge wrecking cranes clear off the right of way, and the running gear has been taken away as fast as pulled apart fom the splin tered wood. Two wrecking cars worked hard all the morning clearing the track, and it is thought that by 6 o'clock this evening all traces of the accident will De re moved and the main line cleared. A continuous procession of sight seers plodded out from town to the scene of the smash-up and at times the crowd must have numbered several thousand people. TRAINMEN'S STATEMENTS. Engineer Zimmerman, who was in charge of the engine which smashed the caboose and killed and injured the eight passengers, appeared before the attor neys for the railway company, N. H Loomis and R. W. Blair, this morning shortly before noon and made a full statement of the accident as he expert enced it. Mr. Zimmerman said that he was not asleep when the accident occurred; that he was not running his train over six miles an hour, because he knew where he was, and was slowing up to stop for the Rock Island crossing. His defense is simply that the fog was so dens that he could -not see the lights on the rear end of the train No. 14 until too late to stop. He says he reversed his engine immediately. but could not stop in tine. J. J. Marshall, the fireman on the en gine corroborates the testimony of En gineer Zimmerman. Fireman Marshall stated to one of the passengers who escaped from the wreck, that when he and Engineer Zimmerman saw the caboose they were so close to it that they did not have time to jump. "Bv trie time I realized what was go Iner to happen, and get out, the crash came, and the splinters were flying past the window. Then I decided that the safest place was in the cab, and I staved there." EXONERATES THE MEN. N. H. Loomis made a statement today concerning the result of the investiga tion so far as it has progressed. He said "We have been examining the mem bers of the train crew as rapidly as possible this morning, and have finished with most of them. We still have a few to examine. The accident was due whol ly to the fog. The extra train was run ning fully within its orders, and while No. 14 was late, it had been making reg- ular time. It was one of those unfor tunate accidents which no amount of vigilance is able to prevent. I do not believe that the engineer was to blame. I do not understand that No. 14 was be ing held unnecessarily at the junction. We haVe given instructions to all of our trainmen to give out no interviews about the wreck, for the reason that we must protect ourselves from lawsuits. The men will make their statements at the coroner's inquest which will be held.'! The trainmen who were in the wreck are obeying the instructions of their employers and refuse to make state ments for publication. CARING FOR THE INJURED. There are now four of the injured men at Stormont hospital. They are Field, Armour, Hirst and Buzzard. Kuek'.e and Hammeilund are both able to be out. and will return at once to their homes. The four now in the hos pital will be taken to Kansas City this afternoon and cared for in the com pany's hospital at that place. Hirst is probablv the most badly hurt of anv of the men, though Buzzard is in critical condition. Hirst's injury con sists of a fractured skull. The doctors have not definitely determined whether there is a hemorrhage of the brain or whether the skull is pressing on tne brain. Dr. H. B. Hogeboom, of this city, who is also the coroner, has been in charge of the cases from the first. He is now assisted bv Dr. D. Lowman, of Kansas City, one of the staff of the Union Pa cific hospital. No instructions have vet been re ceived by the undertakers for the dis position of the bodies of McCandiess and Parks. MORE RAIN PROMISED. Weather Bureau Says Thera May Be a Change. The weather bureau now promises more showers tonight and tomorrow. The forecast sent out this morning was "Partly cloudy and warmer to night, with possibly showers west por tion. Thursday showers." The wind this morning was from the northwest, blowing six miles an hour. The mini mum temperature today was 42. The hourly temperatures recorded by the government thermometer were as fol lows o'clock 47 11 o'clock 66 12 o'clock 6 1 o'clock 68 2 o'clock 70 8 o'clock 53 9 .o'clock 57 10 o'clock 63 ST.' VINCENT ROCKING. Crater of Sonfriers is Smoking and Rumbling. St. Thomas, D. W. I., May 7. Advices from the island of St. Vincent, Britisn West Indies, announces that for some days earthquakes have been experi enced in the neighborhood of the Sou friere crater, which has been smoking and rumbling. The people in the vicinity of the voh cano are leaving their homes for places of safety. The cable communication with the island of Martinique is interrupted, and no further news can be obtained at present of the volcanic outbreak on Mount Pelee. Charters Granted. The followintr charters were erantpii hv the state charter board 1 he Cherryvale Development company, Cherryvale; capital $100,000. Albion Creamery company. Prettv Prairie. capital $2,000. 1 he Brown-Parish Lumber company, Emporia; capital $35,000. TODAI'S MARKET REPORT. Chicago, May 7. WHEAT July wheat opened Vs'UYc to a shade higher, at 75c to os&75ic, on firm cables and the strength of the cash situation. More rains fell in the northwest after yesterday's close and the feeling was slightly bullish on this score. The clear, drv weather southwest also was bullish. There wa? some fair buying: early but the Minneapolis market began easing off and was con strued here as bearish as a possible result oi trie clearing weatner mere, uraauauv prices receded and July sold back, to TdVkC. Receipts were 32 cars 3 cars of contract grade: Minneapolis and Duluth reported only 108 cars, a total for the three points of 140 cars, against 139 cars last week, and -io cars a year ago. A heavy seUinE pressure was nut nn the wheat pit on general good weather reports and on the weakness in the southwestern and northwestern markets. St. Louis soid here hberallv. Julv declined steadilv and closed weak. lc lower, at IV'i 741ic. CORN July corn opened iuc hieher. at VMSe, mainly on bullish sentiment. taoies were nrmer. the cash situation was strong and receipts small. The principal incentive was tne general reeling that the Dim crowa was gaining control ot the mar ket. Trade was light early in the session but trie advances were held f airlv well. even after wheat eased off. July dipped to 6'2c, but regained to (i21i'?i(i2c, and held steady with its strong tone. Receipts were jo cars. About mid-session corn broke badly on the wheat weakness. The leading bulls did not support well and cash business fell off, July sold down to 6jc. and closed weak and lV4e depressed, at 60ac. OATS Oats were quiet and steady. Cash business was reported good, but crop ad vices were excellent and offset both the sample and the corn influence. July open ed a shade higher, at SfjiSoT-sC, and hung steady. Receipts were loT cars. PROVISIONS Provisions were nervous with a dul ltrade early. Some buying or ders executed by packers' brokers started prices at slight advances, but the weaker hog situation at the yards worked against both his influence and the bullish possibil ities of a good cash market. July pork opened unchanged to 21i?c higher, at $16.95 (16.St7V, and eased slightly July lard start ed 22; 5c to a shade lower, at $10.06'frl0.0712, and Julv ribs unchanged, at $9.47Vi, and sold at $ft 50. WHEAT Cash: No. 2 red, Sl(FiS2c: No. 8 r ed 79 a SO c No. 2 hard winter, 70(5 i 77c No. 3 hard winter, 75(cr76c; No. 1 northern spring. 7&f7Sc. CORN No. 3, 61H'?5fi2c. OATS No. 2, 4iu,;&42c; No. 3, 41i4'S41V.c. FLAX Cash: S.-W., $1.64; May, $1.66; Sept.. $1.44: Oct., $1.41. RYE Mav. 554 ooUc July, 55?i56c. BARLEY Cash: tS'cnlc. 1 TIMOTHY Sept., $4.955.00. CLOVER Cash: $8.35. Chicago Livestock Market. Chicago, Mav 7. CATTLE Receipts. 11. OfO head. Market 10c higher. Good to prime steers, $6. 807.30; poor to medium. $4.5i"3 6.75: stockers and feeders. $2. 5o 5. 30 cows. Sl.40S5.7o: heifers. S2.SO'&6.0f: canners. $1.40 f2.40: bulls. $2.3ti05.75: calves, $2.00-Sb.3o; Texas fed steers. $2.256.25. HOGS Receipts today. 30.000 head: esti mated tomorrow. Z4.tn neaa: ieit over. 4 470 head. Market 5fil0c lower. Mixed and butchers', $0.75'a i.lO; good to choice heavy, $7.10ffi7.2O: rough heavy, $6.S'Ki7.u6; light, $t."tifi.90: bulk of sales. $fi.S0rr 7.05. SHEEP Receipts, 13,000 head. Sheep steady: lambs weak. Good to cnoice wethers. $5. 75'uG.25: fair to choice mixed. $4.75?i5.0: western sheep. $5.25'ii(i.25: native lambs. SSYaG.SO: western lambs, $5.25'a6.50. Official receipts and shipments yester day. Cattle. Hogs. Sheep. Receipts 6.4SS 19.72S 10.S37 Shipments 15 526 1,270 Xansaa City Livestock. Kansas Citv. Mav 7. CATTLE Receipts, 1.000 head, includine 300 head of Texans. Best hiKher: common steady. Native steers $4.sfi7.10; Texas and Indian steers. $3 jK; ti.Ou Texas cows. $2.oo'uo.l0: native cows and heifers. $2.2Tvd8.75: stockers and feeders. $2.GOti5.55; bulls, $3.15&6.65; calves, $3.001 6.00. HOGS Receipts. 8.000 head. Market 5-iT 10c lower. Bulk of sales. $H.S5S7.15: heavy. $7.10'a7.25; packers', $0..o'a7.20: medium. $6.70 light. 0.50'q7.oO; yorkers, $C.90g7.oO; pigs. $r,.9-6.75. SHEEP Receipts, 2.000 head. Market steady to strung. Muttons, S4.404i5.90;. lambs. $5.4017.01: western wethers, $4.65-fi, 6.15; ewes, $4.904l5.50. Kansas City Produce Market Kansas Citv. May 7. Close WHEAT Mav. 71'u711'Se; July, 71Vati71v1c. Cash: No. 2 hard. 73c; No. 3 hard. 711i'82i2c; No. 2 red, 79c. CORN May, 61Eifi61:!ic: Sept.. 65"4c. Cash: No. 2 mixed. (3'a M.c No. 2 white, 65'ti65'c: No. 3 white. tM'iitii'.ic. OATS No. 2 while. 45'i'u 45c. RYE) No. 2, 5.vfo59e. HAY Choice timothy, $13. 50"a 14.00; choice prairie. i!2.5cw 13.no. BUTTER Creamery, 21c; dairy, fancy, ISc. EGGS Fresh. 14c. WHEAT Receipts, 19 cars. Topeka Market. Topeka, May HOGS. MIXED AND BUTCHERS'.. .$6.00-56.75 6.!H'a65 6.30g'.!.75 6.70'a6. o 4.70-56.20 .