The Topeka State Journal (Topeka, Kansas)
October 20, 1902
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P ten'paqes." "J J MONDAY EVENING. LAST EDITION. TOPEKA. KANSAS. OCTOBER 20 1902. MONDA if EVENING. TWO CENTS. pnipirno Pflcr-TTfi riBiiPU it Efforts Begun by President Koosevelt Weeks Ago To End the Strike of the An thracite Miners Likely to Culminate in a Vote to Go to Work. 700 DELEGATES MEET. Convention Called to Order by President Nichols. All Felt That They Were Ap proaching Settlement. Address of Pres. Mitchell Urg ing Acceptance of Arbitration. Wilkesbarre, Pa., Oct. 20. About 70C delegates of the United Mine Workers of America from the hard coal mining district of Pennsylvania met in the Nesbltt theater today to act upon the proposal to settle the long strike by arbi tration. The convention was called by President Mitchell, under the rules of the union, to vote on the plan w hich he laid before it and later explained fully In a lengthy address. Previous to the assembling of the con vention there were busy scenes at strike headquarters in the Hart hotel, from where the miners have been directed since the strike was called. Before 8 o'clock the miner delegates, the majority of them having arrived on the early morning trains, began to gather there President Mitchell was the center of in terest, and until he left for the conven tion hall was always surrounded by his lieutenants and others. The final de tails for the meeting were arranged in his cilice this morning. The delegates were in the best of humor as ihey loitered about the hotel lobby. The feeling of the men wa evinced in a brief conversation over- heard when delegates from distant j pom's met. Said one: i judgment and plain common sense b "Well, what do you think of the situa- I each would enable them to work in lion now?" i harmony. While the interests of labor "Oh, we are here to finish it, and I'rrd capital are not by any means iden guess we will." tical they are, nevertheless, reciprocal; Kvery delegate whose opinion was each is dependent upon the other and Bought felt that the convention under our form of government one can would do whatever their national leader not prosper without the other. Abraham advised. There was a general cheerful- l,incoln truly said that 'Capital is the ness in the faces of the men which was reflected in the demeanor of the citizens of this prosperous city, and in which nearly 50.0on of the miners live, and even the fine clear weather seemed to suggest pence and arbitration Among the late arrivals at the con vention hall was National Secretary Treasurer W. B. Wilson, elected to be the secretary of the convention, with the secretaries of three districts and as sistants. He was of the opinion that the convention would end tomorrow and that the men will return to work on Thursday. He said the outlook for ac ceptance was bright, but there were still intimations among the assembling dele gates that there were objections on the, part of some to calling off the strike until positive assurance is had that all th men will get back the positions they occupied before the strike began. Although the time set for the meeting of the convention was 1(1 o'clock the doors of the theater were not thrown open until the clock struck that hour. It did not take the assembled delegates long to fill the place. BEHIND CLOSED DOORS. If precedents are followed, the nrin cipal meetings of the convention will be held behind closed doors. The first prominent miners' officials to enter the hall were Secretary-Treasurer Wilson and District President T. D. Nichols of Scranton. They were greeted with much applause. After a selection bv the or chestra. District President Nichols call ed the convention to order at 10:20 o'clock and ordered that the call for the convention be read. This was done b Mr. Wilson. As is customary in conventions of the mine workers, the district secretaries ftcted rs the committee on credentials. These seerotai ies had already completed their work and when called upon by Chairman Nichols after the convention call had been read, their reports were made. John T. Dnmphsey of District No. 1, repd his report first. He was followed bv Secretaries John Gallagher and (leorge Hnrll.in Th" three reports showed a total of fiW tit-legates. Th' total will probably be in creased lifter all the credentials are re ceived. While these reports wt-re bcin" r restated a report was received that 1'n-s-lent Mitch!! would not come to the hall from strike headquarters until after the convention had permanently organized. It was il:6 o'clock when th reading of the reports was concluded and as the busi ness of the rni.vf ntion ran not ko on until the ccrc.nntue or. credentials maks a final report, a moiion was adonipd in ani,. until 2 p. rc. Before the motion was mit it was Kuggfstod that the legates be entertained by songs. This was adopted and for a brief time the hit; convention was turned into a social meeting "Give three cheers for Mitchell, for the Ftrike that we have won." was :-iing by a V like." be ire delegate, and It swept the conventien with enthusiasm. At 11:42 the convention adjourned till 2 o'clock tliis afternoon. President Mitchell had prepared an address to the convention which was given to the press in advance, with the understanding that it was not to be re leased until delivered. Notwithstanding this agreement, the address was nub lished in an earlv edition of a Buffalo afternoon paper. When this fact was called to Mr. Mitchell's attention he consented to its publication by the As sociated n-ess, aitnough he will not Fpeak until the afternoon session of the convention. The address follows MITCHELL'S ADDRESS. "Gentlemen: In opening this conven tion for the transaction of business I take pleasure in extending warm greet ing and welcome to the accredited reo rcsentatives of the 150,000 men and boys whose heroic struggle for living wages and American conditions of employment has won the admiration o'f the whole civilized world. Language is inadequate to express the sense of pride I feel in you and those you represent. "Tour noble defense of the principles Of unionism endears you to every man and every woman In bur land who works for a livelihood. When the his tory of the struggle of toilers shall be written, its rages will record no event more important, ro principle more ably defended, no battle more bravely fought than the contest which I earnestly horie Is now about to be happily ended. "It is not my purpose to review the progress of the strike or even to enum erate the important events which have now passed into history. -Imprinted in delibly uron the hearts of our people are the memories of sufferinss and hardships which have been and are be ing endured. For five long months the eyes of the nation have been centered upon your actions and it is a pleasure to say that the great heart of the American people throbbed in sympathy with you. It is. of course, a source of dorp regret that the millions of under paid workmen of our great cities should be the rr.ost acute sufferers by reason of this contest between ourselves and our employers. But strange as it may ap pear, hundreds upon hundreds of those who suffered from lack of fuel sent words of commendation and encourage ment to us and in many instances de clared that they would endure any pri vation in order that the miners and their families might secure a sufficient wage to enable tnm to enloy a little happintss and sunshine instead of the gloom and sadness which has been their lot for many years. "The debt of gratitude we owe fellow workers in this and other lands, the debt of gratitude we owe a generous public and a friendly press who have supported and sustained us during this memorable strike, can never be ade quately repaid. "For our opponent we entertain no feeling of malice. While they have maligned our characters, impugned our motives and sought tile victory by methods which we should scorn to use, yet on this day when we have secured an advance of redress, on this day when the realization of our hopes and ambi tions seem near, when the prospect of a brighter and hap;)itr future seems as sured, we should hold cut to them the band of friendship and ask them to join us in providing lor such business rela tions as shall for all time establish peace and tranouiity in the coal fields. "The day is past when great organi zations of capital can maintain the false position when their employes shall be denied the right to organize into com- pact bodies and speak through the or ganizations of which they are mem bers. We recognize the right of capital to consolidate, to federate and to rpeak and act through its organization, but in according these rights and privileges to capital we demand and shall assert the same privilege for those who toil. Be tween the combination of capital on the one hand and the organization of labor on the other should be and need be no irreconciliable conflict; each is a factor in the economic development of our civ iKzation, and the application in business fruit of labor and could not exist if la bor had not first existed; labor, there fore, deserves the first consideration.' That this fund of mental principle will be recognized by the tribunal" selected by the president of the United States 1 have no reason to doubt. "The grave question which you have been called upon to consider today de- mands and must receive your most careful thought. Personally, I should have preferred an adjustment of the difficulties existing in the anthracite field by conference with the anthracite mine owners and without the interven tion of agencies not directly involved, but I recognize the fact that relations between ourselves and the operators have become so strained as to render direct negotiation at this time impossi ble. If the consequences of this strike affected only the irterests of the opera tors and mine workers, there would be less reason for the intervention of a third party; but the .fact that a coal famine was upon the people of eastern and seaboard states and threatened to become a national calamity, justifies the action of the chief executive of our na tion in his earnest effort to bring about an early resumption of mining. "The propc siiion submitted for your consideration may have objectionable fea tures and in its detail may not meet with the unanimous approval of our ptople, but it is immeasurably better as new present ed than when originally offered by the iepreentativcs of the coal corporations. I am firm in my convictions that the prompt acceptance of this proposal will se cure to the anthracite mine workers m.l those dpendi nt upon them in a greater measure of justice than thv could attain by continuing the conflict;I believe that the prompt RCr'ptarce of this prop-rtsRion wl secure to the mine workers a greater de gree nf justice than they have enjoyed in the rast. "The people of our country await with anxious expectarce the result of your lo tion today; the pyei of the nation are cen tered upon you and friends and foes alike demand the submission of isaue-s involved in this strike- to the tribunal nominated by the president of the t"n:t'd Stetes. That there are liscorep.nt elem -nts in this con vention: that there are dissatisfied oner? at home. I am fully aware; but. gentlemen, with all the earnestness of whic'l I am possessed, I uigc that you give vonr ap proval to the action of yo-ir executive of-lieej-s w"ho have recommended acceptance of the proposition that the strike be de clared off and all men are then to return to work in the positions and working places occupied by them prior to the in auguration of the strike and that all oues- tmns at issue he submitted for adjust ment to the tribunal selected by the pres ident of the United States." AFTERNOON SESSION. Wilkesbarre, Oct. 20. The convention was called to order at 2:10 p. m. Mitchell and Wilson were elected per manent chairman and secretary respec tively. President Mitchell reached the thea ter at 2:30 short after his election as president. He was greeted with great cheers. President Mitchell began his opening speech at 2:40 p. m. IIP TO THE MINERS. During the recess an expression on th1? outlook was sousht from Mr. Mitchell. He shook his head and said: "I have nothing to sav at this time. The outlook, in fact the whole situation is n the hands f the delegates. They ordered the strike and they must de cide what course to pursue." While President Mitchell is extremely non-committal in all that he says, there is not the slightest doubt in the minds of these at strike headquarters that he has any f ar that the programme he has in mind will s through. Information coms to trie Associated Press that the riuestion regarding men getting back their positions will not cause the warm debate that was ex pected. It !s said that a resolution will be presented advising that the union take care of all unemployed men until the arbitration committee decides whether the coal companies shall give them back their former positions. Some rf the delegates think the committee will not take ur this feature of the strike. The rumor was revived today that a representative of the operators -would priff?t a Proportion to the men in w-r ich they would grant them a 10 per cent, increase and an eight-hour day. EATON PAYS IT. Hires Theatrical Company to Get Crowd for Unit on. Kansas Senator Wrill Speak From the Stage. PLAY WILL FOLLOW. First Planned to Have Him Speak Hetween Acts. Items of Interest About Kansas Politicians, The friends of Senator Burton over at Atchison do not propose that Atchison shall give him a frost by his not having a crowd out to hear him speak there to morrow evening. In order to insure a full house at the Burton meeting, a free show will be given in the opera house and Senator Burton will speak preceding- the show. Captain John Seaton. who owns the opera house, will pay the company out of his own pocket. Tliis will serve a double purpose. It will not only get out a crowd for Sena tor Burton, but it may help Captain Seaton in the legislative race. Bailie Waggener. Seaton's opponent, has been giving free excursions and picnics and such things, and Seaton had to do some thing to offset it. So he will give a free show and Senator Burton will make a speech at it. The play will be "A Devil's Lane," which will be in Topeka Thursday night. At first it was proposed to have Senator Burton speak between acts, but this lookod too much like a vaudeville specialty. It would not do to have the show first and the speech afterwards, because the crowd would leave as soon as the play is over, so it has been de cided that Senator Burton shall make his speech first and the show will be given after the speech Speaking of Senator Burton, the New Yoi k Sun publishes the following editor ial concerning the junior Kansas sena tor: "Senator Joseph Ralph Burton is back from Hawaii with a tall story about missionary rapacity in the islands. "The Hawaiians," says the senator, "have been robbed by missionaries from Bos ton and elsewhere, who, in exchange for tliciv lands, gave them certificates that they would go to heaven when they died. This throws into the shade Peter Mlnuit's purchase of Manhattan island from the Indians for trinkets worth $24. Peter drove a hard bargain, which, as present values pier front foot on Wall street and Fifth avenue go, has the look of a confidence game: but he was a liberal soul compared with the mis sionaries who, for a tract of land, have given the Hawaiims a deed to a lot in heaven that is, if Senator Burton's Mory Is true. As the senator has a rath er fantastic imagination and a hair trigger vocabulary, we must take leave to be sceptical until he proeluces the evidence. The Bosttn missionaries have had their black sheep and their per formance may not always fit their pro fessions, but in purity of purpose and actual accomplishment they have noth ing to fear from any comparison made with the. disinterested public services of Senator Burton. In bringing this re markable charge against the mission aries he will stir up a hornets' nest in ISoston and will find that a defense of his attituele toward Cuban reciprocity, which got him into so much trouble with his constituents, is a pleasant re creation compared with making his peace with the missionaries and their friends in Kansas. "The senator is carried away with enthusiasm for his Hawaiian friends, which may account for his fervid belief in the story ot the celestial certificates. 'One noble Hawaiian,' says Mr. Burton,' 'even in his unimproved condition, is worth forty spider-legged Cubans.' We doubt the impartiality of the senator's judgment. He has a grievance against the Cubans, whicn grew out or nis in genious opposition to reciprocity. The intemperateness of this dictum makes the missionary story look more dubious than ever." Some time ago the fusion state com mittees challenged the Republican com mittee for a joint debate on the proposed tax bill between A. M. Harvey and Sen ator F. Dumont Smith. The Repub licans turned the challens? down on the ground tl?at they did not want to fur nish a crowd for the fusionists and that the tfx bill is not an issue anyway. It seems that it has become a party issue in some of the short grass counties, however, for the Republican county committee of Edwards county has chal lenged tho fusionists of that county to bring forward any orator they have to debate the bill with Senator Smith. As Smith drew up the bill he knows more about it than anybody else, and the local fusionists of Edwards county have no one who can cope with him, so they have passed the matter up to the state committee, and are trying to get Har vey out there to meet Smith. So Smith and Harvey may debate the tax bill after all. Notwithstanding the fight that Is be ing made on C. H. Luling because of hin habit of inebriation which breaks out at times, Mr. Luiing seems to have good support in his home town. Wich ita. An old soldiers' club down there has noshed the following resolution to aid Lulins: "Resolved. That in Charles H. Luiing, now the nominee on the Republican ticket for superintendent of insurance, they have now and always have had a trusted and true friend. As a council man, as representative in the legislature, and as a private citizen, he has always Few of the delegates take any stock in the stori'. A leading delegate said after the noon aeijemrnment that votins on the arbitra tion proposition probably would not be gin until tomorrow forencoi-. anel that the session this afternoon would be de voted to speeches. He saw no reason at all to think that the convention would not vote to accent the arbitration plm and declare the strike off but he thought that the definite news in the form of the final vote on the proposition might not be made until tomorrow afternoon. So confident were the other miners after the morning session that the con vention would accent the arbitration plan that they hean to talk about the first visdt and work cf the commission at Wilkesbarre. The findings of the commission, it was evident from the talk of the delegates, were exnected t form a standard or sort of high court decision which would make easy th adjustment of future differences be tween the coal operators and the miners and bring about closer relations between employer and employe. favored the old soldiers. It was through his personal efforts and patient! persist ent energy that the law giving prefer ence to old soldiers fur appointive places was passed at the last session ot the legislature. In the city council his vote is always recorded in favor of the old soldier. We take pleasure in pledging ourselves to hi3 unanimous support to the office to which he aspires, for which he is eminently and especially qualified. And we ask our comrades throughout the state to join us in our support of Mr. Luling." Part of the Kansas contingent In Washington will come home before elec tion to assist in the campaign. Thomas Ryan, assistant secretary of the inter ior, and Fourth Assistant Postmaster General J. L. Bristow are already on their way home and will probably enter into the campaign. A Washington dis patch states that Pension Commissioner Ware will also come home before elec tion and also a number of minor offi cials. J. M. Lewis, of Kinsley, fusion candi date for state auditor, is in Toneka to day getting material with which to print the official ballots in his countv. "There has been a wonderful change in the sentiment of the voters in the last two months." he said today. "Crad dock's taxation argument appeals pow erfully to the people and he is rapidly gaining strength. That the Republicans are getting worried over the situation in the close legislative districts in the western part of the state is shown by the fact that they are sending so many of their best speakers out there." Captain John Seaton is bringing forward his work in establishing the state binding twine plant to help him in his legislative race. The twine plant would never have been established had it not been for Sea ton. It has undoubtedly been a great help to the state, and' if he were running in a county in the wheat belt instead of in the Atchison city district the twine plant argument would, be a great help to him. Carbondalo, Oct. 20.-The Republicans of Carbondale and vicinity held a big rally in a circus tent htre1 Saturday evening. A good sized audience' assembled and lis tened to speeches by Congressman J. M. Miller and J. S. Pringle, the Republican candielate for representative from the Thirty-sixth district. -Mr. Pringle opened the meeting with a brief address, taking for his theme state issues,while Mr. Miller took up and discussed some of the more tmportant questions involved iirvoliUcs of a national character. Eoth addresses were well received arid drew forth frequent ap plause. The Knights o Pythias band sup- i plied music for the occasion. I Clay Center. Kan., Oct. 20. W. H. Crad- dock, F. 31. Pearl, W. S. Glass and An- drew Shearer addressed the elc ctors of Clay county in the opqra house here Sat I tird'iy. Craddock and' Shearer were the j speakers in the afterooou, and in the evening Glass and Pearl, though Craddock and Shearer also spoke for a few minutes. Craddock and Pearl discussed the ques tion of the taxation of corporate utilities. Shearer the tariff and trusts, criticising CaldcrheaU. while W. S. Glass gave a non partisan talk. The Republican state central commit tee has received further returns from its poll of the state. The poll has now in cluded 7S counties a.J estimates have been received from all but three of tht balance. On the strength of this poll the Republicans are claiming between 80 and SO members of the house in the next legislature. The poll in the TS counties shows a falling off for the fu sionists Mther than a decided gain for the Republicans. It counts over 5,000 votes as "doubtful," but that still leaves over 6,000 not accounted for. The figures as given by the poll and the vote in the same counties for 1300 are as follows: 1000. 1902. Republican 122.478 123,024 Fusionists 105,263 92,766 Socialists 348 606 Prohibition 1,243 1.337 Doubtful 5.13S The fusionists have made no poll ex cept to find out the voters who might be influenced by campaign literature, but' they are claiming that they will elect their entire state ticket, 82 mem bers of the lower house in the legisla ture, and all but one congressman. The latter claim, however, is largely "hot air," although they are confident of carrying three congressional districts and possibly four. IVjAYTE MURDER. A.Smith,Ex-Santa Fe Engineer, Smashes T. Meagher's Skull. Tom Meagher, a track layer. Is in Christ hospital with a fractured skull, and Andrew Smith, a former Santa Fe engineer, is in the city jail with the charge of assault with intent to kill against Mm. as the result of a fight in Smith's house which occurred at 5:30 Saturday evening. Smith alleges that he came home at that time and found Meagher in a com promising position with his wife, and that after beating the man with his fists he secured a stove poker and fin ished the job with that weapon. Meagher has recently returned from New Mexico, where he has been work ing on a Rock Island construction gang. He arrived here last Thursday, and after borrowing three dollars from a friend went ovt to look for work. Sat urday nirrht he went into Dick John son's restaurant, between Fourth and Fifth streets on Kansas avenue, drunk, and suffering from a severe beating. His head was covered with blood, but his ccmelition was not considered seri ous. The proprietor of the house noti fied the police, and Chief Donovan called at the restaurant and tried to get Meagher to tell who struck him Meagher was botn dazed and drunk. and could make no intelligible reply This morning the police were told that the man was in convulsions, and Chief Donovan and Detectives Pa vey, Goff and Lucas began to loo'.t up the case. t Just before noon they unraveled the story and arrested Smith, who confessed to having assaulted Meagher, and ex plained the circumstances. Meanwhile Meagher had been removed to Christ hospital, where he was examined by the physicians, who pronounced his condi tion serious and said that he was suffer ing from a fracture of the skull. He had several convulsions after reaching the hospital, but recovered sufficiently to forbid, an operation until the arrival of his sister, who lives in Leaveworth She is expected to arrive tonight, and an operation will probably be performed tomorrow morning. Smith, the man who committed the assault, told the officers that he came home and detected Meagher, who was a stranger to him. in the act of em bracing his Wife. Mrs. Smith denies the statement, and says that Meagher was only sitting in the rexim talking to her. The physicians at Christ hospital noti fled the police about noon that Meagher would probably die from the effect of his injuries. BRITISHJEVERSE. Col. Swayne's Force Retreats Before the Mad Mullah Like Kitchener and the Others, He Regrets to State. HIS LOSS IS HEAVY. Fifty Killed and 100 Wounded Including Officers. Government Plans to Send Out Strong Re-enforcements. London. Oct. 20. The foreign office has issued an undated dispatch from Colonel Swayne, commanding one of the columns of the British forces operating against the Mad Mullah in Somaliland. The dispatch was forwarded through trie British vice consul at Berbera. So maliland. The British forces engaged were composed entirely of native troops and levies. Colonel Swayne, says: My force reached Erego this morn ing. When about one day's march north of Mudug, it was attacked in the thick bush. Two advances were made and the enemy was beaten back in the morning. Their losses were heavy and we captured 100 rifles. Our force then proceeded to collect animals for trans portation Burposes and to join the de- tacnment at the stockade camp. In the afternoon a reconnaissance was made, and after sharp fighting, the enemy were again driven oft. I deeply regret to report the follow ing casualties: 'Colonel Phillips and Captain Angus and 50 men killed and about 100 wound ed. The latter include Captain Howard and Lieutenant Everett, but both are doing well. There were severe losses among the transport and riding camels. The force will reach the stockade camp tomorrow ana will advance to attack the enemy." The vice consul also telegraphs the substance of a later disDatch from Col. Swayne, who says that, as a result of the fighting at Erego, October 6, which was very severe, the Somali levies are considerably shaken. The mullah, who is said to be In communication with Kail and Inger. in the direction of the Webbe river, is bringing up reinforce ments from all sides. Colonel Swayne is much hampered owing to the necessity of transporting the wound ed and water. He is retiring on Bohotle. He asks that 600 further reliable troops be dispatched from Berbera forthwith. The severe reverse In Somaliland places the small British force there, of about 3,000 men of doubtful reliability, In an exceed ingly perilous situation. Since the beginn;ng of Colonel Swayne's fecond campaign against the mullah last May little has been heard of the expedi tion. The present dispatches seem to show that he was retreating from the Italian frontier northward' when the mullah attacked him -w) EreswLast De cember the mullah was reported to have about 12,000 men, mostly mounted, a large percentage of whom were armed with rifles; it is possible that he now com mands about 15,000 men. With this large force harassing him. Colonel Swayne has to retreat to Bohotle, 150 miles, and prob ably still 100 miles further, to Burao, the principal British frontier post. This march must be made under a scorching sun and over an arid and roadless desert, even if the retreat is suecessful. The gravest anxiety will be felt until further news is received. The entire expedition will have to be repeated on a much larger scale. Colonel Swayne is accompanied by over twenty white officers, and has with him some Maxim guns and some seven-pound ers. The mullah's success will set the whole Ogaden and Bolahanta country aflame. Trade returns at Berbera and Bulhar have shown an enormous decrease since the op eration of the mullah cut off access to the rich markets of Ogaden and Bolba- nsnia. It was announced by Lord Lansdowne foreign secretary, in parliament last sum- mer, that the Italians were co-operating with Colonel Swayne, but, as the dispatch made public today does not mention Ital ian help, it is supposed that some local difficulty was found in arranging for the co-operation. London, Oct. 20. The British govern ment is considering the expediency of dispatching Indian troops to Somaliland to deal with the mad Mullah. The British vice consul at Berbera. Somaliland, in cabling to the foreign office here the substance of the later dispatch which he received from Col. Swayne, commander of the British force operating against the mad Mullah, re ferred to the Mullah being in communi cation with "Kail Inger." in the direc tion of the Webbe river. He apparently meant "Karl Inger," the former officer of the Austrian Hungarian army, who has several times been mentioned in connection with the Mullah's move ments in Somaliland. Inger is also said to have caused the British authorities trouble in the Soudan some years ago. Gen. Manning started from London for Somaliland some days ago, and will hasten the direction of reinforcements from Berbera. WEATHER IS MILD. Maximum Temperature Sunday Was 72 Degrees. The government forecast sent out to day was: "Generally fair tonight and Tuesday. Sunday the maximum temperature was 72 and the minimum temperature was 47. The wind today has been south blowing six miles an hour. The hourly temperatures recorded by the govern ment thermometer were as follows: 7 o'clock 46 11 o'clock 70 8 o'clock 48 I 12 o'clock 72 9 o'clock 55 1 o'clock 73 10 o'clock 63 j 2 o'clock 7 HEARST CAMPAIGN BOOMING Three Sets of Headquarters, Double Band and Fireworks. New Tork, Oct. 20. Wm. R. Hearst Tammany candidate for congress in the Eleventh district, is going to have a mass meeting of his own at Madison Square Garden the night of October 27. It is announced that the speakers wilt include former Vice President Adlai 13. Stevenson, Chairman James K. Jones of the Democratic national committee, and Chairman James M. Griggs of the Democratic congress campaign com mittee. Senator Gorman of Maryland, Senator Morgan of Alabama, Senator Hill, Mr. Coler, and Mr. Bulger are listed with those who have promised to attend. Mayor Schmitz of San Francisco, who is coming to New York to stump the Eleventh district for Mr. Hearst, will also talk at the meeting. Two banels have been engaged ana fireworks will be burned in Madison Square. For the making of plans for this gathering Mr. Hearst took two par lors in the Hoffman house. He has now three sets of campaign offices. MS. KREBS PAROLED. Junction City Woman Murderer Ordered Released. Nearly four years ago a woman named Mrs. Lizzie Craig was murdered on a farm seven miles north of Junction City. She was living at the time with John Krebs, whose wife.Mrs. Theresa A. Krebs, had been in Junction City several months receiving medical treatment, but who was at the farm at the time of the murder. Mrs. Krebs was arrested for the murder, convicted and sent to the penitentiary. To day Governor Stanley paroled her. The Krebs murder aroused public in terest nearly as much as did the Jessie Morrison case later in El Dorado. Public sentiment was largely divided at the time. and Mrs. Krebs was convicted on circum stantial evidence after the jury had been out for twelve hours. Many people never believed she committed the crime. Sl was a sickly woman, weighing less than 100 pounds, while the murdered woman was healthy and strong and much superior physically to Mrs. Krebs. Mrs. Krebs had been sent to Junction City by her husband in the spring of 1838 and during her absence he secured Mrs. Craig to keep house for him. The following December Mrs. Krebs spent a night at home and the next day accused Mrs. Craig of ruining her home and of improper relations with her husband. Krebs himself testified that the two wo men quarreled and he left them to work in a field. Wrhen he returned he found Mrs. Craig sitting in a chair with her throat cut. The deed had been committed with a big butcher knife. Mrs. Krebs had left, but she was arrested for the crime. convicted of murder in the second degre and sentenced to ten years In the peniten tiary. Mrs. Krebs has now served three and a half years of her term. A number of peo ple have interested themselves in her be half in trying to secure a parole for her. She has no relatives except two sons who are at work in another state. Her hus band's father, Michael Krebs, has always believed in her absolute innocence and he has written Governor Stanley in her be half. He has been rapidly failing of late and has arranged that part of his prop erty shall go to Mrs. Krebs In such a shape that her husband cartnot. molest her. He has also persuaded his son, John Krebs. to deed the family homestead to Mrs. Krebs, and she will return to Geary county and spend the remainder of her days. A petition signed by several hundred Geary county people was sent gover nor asking her pardon, and both County Attorney Roark and Judge O. L. Moore. who convicted her, advise her parole. SEES FEW CALLERS. President Will Dispense" With Formal Cabinet Meetings. Washington, Oct. 20. While President Roosevelt is progressing satisfactorily toward complete recovery, he is receiving few callers except his cabinet advisers and those having important official busi ness to transact. It is likely that on account of the limit ed quarters in the temporary White House, formal meetings of the cabinet will not be rescumed until the president shall have returned to the remodeled White House. That will not be, probably, before the middle of November. The Japanese minister, Mr. Takahira, called at the White House today and pre sented to President Roosevelt the Count and Countess Inouye, who are en route to Japan. Count Inouye is the Japanese minister to Germany. FLYER WRECKED. "Twentieth Century" Runs Into an Open Switeh. Columbus, O., Oct. 20. Bib Four pas senger train, known as the Twentieth Century Flyer, ran into an open switch 14 miles north of Columbus today, and all cars except the two rear ones left the track. The injured, so far as re ported: Engineer Ryder, of Cleveland: leg broken, head badly cut. Conductor Jerry Lahiff. Cleveland: slightly bruised. Baggagemaster Jerry Hayes. Cleve land; head cut. Mrs. Mary Myers. Wellington. O.: slightly cut. B0WERS0CK IS HERE. Second District Congressman Conferr ing With Campaign Committee. Congressman Bowersock is up from Lawrence today, accompanied by his manager, George J. Barker. Tliey are conferring with the state committee re garding speakers for the Second district campaign. Dr. R. G. Mendenhall, Republican can didate for the legislature in Linn county, is also here on a similar errand. He is instructed for Bowersock for United States senator. He was in the legislature four years ago, but in 1900 was defeated by 29 majority. He says he will be elected this time, if the Republicans in Linn county do not set too confident. Some of them think the county will go Republican by 300 majority. DR. HAMME IS NAMED. Chase County Physician on Medical Examination Board. Dr. J. M. Hamme. of Cottonwood Falls, was today appointed by Governor Stanley as a member of the state board of medical examination and registration. He succeeds Prof. S. W. Williston. of the state university, who leaves the state. Dr. Hamme is chairman of the Repub lican county central committee in Chase count!'. Weather Indications. Chicago, Oct. 20. Forecast for Kan sas: Generally fair tonight and Tues day; southerly winds. Temperatures of Large Cities. Chicago, Oct. 20. 7 a. m. tempera tures: New York, 58: Boston, 62; Phila delphia, 62; Washington, 62; Chicago, -IS; Minneapolis, 42; Cincinnati, 50; St. Louis, 52. JIulYOU.lGER i( ILLS JHbi SELF, Noted Outlaw Commits Suicide in His Room. Fired a Shot Into His Head From a Revolver. DUE TO DESPONDENCY. Failure to Obtain Full Pardon Added to 111 Health. Left Messages Written on Out side of Envelope. Incidents in the Career of a Re markable Highwayman. St. Paul. Minn., Oct. SO. James Younger, formerly a member of the no torious James band of outlaws which infested the western country a Quarter of a century ago, committed suicide Sunday by shooting. He left a letter to the press In which he gives as a reason for his act despondency over continued ill health and separation from his friends. The Late "Jim" Tounser. The suicide is supposed to have oc curred about 8 o'clock In the morning. Younger occupied a room in a down town block: and when he did not make his appearance-- as usual search was made for him. About 5 o'clock In the afternoon the door of his room was broken in and his dead body found, stretched on the floor beside the bed, a revolver clutched In his right hand. He had shot himself through the head and evidently been dead for several hours. ,5 Younger" since hl3 parole from the- state penitentiary in July of last year had led an., exemplary life. His first employment was as traveling agent-. for ,t a tombstone dealer, and on one of the trips he made about the state he was quite seriously hurt by a fall from a wagon. Old wounds he had received earlier in life also gave him much trouble and, although he soon obtained lighter employment, ms health was ex tremely precarious, and this caused him much worriment. He was 64 years of ace. On a bureau In the room was a long manila envelone, on one side of which was written: "To all that Is good and true I love and bid farewell. JIM YOUNGER." On the other side of the envelope were these words 'Oh, lassie, good-bye. 'AH relatives, just stay away from me. No crocodile tears wanted. 'Reporters: Be my friends. Burn me up. JIM YOUNGER." The envelope contained a package or letters that had passed between Young er and Miss Alice Miller, with whom he Is said to have been much in love. The lady, who is prominently connected. is said to have reciprocated his affec tion, and it was reported at one time that they were to be married. The lady relatives raised strenuous objections to the wedding, and a further obstacle was the fact that it was pointed out that a paroled prisoner could not legally con tract a marriage, rne couple determined to disregard the objections of relative!, and an effort was made to overcome the other obstacle to their marriage by se- (Continued on Third Page.) HILLS' STORE NEWS. FOR StrictBy up-to-date Wool Dress Goods No lady can afford to. pass us by, for we are showing the very latest in both Col ored and Black that the Eastern market affords. Our purchases for the AUTUMN OF 1902 have been much heavier than ever beforehand consequently the variety of weaves and shadings is larger. Prices satisfactory to purchaser. We are showing in Zibi lines at 8qc some beautiful new copies of Foreign Goods also Scotch Tweeds and Checks in wide goods at a reasonable pricing. We will be pleased ta show our goods.' THE.: MILLS'-CO. Dry Goods, Carpets, Millinery
