The Topeka State Journal (Topeka, Kansas)
March 6, 1903

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8 TON PAGES dtfTrilfr t 4 A. "V v LAST ECITiCM FRIDAY- EVENING. TOPEKA, KANSAS, MARCH 6, 1903. FRIDAY EVENING, TWO CENTS. j TF?M I A f t P 11017 TO GET GOT. Legislature Trjiiig Hard to Fix Up a Tax Bill. Conference Committees Are Ap pointed and Go to Work. PREPARE A NEW BILL That Is the Task Undertaken by Administration Jlen. I'ian Is to Remove the Cause of the Objections. BILL PASSES MOUSE. Pleasure Forced Through House With Great BHIiculty. Doors Locked and .Members Held for Hours. THREE CHANGES 3IADE. This Gave the Measure Life With C.1 Votes. The Senate Immediately fused to Concur. He- The following is the orenferenee com mittee which will frame a new tax bd: Hon.-Mors Smiih of Edwards. Viiz- pa t rick of Chautauqua, Peterson of Norton, Vincent of Ri-nn. Representatives Nation of N'pushn, liii! of Russell, Hayion of Nemaha, Kink-'l of Bono, llubheson of l'r;)tt, Adams of Hutlrr, Jenks of Franklin, The nest move in the tax bill muddle i 1? the preparation f a new bill by aj r..rif. rnc committee, ov the amend- j tnfiu "f the Nation bill so that it will h satisfactory to the Republicans of! both houses, j This was thf object meant to be, tse- I cured by furring the passage of the j Nation trill last night. It was never intended that the Nation bill should J become law, hut it gave an npportun- I ify for the appointment of a new mm- i r,i!tee which will fix up a. t-ix. bill on whirb tlie Republicans will go before f tne people. It will net be a strictly party meas ure, because a considerable number of Republicans have been practically In structed by their people against any kind of a, tax law along the line that has been preiposed. The chief issue in this legislature has been the passage of a tax bill. Former legislatures have never accomplished anything at it. because it has been too bisr a question to be handled in a. fifty days" session. For that reason the last legislature appointed a commission to prepare a general plan for a new tax ation sysiem. This commission work ed a ye,.ir and a half and spent SK.OoO. The question has been discussed throughout the length of the stat". The Republican parity did not promise to pass the bill prepared by the commis sion, but it has been generally under stood that some bill would be parsed to bctt-r the present system. The Re publicans have everything their own way in every department of the legis lature, and if a hid of some kirn is not passed the Republican party will vir tually confess i; inability to cope with the ouestion. At R.-ist this is the way some ot the leaders loo',,- at it. i That is why the administration was Fo anxious for the passage of the Nation bid Thursday night. It Was part of the programme for the senate to refuse to concur in the house amendments. This opened the way for a new committee which will attempt to frame a bill which can be passed by both houses. j This means that the legislature will rot adjourn this week, and probably not be fore Saturday of next week if it is. possible m ke. n a ouorum here. The boc.se has passed a resolution to grant no excuses except for svkness, but the niemhets are getting restlr.-s and some wiil slip away. As soon as the message came to the house this morning asking for a confer ence committee on the tax hill. th" house voted to erant it. This. too. was part of the progiamme. Speaker f'rin-g!-- had returned from attending the funeral of his mother, and while he was not in the chair he a npoimed the house members of the committee. The com mit fee is as follows: On the patt of the senate: Smith. Fitz patrick. Peterson and Vincent. On the part of the house: Nation, HiP, Haydrn. Kinkel, Huteheson, Adams of Butler. Jenks. The personnel of the house committee means that Ha lie IVaener is to have no voice in the new bid. and that it is to be forced through if possible as the Na tion bill was in the house Thursday. The majority of the committee. Nation, Hay den. Kinkel and Jenks, helped in forc ing the Nation lull through the house, liul and Huteheson voted against the Nation hill, hut afterwards change,! to the affirmative. Adams of Butler is the only one who opposed the Nation bill to the last. After keeping the members, of the house locked in Representative hall for five hours last night, the friends of the Nation tax bill secured enough votes to pass it after a considerable number of senators had promised that the Filiate would not concur in it as Mr. Nation had amended it. It received 64 votes to 52 against it. Ovrus I.