The Topeka State Journal (Topeka, Kansas)
February 2, 1903

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mf YAAAgl I TFN PAflFS I TEN PAGES. it 5 1 5. I i r 1 v'!5 i 2 I i i I S U' (ft. H h i X LAST ECITIO MONDAY EVENING. TOPEKA, KANSAS, FEBRUARY 2, 1903. MONDAY EVENING. TWO CENTS. 0A10 TflEjOiilTS. Sheriff Lucas Swoops Down on Three of Them. Copeland Hotel liar Was Includ ed in the Visit. HE TOOK IT ALL. Bars Carried Out ami Liquors Confiscated. Heu Who Were on Duty Were Arrested. INQUISITION RESULT. Action Taken on Evidence Se cured by County Attorney. All the Men Arrested dive Bond and Are ileleased. Three joints were raided at noon to day by Sheriff Lucas acting on war rants issued by County Attorney Galea Ni hols as a result of his "inquisition." The three places raided were The Palms, the bar connected with the Copeland hotel by a door way, the bar In the rear cf Itumssum' cigar store at fceO Kansas avenue. All warrants were alias and read for "John Doe" but at each place Sheriff Lucas took whoever he found behind the bar. At the Copeland bar Fred Simmons was behind the bar and was arrested. He is charged with two counts for sell liiicr lienor and one count for maintairi ing a nuisance. At The Palms Lewis DeLude was found serving' drinks and he was ar rested on three counts, one being a nuisance count. At the joint at 830 Kansas avenue Al Heck was taken into custody on three counts, one being for maintaining a nuisance. The beer bring sold at the Copeland arid "h;0" bar was Schlitz and tiie beer at The Palms was Imperial. This puts st 'st the rumor that Schlitz bars wouldn't be raided. At each place the bars, fixtures and wet goods were seized. The Copdand bar v. as the longest of all and was veil worn where well tilled waistbands l:.-.-d riiit'w.! against it. It nas it pine j bar, u.-l! mad", and had in cul iv'rlion j a:i ice b'-st. rdU'l wuh buttled be-er ad b The work bench. i i f:m The Palms was a pine ar'air, ;-s good ;.,s a store counl"r, and it was also suppii"d with a work bench. Tie- t'.a r at "S;it" was a cheap affair, fit for kindling but work bench ami pb-rily The an or bev rages ware found. result is that tMienft Lucas has chest of b( or, three tapped kees, picnic pumps. tlr-e bars, tmve trip v. ovk benche and a tew bonks of rtiod gin stored in the w! isky, vi;i( t meat of the court house. Kach "f the bar tenders was admit- ted to bond which was furnish-: b To. smaic'st stock of liquors was found! ai the place which was raided! last. I it as known this morning several i hours h'-nrehand that "warrants were out tor someiiody but whom th. y weie do-ct ae-ainst was not known. The; u'.m.o.t "eerecy was kept. j It was a short time afro that the fine bai'sacd lai-ire mirrored sideboards which it-'pa-iic these three joints were removed and the beaper pine bars were installed. Tic: lon which were removed were of baid wood, highly finished and orna- i minted and would have left a loss f. r imon had they been seized and ot-stroj"d. The bars found by the sh"r ih con! 1 al! be replaced for J25. The i -irti-t" hi:v" expeoted something for '-me time for the tine bars were re move! before County Attorney Nichols b'-n i n his inouisition. County Attorney Nichols issued the compiumts under the state law, a rr-trt of winch is the 'llurrel search and seiz ure" clause. The cases are brousht dire-, t in tiie district court and ran he tiied at any time Judgf; Hazrn sees tit to set them for trial. The witnesses to the separate counts for pehinsr li.pior will be the witnesses wno Kave the county attorney the testimony against tiie ioints iu the incoiisition hearintrs. As many witnesses as the county attor ney may wish to summon can tetii'v i a to the nuisance counts. More arrests wii! be made PAc K 'J'u H SINKS?. At I.SO o'ei.i. k a n. w Par. ;ls fmod as the ore seized by the sheriff. h;ul been taken Into fee joint next to the Copeland nnd was set in place reitiv fir buli;.-vs Ten mmnP'S lat. r a man finished driving the last nail to the braces which i.j, tho bar. lie locpfij p ntid said "We ar ready for Posiney.." t.iuiie a crowd wes aniline around watchimr the ,.t-v atieo' A keK of Peer with a pump attached was in woikir.g or hr rfn.lv to s. r-e the thirsty. A shelf had Pe-n put in position beein.i the her ami it was w. U t.H-i with botlles and fc-pesses. The i,,,r ,j fK' undochteov k-'ju Pi rea'Pn- o o.r i :--f t rqtn i'Mid only n-ss for a f hours GKIUKS GETS IT. Secures Good Position With Orient Kadway Interests. T'liik K. Grimes, who has just com pleted t0 terms as state treasurer ef Kansas, has rec. ived a good appointment In ceepcetion with the Kansas City, Mex ico an.! inert railroad. lie lias been nani. d as j.p. ,-h,i atrnt for Kansas of the Pnit.M s-ai.s nnrt M xican Trust com pany, the iinaneial a.-ius cf th" Orient roa.l. who iiuve tiie hanoling of its bonds and sh:ir. s. He is to aid in the develop ment cf the orient cimpuny aff airs. His fce.vl.ltmrienj will he in Top ka. oe itpp. liniment me throneh Mr. Stliwell, who paries. Mr. president of both coin aa s has n r.i-.?'ehor r-.if dSio'!"l!7b" are ii'tere-.ed ln the 1. Y m'T" eene.t-.r burton an 1 1.;. Mulvanv. wha nr.- .ifr. ct.-r. The b..f,.,,. ,l c 1 MM to Tiie on.r.";.f eoe.es, lirg.-iy through his e ot ste.te trtiisure came to Mr. Grimes t.on as suite tre-isiir-r the acquaint ance he has made in public bfe. 1 l Wer-ther Indications. Chicago. Feb. 2.-Forecast for Kan. as: Snow or rain tonight and Tues t.ejr; taster!- winds. FOUND Till: HANDCAR. Dexter Bank Robbers Seen at Win field but Escape. Arkansas City, Kan., Feb. 2. The hand car which the robbers used to escape with their booty Irom Dexter after the bank robbery Sunday morning- has been found ditched ntar Wi.i fieid. There were three1 of the men and accurate descriptions of them were gotten hy parties -who saw them but did r."t know they were robbers. It is thought that they rot out of town on an early Monday train as all night trains were watched. Two suspects were arrested at Win field but afterwards released. FOB FULL SUFFRAGE. Kansas Hermit Will Try to Have Amendment Submitted. Gen. Husrh Cameron, the Kansas Her mit has returned to Topeka from his camp near Lawrence to devote his time to secureinK the passage of a resolution bv the legislature to submit a woman suffrage amendment to the constitu tion to the people. Gen. Cameron thinks it would be a mistake to Rive the wo men oresidentfii suffrage alone because it would not place them in a position where their influt nee could be moss, felt. Gen. Cameron has written the fol lowing letter explaining his views: Camp Ben Harrison, Glen Burn. Oouelas county, Kas., Jan. 28, 1903. Ifenrv George said, I am for men. The Hermit of Kansas says, I am for wo men. The Hermit's asservation may not be used by the cigar as is that of Mr. George. I am for women, your mother, my mother the mother of Gov. William Joshua Bailey, president Theodoie Roosevelt and every other official of this great progressive free state and na tion. The Hermit's earnest unceasing, prayer to Almighty God is that He will endow all mothers with the noble spirit of Cady Stanton and rouse up the mighty millions to a just realization of the danger of incurring His divine displeasure and vengeance by denying to woman, (mother of mankind and mother of. the Sen of God), cerfect equality in the free exercise of all those inherent rights which He has vouch safed to us by cur American Magna, Charter and free Constitution. 1 believe the time is ripe for another effort to eradicate every vestige of the Border ILepubiioanism of early years (the year of Pogus Legislature, Sta tutes and Lawsj from our Kansas con stitution, and thereby the dark shadow from our free state escutcheon, that out eft i'eoe;:ted bo;ist of freedom may be relieved from every suspicion of incon sistency. P.esoectfullV, THE KANSAS HEHMIT. The letter was addressed to Rev. F. M. McHaie, of Lawrence, and a resolu tion embodying Gen. Cameron's sugges tion has been prepared to be introduc ed in the legislature. PEOPLE ABE HIDIGfiAIIT. Smith County Couple Put Up Si 8,000 but Stay in Jail. A. L. Topliff, editor of the Lebanon Criterion, is down today from Smith county visiting L. M. Linton, Smith county's representative in the legisla ture. Pie says that there is still a strong feeling in Smith county against Albert Jordan and his wife, the couple who have been held on the charge of murder for beating to death a little four-year-old child that had been plac el in their care. When Jordan and his wife were bound over to the district court a few days ago their bond was fixed at$9, 000 each, w riich they put up in cash, a total of tlS.OOO. Notwithstand ing this, Mr. Topliff says they are sill! staying in jail, not because they art restrained or' their liberty but because they are afraid of mob viola nee ana know they will have the protection o the sheriff as long as they are in jail. It is stated that they could have giv en a bond of $75,000 as easily as $lS.0e0, and it is suspected that they may leave and forfeit their bonds if they have an eoejortunity, for if they should be ac quitted they mi-ht still be subjected to mob vi' Jance. They have said that they intended to leae for Germany as soon as they got out of this trouble. Harry Kaipers, the child who is al leged to have been murdered, was a ner-hew of Mrs. Jordan. The beating which is alleged to have caused his death was given him on Sunday. Jan uary IS. and the testimony at the coro ner's inquest showed that he was thrown out of the door the following morning and kent out in the bitter cold with scarcely a bit of clothing on for several niinutes. UNION UES CLASH. Fight With the Nonunion Line men. A clash between union and non union telephone linemen has occurred. j It occurred Sunday afternoon near the corner of .Seventh and Quincy streets. Four or five union linemen, who are very bitter against the nonunion men. waiom they designate as "scabs," met a similar number of their enemies, and a "swearing match" ensued. A large crowd gathered to witness the battle, and J. M. Harris, union, and John T. Ch ney, nonunion, began a fistic battle, and battered each other until parted by Off ici rs Oat by and Hopkins, who arrested both combatants and took them to the police station. Both men subsequently put up $3 for their ap- pearance at four o'clock this afternoon. This is the first time the labor trou j bios among the telephone men, have re i suited in a tight of any kind, although the two factions have met and ex J changed crimpy compliments on prior occasions, and are not slow about giv i insr their opinions of the other side. Tne trouble occurred about 5:30 Sun day evening. PHILIPS ENDORSED. His Friends Would Bars Him on Tax Commission. The local politicians are busy today endorsing II. M. Philips for a position on the state tax commission. A petition was circulated in bis be half today and it was signed by the county officers. The law has to be passed by the present session of the legislature before there will be a tax commission but the friends of Captain Philips are determined to get his en dorsement for a position on the com mission in on the ground floor. !i0 BME OFF. One in Connection With Spanish Claims Aired in Senate. Uniform Birth and Death Reg istration Demanded. LEAVEN WORTH STATUE Senate Tote; for Donation of Condemned Cannon. Nelson Defeats the Fixing of Date for Statehood Vote. Sundry Civil Appropriation Rill Reported in House. Washington, Feb. 2. When the senate met today Mr. Hale called attention to an alleged combination among attorneys to maintain excessive fees in claims filed with the Spanish treaty claims commission. There he said, have been placed at 3 1-3 per cent as shown by the on a11 the lines. There were few pas report of the commission. He did not I sengers on the early cars. No disttirb suppose that the commission would re- I anees were reported. port the full amount of the claims I $61,000,000 but that even if a reasonable amount was reported the attorneys would still receive in fees over ?3,000,0W. Mr. Cuilom, chairman of the foreign affairs committee, assured Mr. Hale that the committee was now considerina i a bill fixing the rate of compensation for attorneys in regard to these claims. A joint resolution was passed request ing state authorities to co-operate with the census office in securing a uniform system of birth and death resistration. A seriate Joint resolution was I

vai j vjj. v, a-i iu iuc nlsh condemned cannon for a life size any kind ocurred. The soldiers how statute of General Henry Leavenworth ever- were everywhere met with jeers at Leavenworth, Kan. The Kawlins resolution, calling for in formation regarding court martial iu the Philippines then was taken up. Mr. Berry tArk.) said he never heard of a more remarkable defense of an officer than Mr. Proctor made of Cap tain Brownell, mentioned as having been connected with the death o Father Augustin. Captain Browne!':, he said, had admitted giving the water cure to Father Augustin and yet the autopsy is yaid to have shown that he died of fatty degeneration of the heart. murder xl and yet Captain Brownell was to be held up as the highest speci- men of the American soldier or Ameri- I can officer. 1. .-plying. Mr. Proctor, with soma emphasis, said: "The senator from Vermont defended Captain Brownell and continues to do so, and resents the implication of the senator from Arkansas that he was guilty of murder." Captain Brownell, he said, was in a situation where he had to defend his. men against treach ery, in which Father Augustin was the prime mover. Mr. Berry answering Mr. Proctor said that if Mr. Proctor approved of Captain Brownell's conduct, that was a question for bim to decide. "As to his saying he resents," he said. "I don't know what way ho purposes to resent." Mr. Proctor made no repdy. Mr. Quay aaked for unanimous con sent for a vote on the statehood bill on February IS. Mr. Nelson objected. The army appropriation bill then was taken tip. IN THE HOfSE. Washington. Feb. 2. When the house met today Mr. Cannon reported the sundry civil appropriation bull and gave notice that he would call it up at the earliest opporturir y. The bill carries an aggregate appropriation of $T8.0)7.929, which is $..SS(5,4ii2 less than the esti mates and $17,3o,S70 more than the cur rent appropriation. The committee rec ommends an appropriation of $3,000,000 for the relief of distress in the 1'hilip pi ies. This was suspension day and the speaker recognized Mr. Bates (I'a.) who moved the passage under suspension of the rules of a bill to provide for the "better separation and utilization of public and private lands within the lim its of railroad land grants in the arid region." Mr. Bates explained that the bill was recommended by the interior depart ment. It permitted the secretary of the interior, he said to exchange arid and semi-arid lands within the limits of rail road and wagon grant for public lands of equal value in order to assemble pub lic and private lands in more compact bodies so as to permit them to be ad vantageously used. Mr. Jones (Wash.) protested vigorous ly against the consideration of such an important measure under suspension of the rules. He declared that the amount of land involved was from 50,090,000 to 70.000,000 acres. No man could tell ex actly how much land was involved. This was a proposition he said to pass with twenty minutes debate on a side a bill affecting one-fifth of the public domain of the United States. People who had purchased lands from the railroads now desired the government at its expense to segregate them from the railroad lands in order that they could be used to advantage. If they received the privilege of exchange they would select the best land available. Messrs. Kleberg (Tex.) and Shafroth (Colo.) also opposed the measure. The bill was defeated on a viva voce vote. The senate bill to authorize the construction of" a new building for the department of agriculture at a cost of $1,500,000 passed. The following bills were passed. To appoint and retire Lieutenant Robert Blatt, L. s. N as a commander in tne navy, to appoint ana retire Lap- tain John Russell Bartlett, U. S. N., as a rear admiral. MORGAN STILL KNOCKING. Washington, Feb. 2. The senate com mittee on foreign relations today con sidered the Colombian canal treaty but did not complete it. The committee will meet again tomorrow. Senator Morgan offered a number of amendments which were not accepted. REPORT ON BRIBERY CASE. Washington. Feb. 2. The sub-committee of the house committee on naval affairs met today to begin the prepara tion of a report to be "i bmitted to the full committee in the matter of investi gation of the Lessier bribery charges. After a general discussion of the ques tion an adjournment was taken until 4 p. m., in order that a tentative draft of findings might be prepared lor the sub committee's consideration. EEPi m HISS, Citizens of Waterbury, Conn., Show 3Iucli Displeasure On Account of Tresence of Sol diers in the City. MILITIA CALLED OUT To Protect Trolley Line in Oper ation of Its Cars. Few Passengers on the Cars That Have Been Moved. Waterbury, Conn., Feb. 2. -With com panies of the First and Second regi ments, C. N. G., quartered in various parts of the city ready for an emergen cy call on account of the trolley strike situation, the Connecticut Railway and Lighting company officials reopened their lines for business this morning. The first car was sent from the bains at 5:30 and traffic was soon under way ne of the companies of soldiers was sent t0 .augatuck this morning and wil1 be quartered there, doing duty at tnat end o the Iin0- ul to 8 o'clock the other companies which reached here !ast niSht 'ere still quartered in the buildings, where they spent the night. The appeal to the governor for troops was made yesterday after a conference ing powers seem to desire to invalidate of conservative citizens who believed the j it. This is a strange procedure indeed, situation justified the request. The citi- when you recall that the French, Bel zens as a whole were taken by surprise j gian and Spanish claims already have when the announcement was made that IV-t. I,':. .L 1 l"K Vle m8,.l one ui iveeii exci icrriei l u Lliouferii no v iolence Ul and hisses No serious ti-ni,v,ie a ct. perienced during the early hours of the i CT i day and aside from the tension occa- sioned by the presence of so large a body of militia the streets presented an appearance extraordinary owing to the unusual numbers of persons about. I Jlu nonor among iiiiauno, ui wnue Ju The streets about the business section i international agreements we must de were thronged all morning and although fend ourselves and to insure tranquil- a number of arrests for drunkenness lil" wt must talie Possession ot Trim- I were made there were no serious ciis- daJ anti oiner adjacent places from; turbances i which with tne consent ot untrienuly j General' Manager Wilson said that i Powers, filibustering expeditions have j cars would be run on regular schedule I started and have made Venezuela wel- u "'f1'1,1 from now on and that as a guard on every car after sunset 'Alex Wintlirou; a nonunion motorman, who was pulled from his car and beaten bv the mob Saturday night was report- ed today cs in "'serious cond kior t.-.-,,-.. -v... i rZ i,. from injuries received Saturday night. All of them have wounds caused by the fusillade of stones and flying glass. HILL1GN CASE AGiSfi. It Is Reversed by United States Supreme Court. Washington, Feb. 2. The celebrated Kansas insurance case which grew out of the alleged death of John W. Hiil mon in that state in 1S7S, was today sent back to the trial court for the sixth trial. Hiilmon's life was insured in the Con necticut Mutual insurance company for $0,000 and when his death was reported the payment of the policy was resisted on the ground that he entered into a conspiracy with others to disappear, have the report circulated that he was dead, then substitute the corpse of an other, man and ilaim payment on the policy. Hillmon disappea"ed while traveling on the plains with a man named Brown, who swore that he had been killed by the accidental discharge of a gun. The case has been i l the courts ever since. The circuit court of anneals for the Eighth circuit at the last hearing decid ed the case in favor of the claim of the widow of the insured man. but the su- perior court reversed the opinion on the ground of error in the trial. The opinion was delivered by Justice Brown. Justices Brewer and White dis- senting. There were three policies on Hiilmon's life, the Massachusetts Mutual and New York Life each carried flO.OOO and the Connecticut Mutual jri.ooo. After the fourth trial the New York Life paid its policy and the Massachusetts Mutual soon after did the same. The Connecti cut Mutual continued to fight, the claim against this company including interest now being about $15,000. A verdict was secured for the full amount a year ago but the decision of the supreme court will make another trial necessary. POSTERS PROTECTED. They Are Legitimate Matter for Copyright. Washington, Feb. 2. In an opinion handed down by Justice Holmes, the United States supreme court today de cided that chromo lithographic posters of a circus are properly protected by the copyright law. In the course of his opinion Justice Holmes said the ballet is as legitimate a subiect of illustration i as anv other. The opinion reverses the I findings of the circuit court of appeals I for the sixth circuit. The case was that of Bleistein vs. Donaldson and was brought to prevent the infringement of copyright. Justices Harlan and JIc Kenna dissented. Copies of the posters were exhibited by Justice Holmes. Temperatures of Large Cities. Chicago, Feb. 2. 7 a. m. tempera tures: New York, 40: Washington. 40; Cin cinnati, 56; Boston, 36; Chicago, 42; St. Louis, 42; Philadelphia, 42; Minneapo lis, 14. Pope Blessed Schwab's Family. Rome, Feb. 2. Monsignor Kennedy, rector of the American college, present ed to the pope in private audience today Charles M. Schwab's father, mother and sister. The pontiff gave them the apos tolic benediction. IE WILL FIGHT- Castro Says He Will Never Give in to Allies. Will Exhaust All Peaceful Means for Settlement. THEN WILL COME WAR. Would First Seize Trinidad and Adjacent Places Where Filibustering Expedi tions Have Been Outfitted. French Sqnadron About to Re turn to Martinique. New Tork, Feb. 2. The Herald's Caracas correspondent quotes President Castro as saying in the course of an interview: 'I can not grasp the news from Washington. I fear that the Vene zuelan conflict will be made a pretext for a world war. I have answered. however, the demand for a preferential treatment as follows: 'The Venezuelan government de sires equal treatment for every cred itor, at the same time keeping in mind and respecting its previous diplomatic agreements and obligations.' "As far as I can see the French claim js absolutely perfect, yet the blockad- that scTemn sanction v, hich the block aair.g powers pieteiiu iu uaiUu0 their own should receive. Yet I am hopeful; yes, always isope- ful. Mr. Bowen has cabled me to be prudent and patient. I shall be both and we wall exhaust all peaceful means, ...i.n.;nn ,l., .i, th'jt j with the understanding that when that llas b.een done we will not give in but w,ll fight. "We have concluded that if there is lerJn ul0011- i I 1 ne rugm wmcn saueu uw i.ngiana ana me expeuiiion uuuer General Viual which sailed from Trini- S i ?,aa' ,f"'ms weeks ago at. Higurote would cost Lngland as much ;as lhe A a,ja ma- aims it we had eciuai turrits wi:.u me strong. 1 New Tiork, Feb. 2. The members or the American, French and Spanish col onies have held a meeting, says a Her ald dispatch from Caracas and address ed protests to their legations against the outrageous proposal of the block ading power? that "the United States should be the tool of Germany." The French colony declared thr t "France cannot agree tliat in the bankruptcy of Venezuela. Germany should receive special treatment on a lean which is comparative only to the Madame Humbert loan." The correspondent asserts that he has undoubted authority for stating that the French Atlantic squadron has been ordered to be in readiness to re turn to Martinique. REBELS WIN A VICTORY. New York, Feb. 2. President Cas tro's troops have, says the correspon dent of the Herald at Curacoa, met with defeat at the hands of Venezuelan revolutionists at a point 40 miles south of Caracas. LONDON IS BEHIND. Iiondon. lb. 2. The answer of Vene zuela to the rejection by the allied powers of her proposal to treat on an equality the claims of ah nations without giving the allies preference has not yet been re ceived, nor has any definite counter pro posal been made. It is not anticipated here that the negotiations looking to a con'pronuse which are now going on in Washington will reach a head for at least two dais. COMPROMISE SUGGESTED. But Nobody Seems Willing to Be Committed to It.

