The Topeka State Journal (Topeka, Kansas)
September 17, 1902

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LAST EDITION WEDNESDAY EVENING. TOPEKA. KANSAS. SEPTEMBER 17, 1902. WEDNESDAY EVENING. TWO CENTS. GODARD REFUSES. Won't Proceed to Oust Mayor Albert Tarker. Says That Case Is Not One for Him. IN DISTRICT COURT. Foints Out That It Should lie Commenced There. Says That Mayor Parker Is Violating Law. Attorney General Godard has exam ined the evidence submitted to him by the uarties who are Reeking to oust Mayor Parker from office, and this afternoon rendered his decision to take no action in the matter. He gives two reasons for this refusal One Is that there is no evidence to prove tiiat Mayor Parker has never in formed County Attorney Nichols of vio lations of the prohibitory law, and neither Nichols nor Parker can be com pelled to testify on the' subject. The other is that an action in the suDreme -?ourt could not be decided until March Jit the very least, which would be only one month before the expiration of Mayor Parker's term of bffice. Mr. Godard also brings out the point that a prosecution of the mayor for not notifying- the county attorney of viola tions of the law would have to be brought in the .district court. In a foi mal statement of his decision in the matter this afternoon Mr. Godard says: "I have been asked to bring an action of quo warranto in the supreme court to oust Mayor Parker from office. That court has no power to render a judg ment of ouster, except in pursuance of a statute authorizing it. That tribunal does not have the power to oust a man from the office because in the judgment of the court he ought no longer to be the head of the city government. "The law makes it the duty of the mayor to be active and vigilant in the enforcement of all laws and ordinances for the government of the city, and pro vides that for failure to do so he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor in office, for which he may be convicted in a court of competent jurisdiction and the court rendering Judgment of convic tion shall make an order removing him from office. "By another statute it is provided that every officer holding a trust or appointment who shall be convicted of wilful misconduct or misdemeanor in office shall receive certain punishment and shall as a result of such conviction forfeit his office. "By the provisions of the prohibitory law it is made the duty of the mayor to notify the county attorney of any viola tion of the prohibitory law which comes to bis notice. For failure to So notify the county attorney the mayor may be convicted of a misdemeanor, or he may be removed from office by civil action. "Criminal cases cannot originate in the supreme court, but it has original Jurisdiction of civil case to remove officers. No action can be commenced In that court to remove Mayor Parker from his office under our present stat utes, unless be has first been convicted of some offense whereby he has forfeited his right to the office, except that an ac tion may be commenced against him to oust him from office for failure to re port to the county attorney facts con cerning the violation of the prohibitory law which have come to his knowledge. In order to remove Mayor Parker from office in a case of this kind it will be necessary to prove, first, that he has had knowledge of violations of the pro hibitory law, and second, that he has failed to impart that information to the county attorney of Shawnee county. "1 have been furnished with affidavits clearly showing that Mayor Parker is acquainted with the fact that the pro hibitory law is being violated in To peka. but not showing that he has knowledge of specific sales. I have not been furnished with any testimony to the effect that he has not notified the county attorney. I do not know, and I have no means of ascertaining, whether or not he has given such notice. I can only conjecture what his actions have been In that respect, judging from his attitude toward the enforcement of the law since he has been in office. I do not know how it will be possible for me to secure evidence to prove that no sucn information has been given, as both the mayor and the county attorney may legally refuse to testify upon this sub ject upon the ground that their testi mony might criminate them. With the information which I now possess I have absolutely no testimony and no means of obtaining any upon the most im portant feature of tlfe whole case. "Should I commence an action of quo warranto against the mayor at this time the issues cannot possibly be framed until shortly before the No vember sitting of the supreme court. At that time the dockets of the court will be made up. and it work mapped out for the two succeeding terms of De cember and January. Hence, the case cannot be tried before the February Bitting of the court and that body can not be expected to advance It to a hear ing earlier than that, and a decision cannot be expected until the March sit ting of the court, one month before the spring election, If the case goes with out any hitch in the proceedings. "I am, therefore, forced to the con clusion that with the Inadequacy of the evidence offered me, and on account of the delay which the law necessarily al lows in such cases, it is not my duty to bring this action against Mayor Par ker. "The "affidavits which have been sub mitted to me Indicate that he Is pur suing a course which is In violation of law and Is abhorrent to the law-abiding people of this city, and if these state ments are true he should be prosecu ted, not for failure te notify another of ficer of these wrongs but for himself conniving and consenting to their com mission. Such prosecutions are. how ever, outside of the jurisdiction of the supreme court and should be brought In the district court and by the proper of ficer." The evidence presented to Mr. Godard was in the form of affidavits and was intended to prove that Mayor Parker knows of the violation of the prohibitory law in Topeka and is in sympathy with it. and that he has not obeyed the law which says the mayor, among other officials named, shall give notice to the county attorney when he knows of the violation of the law and If he fails to do so that he shall be fined and forfeit his office: i One of the chief affidavits was one by H. M. Steele, formerly chief of police under the Leedy- administration, when the governor appointed a board of met ropolitan police, which in turn selected the police force. Steele la a Democrat and worked for Mayor Parker's elec tion. He says in his affidavit that he has: repeatedly asked Mayor Parker and Chief Donovan to close the joints near his real estate office in North Topeka. and he includes in- his affidavit copie3 of letters he Has written to the mayor. He objects to having Joints in his im mediate neighborhood, and he says the number in the six hundred block on Kansas avenue In North Topeka has increased from three to six in the last few month."?. Robert Pigg, who tried to run a joint on East Sixth avenue, but who was closed up by the police, makes affidavit that he conferred with Mayor Parkei regarding running jhis joint, and was promised that he might run until the matter had been adjusted by the police committee. The names of Rev. J. T. McFarland. P. H. Forbes. Henry M. Steele, Ed G. Moore, John Sanderson, Robert Pigg, M. Hawkins,' George Butts, Harry Croft, Tim Donovan. Dr. Eva Harding, Rev. J. A. Stavely, Mrs. D. E. Good win, Mrs. J. W. Stout, F. M. Stahl, John Kempton and a number of others are given as persons who are willing to testify concerning conversations In which Mayor Parker was informed as to the existence of joints. A list of about sixty Joints Is also given as evidence. BY CLOSE VOTE President Roosevelt Is Declared Alabama's Choice in 1904. Birmingham, Ala., Sept. 17. When the Republican state convention reassem bled today it was evident that' there would be a fight on the present plat form endorsing President Roosevelt for a renomination. This opposition is un derstood to have its origin in the action of the president in removing Wm. Vaughn. retiring Republican state chairman, from the office of district at torney for northern Alabama, for al leged neglect of duty. There was also a feeling of opposition to the clause in the platform condemning child labor in cotton mills. As soon as Chairman Davidson called the convention to order the platform and resolutions as reported by the committee were read and when that part of it endorsing President Roosevelt for the nomination in 1904 was reached there were loud cries of "No, no." i The platform as reported reaffirms the Philadelphia platform, favors "the or ganization of labor for its legitimate protection and the enactment of laws for the peaceable and fair settlement by arbitration of disagreements as they may arise between organized capital and labor,", favors child labor legisla tion regulating the work in cotton mills; condemns "the spirit which seeks to arouse prejudice of the people against the railroads," and advocates the "enact ment of laws so regulating the rail roads as to adequately protect the in terests of the people. Taut is opposed to any drastic measures." The platform then endorses the wis dom of the Dingley tariff law and urges a continuance of that policy. Republi can legislation to build an interoceanic canal is approved. The "bravery and heroism of our soldiers and sailors in the Philippines" are applauded and the attacks of the Demorcratic party on them is condemned. A high tribute is paid to the late President McKinley. The platform then expresses confidence in the administration of President Roosevelt and says: "We express our faith In his thor oughly American and patriotic Ideas and we believe that his leadership establishes both confidence in the suc cess of the Republican principles and the continued prosperity and progress of the country and we therefore favor his renomination to the great office he fills with patriotism an$ ability." After the reading of the platform J, A. W. Smith of Birmingham, offered a substitute, the same as the original re port, except that it omitted all refer ence to an endorsement of President Roosevelt for a renomination. The sub stitute was vigorously debated and the convention was thrown into turmoil. Some of the speakers upheld the sub stitute, declaring it was too early to speak out on the campaign of 1904 while others charged that effort was be ing made to knife a Republican presi dent. Finally the roll was called and the substitute was defeated, 158 to 146. NEAR STARVATION. Twenty Thousand Arizona Indians in Serious Distress. Los Angeles, Cal Sept-,17. Frederick I. Monser of San Francisco, the scien tist and lecturer has returned from a six weeks' exploration and collection trip among the Navajo, Moqui and Pu eblo Indians of Arizona. In Mr. Mon ser's party were Edward H. Kemp of San Francisco; Dr. P. M. Jones of tha University of California and Dr.-J. A. Munk of Los Angeles. Mr. Monser states that the Navajo tribe, numbering about 20,000 men, wo men and children, is rapidly approach ing the starvation period and that un less speedy and substantial aid is ren dered them by the eovernment or bv the people unofficially, fearful distress and great loss of life will result. Con tinued drouth and barren country in which the Indians live, he says,, bp. ye brought the Navajos to their present condition. The Dr. Munk referred to lived In Topeka a number of years and was a partner of Dr. Mulvane. HOPEFUL DEMOCRATS. Believe They Can Elect Ticket in Bel aware This Tear. Dover, Del., Sept. 17. The Demo cratic state convention, nominated the following tlckete: Representative in Congress Henry A. Houston. State Treasurer Joseph H. Hossinger. Auditor of Accounts J. Thomas Lowe. The contest hinged on the nomination for congress, Houston- defeating ex Congressman L. Irving Handy by a ma jority of two votes. Because of the split in the Republican ranks the Dem ocratic leaders claim to be able to elect their congressional candidate In No vember, and consequently there was a scramble for the nomination. Each of the three counties In the state had sev eral candidates. Invitation to Irrigation Congress. Colorado Springs, Colo., Sept. 17. Sec retary Gilbert McClurg of the chamber of commerce Is sending out invitations to the National Irrigation congress and the convention of the American Forestry association, to the various organizations entitled to delegates at the congress which is to be held here October 8 and Commercial organizations generally will receive the invitations as well, as city governments and they are entitled to two delegates each. HE QUOTED DAER. George R. Henderson Gives Pointers to Organized Labor. Tells Topeka Laboring Men Why They Make Mistakes. INJURE THEMSELVES. His Authority Is the Eastern Railroad President. An Interesting Meeting at Bail road y. m. c. a: George R. Henderson, superintendent of motive power for the Santa Fe, made an indirect attack on organized labor in an address at the railroad Y. M. O. A. He quoted with evident endorsement from President Baer of the Reading railroad who has become notorious for his opposition to organized labor during the miners' strike which is now in pro gress In the east. President Baer doesn't like labor organizations and he doesn't hesitate to say so. He wants to see the interests of the laboring men protected by those, as he expresses it, "To whom God in His infinite wisdom has given the control of the property in terests of the country.'- Mr. Baer has been denounced for his sacrilegious statement everywhere and It is surprising that his utterances on organized labor should be used by a man who has the direct supervision of thousands of laboring men in Topeka and elsewhere In the west Perhaps the greatest Impetus which educational work has ever received among railroad men of Kansas was that given it at the rally held in the Jefferson Street Mission of the First M.E. church, 426 'Jefferson street, Tuesday evening. An elaborate programme was rendered, consisting of vocal music, graphophone selections, stereopticon views and an address on the subject at hand by George R. Henderson, superintendent of Santa Fe motive power. The attendance was not especially large owing to a change In the place of holding the meeting which was decided upon only Tuesday afternoon, and because of a number of other events which occurred in the city at the same time. Superintendent Henderson was listened to attentively in his remarks upon not only the good to be derived from scholastic training, but upon some of the traits which make men successful. He opened by saying that he had desired a closer acquaint ance with the 11,000 or more men coming under the jurisdiction of his office on the Santa Fe, but the great numbers made it Impossible. '.'The advantages of education," he continued, "have been gone over in a previous address, it being shown you how difficult it would be to build loco motives and cars, determine the value of fuel and a number of kindred' sub jects without education. The age has become one of specialties; so much so that it is necessary for one who wishes to make the greatest success to train himself along special lines. It seems to me to be a successful railroad man one should be versed along more lines than In any other work. I think that the mo tive power department comes upon a more general range of problems than any other." Taking up the subject of special ap prentices, a number of whom have been given positions at the various shops along the Santa Fe system since the close of the last academic year, Mr. Henderson said: "We have no Idea that the special ap prentices shall interfere with the work of the regular apprentices. Questions sometimes come up that require some one who has training; there are me chanical phenomena, the testing of ma chines and materials, which compel us to draw at times upon this talent. With out study it would be impossible for one to make tests on locomotive fuel consumption. There are some who by hard study, of course, could do this, but that is the object of having special apprentices. But it becomes you who have not had these advantages of study to do the best you can. There Is no doubt that it is better for a young man to take a course in some of the great educational institutions if he can, but if he cannot, then he should make it up the best he can, thus fitting himself for the position that is certainly wait ing for him. Looking over the course of study as prescribed by the Y. M. C. A. I find a number of Interesting sub jects, and I.'hope that in addition to the courses iven here by next winter we shall be able to have a class in ma chine design. There Is no reason why this class should not be started, and I must say there is no more interesting study than that of mechanics. "But all the education in the world might not make a good man; and it is some of these other things that I wish to speak of. There is one very neces sary quality which for want of any more dignified word we call 'gumption,' which has much to do with a man's success. And then there is the charac teristic of willingness to do whatever is wanted, that is necessary. A man should feel that he is paid to do what ever he is told to do. If not. he shows an unwillingness, and he is let alone when the matter of promotion comes up. It is always a good plan to do a little more than is expected of one. And then if a man show that he Is com petent, the opportunity Is sure to come for him to get more money; otherwise it will be a long time before the oppor tunity presents itself." In this connec tion Mr. Henderson related interesting ly the story of Elbert Hubbard's "A Message to Garcia," how that a young American soldier carried to Garcia, the Cuban general, the message, regardless of considerations for what recompense he might get. He also quoted from the experiences of P. A. B. Widener, a Phil adelphia millionaire, who rose from the trade of a butcher to his present posi tion. He quoted the saying of General Sherman that the railroad men of the country made excellent soldiers, be cause they had been taught by experi ence to obev orders and to shift for themselves in emergencies. He said it was discouraging to -give an order over and over and find that it was not obeyed. The speech of President Roose velt last week before the Firemen's convention had Impressed him particu larly as showing the influence of indi viduality. In substance he said it was that all the organization In the world would not make a good man but at the same time it might be used as a means of helping the good men. "With regard to the incentive to work I will say that of course it Is one of the most important considerations to a man how much money he can earn. And I think the incentive In this country is much .greater than in Europe. I was talking to a friend this afternoon and he related to me how that in one of the great shops of Berlin there was run ning what I suppose-might be called a 'blind pir.'. Ke said that it was the custom of the workmen at. various times during the day to visit this and refresh themselves from time to tlmt with beer, and when be remarked thai they received only J1.70 a day for their work I was not surprised, for no mat ter how much work they might do un der such circumstances they Would not be worth more that that. The exist ence of that in an American shop would not be permitted under any circum stances. When I was in England sev eral years ago I took the trouble to look' into wages of the worklngmen there. I found that In the shops drafts men from J2S to $50 a month: molders. $40, and the foreman of a boiler shop who in this country would be worth about from $125 to $150. So we see what energy does; and that the opportunities are much greater in this country than there. They claim that the cost of liv ing is not so great there, but I investi gated that and found that that was not true." Mr. Henderson told a story about the erection of the buildings of the West ingbouse Air Brake company which are being put up in England, as showing the difference between the skilled work men of the United States and England. He said that the contractors found that the brick laying was not progressing as rapidly as it should, and imported a number of American craftsmen, who put up easily 2,000 bricks a day, whereas the Englishmen had been laying under a thousand. But seeing that the Yankee- cousins were outdoing them; they were finally able to bring the output up to about 1,600 a day. "The same rule," he continued, "applies to the manufac ture of locomotives. The reason that American locomotive builders are able to sell locomotives in foreign countries cheaper- Is because the American me chanics are able,, to turn oup. more work. s "Pride," said Mr.. Henderson, Vis an-, other essential thing. It is pride that makes us successful. It. may be said that work is drudgery; I beg to differ from that. I have thought it over; and believe that work, if there be pride Ir, it, is a pleasure; and until we come to that point we do not measure up to the full stature of our pride." Mr. Henderson read from the writings of a British economic student and still more at length from a public address delivered before an eastern edifeational institute by George F. Baer, president of the Philadelphia Reading railroad. It touched upon the subjects of the in centives to labor, equality and Inequal ity, of men, accumulation of wealth, ownership of property, man's relations to his neighbors, labor and strikes, or ganization, and a number -of others. In President Baer's speech were some strictures on labor unions, declaring that in many cases it was the means of caus ing injustice among the laboring men themselves who were obliged tc join in strikes really against their own interests, but compelled to do so by the heads of the unions. His strongest statement was that the American industrial supremacy was threatened by the dominance of the- labor organizations. President Bauer, the author of the ad dress, it was wbo recently declared that the rights ?jid interests of the laboring man will be protected and cared for, not by labor agitators, but by the Christian men to whom God, In His infinite wisdom, has given the property Interests of the country." t The music of the evening was furnished by a male quartet- compesed of G. C. Grout. W. E. Hall. William Godfrey and John Beehtel. Diplomas were then pre sented by W. H. Conry, chairman of the committee on education, to the following graduates of last year: Machine Design Roy Mllllce. Mechanical Drawing FYed Isaacson, I. J. Johnson. W. C. Johnston,- James F. Skaggs. Advanced Arithmetic Glenn Morthland. ELEMENTARY CLASSES. Arithmetic Frank Weodruff. Mechanical Drawing Arthur Stewart, A. W. Say re, Grant Burgoyne. The Santa Fe Watch company furnished the graphophone part of the entertainment. The meeting was presided over by W. G. Boon, chairman of the board of directors, and as a closing event a number of stere opticon views were presented showing In numerous ways the advantage of educa tional training. EYLER TO CHICAGO. Denver Sells Best Ball Pitcher to National League. Denver, Sept. 17. "Pop" E. C. Eyler. one of the Cubs' best pitchers, and EmU Frisk. "The Big Swede," a star batter, have been sold by President Packard to the Nation al league to play with the Chicago team. Mr. Packard and Magnate Hart of Chi cago have been negotiating for some time for the sale of the two men. but could reach no agreement until G. H. Huff, agent for Mr. Hart, came to Denver and saw the two men play and recommended their purchase. NAMED FOR GOVERNOR. Abram Chamberlain Nominated by Connecticut Republicans. Hartford, Conn., Sept. 17. The Re publican state convention reassembled today to nominate candidates for state offices and for congressman at large, to adopt a platform and to consider propo sitions to revise the system of repre sentation, in the state convention. Senator O. H. Jlatt was made per manent chairman and the nomination of a state ticket was at once entered upon. For governor the names of Ab ram Chamberlain of Meriden. and Liv ingston W. Cleveland of New Haven were presented. Chamberlain was nominated for gov ernor on the first ballot, receiving 343 votes against 158 for Cleveland. Other nominations were as follows: Lieutenant Governor Henry Rob erts. Hartford. Secretary of State Charles G. Vinal, Middletown. Treasurer Henry G. Gallup, Nor wich. Comptroller W. E. Seeley. Bridge port. Attorney General W. A. King, Wind bam. White House. Strike Ends. Washington. Sept. 17. The members of the Brotherhood of Painters, Decorators and Paper Hangers, an organization affili ated with the American Federation of La bor, who were employed upon the White House improvements and who struck yes terday, will return to work tomorrow. The strike was settled by an agreement of the contractors to withdraw the members of the Amalgamated association. K. O. Plumbers Strike. Kansas City, Mo.. Sept. 17. One hundred journeymen plumbers and gasfitters struck today because the Master Plumbers' asso ciation had established a merger shop, where all the gasfitting is done. The strik ers' union considers this in the line of a trust action. Weather Indications. Chicago, Sent 17. Forecast for Kan sas: Partly cloudy and cooler tonight, with possibly showers In southeast por tion; light frost tonight; Thursday, fair with warmer innorth portion, northerly winds. IIOPEGONE. Anthracite Miners Are Abandon ing Schnjkill Region. They See No Prospects of an Early Settlement. SECURE OTHER JOBS. Will Work in Soft Coal Mines of Virginia. Over 7,000 Have Gone to Work in Pittsburg District. X Pottsville, Pa... Sept. 17. The exodus of anthracite mine workers continues from the Schuylkill region because the strikers have given up hope of an early settlement. Today forty certified miners left for Wise county, Virginia, where they will be employed In the soft coal mines. A similar number left for the same point ten days ago, and in a few days a carload of driver boys go to Westmoreland county, this state. They say they are promised good wages. It is estimated that 2,000 mine work ers have gone to the Irwin, Madison, Latrobe and1 Greensburg bituminous coal fields and np ward of 7,000 are said to have secured employment in the Pittsburg district. GOMPERS IS ENCOURAGED. Wilkesbarre, Pa., Sept. 17. President Gompers of the American Federation of Labor, in a statement issued today, takes a hopeful view of the strike situ ation. The statement is as follows: "At this time it Is impossible to say exactly, when tho strike will terminate, but after careful inquiry into the situa tion at the mines,. I am convinced that the struggle will end by agreement. The wage earners and' the general public are generously contributing to the aid of the miners. It is essential that this aid be extended and continued. "If the manhood of the miners is to be maintained they must at least have bread for their wives and little ones as well as for themselves. The declared attitude of the presidents of the anthra cite railroads has not apparently changed. Despite this fact, I am fullv convinced that the strike will end through agreement, with improved con ditions for the miners and the union maintained. SAMUEL GOMPERS, '.President American Federation of Labor." BY TU9T0 ONE. George Fred Williams Factions of Massachusetts Democracy Is Defeated in the Committee on Resolutions. Boston, Sept 17. The faction In the Massachusetts Democracy supporting the principles adopted by the national convention at Kansas City and advo cated by Wm. J. Bryan and the ele ment which Is opposed to the Nebras kan and many of his doctrines, were admittedly at odds this morning over the construction of a platform for pre sentation to the delegates of the state convention. So intense was the feeling manifested in committee that at one time it appeared as if a bitter struggle for mastery would be fought out upon the floor of the convention. For nearly ten hours yesterday the committee on resolutions debated the question, with the result that the Kan sas City platform adherents, headed by George Fred Williams, were defeated, 14 to 7. The convention was called to order Just after U a. m., and it looked then as if a long wrangle was in prospect These differences, together with the candidacy of Charles Shanlin for the nomination of governor, gave the pro ceedings an interest greater than any that has been taken In a similar as sembly of Democrats since the days of the free silver campaign. Before the proceedings were opened Mr. Williams made a statement in which he said: "A man is not beaten who has not been in a fight is he? Well, I am only just beginning to fight. I have been lulled into a sense of false security dur ing the summer and have been led to" believe that Colonel Gaston and his sup porters would not make any effort to renounce the policy of the party as laid down at the last national convention. I have had distinct assurances to that effect from Mr. Quincy and many of Colonel Gaston's friends. Had it been supposed two months ago that the party would turn its back on th4 pol icies Colonel Gaston could not have got more than one-tenth of the delegates to the convention. But I have never been beaten by the Boston machine yet Whenever I have appealed to the people they have sustained me, and I believe they will again when the issue is pre sented." William S. McNary, chairman of the state committee, called the convention to order. He was elected temporary chairman. The committee on perman ent organization reported in favor of Congressman Henry F. Naphen, of South Boston, for permanent chairman. Mr. Naphen spoke in part as follows: "This is a Democratic year. The splen did enthusiasm in our party and the dissatisfaction heard on every side at the refusal of the administration to grapple with the grave questions of the hour foreshadow victory throughout the land. "The resolutions of western Repub lican conventions reveal the disaffection of the party rank and file. They pre sage Republican party dissensions, and a disruption far more violent than that which deposed the great leaders of a decade ago and completely alienated the more courageous spirits like ex Governor Boutelle. The recent visit of the president to New England was sig nalized by a declaration of conviction more welcome In some particulars to our own party than to his own-. His frank recognition of evils of monopoly was ah avowal of Democratic doctrine and reflected the persuasion of a ma jority of the people. Those who fol lowed him 'as he discussed the question with engaging if limited candor, be longed to no class or, party. By yield ing to the pressure of. public opinion he broke with the forces which control the great Republican machine. Already we hear expressions or dissent from In fluential quarters in which the policies of the Republican party are shaped and fixed, the voices of the leaders are heard as. if mildly cautioning the ..Indiscreet candidate for renomination. Behind these men are the imperial monopolies which the president has ventured to criticise. This is not the first time that President Roosevelt has broken with his party. No president ever appealed more earnestly to congress than he did In his message on reciprocity, with Cuba. A minor industry hypnotized eongress; blocked the will of the execu tive, caused us to break faith with Cuba, and ignored the interests of the people. "Gentlemen, If one trust of secondary power so impeded justice in our rela tions with Cuba and defied the whole power of the administration, -what hope of relief can you see in the Roose velt method of attack, when It will -be resisted by the united forces of those vast combinations' that do not concern themselves with national honor, moral obligations or Justice? "Senator Lodge professes to fear that unless we handle the trusts with gloves the prosperity of the. country, may be disturbed. Unfortunately, however, prosperity Is not as widespread as Mr. Lodge and his Republican colleagues would have us believe. It is difficult to convince the average man who finds that the cost of living has increased 41 per cent since 1890, when his wages have not been Increased proportionately. "Underlying Cuban reciprocity as well as the giant questions of trusts, is the- issue of tariff reform. It is in vain that the Republican party seeks to evade it It will not be dodged." MV. Naphen arraigned the Republican 'Wife W7. s'A"S' I r SPEAKER D. B. partyfor Its Philippine' policy: He also advocated .reciprocity with. Canada. WILL BE TURNED DOWN Republicans Won't Debate With Fusionists. The challenge of the Populists to the Republicans to debate the proposed tax bill will probably be turned down by the- Republicans. The Republicans In timate that it is only a scheme on the part of the Populists to get out. crowds to hear them. "We are having good crowds and good meetings," said Chairman Albaugh this afternoon, "and I -don't know as we want to furnish crowds' for the other fellows. Let them drum up their own crowds. I haven't -received the chal lenge yet, and I will have to wait till it comes before we decide what we will do with It." The challenge was written by" Secre tary Curran of the Populist committee, and is as follows: "Topeka, Kas., Sept. 17, 1902. "Morton Albaugh, Chairman Republl- can State Central Committee, Topeka, Kansas: "Dear Sir Acting as representative of our state committee, and in the name of A. M. Harvey, of this city, I desire through you to challenge Senator F. Dumont Smith to meet Mr. Harvey in a series of Joint debates on the tax law proposed by the tax commission appointed by the last legislature. Should Mr. Smith not be able to meet Mr. Harvey in defense of the bill, of which he was the most active creator, any other member of the tax commis sion, or any other state speaker of your party, or any Republican in the state of Kansas will do as well. "Should you f eel; inclined to accept this challenge for Mr. Smith, kindly do so as soon as possible, so that I may meet you and arrange the dates, places and other preliminaries. 'Hoping for -a speedy reply, I am "Yours respectfully, "J. H. CURRAN, "Secretary." EMBEZZLED $5,000. Charge That J. N. Cassady Is Arrested Upon at Warerly. Kansas City, Sept. 17. A Special to the Star from Burlington, Kan., says: James N. Cassady of Council Bluffs, Iowa, has been arrested at Waverly, at the instance of a detective who traced him from Iowa, on a charge of embez zling J5.000 front White River. Savings Bank of Vermont, where he lived be fore going to Iowa. He has been placed in jail here. v Attendance at Manhattan. Manhattan, Kan., Sept. 17. The Kan- sas State Agricultural college will open its fortieth year today with prospects for a large fall attendance. Many stu dents are here who expected to attend Ottawa university this year. C. M. Brink, the new English professor, ar rived today. ..AT meeting of the board will be held next week to elect an agri cultural professor. Temperatures of Large Cities. Chicago,. Sept". 17. 7 a. m. tempera tures: New York, 60; Boston, 58; Phil adelphia, W- Washington, 56; Chicago, 60; Minneapolis, 64;- Cincinnati, 54; St. Louis, 64. IIECDERSQil OUT. The Speaker Declines to Stand for a Re-election After Nomination Was Giren Him by Acclamation. ROW OVER THE TARIFF Finds He Is Not in Accord Wit Sentiment of His District. Is Unalterably Opposed to Dis turbing Existing Schedules Dubuque, la., Sept 17. Speaker Hen-." derson, finding that his views in respect to the treatment of trusts by reducing the tariff In whole or in part are not in accord with the views of many of his party in Iewa, has. declined to accept the nomination for congress, and has r; "V Hi V f HEVDERSQN. withdrawn from the race. Speaker Henderson has addressed the following letter to C. E. Albrook, of Eldora, la., chairman of the notification committee: "My Dear Sir: I have never answer ed the kind notice eommunioated by you and your associates advising me of my nomination for the eleventh time by acclamation as Republican candidate for congress for the Third congressional district of Iowa. Reported conditions in the public mind in my district upon public policies induced me to take this, delay. Since my return to the district I have made a careful study as to the sentiment In the district and state, and I believe that there is no little sent!- ment, and a growing Bentiment, among Republicans that I do not truly repre sent their views on the tariff question. Believing this condition to exist, and knowing that I do not agree with many, of my people that the trusts, to which I am and have been opposed, cannot be curbed or the people benefited by' free trade in whole or in part. I must decline to ascept the nomination so generously and enthusiastically made. I have de voted twenty of the best years of my life to the service of my people and my country, and have fought for what I believed to be best for the farmer, the laborer and the business interests of this district and state. I am grateful (Continued on Sixth Pare., MlllJ MU1(C ilCWJ Have You Seen the display of Trimmings and 'Accessories for dress and costume that we are mak ing;. There are Lace Insertions and Edges in Guipure, Irish Crochet, Escur- ial, Venise, Wood Fibre, Repousse, Etc r Li L n pensive some of medium price and just as beautiful in design. The possibility of making: a handsome evening or reception' gown by using some of the Black Nets edged with Lace and with uvtlna r rnafnh white Olle WltV. dew drops is exquisite. Moire Crepe da Chine ia white is cne of the novelties shown. Beautiful Braids and Appliques are being shown at the Lace Counter these come in Wood Fibre, Chiffon, Silk and Mohair, fanc and plain, persian; effects and Black and White, also Jaspe. A look through this department, will reveal many things we have not room to mention. 4 THE f.ilLE-S CO. Cry Gcods, Ccrpsts, t,:'.'.::r.zTf f?i?-J:li5i::i i