$5.00'a6.00 3.0114.50 4.0ofi5.50 3.00'u3.75 HEAVY LIGHT ROUGH PIGS STEERS COWS HEIFERS BULLS CATTLE. VEAL CALVES. HEAVY $3.0O3.75 LIGHT 4.00j 4.75 GRAIN. NO 2 WHEAT 70c NO. 2 WHITE CORN ..64c NO 3 WHITE CORN 63c OATS ..40 FRUIT AND VEGETABLES. ORANGES Naval about gone. Budded fruit, $3.00"a3.25; Mediterranean sweets, $3.00 e3.2S. LEMONS Fancy California, $3.25;cnolee. $2 75; fancv Messina, $3.75':.i4.25. BAXAN AS Most all sales made at 4o r mi A v.-A N jT, r if Special prices in basement. Remember sale lasts during entire weeK with special prices in all departments. QUEENSWARE DEPT. Special discount on all Dinner Sets, prices range from 4.75 up 10 per cent discount on all Decorated Lamps prices range from $1.05 up 10 per cent discount on all Jardiniers prices range from 15c up One special lot of Dishes odds and ends of various decorations at OFF White Granite Cups and Saucers handled at 30c a set. 4 piece Glass Table Set consisting of sugar, creamer, spooner and cov. butter worth 35c for 29c 7 piece Glass Berry Set, worth 35c, for 29c Large siz9 Covered Chambers 25c Fire proof Mojoliea Tea Pots, worth 39c, for 29c HARDWARE DEPT. Full size No. 8 Heavy Galvanized Wash Boiler, worth $1.00 reduced to 75c Clothes Wringers, iron frame, worth $1.50 for 98c 5 gal. heavy Galvanized Gasoline Oil Can worth 60c for 45c One Burner Oil Stove, worth 50c, for 39c Screen Doors full mortise 75c Best Screen Door Hinge, per pair 10c Special discount on all Carpet Sweepers. Full size Curtain Stretchers, bras3 pins, nickle plated at 98c Market or Traveling Baskets from 5c up TflE TOPEKA CASH ht CS-L per pound, being j2.25-ij3.00 per large bunch; $1.60-cil.75 small bunch. STRAWBERRIES Receipts are very liberal from Arkansas, $2.jo'u2.50 per crate for fancy berries. APPLES Best gTailes, 53.75 to J4.00. SEED POTATOES Red River Early Ohio, $1.10 bu.. Bed River Early Rose. $1.10 bu.; Red River Bliss Triumph. $1.05 bu.: Kavv Vallev Early Ohio. 50c. VEGETABLES Home grown radishes, per dozen .bunches, IBfilSethome grown let tuce, per dozen bunches, 3"c: Texas green peas, per Diamond market basket, SOc'a' $110: home grown spinach, per bushel, 35c; Florida tomatoes, six-basket crate, $3.253 3 75; Texas wax beans. 65'aT5c per 1-3 bu. box; home grown asparagus. Sue per doz. bunches: spring onions, 20c per dozen bunches. BUTTER ZQGS. POULTRY. EGGS (fresh. 13c BUTTER (creamery) 35c BUTTER (country) lso POULTRY Hens, i 'c ID.; roosters, lac each; ducks and geese. Sc lb.; turkeys, Sii) Sc lb- HAT. PRAIRIE HAT By car t 9.00t?12.00 PRAIRIE HAY By ton 12.0u'gl3.00 ALFALFA By car 12.00 ALFALFA by ton 12.00 Topeka Hide Market. Topeka, May 7. Prices paid in Topeka this week based on Boston quotations: GREEN SALT CURED NO. 1 Sc GREEN SALT CURED NO. 2 7c NO. 1 TALLOW 5c Butter Market. Chicago. 111., May 7. BUTTER Market strong. Creameries. lS'd23c: dairies. Ih'a21c. CHEESE". Market steady. Twins. 12M 1234c; daisies, 13c; young Americas, 13 131-c. EGGS Market steady. At mark, cases included, 14-c. LIVE POULTRY Market strong. Tur keys, l&gi2V:.c; chickens, 11c. Cotton Market. Galveston, Mav 7. COTTON Steady at 9 9-lfic. New York, Mav 7. COTTON Spot cot ton closed quiet and sc higher. Middling uplands. 9tc; middling gulf, 10c. Sales, 267 bales. Sugar and Cofiee Market New York. May 7. SUGAR Raw steady. Fair refining. 3c; centrifugal. 96 test. 3Mc; molasses sugar, 2a4c. Refined steady. Crushed, $5.20; powdered, $4.So; granulated, $4.70. COFFEE Market dull. No. 7 Rio, 5 7-16C. MOLASSES Steady. New Orleans, 33 g41c New "York Stock. Wall Street. New York, May 7. STOCKS Yesterday's late show of strength was not fully maintained in the opening stock market this morning, although the major ity of stocks showed fractional gains. There were 5.000 shares of Chicago Great West ern sold at 324 to 32, compared with 32 last night and the stock then fell a fraction lower. Northwestern was up 1J and New Haven a point. There was a scattering of fractional losses among the important stocks. Changes' In the coalers were mixed and were restricted to fractions except for the sale of 2.0"0 shares of Reading at 66V2 to 654. compared with 603 last night. The market continued to give way un til losses were extended to S'g points in Tennessee Coal, 2 in Chicago, Indianapolis and Louisville and considerably over a point in the various coalers, railroads and specialties. Westinghouse Electric lost 3 points. Shorts covered in Reading and its rally of over a point stiffened prices all afound. Kansas City Southern stocks be came active, the common rising 3 points and the preferred 21i points. The- recovery in prices wiped out some of the losses, no tably in Sugar. Chicago. Indianapolis and Louisville and the Pacifies. Bonds were easier at noon. There was a heavy and short lived de mand for Southern Railway following the spurt in Louisville which carried the price up l5ij points. Luiisville then reacted 24 points and Southern Railway a fraction. Union Pacific was lifted points over last night and the transcontinentals rose to the best. Kansas City. Southern and Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis rose 5 points each and Toledo. St. Louis and Western preferred a point. Meantime Reading reacted a point. Rock Island lost 2 and Northwestern. Chicago Great West ern and Manhattan fell a point below last night. The bulls took hold of Iiuisville and the Readings, carrying the first named to 146. a gain over night of 4i points, while the latter all sold '8 above yesterday's close. Strong upward movements occurred in nu merous minor stocks, but the active stocks were quiet and did not benefit much from the buoyant features. Wisconsin Central stocks, Evansville and Terre Haute, Keo kuk and lies Moines. Anaconda. Continen tal Tobacco preferred and Nashville, Chat tanooga and St. Iouis made gains of from 1 to over 2 points. New York Money Market New York. May 7. Noon MONEY Money on call nominal at 7iS per cent: prime mercantile paper; 4I4'a514 per cent: sterling exchange steady, with actual business in bankers' bills at $4.S7xi4.S7ri for demand aiifi at W.f-Vr-M.SCjii for 60 days: posted rates. $4.S6 and $4.Si; commercial bills. $4.S4V'a4.Si5H. SILVER Bar silver, 51sc; Mexican dol lars. 41Hc. BONDS Government bonds steady. To dav's ouotations: 17. "S. refunding 2s, registered lOSia n 1 I n u t n t (i n DRY GOODS CO. U. S. refunding 2s. coupon lOO1 U. S. 3s. registered l"i U. S. 3s. coupon V"-x U. S. new 4s, registered 137- U. S. new 4s, coupon 137-4 U. S. old 4s, registered U. S. old 4s. coupon lil1 U. S. 5s. registered lj5i U. S. 5s, coupon 1054 Market Gossip. Furnished by A. G. Goodwin, Commission Merchant, 601 Kansas avenue.J Opening Liverpool cables: "Wheat and corn, L4d higher. Omaha live stock receipts: Hogs, 10.000 head; market 5c lower. Cattle. 3.fU0 head; market lO'alac higher. Sheep, 2,5(-0 head. Second Liverpool cables: Wheat and corn afijd higher. Chicago grain receipts: Wheat, 32 cars; corn, 75 cars: oats. 157 cars. Kansas City grain receipts: Wheat, 19 cars; corn, 155 cars: oats. 50 cars. A year ago: Wheat, 90 cars; corn, 11 cars.oat s, 7 cars. Kansas City grain shipments: Wheat. 7 cars: corn. 79 cars: oats. 12 cars. A year ago: Wheat, .j9 cars; corn, OS cars; oats, 16 cars. Kansas City: July wheat Puts, TOc; calls, 71riic: curb, 7114c. July corn Puts, 59"sc; calls, OoUc: curb, 60c. Northwest grain receipts: Minneapolis, S3 cars: Duluth. 25 cars. A year ago: Min neapolis. 12s cars: Duluth, 14 cars. Closing Liverpool cables: Wheat and corn id higher. Range of Prices. Furnished by the Kemper Grain com pany. 104 Board of Trade building. Kan sas Citv, Mo., through their Topeka of fice, at 110 West Sixth street. Tele phone 4S6.1 Chicago, May 7. Low Close Yes Open High WHEAT May 74j-i 7414 73V2 73-''s 74 Julv 75:'8 75-"4 74 7416 75H Sept ....74 74-V7 72"4 7.T 74H. Dec 75 75 IVi 74a 75'fc-76 CORN Mav 60 "4 fil 5914 59 60H July 62-4 604 0";'s 61 Sept 60"s-61 61 V 6S 6s1 W4 Dec 46 46 46h. OATS Mav 41 41 41 41'i, 41 U Julv 34 34 -V4 3H 338 34-s Sept 29V 29, 2S 2i.4 2f.-4 Dec 24- 29 29 -J"a 2SH FORK Mav 16 85 lfi S5 16 SO 16 SO 16 S5 Julv 16 97 17 02 16 95 16 95 16 95 Sept ....17 UO-2 17 10-1217 00 17 02 17 00 LARD Mav 10 10 10 05 Julv ....10 10 10 12-5 10 07 10 lu 10 12 Sept ....10 12 10 20 10 12 10 17 10 15 RIBS Mav 9 45-47 9 50 9 45 9 50 9 4? Julv 9 52 9 55 9 47 52 9 50 Sep't 9 55-57 9 60 9 55 67-60 9 5? Bid. Kansas City Grain. Furnished by A G. Goodwin. Commission Merchant, 601 .Kansas avenue. J Kansas City, May 7. Open High Low Close Yes WHEAT Mav 72H 721-s 71 "71-tJ 72H Julv 72 72'2 71 711s-li 72H Sept 72 iih 71 TlVs-U CORN Mav 625i 624 61 61- 62- July 61 1' 5'.-'-s 59'i 60S Sept 5S foft 6t9 5ti':a 67t OATS Mav 42"8 44H July 31', ZT-.z Bid. "Asked. Range of Prices on Stock. Furnished by A. G. Goodwin, Commission Merchant, 601 Kansas avenue. New York, May 7. Op'n Hit;h Low Cl'se Yes 129 12H-4 129"i lolg 1WH Ilea, lu4- 07 6:''ii 60r"8 6718 67s-4 4ia4 4,r 41 41 12 4i;,s O'-'i 67 65;4 65g 67r:a 3S'.2 3S', HtS 37', SS'a 171 172 159 17"H 1713 !i S"-'s 7:04 7'-4 Si 9Xi 9V4 9i 9V4 S'i is.;, Vii's 132 ur-H liU'-i 1 i-l -Hi 101'-, looH loo"-., lei 45:4 45' 444 443, lf,, l.-!.l.-s 15si2 J5! 154 I1R4 Kin'-i llilB I'ClU, 1(4 37-4, 3m 371-4 37--, 37ii (PS fc1-, (W 66 66 32 32'.a 29- 297-, 32 141 146 l4n'., 143 11 '4 66H 67H 654 04 6i Sugar People's Gas Amal. Copper T'. S. Steel B. R. T Erie St. Paul Atchison, com Atchison, pfd Manhattan Mo. Pacific Wabash N. Y. Central U. P.. com Southern Rwy. T. C. I C. G. W. L. N So. Pacific A.G. CQ0DVJ1H, 601 Kansas Ave. Commission Merchant. Stocks, Cotton, Grain and Provisions For cash or future delivery. Private market wire to Kansas City, St. Louis. Chicago and New York. Telaphone 27a