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2 TOPEKA STATE JOUKNAIi, MOISTI) AY EVENING. OCTOBER 20, 1902. SPORTIMEWS. Del Toro Is a Young Trotter of Excellent Promise. Showing of a Two-Year-OM in a Stake Race. ABOUT HIS BREEDING. Big Football Teams Win the Saturday Games. Harvard Meets a Surprise in "West Point's Eleven. Chicago, Oct. 0. The Tribune says: One of the most sensational performers at the recent Lexington meeting was the 1-year-old filly. Katherine A., who in a take for trotters cf her age stepped the first mile in 2:11. boing taken bac k some in the last sixteenth, and then came back in iilSVi, the entire performance being the best in a race for her age. Among the starters in this race was a colt called Del Toro. He hailed from Cleveland, Ohio, and horsemen from that city knew while, perhaps, he did not possess the extreme llight of speed claimed for some c-C the other starters, he was- nevertheless a young trotter o the highest possibilities. In his" prelim inary work for the Lexiusnon race Del Toro had eone-a rhile in 2:18, that be ing his best performance. liut he-did this with great ease, trotting the last naif of the journey in 1:07, and at the finish cf the mile he was not all out. In the first heat at Lexington. Del Toro was obliged to go away from the wire on the extreme outside, and while Kath erine A. was trotting in 2:14 and dis tancing all but Hilgar and Del Toro, the Cleveland colt was coing steady as a clock in the rear of the Hying filly, Ben ven aiming only to have him go the whole mile on p. trot and make a re spectable showing. He finished an easy third, which gave him a good position from which to so away in the second heat. Again, Katherine A. went off with the track. This time the mile was 2:12, but at the finish Del Toro wa; right at the filly, his time, olfjeial, being 2:HV4. This was remarkable trotting for a 2-year-old under any circumstances, but when it is considered that Del Toro had been brought along with great care, the pla,n of training being to fit him for a good race rather than to see to the last ounce how much s-.;od he had, it is nothing short of wonderful, and the wav In which he did what was asked cf him trotting every step of the mile like an old campaigner, impressed observant horsemen with the belief that he is the making ot a sensational trotter when he ehall have reached maturity. C. P. Emery of Cleveland, who bred Del Toro, save me some interesting facts about the colt's breeding. He was sired by Patron, a stallion Mr. Emery owned from the time the horse was 2 years old when he died. Under his ownership Patron acquired a mark of 2:14V. and held the record for 5 year old stallions in a race. Among other enterprises Mr. Emery had on hand several years ago was a big sale barn in Cleveland, and at the first Fasig Emery sale there was consigned by John E. Madden, who is now famous as a train er of thoroughbreds, a mare called Jeanne. She was by Kentucky Prince and her dam was the Electioneer mare Suisun, 2:1SU. who has also produced Athway, whose record equals her own. Mr. Emery bought Jeanne for $6,CX) not because he was par ticularly anxious to secure the mare but because of an incident which made it Eeem to him advisable to take the mare at that price rather than have any criticism passed on the sale. At thr-t time Jeanne had been bred to Axtell, but proved to be nnt in foal, and her first produce was Ortrude by Alcazar, son of Sultan. This colt had his back broken and died. Then the mare was bred regularly to Patron, and the result has been a family of trotters which i.s truly remarkable for speed. Here is the list of Jeanne's foals: Ortrude 33 Patina 1' .Miss Delia Fox 1S!5 Cretonpes 1SPB Bernalda Merlo 18!'S Elandi 3S! Cissv Loftus 100 Del Toro JWl Cretona With Ortrude removed by death tha family of Jeanne consists of nine foa's, every one but Del Toro being a filly, mid all but Cissy Loftus are by Patron. Miss Delia Fox has a record of 2:10;. Cre tonnes' mark is 2:131i. and she can beat It a lot. Bernalda made a record of 2:n'i, end was sold before her speed was fully developed. Del Toro trotttd the Lexing ton track in 2:ltiU In the second heat of the best 2 year old race in the books. All the filly foals of Jeanne, except P.ernalda, whom a bid of $fi.000 took from the farm, are etill owned by Mr. Emery. Victory for McChesney. Chicago. Oct. 20. McChesney, Caliban end Lucien Appleby, all three coupled as the Dumell Herz entry, finished one, two, three as named in the Colum bia handicap Saturday at Worth. Mc Chesney simply played with his stable -i v -1'.: xt.v 'v-r .v w i text" companions, covering the mile- and a quarter in 2:05 3-5, against the former track record of 2:07 2-5. Such a. demon stration as was accorded McChesney after his easy victory has probably never been equaled on a Chicago race course outside of an American Derby. This is probably the first case on rec ord in the west where a three horse en try finished one, two, three. McChes ney's performance was a brilliant one, as he had 125 pounds up, and was giv ing away pounds to everything else be hind him. Besides he was badly inter fered with down the back stretch, forc ing Buchanan to take him up. The colt stopped so quickly many thought an accident had occurred, but when Mc Chesney was given his head again he went by his field as though they were tied. Harvard 14; West Point 6. West Point, N. Y., Oct. 20. Five thou sand spectators saw the military acad emy football team score against the strong Harvard eleven in a fiercely con tested battle here Saturday. The game was an exciting one from start to finish, resulting in a score of 14 to 6 in favor cf Harvard. Early in the first half Har vard succeeded in advancing the ball within 20 yards of "West Point's goal line, from which they made steady gains until Jones was forced over for a touch down, P.arnard kicking an easy goal. The ball did not leave Harvard's pos session from the beginning of the game until they scored. In the next forma tion West Point kicked well up in the ?wf- it? v ::.v ".L' HARVARD'S CENTER IN PRACTICE PLAY. field and Mills ran it back until he w-as beautifully tackled by Farnsworth. West Point then got the ball and carried it forward to within 20 yards of Harvard's goal line. Here Harvard was penalized for offside? play, and Farnsvrth retired from the- field, charged with slugging, but soon returned awi-resumed his po sition. West Point then made good gains and gradually advanced to the goal line until Tormey was forced over for a touchdown and kicked an easy goal. When time was called for the first half the tail was in the center of the field. Score: Harvard, 6; West Point, 6. Nebraska 6; Minnesota 0. Minneapolis, Minn., Oct. 20. The Uni versity of Nebraska defeated Minnesota at football Saturday by the score of 6 to 0. Minnesota was clearly out;tluyed and completely outclassed as to general team work. In the first half the Ne braska ends had little trouble in break ing through and bloc-king three of Min nesota's kicks. Minnesota outpunted the visitors in this half, but did not gain enough to make any material difference. Nebraska was penalized several times in the first half. In the second half Ne braska began playing the Princeton tandem, which Minnesota was unable to break up. Nebraska made steady gains by this method, but insisted in trying place kicks from the 40 and 45 yard lines. Four attempts were made, hut Penediet could not get the ball be tween the goal posts. About five min utes before the end of ths second half Nebraska made a 25 yard run and then made steady gains until the ball was on Minnesota's three yard line. The ball was then taken by Bender around Min nesota's right end for a touchdown. Princeton 23; "W. and J 5. Princeton, N. J.. Oct. '0. Princeton's Jefferson her, 23 to 5. Hard, straight away loouian craracterizea the game throughout. Washington and Jefferson's line was unable to withstand the heavy pounding of Princeton's backs, although several times at critical periods they hcld for downs.' Four times her line held the Princetons, once on the ten yard line, twice on the fifteen and once on the twenty yard line. Both Prince ton's defense and team wm-w shnw.ifi improvement. Time of halves. 0:25. Football at Ottawa. Ottawa, Kas., Oct. 20. Football en thusiasts are expecting a great game here today between the Medics and Ot tawa university. The result of the Kan sas university-Medic game has rather brightened up Ottawa's chances. The INK CURED BY White Ribbon Remedy No taste, no odor. Can be given In Gla3s of Water, Tea or Coffee Without Patient's Knowledge. White Ribbon Remedv will cure or de stroy the diseased appetite for alcoholic stimulants, whether the patient Is a con firmed inebriate, "a tippler," s.cial drinker or drunkard. Impossible for anyone to have f.n appetite foi mconolic liquors af ter using White Ribbon Remedy. En dorsed by members of VV". C. T. U. Mrs. Moore, press suDermtendent of the Woman's Christian Temperance union, Venturi, California. writes- f have tested White Riboon Remedy on very obstinate drunkards and the cures have been many. In many cases the remedy was given sccretlv. i cheer fully recommend and indorse White Rib bon Remedy. Members of our union are dcliehttd to find an economical treat ment to aici us in our temperance work." Druggists or by mail, $1. Trial package free by writing Mrs. A. M. TowTisend (for years secretary of a Woman s ;hrlstl?n Temperance Union) 218 Tremont 8tree., Boston. Mass. Sold In Topeka by m. Weight man, Druggist 833 Kansas Ava. local team has been working hard and will put up its best game with the Medic. i Yale's Hard right. V New Hven. Conn., Oct. 20 Yale defeat ed the Pennsylvania state college eleven at football by the score of 11 to 0. The game was the hardest that Yale has been called upon to play bo far this season. Other Football Results. At Kirksville Keokuk Medics, 0; Kirks ville Osteopaths, 29. At Lawrence K. C. Medics, 0; Kansas university. 13 At Annapolis Tehigh, 5:Xaval Cadets, 5.. At Chicago Northwestern, 0; Chicago university, 12. At Minneapolis Nebraska, 6; Minneso ta, a At El Dorado Eureka. 0: El Dorado, 0. At. St. Louis Washington, 33; Rose Polytech. 0. At Emporia Kairmount, 0: Normals, 12. At Kansas Citv Leavenworth H. S., 12; Westport H. S., 0. At. St. Joseph Marysville, 0: St. Joseph H. S-. o. At St. Marys Ensworth Medics, 0; St. Marys, 6. At Guthrie Oklahoma City, 5; Guthrie, 0. At Boonvllle Kemper Military echool 39; Columbia H. S.. 0. At Milwaukee Wisconsin. S2: Beloit. 8. At Champaign Illinois, 2H; P.irdue. 5. At Joplin Pittsburg. 0; Joplth H. S.. 6. At Kansas City Haskell, University of M:Foi?ri. 0. At Washington, D. C Georgetown, 23; Virginia Military institute. 11. At Washington. D. C Franklin and Marshall, 30; Columbian, 0. y At Columbus, O. Ohio State university, 34; Marietta. 0. At Cedar Rapids, la. Iowa Normal, 12; Cornell. 11. At Pittsburg, Pa. Pittsburg, 23; Buck nell. 0. At Cincinnfcti University of Cincinnati. 6; University cf Indianapolis, 0. St. Ames. la. Iowa Agricultural college, 23; Grir.nc-11. 0. At Elooir.ington, Ind. Indiana universi ty, 16; Depauw, 5. At San Antonio. Tex. University of Lou isville, 4: University of Texas. 0. At Birmingham. Ala. Auburn, 23; Uni versity of Alabama. 0. At Charlotte, N. C University of Norih Carolina, Li Davidson college, 0. At San Francisco University of Califor nia freshmtn. 1"S: Leland Stanford, jr., uni versitv freshmen. 0. At Forgo North Dakota Agricultural colltgf, 2; Carhton. 0. M'GOVERN'S TALK ON FIGHTERS He Says That Tommy Ryan Is a Fine Example of the Model Pugilist. New York. Oct. 30. In the following in terview Terry McGovern gives his Impres sions anel estimates of the topnotch fight ers. It is inteiesting, as it shows one fighter's measure of the knights of the gloves: "To begin with," said McGovern, "I thinks that Fitzsiiions is one of the greatest lighters in the world. He is my ideal of a lighter. He is an old man, but at that I eion't think there is a man in the. world who has a chance with him in a six round bout. That, I think, is his limit. "I believe he could come pretty near beating Jeffries if he went in to do the trick in six rounds. That would be his only chance with the big fellow. "As for Je-ft'ries. to be candid, it ap pears to me that he is in a class by him self. His strength and weight axe too much for the present heavies. "Sharkey came very near being a great fighter. As for gameness and w illingness, Sharkey has no superior, but, unfortunate ly, he lacks two of the most essential qual ifications of the boxer coolness and science. Since his defeat at the hands 'uf Jeffries, Sharkey has gone down tne line. He has been beaten by Fitzsimons, and Ruhlin has taken his measure twice. "It is too bad that McCoy doesn't pos sess more weight. He has the punch, and as a ring general it is doubtful if he has an equal. "Cool and calculating from the time he enters the ring to the enel of the battle, McCoy is apt to carry off the honors. He came very near taking Sharkey's measure when the latter was at his best. One noticeable thing about McCoy's style is that he can use both hands most effective ly, and as a hard punisher he can be closely compared with Fitzsimons. "Jim Corbett is the superior of them all when it comes to sciencv. but the former champion had not the hitting power be hind his lightning-like delivery. Give Cor bett Fitzsimmon's punch and he would be the world's champion toelay. "Tommy Ryan is a great man at his weight anel is a fine example of the model pugilist. Although in the boxing game sixteen years, Ryan is today as good as can be found in the mieldlc weight class. He is a finished boxer in every sense of the word, anel not a bad match-maker by any means. He has taken good care ef himself during his ring career and when he put Carter out recently he surprised even the most conservative. Baseball at Albuquerque. El Paso, Tex.. Oct. 20. Kansas City team, representing El Paso, returned from Albueiuerque, where it won three out of five games from the all-star team and trounced the Albuquerques Sunday afternoon by a score of 11 to 10 before a large audience. On their return from Albuquerque the players were met by a brass band and escorted to their ho tel in a tally-ho bearing a sign "Our Champions." Thev were later escorted in this manner to the ball grounds. The game was very pretty, but Albuquerque team was no match for the Kansas City boys and the latter did by far the ifst playing. Flaherty pitched the entire game and made a great hit. Beville caught for Albuquerque. Callahan pitched and Kling caught. There were J 3 only two three baggers knocked, .one by Lewee and one by .Kerwin. The score: R. H. E. Kl Paso 1123 4 Albuquerque 10 24 5 J. A. B ELLIOTT IN HOSPITAL, The Champion Wingshot Still Suffering- from Effects of a Tumor. Cincinnati, Oct. 20. J. A. R. Elliott, the champion wingshot of the world, is himself badly winged, and a patient at the Seton hospital, Cincinnati, where he has submitted to a painful operation. His affliction is directly due to his pro fession of a shooter, and has been sev eral years in developing. About two months ago Mr. Elliott noticed that every time he raised his gun to his shoulder the shock would cause a slight pain, increased many times wfien the weapon was discharged. Upon being examined by a physician. it was discovered that a fibroid tumor had developed immediately ever the clavicle. This tumor formation was caused by the recoil of the gun. Mr. Elliott estimated that he had fired the weapon over 5,000 times during the year. VICTORY FOR NATIONALS. Took the Second Game of the Omaha Series from Americans Yesterday. Omaha, Oct. 20. Mercer was easy for the Nationals in the all-star game Sun day and they batted out a victory in the fourth inning. Score: R.H.E. Nationals .......0 0 1 3 0 1 1 1 07 12 3 Americans 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 05 5 4 Batteries Donovan and Kahoe; Mer cer and Sullivan. Umpire Buck Keith. Attendance, 5.00Q. Judge's Decision Unpopular. Newark, N. J. Oct. 20 About 3,500 spectators witnessed a good day's racing at the Vailsburg track. The onlookers took exception to two decisions of the judges and a small sized riot was the result. In the five mile open race. Bil lington came fast on the inside and to the onlookers it looked as if the Newark man had won by half a wheel. The Judges thought differently and placed Ko'-t of Boston first anel Billington sec ond. The crowd howled for half an hour. Lawron won the first heat of the three-cornered match race by a length. Kramer was pocketed. The second best was given to Kramer, much to the dis pleasure of the crowd. In the third heat McFarland defeated Kramer in handy fashion. The champion was not at his best. Lawson and McFarland teamed and as each won a heat they won first prize. Weir City 14; Scammon O. Weir City, Kas.. Oct. 20. The last baseball game of the local season was played at Fairmont park, this city, Sun day. The Scammon Maroons and the lo cal team were the contestants. The weather was fine and the crowd large. The features of the eame were the ex cellent and almost invincible work of Reagan in the box and a remarkable running catch of a high fly to deep left by Luke, of the locals. The score by innings: R.H.B- Weir City 1 0 1 8 2 0 2 0 14 12 3 Scammon 0 0000000 0 0 2 3 Batteries Weir City. Reagan and Cal houn; Scammon, Hooper and Finney. Brown "Whipped Pennsy. Philadelphia, Oct. 20. The University ot Pennsylvania rootbau eleven was ae feateel on Franklin field Saturday by Brown university. 15 to 6, in halves of 2a and 20 minutes each. Brown scored two touchdowns and kicked a field goal, while Pennsylvania, scored one touch down. The Providence eleven excelled at an points ana at no time alter tne first few minutes' c I play did the Quak ers have a chance to win. Their only score was made on a fumble by Baker, a few minutes after the play began. Pennsylvania's offense, which has been their main strength, was powerless against Brown's line. WAilE KEWARDED HIM. A Pension Clerk Who "For Cause" Is Promoted, Washington, Oct. 20. Eugene F. Ware, commissioner of pensions, has promoted a man under him from a clerkship that paid $1,000 a year to a place that pays jl.200. After notifying the clerk of his promotion Mr. Ware had posted at the entrance of the commissioner's office this bulletin: Record of J. S. Wiggins of Georgia as follows: 1. Annual leave in four years, 14 days. 2. Not a day's sick leave in eight years. 3. On merit, excellent. 4. His chief recommends him. 5. He has steered no statesman up against the commissioner. 6. He has not told the commissioner about his pedigree and distinguished rela tives. 7. He has not told the commissioner how capable he (Wiggins) is and how de serving of promotion. Mr. Wiggins will be promoted toelay from $1,000 to $1,200 and chiefs are request ed to furnish the commissioner with names of all others in the bureau with a similar record. My deputies, Mr. Daven port and Mr. Kelly, heartily concur. WIDOW ASKS PARDON. For the Man Convicted of Murdering Her Husband. New York, Oct. 20. An extraordinary reiuest has been made of President Loubet by the Marcuise de Mores daughter of Banker von Hoffman, of New York, cables the Paris correspond ent of the American. Her request is that the president of France pardon El Kheir, who was condemned to death last July as one of her husband's assasr sins. She wishes El Kheir saved in or der that he may be used as a witness against others accused of but not yet arrested for the murder of her hus band. The marquise says the tribesmen were only tools and asserts that the real assassin is protected by the powerful personages who organized the expedition which resulted in De Mores' death. De Mores made his home for some time in the northwest on a cattle ranch, The marquis was killed while conducting an expedition among the Arab sheiks for tbc French government. DR. FENNER'S KIDNEY and Backache All rflaASaas f H4,tnara CURE cmuuer, urinary organs. Also Rheumatism, Back Dropsy, Female Troubles. Don't become discouraged. There Is a cure for you. If necessary write Dr. Fenner. lie has spent a life time curing just such cases as yours. All consultations Free. "A gravel lodged in my bladder. After using a few bottles of Pr. Feuner's Kidney and Backache Cure I passed a gravel htlf as large as a marble. The medicine prevented further formations. I was etired. W.T.OAKES. Orrix, Va." IHFfl?9- S00- 1- Ask for Cook Book Free; CT UlTIIOn 1 11 fir Sure Cure. Circular. Di OIIIIU4 UMRUC Fenner, Fredonla.N.7 KANSASNEWS. German Dnnkards at Wichita Hold LoTe Feast. Semi-Annual Observance of the Lord's Supper. HAD FEET WASHING. When One Was Finished His Neighbor Followed. Men Kissed the Men and Women the Women. Wichita. Oct 20. The semi-nnnnnl observance of the Lord's supper by the German Baptists or Dunkards, was held Saturday night at their church on East Fifteenth street. Besides the hundred or more Dunkards the church was well niiea witn townspeople who came out of curiosity. They wanted to see the pe culiar services of the church. The full doctrine of the church, feet washing and the eating of a full supper was observed with the full ritural or the organization. The services were explained by the Rev. C. H. Brown, as that the Dunkards followed the literal reading of the Bible. According to the Scriptures the Lord's supper was observed just at sundown and was a love' feast. He believed that when Christ and his disciples partook of the supper they ate a full meal, that the bread and wine was blessed by Christ and presented to the disciples as the blood and flesh of the Savior. Near ly all of the others follow the custom and have communion services when each member of the church partakes of the bread and wine, but in most cases the communion was given about noon tide, instead of in the evening. The cus tom, P.ev Mr. Brown said, was not in accordance with the Bible reading as the supper was given in the evening, and his church followed the reading in every particular. One particular custom of the Dunk ards is that the women and men do not sit together. The women had seats to the north of the house, were separated by a partition and were on a raised floor. There is no pulpit in the church, the minister standing in one corner and most of the time addressing: his re marks to the men. When each member of the church en tered he greeted those within, the men kissing men anei the women kissing wo men, but with only a slight formal greet ing by cither sex to the other. The pews cf the church ere so arranged that by turning up the backs of one a table is formed, on which is snreaii tht viands. After the greetings and a few miroauciory remarKS by the minister and prayer, the man at the head of the table turned and with the basin provided for tne purpose, wasneu tne feet of his neighbor. Each man was provideel with a towel. The washing was done in pro gression. When the one had finished washing his neighbor's feet, the neighbor turned and wasned the feet of the man next to him, and also wiping them. This rule was also observed by the women. After the feet washing the men removed their coats and put on pure white aprons and prepared for the feast. Bread, roast beef, milk, rice and vegetables made up the supper. The blessing was given by one of the members and all fell to eating. After the supper Rev. C. H. Brown preached. All the old men of the church wear a full beard and during the supper none wore coats. The women wore white caps auring tne entire service. The church here is the only one within many miles and auite a number of out- of-town Dunkards were in attendance at the sers'ices. AN OTTAWA MURDEH. Body of Colored Man Found Strewn Along the Track. Ottawa, Kan., Oct. 20. Mathew Wright, a young colored man, was killed some time last night. The body was found Sun day morning strewn along the Santa Fe tracks, at Eighth and Walnut streets. It had been run over by a passing train. The head and trunk lay outside the rails, while the feet and legs lay between the rails. An open bowie knife and a necktie were found near the body. Coroner Hog gort made an examination of the body and found two ugly knife wounds on the scalp. The left arm was broken. The body was cut in such a manner that it seems to have been laid across the rail. "Wright called on his sweetheart in the vicinity last night, and, according to the girl's story, left her home about midnight. She begged him, she said, to go back to town by way of Main street, instead of the raiiroad. The place where the body nas found is almost at the outskirts of town. There are no lights in the vicinity. The theory of the officers is that Wright was murdered and laid across the track. Every indication is that the man was dead when the engine hit him. An Inquest has been ordered. KILLED AN INTRUDER. Pittsburg Man Shot Stranger vTio .Tried to Enter His House, Pittsburg, Oct. 20. Shortly after mid night Friday night, Oeorge Bousneld, a miner, living at Midway, seven miles northeast of here, shot and instantly killed a stranger, who was trying to en ter his house. Mr. Bousfield heard a noise and picked up his shotgun and stepped out. As he did so. he saw a man in the moonlight holding what he thought was a gun. The stranger com manded him to stop, or he would shoot. Bousneld quickly raised his gun and fired, and the- load entered the man's neck on the right side, severing the jugular vein. In a small book in his pocket were two names, one of which was Russell Harriman, Booneville, Mo., and the other "W. Dixon, Wintersville, Sullivan county. Mo. The stranger had been hanging about the camp several days. LOCKJAW KILLED A BOT. Three Weeks After Tod Brooke, of Ar kansas City, Ran Splinter Into Hip. Arkansas City. Kan., Oct. 20. Todd Brooke, the 8-year-old son of Mrs. F. A. Brooke of this city, died here of lockjaw. Nearly three weeks ago the boy, with some playmates, was sliding down a board. Tod ran a splinter in his hip. Part of it was removed by the boy's mother and he felt no evil effects until a few days ago. when he complained of a pain in hl jaw. An operation was per formed and a piece of wood nearly five inches in length was removed from the hip, but this failed to relieve the boy suffering. Newton's Carnival Queen. Newton. Kan.. Oct. 20. Miss Agns Steinkirchner has been declared elected queen of the fall carnival to be held next week. Miss Steinkirchner Is a handsome young woman, the eldest daughter of Henry Steinkirchner, one of the city's most prominent business men. Is a Sympathy Strike. Parsons. Kan., Oct. 20. The fuel agent, superintendent of mines and other offi cials connected with the production of coal for the Katy road, were summoned to the St. Louis headquarters last night for con-1 sulfation regarding the strike at the Katy's mines, located at Mineral, Kan, The 70 men who walked out on Thurs day morning because the company was not paying the mine engineers according to the union scale, are still out and insist on their demands being complied with. The miners themselves had been paid un ion waea. HIS SUPPORT OP STUDENTS. President Nichols, of Agricultural College, Indorsed at Reception. Manhattan, Oct 20. President E. R. Nichols, of the Agricultural college has just returned to Kansas from a two weeks' visit in the south, attXnding the natioi convention of agricultural col leges and experiment stations at Atlan ta, Ga. He came from Lawrence where he was present at the installation of Chancellor Strong. To express their ap preciation and regard for President Nichols, ,the students gave him a recep tion in the Manhattan auditorium Sat urday r.ight. Nearly 1,500 students and citizens were present. Judge Sam Kim ble, of the Twenty-first district, made an address and members of the faculty, representatives from the alumni associ ation, and students made sneeches. At a mass meeting of the students in the chapel they drafted resolutions, con demning the action of those who are op posed to President Nichols and resolv ing to support his administration. NEW JAIL IS WEAK. Another Escape from the Clay County Bastile- Clay Center, Oct. 20. Chas. E. Wreekly, bound over to the district court on the charge of burglary, broke jail Sunday afternoon. Sheriff Need and family were absent from the jail and as Weekly is only a boy in years he was given the freedom of the corridor He sawed one of the bars and made his escape about three o'clock. This Is the third escape from Clay county's new jail. The others occurred three years ago and was the cause of S. A. Cooper's defeat for re election as sheriff. Wrhether this will have any effect on the re-election of Sheriff Need remains to be seen. Missionary Meeting Ended. Salina, Oct. 20. The state meeting of the Woman's Home and Foreign Mis sionary society, which has been in ses sion here lor the past three days, ha3 adjourned. During the past year 22 so cieties in the state raised about $700 for missions. The officers elected for the ensuing year are: Mrs. Alice G. Bond. Salina, president; Mrs. H. L. Yarger, Atchison; Mrs. J. P. Burtis, Waterville, and Mrs. John Hoffer, Emporia, vice presidents; Mrs. C. N. Swihart. Pea body, recording secretary; Mrs. H. Zim merman, Emporia, corresponding secre tary; Mrs. J. W. Ball. Kansas City, Kan., treasurer, and Mrs. O. J. Peters. Abilene, historian. A Homesick Soldier Deserted. Arkansas City. Kas.. Oct. 20. Ser geant Zinkfif the United States regular army, leit for Fort Reno with Freeman Sowers of this city, who deserted from the coast artillery last July. Sowers en listed at the recruiting station here last April and was assigned to the coast ar tillery. In July he became homesick and deserted, coming to his home here. He then gave himself up to the recruit ing officer and was sent back for court martial trial. He will probably get a guard house sentence of from three to six months. Siege Guns Reach Port Riley. Junction Citv. Kan.. Oe-t. 20. The siege guns of the Sixteenth artillery have ar rived at Fort Riley from Fort Leaven- worln. lne battery guns are ponderous, and it was with considerable difficulty that they were brought here this week on account of bad roads. English Lutherans at Salina. Salina, Kan., Oct. 20. The English Luth eran synod of Kansas held memorial ser vices for the late Rev. S. B. Baruitz, for 21 years western secretary of home mis sions. Delegates were elected to the gen eral synod to be held In Baltimore in June. 1903. The spring convention of the synod will be at Greenleaf. No New Trial for James Dalton. Marysvllle, Kan., Oct. 20. Motion was made for a new trial in the James Dalton murder case which was overruled by the court. Judge Kimble then sentenced Dal ton to death, which means, in Kansas, life imprisonment in the penitentiary, and the prisoner was taken to Lansing. Dal ton broke jail here April 6. 1838, and killed Charles B. Batterson, a deputy sheriff. Hoisington Hunter Killed. Great Bend.. Kan., Oct. 20. While hunt ing on the Cheyenne bottoms John McMa hon. a butcher of Hoisington. was acci dentally shot and killed. McMahem was riding in a buggy with a loaded shotgun and, upon getting out of the buggy to open a gate, the gun was accidentally dis charged, the shot entering his left breast. McMahon lived until 10 o'clock. Not One Mouthful of table food should be given a child be fore it is one year old," says Dr. Holt. What substitute then? Borden's Eagle Brand Condensed Milk is absolutely the safest and best infant food obtainable. Avoid unknown brands. Send for "Baby's Diary." Is an hereditary disease, and one for which a tainted ancestry or blood poison ed parentage is responsible. It is trans mitted through the blood and shows itself in swelling and ulceration of the glands of the neck, catarrh of the head, weak eyes, sores, abscesses and skin erup tions, with a gradual wasting away of strength and vitality. It also attacks the bones and joints, resulting in white swel ling, hip disease and deformities of every kind. We see the effects of this awful blood taint every day, but it exists in so many forms that often it passes for some thing else and is treated as anotherdisease Scrofula robs the blood of its nutritive qualities, and it becomes too poor to pro duce healthy growth and development, and nt Oil" 1 thin, emaciated bodies and pallid, waxy com- Ur A plexionsare the result. TAINTFC! Only a constitutional t." remedy one that works ANCESTRY, through the blood, can reach a disease that has been transmitted through generations or been lurking in the blood since birth. S. S. S. cleanses the blood of all scrofu lous matter and tubercular deposits, and when rich, pure, health-sustaining blood is again flowing in the veins there is a gradual disappearance of all the danger ous symptoms of Scrofula; strength returns, and a complete cure is effected. S. S. S. contains no strong minerals to further break down and derange the sys tem, but can be taken by the very old, as well as the middle aged and young, with out any harmful after effects, or the least injury to the most delicate constitution. If you have any signs of Scrofula, or your children are stunted or slow of growth, pale and sickly, write ns, and our physicians will advise you free of charge. The Swift Specific Co., Atlanta, Ga. I B Lyon' 8 PERFECT o? A3 ELEGANT TOILET LUX3BT. Used by people of refinement tor over a quarter of a Centura A GREAT CHEMICAL DISCOVERY KING OF STIMULANTS. Champagne-Tablet will produce more stimula tion and exhilaration than Champagne, Brandy of Whiikey. So Intoxication, reaction or ba af-ter-ellecta. They do not contain alcohol, opima (morphine), cocaine, chloral, coca, kola ot otbar tieleterions polsonfi. A TRUE BRAIN AND NERVE FOOD. Champagne-Tablet! is the only true Brain and Nerve rood ever diacovered. They cure Serrona Exhaustion by reeding the Brain and Nerve Centre with Cerebrin, thne supplying new electric eneriry and vitality lor the whole eytcm. They will Mrengthen your heart, increase your flow of lan guage. Improve nerve and brain power, sharpen ap your business ability and energy tor oratory, mental or physical work, making brain workers, preachers, lecturers, lawyers, Jingers and students able to do more and better work. They will cure a nervous headache or the blues and remove that tired feeling In Ave minutes, making you feel fine and lively, aa If you owned the whole earth. Will Cure the Liquor. Tobacco or any Drug Habit If you have drank to repletion and would like to sober up. or give up drinking liquor, using ToUaceo, Opium, Morphine, Cocaine, Coca, Kola or other drugs. Champagne-Tablets will sober yon up and strengthen your heart, brain and nervouasyslem, as that yon eau give up any of the habits easily. They are Good far Women.- Ladies, if you want a stimulant that will not In jure you In any way, try Champagne-Tablets; they will stimulate and exhilarate, bnt will not intoxi cate you nor affect your breath. They will Im mediately reliere that tired feeltnc, brain-fag, mental and physical exlianstion, sudden or extreme weakness, fainting, etc They will impiore your health and complexion, make your eyes bright and sparkling, cure a weak, aching back, all nerroua affections and female weakness. They will cure obesity, and relaxation of the stomach and intestines, and remove that fat, gross appearance by which so many men and women are annoyed. AS A STOMACH AND KIDNEY CURE, they aid digestion, cure indigestion and dyspepsia, liver complaint, sick kidneys, lame back, bladder troubles, rheumatism, catarrh, etc. If you suffer from 111 health or feel badly do not ruin yonr stomach with poisonous drugs, but cure 'yourself by stimulation (nature's method of curing all diseases), with that delightful preparation Ch an p ayne-TablPts. JUST WHAT THE CLD FOLKS NEED. An Ideal Stimulant for Everybody. One or two Champaene-Tableta taken in the morning will make any person feel fine all day, and keep them in excellent condition to attend to their daily duties, and prevent their pettinc tired or weary, taking cold, contracting fevers, small pox, or other contagious diseases; also enriches the blood. -Champairne-Tahlets are a WeMrir and a revelation to everybody. One tablet will Immediately quench thirst, and two or three tablet will give Instant relief from fatigue and tiunger, supplying temporarily more strength and vitality than will a hearty meaL Every box of Champagne-Tablet, contain, mora stimulating and exhilarating power than two gal lons of the best Champagne or Brandy, and Is. the greatest agent ever discovered for preventing and cnrlng diseases of all kinds. PRICE, 91. OO PER BOX. Sold by all Druggists, and by Mall. CHAMPAGNE-TABLET CO., 1 2 Federal Street, Boston, Mass. Champagne-Tablets are for sale in To peka by George W. StansPeld, t!32 Kansas ave. Arnold Drug Co., 819-821 N. Kansas ave. O. A. Keene, SOQ Kansas ave. Matt Weifrhtman, jr., 833 Kansas ave.; and Swift Holliday Drug Co., 623 Kansas ave. anger ot contracting Sickness il you use Pure Water That's the Kind furnished by the TopcKa Water Co. Telephone 122. 625 QUINCY STREET. SMOKE KLAUER'S GOLD BUG. 5 CENT CIGAR. OUR THEORY That one pleased customer orir.g3 another is doing its mission norjiy. The Five Cents a Day TeleDhnne is provlne more popular dally Missouri Kansas Tele. Co. Thoas 9J9 Tooth Pevsl Champagne Tablets II