Washington, Feb. 2. Propositions ln- volving a compromise of the allied pow- ers contention tor preierentiai treat ment in the settlement of their claim against Venezuela have been submit ted to the governments of Great Brit ain. Germany and Italy by their repre sentatives at Washington and while no answers have been received as yet, there is reason for the belief that the allies will see a way to accept the 'lat est proposition. This compromise has been suggested by one of the represen tatives of the allies here and while it has not formally received the indorse ment of Minister Bowen, it is felt that he will not enter serious objection to its adoption provided the United States and the other claimant nations outside the alliance can be convinced that their own interests in Venezuela will not be substantially injured by yielding to a plan which seems to offer a solution of the present serious hitch in the Wash ington negotiations. The details of the proposition now un der consideration by the three allied na tions are not obtainable, but in. a gen eral way it is understood to be a modi fication of the allies' contention that they be recognized as Venezuela' p-e-ferred claimants in the payment of the indemnity. The plan suggested provides that for a short period, perhaps six months or a year. Great Britain, tier many and Italy shall receive 30 per cent of the customs receipts of the ports of Porto Cabello and La Guaira and that at the end cf this period, the exact i length of which is yet open for decision i all the claimant nations be placed on the ame footing and at the expiration cf that time the 30 per cent of the receipts of these two ports be divided among ail the claimant nations in ratio based on the amount of each nation's claim. The plan is regarded as a compromise which will enable the allies to withdraw their ships from Venezuelan waters without a serious loss of prestige. Whether the claimant nations outside the tripartite agreement will assent to this scheme is not yet known. The Brit ish ambassador called by appointment on Secretary Hay this afternoon at 2 o'clock and it is believed that some such plan as this was under discussion, the British ambassador wishing to acquaint himself with the exact attitude of the LTniteL States regarding Lord Lans downe's contention for preferential agreement for the allies. France has it ia h&r power to continue the present deadlock in the Washington negotiations. For while the other un ailied claimants have outstanding against Venezuela certain unadjusted claims, all of the French claims are in a very forward state. France contends that so far from as sisting her in the collection of her Vene zuelan claims, the blockade, if any thing, has hampered her in that it has closed all the Venezuelan ports to com merce and has prevented, for the time being the collection of the 13 per cent of the receipts pledged her by treaty. It is the hope of the representatives of the allies at Washington that, in case their governments accept in principle the kind of compromise suggested, they will not insist that the period for preferential payments be made so long as to prevent its acceptance by the other claimant na tions. Mr. Bowen has been assured that the representatives of the allies here will give him a. final answer at the earliest possible moment. Meantime exchanges are still in progress between the aliied governments and their respective em bassies here in the effort to agree on a plan of settlement that will be acceptable at once to Venezuela and to the octagon al alliance of France, Belgium. Spain. Denmark. Holland, Norway, Sweden and the United States. Fy his evident desire to take up the ne gotiations at Washington with all the speed consistent with prudence and gocd form. Baron Speck Von Sternberg has gained from the Washington officials the Jiarne favor that made him a popular mem ber of the diplomatic corps here many years ago. The fact that he asked per mission "to waive the customary presenta tion ceremonies which ordinarily are for several days, has convinced Mr. Bowen and incidentally the Washington govern ment, that Germany wants the Venezuelan question settled with all possible dispatch. BOWEN'S LATEST. Offered Allies Preference Over Other for a Month. Washington. Feb. 2. Minister Eowen is willing that the allied powers shall receive preferential payments of their claims against Venezuela for the period of one month provided they accept the remainder of his proposition and agree to the immediately lifting of the block ade. He informed the representatives of the allied powers here to this effect several days ago but has not yet receiv ed an answer. This lmriortant fact was developed today by the announcement from another quarter that all the allies might be induced to modify their de mand that they be paid before the other claimant nations, to the extent of con tenting themselves wdth preferential treatment for six months or perhaps a year. There is no indication as yet that they will consent to cutting this period to a month, but owing to the activity which France and the other claimant nations are showing regarding the pro- nations are snow r k iriitiiuiiiK tiie yiu- tection of their interests in Venezuela it will not surprise the officials here if the allies yield still further. The situation is somewhat complica ted by the action of President Castro in cabling to Washington that he desires that all claimant nations be accorded the same treatment. This message from President Castro was received in Wash ington yesterday and Mr. Bowen will at once acquaint the allies with its pur port. VICTORY FOR SULTAN. His Troops Entirely Routed Army of the Pretender. Tangier, Feb. 2. The sultan's troops have utterly routed the forces of the Moorish pretender and captured Bu Hamara himseit. A special courier wno arrived today, after making a record journey from Fez. brought this news. He reports that at daybreak last Thurs day the army of the suitan, commanded by the war minister. El Menebhi, at tacked the pretender's position and in flicted a complete defeat on his follow ing, at the same.time capturing Bu Hamara. Another runner who has arrived here from Fez confirms the news of the de feat of the rebels, but says that the re piort of the rapture of the pretender is incorrect. He adds that it is uncertain whether Bu Hamara's body was among the crrcat number slain. Tiie sultan's victory was absolute, almost the entire bills. The amendment will prohibit following of the pretender being either j hootchie-kootchie dances and other such slain or captured. His camp, provis- j performances. ions and ammunition were taken and j The house ways and means rommit the artillery which was lost by the sail- I tee has decided to recommend an an tan's army in the battle of December propriation for a state accountant, ac 23 was recaptured. Even if Bu Hamara cording to the recommendations of Gov escared it is honeless for him to seek i ernor Bailey. The accountant will be to retrieve his defeat, as his claim t he is a saint is exploded. The det d's regarding the battle are meager, b f is known that the pretender's camp s surprised and rushed at dawn. There great rejoicings here at the sultan's vic tory. The details of the sultan's victory over the forces of the pretender show that why Representative J. K. Barnd Is the battle was stubbornly contested and j Not on the Stae-e that the former's success was largely s due to the co-operation at a critical i If J. K. Barnd's throat had not gone moment of the Beni Oureins tribe whose back on him 20 years ago, he would very defection from the rebels the sultan had probably be on the theatrical stage now previously purchased. The sultan's ar- instead of playing a minor part in tha tiliery. which was commanded by the Kansas legislature. He might be riding minister of war. El Menebehfl consisted over the country in a special car and of eight Maxims and four Krupps. The carrying his own scenery, but on thi sultan's troops opened the attack early I other hand he might not own a Kansas in the morning and shortly afterwards farm, an opera house of his own, and a the pretender's camp was assailed in I Kansas newspaper. the rear by the Beni Oureins. In spite j Mr. Barnd is the Ness county member of the surprise and disadvantages of of the lower house who paid real money position the rebels stubbornly maintain- for Ids railway fare to Topeka, came to ed their ground and desperate fighting Copeland county without letting anyone continued for three hours. The slaugh- know who he was, and stood around as ter was very great. The remnants of a common outsider to hear the gossip the rebel army then broke, abandoned and make up his mind in the senatorml the camp and fled in the direction of contest without being influenced hy any Tasubud. The imperial troops are pur- managers. suing and if Bu hamara is not among The Ness county man was educated the slain his caoture is confidently ex- for a lawyer. He served in the war and pected. El Menebhi is pushing on then went to the University of Michigan toward Tasea with the object of entire- and took a course in law. After iie grad ly crushing the rebellion and punishing uated he bought an Iowa sawmill, but the disloyal tribes. He reports that he couldn't use his legal education at it, found the rebels much more numerous so he sold out and went back to Ohio than expected but that he captured ail and started a newspaper. He had learn- their war munitions. i There is great rejoicing at Fez as I result of the sultan's victory. J ONLY THREE LIKE THIS. Three Million Dollar Life Insurance j Policy Issued. 1 John M. Mack of Philadelphia has just taken out the third $1,000,000 life insurance policy ever written in the his- tory of the business. The other two million dollar policies were issued on the lives of George W. Vanderbilt of New York, and the late F. H. Peavey of Min i neapolis. The only insurance company i in the world which has ever issued such a policy is the one that has issued all j three of them The 'Mutual Life Insur i anee company of New York. The annual premium paid on the Peavey policy was $4S.3HO. The annual I premium paid by Mr. Vanderbilt is S3!. i ooo, and the annual premium on Mr. I Mack's policy is also S48.390. The Mutual Life Insurance company of New York, upon issu.Cg these million dollar policies at once reinsured them selves to the amount of $750,000 largely in English companies. Philadelphia In quirer, January IS, 1303. LITTLE TOBEDOtlE Legislation Is to Be Kept to Minimum. In 17 Days Only Few Bills Rec ommended. DOUBT ON TAX BILL. Much Opposition Develops and It May Fail. Plan to Give 100,000 More for St. Louis Fair. The legislature is one-third over. Seventeen legislative days have passed. The house has had two sessions in com mittee of. the whole and has recommen ded the passage of half a dozen bills besides passing the legislative appro priation and penitentiary contract biila as emergency measures. Balie Waggener's judiciary committee is doing hard work. It has already killed off thirty bills. If it keeps thifc work up it w ill eliminate about half the bills which have been introduced. The way and means committea at also getting down to busines, going over the recommendations of ex-State Audi tor Cole, in his report. It is raid that the house committee will stand by Cole'B recommendation to lop off one assistant atto-iey general. The senat committee has decided to recommend an appropriation of $100,000 for the Kanuaa exhibit at the St. Louis world's fair. There seems to be a general disposi tion among the members cf the legisla ture to keep legislation down to tha minimum at this session. There is con siderable doubt even on the subject of a, tax bill. That will be the really big fight cf the session and there is so much objection on the present bill that it is doubtful if one of any kind will get through both houses. Representative Adams, of Butler, wha Is himself a banker, will introduce v.,i-- in "eb"h n .'lU e houxe. Among other features it will place the minimum capital for a state bank at $10,000 in stead of $3,000, as the law now stands. "The present law allows too many lit tle weak banks," said Mr. Adams in discussing the matter today. "Some o these days there will come hard times, money will eet close and a lot of these little banks will be swept out of exist ence. 1 hat will create distrust and make things still worse. I think the minimum capital stock for a state bank should be raised to S10.000 in order to" make the business more stable." Another effort is fa be made this ses fion to get a "court of conciliation" created. It will bear much the same relation to strikes and labor troubles that the old railroad commission did to complaints against railroad companies; that is, it will have power to make In vestigations and reeom menda t i one but fr enforce tbem it o.lii he a hoard of arbitration but cannot maka its findings effective unless the parties to the trouble agree to them. The bill provides that person, firm or corporation whose business is affected by a labor dispute, or 20 per cent any body of employes who are engaged in such dispute may bring the matter be fore the court of conciliation to have it inquired into. The court can investigate the trouble and make its recommenda tions. Then if the recommendations are not followed it is required to publish tha recommendations that the public may judge of the merits of the dispute. Senator Simons of Sumner county has an amendment prepared to tack on to Senator McMillan's a a-snake eating attached to the governor's office. He will receive a salary of Jl.SnO. Prior to Stanley's administration the state pohi $2,000 for a state accountant, but Stan ,ey abolished the ofiiee as superfluous. HIS THROAT GAVE OUT. ed the newspaper business in Findiay, Ohio. He ran his newspaper until 170, when he got caught in a pani:. He had made a hit in amateur acting be fore the war, and for want of something better he turned to the stage. One of his first engagements was with Kate Claxton, who was then a star, and w hu played in Topeka a few weeks ago. "I struck- Washington shortly after the Brooklyn theater disaster, in which hundreds of people lost their lives." said Mr. Barnd in relating some of hid experiences. "I got there on December 24. 1876, to fill an engagement. Kate Claxton was playing there. My first appearance was at a matinee on Christmas day. While I was doing my turn a man in the audience fainted. I never knew what caused it, but sup pose it was my bad acting. Somebody called for water for him, and the peo ple, thinking of the Brooklyn fire, thought water meant five and they started a stampede in which a number of pieople were hurt. "I played for two seasons in a stock company which alternated between Washington and Baltimore. 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TOPESA STATE JOURNAL, MONDAY EVENING. FEBRUARY 2, 3 903. I V. i "1 TBS FAMOUS LITTLE FILLS. i.- o

For quick relief from Biliousness, T ok Headache, Torpid Liver, Jaun dice, Dizziness, ar.d a!l troubles aris ing from an inactive or sluggish liver, De'.Vitt's Littis Early Risers are un equalled. They act promptly and never gripe. They are so dainty that it is a pleasure to take them. Ons to two act as a mild laxative; t.o or four act as a pleasant and effective cathartic. They are purely vegetable End absolutely harmless. They tonic the liver. p?T?'RRn cn:.y by E. C. DeVvitt Co., Cliicagjo "Toots" Ilambo Given a Sentence at Leavenworth Life c! contractu: Sickness 11 you us2 Limit of the Law for the Kansas City, lias., Murderer. KILLED A POLICEMAN. Accuses the Counsel for State of Actinrr Unfair. the Scene in the Court Iloom Is a Sorrowful One. Kim '5 3 3 ian Herald, and is the president of the National Pythian Editorial association. He was formerly an educator, a mem ber of the faculty of the Ashland uni versity, Ashland, O. The Republican was founded in lSxt, and until his death, four years ago, Lieutenant Governor C. V. Eskridge was editor. iiLiii u The Career of Idolita, Sold for SH,000, Is a Marvel. 9 That's thi furnlshsi by tfcs to water lo. Telsphoae 122. 23 QVIIiCY STREET. SMOKE KLAUER'S GOLD BUG. 5 CENT CIGAR. -i l.-i. U. 1. -srr siv kp mo i 2Bm tJiiyyi TEACHES .i.i. nu t nut;. Mechanical J Tawing. l'h u:s, Clj'mislry, Alge bra, Geometry, Tngotiomeirv, H:sm:s Pi ;i ctiop, Kuukkeoptng, lvnin;; nhi p. Km pitl Footing. Speil i: fr. Giumm.ir, Reading, Arithmetic, i'-in jo and iuilnr. Call at Off ire on East F.Ighth st. for mtorrnauon. OUR THEORY That one pleased customer brings another is doing Ha mission nobly. The Fie Cults a Day Telephone i proving more popular daily. Missouri Kansas Tele. Co 'Phone 9?) ON LI" Til HE E LIKE THIS. Three Million Dollar Life Insurance Policy Issued. John M. Mack of Philadelphia Just taken out the third $l,0i.io,ooo insurance policy ever written in the tory of. the business. Tne other has life wo Kansas City, Kan., Feb. 2. William Rambo, otherwise known a "Toots" Ilambo, was refused a new trial and sentenced to imprisonment for life for the murder of "William J. Morris, a Kansas City, Kan., policeman, by Judge "William G. Holt in the common pleas court Saturday. Ilambo was taken fnra his cell in the county jail to the court room by James Cummins, under sheriff. There were few people' in the court room at ihe time. Eambo's wife, dressed in i black, and his little son, a bright look i ins hid of 15 years, and his sister sat i near the prisoner. Judge Clinton Anerevine, partner of Senator Cubbison, appeared for Ilambo, and John A. Hale, special counsel, represented the state, j Judge Holt, on calling the Rambo case, announced his decision overruling Rambo's motion for a new trial. This announcement seemed to take Katnbo by surprise, for it was evident that he was confident he would be given an titer trial. A tremor ran through his frame and a look of despair settled on his lace as Judge Holt proceeded: "After siftinj; the motion for a new trial the whole thing settles down to tile one question as to whether the ver diet is; fupported by the evidence. There are some technical objections, j w hich 1 have outlined in my written opinion. I am satisfied the defendant 1 has had a fair trial ami everytnir.g j was conducted properly. I never had a case before me in which 1 exercised so much care and caution to see that ev ery legal right was accorded this de fendant. Every rule of law was strain ed in his favor, and I don't believe Anything further could be done to in sure him a fairer trial. The twelve men who tried this defendant were actu ated by the highest motives, and I will sustain their verdict. It could not be expected that we go out among that lass of people with whom Rambo as sociated and pick a jury, because their names are not on the tax rolls of this county. The witnesses who testified for the defendant, or the majority of them, were of such ehavacter that their testimony is not worthy of much weight, and the jury in considering it doubtless gave it all the weight it de served. The motion for a new trial will be refused." The attorney for the defendant arose and asked time to prepare a bill o exceptions, which Judge Holt granted. Th.en he asked for a stay of sentence until the exceptions were prepared and filed, but this was refused. A stay of exeeution was also refused. Ffambo was then ordered to stand ur "You have been convicted of the crime of murder in the second degree. Have you now anything to say why the sen tence and judgment of the law shall not be pronounced upon you?" Judge Holt asked gravely. Rambo looked up. He was nervous, but. his veice was clear and firm. He saiJ: "Well. Your Honor. I haven't got very j much to say, only in regard To this: I Know tnat everynoay is piacea in a nan li.eht when they are convicted of a crime, especially a criminal that stands before re,u and pleads his innocence. Now I have been brought up hre and convicted of murder" in the second de gree. I was convicted just because i was identified by one certain man. This man never seen me before in his life, that 1 remember of. Henry Zimmcr I don't want to criticise anybody he went in and whispered in this fellow's ear and told him p identify m-. Of course when he come in he said I was the man. Johnny Hale, that has been a criminal lawyer, he lias been my counsel several times. ISetween him and Henry Zim mer, they plugged up this job and got me convicted of murder in the second decree. 1 have got to stand upon it. And there is one thing sure, and that is this: that if I go up there and serve a term for this murder in the second de gree, there is one thing I won't have to follow I won't have to think about this murder, because I am not guilty of it. That is all I can say." Judge Holt, looking straight into Ram bo's face, sail: "It is the sentence and judgment of the court and the law in this case that you be confined in the penitentiary of "the state of Kansas, at hard labor, for the remainder of lifetime, and pay the costs of this ROBBERS GET $1,500. Blow Open Safe of Dexter Bank and Escape on Handcar. Arkansas City, Feb. 2. The State Rank of Dexter, 20 miles east of here, was robbed Sunday morning about 2 o'clock by three men. who secured $1, ud. The robbers used three charges of nitroglycerin in blowing the safe, but the exi'losions were not loud enough to cause alarm. Some people heard them, but paid no attention to the noises. After the robbery the three men drew a bucket of water from a well, took drinks and then boarded a Missouri Pa cific handcar. They were believed to have gone to Arkansas City, but officers who went out from here were unable to locate them or the car. It is now thought they went south on the main line. Three suspicious looking men were seen at a small station east of Dexter Saturday afternoon, and when they started toward Dexter afoot a. message was sent to the town warning the peo ple to be on the lookout, but no atten tion was naid to it. The robbers entered through the rear of the bank building, occupied by a printing oflice, and after an unsuccess ful altemot to chisel through the brick wails ot the vault succeeded in prying the vault door off. The safe was blown open with such force that the door was thrown into the middle of the room and the books and papers cn the shelves around it were badly damaged. The robbery was not discovered un til 10 o'clock Sunday morning, when the cashier, C. I. Murrey, visited the bank. Murrey immediately notified the sheriff j at YVi afield, who went over with his i deputies and two bloodhounds. This bank is owned by James Lorton, P.. J. and H. 10. Silliman of the Wln- field National bank of this city and Mr. I and Mrs. C. P. Murrey of Dexter. It is j the came bank over which J. II. Wat- i son. a defaulting cashier, killed himself i I two years ago. The bank carried $:J,0U0 I burglar insurance. Few Young Stallions in America Have Been So Fortunate. SENSATIONAL AT THREE Won 810,000 New England Fu turity Easily at Boston. Eight Days Later Won 20,000 Futurity at Dubuque. 'W--- H i m -S- Ji w I y m g S t i f n i J x i 1 i I I' I ''"-Js 3 -JI C .i LJi S-..-S u o WINFIELD Y. H. C. A. j New Building Dedicated There With Interesting Ceremonies. t Winfleld. Kas., Feb. 2. The new T. M. C. A. building, erected and equipped at a cost of $14.uOO. was dedicated Sun day afternoon by the officers of the as sociation, assisted by Andrew Baird, state secretary of Kansas, and F. P. Hurt, state secretary of Missouri. J. t5. Ha make, secretary of the Newton Y. M. C. A., and it. W. Widdoes. secretary of the .Arkansas City asosciation, were present: lOvangelist M. P. Williams made an address on the evolution of the boy. and this was followed by exercises and dedi cation proper at the new building, where the secretaries made addresses, together with the 'mayor and several prominent citizens. Y. M. C. A. work was started i in Winfield fourteen months ago and since that time $12,000 have been ex pended in the work. BRISTOW BUYS A PAPER. Now Owner of the Salina Daily Republican-Journal. Salina, Kas., Feb. 2. J. I. Rristow, fourth assistant postmaster general, has purchased the plant of the Salina Daily llepublican Journal and the paper is now under his supervision. Mr. P. P. Stone of Ottawa is to be the editor and manager. Mr. Pristow formerly owned the paper before receiving the appoint ment in the postotfice department. Baker University. Raldwiu, Kas., Fen. 2. A most inter esting same of basket ball was jilayed here between JOmporia and Baker. The score was to 23 in favor of Baker. The annua! Biblical-Athenian debate teok place in the college chapel the ques tion bins "P.esolved. That municipali ties should own and operate plants for supplying light, water and surface transportation." The Athenians debated from the affirmative side and the Bib licals the negative. The decision was a unanimous one in favor of the affirma tive. The invitations for an Alpha Omega St. Valentine's parti" are out. Tin- Beta lau chapter of the Kappa Sigma, national fraternity will be estab lished here today. The chapter will be made u;i f those young men formerly known as the Skull and Bones club. A splendid social event in Baker life will take place Wednesday, February 4, the Athenian anniversary banquet. New York, Feb. 2. The big sale in Madison Square Garden, New York, was the event of last week in the harness horse world. On the whole it was very successful and some unexpectedly good prices were realized. The top figure was $11,100 for Idolita (2:09), paid by ex Fire Commissioner J. J. Scannell of New York, the owner of The Abbot 2:03i.i), which gelding cost him J26.500 j in tne same sale ring m -November, 1300. At the time of this latter sale many people inclined to the belief that The Abbot was not really sold. Scannell had never before been prominent as an owner of fast trotters. The Hamlins, who were selling, had been known to bid in horses before. And besides the gelding was at once given back to them to manage and to Geers to train. Under the circumstances it is not strange that a large number of critics maintained that, were the truth known. The Abbot still belonged to the Hamlins. However, time has proved the suspicion unfound ed, and today no doubt remains that the sale was bona fide. Ever since then Scannell has been dipping more deeply into the trotting game. Resides owning a racing stable he some time ago decided tnat he aLlso I anted to breed race horses, and bought a farm at Fishkill Landing, on the i Hudson, which he has been improving and transforming into a breeding estab- lishment of class. Idoiita has undoubt edly been purchased to head the stud there, and the purchase is certainly a good one. j Few young stallions in America have had such careers as Idolita. He is now 7 years old, and was bred at the far famed Palo Alto farm in California. The public first heard of him in the early spring of his 2-year-old form, when sensational stories of his wonder ful speed made their way east. A few months later the colt himself was brought east to be sold at auction at Cleveland. At that time Superintend ent Covey of Palo Alto told me that report had in no wise exaggerated Idolita's speed; that for his age and training he had shown faster than anything ever before produced at Palo Alto. This meant something wonder ful, considering the long list of record breakers that had been bred there. Idolita was engaged in all the big futurities, and when he was led into the ring to be sold several wealthy financiers wanted him. He was finally bid up to $4,700 and bought by Frank Jones of New Hamps-ftire. i As a 2-year-old idolita. was not itiekv. Owing to a severe attack of distemper he was able to start but once, but he made good handsomely I then by beating a fast field with ease. In his 3-year-old form he sprang into sensationalism from the beginning. His first start was in the New England $10,000 Futurity at Readville. Boston, which he won easily in 2:lGai, 2:15!4, 2:l.".'i. His next race was the richest event of the year, the $20,000 Futurity, given by the Horse Review of Chicago, and trotted at -Dubuque, Iowa. It was -j cided hut eight days after the Boston race, but Idolita stood the long journey of f.400 miles in intensely hot weather; well, and went io the post in such rare j form that he beat a formidable field of J eleven in the extremely fast time of 2:12V2. 2:11'4, 2:14. j It was the intention to start Idolita j but once more that season alter this j race in the Kentucky Futurity. For j this classic event he at once became a tremendous favorite and remained so almost to the hour of goin I y"yy! 1 rJr? '.t l w 'y I ----rr) I y?y i f fx w s i Pi'' When a cold goes down into the chest, a man or woman or child ought to stop work right then and there. Go home, soak the feet in hot water and get into bed. Rub the chest and throat thoroughly with Omega Oil. Soak a piece of flannel with the Oil and lay it on the chest over night. See to it that the bowels are kept open. StajT in the house several days, if necessary, until the trouble is gone. The use of Omega Oil brings about a much quicker cure than any other remed'. It is to be applied as above every morning and" night until the cold disappears. Never allow a druggist to sell you something else when you ask for Omega Oil. Your health is at stake, and your money should command just what you want to buy. We have used Omega Oil frequently for sore throats and chests. Htittg singers, we appreciate its value. We simply wish to inform you of this fact. We are with Harry Williams' Own Company, and h-ve recom mended your Oil to nil the difterentmetr. bers, and tliey think it wonderful. Ci.emf.nce Sisters, Hi East 58th St., New York City. Omeca Oil is good for everything a liniment ought to be good for. Sene Frank. over tc Sr.oo. H Frank 3 HireJ Man's Troubles. a. Kas., Feb. 2. At Larimer MeCal!. of Oneida, was bound the district court in the sum of was arrested on complaint of ird. charged with assault with million dollar pom ies were lives of ieorge W. Varch York, and the late I-'. II. I'eavey of Min neapolis. The only insurance company la the world whic h has ever issued such n policy is the one that has issued all three of them The Mutual Life Insur Rnee company of New York. The annual premium paid on the Peitvey policy was $s.',!:io. The annual premium paid by Mr. Vanderhilt is r"''"t. and the annual premium on Mr. Mack's policy is also J4.S!'0. The Mutual Life Insurance company of New York, upon issuing these million dollar policies at once reinsured them selves to the amount of $7ri0.oef largely in KiiKiis!i companies. Philadelphia In quirer, .January IS, j:jO:X utio;:.' Schs from Mr issued on the hc "vi,tt.,-.in -u w rout OT .N I your pros- Rambo, her son and filled the court room as Jij'ice Holt's last words were spoken. Ramho hur.g his head and acted as one dazed. Then he was I -d from the court room by the officer. Mrs. Rambo fol lowed weeping and wringing her hands, her boy at her side. DENOUNCED COURT DIVISION. Holton PostofHce Moved. Holton. Kits., Feb. 2. By order of the pestofti.-e department at Washington, Ron Williams, postmaster at Holton. moved tiie olliee from the south side of the fjfiuare. where it has been situated for the past eight years, to the north rast corner of the public square, where new olliee had been equipped with alt the modern conveniences. The new cabinet contains about POO combination ooxes and cost $,3.0oo. Very Low Rates. Mass Meeting- at Winfield Voted Al most Unanimously Against It. Winfield. Kas.. Feb. 2. A mass con vention of the farmers of Cowley coun ty was held at the court house in this city Saturday afternoon to discuss the pending bill in the legislature to divide tiie Cowley county court district. A resolution was passed, with only three dissenting votes, denouncing the bill as detrimental to the solid business inter ests of the county, a -id endorsing Sena tor King and Representative Lynn for their efforts to defeat the bill. It was contended that the expense of maintaining a dual court at Winfield and Arkansas City would be very great on account of Arkansas City being lo cated in a corner of the county, whereas Winfield is centrally located. The court house was crowded to standing room with farmers from every part of the county. intent to kill. McCall bad been em ployed on the Bird farm. and while there bec ame infatuated with Mrs. Bird. About a week ago Bird, enraged with jealousy, ordered Mr-Call to leave. As M'-Cail started to go. it is said, he turned and fired tw shots at Mr. and Mrs. Bird, then re-entered the house, where he stayed all night. When Mr. and .Mrs. 'Bird got ready to retire. Mc Call, as Bird claims, orelered them at the point of the gun to occupy different rooms for the nisht while he stood i guard. Pensions for Kansans. Washington. Feb. 2. Pensions for Kansans have been granted as follows: Originals Wilson S. Skinner, Robinson, j 50:- James Snoduy. Leavenworth, $S (In i riian wars); Leonard Boyd. Opoiis, tr, i (war with Spain.). Increase, reissue, etc. C.eorce W. Housman, Hutchinson. fi; James R. MoCann. Soldier, Sl'-t; John T. Morris, Kmporia, J:;0; John II. Dawson. Quenemo. $24: Charles W. Sw.irtman. Chanute. $12: Nathan W. Hales, Morrowvillc. $10; Thomas S. Mc Ross, Marvin. $8 (war with Spain). Wid ows, etc. Mari' J. Claypool. Nickerson. ta when the spectacular Thomas W. Law- son, who had just bought Boralma ex pressly to win the race, began pouring his money into the ring in a way never before witnessed in Kentucky, the weight of it at last making a Ben-alma a heavy favorite. The race of itxelf was perhaps the most remarkable ever trotted in a Futurity event. Idolita won the first heat easily in 2:13Vi. Boralma tenth and last on a break. Idolita won the second heat in 2:12 after a hard fight. Boralma again on a break and seventh. It was at this i juncture of the race that a Chicago man. who had telegraphed a friend at i Lexington to play $500 on Boralma for him. received a dispatch in answer say ing that Idolita had won two heats and it was idle to bet against him. In the third heat Idolita led until a few strides from the wire, w here Boral ma, who had at last decided to trot, and was fresh, came from behind with a meteoric burst of speed and won the heat in 2:1:!. Eventually Boralma drag ged off the race in the sixth heat, in which Idolita, who had ac tually been j trotted to a standstill, was distanced. I The affair was sensational throughout. and a good deal of hard feeling ensued. I The Idolita party always claimed that I their colt had been beaten by a com- j bination. and it is a known fact that i i after the race Lawson made "presents" j j amounting to several thousands of dol- j j lars to the drivers of the colts that car- lied idolita the heart-breaking pace in i the early heats, while Boralma was do. ing the song and dance act and barely beating the red flag. March. Idolita's driver, also said afterward that he had expected no such hard race, and had overindulged the colt between it and his previous race at Dubuque owing to a troublesome quarter crack. The Kentucky Futurity was ldoiitn's last race until the past season. In I'-o and Pel he was taken up and prepared for a Brand Circuit campaign, but could not get in form and was net started. Last yea lie seemed finally to have regained his old speed anil was started in several races. Be showed best at Hartford in the $10,i"H Charter Oak purse, in which he beat tiie redoubtable Anzella the first two heat:?, lowering his record to 2:Git54. in the decid ing fifth heat of this race, just as he was beine: moved for the front, he was run into and his driver thrown out. ruin ing his chances fur a victory. Mr. Seaimel has hired John Kelly of Directum (2:i-5' and other lame to train The Abbot for him ttiis year, and it is possible that he may have Idolita raced again, though, as above said, he undoubt edly bought him for a stock horse. Jiin value as such is great, as he is an e -gant individual and very highly bred. His sire, Mendocino, is also the sire of tiie celebrated gelding Monte Carlo (2:i!H). who lapped out Major Delmar in 2:0s1:! :'t to the post. Memphis last fall, and his dam. Krlilh. produced Bummer, sire of Bonner (2:CO.i,-Tl Transvlvania winner. The sale of Idolita was due to the dea'h of Frank Jones, which ix-cnrred last fall, and has resulted in the breaking up of his stud. The $4.7o -which Mr. .I-iiics invested in the horse when an untried c'4t was re markably well spent. All told. Idolita won over S2U.OV), and has now sold lor $11.1'i. If he proved as geed an investment to Scrmnel at the last named figure as he was to his former owner, he v ill be a rara avis among race horses. HM) FUM WITH S! Noted Financier a Guest of Fa mous Gridiron Club. to points in Montana, Idaho, :on, ire-gon, British Columbia, T'olorado, in effect daily from Washing I'tah an February to April HO. via Chicago Great West- frn reilway. For full particulars apply o G. W. Lincoln, T. P. A.', Kansas City, M-ssout i. a Id Tor Infants and Cliildren. Bears the S-zaatore of Are Wanted in Nebraska. Concordia, Kas., Feb. 2. Otis Hrffle finger and William Biovers are under arrest for the theft of two fine saddle horses from the father of the first named at Beatrice, Neb. The animals were sold in this city. Jumped from a Moving Train. Pittsburg-. Kas., Feb. 2. A. G. Gehner, a farmer living near Lockwood, Mo., jumped from a Frisco passenger train about three miles west of this city, un- der the impression that he was'being: R pursued by men who wanted to rob and murder him. He was uninjured. After leaving the train he ran across a field to where he saw a light in a farm house about a quarter of a mile from the track. He was taken in and brought here and his family at Lockwood notified. DR. FENCER'S and w r tr 'srv w. xr- r b h a r i m 11 j OGL Emporia Republican Sold. Emporia. Kas., Feb. 2. Saturday night's edition 6f the Emporia Daily Republican contained an article by Albert strong, in which he an nounced that this was the last issue of the Republican he would edit. He Has hedd the paxier to William L. Stahl of Kansas City. Mr. Stsihl has been in the newspap- r business for the past seven years, and has been associated with Kansas City newspapers for four vers. lie is a!s-j publisher of the Pyth- Eire at Garden City. Garden City, Kas., Feb. 2. A fire here destroyed the frame row on the west half of the block fronting- on Grant avenue. Loss about $3,000, with very small insurance. The heat broke near- signed j ly all glass fronts in the west end of the Buffalo block; the absence of wind pre vented the destruction of entire block and probably half cf the city. Origin of tire not known. hp IK i Monarch over pain. Burns. cuts, sprains, stings. Instant relief. Dr. Thomas' Eclectric OiL At any drug store. All diseases of Kidneys, Bladder, Urinary Organs. A Bo Rheumatism. Back ache, HeartDisease. Gravel. Dropsy, Female Troubles. Don't become fiiacourasred. cure for you. i f neces-sirv wrl i tie has spent a life time curing just, cases as yours. Ail conulta' ions Free. "For years I bad backache, severe pains i across kidneys and scalding -urine. I could not Ret out of bed without help. The use of Pr. 1- euner's Kidney and Backache Cure re- stored n-.e. G.WAGONER. Knobsviile. Pa." I Druneists. 50c...f I. Ask forCoot Book Free. There is a Br. 1- en ner. such OT V'ITH0r ftC ?nre Cure. Circula cI'VllUO Una yLFenaer, ireaunia.N Pr Washington. Feb. 2. The annual din ner of the Gridiron club Saturday night was another record breaker in the way i of unique entertainments and the Wash i ington correspondents who compose this j famous organization again demonstrated I that everything under the sun (or on the gridiron) was new; that there was a humorous si.de to all curient events; and that toasts and roasts may be com bined f or an evening s amusement. The dining hail ot the Arlington notei was never so handsomely decorated, for, besides the llowers upon the table and the palms and ferns about the room, a novel arrangement of electric lights produced a superb effect among the decorations. Among the 200 guests and membets were ambassadors, senators and rep resentatives, governors, hijrh officials of the army and navy, prominent men in the financial and business world, editors and proprietors of great newspapers and scientists and men of letters- The menu was a calendar, each illus trated with the picture of a prominent guest, whose business or personal char acteristics were indicated in a jingling I rhyme. The inauguration of the new president of the club. Mr. William E. Curtis, at'.. forded an opportunity for reverting to the part Mr. Curtis took in securing the attendance of Spanish grandees for the world's fair at Chicago. The pomp and ceremony of the Spanish court of 14s2. mingled with twentieth century If lea and events, made it a showy and laud able affair. One of the cuesrions pro pounded to Columbus was "What is a trust?" to which he answered. "A bunch of money surrounded by water." Mr. J. Pierpont Mcrgan. one of the guests cf tha club, was nade the sub ject cf auite the best bui h'scue of the evening, for the alleged benefit of the New Yoik financiers. The Gridiron club installed a "buel'ets'ie-.-' Bs an adjunct to Mr. Morgan s cmee. ine manag and "chah-warrr.err." kept, up lively ouetions and answers various guests were placed gridiron. The ciiscuKsion tial candidates was a feature of this part of the entertainment. The bur lesque concluded with a song dedicated to Mr. Morgan. The experiments which Dr. Wiley, of the agricultural department is making with borax as a preservative afforded another vehicle to give a number of prominent guests a gridironing. It was charged that Dr. Wiley was conducting an experiment at the dinner and two members of the club, personating Pro fessor Wiley and his assistant, showed the effects of borax on the brain. A "poison squad" was brought out and the stethoscope and X-rays applied to their heads. The marvelous things which they were found to be thinking about, as told by the operators, cre ated great amusement. The initiation of Mr. Joseph K. Ohl, of the Atlanta Constitution, and Mr. John P. Miller, of the Baltimore Sun, who were caused to pers.onate leaders of the "Lilywhites" and "Black and Tans," respectively, and the witty in cidental references to recent southern appointments, made a distinct hit. There were other skits, many topical songs and choruses and several good speeches, all crowding the evening with wit and humor from beginning to end. Among the -guests present were: Mil ton E. Miles, assistant secretary of the treasury; Senator Aldrich, Robert B. Armstrong, assistant secretary of the treasury: Robert Bacon, New York; Gerrge F. Baker, New York; James M. Bock, assistant attorney general; Lord Charles Beresford. England: Senator Beyerulge, Royal P. Bardford, rear ad miral, U. S. N. Representative Brow nell. Representative Cannon, Count Crssini. ambassador from Russia; Alexander Cochran. St. Louis; Henry major general. U. S. A.; Oortelyou. secretary to the. William S. Cowles, captain, W. Murray Crane, former u Massachusetts: Senator C. Oorbin, George B. president IT. S. N. governor f Chauncey M. Depew. Senator Dilling ham. Senator Dolliver, Senator John F. TJryden. Senator Fairbanks, Repre sentative Foster, Charles S. Gleed, To peka. Kan.; Arthur P. Gorman, senator-elect from Maryland Representa tive Gros.venor. Senator Hanna. Rep resentative Heatwole. Sir Michael Her bert, ambassador from England; Clark Howell, Atlanta Constitution; Repre sentative Huli. Melville E. lngalls, president Big Four railroad: Senator Reams. John J. Knapp, lieutenant commander, C S. N.: Representative Littlefield. Representative Louden s'ager, Rokuichira Masnjima, Tokio, Japan: Representative Mercer, William R. Merriam. director of census: Rep resentative Moody, of Oregon; J. Pier pont Morgan. New Y'ork: Franklin Murphy. govern r of New Jersey; Emilio de Ojeda, minister from Spain; Louis Fradt, assistant attorney gen eral; Count von Quadt, secretary Ger man embassy; Wallace F. Randolph, brigadier general, C S. A.; W. S. Sc hley, rear admiral IT. S. N.; Samuel Spencer, president Southern railway; William J. Stone, senator-elect from Missouri; J. M. Terrell, governor of Georgia; John M". Thurston, forer senator from Nebraska; F. T. Un derwood, president E'.ie railroad; Lit tleton W. Waller, major United States marine corps, and John W. Yerkes, commissioner of internal revenue. Attorney Deneen has only begun h!s in vestigation. The use of the drug is not limited to any class, physicians say, as the sale of small vials and hoxes of the product of the cocoa leaves testifies to its grasp on residents of fashionable hotels and houses on the boulevards. Wilhelm Bodemann, treasurer of the state board of pharmacy, testified before the grand jury that in his opinion the many wrecks on the railroads could be traced to the use of cocaine by the em ployes of these companies, and out of this statement grew the investigation that has revealed the widespread users of the drug. "My investigations convince me that the railroad men have become victims of this terrible habit," said Mr. Bode mann while before the grand jury, "and many wrecks that have occurred could be traced to the use of this drug." Mr. Bodemann went further and said: "Railroad men are not allowed to drink. They fear to break this rule, for the odor of liquor would soon lead to detection. So in seeking: a substitute, many of them have become cocains fiends. The stuff is easily carried con cealed in their pockets, and cannot be detected until the user has been for a long time addicted tQ it. And to the shame of the profession the purchase of cocaine has almost come to be a matter of having the money with which to pay for it. "The effect of cocaine is to deaden the nerves and sensibilities. With that comes a feeling of exhilaration and strength. Its use has been known for many years to the Indians of Pert? They gather the leaves of the cocoa plant in large quantities, and when about to start upon a journey or in their daily work they chew these leaves. While under the influence of the drug they lose all sense of hungrer and fatigue. There is no nutriment iti the leaf. When the effect passes away the person has a feeling of depression and weakness. The 'cure' g-enerally is more of the drug. "In one of the fashionable hotels of Chicago is a druggist who sells cocaine to society young women of the neigh borhood, who purchase it from him in ounce bottles, for which they are requir ed tp pay $10. In their rooms they sat urate bits of cotton and inhale the fumes until the sensation of exhilaration and strength comes to them. This drug gist's trade from the sale of cocaine amounts to hundreds of dollars a month. "In Halstead street is a druggist whose bill for cocaine by wholesale was more than $500 last month. His profit can hardlv be estimated. For a time this druggist, fearing the prosecution of the state board, sold cocaine in boxes which were labeled 'Nature's Own Rem edy,' and were said to be compounded by a 'company' whieh consisted only of the druggist's brother. It has been learned other druggists sold compound which were advertised as face powders. These were handed to those who were not known to the clerks and proprie tors. When the purchaser was known the drug in the form'desired was forthcoming." DI E TO COCAINE. fire in w-hie'ri upon th; cf available presiden- Masy Railway Wrecks Said to Be tb.9 Result of Th's Drug. I Chicago, Feb. 2. Chicago physicians i declare that the cocaine habit is respon sible for many of the street and steam i railway accidents that are now so fre I il'itnt "in Chicago. Druggists, who are j alleged to have sold the brain destroy ing "drug in violation of the law. have been indicted by the grand jury. State's Business Opportunities for All. Locations in Iowa, Illinois, Minnesota and Missouri, on the Chicago Great Western railway, the very best agri cultural sections of the United States where farmers are prosperous and busi ness men successful. We have a de mand for competent men with the nec essary canital for all branches of busi ness. Some special opportunities for creamery men and millers. Good loca tions for general merchandise, hard ware, harness, hotels, banks and stexus buyers. Correspondence solicited. Writ for maps and Maple Leaflets. W. J. Reed, industrial agent, 004 Endicott building, St. Paul. Minn. Paciflo City Ticket Office, Union Railroad, 52fj Kansas avenue.