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TOPEKA STATE JOUENAL, WEDNESDAY EVENING. SEPTEMBER 17. 1CS2. t $25.00 to California Aod to PRESCOTT, PHOENIX, and Many Other Point is ARIZONA. Tickets on sale daily during September i and October. Through tourist sleepers and free chair cars every day. Personally conducted excursions three times a 'week. UtJeral atoo-over- privileges in California. See California's -citrus (rroves, oil wells, ranches, vineyards. big trees, mines., California has pro ductive lands, prefect climate, good markets. The rich San Joaquin:" Valley is an open door of opportunity" for the bustler. Santa Fe T. U KINO, Agent, Topeka. T. M. James, North Topeka. Solid Comfort Speed Safety Scenery CHICAGO TO NEW YORK Three Trains Daily Esquire of your searet Railroad Tlckii Ajent or write GEO; A. CULLEN Qea'l Western Pass'r A grant 103 Adams Street, Chicago CHEAP SETTLERS' RATES TO THE FAR WEST AND NORTHWEST. The Burlington Route renews the low one-way settlers' 'rate of $25.00 from Missouri riVer to California. Portland and the Pusret Sound country every day during September and October, with correspondingly low rates to the Spo kane district and the Butte-Helena dis trict: also proportionate rates from interior Missouri, Kansas and south west territory "The Burlington Northern Pacific Ex press is the (treat through tram ieav Ins Kansas City daily, for the north west. Through Coaches, Chair Cars seats free). Standard and Tourist fileepers to Butte. Helena, Spokane. Tacoma, Seattle, Portland. Connecting train from Denver at night joining this northwest train at Alliance, Neb. VISIT THE OLD HOME EAST. Home visitors' excursions to points is Ohio and Indiana: dates of sale Seo- tember 2, 8, 16 and 23: limit 30 days. Also excursion rates to Ohio and In diana during the first week of October at the time of the big Grand Army re union in Washington, D. C TO CH ICAGO The Burlington's fa mous 'Eli" is the best known and most popular train from Kansas City and St. Joseph to Chicago. TO ST. LOUIS Two daily trains carrying an classes of standard Bur' lington equipment. 1 HOMESEEKERS' EXCURSIONS. On the first and third Tuesdays of August, September and October, to many sections of the west and north west. Consult nearest ticket agent or writs the undersigned for full information, printed matter and the least cost of your proposed trip. E. H. CKOZIER, L. W. WAKELEY. T. P. A, 823 Main St. Genl Pass'r Agent Kansas CHy. Me. Bt Louis, Mo. CM. LEVEY. General Manager, St. J.oui8. Mo. SMOKE KLAUER'S GOLD BUG. 5 CENT CIGAR. The best Equipment Is employed to make the Five Cents a Day Telephone a e.uick and reliable, means of communication. Klssouri ft Kauai Tele. Co. 'Phono 991 ihlNndl KAUSAS IIEIVS. Adopted Daughter of an Atchi son Man in Great Luck. Falls Heir to a Vast Sam in Cash and Bonds. THOUSANDS INVOLVED. .John E. Wagner Returned to Belgium to End His Days. Settlement of Estate Will Re quire Long Legal Contest. Leavenworth. Kas.. Sept. 17. The Times says: There was in town Satur day Mr. Edward Briesen, of Washing ton, D. C, and Mr. Robert Briesen, of Baltimore, for the purpose of employ-trig- an attorney in connection with the settlement of an estate that must seem to the chief beneficiary under the will something like a gift from the fairies. Some forty or fifty years ago John E. Wagner came from Frankfort -on-the-Rhine and settled in Atchison county, where in carrying on the hard ware business he accumulated a for tune of a, little less than two hundred thousand dollars. He had two bisters and a brother, and when his fortune became considerable he tried to locate them but was only successful in finding a niece, a daughter of his only brother, whom he found in an orphan asylum. Her he took and adopted and educated until she became a highly accomplished woman, when she married. Tears rolled by and by some accident he dis covered the residence of his sister, Mrs. Susanna Briesen, to be in Baltimore. He visited her there and met her fam ily, consisting of four sons, but made no mention of his being possessed of any considerable means. In 1896 he went to Belgium, where he resided un til last August, when he died. Immediately upon notice of his death being received a will was produced, by Charles Singleton, cashier of the Heatherington bank of Atchison, which disclosed that after having made ample provision for his adopted daugh ter by leaving her large real estate holdings in Atchison, that the bulk of his estate bad been given to his sister, Susanna Briesen, two of whose sons were, as mentioned, in Leavenworth on Saturday. Of course when this unex pected good news was received by her she at once empowered two of her sons to represent her, and their missiort here has resulted in the employment f Balie Waggoner and John Atwood ft represent her interests. There is the possibility of contention with the adopt ed daughter, and also the possibility of there having been executed in Belgium a later will, all of which looks to com plicated litigation. The death of Mr. Wagner in a for eign land has resulted in no one being in possession of information as to all of his property, and hardly a day has elapsed without some new property be ing discovered. Michigan Central bonds and many shares in the Atchison elec tric railroad and lighting- plant have been brought to light, and within a few days it was learned that there was nearly $70,000 in cash and securities in several banks in New York. The first step will be probating of the will, which was executed in Atchison in 1895. This will made -Mr. Singleton executor, to gether with Mr. Edward Briesen, of Washington, D. C. Then if there are any other wills they will have to be brought forward and the validity of each will have to be passed upon. HOW NORTON GBOWS. Some of the Improvements for the Last Tear Shown. Norton, Sept 17. Careful estimates place the cost of the improvements in buildings in Norton so far this vear at $50,000. This includes the high school at a cost of $15,000: the double brick busi ness block of Mrs. V. Broquet coating about $8,000: The Bower brick, building costing $5,000, and the immense building of the Foster Lumber company for storage at a cost of $3,500. Besides these a number of residences have been built costing from $S00 to $1,600. and before the close of the year the Catholic church will be completed at a cost of about $5,000. Norton has kept on improving notwithstanding the partial loss of the wheat and corn crop of Norton county but after all the famous Prairie Dog valley, in which Norton is located, looks like a forest, there is so much alfalfa raised. The city council of Norton, which ap pears to be full of a progressive spirit, has passed a sidewalk ordinance. and hereafter none but vitrified brick and cement walks will be put down. A half mile of this walk is now under con struction, and before another year the place will have cement walks from one end to the other. Another improvement being agitated by the business men is an electric light plant, and Norton has never lost out on anything her people undertake except possibly now and then they fail on landing all their soot men in office. Norton is well supplied in her school advantages. The city school building has eight teachers, with A, V. Hedges, principal, Mrs. Ida Walker, assistant, assisted by Mrs. Nellie Cline, Mrs. Min. nie Harmonson. Miss Lou Mills, Mrs. Belle Reed, Miss Mattie Bryant and Miss Mattie McClaurcy, This school has an enrollment of about 400. The high school building, just comple ted, has an enrollment of about 150, Prof. W. G. Riste, one of Kansas' best educators, is principal, with Miss Ida Case, Assistant, Miss Alta Housel teach er of Latin and German. Prof. C. D. Long' conducts the business department, and Miss Catherine Jones that of music. Norton's two school houses cost about $15,000 each. Among other improvements in con templation this year Is the $10,009 brick business block of M. B. Lease. The people of Norton are full of sport as well as business. The recent week of races and county fair drew big crowds every day. and all the- premi ums were promptly paid in full. The next entertainment will be the Silver Cup coursing meet which will be held in Elmwood park October 21, 22, 23, 24 and 25. Premiums aggregating $1,500 have been guaranteed. The Futurity meet at Friend. Neb., the week previ ous, will be largely attended, which in sures the same doR and many others for the Norton coursing meet. The an nual golf tournament of the Norton golf club will come off the same week. The home club are offering specially fine prises for both rentlemen and ladies. Tha Norton club- are sure they have the finest grounds in the state, and are looking for a good attendance from out side of their own clubs. To Have 8treot Pair. Washington, Kan., Sept 17. This city is preparing; to have the largest crowd ever assembled in the city on 'any prev ious occasion. The citizens have ar ranged for a mammoth street fair here four days, October 7, 8, 9 and 10, and it -la being extensively advertised all over the county. .Washington has neve had a street fair, and her citizens are very enthusiastic over it. There will be bands of music, parades, vaudeville; shows, exhibitions of various kinds go ing on all the time, and the visitors will be royally entertained.' CHARGED WITH PBA.UD. B. A. Jarboe Said to Have Many Mortgaged Cattle Kissing. Kansas City, Kan., Sept. 17.Cattle transactions involving the loan of over $260,000 have led to the arrest of B, A. Jarboe, a well known stockman of Cof t eyville. Jarboe was arrested at his home in Coffeyvilie last Monday by Sheriff Mendenhall, of Wyandotte coun ty. Yesterday he was .arraigned in the North -city court in this city nd for mally charged with having defrauded Creer, Mills Co., live stock commis sion merchants, ol two sums of money. He was released on $2,500 bond, which was furnished by Kenneth Browne, cashier of the' Merchants' State bank of Kansas City, Kan. The warrant specifically charges Jar boe with having borrowed on February 25, 1901, $102,074.78 on cattle, which he claimed to have had on a ranch near Cedar Creek, in the Indian Territory, Sixteen miles southwest of Coff eyville A second count charges that last July he borrowed an additional $164,251.07 by representing that he had 5.900 bead of cattle on the same ranch. The number of cattle mentioned in the first charge is 4,665 head. These cattle were mort gaged to the commission company by Jarboe, and, while the warrant is broad in its charges, the whole transaction be ing accounted as fraudulent on Jarboe's part, representatives of the commission merchants admit that Jarboe has cattle on his ranch as described in his repre sentations to the company,' but that about 1,000 head are missing. They claim they will lose about $50,000. After his release on bail Jarboe re turned to Coffeyvilie, but his friend" here say they are confident the affair can be adjusted before any direct prose cution is begun. Jarboe, his friends say, admits that there are a number of cattle missing, but he says they died of Texas fever. Jarboe says further there is malice in his prosecution. THE OTTAWA UNIVERSITY. An Attempt to Raise $30,000 at Once Decided on by Trustees. Ottawa, Sept 17. The board of trus tees of the Baptist university met here last night and Instructed the executive board to begin operations Immediately on a new building to replace the one destroyed by fire last Wednesday. It was decided to make the attemst to raise $30,000, and President Riggs was excused from his duties and was given charge of raising the funds. It is esti mated that Ottawa will raise her con tribution to $10,000, that the same amount may be raised over the state and that another $10,000 be raised in the east. The new building1 will be built on the lines of the old one and as much of the ruins as possible will be used. The foundations. may be utilized. The out of town trustees present were: H. E. Stillman, Winfleld; Rev. E. B. Meredith, Kansas City; L. E. Chase. .Padonia; J. M. Boomer, Fairview; Don Kinney, New ton; C. Q. Chandler, Medicine Lodge; G. Grovenor, Lawrence; Rev. J. T. Crawford, Parsons; J. W. Tavennor, Peabody. DIPPED CATTLE IN OIL. Crude Petroleum to Save Sedan Steers from the Texas Pever. Sedan. Kan., Sept 17. Three hundred and fifty head of cattle were dipped in crude petroleum in a creek east of here in two hours. A pool was found in solid rock and oil from the nearby wells was procured. It was poured over the water to a depth of two inches, then the cat tle were dipped in until they were thor oughly saturated with the oiL It was done to prevent the spread of Texas fever ticks. Six head of cattle had al ready died, and the whole herd was threatened. The cattlemen think the dipping process will be successful. Races at Hutchinson. Hutchinson, Kan., Sept 17. A good crowd witnessed the races of the first day of the fair here. The time was a trifle slow because of the dust and a strong wind from the south, which blew into the stretch, impeding the finishes. The summary: 2:40 trot-yPurse, $300. Klrkwood, Jr., son of Silver Thorn, won three heats out of four, winning first money; Linen, s. m., by Jack Cade, second; Restenia, b. m., out of Rustic B third; George An derson, b. sr.. son of Gambrel. fourth. Time of heats. 2:29; 2:2H; 2:29. 2:19 pace Purse $300. Trilby won three straight heats. Best time. 2:224. Scraps, second; Doeman, third; Pike Lookout, fourth. Running race mile dasb. Won by Billy Purdan in 1:11, Gooseneck, second Don't Wait, third; George E. fourth. The rider on Don't Wait claimed to have been fouled, but It was not allow ed by the judges. Pensions For Kansana. Washington, Sept 17. These pensions have been granted: Original: John Har ris, Ottawa, $12. Increase: Adam Ellis, Ellisburg, $8; Barber Burdick, Norton ville, $17; Wm. 'Williams. Caney, $10, Henry Hamer, Council Grove, $24; Wm. Ellis, 'Columbus, $12. Widows: Melvlna Middleton, Centerville. $12; Alice Lou seller. Washington, $8; Matilda Bar inf er, Manchester, $8; Louisa Kirkbain, Kansas City, $8; Rebecca Rhame, Ba varia, $12. McGee's Injuries Not Serious. Centralis, Kan., Sept. 17. J. A. Gee, who received injuries while on a freight train here, is doing well. His injuries are not as serious as they were at first thought to be, although he was consid erably shaken up, and it will probably be some time before he is all right again. He is confined to his room at the hotel, under the direction of the railroad physician here. DR. FENNER'S KIDNEY and Backache All 'diseases of Kidneys, ICURE oi.uuir, urinary vrgana. aiso u-amauam, naoK ache.HeartDisesse.Oravsl, Dropsy, renuue Trotuu.ee. Dont Become discouraged. Thsre la a CtU-j for you. If necessary write Dr. Feniier. He has spent a life time curing just such cases as yours. All consultations Free. "I had severe case of kidney disease and rheumatism, discharging bloody matter. Suffered intense pain. My wife was seriously affected with female troubles. Dr. Feuner's Kidney and Backache Cure cured us both. F. M. WHSELEK. Randolph, la." Druggists. 50e- tL Ask for Cook Book Free. VT VITH$'nU'E Sure Cure. Circular. Dr v i 1 1 1 ww brtiiwb j eon If saner. STedonla.N.i SPORTO HEWS. Football in the Big Eastern Col- T leges Is Now On. v- Yale and Harvard Candidates Ordered in the Field.- HARTAKD'S COMPLAINT Claim, as Usual, That the Out look Is Not Promising. Some Twenty of the Wearers of the Blue Hear a Lecture. Boston, Sept 17. The college foot ball season is on in earnest Yale s candidates "have reported for work, while the advance guard of the Hal yard eleven reached Cambridge. About 20 candidates for tne. Yale eleven resorted at New Haven when the training table was' formed for the season. Captain Chadwick alloted uni forms and lockers and gave them -a, talk about their training for the season. He did not order a line-up, but ordered the squad to be ready for work at- the Yale field today. It is expected that 85 men will report' At Cambridge Captain Kernan- and Quarterback Marshall arrived and went over the season's work. The other men have been notified to be ready for work today also. Tbe tactics followed by Coach Reid last year will be followed under the direction of a star group of coaches. The outlook, however, accord ing to old Harvard men, is not very promising. But little stock is taken in this in that Harvard of late years has Invariably beaten' Yale at the lat ter's game of decrying- the strength of its teams before put to the test DAN PATCH PALLS. Could Not Lover the Record of Star Pointer at New York. New York, Sept. 17. With perfect weather, a good track and a large and appreciative crowd, the great stallion Dan Patch had every circumstance in his favor to defeat old Father Time and win the world's pacing record at the Empire track, but he did not do so. Accompanied by a racing mate, the fa mous son of Joe Patchen came out and paced a preliminary mile in 2:11. Spec ulation was very active at 100 on two minutes to 75 for faster time. In his first effort he went to the quarter in 30 Vi seconds and then broke, and came back. In his second effort he went to the quarter in 30 and on to the half in 1:01, but tired badly and came home all out in 2:02. The pacing record of 1:59, held by Star Pointer, looks safe for this year. The first regular event of the day was the $5,000 Empire purse for the 2:20 trotters, in which an originally good field dwindled down to four starters, the blind wonder;,. Rhythmic, selling fov $500 to $450 for the field, which consisted of the swift mare. Dulce Cor: the fast Canadian gelding; Wentworth. and the California bred Katrinka Girl. Later on tthythmic sold tor $50 and' the field $35. The sightless son of Oakland Baron had the speed of the party and his victory was never in doubt. Ha won in straight heats, with a little to spare, in fast time. In the $3,000- Yonkers purse Direct Hal was a. prohibitive favorite, but with him barred. Gold Brick sold for $50 to $40 for thai field. The race was almost a walkover for Direct HaL who won, with lots in reserve. In the 2:15 pace Schlev Pointer sold at 100, Dora Delpfca 65 and the field 15 -j.nis was a race or heats, two in three, and the favorite closed it out with ease ana was never in danger. HAS M'GOVERN COIN. Sam Harris Cannot Get HIa Money Covered, He Claims. Cincinnati, O., Sept 17. "Where are all ineae spona wne want io DacK Young Cor bett against Terry McGovern," said Sam Harris, manager of the Terrible Tpn-v last night "I have heard a lot of talk about persons wanting to back Corbett, but no one nss shown up with any coin. I am ready to back McGovern to a standstill." Manager Harris yesterday teleeranhed Joe Vendig, the famous bookmaker at Sheepshead Bay, to bet $3,000 for him at even money if he can get it. Harris also wired Mannie Monheimer, another book maker, the same kind of a message. Harris was anxious to get a befdown with John ny Considine, who is a great friend of .Cor bett, but Considine does not care to lay even money. He expeets to get 6 to 4 for his money at the ringside. A local sporting man called at the train ing camp yesterday and made a bluff about wanting to bet on Corbett. Harris almost sprained his- wrist going down in his jeans for his bank roll. When he pulled out the long green .the man- said he was only jok ing, as he did not intend to bet In the first place. Somej one has sald that Harris will not bet: that he is only bluffing with stage money. -Harris invites any one ear ing to get down a wager to have a look at his money ."-end will guarantee to wager any amount irom iuu up to n.w tnat Mc- uovern .wins tub coming contest.' -u. LEADS EASTERN" OWNERS. Drake Wins $48,676 in Sheepshead Bay Meeting. New York, Sept 17. John A. Drake of Chicago has the honor of leading all own ers in tne matter or winnings at tne meet imr of the Coney Island Jockey dub. Savable's success in the Futurity alone was enougn to put urane at tne neaa, ror when that colt nosed August Belmont's Ijord ol tne vale-out it meant more than $46,000 in Drake's Pocket. He also won sev eral other races and his entire winnings amount to $48,675.- W. C. Whitney is sec ond on the list and he has been more suc cessful at this meeting than at any other this season. Girdle's victory in the Great Filly stakes was worth almost $13.0X, while Gunfire won $6,000 in the Twin City handicap, Whitney's winnings are $23,096. Major Daingerneld's .victory in the cham pion stakes moved the firm of F. C. Lewis into third place with a total of $20,205. JKcGraw is Sick; New York, Sept. 17. Johnny McGraw may not play with the Giants any more this season- If he takes the advice of his physicians he will get himself out of the game in a hurry. McGraw has been a sick man since he joined the New York team. Only sheer pluck has kept him play ing. Early in the year; when the little man ager was with Baltimore, he could not train owing to the severe injury to hts knee, and he laid off for a couple of months. Then he was stricken with ap pendicitis, but demurred when advised by his physician to undergo an operation. Since Joining the Giants he improved some what but the old trouble is back again, and the club's physician today warned him that there would be serious conse quences if he continued playing. National League Adjourn. New York, Sept 17. The National league magnates met in conference here Tuesday and adjourned at night without having decided upon any den nite rlan of action for the future as regards the American league situation. The absence of Frank DeHaas Bobison of St. Louis and James Hart of Chicago is said to have blocked whatever action was to be considered. John T. Brush announced that another conference would be held September 24, at which both Mr. Robison and Mr. Hart would be present Brush, chairman of the executive committee, presided, -and the" others present were CoT. John I. Rogers and A. J. Reach, of Philadelphia;. Charles Kbmts, of Brooklyn r Fred Knowies- of New York; Harry Fulliam, of Pitts burg; Max Flelschmann, of Cincinnati, and A. H. Soden, of Boston. It" was said that the members of the league- executive committee had formu lated three or four plans of action In the contest with the American league and that the purpose of the present con ference was to get a unit of expression upon one of the plans and empower the executive committee to go ahead ana carry the war into .the American league's territory. j- "The league," said Mr. Brush, "has had a most successful season. Finan cially speaking it has been the most successful season we have had in years. Of course it is admitted that in Boston our rivals have won out" Al track Joins Boston. Milwaukee. Wis., Sept: -17. Henry KU tilea, owner of the Boston American league club, who signed Pitcher Altrock of the Milwaukees for next season,' today completed the deal 'with the owners of the club whereby Altrock joins the Bos tons at once. Nick pitched eleven innings against the champion Louisville team to day and won, and then left for Boston at 7:30 this evening. He is considered the best southpaw fn the wAst. He has won nine teen and lost nine games this season. NATIONAL LEAGUE. AT PHILADELPHIA. Philadelphia- tried a new pitcher and Boston won without much effort. Attend ance, 158. Score by innings; R.H.E. Boston ...v.:. 6 01 2 0 0 21 113 14 2 Philadelphia ....8 000000308 7 4 Batteries Malarkey and Kittredge; Mc Fadden and Dooin. AT NEWTORK. Brooklyn again outplayed New York and wonjay the score of 7 to 2. Smith was put out of the game in the third inning for dis puting Umpire Irwin's decision. Attend ance. 1.100. Score by innings: R.H.E. New York 10000000-12 2 Brooklyn ....202100020712 2 Batteries Miller and Bresnahan; Dono nue and Bitter. NATIONAL LEAGUE STANDING. Clubs Won. Lost Pc. Pittsburg 95 38 .714 Brooklyn 70 68- .547 Boston 63 68 .621 Cincinnati 64 64 .500 Chicago 62 66 .484 St. Louis 55 68 .447 Philadelphia 50 74 .403 New York 44 76 .367 AMERICAN LEAGUE. AT PHILADELPHIA. It looked like a victory for Washington, but Wilson took Hustings' place on the rubber and saved the game.- Seybold's bat ting was a feature. Attendance, 1,078. Score by innings: R.H.E. Washington 4 1000000 05 12 2 Philadelphia 0 2003200 -7 11 1 Batteries Patten and Drill; Husting, Wilson and Powers. AT BOSTON. After having the game apparently well in hand, Katoll fell a victim to a batting rally by the home team in the eighth. At tendance. 4189. Score by innings: R.H.3. Boston 00009 0 07 7 7 2 Baltimore '.....10001 00002 S 3 -Batteries Sparks and Warner; Katoll and Robinson. AT StTlOUIS. St Louis won. from Detroit by making three runs In the ninth inning after being shut out up to that time. Powell was hit hard in the first inning, but after that was effective. Attendance, 1,200. Seore by innings: R.H.E.- St. Louis '..000 0 0 90 OS 3 8 0 Detroit ..t. 2 0 000 000 0 2 U 1 Batteries Powell and Sugden; Kissinger and McGuire. AMERICAN LEAGUE STANDING. Clubs .Won. Lost Pc. Philadelphia 75 48 .605 St. Louis 79 64 .667 Boston 79 65 .660 Chicago 68 65 '653 Cleveland 64 62 ,508 Washington 57 68 .4S6 Detroit 48 76 '.3S7 Baltimore' 4 79 .368 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. AT MINNEAPOLIS. The ragged fielding in the .sixth inning, coupled with the wiidness of McNeal, gave Minneapolis five runs off two hits and made it three straight for the locals. At tendance, 300. Seore by innings: Minneapolis 1 0002SOO Toledo 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 15 Batteries Newlin and Yeager; McNeil and Graftius. I AT ST-PAUL. The visitors had a batting rally in the ninth and tied the score, winning out in the tenth. Attendance, 300. 8core by tenings: St. Paul 0202001000 5 Columbus 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 16 Batteries Miller and Hurley; McMakin and Myers, ..r AMERICAN ASSOCIATION STANDING. Clube Won. Lost Pc. Indianapolis i 8S 44 :.667 Louisville 87 44 .664 St Paul 71 61 .538 Kansas City... 65 65. .500 Milwaukee 63 72 -T Columbus 62 72 .43 Minneapolis 53 79 .403 Toledo 41 94 .304 Nevada 8; Jefferson City 4. Nevada, Mo., Sept. 17. Three base hits by Hackett and Kahl of the home team were about the only features of the game, ex cept that the leaders' fielding was ragged. Score by innings: R.H.E. Nevada 10021190 -5 7 5 Jefferson City 0 1900210 04 3 Batteries Nevada. Torrie and Cheek; Jefferson City, Lawtner and North. Sedalia 13; Port Scott 6. Sedalla". Mo., Sept. 17. Pitcher Milton, re cently of the Rock Island club of the "Three I league, was too much for Fort Scott and the Gold Bugs won an easy vic tory, the score being 13 to Henderson was taken from the box in the fourth in ning and Drummy -substituted, but he fared no better as the locals had on their batting clothes. Score by innings: R.H.E. Sedalia 12 219925 13 14 2 Fort Scott.. 000004 0015 5 Batteries Sedalia, Milton and Schrant; Fort Scott, Henderson, Drummy and Snooks. Umpire Collins. Springfield 8; Chanute 0. Springfield. Ma, Sept 17. The Chanute Giants were easy for the Midgets. It was the fastest game played here here this sea son, the time being one hour and three minutes. Not one Chanute man reached third base. Craig was in fine form. Score by innings: R.H.E. Springfield ...0 3 0 0 0 2 0 3 8 8 3 Chanute 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 90 3 Joplin 8; lola 7. Joplin, Mo., Sept 17. -Joplin defeated lola in the opening game of the series here by a score of 8 to 7. Baseball Notes; Virgin Garvin is said to have signed with Cincinnati for next year. Pittsburg advices say that Ban Johnson has secured options on two sites in that city and that both ace easily reached by trolley. Pietz, the Reds' second baseman, is ex pected to join the team shortly, as his little boy, whose severe Illness compelled his presence at home, is rapidly recover ing.. L- .j A facetious Cleveland scribe remarked that, besides the 6.000 children, admitted free to a game In that city last week, the two pitchers Issued a dozen free passes to first Manager Loftus has been making a bid for Third Baseman Cockman, or Hugh Duffy's Milwaukee Western league team. For Billons and Nervous Disorder, sac as Wind and Pain In the tfti. Sick Heaflacfce. Olddlncss, Fulness and Swelling after saeals, Dizziness an4 Drowsiness, CoM Chills, Flushings of Heat, Lou of Appetite, Shortness of Breath, Costlvoness, Blotcbcs oa tea 9fclB, Disturbed Steep, Frightful Dreasaa. aad all Nervous and Trembling Sensations, &c Jhm Fh-mt OaM nW firm HmUmf In Twmat Mlnutmm. This is no fiction. Every sufferer is earnestly Invited to try one Box ottnese Pills, and they will be acknowledged to bo WORTH A GUINEA A BOX." BCEOKAIK'S PHJLM, taken as directed, will ouickty restore Panic i to complete besdthT They promptly remove any obstruction or ftrevilsrity 'of the system. Per a IVcirt Cf:::!.; lp:!rcd Cigesiisn; C!:crd:rcd Liver they set Hke magic a few doses will work wonders epoe the Vital Organs Streorthes- ins; the muscular system; restoring the long-lost Complexion bringing back the keen edge of appetite, and arousing with the AWsonf of HmmHm thm mhmlm nymleat fissii up ox the human frame. These are "tacts" admitted by thousands, in ail c.asses of society, aad one of the best guarantees to the Nervous and Debilitated is that iaehM' PHIm hmwm thm gkramat SmMm of atojr Pmtmnl MmtUolnm At thm Ijorfrf Full directions with each bos. Prepared only by THOMAS BEBCHAM, St SoM Evmrywhoro, In Coxes, SO cents and 23 oonts Perhaps you Don't waste time going home. You can get a tasty Lunch at TIE XF J Served quickly and in one quarter of the time it will take you to go home, TRY OUR LUNCH TOMORROW 526 KANSAS (One Block South I S20.00 to Ogden and Salt Lake City. X 20.00 to Bntte, Anaconda and Helena. X 22.50 to Spokane and Wenatohee, Wash X 25.00 to Everett," Fairhaven and New Whatcom, via Hun- X tington and Spokane. 2 5. OO to Portland, Tacoma and Seattle. 25.00 Ashland, Roseburg, Eugene, Albany and Salem via Portland. X 25.00 to San Francisco, Los Angeles and many other X California Points. -t- J. C. FULTON, Depot Agent, North Topeka, but Hugh says Jimmy Collins has first call on the youngster. Seventeen players in the National are batting at or above the .300 mark, with Beaumont of the Plttsburgs in the lead with .348. Crawford, Beckley, Seymour, Kelley and Pelts of the Reds are among the bunch-- r Leever, pitcher; Karrell, catcher: Ten neyv first baseman; Kitchey, second base man; Grerhlnger, third baseman; Iong, shortstop, and Wadner, fielder, are lead ing in fielding in their respective positions in the National league. Here's Ren Mulford's suggestion for a twelve-club circuit: New York. Philadel phia, Baltimore. Boston, Brooklyn, and Providence in the east, and Chicago, Cin cinnati, St. Louis, Pittsburg, Louisville, aad Indianapolis in the west. Kelley, Poole, Seymour. Beckley, and Donlln were threatened with expulsion at various stages of the game for kicking on the many bad decisions made by Latham and Irwin. They were justified in ail their objections. Cincinnati Tribune. Clarke Griffith says that In "McMeekln, his new pitcher, to whom he gave a trial against Boston, he has picked up a prom ising youngster. Clarke will take th youth under his personal supervision and develop him in the fine points of the game. t Col. Rogers Tsays the American league umpires, give all dose decisions to home The liniment bottle and flannel strip are familiar objects in nearly every household. They are the weapons that have been used for generations to fight old Rheumatism, and; are about as effective in the battle with this: giant disease as the blunderbuss of our forefathers would be in modern warfare. Rheumatism is caused by an acid, sour condition of the blood. It is filled with acrid, irritating matter that settles in the joints, muscles and nerves, and liniments and -oils nor nothing else applied externally can dislodge these gritty, corroding particles. They were deposited there by the blood and can be reached only through the blood. Rubbing with liniments sometimes relieve temporarily the aches and pains, but these are only symptoms which are liable to return with eyety change of the weather; the real disease lies deeper, the blood and system are infected. Rheumatism cannot be radically and permanently cured until the blood has been purified, and no remedy does this so thoroughly and promptly as 8. S. S. It neutralizes the acids and sends a stream exhilarating tonic Our physicians wifl advise, without charge, all who write about their case, and we win send free our special book on Rheumatism and its treatment. THE SWIFT STLSSHS C3.. Abasia Cx Helens, Eng., and 365 Canal St. New York. are busy AVENUE 520 of the Postoffioe) i s I 1 FRANK LONG, Manszer. EXCEPTIONALLY t LOW RATES i Topeka to the t West and North-West. DAILY DURING J September and October. X F. A. LEWIS, C P. T. A., 525 Kaasas Are. X teams. Wrong, Col. John. If he should ask "Silk" O'Laughlln what he would do with a close decision, "Silk" would say: "I never have any close ones, Mr. Rog ers." Cincinnati has joined issue with Boston and Philadelphia, for the repeal of the foul strike rule. The rule never was to,, the purpose and discourages batting. With a good umpire, players can be stopped from intentional fouling, which was the purpose of the rule. Tuck Turner, who Used to sign himself "the greatest third baseman," has been purchased by Detroit from the Toledo team. McGraw and Kelley tried to sign him. but there was nothing doing. It is said his contract calls for J2.50O, which is much lees than the figure McGraw offered him, Barney Dreyfusr talk about then poor article of ball, the American league plays is funny. He says the latter will have to put up- a better brand if it hopes to beat him for the patronage of Pittsburg next year. That won't be difficult, for Barney has lost, or will lose, most of his stars of this aeasoni Watkins,' the youngster from Maine, whom Shettsline gave a trial, will proba bly be sent back to the bush league. In going after a. long fly he discarded his glove, thinking, probably, that he couKI run faster without It. "Shetts" refused to reveal the identity of the man who rec ommended the player. or ricn, strong blood to the affected parts, which dissolves and washes out all foreign materials, and the sufferer obtains happy relief from the torturing pains. S. S. 3. contains no potash or other mineral, but is sY-'-nierfnr vtMpatrnrtl K1aw1 -n-n-n-V.' aiI r 0