-lrnd helped P.alie W.ttcfno' fUht tie- bill, while Morton Albaueh appeared on the floor of the house and argued with the members for its pas sage. So did N. H. Roomis. It was generally understood by the members that Governor Bailey also wanted it. This is the first time that I, eland has parted company with Bailey and Al baueh. Railroad influence was divided. Roomis was for it, Waggener against it. The announcement that the bill had passed was made at Ste'f. Shortly af terwards it was messaged over to the senate, and the senate kept its word t non-concur in the amendments made by the house. Then a conference com mittee UdP .sked for by the senate. The ruadl.. of the bill during the afternoon session occupied less than an incur and i haf alihouh there were 1J printed panes of it. He," esentatives Tucker and King of Ottawa spelled" the reading clerks in the task. -During the reading of the bill nobody paid any attention to it. T: e members left their seats and stood around. in the aisles, smoking and telling stories. At one time Raiie Waggener raised the question of "no quorum," but Chief Clerk Mason managed to count B.i members in sight, just a quorum. Some of them ca.me in front the cloak rooms for the purpose of being counted. The bill was read in a monotone not distinguishable ten feet from the read ing clerk, and not half of it was act ually read. The reader would read pter haos lite first sentence of each section and then pass on to the next one. That is why it was finished so quickly. The reading of the bill was completed shortly after 3 o'clock in the afternoon, and the roil was immediately called. The first men on the list explained his vote and probably a third of the mem bers follo'.ve i his example. Adair said what the people want is a plan, which will reduce their taxes, and fhe proposed bill creates over a hundred new odices instead. "The bill is too radical." said Mr. Adair. "It is unsat isfactory to my people. If I had said in the campaign last fall that I would support this biil I would not be here now. 1 am a Republican, but we should not railroad a measure through without fair discussion. I vote no." Adams of Butler: "This bill is theo retical, impractical and Utopian. It is too radical and drastic. It would brinx irrf treivable disaster to the state. I vote no." Barnd of Ness: "The present system fit taxation as practiced is the most vicious that could be devised. If we are to believe the statements made by mem bers of this house it has made this a common wealth of thieves, tax-dodgers ami perjurers. We can't get a worse system. 1 spoke for this bill in every township in my county last fall, and I vote aye." Francis of Allen: "It Is needless to say that I was on the commission which framed this original bill. I do not say that the bill is perfect, but I do say thut it is a good foundation on which to huiid a new tax system. It may take three or four years to find out how it w ill work and to better it, but if it were to take a dozen years it is better to do something to bring about a. change in our present system. In fourteen years the personal property valuation in this state has increased only ten million dol lars, and of that seven million has been in railroad valuation. My constituents sent me back here to help get this bill through, and 1 doubt if I would be here had it. not been for that. I vote aye." Roughton of Hodgeman: "There is no demand in my county for revision. Our people pay their taxes and we have no trouble in collecting them. There is a big Republican majority in my county, but they sent me down here and they made a special request of me to vote against this bill. I vote no." This is the way the explanations ran. Brown of Iabette first voted no, but then changed to aye. FJnsel did the same. So did Hiil, Jones of Norton, Rewis iiftri Taylor. Hensel changed from aye to no. Fisher changed from no to a. e. and then back to no. That made the vote stand 60 to 55. The biil lacked three of having enough to pass and its friends couid not get an other vote. Waggener. Iceland and others were doing their utmost against the bill, while Morton Albaugh was on the floor of the house working for it. It was a funny combination. The vote at that time stood as follows: Ayes Barnd. P.etts, Bevington. Bil lings. Brown of Tjabette, Campbell of Bourbon, Campbell of Meade, Dougher ty, Dunn. Kinsel, Kmmons, Enright, Kvans, Farris, Finley, Francis, Friar, Oodshalk. Hawkins. Hayden. Hill, Hon nell, Hugos, Hunter, Husey, Jeffries, Jenks, Johnson of Sheridan, Jones of Norton, Jones of Trego, Kinkel, Klrk patriek. Kramer, Lewis, Linton, Lock wood, Mead, Mendenhall. Miller, Mur dock. Mustoe, Nation, Peck, Pollock, Pralle. Robbins, Sohermerhorn. Schmidt of Coary. Sharp, Speer. Stubhs, Taylor, Tucker. Van Trehra, Watkins. Weldon, Whistler. Williams of Shawnee, Wil liams of Stanton and Woodhouse. Noes Adair, Adams of Butler, Adams of Sedgwick. Baird. P.eeson, Bowman Brandon, Broadbent, Brown of Brown. Bucklin, Burke, Chandler. Pol ley, Fish er. Focke, Ga lie, Goebel, Griffin, fiale. Hallenbeck, Harris, Heuse!, Huteheson, Jensen, Jones of Gove, Keith, King of Lane, King