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TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL, MONDAY EVENING. FEBRUARY 2, 1903. 3 nalLtiuilU ntuo Docs the Santa Fe Want New Orleans Terminal? Paul ."ilortcn and Party Yisit Louisiana Metropolis. LOOKING FOR LAND. All Depends on What Facilities Can lie Obtained. i'risco Ordinance Is Held Up by City Council. Kw Origin?, La.. Fob. 2. It is now fc.'Ijcvd without doubt that the Santa ye railroad is seeklntf to establish an entraniv to New Orleans and secure terminals here. For several days last uek a party of capitalists and rail road niau'ns.tes were here, ostensibly on -asuiO but it leaked out today th:it th-y w t busy in r. al estate matter-;, ju.-t as the Frisco and the shreve poit K'-d Kiver Valley railroad offi cials had been before them. In the parly were Paul Morton, of Chicago, vice president of the .Santa Fe; 13. A. I'ott-r, T. 1'. Shunts and Joy Morton, ail capitalists and heavy Santa Fe stockholders. They admitted at the time t l-.ii t they had a proposition. It developed today that the proposi tion was trie entrance of the Santa Fe to New Orleans. While here Vice Pres ident Morton h';!d conferences with a number of real estate men. after mak ing a tour of inspection of tne city's nvtr front and harbor facilities. It is aiso stint-.! upon reliable authority that a patty ot engineers have been ordered to this locality. The Uiolo matter is believed to hinge on whether or not the Santa Fe can j-.-t the facilities it wishes. Meanwhile tie- Frisco ordinance is held up in the citv council, awaitinir the moves of lilt' tli.T reads headed ibis way., first the three-p., it i;-d River Valley and now the Santa Fe. It is not by any me:,ns a certainty that th" St. l.ouis San Francisco railroad, the Frisco ssytem, will build fi imp in N'-w Orleans. A corps of sur veyors and etiKineers are now in the f" id locating the route from Memphis Fouth and President. Yoakum and Vice I're.-i-i- nt Winchell have b-.-n in New Orleans anal made what was thought to I)-- a d-.finite decision reprardins; tne rntr.'ince, but in an interview- yesterday' I i. I.. Wiriche!! said that the matter nas by no inept s s, ttled. He talked ts if ti: re had been a hitch somewhere in the arra niretnents with the city and hinted that New Orleans may not be disappointed if the Frisco system de cide, i to poss that city up for some other oulf port. For the past few weeks it had been look'-d upon ns an absolute certainty tnat the Ft isco would make the historic dd oily its southern terminus, but Mr. Winohell's interview shows that the whole matter is still hanplnu fire and it is still a possibility that Galveston will be sell -op-d ns a southern outlet instead f New h i -;Tns. "Th" Frisco wants to bo into Xew Orleans." said Mr. Win- h- ii, -'ten there are other ports on the ruif. and it is by no means a certainty they will ever pro into that city. If prcper arrangements are not made and the eity does not show that it wants our road, we will not go, but instead will build to some otber pun." Th'"- delay in the passage of the fran chise by the- city i-ouneil of Xew Or-1- ans may have much to do with the at titude of Mr. Wimhcll. It is expected that the franchise would be passed last v. k. hut there have been more delays aiio it is still beimr held up. Mr. Win i lu ll satj that their building; depended rum h on the altitude of New Orleans mid th" securing of suitable terminals. I'l'!i their last vi-dt south the Frisco rfi- ie.ls w ere most ordially received by the pe,,pie of Xew Orleans and so cer tain u i p they that every possible aid would b" cjven them that th'-y at once put a fore of men in the field surveying at:d milking the preliminary arrange ments for the i( tual construction down the w est bank of the Mississippi river. SWEDES ARE THRIFTY. Work on Co-operative Basis at the Moffat Road. Df-nvr. Col., feb. 2. Chief Engineer Pimm' r of th- Denver, Northwestern P:i-ili.-. th" PW Moffat road, has re-iii'-ne, from a we. k's tour of inspection cv. r th'- line ,,f th" road from the pres ent terminus of construction at Leyden Jur. Hon to the (.nd of the sections on -whiih on tract? have been let. He re ports th... outlet k more promising than li" had ,-iTitiej,.,atf.l. and says the work is Helvac. -ins with surprising rapidity. "Tit" ra n at work on the grade are the fin. e t lot I ev- rsriw- on railroad con-f-t rue, ion," r!,,;. jjr. ftimner. "Thev are mostly Swedes, Norwegians and Finns, oil big. husky, clean looking men. There Is one itai;r of Itali-ms ami one of ne firoos. the latter having been brought from Pennsylvania by a sub-contractor. The Sucies are a thrittv lot. They do not wot k by the day. bur take pjeee work. They unite in gangs of from P) without a boss, and mak it a "ort of co-operative scheme. They work from 10 to 12 hours a day, and are not looking for a 'sun-dow n' or a saloon." Planting has already begun to a con siderable extent, the chief engineer says, and at certain periods of the day the "-.und resembles the battle of Gcttvs- i "i -f xt" "V." fk S. fS I 1 sil im CURED BY White Pvibbon Remedy Ko taste, no odor. Can be given m Glass oi Water, Tea or Coffea Without Patient's Knowledge. VVhite Ribbon Remedy will cure or d iitmni. "is':-lsf"1 "P.tltr for alcoholic Br"', ,'r.brr I"'1!1"1',1", P.'""t is a con- UoTfo.l bv nu mbers of v. r. f if v; ,-.'-;.t'y T;r,pr.-.r.ce union. TVlf,i'-orriV: f have v-ry cturmte i!n;,-k.,nl3 and the riirrs have bc?n nsinv. Jn ;r,v the remedy was g.von s-ertfv. X cheer! tVhy ree-amu-no- and indorse White Rib- c. -Hinted to am: an ooe.nmi.al tre-it-rieo t to a,d in oar t. niperance wmk" rriicsits or by mail. Trial ruck.?-., free i,y writn.K Mrs. A. M. Townsend dor y -ars secretary of a Woman's Christian Temperance 0aion 218 Iremot '-et t.oaion. Kass. bold in Topeka by t We'Eit eaan, Eruggist, Kansaa AV3. burg", as he expressed it. Me confessed to having dodged behind trees and boulders on several occasions to keep out of range of riving rocks. This can nonade will increase to ten times its present intensity in a tew weeks, when work is in full blast along the line. The grade is already visible from the city with the aid of a field-glass, and before longr it, can be seen with the naked tyc. KANSAS CITY EOVES UP. Omaha Will Be Crowded Out as a Western Gateway. It is stated on good authority that the majority of the roads from the Kast wail soon begin a policy of developing- the Fastern busitiess through, the Kansas City gateway instead of Omaha, and that the services of the various roads between Denver, St. l.ouis and Chicago, by way of Kansas City, is to be very much improved. The reason why Oma ha has heretofore been given the pre ference is because the start was first made through that gateway and that where one road has led the others nat urally followed. It is said that with u fast service established between Denver and Chicago by way of Kansas City that city will have a number of advan tages over the Omaha gateway. Kan sas City is larger than Omaha and the business from St. I.outs and contiguous territory is much larger than that ob tained from SSt. Paul and Minneapolis and surrounding territory. The Rock Island will be one of the leading roads to ador-t this noliey and it is expected that it will be inaugurated as scon as the new line now in course of construction between Kansas City and St. l.ouis is completed. The Bur lington has already put on some of the largest eneines in the world on the St l.ouis and Denver trains and it is un derstood that the time is to be c ut and the service inn-roved just as soon as these new moguls are thoroughly brok en in. The Chicigo, Milwaukee ST,. Paul is also fieuring; on putting through train on from Chicago to Den i vcr in connection with, the Kansas Pa j cilie, as soon as a small branch of the 'road onnecting with Kansas City is j complete. 1, The Santa Fe already' oceu 1 pies the Kansas City territory, while the 'Missouri Paci-V has ;1 through line vi.i i that gateway from St. Louis to Colora do. These roads see in the territory east of St. l.ouis and south, almost to the eous, and all of the immediate territory business can almost be entirely turn ed to the West through Kansas City gateway, while the Minneapolis and St. Paul territory has the Northern Secur ities lines and other transcontinental roads with which to compete, and when as good time can be made between Colo rado and Chicago by the way of Kansas City that city will probably be given the preference over Omaha. IT IS HOT AIR. Some Pertinent Observations About Santa Fe Changes. "The talk of a change in the heads of several of the big Santa Fe departments is all hot air," said a well known rail way man to the Albuquerque Journal Democrat. "In the first place Vice Presi dent Kendrick has announce! his inten tion of not accepting the big offer from the Westinghouse .company. There is however, more likelihood of this than that General Manager Sludge would succeed him as vice president. As a j transportation man Mr. Mudge is su perb. easily the best man in the Santa i Fe company today. But Mr. Kendrick is especially skilled in the management of the motive power department and a transportation expert will not succeed him. Of course General Manager A. G. i Wells would be the logical man for suo eessor to Mr. Mudge. and he's finelv equipped but the man in the moon would be about as likely to succeed Wells as General Superintendent Dyer of the Colorado Southern." SANTA FE ORDERS BOX CARS. Places a Million Dollar Contract in I the South. Aniston, Ala., Feb. 2. The local plant of the Southern car and foundry com I pany on yesterday received an order for 1200 box cars, to be built for th. Atchison, Topeka fc Santa Fe railroad. The order involves an expenditure of i over a million dollars by the railroad, i each car costing nearly !SW. The en tire outlai- will he built at the locai plant and work will besin on it as soon as posible. In order to fill the order, with what orders are now on hand, the company has on hand twelve months ot solid work. MUST TAKE THEIR STUFF. Rock Island Serves Notice on De linquent Connections. ChicaETO. III., Feb. 2. Kock Island traffic officials have become tired of holding freight cars for eastern con nections. Accordingly a notice vus served by that company yesterday on all eastern lines that freig-ht? consigned to them would after a delay of forty eije:ht hours be placed in storage. The Rock Island has more traffic than it can handle. Other western lines. which are not in so badiy congested condition as eastern lines, may take the same protective measures. FOR USE OF CARS. Santa Fe and Rock Island Parties Plaintiff to Damage Suit. Chicago, 111.. Feb. 2. The Chicago, Peoria and AVestern Railway company and the (ilucos StiLrar Refining eom- i pany ar the defendants in twenty-one I suits hied in the circuit court to re cover a total of $3if00 damages. The j suits nre brought by various railroad j companies to collect money alleged To b due for the use of their cars by the I d-f.mdants. The Santa Fe claims $r.0 i and the Rock Island 1.000 out of the i total. Railway Equipment Company Merger H is ?aid that promott-rs Iwvp been at n-ork for some time perfecting- plans f"f a merttrr of fifteen of the largest railway equipment cnmptinii-s in the I'nited States. The merger, it is claim ed, would have been completed before iio-,v but for the fact that the Chicago railway equipment company up t3 this time has declined to enter the combination. The capital stok of that company is Ji'.r.eO.O'X). and it does so lartre a business that it is absolutely necessary to have it in the combine in order to make it successful. Ruined by Wine and Women. Tucson. Feb. 2. J. V. Coburn of I.os Angeles committed suicide here bv taking- strychnine. He was forrnerjv in the. employ of the Southern Pacific, as con ductor on the Los Anareles-Pakersfield run, and was a member of Xa 111, Or der of Railroad Conductors. Coburn left a note Fayinjr that "wine and women" were the cause of his downfall. The re mains are held here awaiting Los An geles advices. Michigan Railways Fesl Abuaed. Chicago, Feb. 2. The cut which the taxing body of the state of Michi'-'an has made of $10.000,'XiO in railroad taxes has not mollified the railroad officials of that state to any extent. Bitter de nunciation is heard of the Michigan j tows, raiiro.-id extension has h-'.n step j I-'d and the railroads are curtailing I tf,-eir expenditures fov equit-m. nt. I-'. H. Prince, president of the "Pere Mar 1 quette system, and Newman Erb.ehair- man of the executive committee, have declared publicly that Michigan taxa tion of. railroads amounts to confisca tion. The. Pere Marquette pays SI, out) a day for- taxation, while the Michigan Central pays $2.w0, w hich is 6 per cent on the entire capitalization of the com pany. To make matters worse the state compelled the railroads some time ago to reduce their passenger rates from 3 to 2 cents per mile. JOKE ON SIILWELL. Not Allowed to Give His Name to Port Topolobampo. Austin, Tex., Feb. 2. The Mexican government has issued official notice that it has never authorized the chang ing of the name of the port of Topolo bampo to Port Stilwell. The notice reads: "On October 10, 1901, the substitute attorneys of the concessionaire of the Kansas City, Mexico Orient railway were urged to rectify the change that had been made in the name of the port of Topolobampo.in the plans presented on that date for approval, inasmuch as the government could not permit that name to be replaced by that of Stilwell, and on February 12 of last year (P.)L') this same 'department warned the substitute attorney for the company, Krnesto Pelaez, that as it has been learned that the said company continued to call the Port of Topolo bampo by another name, notwithstand ing the admonition previously convey ed, with a view to the correction of that alteration, it must abstain from giving another name to the said Port of Topolobampo, in such as it had no power to change the name of localities in the republic officially recognized." HARRY WEAVER PROMOTED. Topeka Boy Made Assista nt Gen Freight Agt of K. C. Southern. Harry A. Weaver has been appointed assistant general freight agent of the Kansas Citv Southern railway to suc ceed W. e. Dennis. Mr. Weaver begat his railroad career as rate clerk in tne office t f the Atchison, Topeka Santa Fe railroad in Topeka and is promoted to his new position from chief clerk it. the Southern general freight office, where he succeeded C. E. Perkins, now assistant freight agent at Texarkana. William Couglilin. who recently resign ed as superintendent of the Northern division to become general superinten dent ot me Denver Rio Grande sys tem, has been succeeded by J. W. Met caif. trainmaster. Mr. Metcalf is in turn succeeded by M. J. Sullivan, a conductor on the Northern division of the system. The 'headquarters of Mr. Metcalf and Mr. Sullivan will be at Pittsburg, Kas. Sent Out as a Scout. I.os Angeles, Cal.. Feb.' 2. Charles S. Fee, general passenger agent of the Northern Pacific railroad, is in Los An geles en route from San Antonio, Texas, to his home in St. Paul. Minn. He is looking into the conditions in this sec tion and the work being done to induce colonists to come to southern California. ABOUT RAILROAD PEOPLE John Ramsey, conductor on the Oirard branch, is in the cky. Ono of the planers in th"1 machine shop wns moved to the ii-'W shop Saturday. Th'? concrete ear.g is at worK in th new pov r horsr laying' a va-w concrete door. Traiiiniast- r C. L. Short, of ("hanute, is in the city visiting Conductor Geo. Church at the ho;-pita3. Harry Rrownlee. of the freight car sheds, had hi foot mashed last Friday evening by a falling sill. F. A. Vondruff. wheel inspector for the Santa Vf, was in Kansas City Saturday i 1 1 s p i t i n some wheels. Knsrii.e -i'Si. which has bfpn in the south shnp for repairs, was taktn out on her trial t rfp Sat art! ay evening. Joseph OallowMV, of the paint shop, laid off from work Saturday afternoon to at tend to some pressing business. Ruhen Pabody. a machinist appren tice who had his hand rn a.s h e d in li s lathe last wet. k, is reported to be much better. A. ir. Rankin, traveling train dispatcher for the Santa Ke. is out on the western linr-s looking after ma. iters concerning the schedules of local trains. Thf Santa Ke round-hous1 and shops at Beaumont. Tex., which were burned sev eral months ago. have been rebuilt and the shop work has bten resumed. Harry Short, of the machine shop, has spcured a position as engineer on a steam shovel which wiil operate in the west, and has quit the shop service. It is rp ported that R. House, a Santa Fe conductor at San Ilcmardino. is now on "Khsv street" as the n suit of a bi strike in a Sr-hl mine near Warm Spring in which he is interested. Knine was turned out of the oast shop Saturday morning after being in the RULERS OF THE WORLD. Meat Eating Nations Are the Leaders in Every Branch of Human Achievement. The ruling nations of the world are meat caters a nd history records that they always have been. Vegetarians and food crank?? may ex plain this in any way they choose, but the facts remain that the Americans, Knplish. French, Russians and Oer mans are meat eating nations, and they are also the most energetic and most progressive. The principal food of the heroic Boor soldier known as Riltong, is a sort of d r i e d b e t f a ff o r d i n a great deal o f nourishment in a highly concentrated form. The weak races of people are the rice eating Chines3. Hindoos, and Siamese, regarded since the dawn of history as non-progressive, superstitious and in ferior physically and menially to the meat eating nations who dominate them. The structure of the teeth plainly in dicates that human beings should sub sist upon a variety of food, meat, fruit and grains, and it. is unhygienic to con tine one's diet to any one of those classes to the exclusion of another. Meat is the most cm cent rated and most easily digested of foods, but our manner of living is often so unnatural that the digestive organs refuse to properly digest meat, eggs and similar nutritious and wholesome food, but it is not because such food is unwhole some, but the real reason is that the stomarh lacks, from disease or weak ness, some necessary digestive element; hence arising indigestion and later on, chronic dyspepsia. Xctvous people should eat plenty of meat, convalescents should make meat the principal food, hard working people have to do so and brain workers and office men should eat. not so much meat but at least once a day and to insure its perfect dig' stion one or two of Stuart's dyspepsia Tablets should be taken after e:u h meal, because they supply the pepumes. diastase and fruit acids, lack ing in every case of stomach trouble. Nervous dspepsiaf c;.uarrh of stom ach, gastritis, sour stomach. gas, and acidity are only different names for in (hirtstion. the failure to digest whole some foot, and the use of Stuart's Dys pepsia Tablets cures them all because by affording perfect digestion the stom ach has a ch a nee to rest and ret?, over its natural tone and vigor. Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets is the real household medicine: it is as safe and pleasant for the stomach ache of the baby as it is for the imperfect digestm of its grand sire. They are rot a cathaitic, but a digestif- e and no pill habit can ever follow their use: the only habit Stuart's Tab lets induce is the habit of crood digestion and consequently good health. shop two weeks for repairs. Engine 55 Wiis also turned out of the shop Saturday after a general overhauling. The following: cars, which have been in the coach and paint shops for repairs and repainting, were turned out Saturday: Coaches 210 and Cho4, a Wells-Fargo re frigerator, No. CM. and mail car No. 2457. The employes of the office of John Pur cdi, superintendent of shops, worked all day Saturday. The extra work was nec essary -on account of this being the busy time of the month. S. T. Fulton, city passenger agent for the 1 nion Pacific, has been appointed as sistant to the vice president in the oper ating department of the Frisco, with head quarters in St. Louis. On Wednesday evening the regular mouthlv meeting of the board of manage ment of the R. R. Y. M. C. A. will be hdd nt the association rooms. The meet ing will commence at 6:15 sharp. Albert Snyder, an old employe in the Santa Fe machine t-hop, will succeed W. L.. J ury as foreman of the rod gang. Mr. Jury succeeds Geo. Miller, who resigned the foremansh.il of the machine shop last week. The report comes from New York th?t the eastern lines have notified western road.s to ship no dead freight east of Chi cago until the freight congestion has been moderated. This is evidence that the east ern freight blockade is general. Guy Dreyer, an apprentice in the south shop, left yesterday for the east, where he will spend a month's vacation. He in tends to visit Tinpton, Philadelphia, At lantic City and other eastern cities. He is accompanied by his mother. Kngine 910, another of the big Mikados, i'rrid at the shops Friday evening from the Baldwin locomotive works in Phila delphia. A force of machinists worked on her all day Saturday and Amos Heeler, the "lion tamer," took her out on her trial trip yesterday. The R. R. Y. M. C. A. has loaned the sixty chairs with which their enter tainment room is equipped to the Oliver brothers, who are holding evangelistic meetings in North Topeka. The chairs were taken over to North Topeka on Sat urday afternoon. The floor of the division passenger agent's office at the Rock Island division ojtices has been laid with a new carpet. This is the only office in the whole build ing that is equipped with a carpet, the employes of the other offices having to rest contented with the bare floor. Referring to the talk of moving the di vision offices to Emporia, the Emporia Gazette says: "The talk of bringing the Topeka officials here 1 nice enough, but it generally provokes a suggestive wink. Thev will come 'maybe.' This does not look as if Emporia, people are very hope ful. C C. Hardy, engineer on the transfer tables, is absent from work on account of the death of his little granddaughter at P.urlingame. She died Friday night, and M r. Hardy left for Hurlingame immedi-au-Iy on hearing the news. He will prob ably b" gone for several days. Joseph Euler. of the water service, is running the tables during Mr. Hardy's absence. Since the boilermakers in the tank room in the round-house have been moved to the new shops this room has taken on the appearance of an empty house. Only the engine paint rs are left, and It will T n'Oib.i hlv not he 1 on f? before thev a rft sent to th- tipw KT(ri The tMnW mum will no doubt then be occupied by the work of the round-house force. The members of the Santa Fe tire de partment practiced in the field "yard Sat urday afttmcon from 3 o'clock until 1 o'clock, and the new men, Powell and Pickett.1, are said to have done as well as any of the other men. Powell and Ricketts are only extra men now. but if new head quarters are included in this year's ap propria i ion for new buildings, they will no doubt be taken on the force as regular firemen. On Tuesday a meeting of the mem bership committee of the R. R. Y. M. C A. wid be held ;t the association rooms and the committee will make a report of over members, which will break all previous records. One hundred and iifty of these were added to the li.st during the m on t h of January. If as many members are taken in during every month of the year as were taken in last momh thp assooiai ion will be taxed for room even when the build ing is nnished- The peoplo of Elmsdale, Kas.. are mak ing a determined effort to stcure the re instatement of their agent. S. A. Pearsall, who was rtcemly discharged for "per mitting the windows and office to become dirty." Mr. Pearsall is very efficient, ac commodating and deserving, and Elmsdale pconle will visit Topeka officials with e. long petition hegq-ini? his retention by the company as their agent. The report comes from Jefferson City. I Mo., that one of the legislators of that j state has introduced, a bid requiring all train dispatchers to learn how to operare a typewriter, and also requiring the rail loads to ktep one in every little way sia- t ion of Missouri. The legislator has an idea that if all train orders were type written it would lessen the number of accidents occurring because of misread orders. The St. Eouis Globe-Democrat says: "The Paid win locomotive works has in si Turned out two locomotives with petro leum burners They will be delivered to the Atchison. Topeka and Santa Fe in a few days. In place of a tender a tank is conneceted with each engine for the fuel supply. The tank is as large as an ordi nary box car. and is said to hold a sup-plv-'that would run a train 30 miles. The drive wheels are 6 feet 4 inches in di ameter. The engines are for passenger service.'' Pids are to be asked in a few days by th Santa Fe for the erection of a new tourist hotel on the brink of the Grand Canyon of the Colorado in Arizona. The hostelry is to cost not less than $175.ieV and will be built about 4 feet from the can von brink at the head of Pright Angel I trail. The site is a commanding one a the view from the upper balcony will be one of the tinet to he had. Work will begin on the new hotel April 1 and con j trans will call for its completion by -i ee-mbf-r 1. It wiii he in charge of R. B. i Hums, chief engineer of the Santa Fe. who i attends to the construction of all of the company's buildings. Woman Gets Year for Grand Larceny Concordia. Kas.. Feb. 2. District court I completed the January term and ad journed. There was but one conviction in a criminal case, Mrs. Belee Sehoon over being sentenced to one year in the penitentiary for grand larceny. Four divorces were granted. Gill to Stay at Beloit. Beloit, Wis.. Feb. 2. Harry Gill, the famous athlete and trainer, who has helped fit Beloit's athletes for the past year, has concluded to remain with Be ioit eolletre till the close of the year, I when he will go to Europe with the all t star athleties. Several schools have i been after Gill. Toledo's New Manager. Bristol, Conn., Feb. 2. Frank C. Reisling. who was manager of the Hartford team in the Connecticut league last year, has signed a contract to manage the Toledo team in the American association the coming sum mer. Tendency of the Times. The tendency of medical science is to ward preventative measures. The best thoueht of the world is being given t' the subject. It is easier and better to prevent tha.ii to cure. It has been fully demonstrated that pneumonia, one of the most dangerous dist ases that medical men have to contend with, can be pre v m f-d by the use of Cha mber Iain's Cos urh Remedy. Pneumonia always re sulis from a cold "r from an attack of iiuluf-nza fsrint, arid it has been observ td that this remedy counteracts any ten dency of these diseases toward pneumonia. This his been fully proven in many thousands of cases in which this remedy has been used during the great prevai ec.ee of coids and grip in recent years, and can be relied upon with implicit con fidence. Pneumonia often results from a slight cold when no danger is appre hended until it is suddenly discovered that there is fever and difficulty in breath ing and pains in the chest, then it is announced t hat the patient has pneu-rc.oria- Pe on the safe side and take 'ha mber Iain's Cough Remedy as soon as t he coid i con t: acted. It alwavs cures. For sale by All Druggists. City Ticket Office, Union racific -U&iU'cad, avenue. -the In er hands off -it pays ITEMS FH031 BELOIT. Beloit, Feb. 2. The German National bank of northern Kansas, -with a capi talization of $50,000 has had the auth ority of the comptroller of the currency given it to organize for business in Be loit. The men associated together in this now enterprise are well known res idents of Mitchell county, some of them being among the oldest settlers. Among them are Sam Bonnifield, Frank Mer ger), Adolph Bueche, Charles Faas.Matt Arnoldy and S. M. Shockley. The new bank will be ready for business early in March, and will add to the industries of Beloit the third bank. Frank JUef gren will be cashier. It is e.xpected Sam Bonnifield will be president. It is said the German National of Beloit, have their eyes on several other towns in northwest Kansas to start up banks. It is also the intention of the new bank to erect a suitable building during the year. The Beloit W. R. C. has presented the high school with an elegant silk flag. Mrs. K. K. Brewer, a member of the order, was elected patriotic instructor for the year. Work has again commenced on the new Catholic church in Beloit. It will take about six weeks more to complete the spires, when work will commence on the interior; $26,000 has already been collected in cash on the amount sub scribed. It is now figured that the new edifice will be ready for occupancy some time in May. This is one of the finest churches in Kansas, and when comple ted will represent a value of nearly $70, 000. Father Heitz, the pastor in charge, has work unceasingly tor the building and completion of this magnificent church, and to him a large amount of the credit is due. The Northwest Kansas Kditors' asso ciation will probably be held in Beloit the last of this month or early in March. P. G. Chubbic, of Beloit. is president, and "VV. H. Nelson, of Smith Center, sec retary. An outing of some sort this summer is proposed. Andy Manifold, leader of Manifold's military band, will this year build up the band to the old original number of 40. To make the band what it has been in former years, when it visited Topeka, Atchison and Kansas City, new instru ments will be provided. To raise money for this purpose the band gave a bail, which was attended by upwards of 300, one of the largest and most successful ever given in Beloit, and over $100 was realized, which will at once be used "in the purchase of new instruments. Mani fold's military band will this year be what it used to be. with one exception the largest and best band in Kansas. Henry Phelps, one of Mitchell county'; prominent bankers and substantial men was anions the number who were re ported as being visitors to the Ben Hur show at Kansas City last week. But inasmuch as the Ben Hur show did not play in T"peka, the question now arisen how cid Henry see the show when he went straight through to Topeka and spent ail his time in that city? 