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TOPEKA STATE JOTTRNAIi, TTEDNESDAT EVENING. SEPTEMBER 17, 1CC3. Or, RAILROAD NEWS. President Rouse of the "KatyM Gives Annual Report. Goes Into Detail Upon South western Extensions. TERRITORIAL LINES. Says They Are Being Pushed as Rapidly as Possible. Laying Track at the Rate of a Mile a Day. In his annual report to the stockhold ers, Henry C. Rouse, chairman of the board and president of the Katy rail road, has submitted along with a table of statistics some Interesting mattei relating to the southwestern extensions, especially those of Indian and Okla homa territories. Part of it is con tained thereafter: The management has recently entered Into the, most Important plan of con struction which has occupied its atten tion for some years, by taking steps to maintain its hold upon the region in the Indian Territory west of the main line, which, formerly dependent upon the Katy, has recently been Invaded by extensions of the Chicago, Rock Island Pacific railway, the Atchison, Topeka Santa Fe railway and the St. Louis San Francisco railway. Oklahoma territory Is one of the most fertile re gions, and when set apart from the In dian Territory attracted an emigration almost without parallel In the history of the country. Already large cities have sprung up there, particularly Oklahoma City and Guthrie, whose business is much sought for by the railway sys terns traversing the region. The nat ural connections of this territory and the market for Its products are in St. Louis and Kansas City: hence, there has been great pressure by the citizens of Oklahoma and the merchants of SU Louis and Kansas City to induce the management to extend the Coffeyville branch from Stevens in the Indian Ter ritory to Oklahoma City and Guthrie, thus making the northern termini of the Missouri. Kansas Texas railwav the nearest and most desirable outlet of the country, and at the same time en abling the merchants of St. Louis and Kansas City to deliver their goods to this rapidly growing district by the unortest ana most advantageous route. This line will also not only afford the shortest route to Chicago and point3 beyond, but will strengthen the strate gic position of the Missouri. Kansas Texas system in the section of the country where the greatest develop ments are now going on. To meet this demand the Missouri Kansas Okla homa Railroad company, organized In Oklahoma, Is now constructing such a line, with a branch through the fertile Arkansas river valley. Relating to this new Oklahoma line a dispatch from Vinita, I. T., says the work of constructing is being rushed as much as possible. The Grigsby Kinser Construction company has the contract for all the line both Stevens, Wybark and Oklahoma branches and sub-contracts for the 270 miles have been given with the excrotion of about 60 miles. The Grigsby-Kinser company has two locomotives and a steam track-laying outfit which are In service on that part being constructed southwest of Stevens and they are expected to complete that part by September 21 and move to Wy bark. Tracklaying is carried on at the rate of a mile a day and on the Wybark part Is to be finished to Coweta by October 1. All the Missouri. Kansas and Oklahoma line will Drobablv be done and ready for tracklaying by March. By way of reporting on the agricul tural conditions along the route Presi dent Rouse adds that crops were early damaged by drouth, but that later In the season floods came and did consid erable Injury but he thinks "the pros- pects generally are excellent, SOUTHERN1 GROWTH. Cause Is the Consolidation of Rail road Lines. Baltimore. Sept. 17. The industrial growth of the south is attributed to the consolidation of railroad lines into strong systems, operated on a strictly business basis, by the Manufacturers' Record In a summary to an article in this week's Issue. The facts are gleaned from recent annual reports' of several railroads. The report .of the Southern railway shows that during the year there were established on or near the company's lines industrial plants representing a value of $112,441,559. and that 566 plants completed and put In operation repre sented an investment of 189,070,959. Forty-two new textile plants went Into operation, and there were additions of 368,840 spindles and 8,857 looms to old plants, while at .the close of the fiscal year there were 21 new mills under con struction which will operate 342,200 spin dles and 7,600 looms. Similar progress is reported along the lines of the Central of Georgia, its annual report snowing that Z99 indus tries representing 31 different kinds of manufactures were located in its ter ritory during the year with a eapitallsa- tion of J2,S9,350, ana with 4,062 em ployes. The industrial commissioner of the Illinois Central railroad shows that out of 378 industries established during the year along its system 218, or more than 66 per cent., were south of the Ohio river. Agriculture has advanced with the growth of manufactures. During the year 683 farmers from the north purchased 171,255 acres of farm lands In the territory of the Southern railway, representing an investment of $2,010,000, while there was a phenomenal increase in the acreage devoted to cantaloupes, watermelons and strawberries along the Central of Georgia railway, with 1,134, 779 peach trees planted. ST. LOUIS VALLEY ROAD. Will Bo Takes. Over by George Gould. St. Lot. Sept 17. "We -will take over the St. Louis Valley rairway and make it a part of the Missouri Pacific- Iron Mountain system as soon as tha. details of construction and a few other matters have been settled," statefl George Gould, president of the absorb ing lines, who passed through here yes terday en route east. The St. Louis Valley railway is being constructed a distance of about 125 miles almost due south of East St. Louis, in the valley of the Mississippi river. It has been completed and is under operation between East St. Louis and Chester, 111., a distance of 69 miles. This new line of railway will afford to the Gould system a new outlet from St. Louis to the south. Officials of the Mis souri Pacific and Iron Mountain dwell upon its importance from the stand point of economy in that it shortens the haul and does away with heavy grade climbing through the Ozark mountains. STOCKING PLATTE CANON. Colorado and Southern Putting in Jaore Trout. General Passenger Agent Fisher of the Colorado Southern has begun stocking the- river in Platte canon with trout. He was notined by tne hsn com missioner the other day that 15.000 steel heads were ready for distribution, and these will be placed at different points in the canon. In addition to these, thero will be about 100,000 more trout dis tributed along the river. "Platte canon is growing in popu larlty, and as its popularity increases the fish disappear," said Mr. Fisher. "I am having placed in the river several hundred thousand fry, and by doing this I can assure the people that they can always find good fishing in Platte canon. I am going to continue this every year, so that there will be no danger of the trout in Platte canon be coming exhausted." Machinists Thank Officials for Raise. C. Christy, J. Dennis and J. Stein acher, a committee representing the Santa Fe .machinists, presented resolu tions to Mechanical Superintendent Jim Dumps sued out on sidewalks hot And looked In vain for one cool spot; And vowed he ne'er again would eat A lunch of heat-producing meat. Once more has "Force" restored his vim. Although 'tis hot, he's "Sunny Jim." She Btadj-to-Ssr? zn&Kes comfort possible on a sweltering day. Joughins thanking; him for the Interest he bad taken in procuring a raise in their wages of 25 cents a day, and. ex pressing their warm thanks to the com pany. Mr. Joughins responded briefly to the words of the men and promised to send copies of the resolutions to the higher officials of the road. The resolu tions are the official expression of lodge No. 15 of the International Associ ation of Machinists. SANTA FE CENTRAL LINE Will Be in Operation by the First of the Tear. Senator W. IT. Andrews, nrwrtiimt of the Santa Fe Central railway, has re turned to Santa Fe, N. M. senator Andrews is mishine his line and expects to have it in operation by about the first of January next. They have ordered five locomotives from the -ittsourg Locomotive Works of Pitts burg, Pa, They have ordered several hundred cars from the Pullman works at Pullman, 111., .which will also be ready for delivery in a few weeks. xne grading on the line, which is to he 146 miles long, not including the branch irom iorrence to Koswell, which will be ninety-six miles long has been al most completed. They also have the Dridgmg and trestle work completed and will be ready to lay the first con signment or rails when they arrive, which will be about the first of October. ABOUT RAILROAD PEOPLE. David MrRpp Is n new man m th. alt- brake repairs. Arthur Roberts, bollermaker, is on duty after a sick lay off of about a week. Fred Woodburn of the machine shop has returned from a short visit in Chicago. Advertising car No. 3 of the Ringltng circus was in town Tuesday, going east on 113. William Hercules, who has a Job In the spring shop, has lost a day or two this week. It is reported that the Maple Leaf has bought the passenger terminals at Sioux City, la. Harry Henry is at his post In the boiler shop after a sickness which lasted more tnan a week. T. E. Lavden. assistant enrtnner nt test has gone to La Junta, Col., to Indicate O. J. Wood of the Santa Fe legal depart ment, has been in Concordia for a few aays attending court. There was shinned over th. Artermn. nnA New Mexico road recently a brain load of copper, vaiueo. at i3z,uuu. Boilermaker David Amnel has arrived home from a two weeks' recuperation in Illinois and Michigan. Harrison Zinn, who has been assisting with air brake repairs in the sheds, has gone to repairing cars. Zell Dutton, a helper in the blacksmith lng department, has been sick and laying oft for two or three days. "Vincent Parkinson of the water service has been, detailed to -run the air compressor in the new blacksmith shop. Rev. Frank Mallorv. castor nf th Third Christian church, is billed to speak at the coacn snop gospel meeting xnursday noon. Lee Carr of the boiler shon. who drnnned a piece of metal on one foot about ten days ago, will be ready for business Mon day. S Mrs. Fannie Winters, widow of a former Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe engineer, is here from Cleburne, Tex., for a visit with ineiius. Five hundred cars of potatoes have gone west over the Santa Fe main line within about a week. Many of them come from tne naw valley. There will be a musical and literary en tertainment at the Third Christian church this evening. A large number of shop men are interest ea in it. Fred Austin and "Smoke" Williams are employed in the boiler shop of the Missouri Pacific at Osawatomie. Both used to be witn tne santa tf e nere. John Nichols has been obliged to give up his machine a few days in the shops and care for an eye which was Injured by a piece of steel striking It. At Hertngton the Rock Island Is complet ing a 40 stall roundhouse and Is adding to the capacity of Its coaling station there by putting in 12 more pockets. J. W. Kendrick, third, vice president of the Santa Fe, has been on the extreme western lines of the system within the last week on an Inspection tour. General Superintendent Hurley, Chief Engineer Storey and Superintendent of Telegraph Gaunt have been on the Chica go division for a few days inspecting that district. John Paul and Frank Sillix have been hired as hammersmiths. Both used to be here. For some months Sillix has been in CsrtalJ Sweet, crisp flakes ef wkeat ami Helps Him to Keep CooL 'Torce' is a blessing to hot humanity. I find sinoe eating it and I wast 11 erery morning that I am able to go through a hot day with much more comfort than when I used to eat hearty meat breakfasts. It has taught me how to live. Ctaa f aialslMd as appiicanos.) the employ of the 'Frisco at Springfield, Mo. Machinist Thomas Cdushlln of Mitchell's gang packed his tools Tuesday and- will leave at once for San Bernardino, Cal., where he plans to remain about a month. G. W. Hutaon. manaeer of the Harvey eating house at Gallup, N. M., is having the dining room of that Institution cleaned and generally overhauled preparatory to tne winter ousiness. Rock Tsland engineers are renorted to be operating In northern Arkansas, whence a line is to be run to Baileyville. I. T., wnere connection is maae witn tne (jnoo taw, Oklahoma and Gulf. Fred Stltea. who for some months has been an air brake repairer, has withdrawn and his place has been taken by his brother, Herbert F., who has been In firing service at Argentine. There is considerable feeling between the towns of Wichita and Wellington because of the fair festival which is to be held In each next week. The Santa Fe is prepar ing to handle special trains for each. Frank Brooks, assistant to Enelne In spector Manley, has gone to Cheyenne, Wyo,, returning for a short stop in Den ver and being away in all about two weeks. G. P. Tflton. the air brake inspector who for some months has been in Las Vegas hospital, Is a little better, according to tbe latest reports. He Is able to correspond witn soma oi nis irienas. William Riley, who used to be timekeep er for the engineers and firemen at this point, ana now 'snop timekeeper at Cle burne, Tex., has returned to that place after a short visit in Topeka with rela tives. Stack No. 3 for a furnace In the black smith shop, was being raised to place Tuesday. It Is the plan now to put three hammer gangs on duty there days and two nights, the night force going on this ev ening if possible. 1 Frank Russell, a hammersmith who Is known in the shops of Topeka and Albu querque, N. M., where he has worked, has taken transportation to San Bernardino, Cal., and it is understood that he expects to remain on the coast. President Trumbull of the Colorado Mid land savs there is a scarcity of rails all over the country. There is little new In this except that President Trumbull should have been wheedled into saying such a Blaming tmng. James A. Semple, the pioneer passenger agent of the United States, died recently In Denver, Col., at the age of 77 years. He had held important positions on both east ern and western railroads and was widely known all over the country. Will Owens has been put on as day caller in the office of Trainmaster E. A. Austin. P. A. Hollar, who has been doing the day shrft for a short while, has gone n; V, ...,1 Vntua nnLlii. -hn resigned to enlist In the United States navy. A. M. Hughes of the shops was Informed Tuesday afternoon of the death of a sister in the forenoon of the same day at Rose dale, a suburb of Kansas City. The body was brought to Topeka on No. 5 this morn ing and the funeral held from the Santa i e aesot. T. S. Cafferty, roadmaster for the east ern division, has returned from Milwau kee, Wis., where he was in attendance up on the National Roadmasters' convention. He was away several weeks, but most of that time he put in visiting kin down in New X or It. i George Hutton, the coach carpenter, who has been in the company hospital here for recovery from an attack of typhoid fever, is getting better and is now well enough to have company at his bedside. He has not been at his place In the shops for about a month. Ray and Hazel, daughters of Mechanical Superintendent Risteen, have arrived in ToDeka from Chicago, where they have been visiting for two weeks. Mr. Risteen' s family is moving into the residence of E. F. Ware, on West Sixth avenue, and ex pected to be settled in their new home to day. T. J. Clark, formerly traveling passen ger agent for the Roek Island in south ern California, has been transferred to the Portland territory and has been succeeded in the first named position by F. W. Mil ler, until recently the agent-for the same system m f nuadeipnia. It is the plan of the Pennsylvania road to put on a fast train which, will make the distance from Broad street: Philadelphia, to Thirty-fourth street. New York, 91 miles In 75 minutes. It is believed this will be feasible as soon as the North river tunnel is finished. j It is announced that the Southern Pacific is to enlaree its shoos at Sacramento. Cal., so that they will give employment to aDout z.uuw instead or tne 500 men now working there. The plant which the same company has been erecting at Los Angeles is being finished, although it is possible that a foundry and additional coach shop may ue constructed: Contrary to rumors which have been abroad for some time, it seems probable that the Rock Island Is to build on the Gulf of Mexico. Monday the company filed malt eatea coM. Agif: 1 deeds to right of way property south of uuiu, Tex., ana tne rignt ot way agtm there says that the situation is rapidly getting in shape for the extension. William Mespelt, who was appointed to the fore mans hip of the planing mill at San Bernardino, Cal., has arrived there from Topeka and has assumed charge of the de partment. The position is newly created, that Institution heretofore Having been di rectly under the Jurisdiction of the car shops foreman. Mespelt has two brothers Gus and A. L. working in San Bernar dino, -v All excent the frame and the trucks of the new. 223, which is being rebuilt for a business car to be used by General Mana ger Wells of the coast line, has been dis mantled, and it stands in the coach shop a bare skeleton. It will be one of the best specials on the system and that means a good deal, for the Santa Fe officials have more and better special cars than those of any western railroad. Owing to an additional train being put on by the Chicago Great Western, which uses the Santa Fe tracks for a distance of a few miles between South Leavenworth and the national military home. It nas Deen round expedient to issue a supplemental time card, tnfnrmfne emnloves of the east ern division of the change. The train leaves South leavenwortn at :iu ana readies the home at 3:20. The Pennsvlvanla Railroad company an nounces a new system of tracing the de tention of passenger trains and for keep ing a record of the same. The system is to be of great value to engineers. Passenger detention sheets as furnished by the aver age operating office are extremely meager as to detail. They also lack In originality and have, not served as permanent passen ger records. By the means of the new de tention recoras, it wiu oe easy to deter mine the cause of trouble at any place. The wnrk of rhanelnir the narrow gauge line of the Burlington and Missouri River Irom ueaawooa to ieaa, a. u., a. aismncc of four miles, to an electric line, has been completed, but the line has not been changed to standard gauge, as reported. An extension one mfle long up the main street of Lead is to be built, which will make the total length of the electric line about five miles. It is expected to begin running cars about September j. Beelnnlne a dav or two aeo the Chicago Great Western opened Its newly' built line trom Hampton to tjiarion. ta. tnu giving direct service between Chicago and Fort TVidure. The nieoe of track which is being opened for regular traffic was completed a few weeks ago and the construction gangs have Just finished blasting and otherwise preparing It. It nils a small gap in wnat in time will be the main line from Chi cago to Omaha over the Fort Dodge route. Passenger trains on the new extension will connect- with the trains on the main line from Chicago to Minneapolis. TABLE ASP KITCHEN. fnTvAiintoA Hn TJda Ames Willis. Mar quette Building, Chicago, to whom all inquiries snouia oe auureaaeu. All rights reserved by Banning Co. Chicago. The Fragrant and Aromatic Quince. This frasrrant and strongly flavored fruit is Indigenous to Asia Minor and possibly to Greece, thus making Its way westward, like so many other modern and familiar foods, from the Levant. Both Greeks and Romans cultivated the ouince shrub by grafting. Though first cousin to the peach, pear, plum and ap ple, belonging to the order Rosacae, It never attains any very considerable growth, although hardy and easily cul tivated. The fruit Is inferior In many respects to all others of this class; but Its fragrance, aromatic flavor and mu cilaginousness which are wonderfully developed in cooking, make It a highly valued fruit for jellies, preserve and marmalade. The fruit being tough and astringent It is unsuitable for eating in its raw state with us: but cooking modifies these objectionable qualities and makes them quite digestible. Careful cultiva tion has greatly improved the quality of this fruit and a variety known as the orange quince is very tender and ot most excellent flavor. The flavor of the quince is delicious combined with apples and especially in maklne desserts of many kinds. The quince is a very economical fruit to use, as there is no waste, tne parings and cores containing the mucilaginous seeds being employed In the jelly mak ing V This mucilaginous substance, which abounds In the seeds, will convert forty or fifty times their weight of water into a thick syrup; for this reason quince Jelly is the easiest of all to make suc cessfully. Like apples and pears the quince may be fermented. BAKED QUINCES. Pare and remove the cores from a dozen nice quinces; fill the cavities with granulated sugar, add a little gra ted lemon or orange peel, place in shallow earthern baking dishes with a little water in the bottom and bake slowly until tender: basting often with the syrup In the dish. When done, place in a glass dish: make a jelly with the parings, cores and water, with sugar in equal quantity to amount ot strainea juice; pour this over the quinces and let all get cold. XMice servea witn wnip ped cream or meringue on top. QUINCES WITH APPLES. If possible use pippin apples or a va riety that is firm and sweet. Take equal quantities of apoles and quinces. Pare and cut -the apples and quinces in round slices; remove the cores with a small round cutter. Stew the quinces In just enough water to cover them. until they are tender; then remove them and put the apples ip the same water and cook tender without breaking them. PJace the fruit in separate dishes and cover with a hot syrup made of one part sugar and two and half parts wa ter; cover and let them stand over night. In the morning, reheat the fruit and syrup and place in alternate layers in glass jars and seal at once. PRESERVED QUINCES. Pare and cut into slices and carefully remove the cores. Put Into a preserv ing kettle after measuring. To each auart allow two oranges and one lemon sliced. Mix together, being careful not to break the slices. Steam until tender. Cover the parings and cores with cold water and cook slowly lor two nours. When the water thickens strain it and put into a preserving kettle, adding su gar, a pound to each noundi of fruit. Cook until a clear syrup, then add the fruit and simmer slowly for an hour, then can and seal. QUINCE BUTTER. Pare and core the quinces, cutting them up rather fine: cover with water and cook until tender. Place the skins, and cores in another kettle with just sufficient water to prevent their burn ing and cook until soft; then strain off the juice and add to the quinces. To each pound of fruit allow three-fourtns of a pound of sugar. Boll down until itis smooth and thick, stir frequently, as it will burn easily. Put in jars and seal like jelly and keep in a cool, dry 3 lace. r. SPICED QUINCES. Pare, core and cut the quinces into eighths. To every seven pounds of fruit allow four pounds of granulated sugar, half an ounce of green ginger root scraped and sliced thin; two teaspoon fuls of cinnamon, one teaspoonful cloves, half a teaspoonful of mace.' Mix the spices and then divide into four equal parts and tie up in little muslin bags. Allow a pint of vinegar to these proportions. Put vinegar, sugar, spices and ginger root in porcelain lined ket tie. Let boil up and skim carefully then add the quinces. Remove at ones from the fire and stand aside, covered for twenty-four hours: then drain oft the syrup and again bring it to a boil. pour back over the Quinces and stand aside- again until next day; repeat this operation for eight days and on the ninth let the fruit simmer in the syrup until it Is quite tender; then put It into Jars and boil the syrup down until like Pure Vegetable Oils These alone are used in Jap Rose; and glycerin is one-sixth of all of it. So pure that it's clear you can read through it. SdMip Can anyone claim to know more about soap than Kirk Jap Rose rep resents, the best 'that we know. 'Tis the result of a5 life-time's experience. JAMES S. KIRK COMPANY, CHICAGO i tYfllA ThlCcSatl lSeevWraperexcliaBtedfor W iHlC lvUSdlail valuable premiums. Write for list. jelly, then pour it over the quinces and seal up. Remove the spices before put ting Into fruit Jars. r QUINCE' JELLLX. r When quinces are scarce the parings and cores of the fruit alone may -r be used; proceeding ,In same manner as when all the fruit is used. When the whole quince is used, rub with a cloth until perfectly smooth, then cut Into small pieces and pack into a preserving Kettle or stone jar and cover witn coia water, cook slowly until tender -and then pour into jelly bags and hang up to drain wltnout squeezing. Measure the juice and allow a pound of sugar to each pint. Proceed as with other jel lies. Quince jelly will come more. read ily and therefore requires less cooking than other fruit jellies. QUINCE FLOAT. Wipe six quinces thoroughly: cut into small pieces and stew soft in a little water. Rub through a coarse sieve or colander and sweeten to taste with pow dered sugar. Then when cold stir' in gently, the whites of four eggs whjp ped to a stiff froth.' Heap up in a glass dish and serve very cold. QUINCE PUDDING. Boil seven large ripe quinces until soft; peel, core and mash them. Fold in the yolks of rour eggs beaten up with a pint of good cream. Sweeten the mix ture to suit the taste and flavor with a little powdered cinnamon and ginger. Butter the edges of a pie dish and ar range a strip of puff paste around it; pour in the pudding and bake in a mod erate oven- for forty-five minutes. Sift powdered sugar over the top, when it is done, and serve with a rich boiled custard and meringue. QUINCE SYRUP. This is nice. for griddle cakes and waifl.es. Wipe carefully three large quinces and grate them. Add three pounds of granulated sugar and three cups of water and simmer slowly for three hours: then strain and cool and put Into Jars. Inquiries Answered Mrs. A. G. S. writes: Will you be kind enough to give me a recipe for waffles? PLAIN WAFFLES. Heat a pint of milk and add half a cup. of butter; stir until melted, then cool and add the well-beaten yolks of three eggs and salt to suit the taste. Stir the liquid into two cups of sifted flour making a smooth, thin batter. Beat the whites of eggs to a stiff froth and fold in, but do hot beat again. Bake immediately on a hot, well-greased iron. The batter must be thin enough to spread quickly when poured into the wattle iron. RAISED WAFFLES. Warm a pint of milk and two table spoonfuls of butter together. Beat two eggps and add them alternately with about two cups of flour; beat well then add a level teaspoonful of salt and half a eup of good yeast. Cover and set to rise, and when light bake on hot, well greased .waffle Irons. CUCUMBER PICKLE. A subscriber asks for a recipe for put ting cucumber pickles down in a crock with vintfcar. Perhaps the following is what she desires: if not, kindly let us know: PICKLES. Pickles are prepared by first soaking in strong brine, then draining, drying and pouring hot spiced vinegar over them. For half a bushel of pickles, in this case little cucumbers or gherkins, the proportion for brine is one pint of coarse salt to six quarts of water. It should be boiled, skimmed and turned boiling hot upon the pickles. Gherkins must be wiped well before putting in the brine. GREEN PICKLES. Put the gherkins in the brine and let them remain a week.- When ready to pickle take one teaspoonful of powdered alum to every quart of water, using the same amount of water to the amount of cucumbers as in making brine. Dis solve the alum In the water, cold, then place alternate layers of grapevine leaves and the cucumbers rinsed from the brine in the pickling kettle. Pouv the alum water over them and allow It to come to scalding point. Let them stand, closely covered, on the back of the stove for two hours,- then drain and put them in ice water. Prepare the vin egar pickle as follows: For every quait of vinegar take two teaspoonf uls of cloves, one teaspoonful of mace, one teaspoonful of celery seed, a few pieces of horseradish, one ounce of mustard seed, one saltspoonful of black pepper, a pinch of red pepper and a cup Oi sugar. Mix the spices together dry. wet them to a paste with a little vine gar, lay in the center of a square of muslin and gather into a bag. Heat the vinegar to. boiling point, put in the spices and sugar and boil for fifteen minutes. Drain the pickles, put them in the jar and pour the spiced vinegar, boiling hot, over them. An easier method,, but one which 1 not so certain to preserve the color ot the gherkins, is to prepare in brine, as directed; drain' from the brine and cover with cold water. Spice the vinegar, let it come to boiling point, put in the pickles and let them remain long enough to be scalded. Skim from the vinegar, put them in Jars, add to the vlnega one teaspoonful of powdered alum for every two' quarts, and when the alum is dissolved pour hot over the pickles. Our minds make ar minds 1 us different from ani mals- let us use our minds and be men. Put aside the heavy, heating foods of winter and use Natural Food.' ia Na.tural Food It contains all the prop- ertie in correct pro- portion necessary to nourish every element ot the human body. FOR 6HORT CAKE -With sharp knife split Shredded Whole Wheat Biscuit lengthwise; pre pare pineapple as for sance, sc. car strawberries or oranges and bana nas, etc., and set aside. When .serving, ar ranee halves in layers covered with fruit, add sugar and whipped cream. SOLD BY ALL GROCERS Send for illustrated cook book "The Vital Question" FREE X3he Natural Food Co USE NISSLEY'S r SANATORY MILK Sealed Glass Jars FOOD OP THE CANARY ISLANDERS. The Canary Islanders are among; the most healthy people in the world. They live on gofio, which consists of wheat and corn parched or dextrinized in an iron kettle over a fire, then ground and eaten mixed with water. Attention was first called to this food by an eminent physi cian visiting the Canary Islands, who was cured of chronic dyspepsia by eating gofio. A prominent Chicago physician lived on gono for many years, which he obtained from the Battle Creek Sanitou-ium, where it was formerly used in the treatment of various digestive disorder. By an im portant discovery a great improvement was made in the preparation, which is now known as Toasted Wheat Flakes, sweetened with Malt Honey, crisp and delicately sweet, its use cures indigestion and chronic constipation. Everybody reads the state Journal. ijj telephone 537. i in