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TOPEKA STATiS JO CRN AL, MONDAY EVENING. OCTOBER 20, 1902. 3 RAILROAD iihWS. Southwest Colonization Move ment Will Begin Tomorrow. Bauta Fe Meets Cut Kates to Texas Points. EXPECT A BIG HUSH. Passenger Agents Will Person ally Conduct Excursions. lew Mexico and Pecos Valley Included in Territory. Homewekers and colonist excursions Will be' run into trie great southwest by ail southwestern railroads luesduy, ur ler the round-trip and one-way rate., which have been made effective for the purpose of inducing colonization and en veloping the country's resources an! building up its industries. The nun: her or ti.e excaraiw" rate for !e railroads will be effect ive Great cleats neve been made tor the occasion, and it is predicted that this tirst of the excursions under tne SOlcniHts' rate will prove tne wi:: lorn fu the passenger nn n who i.iHURurat.M t.i. great southwestern campaign. The Frisco, the Katy, the Iiv.n Moun tain, the Cotton Belt, the Beck Island, the Santa Fe. the Kansas City houtn irn and other railroads, independent ana Hililiateii. will send agents with the ex 3urionists to personally conduct tne trip and look after the interests of the joinescekcrs. Tourist sleeners will b'J provided, and up-to-date equipment will make tin the trains. i Teteiclav a novice was promulgated to the effect that the KatVs low rate to T'-xas on Tuesday, Oiober 28, would be j net bv the Frisco, the Iron Mountain md the Cottrn Kelt, to all points in i the state on tne Texas imci-c. i..--nternational (Treat Northern, the "often Jl' lt. the Texas Midland, the Sulf, Colorado rt Fnp.ta Fe, the Kansas City' Southern, the Frisco, the Red River, Texas Southern, including- the Forth Worth f'.afi Antonio, and to nil P' hits en the Forth Worth Rio Grf nde. The action of the railroads thus wi threw almost the wh'-le southwest open to horm sc ers for SO days, with the privilege of nrikins side trips into ail parts of the country, and it is expected that the benefit will more than repay t'nc difference in rates to the railroads. Kvery railroad will have agents in the field, and an immense realty business is exne''t"d to result. Kxeursions, with almost similar limits, will run twice every month the remain der of this fall, this winter and next eprinrr. GRF.AT COLONIZATION" ERA. Th" s'-utheast has also thrown open its territory by giving low rates. The raih or, ds have made low rates to the northwest, and also to the west. The action of the southwestern railroads marked ti e beginning of the greatest cole nidation, era ever undertaken, prac tically jointly, by the American railroads in their history. The deny, i aiization scare has not been heard from, and the railroad passenger men declare that they will' be able to l--ep the rates within control, and that there is net disposition upon the part of any traffic department to start a ti.-ht. A circular issued by the Southwestern Passenger bureau says: "In addition to the territory previous ly announced, tickets may he sold to New Mexico points on the Atchison, To 1" ka Santa Fe. north and east of El Paso ;inrl Deming. via La Junta: Chi cago. Rock Inland fe Mexico railway; Kl Paso Northeastern, Peeos River railroad and Peeos Valley Northeast ern." New 2Tan for the Rock Island. N. C. Trillins, who for the last six years has i:een connected with the of fice of A. Yc Sullivan, now assistant vim nre-hVnt of the Illinois Central railway, has til: a position in the general super ir tenement's office of the Choctaw. Oklahoma Gulf, now owned by the Roil,- Island, and is located at THEORIES ABOUT FOOD. Also a Few Fact3 on the Same Subject We hear much nowadays about health foods anS hygienic living, about vegetarianism and many other fads ai"-ng tne same me. Restaurants may be found in the large cities where no meat, pastry or ccfl ee is sei ved and the food crank is in his glory, and arguments and theories galore advance to prove that meat was never intended ior human stomachs, and almost make us believe that our sturdy ancestors who lived four Fcore years In robust health on rotst beef, pork and mutton must have been gross ly ignorant of the laws f health. Our forefathers l ad other things to do than formulate theoiics about the food they ate. A warm welcome was ex tended to any kind from bacon to acorns. A healthy appetite and common sense are excellent guides to follow in mat ters of diet, ar.d a mixed diet of grains, fruits and meats is undoubtedly the best. As compared with grains and vege tables, meat furnishes the most 'nutri ment in a highly concentrated form and is digested and assimilated more quick ly than vegetables ar.d grains. Dr. Julius Remmson on this subject says: Nervous persons, people run down in health and of low vitality should eat meat and plenty of it. If the digestion is too feeble at first it may be easily collected by the regular use of Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets after-each meal. Two of these excellent tablets taken after dinner will digest several thousand .grains of meat, eggs or other animal food in three hours, and no matter how weak the stomal h may be, no trouble will be experienced K a reg ular practice is made of using Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets because they sunoly the pepsin and diastase necessary to perfect digestion, and every form of in digestion will be overcome by their use. That large class of people who com? under the head of nervous dyspeptics Fhould eat plenty of meat and i ure its proper digestion, by the daily use of a safe, harmless! digestive medicine like Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets composed of the natural digestive principles, pepsin, diastase, fruit acids, and salts, which actually perform the work of digestion. Cheap cathartic medicines, masquerad ing under the name of dyspepsia cures are useless ior indigestion as thev have absolutely no effect upon the "aettral digestion of food. E-yrpcrMa in all its many forms is jdmply a failure of the stomach to di gest lend and the sensible way to solve the riddle and cure the dyspepsia is to make daily use at meal time of a nrera ration like Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets, w'hich is em.orsed by the medical pro fession and known to contain active di gestive principles. All druggists .sell Stuart's Dyspepsia IVbW.-. rt f.ti f-r full tr!"tm"Tt. run into ue wn.uani.i..-., Tn.,s i. .i .....c vr.ri tne sneci,n trains will carry u.. City St Loui.- Memphis and the otiur which tHiints the hasiag Little Rock, Ark. Mr. Phillips for many, years was connected with the Chicago Alton. CHANGE ITS ROUTE. Eock Island Will Shorten Its K. C. St. Iiouta Line. Kansas City, Mo., Oct. 20. When the Chicago, Rock .Island Pacific railway bought the St. Louis, Kansas City Colorado line it was supposed that the eld survey -would be followed into Kan sas City. If it had been the grading would have been nearly completed by this time. But the Rock Island is trying to make an air line from the crossing of the Osage river into Kansas City and to do that has been working leisurely on what construction is under way now. When it bought the road it was in operation from St. Louis to Belle, a new town in Maries county close to the Gasconade river. The surveys and right of way so far as it had been secured, ran almost directly west to Cole camp, an the Missouri Pacific, in the northern part of Benton county, through Ver sailles and Eldon. But that meant a route that had a good many curves and ore which it' continued in the same gen eral direction would have reached the state line fifty miles south of Kansas City. It meant a longer route than the Rock Island people considered neces sary. 1 bey want the shortest line to St. Louis possible. Local business is a sec ondary consideration. The through business between St. Louis and Kansas City with the lines that center here was what the Rock Island was after and the whole summer has been spent sur veying different routes from the Osage river to Kansas City and arranging light of way matters. Every mile of road covered means the use of a certain amount of steam and machinery and the loss of some time. It cc-sts more in the fii. st place to build a direct line and tunnel the big hills or make long fills in the depression, but in the end It saves time and cost of operation. It is now stated that th? road to be built is several miles shorter than the one originally planned and it will take six months longer to get into Kansas City than was expected. Besides until all of its terminal arrangements are completed the Rock Island does not pro pose to show its hand by coming into, the city on its own tracks. As M. A. Low said last summer, the Kansas City pioblem is not one of engineering only. PULLMAN STATISTICS. Company's Annual Report Gives Some Interesting Figures. The annual report of the Pullman company or the fiscal year ended July -1 shows results from operation the best in the company's history. The net sur plus amounts to ever $:!,000,00a, and -with the surplus brought forward from last year, the company has a total surplus of close on $11,000,000. The number of passengers carried during the year was 10,753,643, and the number of miles run was SCO, 602,541. Luring the previous year the number of passengers carried was 9,818,438, and the number of miles run was 335.742,267. The total mileage of railways covered by contracts for the operation of this company's cars was 109.830. The value of the manufactured prod uct of the car works of the eomi ny for the vear was $19,416,020, and of rentals $'116,089. a. total of $19,732,109, against $16,731,676 for the previous year. The average number of names on the pay rolls at Pullman for the year was 7.09S. and wages paid $4,574,743, making an average of $044 for each person em ployed. The total number of persons in the employ of the company, in all depart ments, -was 19.103, and the wages paid during the year was $10,633,788. The number of employes for the previous year was 17,737, and the wages paid dur ing that year $9,514,534. QUEER USE FOR ENGINE. Will Furnish Steam Jto Heat the Al varado Hotel. Albuaueroue. N. M-, Oct. 20. Engine 634 is to be put to a peculiar use this week. She is to supply steam power for beating the Alvarado. A period of ten days is to bo devoted to cleaning out and thoroughly overhauling the twin boilers in the basement of the big hotel, putting ir new flues, and so forth. The work begins today or tomorrow and the engine is now in position on the spui track wh:c-J runs back into the hotel building. She may, however, be run back to the shops to have some final preparations made before entering on her new role. CAR SHORTAGE, NOW. Another Way Found to Keep Up Price of Anthracite Chicago, Oct. 20. Roads east of Chi cago expect .a severe car famine as a result of the settlement of the anthra cite coal strike. With the vast amount of grain and merchandise now being shipped traffic officials fear that they will not be able to furnish sufficient cars to transport the coal that is ex pected to be ready for shipment to the western markets within sixty days. An other feature is that the demand for cai s in the anthracite trade will come at a time when cars will be needed in the bituminous trade. CONTINENTAL CONNECTIONS. Texas Pacific Buys the Mineral Wells Railway. Dallas. Tex., Oct. 20. A special from El Paso says: A hi2-h official of the Texas Pacific railway announces that the recent pur i base by that company of the Mineral Wells line means a transcontinental connection for the Texas Pacific from New Orleans to San Francisco. Th" Mineral Wells line will be ex tended to Trinidad.Col., to connect there with the Atlantic-& Pacific. Trains will be forwarded over the Atlantic Pa cific to Salt Lake City, where connec tion will be made with the Oregon Short Line to the Pacific coast. EUKLINGTON GETS IN. Vi'I Give, Colonist Rates to Territory West of Missouri F.iver. Chioaf-O Oc- n Thn rl-tlr-aor. Tliir. !inton Sl Oulncy railroad has an- j uoce i mat second class tickets to i Nebraska and other territory west of j cr,e a.isroun r iver, one way, will be sold H cne-half the regular fare, plus $2. Trse colonist tickets, as they are called, Will be SOlrl Cm 1 no fir- onr! tlnir-A TnP5- J 1;,.ys cf each month during the coming toaier ana spring. MOORE'S BACK MOFFATT. Rock Island Likely to Have a Line to Salt Lake. Chicago. Oct. 20 The Moore brothers are believed to be furnishing the bulk oC ti capital needed for the construc- t.c-n of the projected Denver, North i werrern Pacific railroad, of which D. iL. Mcffalt of Denver, is- the. principal j promoter. The new road, it is believed. will -practically become the extension of too i.'cck Island system from Denver to Salt Lake. Speaking of the new road D. H. Mof fatt said: "Our financial ararngements have been perfected and the work incidental t,,,,,,-,, line i2 no-..r rnid- ly progressing. Our road will be com pleted within two years to Salt Lake. "The length of our road from Denver to Salt Lake is about 500 miles, and by arrangement with Senator Clark, who is favorable to my enterprise, we will establish a road passing through Colo rado, Utah, Nevada, and California." Central Pacific Reconstruction. San Francisco, Oct. 20. The Southern Pacific will today operate 50 miles of track for the first time. This stretcii of track, represents part of the reconstruc tion of the Central Pacific for which President Harriman is spending a few millions. It lies between Wadsworth and Brown Station, in Nevada, and was built to avoid steep grades. JIM YOUNGER KILLS HIMSELF. (Continued from First Page.) curing from the state board of pardons a full pardon and restoration to citizen ship. This effort failed, and this, it is thought, had much to do with Younger's determination to end hli life. Miss Miller is said to be now in Boise, Idaho, for her health. It is also said that relations between Jim and Cole Younger were very much strained in fact, that the brothers had not been on speaking terms for the past six months. .Cole Younger is confined to his bed with sickness, and could not be seen by reporters. The difference be tw een the brothers is reported to have been over money matters. On another sheet of parser Younger bad written this message, evidently his last word before committing- suicide: "October IS last night on earth. So goodby, lassie, for I still think of thee. A. U. G. Forgive me. for this is mv oniy chance. I have done nothing wrong, but politics are all that Van Sant. Woi fer and others of their strioe care for. Let the people judge. Treat me right and lair, reporters, for I am a square man. A Socialist and decidedly in wo man's rights. Bryan is the- brightest man these United States has ever pro duced. His only mistake was in not coming out for all the people and abso lute socialism. Come out, Brayn. There is no such thing as a personal Ood. God is universal and I know him well and am not afraid. I have pity for the pardoning board. They do not ston to consider their wives or to think of the man who knows how to love and appre ciate a friend in truth. Goodby. sweet lassie." The body was viewed by the coroner, who decided that an inquest was not necessary. It is not vet known what disposition will be made of the body, some doubt arising under the terms of the parole to whether the body can be removed from the state. While Younger was in prison he was frequently ill. Miss Alice Miller, a pretty girl, then residing in Stillwater, in the family of a deputy warden, had constant access to the penitentiary, and became interested in Younger because of his feebleness, and often took deli cacies to him. They soon became firm friends, and Younger told the young woman the troubles of his career as guerrilla and bandit. In spite of the fact that he was more than twent years her senior and in the disgrace of a prison garb, the girl fell in rove witn lounger, .troth regarded their prospects of matrimony as well nifrh home less, as Younger was scheduled to remain at Stillwater penitentiary the remainder of nis ure. Then the parole came and the couple were not long in reaching the concluston to get married. Miss Miller's St. Paul rela tives are people'nol prominence, one ol them having been recently a member of the legislature, and considerable objec tion was raised to the proposed nuptials because of the stigma which it was feared would attach to the bride. Reluctant consent, however, was gained from the oiooci Kin, and lounger, nappy over nis conquest, repaired to the county clerk and asked for a license. Mr. Rogers, the clerk, generous, though just, hesitated and, doubting bis power in the premises, placed tne case rieiore Attor ney General Douglas. The official spent days going over the musty tomes of the state law library, but he could Pnd no au thority anywhere tor tne issuance ot a marriage license to anybody actually or leg-ally dead. Mr. Douglas extended his sympathy but told lounger ne couia not issue mm a li cense. HIT EARLY DAYS. Story of the Operations With the James Gang. James Younger was the youngest of three brothers, Robert, Coleman and James Younger, who between the years 1866 and 18i3 gained great notoriety through their association with Jesse and Frank James. The band headed by Jesse James was charged with Innu merable robberies of banks and railroad trains, in execution of which many des perate encounters took place, and a number of men were killed. 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Sample of B. B. B. free and prepaid by writing Blood Balm Co., Atlanta, Ga. Describe trouble and free medical advice also sent :n scaled letter. Sold in Topeka bv Bowdey Snow.' Sixth and Kansas a ve. Sent b T express. Call or sota, traversing the state as far as the little town of Northfield, in Rice county. There, on September 7, after terrorizing the people on the streets, an attemtp was made to loot the First National bank. Cashier J, L. Hey wood, who was in charge of- the -bank, made a plucky fight to preserve the funds of the insti tution from the robbers, and during the encounter was shot and killed, not, however, until he had wounded one or more of the raiders. The citizens of Northfield quickly re covered from the panic into which the advent of the raiders had thrown them, armed themselves and started in pur suit of the desperadoes, who baffled at the resistance they had encountered, had mounted their horses and were at tempting to escape. A week was spent in their desperate retreat, the pursuing posse of citizens time and again coming into contact with the bandits and ex changing shots with them. The raiders were handicapped in their retreat by the wounded, whom they were endeavoring to carry along with them, and finally, in a thick wood, the posse succeeded in surrounding them. A battle ensued in which three of the members of the gang were killed and the three Younger brothers were captured. Jesse James and the remainder of the outlaws suc ceeded in making good their escape. The prisoners were brought speeaiiv to trial, and on November 2, 1876, pleaded guilty to theikharge of murder in the tirst degree, this p"iea. it is said, having been entered in order to escape conviction bv a jury, which would have involved the inflic tion cf the death penahy. The brotners were sentenced to the Stillwater peniten tiary to serve a life sentence. In 1SS9 an effort was made to secure an unconditional pardon for the brothers, it being pleaded in support of his effort that it had not yet been proved that either of the brothers had tired the shot that killed Cashier Heywood. and a further plea for mercy was based upon the ground that Bob Younger was dvins of rimsnmmiim. Superintendent of Census William R Mer riman, who then occuiaed the guberna torial chair, refused to accede to the re quest for a pardon, there s'.lll being a verv strong sentiment against the brothers in Northfield and. Rice county. Shortly after this Robert Younger died in prison. Frequent attempts were made to secure pardons for the remaining brothers, the petitions being signed by leading men of all walks of life, both citizens of this stat? and of Missouri. Among those who made especial effort to secure the granting of a pardon was Senator Stephen B. Elkins of v est v lrginia. wno. it is said, had known the brothers well in days before the war. It is also related that the senator's life was saved during the civil war through the efforts of Cole Younger. Ellkins had been captured oy tqiuantrells guerrillas, had been sentenced to be shot, but Young er connived at his escape from the gang, and succeeded in restoring him to his reg iment. All efforts at securing an unconditional pardon having failed, a bill was intro duced in the state legislature in !PC2?rn- powerlng the state board of pardoiiMMto grant, parole to life prisoners who had served 25 years or more. The bill was hard fought, but finally passed both branches cf the legislature and was sent to Gov. Van Sant for his signature. The governor had three days within which to sign oi veto the bill, failing which the act would become a law without his signature. Be fore the three days had expired the house recalled the bill and did not return it to the governor until the time for approval had elapsed. The state pardoning board, however, of which the chief justice of the stat is a member, decided that the bill had become a law without the signature of the governor, and on July 10, 1901, upon recommendation of the board of prison commissioners, a parole was granted to Coleman and James Younger, and on July 14 they were released. SIX BULLETS IN HIS BODY. After His Release Jim's Old Wounds Gave Him Much Trouble. Jim Younger has lived most of his life with six bullets in his body. One is lodged under the spine in the middle rt the back, and another is at' th -terminus -cf the spinal column.. Two pullets that struck him on either shoulder from the rear, found a resting place somewhere in his chest, and a fifth Is in the right groin. His right hand contains part of the con tents of a shell from a shotgun. During all his prison life he suffered no serious in conveniences from these wounds, but soon after his release, while riding near North Branch, Minn.. his buggy became entangled in weeds and Jim got out to free the vehicle. While thus entangled his horse started and he was caught between the wheels and the box of the wagon. Before he could stop the horse he was painfully- bruised in the back, near where one of the bullets is lodged. He thought nothing of the incident at the time, but the injury assumed serious proportions and paralysis of the limbs manifested itself. It was urged at the time of Younger's parole, by the friends of the bandit and members of the prison board, that the employment of riding over unbroken land in the country to peddle tombstones was too harsh work after his many years of sedentary life. STORY OF THE ROBBERY. The Raid on the Northfield Bank as It Was Told by Younger. A few years ago Cole Younger told the story of the Northfield bank rob bery. After telling how the gang reach ed Northfield and planned the raid,, he said: "Just at this time someone across the street shouted, 'Robbers in the bank.' I jumped into my saddle and fired my pistol into the air to let those at the bridge know that the alarm was given. At this moment a man came ud to the bank and then started to run away, whereupon Miller drew his oistol down on him and cried out: 'StoD, or I'll kill you.' The man halted, but soon began to move off slowly, and, seeing that Mil ler intended to shoot him, I called out: Don't shoot him. Let him go," the man meanwhile running off down the side walk. As this happened the three men left at the bridge entered the street on a full run. Stiles, asvhe is called, met the man whom Miller had nermitted to go and commanded him to stop, threat ening to shoot him if he did not. I shouted to Stiles to let the man go and not to shoot him, whereupon Stiles and the man on the buckskin horse passed on up the street 50 or 100 yards south of the bank, Jim stopping in front of the bank. "Jumping on my horse. I rode to the back door and told the boys to hasten out, as the alarm was given, and I thought the citizens were arming them selves. Bob Younger came out, and I, thinking all were eorpincr. got on mv horse and rtarteft north to the corner of Bridge square, when I -raw a man at a window upstairs across the street with a gun. To frighten him away I shot a pane of glass out above his head, whereupon he stepped back out of sight. This man was, I think. Dr. Wheeler. I then fired into the corner of the build ing on Bridge square to frighten the people away from our horses, and thev ran around the corner out of sight. "Bob went, on down the sidewalk to the stairway, intending to get his horse at that point. I noticed that Bob was the -only one who had answered my call, so I again turnecr and ran back to the bank and shouted to those inside, 'For God's sake, ctme.' just then Miller call ed to me, saying he was shot, and look ing at him I saw blood running down hift face. "The firing by this time had become general and, as the two in the bank had not come tut, I was forced for the third time to ride to the bank and call to them to come out. and this time they did so. In the meantime Miller had been shot again and hd fallen from his horse-. I jumpad from my horse, ran to Miller t J see how badly he was hurt, and while turning him over was shot in the left hip- I took Miller's pistols, remounted my horse and rode toward -f'-''tri-i;'--'----'------'--"T''','Ji 1 MllMSllHiiSI r; ?nw? g ate j $M 'o" c Bob, who was standing near the stair way, Jim being with me. "At this moment Bob was shot. I saw him change his pistol from his right hand to his left, and from the way his right arm liung limp at his side I knew it was broken. I called to him to come from there, and, turning to Jim, I told him to catch Miller's horse for Bob. This was done. Bob ran up the street and Jim helped him to mount. I then called to Pitts to help me get Miller up on my horse, it being my intention to carry him before me. On lifting him up we saw he was dead, so I told Pitta to lay him down and to run up the street out of range, and I would take him up behind me. I then cried to the rest of the party to move on ahead, and they started, Jim leading the horse that Bob rode. Pitts ran up the street about a hundred yards, where he mounted be hind me, and we rode out of town on the Dundas road. "When we got out of town the last man to leave the bank told me that as he jumped on the counter and was leav ing the bank he saw Miller lying in the street, and at the same moment one of the clerks sprang up and ran toward a desk. Thinking he was going for a pistol, he ordered him to stop and sit down, but he kept on, and as my informant jump ed from the counter he leveled his pistol and fired. The man fell, but how badly he had hurt him he could iiot ay. We learned after we were captured that it was Cashier J. L. Heywood. My inten tion after the Northfield robbery was to go to-Cuba, South America or Australia to settle down." CAREER OF THE BROTHERS. Dates of Important Events ia the Lives of the Missouri Bandits. 1544 January 15, Cole Younger was bom. 1545 January 25, Jim Younger was born, 1S55 October 2y, Bob Younger was born. 1862 Their father was murdered by "red legs." Cole Younger joined Quantrell's guerrillas. t 1865 Cole Younger was commissioned to raise a confederate regiment in California He returned and formed a guerriila band with his- brothers and the James boys. Raided Liberty, Mo., bank, took $72,000; boy shot dead. lfii Raid of Lexington, Mo., bank; got $2,m 1S67 Raid of Savannah. Mo., bank; no money secured; one killed. 1867 Raid on Richmond, Mo.; took $4,CC0; three killed. 18S Kaided Russellville, Ky bank an 1 secured $170X-; Cole Younger shot Bartrap, Louisiana planter, dead tor foul in horse race. 1S6S Robbed Gallatin, Mo., bank and killed eashiar. 1X71 Plundered bank at Corydon. La.; secured $10.(KSO; soon after robbed Colum bia, Ky bank of $2fi0 and killed cashier; also robbed Kansas City Fair association of $10.ftX) in presence cf $1,000 people. 1S73 Looted Ste. Cenevieve, Mo., bank of $4, loft. Wrecked Rock Island tram in Iowa arid killed engineer and secured $6,000; rob beries of trains in Wayne county, Mo.; Muncie. Ind., and elsewhere followed; also bank at Huntington, Va. 1876 September 7, final raid on North field, Minn., bank; Cashier Heywood kill ed. September 11, desperadoes surrounded near Shieldsville, Minn., but escaped. Sep tember 13 three Younger brothers finally taken; James boys escaped. Youngers tried, pleaded guilty and sentenced to prison ior life. November 21 taken to Stillwater. 18.S9 September 16 Bob Younger died. ISOl July 10 Cole and Jirn Younger pa roled by state board of pardons. "It was almost a miracle. Burdock Blood Bitters cured me of a terrible breaking out all over the body. I am very grateful." Miss Julia Filbridge,, West Cornwell, Conn. Cured of Asthma After 35 years of Suffering. It will be gratifying to Asthmatic readers to learn that an absolute cure has at last been discovered by Pr. SchifXmann. That the remedy is an effectual ono can not be doubted after perusal of such test mony as that of C. W. Van Antwerp, Ful ton, N. 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TOPEKA STATE JOtTENAIi, MONDAY EVENING. OCTOBER 20, 1902. toiekv state joumL BY FRANK P. MAC LENNAN. VOLUME: XXIX ...No. 234 TERMS OF -SUBSCRIPTION. Dafly edition, delivered by carrier, 10 cents a week to any part of Topeka or uburbs, or at the same price in any Kansas town where the paper has a ear ner system. By mail, one year $3.60 t'.y mail, three months Weeklv edition, one year Saturday edition of daily, one yesir l.W Entered July 1, 1S75, aa second class matter at the postofflce at Topeka. Kaa., under the act ot" congress. TELEPHONES. Business Office Bell 'phone 107 Business Office Ind. phone 1072 Keporte: s' Room Bell 'phone 57 Reporters Room Ind. 'rnonelOi 1 PERMANENT HOME Topeka State Journal building. M0 and Kg Kansas avenue, corner of F.ignth NEW YORK OFFICE: 211 VnnrWhilt I!ldc. Paul Block. Mur. CHICAGO OFFICE: 1540 Unity Bids. Paul Block. Mgr. SCLL LEASED "WTBT3 RSP0P."