'Tis true that Topeka has many attraction?, but Henry's, many friends in Beloit are calling for an explanation. The family of Frank K. Williams have returned irom Kansas City and Mr. Williams is again engaged in busi ness in Beloit. The Beloit mayoralty election this spring promises to be the most excitins one ever held here. For the two years W H. Mitchell has been mayor, the plac a has been without saloons. Now the law and order league, which were against him two years ago, have brought hln out this time, and the other fellows, who think they must have a drink fcr thfir stomach's sa.vO. are hunting around for a candidate to pit against him. Ex-Mayors A. B. Cotton, Park Flndley, Tom Rodgers and Fred Lut3 have been mentioned. The Beloit Call. whk;h supported the law and order league candidate two years ago, promises to be independent in this rieht. and wiil say good words for either of the gentlemen, whom the opposing factions may nominate. That paper has said that so far in the con test no name mentioned for mayor if elected would be a mistake to the best interests of Beloit. City Ticket Office, Fnion Railroad, 523 Kansas avenue. Pacific o m r o x a. Bean th Kind You Have A;w?vs Bo'Jgiii Signatars s JJLY JS if' of W977fc? The Kind You Have Alwavs Bfltgn Lis Kind Yea Have Aiwvs BoiT Bears the O J3k. ES T O XI X A. Bears tie I 5hc Mysiert? of a Cracar -common soda crackers the kind you buy in paper bags get a good deal of handling no one knows how much or by whom -collect a good deal of dust no one knows what is in that dust surely nothing you would care to eat -with Unccda Biscuit it's another story they come in a sealed package iS" the In-er-seal Package with red and white seal -the baker puts them in-: you take them out no one else touches them seal means dust out good in to buy U nssda Dtzcult NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY j. "I" I "J J 30th. -xiri 11 S pjcto8" ets 3 'OVJ H Idaho, Washington and California as follows: To Los Angeles and San Francisco, Califor nia, and Portland, Oregon $25.00 To Tacoma and Seattle, Washington 25.00 To Spokane, Washington 22.50 To Butte, Anaconda and Helena, Mont. 20.00 To Salt Lake City and Ogden, Utah 20.00 Correspondingly low rates will apply to a great many other points in the same territory. Through tourist cars to California and Oregon points. For full information call on J. C. FULTON. Depot Azent, C. FULTON, Depot Agent, North Topeka. Phone 34. Leave Topeka 12:35 p.m. Arrive Los Angeles 1:50 p. ra. Second Afternoon THE "EL PASO SHORT LINE" ne this .Um. Also Two Daily Trains to California via Denver and Scents Ronte. For reservation and all other information See A. At. FULLER, or A. W. LACY, Ticket Agent, Rock Island Depot. North Topeka. HISTORIC SIDEBOARD Presented to Wife of President Hayes Now Graces Beer Garden. Washington, Feb. 2. The t-'ideboard presented by the ladies of Cincinnati to Mrs. Hayes beeau?e she refused to use wine in the White House has been pur chased by a Washington beer garden and is now used in the bar. When Mrs. Roosevelt sorted out the old furniture in the White House which was to be sold, the s.ideboard from the young ladies of Cincinnati was marked as worthless. It went to the auction rooms and was purchased by a saloonkeeper for SS5. It now has a prominent place in his bar and is ornamented with siphons, beer steins, bitters, decanters and liquor bot tles. The sideboard was in use at the White House until discarded by the Roose velts. The young ladies of Cincinnati, who did the inlay work. Mrs. Bellamy Storer. wife of the present ambassador to Aus tralia, and Mrs. William Taft. wife of the present civil governor of the Phil ippines, both of whom were then un married, were among those who con tributed to the decorative work on the sideboard. After the pift was tendered to Mrs. Hayes, it wa.$ decided that it would be best for the president to accept, on her behalf, and this was; done. Duriner several administrations the sideboard .was a conspicuous article of furniture in the White House, slthough it was by no means always as free Ercai UNION PACIFIC. z t i t .V X t t 4-' 4- Commencing Feb. 15th and continuing daily until April THE UNION PACIFIC coll rvn nro t rr-lrmic:t fi to Doints in Montana. F. A. LEWIS, City Ticket Agent, 525 Kansas Avenue. Phone 53. A V 1 r TT V illllUd .ULiLi TO VIA Leave Topeka I&3. Arrive Los Angeles 7:33 a. in. Third Morning. wines as it was for four years after its installation. John R. McLean heard of the use, w hich was being made of the sideboard, and offered the saloonkeeper ten times the amount it case $S50. The offer was refused. Webb C. Hayes, son of Mrs, Hayes, is now in the city, and he heard of the new home of the sideboard. He went to the saloonkeeper with a protest, and was in informed that if the temperance ladies of the country desired to save the sidebroad from its present use, they could have the same for $:,000. Escaped an Awful Fate. Mr. H. Haseiris, of Melbourne. Fla., writes. "My doctor told me that I had consumption ond rjothinpr could be done for me. I was siven ov to die. The of fer of a free trial botle of Ir. King's New Discovery for Consumption. Induce! me to try it. Results were startling. I am now on the rixid to recocery and owe all to Ir. Kind's Xew ISscovery. It surely ;aved my life.' This gfeat cure is guaranteed for all throat and lung dis eases by Arnnld Drug Co., S21 North Kan SH3.ovenue. X'rice rc and Sl.'V). Trial bot tles free. Homeseekers' Excursion. Homeseekers' rates to nearly all points on sale at low rates by Chicago Great Western railway, on the first and third Tuesday of each month to April, available in tiie through tourist sleeping, cars. For particulars apply to any Great Western agent, or J. P. Elmer. G. P. A., Chicago, 111. City Ticket Office, Union Pacific Railroad, 525 Kansas avenue.

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TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL, MONDAY EVENING. FEBRUARY 2, 1903. IT1 BY FRANK P. MAC Volume x: .No. TEH MS OF SUBSCRIPTION. raijy edition, delivered by carrier. c!.t.-t a wet k la any pait of Topeka or fc'djurl.ii, or at ire f ine price in any i-.ansas town where the paper iias a. cur-j J 'ei &i strni. Ky rnaii, one jfar jrt.k'5 j 5 v mad, three months '0 --,kiy edition, one year "0 j tUuruny edition of daily, one year !.W fh'ntcrid Julv 1, as second class matter at the postouice at Topka. Kan., lander the act ut congress. TELEPHONES. PuslneM Office Bell 'phone !C7 Busings Office Ind. 'phone tu. 2 j J-' -poi -lets' Hoom tied Pno'"'."" Kf porters' Boom Ind. 'phone le 1 PERMANENT HOME. Topeka State Journal building, SO0 and f?Si Kansas avenue, corner oe Eifihth. NEW YORK OFFICE; 211 Vanderbilt Bldg. Paid block. Mgr. CUICA'.iO OFFICE: 1540 Unilv BUS, Paul Block. Aler. IVLL LSASEO WXr.3 EEP0S.T The State Journal Is a member or the j .A spnriai -,J Press and receives the full day i tfiesrranh report ol" that sreat pews or- psmzation 1or exclusive anernoou iiuuiu.u ijon in Tcp' Ka. The nms is recplved In the State Totir ml building over wirea for this sole pur pose, busv throughout the entire jay. A complete copy o the night report is also received. Sinre the legislature rices not remain j In session half of the allotted time, why j rot change the limit and make it twen- ty-five days instead of fifty? j The way in which the Isthmian canal treaty is being held up indicates that I the transcontinental railroads have not j yet Played all their trumps. I It is noted that Rockefeller's ofTer of j tl.OM.OO for a nw stomach is unaeeom- j panted by the customary condition that Kjinebouy else give a like amount. If the kaiser's recent visit to England was made for the purpose of arronKing for a row with the t'nited States, he is likely to wish he had stayed at home. Fenatcr Quay and the Democrats are having a hard time trying to force the Republicans in the senate to carry out their party's pl"dge regarding the ter ritories. The suspicion is expressed in some Quarters that it will not he as diffcult to push Roosevelt into a fight as it was to force MoKinlry to let loose the pro verbial dos of var. Hoke Smith says Judge Parker Is to be the candidate (,f the Democrats for president in MM. But. has Mr. Smith consulted a certain gentleman in Lin coin, Nb.. regarding the matter. The Iietroit Free Press seems dis posed to set up Judge Day as a sample of the highest type of patriotism, basing j lis estimation on trie fact that he never refuses an office. Omaha Wor ld-Iferald The Kansas legislature has defeated woman suf frage, tint has awarded a contract for voting machines, which shows that the Ftate thinks it mere important to count accutatfly the voles it already has than to double the number. In Indiana the patrons of Sunday j baseball are trying to have this form of amusement legalized by legislative en actment. It appears to have the sup port of the press generally, which leads to the conclusion that the majority of the people does not object. According: to statistics collected by the New York chamber of commerce. New Turk's expo! ts in 1!02 were $r,5S.3SS.0S5, t gainst $SKP.S25.613 from all other ports In the Fnired States.. The exports were 43.H''5.r.el less than for 1901. Imports were $'i74,iiM.s:4, against $403,507,602 from fill other ports. Before the people are finally and for ever denied the privilege of eating: snakes would it not be well for the Advocates of anti-snake eating legis lation t' produce some substantial arguments in support of the measure. It has not yet been demonstrated that makes contain any disease germs or ere in any way harmful to humanity except whi n they hite one or ensconce themselves in his boots. CHOPS AND POLITICS. Under the caption "Creeps as a Po litical Araument" the Utlca (N. Y.) Press discusses prosperity in Kansas as fellows: "Kaunas, which is sometimes referred to a.s the 'suntlower state,' and some times ils 'bie, dins Kansas,' according to the press m rity or the depression of business, is just now very well satis fied with itself. Most of its people who deserve to are making money and are s contented as it is possible for Kan sans to be. A Republican organ the ener Oay. rett-rrnur to the result of the last election in that state, said: 'The only expivinati .n needed for that 4rt,t Republican majority in Kansas is that tile irons of the state this vear are worth ;.j!i.0nrt.ooii more than they were lest vear.' That stall merit was prompt ly assailed by the I leoioeratio organs, ,ho said that the Mtt-m.nt to ascribe favorable weather conditions and eood crops to the Republican parly is foolish on its face and one of th.-ni pieturert the KiiiiJ.in farmers' tUti::tI platform it, these words: 'Two bushr-'.s. I'vote for Republicans; one bushel, I ar.i a Dem o rat.' It is manifestly true that no political party is responsible either for good or ban weath-r, cither for large or seantv eror.-:. There is no connection li-tv. ecu politics i-nj the number of bushels pe aeie. To ascribe the prosperity which coirifs from great crops to the party in rower, v, hicrever it may happen to he is s-eking credit where it can not be 'exit imatelv found, on the otiier hanl. it is tali- to appreciate that K-nerai prosperitv throushout the country is en Jove I by the inhabitants of everv state If the Republican paper quoted had said that the Kansans received more money for the same number of bushels of grain this vear than lhoy did some other veat then it might have been invoked in a Phone of political discussion. When t-.n.es are good, work plenty and wages satisfactory there ts a greater demand for uprioultural as well as manufactured prouuots and prices rule corresponding ly higher. The number of bushels pei acre tin net be hv any stretch of im agination presented as a political argu ment, but. the price per bushel may be A leg crop is not profitable unless there In n active demand for It and the man fciio has a -thousand bushels of wheat in his granary which he can not sell can not be reckoned prosperous. The Ke publiean and Democrat ie' organs In dis cus?: nsr Kansas prosperity should dis criminate along- the lines suggested." EDITORIAL COMMENT. A Game of Diplomacy. Roeh ester Democrat-Chronicle. Those who imagine that the govern ment at Washington isn't keeping Ger many under very close surveillance are invited to consider the completion of the cunal negotiations with Colombia. There Is no doubt that the signing of the treaty blocked one of the kaiser's moves. Whether or not. there was any truth in the recent report that Germany was trying to get a canal concession from Colombia it is certain that Ger many was quietly working to prevent the consummation of the treaty between the T'nited States and Colombia. It Is probable that a very sharp and closely contested diplomatic game has been go ing on between this country and Ger many for some time. In the light of subsequent events Prince Henry's tour looks like one of the kaiser's moves. He sought to test the strength of pro-German sentiment In this country, and he seems to h.ave deceived himself with his test. There is any quantity of pro-German sentiment in this country when Germany is friendly. There won't be the least little bit of it when Germany prove herself by her acts openly or se cretly hostile. The Junket Graft. Detroit Journal. There is somethinsr to be said for a junketing trip, undertaken in good faith, for the Fake of acquiring infor mation about state institutions to which the legislators will be asked to give state support. There is a valuable edu cative influence In a trip throughout the state, whether undertaken on private or state account. Many of the legislators have only it crude conception of the state and its resources, and an enlarge ment of iheir mental horizon may be of beneiit when lawmaking is on in earn est at the capital. But every citizen who must uniformly work for what he gets, and who knows that a legislative graft must come out of the pockets of the general taxpayer, first or last, will wish that the biennial junkets were un dertaken less openly in the spirit that indicates a disposition to be on the make. The legislative committee mem bers are paid three dollars each per day while absent gathering information of state institutions: they are given free transportation by the railways; and still tney have the assurance to collect mile age on their return to the capital. We recall that this is a case of chron ic spoliation, and that the biennal ob jection by the press, accompanied by revelation of abuses of the junketing privilege, are as unavailing as appeals of a cripple against a holdup gang. Nevertheless the press must in duty bound continue to attempt to arouse public sentiment and to bring the blush of shame to the cheek of the official that smothers his conscience and robs the taxpayers for the sake of a free ride, a free feed and nothing to do while still under the pay of the state. One of these days a legislature will gather at Lan sing that will despise the junket as now conducted; but tlie present signs of this forerunner of the millennium are not visible to the naked eye. A Panama Canal Assured. New York Commercial Advertiser: The agreement with the Colombian government and the formal signing of a treaty between it and the American government can be regarded safely as the removal of the final obstacle to a canal by the Panama route. There may be some opposition to the ratification of the treaty in the senate, but it is not at all likely that this will prove serious. Congress by its action at the last ses sion, placing in the president's hands power to decide upon a route, commit ted itself virtually to an acceptance o his det ision. Public sentiment will demand action by the senate at the earliest possible moment, and this will be forthcoming before adjournment unless there should prove to be some provisions In the treaty to which really serious objection can be made. The chances for this are very slight, however, for Secretary Hay has had the matter well in hand fruin the outset, and has had ample time to master all its details. The quiet way in which final agreement was reached af fords striking evidence of his trained ability in diplomatic negotiations. JAYHAWKEE JOTS. Out at Rush Center the tree buds make nature seem like April 1. The pride of Stockton is a granite monument surmounted with a "life sized" angel. If the small boy and his marbles are any indication spring is hovering around Burr Oak. Ellis has a bowling alley which draws better than a circus. Wednes day is ladies' free day. The Courier-Democrat laments that Seneca small boys are so careless with firearms in the city limits. A Colby barber who was pretty sharp decamped with his boss' razors and hones, leaving him strapped. A Colby man advertised for a. wife. The answer weighed 400 pounds and has proven a, good housekeeper. A Douglas county farmer is con fined to the house with corn troubles. A wagon load ran over his toes. The Effingham band girls entertained i four traveling men the other night. Be ing drummers why shouldn't they. I The postmaster at Wa-Keeney "kicks" simply because loafers dec i orate the walls with tobacco juice, i In Dickinson countly Pearl school i district has purchased four wagons and ,v;ti haul the pupils to their A li C's. A Ness county youth has actually j been sentenced to the reform school on the soie complaint of "cbronic laziness." I An Osweato man who hated tending garden was sriven SO days in jail for a j trifling offense. He w ill get out of weed j ing onions. The Hutchinson Xews says it will suport Forsha for congress. And the 1 other fellows over the district cry i "Forsha-me" also. Savs the Colby Free Press, "Sheriff Frptt was a pleasant caller." But sher j iffs are not always welcomed at news paper sanctums. I A Wyandotte county young man re celved a stlngintr rebuke for stepping on a woman's foot. Hades hath no fury like a woman's corn. A farmer took a 400 pound hog into the Abilene market, and tied it to .i post w hile he went shopping. When he i returned the porker was dead. A Bern youuEr lady has sued a "prominent citizen" for $.1,000 for t breach of promise. If she wins of course she will have money to Berne. Cvrus Le'.'tnd needed votes for V. J. i Bailey before the nomination not after 1 ward p. Those who refused at Wichita j should not whim.'er because in the po Iiticai afterglow .their chickens have come home to roost. Three hers cf a Sumner county far i mer hid their nests out in a blackberry patch and brought forth ?,1 chicks De cerrbfr 1. The farmer placed them irt barrels in the ground and everv chick lived and is now nearly radv for the .Mi:l!!st. A Glen Elder sportsman told around town that spring was near as he had killed a wild goose on the river. The wild bird proved to be a widow's tame one and his month's salary is fast go ing in "squaring" with the boys. aUAEEE REFLECTION'S. From the Philadelphia Record. Stolen sweets often cost the most in the end. Many a man who poses as a martyr is simidy a dub. Women never really fool each other with their kisses. People who marry for money are sometimes divorced for love. Few men are so superstitious that they would refuse to borrow $13 on Fri da v. A woman eenerally gets off a joke much as she gets off a car that is, backward. A man can't be expected to accom plish much when even his liver won't wor it The people who have no positive vices are usually negative as to their virtues. When a fellow gets a reputation 'or patience it sometimes means that he is simply lazy. Some men compel their wives to re spect them, even if they have to do it with a club. Some people are so credulous as to believe everything they hear, even about themselves. It's just as well that we don't always know the private opinions our dearest friends have of us. If people would advertise every time they lost their tempers there wouldn't be much else in the newspapers. When you see" the inscription, "Gone to his long rest," on a tombstone, you may be prettv sure that the deceased was henpecked. Blobbs "I told Miss Tellowleaf she was very beautiful." Slobbs "Did she believe you?" Blobbs "I don't believe she did, but she pretended t'o." Mrs. Muggins (examining the market ing her husband had brought home) "This chicken looks to me as though it had been in cold storage." Mr. Mug gins "Very likely, my dear. I brought it home with me in a trolley car." REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR. TFrom the New York Press. After a man settles down to matri mony the tradesmen take care that he shall settle up. If a woman could be sick abed and shop at the same time she would be pretty near to happiness. It makes a buxom woman awful ner vous when she sees her husband read ing the anti-fat advertisements. Some women's figures are so differ ent with the clothes off that they don't know themselves when they see them. To feel that she is in good standing a woman has to have her doctor and her minister just the way a man has to have his banker. GLOBE SIGHTS. From the Atchison Globe Some womn in their party clothes look like Christmas dolls. Those persona you -would really like to talk with are always going the other way. A man with a weak stomach, who likes pudding-. never has sense when he haa pudding. When a girl brasrs about walking very younsr. her listeners are apt to wonder if she is not bow lcRged. Whenever we hear the description, "dim religious light," we wonder if that means that the windows need wahiz:s An AtchiPon Kixteen-year-old girl is so pretty truit there is talk of fasten ing a picture wire around her neck, end hanging her to the wail. This is the situation: If you don't want to know a woman's ae she vrenld Juet as soon tell you, but if eh3 thinks you are curioua, she will die first- A number of wmrifrerl wives organ ized a Suffer in Silence club, and the neighborhood say that thfy make as much noie st the meetings as you will hear at a Democratic rally. PORTLAND DIRECTORS. Election Held at Council Bluffs Makes Little Change. Council Bluffs, la., Feb. 2. At the an nual meeting of the Portland Mining com pany in this city today, the following di-r-frcfoEs were elected: James S. Burns, T. b". Burns. R. C. Shannon, Irving llow brt Kiiti E. O. Pck. All are old directors tixi:fpt Mr. Shannon, who succeeds the late W. H. Siratton. The financial statement shoaveU that for the eight veara from April. 1804. to Oecernber 31 i 3T5.-i96 tons of ore were mined, of a value of Jlfi,42.54H. Kir the year "ndiner December 31. the r;;- i O'ipfri were $iv?3.01.S; expenses, including dividends of S'M"' and amounts paid for new claims, totalled $j3.83. The new offi cers will be elected at a meeting to be held at Colorado Springs later The New French Ambassador. Washington. Feb. 2. M. Jfssurand. the new French ambassador, who arrived in Washington Saturday night, called at the. state department today, accompanied by M. Koeufve, the chancellor of the French f rnbansy. The ambassador speak English perfectly and had half an hour's private conversation with Secretary Hay. No date has yet been fixed for his presentation at the White House, but this will not take place before the middle of the week, ac cording to he present plan. Scarlet Fever Specific. Berlin. Feb. 2. Prof. Pn crinsky, o tin; Emperor a nd Empress Frederick's chil dren's hospital of Berlin, announces that a discovery of a s?rum against scarlet fever has been made by Or. Aronson. Good results have already been obtained. The professor believes the scrum will prove to be a specific for this disease. Sues Bonner E3tate. New York, Feb. 2. Franklin P. P.o berg, a veterinary surgeon, is suing tho estate of Kobert Bonner, ihe horseman, for $100,000. Itoberg claims that he at tended Bonner's horses for 23 years without payment, the horseman hav- ing promised to give him J100.000 or leave him that amount in his will. amors Are impure matters -which the skin, liver, kidneys and oilier organs can not take care of without help, there ia sach an accumulation of them. They litter the -whole system. Pimples, boils, eczema and other eruptions, loss of appetite, that tired feeling-, bilious turns, fits of indiges tion, dull headaches and many other troubles are due to them. Hood's Sarsaparilla and Pills Remove all humors, overcome all 'their effects, strengthen, tone and invigorate the whole system. "I had salt rheum on my hands to that I could not work. I toot Hood's Sarsaparilla and it drove out the humor. I continued its use till the sores disappeared." Mrs. Ira O. Browh, Rumford Falls, Me. Hood's Sarattparitla promises to curs and keeps the promlso. ir !?in?!fT niiiT wuri yyn. Hughes Supporters Start Story of Bergundthal's Withdrawal. First Ward Candidate for Major Says He'll Stay. TALK OF THITU) MAN. Believed That W eber or Steph enson Will Hun. Only a Few Candidates Haye Paid Assessments. It is reported that W. S. Bergundthal will withdraw from the race for the .Republican nomination for mayor. and throw his support to J. W. F. Hughes. The report comes from the Hughes sup porters. When asked concerning the matter, Mr. Bergundthal said: I will not withdraw. I have never intimated that I would withdraw." It is becoming more and more certain that there will be a third candidate in the field, and that the candidate will be either W. O. Stephenson or W. F. Weber there is little doubt. The chances favor Stephenson. Mr. Bergundthal is very popular with the law and order people, and he would get a, big vote trom this element m tfitt party. Puch men as Thomas Page, Sam uel T. Howe, and others are strongly in favor of Bergundthal. and they carry great weight with the law and order people. They would swing hun dreds of votes to" Bergundthal's sup port. Thomas Page is so radically op posed to Hughes that h may resign his position as chairman of the law and order committee. There are dozenp of If Hr and order business men who are opposed to Hughes and he should not be crammed down their throats. STEPHENSON TALKS. Mr. Stephenson says that he has not decided whether he will make the race for the nomination. "I have Fet-n so much of politics," he said this morning to a reporter for the State Journal, "that I do not have any craving for a race for the office of mayor. But I think that some third candidate is certain to be brought into the race. I have been asked to be the third man. There has been nothing new developed in the matter for a week, and I have not accepted the offers mane of support. The same may be also said of T. J. Anderson, W. K. Sterne, C. li Jewell and W. F. Weber. Nothins has been decided yet." W. F. Weber is regarded as the only candidate so far mentioned who would be likely to accept a nomination. When asked this morning whether he would go into the race, he said: "I am not a candidate. I think It's a nice day, don't you?" Mr. Weber would like to be mayor, though, and if the lightning should strike him it would not hurt. lioth Mr. Weber and Mr. Stephenson are busying themselves this week "feel ing the public pulse," and if they find it beating Joyfully when they mention the subject of their candidacy, they will get together and decide which of them will make the race. MEETiXG NEXT Wl.EK. E. R. Simon, chairman of the Repub lican citv central committee, said today that he would probably call a meeting ing of the committee next week, at which time the question of the arrange ment of names on the ticket will be brought up. There are also some other matters of business concerning the elec tion, and management of the campaign. "I have received no petition yet for the call of a meeting." said Mr. Simon, "and I can see no particular reason why it is necessary to call one before the nominations for the primaries close on Saturday. If the committee desires to take up the question of giving places on the ticket by lot, it can be done then, as the ballots will not be printed for some time." FIGHT ON COMMITTEEM EN. There is likely to be a determined fight made by the "wet" wing of the Republican party to displace some of the strong law and order men who hold places on the committee, and dominate the iiolicy of the committee. Some of these alleged "prohibition cranks" live in portions of the citv which are usually safely "wet"in senti ment, and gained their positions hy small majorities. It is on these that th hardest