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L'tPEELA BTATJfi JOiJKJrAX. WEDNESPAT EVENING, SEPTEMBER 17.19C3. T0PEK1 STATE JOURNAL BY FRANK P. MAC LENNAN. -VOLUME XXIX i ....No. -23 TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Dailv edition, delivered by carrier, 10 cents 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. By mail, one year ...........JS. Jiy mail, three months.... SO Weekly edition, one year .50 Saturday edition of daily, one year.... J.W Entered July 1, 1875, as second class matter at the postoffice at Topeka, Kan., under the act of congress. TELEPHONES. Business Office Bell 'phone 107 Business Office Ind. 'phone 1072 Reporters' Room Bell "phone 677 Reporters' Room Ind. 'phone 1071 PERMANENT HOME. Topeka State Journal building. BOO and t02 Kansas avenue, corner of Eighth. NEW YORK OFFICE: 211 Vanderbllt Bldg. Paul Block, Mgr. CHICAGO OFFICE: 1540 Unity Bldg. Paul Block, Mgr. SULL LEASED WIRE RSP0HT Off THB ASSOCIATES PRESS. The State Journal la a member of the Associated Press and receives the full day telegraph report of that great news or ganization for exclusive afternoon publica tion in Topeka. The news is received In the State Jour nal building over wires for this sole pur pose, busy through the entire day. A complete copy of the night report is also received. Senator Billy Mason appears to be strivine; for a record aa a trouble maker. Politics or something else appear to have displaced gold shale in the atten tion of the public. The man who la always givins; ad vice says if time drags with you, sign a cote due in 30 days. It is worthy of note that the recent ctate fair was inaugurated and carried on to a successful termination without anybody making a speech. Having closed a successful state fair, perhaps the managers will regard this as the proper time to begin prepara tions for a more successful one next rear. An Alabama negro attempted to get Into society by participating in a lynch ing. His presumption was rewarded by a sentence of ten years in the penitentiary- Every Republican state convention has endorsed the administration in strong terms, and a number of them have declared in favor of the nomina tion of President Roosevelt In 1904. The conventions that have done this are those of Kansas, Iowa, Minnesota, Mis souri, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Califor nia, Idaho, .Washington, Colorado and Utah. The coal barons continue to Vociferate their determination not to consider a compromise in any form. The strikers do not speak so often, but are equally determined against unconditional sur render. If when it all ends, as end it must some time, something has been settled in the matter of labor disputes perhaps it is as well to have it settled now as at any other time. Indianapolis News: Curious, is It not, that the whole country must suffer be cause of the obstinacy and contuma cious false pride of half a dozen men, who happen to be at the head of com panies that by hook or crook, under franchises granted by the state, have been able to monopolize the anthracite coal supply, and the country has no power to control them! The Delaware Democrats view with alarm as follows: "We took with anx iety and apprehension upon the present management of affairs in oe Philippine islands. We believe that these islands, now in our undisputed possession, should be so managed as to give the inhabitants speedy control of their own local affairs and an established form f republican government." The chief objection to Senator Mor gan's proposal to tax the trusts Is that when you tax a trust you license it. The exercise of the taxing power im plies permission to carry on business. The remedy for trust evils must in volve the removal of the trusts. Indian apolis Sentinel. Another objection is that the trust would manage to make the consumer pay the tax. Another objection t the scheme is that it is Morean's. There may be other reasons for opposing it, but probably these are suTOcienC The p-oportion of the business of the country done by the trusts fanxxst be very large, says the Indianapolis Sen tinel, for the capital that is put-in them is put there to make money. The profits of the United States Steel cor poration for last year have been offi cially reported at $140,000,000. which is a little over 10 per cent, on its stock and bonds. Some of the trusts have made much larger profits, as for example, the Standard Oil company, whose an nounced dividends have been tremen dous. If we assume 10 per cent, as a fair average, the profits on the entire trust business would run to the neigh borhood of $700,000,000 a year, or about $10 from each man, woman and child In the country. THE SUGAR BEET INDUSTRY Charles I. Saylor, the special agent appointed by the secretary of agricul ture to report on beet sugar making In the United States, has turned in a re port to the agricultural .department wnich ehows a roseate outlook for the industry. According to Mr. Saylor there were in operation in the United States in 1901 forty-seven beet sugar factories. eleven more than when the census of 1900 was taken. From all but ten of these factories Mr. Saylor received com plete statistics. These figures show that the 37 fac tories turned out last year 369,211,733 pounds ef sugar at a cost of $7,585,509 for the beets alone. For wages of fac tory laborers the sum of $1,666,802 was paid, an average rate of $2.10 a day to each man. The beets consumed In the sugar-making1 process amounted to 1, 685,688 tons and it required 175,083 acres of ground to grow them. Experience has shown that in the growing; of sugar beets a large strip of land reaching across the northern por tion of the country has given the best satisfaction. This belt starts at the Hudson river and takes in -the south ern part of New York, the northern parts of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa and Nebraska, the southern half of Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota, all of South Dakota, large sections of Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, Washington, Oregon and the coast side of Colorado. Of course in this vast area there lire many large tracts where other conditions than tem peraturewhich is the basis used in mapping out this great sugar beet belt make the growing of the beets either impossible or profitable. It costs about $30 an acre to produce sugar beets and market the crop. This is without taking into consideration the rent of the land, but it includes the farmer's time and everything else that enters into the cost of production. The average yield to the acre in 1901 was 9.6 tons. Mr. Saylor says, however, that abundant evidence exists to show that this is exceptionally low. The experi ence of all careful sugar beet growers shows that 12 tons an acre is rather un der than over what the average yield should be. The beets grown have a gross value at the factory of from $4 to $4.50 a ton in states paying no boun ty. At the rate of 12 tons to the acre this gives the farmer a gross return of from $48 to $54 an acre and a net 'profit of from $18 to $24. All this applies to regions where there la a proper amount of rainfall. In sections where the beets must be grown by irrigation the most authentic figures show that the cost of producing is $40 an acre. But under these condi tions better beets and more to the acre can be grown. The average on irriga ted land at 13 tons to the acre, having a higher saccharine percentage and being worth from $4.50 to $5 a ton. This makes the gross proceeds from $58.50 to $65 an acre and the net profit from $18.50 to $25. But this is by no means the limit. Under particularly favorable conditions of soil and climate, combin ed with exceptional care and skill in work, many growers receive $75 and some as high as $100 an acre for their beets. JAYHAWKEK, JOTS. One of the attractions of the Reno county fair is a comrade of Buffalo Bill. What kind of training have those Erie boys who persist in killing beautiful song birds. A fad of certain Franklin county young girls is to parade after dark In male attire. Newton is to have a new waterworks apparatus. Even waterworks become dyspeptic, it seems. Oxen are to draw a prairie schooner In the corn carnival parade. isn't that a trifle slow for Atchison. Corn is valuable this fall. A Sedg wick county farmer had a mover arrest ed for stealing an armful of fodder. It is considered doubtful whether the Galena man who abused the court got $19.60 worth of satisfaction out of It. The old talk of connecting Wichita, Winfleld, Arkansas City and Gueda Springs by electric line is being revived. A Scammon man advertises for a watch lost near the powder works. There will probably not be a grand rush to search for the timepiece. A southwest Kansas victim of the Buckfoot race gang has secured a court judgment. That was but a kindergarten step. Now let him secure the gang. A Leavenworth woman secured a di vorce because, among other things, her husband talked too much. Thus the skeleton in the closet daily comes to life. The Chanute restaurant that advertises "the best methods of preparing raw oysters" will no doubt be accused by the opposition of trying to work the shell game. A Salina man lost a purse containing $60 at the Abilene log rolling and a few weeks later the Identical purse- was found on the streets of Lincoln contain ing $69. Do corporations have souls? Here's one solution: The children of the Wichita Orphans' home were given a free ride recently over the city lines by the car company. s So long ago that a Newton dentist has forgotten the episode he pulled a tooth for a woman. This week she sent him 50 cents with a letter of explana tion and apology. With a view to local improvement Ottawa has sent a committee to inspect the Kansas City, waterworks. Now if it had been brewery improvements but water to Kansas City. Wichita small boys amuse themselves by jumping on and off moving street cars. It is but justice to the comnany, however, to mention that none of the boys have been injured. Pastor Helsler has the largest crop of millet this season ever raised around Beloit. But then he probably wasn't trying to run the city government in addition to his pulpit duties. The Reverend Mr. Pitcher wilt resign his duties at Ottawa October 1. A great many other pitchers over the state will close the season about that time," according to the schedule. A Chanute man, blind for 30 years, suddenly recovered his sight at Parsons. Was it from the shock of hearing that a Democratic postmaster continued to hold office under a Republican adminis tration. A Hutchinson hotel man has received a letter from a new convert who desires to pay for goods stolen three years ago. And "mine host" hurriedly sent the bill fearing those good intentions might pass with the harvest moon. GLOBE SIGHTS. From the Atchison Globe. You don't know what slow pay is unless you have had a claim against a railroad. The marble cutter tried to do some artistic scroll work on a new tomb stone put up in an Atchison cemetery. Disfigured Skin Wasted muscles and decaying bones. What havoc 1 Scrofula, let alone, is capable of all that, and more. It is commonly marked by bunches in the neck, inflammations in the eyes, dys pepsia, catarrh, and general debility. It is always radically and permanently cured by Hood's Sarsaparllla Which expels all humors, cures all erup tions, and builds np the whole system, whether young or old. Hood Pills car liver 11U: the noa-irritatlng and paly cathartlo tke with Hsod's SariaBarllia. and the result looks so much like fire works that the bereaved family Is in dignant. The toothpick chewer is becoming as unpopular as the man who eats with his knife. Why does a bridegroom after return ing from his "trip" look as mad as an old wet hen? Somehow the drummer in the band never looks as important as the man who plays the cornet or clarionet. A boy is willing to help with the dishes if all the doors are shut and he is sure no neighborhood boys will be In. The man who has nothing to do will usually be found in every petty piece of meanness going on in the commu nity. Girl are adopting such outlandish names that when newspapers print them properly people say they are wrong. What has the spoon done that was so scandalous it must be shut out of society? A fork is so gradually re placing it that they now serve ice cream with forks. Talk about tough luck: Mrs. -Charley Benedict has a carbuncle on one arm, a burn on the other, a fever sore on her Hp, has just moved Into a new house, and is expecting a lot of company. Every woman at heart believes there is something in the theory that she will be safe in an electrical storm if she nuts on a silk dress and lies on a feather bed; it necessitates a silk dress in her wardrobe. To the young men: In picking out a wife, September is a good month to make a selection. If their hands are stained with purple, it means that they have been' putting up grapes or plums, and that you need look no further. CUT HIS THROAT. Unknown Assailant Murders a Bourbon County Merchant. Fort Scott, Kan., Sept. 17. At Pawnee, near here, R. J. Morrison, a pioneer, was called to the door of his store, where he slept, slugged and his throat cut by en unknown assailant, who escaped. Morri son's wallet, containing $500, is missing. BARNES ON A TO UK. Ha Is Looking for Beat Grain and Fruits. W. H. Barnes, secretary of the State Horticultural society, is traveling over the state gathering samples of grains and fruits for the proposed Kansas ex hibit at the national G. A. R. encamp ment at Washington next month. Mr. Barnes is at the Reno county fair today and tomorrow he will be at the Franklin county fair. Next week he will visit Wichita and Wellington. He proposes to secure the best of everything at each fair and take it to Washington to ad vertise Kansas. The exhibit will be made at the Kansas headquarters in the Oxford hotel, three blocks from the White House. Department Commander Loomis states that the expense of the exhibit will be from $4,000 to $5,000, and he is soliciting subscriptions from prominent Kansans to defray the expense. The railroad will take the exhibits through as the bag gage of the Kansas. delegation. It is also proposed to distribute about 40,000 copies of a Kansas handbook as a sou venir. It will be made up largely of Secretary Coburn's story of Kansas and her resources. ANDERSON IS WRATHY. Says People Crawled Under Pain's Canvas Last Night Ma lor T. J. Anderson, secretary of the Topeka Commercial club, who has had charge of tne arrangements tor tne Pain's "Last Days of Pompeii" at To peka, is at a loss to account for the dis crepancy in the apparent number of spectators who saw the production last night and the number of tickets taken in at the front door. He stated this morning that he had been Informed that more than a hundred persons had gained their entrance to the amphi theater under the canvas walls. A large force of special policemen will be on duty around the tent tonight. Major Anderson gave out the following today on the subject: 'It has been reported to the commit tee having in charge Pain's 'Last Days of Pompeii' that many of our best citi zens went under the canvas last night. This is to notify the aforesaid 'best citi zens' that if anything of the kind is attempted hereafter the 'best citizen' will witness an eruption in the vicinity of his declining forehead that will cause him to carry the upper end of his anatomy in a sling for a number of days. The committee also desires to ex press their high appreciation of the public spirited citizen who rents the roof of his barn for reserved seats." LOCAL MENTION. Dr. and Mrs. L. A. Ryder have re turned from Denver. P. W. Arnett filed suit in the district court this morninjr against Warren M. Crosby for $1,000 damages. Arnett was a shoe salesman for Mr. Crosby. He kept a record of the sizes of shoes bought by customers. When his term of service exoired he wanted to keep the book. Mr. Croby secured it. At 1:30 this morning Mary Wade, the ecaped, returned to her borne, the cltv jail, in company with her bondsman, H. C. Lindsay,- who brought her from Kan sas City where she was captured by the police yesterday morning. She is prac tically safe from the penitentiary now as the prosecuting witness has returned to Mexico, where he is employed. Tom Conev, a farmer living eight miles north of town, lost a horea re cently. The horse was valued at $30, and he wore a saddle' and bridle when he eloped with the party who Is now sought by the marshals of the city court. Deputy Marshal Josiah Ross and Coney were driving un Kansas avenue yesterday evening toward a place where tney expected to find the horse, when they met the animal in tow of a 'cover ed wagon, sans saddle and briddle. The driver of the wagon explained that he had bought the horse from a man who answers the description of the suspect, for S7.E0 and a watch. The susDect. whom the officers refuse to name, has not Deen casiurea..- Hutchinson and Return $4.65 via Santa Fe. Central Kansas fair, September 15-19. One fare for the round trip. Tickets on sale 13th to 19th. Good returning the Nebraska Football Weakened. Chicago, Sept. 17. M. M. Plllsburg, the crack half back and STohler. the center of the University of Nebraska football team, have decided to enter the University of Chicago October 1 and it is expected they will join the college team rare. We thank our neighbors and friends for their sympathy during the Ulness ana death of our mother. MR. THOMAS LTONS. MR. ANTHONY SCOTT. AMANDA ADKINS. PROBE IT IIOU. Board of Charities Asked to Aet in Bed well Case. Investigate Brutal Treatment of Aged Jacob Rynerson. PAPERS ARE ON FILE. Charged That Place Is Unfit for an Asylum. State Authorities Asked to Be Yoke the License. W. F. Schoch. attorney for the rela tives of Jacob Rynerson,tbe aged patient wno it is charged was subjected to in human treatment at the Bedwell asylum, today mailed charges to Henry J. Allen, of Ottawa, chairman of the state board of charities and corrections, asking for the revocation of the license of the institution to do business under the consent of the board of charities. The bill of complaint asks that the board make an investigation of the charges and revoke the license. The bill is signed by Mrs. Ethel M. Goodell, a granddaughter of Jacob Rynerson and is in part as follows: "Tour petitioner represents that Jacob Rynerson was adjudged insane by the probate judge of the probate court of Shawnee county, and was without the knowledge and consent of his relatives committed to the cars and keeping of the Bedwell asylum. lour petitioner alleges mat saia in stitution has never been licensed, that it had not at the times herein alleged filed its license with the county clerk of Shawnee county as provided by law, and your petitioner further represents that while in the said Bedwell asylum for the purpose of treatment and atten tion, he was assaulted by one or tne at tendants or the manager thereof, and your petitioner is unable to "state the name of the person who assaulted him for the reason that the same cannot at this time be ascertained. 'Tour petitioner also shows that Jacob Rynerson is a very old man, being 93 years of age and very feeble; that he was struck, beat and wounded by the attendants and persons in charge of the institution and of said Rynerson; that the wounds inflicted upon his person were some ten or twelve in number: that even at this date the marks and bruises are still upon his person as the result of said striking, beating and wounding; that.' said striking, beating and .wounding was without cause or provocation and was the result of care less and inhuman treatment on the part of the management and attendants in charge of said instituion, and that said Jacob Rynerson as the result thereof has been confined to his bed ever since the infliction of the injuries. "Tour petition further respectfully alleges and shows that said Bedwell asylum is art unfit place for. the care. control and treatment of Insane persons; that its treatment of Insane persons has been heretofore and is now cruel and Inhuman; that said institution ought not to be permitted to run under the sanction and license of the state board of charities and corrections and your petitioner respectfully requests that the state board of charities and corrections at once investigate the charges herein made, ana u tne same are sustained and it be shown that said institution ought not to be licensed to do business under the control of the state board of charities and corrections, thfat said licence at once be revoked, and that said institution be not permitted to do business under the sanction and ap proval of the state board of charities and corrections." SAMSON ANSWERS. Treasurer of State Fair Asso ciation to Dr. McFarland. To the Editor of the State Journal: In order to place the Kansas State Pair association in the proper light be fore the public I wish to make a few statements of facts and allow the pub lic to be the judge as to who Is right and who is wrong. Last Sunday night J. T. "McFarland. filled with the inordi nate desire for publicity and sensation alism, could not refrain from reading an editorial in his church on' the "dis graced managers of the fair," and in justice to myself and the other officers of the fair association I feel that a re ply is due him,, and while I know that in skinning skunks you are apt to get some of the odor on yourself, still I will hold my nose and proceed with the skinning. When I saw the piece in the State Journal of Monday night I im mediately wrote Mr. McFarland as po lite a letter as the facts warranted, telling him that he was mistaken and asking him to make a retraction. The letter was as follows: "Rev.' J. T. McFarland. City. "Dear Sir: Tour personal remarks last- night in regard to the officers of the Kansas State Exposition company were such that I feel obliged to take exceptions to them, and I certainly think you were a little hastv in saying wnat you aid witnout Knowing- that you were Quoting facts. I wish to say to you, first. that the association did not countenance in anv way the sale of liquor on the grounds, second, that they positively did not receive one cent of revenue in any way, directiv or in directly, for any liquor privilege, that the officers had explicit instructions to close ud every one who attempted to sell any liquor on the grounds, and when it was brought to my notice Tues day night that there were people selling liquor on the grounds I went to them personally and ordered them off and I stayed with them until they got off, and white I have no authority to speak for any other member of the executive board, for myself I must ask that vou make a public retraction of your ac cusation and that you s-ive it as much publicity as you did the statement, for" personally I claim to be as temperate as yourself, and as I have lived in To peka for 22 years and have been a member of the Methodist church I do not care to be spoken of as 'low. un principled men.' and I do not feel that I can afford to let this matter pass un noticed. A prompt reply will be greatly appreciated. Yours truly. "C. H. SAMSON." But Instead of acknowledging that he had made a mistake he comes out in the morning paper saying that he should not make a retraction as what he said 'was a matter of history.' All right, we will give a little history also. When a man so far forgets himself as to resort to falsehood in order to satisfy his craving for publicity it is time that he should be sat down on. In the first place the managers of the Fair associa tion for this year were, Mr. M. A. Low. O. P. Updegraff, C. H. Samson, T. B. Babst, B. F. Pankey and G. C. Pritchard and when any one says that as an as sociation or individually, any one of these men received one cent of money from the sale of liquor, either directly or indirectly, as an association or as an individual, he is telling what Is not true and I will give $100 out of my own pocket for him to prove that he is not a falsifier. The reputation of these men in Topeka and Shawnee county is such that I think they will compare well with the general- run of citizens, and while I do not feel my wings tearing my clothes, nor that I am so good that I am liable to die soon on account of it, still I do not. want a preacher or any one else to get up in public and say that If the money was not paid into the treasury of the association It went into the pocket of some of the mem bers.' This man McFarland came into this town three years ago, and while It it publicly known that he cannot run his own family, still he wants to run a city of 40,000 people. I have lived here twenty-two years, was here before he came and expect to be here after he is gone and forgotten. I have been a member of the Metho dist church for a good many years, and was raised with a great deal of respect for ministers and the gospel, but it has always been my teaching that a min ister was employed to preach love in stead of hatred, but this fellow seems to be so full of spleen that he cannot refrain from pouring it out at every opportunity, and while much of his stuff (I will call it stuff advisedly.) has been allowed to go unnoticed, if some one does not shut him off he will take charge of the state house. Such a man is a dangerous man in the community. Several members pf his church have been to me and asked me to say noth ing about it as he wasa. crank on that subject, and several have said to me that they would never go inside of the church as long as he remained here. The members of the association are very proud of the record they have made in making a financial success of the fair, and -I wish to repeat that although we were offered $500 for the privilege of selling liquor we promptly told them that we had no such a privilege for sale, and would not allow it to be sold on the grounds, and when they put up a tent and opened up a saloon we very promptly made them take the tent down and move off the grounds, and our president and secretary both or dered the chief officer on the grounds to put out any one selling liquor there, and while I am not a police officer, and had plenty to do from early In the morning until 12 every night, I did take time personally to go and see that the tent was taken down and moved away, and tiiat the Joint in the stalls was closed and horses put In there. I expected the commendation of the tem perance people, with whom I class myself, but instead of this we get the condemn tion of the very man who should have been the first to thank us, and it is the Ingrar itude of the thing that makes roe sore. I understand. of course, that he wants to get himself before the public as a sensational preacher, and is trying to follow in the footsteps of the Rev. Charles M Sheldon, but he will find that he la outclassed as far as a dray horse is by the thorough bred. It takes a higher order of brain to do what Mr. Sheldon has done and it can not be accomplished by hatred and spleen, even thousrh it may draw crowds of curi ous people to his church. Now. this is also a matter of history, very modern history, and if it is dropped I am satisfied with this, but if it is not drountd I shall still further and recite a little ancient his-4. T l. v. i i i. T ivi y j ill,- uumucu (juuiii, uvui SL cred and profane, the above is respectful ly submitted. C. H. SAMSON, Treasurer Kansas State Exposition Co. HE m LOVED LINDA. And Her Father Stopped His Bear Btory to Marry Her Off. The mountaineer's household was made up of himself, wife and daugh ter, the latter being a girl eighteen years old named Linda. It was about 3 o'clock of a Sunday afternoon that the three old folks of us sat down on the doorstep, with pipes alight, while Linda took a seat on a log not tar away to listen to our talk and Keep an eye on the woods around. After some general conversation the mountaineer began telling me a bear story- He was rather- slow about it, and his wife in terrupted frequently, and at the end of a Quarter of an hour he had only cot as far aa to say that the bear was cross eyed and about as large as a yearling steer. Then a young fellow about twenty years of age, a native of the mountains, came out of the woods, and after a shy look at me he sat down beside Linda. "Who's he un?" asked the husband of the wife. "Jim Renfrew, of co'se." she replied. "What does he un want, d'ye reckon?" "Dunno." "Drat him, but he shouldn't dun break me up on my b'ar story!" He began on the bear again, and he located bruin in a den of rocks and had him chase three or four negroes through the woods and carry off two or three, pigs from different pens. The story was getting rather exciting when Linda turned her head toward us and called out: "Say, pop, Jim's a-wantin!" "Now, hearken to that gal," growled the father. "If that's Jim Renfrew an' he's a-wantln'. what's that to me? Have I got to stop my b'ar story be kase he's a-wantin'? What yo' reckok it is. ma?" "He un loves Linda, I reckon," an swered the wife. "Shoo! I hadn't dun heard of that befo'." "Been lovin Linda six weeks or mo but Jim's powerful shy." The mountaineer growled and mutter ed for a minute and then went on with his story. He had been greatly astonish-. ed to learn from Abe Wheeler that the bear was cross eyed, but that was noth ing Compared to his sensations when he himself discovered that he had a club- footed beast to deal with. He got on to that clubfooted business by finding a bear's tracks in soft soil. The prints left by the fore feet were like those which a drunken man would have made with each foot in a tin wash dish, and, though the mountaineer wouldn't make affidavit to it, he was convinced In his own mind that each paw had been branded with the letter X. This might mean X-tra bear, X-tra clubfooted or X-tra good on getting away with the occupants of mountain pigpens. He was asking for my opinion on the mat ter when Linda turned to us again and said: "Say, pop, I reckon I will." "Drat that gal!" growled the father as he looked over at the pair. "Is she goln' to keep busttn' In on my b'ar story?" "Linda, yo wanter shet!" called the mother, but without looking up. "But Jim keeps a-talkin'," she pro tested. "Then he un wants to shet too!" Linda straightened up, and the young man hitched away a few inches, and presently the bear story was the sub ject of interest again. It wasn't enough that Bruin should be cross eyed and clubfooted, but the mountaineer after covering a period of four months lo cated a white spot on the beast's black head. It was right between his ears, and it was the exact shape of a human hand. The only thing missing was the thumb, and why that should have been missing had been talked over scores of times, and the opinion of the moun taineer's wife was that it was a ghost ly hand. Female ghosts, as she had always understood, never had thumbs on their bands. We were trying to settle the point when Linda stood up and said: "Pop, Jim can't wait yere all day." "Shoo! Shoo!" replied the father as he rose up. "Look yere, gal. What's all this fussin' 'bout? 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NO SUCH EXHIBITION for the MONEY HAS EVER BEEN SEEN in TOPEKA puttin' in all the time. Reckon Jim Renfrew had better make hlsself skass or shet up. What yo' a-wantin', Jim? D'yo' reckon I kin tell the stranger 'bout that b'ar if yo' keep bustin' in? If yo' wanter borrow co'nmeal. why don't yo' say so?" Jim half turned to the east and Linda half turned to the west, and neither made answer, and after a. minute the mountain eer resumed his seat and his storv. Pass ing over the thumbless white hand and several weeks of bad weather, he brought that cross eyd, club footed, strangely marked bear out of the woods and in front of his kitchen door one night at midnight. A strange, uncanny noise had aroused the sleepers in the cabin and their hair was on end even before thetf eyes were open. Husband and wife had never agreed ex actly ae to the nature of this noise, lie thought it sounded like calls for help from a man who had tackled a wildcat and found the job too heavy for him, and she could think of nothing but a lost soul wailing through the darkness. They jumped out of bed, however, and the hus band ran to the door and opened It to find that bear on the doorstep. I was pre pared to hear that the bear made a dash into the cabin as soon as the door opened, but at that point of the story the young man on the log toee up and slowly ad vufwd toward us. He was twisting his rabbit skin cap. in his hand, hia freckled litct was red with the blush of confusion and he looked at his bare feet as he said to the mountaineer: "I'm wantin" Mr. Clemm." "Shoo! Shoo! But thar it goes a' gain!" shouted the aid man as he choked oiT his bear story. "An' what ar yo' a-wantin'. Jim Renfew? What ar' you' a-wantin', if it's not co'nmeal or 'lasses?" "A-wantin' of Linda." "Lord of love! To' wanter marry Linda?" "I reckon I do." "Next y'arr "Right off now." "Gal," called the father to Linda, who was bumping her heels against the log, with her face turned away, "ar yo' a-wantin' Jim Renfew?" "1 reckon," she replied as she bumped the harder. "Waal, that do beat my time!- Ma, do yo' reckon to consider?" 'Pears like I do," replied the wife. "Shoo! Shoo! Jim, dawg gone yo', but couldn't you come axin' me when I hadn't no b'ar story to tell?" "Kin I have Linda?" asked Jim as he turned red and white and dug his toes into the ground. QIDCT ffl. Q-S t t -k t Shoes Dress Shoes. School Shoes. Work Shoes. Plenty of time to see every one you know, as tickets are good to return ANY time' within 30 days from date of sale. E. W. THOMPSON, A. a P. A. Lines West of Missouri River, KANSAS CITY, Ma 'Kin yo' spare her?" queried the moun taineer of his wife. "Reckon so." "Then 'tain't fur tne to hang back, but it's a pizen mean trick to stop my b'ar story. Mo, bring out the brookstick. Thar now. To' two take hold of hands an' jump over an' g'lang with yo'! I've got to finish up with that b'ar, an' If thar"s any Dial gab I'll unmarry yo' an' send Jim a-kitin.' Shoo! Shoo! Heaps of fussin about nawthin', 'pears to me. (Copyright, 1902. by C. B. Lewis.) KANSAS FAIRS M 1902. Following is a list at fairs to be held In Kansas In ls02. their dates, locations and secretaries, as reported to the State Beard of Agriculture end compiled by Secretary F, IT -noburns Butler County Fair association H. M. Baich, secretary. El Dorado. September 2S to October s. Chautauqua county He wins Park and Fair association P. N. Whitney, secretary. Cedar Vale. Cowley ec-anty Eastern Cowley County Fair association J. M.. Henderson, seer, tar- Burden. Franklin County Agricultural societ--. Carey M. Porter, secretary. Ottawa. Sen. tember 1S-U. Harvey County Agricultural melety. John C. Nicholson, secretary, Newton. September 23-2& Jackson County Arrlcultural and Kalr association S. B. JrtcGrew. secretary. Hoi ton. Seotember 23-2C Jewell County A&neultura! Fan- assocta. tion H. R. Honey, secretary. u anas to. Greeley County Fair association a. P. Hawkins, secretarv. Tribune. Morris County Exposition company M. F. Amrine. secretary. Council Grove. Ben tember 24-26. Marshall county Frankfort Fair associa tion J. r. Gregg, secretary, Frankfort September 23-26. Sedgwick county The Wichita and Southwestern Exposition and Fair associa tion: H. L. Resing, secretary, Wichita. September 22-27. Sumner eutinty Mulvane Agricultural society John A. Reed, secretary. Mulvan- Neosho County Fair association H. Lodge, secretary, Erie- September SO to October 3. Ness County Agricultural association II. C. Taylor, secretary, Ness City. Septem ber 24-26. 4 6S. Hutchinson and return via Rock Is land system. Tickets on sale Septem ber 13 to 19. Final return limit. Sep tember so.