? OF THE ASSOCIATED PRE33. The State Journal la a member of the AsBociated Press and receives the full day telegraph report of that preat news or- fanizatlon for exclusive afternoon publlca lon 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 aso received. Good morning! Have you used Baer's coal? President Mitchell has earned the title of leader of strike loaders. Secretary Wilson's date for a decline of meat prices is proving to be a jack O lantern. The conclusion is being reached in arious quarters that congress can con trol the trusts. Hut will it do it? If Ohio becomes Tom Johnsonized at the corning election, everybody will know why. Mark Hanna has been sick. The anthracite miners appear to have had the sympathy of well nigh the en tire people incuding the soft coal mine operators. John W. Gates appears to be trying to rival the record of our superintendent of exhibit at the Pari3 exposition, as an ocean crosser. Attorney General Knox's ability to frighten the trusts may be due to his previous familiarity with their "tricks and their manners." Detroit appears to be intent on prov ing that politics is not necessary to a good city government. When it gets a good mayor it keeps him regardless of what party he belongs V. Pingree, a Republican, was elected to a number of successive terms and now Mayor May bury, a Democrat, has just been nomi nated for a fourth successive term. Texas has Just witnessed a contest between the officers of the law and the mob to see who should have the privi lege of putting to death a. negro mur derer. The officers won by a narrow margin as the result of their quick work. Trial, sentence and execution were all pulled off on the same day. Probably they figure now that the dignity of the state has been preserved and the majesty of the law upheld. HEARING THE HIGH MARK. The export figures for September are extremely encouraging. They are the largest ever shown for September, with the single exception of that month in the year, 1900, and fall less than a half million dollars below the high water mark made in that year. The figures, as Just presented by the treasury bureau of statistics, show the total exports in September, 1002. to be $115.521,nS4. against $106,9S9,926 in September, 1901, and $115,801,722 in September, 1900, the highest figure ever shown by September exportations. Comparing present conditions with those of earlier years, the figures for September, 1902, are 25 per cent in ex cess of those of September, 1S98, 50 per cent greater than those of September, 1890, more than double those of Septem ber, and nearly three times as great as those of September, 1.8S5. This eeems to indicate that the downward tendency In the export trade caused by the corn crop failure of last year has reached its lowest point and that the reverse movement toward normal con ditions has besuu. Following the failure of the corn crop last year the exports tended steadily downward. Beginning with October, 1901. in which the exDort figures were 145 million dollars, the movement was steadily downward until they reached SS millions in July of the present year. In August the upward movement began, reaching 94 millions, and in September 115 millions, which is about 9 millions in excess of September of last vear. WORLD'S PRODUCTION OF COAL The forthcoming volume of mineral resources of the United States for the calendar year 1901, United States geo logical survey, estimates the world's production of coal in 1901 at 806,165,5Q short tens. The three great coal-producing countries of the world are the United States, Great Britain and Ger many. The output of. these three coun tries combined makes up 81.61 per cent of the world's total. Austria-Hungary comes fourth. France Is fifth, Belgium sixth, and Russia seventh. The last country, notwithstanding its vast area, produces only about 6 per cent as much coal as the United States. The t'iree countries which lead in the Droduction of coal are the three countries that lead In industrial development. Prior to 1899, Great Britain led among the world's coal producers, but during 1839, 1900 and 1901 the United States has made such remarkable increases in coal production due principally to the unprecedented activity in the iron and steel and in oth er metal trades, that we now stand far in the lead of all competitors, with a production In 1901 exceeding that of Great Britain by 47,965,938 short tons, or 19 per cent. Up to the close of 19C0 the coal production of Great Britain and her colonies, if taken together, still ex ceeded that of the United States, the ex cess in 1900 being 3.368,825 short tons: but the enormous output of the coal mines of this country last year exceed ed by about 26,000,000 short tons the en tire output of Great Britain and her de pendencies, including India and the Transvaal. Of the output of coal In 1901, the Uni ted States produced 33.86 per cent, Grep.t Britain and her dependencies 30.86 per cent, and Germany 19 42 per cent, or, combined, S4.14 per cent of the total production. EDITORIAL COMMENT. Lady Somerset and the Canteen. New York World: After expressing her very natural un willingness to have her own temperance ideas confounded with those of Mrs. Carrie Nation, Lady Henry Somerset, freshly arrived in America, parries a leading question as to the wisdom of the anti-canteen movement. She has not studied the case, but she Quotes as an authority the British commander-in-chief. Lord Roberts, who has "declared that temperance promoted the efficiency of any fighting force and bettered the service in every way." If Lady Somerset shall find it wortn her while to look into the American Army reports of latest issue she will discover our generals in unanimous agreement with Lord Roberts. But siie will also find nearly all of them declai ing that the canteen stood for temper ance, while its abolition has opened wide the way to temptation and to all evil excesses. As one high in the councils of the in ternational W. C. T. II., Lady Somerset can do no better service to her cause than by opening her mind to the trutn of the army situation. And this truth is that army discipline and soldierly welfare are being sacrificed through a new form of the old madness f:r an in temperate prohibition which cannot pro hibit. The Price of Beef. Worcester Spy: The secretary of agriculture again re peats his prophecy made some weeks ago that a decline in the price cf beef is surely coming. He now says that reports from the west show that ship ments of corn-fed cattle have already begun; that he is confident they vviil increase every week so that by Decem ber 1 prices will fall to about their nor mal level. On the other hand, some persons are less confident than Mr. Wil son. Thev irink that the shortage in the Australian mutton supply will cause an unusually heavy demand for beef in England and will make prices there very high, thus affecting mate rially the American meat market. Mr. Wilson, however, is in a position that should enable him to note conditions very closely, and his judgment is at least encouraging. With Intent to Deceive. Boston Transcript: The practice of the "big" college foot ball teams this season, according to the reports sent out by the various college correspondents, is such as to lead the gullible general public to believe that the colleges have returned to academic affairs and that there will be no good f'KtbalI this year, in the sports' view of the game. Statements are indus triously circulated that the teams are immature, crude, unprepared, untrained, unseasoned, shiftless and weak. But do not be misled by these reports, which are sent out from each college in the hope of deceiving the others. By the time the "big" teams come together in the really important matches of the sea son they will be in fine trim, fully pre pared, trained to the hour, thoroughly seasoned, alert and strong, ready to battle for their lives. So far as other coaches are concerned, these reports from the colleges deceive nobody. It i3 about lime that the old fictions, which are of the discreditable and demoraliz ing part of the college football busi ness, were done away with. JAYHAWKEE JOT3. A two weeks' old Inman calf weighs 20 pounds. A Spring Hill baker sells bread "like mother used to make." A Tonganoxie pear weighs IS ounces and measures 13 inches. A Conway mule has achieved some notoriety by dying of old age. Paola's "four hundred" make their headquarters at the bowling alley. Italians with hand organs and mon keys are "doing" the south tier this wee-. At a Wabaunsee county sale two deer and two fawns were a part of the fur-nit-i e. Meade is going to have waterworks. A three days' fair with prizes and rafile3 will be given in its aid. A Miami county man has 80,000 feet of timber to saw up. Remember Miami county is in treeless Kansas. In some portions of Wabaunsee county "hired men" are so scarce that women arc helping to garner the grain. Cherokee county youngsters are spending their odd hours gathering pe cans. The crop is unusually large. An ear of corn raised near Burling ton bore 1.166 kernels. The family took turn about counting it one evening. What sort of girls have they at Alma? A prominent citizen of that town is compelled to go to Germany after a wife. No ping pong for Meade. They will while away the dull winter hours listen ing to efforts of a local dramatic com pany. An engaged Mission creek couple have it so bad that the lover is building a mile 'phone line to give a parting "good niht." Weary of pounding out "Happy Day," etc., for the choir a Mcl'herson girl pianist has joined a New York theatrical company. An Inman man who went to Louisiana to raise rice was glad to raise enough money to purchase a ticket back to sunny Kansas. It is 12 miles by land from Glen Blder to Beloit, but E6 miles by the Solomon river. A man who tried it by boat found this out. A Crffeyville citizen can't understand why the bite of an insignificant ltttle spider should give him a puffed up feel ing for two weeks, but it has. An Osborne county man has a "per petual motion" machine which he hopes will win him fame. It's far more likely to win him a padded cell at Osawatomie. A Moundrldge boy left the farm last spring to pick up gold nuggets in Nome. He reached home this week, cheerfully willing to go back to picking potatoes. The Hutchinson man who starts on a voyage around the world this week will not endeavor to make the trip in 90 days, but will take from two to tnree years. There must be a strenuous campaign on out in Rooks county. One politician will be compelled to have a toe ampu tated to stop blood poisoning starting rrom a sana burr. If the Topeka saloon men ever had the slightest idea of smashing the alleged pictures cf their places, it must have been quickly dtpelled after seeing them on canvas at the Auditorium. Shawnee county Democrats are in a peculiar position. They are expected to vote against straight Republican Nich ols in county affairs and for straight Republican Thos. T. Kelly on the state ticket. GLOBE SIGHTS. From the Atchison Globe. If you think you have a will of your own, try to stop smoking. We would rather not have a present than worry over the proper form of thanks. We would rather not attend a. party than lie to the hostess about having a good tiave. The handsomer the mother, the more apt is her baby daughter to have a face as dirty as a boy's. A certain Atchison man has more talent than any other man in the state. But it is for getting into trouble. Perhaps one reason a mother is more willing to do things for her children than their father, is that she doesn't pay the bills. A woman just has to tell her husband a piece of sensational gossip in order to get his attention five minutes from the evening paper. The world is getting so highly educated that it is now possible to find a woman who makes a perfect pumpkin pie, and who does not pronounce it "punkin." The dreary season of the year is here when the majority of people, living in cold houses and without a bathroom, feel proud of the achievement when they take a bath. Trace Bolman and wife went duck hunt ing lately, and killed six ducks. Mr. Bol man says he killed all of them that his wife didn't get one. We should say he was very ungallant to admit it. An Atchison newly married man once lost his job, and his wife says that the hardest thing she had to do in the days of privation that followed, was to live up to the cut glass given her at her wedding. Wc find that we have reached that age when we like to grumble about the young folks who think they didn't have a good time at a party unless they laughed and sang and shouted on the streets on the way home. It has been decided that an Atchison street woman is the Greatest Sufferer in the World. She took the goods for a dress to a dressmaker in the spring of 1898. and the dressmaker has been putting off the making of it ever since. Whenever two or three women are gath ered together these days in the name of reform, they pass resolutions praising the lady board of managers of the World's fair for the action taken in opposing hoochie-coochie dances at the exposition. CHERRYVALE'S FIRE. Starts in Zinc Smelters and De stroys Four Blocks. Cherryvale, Kas., Oct. 20. Fire thai started early today in the Edgar zinc smelters burned out four blocks before it was gotten under control. Loss $50, 000, partly insured. Looking for Just Such a Man. "No; I can't say that I admire a liar," observed the colonel, "but I still remem ber with gratitude a case that happened twenty years ago. I was driving along the highway, and It was raining cats and dogs, and night was coming on. Just as I came to a cross-roads I met a farmer and asked him how far it was to Colville. I felt sure the distance was eight miles, but he put it at four." "Was it eight or four?" was asked. "It was fully eight." "Then he lied about it." "He did." "And why do you remember him with gratitude?" "Because It gave me a chance to call him a liar and jump out of the buggy and lick him out of his hoots. I'd been trying to provoke a fight all day, so as to take it out on some one. and this was the only show I had. Yes, sir, I thumped the head off'n him, and if I knew where he was to day I'd send him my thanks and a photo graph. DEATHS AND FUNERALS. Mrs. Edith Swiokard. wife of J. W. Swickard, died of consumption at 603 Chandler street Sundav. The funeral will be held from the Free Methodist church at 3 o. m.. Tuesday. LOCAL MENTION. Dancing class tonight at Steinberg's. Election is now only two weeks off two weeks from tomorrow, H. Clarkson has gone to Dallas, Tex., to attend a meeting of Insurance agents. W. H. Caldwell has returned from Washington where he attended the G. A. P.. encampment. Shawnee team. M. W. of A., will give a dance at Steinberg's hall, Tuesday evening. October 21. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Hudson arrived from the est this morning and are stopping in the city for a time. Group two of the Kansas State Bank ers' association will meet Wednesday in Emporia. P. I. Bonebrake will preside. Mit. Wilhite of Emporia, was in To peka today on his way to Norton, where he is to act as official slipper in an en closed coursing meet. W. E. Connelley has returned to Topeka to visit his family. He is now in the pension service as an examiner and is stationed at Kansas City. The annual meeting of the Ohio club at which time there will be election of officers, will be held this evening at their hall, 117 West Sixth street. There will be a meeting of the board of directors and the transportation com mittee of the Commercial club, Thurs day night at the rooms of the club. Owing to a wreck on the Wabash Sunday night at Missouri City, Mo., the road was obliged to handle its traffic over the Santa Fe from Lexington Junction, Mo., to Kansas City. Nicholas Chiles proposes to sue Dr. J. T. McFarland and Rev. A. M. Jackson for damage for showing his pictures at the Friday night art display at the auditorium. This is not a joke by the funny man. Governor Stanley has been asked to be present at the christening of the new pleasure boat which C. P. Dewey, the Chicago millionaire, is building to run on Eureka lake, near Manhattan. The ceremony is scheduled for next Satur day. Two freight cars left the Rock Island tracks near Morganville Saturday night, and there was a delay of about an hour to through traffic. Nobody was hurt, and trains are running more nearly on time today than for many days. The Mayetta wreck of Saturday has been cleared up. Governor Stanley has granted a requi sition to the governor of Washington for Walter Osburn. who is accused of mortgaging cattle which he did not own to a bank in Eureka. He left the coun try imemdiately after making the mort gage and has just been arrested in Washington. Hal Reid's play, "The Night Before Christmas" drew two large audiences at the Crawford Saturday. The play is certainly Reid's masterpiece. It abounds in pathetic incidents and points a strong moral. The cast is strong- and for a popular price attraction the play is far above the average. Lawrence and Return 87c via Santa Fe Inauguration festivities University of Kansas. Tickets on sale October 16, 17. 18. Final limit October 20. POUGEJOTTINGS. Wat. Dnpree Gives Another Bloodthirsty Exhibition. This Time He Was Trying to Kill His Sister. NEED OF A WORKHOUSE More Reasons Why There Should Be One. Events of a Day With Topeka Peace Guardians. ECAUSE he was on the war path, and laboring un- der a heavy jag and the delusion that wanted to carve his dear sis ter, Jo'an, Will Dupree, the color ed person who shot three holes in Mr. V in Gay, also colored, a few nights ago. was arrested Saturday night. His lov ing sister has stood bv him since the unfortunate occurrence, but now she has soured on him. and she has also notified the police that she wished him to be turned over to his bondsmen, who in turn washed their hands of the ease and turned hirrr into the county keep. At a preliminary hearing he was bound over on the charge of assault with in tent to kill Mr. Gay. His sister, the notorious Jo'an. secured bond for him. and he was released. Saturday night, armed with a modern Cristy-crusty bread knife, he sallied forth and sought the domicile of Jo'an. on whose person he expressed a desire to use the mur derous weapon. Little William was has tily plucked by the copper on that beat. Now he will have to languish until his hearing in district court, when he will probably join many friends and ac quaintances at Lansing-adjacent-to-the- raging-Missouri. The "crying" need for a work bouso is no longer cryinsr. It has risen to a shout which should attract the atten tion of the legislative body equipped with the power to establish such an in stitution. There are about a dozen poor victims of the "sale horse" habit in this city alone, who insist in getting crazy drunk about 15 times a vear. Some of them beat this record by several. They get a fine ranging from five to forty dol lars, which means days to them, and they are never equipped with any cash. The experiment of sending them to the asylum has been tried and found want ing. They are kept at the state insti tution for a shorter time than a jail sentence would have amounted to, and then turned loose to get Idled with the fiery waters again. Last Saturday John Dalgreen. Char ley Boyer and another frequenter were turned out of the city jail on shortened time. Yesterday they were gathered once more. They don't stay out long enough to evaporate the bad mixture they have absorbed. It" the city was provided with a workhouse, a place of refuge in which these fallen plain drunk artists could pulverize stone for about two months, or until their last jag had fully evaporated, they might be con verted into good citizens. Most of them are woodworkers when they are sober, but it is so seldom that they find them selves in a state of sobriety that they cannot get a job. The police have had no luck in their search for the benevolent old gentleman who relieved the yokel from Meriden of $5 Saturday. Saturday evening Sergeant Owen called upon a man who was innoculated with a desire to commit homicide. This party was. Bob Masterson. He came home and found Larry Sheehan fooling around his fireside. Hastily loading a double barrelled shotgun, Masterson got busy, and when last seen Larry Sheehan was going some. Sergeant Owen took the gun away from Masterson, and kept it over Sunday. It was given back to the owner Sunday even ing. No arrests were made, and no blood shed. Among the guests who registered at the Hotel de Donovanski were Axtel Johnson, Chas. Oleson. M. O. Charlcsburg, S. John son, Chas. Bover. Jno. Dalgreen, Ed Hall. Ed O'Brien and J. M. McDonald. Mr. Hail carried baggage, one rmall revolver, for which he was duly credited. The others were good and drunk, and their bill was $10 each. PAYE ON TYLER. Improvement May Be Forced Be- tween Twelfth and Huntoon. It is likely that the council will make an effort to compel the people living on Tyler street, between Twelfth and Hun toon. to pave their street. This pavement will, if laid, connect two paved streets, and the council, therefore, has the pow:r to pave by resolution; that is to order pavement laid without waiting for a pe tition. The proposed pavement will rtin along the west side of the Kansas Medical col lege grounds and wil complete the paving of that valuable block on three sides. WILL SOON BE READY. "Waterworks Petitions Are Now Be ing Prepared. City Attorney Spencer this morning received from Charles F. Street, of the Topeka Water company, a copy of the first mortgage issued to secure the pay ment of $270,000 in bonds on the water works plans. The bonds expire in 1326, and therefore have twenty-four years to run. Mr. Spencer and J. D. McFarland had a conference this morning on the sub ject of the petition for the bond election, and expect to have the petition ready very shortly. When seen at noon by a reporter for the State Journal, Mr. Spencer said that as yet it had not been decided how the petition would be word ed, or what it would call for, but that in his opinion it would be brief. Mayor Parker said: "Yes, we have heard from President Street, and I think the petitions will be ready soon. I sup pose that Topeka will have to assume the outstanding first mortgage bonds, and issue second mortgage bonds for the remainder. I think that with the credit of the city back of them, there should be no difficulty in selling the bonds at 4 or 4! per cent interst." SALINA AGAIN SCORES. This Time She Is to Have Ner Wholesale Hardware Store. Salina is to have another wholesale house, this time in the hardware line. It is the Lee Hardware company, and is headed by H. D. Lee, who is already the head ot the Lee Mercantile company, the Lee-Warren Milling company, the cold storage plant at Salina and other enterprises. The new company is capi talized at $100,000. A charter was also granted today to the Kansac City, Olathe Southwestern Suburban Electric Railway and Power company. The name of this concern is really longer than its capital stock would justify, for it is cauitalized for only $10,000. Its purpose is to build an electric line from Olathe northeast to the Kaw, across that river and run into Kansas Citv on the north side of e river. Other charters granted today were as follows: Latham State bank; capital, $6,000. Star Mercantile company. Mound Ridge; capital. $10,000. Snyder Planing Mill company, Hutch inson; capital, $10,000. FIGHT COMES UP. Some Opposition to Mitchell De velops in Convention. Wilkesbarre, Pa., Oct. 20. The conven tion decided to admit newspaper corre spondents to the eexcutive session. It was moved, immediately after Mr. Mitchell finished his speech that the resu- lutions in his speech to declare off the strike be adopted. This immediately met with the expected opposition of engineers who say they did not oppose President Mitchell's recommendations but wanted very careful consideration. President Mitchell's speech was con cluded at 2:53. Mr. Mitchell's statements in his speech favoring acceptance of the arbitration plan did not elicit great ap plause, but later his words, "I urge ac ceptance and that the strike be declared off with the provision that all men re turn to their former positions," drew out great applause. A warm debate followed the first note of objection to the Immediate adoption of the resolutions to declare off the strike. In the course of this debate a motion was made to adjourn because ptrsons not delegates were present. A hot debate occurred on this, until Presi dent Mitchell said: "If you want those not delegates to get ov.t. ask them to so and not leave yourselves. If you want to consider the prospect of getting all your old positions back, you can best do it here. This proposition will not be crammed down your throats. You are the men who voted to go on this strike, and your votes will end it, if it is ended." A motion to adjourn without further debate was killed by an almost unan imous vote. A motion was then carried to exclude from the hall all but the newspaper men. GIRLS ARE ROBBED. Burglars Enter a Young Ladies' Dormitory at Mexico, Mo. Mexico. Mo., Oct. 20. A burglar who had entered the girl's dormitory at Hardin college last night by way of a fire escape, and stole money and jew elry from the rooms of various students was finally put to flight by Miss Bertha Pattengill, of Atlanta. 111., a Latin teacher. He escaped before an alarm could be given. Two of the girls, whose room was entered, were intimidated into keeping quiet by the burglar's threat. Among those whose rooms were robbed was Miss Ljidlaws of South Takota, Iouise Lackland of Mexico, and Louise Blacknier of New FYaklin, Mo. YOUNG ARRAIGNED. Case Adjourned Till Wednesday at His Counsel's Request. New York, Oct. 20. William Hooper Ycung. who is ch.-jrged with the mur der of Mrs. Anna Pulitzer several weeks ago, was arraigned before Judge Cow ing today to pltad. At the request of his counsel, adjournment was taiceii to Wednesday. D. OF A. R. CELEBRATE, t Meet Saturday at Home of Regent Mrs. Harrison. The Topeka chapter of the Daughters of the Ametiran Revolution met at the home of the resent, Mrs. T. W. Harri son, on Saturday, October IS, where an interesting programme was given. The house was decorated with flags and emblems and autumn flowers added a touch to the beautiful interior. The topic of the day was "Woman in Kan sas History." The programme was opened with a piano solo by Mrs. George Stok"r. The paper, "A Pioneer Wo man." by Mrs. C. S. Nichols, was read by Miss Lucena Morton. Mrs. Dr. Storrs related personal experiences, and Mrs. S. A. Kingman read a very entertaining paper, "One Woman's Experience as a Pioneer." The programme was inter spersed bv vocal selections by Miss Vida Wood and Miss Florence Morton. Re freshments were served and an hour of sociability followed. TOPEKA'S NEW STORE. Mrs. K. Brown Opens a Ladies' and Children's Furnishing Store. One of the best stores in Topeka for the purchase of a lighter class of gooda especially designed to please women is at Mrs. L. K. Brown's ladies' and chil dren's furnishing store in the Crawford opera house block. In this store may be found a splendid selection of women's and children's underwear, hosiery, laces, embrcidery, fine china, towels and hosts cf needed and pleasing novelties. Sta tionery, school supplies and pictures are a portion of the stock. En Route to Culebra Island. Washington, Oct. 20. The navy de partment is infomed that the torpedo boat flotilla commanded by Lieutenant Chandler has left Norfolk for Port Royal. S. C, on its way to Culebra isl and .to take part in the extensive man euver? of the north and south Atlantic and European squadrons early in De cember. The flotilla is composed of the destroyer Decatur and the torpedo boats Bagley. Barney Biddle, Stockton. Thorn ton and Wilkies, together with the steel tug Nina. 9 V -Si DID YOU SOLVE OUR TWENTIETH CENTURY PUZZLE? WATCH FOR OUR NEXT PUZZLE ready very soon, which will be still more interesting Meantime, now that the great coal strike is settled, let us try to save you so vie dollars in the purchase of a Piano, and thereby help you solve correctly the question of selecting a satisfactory Piano, which always has been quite a puzzle of itself, and really not often solved absolutely correct. We mean that we now have finer Pianos, musically and artistically, than were ever before brought to this State, and we shall be pleased to have you pay us a visit at our new location, 722 Kansas av:nue, at all events, whether the question of immediate piano purchase is before you or not. You will certainly be delighted with the sweet music which these Pianos discourse, and obtain a great deal of valuable information in regard to the latest achievements in Piano construction, both interior and exterior. GUILD TIM 31UUPKY HERE. Popular Comedian Appears Glad to Be Back. Tim Murphy, the "T" with a dash across the top as long as the limits of the hotel register and as wide as the letters are tall, is written on the regis ter at the National hotel. Every time that name is signed and that dash, like the tail of a comet, is flashed across a register the hotel clerk has to get his fingers inky putting another pen point into the holder. Murphy can sign that name 365 times a year and each signature will be as nearly like the other as would be possi ble with anything else than a rubber stamp. There is only one other man in the country who has infringed upon the Murphy copyright of signing his nama and that man is Eugene F. Ware. After Murphy had registered he took a stroll about town and then wandered back to the hotel. At noon he was sit ting at the writing table making car toons and handing them out to who ever wished them. A few strokes of the pen, a gob of ink here and a splash there and he had produced a cartoon of an autoinobiiist or a golf player, per haps almost as well as upper could do it. The cartoons were like the oft talked of "hot cakes" and one member of the company was kept busy blotting them as they came wet and dripping from the hands of the artist. Murphy could do a quick picture stunt in vaudeville if the fates ever forced him out of the comedy line. But they won't. Tim Murphy looks just like his pic tures. His eyes are blue and there are eight wrinkles in his forehead. The lines of his face are deep. Judge Frank Doster watched him making pictures. Hosier and Murphy look much alike ex cept that the chief justice has the ad vantage in years. Murphy must be about 40 years old. It was in 1SS5 that he began his stage career and it was not long till he was known the country over as "Maverick Brander" in "A Tex as Steer." Murphy has been in Topeka many times before. Once while he was play ing "A Texas Steer" he went to a To peka bank to cash a draft. lie expected that he would have to be identified. He shoved the draft under the nose of the cashier and expected the usual an nouncement that he would have to be identified. "I suppose I'll have to be identi be gan Murphy. "Not at all, sir," said the cashier, and he began counting out the money. "Ol.id to accommodate you, Mr. Mur phy." The cashier had seen Murphy's pic tures and h had seen the copied sig nature under them. There could be no mistake. The actor got his money. Murphy is frank. When a reporter stepped up to him and asked if this-was Mr. Murphy, he said "It is," and was 011 his feet in an instant. He gave the pen a throw and it stuck quivering in the top of the writing table. "How's business?" was the somewhat abrupt question. "flood," exclaimed Tim. He was seat ed by this time, and gave his knee a good, hard slap. "Turning them away everywhere. Never did such a business. No. I don't know what I'll have next year. A man in New York is building a theater and wants me to come there and put on "A Carpet Hugger," "A Cap itol Comedy," "A Bachelor's Romance" and "Old Innocence." I don't know what I'll do. because we are having such good business out west." "We were all t!ad to hear of your cap turing New York." said the reporter, referring to the time two years ago when Murphy played "The Carpet Bagger" in New Ycrk, and Alan Dale, the American and Journal critic, who is the terror of the actors, said that Mur phy was the only real actor playing in New York. "Were you: well I'm mighty glad. Do you knew," said Murphy and now his hat was on the back of his head and he was settled down for a confidential chat. "I was mighty well pleased myself but I was more pleased at the pleasure of the western people. I got lots of telegrams. They all said that the writers knew it all the time and was glad that New York agreed with them." He chatted on telling of the big crowds which greeted him in the south. "Do you like football?" was asked. "Do I? Well. I don't know. You see I have never seen a game," said Murphy. "I am going out this afternoon to see the game here. I am going to get just as ex cited as anyone. I intend to be a tirst class rooter." He walked away to tahe part in a short rehearsal at the theater before going to the game. Suddenly he stopped, turned around and shouted: "Who'll I holler for?" "Washburn, the players with the blue and white swetcs," was the reply. "Blue and white sweaters, all right." FUNERAL OF MRS. COFFEY. An Impressive Service Held at Meri den Saturday. The funeral of Mrs. Elizabeth Coffey, who died Wedresday at her home near Meriden, was held Saturday from the Catholic church at Meriden. She was the mother of nine children and they all attended the funeral. She came to Kan sas in 1857 after having lived at Scran ton, Penn., where she moved from her home in Ireland. She was 73 years old. The funeral sermon was nreached by the Arery Rev. F. M. Havden of To peka. He spoke eloquently of the noble qualities of the deceased, of her devotion, self-sacrifice and courage. Father Hay den also acted as deacon at the cele bration of the solemn high requiem mass. The funeral was the largest ever seen In Meriden. Reward for Cattle Thieves. Tn i-evonse to a request from E. R. Thorpe, eounty attorney of Ness county, verncr Stanley today offeree! a re ward of -00 for the arrest of George Austin and William Ervine, alleged cat tle thieves. It is claimed that they re- Tv MUSIC CO. J TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY. FOR SALE-Candy store 805 Kansas ave., at cost; I have two stores; must sell one. cently stole 20 head of cattle in Nes.s county, but they made good their escape. There has been a good deal of cattle stealing in that part of the coun try during recent months, and for that reason tne reward was asked lor. THREW CARRIE OUT. Saloon Owner Pitched Reformer Into the Street. Austin, Texas, Oct. 20. Mrs. Carrie Nation arrived here and attempted to take charge of a saloon on Fifth street and Congress avenue, and landed in the gutter as a result. Alderman Bill Davis, proprietor, was present, and the reformer immediately turned her attention to him. but before she had proceeded far in lier abuse of saloon men. Alderman Davis asked the visitor who she was, and commanded her to leave the place. "I am Carrie Nation, sir," she Eaid, "and was never known to leave a saioon hell until I got good and ready." "I am sorry, Carrie," replied the pro prietor, "but it makes no difference who you are, one of us has got. to go out." Mr. Davis stepped from behind the bar and upon Mrs. Nation's second refusal to vacate, he caught her by the bacK of the neck and one arm and threw her bodi ly into the street. After being ejected Mrs. Nation spoke on the sidewalk until the crowd was dis persed by the police. She was forced to take the train out of town to her next speaking place. JAMES' INSTALLATION. Ceremonies Incident to tlie Occasion at Northwestern University. Cliicag-o, Oct. 2. The sconrt t ny of the corernonifs incident t the installation of Klmunl James as president of Northw-est-orn university was a perft-et autumn flay. Public ami private builOinps in Evansinn were graily attii e3 in royal purple, the color of ihe university. The 1ay 'aa given up to a varied form of entertuin-rn:-nts for the distinguished, visitors. amon; the attractions being a football game in the afternoon pnd receptions in the even ing. The programme Included a meet -nij of the student body at 10:3o a. vn., addr"sa ed by lr. Jarru-s B. Murphy on behalf of the faculties of the different departments of the university and by President .Tames YV.BaPhford of the Ohio Wesleynn univer sity President Charles F. Thwinj? of Western Reserve university, 1'resident Cyrus Northrup of the University of Mia nesota. Frank 1. Miers and Matthew Mills spo-ke on behalf of the students. A reiiriion of the alumni was held at 4 p m. in the University hall a::d was ad dressed by Bishop Moore. IT IS NOW COL. LOOMIS. Popular Attorney Is Made Inspector General of Kansas. N. H. Tvtmis is now a member cf Ciov. Stanley's official staff. ITis position is that of inspector percral. He was fc appoint ed and commissioned today. The appointment of Mr. IxHmis is the result of a little pleasantry at the Fort Riley rnanou -ra. 'When Gov. Stanley and bis party viritrd the mane overs, Mr. ljoomis was also- present. The vari nid civilians were "chaffing" mu another nbout their lack of knowledge of military affairs. "Immis." said the governor, "you have a military bearing. I'd like to have you on my stuff. I Ix-lieve I'll appoint you the first tiirt" there is a vacancy." "There's vacancy now," said Adjutant General Fox. "The post of inspector gen eral is vacant." Governor Stanley made a note of it and today made the appointment. Mr. Ioomis has the rank of colonel and he may be known by his title even when he isn't in uniform. New Rural Delivery liou-es. Washington. Oct. 20. Rnrrl f r delivery will be established, to commence Ivccm btr 1. as fellows: Kansas Abbysville. Kern county, one carrier; route. 23 miles: population. pos toff ice at Pekin to be supplied by ru ral carrier mail to Abilene. Arling ton. Reno county, one carrier; route E-P miles: population, pos toff ice at Rone Springs to be discon ined. Harper, Har per county: one car ier; route, l:41 miles; population. E20 miles. (Additional service). Hutchinson. Reno county; two carriers; 4(i miles; population. 1,015; (additional ser vice) Whitley, Jackson county; one car rier; route, 254 miles; population, 490. Fish In the Waterpipe. Clarksburg. W. Va.. Oct. 20. A catfish was the causp of the d-art met ion of a house by fire on West en avenue this after noon. About 3:30 fire was discovered in a. two-story frame house owned by Thomas Barnes and occupied by four families. The tire department responded and had the blaze under good controi when sudden ly the water supply faiWi. An investiga tion disclosed the fact that the pipe wa choked up, and upon cutting it open a 17-pound catfish was found in the pipe. It had doubtless betn drawn into the ipe by the suction. The loss was over $3,000. Kansan Shot for a Deer. Sliver Plume. Cob, Oct. 20. Malcolm Cochran, aged 21, was ehot and fatally wounded near Arapahoe peak, Middle Park by an unknown hunter, who evident ly mistook him for a deer. The man who did the shooting, after learning his mis take, fled and his identity has not yet been discovered. Cochran died a few hours after beinjy found by friends. His home was in Kansas and he had been spending the summer on a mountain ranch. Inheritance Tax Sustained. Denver, Colo., Oct. 20. Judge B B Lindsey in the county court of "this (Arapahoe) county, toiay rendered a decision in the case of the estate of Sam Strong, the Cripple Creek million aire, sustaining the validity of the in heritance tax feature of the revenue law passed by the Colorado legislature last winter. The case will be appealed to the supreme court.