fight will be made. John Elliott is talking of coming out for councilman from the Third ward against Geo. Neil. There will nrobably be a candidate out against H. W. Killer in the Firsv ward, but Euler's opponents are having considerable trouble to find a victim. It is probable that Dave (IreKtr and A. M. Thomas will withdraw- from the race for judge of the city cocrt. It is claimed that C. A. Masrnw has forced them both eft' the track in his interests. The list of candidates who have so far paid their assessment is as follows: Mnvor J. V. F. Blights. City Clerk K. K. I,air. J. IT. Squires. Citv Attorney Cllas. F. Spencer, W. A. S Bird. Citv Treasurer J. D. Pattison. M. M. Hale. Judge of City Court A. J. MeC'abe, F. M. Orover, F. C. Sinter. Cl.rk of City Court E. I.. Good. T. F. Orner. Marshall of City Court J. T. Wintrode, Josiah Ross. Councilman. First Ward H. W. Euler. Councilman, Fourth Ward I.uther M. Nell is. Councilman. Fifth Ward .1 .C. Shimer. School Board, Fifth Ward C. 11. Kmz. W. W. Fisher. HE Kit ON WILL LEAVE. Old Soldier Sued for Divorce to Enter the Home. John M. Herron. an old soldier (It! years old. is going to seek refuge in the Soldiers' home at Leavenworth. He has been sued for divorce by his wife. They have been married .17 years and have seven children. The family live in Oakland. Today Mr. Herron is sued a circular denying any of his' fam ily credit, that his wife might have the divorce without contest, and that he would go to the home and live on his pension. He says he has spent all his pension, $12 per month, to support his family. Wine Exhibit for St. Louis. Weisbaden, Germany. Feb. 2. Rep resentatives of the leading vineyards and wine firms of the Rhine and Moselle districts at a meeting held here yesterday, decided to prepare ,;n excellent exhibit for the St. Louis ex position. The German fair commis sioner. Herr Lewald. who called the meeting described the large scale on which the exposition was planned. Henry Says He Was Robbed. Thomas Henry, the crippie who was tried in the district court not long ago for takins a shot at his wife with a tells a story of hard luck todar. Ht: says that while he was sieeoin: in the Fourth avenue hotel last nuthl he was robbed of ?31. money belonging to his employer. Gust Johnson the coal dealer. Henry says that he is employed as a clerk in the coal oSlee at Second and Adams street, and had the money on his pei son when he went to bed. Ha ad mits losing 9 in a crap game at Fin ney's ioint on Fourth street. He toid his trouble to the police this morning, and detectives are looking the cast; over. STATISTICAL TESTIMONY Presented Before Strike Commission by the Reading Company. Philadelphia, Feb. 2. Statistical testi mony was presented today by the Read ing company to the anthracite coal strike commission. W. W. Jiiley of this city, who con ducts a bureau maintained by the coal carrying roads tor the purpose of col lecting statistics concerning the hard coal production, said the government utilizes the data collected by this bu reau. He said his reports were based on the statements furnished monthly by the railroads. A. C. Wilson of Pottsville, a land agent in the employ of the company, testitied to the amount of taxes paid by the corporation in the mining region. Statements were introduced showing the average, annual earnings of em ployes other than mine workers in a number of Pennsylvania cities. The number of wage earners affected by these statistics were 478,780. the average individual earnings being, given as $462 annually. Tables showing the comparative bank statistics of the anthracite, bituminous and agricultural sections of Pennsyl vania were also presented. The per capita deposits in the hard coal region were given as $S1.50. A statement of the tax statistics showed the value ot taxable property in the anthracite re gion to be $ai5.S89,152. Counsel for the mine workers today took occasion to correct the statement published recently that the union had withdrawn its demand for payment by weight in the Schuylkill region. The de mand had never been made, he said, with regard to the Schuylkill field, and consequently could not have been with drawn. PROTECT THE PAPERS. Those on JTila in County Offices to Be Guarded The county commissioners will prob ably decide that iron screens and bar red doors shall be placed in the vaults of the county clerk's and clerk of tne district court's offices to protect the valuable papers on file there. For yea is the public has had free ac cess to the files in the vaults and sev eral times important papers have been missed from the vault in the clerk's office and from the files in the office of the district court. The papers will 1 ereafter be keot safe by a heavy screen and locked doors. MRS. THOMPSON SICK. Well Known Club Woman Has Diphtheria. Mrs. A. II. Thompson is sick at her home, 6(17 West Tenth street, with diph theria, and the house has been quaran tined. Mrs. Thompson is prominent in the women's club work and social life ot Topeka. She is ex-president of the To peka and State federation. She was taken sick Saturday night, and today is reported to be getting along well, her attack of diphtheria be ing a mild one. Broke Jail Furniture. A woman giving the name of Fay Cooper was arrested last evening for lK-ing drunk and driving a hired horse down town at a two-forty clip. The woman was wild as the result o an in judicious mixture of cocaine and bad j whisky, and fought the officers who I took her to the station. When she was I locked in one of the cell rooms in the j women's ward, she immediately pro ceetled to break up the chairs and ta j ble. and finished the performance by climbing up and attempting to crawl through the transom. In smashing the glass she received a severe cut on the wrist and hand, and the officers had another fi;ht to get her down stairs and held her while the damage was re paired by City Physician Judd. The girl was fined $25 this morning for her offense. DEATHS AND FUNERALS. After a. period of nine weeks serious illness, Mrs. Anna Catharine Kuhn died suddenly of heart disease, Sunday, Feb ruary 1. while eating her dinner, at the home of her youngest daughter, Mrs. C. E. Foote, Sll Buchanan street, with whom she had made her home since the death of her husband about three years ago. Impressive funeral services were conducted at the residence this morn ing by Rev. Br. Countermine of the Presbyterian church. Br. Countermine based his remarks upon the beautiful in vitation of Christ "Come." and his com ments were eloquent and Impressive. The doctor was assisted in the services hy Mrs. George Parkhurst and Miss Ada Taylor who sang, sweetly and tenderly "Rock of Ages" and "Nearer My Home Today." Mrs. Foote, her sister Mrs. Clara Mol Ier of St. Louis and James O. Kuhn of Winfield, accompanied the body of the dead mother on 1 o'clock Rock Island train to Kuhnbrook, Kas., about one hundred miles southwest of here where the departed mother will be interred beside her husband, in the little country church yard, close by the old country home where Mr. and Mrs. Kuhn former ly resided. Mrs. Kuhn was born in Hagerstown, Sid.. March 3. 1S:!2. She was the mother of eight children, seven of whom survive her. She was a devoted member of the Presbyterian church since her childhood and her sunny disposition coupled with her devout Christianity, made her a character which to know was to love and to emulate. Byron Smith, aged 55 years, died yes terday at his home. 220 Kline street. The funeral will be held from the Third Christian church at 3 o'clock Tuesday afternoon, and will be in charge of the A. O. V. W. of which order Mr. Smith was a member. Thomas Johnson, formerly of Topeka. died at Denver. Colo., last night. The remains will be take to Lawrence, Kas., for burial. Millers Favor KcSIillan Bill. Miiicrs and prain men from over the state are xonrins: in letters to their state senators asking for copies of Senator Mc Millan's bill to make the state railroad commissioners elected by the people. The millers and grain shippers ate generally in favor of a measure of that i-ort. an 1 they ere anxious to see if McMillan's bill is what they want. Dougherty Kay Try. The Newton Journal says that Repre sentative Dougherty, of Harvey county, is a rt eeptive candidate for congressman in Ihe Seventh distract, and that his friends are at work quietly to give him the Har vey county delegation instead of givine; it to Senator Branine, who is an avowed candidate. Police Captain Fined. N-w York. Feb. 2. Police Captain Jarms Gannon, who was found guilty by a. jury last week, of neglect of duty in failing to suppress an alleged dis orderly house, was today fined $250 by Recorder Goff. He will not be sent to prison. LAW. AT WASHBURI Steps Taken to Convert It Into a University. If the proposed plan of Dr. A. S. Em bree to use the Chrisman money to establish a professional and technical school in Topeka is carried out, it is likely to provoke warfare in Topeka. The Washburn college trustees claim that they are already in the field, and they don't propose to relinquish their plans, which were announced by Presi dent Norman Plass in his inaugural ad dress last fall. Washburn intends to establish a law department, medical department and dental department, and has its commit tees at work on the preliminaries now. Tuesday evening the friends ot the Bm bree plan will hoid a meeting at the Meth odist church to talk over their plans. Several prominent profersionnl men of To peka will speak, and if the sentiment seems to be strong enough, preliminary steps will be taken for carrying out the plan. The Chrisman money is PHid to amount to about $t',0.0-O, which will have to be doubled by public subscription to be come available. The plans for the organization of the proposed law school of Washburn have progressed so far that today one of the trustees gave out a statement announcing that the law school will be opened at the beginning of the next school year. ELEVATOR DROPPED. Seven Persons Hnrt by an Acci dent in Denver. Denver, Feb. 2. The breaking of an elevator cable In the Joseph Creswell building. 162t Blak.e street, today caused the maiming and bruising of seven per sons, one ot whom may be crippled for life. The injured are: Miss Sophie Kloss, 22 years of age, back wrenched, left heel crushed and left hip injured. Miss Annie Barbieri, 23, shoulders, back and left ankle sprained. Miss Marie Friedman, IS, bones of right foot broken, ankles sprained and back wrenched. MIfs Nellie Mullins. 15. thigh fractured. Miss Florence Collins, i5, ieit ankle frac tured. Ji 4 Charles Purchase, back wrenched and lesrs injured. Charles Dunst. IS, righ ankle fractured. All the injured exceut Bunst were em ployed in the Troy laundry on the fourth floor of the building. The elevator dropped three stories. HAVE SENT 1,:J00 KRONER. Topeka Swedish Relief Association Sends First Contribution. The Swedieh American Relief society of Topeka have sent 1,300 kroner, about $351, to two agents in the famine stricken district in northern Sweden, to be used in the relief of the sufferers. The money was sent to two little towns which are not seen on an ordinary map, Luleo and Asele. which are up in the Arctic regions. It is said that the natives of that country can live as well on one kroner, or crown, which is equal to 27 cents, per day, as an Amer ican can in his home country on 1 per day. The local S. A. R. society are prepar ing for a grand concert February 17, to be held in the high school auditor ium. The best musical talent of the city have been included in the bill, and a mixed chorus of 60 and a male chorus of 20 voices are bein.tr drilled. The pro ceeds of the entertainme t will be at once added to the famine fund and sent to the distributing agents in Sweden. STATE LAWS DON'T HOLD When Attempt Is Made to Apply Them to National Banks. Washington, Feb. 2. The case of Eas ton versus the state of Iowa, was decid ed by the "United States supreme court today in favor of Easton. thus reversing the supreme court of the state. The cases involved the applicability of state laws regulating state banks to national banks. In this instance Easton was president of the national bank at De corah and he was sentenced to five years in prison under the state law for accepting a deposit of $100 when he knew his bank to be insolvent. The de cision was delivered by Justice Shiras, who said that state laws for the regu lation of state banks do not extend to banks incorporated under an act of con gress. ROOSEVELT AND LONG. J. M. Snyder, of McPherson, Suggests Next National Ticket. Mr. .T. M. Snyder, of McPherson, Kan., ex-editor of the McPherson Freeman, is in the city today. He says: "A host of Kansans are pleased over the election of Chester I. Long as the new senator from Kansas;" and he also says, "It would sound good to have the next na tional Republican ticket Roosevitlt ami Long." Land3 for Indian Children. Washington. Feb. 2. The congress lies passed an act providing for the allotment of lands to the children of the Pottawa tomie and Kiekapoi tribes of Indians hi Kansas who have been born since the former allotments were made in 1SS. There are now U of these children. 02 of whom reside on the reservation in Kan ras and the othtrs at Shawnee. Okia. Theie are 5, tiff? acres of surpus lands be longing to the tribe. The original act provided for the allotment of SO acres to each child. As the lands are not suffi cient to comply with the provisions of the act. the amendt d bill justly provides for distribution of the ,lands pro rata. Kansas Postoffice Changes. Washington. Feb. 2. The following changes of fourth class postottices have been made: Kansas Andova, Butler county. Miss Nellie M. Boyer, vice C. E. Newlanrt. resigned: Selma. Anderson county, R. E. Camp, vice A. G. Henry, removed, Spring Hill, Johnson county, G. A. Hartley, vice O. W. Rhinehart, remov ed: I'adonia. Brown county. Loan; Graves, vice Lizzie M. Boyce, resigned: Portland, Summer county, Hayden J Donahue, vice George W. Knapp, re signed. LOCAL -MENTION. "Cider" Smith agrees with the govern ment forecast and with the ground hog. that snow and rain may be expected to night. Twenty-two applications for member- ship to the Commercial club are on file. John F. Switzer has been allowed $1,- 000 by Judge Hook of the federal court for acting as referee in the Whiting case against the water company. A petition was filed today with the city clerk askii'rr for brick pavement on North Kansas avenue from Gordon to Kious, a total of three blocks. This petition came in too late, but may be admitted by the council under a special dispensation. The scratch of a pin may cause the Iot, of a limb or even death when blood pniHopinr re.aits from the iniury. AH dapper of this mav be avoided, however, by promptly applying Chamb rlain's Pain Balm. It ia an antiseptic end quick heal ing liniment fer cuts, bruises and burns. For t-ale by id! druggists. Hew Crawford Theater. 8:15 TONIGHT 8:15 By special arrangement an extra per formance, Charles O. Herman and the Warde company, in an elaborate scenic production of Shakespeare's greatest tragedy, "MACBETH" Pronounced by ail the critic to be Mr. Herman's masierpieee. Prices 23, So, 50, 75 cents and $1.00 Seats selling. Tuesday Night, Feb. 3 Jule Walter's Up-to-Date "SIDETRACKED The Leader of Them All. Prices 10, 20. 30, 50c. Seats selling. Wednesday Night, Feb. 4. Aiden Benedict's Beautiful Production "THELiUA." JDramatized from Marie CorelU's Novel. Prices: 15, 25, 33, 80, 75c. Thursday Night, Feb. 5. The Ever Amusing Swedish-American "YON YONSON" With Nelse Eriekson of Kullaganarstou. Prices: 15, 25. 35. DO, 75c. Seats Tuesday. Saturday Matinee and flight, Feb. 7. Julius Cahn presents the Funny Farce "ARE YOU A MASON?" Now making all London laugh Night, 2T, 35, 50, 75 cents, $1.00; mat inee, 25, 5u cents. Sunday Night, Feb. 8. Love and Pathos: Hate and Passion. THE CONVICT'S DAUGHTER Startling scenic effects. A Story from Life. Prices 15c, 25e, ii5c 50, 75c. Scats Frida;-. MEXICO AND TRUSTS. President Diaz Drops a Hint and a Conspiracy Collapses. If the gentlemen in Washington and elsewhere who are losing sleep in trying to solve the monopoly problem in this land of the free will cast their eyes southward they will see across the Mex ican border something .that they may find to their advantage. The strenuous gentleman who presides over the des tinies of the Mexican republic is giver, to takinc short cuts and is not in thf habit of being hampered by red tape or legal formulas. Just at this time the story of how lie tamed a Yankee octupus that' had found its way into his bailiwick may be of interest. Some months ago the Mexican Central railroad suddenly changed hands, and thereon hangs a tale. It appears that a. Mexican, while trying to obtain water near Tamnico, struck oil. He was ig norant of the value of his discovery, but a chance American recognized it and tie two went into partnership in the oil business, doing eventually a large and profitable trade. Like most parts of the earth Mexico is in the grip of the u.l monopoly, and the big concern was soot, aware of the operations of the humble pair who had ventured todo busine;. lor themselves. An offer to buy them cut was made and refused. The cor poration's agents hastened to San Fran cisco and soon the news came out that the Mexican Central had chaneed hand?. The trust's agents knew why the road had been sold even if the public did not, and the old familiar process of nutting the screws to the Mexican and hi Yankee partner was at once begun. The trick was played that ha", foi years driven out of business every American oil producer, who has dared to stand out against the trust. A tariff was adoptea which practically prohibited the sale of Tnmpieo oil fifty miles from that place, and the two humble partners were forced to suspend operations. But they were not to be beaten so easily. They wasted no time In taking their grievance to court, but proceeded posthaste to the City of Mexico, laid their case before President Diaz, and showed him all the accumulated evi dence. He promptly ordered that til former tariff of the railroad be restore.! under penalty of forfeiture of its charter to the state in case of refusal. The olu rate on oil was at once and bv wire ordered restored. The oil well is again in operation and the monoDoly is booking no business in that section of the coun try. In the meantime the railroad, bought for the purpose of freezing out the two partners, is paying a reasonable dividend on the investment, and the new owners are suffering no loss on that scorn. All of which goes to show that there may be something in the claim so often set up that a benevolent despotism may be the best of governments. We arc rather inclined to look down on Mexico: not always, it would appear, with good reason. Cleveland Plain Dealer. A M E Ft I C A N A U T 0 M 0 D I L E S Frenchmen Will Soon Come Here to Buy Them. Those who attended last week's ex hibition of self-moving vehicles in Madison Square garden do not need to be told that it was an exceedingly successful affair, one of the most suc cessful of the many great -Industrie! displays of which New York can boast For the benefit of those who failed to attend, we may say tha.t the show-. th third of its kind in this city, complete ly eclipsed all of its predecessors on this cide of the Atlantic and compared favorably with the great automobit" exhibits in France. It marked the en trance of America on a. magnificent scale into the forefront of what is rap idly becoming one of tiie world's great est industries. The size of the crowd that went to the garden and the nature of the peo ple who composed it wer? sufficient to insure the success of th affair a-s a show. How about its success as a means of foreshadowing the amount of business likely to be done by the man fcaturers during the present year? The report that the exhibits represented in value about half a million dollars af- fords only a vague idea of the prospeo 1 tive net rash returns to their maker:-:, i The aggregate value of the sai-s for the week has been variously estimated 1 at from $1.000, W0 to S2.W1.000. or more 1 them three times the value of those ef- fected at the New York show- in IKij. What do France's representatives in this trade think of the American auto mobile? Here is the opinion of one prominent French airent: "I am confident that in three years the French will be coming to America I to buy automobiles. The America n are sometimes slow at the stirt. hut when they do get started they always go ahead of eVerv- t-or nation. They are wonderful people." Such eneouro cement from ".brond is gratifying. Optimistic views from out side are not "eoripd, how.-ever. to assure the people of this country that iro tnobile m-lcine- has a wo-irte-rfpl future in America. New York Sun. Many .Actors p.nd Singers upe pin' Cure to strenerthen the voice and pre vent hoarseness. i s

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TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL-, MONDAY "EVENING. FEBRUARY 2,1903. DEWEY'S APPEAL Addresses Public in Interest bf JelTerson Monument. Washington, Feb. 2,-The Thomas Jef t rson Memorial afsncfution, organized for the purpose f creeling at the na timial capital a mfnioi ial to the author ct" ti- Declaration of IndependencV through its president. Admiral c.eorge Ii.-jcv has issued an apnea! to tufc A people tor fun. is to carry out th object of Hi" association. X ha text of iliu appeal is as follows: lieitdr -..-i ters of the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Ass'm i:-'i.m of the Tinted M.ii.-s, Va!hiiitftn. lK Jan- L":i. To t!ie American .v.-l': The Thomas J"iT"?s..ii J-mrial association has been oigani.ed to i;,k'' up the long noyloi t .l duty of iv. -ting a fining memorial to iiiPiiiO'v of the man who wrote t.'v 1 laratim.s of I ndep.-ndenoc. Vo here beautiful anil costly ti i. a- s to ih,. memory of American sui-di.-ts. saiicr-. statesmen, physicians, in vewr a'ei philanthropists and the sol di rs arid sailors c-f France are honored; but i (v i'- is not one tablet to the mem ory of that gnat American, Thomas JeH. rson. V- ask I be people to contribute co.'.'inL to their ability to this triftimri.-l. .'o::i:r.-.-s eiil not he Hkii for money, es w r !y solely up.on the people, tt.e ynirc ate! the old, the children and t'ieir parents, for the success of '.lie tn o -n; -ot- The i haraotor and tost of the p--o-pos. I memorial cannot now be i-fid-.l, but ir w ill be appropi jate to the great ness of the nian atal the importance of the document from which his name is inepai able. Kiid economy w ill be ob s. f ed in the expens s of carrying on th" iirk. K f y contribuior w ill reeeie a e M-r i: leate ackuou ledging his subscription fnd carrying wit h it membership m the association. In time to come these cer-itfieap-s will be "badges of honor." Con tiibutious. hecks. money orders or oralis, should be made pavable to the r.rder of the treasurer of the a-oda-tio.i. Mr. Jesse I'.. Wilson, president of the Lincoln National bank. The peo ple will be kept informed of all the im portant actions of th-- association, fottt-muni.-ations addressed to the secretary. W. s. MeKean. will receive prompt end respect nil attention. c.KOrtiHK DEWKY. Admiral of the Navy, President. The asi-'ociat i. in is now complete in its list of officers, every state being represented by a vice president, and ir. Fo.pe as.-s by a vepri. s. ntari ve on the board of r.. a-rnors. the ottnr.iV.ini.' b N- great movement of a similar character in Ibis country, it is lainied. had as its officers more men of nation al character and influence than tin ortranizatiein. Prominent men from all sscumis ,,f the country have become inter. -stci in th" movement and hnvt written to The officers of the ass.it ia tl.ui xpi-cssioiis of approval. The as sociation, it is stated. is theri.usr.ly noti i .art isa n, lite dt-simi bein merely to raise a memorial lo Mr. Jefferson as writer of the Declaration of Indepen dence. Th.- li-t of vice presidents of the as S' in t ion is as f. llo ws .Alabama Hilary A. Herbert, fx s r"ta ry .f i lie na -y. .A'-ki.nsas Jefferson Davis, t; over nor. i 'alifurnia tieorge C. Perkins. Fniled St i r es s- jta for. ('olor.eio Thomas MaeDoiiald Patter,-. ,;i. Fnit.-.i States senator. Cnne i ieut- Jii.Ih I.ynnde Harris. Del i m are .bdo! S. Kuss-li. trust of fic. r l-louiiable Trust cmpanv. l-'lorida Josc;,h J ff.-rson. th actor. leoreia (.'lark S. Howell, editor Al ia in i institution. blah.. Fred T. Dubois. United Stat.-' f-enator. Illinois AtTlal b". Stevenson. Indian Charles w. Fairbanks, Fnite,! S'ates senator. lo. a A. p. Cummins, trnvprnor. Kansas Joseph J;. Kurton, I'nited Scnes senal.ir. K.-ntucky-J. C. P. Blackburn. TTiited Ptnos senator. J .ouisiana W. -V. Heard, Rovernnr Man.. s w. Could. Marylan.i Admiral AVinfloM Scott Setliey. MMs(,c!iusetts Ofnrgn p. Hoar Uni t I Sums senator. Atlcltiuan-I ion MrKinzon. .Niiitue-ota-Knute Xelson, United Fm I .-s s. Iliilrif. M ississipj.i 1. Monroe. United states M issou-i- "ha mp Clark. F.i'lr!,:"31""1'' 'iibsou. United States N'-brnska W. J. Hrvan. Nevada-Prate is New lands, con pi e,-si;ia u. New liempshiro-william K. Chan- fl States senator. y-v.,r..w Wilson, presl fl. id 1 rino'ton universitv Ne, York Jeff.., son jj. IjCVy p.ni-r'eor ,-'a,'"'--,liark'8 P. Ayeock, North Dakota-p. j. McCumber, Uni P o Mafs senator. .hi--J, Ji. For. ik. r. United States s.n- T- Cer. Ft.vernor. J,:.';:;. VaU1'lK"!','rl F. Putiison, l!bi. Island-. Kx-i; p i ivim- --"V'!ri,r,',imiA- con Ptes'Cn'aP-,aR- ;amh-- V:.ite FrTut.'.r' 'K'W- C'lrm!'ok. Fnirrd States S.I..X;n'!1t.,.r1' A Cullv-rson. United Ptah-lb-ber M. Wells, governor p,VtZ"'e;!.7tr P' 1 Fnited eUiT.r!la-J',,U W' I,anif1' r'"'d States Vashinpton Oovernor Htin' M. P.rid e,i yirsinla-.-h.irle. J. Faulkner, T cited siral. s senator. wo'-w'"'!!'i"r"V''1 Rsp. mayor of Mil- Wyeminir Ex-;overnor J..hn K (is. porno. -N-ov Mexico- Governor yp f in. Hiio-ilini'rror v. l u'tt i est rtet of Columbia Cen. John M. Wil Rr'ii L S. A. Waukomis Destroyed by Fire. Paid. Okla.. Feb. 2. Waukomis. okla wa- utvastated by a fire Sun.lav morn lug at o'cloc k. An entire block of its bvst business houses was swept awav. lie .re Malted in I.itzenbergs saloon and ib.-ie being no tire department and nut ,eW pc,,p!e amused, the fire had its way. The loss is estimated at $7.1 iitukt)iiiis is situated ten mbes t v. '-""i. on trie Hock Island rail road, hav a population of See. No Dessert More Attractive spend hours soi.kiir-, .vv t eniujr, fl.ivoriiTJ imi ci doling wiaen produces better rults mTinmntes? J.vervthinif m t he oa, L-.,,ro c- 1 J e-lUipi HUUUiH water and set to cool. It's perfection. .r. 1'"" to the housewife. No trouble pense. Try it b .-day. In Four Fruit Flavor- Lemon, Oranee. Strawberry, iurry. At grocer. 10c. ?5 Vi George C. Wetze!, President Kansas Postmasters' Association. I TV f y