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TOPEKA STATE JOUI&NAX., WEDNESDAY EVENING. SEPTEMBER 17, ISCa HE'S A BUSY MAN George Ade and the Work He Disposes Of. His New Play, "Peggy From Paris," Nearly Ready. TWO OTI1ERS STARTED. In Meantime lie Is Writing Another Book. Sultan of Suln" His First Operatic Venture. Not until .humorist George Ade achieved his popular success with "The Sultan of Sulu" did the public hear much of the personality of this breezy western writer. There is probably not a more modest appearing individual in the country nor one that will walk more blocks out of his way to dodge George Ade, Author of an Interviewer, than the "Fables In Blang" man. Having been a struggling newspaper worker ten years in Chicago, Mr. Ade knows something of the game, and knows how to conceal himself. If his personal likes bad been consulted, he would have preferred to remain in the dark. Once in the hands of Henry W. Savage, the operative producer and an energetic Yankee advertiser, with a keen appreciation of the wants of an ever curious public, the humorist found himself continually thrust under the limelight. It is only beginning to be known that George Ade is a very busy man. His weekly "Fable in Slang" is really only a small Dart of his intellectual output. Although he has two books that have passed the 100,000 mark, Mr. Ade is now completing another to be called "Just About Girls." He is also putting the finishing touches to a new musical satire, "Peggy from Paris," which Man ager Savage is to produce during the SKIN TORTURES And all Forms of Itching Scaly Humours Instantly Relieved and Speedily CURED BY CUTICURA. 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Cuticura Resolvent Pills (Chocolate Coated) are a new, tasteless, odorless, eco nomical substitute for the celebrated liquid Cutiouba Resolvent, as well as for all other blood purifiers and humour cures. In scrow eap vials, containing 60 doses, price 250. Sold throughout the world. SoAr, 2.5c., Oiwtmkitt, Pills. British LXpoti 27 a, Ck.mrt m.. Sq.. London. French Denet: Ro e la Pmiz. Pari. tk Eel t&AM. Uosr-, Sols fropaBgttoB, present season. Between times he Is writing dialogue and new lyrics for two other future productions not yet named. Mr. Ade has sitrned a five years' con tract with Manager Savage, and that tireless producer averages two new productions each season. During- the past six months Mr. Ade has averaged a. round, trip between Chicago and New York every 30 days. A friend in New York asked him recently how he finds time to write his "Fables." "I never find time," replied Ade. "I simply take it." With that he retired to a table in the rear of a Broadway cafe when they were at lunch and went to work on his story. Sometimes they are written on the train; sometimes between the acts of a play. Mr. Ade was in St. Lou Is this week to oversee the season's opening performance of "The Sultan." While taking notes in the rear of the Olympic heTeceived a tele, gram asking that his weekly "fable" be mailed that night. It was sent by special messenger to the postoftiee to catch the midnight train. How he can keep up the pace is a constant wonder to his friends. Mr. Ade is a quick observer and his fund of humor is said to be inspired largely by the conduct of the people he meets. Two men and a woman, engaged in conversa tion cm a street corner, will furnish him an idea for a fable. A bit of repartee between the hostess and her guests at the dinner table will inspire another. Where "he ac quires his slang is also a mystery. He never talks it. When he was cornered in Chicago for his first interview after "The Sultan of Sulu" had set the town talking. Mr. Ade is reported to ha ve said "I never held up a train; I never played center rush on a football team; I never drew a prize in a lottery; 1 was never married and please say I never use slang." The Sultan of Sulu." FULL OP POLITICS. Porto Eico Is Divided Into Hostile Political Camps. (Correspondence of Associated Press.) San Juan, P. R., Sept. 10. On Novem ber 4 will be held an election covering the entire island, at which time a resi dent commissioner to the United States, five delegates from each legislative dis trict, a mayor for each municipal dis trict, one municipal Judge, three school trustees and members of the council will be chosen. In San Juan two municipal judges and two substitutes will be voted for. While the campaign has not fully opened, yet the first few meetings have been theatrical. The Porto Kican is a good citizen; he generally minds his own business and believes in the adage: "Live and let live" until it comes to politics. Then there are no half way measures. If you are on the opposite side, whatever that may be, your op ponent considers that you are not en titled to live and that you have lost all claim to respectability because you do not believe as he does. This being the case with one faction and the other, it will be readily seen that when Greek meets Greek there is bound to be results of the Donnybrook species, more or less. Thus far few meeting's have been held which have not ended with a few broken heads and the grave charge has been made that the police were not jthe least active in either precipitating or lending passive encojiragement to one or the other faction. Today in Porto Rico there are, strictly speaking, two parties the Republican party, now in power, and the American Federation. Another party has sprung up in the past few weeks which styles itself Unionist. Its platform is Utopian to such an extent that it is not being considered seriously by the other two. Two years ago the federals cast no vote at all, claiming that it would be useless to go to the polls as the Repub licans would count them out. The Fed erals are going to the polls this year and are going to see that their votes are counted as cast. In this determination they have the endorsement- of the gov ernor, who has declared that a fair elec tion must be held whatever the result. Most of the trouble occurs in interior towns where the people have little else to do except to dabble in politics and so everybody Is a politician. The recent disturbances at Humacao, Cayey and Juncos were only the result of abnor mally developed feeling of intolerance. In certain districts the police have openly proselyted for one side or the other until brought severely to task by higher officials and Acting Governor Hartzell and Chief Techter bave struck upon a happy plan. In Republican strongholds policemen with federal lean ings will be detailed and those with Re publican sympathies will patrol the federal towns. It is difficult to forecast the result at this time as nominations have not even been made but that the federals will carry a number of districts and make a very good showing in the house of dele gates is .conceded by those who are in a position to know. Patents Granted Kansans. Washington, Sept. 17. These patents have been issued: Kdson C. Baughman, Topeka, for cream dipper; Alonzo Hook, Coffeyville, grain car door; Zereniba K. Jackson, Atchison, telephone call an nunciator; Bernard Martin, McPher son, storm curtain for buggies: Claude D. Seaman. Topeka, electric railway signal; John Strand, Mankato, corn har vester; Eugene L. 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The president later abandoned his position precipitate ly before the advance of the revolution ists, who occupied Ocumare. The presi dent retreated to Charayava and then to Guyaba, about four hours' march from Caracas. According to the report the president intends to move his army to a point near Valencia, Join forces with the troops under General Garrido and at tack the revolutionary army command ed by General Mendoza. From all points are reported deser tions of government soldiers to the ranks "of the revolutionists and the gen eral impreFion in Venezuela is that the last important incident of the revolu tlon Is approaching. TAKE OFF BAGGAGEMEN. Reported Southern Pacific Will Have Expressmen Bo Work. Within the last week a story has crone the rounds saying that.lt was the in tention of the Southern Pacific to abolish the system of having baggage masters, and instead allowing the Wells-Fargo expressmen to handle the business. 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Skirt has nine inch circu lar flare of solid tailor stitching. Wide strappings down front gore seams. Miss Sweet and Miss" Marv Sweet en tertained a few friends informally at their home 231 Tocekft avenue Tuesday night to meet Miss Dunning and Miss Josephine Dunning of Bedford, Iowa. The Helianthus club has reorganized for the approachins season with Mr. Don Mulvane. president. Mr. Dana Davis, vice president, Mr. James Stew art, secretary, and Mr. Arthur McClin tock, treasurer. The first dancing party will be given in Steinberg's hall Friday night, October 17. The-club is to have a fraternity pin specially designed for It. Mrs. Robert T. Herrlck Invited 25 lit tle girls to her home this afternoon to celebrate the tenth birthday anniver sary of her daughter Genevieve. Mr3. J. P. Davis, Mrs. C. C. Coburn and Miss Ivp.h Davis assisted her in their enter latnment. A Cshoond was among the amusement provided and supoer was served in the dining room where the ta bles were dressed in nasturtiums with a gorgeous candle-lit birthday cake s the piece de resistance of the decora tions. The euests. who were .asked from 4 to 7 o'clock were Mary McKee ver, Mary Helen Shirer, Margaret Brown. Isabel Mills.- Elizabeth Mills, Luclle Mills, Helen Stevenson, Margaret Kountz, Hazel Klingnian.Mildred Rodg ers, Helen Crawford, Lalah Scott, Helen Davidson, Josephine O'Reilley, Char lotte Smith, Mary Weightman, Marie Cote, Louise Culver, Ella Davis,Gienev leve Herrlck and Sarella Herrlck. The T. S. S. girlsi one of last win ter's clubs, has reorganized for this sea son with three new members. Miss Pearl Herrberg, Miss Ethel Morton and Miss Nellie Millspaugh. The other members are Miss Eva Smith, Miss Isa bel Smith, Miss Kathleen Lord. Miss Alice Meade, Miss Virginia Meade, Miss Mabel Cuthbert, Miss Alice Williard, Miss Maud Grimes, Miss Nellie Cart lldge. Miss Nellie Kaster, Miss Edna Herbet, Miss Lulu Healy and Miss Esther Rauch. Miss Alice Meade is the president. Miss Eva Smith secretary and Miss Virginia Meade treasurer. Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Roehr have is sued Invitations for a reception for Tuesday evening, September 23, at their new home, 1425 Fillmore street. Mrs. H. G. Rust was given a very delightful surprise party at her home. 809 Monroe street, Tuesday night, the occasion being her birthday anniver sary. All the plans of the entertain ment were made by Mr. Rust and carried out with signal success. About forty guests were entertained at pro gressive high five. Mrs. Rust received a great many beautiful birthday gifts. The first fall reception and gymna sium rally of the Y. W. C. A. was held In the association rooms Tuesday night. Notes aid Personal Mentioa Miss Gertrude Devereux, who spent the summer with her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Lathrop Bullene, in Lawrence, will Join the family of Mr. F. C. Gay, who have taken a house in Kansas City for the winter. Mr. and Mrs. John T. Green are In St. Louis. Dr. C. A. McGuire is in Chicago. Mr. W. H. Davis is In Denver. Mrs. John F. Switzer and children have returned from Logansport, Ind., where they spent the summer with Mrs, Switzer's parents. Miss Helen Quigley of Sterling who was the guest of Miss Phil Reed left this morning for Gales burg, Illinois, for a short visit before going to Kenosha, Wisconsin, where she enters Kemper Hall. Mr. Lon Davis is in St. Louis the guest of her sister, Mrs. Du Relle Gage. Mr. Albert T. Reid has returned from a visit te Clyde. Mr. and Mrs. N. B. Campbell, 42S Har i risen street, will return this week from Wednesday, September 17th. Tailor Suits lined, and beautiful fifteen gore, each gore a $25.00 1 but wtua uowijr $25.00 "g, TV VU T $18.75 ap Our Special Q 10.00 Suit. A Walking Suit of excellent quality melton cloth in blues and greys. Slot seam jacket with yoke. Coat collar and re vere and wide turn back cuffs, all heavily tailor stitched. Nine-gore slot-seam skirt, deeply stitched at bottom. All well finished throughout. More right down-to-the-hour style in this suit than anything you can buy for the same money. TIMD MARK. My daily ud weekly market letters 1 1 1 .i British Columbia where they spent the summer. They came home by way of New York and other eastern towns. Miss Jean Frost and Mr. Tom Frost will go to Galesburg, Illinois, the last of the week for a short visit. Mr. Eugene F. Ware and Miss Amelia Ware left this afternoon for Washing ton, D. C. Mrs. Ware will follow In about a week. Mr. and Mrs. F. N. Risteen and family who have been liv ing at the Throor) for several week? will occupy the Ware residence at 1501 Sixth avenue west. Mr. Risteen is the new mechanical superintendent of the eastern division of the Santa Fe railway and came to Topeka from St. Paul, Min nesota. Miss Anna Harrison has returned from a visit in Lawrence. Mr. Whitmer King who arrived from Los Angeles recently to visit his mother, Mrs. K. L. King, has gone to Kansas City to take a permanent position. Mrs. M. J. Mercer is in Chicago. Mr. Morris Stevenson is in Chicago for the remainder of the week. Mrs. S. C. Hart Is in Excelsior Springs. Mr. and Mrs. H. D. McNeeley's dauga ter, Walteretta, has returned from In dianapolis, Indiana, where she spent the summer. The W. S. C. will meet at the home of Mrs. Gore, 400 Fourth avenue east, Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Mrs. Frank Barlow left today for an extended visit in Ohio. Mrs. Herman Crow is In Kansas City. Mr. Clara Baughman of Lecompton la the guest of Mrs. May Lang. Mr. W. E. Pitts is in town. Miss Gladys McAfee is visiting in Wetherbee, Mo. The Rev. and Mrs. John A. Bright have returned from their visit to Ohio. Mr. Bright left today for Des Moines, Iowa, for a short absence. Miss Jeannette Pepin has returned from a visit of two months In Chicago. Miss Myrtle Dillon who has been in Galena, Kansas, for a month has re turned home. Mrs. W. J. McCUntock has gone to Cleveland, Ohio. STILL ANOTHER WOMAN. There Were Three Present When Banker Fish Was Killed. New York. Sept 17. Investigation into the facts surrounding the death of Nicholas Fish, the banker, which fol lowed an altercation in a saloon Mon day evening, is being pushed with great vigor today, with a view to having all possible light thrown upon the case at the inquest Friday. According to Assistant District Attor ney Garvan Mrs. Margaret Pickles, a sister of Mrs. Casey, who is said to have been in the company of Mrs. Casey and Mrs. Phillips when Fish was struck by Sharkey has been located in Boston and arrangements are being made to have the woman in this citv durins the in quest. Mr. Garvan said that he believ ed her evidence would go a long ways in clearing up the mystery. At the home of Nicholas Fish it was said today that Mrs. Fish had recovered from the first shock which her hus band's untimely death caused her and was now resting quietly. Mrs. Fish has been confined to her bed since yester day morning. Don't Accept Counterfeits. For piles, skin diseases, sores, cuts, bruises, burns and other wounds nothing equals DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve. Don't accept counterfeits. None genuine except DeWitt's. "I have suffered since 1865 with protruding, bleeding piles, and until re cently could find no permanent relief." says J. F. Gerall of St. Paul, Ark. "Final ly I tried DeWitt's Witch Hazel Sal re which soon completely cured me." $4.65. Hutchinson and return via Rock Is land system. Tickets on sale Septem ber 13 to 19. Final return limit, Sep tember 3ft BROS. I CROSBY BROS. These suite are strictly "Tailored Garments" in every sense of the word. There is no suggestion of the modeste's work about them. Every line and every garniture idea shows Yery nandsone Blouse Suit- Of fine black or bine broadcloth wide, doable peplum satin piped strappings front and black also piped narrow vest with velvet buttons, velvet andbraid medall ion ornaments sleeve very fall at bottom termi nating in. wide double flare caff, satin piped. Jacket iiiK lined, scire nas three narrow gra duated circular raffles satin piped. A very surprising value at Blouse Suit The heavy handsome cloth that lends itself so well to fine tailoring. Heavy folds finish seams of jaoket front and back coat collar, revers sleeves, and edge of skirt finely stitched. Revers faced baok with black AAA AA silk. Skirt seams outlined with the folds. HZ II I II I One of the best values ever shown at.... VsaUaUv Norfolk Suit in Fine Helton Cloth- Beautifully tailored on cat is very stylishly cat ana has heavy f tailored band at top of flounce colors J, v blues, reds, eto J Buy December With cash Wheat a premium over September, and September a prem ium over Dec. .bears instead of bulls are paying carrying charges. Exports from this country are averaging 6,000.000 bu. weekly, or fully equal to last year, largest on record, stocks or wneat everywhere are at a minimum, and not increasing. Threshing returns of Spring Wheat a big disappoint ment, and receipts at primary markets about half as large as one year ago. Crop this year under 600.000,000 bu.; last year 750,000,000 bu. Such a combination warrants a price for December Wheat above SOc. I be lieve It will sell there. Purchases made now, and margined Sc per bu., should result In big profits. Write for my market letters. X our orders in futures and consignments of cash grain solicited. Geo. H. Phillips, are published la fall tn the Chicago Evening Pott. alee tbe Chicago Evening r u i. n A r. H 1 n L n. U k- ll 7,' very If you are nis and tad silk It Colorado Towns in Danger. Cheyenne, Wyo., Sept. 17. A tele phone message from Grand Encamp ment says the forest fire situation Is growing more alarming along the Wyoming-Colorado line. Tbe resident of Pearl, Colo., and Encampment fear that unless the fires are soon checked the towns may be wiped out. The fires are creeping dangerously close to the mining camps and ranching settlements and while no loss of life has been re ported, it is feared isolated miners, prospectors and sheep herders may get caught in the sea of flame sweeping over the district and perish before aid can. reach them. $4.65. Hutchinson and return via Rock Is land system. Tickets on sale Septem ber 13 to 19. Final return limit. Sep tember SO. CASTOR I A For Iaiaats ant Children. III ti Yw Eaia Ah::;. C;";!;t Bear the Signature of C22.50 of Grey Cloth aaa all seams and strappings. The flare 15.00 $I2.50 ValkiBs Suit of Ceavy Slack CIctb. Very stylish jacket with much tailor stitching, new pointed belt heavily stitched. Coat collar and revers also tailored. Jacket silk lined. Skirt wide tailored band at top of flare. J. Wheat for 8oc 231-235 RIalto Building, CHICAGO. If you don't know how to make your own dresses, or if your dressmaker doesn't seem to you can't decide just which is the thing for you, in style or pattern If your house isn't the cosiest of all you enter fond of outdoor athletics, golf, ten the like If you have a camera and enjoy using it If you'd like to see why 700,000 women buy itevery month, If the cook spoils things If you get tired of the same things to eat, week after week If you would know fully the fascination of needle If fine linen delights you you are interested in Women s dubs or the Autumn Hats If you d like to see the best magazine ever published for women Jut get Tk PtnaMtw Y.H.C.A. Night School Will open October 15, 1902. Call at office, 117 East 8th Street for in formation. Best aaa Health to Mother and Chili MRS. WINSLOW'S SOOTHING SYRUP has been used fer ever FIFTY YEARS BY MILLIONS OF MOTHERS fr their Children while tebthino, wit PERFECT SUCCESS. It SOOTHES the CHILD. SOFTENS the GUMS. 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TOPEKA ISTATB JOUBMALt WEDNESDAY EVENING. GEPTEMBKR 17, 1SC2. 0 HOW THEY STAND Sidelights on Senatorial Contest as Viewed Today. Believed That Curtis Will Lead on First Ballot. THREE ARE WELL UP. Little Difference Between Cur tis, Long and Stanley. Possibility of a Bark Uorse Is Apparently Increasing. Fasionists Have Nominated 99 of 125 Legislative Candidates. A prominent Republican who has kept close tab on the Republican legis lative nominations and has made a study of how the nominees stand on the senatorial question, predicts that Congressman Curtis will lead on the first ballot In the Republican caucus if the members elected are divided in tne same proportion as the nominees. Only twelve districts remain In tne list of those who have not yet nomi nated a. candidate for the legislature. In the First district the three legislative districts in Leavenworth county will nominate on September 27. In the Second, Third and Fourth districts every Republican candidate has been nominated. In the Fifth district there s still one nominee in Marshall county io be selected. In the Sixth district six counties have yet to nominate. They are Cheyenne, Rawlins, Decatur, Sher man, Lincoln and Mitchell. In the Seventh district Hamilton and Kiowa have not nominated. This makes 113 candidates nominated thus far. and it is estimated that they stand as follows: First district Curtis, 9; doubtful, 2. Second district Curtis, 2; Stanley, 6; Long, 2; Bowersock, 3; doubtful, 2. Third district Curtis, 3; Stanley, m Long, 2; doubtful, 2. Fourth district Curtis, 8; Stanley, 3; Long, 1; doubtful, 2. Fifth district Calderhead, 10. Sixth district Curtis, 5; Stanley, 6; Long, 2; doubtful, 3. Seventh district Stanley, 8; Long, 18; doubtful. 8. Total Curtis, 27; Stanley, 29; Calder head, 10; Long, 25; Bowersock, 3; doubt ful, 19. Mr. Curtis will doubtless get the big end of the Republican state senators. If he does It can be readily seen that 'it will place him in the lead by a num ber of votes in the Republican legisla tive caucus. Stanley and Long will probably be not far apart. Long will get most of the senators from the "Big Seventh," and perhaps some others. These, with the big end of the doubtful ones in the Seventh, will probably place him second on the list, with Stanley a close third. The two doubtful candidates In tho First district in the estimate given are Cyrus Leland of Doniphan county and George Hayden of Nemaha. It i known, of course, that Mr. Leland will be against Curtis, but no one knows which of the other four candidates he will vote for on the first ballot, or which one is his personal choice. So far as is known he has never expressed a personal preference. Hayden is looked upon in the same way. Of course no on- knows lust which ones of these candidates will be elect ed and which ones defeated. The ratio mav he rnnsiilerablv rhanced after the election, tut it i3 probable that it will remain the same to a large extent. Curtis has a decided advantage in having a lead in the senate, for the sen ators do not have to run the gauntlet of an election. The friends of Mr. Cur tis are trying to create sympathy for him, too, by alleging that the machine- ry of the state committee is being used against him. This is probably not true so far as Chairman Albaugh and Secretary Raney are concerned, but it is a fact that Mr. Long's managers, W. Y. Morgan and "Andy" Richards, spend considerable time around headquarters and catch all the legislative nominees who come in to see Chairman Albaugh. Mr. Long has the benefit of an effec tive organization in the Seventh dis trict and the prestige given him by his fight for reciprocity in congress. Most of the short grass counties are easily handled, as in some of them less than 200 voters make a member of the legis lature, while in some of the eastern counties more than 4,000 votes are cast. Long's enemies, however, are trying to make capital- out of his "machine" by creating the impression In the other districts that it is a close corporation which will dominate state politics In the future even more than it has in th past if Long is elected United States senator, and it is commonly conceded that the Seventh district organization is one of the strongest forces in the state when it wants anything. On the other hand it is claimed that Curtis will receive almost his full strength on the first ballot and that he will not be able to get much more. The main fight will be between Curtis and Long and it Is prophesied that if all the other candidates are eliminated Long will easily win. But Stanley has to be reckoned with as an important factor. His main strength is in the fact that he has given the state one of the best admin istrations as governor that Kansas has ever had, and he has the mass of the people for him. The question is, will he be able to hold his strength long enough to force one of the other candidates to come to bim. It Is not believed that either Calder head or Bowersock will be able to throw enough strength to any one can didate to "make" him, but either of the other three could do so. Curtis will not go to Long, nor will Long go to Curtis. If Stanley can hold Mb forces in line long enough he can probably compel one or tne otners to come to him, for Cur tis would probably rather see Stanley elected senator than Loner, and Lone would rather It would be Stanley than curtis. Then there is the "dark horse" Dossi bility. Senator Wulfekuhler of Leav enworth Is playing this up and has en tered ex-Senator Baker in the race. "What this movement will amount to no one knows. The fusion is ts have thus far nomina ted 99 of their 125 candidates for the legislature. They include Populists, Democrats and Independents. There are independent tickets running In Repub lic, Marion, McPherson and other coun ties, which are receiving the support of the fusionists. The list of those nominated thus far includes such familiar names as Balie Waggener of Atchison, "Webb McNall of Smith, Sol Long of Elk. W. J. Babb of Sedgwick, and others. Those nominated thus far by counties are as follows: Doniphan S. L. Carpenter, Severance. Atchison B. P. "Waggener. Atchison. Atohisvn Peter McLaughlin, Musootah. Jefferson E. O. Brien, Meriden. Wyandotte Harry Sreadbent, Armour Wyandotte W. W. Rose, Kansas City. Wyandotte J. L. Landrey, Argentine. Johnson J. T. Burris. Olathe. t,;' Franklin Adam Dobson, Ottawa. f Franklin B. W. Hume, Ottawa, Kan. Mm ml P W. Goebel. Osawatomle. Linn W. G. Rowley, Mound City. Anderson W. N. conroy, westpnaiia. Allen Pratt Williamson, Iola. Bourbon, Gfcoi ge W. Marble, Fort Scott. Bourbon J. G. Christ, Mapletcn. -Crawford Leon Locke, Pittsburg. Crawford James Gallagher, Chicopee. Cherokee-r-John McLaughlin, Scammon. Cherokee Charles Stevens. Columbus. Labette C. K. Leinbach, Parsons. a Montgomery J. H. Keith, Coffeyville. Montgomery J. A. "Wylie, Independence. Neosho E. C. Allison, Chanute. Coffey Dr. W. H. Salesbury, Burlington. Osage C. C. Swartwout, Lyndon. Osage D. C. Romine, Burlingame. Shawnee J. M. Hanley, North Topeka. Shawnee Joseph Ward, Topeka. Shawnee F. W. Frazius, Topeka. Jackson Mavor S. H. Woods, Hoi ton. Brown William Idol, Robinson. Brown Clyde MeManigal, Horton. Nemaha John L. Mawder, Sabetha. Marshall J. A. Mayhew, Oketo. Pottawatomie A. Urbansky, St. Marys. RUey v. H. Beddison, Manhattan. Geary J. B. Humphrey, Junction City. Lyon w; L. Williams," Emporia. Lyon T. Jensen, Emporia. Greenwood J. T. Garrison, Utopia. -Elk Sol L. Long, Grenola. Cowley J. B. Lynn, Wlnfleld. Cowley O. S. Gibson, Arkansas City. Bjtler Lew Betts. El Dorado. Butler Timothy Sexton, Augusta. Chase J. S. Dougherty. Marion Dallas Gogers, Marion. Morris S. A. Bowman, Council Grove. Dickinson W. T. Harris, Solomon. -Clay John McKee, Clay Center. Washington Grierson Westman, Wash ington. ItepuDUC J. n. tiostettier, -dcjicviuct. Cloud H. M. Spaulding. Concordia. Ottawa Henry Kinsey. Minneapolis. Saline J. S. Bean, Salina. McPherson James B.Darrah, Marquette. Sedgwick W. J. Babb. Wichita. Sedgwick Charles Schnitzler. Sedgwick Theo. Osweiler, Aleppo. Sumner S. C. Bishop. Wellington. Comanche W. T. Fiejd, Coldwater. Harper J. D. Rhodes, Anthcny. Kingman John Woodson. Pefialosa. Barber H. C. Walker. Belvldere. Pratt W. F. Blown, Naron. Keno C. W. Oswald, Hutchinson. Reno Joseph Sherow, Langdon. Stafford Parker Perrlsh, St. John.; Barton Henry Langfeld, Ellinwood. Rice C. F. Foley. Sterling. Ellsworth John Shannon, Ellsworth. Rusfell F. S. Rockefeller, Russell. Lir'oln D. Rooks. Lincoln. Osborne E. D. Rathburn, Osborne. Jewell John B. Rea. Mankato. Smith Webb McNall, Gaylord. Phillips George H. Tennihill, Phillips- burg. Books s. K. rucKer. Ellis John Sehleyer. Hays City. -Pawnee M. Sweeney, Pawnee Rock. Edwards B. F. Tatum, Kinsley. Kiowa J. H. Chandler, Haviland. Clark Daniel Snyder, Ashland. Ford-J J. Sun.mersby. Dodge City. Hodgeman C. E. Roughton, Jetmore. Ness Christian Entrle, Franklinvilla. Graham G. W. Stober, Hill City. Norton L. J. Holeomb. Norton. -Decatur J. Johnson, Oberlin. Sheridan J. C. Herron, Hoxie. Sherman Dr. F. H. Smith. Goodlana. Logan C. V. Kost, Oakley. Scott E. E. Coffin, Scott City. Lane D. B. King. Shields. Kearney H. H. Tipton. Lakin. Hamilton Ben A. Wood, Syracuse. Grant-Stanton W. M. Louderman. Morton-Stevens A. M. Dean, Richfield. Tho fusionists are preparing for a campaign against the proposed tax bill. Secretary Curran, of the Populist com mittee, has sent a communication to the Republican state committee chal lenging Senator Dumont omnn, mo i-.i-ti,-iilnr ehamrton of the tax bill, to a joint debate with Major A. M. Harvey on the merits of the tax bill. The fusion ists have Issued an attacK on tne mil in their campaign handbook. ft,i.tfa arwilro tn fWA large meetings at Leavenworth yester- aay. I me in tne aLieuiuuu wa .i Soldiers' home, and In the evening an other meeting was held in Turner hall in the city. Large crowds were present at both meetings and Curtis was given an enthusiastic reception. In the course of his speech Mr. Curtis said he is a warm personal friend of President Roosevelt. He also spoke of the breach between the president and Senator Bur ton, and said that the president selected him to see Mr. Burton, and endeavor to prevail upon mm to support ms cuudu reciprocity measure at the state con vention at Wichita. Mr. Curtis said v. ki. .rial s SanQfnv Tturrnn Ttftri the liia.1 ino effect of making the president and Mr. Burton irienaa asaui, uui uuumci breach, he said, came after the "Wichita convention. KAIN COMES TODAY. Change in Weather According to "Cider" Smith. The government forecast sent out to day was "Partly cloudy and cooler to- nie-ht Possiblv showers south por tion. Thursday fair, with warmer north portion." It may be remarked that Cider Smith announced this storm period last Mon day, and Dredlcted rain, while the gov ernment forecast yesterday was for fair weather. The corn and wheat region bulletin today says: "Cloudy weather prevails over the state this morning; rain has fallen at all stations reporting, except Manhattan and Kansas City, and it was still raining at McPherson, Sedan and Toronto. The temperature has fallen in the Minneapolis and Omaha dia. trlcts, but risen in the rest. Light rains have fallen in the Minneapolis. Omaha, Kansas City and Des Moines districts. The report of maximum and minimum temperatures for the 24 hours ending this morning at 7 o'clock are as fol lows: Stations Max. Mtn Concordia Dodge City Hays 88 56 82 54 92 45 90 58 92 CO 88 60 80 CO 82 58 81 60 84 52 88 60 McPherson Manhattan Osage City Sedan Topeka Toronto The wind this morning was northwest blowing 11 miles an hour. The rainfall this morning measured 11 hundredths of an inch. The hourly temperatures re corded by the government .thermometer today wore as follows 7 o'clock.. 60 11 o'clock ...R8 8 o'clock ..61 9 o'clock 63 10 o'clock 63 12 o'clock ...56 1 o'clock .,..56 2 o'clock ..57 QUARREL OVER A HORSE. Attorney Joe Reed and Amos Bra baker Fall Out. The replevin suit brought by Amos Brubaker against the lawyer, J. T. Reed, was begun before a Jury in the district court this morning. Reed defended the three Brubakers who were convicted of stealing hogs and sent to the penitentiary. The three de fendants gave him a horse to keep for his attorney bill. The horse died. Reed has not received his fee. Now the Bru bakers want to get possession of the horse, dead or alive, or Its equivalent in cash. Can Draw Their Money. New York, Sept. 17. The sub-treas ury has been directed to pay to Gold man, Sachs Co., 90 per cent of the amount of the gold consigned them from Australia and now at the mint at San Francisco. The amount of the gold is about 1500,000. Wanted 20 tenms, steady work. South western Fuel Co. HENDERSON IS OUT. (Continued from First Page.) for the devotion that has ever been ac corded me, and to the hour of my death will hold in a grateful heart the memory of that devotion. I will later on give in some .detail, my views and convic tions on our conditions and on public questions, and state my reasons why the Republican party and its policies should continue in the confidence of the voters of the United States and why the doctrines of the Democracy should find no lodgment In the faith and teach ings of the Republican party. Very truly yours, D. B. HENDERSON." Speaker Henderson announced his withdrawal after a conference of several hours with Chairman Glassner. of the congressional committee, and friends. Speaker Henderson has been contem plating this action for two weeks, but had intimated nothing of it to his friends. At the conference, his friends implored him not to take the action, but to no avail. He said he had made up his mind, and no argument could cauBe him to change his decision. When asked for his reasons for his withdraw al. Speaker Henderson said: My letter to Chairman Albrook is the whole thing in a nutshell. You can not kill the trusts by applying free trade without killing our own industries. The foreign trusts are fighting the American trusts and I do not believe that, for the purpose of controlling American trusts, we should make a market for foreign trusts, thereby crushing out the indus tries of this country. After my confer ence last Saturday at Waterloo, hear ing the views of the chairman of my, district, I concluded that my views on the tariff question were at variance with those of many of my party; and I did not desire to appear in a false position." Speaker Henderson gave out an ad dress which stated his views on the tariff and trust questions, and because these views, in his opinion, are not in accord with the state platform and with the oplnionsof prominent members of his party, he declines to accept the nomination. The address-is "To the Republican -voters of the Third Iowa district." He says, being a Republican he is a protectionist.' and if he ever en tertained a doubt as to the wisdom of a protective tariff, a hasty comparison between the present and the past would blot out such doubt. He then speaks with satisfaction of the tariff planks of the last two na tional platforms. Continuing he says: tfor three years 1 have advocated giving control of trusts to congress. In my judgment proper supervision can never be had until congress has power to treat them. I am glad to see from speeches made by our fearless and up right chief executive that he is advo cating federal control over these corpo rations, and while in some quarters they may sneer at it, I have not seen any proposition yet, except this, that seems at all likely to bring relief. No proposition nas ever been made by the Democracy excepting to put everything on the free list and to give the country free trade. In other words, they pro pose to kill the child dean in order to cure It. They propose to slaughter every interest in the united States, whether capital or labor, in a wild and blind effort to provide a remedy for trusts. "In my opinion, if combinations could be regulated and controlled we would have very little demand for changes in the tariff laws. To show how strongly the Republican party feels upon the subject, in its state platform this year it declares in favor of any modification of the tariff that may be required to prevent affording shelter to monopoly. "Our Democratic friends treat this as moving into free trade grounds. It is nothing of the sort. It is a bold decla ration that if modifications of the tariff are required to prevent monopoly from sheltering itself under the wings of protection, then tariff shall be modified to prevent that condition. For my part, if any great interest in this coun try is prospering through protective pol icies or any other legislation, and is using its advantages, growth and pros perity to plunder the American people I, for one, am ready to strike it by whatever legal means we may be able to adopt, providing that in so doing w do not hurt innocent interests. I am not prepared to say I would be willing to strike down and destroy American combinations and let foreign combina tions come in and do the work, but 1 would like to control our own corpora tions so that there could be fair play among the American people. "I have been more amused than hurt at the suggestions that I have been against any changes In the tariff. While I have been against a general revision, recognizing the wisdom of President Roosevelt In his first message to con gress, in which he advised against it, I have never been opposed to making needed changes, and I am not now. I must say, and emphatically, that I do not believe a single schedule of the Dingley tariff law can be so amended as to relieve the people from the op pression of trusts or combinations of capital, however named, and that such action may involve the retarding of our expansion commerce and the getting and holding of foreign markets. In deed, I believe such plan to be fraught with grave dangers to the people. I am a firm believer in reciprocity. I worked with untiring zeal to secure re ciprocal arrangements between Cuba and this country, and I was successful in passing it through the house. "The senate did not act on the bill be cause consideration of it would have permitted the opening up of the whoie question of tariff revision. The house had nothing to say about the ratifica tion of treaties, but the reciprocal reso lutions upon which it legislated in re spect to Cuba were not in the nature of treaties, but they were reciprocal agree ments In which, I think, our country would have the best of the bargain, although doubtless they would have been of great advantage to Cuba. "While I cannot speak for the pros pects of favorable action upon bills sent to the senate, I still hope and believe that by a treaty the same result may be accomplished, and I have no doubt that President Roosevelt is now working on the question of a treaty with Cuba to give that struggling young republic needed help, too, in which, while they will be the gainers, we will not be losers. 'And now. let me say, and let there be no misunderstanding as to my position: "I believe in protection that will pro tect the hand of labor, the wheels of industry, every farmer and miner, and I am against wicked corporations that would trample on the rights of the peo ple to fair play and to the fruits of honest efforts. I am against unnecessary legislation that would throw my coun try into panic and bring back the hor rors bequeathed to us by the last Dem ocratic administration." REFUSED TO RECONSIDER. Des Moines, la., Sept. 17. Speaker Henderson refused to reconsider his withdrawal from the congressional race in the Third district. This morning the following telegraphic reply was re ceived in response to a request to re consider his action: "Dubuque, la.. Sept 17. Messrs. Lafe Young and S. W. Rathbun, Des Moines: Your joint telegram sincerely appreci ated, but cannot reconsider, for after an age spent in fighting for my country, state and district, I cannot acquiesce in administering free trade poison to cure the trust evil which 1 abhor. "D. B. HENDERSON." SHAW'S APOLOGY FOR HENDER SON. Washington, Sept. 17. Secretary Shaw said today in commenting further upon Speaker Henderson's declination of a renomlnatlon that while he re frained either from criticising or justi fying the speaker's course, he consid ered it of very great importance and due to General Henderson that his po sition be not misunderstood. "Either many newspapers misunder stand General Henderson's position or I do. I understand him to stand pat on the tariff plank of the Iowa platform, which favors such revisions as changed conditions make advisable. In his ad--dress to the Republican voters of the Third Iowa district be says: 'While I have been against a general revision I have never been opposed to making needed changes, and I am not now "Nor do I understand him to object to the anti-trust plank which is in a different section of the Btate platform, and which only declares against allow ing the tariff to become a shelter for trusts. It goes no further than inti mating that such a thing may occur. It does not say such a thing does exist. Commenting on this plank in his ad dress the general says: 'It is a bold declaration that if modifications of tariff are required to prevent monopoly from sheltering itself under the wings of protection then tariff shall be modi fied to prevent that condition.' t "As I understand him, he finds him self unable to agree with the interpre tation placed upon this plank by many of his constituents and firm party friends. To what if any extent the Re publicans of Iowa are advocating a re moval of. the tariff on trust-made or controlled goods as a remedial measure I am unable to speak. I think General Henderson's friends ought to see to it that his position be correctly Inter preted to the people and that he be not placed In the false light of having de clined to be a candidate for congress because of, to use the language of the Iowa platform, 'such changes in the tariff from time to time as become ad visable through the progress of our in dustries and their changing relations to the commerce of the world.' HIS LONG CAREER IN CONGRESS Speaker Henderson Has Been Twenty Years in the National House. David B. Henderson had been In con gress sixteen years when he was elected to the speakership in 1899. He was first elected to the house in the Forty-eighth congress and has served continuously since. Mr. Henderson is 62 years of age and does not show his years more than the average man, notwithstanding his se vere wounds during the war and the loss of a leg. With the aid of a cane he walks upon a wooden leg with a limp hardly perceptible. He was born in Old Deer, Scotland, in 1840. When he waa 6 years of age his parents moved to Illinois. When he was 9 they moved to Henderson Prairie in Fayette county, Iowa. It Is Colonel Henderson's proud claim that with a six yoke ox team and a big plow he broke a large part of the how thickly settled and fertile farming district known as Henderson's Prairie. When about twenty years of age he wentxto the Fayette university. In 1861 he led a platoon of students to the war under the command of' General William B. Allison. This was the first meeting be tween Henderson and Allison and mark ed the beginning of a warm friendship which has lasted to this day. Hender son was mustered into the service in 1861 as a lieutenant. Three months later he was severely wounded in the head at Fort Dofiatdson and a short time after his leg was shattered at Corinth. While recovering from the ef fects of his wound he served as a com missioner of enrollment and was then appointed colonel' of the Forty-sixth Iowa. His military service ended in 1865 and he went to Dubuque, where he studied law and was made assistant United States district attorney. He then form ed a law partnership with Judge O. P. Shiras and A. J. -"Vanduzee. Shiras be came United States judge, Vanduzee became his clerk and Henderson, in 1882, went to congress from the Third district of Iowa. In the meantime he formed a new law firm, known as Hen derson, Hurd Daniels. Daniels re tired and the firm is now Henderson, Hurd, Lenehan Klesel. Speaker Henderson has been one of the greatest champions in the house of the free seed distribution scheme. Another subject with which tie has been much allied is the pension move ment. As a severely wounded veteran himself, he has stood in his state and district as a champion of soldiers' rights, and one of his notable congressional speeches was in reply to Bourke Cock ran, who had appeared in defense of President Cleveland's pension policy. As a speaker on the floor he possessed more than ordinary interest. He was for the spectators in the gallery one of the most taking of all orators of the bouse. He has a good voice, and speaks with great energy and vigor. His tendency is towards the oratorical forms and fig ures and especially those involving patriotic phrases and references. AS VIEWED AT WASHINGTON. Believed at Capitol Withdrawal Waa Sue to Roosevelt's Attitude. Washington, Sept. 17. The dispatch announcing Speaker Henderson's de clination of congressional nomination caused a sensation in Washington. Very few public men are in Washington at this time, but ail here expressed re gret that the speaker had determined on the course announced in the Dubuque dispatch. The causes leading up to his decision were perhaps as much a matter of com ment as the refusal to stand for re-election.