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TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL MONDAY EVENING. OCTOBER 20, 1902. 5 Ladies We want to call your attention to our Ladies' and Children's Underwear. We will have special bargains for you in these, all this week. Now is the time for you to buy Underwear. We would ask you to look at our La dies' and Children's 25c Underwear, and 10c Hose. These are certainly bargains at these prices. x x x Ask to see OUR ioc TOWEL. It's a Winner. i THc INtW CAbn Ml i UNDLR CRAWFORD'S OPERA HOUSE Mrs. L. Iv. Brown Proprietor. MEMORIAL SERVICE. feature of Fourth Day at W. C. T. V. Lou vent ion. Tori lan. 1. Me.. Oct. '.-A service in memory of nu mber and !"ri lids who hav,. di. (1 diiring the- year was a Minimi;,' fea ture (if the fourth day's sissi'in of th.- Na tional W. T. I.', fdiivwiliiin. K pons Of pnix rinti rid.'iu.s also wi re pr. v in. 4. LmniK th.. for. noon la minute r. -.oris Were mude l.y seven superim. nd' t ts. Mrs. Kmille li ll irtli! of N'-w Yi.-k n port. 1 fur the dep.irtnieiil of lit. ratal Mrs. Martin said tlvre was and art. no more j hopeful siirn mi the hot izo-t of the- or ganization than that they trive Rained the iriilw-r.ee of public si nt inient. Tin' Tress i-vdleet nubile sentitnent and dur ing the ,,;st 'year the journals of the country have (riven larger space to puiilv and temp'-ranee. Mrs. .Martisi :isks for the adoption of a. resolution passed by the N.-v York Cimnlv W. C. T. r. as follows: "K.-solved. That the innocence of youth, the purity of middle aw. and the Sanctity of old are alike ."hocked end deiaded by iilust i a t ions of the fe male fitrure unclothed upon bill boards find In other public places: v wall use every proper means by striving to awaken public sentiment; by appeals to city or state aulhoiities and by lci.'a! means if need be. to have this menace to public morals and stumbling block to clean manhood and womanhood re moved. This resolution to lie submitted to oil the women's clubs and societi-s fisklru,' th ipprovnl and endorsement ,nd inviting their co-opet ation in the movem-nt." Mrs Ma. tin also unfc! the adoption of Miss Helen M ill. r t '.ould's resolution, "to r.crulate the midway dames at the Ft. Louis World's, fair."' which she said has been ridopted by the woman man age! s as f.illow s: "That it is the earn.st desir" of the National Woman's Christian Temper un e 1'nion that there be no indecent dances i Improper exhibits in the mid way duritiK th world's fair at su. Louis and that the exposition company be utied to use the utmost tare in awarding concessions for th.- shows in order that there be no ohj. tionable fea- She said: "We take courage in the I n 1 a uozen iam fact that the ci.mr.troller of the rreas- i1'".- f'".' ''lotr.ed fn m these shelves nrviias .1.(1. u-o inai me a pin an la i ion of $r..on.i.i ca for the exiosition would be withhi Id unless the contract to 'close th" gates to visitors on Sunday during the whole duration of the fair' is exe cuted." There has been 2"fl,fton pages of litera ture printed and distributed free of cost during the year. Mrs. Mary V T.c v. ll of I'ennsyK-aina for the dt partlnent of nv rcy. in brief said: "A il.'partmi nt that makes it its clii. f aim of s. stt niatleally itrplantinr th. lui mnne i.iea in th. mind of the human race dt 3t rv.'s su.-ct ss. "California has t naet. d a Mat" la-.v dur ing the year. r, (poring hmiane elu. In the piil.bc schools. in Cnlorad th" same has Ik en done and er ait is frankly Eiven to the W,f. T. V. "Nebraska adopted at its last state con vention resolutions to be pri s. nted to ns Incoming legislature, pn .t ing again., t trap shoot iir-r and denouncing it us bruial and demoralizing." It Isn't George Taylor. Carrollton, M. Oct. -'.-Sheriff Cruz, n r arrest is satlstied that the soldier and. fit Atlanta. Oa.. is not (bo:,-,. Tay escaped from iail while awaitine- lor ho 1 i-X.rll. I Hon for bis part in the murd-r of the Mei ks family. An Atlanta paper contain- lng a picture of lieorge Harms, who, it was ass. ried. was none ..th. r thaa T.i. lor. was received todav aad Sh.'rio" declar. d it bore no likeness whau vu the escaped murdrr. r. Convention Continues to Grow Omaha, Oct. 20. TUe second sect'., the proceedings of the convention o' n t "1 of I'll' Diseioles of Christ 1., unoer 1 be oirectam of th Christian Missionary society department wr rk addi;i..n.il poured into the city bv the although about T.ii'mi delcgat F For thi s dele-rates "nndreds, ha or. rived last week. The morning session opened with devotional service, foiiuw ing which committees were upooint" 1 and reoorts were read. Moliaeux Jury Completed. New York. Oct. 2 The work of c ur pleting the jury that is to try Roland I Molinoux for the murder of Mrs. Kathet in J. Adams in iJecemhcr. 1V wax .nded t (lay hy the selection of tlie twelfth ".,n contrary to gem ral expectation Just Lambert had no announcement to niak( concerning the Harnett letters, Giving Back the Money. Cincinnati, o.. Oct. 2-1. During the w ar with Spain W. Hanking Ooode. the b ay orator of this city, raised over J.V by popular subscriptions for a battleship to lie called "The American Hoy." Kx-F. s. j Attorney John W. Herron, father-in-law j oi o"i iii'.i wiiunii ran ot tne 1 tulip pine islands, is now ri turning the money to the subscribers. Eutler Is Indicted. Ft. Leads. Oct. J'.-Thp lcto!,.-r Brar,.l Jnry today handed down an indictment Charging Colonel l-'dward Hiitler. the loml politician and millionaire, with bribery ia connection with the city lighting deal, in which H7.0C0 is said to ha ve been disbursed among members of the house of delegates combined. For This Week I SELL POLICE COLLECTION. Some of the Curious Thing3 Gathered in a Bit? City. The property clerk's office Is at police hea.iiiu ti a rs in Manhattan in the fa mous old -Mulberry street buildmer; in Brooklyn in. the cually i inmus old Smith mansion in Sni'th street. In Man hattan almost the entire basement is o( ciipieii, as the property clerk's store room, wnile over, on Crosby street, a few blocks away, he has an nvnex siven o it mainly to the storage .f gambling paraphernalia, irr Brooklyn this last is b 1 in what r.-.ust have been the barn of the old family residence that has in its old asc fallen to police use. In both places it is kept until the accumulation brfflris to overflow its assigned quarters .end then broken up. as it would be un lawful for the police to sell it. The i veood g-oea to the kindling: pile, the metal, brass and iron to an old metal "reap, which is eventually sold to a junk dealer. This is the inglorious end of it!-e Ramblers- tools taken in raids in various parts of the city. Judging from I the broken remnants the bulk of the iKtunblinsr paraphernalia takes the form iof slot machines, which on rare occa sions, for the deposit of a nickel vield dazzling returns. The chances, how ever, are easily a hundred to one against 1 their yielding anything". On the fraa n:i nts that remained could be seen 1 i.asted instructions whereby, should the machine prove too prodisal. the pro- Pi ietor could re gulate it so that it would ipve less to the unwary investor, j Probably the most interesting- exhibit j is a Kroup of 41 "spook" pictures oon liscat. il in 1SSX. when Ann O'fielia Diss I d" H.ir. now servine- a seven year term r-nmisn prisan. was on trial Tor -"",:'llnB Luther K. Marsh. For nearly (.ute. n years these pictures have been 1 "':'"!mu,atln dust in the basement on Mulberry street, until now thev look out ho dimlv from their tarnished crumbling did frames that "spirit pictures" seems I no misnomer. For fifteen years they (have been waiting for court to decide ;ihiir ownership, and Erive orders ns to thi final disposition, until the death of the 1 lawyer in Middletown last spring s.n.j liti-d matters and they were finally awarded t the department to be sold I to the hijrr.'st ladder. On the found property shelves, all or wraiipen an.i ticKeteri. is a va- jriety of articles whioh would lavisb.lv ,e.uip a country store, or even n reason- dozi-ai bands furnished with instruments. It is curious how rarely people claitv articles there. If anything is lost or stolen they advertise, gen-rally with n "no questions asked" clause mbodied in th- advertisement. Hut it '(.i s not sc.. m to occur to them that lost articles frequently are turned over to the p'-lice. and that, moreover, the po lice are continually arresting persons h lying property in th'ir possession net :'"ir own and for which no claimant if appears. Tt is curious, too, how t; ioy oeonle will make a charge of tlx have a man arrested, even rmsh the (l arge in court and have the pris oner sent no. and vet will never take tienith trouble t. claim from the rironertv c!. rk the articles thev have made such a fuss about. Hrooklyn Eagle. STAMP WORTH 000. Philatelic Possasaed by Syra cu3?, N. Y. Man. John F. Seybold of this city has added a twclvepence (black) Canadian to his rare collection of postage tumps. This may nut mean much to the uninitiated, but sneaks volumes to the rihilntelist. Its rarity may be rucssed when it is 1 k''own that it is valued at St',00. and Mr Seybold says he would not part with it j '"l" a great dea! over that flgure. The 1 'ntornie.d dealers and collectors tr that there ar not over 35 of these j stamps in the world, while some of the more conservative place the number fit j 1". This ore is on tile original cover and is the only one known to exist in 'that form, the others being separate stamps. TV,.. j t Ot tne !SSU OI J Unfi H lv .1. to Dei ember 4. 1JCi4. There were in all :.1,400 stnmris issued, of which the largest number sent to a sin--le odio'e was to Hamilton, w hich received 300. On May 1. H r.T, the stamris not used were ail destroyed. The total r-umber of stamps put into circulation from the is sue was l.rdn. The stamp purchased by Mr. tkybold bears a Hamilton post mark. The stamps nf this issue were made by Uawdon, Wiisht. Hatch Edson of New York, who also printed the first is sue of United fcitates government stamps in IM7. At the time nf the icsoo r-.f the twi.lcp- jpince stamp the nostasre to Knuland was 1 shilling (25 cents) sterling, the Canadian currency being at a discount. m postage to the West Indies was tv,-. Ive-pem e and to the United states sixpence. Therefore, about all of the f tamps went either to the West Indies or (aire to thus country, few, if any, going outside of the two countries and Canada, those coming to this country rallying, of course, a double-weieht lottei As there were few. it any. eol- lectors, in the West Indies, the stamps sent to that country were about all de stroyed. Government buildings and old corres pondence have been turned ever to dis cover more of these rare stamps and the ground has been thoroughly cover id, so that thtre is littl" chance of oth ers being found. In Kingston. Ont.. a boy collector had one, which he parted wiib net long ego for $2. and the stamp was iosolcl in a short time for $200. A pair also sold recently In Boston for $1, bOO. Syracuse Post-Standard. IRISH LEAGUE MEETS. President John F. Finnerty De livers an Address. Foston, Oct. 20. President Finnerty, in opening said they again assembled in the dual capacity of American citizens and allies of their Irish kindred to lift up their voices in behalf of Ireland's tillers of the soil to own the land they cultivate. Jsovv C0,IK)0 Irish husbandmen are fanner proprietors and they are so because of the labors and sacrifices of Parnell and Davitt, O'Brien and Dillon, Biggar and Kedmond, who followed In the track of the pioneers for Irish liberty. Today there are other Irish patriots, the brothers, and friends of Ireland's delegates to the conventions, wearing the convict's clothes and performing; hard labors in Irish jails, because they have dared to tell the Knglish prime minister that his rule in Ireland is founded on invasion, usurpation, con fiscation and the breach of treaties, which even savage virtue would have respected, but w hich Knglish greed and jealousy systematically violated. The Anglo-No. mans, at the close of the twelfth century, introduced their foul feudal Fystem into Ireland. Before they came, the Irish lands were the property of all the people, and were behl in trust by monarch, prince and chief. But the invaders did not respect the breton laws, which governed an cient Ireland, and were in the main, models of wisdom and justice. On the contrary they overrode them from the first nnd after vanquishing fathers and brothers in the field, or by traitor meth ods, they married the daughters by force ami laid claim to the lands which was the common property of all the Irish people and not of a favored and privi leged few. Ireland did not tamely submit to this new and violent condition of affairs, but as history tells has fought long and persistently for liberty. The Anglo Norman feudal system was iiaramount in Ireland until Parnell. supported by tbe T.F.nd league, of which the United Irish league is tne lineal successor, made a breach in its brazen shield. Catholics and Protestants ali'.te were persecuted and the outrages forced them to emi grate to the American colonies, where they too!; th-Mr riart in the war for in dependence. Since January 1, 1S01, Ireland has been to all intents and purposes an Knglish province. Th? union act wiped out, as far as rarchment and seal could do it, her distinctive nationality: but the hearts and hands of the bulk of the Irish people have been and are inliamed and raised against the provincial condi tion. They have not accepted the brand of social and political inferiority. English rule stands self-condemned by the official reports of its own servants, which show that Ireland has today a smaller population than she had in 1S01, and that within the last sixty years 1. 200.00 of her peonle starved to death; more than 2.000.W0 were evicted from their holdinss. and 4.000,000 at least sought refuge from British tyranny in this and other free countries. A gov ernment, whether native or foreign, that could and can find no remedy for this wholesale destruction of an ancient and highly endowed people has no right to exist. It has sinned against the benefi cence of God and the inherent rights of mankind. Under more favorable conditions, the Irish people would be entirely justified in resorting- to arms to end this huge iniquity. Kight and justice are on their side and present opportunities alone are wanting. With a powerful ally to fur nish her with the nucleus of an army and with the munitions of war, Ireland, by putting every able-bodied man in the field, could win her independence, but without such an ally nothing short of a miracle could render her victorious. The men upon Irish ground are the men to dicide the policy of their country. So long as they keep the green flag flying and make no comprise of their right to be free and independent, their American kinsmen, are. and will be their allies and auxiliaries. Ireland must fight Eng land with such weapons as she has ready. She must not submit to be ex tinguished while waiting an opportunity to strike.- She is threatened with one great and pressing danger extinction by emigration. As her manufacturers, except in the line of linen and a few other staples, are almost destroyed by English competi tion, wmcn nas every advar.taere that wealth, Litnnt and skill can give, her young people are, in a great measure, cut off from skilled labor pursuits, and agriculture is the only other alternative of employment. The best lands of Ire land are held bv alien and absentee landlords. The worst are occupied by the tillers of the soil. Between these two classes, there is an irrepressible conflict. The Irish landlord are offered settlement tentamount to forty years' rental for the lands they hold, in general by the law of conquest or the process of con fiscation. These lands belorg by here ditary right to the Irish people. But the Irish people do not ask for anew con fiscation, but' for condemnation and purchase by loan on terms of easy re payment. When, instead of SO, 000, 600, 00(1 heads of Irish tor ant families be come proprietors, a tourniquet will have applied to the bleedinir arteries of Ire land. The young people, the pride and flower of their country, will remain at home, and, beneath the genial skies of their native land, make her fertile soil blossom as -a rose. And with nrosperity will rome liberty, its handmaiden. England herself must be growing tired of tlie cruel Irish landlords, whom she ui- holds by her sheriffs and h( r soldiers. Balfour and Wyndham are making a last effort in behalf of their clients, the land lords. They have dug up the gaunt and ghastly remains of old Edward 1, "the hammer of the Scotch," and with this rcsty, rotten old "hammer" they- are at t( nvptmg to put down the United Irish league. They have hammered a dozen Irish members of parliament and about three hundred local leaders into jail. The meeting today, said President Fin nerty, was to express the sentiments of the American Irish on the Ir'sh question and to welcome Ireland's chief and his f( llow-delegatcs. A year has not yet elapsed since the United Irish League of America was temporarily organized. I spite of senseless opposition in some quar ters and unmanly apathy m others, it has increased and multiplied throughout the American continent, and has furnished the true men in In land vith a respect able amount of the sinews of war to carry on. in a manly manner the noble strug gle for land and libert-v. The Frotestants of te north and the Catholics of the south have joined hands for the salvation of their country, which presages a long day of glory and pros perity. President Finnerty referred to the as sistance he had received from the nation al secretary. Mr. John O'Callaphan, of Roston; Mr. John Jay Joyce of New York: Iir. J. F. Martin of Baltimore, and Mr, P. Shelly O'Ryan of Chicago, also' Na tional Treasurer T. R. "Fitzpatrick of Bos ton, and to the other officials nnd mem bers of the executive and general organiz ing committees. Thanks, too. he sntl.were due to Messrs. William Keci-nond and Joseph Devlin, members of na'-liament. for their camnaitrn of organ'zation through out A-merica last spring. In conclusion h- welcomed Mr. John F. Fedmord and the other delegates to America. Austrian Editor's Troubles.. Few people in Kngland have any idea of the disabilities under which the press o Austria suffers. They accept the abuse of England which too many Aus trian papers have poured out during the war as the outcome ot the real feelings of the people for us, ignoring the fact that the continental press being, as a rule, the slave of the police. i3 onlv too giad to be able to divert to a neutral object the diatribes, which it longs to intlict on its own government. In Vienna a iiaper can be summoned, punished, ami even suppressed on the slightest ex cuse. A paper is obliged to insert with out comment all offieal contradictions of facts, and even If ft can prove that its statements were absolutely correct, it is not allowed to do so. Moreover, a Viennese paper cannot be sold in the streets, and so its readers are limited to its subscription list. But apparently this state of things is beginning to dis gust even the ministerial circles, for Herr Ivoerber has just brought in a bill to enve the press a little more liberty and greater facilities for distribution. It is proposed to allow papers to be sold in the streets, the writers and not only the iiaper will be held responsible for signeA articles, and the editor will be allowed to comment on official contradictions in the vers' number of the iiaper in which those contradictions appear. The Vien nese press will thus be somewhat eman cipated from the slavery in which it has hitherto been, which is something to the good. London Globe. OAS AS FUEL. An Expensive Substitute for Anthra cite Coal. Among the substitutes for coal as fuel none, perhaps, is attracting more gener al attention just now than gas. Many people who do not have to count the cost and many more who do have to make a strain to make ends meet doubt less expect to keep themselves more or less comfortable by using gas for heat ing and cooking. Only the vaguest no tions exist as to the relative cost of gas fuel. Everybody knows that it is dearer than anthracite when the latter is at its normal price, but with our customary fuel practically unprocurable, even at four times the usual figure, the use of gas would seem to the uninitiate to be a comparatively cheap alternative. A closer investigation of the question, however, does not bear out this impres sion. Oas at $1 a thousand cubic feet has been estimated to be equivalent in heat ing value to anthracite at $15 a short ton; where the cost of gas is higher its expensivenoss as a fuel is, of course, correspondingly greater. The accuracy of the estimate has been in a measure established by experiment with a steam heating riant the boiler whereof was so constructed that steam could be gen erated by a gas flame. In the course of seven months 370.000 cubic feet were consumed in heating a rather large house of 30.0C0 feet cubic capacity. To state the result of the experiment in terms comprehensible by all, gas fuel is two and one-half times as expensive as anthracacite at 6 a short ton. Another test equally exhaustive showed a ton of coal to be the fuel equivalent of 20,000 cubic feet of. gas, running the per ton rate tto to .$20, assuming gas to cost $1 per thousand. Few of the moderately circumstanced probably expect to keey their houses as comfortable with gas as they had been accustomed to do with coal. Gas stoves have been installed as makeshifts and with a view to making life endurable in or.e or remaps two tne prmcioai rooms. Here, however, another difficul ty lias to be considered. Where is the supply of gas to come from to meet the greatly augmented demand? It Is not merely a question of turning on the tap and lighting a match. If the require ments of householders should suddenly be doubled -'.the manufacturers of gas could not fill thir tanks as quickly as they would be exhausted. The fluctua tion in the demand in accordance with the rise and fall of the temperature, moreover, would present conditions al most impossible to meet, and, if possi ble, it would be at a prohibitive cost to the manufacturers for gas holders or other means of storage. From some cit ies a diminution of pressure due to in creased use of gas has already been re ported, and a much larger demand would result in making gas unavailable for anybody. Philadelphia Kecord. THIS IS APPLE JACK YEAR. Stills Are Working Night anfl Day Producing Jersey Lightning. After a drought of apple whisky which has lasted two year?, this season promises to bring- forth a larse Quantity of the famous Jersey liKhtniriK. The apples are piling into the distilleries in this eounty faster than they can be used, and quantities of the fruit re going- to waste. The storms of the summer and early fall have swept the r.rehards clean of apples, and thousands of bushels have been gathered from the ground. The farmers rush this second class fruit to the stills, some of which are working night and day in order to save the ac cumulation of raw material. The largest apple whisky distillery in the world is at Johnsonburg, in the northern part of the county. It is own ed by a man named Jones, who has been in the business more than fifty years. When he started half a century sro there were small distilleries all over New Jersey, and especially in Warren, Morris. Sussex and Humerdon counties. Now there are less than a Ozen In all that territory and less than two dozen in the state. Fifty years ago the dis tilled extract of apples could be boughi in any procery store for 10 cents a gal lon. Now it brings $4 a pallon, and the real article is hard to Ret. The best applejack is made in Morris county, one distillery at Suecasrrnna having a trade that is world-wide. A press clipping bureau keeps the pro prietor informed of all towns in every part of the country voting "no license." As soon as he learns of a prohibition town he publishes an advertisement in the newspapers of that town offering his goods in plain packages. The scheme has brought him riches. Last year this distiller was compelled to ap peal to others in the business to help him fill orders. His plant is working twenty-four hours a day. Apple whisky is still drunk extensive ly all through northern New Jersey. Few call for it by the glass, but hun dreds carry it away in bottles. So near ly has the demand equaled the supply for several years that the older grades have disappeared and only the com paratively fresh product is to be had. New York Sun. PILLOW SHALL BE EARTH. An Ancient Custom Still Continued by Orthodox Jews. One branch of the orthodox Jews still keeps up the custom which seems more than 30 centuries old. It is the laying of a dead man's head upon a pillow fill ed with earth, and placing upon his face of an earthen elate cr saucer broken into three nieces, one for the nose and one for each eye. When a family is very wealthy the earth is brought from the Holy Land, and the mortuary plate from a potter's kiln not far from Jer usaler.'.. It is made of a reddish clay, and is sireilar to those now dug up by the I'alestine exploration fund laborers. To make the nillow and to break the plate, into the thrw conventional rjieces lot. rand ccrsiderable practice if not skill, and give steady employment to a little wizeped-i:p long-bearded Polak rabbi, who lives down in the "Bend" be tween Park Row and the Five Points. For the opulent, he has earth which he claims to have had imported from Pal estine, and odd plates which look as if tney mignt have been made by the pot ters of King Solomon. But the well-to-do w ho follow out the old customs are few In number and the majority of the faithful are not blessed with an excess o-f worldly goods. For them he has clean earth taken from a held of growing grain and plates made in some pottery not far from the city. There is no set rule respet:ng the earth. It may be laid in the coffin beneath the head of the dead man, and so form the pillow which is usually pro vided by nature herself. Or it may be the filling of a linen or silken case on which is inscribed a line from the Torah or a figure of King Solomon's seal. How he breaks the plate is a secret which has come down to him through many generations. It formerly was done by a sword, afterward by a trowel, but today by a small hammer. When the blow is struck the fractured pieces should not be of the same size. Two should be small and somewhat circular In outline, so as to cover the optic orbit, while the third should be rather long and reach at least from the eyebrows to the end of the nose. The first nart of the ceremony is easily understood. It expresses the traditional saying, "Thy pillow shall be earth," but what the meaning or origin of the three pieces of plate is not known to the official him self. He says, "It is the law of our fathers, and I follow the law." According to one of their scholars, there was a superstition once that the pieces of earthenware protected the soul when it made its final exit from the body, which was supposed to occur within a short period after physical death, but there seems more reason for believing that the custom was of the same nature as the practice still extant among some people of laying coins upon a dead man's eyes. New York Post. FITZ HUGH LEE PAID Major Chauncey B. Baker, chief quar termaster for the maneuver division, served in Cuba under General Wood. While there he saw much of General Fitz hugh Lee, of whom he tells a hitherto un published story illustrating the thorough and persistent methods of the government in the matter of accountability for gov ernment property. Previous to the civil war General Lee was in the regular army and was station ed in the quartermaster's department in Washington. When the war of the rebel lion came Lee espoustd the cause of the south and went into the confederate armv. It developed shortly afterward that Lee was responsible for some government property that had been lost. The value was $37.50. Of course, there was no wav of holding Bee. He was not only out of tne union army, nut in the confederate araiy. The account could not be collected. Any attempt to collect the account after the civil war was concluded when Lee was a civilian would be without result. Tne Spanish-American war came. however. and General Lee was recognized for his services In Cuba and given a command of brigands -In the regular army. About the first letter that was sent to General Lee from the quartermaster's department was a statement of the indebtedness of $37. .7) incurred forty years ago.. The time limit of twenty days allowed bv the resru lations in which Lee could have called for a board of survey to clear himself of th indtbtedness had long since expired. A trifle over forty years of time had elapsed In accordance wit hthe rules of the wat department General Lee was told that the amount of the claim would be held against his pay account. 1 "And General Lee paid it," said Major tsaKer. jjrooKlyn Jagie. HOW TO WEAR GLOVES. Many an otherwise faultless toilet la epoiled by the wearer's 111 fitting or badly chosen gloves, for women very generally fail to give the requisite at tention to these small but most lmpor tant additions to the costume. The fact is that women, as a rule, don't re alize how attractive or otherwise hands can be, and therefore they do not trouble to heighten their charms or conceal the want of them by pretty and daintily fitting gloves. There are many "don'ts" to be re membered by the woman who aspire to be well gloved. Don't buy cheap gloves. If you cam not afford to have new gloves very of. ten, it is better to have those that ar well cut but much mended rather than a uew and cheap pair which distort the appearance of the hands. Don't squeeze your hand into gloves which are uncomfortably small. By doing this you will be sure to make your hands appear misshapen and will very probably make them red and un comfortable after the gloves have been faken off. Choose gloves that are long enough in the fingers and which button neatly at the wrist. Take care, however, that they are not too large, for baggy backs, slouchy wrists and wrinkled fingers have a slovenly look. Don't wear a glove with a button oft or a hole in it, thinking it will not be noticed. It is almost sure to be ob served, and it will stamp you as care less in the eyes of the beholder. Don t put on a new sieve carelessly. The first molding of the glove to the hand decides its future shape, and therefore it is most important that it should not be put on anyhow, but in the best pos sible manner. Turn back the wrist part of the glove and then carefully work on the fingers, seeing that the peams are straight. When all the fingers are well in, smooth down the hnd part of the glove and insert the thumb. When this is properly in, with the seam going down the center of the nail and when the seam at the side of the hand Is even and smooth, then the glove may be but toned or clasped. Don't forget to sprinkle some powder Into your gloves before putting them on if your hands are given to perspir ing. Don't rumple up your gloves in a ball when you take them off, but smooth out each carefully, lay one on the other and put them both away in a case or drawer till wanted again. An RcgrardK Shirt Waist Sleevea. The new shirt sleeves of the small bishop order of things are smart made with a few tticXs and pouching -a little aver a tight wristband. This sleeve Is easily washed and possesses the merit jf being cool in the summer. The elbow pleeve is seen in some of the best F'rench models, and for muslins it Is de lightful. With this style a fichu looks well, though it is not by any means a necessity, for it is characteristic of the iashions of the hour that they are mix ing all periods, as they are all colors, ind, on the whole, with very good tast ind discrimiaation. Antann Shades. Darker colorings are now In request for autumn wear, and there are delight ful shades of brown which can be pret- i tily relieved by touches of the newesj pink or blue or even look well with iahlia and heliotrope. Brown is'alsr iffective with creamy white rests anj yellowish lace, and the latter is especial ly effective if threaded with tuxquois r black velvet. i. SOLE AGENTS Brokaw Bros.' Clothes. 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There are no paupers among the sav age racesi which have a maxim that the able-bodied man who will not exert himself to secure subsistence must go hungry. Those who by their tender years or their extreme age are unable to support themselves were cared for by the active members of their families, or in some cases of emergency the aged and helpless members of the tribe are put to death to get them out of the way. These summary methods were in use among the nomadic races whose condi tion required that they should be fre quently on the move, either for pur poses of war and plunder, or for hunt ing. After a people had abandoned such pr ecarious methods of life and had devoted themselves to agriculture and adopted pjmanent habitations, they no longer needed to slay their aged and de crepid members, and respect and pity for the aged and the helpless were In corporated in their religious and social institutions. But the aged and helpless individuals in a community or tribe had to become so bv no fault of their own, and had done nothing to forfeit the regard of their fellows, while there were severe laws against the able-bodied loafers and Idlers. They were not tolerated by sav age or barbarous peoples and formed no part of the population. They became thieves and robbers and were constant ly under a ban. Sometimes the robbers were forced to flee for their lives, and they formed communities of their own and even founded nations. Rome wa founded by a horde of robbf who had established themselves among the hills and marshes of the Tiber. There are robber tribes in Asia or.d Africa, and the brigands of Kurope are nothing more, being numerous and powerful enough to defy such governments as those of Italy and Turkey, and the Slav states of southern Europe. In all prob ability these brigands are countenanced or licensed by the governments they seem -ro defy. But it is only in a high state of civil ization that extensive classes of pau pers and criminals can exist in the midst of the population and under the eye of the law. These conditions are maintained partly through the undue sentimental weakness of the people, and partly through the corruption of the po litical systems upon which governments are carried on. Through a most proper and praiseworthy pity, asylums are established for the helpless little ones and the decrepid and dependent of all clasFer. Many persons finding that through these most wortr.y institutions they can shirk the responsibility ot caring for their dependents, shuffle them off on the public or on the charitable people. Then there are the loafers and idlers, who refuse to perform any public or private beneficial service, and ltve on the labors and often on the shame and crime of others. Then there are the criminal classeFt, who are constantly en gaged in operations by which they seek to Fecure by -unlawful means the prop ertv of others. The loefers. the tramps, the classes engaged in vicious and criminal prae I tices by which they swindle ana.plunder i the honest and hard-working masses. number in the United States more than a million of people, and for the most part they are known to the local offi cials of the government in every com- KEEP YOUR EYES ON US. Vsu"' weneu 1',: s Matin BmilMma-IBa KmnmmmAvm. Handsome Hand-Tailored Suits and Overcoats at least CO shies to select from of the best makes, the nobbiest patterns, the best-fitting garments in which is embodied individuality and ex clusive features you cannot see elsewhere. Convince yourself i2slour prices are right s10 SI2.50 I5 SI8 $20 s25 s28 30 COOP UNDERWEAR. we offer you choice of New Crawford Theater. TONIGHT. MR. TIM MURPHY, Presenting his greatest comedy suc cess "Old Innocence." Prices: J1.50, J1.00, 75c, 5Cc, 5c. Tuesday Night, Oct. 21st. The beautiful romantic idyl of ths south, "ON THE SUWANEE RIVER" Same big original company, including STELLA MAS'HEW Prices: 25, 35, 50, 75e. Seats celling. Wednesday Night. October 22. Dan Mason and Chas. Mason Jd their Latest success Rudolph and Adolph Bright, st of Musical Comedies, Prices 25, 35. 50, 75c and $1.00, Thursday Night, Oct. 23. RICHARDS PRINGLE'S FAMOUS GEORGIA MINSTRELS Note the prices: They are :0, 20, 30c. A few at 50c. Sale opens Tuesday. Monday Night, Oct. 27. The Famous Original Bostonians. H. C. Barnabee and W. H. McDonald, pro prietors. ROBIN HOOD." Prices: 25, 50, 75c, $1.00, 1.50. Seats 8 a. m. Friday. Grand Opera House. One Night, Thursday, Oct. 23. A MUSICAL. COMEDY WITH A PLOT "THE DEVIL'S LANE." Strong cast headed by Elmore Sisters. Prices: 25, 35. 50c. Seats Tuesday. Plad's. Friday Night, October 24 It's coming Just for Fun, "Brown's in Town." Don't Come If It Hurts You to Txus'n. Prices: 25. 35, 50, 75c. Seats Wednesday. munity which they frequent, and but few of them are ever punished. For the most part they are protected by some powerful influence. public or private, and it is only when a popular outcry is raised against some flagrant offender that he can be punished. New Orleans Picayune. He Learned a Great Truth. It (s said of John Wesley that he once said to Mistress Wesley: "Why do you tell that child the same thing over and over again?" "John Wesley, because once tell ing is not enough." It is for mis same rea son that you ore told again and again that Chamberlain's Cough Remedy cures colds and grip; that it counteracts any tendency of these diseases to result in pneumonia, and that It is pleasant and safe to take. For sale by all druggist. Album