of Ottawa, Kinnison, Kirt land. Kost. Lar.gfield, Laughlin, Law. Leland. Lynn, Martin of Morton, Mrln tyre. M Kee of Clay, McKee of Mar shall. MrLaughlin. Nixon. O'Donneli, Parish. Perkins of Leavenworth. Perk ins of Wvandotte. Roughton, Sims, Stavely, Tannahill, Tatum, Tipton. Waggen'-r. Wilson. Wyckoff. Absentees Ballard. Barker, Crocker, Johnson of Decatur. Martin of Woodson, Sarbach, Sehlyer, Smith of Sherman, Starr, Speaker I'ringie. The friends of the bill could not get another vote in the affirmative, but they hotted to get lUtrker, Sarbach and j Speaker Pringle to vote for it. Barker wps in Lawrence. Pringle was attendins the funeral of his mother in Wabaunsee count:-, ami it was not known wherft i Sarbach was. j The call of the house commenced at 1 3:"a. For the first hour or two the two (Continued on Sixth Page.) GREAT FIRE. Conflagration 11 aging on the Fair Ilaren Water Front. Started In a Saw Mill and Spread Rapidly. HIGH WIND BLOWING. Big Warehouse and Kailroad Trestle Consumed. Fish Canneries In the Track of the Flames. Seattle, "Wash., March 6. Fire broke out in Murchison's sawmill at Fair Haven at 1:20 this morning and threat ens the destruction of a larg-e part of the water front and business buildings of the city. A strong southeast gale is urging the flames forward and several canneries are in imminent danger. The Great Northern freight cars were burned near the depot and the depot is in flames. The loss, unless the wind changes and permits the fire department to gc.in control, will aggregate nearly $eOi0;0 and several hundred men will be thrown out of employment. A big warehouse partly filled with goods is totally consumed and the flames are now at work on the trestle on which the railroad runs. The fire department from Whatcom has joined in the fight and volunteers from that city are coming in droves to try and save Fair Haven from being wiped off the map. Murchishon's mill is a total loss and the entire northwest water front will be a mass of ruins in a few hours. The plants of the American Can company and the Steel Fish cannery are in the track of the flames and will be con sumed. All of the other plants along the northwest water front at 3 a. m. seemed to be certain of destruction. A LATER ACCOUNT. Fair Haven, Wash., March 6. A de structive fire occurred on the water front at 1 o'clock this morning completely de stroying the Murchison sawmill and the Hill-Wehon wharf. Total loss "5130,000; insurance about half. The fire started in the planing depart ment of the Murchison mill, probably being caused by a spark f torn a smoke stack. The Northern Pacific Railroad company had two passenger coaches and baggage car destroyed. OfiE CALLED KANSAS. Moody Assigns Names to the New Battleships. Washington, March 6. Secretary Moody has reached a decision as to the states after which the five battleships provided for in the new naval law shad be named. The three 16.000 ton battle ships are to be named Vermont. Kansas and Minnesota, ami the two 12,000 ton vesseis Mississippi and Idaho. The secretary in his next annual re port expects to discuss the subject of the names to be given new battleships. He is anxious that, the names of such historic vessels as the Cumberland, the Merrimac and the Constitution shall be perpetuated in the new navy, and he wdtl recommend that congress provide for this in the next naval law. Under the present law, it is stipulated that all battleships shall be named after the states of the Union. That no time is to be lost in the con struction in the new shiDS js evident in the action of the secretary today direct ing the general board to prepare circu lars for the 16,000 ton ships, which ard to lie of the Connecticut and Tennessee class. As there are no 12,000 ton ships on the naval lists, it wdll take longer to prepare the plans and specifications for the Mississippi and Idaho. flO CHILD LABOR LAW. Bill Is Mangled Until It Is Worthless. There will be no new law prohibiting the employment of child labor as the cor.?eiiuence of the session of the nres ent legislature. There was a bill, writ ten by Senator W'ulfekuhler. which stringently forbade the employment of any child in any workshop, factory or mine in ICansas. The bill had friends, but it had opposition. After two hours and a half of oratory the bill had been so trimmed down and mangled that even RAR SONS its friends turned against it, and its author voted with the rest to lay it upon the table. The bill is a brief one com pared with Ore child labor laws of Mas sachusetts, and everybody conceded that it was stringent. It said: Section 1. No child under 14 years of age shall be employed at any time in any factory or workshop or about any mine. No such child shall be employed in any mercantile establishment, nor in the service of any telegraph, telephone or public messenger company, except during the vacation