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TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL,, WEDNESDAY EVENING. HAT 7,1002. GOLD "1st C:a CSLD DUST Slave if you will, but housework easy, use ""A A. I V: i rV r 5-1 n-T-'Xf j 1 tjewAritoF J k- v V1C3J!";! v -SI.. v- V'.. It makes home brighter and care lighter. Made only by THE N. K. FAIRBANK COMPANY, Chicago. Hew York, Boston, St. Louis. Makers of OVAL FAIRY SOAP. FELL THREE STORIES. Joint Evarts, a Book Binder, lias a Frightful Fall. John F.vai'ts, a bookbinder in the em ploy of Crane Oo.. fell from a win dow in the bindery department on the third floor of the Crane building to the pavement in the areaway in the rear of i lie building shortly after 10 o'clock this morning. Exarts' almost lifeless body was picked tip by his fellow workmen. An ambulance wits summoned and he was taken to Christ hospital. Kvarts was ifaninir out of the window cleaning tivj outside of the &!ass when the accident occurred. No one saw him when he struck the bottom. It is believed, how ever, that the force of the shock was diminished by his falling- on the slant ing tin roof of the coal cellar. Evarts lives at 1030 Jackson street, lie has a father and stepmother living, but lias not lived at home for Several years. TO TRY AGAIN. Miners' Committee Takes l'p the Strike Question. Scrantnn. Pa.. May 7. The executive board of the I'nited Mine Workers of America for the three districts com prising the anthracite region, met here at 10 o'clock this morning to consider the report of the special committee which had been in conference with the National Civic federation and the pres idents of the coal-carrying r railroads. Tl e meetings are to be secret and news" of the proceedings of the board will be fciveii out through President Mitchell. Thirty-four representatives of the Mine workers tire present and they will de cide whether the men are to remain at work or go on strike for increased pay. a shorter day's work, and recognition of their union. President Mitchell, before entering Carpenter hall to attend the meeting, etaie l that lie had received no word of reported concessions on the part of the operators. The situation, he said, was exactly as it was last night when he em piaiically stated that he had not re ceived concessions and did not expect any that would be voluntarily forthcom ing. His answer to a question asked early this morning clearly showed that rii advaie-es or concessions were expect ed from the operators. He was asked: "Mr. Mitchell, in tile event of your re ceiving concessions today, will you ad mit their receipt, even should you de cide not to divulge their character or extent?-' "1 can not answer that question," he i V i 1 1 i r i -ill' r j t one-sixth pure glycerin the best for the toilet that human skill can produce. A better is impossible tho you pay a dollar a cake for it. Use it for toilet and bath. Use it on the hair. Skin and hair will be as soft and smooth as silk. JAMES S. KIRK Kirk' Rain Water Maker Softens the Hardest Water Send tea cents postage for free sample DUST. M 3 pszr werftt' f i if you perfer to make answered, adding: "I am not looking fir concessions I do not expect them and the probability of any being sent at this time is so remote that I do not think it necessary to consider the mat ter" T. D. Nichols, president of District No. was chosen secretary. The session was not called to order until 10:30 o'clock and at 12:05 a recess was taken until i ::o When President Mitchell emerged from the hall he said that the work at the morning session was merely prepar atory to the real business of the after noon. He declined to say whether the report of the conference with the coal presidents and members of the civil federation in New York had been pre sented to the convention. President Mitchell said he had received no com munication from any agency that gave hope for concessions to the miners' de mands. District No. 7 holds the key to the strike situation. There are 28 dele gates. District No. 1 with 14 delegates, is strongly In favor of a strike: District No. 9. with seven delegates, is opposed to radical action, while District No. 7. represented by seven delegates. Is ap parently undecided on what action to take. THIEF IN COURT HOUSE. He Has a Special Fondness For Re volvers. The officials in the court house are conducting a quiet investigation, assist ed by Policeman Pavey, to find out who is responsible for thieving that has been going on for some time. Revolvers seems to be the craving of the thief. Two revolvers were stolen Irom Ralph Oaw, one from the county treasurer's office and one from the city court officers. Numerous smaller artic les have been missed from the offices. It is supposed that some one in the court house building is responsible. MAY BECOME BLIND. Mrs. Mary A- Livermore Having Trouble With Her Eyes. New York, May 7. Mrs. Mary A. Liv ermore, the well known woman suf fragist, is confined to her home in Mel rose, says a Boston dispatch to the Times, by a serious difficulty with her eyes. For the past two weeks she haa been under the care of a physician, and has remained in a dark room. It is feared she may become totally blind. Kansas City and Return $2.67 via the Santa Fe May 6-7-8, good returning May 9th. Now don't make any appointment for the evening of May 9. You don't want to mif;s the concert. First Congregation al church. A dollar entertainment for 20 cents. -3 f i t i I 3 COMPANY SOUTH TOPEKA. (Leave items for this column with Kim ball Printinst Co.. 912 North Kansas Ave.) Hammocks and Croquet sets at James'. Mrs. Henry Daub went to Kansas City today. Knote Withers went down to Kansas City today. Mrs. M. A. Miller went to Kansas City today. Harry Lukens is spending the day in Kansas City. Miss Jessie Kearns went to Kansas City this morning. G. W. Paramore has returned from a visit of two weeks to Salina. H. M. Clime and family have moved from k'SZ Jackson street to the South side. Fred Moore of Westmoreland has tak en a position with the Arnold Drug com pany. Mrs. L. Bodie. of Colorado Springs, is visiting her sister. Mrs. James C. Ste vick, of Monroe street. Mrs. Shamburn and daughter, Mrs. Grace Conroe, left yesterday for Cali fornia, where they will visit for two months, Mr. C. O. Buigen has moved his household goods here from lola. and with his family has gone to housekeep ing near the Grant school. On Thursday we will open up our soda fountain for the summer season. We will serve all ladies free during the evening. THE ARNOLD DRUG CO. Word has been received here of the death of Mr. Charles Gillen of Bloom Ington, 111. Mr. Gillen was the uncle of Mrs. Fred Morgan and Miss Julia Keys of 1324 Taylor street. Misa. Sadie Shoemaker arrived from Wellington Saturday, and was the guest until yesterday of her sister, Mrs. Henry Daub, of Central avenue, when she left for her home in Horton. Key. H. H. Fowler will arrive from Rosedale, Kas., tomorrow to attend the Kansas rnnfprpn.o W'Viilc Vi.-t, xc-ill I be the guest of his father-in-law. "J. N. Henry and family, of 1035 Quincy street. J. K. Withers went to Kansas City yesterday and will sing this evening with the Topeka chorus. He will stop at Lawrence on his way home, where he will be the guest of Mr. and Mrs. G. W.-Maffitt. The West Indianola school, with C. M. Morrow principal and Miss Meade assistant principal, closed today for the summer vacation. The picnic in the woods which the teachers gave the pupils was greatly enjoyed. Mrs. Samuel Alkens, 'Mrs. John Alk ens and sister. Miss Jackman, of Kan sas City, who have been visiting Mrs. Samuel Alkens' daughter, Mrs. Jonas Lukens of 1009 Central avenue, have gone to the Aikens' ranch near Hoyt, where they will stay until the last of the week, when they will return to town and again be the guests of Mrs. Lukens. Miss Belle Marple, of Indian Creek, and Mr. Casper D. Shields, of Meriden, were married today at 4 o'clock at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Zeke Marple. Mr. and Mrs. Shields will make their home near Mer iden on a farm. Mrs. Shields has been one of the well known and successful teachers in this vicinity for several years, and Mr. Shields is a prosperous farmer of Jefferson county. The Topeka district of the Ministerial association, Kansas conference, con vened yesterday afternoon in the Kan sas Avenue M. E. church. The meet ings will last three days. The address yesterday was by Rev. J. T, McFarland on "The Fundamental Aim of the Christian Church." The officers elected for the coming year were as follows: President, Rev. J. R. Madison; secre tary. Rev. H. E. Wark of the Walnut Hill church; treasurer, the Rev. O. M. Bowman. The sermon last evening was by Rev. Davis Shutt. "Problems of Church Work" were considered at the meeting this morning. "The Local Prob lem of the City" was handled by Rev. J. A. Stavely, pastor of the Kansas Ave nue church; "The Local Problem of the County" was led by Rev. T. B. Adell of Silver Lake, and the discussion was led by Rev. B. F. Dice of Meriden. The Argonauts held their regular meeting last evening at the home of their president. Rev. W. R. Hutchin son, ?,1S West Laurent street. The les son in Roman history, which included the reigns of Constantine and Julian, was conducted by the president, and the papers for the evening were by Miss Edna Pence on "Italian Music" and by Miss Lee Gilmore on "Guido Reni." The programme committee reported and Germany will be the country studied next year, supplemented with papers on current literature and on Japan and the Far East. The picnic committee. Miss Jessie Priddy. Mrs. E. H. Clark and Mr. A. J. Ashpole, was appointed to make arrangements for their annual outing, which will take place about the middle of June. The visitors last evening were Miss Fannie Cole, Miss Ollie Owen and Miss Trout of Sault Ste Marie. Mich. The next meeting will be at the home of Mrs. O. D. Skinner and Prof Whitte more of the High school will read an original translation of a Roman play.