Public men acknowledge that there Is a demand in sections of the west and northwest for a revision of the tariff along certain lines, notably in the cases of articles, whose manufacture is con trolled by the trusts. Their opinion is that General Henderson's decision will make this issue more acute and it was suggested that the president was con ferring at this time with leading sen ators from the east and west presum ably on the very question which has forced General Henderson out of line with his party in Iowa. The speaker always has been a straight out Republi can on tariff matters and at the last session of congress the general under standing was that he opposed the sug gestions advanced for tariff revision along certain lines, on articles controll ed by the trusts. v. v General Henderson already had en tered into the coming campaign and it is stated here that both Governor Cum mins and Senator Dolliver, both of whom are said to be in favor of tariff revision were to have stumped the dis trict for him. The Iowa Republican state convention, held in the latter part of July. took strong grounds on the question of the reduction of the tariff on goods whose production in this coun try is controlled by trusts, making the following declaration on that subject: "We favor any modifications of the tariff schedule that may be required to prevent their affording shelter to' mo noply." There was a great deal of opposition to this statement, but it was finally adopted by the convention.' It is thought here that this plank in the platform is the one -which has raised the issue in General Henderson's case and has in duced him to withdraw. Various names are suggested by Iowa Republicans here as candidates for the speaker's seat, among tnem being Mr. Courtwright, who formerly has been in the race for the nomination; C. E. Pickett, Charles Albrook and J. H. Funk. Secretary Wilson, of the agricultural department, who comes from Iowa, waa thunderstruck when he heard of Gen eral Henderson's decision, remarking that it came as rain from a clear sity. He exnressed great regret that the speaker has determined on the course announced, but rurtcer man mat ne declined to make any statement for publication.- To Secretary Shaw, or tne treasury department, whose residence also is in Iowa, and who is a great friend of the speaker's, the news came with equal surprise and regret. The secretary in response to a request for an interview dictated the following statement: "I have not been in Iowa, since Feb ruary and hence know little of any change in political sentiment in the state. All Republicans found congenial standing room on the platform last year. The tariff revision plank is suffi ciently general to occasion no dispute, and each put such construction upon the shelter for monopoly utterance as he pleased. The language does not say that the tariff does afford shelter, but 'demands any modification that may be required to prevent their affording a shelter.' I think .most speakers took the old-time Republican view, that the tariff is not responsible for trusts. If sentiment has changed, I am not ad vised. "I regret General Henderson's deci sion more than I can express, and I still hope the report is unfounded or that he may be induced to recall his declaration. He was sure of re-election." In view of General Henderson's deter mination some gossip was indulged in as to his successor as speaker in the event of Republican success at the polls in November. Representative Cannon, of Illinois, no doubt will be a candidate for the position, with a strong competitor in Representative Sherman, of New York. Messrs. Grosvenor, of Ohio, and Lit tlefield of Maine, also are mentioned as among those who may be forced to the front by their friends in the speaker ship contest, although most public men thought either Mr. Cannon or Mr. Sher man the more probable choice of the bouse. Director George E, Roberts, of the United States mint, the principal own er of the Des Moines Register, a paper which has advocated tariff revision, speaking of Speaker Henderson's action said: "This action of Speaker Henderson is Incomprehensible. I am wholly unable to account for it. He was sure of re election. His withdrawal, of course, will emphasize and exaggerate the differences that exist among Iowa Republicans and Is to be especially deplored on this ac count. General Henderson has a strong hold upon the affections of our people. Whatever differences of opinion existed on account of the tariff no one has thought of his retirement from public life." NO TARIFF REVISION. Conference at Oyster Bay Decided Against It. Oyster Bay, L. t, Sept. 17. Senators Hanna, Spooner, Allison, Aldrlch and Lodge and Postmaster General Payne spent several hours with President Roosevelt yesterday and discussed with him the entire political situation having special reference to the conditions in the western states which the president is to visit on his approaching trip. The parties to the conference were very re ticent after they returned from Saga more Hill, but it can be stated on reli able authority that It was decided to make no attempt to revise tba tariff at the coming session of congress; that the president is to maintain his Dositlon as to the trusts and further, that he is to insist on his demand for reciprocity with Cuba. It is understood that he will fully outline his policy regarding this latter question in some of the speeches he is to make on his western triD. It "also can be stated on excellent authority that the coal strike was not discussed. The president's purpose in having this conference was to ascertain if there had been any political changes in the different sections of the country during the past year. The conference, it is said, showed that there bad been nono. "The conference was entirely harmo nious," said one of the gentlemen who participated in it, but who declined to permit his name to be published. "No differences of opinion developed, and the president's position on the different question discussed was endorsed. We talked over the entire political situation especially that in the states through ABOUT EYES. Qlasae Are Not Always Necessary. Parents are often advised to get glasses for their children bv the school authorities who attribute the weak, wa tery coi.dition of the eyes of the child to some defect in th vision, and do not realize that the trouble may arise from the common practice of coffee drinking. A case in point, Mrs. C E. Knapp of Elyria, O.. says, -Six months ago we were a family of invalids; my husband, myself and two children were all af flicted with stomach trouble. I would get so faint before it was time for reg ular meals, and alter eating had pain and distress in the stomach, which felt as though there was a hard lump in there. I felt drowsy and stupid most of the time. If I was out in the wind my eyes would water so it hindered me from seeing. My son was the worst afflicted. Mis eyes blurred so they hindered his pro gress in school and we thought it would be necessary to have them treated. His teacher finally had him bring his reader home with word that I have him read an hour each dav out of school. He could not read a paragraph without stopping to wipe his eyes or close them. We were great coffee drinkers, especial ly my boy, but-never thought that was the cause of our trouble until I read an article on the subject in the Cleveland paper. We were discussing it at table ona day and my daughter said, 'I know it is coffee that hurts me for when I do not drink it I do not have that lump In my stamach.' My boy said. 'A lump is nothing, every time I drink coffee my fingers prickle just as though they were asleep. X was both scared and aston ished at such information. and told them I had made the last cup of coffee I ever would for home use. I got a package of Postum Food Coffee and tried it for our next meal and we soon learned to like it and think it better than coffee. We have none of us been troubled with our stomachs since we commenced to use it. Our eyes do not water any more when in the wind, our cheeks and lips are red Instead of blue, or purple when we are out in the cold; the drowsy feeling has left and the nrickly feeling has entirely left my son. We use it twice a day and give it freely to my 20 months' old babe. "We find It better and cheaper than coffee. We cannot speak too highly af its merits for we know we owe the change in our health to Postum Cereal Food Coffee," which the president Is to pass. The coal strike was not talked about." The Associated Press bulletin from Dubuque, Iowa, announcing that Speak er Henderson had declined to be a can-, didate for re-election for congress was the first intimation of that fact that any of the president's senatorial callers had received. They bad nothing to say on the subject. TODAI'S MARKET REPORT. Chicago, Sept. 17. WHEAT Reactions from yesterday's low prices set in at the opening of the grain trade today, largely on the weather situation. General showers fell in the northwest last night .and .the temperature went down to such a degree that frosts from that quarter are feared tonight. Although wheat receipts were much increased and somewhat improved in quality," it was feared that the moisture would only more retard movement of the spring wheat. These fears, together with steady cables and a fair covering demand, brought fair early advances. December wheat started H&Vic higher, at 69fe-6!H4c. and sold to 69c. September was some what nervous, selling between 7372"c and holding about V.o gain, near 72c. Lo cal receipts were 200 cars, 8 cars of con tract grade; Minneapolis and Duluth re ported 756 cars, making a total for the three points of 965 cars, against S47 cars last week and 743 cars a year ago. Wheat held -ery dull the remainder of the session. September closed easy and T4c down, at 72c. December touched fife, and closed steady and up, at 69c. CORN Constant reports were coming in telling of damage in Iowa and Nebras ka from the recent frosts. Receipts fell off again. Cables were steady and the pos sibility of colder weather started fair buy ing in the deferred options. The govern ment crop bulletins indicated damage in the northern part of the corn belt. Decem ber opened a shade to 4f?c up, at 43W9 43c, and sold at 43c. September was steady, between 5868Hc. Receipts, were 162 cars, 32 cars of contract grade. Continued frost talk and an active' trade helped corn prices. December sold to 441Ac and closed firm and He up; at 43i44c. September closed firm and c up. at 5SC OATS Oats were very dull. Prices in cltned toward a higher level in sympathy with corn and lighter receipts. Karly trade had no features. December opened He to Vs?c higher, at 31c to 31ii314c. Re ceipts were 162 oars, 8 cars of contract grade. PROVISIONS Provisions started quiet on another decline in the stock yards price of hogs. There was a good support early by packers, however, and a good rally and advance ensued. January pork started zc lower, at 1 14.97, and sold at 15.07: January lard a shade off, at $8.50, and touched J8.62V4, and January ribs 2c low er, at $7.85, and advanced to $7.92H- WHEAT Cash: No. 2 red, 73c: No. 3 red, 67&71c; No. 2 hard winter. 69c; No. 3 hard winter, 66Sc; No. 1 northern spring, 7577c: No. 2 northern spring, 7ttS76c; No. 3 spring. 6670c. CORN No. 2, 58y858?4c: No. 3, 58ff5Sc. OATS No. 2, 2S29c: No. 3. 26Mrfi26c. FLAX Cash: N.-W., .35; S.-W., J1.35: Sept.. $1.33; Oct.. $1.30. RYE Sept., 4SUc; Dec, 4g48i4c... BARLEY Cash: 38S2c TIMOTHY Sept., $4.15. CLOVER Oct., ts.t0a.Ml Bans: of Prices. Furnished by J. E. Gall, Commissions, Grain, Provisions, Cotton and Stocks. Office 110 West Sixth street. Telephone 486. Correspondent Christie Grain and Stock Co., Kansas City, Mo. -Chicago, Sept. 17. Open High Low Close .Yes WHEAT Sept 72 Dec 6!H4 May 70 CORN Sept BS Dec 43 May 40T4 OATS (old) Sept 26 Dec Sl May 31 OATS (new) Sept 33 PORK Sept ....16 60 Oct .....16 77 Jan 15 00 Mav 14 25 LARD 73 72 72 72 69 '-.68- 69 68 70 70 70 70 68 68 58 58 44 43 43 43 41 40 41 40 26 26 26 26 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 31 v33 33 33 33 16 60 16 IS r 16 15 16 60 16 77 16 25 16 25 16 75 15 07 14 97 15 02 15 00 14 32 14 25 14 27 14 25 10 92 10 75 10 75 10 87 .992 972 972 982 8 62 8 47 8 55 8 52 8 20 8 10 8 12 10 95 10 87 10 87 10 80 10 22 10 00 10 05 10 20 7 95 7 87 7 90 7 90 Sept ....10 90 Oct 72 8 50 8 17 Jan May RIBS Sept Oct Jatt .10 95 ..10 20 7 90 Kansas City Grain. Furnished by J. E. Gall, Commissions. Grain, Provisions, Cotton and Stocks. Office 110 West Sixth street. Telephone 486. Correspondent Christie Grain and Stock Co.. Kansas City, Mo. J Kansas City, Sept. 17. Open High Low Close Yes WHEAT Dec 63 64 63 64 63 May 65 65 65 65 CORN Dec 35 35 34 35 34 May 36 35 35 35 34 Chicago Livestock Marks1 Chicago, Sept. 17. CATTLE Receipts, 17.000 head, including 8.000 head of westerns. Market slow. Good to prime steers, $7.50fi 8.50: poor to medium. $4.257.25; stockers and feeders. $2.505.25: cows. S1.5O&5.00; heifers. $2.50(g5.75; canners, $1.5OS2.50: bulls, $2.2E&4.75: calves, $3.0Ola7.5O; Texas fed steers, $3.0004.50; western steers. $3.756.95. HOGS Receipts today, 26.000 head; esti mated Thursday, 23,000 head; left over Tuesday, 6,435 head. Market 10c lower. Mixed and butchers', $T.307.75; good to choice heavy, $7.60igf7.90: rough heavy, $7.20 i7.50; light, t7.30S7.75; bulk of sales, $7,353 7.55. SHEEP Receipts. 22,000 head. Sheep and lambs steady. Good to choice wethers, $3.50 4.00: fair to choice mixed. $2.50fi3.25; west ern sheep. $2.5t'a3.75; native lambs, $3,503$ 6.65: western lainbs. $3.7555.26. Official receipts and shipments Tuesday: Receipts 10.035 20,293 27,i33 Shipments 4,129 2,396 8,342 Kansas City Livestock. Kansas Citv. Sept. 17. CATTLE Re ceipts, 14,000 head, including 3,000 head of xexans. Market weak to 15c lower. Na tive steers, $4.258.75; Texas and Indian steers, $2.55 3. 75: Texas cows, $2.002.90; native cows and heifers. $1. io4.25: stock ers and feeders, $2.5055.25; bulls, $2.404-75; calves. $2.5005.50. HOGS-Receipts. 6.000 head. Market 5(9 15c lower. Bulk of sales. $7.407.55; heavy", $7.47!g7.67; packers', $7.357.55; medium, $7.40,'a7.65; light, $7.357.55; yorkers, $7,503) 7.55: pigs. $6.5(KS7.30. SHEEP Receipts, 5.000 head." Market steady to 10c lower. Muttons, $3.15'54.00; lamb, $3.704.25; range wethers, t2.75(S4.00; ewes, $3.00164.05. St Louis Livestock Market. St. Louis, Sept. 17.-CATTLE Receipts, 6.500 head, including 4,500 head of Texans. Market steady. Beef steers, $4.50'a.7.76: stockers and feeders, $3.35(34.40; cows and heifers. $2.255.00: Texas steers, $2.804.80; Texas cows and heifers, $2.60(63.30. HOGS Receipts. 4,500 head. Market WW 15c lower. Pigs and lights, $7.25ft7.50;pack ers'. $7.40g7.65; butchers'. $7.607.95. SHEEP Receipts. 2,500 head. Market strong. Natives. $3.3033.90; Iambs, $4,500 5.50; Texans, $3.003.75. Chicago Produce Market. Chicago, 111., Sept. 17. BUTTER Market steady. Creamery, 16fi22c: dairy, 1520c CHEESE Market steady. Twins, 10. 10c: daisies, 10&10c; young Americas, 10&10c. EGGS Market strong.- Leas off, cases returned. 20c. ICED POULTRY Market steady. Tur keys, 1213c; chickens, lifeline Wool Market. St. Louis, Sept. 17. WOOL Market dull but steady. Territorv and western medi ums, 1617c; fine, 1216c; coarse, 1214c. New York Money Market. New York, Sept. 17. Noon MONEY Money on call eesier at 8 per cent; prime mercantile paper, 5H&5 per cent; sterling exchange strong, with actual business in bankers' bills at $4.85 for demand and at I. $4.82 for 60 days; posted rates, $4.63 commercial bills. 14.82r4.82. SILVER Bar silver, &lc; Mexican dol lars. 40c. BONDS-Oovernment bols steady. To day's quotations: f IT. S. refurding 2s, registered MS4 U. 8. refunding 2s, coupon 108 U. S. 3s, registered 106 TJ. S. 3s, coupon 107 XJ. S. new 4s. registered s 137 U. 8. new 4a, coupon 137 U. S. old 4s, registered 109 TJ. S. old 4s, coupon 110 U. S. 6s, registered 106 U. S. 5s, coupon 103 Hangs of Prices on Stock. Furnished by J. E. Gait Commissions, Grain, Provisions. Cotton and Stocks Office 119 West Sixth street. Telephone ,486. Correspondent Christie Grain and Stock Co.. Kansas City, Mo. New York. Sent. 17. Op'n HIah Low ci'ss Yes Sugar 131 131 130 131 -13o Illinois Cential 170 171 170 171 17 People's Gas 107 107 107 107 107 C. A., com 41 42 41 41 41 Amel. Copper 68 70 SSH 6s 68 B. R. T. 68 69 68 69 68 T. C. I 69 70 69 70 6tf IT. S. Steel 40 41 40 41 40 TJ. S. Steel, pfd 90 90 90 90 90 Atchison, com 94 94. 94 94 91 Atchison, pfd 103 108 103 103 10S C. G. W 33 33 33 33 33 St. Paul IS) 190 189 190 189 Rock Island 199 200 199 199 1.19 Wabash, com 37 37 36 36 37 Wabash, pfd 53 53 63 63 53 Mo. Pacific 121 122 121 121 121 Manhattan ....136 137 136ii 136 136 Western Union 95 96 96 96 95 Texas Pacific 52 52 52 62 52 N. Y. Central 163 164 163 163 163 Reading 73 73 73 73 73 Erie 41 41 41 41 41 Union Pacific 110 110 110 110 110 C. O mi 56 55 55 66 B. O. 114 114 114 114 114 U N. .....153 154 153 153 152!, Pennsylvania 167 168 167 168 167 Katy 67 68 67 68 67 U. 8. Leather 13 13 13 13 13 C. F. 1 81 82 81 82 80 So. Pacific ....78 79 78. 79 78 New York Stock. Wall Street. New York, Sept. 17. STOCKS-Opening price changes were small and the mixed gains and losses re flected a hesitating sentiment, while the small volume of dealings showed a disin clination to trade largely, pending the so lution of the money uncertainty. The rise of point in Manhattan was the only feature. A rise in Manhattan of 1 points was fol -lowed by advances in U. S. Steel, Colorado Fuel and B. R. T. and the movement spread to the railroad list. St. Paul led the list in this quarter, but other promi nent stocks were also in active demand. Before the expiration of the first hour ad vances had been made of a point or mora in Colorado Fuel, Tennessee Coal, Lead, North American, Paciflo Mail. St. Paul, Northwestern, Louisville, N. Y. Central. Illinois Central, Paciflo Coast and Kansas City Southern and of 2 points in St. Louis Southwestern preferred. More confidence waa felt In the money outlook owing to the incoming movement of gold. Some of the strong stocks eased off, but their influence on the general list was oft set by new buying at other points. St. Louis Southwestern gained 2 points and the preferred 2 points In all. Western Union. Sugar, Chicago and Alton, Hock ing Valley and several minor stocks ruled a point higher. Northwestern preferred jumped 10 points on one transaction. Buy ing increased somewhat later and tharo was a more general demonstration of strength. The opening rate of call money was fixed at 8 per cent, which is materially under recent opening figures. The rats then ran up to 10 per cent and the move ment in "tocks flattened out. Bonds were steady at noon. Missouri Pacific fell off slightly and other Southwesttrns yielded a trifle, but they soon steadied when St. Paul showed signs of renewed strength. Tha market generally was neglected, traders paying more attention to the movements in this money market than to the course of stocks. The general list was almost at a stand still, but there was some recessions. St. Louis Southwestern preferred reacted shniDtlv nointa and Rock Island lost over a point. Chicago Union Traction and Ice preferred rose nearly 2 points. Tha opinion was general that restriction of SpeCUlUUUU WO. UC9M ttu.w VU afcWIIIIfc money scarcity. Kansas City Produce Market Kansas City, Sept. 17. Close WHEAT Receipts today, 151 cars. Quotations: Sept., 64c; Dec., 64c. Cash:. No. 2 hard, 66o; No. 3 hard, 6265c; No. 4 hard, 59ft 59c: rejected hard, 53c; No. 2 red, 65c; No. 3 red. 6163c CORN Sept.. 62c: Dec, 35c. Cash; No. 2 mixed, 58c; No. X white, 59o; No. S white. 5Sc. OATS No. 2 white, 34o; No. 2 mixed, 29 Si30c RYE No. 48c. HAY Choice timothy, $9.0009.50; cholcs prairie. S7.50. "BUTTER Creamery, 19&20c; dairy, fan cy. 17c. Cjuus j?rtsn, aao. Sugar and Coffee Market. New York Sept. 17. SUGAR Raw stead v. Fair refining. 3c;. -centrifugal. SS test. 3c; molasses sugar, 2c. Refined steady. Crushed, $5.20; powdered, $4.80; granulated, $4.70. COFFEE Market quiet. No. 7 Rio, 5c. 2UOI.AS3ES Market firm. New Or leans, 30I&40C. Cotton Market. Galveston, Sept. 17. COTTON Steady at Sc New York, Sept. 17. COTTON Steady at 99c. v Topeka Market. Topeka, Sept. 17. HOGS. HEAVY $7.257.35 LIGHT 7.2OU7.30 ROUGH 7.1567.25 PIGS 4.70Q7.15 CATTLE. STEERS ,.$3.0035.l OUUll UKASO JWO GOOD GRASS HEIFERS 2.50S3.21 BULLS 2.504 tut VEAL CALVES t.00t4.ti GRAIN. NO. 2 NEW WHEAT 58360s NO. 3 NEW WHEAT 56&5!3 NO. 2 WHITE CORN 54a NO. 3 WHITE CORN .52SS3S NO. 2 YELLOW AND MIXED CORN..54 NO. 3 YELLOW AND MIXED CORN 53S no. 2 oats asesca NO. t OATS 28 FRUIT AND VEGETABLES. (Furnished by W. O. Anderson A Co.. 210 Kansas ave.J ORANGES Late Valencia, $5.50. LEMONS California quail brand, too and 360 crate, $3.25: 420 crate, $3.00 GRAPES 8-lb. basket.' 25c. BANANAS Market lower, being 3g3a per lb.;, and running from $1-752.26 per bunch. APPLES Native. 50360c per bu.; $2.00-3 2.50 per bbl. PEARS Colorado Bartlett, $1.75(31.85 per box; Beure Hardy. tL 75(j2.00 per box; na tive Kansas grown, $4.50 per bbl. 0c per a bu. box. PEACHES Arkansas late varieties. 859 0c per 4-basket crate; Colorado Albr tas. per box. California packed, 90c$l 00 Colorado clings, California packed; 75gS5o per box. TABLE POTATOES Kaw Valley, 33a per du. SWEET POTATOES 55c per bu. VEGETABLES. Home grown cabbage, 75gSTc per 109 lbs Rocky Ford canteloupes, $1.5a2 per crate; cucumbers, 30c per bu. basket; tomatoes, 40c per bu. basket ;dry onions.BOc per bu. Spanish onions, $1.50 per crate. BUTTER. EGGS, POULTRY. EGGS Case count. 14c; candled, loss BUTTER Country, 12c. POULTRY Hens, 7 lb.; roosters, 15a each: ducks and geese. 4c lb.: turkeys. 7a 9c lb.; live spring chickens, 8c lb. HAY. Very scarce account wet weather. PRAIRIE HAY By car ...$6.5O7 0 PRAIRIE HAY By ton....,.s.....r$s.o Topeka Hide Market. Topeka. Sept. 17. Prices paid In Topeka this week based on Boston quotations: GREEN SALT CURED NO. 1 K GREEN SALT CURED NO. 2 '7?S NO. 1 TALLOW ....;;sis I

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TJ TOPEIT A GTATE JOUKNAI WEDNESBA4: EVENING. BEPTEMBER 17, Itsa WARDEN .CE?037G9 tnv GOODS FOR. COLLARS. HANDKERCHIEF SALE! One Thousand Dozen Manufacturers' Samples and Seconds 5 oo d oze n Men's Handkerchiefs white and colored borders. 500 dozen Ladies' Handkerchiefs drawn and plain hems. 200 dozen of these are all linen. HALF-PRICE TOMORROW FOR TIES. Big Four Route and Chesapeake and Ohio Ry. J Rates East. Washington and Return From sx. Louis $17.90 From Chicago 915.85 Tickets on sale October Sd. 4th, 6th and 6th. Can be made good to return leaving Washington as late as November 3d. Lib eral stopovers. New York and Return From St. Louis 124.05 Via Washington. Tickets on sale -October 3d, 4th. 5th and 6th. Good returning te leave New York as late as October 14th. Liberal stopovers. Boston and Return I From At. Louis $35.00 Via Washington and New York City. Tickets on sale Oct. 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11th. Good returning to leave Boston as late as October 13th. Can be extended to Novem ber 12th. Liberal stopovers. Side trip to Richmond, Va., and the Seashore, S3. 00 Holders of Big Four Route and C. O. Ry. tickets to Washington and return can buy at the C. O. ticket office, in Wash ington, spec'al tickets from Washington down the Potomac river and Chesapeake bay to Old Point Comfort, Va., and from there through Richmond, Va., to Gordons vllle, Va. The cost of the trip will be $3. Your regular ticket is good from Gordons vllle home. Ask for your tickets "Via Big Four Route and Chesapeake Ohio Ry." and you will have a pleasant trip. For fur ther information, maps.- etc., address C. W. GREEN. Trav. Pass'g'r Agent Big 4 Route, Kansas" City, Mo. E. B. POPE. Western Pass'g'r Agent C. O. Rt., St. Lou's. Mo. of contracting Sickness if you use Pure Water That's the Kind furnished by the TopcKa Water Co. Telephone 122. 625 QUINCY STREET, j Ne Crawford Theater. 8:13 TONIGHT :5 Harry B. Smith's latest and greatest musical suecess, THE LIBERTY BELLES. Original New York production in its entirety. 40 people emploved 40. PrteegjJSjfrjSctt. U.50. Seats selling. Saturday Matinee and Night Sept 20. Hampton A Hopkins present SANDY BOTTOM" A companion play to "Shore Acres" and "Old Homestead." Matinee IB and 85 cents, night 25, 35, 50 and 75 cents. Advance sale opens Thursday morning. GRAND OPERA HOUSE. MONDAY. Sept. aa. Bala of Tickets tomorrow for the bril liant operatic success by OEOROE ADE (of "Fables in Slang" fame.) Sultan of Sulu so PEOPLE 80 Castle Square Opera Orchestra. Prices first floor, 21.50; balcony, 81, 75a m 1 Danger of contracting Sickness 613-613 fiArto.rc FOR PILLOW TOPS. GENERAL MA KILLED. Ona of Cbina'a Ablest Officers Slain by Rebels. Victoria, B. C, Sept. 17. A letter re ceived from a thoroughly trustworthy Chi nese correspondent at Nanning states that the rebellion is entirely at an end. Gen. Ma, one of the ablest Chinese officers in the south, was lulled. Though the rebellion, so-called, is at an end, a disquieting feature of the situation is that large quantities of up-to-date rifles are still imported constantly. The Chinese complain that they are smuggled over the Tonkin frontier. The town of Tung-Hau Hslan, northwest of New Chwang, is reported to have been occupied by the brigand leader Liu Tang Tsa and about 7.000 followers, making this their headquarters, and they are said to be busily looting all the districts around. The Boxers are still active in Cheng-Te, and increasingly so. The local foreign of ficer reports the district to be in great dis order, several places having been attacked, several others burned down and a number of Christian enquirers and others who re sisted have been killed. The British and foreign Bible society have had one col porteur killed in that district, and there are rumors, not yet confirmed, but believed to be reliable, that two others nave suf fered the same fate. A gentleman who recently visited New Chwang, says the Russians are making all preparations for their retirement from Manchuria at an early date and expresses the belief that they will d so. At the same time he admits that they are not likely to give up some of the places on which they have spent considerable sums, such as New Chwang and Tallen Bay, nor to retire without some sort of equivalent for what they supposed they had acquired, nor even then to make an absolute relinquish ment of their claims upon that country. The steamer Higo Maru, which was sent by the Japanese government to the scene of the recent eruption St Torishama, has returned to Yokohama. Aocording to the news brought by the steamer the land ing was effected with considerable diffi culty. The eruption has wrought a complete transformation of the island and all the inhabitants and animals had disappeared and no indication was left as to what had become of them. The highest of three peaks on the island, known as Komochi yama, had been blotted out of existence and a crater had been formed partly in the place where the peak stood. The crater is still sending forth thick smoke and sulphur with awful subterra nean rumblings. A considerable subsidence was noticeable at the spot where the dwellings of the inhabitants had stood prior to the eruption. All the island was strewn with ashes, gravel and boulders, and only about a fourth part of the nor mal island vegetation remained in exist ence. COMING DRAMATIC EVENTS. "The Liberty Belles," a new musical comedy by Harry B. Smith and pre sented by Frank Hennessy's company, comes to the New Crawford theater to night. The story of Mr. Smith's comedy has its foundation in sentimental escapade on the part of Margery Lee, a stage struck girl, engaged to Phil Fullerton, a Columbia junior, and Dorothy Grey, a fellow student secretly married to Jack Everleigh, an Annapolis cadet. These parts are played respectively by Nevada Hefferan, Percy Leach, Ger trude Willington, Harry Stuart. There is a large advance sale at these prices: lower floor $1.50 and $1; balcony 75 and 50 cents; second balcony 60 and 25 cents. Hampton Hopkins production of "Sandy Bottom" that comes to the New Crawford Saturday matinee and night, like the "Old Homestead" and "Sag Harbor" appeals to the general public tastes. It deals naturally with life as it is among the hills of Arkansas, where the scenes are laid. Being a melodrama, of course there are exciting incidents, villainy and pathetic Scenes, but they are relieved by wholesome comedy. The advance sale Opens tomorrow with prices at 25, 35, 50 and 75 cents. Not the least attractive feature of "The Sultan of Sulu," the new musical satire by humorous George Ade, the "Fables In Slang" man, and Wilfred G Wathall, will- be the Castle Square grand opera orchestra which isvcarried by the company. Manager Savage is said to have given "The Sultan" a lav ish production in scenery and costumes and the merry monarch "with his wives will be seen here exactly as they appear ed during the .three months' engagement In Chicago last spring. The scene of the opera is laid in the Island of Sulu and the many humorous incidents following the assimilation of the Sultan Ki-ram by the United States, have been treated in Mr. Ade's most characteristic style. "The Sultan of Sulu" comes to the Grand next Monday night. Seats go on sale at 8 o'clock tomorrow at Flad's drug store at these prices: Box seats. 