of the public, schools in the school distric t where such child is employed. No persons under 16 years of age shall l. employed at any occu pation or at any plaxe dangerous or in jurious to life, limb, health, cr morals, nor at any labor of any kind outside ax the family, of such person's residence, before 6 o'clock in the morning nor aftei 7 o'clock in the evening, nor more than ten hours In any one day, nor more than tiO hours in any one week, except in ac cordance wilh the foliowins express rerniission or condition, to wit: Chil dren not less than 14 years of age may be employed in mercantile establish ments on Saturdays and for ten days each year before Christmas until 10 o'clock in the evening: provided, how ever, that this permission shall not be so construed as to permit such children to toil more than ten hours in any one day, nor over 60 hours in any one week. Sec. 2. Any person, firm or corpora tion employing any person or child in violation of any nro-ision of this" act, or permitting or conniving at such viola ton, shall be deemed guilty of a misde meanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in a sum not less than $25 nor moie than SJiWand by imprisonment in the county jail not less than 30 days nor more than 00 days. MYSTERIOUS DEATH. Dead Body of Young Woman Found in Booming House. New York. March 6. A good deal of mystery surrounds the death of a wo man who had registered as "Nellie Blanchard. Chicago," and who was found dead in a rooming house in West Thirty-seventh street last night. It was partly cleared today by the state ment that a physician had examined the body and told the police the wo man probably had died of natural causes. In connection with the state ment of the man with whom the wo man came to the hous- Sunday, when the room was engaged for her, that they came from Chit-ago, the police reported today that a check for a sleep ing car berth on the Michigan Central was found among her effects. The man paid for the room and after handing the woman some bottles of dark liquid the landlady's sister says she heard him say: "Don't forget to take this medicine. You know I am a physician.1" One of the bottles was found empty. The police are looking for the man. The police found an alligator skin reticule among the woman's effects. Several bottles of medicine had been tilled at Morton's pharmacy in Chicago on a Dr. Hyde's jspripfion. Several of them were labeR-o -31iss Fletcher." A class pin with the letters "S. M. M.T" was found in the reticule. A key was tagged "Mftropole hotel. Room B." Chicago, March 6. When interviewed today in regard to the case Dr. James Nevins Hyde, upon whose order the prescriptions were tilled stated that Miss Fletcher called at his office February 27, and was treated for a slight fever. Dr. I-Iyde was of the opinion that the young woman was employed as a hous servant, but was unable to state the name of her employer. WHO IS TO BLiiE? Rock Island Wreck Investiga tion Begins in Topeka. There has been a great deal of curi osity among railroad men here as to who would have to bear the responsibility t of the Rock Island wreck which occur j red at the Rock Island junction near Kansas City at about 10 o'clock Wedties i day night. Some think that it was the fault of the engine r on the east bound train. Others think that the engineer of the west bound train was more re sponsible than any one else and still others think that the round house fore man at that point will have to bear the blame. The matter will probably be settled by tomorrow-. Those who had any thing to do with the matter in any way or are at all likely to be responsible for the wreck are in the city today for the pur pose of attending an investigation that was held by the officials at the Rock Isl and division ofiices this afternoon. The outcome of the investigation has not yet been given out. The general opinion leans toward En gineer O'Connor who was in charge of the west bound train, as the man to w hom the blame will be laid. It seems that he had received orders to the ef- feet that he would meet the east hound i train at Rock Island junction. If this I was true it is the general opinion that Engineer O'Conner should have ap proached the junction m a cautious and slow manner, seeing that the east bound train had taken the siding before he tried to pass, instead of coming down at the rate it is said he did and con sequently striking the east bound train just as it was going into the siding, tt is thought by those who are versed in such matters that Engineer O'Conner should have taken this pj-eeaution in spite of the fact that he was on time and the other train was late. All rail road engineers are always expected to act according to conditions and he is consequently expected to keep in close touch with those same conditions. PLEA OF liiSMilTY. Murderer Knapp's Line of De fense