George C. Wetzel, the newly elected president of the Kansas Postmas ters' association, has served as postmaster at Linwood. Kan., for nine years, ile was three years ago elected fourth vice president of the Postmasters' as sociation. .Mr. Wetzel was born in Mercer county. Mo., May 10. 1S63, and is therefore 40 yiars of age. His folks moved to Decatur county. Iowa, and then came back to Leavenworth county, Kansas, in 1867. His father died in 1S66, and his mother in litis. i C. 11. Creen. of Lyndon. Kan., a member of the State Historical society, was Mr. Wetzel's first tutor, ami start ?1 young: George in the schools of Leaver, wo it h county. He has served as township clerk, also as city clerk, councilman and po lice judge of Linwood. He has also been clerk of his school district for nine years. He is a member of the Cone.'ecrational church, having joined Mi years atro. For 14 years he has been superintendent of the Congreg-ational Sunday school at Linwood. On December S. 1SS5. he was married to Miss Sarah K. Townsend, of New London. Howard county, Indiana, and has two children living, a boy and a girl. BEAUTIFUL LOS A i (SELES. City of Delight3 for Tourist Homeseeker. and Los Anr;eles. the city of "The An gles.'' is the most marvelous city in southern California. Of a modern growth comparatively (for the older Los AuKeles is but a memory) it has now a population of lf2.4T9. As one writer well puts ii "the Ixis Angeles of the older days is like the fragment of a half forfrolten dream the Plaza, the Mission church, the- remnants of Sonora town, or the ouaint home of some old-time (iifrnitary, serve to stir the imagination and to remind the visitor that here half a century ago another civilization ex isted: but in the Los Angeles of today the pueblo plays no part, and the sound of ti e Angelus is lost in the city's roar. "Los Angeles is a city of commanding vbws: it sweeps down from the heights toward the ocean and the setting sun. Fiom a thousand vantage points vast panorama? of landscaue. of mountain, ocean .and valley d" light the eye. It is a city perfumed with roses: it is gar landed everywhere with flowers thriving in perennial beamy: and miles upon mil-s of paved boulevards, in far-reaching level vistas, over-arched with the bending branches of protecting trees, G" winding through canons, along bold brows of the hills or over the ridge tops, are endless invitations lo travel. '"The palm, magnolia, pepper, eucal yptus, acacia, china berrv. grevilla. eataipa, umbrella tree, and the endless cypress, and many of the trees familiar in the east as favorites furnishing drive way shadow, are everywhere. Rroad leafed bananas, mammoth century plants, tree geraniums, and housetop reaching roses, jrive the city a semi tropic, gala-day appearance." The city has numerous parks West lake. Kastlake. Klysian, and Griffith, the latter a natural scenic spot of 3.000 acres. Los Angeles has tine homes with spacious lawns ever green, countless trees, graveled drive-ways, and embow- t ered w ith the luxuriance of the flowers j of sunland. 1 he direct and most comfortable route to Lo Angeles is over the Union Pa cific. Literature giving full information can be obtained by addressing J. C. Ful ton, agent Union Pacific railroad at To peka, Kan. Phone 34. ON A NEW PLAN. A St, Joseph Man Invents a Type Betting Machine. St. Joseph, Mo., Feb. 2. Oliver M. Gilmer, printer and editor, who was the Republican nominee for congress at the last election, announced that he has in vented and is now perfecting a type setting machine which will completely eliminate the much complicated me chanism now in use at such heavy ex pense by the great daily newspapers of the country. The machine works upon an emirely different plan from any now j in use. ft is a sort of combination type setting device and stereotyping plant, i Instead of assembling lines of type or matrices as most machines do, the de 1 pression of the keys makes eorrespond i ing impressions in a specially prepared stereotyping paper. .When the line j completed, a cast is made and it is ready for the form, provide. there are no corrections to be made. The machine "spaces the line out" and furnishes a complete linotype line, except by a much simpler and cheaper process. HEAL ESTATE THAN S FEUS. A. L. Waite to Bessie T. Waite, $75. lots 2t2, 2t'i4, Arter avenue, Morris' addi tion. Wm. A. Ward and wife to M. 51. An- i d-rson, $4,750, 41 acres in section 14, ill. 1.1. H. Rodenberg to C. G. Stewart. $1,230, j lot 117 and north H 119, Lane street, H-orne's addition. F. O. Popenoe to M. tf. Popenoe, $1, I lots in Highland Park addition. M. H. MeMillen and wife to J. F. F.by, $1,010. lot .,41 and south 3-2 6P1, Clav I street. M. D. sub. j S. C. McAdams to IT. M.Guire. $23. lots i.io and i.e. Green street. McAdams addition to Rossviile. Sarah C. Gray to Trustees First Afri can M. F. chuich. $1, west 50 feet lots 217. 21... 221. Topeka avenue. C. F. Fierson and wife to K. B. Jones, cashier. $112.'.!:'.. lots 43:.. 417. 419 and 441 Reno avenue, John Norton's second ad d ition. H. F. Rle-hards and wife to J. C. Douglass. $2.4n0. southwest i IS. 10. IS. O. C. Skinner, ex.. to W. II. Cusle, $2.Kn), west J.-s northeast 14 14. 12, 16. Entire Crew Drowned. RinkjoDbing, Denmark, Feb. 2. It became known today that all the mem bers of the crew, numbering 24. of the Norwegian steamer Avenea from New j lovieans, winch went ashore yesterday i at Letm iy, were drowned. MRS. UTILES DIDN'T GO. W ife of the General Was Not In vited to Windsor. London. Feb. 2. Lieutenant General Miles, who returned here from AVindsor today, said to a representative of the Associated Press. "The king received me most cordially, recalled pleasant memories of our visit here at the time of the jubilee and spoke as friendly as ever of America. He showed keen interest in the far east, on which subject 1 was able to give him information. Altogether it was a most pleasant visit. "The king said he hoped the Prince and Princess of Wales would be able to visit America. Nothing, however is definitely settled." General Miles declined to discuss eith er the Venezuelan or the Philippine Questions. By what the general terms "a mistake on the part of somebody here" Mrs. Miles was not invited to Windsor. BAILEY WHITES A LETTER. To Help Kansas City, Kas., Name Union Depot Location. Kansas City, Mo.. Feb. 2. It is de veloped that unusual presure was brought to bear upon the directors of the 1 nion Denot company to influence the section of a site in the West bottom for the new Union depot. But it re mained for the Mercantile club of Kan sas City. Kas.. to organize the most ef fective campaign. The efforts extend beyond local surroundings. The resi dents of Kansas City, Kas., have al ready viewed with alarm any prospect of a union depot further east than the present structure. And they brought every pressure to bear to round up a solid influence for the location of the new structure as close to the Kansas state line as possible. To this end they presented a petition signed by all buf.l ness interests and backed br a resolu tion of the city council and letters from the state officers of Kansas, including the members of the supreme court. vv K. Stanley, the governor, and W. J. Bailey, governor-elect. Besides th state officers the members of the con grcssional delegation from Kansas, in cluding Senators J. Ii. Burton and W. A. Harris, wrote letters urging the loc a tion of the new depot as near the state line as iiosible. All these letters with the petition from the Mercattti'e club and the resolution of the city council of Kansas City, Kas. were read at the meeting of the Union depot directors in St. Louis last week. Governor Bailey was asked by a re porter whether he had signed a letter requesting: the Union depot directors to locate the new depot as near as possible to the state line. He said: "Yes, I wrote the letter asking that that he done, and I think all of the oth er state officials did the same. I know that the supreme court judge and Gov. I ernor Stanley and several others wrote I such letters. We did so in response to the recuest of a committee from the Kansas City. Kas., Commercial club." Inspecting Union Iron Works. San Francisco, Feb. 2. Max Pam, of New York, chairman of the executive committee of the United Stales Ship Building company, has arrived here to join President Lewis Nixon and oth er officials of the United States Ship Building company, who have come to inspect the plant of the Union Iron Works, which is owned by the corpor ation. He says he does not think there will be any consolidation between the United States Ship Building company and the United States Steel company. Sousa Returned the Money. London. Feb. 2. Sousa and his band played before King Kdward and the royal household at Windsor castle, giving a different programme from the one at the concert at Sandring'aam. In order to do this the band had to travel by special train from Sheffield lo Windsor and Sousa had to return $1. 0O1I which had been paid for ticket for a concert arranged to be given in Man cherter. He will visit Manchester later in his tour. Better Than Gold. "I was troubled for several years with cl-.rc nie indigestion end perv'ous debil ity," writes F. J. Green, of Lancaster. X. If. "Ni remedy helped me until I bc-can using Klectric "Bitters, which did me m .re po.Ki than all the medicine I ever used. They have also kept my wife in excel lent, health for vears She sinvs F"leetrio bitters are 311st splendid for female troubles, t.iat thev are a grand tome and invigotator for weak, run down women No rlniT meoteme can take its ubice in our tarmlv. Trv them, llnlv .-v e. atis fae'ton guaranteed by Arnold Drug Co.. jj-'l North Kansas avenue. City Ticket Office, Union Taciflc jRailroad, 525 Kansas avenue. SNAPSHOTS AT HOME NEWS. I. M. Blitz has gone to New York on business. Rev. C. Henderson preached at Ross ville Sunday. The Warde company will play Mac beth at the Crawford tonight. Today the exposition exhibits are be ing removed from the Auditorium. On February i 'will commence the quarterly payment of pensions at the Topeka pension office. Dr. and Mrs. Vinton will continue the revival services at the First Presbyter ian church tlvte week. The Toiieka Klks will give an old fashioned social session Wednesday night at the club rooms. Capital lodge No. 3 A. O. XT. XV., has arranged to send its degree team to the grand lodge meeting to compete for prizes. Dr. Morton N. Dowler is confined to his bed at his residence, 817 West Tenth avenue, suffering from lung trouble. There is a school teacher at Kskridge by the name of Bayard Taylor, but l.e has not been haL' way across the woild on foot. H. M. Holden, who owns the large Holder, ranch' in the northw estern part of Shawnee county, has offered some o the ranch land for sale. Dr. D. sr. Fisk went to Yankton. S. D., last week to deliver the address at the State university there, the occasion be ing the day of prayer for colleges. Rev. Charles M. Sheldon will lec'ure tonight at the Portsmouth auditorium. In Kansas City, for the benefit of the associated charities of that place. For two Sundays past the liverymen have been doing a good business, with people who want to drive. The country roads are particularly good for this time of the year. Shipp's indoor circus is to appear at the Auditorium on February 23. The features in this show made up the trick animal department in Ringting Bros." circus last summer. The streets and walks committee will meet next Friday to take up the paving petitions which are now on file, and rec ommend certain ones of them to the council for appioval. During the next three days the pay warrants for all the rural mail route c arriers in the state will be -issued by Postmaster John Cuthrie. There are about 673 carriers in the state. The building committee is .-st work upon preliminary plans for the new Central Congregational church build ing. The new building is to cost about $12,000 and will be commenced this year. The Salvation Army leader, Mrs. Captain L. A. P. Blount, will lecture m the senate chamber Thursday even ing on the slums of hondon. Senator Tapp will preside and make a short ad dress on Salvation Army work. A petition for paving on 'Madison street between Second and Third was filed late Saturday afternoon with the city clerk. This is the last petition to get in this year, as the limit on time fixed by the council was February 3. The usual monthly change has beer, made in the membership of the sta-ee; commissioner's force. A lot of men who have been working were laid off, and an equal number of new men put on. This is to give all the "patriots" a chance to serve the city a little. The Lincoln Day club, an organization of Topeka colored people, will hold a big meeting at the Auditorium on the even ing of Thursday. February 12, Lincoln's birthday. Governor Bailey will deliver the address of welcome. Other speak ers are Prof. W. T. Vernon. Dr. M. O. Ricketts of St. Joseph and Nelson Crews of Kansas City. A team belonging: to a. young farmer named Hummert, living twelve miles north of town, ran away on Kansas avenue between Seventh and Kighih streets Saturday afternoon. The horses had been frightened by the slipping of the wagon tongue, w-hicli dropped on the pavement and broke. Hummert I held the animals and stopped them near Seventh street. Evangelist Oliver, who is conducting revival meetings in North Top ka, said in his discourse Saturday night: "If i any body of c hurches like this gets to I gether and determine to do something j the peopile can go and tell the joint ele I ment they will have to go. They can run every jointist out of business without regard for city officials, and make the town a decent city." This evening Charles M. Sheldon will speak before the Associated Charities of Kansas City. Kas. Next Sunday he will pleach at the Warren avenue Con gregational church. Chicago, and on the following evening will give the address at the annual banquet eif the Chicago Congregational club. During his ab sence President Plass of Washburn col lege will have charge of the Centra) church pastoral work. Naval recruits will be examined and entered in the service at the Topeka postoffice for five days commencing to day. A body of recruiting officers have been making: a tour of the middle west and have already stopped at a number of towns through Missouri and Iowa. Some people begia to show age beforo the meridian of life is reached, or thev have lived out half their days. They are prematurely pray, haggard and sickly, i aud seldom free'froni an ache or pain of some description. i Cold feet, chilly sensations, stiffness in i muscles and joints, weak stomach and poor digestion lack of energy, and drows iness, nervousness, etc., show that old age has been reached ahead of I time. Bad blood and weak 1 circulation more often produce these miserable feelings and signs of de i cay than anything else. An inherited taint or poison of some descrip tion is at work in the svs- tem, causing stagnation and unhealthy condition of the blood and this, and not the weight of years, is drag ing you down to an untimely old age and making life a protracted torture. For purifying the blood and toning up the circulation nothing is equal to S. S. S. It removes from the system all the waste matter that has been accumulating for j-ears, and makes the blood rich and pure, stimulates the appetite and digestion, and invigorates the entire body. S. S. S. is a purely vegetable remedy, and the best purifier and tonic for old peo ple, and those who are beginning to show age because of the run down condition of the blood. With rich, pure blood there is no reason why old people should not re tain the happy disposition and buoyant N "S EPlnts ot youtn. I 1 It youhaveacan- x cerous sore,Rheu t "S K" J liiatism.orauv-of v. 1. j- the ailments com mon to old age, write us about it. and our Phvsicians will advise you without charge. Book on Blood and Skin Diseases free. The Swift Specific Co., Atlanta, Sa. Sin a ceneral Prices Cut to Save You Money! Men's $10 to $15 Men's $18, $20, Suits and values are new styles NOW v; ii y 1 MEN'S FINE TROUSERS 4, $4.50, S5 Ol ones all go at choice 75c Negligee Shirts, 75c Stiff Bosom Shirts. 75c 2 attached collar shirts, all patterns- 4111'. tomorrow they go at. V AI III Only Topeka Store Showing New Spring Styles Stetson's Hats. After holding open the recruiting office in Topeka for a short period the offictra will move farther west. The guessing on the number of pins in the Jar that was the Western Woole.i mill booth at the Auditorium has ended. There were 10,181 pins in the jar. The first prize, a ladies' tailor made skirt, was won by Miss Gladys Cunningham of 316 West Gordon street, who guessed 10. ISO. XV. F. Bradshaw captured the second prize, a pair of all wool blankets, with the guess of 10,lt. The third prize, $4 in merchandise at the mill. was awarded to H. N. Gilman, whose guess was 10,170. People living on West Sixth have a scheme for paving the four blocks be tween the end of the brick pavement and the beginning of the" macadam pavement. The residents along this street offer to bear one-third of the ex pense of paving, if the city and county will divide the other two-thirds. This would eive a continuous line of pave ment to Gagejs park. It is doubtful whether the city has the right to go into a combination paving scheme such as this, and it Is still more doubtful whether the council would vote to spend the money even if it had the right. Some repair work will have to be done before long in -order to preserve the Washburn macadam road In any condition of usefulness for the farmers living southwest of town. That part of the road beginning at Boswell avenue at the end of the Washburn car line is in fairly good condition, having be come thoroughly packed and solid and having no deep ruts, but it Is badly in need of leveling in many places where the crushed stone was carried away on muddy wagon wheels before it became settled. It is the short piece of road laid only last year to connect the Washburn pavement with the country road that needs attention most. It has never become packed and is wearing deep into the loose stone already. The city and county bore the cost of this road equally. SAILORS IX KANSAS. Uncle Sam Has Enlisted 413 for His Navy. Captain Berry, of the Tenth infantry, TJ. S. A., commanding officer, has compiled the following table, which shows the com parative number of sailors for the navy who were furnished by Topeka and other Kansas stations during the year ending Dec-ember 31, 1902: AppU- Stations Enlisted. Rejected, cants. Topeka i:i 20 49 Palina 27 22 73 Wichita isa gin 0V2 Kmporift li f-1 Ts Arkansas City 45 IP? 213 Hutchinson 45 77 s! Parsons U 5S 73 Fort Scott 12 2 40 Pittsburg 2rt :K 50 lola 112 39 71 HAD A KOI Gli PASSAGE. The 6fc Paul Had a Stormy Voyage Across the Atlantic. Xew York. Feb. 2. The American liner StT Paul arrived today from Southampton and Cherbourg, having been delayed by ex tremely bad weather. The steamer left Southampton at noon, January 24, and soon after a crack was found in one of the cylinder caps. The defect proved so serious that Captain Jamison decided to have it repaired before proceeding. After a delsy of ten hours the necessary repairs were made and the steamer got under way again. The St. Paul arrived at Cherbourg at 1:47 a. m.. January 25. too late to taks on passengers. She was therefore obliged to wait for daylight, iinally passing out I of the harhor at :ii2 in tne morning. From the channel the steamer ran into .-t..-m.- ..albiii. -M'Vii-H font intiprl witbniit cessation throughout. Heavy southwest and west gales prevailed with south west erlv swells, making a very rough passage. After leaving the quarantine station the St. Paul anchored off Tompkinsville and displayed two black balls, indicating that she was not under command. She re mained at anchor about 20 minutes and started for her pier. Mrs. Nation's Ancestry. The following is from a Kansas City paper: "'Carrie Xation believes she is a de scendant of the Duke of Argyle, at one time a mighty warrior of Scotland. Her claim was made after she inspected a 'print' purchased by her brother, Camp bell A. Moore, a dealer in second hand goods in Kansas City. Kas. The 'print" is a lithograph and it represents a group of Scottish chiefs in council on the banks of a lake. On the lower margin of the 'print' there is a verse of poetry and the names of the chieftains por trayed. In the left hand corner Camp beli. Duke of Argyle. is represented. When the matter was brought to the notice of Carrie Nation she said she knew she had descended from the Duke of Argyle. but that she had refrained from making the fact public because of the fear of adverse criticism." Billiard Tourney Opens. Xew York, Feb. 2. The players enter ed for the tournament for the amateur billiard championship in America, which opens in Brooklyn tonight, includes J. Byron Stark, of Wilkesbarre, Pa., Chas. F. Conklin. of Chicago, the Illinois champion, and clayers from various other states. The opening game will be contested by Conklin and ritark. Western .Fool Player's Work. Xew York Feb. 2. In the sweepstakes pool tournament now in progress i:i Brooklyn, Stofft. the Western champion, stands in first place with six games won and none lost, with Cowboy" Weston in second place, with six won and ore lost. $22.50 Suits and Overcoats The finest, the best Brokaw Bros., Alfred Benjamin Co. and Hart, SchafTner Marx makes NOW I i 1 -x fjtl mi s I -i n f 1 jLniii iii 2.65 now. w J, H lu StifI os?InJ an(! Negligee Shirts, choice of hundreds of elegant shirts-prepare for 75c warm weather too they go lor

f J w i MWW"WH jam TRY 1 SOUT Oklahoma, New Mexico. Texas and Indian Territory are almost the only parts of the west where GOOD LAND IS CHEAP AND CHEAP LAND IS GOOD. Investigate and you will surely invest. The low rates via the Rock Island, Feb. 3 and 17, enable you to look things over at small cost. Ask about them. A. M. A. W. 'IK. I V TRACK WAS TORN UP. Dense Fog Causes a Collision on the Illinois Central. Chicago, Feb. Z Two persons are said to have been killed and thirteen in jured in a freight wreck at Cloverdale. on the Illinois Central, early today. The accident was due to a rear end collision between two sections of a stock train and is supposed to have been occasioned by the dense fog. The track for several hundred feet was torn up and traffic was blocked for several hours. CLARA BARTON WAS ANGRY President Roosevelt Receives a Sar castic Letter. New York, Feb. 2. Replying to the recent letter of the president's secretary, George B. Cortelyou, requesting that public announcement be made that the president of the United States and his cabinet cannot serve as a board of con sultation of the American National Red Cross, Miss Clara Barton, president of the society, has addressed an explana tory letter to President Roosevelt. Referring to article 4 of the constitu tion of the Red Cross providing for a board of consultation, consisting of the president and his cabinet and certain high officers of the army. Miss Barton points out that this provision was fully endorsed by President Arthur and his entire cabinet, and accepted by succeed ing administrations. Continuing. Miss Barton writes: "I recite these facts to you. Mr. President, as an earnest that neither was usurpa tion practiced nor discourtesy Intended in the late needed changes of the article of the constitution. "Thus, Mr. President, If In the con tinuing of your honored name and that of your cabinet In our administration of the Red Cross I have committed an er ror so grave as to merit a reprimand and be required to make an open denial before the world of the privileges I have assumed, the powers I have usurped, the disrespect shown the honored heads of the nation and by unavoidable and deep humiliation thereas. I shall prove my good citizenship by exact and will ing conformity with and obedience to the commands by the publication of your honored letter and such replies as I have been able to make, in order that no misunderstanding of your relations can poFsibly occur." The letter concludes thus: "Trusting that these concessions, faithfully sub mitted, may prove a sufficient notice and guarantee to the public of the discon nection which you desire from the or ganization which I have so long had the pain to conduct. I have the honor to subscribe myself, your obedient country woman, Clara Barton." House Mel on Sunday. Washington, Feb. 2. The house met at noon Sunday for the purpose of pro nouncing eulogies in memory of the late Senator McMillan of Michigan. The speakers were: Mr. Corliss, W. A. Smith. S. W. Smith, Gardner and Henry C. Smith of Michigan; Babcock of Wis consin and Burton of Ohio. At 1:35 o'clock, as a further mark of respect, the house adjourned Strikers Win at Amsterdam. Amsterdam. Feb. 2. At a meeting of 500 strikers here today a communica tion from the transport companies was read acceding to all the demands of the men. The strike is thus ended. Marx rLsjslTii'iorcc i i v 1 V 1 I J THE HWl bSl FULLER, C. P. A., Topeka. LACEY, Tkt. Agt., North Topeka. EDWARD PLANTS TREES. Although Too 111 to Go Visiting at Chatsworth. London. Feb. 2. King Kdward and Queen Alexandra were to have gone on a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire at Chatsworth this after noon, but their departeure was post poned at the last moment, the reason being given that the king was suffering from a feverish cold. He was planting trees at noon and ap peared then to be In excellent health and spirits. COMING DRAMATIC EVENTS. Charles D. Herman and the Warde com pany will produce "Macbeth" tonight at the New Crawford theater. The company made most favorable impressions in "Romeo and Juliet" and "Othello" Satur day, and the extra performance was ar ranged for. The prices are 25, 35, 60, 75 cents and SI. Tomnrrow. "Sidetracked." ',pidetrsckl'' mav be termed a new play this siflsun, with all the different chances Mr. Walter? has made in the play. He has all new scenery and mechanical effects and ftn en tirely new cast with specialties of high order. During the action of the plav ,li Little fierman band and the Section Han't quartette appear, together with other singing and aancing. "Thelma" draws well. There is alreadv a large advance sale for "Thelma.'' at the Xew Crawford Wednesday night. Aiden Benedict announces the production will surpass anyihing he has hitherto of fered theater-goers. "Yon Yonson" on Thursday. Whatev-T mav he the faults of 'nit of every f dialect plays, none of them are apparent in "Yon Yonson." which is to be seen Bt the New Crawford Thursday for one per formance. Manayr 1'. J. Kennedy tig imported a new "Yon" for this season in Nelse Krickson, who is conceded by ail who have seen him in hi native land (Swedeni and Kngland as the biggest hit of all dialect comedians now before the public. That was the reason for the man agerial anxiety to secure his services and the necessity for a trip across the Atlantic to secure his signature to a contract call ing for an American tour. "Are You a Mason?" Ji-h and Harris' comedy triumph. "Are You a Mason?' adapted from the German by I.eo F'iet richsteln. is the attraction at the ."a" Crawford next Saturday, matinee and night. This is the biggest comedy sueeesa of recent years. It is now in its third successful season. The same company which has been playing the comedy during the past two seasons will be seen this vear. It ha made a reputation a one nf the best comedy organisations in the coun try. The sale of seats opens Thursday mornir:. New kind of melodrama. "The Convict's Daughter" will be the attraction at thu New Crawford Sunday night. It is net the usual murderous melodrama and clap trap comedy, but a beautiful storv, we:l told bv a thoroughly competent companv. and shown in a setting of scenic splendor that is seldom ecpialed. Cleans as well as polishes f-'GORHAM. Silver Poo en The most economical in use. Contains no injurious substance. f AH responsible jewelers keep it 15 cents packaga V