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TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL, MONDAY EVENING. OCTOBER 20, 1902. HALL CAINE IN NEW YORK. Noted Author Arrives and Talks cf His New Play. New York. Oct. 20. Hall Caine ar rived from England today on the Lu anla. He was accompanied by his wile and his 18 year old son. who is now ditor of Household Words, and who recently has established a "Dickens Fellowship." an organization of ad mirers of Dickens' works. Mr. Caine, who had not visited the United States for four years, has come here to put the finishing touches to the dramatization of his book, "The Eternal City," the first, performance of which in this city will take place on November 17 at the Victoria theater, and he will re main here only long enough to satisfy himself that the American production is adequate. While the Lucanla was on its way up from quarantine Mr. Caine was asked about the unfavorable criticisms made by the London press of his portrayal of the pope on the stage. "I understand," he said, "that many of the London critics have criticised the play on that account, although there are a number of critics, among whom are Clement Scott and Joseph Knight, who take the other view. The piece, though, is a popular success. "Of course," he continued, "the ques tion as to whether or not it is proper for a dramatist to portray on the stage a sacred or semi-sacred personage is a debatable one. There are in the east representations which correspond to our plays in the market places, in which Mohammed is seen; there is the passion play at Oberammergau, and in the Roman theaters, under the walls of the Vatican, the pope is seen on the stage in plays in which, by a ray of light, God himself is represented. "I am the first. I think, to put the pope on the English stage, but I hear that a well known dramatist is now at work on a play in which the central figure is the pope. The question as to the propriety is, as I said, an open one. If in pome instances a stage presenta tion of a noble character might lower him. it is quite possible that his dignity might be heightened. "Another basis of criticism is on ac count of the sort of pope I have por trayed. "The pope himself has read the 'Eter nal City.' He was interested in mv work when I was in Rome and as soon as the book was published he sent for a copy and had it read to him. It was rumored shortly after that the work had been placed on the index. A friend of mine in Rome, not at my request, how ever, went to the secretary of the index and asked him if my book had been put on the prohibition list. 'No,' the secretary replied, 'nor will It be.' "It is difficult, however, to suit both sides. Six months ago I opened a Cath olic bazaar in Douglas, Isle of Man, and made a speech, in which I referred fre quently to the holy father. The Nation al club of London, of which I am a member and which was founded as a Protestant club, got hold of a copy of the sneech. and thev sent it back with the words 'holy father' underscored wherever they appeared, and I virtually was threatened with exnulsion. I was charged before a committee writh hav ing' acted to foster the Catholic religion. There was no action, but it was intima ted that I had better not do it again. MX moiitns ago J. was hc-cucl: oi paying too much respect to the Catholic religion, and now I am criticised for not paying enough. "I am satisfied that the production will be of the highest order, and for the rest I have confidence in your broad American Catholicism. "The idea of 'The Eternal City' was suggested in the first place by a dream concerning a woman who betrayed her husband in order to save his life. I thought that it was a new version of. the old story of Samson and Delilah, which might have some interest. In the second scene of the first act we strike the note of this idea, in the passage of scripture which the little boy Joseph reads to his mother. But the actual de velopment of the Samson and Delilah Idea comes later in the play, in the scene in the Vatican garden, when the P'-pe induces Roma to tell what she knows of David Rossi." "When you first made a note of this story was it with a view to writing a play or a novel?" "A play. I wrote a rough draft of the play, and it was submitted to Charles Frohman. He commissioned me to rupply him with the finished play by a certain date. I then went to Rome in order to study my subject, bbut I found so much there that interested me, both from the religious and the political WHALING L C TT TT thai s the matter witn t V I whaling?" used to be the reply to the fond father on the New England coast when he would inquire what to Co with his boy, too big to go to school and not old enough to go into business for himself. And "What's the matter with whaling?" the old barnacle backs are asking now. but in a different way. Something is the matter with it, that's certain, for it seems to have "gone to the dogs," so far as remunerative re turns go. The profits have been dwin dling year by year until they are now hardly worth considering, the whalers ruefully admit. Compare the last season's catch as re ported from New Bedford via San Fran cisco with the catches of some of the lucky seasons that have preceded it. and we shall find some cause for fore bodings. By the last accounts the total catch in the arctics amounts to less than thirty-nine whales, the best vessel Setting only twelve, while a few years ago the higher number was not consid ered large for one ship. And this catch Includes not only the season just closed, but what were left over from last autumn. It is called the smallest catch for years and was obtained by the greatest outlay of material. Any way they fix it, the whalers al ways seem to be "playing in hard luck," for if they get a small catch, of course their rewards are small; if they make a large one, the prices of oil and whalebone run down to almost nothing In consequence. Take, for instance, the phenomenal year of 1893, when the banner catch of the decade was made. There were nearly twenty vessels of the arctic fleet that landed none at all. and yet the others more than made up for their loss by their enormous hauls. It seemed as though nearly all the whales In the Arctic ocean rose up right along- rlde and permitted themselves to be .harpooned or bombed to death. Gener ally the whales make off for the pack ice and hide themselves securely out of sight as soon as they hear the whir of the propellers. To encourage the. un fortunate whalers who have made next to nothing this year it may be recalled that one steamer of the 1SD3 fleet brought to port the large number of sixty-four whales, another eighteen, an other seventeen, another forty-seven, still another nineteen, and so on. roll W pcints of view, that I determined to write a book, taking a love story as a. central theme. Mr. Frohman released me from my agreement for the play and the book was written. That is how it has happened that the play is now be ing prouueed simultaneously in England and America, although the book ha been in the hands of the public for more than a year. "I spent four winters in Rome, rent ing a house in the Trinita de' Monti. It may interest you to hear that Donna Roma's studio, as shown at His Majes ty's in the second act of the play, is to some extent a reproduction of one. of our rooms in Rome." "And your plans for the future, Mr. Caine? When are we to expect another hovel?" "'Sufficient unto the day."" BIG POSTAL INCREASE. Rapid Growth of Receipts Almost Wipes Out Deficit in Revenues, Washington, Oct. 20. Postal receipts are increasing at such a rate that the deficit in the postal revenues would be wiped out and a surplus be created were it not for the Increased expenditures in cident to the growth of the rural free delivery service. Of the fifty largest postoffices only one Albany, N. Y., reports a decrease in receipts during the month of Septem ber, 1902, as compared with the same month of the previous year. This de crease is small, less than 3 per cent, while the other forty-nine offices report increases varying from 5 per cent to 56 .8 per cent, twenty-one of the offices having increases in exoess of 20 per cent. This gratifj-ing condition is partly due to the prosperity which the country generally is enjoying. In some instances local influences have been at work. One of the most potential influences in pro ducing the increased receipts, in the opinion of officials of the Postoffiee de partment, is the correction of the abuses of the second-class mail rates.. The department, through the third as sistant postmaster general, is diligently weeding out those publications which have been enjoying these second-class rates of 1 cent a pound without comply ing with the law. This rate is intended solely for publication with a bona fide list of subscribers and not for those that have built up circulation by offer ing premiums and prizes, sometimes of value in excess of the price of subscrip tion. Most of this weeding has been done in Chicago and New York, but it has not been confined exclusively to any cities or sections, and is general. When it is realized that two-thirds of the weight of all mail handled in this country in a year is second-class matter the im portance of the reform can be appre ciated. Its effect can be easily understood when it is stated that some publications which have been paying about 62 cents postage upon every thousand copies dis tributed through the mails are now re quired to pay approximately $10 per thousand ounces. Being thrown out the second-class rate, which is collected upon the bulk weight of the newspapers and period icals, those publishers who are barred from these rates are forced to pay post age fixed upon each and every copy at the rate cf 1 cent for each two ounces or fraction thereof. This new classifica tion often means a 1 cent postage stamp upon a publication that weighs less than an ounce. While the ruling of the third assistant postmaster general in excluding publi cations from the benefit of the pound rate is regarded as arbitrary and is be ing contested in the courts, the officials are confident that the correction of the abuses of the second-class rates is be ginning to tell as the" chief influence that is swelling the postal receipts. In 1S2 the postal receipts exceeded expenditures, the excess amounting in that year to more than $2,500,000. The balance was on the wrong side of the ledger from that year until 1900, when in the first quarter receipts again exceeded expenditures, but then only by $125,000. and this gain was wiped out and turned into a deficiency before the close o the year. The expenditures for the postal service have increased annually on an average of about $4,000,000. Since the in auguration of the rural free delivery service this increase has about doubled, the rural service growing on an average of approximately $4,000,000 a year. The task cf the department in meet ing these increased expenditures by in creased receipts imposes the strictest economy, but the confident belief is en tertained by the officials that in these good times, with the abuses of the second-class rate corrected, the receipts PAST AN ing up a grand total for the fleet of 353 whales in a single season. Still the lucky men were not satisfied, and one of them complained: "I don't know but I'd have been better off r have cap tured half a dozen, for the catch is so blamed big that the price of bone will drop to nothing, and a whale that is or dinarily worth $6,000 won't pay enough to fit out the slop chest. One thing is certain, and that is. with so many steamers out, the sailing- vessels misrht as well tie up to the wharfs and save the money it costs to fit out." One of the steamers in 1893 took twenty-six whales in twenty days, and an other took four the day operations commenced in the month of July. The most disgusted captain of the fleet was the master of a steamer that took only one whale, and that a "stinker," as the sailors call it, or one that had been shot by some other whaler and had sunk, rising again when decomposition had set free the gases within. He might have made more money, he said, stay ing at home and bobbing for smelts off a pierhead. The great catch of 1S93, however, did not ruin the market ut terly, for at last accounts whalebone was quoted at $2.50 per pound and like ly to rise, the shrewd ones say, to at least $4. The ones who make the mon ey, after all. are those who can buy the bone at bottom prices and hang on for a rise in values. There is such a com paratively small quantity in the mar kets that it does not need much capital or acumen to corner all the visible sup ply. Oil, of course, does not count for so much as it did before petroleum was discovered and various substitutes for lubricating purposes were invented. Nature seldom deprives the world of one supply without providing another, or at least a substitute, and it was so with the substitution of petroleum for whale oil. The bone is not so easy to replace, although there are several sub stitutes "just as good" which do not always fill the bill, however. So the whalers go forth to do business on the vasty deep and equip themselves an nually to hunt the leviathan in his na tive lair. Times have changed since the com paratively easy days of the primitive in dustry when the whale could be found in temperate and tropical waters, even though the voyages w-ere long and the rewards not always very great. Many can remember when Nantucket and will keep pace with the normal growth of the service aside from the rural free delivery. The decision of congress to give the farmers a free delivery, while beneficial in almost all respects, raises the expenditures of the service to a point where a deficit in postal revenues seems certain for some time to come. The increase in the nostal receipts, which during the month of September showed for the 50 largest cities an aver age gain of nearly 20 per Cent, is in some ir-Stances explained a3 due to local causes, as. 'for instance, at cities where large manufacturing establishments are located. Postmasters at several such places, re porting receipts showing gains of over 35 per cent, explain that large quantities of stamps were sold during the month to manufacturers who placed in Lhe mail a great ruantity of advertising matter. An analysis of the postal receipts for September di-'elos-es that the highest per centages are shewn at offices where the actual increases have not averaged more than $10,000. Dayton reports an increase of f0.8 per cent, the largest increase being $10,P03. Des Moines and Toledo show gains of over 35 per cent, the amounts being re spectively $9,925 and $10,754. Soiingfieid, Mass.; Memphis. Tenn. Portland. Ore.; Peoria. 111.; St. Joseph, Mo.; Hartford, Conn.; Los Angeles. Cal., with percentage gains of 25 to almost 40 per cent; give ac tual increasen of $(.000 and less. Chicago, with an increase of S'54,264. or 22.1 per cent, and New York, with a gain of $193,128. or 21.9 per cent, are at the head of the column. In both cities the in creased receipts are explained by postal officials as due to the reasons given above. DE510CRATSJ10LD RALLY. Hare a Good Meeting at Silver Lake. The Democrats held a rally Saturday night at Silver Lake which had a sur prisingly large attendance. J. J. Schenck, the Democratic candi date for county attorney, delivered the principal iiddress. He discussed the op posing candidates for county attorney, and said that the Republican candidaU was running on the issue that he would not enforce the law, while the independ ent candidate had promised to enforce the iaw. but it had been demonstrated that he could not do so. E. S. Hotchkin. a bright young man who is the Democratic candidate for clerk of the district court, prefaced his remarks by calling attention to the fact that he is a temperance man, and uses neither tobacco nor liquor, and is a member of the First Presbyterian church. Continuing he said: "I believe in the 'to do right' idea In politics and Dolitical actions. I never asked for office before, did not seek this nomination. It came unsolicited. How ever I believe in absolute honesty in politics, as well as all other affairs, and in honesty not merelv because it is the best policy, but because it is right. "I believe that the man and not the party should be the determinate factor in the mind of every voter in every city and county election. I believe that coun ty and Judicial" elections should be held separate from state and national elec tions, so that political and partisan prejudices may have less weight with voters, and the good of the community more. "I don't think that Kansas has too much polities in the true sense of the term, but has or has had at least too much partisanship. Think that signs are becoming more hopeful along this line, however. I believe that honesty, efficiency and absolute loyalty of conviction to prin ciples should be necessary requisites to officeholding. I don't believe that prohi bition is an issue in this campaign, but do believe that every law should be enforced without fear or favor. I believe in the absolute sacredness of the oath of office, and believe in the strict enforcement of the prohibitory law." THEY INVENT A PUZZLE. Santa Fe Office Men Patent Railroad Novelty. 4 H. C. Sturges, of the Santa Fe offices in this city, and J. Crawford, a railroad man living at Beaumont, Tex., have invented and patented a railway puzzle which they hope to have adopted by some railway as an advertising device. The puzzle is something on the nature of the old 14-15 puzzle, except that it is applied to switching cars. There is a moveable section of track, connecting with several other sections to represent the roundhouse. 'A small block of wood ap propriately painted, represents the engine. There are about 25 other blocks to repre sent cars. The puzzle is to switch the cars around on the turntable in such a way that they will be arranged in a given or der. The cost of making the puzzle is very New Bedford were in the heyday cf their glory, reeking with oil and amass ing more capital than they knew what to do with. But now a change has come. First there v,-as a substitution of Portuguese sailors for the native material, and then the sailing vessels dropped out one by one, their places beins taken by steamers armed with all the latest scientific appliances, such as harpoon guns, bombs, etc., which re duced the dangers and discomforts of whaling to the minimum. The beautiful West Indian Islands were once the haunts of the whalers. some Species of the, cetaceans beins found offshor" and almost within the harbors. Then the whalers lived high and "slept in the garret" even if they did not make great wages, for sailing hi West Indian waters was nearly al ways idyllic. The inhabitants of the islands were hospitable and kind to" the visitina tars from Yankealand. But lat- D PRESENT fth'fjt iu f KV A M0DESH WHALEE. small, and the Santa Fe advertising de partment is considering the advisability of having a big lot manufactured for free distribution, as advertisements. TO ALLAY FEAR. New Contracts to Be Issued on Bus sell Sage Loans. New York, Oct. 20. It is said arrange ments are being made to issue new con tracts on all loans Issued by Russell 3age. The borrowers will find inserted in the Sage contract a slight change stating that in case of his death there will be no change of contract and guaranteeing ordi nary protection to the borrower. Friends of Mr. Eage say that the insertion of this provision does not mearv that he is in dan ger of death as a result of his recent in disposition, but that the precaution has been taken in order to allay the fear of his many clients. It was deemed prudent to take this course in view of the numer ous raids that have been made on the stock market by the circulation of can ards regarding Mr. Sage. THE STOVEPIPE HAT. A Survival in New York Streets of Today. One morning last week a man walked on one of the crowded ferryboats crossing to Manhattan, wearing a silk hat, and immediately became a conspicuous object, regarded by everybody. There was nothing in the hat to attract such general atten tion. It was of modern, modish shape, well kept and brushed. Nor was there anything in the man's dress otherwise out of the common. It was simply because he was the only one on this crowded boat wearing a silk hat and because a silk hat has become an uncommon variety of headgear, especially in the morning. It goes with the saying that the man was elderly. A young man with a silk hat be fore 4 o'clock in the afternoon is an eccen tric. The round derby hat wrought a revolu tion in the matter 'of headgear. The pre vailing hat a quarter of a century ago or was it more years ago was the silk hat. Everybody wore one on all occasions and at all times. The volunteer fire de partment was in existence at that time, end a peculiar type, straight up and down and straight across, was almost the in signia of the volunteer firemen, as much as the soap lock that curled up under the brim on both temples. Frank Chanfrau immortalized and preserved the type for all times in "Mose" In "A Glance at New York." To the day of his death, only a few years ago. "Al" Dorian, the oyster man ef Fulton market, and an old Are laddie, wrll known resident of Brooklyn, wore that type of hat. But it was not the volunteer fireman alone who wore a silk hat. The man who drove the Broad way omnibus, who took your fares in the street cars, who cut your steak in the butcher's shop, who drove the truck along the street all wore a silk hat, which in those days was affectionately termed "a stovepipe," "a chimney pot," "a tile" or "a cady" why a cady? Was it because some hatter of the name of Cady won renown for his hats and made them the type of elegance to the degree of giving his name to the articles as the tailoring firm of Benjamin of Lon don did to overcoats? It is more likely, however, that it came from "Cadi," a judge of the orient, who wore. on the trib unal as insignia of his office covering of similar shape. The town was fond of oriental .plays in those days and in them a Cadi was an inevitable character. How ever, the. stovepipe is so infrequent an article of -dress, now that its appearance before 4 o'clock. in the afternoon over a coat that is not a frock makes the wearer as conspicuous as if he were clothed in scarlet. .It was the little round derby that dethroned it. Yet even to this day it gives an air of distinction .to the wearer, and, as a matter of fact, the crowd in stinctively gives its respect to the man who sports one Brooklyn Eagle. Fire Underground. Rome. Oct. 20 A dangerous fire broke out last night from some unknown cause in the underground chambers of the col lege of the propaganda. The fireman had two hours' hard work in mbduing the con flagration. Cardinal Gotti, prefect of the propaganda, whose apartments are in a distant part of the building, (lid not know of the danger until the flames were ex tinguished. River Steamer Burns. Grand Tower. 111., Oct. 20. The steam er City of Sheffield burned here at mid night and is a total less. She was on her way to Padueah for repairs and stopped here for tre night. There were no passengers op freight on board. The crew were saved. terly the whale ha3 retired farther and farther within his arctic fastnesses, diving under the pack ice at the ap proach of his enemies and keeping pur suers always in uncomfortable situa tions. It was only a few yea-s ego that the United Stated government had to go to the rescue of the ur.iac''.y whalers imp-.isoned by ice and Ihrsat ened with starvation at .Point. Barrow in the Arctic. And, by the irony of fate, some of the vessels that left their bone.v to tleach there were arnonj those that had made the enormous cs tchesof 1122. So it has been "turn ebout and. turn about" with the whalers for msny years. The men who have made for tunes hav generally been those who stayed at home and "wha'.pd" the whal ers, and so probably it will always be, until finally the huse cetaceans return to the terrestrial mode of life, from which, some of the scientists say, they departed in the ages long ago. The whale is not a fish at all. but a warm blooded, air breathing animal which, they say, has descended from an ances tor that once upon a time had four legs and lived upon dry land. According to the law of nature, which provides that MARKETS TODAY. An Easier Feeling in Wheat Re v ported Today. No Feature in Corii or Other Gram Trade. MUCH LIVE STOCK Heavy Receipts Peported Slight Fall in Price. and Kansas City Hog Market Slightly Higher. Was Chicago, Oct. 20. WHEAT Large re ceipts in the northwest caused an easier feeling at the opening in wheat and excel lent weather was also a weakening factor. Commission houses had plenty ol buving orders from the outside, and th- earlv de pression was followed by a stronger "ton" iheie was no special feature. :o trading. c.r.JFcS oPu-it unchanged to Vie lower, at .2teffi.i2c. but before the end of the first hour the -priee had risen to 13-. Minneapolis end Duluth reported receipts pi 1.243 cars, which, with local receipts ot 15 cars (1 car of contract grade), mad- a total for the three points of 1.40J cars against 1,452 cars last week, and 1,197 cars a year ago. Weakness prevailed in the latter part of the day. December, after seliir.s to 73c, closed &c lower, at 73-a73e. CORN Corn opened steady and sligatlv lower on good weather and disappointing cables, together with fair receipts. Ther" was fair liquidation at the start the prin cipal f-dling being in the wav or further proht-ta! tig by longs in December stuff, that niontn opened unchanged to e lower, at 53V.'n5;;e. Aftc-r declining to r2c th market became firmer in sym pathy with wheat, and sales were made at o31,ic. Ixical receipts were 275 cars 52 of contract sjrade. There was considerable liquidation late in the session. After selling at 53c there was a sharp decline in December, the low point being reached at 51(fi51Vc, where it closed at a loss of 2?T2c. OATS Trading" in oats was featureless December oiiened a shade lower, at ol--, and held fairly steady during the early hours. Local receints were 247 cars. PROVISIONS Liberal receipts of hogs, together with lower prices at the yards, caused an easier start in provisions. Real izing on January products was the prin cipal feature. January pork epened 109 12c lower, at $15.82'a 15.85; January lard was 7c lower, at $9.17, with ribs 2'd5c lower, at $S.37rfi8.4i. WHEAT Cosh: No. 2 red. 75c; No. 3 red. 6ti73c: No. 2 hard winter. 72c: No. 3 hard winter. 70ft 71c; No. 1 northern spring. 75c: No. 2 northern spring, 73c: No. 3 soring. 7tVTi71c. CORN No. 2, mi No. 3. 5fitf?fi0c. OATS No. 2, 3"c; No. 3. 2SVTt20c. FLAX Cash: N.-W.. $1.20; 8.-W., $1.13; Oct.. $1.20; Mav. $1.20-ug 1.21. RYE Dec, 490. BARLEY Cash: 35Tt5So. TIMO'WIY-$4.20. CLOVER Oct., S11.2S. Kan?s of Prices. Furnished by J. E. Gall, Commissions Grain. Provisions, Cotton and Stocics. Office 110 West Sixth street. Telephone 486. Correspondent Christie Grain and Stock company, Kansas City, Mo. Chicago. Oct. 20. Open High Low Close Sat WHEAT Oct 71 71 70 71 Dec 72 73 72 73 72 May 74 75 74 74 74 CORN Oct 60 60 5S 58 60t.4 Dec 53 F3 51 51 53 May 44 44 43 43 44 OATS Oct 31 31 31 31 31 Dec 31 32 314 318 31 May ....32 33 32 33 32 PORK Oct 17 47 17 59 Jan 15 S2 16 85 15 72 15 80 15 95 May ....14 97 14 97 14 87 14 92 15 05 LARD Oct 11 10 11 15 10 97 10 !7 11 12 Jan 9 20 22 9 12 9 12 9 25 May'.... 8 45 8 47 8 42 8 45 8 50 RIBS Oct 10 97 11 00 10 95 11 00 11 09 Jan 8 37 8 4 0 8 37 S 37 8 42 May... 8 05 8 07 7 87 7 87 8 05 Market Gossip. Furnished by A. G. Goodwin. Commission Broker, Stocks. Bonds, Grain and Pro visions. Rooms 5 and 6. Columbian buiUl iny. Independent telephone 7-8. Receipts of grain at Chicago today: Wheat, 157 cars; graded, 1. Corn. 2i5 cars; if an organ is not used it shall become atrophied and finally disappear, the whales became deprived of their legs T.'hen ll.jr- found it too hard to use tee c: them and made use of their tails in stead. According to the scientific nat uralists, they left the land, took to the water and have since lived in the sea. Whaling was going on in this countrr more than 200 years ago, and about fifty years ago the American whaling 31 JSI&Si&P '."Vi ?rt WMr-'4h.Ji.'y.ii'TM graded. 52. Oats. 247 cars: graded. 