Is Outlined. Hamilton. O.. March 6. Alfred A Knapp was visited today by his attor neys from Cincinnati and they say they can not get ready for the preliminary hearing this week. There is no doubt whatever about the oefense pieading in sanity and the hist move will be for an inquest. Knapp's fourth wife, parents, brother, sisters and brothers-in-law. will testify that Knapp has not been right mentally since he was kicked by a colt when he was 5 years old and it is ex pected that neighbors o? the Knapps and fellow workmen of the prisoner w ill testify as to Knapp's queer ways. Knapp is indifferent in jail. Weather Indications. Chicago, March 6. Forecast for Kan sas: Generally lair tcnignt ana Satur day; cooler; westerly wiads. POLICE HESITATE. No Arrest lias Been Made Burdick Murder Case. in Officers Still Insist That Woman Did It. MRS. PAUSE'S STORY. Woman Whose Picture Was Found in Burdick's Den Makes Straightforward State ment of Her Whereabouts. Buffalo, N. Y March 6. Despite the fact that the police and the officials of the district attorney's office have stated repeatedly that they were really certain of the identity of the person who mur- aerect iiawin L. iiurdicK ana that tne person was a woman, they still hesitate to make a decisive move. An official in a position to know the exact situation was asked: "Do you expect an arrest today?" "No, not today nor tomorrow nor the next day. "We must have strong evidence when we arrest anybody for we know that as soon as an arrest is made, lawyers are standing ready to apply for a habeas corpus writ to rush us into court and make us disclose our case at the first jump." "Does suspicion still point to a wo man?" "It does. It points to one who had to meet expenses amounting to about $100 a month without any visible means to meet them. We will name no names until it is written in the warrant charg ing the person with murder in the first degree." Perhaps the most interesting develop ment in connection with the crime itself is the interview given by Dr. Marcy in which he says that the victim's head was not only beaten to a pulp, but that the murderer carefully wraped a quilt around the murdered man's body to smother any possible outcry. If the blows on the head had not been fatal the victim certainly would have smoth ered in the tight folds, of the ouilt around his head and the upper part of the body, MRS. PAINE'S STATEMENT. Buffalo, March 6. Mrs. Seth T. Paine of 4.12 Eimwood avenue whose picture was found in Burdick's den, has made a statement. Her name has frequently been used in connection with the investigation of the murder. Her home has been searched and she has been questioned by the authorities. While in Mr. Coatsworth's office the cabman who met an unaccompanied woman on Ashland avenue on the night of the murder was taken into the room. Mrs. Paine said: "I know absolutely nothing of the murder of Mr. Burdick. 1 have no idea who committed it. I have no theory as to who did it or how it was done. 1 simply know nothing at all about it. "My maiden name was Gertrude Barnard. I am 29 years of age. I came from Albion, Orleans county. My father was an Episcopal minister; later I moved to North Tonawanda. At that time Dr. Paine was not a dentist, but he was working in Tonawanda. "We were married. Since then he became a dentist and now practices in Batavia, coming home usually at least once a week. "We have one child, a girl of seven years. She is now living with me. "Both my husband and I know the. Burdicks well. Yes, we aiso kne-vv the Pennclis and the Warrens. Mrs. War ren formerly lived in Buffalo, and we were well acquainted. I know nothing of the divorce action of Mrs. Burdick and Mr. Burdick. My name has not appeared as a co-respondent in a.ny action for divorce by Mrs. Burdick against Mr. Burdick. There is no rea son whatever why it should. My hus band and I have visited or called on the Burdicks and they have called on us. I do not recall having called on them without, my husband and I am positive I never called alone on Mr. Burdick at his house. For the past two years 1 do not think Dr. Paine and I have called regularly on the Bur dicks. "The last time I talked with Mr. Fur dick was last Thursday. (The day before the murder). It was over the telephone. On Wednesday he called up on the phone and asked me about a matter that was purely social and did not re late in any way to an appointment. I told him I would let him know the next day and on Thursday I did call him up on the phone. This was shortly after noon I think. We had a brief conversa tion and that was the last time I talked with him. I did not see him thereafter. On Thursday evening I had dinner as usual between 6 and 7 o'clock. I did not so out of the house after dinner. Some people live in the house with us. One of them is the young woman named Mrs. Mary Cunningham. She is not my maid. She