- topekaIfter it. Try to Get Next Meeting Grand Lodge U. C. T. The grand council of the United Com mercial travelers of Kansas will meet at Emporia, Friday and Saturday. There is a membership in Kansas of over 2.000 and In the United States of over 25,000 in the order. The member ship in Topeka council No. 42 is about 160. An entertainment fund for the en tertainment of all U. C. T. members and their ladies at a Kansas meeting is cre ated by an assessment of one dollar a year for each member in the state. This gives the local council about $2,000 to spend, enabling them to furnish enter tainment without asking favors from anyone in the city that secures the meeting of the grand council. The traveling men believe in paying their own way. Topeka council No. 42 will endeavor to secure the state meet ing at Topeka next year, and their rep resentatives are taking to Emporia an invitation from the mayor and city council and from the Commercial club extending a corfil invitation for the next meeting to come to Topeka. A large delegation of Topeka traveling men, their wives and friends will leave for Emporia next Friday morning on the Santa Fe. The Emporia council has provided plenty of entertainment for the visitors, on Friday the meeting of the grand council will be held. An address by the mayor and others will be made, a reception at the Elks club rooms will be given the ladies and a ball and re ception in the evening. On Saturday the grand council will instruct a large class of candidates. A carriage drive with a basket ball game at the college for the ladies in the afternoon and a parade with field sports at the park at night will make up the programme. The Woodward stock company from Kansas City will give a play at the opera house. These entertainments are for the traveling men and their ladies only, and are without cost to the vis itors. Terrible plagues, those itching, pester ing diseases of the skin. Put an end to misery. Doan's Ointment cures. At any drug store. jJ L u 1 J luj 1D MISCELLANEOUS IDS. TREE MESSENGER FOR WANTS. PULL Postal Telegraph-Cable or or call by either teiephcjr.e No. 417 and have your Want Ads brought to the State Jour nal office by free messenger. No chege tc. you for messenger service. Cost or classi fied ads 6 cents per line of 6 wards to the line and every fraction thereof. ANNOUNCEMENTS. I AM AN INDEPENDENT CANDIDATE tor the office ot sheriff of Shawnee county, LEE MYEP.S. WANTED SITUATIONS. WANTED A girl 12 years old wants to take care of small babv in good familv. Address Jessie Hall, 4cil E. 3d st. WANTED Situation house cleaning, win dow washing, in office, store or resi dence. Best citv references. Address L-, Journal, or Capital Employment office. WHEN you want to hire a man or boy. call up T. M. C. A., telephone 311. We have a list cf n.en and confidential ref erences concerning them. Y. II. f A. Employment Bureau. UJ E. 8th St. WANTED 5 men or women with 1 horse and wagon each to deliver an article that every housewife needs. Howard, 210 E. 6th st., city. WANTED Boys, quick, at Topeka nur series, east of Santa Fe shops. WANTED Hustling, responsible man to act as our representative and sell stock. Splendid opportunity. -Enormous profits. Write immediately, inclosing references. Almeda Oil Co., t2S Rialto bldg., St. Louis, Mo. WANTED First class white barber, good wages, steady job to right man. No Sun day work. Ferger Bcardsley, Great Bend, Kan. WANTED Good arm waiters at Cremerie restaurant. WANTED Men to learn barber trade. 8 weeks required: special inducements un til May 15; positions guaranteed: scholar ship, board and tools to applicants from distance. Write nearest branch. Moler Barber colleges, St. Louis, Mo., or Omaha, Neb. WANTED -FEMALE HELP. WANTED White girt general housework, small family. 1211 Western ave. WANTED Experienced white girl, good wages; no washing. 12t9 Topeka ave. WANTED A white girl for general house work. 1227 Western ave. WANTED Waist and skirt makers. Mrs. Mercer, Crosby Bros. WANTED MISCELLANEOUS. WANTED A horse and phaeton for its keeping; good care. bOO E. Oth st. Tel. 67S. WANTED MISCELLANEOUS. WANTED Carpets, lace and chenille cur tains to clean; carpets scoured, ingrains washed: lace curtains a specialty. J. H. Fosdick, 8 Kansas ave. 'Phone SCO. HIGHEST CASH price paid for men's second-hand clothing, overcoats and shoes. Drop me a card. Abe. Jacobson. 6e2 Kansas avenue. EMPEROR'S REPLY. Francis Joseph Answers Address of the Delegations. Buda Pest, Hungary, May 7. "As in the past, so in the future, the constant endeavor of my government will be di rected to fostering" close relations with our allies, as well as feelings of confi dence with all other powers, thus con tributing to the maintenance and con solidation of European peace." This was the most interesting passage from a general, international view point, in the reply of Emperor Francis Joseph to the address of the delegations of Austria-Hungary, at the reception held in the castle this morning, at Buda. The emperor also made a brief but important reference to the Balkan situ ation, saying: "Our unvarying and friendly understanding with the Russian empire concerning events in the near east is conducive to the continued main tenance of order and tranuillity in those regions." He remarked that since the last ses sion of the delegations the general po litical situation had in no way under gone any material change. He paid a tribute to the Austro-Hungarian forces employed in the China expedition and referred to the necessity for increased expenditure for the artillery, for improv ing the naval stations, and for "dispen sable increases in the personnel of the fleet and the construction of ships." The address of the delegations alluded to continued preservation of peace and the increased prestige of the dual mon archy in the councils of Europe, as "largely due to the veneration in which the emperor-king is held by all," and promised full consideration of the in creased demands for the army and of the expenditure required for the devel opment of internal industry and agri culture, and for fostering foreign trade relations, so as to enable Austro-Hun-gary to compete with the nations of the world. The delegations' address also empha sized the .fact tat complete success in this direction largely depends on a strong and lasting union of the econo mic forces of the two halves of the dual monarchy. Gil EXT IS ALIVE. Former Santa Fe Man Reported Dead Writes ft Letter. Salida, Col.. May 4. 1903. To the Editor of the State Journal. I have been informed that your paper of the 1st said that I had both legs cut off some time ago and afterwards that I died from the shock. I was also in formed that some of the fake mediums had a long spirit communication frc-m me. Please say for me that my legs are all right, but that I have had a hard attack of pneumonia and now have a little spell of mountain fever, but hope to be all right in a few days, when I will go to the San Juan district to take full charge of the machinery in oe of largest and richest mines in the state. I hope it will be a long time before my spirit talks with the true mediums of Topeka. I will be in Topeka in October to visit and settle up with my many friends and show others that I am still alive. B. W. GHENT. Burned 1,622 Buildings. St. Petersburg. May 7. The recent fire at the town of Bobruisk, in the province of Minsk, destroyed 972 houses and t0 small stores. WANTED SALESMEN. WANTED 3 salesmen for city work. We have a new proposition that will interest you. Call at 7:30 a. m. Collum Commerce Co., 702 Jackson st. WANTED Salesmen everywhere: salary or commission paid weekly, to solicit or ders in towns, villages and rural districts. Permanent. Outfit free. Brown Bros. Co., Pochcster, N. Y. SALESMEN to sell first class nursery stock. All goods guaranteed true to name. Good salaries paid. Write for terms to Mount Hope Nurseries, Lawrence, Kan. WANTED Salesmen for full line of fruit and ornamental trees. Pay weekly, out fit free; steady work. Lawrence Nursery Co., No. 9 E. Henry et., Lawrence. Kan. JPEIISJNAL SCIENTIFIC investigation has proved that those of our fellow men who are afflicted with the drink or liquor habit can be cured. You will thanU us for calling: your attention to the fact If you investigate cur mode cf treatment, prices, etc. Call or write. DeVcc Liquor Cure Co., 035 Kansas ave., Topeka. Kan. J. L. Winchell, man ager. O. K. TOBACCO CURE. Guaranteed. 933 Kansas avenue. FOR RENT ROOMS. FOR RENT Handsomely furnished room, steam heat and bath. 723 Quincy st. FOR RENT Unfurnished rooms. 509 Lin coln st. FOR RENT Parti v furnished house of 8 rooms, bath and closet. Possession given after May 22. House can be seen any time. Will take room and board by owner, a widower, as part payment. Inquire ;1S Quincy. or 215 W. 10th st. FOR RENT Pleasant room for 2. with board. 30S E. Sth ave. FOR RENT HOUSES. FOR RENT One 5-room house. lir,l Wayne ave.. Washburn Place. Enquire at Washburn cider works. FOR RENT Modern S room house. Call King St.. or Grimes i Kohrer, Central National Bank bldg. FOR RENT 8 room house, barn, partly modern, 1254 Clay St. Inquire next door. FOR RENT 6 room house, modern, bath. hot and cold water. Iu28 Taylor, st. Call between 10 and 11 a. ni. FOR RENT Good 0 room house, partly modern, fine location and shade. Apply W. W. Mills. 723 Kansas ave. FOR SALE MISCELLANEOUS. FOR SALE 25 young Belgian hares, $1.00 each, from my prize winners: also some very fine mature stock. Ered Oliver, 1121 Madison street. FOR SALE New surrey, beautiful bay mare S years old, lliid lbs., gentle for wo men and children, household furniture, good steel cook stove. 2 heaters, caroets. j fine guitar, music box, wheelbarrow. erything we have. Are going to leave the state. James Thompson, 1206 Jackson St., North Topeka. FOR SALE Good 4 gal. cow. Call after 6 at 701 Lane st. FOR SALE Walnut bed room suite and gasoline stove and oven. H23 W. Sth st. FOR SALE Small stock groceries, doing good business: good reasons for selling. Address N.. care Journal. FOR SALE No where, by no one. just as good hue stop as Padgett's soot proof. FOR SALE Buggy and harness at 1726 Clay st. FOR SALE Fine Journal route, heart of the city. E. S. Hotehkin, Carrier 13. FOR SALE Spring wagon, very cheap. Lannon, 5v4 Jackson st. FOR SALE First class Journal route, in good location. Address Carrier 33. FOR SALE Cane and Kaffir corn seed. J. L. Penny, 313 Quincy. FOR SALE Buggy, harness and 4-year-old horse. Inquire 805 E. Oth St. FOR SALE 1 horse. 