22; lower floor, $1.50; balcony, 81 and 75 cents. The limit is 8 seats to any one purchaser and numbers will be given, beginning at 7 o'clock. ry Low Colonist Kates to the Northwest. Via the Chicago Great Western rail way. Tickets en sale daily during Sep tember and Octeber. Ten day stop overs allowed west of Mlnot, N. D. For further information inquire of any Great Western agent or J. P. Elmer, O. F. A, Chisago. HI. NEARLY 6,000 PUPILS. City Schools Crowded Orer 700 in High School. The number of pupils enrolled in the Topeka public schools on Tuesday, the first day of the term, was 6,784. The enrollment at the High school was 711. Sumner, the new eehool, starts with 342. The enrollment by schools was as follows: High- school .....i.. 711 534 132 372 377 10S 511 251 123 80 853 29 52 453 266 116 3 129 43 133 342 263 Grant Lane Quincy Lincoln Madison Branner Parkdale Washington Monroe Garfield Van Buren Jackson Polk Euclid Lowman Hill Douglas Buchanan Clay Potwin Sumner Harrison Total .5,784 PAYNES ARE DIVORCED. Wife of Real Estate Man Grant ed Legal Separation. Judge Hazen has granted a divorce to Emily Payne. She brought the suit against her husband, George B. Payne. Tne petition was Short and alleged cruelty. The petition stated that they were married in 1S69 and had lived in Topeka for 14 years. Mrs. Payne com plains that for a year her husband had been harsh to her and that he had been at home only to sleep and eat his meals. Thedlvorcewas granted September 6 but was nusnea up. xnere was no contest Mr, Payne is a member of a prominent family and is in the real estate business. LAND GRABBERS. They Have Been Busy in California Mineral District. San Francisco. SeDt. 17. State Miner alogist Aubury makes the astonishing statement that during the last few months at least 2(0.000 acres of public land in the mineralized sections of Cali fornia and largely mineralized in na ture, have been grabbed by eastern speculators through the employment of dummy locators. In the tracts thus secured arc included many actual min eral claims on which California miners have located and have prepared to do the assessment work necessary to per fect title under the United States min ing laws. The speculators, he says, are not even timbermen. They have seen that there Is a great future for mining and that the surface of California having hardly been scratched over for gold and other metals, there are untold millions of dol lars awaiting the owners of these lands in the future. Mr. Aubury therefore advocates having the public domain all withheld from timber entry in this State until there can be an inspection to de termine how the lands should be pro perly Classified, whether as timber, min eral or agricultural, and be will move in that direction. THROAT CUT IN BED. Man and Wife Wounded and Can't Tell Who Did It. Missoula, Mont., Sept. 17. Ira Pressler and his wife, whose home is near Super ior, are at Parsons hospital in this city,' both near death and unable to tell who wounded them. Pressley's throat is out from ear to ear and the woman is uncon scious from a blow on the head that caused contusion ot the skull. The man Is con scious and says he was in bed when his throat was cut, but says he does not know who did the cutting. How Pressley has continued to live during the past 24 hours is a wonder. His windpipe is completely severed and the aesophaguS cut through clear to the back and the head is almost half severed. By pressing the chin down toward the chest in such a manner as to bring the severed windpipe together, the man can speak in a barely audible voice and in this manner was able to answer a few questions. He denies having any trouble with his wife. New Katy" Tim Card Sunday. Parsons, Sept. 17. A new time card on the M., K. T. railway will go into effect on Sunday, September 21. The most notable change in this time card is the double daily passenger service on the Joplin division of the road. On this division passenger train No. 35 .ill leave Parsons at 8:10 p. m. after the arrival of the flyer from the south, and arrive in Joplin at 11 p. m. It will leave Joplin at- 11 p. m. and arrive in Parsons at 2:50 a. m. The train will leave Parsons over the Junction City division, and run to Piqua, and they cross from Piqua through Iola toMoran, where It will connect with the regular train for Kansas City. This train will remain in Moran until the next night, when it will leave there on the arrival of the regular train from Piqua. Pas sengers to points on the Neosho division between Piaua and Parsons and on the Joplin division will be transferred at Moran to this train, and the train will come to Parsons by way of Iola, Piqua and Chanute, and reach Parsons at 3:40 a. m. It leaves here at 4 a. m. and will arrive at Joplin at 6:45 a. m. This train will leave Joplin at 6:30 a. m. and reach Parsons at 8:15 a. m. In time to connect with the south bound flyer. Great Demand for Kelly. St. Louis, Sept. 17. The grand jury today continued its inquiry into the Doodling methods of certain municipal legislators. John J. Burke, whose testimony yesterday most interested the grand Jury, appeared again for further questioning. Burke is not a member of the present combine and was not a member of the combine when it passed the lighting bill in the last house, but he is believed to know about the re cent movements of Charles F. Kelly, whom, above all other persona, the grand jury desires to find. Forgot to Close tha Switch. Fargo N. D., Sept. 17. The first section of the Northern Pacific train No. 8 run into the rear of freight train on a siding two miles east of Moorehead early today. The freight brakeman forgot to dose the switcn to tne sinetrack. two rreint cars, a caboose and the nasseneer eneine were badly smashed and several passengers were bruised and cut by breaking glass. The engineer and fireman both jumped. No one was seriously nurt. Hutchinson and Return 94.65 Tia Santa Fa. Central Kansas fair. September 15-18. One fare for the round trip. Tickets on sale 13th to 18th. Good returning the 20th. Dd not fall to see the mammoth tur tle on free exhibition at the Exchange Grocery Co., 122 E. 6th. Weight 250 lbs. Containing no lead, ltme or poisen, Satin-Skin Powder Is safest for youi complexion. Cn is .proof; 25c At-liodel. BPemmgj Sale off' Preserved Fruits Ettc. The looal fruit crop was short but On this account we made a. large and the goods are now arriving. good quality and our way ably cheap. Among Them Arc Tumblers of Jelly.. ,....6e Preserves in Jars....................lOo Pint Mason Jars of. Apple Butter.. 9o Pint Mason Jars of Preserves...... 13o Large Jars of Preserves.., ,15o Molasses, per can J Oe Maple Syrup, per can...... .....29o Maple Syryup, extra, per can 35o Condensed Mince Meat, pkg.. 8a Sweet, sour and mixed Pickles, Olives, Mexican Hot, Chow Chow, Catsup, Horsa Radish Mustard, etc, in glass at 9e 2 lb stone jar Jams.......... ...13o 2 rb stone jar Butters.. .12 Remember it Pays to 618 Kansas VOLCANO IN OHIO. A Smoking Mountain in the Tal- ley of Paint Creek. Bainbridge. O.. Sept 17. People living in the Paint creek valley are alarmed over the appearance of smoke and sul phurous gases from Copperas mountaia, which can be seen from this place. Ever since the first eruption of Mont Pelee smoke has issued from the moun tain at intervals, but only within the past few days have the smoke and gas become especially noticeable, and many attribute it to the recent eruptions in Martinique. Investigation shows that the slate in tbe mountain has become hot and some of it has become a dull red .from the action' of the heat. The smoke issues from the side, and not from the top of the mountain, and sci entists will be asked to -make a thor ough investigation. B0 WERSOCKJ N VITED. Got. Stanley Asks Lawrence Con gressman to Lunoh With Roosevelt. Lawrence,' Kan., Septf IT. Congressman J. D. Bowersock .is In receipt of an Invi tation from Gov! Stanley to take lunch with President Roosevelt at Topeka, Sun day. September 28, when the president will be the guest of the governor. NORTH TQPEKA. tLeave Items for this column with Kim ball Printing Co.. 813 North Kansas Ave. J Mr. Oscar Jacobs want to Kansas City today. t Music at Mrs; Courtney's opening Friday evening. t ,4 Mr. Frank Russell left today for San Bernardino, Cat J Don't forget the dance at Lukens' opera house tonight. Mrs. Charles E. Elder will soon re turn to the hoscltaL Miss Adele Oilman has taken a posi tion in Crosby Bros store. Mrs. M. E. Morford and daughter were In from Hoyt yesterday. Mrs. Jennie Hamm,' of North Topeka, has gone west for a month's visit. By calling 798 your work is called for, laundried and returned on short notice. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Schmidt, of 1510 Jackson street, have gone to their homo in Potwin. rv Walter Snook came -over from St Joseph last evening for a short visit to his wife. r Mrs. Edwin Thomas and Mrs. Leon L. Tount are spending a few days visiting at Valencia. The choir of the Kansas Avenue M. E. church will meet for rehearsal Fri day evening. Mrs. Courtney wlU have her crooning Friday evening at -North store, 817 Kansas avenue. Fraternal Aid No. 1 will give a dance this evening at Barrett's nalL Stein berg's orchestra. j Come prepared to get your hat Mrs. Courtney's opening before they have been picked over. Coal! Coal! Coal! Zip, Boom, Bah. Nicholson, Nicholson, Rah, Rah, Rah. Mrs. U. S. G. Hughes who has been visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Brown, has returned to her home In Kansas City. Mrs. Freeman who has been for the Jast week the guest of Mr. and Mrs. ohn Eldrldge of Monroe street, re turned to her homo in Chicago today. W. G. Brooks will address the North Topeka Curtis club this evening at S o'clock at 828 Kansas avenue. Subject, wny we snouia vote lor J. n. Betts." Miss Frances Brown is In town to take her position in the city schools. She will bring her mother here from Emporia as soon aa aha can find a Suit able house. Mrs. Ed. Holman and children, Stella, Frances and Charlie will leave next Tuesday, for Cincinnati where they will spend the winter visiting Mrs. Holman's mother, Mrs. Bonser. Mrs. Frank Rude, of the country, very generously entertained the Ladies' Sew ing society of theCongregational church today at her home, Mr. Rude furnishing the conveyance for the whole company. Mr. Pearson was allowed to accompany the party on condition that he would lend a hand at thimbles and take no notes for Sunday's sermon. The gymnasium rally and reception at the T. W. C. A.' rooms last evening was largely attended and was a delightful occasion to every one present. There were present from North Topeka: Misses Ellen and Anna Heartburg, Lina and Ruby Pllley. Minnette Loop, Bessie Campbell, Nellie lies. Alice Saf ford, Mrs. Fred lies and Mrs. A. J. Ar nold. The programme was varied and very entertaining. The social given last evening by tha ladies of the Baptist church at the home of Mrs. Charles Curtis was well attend ed and the fund for the hew carpet considerably Increased. The programme was very pleasing. There were vocal solos by Mrs. Harry Prlbble, Messrs: Kd- 8heets and Bert Fraser, and Mr. Brown of Oakland, an instrumental duet by Misses Zella Lukens and Per melia Curtis and recitation by Miss Bertha Wiser. Miss Dora Johnson of Coffeyville who is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Johnson near Silver Lake, was tha L guest of honor at an enjoyable party THE in tha east it has been plentiful. contract with eastern factories They are splendid values, extra of selling makes them remark

2 R stone Jar Jellies ......13e 5 lb stone Jar Butters. .85 5 lb stone Jar Jams. .33o 5 lb Stone jar Jellies........... 26a Libby's Canned Meats are conceded to be the best. Wa bava Chipped Beef in tin. at can.. .........lie Chipped Beef in Glass, at can; 13c Sliced Beef In tin, at can...... 13o Corned Beef in tin, at can ,...13e Roast Beef In tin, at can 13a All Soups ....9e Veal and Ham Loaf .............'......Be Chicken Loaf ..13a Potted Ham or Tongue 4e Pay Cash and Trade at Avenue. given last evening by Misses Mabel and Estelle Brooke at their home north of town. Table croquet, ping pong and other games made the time pass very pleasantly and later refreshments were served. During the evening Mr. Robert Blllard and Mr. Jay Studer gave aeveral musical selections. The guests were: Miss Johnson, Miss Bessie Henry, Miss Edna Staples, Miss Harriet Staples, Miss Anna Roosa, Miss Ella Allen, Miss Bertha Kistler. Miss saaie witners, Miss Pansy Antrim, Miss Beatrix An trim, Miss Lulu Robinson, Miss Etta Clampitt, Miss Pearl Irwin, Miss Pearl Nash, Miss Alice tiaie, miss Carrie Lease and Miss Goldle Lutes, Mr. Clar ence Johnson, Mr. Harry Nash.Mr. Clif ford Lutes, Mr. Robert Billard, Mr. Jay Studer, Mr. Arthur See, Mr. Ralph Roll man, Mr. Talmage Atkinson, Mr. James Murrell, Mr. Merton French, Mr. Clem Payne, Mr. Charles Sann, Mr. Charles Boast, Mr. Roy Boast. Shot Ear Aunt. Roanoke, Va.. Sept. 17. Mabel Car roll, aged 15, shot and instantly killed her aunt, Mrs. Wm. Emerick, In the Emertek home here last night. Mrs. Emerick was standing at a bureau dressing when the girl anapped a re volver which she claims she did not know was loaded. The ball entered the left temple and Mrs. Emerick died in stantly. A coroner's jury exonerated Miss Carroll of all blame. BRIEF TELEGRAMS. Indianapolis,' Sept. 17. At tha stock yards today Clem Graves, owner ot tne Bunker Hill farm, sold tha Hereford bull Crusader to Edward F. Hawkins, of Earl Park, Ind., for $10,000. Portland. Ore.. Sept. 17. Mrs. Tho- burn, wife of Bishop J. M. Tboburn, of the Methodist Episcopal church, is dead in this city, aged 46. Mrs. Thoburn's illness was contracted in India, where in company with her husband she was a missionary for many years.- Scranton, Pa., Sept. 17. A aplit In the Republican convention of the Tenth congressional district resulted in two nominations- William Connell, the pres ent incumbent, and George Howell. Washington, Sept. 17. CoL Jacob A. Augur, Tenth cavalry, Capt. Andrew S, Rowan, Nineteenth Infantry, and Capt Benjamin Alvord, Twentieth infantry, have been ordered to re post to Major General Bates at Fort Riley, Kas., not later than September 24. for duty per taining to the maneuvers which are to take place there the latter part of the present montn. Los Angeles. Cal.. Sept. 17. United States Senator Thomas Bard still lies at the point of death from typhoid pneumonia. His physicians have litis nope ox ms recovery. Willemstad, Island of Curacoa, Sept 17. President Castro of Venezuela, has retreated from Ocuname before the ad vance of the revolutionists. The Vene suelan government's situation is criti cal. Rome, Sept. 17. Mgr. Enriaue Peres. procurator of the Spanish Recolette fathers in Home, has Dresented a vol uminous report to the Vatican, con tending that his order in the Philippines is the victim of much injustice and libel and claiming its right to remain there and be protected by tbe government Berkeley, CaL, Sept. 17. Word has been received at the office of the recor der of the University of California from Burmah, India, to the effect that Prince Suji Nam Rhola. eldest son and heir apparent of Sura Jab. Rhola, Muree of Rajputara, is -coming to pursue gradu ate work. He has forwarded bis era' dentials from the Uriversity of Calcut ta, where he has taken his degree of bachelor of sciencev San Francisco; Cal., Sept. 17. Director Homer S. King of Wells. Fargo Sc. Co., departed for New York in obedience to a summons for a conference with the eastern men having control of the af fairs of the company, and Acting Presi dent Dudley Evans, who has also been ordered to report at the New Vork meeting, will soon leava the city for that purpose. Low Bound Trip Summer Rates. Via Chicago Great Western railway to St Paul. Minneapolis, the Cannon val ley lakes. Duluth and the Superiors. Tickets good to return October 81st Far dates of sale and other information ap ply to any Great Western agent or to J. F. Elmer, U. p. A., Chicago. IU, Wanted 20 teams, steady work. South western Fuel Co. PRYSICIAKS AND STHtafiOHS. IDAcTBABilKSrM?'lx' teenth and Clay. Office hours: a. m. to 11 a. m. and 1 p. m. to t a. av Telephone asa resiaence ana is eiuoa. BE WEB CONNECTIONS. IF TOU want sewer connections we aaalre them. 'Phone 423. H. -K. Winana, Ut3 Nortn van jsurcn. WATCHES cleaned. 75c: clacks. SOc: mala springs, 7Sc; crystals, 10c Cash paid far old gold or silver. All work guaranteed. Old jewelry exchanged for new. It hard up, aee undo 8am. 61) Kanaaa are. FAIR. n n nt irv n ID mCELLAXZCIJS IDS. raxsjiaMXNoxBjroBjvza PULL a Postal Telegraph Cable boa or call by either telephone No. 417 and have your- Want Ada brought to the State Jour nal office by free messenger. lio charge to you tor mass ringer service. Cast ot elaasi fied ads 5 cents per line of words to the Una and every fraction thereof. NNOUNCXICSNTa I AM AN INDEPENDENT CANDIDATE for tha OXUce ot aneruT of Shawnee county. LEB MYKRS. WANCTDj-SJCTUATIONa WANTED SituaUon by competent girl to do housework in private family. Address V. V.. care Journal. WANTED By experienced German girl. place to do nouaeworit in small lamuy; no washing. Call Thursday afternoon at 1211 Kansas ave. WANTED Chores to do Morning and ev ening by reliable colored man. Address T. B. C, care Journal. WANTED Washing to do by white wo man, to come to your no use. Aaoreaa a., are journal. WHEN you want to hire a man or boy, call up T. M. C. A., telephone 811. We have a list of men ana conndentlal ref erences concerning them. T. M. C. A. employment Bureau, ixi is. rn ai. WANTp-JEMAXEHJELP WANTED Sewing girls. 1874 Van Buren at. WANTED Girl for general housework. iaui jiay street. WANTED A good girl for general house work at 328 Woodlawn ave.; small fam ily and good wages. WANTED Experienced white girl for gen eral nousework, smaii ianuiy, gooa wages. Apply 835 Topeka ave. WANTED A girl for general housework, uis lopeaa avenue. WANTED 2 eood dinina- room sirls exper ienced with bill of fare; wages during rush, $5.00 per Week; after that $15.00 per month, jjarteii nouse, junction city, ivan. WANTED A girl for general housework; lamuy oi z- iu narrisoa ac WANTED A comnetent Christian woman for matron of Crittenton Home. Aaaress i. L. Wilson, Klein street, city. WANTED Girl for general housekeeping. 13M tsuoiianan at. WANTED-JJAIBHEI. WANTED Experienced bookkeeper; best of references requireo. mxTeaam, car of Journal. WANTED Boy bundle wrapper. Warren i. vrosoy m to. WANTED Scholars to learn telegraphy and railroad business to fill high posi tions. Topeka Telegraph School, 27 Kan sas ave. WANTED Good, stout, honest delivery boy. Inquire Star grocery. WANTED Young man to work in gro cery ana meat market, uml i&Jtnsas ave. WANTED Person to run mailing ma chine. About two days' work each week. Vail gr Muincy. WANTED Men to learn barber trade mmiIv ciraatie bv free work: exDert in structions, demonstrations, lectures and splendid opportunities for graduates; tools presented; wags naturaays; ooara in rlndnd. Write nearest branch. Moler col leges, St Louis. Mo., and Omaha, Neb. WANTED 2 farm hands for Lomax farm. See J. Thomas Lumber Co., 812 W. Cth st. WANTED 8ALESMKX. WANTED Salesmen for full line of fruit and ornamental trees. Pay weekly, out fit free: steady work. Lawrence Nursery Co.. No. s E. Henry at.. .Lawrence, nan WANTED MISCELLANEOUS. WANTED To do your hauling. Topeka Transfer and Storage Co. Both 'phones 320. t. p. .Bacon, president; J. uay hart, superintendent 528 Jackson St. WANTED To buy a horse, weight 1,100 pounds, luuc Aortn .Kansas ave. WANTED A Wilcox Gibb second hand sewing machine at OI Kansas ave. WANTED TO buy modern 7 room house, close in, Vt lots, furnace. Agents need not answer. Aaaress j. u., care journal WANTED To do your haoltng. Topeka Transfer and Storage Co. Both 'phones 320. Jr. IT. Bacon, president; .1. tt. uay hart, superintendent. 523 Jackson st HORSES WANTED The undersigned nave purchased toe Bennett earn en West Eighth street, and will buy horses for the foreign and eastern markets. Horses must be fat and from 4 to 8 years old. Will be at the barn every saturcay. 1MMEL NURK13. FOB RENT -ROOM3. FOR RENT Nice large furnished rooms. witn neat ana satn. i anenroe st. FOR RENT 8 furnished rooms for light nouseaeeping, i ween up. ui w. aa si. FOR RENT 2 pleasant furnished rooms, electric light and batn. U31 Tyler. FOR RENT To gentlemen, nicely fur nished front raom, modem. 818 West ttb at. FOR RENT Modern rooms, with board. Mrs. Emma Hartwell, 3ut E. 8th at. FOR RENT 508 Harrison at Suite of rooms, first class beard. Everything moaern. FOR RENT Furnished or unfurnished rooms, single or en suite, with or witn out board, furnace neat, vis ropeka ave. FOR RENT To gentlemen, furnished room on first floor- gas, bath, hct and cola water, furnace neat. 421 wuincy ax FOR RENT 4 room en first floor. 120 Monree street FOR RENT Nice larg upstairs front room with aceve. furnished or unfur nished. Bath and gas. Gentleman pre ferred. 715 west ktn st. FOR BENT HOUSES. FOR RENT 18 rcona bouse, corner th and Polk. Inquire after 6 o'clock p. so. 715 w. cth at mm RENT House 907 Jefferson St., rooms, attic, barn. 1 lota. Call evenings. FOR RENT 5 room house, 1284 Lincoln See Elder, ai Kansas avenue. FOR RENT 7 room house. Inquire 808 Quincy st EOB BENT OB SALE. FOR RENT OR SALE Bedsteads, gaso line staves, folding chairs, cata. at rea sonable rates. Pruesaaer 4b Oa.. 8r7 North Kansas ave. FOB SALE REAL ESTATE. FOR SALE 4 room cottage, near 5th and Polk sta., east front and good shade. la- 1 autre ec owner, tm Ji jrOBSAT-BEAEaTATE. PrCIAL Bargain on Kansas ave., 80 feet front on one of the best cornara on tha ave. This is inside property and must bo solo, want oner; aDout w.aeo. THOMAS U. SHILUNOLAW. lOSVs West Fifth St UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD LANDS. 2.0OO 00O acres srasinr. 1.800.000 acres wheat and alfalfa, for sale on tea years time. u. us. ulakk, Riwrial int M7 Kinm v. FOR SALE By M. Heery, 411 Jackson at. nouses ana iota on time payments. FOR BALS MISCELLANEOUS. FOR SALE Good grocery stock, dclnc good business. Must sell on account of 1U health. Apply 708 Chestnut St. FOR SALE A crop of feed composed of sugar cane and millet of zh acres, cneapw Inquire at 828 Chandler st, city. FOR BALK Modern oak heating ctove. excellent conaiuon. lifci run st. FOR SALE 'The furniture of a t room house; only used 8 months; Will sell oa time; a snap; Investigate. 812 Monroe st FOR SALE Nice asparagus and pieplant roots, tui iteeay, uuu west iurent st. FOR SALE Household goods, Domestic sewing macmne. lizz Harrison. FOR SALE Three Jersey heifers, making Dags, am lAwrence street. FOR SALE A fresh Jersey cow. Inquire at ims ciay st. FOR SALE North side Journal route. Call 817 North Quincy st FOR SALE 2 ladles' Jackets and ana golf SKirt. liui vau uuren st. FOR SALE Milk cow. 1105 Madison St. FOR SALE A One family horse, sound and Kent I e. aood looker. Price 1100. Dr. Heatherly. 511 Kansas ave. FOR SALE A phaeton, almost new.cheap. 1U30 uulncy st. LOSTANJDJPOUNIX LOST Lady's watch on North Quincy Ft. Keward tor return to lwj jNortn Topeka ave. Georgia Westbrook. LOST White and brown pointer puppy. 8 months 01a, easuy taentinea. iteturn to 501 Lincoln st for reward. SATIN-SKIN SPECIALTIES. AS IT contains no animal gat or oils. Sat. ln-Skln Cream does not cause nor pro mote hair growth. 25c at the Model. MISCELLANEOUS. GET your cider made at Electric Cider nun, luss .Kansas ave., zc per ganou. M. JACK, roofer; new roofs put on; old, ones repaired, izio ciay at. INVESTIGATE Iris paint, made of Car rara mineral: Will last twice as long aa best lead paint Foucht's, North Topeka. MEDICAL. CANCER, tumor, eczema, scrofula and all forms of skin and blood diseases positive ly cured. -Address for free advice Home Remedy Co., Topeka, Kan. ICYCLE3 TOPEKA AUTOMOBILE AND CTCLE Co. Tel. 708. Bicycles and sundries; bi cvcles and tandema for rents repairing of all kinds. and ivr-Johnson bicycles; suppltes.repaira. PA VINO. THE OFFICE of the Capital City Vitri fied Brick and Paving Co., has l.en re moved to 118 W. 8th st FliOBI&IS. CUT FLOWERS and floral deslgna at Hayes 1VI vv. stn st. jrnone k. CONTRACTORS AND BUILDEa3 N. W. MULL, ahop 112 W. Sth at Thona 163. Joo work promptly aoue. ioi Kan. I ti j. c UAiuanj v.. (O. Asa Rubber stamps, brass and aluminum trade checks. Prices low. Catalogue free. Tel. 1 VOCAL INSTBUCTION VINCENT GRAHAM Studio. McVlcar residene,. Washburn campus. Terms u i JEWELERS. JAME3 B. HAYDEN. Jeweler and Opti cian. Complete siock 01 watcnes. aia nuindi. silverware, etc. Eves examined and spectacles properly fitted. FREE DISPENSARY. FREE DISPENSARY. 118 W. Fifth St., under management of seven Topeka phy sicians, where those who are unable to pay for -medical treatment may have tha Hum free of charge. PATENTS. t, A. ROSEN. Patent Attorney. -US Kanaaa avenue, Topeka. MONET. MONET TO LOAN on live stock, pianos. personal security. L. Biscoe. 523 Kan. Ave. STORAGE MERCHANTS TRANSFER 8TORAQS Co. packs, ships and stores household oods. TeL 18S, Clarence Skinner, 128. SL th st RAILROAD TIKE TABLES. Booh Island. (Iri effect May it, 1902.) West-bound Arrive. Texas Ex. No, 1.... .,12:50 p. St. J fc Top. Ex. Vol 18.. 12:48 put Vutht Colo. Flyer No. 8:10 pm Rl Paso Limited Va. 28.... 12:40 am NlghtTexaa Ex. No. 3...-U pm S W Express No- 3 8:05 pra SL C. Chick. E. Wo. 85.. 8-8 am East-bound Cast-bound Ltm. Ex. No. 1, 8:30 pat Too St J. Ex. No. 14... Et Ex. Mail No. 4.... 8:3 am EoT 80 El Paae A Chicago.- 4:45 am roL A K. Ct Flyer No. 10 Top. St. J- Ex. No. 2.. Chlek7& K. C. EX. No. 88.. 8:50 pm All trains dally, except Noa. 35 aily except Sunday. Union Pacific WESTBOUND. Arrive. pen. A Pac Caaat No. 8.123 pm Leave. 1:08 pa 8:10 pm 12 .to am 12:15 am 8 -35 am 8:36 psa i6 pm 4:20 am 8:00 am 7:45 am 7:4 am 850 pm and 88 .Leave. 1240 pm 11:10 a U.-ftt am 8 op 8:80 km ttm 8:ia pm 40pae JuncTltTPHi"Ni-i::"8:i5m SinEx.No...a.a- Atlantlo Ex. No. 4 s S"" Limited Na. 2...... i.fjf K. C. Pass. No. f t M ass Selina Ex. No. 8. pm kTc Ex. Na. 8.. tMm All trains dally except Naa. 1 and 8 aiJy except sunny. v Missouri Facific. Arrive. Tevcfca-n.' Scott Accent 2xo 8a8 mMiwiiuM," asSsaB Leave.