is employed down town and works for a living. She knows that I did not go out after dinner. "She had a caller on Thursday even ing and they sat chatting in her rooms. After dinner I went into the parlor and took some water up read the papers to her room, knocking on the door and wno sanea iro.ii rioug ivuiik uii Bt that time she and her caller were sit- i ruary 2. on the steamship Korea, for San ting chatting. After leaving them 1 Francisco, w ill bring to W ashington im went to my room. Before retiring I sat i portant instructions bearing on the sub for about ten minutes with my little i ject. In addition to the uprising of tht girl while she nlaved and scrawled on a I rebels and the importance of arms, the blackboard. Then she wane to bed nd extortion practicea by the viceroys Jr soon afterward I retired. the collection of indemnity is said to "I sleot as usual and awoke as usual have caused the most distressing condi. Tr,.iHo mnrttin. T noeitivelv wasitionsm many provinces. European ad- not out of my houe between dinner on Thursday night and breakfast on Fri day. I passed no one on the street for I was not on the street. Except those in my house no one saw me and 1 saw no one." All of ATrs Paine's statement regard ing her movements have been corrob- orated bv Mrs. Cunningham. DR. MARCT'S STORY. Dr. William H. Marcy, who was the first man to reach the Burdick home after the murder, consented to an inter view today. Some details about the lo cation of the body and Burdick's cloth ing which have been in doubt, were given by Dr. Marcy. He said: "I was summoned to the Burdick home by a telephone message which re quested me to come to the house at once. I asked if there had been any trouble and the person at the other end of the line said she did not know. I arrived at the house a short time later and was met at the door by Mrs. Hull, Mr. Piurdick's mother-in-law. I went immediately to the stacking den oa the. first floor. I opened the door. The in terior of the room was dark. The shades had been drawn and the light was so poor at the time that I was un able, standing at the door, to distinguish anything on the couch at the farther end of the room. "I crossed the room to one of windows and pulled down one of sliding Venetian blinds. I saw- a pool of blood on the floor which extended under the tapestry draping of the couch. "It was nearly under the center of the couch. My first thought was that Mr. Kurdick had committed suicide. I ap proached the couch. Several soft pil lows had been piled upon it. I lifted two pillows and uncovered a crazy auilt. I raised the cuilt and saw lit. Burdick's head. The quilt had been thrown over the head and tucked in be low. A narrow Turkish floor rug cov ered the body from the shoulders to the feet. I noted the battered condition of the skull and made no further examina tion of the room or the body until the arrival of the medical examiner. Dr. How-land, and I then made a further examination of the room, although tht examination so far as I was concerned was not an exhaustive one. "The body was lying about midway on the couch. My recollection is that this forehead was resting on the right arm, which was partly extended. The deaa man was not lying prone on his stom ach, but partly on his right side. Thfc face was turned down and slightly toward the west wall of the room. The body was clad in an undershirt, but as to the exact location of the other clothes my memory is a trifle hazy. "At the west wall theie was a com bination table desk upon which I saw a cracker, a tart, a piece of cheese, a small butter knife, a cocktail glass and a bottle. The table had but one drawer. That was in the center. It was partly drawn out and a glance showed some ach, but partly on his right side papers within. Beneath the left hand corner of the drawer and on the floor were what appeared to be some kodak pictures. "So far as my memory serves me, there was a chair somewhere near the table and one toward the north wall. I have ben asked if that chair was under the chandelier when I entered the room. I don't remember clearly, but I flunk if it had been I should have stumbled over it when I entered the room, es I was obliged to pass directly beneath the chandelier and the room was quite dark. I saw nothing else on the floor except a large Turkish rug near the door leading to the hallway. The walls of the room were coated with a sort of red burlap material and from the sides to a point over the chan delier tapestry hangings had been draped. There was a picture of a danc ing girl on the north w-all and on the lower edge of that was noticeable some small spots of blood. The spots were larger than the head of a pin and not so large as a split pea. The same spots were found on the door." GORMAN AT THE HELM. Maryland Senator Again Takes Charge of Democratic Caucus. i in question coss a corner of the