1 set single harness and road wagon. 1123 W. 6th st. FOR SALE 2 seated carriage, almost new. Address "V.," care of Journal. FOR SALE 3 new store counters. Address Mary Hodges. Grantville, Kan. FOR SALE-REAL ESTATE. FOR SALE BY SHILLINGLAW Business lot 1U0 ft. building east front, rents about $1.2u0 per year. Closing estate. Ss.2u0. Business house, Kansas ave., rents $350. Price S7.2oi). Business house, Kansas ave., rents $675. Price iT.500. 11 lots and 2 residence houses, Kansas ave. between 11th and 12th. Want cash offer. 80 acres 4 mile from city limits, 4 blocks from car line. Hurry up if you want it Bargains in vacant lots in all parts of city. THOS. G. SHILLINGLAW, loots West Fifth St. FOR SALE I have a good business prop erty on Kansas ave.. east front, and well rented, which I wish to sell at once while I am in the west. For particulars address Robert McClure, care National hotel, To Ie!:a, Kan. FOR SALE Choice section of grass land in Ellis countv. Kansas, some timber and river running through the land. Price J4.50 per acre. W. A. ROBERTS. 10S W. Fifth St., Topeka, Kan. FOR SALE OR RENT House, lot and garden in Oakland near Dunkard church. Mrs. D. W. Pinkham. FOR SALE Now is the time to purchase property of Thos. S. Lyon, 1401 College ave. 'Phone 437 4 rings. FOR SALE A residence property in the best part of the city that should have consideration of any one desiring to pur chase a first class home. Complete in all modern appliances for comfort and lux ury. A. B. Poole, 115 E. 8th Bt. FOR S-ALE 8 room new house with 3 lota, east front Warren St., near Washburn college: splendid neighborhood. J. Thomas Lumber Co. FOR SALE By M. Heery 411 Jackson St.. houses and lots on time payments. MISCELLANEOUS. YOUR stoves called for and stored for the summer, $1.50. Telephone 8.11. LOST AND FOUND. LOST Tuesday. Scotch Terrier named Kaisie. tan color. Liberal reward for his return to 821 Monroe st. LOST 2 mares and a yearling colt. Noti fy Mrs. D. L. I.akin at 1st and Western ave. The mares are 3' and 7 years old. TAKEN CP Sunday night, bay horse, white left hind foot, white face, mane clipped. Now at 635 Adams st. STAMPS, SEALS AND STENCILS THE J. C. DARLING CO.. 7t4 Kan. Av-j. Rubber stamps, bras ana aluminum trade checks. Prices low. Catalogue free. TeL 292. PATENTS. J. A. ROSEN, Patent Attorney, 418 Kansas avenue, Topeka. BANK STATEMENTS. First published in Topeka Stats Jouraal May 7, lOOi EEPOKT OF THE CONDITION of the Merchants National Bank at Topeka, in the State of Kansas, at the eloM of business April ayth, 1902. KESOURCES. Loans and discount; 1442,749.0? Overdrafts, secured aad unsecured... 450.55 U. S. bonds to secure circulation 100.0-i0.0i) Other bonds on hand 1,487.80 Hue from approved reserve agents $14t.2S5.48 Due from other national banks It, 112. 09 Checks and other cash Items 3,454.42 Exchange for clearing house. 2,763.0! Notes of other National banks S4.205.00 Fractional currency, nick els and cents 405.81 Gold and silver coin 13.065.95 Ii'al tender notes 60.140. uo 256.4S1.7S lteuemptiou fund with U. Treasurer 5.000.00 isuc.lti3.i0 LIABILITIES. Capital stock paid in $100.00.000 Undivided prolits, less expenses and taxes paid 3.C71.83 National baak notes outstanding 100,000. 0J Due to slate banks ami bankers 18,715.64 Imlividiiaideposils subject tochnck 539,798.10 Demand certificates of de posit 1,790.00 Time certiticates of de posit 19,821.04 Certified checks initslanu- i.-.n 207.00 Cashier's checks out- staudiug 2,105.00 G02.497. 38 $806,100.20 State of Kansas, County of Shawnee, ss: 1. 1'. 'W. Freeman, cashier of Mia above named hank, do solemnly swear that the above statement is true to the Oesc of my knowledge and belief. F. W. FREEMAN, Cashier. Subscribed and swora to betore ine, this 7th day of May. 100-'. Seal E. A. TIRRILL. Notary Public My commission expires July 1, 1905. Correct Attest: W. W. MILLS. W. W. MAN SPEAKER, W. A. L THOMPSON. Directors. TO "WHOM IT MAY CONCERN. TO WHOM IT MAT CONCERN Be it known that my application is now on file In the office of the probate court of Shaw nee county, Kansas, asking for a permit to sell intoxicating liquors according to law. at No. 3o0 Kansas ave.. in the Second ward of the city of Topeka. Shawnee county, state cf Kansas. Hearing is set for the 13th day of May. 1902. at 9 a. m. LEE JONES. TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN Our ap plication for a permit to sell intoxicat ing liquors, according to law. at 600 Kan sas ave., in the Second ward of the city of Topeka, is now on file in the office of the probate judge of Shawnee county, Kan sas. The hearing of the same is set for Saturday at 9 o'clock a. m., June 7. 12. ROWLEY SNOW. NOTICE This is to inform the public that the firm of Bishop Rathburn has this day dissolved by mutual consent, Mr. Rathburn retiring, with the Capital Em ployment office, 811 Kansas ave., and H. A. Bishop remains at the old stand with the Star Employment office. H. A. Bishop, O. M. Rathburn. Topeka. Kan., Mav 5. 102. STRAYED OB STOLEN. STRAYED A brown water spaniel dog, answers to name of "Mike." Please re turn to Mary MacLennan, 1019 Topeka ave. STOLEN Bull dog, white, with few specs. Reward for return to 517 W. 10th St. SATIN-SKIN SPECIALTIES. NO lady can do without powder, but buy the best; it's Satin-Skin. Flesh, white or brunet tints, 25c at the Model. SECRET SOCIETIES. K. O. T. M. Capital City tent No. 24, meet in review every Wednesday night at 119 W. Cth st. All Sir Knights are invited. E. D. Coons, secretary. BICYCLES TOPEKA AUTOMOBILE. AND CYCLE Co. Tel. 706. Bicycles and sundries; bi cvcles and tardema for rent; repairing of all kinds. U. S. CYCLE CO.. 118 E. 8th st National and Iver-Johnson bicycles; supplies.repairs. ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW. T. D. HUMPHREY'S, lawyer, has re moved his office to 604 Kansas ave. FLORISTS. CUT FLOWERS, floral designs, palm dee orations and plants, at Sachs', 119 W. 6tS St., 'phone 64, and greenhouse W. 10th st. CUT FLOWERS and floral deslgnes at Hayes'. 107 W. Sth St. 'Phone 6ilS. PINE HORSES. "JACKDAW," most successful sire of trotting speed in Kansas. Three of his get (3-year-olds) have been sold by Topeka owners for an average of $1,E80, and "The Shamrock," the handsomest horse In the west, both by fashionable Eons of George Wilkes, out of Robert McGregor dams, will be, after April 1, ac Transfer stables, E. 6th St., Topeka. R. I. Lee, STORAGE MERCHANTS' TRANSFER STORAGE Co. packs, ships and stores household goods. Tel. ISO. Clarence Skinner. 123 R. 6th St. JEWELERS. JAMES B HAYDEN, Jeweler and Opti cian. Complete stock of watches, dia monds, silverware, etc. Eyes examined pnd spectacles properly fitted. WATCHMAKER. WATCHES cleaned, 76c; clocks, 60c; main springs, 7ac: crystals, 10c. Cash paid for old gold or silver. All work guaranteed. OM .ijwciry exchanged for new. If hard up, see Uncle Sam. 612 Kan-as ave. FREE DISPENSARY. FREE DISPENSARY. 119 W. Fifth St.. under management of seven Topeka phy sicians, where those who are unable to pay for medical treatment may have the same free of charge. MONEY. MONEY TO LOAN on live stock, pianos, organs, typewriters, household goods Ami personal security. L. fiiscoe. 523 Kan. Ave MONUMENTS. BUY your marble and granite monu ments at 231 Jefferson, cheapest place in town. H. Schroeder. PAVINQ. THE OFFICE of the Capital City Vitri fied Brick and Paving; Co. bas been ra nvtd to liS W. fci. ANK STATEMENTS. .CFirst published in the Topeka State Journal, May 7, 190-', 1 REPORT OF THE CONDITION OP THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK at Topeka. in the State of Kansas, at the closs ai business, April 30, 1902. RESOURCES. Loans and discounts 735,302 5 4 U. s. bouds to secure cir culation 310.000 00 Premiums on U. 8. bonds. 20,46 01 Overdrafts, secured and unsecured 4,239 43 A. T. Si S. F. first mort gage Eold 4 per cent boiids 01.750.00 Sauking house, furni ture and fixtures 102. -'50 ou Other real estate owned. 4,5y0 00 uue iioiu state uautvs auu bankers Due from approved re serve atrents Internal revenue stamps. Exchanges for cleanug house Notes of other National hanks Fractional paper currency, DicKels aucl cents Lawful mouey reserve iu bank, viz.- Specie befial tender notes Redemption fund with U. Treasurer 3 per cent ot circulation) 3,897 IS 136,234 01 180 78 67,949 13 14.916 50 183 11 40.927 91 40,aj0 tXi S04.2S7 61 15.000 00 Total $1,537,775 64 LIABILITIES. Capital stock paid in $300,003 oi Surplus fund 15,0j0o) Undivided profits less ex Ileuses and taxes paid. 8,173 41 National bank notes out standing 300,000 00 Due to other National bauks 99 98 Due to state bauks aud aud bankers 26 163 94 Due to trast companies aud Savings banks 6,219 16 Individual deposits sub ject to check 653.877 82 Demand certificates ot deposit 223,126 53 Certilied checks 100 00 Cashier's checks out standing 9 80-914,597 23 Total $1,537,775 64 State of Kansas. County of Shawnee, ss: I. C. E. Hawley, cashier of the above named bank, dc solemnly swear tnat the above statement is true to the besttf my knowledge and belief. C. K. HAWLEY. Cashier. Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 6th day of May, 1902. SEAL. L VV. WILSON, Notary Publics. My commission expires October 14, 1002. Correct Attest: Wst. Sims. W. H. Kossisgtox. Chas, J. Dkvus, Directors. (First published Is Topeka State Journal, Ma; 7,1902.) REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF THK Central National Bank, Of Topeka, Kan., at the Close of Businaai April 30th, 1902, as called for by th Comptroller of the Currency: RESOURCES. Loans and discounts V! 16,206 93 Overdrafts 427 26 U. S. bonds to secure circulation 830,000 00 U. S. bonds to secure U. 8. deposits 60,000 00 Premium on U. S. bonds. 15,000 0.1 Stocks, bouds, securities, 7.37 W Furniture and fixtures... 