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TOPEKA STATE JOUBSTAI T7EDNESBAT EVIOTNG. SEPTEMBER 17. lCCi JOST THREE MORE DOTS of the CLOSING OUT SALE of the KELLAII BOOK AND STATIONERY STOCK. On Saturday night, September 20th, the sale will end and the balance of the stock will be shipped to our Kansas City store. Many lines have had their PRICES CUT AGAIN for this final CLOSING OUT SALE. Here are some prices for the rest of the week. All fixtures for sale. All NET. BOOKS never supposed to be cut in price are on sale at half price. Here are some.- sample prices: Views of an ex-President Benjamin Harrison. Cut from $3.00 to $1.50. Stray Papers Thackery. Cut from $2.00 to $1.00. Old Time Gardens. Cut from $2.50 to $1.25. Mastery of the Pacific. Cut from $4.00 to JiOO. Five Little -Peppers Abroad. Cut from $1.10 to -55 cents. r Fine Editions of Sets of Books, to Close Out. 2 Vol. Little Minister marked copy. Cut from $10.00 to $6.00. 2 Vol. Ramona marked copy. Cut rom $15.00 to $9.00. Loma Doone, 2 "VoL Cut from $5.00 to $3.00. Elizabeth Stoddard's Works, 3 VoL Cut from $4.50 to $2.25. John Ruskin's Works, 13 Vol. Cut from $13.00 lo $7.50. Mysteries of Paris. Z Vol. Cut from $2.00 to $1.00. OFFICE STATIONERY AND SUPPLIES. Favirite Letter File, Note, Letter and Cap, 20 cents, former price 40 cents. Bankers' Cases 50 cents, former price 85 cents. 1.000 page Letter Book $1.00, former price $1.75. 500 page Letter Book 50 cents, former price $1.00. 10x12 Shea, Smith Co. No. 213 Let ter Files $1.00. former price $1.50.. 10x12 Shea, Smith Co. No. 149 Let ter Files $1.25, former price $2.00. Office Pins No. 3, 4 and 5 70 cents, for mer price SO cents. Receipts. 100 receipts to book, 10 cents, former price 20 cents. Ideal Arch Account File $1.25, former price $2.25. Sponge Cups 5 cents, former price 10 cents. Premier Cabinet, 3 departments, 75 cents, former price $2.00. Pens from 40 cents per gro33 to 75 cents per gross. McGill F. H. Fastners 4, 5, 9 and 10 cents per hundred. Rubber Bands, oft from list. Blank Book, No. 51 Journal and Ledger records, per hundred pages 20 cents, former price 35 cents. Order Book, No. 338, lac each, former price, 25c. iVt Reynolds Consecutive Book, 10c book. No. 6 2X Envelopes, 90c M. No. 6 IX Envelopes, Manilla, 60c M. Framed Pictures and Statuary. AH the framed pictures are now on sale. Those left with Mrs. Kellam for framing, and all that we had laid away for parties to call for. In statuary we have about twenty-five pieces, all priced at and less than Mrs. Kellam's price. SCHOOL SUPPLIES. Kellam Tablet, the popular 5c- kind, at 3c Kellam Composition Book, 3c. Students Note Book, 5c cut from' 10c Students Note Book plain, 5c cut from 10c. Oxford Note Book, 5c cut from. 10c. Standard Reversible Note Book, 20c Standard Reversible Note Book, large, 25c. Lead Pencils from 8c per dozen to 25c per dozen'. Modern SlateJPencils. 5c per dozen. Steel Pens.' broken lots. 5c per dozen. School Bags,; 5c each. School Sponges, 3c and 5c each. School Sponges, 2 for lc. School Ink, 5c cut' from 10c. .Kellam's Algebra Tablets. 3c Double Slate 8x12, ISc each. Oerman Slate Pencil,. 10c per hundred. Spencerian Shawl Strap, 8c. v Students Note Books, 3c. former price "c. Students Note Book, 5c, former price 10c Students Note -Books, canvass cover, 5c, former price 10c. Brewer's Song Book Primary, 2c, for mer price 4c. a Students Note Book Practice, ruled, 3c each. Large Flexible Composition Book, 15c, each, former price 25c. Board Back Composition Book Sc each, former price 25c Board Back Composition Book, 4c. Wagon load Tablets, 10c kind at 4c 1,000 Slates and book cover combined lc each. Mephisto Copying Pencils 60c dozen. Dixon High School Pencils 20c dozen. All Faber Pencils 50c dozen. Dixon's Note Book Pencils 20c dozen. Tip Top Pencils 15c dozen. Paper Pencils 9c dozen. Lead Pencils, very soft, 17c dozen, -Pen and Pencil Holders 2 for 5c Golf Clubs. We still have Morristown's, Crescents and Spaldings in all numbers. Come in and get what you want at HALF PRICE. Stationery. vr All of Hurd's and Whiting's fine sta tionery at off Mrs. Kellam's orlce. Box paper, 1 quire paper and pack envelopes, lac. Aldine Box Stationery, the 25c kind, 15c. London Court Tints, the 35c kind, 15c. Royal Satin Paper, 15c lb-. Commercial Note, 20c lb. 10 and 12 lb. Legal Cap at $1.00 and $1.25 ream. All the $1.50 publishers' price popular fiction that we have been selling at 95c will be on sale now at "75 C Here are a few of the titles: Kate Bonnet. Castle Craney Crow. Those Black Dia mond Men. The Gate of the Kiss. Mr. Whitman. Dorothy Vernon. Bylow Hill. To the End of the Trail. Double Barreled De tective Stories. Audrey.- Cardigan... Helmet of Navarre. Old Creole Days. Robert Tourney. Forty Modern Fa bles. God Wills It. Richard Yea and Nay. Lysabeth. Lives of Fortune. A Singular Life. Penlope's Irish Ex periences. A Great Love. Winsome Woman-' hood. Rob Son of Battle. Man's Value to So ciety. Backlog Studies. A Mountain Europe. Sineuy Clover. The Uncalled. Cap and Gown in Prose; 75c and 90c Books Cut io 35c Lucile. Scott's Poems. i Prince of the House Tne Deemster. Guy Mannering.aV Tns Scarlet Letter. Dream Life. We Two. 50c and 60c Books Cut to 25 c Hypatia. By Order of the King. The Egotist. Ide Thoughts of an Idle Fellow. Courtship of Miles Standish. Macauley's Poems. Ten Years Later. Dream Life. Wonder Book. When a Man's sin gle. The Story of the -Other Wise Man. Opening a Chestnut Burr. Miss Lou. He Fell in Love With His Wife. An Original Belle. An Unsuspected Res curer. Success Ward. -.-Born to Serve. Miracle at Markham. His Brother's Keeper. Robert Hardy's Sev en "Days. Coffee and Repartee. The Upper Room. Life of Holman Himer. Life of Watts. Life of Velazauez. Life of Fra Angelica. I iiie ox ueorge Romney DEK16 A RQ:.1AN. State Journal Reporter Pons the Toga for an Evening. See's "Last Days of Pompeii1 v from Behind Scenes. HOW IT IS ALL DONE. Realistic Effect Secured Only bjr Great Labor. Large rowd Sees Second Exhi bition of the Spectacle. Bibles. Were $8.00 now $6.00 Were $4.00 now $2.76 Were $7.00 now $5.00 Were $4.00 now $3.00 Were $5.00 now $3.75 Were $3.50 now .$2.75 Were $6.50 now $4.25 Were $3.25 now $2.25 INDEXED. J $ere ttllnow gig nW Were $1.50 now $1.00 Were $0.50 now $0.30 Were $1.25 now $0.75 Were $0.40 now $0.25 711 Kansas Avenue. ELKINS BILL FAVORED. Railway and Warehouse Com missioners Meet. Chicago, Sept. 17. Ways and means to prevent the railways from discrimi nating in favor of the so-called trusts were discussed at a meeting here of the executive committee of the National Association of State Railway and Warehouse commissioners. The adop tion by congress of the amended Elkins bill was advised. Those present at the meeting were E. P. Bacon, of Milwaukee; C. H. Seypt and E. O. Stannard, of St. Louis; Charles Kennedy, of Buffalo; Wm. R. Corwine, of New York city; William Larrabee, of Clermont, la.; John W. Springer, of Denver; S. H. Cowan, of Fort Worth. Tex.; J. E. Howard, of Wichita, Kas and R. S. Lyon and W. 6. Warren, of Chicago. The members of the committee re ported a general public dissatisfaction at the failure of congress at its last cession to enact legislation giving the interstate commerce commission larger powers to prevent rate discrimination. It was decided to take immediate 8 tens to collect expressions of opinion and bring these expressions to bear on con gress as soon as the session opens. CALLED THE STRIKE. Vice President Wilson Says Northern Pacific Machinists Erred. Butte, Mont. Sept. 17. A special to the Miner from- Livingston says that late Tuesday the strike of the machin ists in the shops of the Northern Pacific railroad was declared off and the men with the exception of eight, have re turned to work. The eight have refused to accept the decision of Vice President Wilson of the International Machinists union, who declared the machinists were in error in walking out. About 200 men were involved. The shops of the Northern Pacific at this point are the largest in the state and were completely tied ua. Mrs. Sargent Again Grand President. Chattanooga. Tenn., Sept. 17. At Tues day's session of the B. of L. F. the report of the special committee was rendered and referred to the convention for further ac tion. The ladies' society re-elected by ac clamation' Mrs. George A. Sargent, the present grand president. K. O. C. and 8. Chartered. Guthrie, Ok., Sept. 17. A territorial charter has been granted to tlae Kan sas, Oklahoma Central and Southwest ern Railroad company with a capital of $11,500,000. The incorporators are Okla homa capitalists. The proposed line will run from Cedar Vale, Kan., southwest "Let the COLO OUST twins do your work,'9 E2 dJJQ T will clean anything- cleanable clothes and dishes, pots and pans, floors and doors in fact, anything from cellar to attic GOLD DUST lightens labor, lessens care. Made only by THE N.K. FA7RBANK COMPANY. Chicaca. N.w York, Boston. StLmasj Makers of OVAL FAIRY SOAP. through Stillwater, Guthrie and El Reno, Ok., to Kirkland, Texas,' and will have two branch lines, one from Still water southeast to Fort Smith. Ark., and the other northwest to Woodward, Ok., on the Texas border. The total distance will be 640 miles. The princi pal place of business will be Stillwater. FREIGHT CREW TO BLAME. Jury Finds Santa Fe Collision Sue to Their Neglect. Denver, Col., Sept. 17. The coroner's jury, after investigating the accident on the Santa Fe railroad at Sturby last Sat urday in which four trainmen lost their lives, has returned a verdict to the effect that the wreck was due to the neglect of uonaunor w imam i-i. jjentner ana rsruKe men D. J. Murphy and Thomas W. Frank lin of the freight train, which ran away and collided with a passenger train Independence Harness Races. Independence, Kan., Sept. 17. A large crowd witnessed the races of the In dependence Driving club at their park. The races were good and the exhibition race of A. W. Shultz's horse Obscota, 2:26, was particularly good. With a running mate, driven by his owner, Ob scota went the half mile in 1:09. The following is the summary: 2:40 trot: half mile heats. April won: Peggy, second; Montgomery Queen, third. Time, 1:29. 2:40 pace: half mile heats. Lucile won; iynamite, second; joe R., third. Time, 1.2a. 2:S0 trot: half mile heats. Captain Berry won; Queen, second Russell, third. Time. 1:25. Bock Island Plans Another Line. Ardmore, I. T.. Sept. 17. Prominent officials of the F-ock Island road here today confirm the report that the line win De Duitt from As her. Ok., to Dallas, Texas. Corporations will be formed, they say, in Oklahoma for this purpose. President Leeds, of the Rock Island, will be at the head of the new branch. The officials also announce that regular passenger service will be begun on the Ardmore. Hartshone branch October L Killed by a PalL Leavenworth. Kan.. Sent. 17. James S. Cole, a painter working on one of the new infantry barracks at Leavenworth fell from a window last evening and re ceived "fatal injuries. He was working on the third story painting the outside wmacw sin. wnen be lost his balance. He was badly crushed in falling and a led two hours afterward. New Price Record. on Cattle. Kansas CTity,. Mo., Sept. 17. Seventeen head -of native steers, averaging 2,666 pounds, 'sold here yesterday at $8.75. which is, the highest price for beef ever receiVed! on this market. Th cattle were sent by C. C Slaughter of Dallas. Texas. They were fed at Council Grove, Kan., and in 20 minutes sained 942 pounas. i i Killed by an Engine. Herlrrgton, Kan.. Sept. 17. Fred Buckley, a boy 9 years of aire, and son of a prominent business man, was in stantly killed here last evening by be ing rum over by a Rock Island freight train. He started to run across ahead of the engine but stumbled and fell. Call for a Bank Report. Washington, Sept. 17. The comp tcollesr of the currency has issued a call for aj report of the condition of national banks .at the close of business Monday. September la. The -second exhibition of "The Last Days of Pompeii" was given before a large crowd last night. To the un initiated an evening behind the scenes of Pain's "Last Days of Pompeii" is aa ever changing' panorama filled with kaleidoscopic scenes and thrilling expe riences. The close proximity to the flrfc, the lightning, dynamite bomb and other explosives and the flying sparks of the eruption of Vesuvius and the destruc tion of the city of Pompeii is startUngly realistic when viewed from a distance of a fcw feet. Through the kindness of George' E. Raymond, the manager of, the big Pompeiian spectacle, a reporter for the State Journal was permitted to partici pate in the performance and see how all the appliances for the big act arc operated. The reporter was guided around back of the "picture," as the scenery of the mimic city is called, by Mr. Raymond and turned over to M. Frank Oakes Rose, the stage manager, Mr. Fiddes Page, assistant stage man ager, -and Mr. James Cunliffe. the su perintendent of the grounds and chief pyrotechnist, who is the master mind in designing and producing all the won derful creations in fire that are shown each evening. Mr. Cunliffe has been with the "Last Days of Pompeii" production during the twenty-one years of its existence, aed the production has been by him Improved from time to time until now everything is-., so systematically ar ranged that the show is operated with the least number of men and conse quently, the least amount of friction possible. "When the show was: first put out," said Mr. Cunliffe. "it reauired several days to. build the "picture and the mountain. With the improvements we have since made it is possible to pre pare tne production in ten or twelve hours." The reporter was taken around be hind the "picture" through a veritable iorest or poles used for the support of the various elevations ot the scenery, to a dressing tent where Roman togas were provided. After getting Into a toga the reporter was shown about the enclosure in the rear of the mimic city. The enclosure in jthe rear is almost as large as the one in front of the "dIc- ture" where the seats for the audience are placed. A big space is divided from the remainder of the enclosure bv ropes. Inside are a dozen strands of wire on which are-hung fifty one-pound dynamite sticks Each dynamite stick is connected witltan electric wire which follows along the ground to' a safe dis tance to a switch board, where an op erator may discharge each load at will at a safe distance from the explosion. Sometimes the explosions breaks the wires for the electrical-current and the remainder of toe, -toads cannot be fired Such was the. case last evening. After a few of the dynamite loads were dis charged the force of the explosion broke a wire that disconnected the en tire set from the switchboard. No one will bo near the loads until after the fireworks display, and as a consequence tne remainder are not discharged. Over in another part or the lot are racks holding,. about a hundred sky rockets. The rockets are laid In the rack only a few inches apart and two, three, four or five are fired at a time. according to the prearranged pro gramme. Quite a distance from this rack of rockets is another rack contain ing a even hundred small rockets that are ail set off at the same instant as a finale. In the rear of the lot are a dozen mortars where the bombs are fired. Nearby are two large chests filled with bombs. Several men are constantly cleaning the mortars and loading them witn new shells while another man stands ready with a lighted fuse to light the shells. In another part of the lot are dozens of pieces of Iron which look a great deal like railroad iron. Into each piece of iron are bored a dozen holes. These holes are filled every day with dynamite powder and filled up with. clay. A fuse it attached to groups of three of these irons. A man sets them off by carrying a lighted fusp and touching the single fuse that leads to each of the three irons. The rejort from the load In each hole in the iron Is estimated to be of twice the volume of the report of a shotgun. The fireworks for the eruption of the mountain are all put In place during the day time. They are discharged auto matically. Upon a large platform built In the rear of the crater of the moun tain are rows and rows of pieces of wood specially prepared to hold the fire works for the eruption. Each row Is arranged with a time fuse so that it is discharged at the proper time. The dynamite bombs are also arranged on the platform with time fuses so that they are discharged at the proper time. It is considered dangerous for a man to remain on the platform during the eruption and it Is accordingly automat ically arranged. The smoke that is seen to continually curl upwards from the crater of the mountain Is furnished from a specially constructed stove that is on the ground underneath the "mountain" with a stove pipe leading to the crater. Along a ledge built the whole distance of ,the "picture" is placed the jowder for- the explosions and the destruction of the buildlnes of the city. Directly behind the first elevation of the "pic ture" is a long basket of wire extending the whole distance in which is stuffed excelsior saturated with kerosene. Fire set to this elves the effect of the burn ing of the buildings. A network of roDes and wires about the rear of the bath bouse, and in the rear of the mountain and- the. aalaces surrounding the bath house, are opera ted by trained men, so that at the pro per time the columns and Dillars of the palaces are seen to crumble and fall. Upon the conclusion of the eruption and the destruction of the city, the devasta tion seems comdete. During the procession of the Roman senators, priests, flower girls, and the ceremonies attendant upon the occasion and at the conclusion of. the perform ance upon the stage, the reporter was guided to a place underneath the moun tain, and in the rear, of the main pal aces. Beginning with the eruption of the mountain. the discharges of dynamite began going off on all sides. Sparks from the fireworks came down in show ers. The rerxwter istooi beside Mr, Cunliffe but when a discharge of dyna mite went off in oho rlace the reporter would dodge' In an -osite direction only to be met by the r.rt of another shot' in that direction, Superintendent Cunliffe stood perfectly quiet surveying tne wnoie grounds at earn sweeping glance to make sure that everything was being carried out in order. To spend an evening "behind" at the production of "The Last Days of Pom pell" is an experience that will leave a lasting impression on a novice. There Is about the whole production a halo of fascination that can hardly be re sisted. The performance and fireworks dis play last evening were better than on the opening night. The wind did not interfere so much in -the firing of the set pieces. Mayor Parker's picture was shown in fire, and a new creation that was not shown on the opening night was a re production of Niagara Fans. The piece was much admired. Strung across a wire about 25 feet above the earth was placed the material that, furnished the fire that fell in a continual stream of white flame and sparks illuminating the whole grounds and making it as bright as day The attendance at the performance last evening was better than on the first evening.- It is estimated that fully 3,000 people- were present last night 'That was twice the number at present at the first performance. The manager of the show feels certain that the crowds will increase-each evening this week. SNAP SHOTS AT H OME N E WS. The government thermometer got up to 81 Tuesday. Rlngllng Brothers' advertising car No. 3 was In town Tuesday. Football weather is on .the way. This morning was a forerunner. 3dm F. Strickrott went to Emporia today to attend the state photographers' I convention. There is another "Cortelyou." He is president of the State Grain Dealers' association. David Atkinson wishes to be divorced from Laura P. Atkinson because she has deserted, him. Weather Observer Jennings is look ing for a messenger to accept a posl- tlon in bis office.. Coach Gill officiated on the Washburn gridiron at practice Tuesday afternoon for the first time. Qulnton Qulnton have asked tor a new trial of the Remington Paper com pany suit against Cyrus Leland, jr. It- has been rumored that Oscar Swayze fires the bombs in the Pompeii show. It is false. He is-not even-a Roman senator. Bailiff John Coyne, of the district court, has nearly disposed of his potato crop. He says he raises nothing but real Irish spuds. D. C. Mayes has been arrested at Fort Scott by Deputy U. S. Marshal F. P. Hollenback on the charge of making counterfeit money. The street railway company is giving service on the West Sixth avenue line for the "Last Days of Pompeii" that cannot be criticised. John MacDonald is one of the latest recruits to bowling. He was a. recruit once before years ago, and bis hand seems to have lost none of its cunning. Miss Florence Pender gast who recent ly resigned at the Reform school be cause she disliked the methods of the management has gone to her home at Abilene. A. M. Hughes, a Santa Fe shopman, received a message Tuesday announc ing the death of a sister in Rosedale, a suburb of Kansas City. The funeral was held from the Santa Fe depot this city this morning at 11:30.- Bertie Welch, an 8-year-old girl,' was run down and killed by a Santa Fe switch engine in the Argentine yards, late Monday afternoon. She was a daughter of Edward Welch, a Santa Be engineer of that point well known in Toneka. Lon Connelly and Arthur Bennett were the guests last night of the largest party that has been given in colored society circles this season. The affair took place at 118 West Eighth street. The music was furnished by Stein berg's orchestra. If it were not for the base drum, the trombone and the clarionet, the band that is playing at the "Last Days of Pompeii" show would hardly be able to furnish any music at alt. The band numbers 30 members but the music sounds like it numbered about five or six. A. F. Wessen says it is a mistake to, suppose that coal dealers make 5 cents a ton on soft coal. He says there Is always a shrinkage of from two to three tons on a car, and tne price tor hauling is 40 and 50 cents a ton, whicn leaves the dealer scarcely 25 cents per ton. Curtis, Calderhead, Bowersock, Stan ley, Long and a few others who would like to succeed Senator Harris at Wash ington, might go to the Keith tract this week and try being a senator for a while. They can don togas in Pain's Pompeii and see how they would like a senatorial iob. A letter was received at the Topeka postofnee yesterday directed to the Rev August Johnson, Kansas, U. S. A. The Rev. Johnson came to America recently and Is occupying the pulpit of the Bap tist church here during the absence of the regular minister. He received his letter promptly. While she was in the yard adjoining her home thieves entered the residence of Mrs. George Brosamer, 235 North Locust, late Monday afternoon and took three rings, one with a diamond set and valued at $35. the others of less worth. a gold watch and a set of silver plated table cutlery. When Mrs. Brosamer re turned to the bouse she discovered the loss. When she went into the yard she left the doors open and remained out side for some time, although not far away. She noticed no one entering or leaving th ehouse. and knew- nothing leaving the house, and knew nothing No clue has yet been established regard ing who was the thief. K. C. Platform Endorsed. Provo. Utah, Sept. 17. The Democrat ic state convention nominated Judge W. H. King, of Salt Lake, for congress Major Richard W. Young, formerly of the supreme bench in the Philippines for justice of the supreme court and adopt ed a platform in which trusts and beet sugar were prominent features. The platform also extends the sympathy of the Democratic party of Utah to Mrs. McKlnley. No mention was made in the platform of either W. J. Bryan or 16 to 1, but the Kansas City platform was endorsed and the cheering which greeted Bryan's name when mentioned by Chairman Powers showed the feel ing of the iiarty toward him. SANTA FE Home Visitors' Excursion. Tickets to certain points In Ohio and Indiana will be on sale Seotember 23 at rate of one fare plus $2.00 for round trip. Thev will be good for thirty days. For particulars apply to local agent. 'the Santa Fe. f4er.' Hutchinson, and re turn, via 'Rock Is land system. Tickets on sale Septem ber 13 to 19. Final return limit, Sep tember 20. ,v Diphtheria sore throat, croup. Instant relief, permanent cure.. Dr. Thomas' Eclectric OIL At any drug store.. 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PinfcTnaig Modlelnw Co., t.ym, Man. w I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 M I J 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 I f EDISON To keep pace with the. times use Arc and Incandescent Electric Lights I To compete with others in your line you should use m electric power Electric Motors for All Uses T Office and Station. a, a 711 vr dutch at Ti 1 1 1 1 let i ntti 1 1 1 1 1 in 1 Fire in Reno County. Hutchinson," Kan..' Sept. 17. The bus iness portion of the town of Abbyvllle, the third in size in Reno county, was destroyed by fire last night. Seven stores were burned to the ground. These were all the town contained, although It had a population of about 500 people. The loss is $40,000. with 110,000 insurance. Civil Service Examinations. Washington, Sept. 17. Civil service examinations will be held for positions of clerk and carriers in the following named postoffices: In-Kansas,- on Oc tober 15, Fort Scott, Lawrence, Newton; on October IS, lola. Parsons, Galena. Abilene, r t-t 1 Colorado last year, was shot over the' right eye by a careless hunter yester day as he was approaching the camp of the party of which the hunter was a member. Goff was with a party, one of whom was Dr. Kyles, of Philadelphia. The latter extracted the bullet but could not say at the time whether the eye was seriously injured or nbt. j President's Guide Shot. Meeker, Coto. Sept. 17. John Goff, the noted guide who piloted President Roosevelt en his famous lion bunt in Bannths Hgvatve sf Tin fend Vw Haw Motts Batt t Tin fen YmKwWs BMiatke A Semths A) Tin Kin Yca HaUlw.'g fc