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6 TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL MONDAY EVENING, -FEBRUARY' 2, 1003. f& w$ r i! i Wheat Reacts After the Fall of Saturday. Cora (Juiefc and Prices Inclined to Sasr. LIVE STOCK TRADE. Cattle Are Steady Without Change in Trices. Hogs Also Stand in About Same Position. Chicago, Feb. 2. WHEAT-Uvrrponl cables v-r(i higher in the t'acn of a de cline here Sutuniay, and this lact was largely responsible for the strong opening today, May bein up at 77v-it The local crowd, howev-r, as bearish and sold the market down to TTc, l he ufferinifd bring quite liberal, while the, demand was not urg'tnt. Commission houses were the best buytrs early in the day. Minneapolis and X)uhith reported receipts of iij ears, whieh ith local receipts -f 5T. 2 of contraot, made a total tor three points of 6-X cars, ftg-ainst l-.5 cars last week, and Jb9 cars lat i ear. Under the selling-, led by a prominent trader, May declined t 77,'alc, but dur ing the latter part of the session there w as a be V t-r demand, it being rumored that the leading lung was ayatn on the buying side. 'I "ids gave strength to the fc'-tuattnn and the close was n-ai the top at IV -4 :i ;-8e. a gain of ::4aV. after selling up to ;V-e. C KN- "orn was quiet and prices were Inclined to sag alter opening liiin in sym-I'f-ithy with wiu-ut and on smaller receipts than ept!map'd. May was a shade higner at the start at 441. but on lack of sup port dec -lined to 4 ln 'vhC. Ih-h1 recei pts were 3oL cars, with only one of contract grade. Corn was quite firm la to in the dn v on the st re nil in in wheat, but May closed ar low er at 4 !-'c. iA TS cats opened steady was no futures in the trading, tii b u s i ness le i n g ver y light. and there the volume May was ft fad y at otr and there was little change during the lust hour. LiOcal receipts were J4 cars. PROVISIONS Iabernl receips of hogs end lower priees at the yards causal an isier feeling in irovistons at the opening. May pork being down 5''j7Sc at Jii.45 to V4.47tz. May lard was 'S-i-c off at S..r,5, while ribs were T! 2c lower at $'.05. There was a fa ir demand from commission houses for the May products, but the ten dency was toward lower prices. WHF.AT-Cash: No. 2 red. 75fT76c: No. 3 rei, 'i 7.k- No. 2 hard winter. 4c No. 3 do. tiS -t 7-e No. 1 northern spring. 7.-, t ,"o, 2 do., 7'. 7!! 2c No. 3 spring, COKXNo. 2. AZWuAW: No, ATS No. 2. S'..o: No. KIAX "ash: N Mav, l.lilu l.rj'. KY K Ma v. .-V-e. t!A HLKY-Ciusii, 42'7 5c. Tl MOTH V-Keb.. $4.25. CJ-OV lilt Feb.. jii.ru. 3. 41T;4ic "s. W., 51. IS. Kansas City Grain. Furnished by J. E. Gall. Commisstmj, (.Iraiii. Provisions, Cotton and Stock CMfice 1W Vest Sixth street. lVlt phoni ti. Correspondent Christie Grain and Stock Company, Kansas City. Mo Kansas Citv, Feb. 2. Open High Low Close Sat WHEAT May RVg Jlllv (Hj'jr8 Wftn-tt 66-8 COUNT Julv 3v2 Wi r,S 'a-Vi 3S-VV July at Kana ot Pricaj. (Furnished by J. E. Gall, Commissions, Grain, i'rovif ions. Cotton and Stocks, (.(ft ice lit) West Sixth street. Telephone 4Mi. Correspondent Christie Gram and block Company, Kansas City, Mo. Chicago. Feb. 2. Open High Low Close Sat VHEAT- My 7"" TM..', 77' i CorS;-" 71 "VH 7:V, 74V?, May 4J-, -IF 441 i 4)5ll 4.,..; Jn!v 4:;4 4B'4 42"g 4S' 4:i4 OATS -May 3 3'-i duly ;2 '8 :jj;'-4-7a ;;2': ;2r's l;"s Pi 'RK May K i:,-7 52 1H .T 10 In IS 02 JillV lo lti 12 lij e? Iti )i lli 2' LAKD M a v .TV ::s 3s ft 27 9 87- .ImIv S 1.3-17 17 9 12 'J To 22 R 1 US suv :i es n er s ;7 n 02 fi ia July S !5 M 1-5 8 So SU uo Market Gossip. Furnished by the A. C. Goodwin Commis sion Company. 'omrnis'don Merchants and ereceivers a;ui shippers of &rair.. Room No. ft, Columbian building. Inde pendent telephone 70v J Liverpool opening rubles: Wheat, i'a'l higher; corn. 1 sd higher. ijverpool cabies. i :;;i p. m. Wheat, "id liitrht-r; orn, unchanged to '8d higher than fca l urday. Chicai,''! car reelpls: Wheat, B5; graded, i- Corn, .j; graded. 1. outs, XS4: graded, K msas City car receipts today: Wheat, corn, 141: oals. 4H. Same dav' last vear: Wheat. 4:: corn. C.4: oats. 13. Ksrlmated receipts at Kansas City to morrow: Wheat, lot! cars; corn. 274 cars; VisiHe Fupjily chanfres for the wek: Wh. at. tt.i'oil luiphels ileerease; corn, Sfl5. hos.hiu inert ase; oats. 21."j bushels in.-T, ast. Total visible supply: Wheat. 4 447,0otl bush. -is: corn, S.2'.va" busheis; 'oats. 4, 4, ,i....t bushels. N, rhwest reeiipts: Minneapolis. 571 cars; Puluth. tv cars. T.nst year same day: Minneapolis. 142 cars; Puluth. 12S car's. Total. bl: cars, against 27i cars. Chicago: l-'stimated cars ornorrow: Wh"at, 7o; corn, 4!w; oats, 275; hoys, .'Xi0 hi .at. laverpool cl isi'ic cables: Wheat, Vsd I'.iKher; corn, d lower for the day. Cliieato: l'riviet;es good tomorrov.--Miv wheat I'uts. calls. 7S4c: curb. 7v- May corn luts, 44:'sc; calls, 45c; cm b. itv.c Chicago Livestock: Mark'.. Chic.-ico. Feb. 2, CATTLE Receipts. 22, Oiv market steady. Good to prime steers. $4,v'i(5.sr.; poor to medium. $3.'iij4..V: Hookers and feeders, S2.2.Vi 1.5o; cows. $1.40 S4f".; heit.is. J2.e.'.r4.75; runners, il.4-1 l 2.4": bulls. $2 2 ,01 25: calves. $3.5v-i'5.75: Texas fed steers. .-!-5''i! 4.5". H i IS Hi 1 eipts to, lav. 4',iw; tomorrow. 80. "o: left "vr. 6, Market spade to F.e lew.-r. Mix, rind buteh"rs. S.a-foO 75: good to clo -ir.. l,.-avv, $il.v'-i6.'Jo; roorh lunvy. Sf,-,-. 6.T5: light. KiSiiO.&J; bulk cf tale. K 5i",.; To. K ei Receipts. 2.1. Sheep and lan I s. stea-ly to nrn. Good to choice welders. $4.J-'..'5.25; fair to c'toice mixed. .,4.4": w. st, 111 pl-t-e-p. ,r -j 5.' native larebs. $4.4- 6.40; wisl- ni iambs. $4.75 .1 'i.25. Onirial rteiipts and shiprr,.nts for Sat urday: tattle. Il.-gs. Siiee.v F.eee'pts P'5 Ki ,'i7 l.oi'? Shipments 8" 2.3i2 ie7 Et. Louis Livestock Market. St. Louis. Feb. 2 CATTLE Receipts S.sVO. including 2."t-0 Toxans: market eieaJy. Betf. st.-. rs. $4.3".':5.: stocke p and feeders. $2 4.20 and r.eifers. J2.2T.t4.75: Texas steers, $2.' ''i4 S5; cows and hsifers. $2.2'k..3.25. HOGS Receipts ".500: market 5e low--r. Piprs and lights, p packers. J 6 7: botchers. 'Mo. SHEEP p. eeipis I......; ma-ket stro- -4. Natives $3.M :;5.25; lambs, $4.7l'..-6.3''; Tlx lis, R.2."i.i-1.4i). Kansas City Livestock. Kansas Citv, Feb. 2 CATTLE Receipts t.ivJ, includlns M Texans; market steady. Native steers. $3.5K;5.50: Texas and Indian steers, $;i.iX'i4.14: Texas cows, ll'j''.l; native cows and heiters, $1.75'' 4.i: fnock i rs and feeders. $2.TSfi 4.5i: buils. 52.25');.75; calves. $3xa 7.00; western steers, i2.7ao.i.6; western cows. Jl,S0riS.ni. HOGS Receipts 3.1X0: market steady. Kuik of saics. $i',.i5Tiii.75: heavy, Jo.ra'i.sj: packets. $t).2!.'aii.ij5: medium, $'i.tyati.75: liyhr, Jii. 4a6.721Ti; yorkers t51; 6.72; piys, :.J SHKKP-Receipts 2,000: market stronff. MuEtons, 5y: 5.1"; lanbs, $3.u"'fi i.25 rane wethers, Jd.u0.jr4.s5 ewes, J2. ij 'i4. Lj. Chicago Produce iSar's?"- Chicago, Feb. 2. BUTTER Dull, steady. Crtan;et, li., 23c: ciairy, 1d.'i2oc. KeiGS Weak; loss off, cases returned, 2.Uc. t i FESE Steady. Twins, lc: daisies, Ki1 14: c: Young Ameiuas. V6 c. I'KKSSED PaXTl.V-yui.f. tteUdy. Turkejs, 15(xlc; chickens, Siil2lc. Kansas City Produca ittarkst. Kansas City, Feb. 2. WHEAT Receipts, liiij cars. Close-: May, tib'-s'i'e; July, u--Ki. l:-c. Cash: No. 2 hard. t-ufe,c; No. 3, lil't lxj'-4C; No. 4, CKMe-biK.-; rejected, 54ii 57c No. 2 red. cy(,i7ec; No. 3. Ciiac. COKN April, 3.ri4c; Aiay, 3-i1K'irJ4c; July. 3Sc Cash; No. 2 ndxeo, a;mi-c; No. 2 white, 41c: No. 3, 4!ii2c. OATS No. 2 v hite, 36c; No. 2 mixed, 35c. RYE No. 2. 46c HAY" Choice timothy, $13.50; do. prairie. $!t W. Hl'TTER-Creamery, lS'U23c; dairy, 19c. EGGS Fresh, 17c. Wool Market. St. Louis, Feb. 2. WOOL Unchang-ed. Territory unci western mediums, 17.oiyc; line, 13j3lSc; coarse, 131 17c. Cotton Market. New Tork, Feb. 2. COTTON Spot closed quiet. Middling uplands, $y.05; do Gulf, jo.ao. Sales, 4,445 bales. Galevston. Feb. 2. CuXTOJh Market Hi m, i 15-ltic. New York Mousy Markov New York, Feb. 2. MONEY' Money on call easy at 3t4 per cent.: prime mercan tile paper. 4V.u5 per cent.: sterling ex change steady with actual business in bankers' bills at U.d.Sl"a''ai.7 for demand, at 4.83.S75'ii 4.84 for ijo days: posted rates, M.MVi 4A7'2 commercial bills. i-i.SVa-V SILVER Bar silver, 473sc; Mexican dol lars. 37'ic. KONDS Government bonds irregular, dictations: I S. refunding 2s, registered 109 I.'. S. refunding 2s. coupon leu 1". S. 3s, registered l S. 3s. coupon V. S. new 4s. registered? V. S. new 4s. coupon U. S. old 4s, registered T S. oid 4s. coupon..-. V. S. 5s, registered U. S. 5s. coupon li'7 1"? 134 1351-. llo no looi 102-;., Ex-interet. Range of Prices on Stock. Fu-nlshed by J. E. Gall, Commissions. Grain, Provisions. Cotton and Stocks. Office 110 West Sixth street. Telephone 46. Correspondent Christie Grain and Stock Company, Kansas City, .Mo. New York. Feb. 2. Op'n Hierh Low Cl'se Sat J2fB li-i 12S7 12 145H 145W 145 1451, 14M, Sitcrar Illinois Central People's Gas O. A., com Amal. Copper B. R. T T. C. 1 I". S. Steel V. S. Steel pfd. Atchison, com Atchison, pfd Great Western St. Paul R. I., com Wabash, com Wabash, pfd Mo. Pacific Manhattan Western Union Texas Pacific So. Pacific N. Y. Central Reading Erie Southern Rly. t.'nion Pacific C. O B. O U N Pennsylvania Katy Eeather C. F. I Erie. 1st pfd Ji'l 104 l'O UN's 351, 3-T'4 r.7:- e'i K24 Si-S 'n"a B7ii Hi 371. 37 !s.?s 87U W-g S7 S72 S7 W l"0i 87 87: 1C-" 2 I". '4 2-.1-, 17S1-4 177 17MB 177 4K 47U 477, 471--3ii 2!n.. 31,1. -k,!.. 177 47 44r- 45"k 44'g 4514 44 lll'-4 112's HI1 HUa 111 144-i, 1444 1441-4 14434 144M- SSi l4 S!i 4W-s a" 40 40 S Ms MH 134 150'i, 151 150 151 i l.W-i. 61 V4 62 61 62 61 40! j 41l2 HS 41 41'- 35 S 3r, S6 i"M 101 i' im iii 51 H K'V "lb, 52 51 S 100 101 UK 101 10OV 126 iy. 12G liilH 150 1504 14H 141 e,s 151 b" 12 74 71 12, 12 71 71 12 74 12', 74V4 71 i Ex-dividend, 3 tier cent. Sugar and Cofiee Market. New York. Feb. 2. SUGAR Raw nom inal. Fair refining. 3 3-ltc; centrifugal. Si te&t. 3 ll-bic; molasses sugar. 3c. Retlned, quiet. Crushed, $5.35; powdered, $4.S5; granulated. $4.75. COFFE K Quiet No. 7 Rio, 5c. MOLASSES Quiet. lopeica Maria;. Topeka, Feb. 2 HEAVY RdOJH LIGHT FIGS ST K ICRS cows HEIFERS BULLS LIGHT HEAVY .$6.40ifi.r,i f.2r'li'.4. o.u.Voi; 25 j 4.5irii5.5,J 1 CATTLE. .$.1.i'i'fr4.25 2.5i.rfi:i 2.jii'u3.25 2.50&2.7j VEAL CALVES. .$3.00fi 4.00 2.75'a3.20 GRAIN. NO. 2 NEW WHEAT 6)q NO. 3 NEW WHEAT !a NEW COKN 34-: NO. 2 OATS 30a NO- 3 OATS 2c FRUITS AND VEGETABLES. Furnished by W. O. Anderson it Co., 219 KaiiEda avenue. ORANGES California Washington na vei. best sizes. $2.6eij2.75: extra choice, $2.50; off sizc-s, $2.25ii2.oo; California budded fruit. $2 Cfj. LEMONS California, 3tt size, $2.50? 3.1.'. GRAPES Malaga, owing to quality, J5.5s yti.oo per bbl. BANANAS Lower; 3c per lb., and run ning from $1.5i'2.00 per bunch. AI'I'LES Quotations per barrel: Jotia thans, $4. 'Xi; Roman Beautv, $.'i.5l"i4.'X): Winesaps, S3.0'O3.75: Ben Davis, $2.75 '13. 00; Missouri Pippins, $B.0o; York Imperials, $o.f"ii3.;'J. STRAWBERRIES A few nice Texas strawherries. ?5.i' per 24-quart case TABLE POTATOES Kaw Valley, 45o per bu.: Minnesota Burbanks, 65e: Min nesota Rural. 65c: Colorado Feari, 6Si.7-X:; CtMorado Rural. 72'-i75c. SWEET POTATOES 65c per tu. VEGETABLES. CABBAGE Wisconsin Holland, $1.25 per 10" ,bs. ONIONS Spanish onions, $1.75 per crate; Kansas gro-wn. 75c per bu.; Wisconsin red elobe, $1-00 per bu. OYSTERS New York count, 40c per can; extra select. 35c per can; standard, 25c per can; bulk standard, per gallon, il.25: bulk, extra, select, $1.60 per gallon. CELERY California blue ribbon. 50c per doz.; California jumbo, 70c per doz CRANBERRIES Ji rseys. $n.5'iy 12.00 pe; 'ibl. per standard box. $4. 1.25. HICKORY NUTS $1.00 per bu. "KCAX3 Unpolished. 6c lb.; polished c lb. DATES Fair, 4t-55c lb.; Fard, SSSVio tier lb. CO l'O AN UTS $3.50 per sack; 50c per dozen. RADISH ES Texas radishes. 25j35c per lozen b'inches; Texas green onions, 25c per tioz-n bunches iir ,vi.-v ,-.i..-i.l lA.raflr li 1 1 r.n, r.ij'j POULTRY BUTTE R Country, 1 3 c EGGS Case count. 18c. POULTRY Hens. 7!:(c lb.; roasters, 15o each: ducks. 7rtc lb.: geese. 6c lb.: turkeys, 11'vC lb.; live spring chickens, 71-c lb. HAY. r-RATP.TF. HAY Br car $5.50ixf .A Pn-IRIF HAY Br ton (baled).. 6.i'i ''nATPTT: PAT (loose) 5. ,;i ALFALFA HAY By lead, per ton .i.fk. a t a 7 -r -ei AY Baied. p-..r ton. le.i' jTIAV ne- tor: :V v-ry dull. 1. c ,-i Jrx d Pricts pai'i in Top-Kr. li O". i sto' i.,.o' ati ns rr-l FN SALT CURED NO CV.EEN SALT CURED NO. No. 1 TALLOW 1.... ...S-V: ...5ye ST0RL1S Ground IIo Had No Trouble to See Shadow. Tradition Says This Cleans Six Wfeks' Bad Weather. WHAT PKOVERJJS SAY. Nearly All Arpe on the Future Condition of Elements. Government Starts Out With Promise of Hain or Snow. According to the official proverbs com piled by the United States weather bu reau, this is Candlemas, or ground hog day. The proverb for the day is print ed in the book, as a translation from the German, as follows: "If on Candle mas day, February 2, it is bright and clear the ground ho will stay in its den, thus indicating that more snow and cold are to come; but if it snows or rain he will creea out, as the winter has ended." BAD DAY FOR THE GROUND HOG. Director Jennings says he places no faith in this proverb but today he was willing to admit that he expected some severe weather in the next few weeks. It seems, according to the book of pro verbs, that February 2 has a good deal to do with the weather. Page S4 is giv en up to things that happen today which govern some days to come. February is first referred to as "dou ble faced." Then comes the assurance, "Violent winds in February herald a j fertile year." Those who raise flax may 1 take this as absolutely true. "February 2 bright and clear gives a good tlax i year." Here's a bunch to pick from: 1 "If the ground bog is sunning himself rt on the 2d of February he will return for four weeks to his winter quarters again. St. Dorothea, the tith. gives the most snow. When the cat in February lies In the sun, site will again creep behind the stove in March. When the north wind does not blow in February, it will surely come in March." Another pleas ant assertion is, "If February gives snow a fine summer it doth foreshow." Those who absolutely believe in the ground hog must take the following into consideration: "There is always one 1 fine week in February." Those who like to swear at the elements will find justi fication for a few expletives in this, "Of all the months of the year, curse a fair February." The Germans score with another proverb as follows, "Heavy north winds in February forebode a fruitful year." The geese and sheep get into the proverbs as follows: "If on the 2nd of February the goose finds it wet. then the sheep will have grass on March To counterbalance that is the follow- 1 ing: hen drops hang on the fenc on the 2nd of February, icicles will hang there on the 25th of March." Look out for thunder "for every thunder with rain in February there will be a cold spell in May." Th'1 French have contributed the fol lowing to the literature on proverbs: "February rain is only good to fill ditches." It is also said that "Febru ary makes a bridge and March breaks A. 1 J,e ntMi-ei- ior me 1uom.11 enus Willi the following: February doth cut and shear. February fill dike. fie it black or bo it white. Hut if it be white It's the better to like." Another assurances is: "Where tlip wind is on Candlemas day there it will stick til! the end of May." The Scots get in with a pro erb that will relate to Sunday's mild temperature. It is, "Who doffs his coat on winter's day will gladly put It on in May." If anyone knows whit the Irish mean by this they will know what to expect. "A haw ye-ar a braw year," ftnd the eots say. "A haw year a snaw year." The proverbs must have been for a warm January, for the month just end ed was mild The mean temperature for the month of Januarw was 31.2. There have been warmer Januarys, according to Iurector Jennings' tables. The warm- est January for seventeen rears was in jj-.-v, 1" I in'. I'lvnM l-Hl TldlUIC nan 34.1 ...ti.uni iniu a mean lempei ature ot 32.4. January. IKS', a mean temperature of 31.7 and January, 1901, a mean temperature of 33.3. The cold est January on record was in 1SSS when the mean temperature was 17. That month the thermometer hung around 20 degrees below for several days. The coldest record for a-day in January was in 185:2. when the mercury reached 23 degree below zero. The highest ever recorded In January was in ISM, when the thermometer registered 70 degrees. For last January the rain and snow measured 44-100 of an inch. The highest temperature was :8 on the 6th and the lowest zero on the 12th. The wettest January was in 18P1 when the crecini tation amounted to 2.58 inches. The ground hog will begin immediate ly to control the elements. He saw his shadow this morning and immediately the following forecast was sent out by the weather bureau: "Snow or rain to night and Tuesday." The wind this morning was north blowing ten miles an hour. The rain or snow is expected to come in from the northwest. The hourly temperatures l'coi'ieu inuiiy were follows: o'clock 26 11 o'clock 27 S o'clock 9 o'clock 10 o'clock 12 o'c'ock. 1 o'i lock 2 o'clock... ..28 ...29 ..31 MEET ON Tl ESDAY. Prominent CH'zeni Will Then cuss Prcpc5?.i TJniverstty. Die. A r.ie'ing i- to b- re-13 T es lay even-e.-:-h jn .u :r .e s 0, .p.rt in t r. Dr. J. 1 fson. Pr. T A. J. E. Min Dr. A. S. rev. P. Ea.bree. I. Eonebrake, and LITTLE TO BE DONE. (Continued from First Faae.) first season and Mary Anderson the remainder. Mary was 19 years old at that time. Robert Downing was re sponsible utility man, and Cyril Searle. George C. Boniface and Louis James bad leading parts; We played one night at Baltimore before the emperor at.d empress of Brazil. I accompanied Mary Anderson on a tour of the south and we took in all the bis southern towns. She was a southern girl and re ceived an ovation everywhere. I re member at the close of a matinee in Savannah the women of the town form ed in two lines two blocks long and she passed down the center and shook hands with every one. She was a great actress and n fi-e woman. Her private life shows that." In 1878 Mr. Barnd's throat gave out so that he was compelled to leave the stage. Otherwise he says he would have kept at it, as he liked the work. He went back to Findlay, Ohio, for a time and then came 10 Kansas. He had read many glowing descriptions of Ness county and determined to go there, but 1 he left his family with friends at Con- j cordia until he could get a house built for them. That part of the state was extremely new in those days and houses of any description were few and far 1 apart. Two other young men who had come with him were going to Wichita and he accompanied them, and they de termined to tramp overland to Ness county and haul their few belongings on a sled by hand, as it was widwlnter and the ground was covered with snow. Their sled was a big coffee box with runners under it, and in it they carried a small tent, some blankets and pro visions. Sometimes they got a chance to sleep In dugouts and sometimes they had to camp out and nearly perished. Mr. Barnd froze his feet so badly that he could not get along without help from the others. Their first night in Ness county they slept in a shack four teen feet square with twelve others. The three took claims in the south west part of Ness county. Settlers were very few and the nearest postoffice was 13 miles away, so six settlers petitioned the government for an office of their own but the government established it only on condition that it should be self-sustaining. Barnd t arred the mail, making the trip to the nearest office, 13 miles away, once a week on foot. The first three months the settlers guaranteed him 25 cents a trip, but after that he got a dollar a trip. Mr. Barnd got a sod house built and brought on his fam ily. They went through the usual hard- snips ot pioneering until Barnd was elected probate judge of the county. Up to tnat time the family had nothing' 111 the way of furniture in their sod house except crude chairs and bedsteads made from willow poles and a home-made ta ble. Then the boom came on and like many another Kansas man Mr. Barnd "got "rich." He figured that he was worth $30,000 at one time, but his wealth didn't keep up that figure. Still ne now owns a stone business block in Ness City in which he runs an opera house, and the Ness City News. In writing to his paper concerning the senatorial election Mr. Barnd says: "The principal work of the law-makers the second week, was piling up the nothing they had accomplished the week previous, the only variation being that a bill was passed enabling the members and employes to draw a por tion of their hard-earned and toll stained salaries. The most important job, and the., one. that has occupied al most the entire attentfon of the legis lature since it assembled and even s"me weeks before wan choosing a senator. And the fellows who attended the sessions really imagined they had something to do with the business. But they were mistaken. "They occupied no more important posi tion In the game than the pieces upon the checker board. Two or three persons per haps half a dozen simply used the mem bers as does the player of checkers, and the ones who made the best combinations won the game. When it was over the pieces were unceremoniouslv brushed to one side, and in all probability will not be them for another contest. The caucuses rnougnt 01 again until the players need Tuesday and Wednesday evening were the merest blinds to- make the boys feel good and believe with the fly that they were the power that made the wheel go 'round." F I K E A T -E X T EKPKISE. HoSman Elevator la Destroyed With Contents. Enterprise. Kas., Feb. 2. Fire was discovered Saturday in the Hoffman elevator located on the north bank of the river. A stiff breeze from the south fanned the blaze and in a short time the $10,000 building and machinery were a total loss. There was about $1,500 worth of corn and other grain burned. The fire is thought to have been caused by the electric motor and as the waterworks pipe does not extend to the north side there was no means of fight ing the lire. There was $4,000 insurance on the building. New Xor'i Stock Now York. Feb. 2. Wall Street STOCKS The feature at Ihe-oneniiiK of the stock i market was the heavy dealings in Penn sylvania and in the convertible 3 per cent, bonds, induced by the putting' for i ward of Ihe date of privilege of conversion i of the latter. First sales of Pennsylvania I were ol 120, Ojio shares at lrH.ftlfA com pared with 151 on Saturday. The con- I '.rrt",'f "na n;?nea with a block ot "J1, L .aS':!V, JL ..T.h.e it I M'ic TTirl Q-.1-, Vr.n'.io'.n ciilvnn.Ll 11. nut the price cnarges otherwise were small and miite evenly divided between gains and looses. Bull operators took advantage of the small offerings nnd bid up several leade-rs a egl essi vely for e ffect on the general mar ket. Delaware and Hudson led off with a rise of 2r'S, followed by People's Gas with a g'dn of ly- Prices hardened a fraction all around and leading speculative favorites rose over Saturday's close, after which the demand slackened. An advance in the Eries was followed by a more active lreirket than for several weeks. Erie rose IS. the hrst preferred 1M and the second preferred 2r. Gains reached 1 to l1 in St. Paul. Southern Ra cine. Missouri Pacifi the abash, Ateh- 1 ln. Canadian Pacifi North western and I .-yew 1 on. c entral. rensiania tominuu I active witl.iu a fractional range above the lowest. Among the yrwlnlti-s Amalga mated Copper. Sloss Sheffield and Ice pre--. f erri d riir,- a point. Metropr lit a n Street i railway piM. Chicago Union Traction f il sharply 1.,. East ".veeV's resistance of th mario-t to pressure and the freer supply of 1,'anable m in y prompted the bull dem- ons'ration. The marict uai quiet and lower at noon P, nnsy!v;:nia fell b"low 150 -nd Suirar fell off a point. Dealings in Per.nsvlvania convertible 3i.2 made up the --ost of the bond market. They reacted i from the best. Stocks did rit sag much as the demand was goo-i on the decline :mrl rallies quick ly resulted. In a nunber of instances prici s. advanced above the meaning level and several new stocks came into promi nence. I nion Piu-i'io. Onta-io and West ern and Amaie'amated trainid oer a p iint each, while Gere-al Eirct-ic fell 2!,. The Fries were bonerht hea-ip-. but did n vfirv much, while P. nnsd-ania remained heavy nt the low.st T'-adit w as al- r'- li' less. Rock Is bind o'-i rrel -n-l T-te'to. St. Ivouis nil Wr-rtr-m oref rr -1 'reed V?nH Pe e Tprenet' lewt 2' it;' Tot- '"national Pmv r f.:'. re were -ot ,0 heav- rl.elitgs in Pe-e1-'e.-.- et nn "'Iva-rP r f a point. Amnle-i-: fted trvrirri PS. P"!"- CrOO-'s if- ferred nnd Anacond." rose 2 and Louisville and Chicngro and ,"t 'n a po;nt. Icka-?-nnnn droptied 2. The advances were not fully h-id, and the closins waa inx-sular. OW ABOUT JO! Washington Speculating Con cerning Senatorial Patronage. Supposed That Jlr. Long Will Distribute GfTices. MR. BURTON'S POSITION President May Change His Slind About Ignoring Him. If He Doesn't Mr. Long Will Have It All. Washington, Feb. 2. There is con siderable speculation here as to just what federal patronage will fall to the lot of the new senator from Kansas. As is well understood Senator Burton's re lations with the president since his ac tion in the Cuban reciprocity matter last winter have not been of such a j character as to enable him to get any- j where so far as federal patronage is j concerned. Aside from one big appoint ment, that of commissioner of pensions, which was a personal matter with the j president, no big federal plums have have gone to the state. But the elec- tion of a new senator, who is o;r most cordial terms with the administration, has revived the hopas of the office seek- j ers and speculation as to what the new senator will be able to do. j In this connection it is interesting to consider the practice usually followed in the matter of federal patronage where a division is made between two senators from the same state. This practice may, or may not, be followed in the case of Kansas, depending altogether on wheth er the president adheres to his determi nation not to recogfiize the claims of the senior senator from Kansas. Last win ter the Dresident said he would no long er recognize Mr. Burton in the distribu tion of offices, but Mr. Roosevelt has been known to change his mind, and it is one of his characteristics thai he cannot bear a grudge against anyone over night. In the case of Mr. Burton, he may relent or he may not relent. If he does, the offices of course will be di vided in the usual way, but if he does not, it goes without saying (.hat Mr. Long will control the federal patronage of Kansas. As there is no way in which to ascertain what is going on in the presidential mind, any statement as to what he will do can be nothing more than mere conjecture. Ordinarily m the distribution of the big federal appointments, the senior senator is made the referee. In the case of the Kansas senators, however, the consideration of seniority would not cut much figure owing to the slight di ferences there will be in the length of their senatorial services. Usually, ;f his relations with the junior senator are friendly, he is able to agree with him on a division of the offices, and their re commendations are thus made harmon ious. But if they cannot agree all things being eaual, the senior senator'3 recommendations carry the most weight with the appointing power. After th big plums are disposed cf, each senator looks out for himself, and secures for his constituents as many minor posit ions as he can. The minor positions consist o places in the consular, Indian and other departmental services. But as has been said, the Kansas situation is somewhat anomaous. Whether this procedure is following depends altogeth er on the attitude which the president assumes toward Senator Burton, and nobody but the president knows what that will be. Even assuming, however, that the president proposes to gire each of them equal recognition, it is probable that for awhile Mr. Long will be afforded on opportunity to name most of the ap pointees to the federal places which are alioted to Kansas. In conceding this much to Mr. Long, the president would be doing the only fair- thing, because the regular federal appointments in Kansas have all been made. Senator Burton filled the offices, more or les. to his satisfaction, during last winter. As Senator Burtonha8 already been ac corded this recognition, it is only fair to assume that Mr. Long will be 'avered until the patronage is adjusted. In this connection it may be added that too much should not be expected of Mr. Long. This administration be lieves thoroughly in the merit system, and racancies are few and far between. No man is removed except for cause. Congress creates comparatively few new offices. Government officials seldom die and never resign. The outlook, therefore, is not very encouraging to those Kansans who expect to fall into fat government jobs through political preferment. All that any senator can do Mr. Long will be able to do, hut he cannot produce vacancies which do not exist, nor create new offices off hand. If these facts are borne in mind it may help to take the keen edge off the dis appointment of a lot of aspirants for places. In the present fight in the senate, both of the Kansas senators are lined up with the advocates of statehood. The general belief here is that the senators who are conducting the filibuster against the statehood bill will be suc cessful, but Senator Burton does not think so. "The bill certainly will pass the senate in some, form." he said to the corre spondent of the State Journal today. "It may be necessary to resort to a com promise in the end. but that the meas ure will finally pass I feel assured. By a compromise I mean that it may be come necessary to so modify the bill as to admit Arizona and New Mexico as one state and Oklahoma as one state, granting statehood to the Indian Ter ritory at some future time. I do not favor this plan as the best solution of the problem, because I think the bill should become a law in its present form, but I would be willing to vote for such an amendment if it seemed ad visable in order to insure the admission of the territories. "So far as I am able to learn, the whole west is for the bill. Certainly the Republican party is pledged to pass it. The territories are entitled to state hood. It seems to me that there is no excuse for the filibuster." Senator Burton says he will not make any speech on the subject, but will sim plv continue to give the bill his earnest support. There are large numbers of former Kansans in all of the territories affected, and they are importuning the Kansas senators to see to it tnat the measure becomes a law at this session of congress. Over at the pension office they have started a boom for Eugene Ware for congress. The story has gained cur- i rency there that Mr. Ware will try to j "ucceed to Mr. Long's seat. Just how Mr. Ware is going to get into the con I gressional race in the Seventh district, 'nd still maintain his residence in the First district, they do rot explain, but they do not permit themselves to be embarrassed by these trifles. There is no doubt that there are a number of clerks in the pension bureau who would like to see Mr. Ware go to congress. They &o not like his discipline. One of these not over enthusiastic admirers of Mr. Ware may have started the story, but it has spread all over the bureau and is the chief topic of conversation. It may be that the clerk who started the boom expects that Mr. Ware will try to succeed Charles Curtis in congress. Senator Gallinger, chairman of tha senate committee on pensions, has given notice that no more private bills will be reported from his committee at this ses sion of congress. This means that any Kansas bills which are not now 0:1 the senate calendar will have to go over un til another congress. Of course any bills which are sent over from the house will be passed by the senate, but no more of them will originate in the sen ate committee during this congress. It is probable that the chairman of the house committee will make a similn announcement soon, and thus shut off any further pension legislation between now and adjournment. The great press of public business in both houses is re sponsible for this action. Judge T. F. Garver, of Topeka, has been in Washington for several days, arguing a case in the supreme court growing out of the Cross bank failure at Emporia. He has returned to To peka. Kansas Republicans here are indulg ing in considerable criticism of Gover nor Bailey and the state legislature on account of the refusal to endorse Sena tor Harris for a place on the isthmian canal commission. It is pointed out that this place is the only one Kansas could expect to procure on the comm'ssion, and that it would have been a creditable thing for the governor and the legisla ture to do without