8.600 oil Real Estate l.OuO OJ Investment in bank bldg. 75,000 cm) Due from other Natiouai banks S4,Mr, 07 Due Irom state banks I9.ti.su 10 Due from approved re- serve agents 216,857 60 Checks aud other cash items 10,896 75 Exchange for clearing house 43.398 84 Bills of other National banks 29,347 00 KicKels and cents 5;"3 78 Specie: Gold and silver.. 68.371 15 Legal tender notes 2U.000 00 $tl4,2"4 79 Internal revenue stamps. 370 00 Redemption fund with U. b. treasurer 12,500 03 Total 11,546,206 48 LIABILITIES. Capital stock paid In 1250,000 00 Surplus fund irj.Oua 01 Undivided profits less ex penses and taxes paid. 10,997 21 Circulation outstanding.. 250,000 00 Due to other National banks fS,375 24 Due to state and private banks 11,836 51 Due to savings batiks 12,827 28 Individual deposits sub ject to check 775,654,16 Demand certificates of deposit 136,68 83 Certified checks 4T.3 31 Cashier's checks 22,393 94 t". S. Deposits 50,000 OO$l,O15,209 27 Total il,546,206 48 Stale of Kansas, Shawnee Co., ss. I, Edwin Knowles, cashier of tne above named Bank, do solemnly swear that the auova statement is true according to the best of my knowledge and belief. EDWIN KNOWLE3, Cashier. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 7ttj day of May, 1902. Seal Geo. B. Maniino, Notary f uulic. (Commission expires Sept. 13th, 1005.) Correct Attest.- P. 1. Boxebbaks, C. S. DOWNINO, CHAS. J. DEVLIN". Directors PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS. IDA C, BARNES, M. D. Office TJ'l Kansas ave. Residence Thir teenth and Cav. Office hours: 9 a. m. to 11 a. m. and 3 p. m. to 5 p. m. Telephone uijS lcsidcnee and 1 office. C. B. COSS, M. D. Office 116 East Elhtt street. Niht calls. 'Phone 9u9. L. M. POWELL, M. D. Office. 634 Kansa ave., phone 27. Residence phone 26. HAIR DRESSING. SWITCHES, shampooing, wigs. etc. Mrs. Van Vleck. 222 E. 6th st. Tel. 878. RAILROAD TIME TABLES. Rock Island. (In effect April 13, 1902.) West-bound Arrive. Texas Ex. No. 1 12:5upm St J. Top. Ex. No. 13. ..12:45 pm Night Colo. Flyer No. 9 8:10 pm El Paso Limited No. 20 12:4ctam Night Texas Ex. No. 3 11:55 pm S VV Express No. 2B S:'.'5prn K. C.-& Chick. Ex. No. 35.. 9:3Uam East-bound East-bound Lim. Ex. No. 2, 3:30 pm Top. St. J. Ex. No. 14... East. Ex. Mail No. 4.... 3:30am No 30 El Paso lb Chicago.. 4:45am Colo. K. C. E'lyer No. 10.. Top. St. J. Ex. No. 20... Chic k. K. C. Ex. No. 36.. 6:50 pm All trains dally, except Nos. 35 daily except Sunday. Union Pacific WESTBOUND. Arrive. Den. Pac. Coast No. 5.12:30 pm Limited No. 1 ..ll:lupm June. City Pass. No. 3.. 6:10 pm Salina Ex. No. 7 10:u5 am EASTEpUND. Atlantic Ex. No. 4 3:w0pm Limited No. 2 6:u0am K. C. Pass. No. 6 :tra am Salina Ex. No. 5:5o pm K. C. Ex. No. 8 6:s pm Leave. 1:00 pra 8:10 pm 12 :&0 am 12:10 am 9:35 am 3 35 pm 3:36 pm 4;2J am o:r! l-.m 7:30 am 7::U am 6:50 pm and 36-- Leave. 32 :30 pm 11 :10 pm 0:25 pir. 10:cjj pm S:f0 prn 5:50 ft:n 8:20 a in 6:10 pm 6:10 prn All trains dally except Nos. 7 and 8 daily except Sunday. Missouri Pacific. Arrive. Leave. Topeka-Ft. Scott Accom. jio,. 2i5 6:00 pm 7:00 sa

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TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL, WEDNESDAY EVENING. MAY 7, 190! o i Z I 619 Kansas Ave. I i a.i SL 1. Ju4 W A. Phone 230. liL Car Jei 4 2 2. I The balance of our Ladies' finest qual- I ity Silk Waists, most exquisitely made I up, faultless to a degree, come in all the J dainty evening shades, also in black and I white, have been selling up to $7.50 DOG DR017I! HERE. Famous Cake Walker Pays Visit to Topeka. Will Be "Wid de Diabolical Push" Tonight. HE IS INTERVIEWED. I'nblu shingly Admits He is a "Nachel Bo'n Cake Walkah." Feature of Prof. Jackson's Ben efit at Auditorium Tonight. Sfour Choice, (7 1 TAKE A LOOK IN OUR SOUTH WINDOW. i TViiflE WILL BE HIGH. Warden Jewett Says Raw Ma terial is Too Expensive. Warden E. B. Jewett believes that the price of binding twine will stay up for several years to come unless the Phil ippine product can be brought to the United States free of duty at either end. At present there is an export duty on the raw material irt the Philippines. This opinion is the result of Mr. Jewett's trip to the hemp plantations of Yucatan last winter, and his subse quent investigations. It is almost im possible to get enough labor in Yucatan that will increase the hemp production and the Philippine product is too ex pensive when the export duty is added. A provision has been made to give a rebate on Philippine .hemp that is ex ported into the United States and man ufactured into twine here, but it is such a laborious process to secure the rebate, and there is so much red tape about it that it is hardly worth the while. Mr. Jewett has asked some of the members of the Kansas delegation in congress to have a law passed simplifying the process and allowing Philippine hemp to corne direct to the United States without any sort of a duty at either end. "There are about three thousand hemp plantations on "which the twine sisai is raised," said Mr. Jewett in dis cussing the twine situation. "Down there it is a question of labor in rais ing the stuff. The only people who can or will work at it are the peons or descendants from the Aztec Indians. An experiment was made in shipping some Porto Rican laborers there to work on the plantations, but it was not a suc cess. The peons spend their lives on a single plantation. They go with a place when it is sold. "The plantations are as fiat as a table and just about as barren of soil. The plants seem to grow right-on the bare rock. There are dummy railroads run ning to some of the plantations, and the rails are laid right on the bare ground. "This year the sisal costs so much that the price for the penitentiary twine will be lOVi cents a pound in small lots and 10 cents in lots of 5,000 pounds or more. This will let the deal ers make a half cent profit, as many farmers wuuld prefer buying direct of tiie dealer. I look for the price of twine to stay up to that figure for some time. "Minnesota has made a. marked suc cess of its binding twine plant. It was established about eleven years ago, but the first three years it lost money, be cause it had the wrong kind of ma chinery. At the end of that time it had to buy a new equipment, and since then it has be'n doing business along strict ly business lines, and it has quadrupled Its original working capital. It is about double the size of the Kansas plant and works about 230 convicts. It has been under one continuous manage ment, and that of course is a help to it. Then the Minnesota farmers have been educated to buy their twine long before iiarvext. so that it is possible to tell something about the demand, but Kan sas farmers don't do that way. They wait until the Monday before harvest begins and then they all want twine at once. My idea is that the Kansas plant ought to be run along business lines, the same as any business enterprise, although it is not, of course, intended to make money. I think that dealers should be allowed to handle the twine and that they ought to be allowed to make a fair profit for doing the busi ness, but not an exorbitant one." Mr. Jewett has just sent a letter to farmers and implement dealers through out the state in which he says: "The price of the state twine for this season, f. o. b. Lansing, has been fixed at 10 cents per pound in lots of 5,000 pounds and over, and 10Vi cents per pound for any amounts under 6.000 pounds. No agents will be appointed. The twine will be sold to residents of the state, and this will include dealers; how ever, the management reserves the right to sell in such quantities to dealers as in their judgment they may think prop er, the purpose being to supply such farmers as may desire to order direct from the institution. This pian treats all residents of the state alike; the local dealer has the same rights under this ruling that the farmer has and if the local dealer does not sell at a price sat isfactory to him, he has his remedy by ordering direct from this institution; however, he can not expect to defer his orders until late in the season and then be supplied, as it is the intention of the management to dispose of the twine. It will be to some extent a policy of serv ing those who come first.' "This manner of disposing of the twine is in line with the law; all resi dents of the state under its provisions have the right to purchase it, ana while the dealer purchasing in large quanti ties may have a little advantage, both in price and freight rat, If he buys m car lots, he can extend some conven iences, however, to the farmer, wru? in many instances prefers to deal with him. We guarantee the twine to be first class. Your agent can give you freight rates, so that you can tell just what your twine w ill cost you. WAS DOING HIM. The "Ho!!! Up" Man, Coffee. Few people know how many persons ere made sick and kept sick by coffee urinking. A trained nurse relates her experience with a number of different persons. She says, "Quite a long tine ago I discovered that coffee was the cause of the violent palpitation of my heart and frequent sick headaches, and attacks of indigestion, so I quit coffee and went onto hot water, not knowing then of Postum Food Coffee. Quits a while after I quit coffee my husband began to complain of coffee coming up in his mouth more or less during the forenoon, and it made it very disagreeable for him. One day I said, 'Suppose we try that Postum Food Coffee which is advertised so much.' So we did and I prepared it according to directions. The beverage proved delic ious and we liked it so much and it agreed with us so well we have used it for over two years now. My palpitation of the heart, head aches and indigestion have gone alto gether. It is very easy to make by boiling 15 or 20 minutes with a small piece of butter put in the pot to pre ent its boiling over. My cousin, who is a telegraph opera tor, had nervous dyspepsia, having to stay from work every few days. He gave up the use of coffee and com menced using Postum, and since that tine lie has not been troubled with woman told me she had suffered