lot on Washington, March 6. The Democrat-! which the excavation is being made for ic senatorial caucus which met at 11 j the building. To give room ror the o'clock todav organized bv electing Sen- building the tracks will have to be ator Gorman to his old position as i moved east more than ten feet. It is chairman of the cauc us. He made a i claimed the railroad has no right of way brief speech in assuming- the chair and but freight cars have been chained to the conference then proceeded to other the switch to prevent it being moved, business. There were present 23 of the! The matter has been taken up with 33 Democratic senators. j the local officials of the railroad, who Senator Gorman's nomination as i refuse to take a hand in the matter, chairman was suggested bv Senator Ba- General Manager H. I". Mudge and Su con and there was no opposition to his perintendent Hurley are both out of thf election. In taking the chair he thanked c ity, so that action by che higher otfi the senators for the honor conferred but i cials is deferred. It is hoped to make did not make an extended speech. The remaining time of the session was de voted larg-ely to the discussion of the present situation in the senate and the necessity for Democratic harmony and unity of action. There was a general feeling that the vacancies caused lx the retirement of Democratic sectors which have to deal with questions be fore the present called session should be filled and it was directed that the desig nation of the members of these commit tees should be made by a steering com mittee to be .appointed by the chairman of the caucus, but that their selection should later be ratified by the caucus. The steering committee for the past congress has numbered only seven mem bers, but Senator Gorman requested that the number should be increased to nine which was the number in the days of his previous chairmanship and this increase was decided upon. Mr. Gorman will make his selection of members of this committee in time to have a meeting tomorrow when the question of supplying the vacancies in the regular committees of the senate will be taken up. The caucus placed in the hands of the steerine committee authority to direct the Democrats whether there should he a general re organization of the senate committees i or the mere filling of vacancies on those committees, which will deal with press ing question during the extra session. H0TH1MG OFFICIAL Has Been Received Regarding the Chinese Situation. Washington, March 6. While no ad vices have been received at the Chinese legation here regarding the serious con dition of affairs which is approaching a crisis in the interior of China as a re. suit of the; renewed ac tivity of the box ers and of other rebels in various parts of the country, it is the understanding I that the minister. Sir LainR Chen Tung. vices that have reached Washington in the last few days show no evidence of j weakness on the part of the powers in t their demands for the payment of the indemnity in gold. This problem will the iii st which the new minister will grapple with upon his arrival in Wash- j 'J11??11 He is expected here early in April. Resides Sir Liang there are sixty members in ins pa: ty. including new charges d'affaires and secretaries for the. Chinese legations in Spain. Peru and Cuba, consuls general for San Francisco and New York, and a consul and vice; consul for Honolulu; also First Secre tary Mr. Cheng, to succeed Mr. Shen, who will return to China. New Ships for Japanese. San Francisco, Cal.. March 6. The Jap anese Steamship company Toyo Kasin Kaisha will order the immediate construc tion of three vessels with a gross tonnage of I'-i tons each. Plans and specifica tions were prepared some months ago. The conmany will decide on March 2j where they shall be constructed. LIASSEDAPiLiY. Guatemala's Fighting Force Is on the Frontier. E?ery Afcle Bodied Man Is Be ing Drafted for Service. ZELATA'S SYMPATHY. Is Manifested on the Side of Salvador. He Is Arranging His Forces for Trouble. Fan Francisco, March 6. A number of coffee planters who have Just arrived here from Guatemala on the steamer Colon state that the war preparations in that country are still going on. The entire army of Guatemala is massed on the frontier of Salvador. Every able bodied man is being pressed into service as soldiers. Alexander Cousin, the father-in-law of President Zelaya of Nicar agua was a passenger on the Colon. In speaking of the situation In Nicaragua he said: "President Zelaya is In sympathy with Sierra of Honduras and before I left two bodies of men numbering 200 in all were sent to join the forces of Sierra. In the trouble existing between Guatemala and Salvador President Zelaya is in sympa thy with the latter republic. He ha3 massed his troops along the frontier la anticipation of trouble." WHO OWfIS THE SWITCH Erection of Big