in the least interfer ing with the aspirations of any Repub lican candidate. They think the gover nor and the legislature overlooked an opportunity to teach the oppos'tion a lesson in generosity. Senator Harris probably will be appointed anyway. There is no candidate for the place whose endorsements and qualifications are half so strong. Senator Burton may not speak at In dianapolis on February 12. as has been announced. Before being asked to go to Indianapolis he had practically promised to address the Marquette club of Chicago, on the evening of February 12, and feels tha&the latter city has the strongest claim upon him. Senator Burton was to have spoken in Baltimore at the twenty-second annual banquet of the Merchants' and Manufacturers' association, but was un able to get away from Washington. All of the Kansas congressmen ho were candidates for the senate, including Senator-elect Long. have returned to Washington and Kansas is now fully rep resented at the capital for almost the first time this session. Representative Scott, who went to Kansas to attend the Kan sas Day banquet, is expected to return to Washington today. Representative Scott will amend his bill authorizing the construction of a dam across the Kansas river at Topeka, grant ing the franchise to the Topeka Commer cial club. The bill as it now stands gives the privilege to the Chicago-Topoka Heat. Light and Power company, the corpora tion which proposed to build a dam, across the river years ago. TO PROVE AN ALIBI. Sisters of Stoltzman Swear De fendant Was at Home. Fort Scott, Kan., Feb. 2. The de fense put on some of their best wit nesses Saturday for the purpose of proving an alibi. The two sisters and the father of the accused young man were put on the stand. The two young ladies testified that Willie had been home all that night that the murder was committed and o.ie of them testi fied that she did not sleep any that night and she could hare heard Willie if he had went out. It was given out by the atorneys for the defense that the young prisoner himself will not take the stand in his own behalf. It was thought at the first of the trial that he would be put upon the stand. One witness testified to seeing a light in the Morrison store at 4:15 in the morning. Every time Willie Stoltzman is taken to. and from the court room there ia a regular stampede among the girls and women to either shake hands with him or get a glimpse of him. Willie is a fine looking young man, and this, together with tiie sympathy that is always with a bov who is accused of an atrocious mur der, makes him popular. Just now it is believed that, should a jury of women be empaneled to try this case, they would acquit him on the first ballot. Saturday it was almost impossible to get the pris. oner back to jail after the session had been adjourned. The boy has a polite bow and smile for everyone, and is eager to shake hands with all those who accost him. BScChesney's Great Race. New Orleans, La., Feb. 2. If there is a better horse on this side of the water than McOhesney, the 5,000 people who saw the splendid chestnut pick up 132 pounds, overcome all manner of bad racing luck and capture the rich Mer chants' handicap Saturday afternoon don't believe it. The Merchants' han dicap is one of the richest all-ar;ed stakes of the meeting. It was worth just $2.1tj0 to the winner. There were twelve starters, with McChesney and Scotch Plaid coupled in the betting at even money. With Scotch Plaid out, the betting would have been the same. Old. Hutch was the second choice at 9 to 2. with Harry New at eight. Har ris at tens, and Flintiock and Telamon at fifteens. Durnell Herz despite the house and lot McChesney was asked to carry, played him heavily. The east ern contingent strung theirs with Old Hutch, which looked to be nicely in with 111 pounds. Hargis had support ers, and so did Harry. New, while Tel amon had not a few friends. Thompson's Small Fortune. New York, Feb. 2. Illustration of the uncertainty of the financial rating of those who follow the making of books at race tracks is given bythedis covery that the late Charles H.Thomp son, better known in sporting circles as "Butch" Thompson, left an estate of only $110,000. During his life Butch Thompson was supposed to be worth between $400,000 and $5ri,000. H- was said to be worth more than that in the days when he was the proprietor of a poolroom in the Wrhite Elephant, at Broadway and Thirty-first street. Thompson died August 19. 1902. In Sar atoga, rnd it was not until Friday the-t his strong; box in the vaults of the Fi delity Deposit company was opened. In it there were miscellaneous securi ties and a b--Hr)0k, in all represent ing about $110,000. Queen Helena Blade an Exception. Rome, Feb. 2. At Ambassador Myer's request. Queen Helena making an ex ception in this case, as her majesty is in mourning for her grandmother, received In private audience Mis Carow, the sister-in-law of President Roosevelt. The queen was very gracious and expressed a great liking for America. Gen. Mi'.es "Visits th Kin"-. j London, Feb. 2. General Miles was the guest of the king and queen at dln ner at Windsor castle last night. The I Prince and Princess of Wales and others were among the party. King j Edward is in good health- seep. bya tiovia: He Compares Legislature With Old Time Organization. Then Only One Sergeant at Arms Was Ilequired. jIR. ADAMS' XEW BILL It ProTides for a Brand Sew Industry. Would Also 15rand Food Articles W ith Proper Title. In days of old When nighls were cold And fuel hard to reap, To Uode. the storm And makes things warm the legislature of the territory of Kansas was wont to assemble and make up a batch of laws. That was quite awhile ago. They used an entirely different system then. One page was a luxury. Now there are enough of them to make a quarto vol ume. One sergeant at arms, wearing.a j shotgun, two six-shooters and a group ui ouin x aui w nisKers, was suincient to 4' 1 THE LONE SEROKANT-i.r-ARMS. keep peace or do a side line as coroner and undertaker. He also held the keys and let the members in by password, leaning his shotgun against the wall in a careless way the while. At the pres ent writing some four dozen doorkeepers are employed to guard the four or five doors. Our forebears did not realize the crying need for four dozen house con stables. There was only one door to their meeting place, and the windows were barricaded. The sentle zephyrs played pingpnng through the almost tropic growth of verdure on the faces of the members because they had not discovered the usefulness of a superin tendent of ventilation. The ancient members contracted croup, cholera and bronchitis by sitting in a draft during the grim days when they were making laws which had a great advantage over the ones made during the present age, that of originality. What would the composite spook of the first Kansas legislature think if it should wander, some night, through the rooms up against and adjacent to the. house of representatives, and there dis- THE GHOST IS SURPRISED. cover the Pay Roll! The Shade wouH think it had what is commonly termed the batty belfry, and eschew the eth ereal demijohn forever. Representative "Bun" Adams of But ler county has an idea. His associates have suggested all kinds of cures and remedies, and urged him to take some thing before the idea gets to be a chron ic affair, but he heeds them not. His idea is a county lard factory, where swine, which chance to meet death at the hands of cholera, heat, overwork, or anything except the legitimate transfer administered by the butcher, shall not be a total loss and a blot on the fair landscape, a befouler of good atmos phere and a disgrace to grim death. With such a factory centrally located I in a secluded spot, says Mr. Adams, the poor farmer would not have to bid a tearful farewell to his deceased swine after hauling him out in the ravine. He haul it to the refinery, where it would be converted into wholesome lard, suit able for axle grease or toilet soap. The dishonest dealer in grease, says Mr. Adams, could be prevented from selling the product of the pig mill for butter by forcing him to brand his tubs with the following legend. "I'nfit for Food.' This would necesslta.te the transfer of the greasp to iinoiner receptacle oeiore u. lu'uu uf useu as a pancane iiiniii am. Mr. Adams has placed on the market a certain document, commonly called a bill, which tells the bow, why and where of his idea, and it is up to the house to think it over. Wreck Near Paolo. Paola. Kan., Feb. 2. In the St. Louis San Francisco freight wreck which occurred three miles north of here at about 10:30 o'clock Saturday night, En gineer K. C. ltERsdale of Kansas City was killed and the fireman and' a brake-man we ye slightly injured. The train, southbound, ran through an open switch. The whole train was ditched. The wreckage caught fire and in a short time twelve cars loaded with meat, lard and merchandise were burned. The wrecking crew was soon on the scene and the search for the en gineer was begun. His body, terribly burned, was found under the engine. Sharkey-Munroe Match. New York, Feb. 2. Tom Sharkey and Jack Munroe, the Butte boxer, are to meet Tuesday to talk over the con ditions of their coming fight, and pos sibly to sign articles. The boxers had agreed to meet yesterday, but neither Munroe nor his manager, Clark Ball put in an appearance. The Butte box er Is playing ir Philadelphia this week, j and so asked to have the meeting post I poned, y4 1 m

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TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL, MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 2, 1903. 7 DID.TT REACH TOPEKA.; ih Texan Stranded in Kansas City. A Cr r. A ;r Mr. en" iu.-t :x i T:. an i War ie .urtain ar.I h. but a u d-tr: r.f :n Kar.-a -i cr an e i. ome 1 i It C::y A ifc r at tr.-- lor i i:rt r.r'od. "r y t e c ir;: -in y T h e z- z Ta: u '.v,-j.; an a. ii- to see an-i "'"--'y '.i- I .hat ik tr. v-rv r r-V' I" h;- i te uuai r.- e of a -irar- i "rhi h Crew Brought to Lani. "1

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a -.a:j. n. v r -a w:- z r r c f h ba-.'e dr-'v cur toud': w e i ke ta or bo save the birds. People Evidently Becoming Aroused to 2 acea:ty. I w-uld 5em a. though the p v p 1 e. f Marias are b.-omi.nr arousal to the r.--c-r?i:y of the protection of bird? and sr urn-1. Thrre hu's ben mor hiii.s in-'.iu.-i i r.M the legislature coverT.gr rr: mat-ar fhnn on any other on suo j At l-ast ten bills for th protec- t :o n o C b rd a have been int rod -joed la 'V'-rnor Ballsy rod.iv received a I-t-r--r on tr.e sr.jr-t from a ma a T-vho for-r.i---riy held j, hi:h stare office. He says t.--vU th-3 mueetion nC rhe bird. mans i Tt'ar 'i to the farmers of the state ;n th prt'Un of grr.wiier crops from rue tire inject.?. In hi letter he ert v "In r rr.e parts of th ?tat- the farm- fr ar r.si'i-ra'oty damaged very r,:ar by zr;i5hopp-rs. chine a bugs, the ty and other grram dsrroyins ir.---c-.. K.-p"''iAl;y is this tm- of o j-r1' -m Kj.r.?ai. Tr-ere toe farm r r a v s r d keenly. In pome r-;."ij"r'r.',i"iiis th-y have almost en-rt--ly t''rp;-d raisins: sr:a!l arrain on account ot thtrse destructive pets. c; rlrne ajo, perr.aps a year or rv- "f3, F read a tat-m-'-nt t the effect t r"-1 if re p rr'f rs tn our sts-3 ir.ir -r?;ry rad killed a quad in the -vmr-jz". a n 1 upon examination of ir.s rrop r. f 'ind over on tb'-u?ar.l U,- r. r. a t b a d been d e v o u rd during tii day. N'--'1' rh.t b f1:5. I heh.'i it "tl'.s til- Wi rj pr rctiri r; everv ;T" -.i" a'-d "'r:;;1: or-du''-r In r.h tit-. e:rTiiv cv pr'"t--ctin;f the bird.. -vernj vi --la'T F t-'"Vt grti.sr to prvr.t rne '";;i:irif k;'h-;ir i h;ri .:a m 1 f;irm. in-1 r:i,ir. c tci-v framer:; ha1-3 :-'rc, :r -,3 '"-j krr.w th' hird cannot iv r 1 ra-;. an! othr f.rn? rr -!:r;iw t.vr Tf ne -Ta;! c- "3';- ,1 rr'-ar.'i injects in a jirgw f i-t :i farm wi ;'d d d;ri r h,j w:i-'"e in-m"'" "vidntiv tnnt r-.i3. 1 0', r-! .irl i r pr-Htinn. r ir--s-"--' t'"- h 1 J fnrnih ed thm f'-"- tii.at r and r trust yon wi'.! sti- t--t r r"1-1 a tr-re. r-r t-" the pr-.pr ''T.T.::t:- ther-3" f th i m'"-rta noe -J n- -,ti a n 1 i 1 w ijvAf'-.rrpdV w--d"" s ar'-ia te jde'.d t I "V'V i a p ri'-i rz;xi r U t,.'f k Par. a '"'T'v;'"-;-"': '-..mi-r of wc.i-.-h ar3 'l r rr; -srv vr r- V pro W; r j a r- :t;is.-'r''. w s rck;??:! v raard- T BT't'1 v---i 1 n ri-1. irf so b t parti v I a -r: prs i v J !ic.-rsre-h I w nf rr:ti :r. .ir.i -''rr l-e on mv farm 1 r'-;7.- A r1 zona o''-i irii om if -r- 1 rv -3 on t n e TURNED PEOPLE AWAY. North Topefca Hevirals Draw Larue Crowds. fir Fh-4 ,rv".;,ipi' ;At the" tabrna-.I .-.j ,-,-.n, id At ti-w n-crrdnif sjrvi-e the t: n it vvi :P'-;ii. bt;t in th--- ev-n- -o v-'-" f-irnl :',vTr, while aoo-ut h u 3- n r h time f-!r t:irr service was net t m'rr :r x he r r-;ii. h-d' from the first Fo"m and irr the evening h.? -rm-m in rh-3 aft-rn-n at half p,-3-t n. spe- m ?erv i' ie. p i r m h i n was h e M At rim Mr. Oliver took fc?r hP- text. iPritice" Thy Crat.T in the Friys Thy Youth' Hd J'V'V trs? nn in the ta av he sh"u".d so ho i t" he s;r. a. stood fir start in !;f.-. The '";n-h-" cf con. versions frm Sunday '3 vu-.u's iva;1 larsr-3. Thr:e interest j-j In 'h- metir.ar think that th-y have r. ''v j-;.-?t ff't fairly started and larse L-t 5ay that much d-pnds jpca th xrcur of th room and the Te-n-prarrert ard persoral last cf the go- upant. 'I'vP. a rather dull room an outiT fond of dainty furnish r,d i o'd ro are the colors to '.y oorijure with. A pai y-1- ;.a a;-o g-ood fo brinsr in :r su n- ser to t'c- br'x'jeT- c,ia';..v If old ro- selected. pa;n tue ads a flat hire, with a frieze of rns 'or trom the na!est pi.nk to a deo r-d. A wall of this sort makes a i:-i'.;rif ui fca-srcund tor delicate pic 2Y ?e :n the cd ro'e room i'.'h anl hanein?3 must; n hiiitz or r tonne of a -.a: r. -f crv;nd having a p.nkro? dsi?ti. J f.ir.icr.A.'s rr;-irz is rnu-h more t.-n or"v:rr?. a'thcugh "he s ta? ;r.a .nu. v aitrarriv -v;:h. "r o'or;ne. ;id the crdntz :s t nd ar. s 0 aim Ira t, y r he r r. h o 5 frf r s r. u for S" V'hert r:-.--p -:--fi- rarp'-t is ijid a-d rhe s a i cr;---a-c-a-' ar" ributed a -harming brv- r!: result.' re.?u, 'hanar'r? "''"t i-s made by "5 re tad o-Linpad;"!ur stTen at! d :f rhe r -.om. behind vhi-h will iOc'7d a ch:rTnir. h:ch will do' du'y as dr-ssinsr tab'e and" -p r a 1: h t 2 ovrd shirt '"'x: a ni-'e seat and hold.: :t d-.;r,s. The 'avaory is hid- a sraof:;i rurta:n. and the low t a tii-k has teen known to be p'aoe in which to stow one's mil- I I had almost forgotten the mas- r. o 1 er car a safe Imery iH 1 J ';-o?i; i h -1 W ."5JZ,8r? "r.:' ".rtSt-. 1 !i "11:- i1- ,f7!3'- -i T. ;vv- J 'u-rm.? f- u--- J attendances and good result. p toted from this uoie forth. are ex- Vh:Ie the attendance Saturdav even' ins wa:? not so la rye as at other mt inzs, ir was .eood for that rime. Evange list Oliver t a inks that if the churches would pret together with a determined effort to pet rid of the joints success would crown their work. A meeting w s held tins a f t e m o o n and plana to enia rare the tabernacle were discussed. Last evening's attendance indicates that this will be a necessity. Meeting's con tinue every afternoon and evening'. SPILTH TO FEE A. bali i r.r.t:r.j- Co.. J North Kansas Ave.) Mr. and Mrs. E. Witter ot Silver JLake w-re in lou'a today. Slisa Eth-1 Luther of Lawrence is visiunr Jlis, M:r.na McCa'.L The W. T. K. ciMb win me?t Tuesday afternoon at rhe home of Mrs. H. W. j Chon-sy, 11-S- Harrison stse't. fr. and Sirs. Hury Tibbies o? Oska- ioo-a wre the u:j Sunday of Mrs. A. M. Cross of 913 .Jaricson street. Mrs. Martin of Osatratomie was the ffust yesterday 'f Mr. and j Mrs. W. H. Ruttsr of 1-2 West Gordon street. Mrs. '"har'.-si Perk of Kilmer who has been attending the Tpo?ttion and whiie rre was th artiest of Mrs-. Sparks rtumd home Saturday. Sirs. Eugen Gooi'rioh who has been j visitijijj Uer sister. Mrs. E. P. Baker of 1111 ja-'k-son ?tret. returned this morn to her home in La.'srrence. Uaipti Bright died last evening. The t rirxr.s wsic shipped today at noon 1 from the undertaking rooms of Shelia barker e Son to Haddon, Kan., for i burial. The r. W. B. M. Auxiliary of the .'-irth Topoka v hrlsian church, will meet at one- o'rl.ick. Tuesday. February X at tre rsidenoe of Mrs. Oscar i Beier. 1121 Central avenue. The s--rvi'i3 at the Churc:h of the G''d Shepherd yesterday morning- were ivell a:tend'-d. The music was e?-rp- t-naliy eood. the offertory solo. "Face to Face." was sung- by Mr. L. Olea son. Mr. ami Mrs. TSTr.. O'Neal and Mrs. lpf ia-K. or Va!i-y talis wan were th" iue-?t3 Mrs. Sparks of H"Ima:i's a.iliri..n while ar'en-iinir tr.e Mi.iwin tt xpc:si-ion, lift f r their homes V.i." Hlsrsrs and Charles Boliotte cele brard the isth annivers-iry of their binhtiays Saturday evninar at the horn "f th latter, X33 Quinr-y street. An enjoyable time was ha i by ail and the eventr.af .'as spent with srames. mu Io and re itati..ns. Th.-.se pres. o: c w-r?- Eh! Hn. Iva Maze. Flor -Cift'ieid. Ethel Fink. L'-na Cmk. foril Wer. Gladys p. Haze! West. Fier Th.a 1 i S iphia H-i-hr-.. K z and Maud Ward. Hin-y S 1: "yr Foso- Cnr.auay. hnri ri.-1''-We;.-.-T. W'.lson. K.:-dnh L'it'ender' Wjf.,! P-ira-roro. Ouy i. K. Ar'.e':!. Ward Mauser. Bradford Kurz. Eaoh little host received several pt rr lM!s; p.,.,,.K Pa was verv pl-asanr-Iv s :rr r: I Sar-:r iav eviilns' a tier h'-n-- !:'.s n-rth of t ovn bv nur-wr her y-unr f-."'en'is. vn.ni; sramej wre plar!. aft-r which re-lrshiT-it-i w -re served. 'Ii.'.se pre -Aer: Mrs. Pk-. Ml-, and Mrs. ta.i. Mis -s 1.. S.-ott. .i Bar Lottie r -'-n Jwor'h. Myrtle and N-it: J W-l.n. Dai.-i' .Mir-r.'-i. Eva Ren Anna F-i-- F'ora Hail. Amy Star Neio.i ('onw';. M.1-'" Rov Hoioorr!-. Arthu- Bertram. Fred Ra-k-r. Vm Fi.T.55vrh. Charlie Mars!. Pan ..-ort. Trloherr Kresitv. J-hn W-lton. Chir'i- Hjtihir-'-n. H-rrwr' Wor tMl. .Vrh-:r ?;k;. ..T-3sit- S:--3.ni -v. Wai- vt orrai ar.d rv;r;- Kitman. German Minister Dies. an; ia "h'ie. 2. Th-- Terma..-. von Fludenhau- to Chile. sudd---nl;-- Tnpt-ka avr,ut-. Turry yars xr-fri-r.t" in t'n rratm".'' of 'iisn;?? nf wo-tt.-ti an-1 chiidrr.. Both rr.nnrs 402. 1 tsi l ?1 li 1'. rp:cro of the who!? rom the ta h. Th girl fcr; ad h-r treas ured bit? of china and g a s for t h adorrmr5t of this tabie. And a fad of th present rl i to iigrht her room with a single old Dutch candf"tudv r?a-d in' th cn'r of an a'trac'iv- a rra r, afrnnt of ;':r and saucr5. A tea wagon is be-tr than the tea tat!e. as the wagon can be wheeled into a convenient corner whn out of commis- sion. A'i'hough hard-y comm. under the heai of furmrure. I must s.iga-est to DAY. the g:ri who clota particul; rse bower. 1 awn hemsti-.t: riirs are a p: 5 u '-rounded by ;:nen worked ross. This" id mbroiders a love-y ta riy at propriate for the is made of white linen h-d a'd round. In th? d;;".-at:or.s of Russian lace a out out design of pink i n sha d d La Fra ne qu:te the nst c'oth of th yar. a nd the original idea of b'nd-!ng tw toned linen in applique is the Ti-an c an artist who maks a sp3'-:ai ty ct table ."prads. It yc1! rr.o'it sayinj that the mistress of s:U'-h a boudoir the stay at home sirl. Not for a description of the bache lor niaid'5 combination apartment w -hich shall b1 both practical and ar tistic. You wi;i revclt at the- lda of a rork. carpet far a. floor rovering1. Pos- 1 1 y r hose 7." h ir h no ::Tme in lovely fonei of gr-;n and terra cotra and oth ers patterned in small, inoflens: ve d e -signs have net been seen, or you would be won over at once. Persnally I prefer a pain reen. Scmt cf thes i 's "S U ii (FRENCH DRY CLEANING) By this process the most elaborate gowns, clothing, feathers, curtains, silk waists, silk petticoats, organdie dresses, French batiste, lawn and party, dresses, automobile coats and light jackets are cleaned equal to new. j fit Jm Gentlemen's p-" j 5 d t I i i 4s i -is

3 3 114 West Eighth St. Agents Wanted ia Every Towa. Both 'PllOneS lg2 !eriden's Curiosity A e 11 I r i 11 It ks c;rth. As can be s.-n i r vjr ears, four eves an-i tw a n;a.e pnd v-verv rart id ?t tn tne cot it!" i;s wt'.a oul ooov w-s lttt exacts to ser.i tee freav W ONDEKFI L riCTTKE. Ta.cs Changes. Ion-lon. Feb. 2. Th- r'turc in til-? X:t9 gail-ry enr irlei '"Christmas" r Th'? nfr.par.ytii? picture is of a ea.f irorn on the farm of S. E. Lake, six roues ni-t:-,t-ist of Meri-ien. on Jan. lit.;. Tc.e mcrter of the -alf was a two uri.-.itv fr'-m tb? cwvr.rf wiih ,.3; effect or a trick cf. lUht v.'.-.i-:lT urr-iiual efforts are pro-iu" ed. It ire tr.-s fd:a -in th .Jarkne'i. room fr-m It a mii'ii re tv. rk of art rr?!::"? arrii,s. Tli rrrerharsu.'ai 'levies by rh Savior at half Ineth and w ith tli- ".vhi'-ri t?"G vs are r pencil and closed fii-s prping hnra eenfJr-s unii''. r "t b-e readily detoce-L srrpr."n. As rh- srtaroT? raz.-; at rh-- ril face. b?ura arrows rhe drapris in cfc? darkened room, the eyes serni t-? r 4 1 5 cart hardly be distinguished from r?oft fel. so subdud are the colorings. One or two handsome rugs harmor.iztns in tone wi!! make th room quite oozy and comfortable enough. The great room- j mendation fr rhe rork carpet ia that one may splash to her hea-t's content at ablutions, as water dees not hurt the surface in the !ea?t. A lare. con? for t- able chair is r.he only artio'e c? furni ture in this rvrsib! room which is not dal in character. It is first. last and ai ays a. chair an-1 srives an air of fi:gT;if!"'1 respectability to the stirround- ir.grs. The bi is of the bunker sort. nd ary yood carpenter can make a v-ry shipshape specimen. Under the mattress are tr-o usefui drawers for keeping clo'he? In the dayt:rr.e a solid rrattress uphoiaiered to match the han?;r.. Tihth a friil reaching to the floor, disjruises the affair completely. A curtain ia hung- behind the bed to protect the waTi from t-eins rubbed, as 3Y U it naturally woui-i he, when the bed is made. The mantel serves as a dressing shelf, and the little cur.ooards over the mantel will hoid the toilet requisites. The most fastidious weman can do her hir beautifully in the mantel mirror. The screen in this bower hides a long cfceval glass, the jay of every woman's heart. Sheives for books are placed in convenient acgits. ar.-i a f? really Kjod art objects complete the bachelor maid's hov.er. A deal re for aloofness is said to be die oi the sorest proofs of the real proqrreas of the times, and in order to keep up with the century's require- --J !?e frV.S--.,--y-i- ;"i I f "ici i i F't v Afe r-s. 1 FOR THE, LADIES 1 S Garments Cleaned, Pressed, Dyed or Repaired I I t3 r. n J i f Calf With Two Heads. r:rtn or ca:f nas t one ooiv a- w-.l o cait. wro- h was dead at weo oevel' oed head.. 1 f o;r less. The calf wa: ?ped as on ordinary cait. to nave it moor.ted. FRANK EEPLOGLE. :i Kind rInL;e and the5 expression oi lLt- chir.j-.-s m ur at reruliir t-;rvai?. thj ves tdkini? f'"rrn i:i 1 iro Tina eyU '.s ani tn-e gradual!;.- 'ii-i-fiiiviasa: ini.iirv t-f awakening' from ?te-p t,ioing' &y-s in siu-Tib?r is Cx r y Tikot Off'e, T'nion Pacific, Railroad, 5i. Kansas aveaue. 1 ments to transform an unproffresive. eld fashioned bedroom into a bower or boudoir becomes a duty a? well a. a pleasure. MART EN'DEKTO.V. 1 I Ma sh 1 an Instead of Dnt. The authorshio of the lines Lausrh. and the world iauffhs with you; Veep, ard you wep aione, has been claimed by more than one n'ri'-er. "Whoever is responsible far them crystaiiized a truth in a remark- ahi? couplet, have ail fei The value of laughter we from the moral cr psy chical point of view. Of its value from the purely physical standpoint I have recently been reading, and it would seem that the proverb "L.augh and jrovr fat" is really founded on a sound phyytolofficai basis. It is said that laughter not only increases the circula tion of the blood, but directly influences digestion, and on a good digestion de- pends the vitality of the whole system. Pleasant companionship at tabie I have always hear prescribed for people o a misanthropic turn of mind. ani that largely depends on a question of s'om acn. "Ten minutes' laughter taken three times a ci2.y a Quarter of an hour after meals may seem ridiculous enough in print, but perhaps some phy- simian cf the twentieth century will have the hrd'ihoxi to prestixibe it, and when he cures a sreat many people we may hear of the laughing cure taking the place of soda or bismuth and pep- sin as the corrector of digestive tro-u- b!es, and that physicians will m&jte fortune. h Mil 3 i 3 A CCORDING to the Ladies' Home Journal those I fi people who paid for homes by weekly savings, t started at the Savings Bank to accumulate the t amount necessary to make the first payments. Our State Saving Bank offers this facility and ac- t counts of 1.00 and over are invited from those who t want to own a home some day, or who desire to save t a little sum to enable them to take advantage of a t good business opportunity should it present itself. Interest compounded semi-annually. Assets over t Half a Million, mostly invested in Kansas municipal t and government bonds. DIRECTORS: A. A. GcK-iard, Thomas Paee. Edward Wilder, J. E. Nissley, 1 he State Savings Bank, j 820 Kansas Avenue, t TOPEKA, KANSAS. Home Savings Bank Leaned You- 1 H 4 r" 4 THE WHiTE HOUSE CHINA. F"r cemmerciai dynasties in this country can show a ionarer unbroken line of descent than the Wedgwoods, the famous firm of Josiah Wedgwood Sons. limited, of Etruria, Stoke-upon-Trent. England. The founder of the business was Josiah Wedgwood. F. R. S. He bearan in 1TS0. when the -Vew ONT Oi' THE PLATES. England colonies were yet a part of the j British Icing's dominions. Since then the headship of the firm has ds.'ended in a direct iine from father to son, the j present owr.e: 3 being the fifth genera- j j tioa. j j The reputation of the firm has re- j cently been illustrated conspicuously by its selection to make the new I service of china to be used on high I state occasions at the White House. i Some months asro Mr. Rooaevelt com-' missioned an expert to viit the lead- ing factories of th13 world and select 1 I samples of china. The choice fell on the Wedgwood service out of seventy- j 1 eisb-t soecitnen.. I A few particulars of this service may J interest w.iraen. A photograph of one j I of the plates is shown here. The body j f of the ware is in the best bone china, i the pattern being a simple gold decora- lion, with the crest of the United States; painted in proper heraldic colors. The f set consists of 1.2S pieces, and the de- sign will never oe repeaisa. How to Mike Iraonil Brittle. This is trow to make almond brittle: Boil a pound of soft sugar with half, a pint of water till it Is brittle. This may he decided by throwing some small drops into very cold water. If it hard ens at once, stir in quickly an ounce and a half of split bianched almonds, two ounces of butter and a squeeze of lemon juice. Boil till again brittle, then pour on to an oiled slab or dish, C ,-X 4 4 n n p? f v n ?7 t Warren M. Crosby, M. A. Low. Frank M. StahL Jos. M. Patten. Chester W. Snyder, N. P. Garretson, J. P. Griswoid," C. S. Elliott, WM. MACFERRA.N, Cashier and Secretary. Ve Keep the Key. 1 9 SOME USEFUL RECIPES SALMON" A LA LYONS. This rec ipe, although apparently simple, makes a delicious dish. Take a pound can of salmon, remove bones and place In stewpan. adding a pint of milk, and bring to a boil. Add butter the size of half an egg and salt to taste, after which roil two r three soda crackers to a fine powder and add Just before taking to the table. Ham Toast. This i3 a nice breakfast 4!sh. Melt in a stewpan a small piece ef butter. Put in as much finely minced ham as will cover a large round of buttered toast and add as much gra vy as wut make it moist. When quite hot. stir in quickly with a fork one escg. Place the mixture over the toast, which cut in pieces of a thr". cornered shas. Stewed Celery and Egg Sauce. This is perhaps one off the nicest ways of cooking this valuable vegetable. Take the heart of a head of celery, trim and wash It well, put it In a pan with milk and wa;er in equal proportions ar.d a little salt, boil gently tili quite soft, then drain off the liquid. Make some long, finger shaped pieces of hot but tered toast, arrange som pieces of celery neatly on them and pour orer some good egg sauce. Sprinkle over all a little chopped parsley. StwJ Veal futlets. Cut part of the neck into cutlets. Shorten them and fry them a nice brown color, then grew them in some good gravy thickened wi-.h a little flour until tender; then add some catchup, cayenne, salt, a few truffles and pickled mushrooms. For e meat bails are a great improvement. Boiled i?pa.r.rsh Onions. Skin the on ion nicely and put it for five minutes into boiling salted water. Take it out and throw away the itr. Wash the onion in a little cold water and put it on again in plenty of boiling salted wa ter to boil about one hour or longer, according to size. The water 1 boiled in may now fce poured into the stock pot and is a3 good for flavoring I it as fresh onions. Mix two teaspoon' fuls of flour smoothly with one teacup I ful of milk, a little pepper and salt. I Stir till it boils and pour over the on i ion. I The Japanese empress is particularly weli informed about cereais and rfce growing, that important faature of oii- ental industry.

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