with Indigestion for three years. She drank nothing but tea. I made Postum for her and showed her how to make tt. She liked it and now uses it in her unily regularly and is well and happy. I could name a dozen or more similar 8es." M. N, Clark, 322 Ogden Ave., Chicago, liL British Force Believes the Gar rison at O'Okiep. London, May 7. The town O'Okiep, western Cape Colony, which had been besieged since April 4 by a Transvaal force under Commandant Smutz, has been relieved by a British force under Colonel Cooper. The garrison was in good health and only a few of the troops were wounded. The Boers retired south. Lord Kitchener, in reporting the re lief of O'Okiep, adds that the Concordia district, in about the same part of Cape Colony, is clear of Boers. "I ce't'nly Is a nachel bo'n cake walk eh,' says "Doc" Brown, the famous. "Doc" is biiled as one of the prominent features of the entertainment to be given by Professor Jackson's band at the Auditorium tonight. He certainly is a cure for dyspepsia; black as the proverbial ace of spades; comical as the "eight funny clowns, eight, count them" on the circus bills. "Yessah, when I gets 'mongst dat diabolical push, dey is some'n' gwine ter shine," said "Doc," when interviewed by a reporter this morning. The "Diabolical Push" prob ably referred to the band concert and grand cake walk, as such was the bur- pteps is ce'tainly winnahs,". remarked "Doc." "an" I's gwine f spring urn dis ebenin'." "Doc" will compete with several noted cake-walk "sharks," among whom are HE BOWS TO THE AUDIENCE. "The Denver Cyclone," who is billed to exhibit twenty-seven distinct steps, and "Spo'ty Ed" of Chicago; but "Doc" Is confident that he will "win de prize." CUM51INGS IN JAI L. Sumner County Murderer Surrenders to the Officials. Wellington. Kan., May 7. John Cum mings. the Guelph township farmer who has confessed to the killing of Anna Dish man, his 13-year-oid servant girl, was locked in jail late Tuesday afternoon. He would have been surrendered by his bonds men had he not given himself into the BUT QUE TICKET. Mrs. Denison Will Be Elected Without Opposition. Los Angeles, Cal., May 7. The nominat ing committee, after five hours secret ses sion, decided to place one ticket before the women's convention, headed by Mrs. Den ison of New York, for the presidency. Yesterday was the day when Massachu setts club women saw all their pet plans, for which they have been fighting for two years, go down before the vote of the con vention. The final protest was given to the admission of colored women's clubs, the effort to down the individual club as a step toward reorganization through state federations only failed and the plan to reduce the per capita tax from 10 to 5 cents was snowed under. The dispatch with which the three issues were defeated in the midst of intense excitement is a matter of surprise even to the delegates who aided in the result. While Massachusetts is sorrowful there is no element of bitterness in the defeat and the north and south, as far as wo men's clubs are concerned, promise to stay cemented for some time to come. Lively Week For Emporia. Emporia. Kas., May 7. This week will be one of the liveliest that Emporia has had for years. In addition to the U. C T. meeting, the interstate oratorical contest between the normals of Mis souri, Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin and Kansas will be held May 8. A good delegation from the Warrensburg, Mo., normal arrived today with the baseball team. The Missouri team will play the Kansas team on the th, 8th and 9th. The annual debate between Missouri and Kansas normals will be tomorrow evening. On the 9th the interstate track team and athletic contests will be held. All preparations for the commercial travelers are practically completed, and the outlook is that it will be one of the most successful in the history of the or,, ganization. The town will be decorated in U. C. T. banners and bunting. Sock Island Earning-s. The March statement of the Rock Island. which closes its fiscal year, was one of the Dest aurmg tne year., it is as toilows: 19j2. lfK.il. Inc. Earnings, pass'ne'rS 605.316 S 5-3.959 S 81.3: Earnings, freight 1.433.270 1.421.710 11.5.39 Earnings, miscel.... 126,334 l.lHti 17.937 Gross earnings 2,164.721 2,053, S'J'J 110. S54 Other Income 4.2fs!f 11.0s3 S.S.25 Total income 2.214,010 2.064.950 14;uM Cm. exp'iM'i. etc l.o24.3t 1.262. 673 2r:s.2!2 Net income 1.18,818 8U2.276 38.. 34 Annual charges 350.027 316.97 33.!30 Surplus Ba.oaO 4SS,2i9 354,311 HI WW v: 1 4f faDoc" Brown, Sketched by a State Journal Artist -Decreassk den of the conversation when he mad& the assertion. "I makes a bus'ness of it. I has a good time and some small change. I'se thinkin' some of trabelin' 'roun', seein' de lan' an" cake-walkin' to crowded houses." "How old are you, Doc?" asked the reporter. "Jes" eben fo'ty, gwine on fo'ty-two," answered "Doc." "I was bo'n in Paris, Kintucky, an' I been havin' a good time eber since." "Doc" is a well known character around Kansas City and Topeka. A man in Baxter springs has an oil painting hands of Jailer Hincholiffe. Judee Law rence told Cumtnings' bondsmen that they would better cal lhim in as there had been threats of lynching and Mayor Hunter sininea nis willingness to witnuraw irom tne bond. When the case of the state of Kansas aRalnst John Ciunmitiew was called up in the district court in the morning", Judge jawrence retnsea to set it clown tor trial "I won't set this case for trial." he said "unless the county attorney demands it I understand there is no evidence at this time except the confusion of the defend ant nimseit ana tne statements or nis wire which can not be used against hfm." The county attorney did not demand a trial and so the matter was passed. M. E. CONFERENCE. AWAY HE GOES. of the famous high stepper, and he sees his visage reproduced in many newspapers. "Doc" saves all the pic tures and clippings referring to his ex ploits, and has a large collection. He is a user of large, distorted words and phrases, and his conversation is almost as entertaining as his dark and expan sive countenance under- an immense plug hat. His assertion that he is a "nach'l bo'n cake-walkah, yessah," is easy to believe. "Doc" can't keep his feet still, and "cake-walks" on the street. Broad of shoulder and tapering rapidly to his large patent leather en cased foundations, he is a sight to at tract attention anywhere. "I's gwine to spread mahse'f tonight," said "Doc." "I's gwine ter show de agr'gashuns some fancy steps." "Will you return to Kansas City af ter closing your engagement with Jack son's band?" asked the reporter. "Dat depen's some on de ci'cumstan shuls ob de case," answered "Doc." "A ge'man wan' me t' come down t' Valley Falls, an' sez he garnishee me a full house." and "Doc" looked important. "Doc" may be seen at almost any time on the corner of Seventh street and Kansas avenue, conversing with and en tertaining a crowd of colored men. His vocabulary is not extensive, but ex travagant. "Diabolical" is one of his stock expression, and he uses it re gardless of the little conditions which usually govern the expression of thought. "Doc" willingly posed while the State Journal artist made a rough sketch of his beaver and the "late-at-night" colored face under it. He is used to having his picture taken, and refers with pride to the time when he sat for an oil painting which sold for $i00. The colored people connected with the entertainment to be given tonight set their clocks by "Doc" Brown, and advertise him as the star performer. He is a rare character, and minstrel end men should study his ways and features and profit by what they see. Tonight he will "spring" some new trimmings to the old style cake-walk. ".Mail 'Red-top' an' 'Ham-bone smile' Board of Bishops Makes Assignments For Autumn. Chattanooga, Tenn., May 7. The Methodist Episcopal board of bishops committee on assignments has reported the following dates, locations and pre siding bishops for the various confer ences for the fall of 1S02: Black Hills Mission.Hot Springs, South Dakota, September 4, lTowler. Central Illinois, Streator, 111., Sept. 17, Vincent. Central Swedish, Chicago, Sept. 11, Merriol. Chicago, German, Chicago, Sept. 25, Foss. Dakota, Madison, Oct. 4, Goodsell. Des Moines, Jefferson, la., Sept. 10, Hamilton. Illinois, Danville, Oct. 1, Merrill. Iowa, Keokuk, Sept. 17, Hamilton. Montana, Bozeman, Mont., Aug. 7, Merrill. Nebraska, Weymore, Neb., Sept. 17, Fowler. North Dakota, Jamestown, N. D., Oct. 9, Goodsell. North Montana, Mission, July 31, Merrill. North Nebraska, Grand Island, Neb., Sept. 24, Fowler. Northwest Iowa, Oct. 1, Hamilton. Northwest Nebraska, Chadron, Neb, Sept. 11, Fowler. Norwegian Danish, Chicago, Sept. 4, Merrill. Ttock River Austin, II!., Oct. 8, Foss. St Louis, i3ermr.il, Quincy, 111., Sept. Vir.cent. Southern Illinois. Fairfield, 111., Sept. 24, Vincent. Upper Iowa, Marshalltown, la., Sept. 17. Goodsell. West Nebraska, Ord, Neb., Oct. 1, Fowler. KANSAS CITY, May 6. Today we look for showers and cooler weather. n "Tke People v-"' No big rent to pay buying direct from manufacturer taking advantage for spot cash of all discounts reducing- the cost of merchandise to the very lowest net price, on this we add a minimum dry goods profit and hand the goods over the counter to you. If a store has big rent its other expenses must be large, and no store can sell goods at a low price whose expenses are excessive. We have for 40 years studied this question of expense and profits and believe we sell dry goods and all kinds of dependable merchandise as low or lower in price than any store in this Western country. This store is the largest retail store in the state of Missouri, or the West, and today filled with a stock worth far over a million dollars. New, bright, up-to-date merchandise, not made in sweat shops, but in clean, well lighted and ventilated factories every dollar's worth of merchandise purchased in this store must of necessity give you a