14. Liverpool opening cables: Wheat, -4d hikher; corn unchanged from Saturday. Second .Liv rpool cables: V.'reat, d higher; corn unchanged from the opening- Northwest grain receipts todav: Minne nonlis. 85.5 cars: Duluth. SS8 car?. A year ago: Minneapolis, -1,035 cars; Duluth, 3-W c.i Visible supply: Wheat Increased I.R43. 000 bushels; December corn 310,000 bush els: December oats, 681, 0t bushtls. The position of corn, especially this year's deliveries, is very strong, as it is based upon an "excellent cash demand, with No. 3 r.nd No. 3 yellow corn commanding- a price in the ca-3. Even at th!a price the offerings are only moderate and short selling of Dpeerhber corn woui 1 seem hazardous. Our own advice leads us to btlieve that a large percentage of corn through Iowr has suffered materially m quality and that it will take the most fa vorable weather to cure the crop fit for shipment until winter sets jn. Estimated grain receipts at Chicago to morrow: Wheat. 135 cars; corn, 450 cars; oats, 2"0 cars: hogs. 27.00C head. Cloying Liverpool cables: Wheat, d higher; corn, d lower. 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 company, Kansas City, Mo.j KnnlftH Cltv. Oct. 20. Open High Low Close Sat WHEAT 67 S Chicago Livestock Marksi. Chicago. Oct. 20. CATTLE Receipts to day, 29.CM) head, including 9.000 bend cf westerns. Market steady to 15c lower and slow. Good to prime steers, $7.25'y S.50: poor to medium. 3.75i5.90: stockers and feeders. $2. 25 4.90; cows. $1.40160; heifers, $2.ft5.00; earners Sl.40ti2.EO; bulls. 2.-'Kri 4. 50: calves, $3.75'S7.25; Texas ird steers, $3.0"'75.00: western steers, S3. (D'Tr6.75. HOGS Receipts today. S5.O0O head: esti mated Tuesday, 18,000 head; left over fro-n Saturday, 1.400 head. Market 10-fii5o higher. Mixed and butchers' $6.75"a7.4't; good to choice heavy, $7.05fi7.25: rough hfavv. tiLof ,7 7.00; light, $6.607.25; bulk of sales. $6.90'5i7-10. SHEEP Receipts today, 40,000 head. Sheep and lnmbs slow and lower. Good to cholca wethers. $3.5tvS3.!)0; fair to choice mixed. $2.&Wi3.40; western fheep. $2.&'(i3.70: native lambs, $3.50f?i5.50; western lambs, $3.7Sr5.30. Official receipts and shipments Saturdav: Receipts 1,178 11,128 4.419 Shipments 738 )i 3,730 Kansas City Livestock. Kansas City.Oct. 20. CATTLE Receipts today, 20.01K) hcvad, includiifg 3.500 head of Texans. Market steady to 10c lower. Na tive steers. $4. 003x7. 70; Texas e.nd Indian steers. $3.'i&&4.2or Texas cows, $1.75it3.05; native cow3 and heifers, $1. 555.0; stock ers and feeders. $2.75426.00; bulls, $2.0O'aS.25; calves. $2.5K(f5.90. HOGS Receipts today. 9.000 head. Mar ket lOSIlSc lower. Bulk of sales, $0.95S 7.00: heavy. $0.9ori7.1fl: packers'. !6.92'Ve: 7.02: medium, $0.U5'ti7.07 light. $S.S5.'ii 7.00: vorkcrs. $0.9517.00; pigs, $6.0fsft6.95. SHEEP Receipts today. 7.00(1 head. Market steady to weak. Muttons. $3.'K'.fi 4.10; lambs, $3.5iXg5.25: range wethers, $3. IV (St3.yo; ewes, $3.oup3.8d. St. Louis Livestock Market. St. Louis Oct. 20. CATTLE Receipts to day, 8.000 head, including 6.(00 head of Tex ans. jviark 't steady lor natives to a snnue lower fcr Tdxara. Beef steers, S4.OCKi7.10: stockers and feeders, $3.(Xra4.50; cows and heifers, $2.25'S5.75; Teias steers. $2,405)5.00; Texas cows and heifers. $2.351.35. HOGS R-ceipts today. 6,000 head. Mar ket ltfal5c lower. Pigs and lights, $0. IhH 7.15; packers'. $7.10ti7.25; butcheis', $7.20'rt 7.50. SHEEP Receipts today, 2.000 head. Market steady. Natives. $3.55t4.00; lamos, $4.5035.66; Texans. $3.15f(3.80. ducasro Produce Market. Chicago. 111., Oct. 20. BUTTER MarKt steqdv. creamery, lbrn3c; dairy, Jam 21c. EGGS Market steady. Loss off," eases returned. 21V.C. CHEESE Market steady. Twins, 10g 11c; daisies, llc; young Americas, 11'a ll.c. ICED POULTRY Market steady. Tur keys, 12(tl3c; chickens, 10llc Cotton Mark?- New York. Oct. 20. COTTON Spot cot ton closed quiet at $S.70i8.95 per 100 lbs. Wool Marks'. St. Louis, 'Oct. 20. WOOL Market firm Territory and western mediums,, lSolSc; fine, 12"il6c; coarse, 2ftl5c. Kansas City Produce Market. Kamis City. Oct. 20. Close-WHEAT Receipts today. 225 cars. Quotations. Dec. 67c: Mav, (,8Tic. Cash: No. 2 hard. 70&71c; No. 3 hard. G7?i60c: No. 2 red, 67 fleet consisted of over 700 sail, wits an aggregate of 231,000 tons. Th9 1 catch of 1S46 was worth $21,000,000, i:i i 1854 it was about $11,000,000, and twenty 1 1 WAY. years ago it was les3 than $3,000,000 Eight years ago there were only eighty five United States vessels engaged ir whal!nsv and the total catch amounter" to less than $1,000,000. which is not far from the average of the past few ver.r-s. JAMES LEWIS HARDEE. Oec 67 67 09 69 CORN ic 39 39 'May 37 3S 4?68c: No. 3 red, C6S67c UOK. OCT., OMVic; iAi:., oivsuoc V. No. 2 mixed, 54c: No. 2 white, 69c; No. 3 while, 5Sc. OATS No. 2 White, 33c; ISO. 2 mixeu. 30f!32C HAY Choice timothy, $10.0010.50; choice prairie. $9.50frlO.OG. cy. 20c. EGGS fTcen, jufcc. Sugar and Coflee Market. K York. Oct. 20. SUGAR Raw firm. air renning, o ii-iou; wfuuiLust, vu 3 9-16fri 3ic molasses sugar, 2c. Refined firm, crusnea, ia.it; powaerea, n.io.srnn ulated, $4.65. COFFEE Market quiet. IS o. 1 Kio, o-c. MOLASSES Market firm. New Or leans, Sim 40c. New York Money Market. nr. T I 1 IT V INtW 1 Ul K MIL &J. .",'"'11 -'I-'-' 1 J Money on call easy, at 6 per cent: prime mercantile paper. 6 per cent: sterling ex change steady, with actual business in 1 Ktll A. l Gli Cl r. rmiwt UariKCrM Mills a .1"' Hjn-cuH 'i-' and at $4.&Wi4.83'4 for 60 days: posted rates. 4.823i. SILVER Bar silver. oOSkc: Meiican dol lars. 40c. BONDS Government bonds steady. T- U. S. refunding 2s, registered 109 U. S. refunding 2s, coupon lt"S U. s. 3s, resist erea iii7 U. S. 3s, coupon J'Ws 1 G r.nw Ja rr. irl t erpd J.ri U. S. new 4s, coupon lS)i U. S. old 4s, rtg'.stered Ill U. S. old 4s, coupon Ill U. S. 5s. registered 104 U. S. 5s, coupon 105, Kang3 of Prices on Stock. I Furnished by J. E. Gall, Commissions. Grain. Provisions, Cotton and Stocks. Office 110 West Sixth street. Telephon 4SS. Correspondent Christie Grain and Stock company, Kansas City, Mo.J TCow Vir'r. Oct. 30. Op'n High Low Cl'se SAt Sugar Illinois Central 125 126 124i 152 53 151 104 106 103 38 8 37 l4!4l 134 ri 151 151 104 101 People'3 Gas C. A., com Amal. Copper 3r? 3i 65 67 60 66 64 6 41 91 90 101 JS 6t 60 41 91 W 101 1 1 H. ti. 1 T. C. I U. S. Steel V. S. Steel, pfd Atchison, com Atchison, pfd C. G. W St. Paul Rook Island Wabash, com 64 H 67 4 66 41 91 90 65 41 91 89 41 91 90 101 101 1 100 31 V. 21 U. MVV. 30 ei 192 193 191 200 2I) 21IO14 35W 35 34 M 50 SO 11 191 200 200 35 35 50 5n 111 111 135 135 92 92 45 45 157 lbi, 6s 69 38 39 37 3,n 1X. 1'; 52 M 110 10! 139 3 105 165 63 63 14 14 Wabash, pfd Mo. Pacific 11 13 112U. Manhattan Western Union Texas Pacille N. Y. Central Reading Erie Southern Rwy. Union Pacific C. O B. O L. N Pennsylvania Katy U. S. Leather C. F. I So. Pacific 135 13(1 135 92 921 92 45 45 45 157 158 157 68 69 68 39 39 3S 3S 3s 37 106 107 105 53 54 52 110 112 110 139 340 138 ia5 165 165 63 63 63 14 14 14 84 84 83 73 74 72 3 8J 72 74 New York Stoct Wall Street.New York, Oct. 20 STOCKS Trading was vtry active at the opening, but the market generally showed a re sumption of Saturday's realizing sales. There were a few conspicuous advances made, including 1 points in St. Paul and a point in Baltimore and Ohio The lat ter sold at from 110 to 310, with 8,000 shares dealt In. Changes otherwise w.-re slight with the soft cdal stocks ruling higher and. the anthracite group b'er. The mea.emess of the demand caused some disappointment to the bulls who h.td bought stocks e&rlier on the .strength of the improved monetary situation. Sales were made of the Pacifies and hard cool ers, causing a decline in Southern Pacific to a point under Saturday's closing. There was very little interest displayed in the market and the later rise in Norfolk and Western was to 80. but did not revive speculation In any of the traders. Missouri Pnciilc was taker in hand r.nd marked up to 112. Other stocks sympa thized but slightly, and there was no ma terial iiit-reat in the volume of business, which was unusually light. Buying by the room shorts soon checked decline and there were some large orders executed for the long account which car ried prices up strongly all around. The Pennsylvania, group of stocks led the movement and Baltimore and Ohio extend ed its rise to over 2 points. Improvements of a point or more were also made by Pennsylvania Norfolk and Western, Mis souri Pacific, Illinois Central, Sufcar, Man hattan and Colorado Fuel. Dealings were light in th transcontinental sleeks, but thev gained fi actionally. Towards 11 o'clock the market became rather dull and eased off all around. Prices sagged until the advance in some cases had been wiped out and largely re duced in the leaders. Some selling was caused -bv the sharp rise in sterling rate, coinci'lently with larg? offerings of call money at 6 per cent. The martet became semi-stagnant for a long while, but im proved toward noon, wheit Amalgamated Cooper advanced to above 67. Bonds were irregular at noon. Call money rates relaxed until they touched 4 oer cent, but this incident did not help the stock market, which was re actionary. The Pacifies were sold freely and both the hard and soft coalers were also under pressure. Trading increased considerably during the selling movement and the close was weak, at the lowest. Xopeka Market, Topeka, Oct. 20. HOGS. HEAVY $6.70f?8SQ LIGHT 6.55lV.75 ROUGH G.5"'!i.:0 PIGS 4.UOC1S.OO CATTLE. STEERS ....$3.00U5.00 GOOD GRASS COWS 2.5',!3.00 GOOD GRASS HEIFERS 3.0003.50 HULLS 2.502.75 VEAL (CALVES. LIGHT $3.00-34.00 HEAVY 2.75f;3.25 GRAIN. NO. 2 NEW WHEAT ...626C NO. 3 NEW WHEAT 60'o62c NO. 2 WHITE CORN ..52C NO. 3 WHITE CORN bcijn'.- NO. 2 YELLOW AND MIXED CORN. 52c NO. 3 YELLOW AND MIXED .W.Sl'c NEW CORN J.35C NO 2 OATS 3jc NO. 3 OATS a FRUIT AND VEGETABLES. (Furnished by W. O. Anderson Co 210 Kansas ave.l ORANGES Mexican, $4 50. LEMONS California. 360 size, $3.5004 00 Messina. 3b0 size, $3.504.00. GRAPES New York, 8-lb. basket 26c California Tocay erapes, $1.75 per 4-basket crate. BANANAS Market lower, being 3fI3K.i per lb.; and running from 1.75S2.25 per bunch. A I'i'LES Native, 50(3 60c per bu.: $1603 2.50 per bbl. PEARS Colorado Rartlett. $2.25 pet boxr Beure Hardy, $1.75'a2.00 tier Dox; na tive Kansas grown, $3.75'u4.5C per bbl QUINCES 2.00 per box. TABLE POTATOES Kaw Vallev 0c per bu.- Minnesota Burbanks, 5kv' Klin nesota Rural. 50c; Colorado, white 6Sc SWEET POTATOES 40c per bu VEGETABLES. Home grown cabbage. 90c tier 100 lbs tomatoes, 40c per bu, basket:d.-y onions' 60c per bu.; Spanish onions. $1.50 per crate wax txans. 75c per 1-2 bu. basket, OYSTERS Now York couni, 40c pel can; extra select, 35c per caa; standard 25c per can; bulk, per gallon, Jl 40 CELERY Michigan, blue ribbon 45 dozen; red rbbon, 40c per dozen BUTTER. EGGS,-POULTRY EGGS Candled, loss off, 17c:" ens count, 13c. BUTTER Corntry, 14'4c, POULTRY Hens, 7c-lb roosters 15 each: ducks and gees. 4c lb turkey's. 7a 9c lb.; live spring chickens, 7c ib. PRAIRIE HAY By car.'..:.., $60fR7f 1 1 1 j.y mn voaieai js Of PRAIRIE HAY floose) J6 66 ft 7 0) Alfalfa hay is very scarce and in gooo demand. 8 Straw $6.00 per ton. and very scarce. Topeka Hide Markst. Prices paid In Topeka tnweek'baseUoa Boston Quotations: GREFN SALT CURED NO 1 f'il
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Passengers Hustled Out of a Car When They Found It Out. Louisville. Ky., Oct. 20. A negro with smallpox had t Sixth street car all to liimsi If this afternoon while on his way to the city hospital. He with another negro who also hai smallpox, was sent to the truptive hospital this evening. The negro boarded the car in the eouthern part of the city. The eleven or twelve passengers were mostly wo men. He was broken out, and bore every outward appearance of having sinaHrmx. "What's the. matter with you?" asked a man who thought the case looked sus picious. "Hof-s, 1 thinks I've got smallpox. Fir gcnV to the hospital to find out." Passengers, after nulling the bel! straps, made haste to escape. The mo tecnmri was left alone save for his pas-f-engor. A policeman was called but he was wary, and refused to do anvthing Finally the nesro was nut off at ixtli and Chestnut streets, told to walk to the hospital, though the car passes the door. $2.67 To Kt.nsas City a.nd return, via the Union Pacific, uccount the Americai Royal Cattle and Swine Show and Kan sas City Horse Show. Tickets on sai Of toher 1 to 2", im lustve. at r mwT vi The St. Louis Globe-Democrat of Sun day contains an account of the marriage at the home of the bride in Greenville, 111., Wednesday, October 15, of Miss Sihelle Louise Wait and Mr. George St. John Ueid of St. Louis. The marriage is of especial interest to Topeka, where .Mr. Kiid formerly lived and has a large acquaintance. He is a brother of Mr. Albert T. Reid. It was a white and green wedding, white carnations and smilax beins used in decora tions. Miss Adele M. Wait, a sister of the bride, and Mr. S. E. Held of St. Louis were the attendants. The bride wore an import ed gown of French eolian over taffeta and carried a shower bouquet of white roses The ceremony was performed by the I lev. T. G. Wright, rector of Grace Episcopal ciurch at Greenville. Mr. Arthur A. Wait, a brother of the bride, gave her in marriage. A large number of St. Louis guests went on for the wedding and the reception which fol lowed. The bride is an heiress and is wt II known in St. Louis society, having visited here a number of times, and has been much admired for her beauty and artistic attainments. She has been a student at the museum of fine arts and is a graduate of Lindenwood seminary. The groom is a prominent young busi ness man and a member of the Cabanne and Nermandie Park clubs. After a six weeks' absence in the west Mr. and Mrs. Reid will be at home to their friends at Hotel Beers. St. Louis. Mr. and Mrs. Reid arrived in Topeka today to attend the marriage tf Miss Vera Low and Mr. Albei t T. Keid Wednesday night. Mrs. Guilford Dudley will entertain the Duplicate Whist club Friday in honor of her daughter. Mrs. William Walker, of Bethlehem, Fa. The Felicity Whist club meets with Mrs. S. B. Smith. 1116 Van Buren street. Tuesday afternoon at half after 2 o'clock. This is the first regular meet ing of the club this season. Miss Eda Smyth will entertain the Iolanthe club at her home Tuesday af ti:rnoon. Notes and Personal Mention. Mrs. Barbour Walker and Miss Mar i ion Benedict were guests of Miss Louise i Smith lor the installation of Chancellor Strong of the University of Kansas at Lawrence last week. Mrs. Ina Crist, who was the guest of Mrs. J. S. Hyman. has returned to her home in Emporia. Mrs. Rachel Weaver spent Saturday and Sunday in Kansas City the guest of her son. Mr. Harry Weaver, j Mrs. H. E. Richter, of Council Grove, I is in town for the Low-Reid wedding. Mr. and Mrs. John Brady of Califor- i nla. will be guests of Mr. and Mrs. John K. Moon Tuesday. j Miss Ella O'Connor, who has been the guest of Miss Su7anne Gay in Knasas Citv is now with Mrs. D. R. Phillins Leavenworth and will return to Topeka Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. George M. Noble spent i Sunday with their son, Mr. Walter No i ble in Atchison. j Mr. Sam Larimer has returned from New- York. Washington and Ohio. Mrs Larimer is with relatives in Ohio where she will remain for about ten days' longer. Mr. Guilford Updegraff was in Kansas City over Sunday. Mr. Frank Clousrh. of Kansas City, was the guest of his mother, Mrs. Mary A. Clough Sunday. Mrs. J. V. Allen, of Virginia, Neb., is the guest of Mrs. Frank Hobart. Mrs. Anna Payne is in Kansas City the guest of her daughter, Mrs. Sam Fulton. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Fleisch. of Den ver. are in town on their way to Chi cago. Mrs. E. D. McKeever will attend the horse show in Kansas City Thursday. Miss Edith Metcalf has returned from Washington. D. C. Mrs. Iwis Ohmer, of Phillipsburg, is in town for a. few davs. Mr. Orrin Jackson, of La Junta. Col. is the guest of his brother, the Rev. J M. Jackson. Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Baker will enter tain at dinner Tuesday night for Miss Orrel Porter, Miss Eva Alice Porter, Mr Hugh Herrell and Mr. Ret McClelland The other guests will be Mr. W. W Harris and Miss Whittekind. Mrs. C. A. Wolf will return from Washington. D. C, Tuesday. Mrs. George Hanley has gone to Pitts burg, Kan., for a short visit and will also snend some time in Severance be fore returning home. Mrs. Arta Miller is visiting her sister in W llliamsville, Mo. The W. T. K. club will meet on Oc tober 21 with Mrs. Petro, 1014 North Van Buren street at the usual hour. 2:30. MINISTER HAD SPOONS. The Collector of Customs at Balti more Makes a Seizure. Baltimore, Oct. 20. The Rev.L. Stern berg of Urbana, Ind., who arrived here from Germany on the steamship Frank fort, was searched by the customs of tieials and relieved of a watch and chain, some spoons and other tr!nket3 which were concealed In his clothes. The watch belonged to a Mrs. Chas. Eglatt of Wichita, Ind., who was also a passenger and from whom were taken a lot of gloves and fancy good3 which she used for a bustle. i ne minister said he was unaware that he was violating the law, but the collector seized all the goods. The Rev Mr. Sternberg wept as he left the cus torn house. CANDIDATE TOOK CHANCES Man Injured During Lodge Initiation Not Entitled to Damages. i;ocK island, ill., Oct. 20. In the cir cuit court here Judge Gest instructed tre jury to return a verdict of not guilty im me case ior $a,ujo damages of D; .William Sensibaurrli against the Fra lernal Tribunes, a beneficiary society ana others. The plaintiff claimed h was permanently disabled as a result o an electric shock received as a part of ffcieiy s initiatory ceremony. Th juage today neld that Dr. Sensibaugh wtit, a wining participatnt in the cere mony. and further- it v, k. shown there was any Intention to Injure Eagle Attacks Woma". i'ltfsheld. Mass.. Oct. 20. An eagle at in eu ivuss Annie Cassidy, a youn sonooiteacher in a hamlet tn Sheffield rear the Connecticut state line, and was killed striking the bicycle which Miss 'issidy was riding. The teacher was ri g irom a mountain school to her warding place when the eagle flew toward .her with rapid sweet) of wine. The bird struck Miss Cassidy and knocked her from the wheel, but was caught in the bicycle chain and killed. This is the first instance in this county where an eagle has attacked a person. WAS A SPUNKY GIRL. Got in Her Work With a Cowhide on the Postmaster. Crawfordsville, Ind., Oct. 20. A sensa tional horse whipping which occurred this morning at New Richmond is fur niehing much food for gossip. Miss Vir ginia Dewey, a pretty and popular young lady of that place, was the of fended party, while Postmaster J. W. Hollin posed as the unwilling subject. The episode occurred in the nostofnee. nd was witnessed bv a number of in terested spectators. Miss Dewey claims he was avenging an insult which she said Hollin offered her last evening. She Drooaed over the matter all nisht, and, being wrought up to a high nervous itch, started out this morning to venge herself. Kollin was in conver sation with his back to the door when she entered, and, drawing a cowhide from the folds of her dress, the spunky miss gave him several vicious lashes cross the face before bystanders inter fered." CRAZY AS A LOON. O'Hara Leaped from Fast Train and San Away. Fueblo. Colo.. Oct. 20. Shouting that he was Jesus Christ and had no use for money, handfuls of which he threw at his pursuers, while he tore in pieces two checks forv$300 each, John O'Hara, a wealthy mining mn on his way from Oklahoma City to Portland, Ore., led he ciew of a Denver Rio Grande rain a wild chase throuch the foothills this afternoon near Pleasanton. While the train was running at the rate of 30 miles an hour, O'Hara, ap parently driven crazy by the high alti- uae, wnien is more than 8.000 feet at his point, jumped from the Dlatform before the eyes of a brakeman. The rain was brought to a standstill, and to ir unbelieving eyes O Hara was run ning like a deer for the foothills instead f lyinsr dead by the track. The crew and passengers gave chase with guns. O'Hara stood them off with rocks, which ne muted with- great precision. Con ductor Brown was struck in the stom ach and so badly injured that he had o be taken back to the train. After a chase of nearly an hour the madman was finally surrounded, and although he struggled like a fiend he was returned to the train. At Salida O'Hara was placed in the care of phy sicians. FATHER WAS BROKE But Was Taxed $2.16 on His Daugh ter's Inheritance of $1. Paris, Oct. 20. In order to secure the equilibrium of the Budget the minister of finance has been compelled to raise the price of tobacco. Henceforth the sixteen- cent package will contain only 40 grammt. or a renucuon or iu grammes. Fortunately this affects only the more expensive varieties of Maryland, so wo win do p. in iaii nack upon the cheaccr caporal. which is retailed at the old price. with a Wucigct deficit of 2?,alO.QOD every penny counts. An example occurred this week. A workman's daughter died, aged 33. Her father, not having a sou, mauv no probate declaration. The assessors found that the child had received a school prize of five francs ($l),whieh had been in vested by commune, for her in a savings bank. The father was declared her heir, and taxed 10 francs 80 centimes (2.16; in succession duty. SALAD POISONS TWELVE. Distressing Feature of a Reception at Beaver Dam. Wis. Beaver Dam, Wis., Oct. 20. Twelve well Known soc:ety women of this town are suffering from ptomaine poiso;i:ng. and the condition of four of them is considered serious, though th( y will probnbly recover. At a reception at the home of Mrs. K. A. Schemmel chicken salad and ice cream were served. After the party broke up and the guests had returned to their hones half of the two dozen women who had been present were taken violently ill. Dr. C. W. Voorus, who attended them. announced that all were doing well, ex cept ir. four cases, and that they would recover within a few days. An Investiga tion is to be made both as to the icecream and the chicken salad. JET MORE WILL TALK. To Discuss Relation of Church and State. The 'strenuous campaign w-hich is being waged by the Independent forces has re sulted in Chairman Philips, of the Sha-v-nee county Republican central committee. arranging for a meeting to offset the "art eallrry" displayed Friday night, at the Auditorium. The offset meeting will be held at the old court house Thursday night and A. B. Jetmore will speak on "The Relation of the Church to the State." Mr. Jttmore is a membf r of Dr. J. T. MeFarland's con gregation and he is expected to delivfr a speech which will be a political antidote for the art exhibit lecture given by Dr. McFarland. The other speaker vf the evening will be Col. T. W. Harrison. The meeting will be under the avispices of the Republican Flambeau club. SMILING BILLY MASON. Will Read Himself Out of the Repub lican Party This Week. New York, Oct. 20. A Chicago dis patch to the Herald says: Senator Wiliiam E. Mason will read himself out of the Republican party in the auditorium Tuesday night. Besides arraying himself against his! party or ganization locally as well as in th state, he will ospouse the cause'of four Democratic county candidates. Tie will silso make personal attacks upon Gover nor Yates, William Lorlmer, T. N. Jami son and A. J. Hopkins a large, part of his aoVlress. Democratic state campaign managers deny the statement openly made that Senator jfason has been promised the Democratic votes in the legislature in return for what he is about to do. Express Drivers Organize. New York. Oct. 20. More than 2.007 drivers and helpers employed by the lead ing express companies have, at 'a meet ing in Jersey City, formed the Kxpress-fr-en's .Protective association. The organ ifctirTr will be affiliated with the Amer ican Fedt ration of Labor and the express companies will be asked to recognize the union. Derrandt will be mad? for a ten hour working day, a graduated wago scale and pay for overtime. Officers of the new organization declared there would be no stri'-t?. Collier Succeeds McAloon. C. D. Collier has been airofnted di vision accountart for the Bock Island in Tcreka to succeed John McAloon, who is transferred to Trenton. Mo., in the same caTacitr'". Mr. Collier comes from the Central ra"road of New Jer sey at Jersey City. N. J., and already has assumed the duties of his iiosition. The duties of a division accountant are largely those having to do with the ac counts and pay rolls generally of the division. THEY WILL COMBINE. Law Enforcement Forces to Form Union Meeting Tonight. A union meeting of voters who are in full sympathy with the present Shawnee county law enforcement cam paign has been called-for this evfiing at S o'clock at the First Christian church, on Topeka avenue. The call is signed by Dr. S. G. Stew art, chairman of the committee of 200, Dr. M. H. Mitchell, chairman of the In dependent campaign committee, and Dr. J. T. McFarland, commander of the Kansas Law Enforcement league. iiie oDjecc oi xne meeting is to com bine all of the present organizations into a larger, more compact and more thoroughly organized movement to sup plement the work of the independent committee, and thereby help to augment tne overwhelming victory which the In dependent Republicans are looking for. CHARMED THE PRINCE. Siam's Royal Visitor Wrote a Play Dedicated to Miss Wilson. Philadelphia, Oct. 20. Is the Crowii Frinee cf Siam in love with Miss Elinor Wilson, the daughter of Gen. James H. Wilson, with whom the crown prince and his brother, Prince Chakarbongse, stopped while in Wilmington? Many residents of Wilmington say he is. According to the rumor the crown prince's admiration for Miss Wilson dates farther back than his recent visit to this country Miss Wilson met! the prince at the cor onation of King Edward, and it is said that it was a case of love at first sight upon the part of his royal highness. The crown nrlnce took more than a passing interest in Miss Wilson, while the guest of her father. They were to gether much, and those who were asked to the dinners given in honor of the crown prince say he paid marked at tention to the charming daughter of nis host. If the crown prince has lost his heart to one of Delaware's fair daughters it is no surprise to those who know Mise Wilson. She is a blonde, with sparkling blue eyes and about 20 years old. She is highly accomplished, is a charming conversationalist, has great beauty of face and figure and a most graceful car riage. It is known that Miss Wilson likes the crown prince. In her autograph album Miss Wilson has a play written by his royal highness and dedicated to herself. NO NEW TRIAL. Abe Steinberg Wins Contest With Central National Bank Judge Hazen this morning overruled a motion for a new trial in the case of the Central National bank against Abe Stein berg for the collection of a note for $2,000. In the trial of the case Steinberg won and the attorneys for the bank, Gleed, Ware Gleed, asked for the new trial. In passing on the motion Judge Hazen said: "The motion for a new trial is made on the ground that the court erred in di recting the jury to return a verdict for the defendant. This is a suit on a note of the Hub Clothing Co., bearing the names of Abe and Antoninus Steinberg. The ex ecution and authority is denied under oath by Mrs. Ar.tonlous Steinberg. Edwin Knowles, of the bank, testified to the ex ecution of the note. He testified that tlie signatures were all in the same hand writing. Mrs. Steinberg denied her signa ture and that she- had pot allowed anyone to sign for her. She testified that at one time she owned the stock of goods In the store and Abe Steinberg was her agent. She sold the goods to the Hub Clothing company and took $3.5l0 in stock in the corporation. Abe Steinberg, the next Wit ness, testified that he had no authority to signed her name. The attorneys claimed that in bankruptcy proceedings he testi fied that he had a rieht to sign her name. The attorneys expected mm to give tne same testimony as before. The attorneys had the right to use that to impeach his testimony but not to show "authority. In my judgment the court properly took the case from the jirry." NOllTH TOPEKA. fT.erive Items for this column with Kim ball rlntlnsr Co.. 912 North Kansas Av.5 Ttia iininn Pacific nay car came in fnilciv rr A Barrett has returned from Washington. D. C. Miss Alice Davis is auite ill at her home on Morse street. Mr. Jerry Springstead," of station A, has returned from Salina. Fresh meat at Wallace's grocery store, 1225 North Van Buren street. S. Ij. Courtney and W. M. Clime were the quests Sunday of Henry Kanarr, of Kilmer. Have you seen those J10.00 silk waists we are showing for $6.80. William M. Ccstiei'. Mrs. J. T. Purvis left Sunday for Shel bourne. Ind., where she was called by the death of her father. Miss Stella. Belle Norris and Mr. Eth- emer Edwar Gatton were married this morning by Rev. J. T; -Purvis, r. v Mrs. Daniel Noetzel went to Hope to day, where she will visit her sisteivMrs Henry Abeldt, and otner relatives. Gertie Kull is nuite ill with tonsilitia at the home of her parents. Mr. and Mrs. John Kull, of 1206 Kansas avenue. The W. T. K. club will meet Tuesday afternon at the usual hour at the home of Mrs. A. M. Petro. 1014 Van Buren Street. Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Hodge and chil dhen. of 1012 Madison street, left Sun day for Oklahoma, where they will visit relatives. B. F. Van Orsdal, of Silver Lake, wa in town todav. Mr. van Orsdal has just returned from the G. A. R. encampment at Washington. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Hollowell ana little son Willie will .be the guests this week of Mr. and Mrs.. L. S. Frey. of Central avenue. Mrs. W. E. Archibald, who has been the guest of Mrs. Thomas Page for the past two months, will leave Tuesday for her home in Brookline, Mass. We can showT you the best line of mil linery in the city and will save you money on every purchase. Order work a specialty. satisfaction guaranteed. William M. Costley's dry goods store. Miss Martha Williams, colored, aged 24 years, died yesterday at her home four miles west of town. The funeral was held this afternoon from the Asbury church, and the burial was in the To peka cemetery. The union temperance meeting at the Kansas Avenue M. E. church, which was in charge of Prof. A. D. vVUcox. wn; well attended, and Prof. W'ilcox's ad dress was listened to with much intei est. These meetings will continue eyery evening this week except baturday. The Argonauts will hold their regular meeting Tuesday evening at the home of Mrs. Charles Curtis, the lesson in his tory will be "Charlemagne and His Sons." The papers for the evening will be one on Berlin by Miss Minna M Call, and one on ,-"Wr. D. Howells" by Miss Anna Kcliey. Mr. W. B. Warren of 512 North Kani sas avenue was pleasantly surprised Saturday by a visit from his brother-in-law, W. W. Bellamy of Nampa, Idaho. It has been thirty-five year since their previous meeting and each declared the other had grown younger. Mr. Bellamy brought with him some fine samples of fruit raised in his Idaho home. The apples were of a tremendous size and of fine flavor. Other relatives of the family concluded to make the occasion a family reunion and Mrs. L. A. Kockford of Sedgwick county, and Mrs. A. Sherwood of Barron, Wis., came to add jollity to the reunion. STEBBINS EXPLAINS IT. Tells About the Ben Har Lodge In- cident Not an Atheist. To the Editor of the State Journal: The Capital asked Sunday morning: "Is Stebblns an etheist?" I am not, and never have been, an atheist, nor have I ever stated to any person that I was. nor nan I ever made any statement which would give color to such a conclusion. I am now, and for more than fifteen years have been, a memmebr of and a fairly regular at tendant of the t'nitarian chureh. Referring to the lodge incident mention ed in the Capital, the facts are as follows: Some years Ego I was solicited to join a fraternal order (I do not distinctly remem ber its name), but inasmuch as it is stated that it was. the Ben Hur. I- assume this to be correct. After such solicitation I signed an application, the application was acted upon favorably ..and I appeared at the lodge in due time for initiation. An officer of the lodge appeared in the ante room and pjopounded certain preliminary questions to me, and, among others, the question; "Do you believe Ir. a supremo being?" I answered at once, and unresi tatingly, "yes," but asked the privilege of supplementing my answer by a brief statement of my conception of the nature of the Supreme Being. The officer pro pounding the question said he would retire and ascertain whether I might be per mitted to make such- statement. In due time he returned and stated to me that he was instructed to say that I could not, be permitted to make such a supplemental statement. I then said that I deemed my request reasonable and that its refusal was unreasonable and that I would with draw my application for memb?rship and would not further proceed with the Initia tion. According to my best recollection there was but one person present when this conversation took place other than myself. "Certain It is that it did not take place in the presence of the lodge, and as to what was reported to the lodge, of course I have no knowledge. X did not retuse to answer tne question, did not haggle over the answer to the uestion. I did not ask admission to the hall for the purpose of explaining my iews. I was not barred out for refusing to answer. I belong to several orders which require that the members believe In a Supreme Being. lj. A. S LEjBOIQ, Topeka, Kan.. Oct. 20, 1902. ROW OVER WORSLEY. Football Squabble About the Little Quarterback. The Washburn-Medic football team is on the verge of a strike and the game schedule for the Washburn field Satur day with the Haskell Indians may not be clayed. The dissension is over the action of the Washburn college faculty in barring John C. Worsley from, playing on the merged team. Professor Harshbarger preferred the charges and succeeded in having Worsley barred. The charge was that Worsley played baseball last sum mer for money. WTorsley denied it and he had produced a sworn affidavit to the effect that he had not been paid for playing. The affidavit was signed by the manager of the baseball team. Worsley is registered in the Medical col lege and the football players claim that Professor Harshbarger, as a member of the Washburn faculty, has no right to induce the Washburn athletic board to disbar him. WHITTIEK HOME BURNED. Many Relics Saved the House Will Be Rebuilt. Haverhill. Mass.. Oct. 20. The house In which John Greenleaf Whittier was born was badly damaged by fire Satur day. The place is occupied by a Mr. and Mrs. Era and is In charge of the Whittier association which keens it in repair as a visiting place for sightseers. A passerby saw smoke coming from the house and before tne hre could be ex tinguished the house had been almost destroyed. Mrs. Era saved a lot of Whittier relics. The association will be build the house. SHE GETS A DIVORCE. Mrs. Rebecca Garvin Gets a Decree of Separation. Judge Hazen has granted a decree to Rebecca R. Gr.rvin, allowing her an abso lute divorce frorr C. A. Garvin. Mrs. Garvin s petition stated that they were married August 15, 1900, and that in the latter aart ot l!oi her nusnann -desert ed her and that since then she has de pended upon the generosity of htr friends and relatives and her own efforts for sup port. Mrs. Grrvin was Miss Keoecca Kod gers of Topeka. Mr. 3arvin was one cf the proprietors of a drug store. Later he went to the Cherokee strip and operated a resort during the rush there. Mrs. Garvin is now in ioiorauo witn Mrs. F. D. Merriam. WORK ON WEST SIXTH. Inspection Made Today Preparatory to Macadamizing. The board of cfunty commissioners in spected the West Sixth avenue road to day, -i liie worn or.., excavating ior me macadam will begin at once and the ork will be pushed as rapidly as pos sible. The stone to be crushed for the road is being quarried and with good weather it is expected that a large part qf the work will be done before the cold est weather begins. Making TJp Time Card. Five division superintendents of the Rock Island are in Topeka at the Rock Island office "stringing" the winter time- card which is to go in effect November 2. They are: A. T. Abbott.Colorado division; D. Burleigh, Nebraska division; J. H. Con- len El Paso division: W. S. Tinsman, Oklahoma division, and C.' W. Jones, Kan sas division. The principal change whlcn ,wi!l take place will be the placing in ser vice of the Golden State Limited, the new through California train. Announcement. We have our own personal reasons for aelline ontical goods at the prices we do. We oositively handle the best frames and lenses manufactured, and have ex posed the faker prices and misrepresen tations on spectacles and eyeglasses. We shall continue to cut prices and sell at cut prices from any misleading ad vertisements. We are here to stay, and will make good our sales. We Were the first opticians that understood fitting and manufacturing spectacles in the state of Kansas. R. H. BAKER OPTICAL CO., 64 Kansas avenue. Anyone wanting Satin-Skin, lovely, clear complexion, should apply Satin Skin Cream and Satin-Skin Powder, beauty bringers, 25c. At the Model. CASTOR I A For Infants and Children. Tiis Kind You Have Alvsys Bought Bears the Signature of 1 AAAAAkkkkhkkM A A OF 4 s Dress SKirtsJ SKIRTS OF SILK AND WOOL. Not an out-of -fashion skirt in the entire line The latest sweep, the modish kilt, the slot seam skirts, the prettiest in the new trimming fancies in both silks and wools Priced at extraordinary saving to you J for this sale. Arranged on two you can look them Priced up from WHITE BROADCLOTH GOWN FOR WINTER WEAR. White cloth costumes are to be the imart thing this winter for those who :an afford them. Faint touches of color are allowed on some of these dresses in the shape of laces, embroideries and medallions of painted chiffon or mous (eline. The illustration shows a smart prin bess gown of ivory white cloth trimmed -ith irregular strappings in square fcnd diamond patterns. These strap pings inclose medallions of pale blue nd pink Persian silk. The entire dress Is Eheathlike in its plainness, with the Exception of the lower part of the skirt, 'hich Is finished by three gored ruf 3es, giving a triple oversklrt effect. Selow the bust there is a band of the rregular applique and a one side rever sffect which is simulated by the strap Jings. The top of the collar is finished by a band of the Persian silk terminat ing in a saucy twist directly under the chin. The hat which goes with this is of tucked black panne ornamented with a single long white ostrich feather. Merchant's Committee. J. W. Robinson, W. W. Mills, T. P. Paxton and W. B. Roby, have been named as an executive committee for the Topeka Hetail Merchants' association. The or, ganization has for its purpose fhe Induce ment of people from towns throughout the state to come to Topeka to make their purchases, and propose to refund railroad fare to them, subject to certain conditions. Arrangements are being made to secure a correspondent in eacn community wno will look after the interests of the as sociation. -X -k -K -K are all here. special racks where over at your leisure. TURNS UP ALIVE. White Man Reported to Have JBeen Killed in JNTegro Riot. Birmir-cham, Ala. .Oct. 20. News from Littleton. Ala., the scene of the riot last night between negroes and white men. develops the fact that everything quiet there now, the negroes having gone to their homes and no further trouble Is apprehended. Ira Creel, a white man who was reported to hufa been killed, appeared fn Littleton safe and sound this morning, having spent the night in the woods, but Joe Thomp son, white, who-was seriously "wounded. died this mornlnsr while being brought to this city by deputy sheriffs who were sent to Littleton last night from Bir mingham, as soon as the trouble was reported and who returned here today. One of the wounded negroes will recov er. The other. Will Tolbert. is missing and is known to be seriously wounded. Microbes in Old Wine Corks. Paris, Oct. 20. M. Pottiez, the distin uished bacteriologist, has just found that the old dictum that wine destroys microbes is false. As a matter of fact. t causes them to increase. The corks of long-bottled wine are full of micro scopic spiders, a species of tyroglyphus. a repugnant mite. Other microbes weic also found in large numbers In old corks. Lovers of old wines must take care that bottles are not only tightly closed, but with good corks. An Afternoon CSown. A pretty gown for afternoon wear is (n biscuit homespun with a del!ghtfully rough surface. Thi3 particular model has a cunning little habit coat with rounded basques, confined at the waist with a buff leather belt studded with ueel nails, clasped by a. turquoise and steel buckle of lovely design. The ?dges of the coat are scalloped, show ing a line of pale blue cloth, edged in Its 'urn with a leather border very lightly .rorked in steel. The vest to be worn v-ith this coat is in soft white cloth of mest make, with lace applique, a fine mbroidered design in blue silk outlin ing the motifs. The skirt flows grace 'ully out round the feet, the volant en orme being bordered with leather stud ied with tiny steel clous to correspond .vith the belt. The seams are strapped i a very novel way, showing a tiny ine of leather between the strappings. Kan. City and Return $2.67 Santa Fe Account Horse Show and Live Stock Show. Tickets on sale October 18 to 25. Final limit October 27. Monarch over pain. Burns, cuts, sprains, stings. Instant relief. Dr. Thomas' Electric Oil. At any drug store. There are others but the best is GORHAM Silver Polish Which cleans as well as polishes All repnible nckM jewelers keep it s cent" PCB 1
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TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL, LATE PARIS FASHIONS PARIS Theaters are opening again, and on first nights ambitious fashion yr writers by the dozen may be identified in the first rows, sketching the gowns introduced by the queens of the footlights. These theatrical ladies vie with one another in their efforts to impress the public as queens of fashion as well as of art. Happy creatures! Their ambition in the fashion line is only too easily grati fied if they are young, comely and pop ular, although they practically pay the great dressmakers nothing for their costumes. Even the great houses are Clad to clothe them gratuitously on ac count of the advertising to be derived, from an actress' exploitation of their creations. The great success at the Varieties, "La Veine," is admired by women on ac count of its pretty costumes. Nothing simpler and daintier for indoor wear can be imagined than the star's house gown of neutral tinted cloth with three stitched bands extending down the en tire front. On the skirt the bands com bine with plaits that fall open near the hem and give a charming flare to the outlines of the garment. The bodice around the plaited and lace incrusted collar is appliqued with lace designs simulating a pointed collar. The sleeves extremely picturesque they are too fit comfortably on the upper half n( Vio orrri ond flare iust below th el- bow to receive very bouffant under-! sleeves of black tulle incrusted with I bits of lace Sllle Lender in the same play ap- i -ears to great advantage in a novel frock of white mousseline de sole hav- ing as an oveiskirt a beautiful shawl of black chantilly. The skirt of the mousseline de soie is unusually scant, considering the present mode, resem bling in the outline of the lower part the round walking skirts which have recently been declared the only proper things for street wear. Two bands of wide lace insertion trim the lower part of the garment. The corsage of mous- seline de soie embroidered with pearls, coral jet and gold is wonderfully rich. A lare-e cameo brooch clasps the center of the decolletage. The sleeves of the evening gown are unique bands of chantilly alternating with puffs of mousseline de soie. Sleeves in elaboration and elegance are the chief features of the winter's frocks. On an otherwise simple gown they increase the cost to a most impor tant degree, for rich laces and bro cades are widely used for undersleeves, and galloons of gold, jeweled embroid eries and hand painted fabrics are utilized in decorating other parts. So far as shape is concerned, there is a tendency to return to the flowing out lines of a season or so ago. with the difference that the fullness is now found between elbow and wiist insto?.' of between shoulder owl elho'v. For evening gowns, sleeves ere i-nvc: n neci on many handsome nstuniw. Ih.-yt extend quite to the -lbnw, whe:e they are flounced with lace or trimmed with: double or triple rows of plaits: that fall open fan fashion whenever the arm is raised. j Sleeves are notably individual. A i f rECORATIVE ACCESSORIES M K U ...FOR ARE and awe inspiring the piano looks, with its pol ished wood exposed to ev ery ray of light that pene trates the parlor. As the instrument costs so much, it seems the part of economy to protect it from dust and scratches. The fact is that the pro tection or decoration 'of the piano is seldom given a thought. Too much drapery about an instrument is a mis take, of course. It deadens the sound. Acoustics teach us that the best music al effects are obtained in apartments with very few hangings, but a judicious use of embroideries will greatly en hance the beauty of any instrument. Every one is nowadays sufficiently intelligent to keeD the back of the piano away from the wall in order that the best tonai effects may be obtained. Of ten the piano is so situated that a small alcove may be formed by placing it across the wall in the neighborhood of a corner. Sometimes the rough back may be hidden by a framed screen. Just at present screens are in high favor, and a reat many very pretty and appro priate designs can be purchased in the shops. Any one with skill in tapestry work may fashion a beautiful screen for use in the music room (if a single apart ment is set aside for that purpose) or for service in distracting attention from the back of the piano. Instead of tap estry sheets of white water color pa per may be utilized for panels. The de signs should be roughly painted upon Uiem, with no attempt at finish in de tail. Touches of gold paint will bright en the design when a brilliant effect is aimed at. Subjects for music screen decorations are numerous. A screen of three sec tions may be adorned with pictured representations of Euterpe, the song stress: Terpsichore, of choral and danc ing harmonies: Polyhymnia, the muse of sacred lyrics. If an extra panel is desired for the screen. Calliope, consid ered the muse of patriotic music, may be added. A little study of the classical dictionary will suggest characteristic poses in which to sketch the muses Euterpe with her flute, Terpsichore crowned with flowers and dancing to the music of her lyre, Polyhymnia with her lyre beside her, meditating the composition of a hymn, and Calliope, with flag, helmet, shield and spear at her feet, in the act of composing a war song. If more elaborate studies are desired, the various scenes in the legends of the nine muses may be depicted. For Instance, their bath in the Hippocrene, JB studv of the different types soon ena bles one to judge of the character of the woman who ought to wear them. For instance, the demisleeve, consist ing of a loop of flowers over the shoul der, from which bands of black velvet ribbon are knotted about the arm and finished at the elbow with a ballet dancer skirt effect in gauze called the elbow frill, is suited to the coquette to the woman who is a trifle daring in dress and manner. Dainty enough for a debutante is the sleeve of fine white chiffon tucked close to the arm from shoulder to el bow and encircled with three diverging frills of heavy lace. Lace galloons pass obliquely around the sleeve from shoul der to elbow, where they terminate un der a spreading bow of ribbon. For the Puritan maiden one would select the three-quarter sleeve of lace and ribbon bands as Just the thing for combina tion with a modest evening bodice. A puff above the elbow and a smaller puff below are divided by a band of lace and a couple of frills of plaited silk. A rounded insetting of lace upon the shoulder suggests an epaulet, while the lower termination of the sleeve boasts no decoration other than a fold of silk. A coquette's sleeve is the soft crea tion of velvet and chiffon, the latter forming the foundation for a lattice work of the velvet ribbon bands. Around the upper part of this a drapery of chiffon falling off the shoulder so that the velvet bands may be seen Is encircled by a wreath of chiffon roses, Ribbon knotted into a sprightly bow which flares away from the arm deco- rates the other border of the drapery, The flounce of lace is shaped to form a pointea eneci m irie ua mm mu fords a soft background of no' mean proportions for the shapely arm of the wearer. Sleeves for street gowns differ quite as much in their characteristics. There is the long style, showing just a suggestion of lingerie below its indent ed, flaring lower edge. A ban-" of lace and a shaped lace ornament appliqued upon the cloth give just the dashing touch needed to suggest the propriety of its being worn by the mannish maid wno nas a taste ior tne military. One can imagine the "grande dame" of the old school instinctively settling upon a sleeve half of which is of smooth cloth or silk and the other, or under part, a series of puffs of white chiffon, terminating in a straight cuff draped behind with a narrow frill of lace. The plain part is cut open to show the white lingerie and where it terminates at the elbow is faced with a deep cuff lined with light silk. The edge of the cuff and the opening in the sleeve are stitched with two rows of silk. ror tne leimume t pe ot woman the draped sleeve with wide puffs above and below the elbow seems most ap-, rrnpnate. tne application or a turned rck t uff faced with lace gives the sleeve the appearance of being a double 1 i i.ever harpy unless following up pjiire odd fad, the women of Paris are just now engaged in rivalry in regard to who rhall own the prettiest fox cub. Fox cubs are now the popular pets, Every society woman has one, with the result that the little creatures are THE PIANO J COVEES AND OTHER USEFUL hymnia's invention cf the lyre are all subjects worthy of brush or needle. Scenes from the legends of Orpheus and Apollo will make appropriate art studies for screen panels. A simple decoration for the piano back consists of a flat drapery. The the dance about the altar on Mount f&I7Cr Helicon, the disciplining of the ambl- CSjfsp tious sirens, the transformation of the Cj&j- f? daughters of Pireus into birds, the pun- ETu fi, n t ishment of the bard Thamyris, Eu- rll J terpe's invention of the flute and Poly- CSM valued at J20 o $25. 'When the brutes are too large to handle, they are sent to the country and there are set free on the great estates of the rich. Later, no doubt, they supply the coveted brush after the chase for the woman who once pampered the urious boudoir. Fox er and very playful, quite tame, and he porarily safe house companions. When invited to spend, the night at to add to the nisrhtrnhe an tilot auxiliaries a set of clean sheets. Really faetiaioua people do so. When the czar and czarina were invited to be the guests of Paris, their couches were fitted by France with linen from the stock of royal napery accumulated dur-1 ing the emperorship of Napoleon III. The imperial guests calmly and quietly directed their attendants to remove the French linen and substitute for it the pieces wrought with the arms of the Romanoffs. This, it was explained to their perplexed entertainers, was cloth may be of any quality from denim to velvet or satin. If the fabric har- monizes with the wood of the instru ment, an artistic effect will be attained. A rosewood piano should never be hung with a blue background. DECORATIONS FOR THE PIANO I satin. A, simple banner screeu to hang upon j To protect the music stool, which is the piano may be made of Roman sat- apt to lose its polish or its upholstering in, of moire -velours or of plain silk, i with use, a seat cover is convenient White or a warm cream is a desirable A handsome bit of embroidered linen color. The simple design shown in the illustration may be applied to the fab- I ric with a soft pencil and then outlined the czar and czarina's invariable cus tom, and it seemed to them to be as imperative a piece of refinement as the owning of Individual toothbrushes. Now all the smart set pretends to have been ever scrupulous in regard to individual bed linen, and drapers are happy because it increases the quanti ty and enhances the quality of their sales, since their patrons consider that only exquisitely fine, monogrammed or! crested sheets, Ingeniously hand stitched, are good enough for use when going a-visiting. Elaborately trimmed velvet frocks are fashionable. Such costumes have in the past depended upon the beauty of the material for their charm, exag gerated simplicity being preferred to UP-TO-THE-MINUTE PARISIAN HOUSE GOWNS. overdecoration. longer is that the case, for stitchings and plaitings have opened the way for the introduction of I more ornate garnishings. An example of this tendency- was shown in a ve- I lours costume completed by a well known dressmaker for a titled patron, The handsome SKirt of leaf green ve-i with soft tinted French galloons in ribbon embroidered with Japanese gold thread. The combination of two col ors, such as rose with pink or pale green with white, is recommended. The flowers should be embroidered with lloss silk and show' touches of chenille in centers, stems and foliage. The scroll border is put on with a soft yel low, almost buff, silk supplemented by gold thread. When mounted, the em broidered section may be beautified by framing it with a dark velvet or cloth, much of which should show above the will do, but the richer the cover the more it will be admired. Cream linen, art silk or satin will serve as the foun- lours was laid in moderate tucks and o.verlaid down the front with a tablier of guipure lace which extended about the waist and formed a basque in the back. A ribbon knotted at intervals about the lower portion of the skirt suggested a flounce. The tucked bod ice, trimmed with lace, was cut low over a lace yoke, which was crossed by narrow bands of zibeline and encircled by a cravat of blue foulard. The round shoulder collar, faced with lace, was also edged with zibeline, bands of the same alternating with lace on the low er part of the sleeve. Fancy fronts and vests are elaborate and costly and still form a notable fea ture of every gown. Lace ones are em broidered with gold or adorned with hand painted appliques. On the late winter frocks motifs of fur are added to lace and embroidered around the edges with gold or silver threads. This makes a very handsome trimming, By all odds the most fashionable dra- peries for fronts are of lace. CATHERINE TALBOT. dation for a handsome cover display ing a bold and effective design in con- ventionalized flowers. The pattern is done In appliqued cream, green or tan silk, with scrolled lines radiating from the center of the cover to each of three I border flowers around the outside. The j outlines and centers of the convention alized flowers should be in black. A cover for a grand piano may be de signed by a needlewoman of ordinary skill. If other decorative accessories are made for the instrument. they should all be of the same material and general pattern. Cucumber green or crushed strawberry art linen or flame colored silk may be used for the cover, the border being embroidered on the linen with white flax thread in satin stitch or upon the flame colored silk with rope silk. A cover of cream col ored or light brown cloth will present a handsome appearance if embroidered in cones, with an appliqueof yellow silk outlined in gold. For the top of an up right piano the cover must be a trifle narrow, but should hang down over the sides of the instrument at greater length. When the piano is left open, dust ac cumulates on the keys. Even when it is closed some dust penetrates the crev ices and covers the keys and sifts through the apertures between the keys and, in the case of an organ, set tles in the reeds and puts the instru ment out of tune. A keyboard cover, is, therefore, a great protection. The cover should be a strip of silk or sstin accessories or tne instrument, r :uwtrs may be embroidered on the silk and some appropriate motto, such as Shel ley's lines Music, when soft voices die. Vibrates in the memory. FRENCH MILLINERY. A noticeable point about Parisian millinery is the use of materials for decoration that the American milliner is rather afraid to handle. The French milliner takes a circle of coarse dark gray linen, fashions it into a flat plate toque, lines it off the face with tuoks of white tulle hemmed with white straw, drapes twisted strands of straw about the crown or top of the plate, puts a fancy white plume on some where toward the back and then sells it as a creation. The Parisian allows herself a free hand in the selection of birds and plu mage to complete her work. She is fond of the green parrot, the entire sea- peacock feather, and all these bizarre ornaments are effective when manipulated by her skillful hands. A quaint, newly created French hat in the "marquis" shape is of write felt, the two typical slits in its wide brim held together by black velvet straps fastened on the felt under small strass buckles, while through these slits in the brim look the heads of two pretty green parrots, their bodies and wings providing the only trimming for the crown. A lining of quilted satin perfumed with sachet powder, with a cord of silk to frame the cover, completes a useful bit of fancy work. Music portfolios are expensive. Homemade ones cost less and are hand somer. The back of an old book over laid with a decorated cover of silk, sat in or linen will make as good a music holder is any to be bought in the stores. When the outside of the cover has been ornamented with an appro priate design, it should be lined with silk or sateen and tied with ribbons. Harps and lyres intwined with flowers are suggested as appropriate decorative devices. In many homes sheet music is stored in a small wooden cabinet. A cover similar to that for the grand piano and an embroidered curtain may be made to finish off the cabinet. No handsomer wedding gift for a bi'lile or holiday remembrance for a musical friend could be devised than a set of these pieces of fancy work. EDITH LAWRENCE. To Preserve Cut Flowem. A bouquet sprayed with water and placed under a bell glass will last many days longer than if simply placed in a vase or bowl, while if a buttonhole or a spray for the hair is required to look fresh all day or at an evening fete a dab of sealing wax at the end of the stalks will keep the flowers fresh for many hours. Violets, primroses and many other simple flowers if placed in a bed of sand and kept moist will keep fresh for some weeks, while such flowers as foxgloves, campanulas, etc., if placed in water, with the bottom leaves on the stalks kept under water, will last thrice as long as if the leaves were stripped off the stalks. Ferns when placed In water should always" have some of the fronds left in the water, as it has been proved over and over again that no nourishment can be taken through the stem alone. Care of the Hands. Before washing the hands rub over thoroughly With a few drops of pure glycerin, which will remove stains and dirt. Then wash with a good ,toilet soap and tepid water. Also have a so lution of borax always ready in a bot tle, and into the water you are going to wash in pour as much as will soften it. If people would only use this more and make it by dissolving borax in boiling water, they would find it most cleansing and that it keeps the skin soft. To Remore Freckle. As freckles are caused by a pigment underneath the outer skin", to really re move them you would have to remove the skin itself. The best plan, there fore, if you object to freckles, is to make up your mind to wear a veil and carry a parasol. A red parasol pro tect the face better than one of any other color, i1 DINNER GOWNS OF MODERATE COST. i- A man who has been, working in th', city all day likes to see his wife look ing pretty and dainty when he comes home to dinner, and dressing for din ner is really economical rather than extravagant for any one who is clever enoughs to remodel her own gowns. Summer frocks can nearly always be done up to look quite nice and fresh for home evening wear and will save one's new autumn and winter gowns m a quite wonderful manner, for a thin. dress is always comfortable in the evening even in cold weather, for rooms are warm when the lamps are lighted and curtains drawn. There are still many old fashioned middle class people who seem to think that to change one's dress in the even ing is indicative of extravagance or of moral flepravity,. or both, an idea which has survived from the days when even wealthy middle class people dined in the middle of the day. People are wiser now and have learned that'when they have to work hard all day it is better to dine late, especially as the vast majority of business men find the evening meal the only one they can en joy at home and at leisure. A light silk will wash beautifully at home. Do not rub any soap on it, but make a nice lather with soap and water that has been softened by boiling bran in it a pound of bran in a big muslin bag to a gallon of water. It should be just warm when used. Wash the silk quickly and thoroughly, wring and rinse in clear tepid water with a little salt dissolved in it. Pass through a wringer and hang it out in the shade to dry. When nearly dry, iron on the right side with a moderately warm iron, having a sheet of tissue paper be tween the iron and the silk. This method is successful for light tinted silks and satins of all kinds and for muslins and delicate woolen fabrics also, such as voile, delaine, nun's veil ing and cashmere, but these should be rinsed in tepid and not in cold water.. To remodel a silk track for dinner wear cut the bodice into a rather deep V shape at the neck in front and have a chemisette of the embroidered net, with transparent collar of black brus sels insertion. Remodel the sleeves, trimming them with black insertion and have pufTed undersleeves of the net. The skirt will do quite well as it is, and by utilizing; trimmings in the house one you will have quite a pretty and serv iceable ever.inrr frock without laying out a penny. Muslins should do just as they are if nicely washed. Soft "purple" shades of heliotrope, black and white and various shades of brown, will be fashionable for outdoor wear in th winter. The Breton Hat. The little round Breton hat is enor mously popular in felt with the biiro bound by a contrasting color, especial ly in front. A great deal of bright ap. p'.a green velvet is employed in milli nery, and one firm has made a striking note in Ihc employment of green par rots with green satin rosettes on white and pale mauve felt- Very large toques are also to. be worn, the trim ming flat and low and a soft drapery o lace round, the brim .failing low on. the hair at the back. Nothing points to the return of .the high coiffure, as has been stated in some fashion papers. Faulns of the "'Tailor Made." As the tailor made gown has gone out, so have the inventors of hideous garments, and the masters of sartorial art are truly great leaders of fashion today. BREAKFAST. Flint. Steamed Eggs and Tom a toe, Hoecake. Rice Potatoes. Baked Apples. Coffee. S7EAMKD KGG AND TOMATO. Take son email cups or molds quite two inches high, buttef each thoroughly and put a teaspoonful of thick tomato puree in each. Urcak a new laid egg into each and set the cup in a pan of boiling water, cover with buttered paper and allow to steam till quiie firm to the touch. Have ready rounds of fried bread and turn an egg1 on each. Four a little hot tomato puree round each egg and serra. LUNCHEON OR TEA. Fruit. Clam Bouillon. Cauliflower and Tomato Salad, iiice and Cheese. Headcheese. Orange Jelly. Tea. CAULIFLOWER AND TOMATO SALAT).T?t some good English tomatoes, peel them carefully and cut into slices. Boil a small cauliflower till it is tender enough to break into sprigs. Take two or three hard boiled eggs and cut into slices, being careful not to break the yolks. Shred soma endive. Chop as finely as, possible a sprig of parsley, the same quantity of mint and one or two chivos. Set a layer of tomatoes at the bottom of a dish, then slices ot whit" of egg, then sprigs of cauliflower. Sprinkle all this with the endive and repeat the layers. Pour over a good oil ao4 vinegar drctsing and serve. D1XNER. Mixed Vegetable Soup. Beef a la Mode. Curried Mushrooms, Potato Souffle. Boiled Oniong Watr Creps Salad. Gelatin Pudding. Coffee. CURRIED MUSHROOM! 'Poel a small ha of mushroom?, tvm;vc the stems and wash them. Drain all very dry and season with pepper and salt. Dissolve one and a half ounces of butter in a frying pan and fry the mmhrooms in this for few minutes, l our off the fat and add sufficient curry sauce to hardly cover the mushrooms. Cook very slowly for another quartet ot an hour. Serve on slices of crisp toat placed on a dish, pour tUe sauce round the dish and serve with sori plainly boiied rice thoroughly dried till aii grain stands apart. Lemoa Corn Floor Shape. Put two fuIWlablespoonfuls of com meal into a basin with the juice of four lemons; boil a quart of water with the rinds cf the latter an four 'tablespoon luis cf rusar; strain it into the corn Hour, stirring: it carefully; return it to the saucepan till clear and wTell thick ened; then pour Into a mold rinsed out in cold water. Serve with a jug ot cream. 9
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