dollar's worth of wear we never consider a sale made in this store until our customer is perfectly satis fied we are so sure of our merchandise being the best and our prices as low or lower that we stand ready to give you your money back if the purchase is not entirely satisfactory when 3Tou get it home you can see that a child can shop here with confidence, for money back if merchan dise not satisfactory. There is not a store on the face of the earth that will do more for their customers than this store will do, therefore we want you to do your trading here where yon can find the largest assortment and as low or lower prices always than can be found elsewhere. REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS. T. A. Hatfield and wife to N. B. Burge et al., $1,200, part ne 24, 12, 15. M. L. McNabney and husband to N. B. Burdge et al., $750, lots 7 and S, plateau A subdivision. W. F. Snyder and wife to G. M. Hen derson, $50, lot 281 Arter avenue, Oak land addition. Kansas and Texas Coal Co. to Cen tral Coal and Coke Co., $10,000. lots 2, 4, 6, 8 10 and 12 Jackson street, North To peka, and lot A. Wm. Morrison and wife to F. W. Whittier, $1,150, lot 499 Tyler street, Gould's addition. Ida M. and J. H. Bowser to Shadrock Minas, $1, w Yi ne V 35, 11, 16. Hiram Dennis and wife to C. W. and S. W. Hawkes, $1, lot 52 and east quarter t0, block 2, Laurent street, Evans' first addition. K. W. Vankirk to C. W. and S. W. Hawkes, $2. lot 52 and south half 50, block 2, Laurent street, Evans' first ad dition. Judge's 'Wifa Took Strychnine. Wichita. Kas., May 7. The young wife of Judge Cardwell, a prominent lawyer of Weatherford, Okla., commit ted suici4e by taking stryennine. Rope Portieres, Snowflake Cur tains and Curtain Materials In large variety, at prices of special interest at a time when they are most desired. Hoxisecleaning time is here, and as usual we are beet prepared to care for your curt? in and. drapery wants of any store in the Southwest. Pope Portiere Specials- I Fish Net 7z to 69c Yard". Sample Rope Portieres are great'y re- 38-inch Fish Net, ecru and l?ir duced to close out. white, for, yard 12 Ponierls061'"6'1 R0P$ $5.30 Flaw qualities, 3 Inches wide. $6 98 heavy "cord Rope ffi (.z 15c, 18c, 25c and 29c Yard Portieres $4.03 $5,C0 values Rods i ii F.xtra strong fine qualities. 40-inch, Portieres $).54 t 3ie yard; 54-inch, 50c yard. 69C The new spring styles and colorings n forr, earhhere..n.!"..Ta.r.le.t...$3.95 Colored Applique Sash and Vesti- Oood quality Rope Portieres, with bule Lace, overdrape at top, for door 5 or 6 feet wide, g feet high In 6 new ri n" c tne newest creation for hall windows color combinations for each J."D and outside doors, also dining room, ?heheco8.or?n&rre ?u Ind rWaclfanrtaSr'1 Sre8n' $5.00, $5.95, $6.98 and $7.95 $l25- $l5Q $175 and $2-50 Yd- Hope Portieres are especially desirable AIso extra edging to finish at the for summer use, as they give a pretty I bottom. finish to the doorway and do not keep ".4jii Enrico out the breexe and look heavy and C -unain jwiss. stuffy. 40-Inch Curtain Swiss, In stripes, Snowflake Summer Drapery. 3S-inch" Swiss, ""in" dots,"tripei" and A large assortment of Cross Stripe S ??ire5' ar,d J". Curtains on heavy grenadine and S ln dots- BtriPes a.nd snowflake ground. They are mo3tiv S V-8 f" X ic white with cross strtpeiof blue gold. S iT'??? SES' ln dots- 8tr4?" rose, green and red; these are espe- S flJ? "fjf "ih.i4 U"-Vi;"';;?? ilJ? daily desirable for windows and do-r. S ijm te Swiss, I0c. 12VjC, ISc. 2dc ways for the summer, as they are 'A", V '"i 'j cool looking and wash Weil. Prices, Colored Stripes and figures at per pair S prices. 1, Imported embroidered figure Swiss. $1.23, $1.50. $1.98, $2 98, $3.95 s ard- nd 9So $5.00 and $6.98. Curtain Bobbinet. Some are all cotton, cotton with mrr- -!neh Bobbinet. ecru and white. 2Se, cerized stripe, silk stripe and all fcilk. S 3Sc, 45c and &0c jr -p. S 72-inch Bobbinet, ecru and white f5c Uurtam madras, CtC. S 108-inch Bobbinet. ecru and white. .Too E6-inch Figured Madras JQC -nff nc T in cream oiiu Laces and fidg-es. 45-inch Madras, In cream, per CQj. a large variety of Renaissance. Ara yard S bian and Machine Laces and Edges, dMad r.oOc, 59c, 69c and Up I l3sospecial size curtains and panels- 60-inch Madras in dark red, da. k er.-en, Arabian an-i Ra tterther cr black and colors, stained glass effects. .raDian ana oanencerg- in large variety, CQr n ffl Cfi ln large center sizes, as well as the from fl-VM smaller rosettes and lleur d'.l-. at very Scotch Crete and Crepe for dining low prices. Competent salespeople to room, hall and den l 7S onrl c offer suggestions as to the proper ma- us v "u teriaJs and treatment. Special Prices in Carpets If you want carpets or rugs that will last indefinitely and look fresh and serviceable, buy today and enjoy these low prices. All droo patterns are to be put on sale. By drop patterns we mean those which a manufacturer proposes to discon tinue another season. They are good styles, excellent qualities and everything- you would expect and more. too. for the price. A Very Sec essary Requirement Supplied Today at Unusually Low Prices. 13 Best Royal Wilton Rugs, sfze 9x12, regular price JJi.oo, sale ll Sfi size 8.3x 1 u .J J price 9 Best Royal Wilton Rugs Kt.B; regular price fcAi.w, price 1 Best Royal Wilton Rug, size 10.6x 12; regular price $44.60, sale 532 jJQ 3 one-piece Wilton Rugs, size 9x12: regular price $27.60, sale C?? 50 price 2 Blectra Axminster Rugs, size 9x12: regular price $26.50, sale J22 SO price 1 Best Royal Wilton Rug, size lO.fix 13.6; regular price $o0.00, sale JJJ CQ 1 Best Empress Smyrna Rug. 9x15; regular price $39.75, sale JJ2 5Q 672 yards Brussels Carpet; regu lar price 60c to oc, sale price 49c 435 yards Best All-Wool Ingrain Car pet; regular price 65c to 75c; C1!r sale price JA2C 719 yards Brussels Carpets; reg- f.ftr ular price 70c to 75c, sale price OJw 800 yards Brussels Carpet; regular price SOc to 90c, sale 67iC 562 yards Best Body Brussels Carpet; regular price $1.25 to $1.35, ffl (ill sale price 'WJ 418 yards Velvet Carpet; reg ular price 75c to ioc, sale price. 398 yards Best Wilton Velvet Carpets; regular price $1.35 to $1.50, QSr sale price 70L 921 yards Axminister Carpet; regular price $1.C0 to $1.15, sale Q1 Lr price "2w Come early for there are only one of each pattern of Rugs. Bring your measures of your rooms. 62k Housefurnishing Sale Housekeeping Sale Pim Hemmed Crochet Bedspreads. our regular $1.00 Spread; you can "7Qr buy for, each 1 lot 72-inch heavy cam Table Lin en, the kind that given such satisfac tory wear; our regular price, Soc; will offer in this sale for, Qr yard Another lot of those $1.25 cream, all linen Napkins, 18x18 inches, will flr be put on sale for, doz 7ijw 1 lot Hemmed Heavy Huck Towels, 21x38 Inches; regular price of these SSc; in this sale you can buy IQ- for, each In Ldnen Department. 17c for I2jc 1 case 42-inch extra tine round thread Unbleached Pillow Casing, -never sold bv us less than 17c; will offer you I?lr v ti this case today for lijt )U XOc for 7k 1 bale 40-incb fine Unbleached Cotton, never sold bv us less than 10c; we will offer you to day in our muslin sec- 71- xA tion for i SC U 12k for iOc 600 bleached, Ready made Pillow cases, 45x36 inches, will be offered In irt- p-ui our muslin section for lUC cwti Special J Housekeepers in Bargain Basement -r"nw SCALES 1 lot of Family Scales, our $1.35 scales for the j-"r 3 kitchen: will weigh 25 pounds by ounces; in this "7Gr teiS'--- sal for ,7C V-' Scoop extra, 10c. J FILTER 1 lot of a Success Water Filter. This filter is constructed on proper lines for family use; composed of two 4-gailon jars, one over tne otn er. In the top jar is placed the filter block: the bottom jar that receives the filtered water is fitted with a nic nickel plated fauoet: the top jar has cover, making in all a nice filter and cooler; good value i.s. I u for SAUCE PANS 1 lot of a 4-quart Steel Sauce Pan. with long handle. our 46c 7xr pan for. J Li A-i f: i 1 m TEA STEEPER A lot of Gray Steel Enam eled Tea f SteepeTS good valua for TO 10c tValnut IlthSts. Fifth Floor. Furniture Dept. House cleaning must be done. Hot weather is here. If you do not want to lay out much money, come here and see what a lot of furniture a little money can buy. Pencil Weave Springs with hard ma ple frames for iron beds; 3 feet. 3 feet 6 inches and 4 feet 6 inches wide; regular price $1.39; special j JQ Clothes Poles. Here is a Clothes Pole for the bed room or the hall. They are made of Golden Oak. Reg ular value 60c. in this sale to day they will be placed on sale at, each. 35 Cents. Special Sale of Wom en's Ready-to-wear Tailored Suits, Skirts, Jackets and Wrappers. Crockery, Glassware. Spring re pl e nisbing sale begins today. White Wash bowls and Pitchers, fancy shape. 69c 1.000 decorated Cups and Saucers and Plates to match. blue and green col ors, kind to use every day, set of 6, 39c Li i J ft I 'n 1.500 decorated Pie and Tea Plates, minie of best En glish semi poreelain. sold everywhere at Iric each: to ctav only, set of six OQ for VJ 300 Glass Ber ry Bowls of imitation cut glass design, fc o o d size, fancy shape; today only. 9c .t-- Pure Foods Today S V G A R 21 lbs Standard CI nfj Granulated Sugar for COFFEE Old Glory Java and Mocha Coffee, fresh roasted, 4V lbs yQ FLOUR Alpha, soft wheat f J f Flour. 50-lb sack BO-lb sack Elf brand, high l I f grade patent Flour .1U WHEAT MEAL A pure soft Jr wheat breakfast cereal, pkg JAMS Penton Harbor pure fruit fflf Jams. 1-lb cans, can ,..f HONEY Pure White Clover fnc Honey. 2 frames IW BISCUITS Uneeda Biscuits, lr pkgs t.IJt' WAFERS Champagne, Ramona f or Athena Wafers, pkg iJC BREAD Potter Wrightingtona Boston Brown Bread, in 3-lb ic cans, can mw SOUPS Armour's, Van Camp's or Campbell's Assorted Soups, can ot VINEGAR O. R. S. Pure Cider Vin egar, in full quart bottles, i;r for ,i5k- HERF.ING Bayles1 Boneless IJr Lunch Herring, in jars... WHEAT FLAKES Toasted Ilr Wheat Flakes, pkg SO. ,LJ fVainut, t J i 1