Storage Plant Causes a Clash. The erection of a $50,000 ice and cold storage plant at the northeast corner of First and Jackson streets will force the Santa J-"e railroad to stand the ex pense of rebuilding its switching tracks to the Topeka Coal company yards, the Parkhui st-Davis wholesale grocery warehouse, the Ralston Yeast factory and the McCormick Harvester company warehouse, which expense may be con tested by the Santa. Fe. Vincent Kaczynski, Dick Hodgins and W. Lyle Dickey are building the new ice and cold storage plant. Workmen are now busy with the excavations. The stone and brick and other materials for the building are being unloaded and work must begin within a very short time. Meanw-hile the switching tracks the switch serviceable for the new cold storage plant after it is moved farther east. The new plant will be constructed and ready for operation by the first of June. The building will be 50x150 feet and will be four stories high. The ice machine which will be installed will have a ca pacity of cooling the entire building and for making 50 tons of ice per day. This firm has, secured the Topeka coal yards and -will combine it with the new business. The storage yards at First and Jackson streets will be combined with the Kaczynski yards at First and Topeka avenue. CHICAGO PRIMARIES. Republicans Are Selecting a Candidate for Major. Chic; go. March 6. Republican pri mary elections for delegates to the city, judicial and ward conventions are being held in Chicago today. The chief in terest centers in the selection of dele- I gates supposed to favor the nomination ot either Graeme Stewart or Jonn M. Hailan, the rival candidates for mayor. Mr. Stewart, w-ho represents the "reg ular" element of the party, is a promi nent merchant and a member of the na tional Republican central committee". Mr. Harlan is a well known lawyer and a son of Justice John M. Harlan, of the United States supreme court- He is an "independent." WILL BE FAIR. That Is Now the Promise of Weather Bureau. The government, forecast sent out to day for Kansas is: "Generally fair to night and Saturday. Cooler." The minimum temperature today was 37. There was a trace of rain. The wind has been south blowing 12 miles. The hourly temperatures today were as follows 7 o'clock 30 11 o'clock.. 8 o'clock 41 12 o'clock.. 9 o'clock ,4:1 1 o'clock.. 10 o'clock 46 2 o'clock.. AH .51 Cantrell Before Grand Jury. Noblesville, Ind., March 6. Rufus Oantrel came here from Indianapolis today to testify before the grand jury. Cantrell made a full confession to the jury of his relatians with men of this county, who, he says, have been robbing graves in nearly every cemetery in the county for seven or eight years. He said f the bodies were taken down the river as far as the Broad Ripple in boats and hauled to the colleges in wagons. Another Wreck at Florence. Florence. Kan.. March (5. Another wreck oc:currol in the Florence yards Thursday. While an extra freight, Con ductor Ross in charge, was pulling into the west yards, one of the cars jumped the switch, derailing and smashing a merchan dise car and a car of stock, kilUng part of the steers and maiming others, The yards were blocked most of the clay. To B-aise Chinese Poll Tax. Ottawa. Ont., March 6. It is under stood that the government intends in troducing a bill next session of parlia ment raising the poll tax cm Chinese from $100 to J300. This is in conection with the request of the Chinese and Jap- lanese commission.

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TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL, FRIDAY EVFNTXG, MARCH 6, 1903. Sailor Sharkey Occupies Ilia Hoards for a Time Declares Je.T Can Easily Whip Corbett in Six Hounds. CI I ACTION TOO TOUGH. Incidentally Tom Tells of His l ight With 3! u iiroe. Wiii Do liulte Elinor I'p With a Heavy Left Hook. IC v York. March 6. "If Jeffries stops riiiht at Corbett the fijrht won't last Six rounds.'' That was the statement made by Tom Sharkey w hen asked today what, til his opinion, would be 'he outcome of the baitio. Sharkey has foupht both Jeffries and Corbett, and he should be aHe to nve an expert opinion as to their respective pugilistic abilities. Continuing, Sharkey said: "Jabbers are all right for pretty work but they don't win fights. I saw the tt;!e between Jeffries and Corbett at the Coney Island A. C, and the only round in which Jeffries went at Corbett fee I ut him out. Corbett hasn't a knock-out punch in him. He could hit bs with his two hands on the jaw at the s,i time and there would be noth ing doing. Jeffries' best blows are a lift hook to the jaw. followed with a ritrht to the body. Jeffries has won derful strength in his forearm. Fitz is a cleaner hitter than Jeffries, but, on the other Hand, Jeff is about as fast fcnd a more terrific, puncher. Sharkey is confident he will win his f cht with Jack Munroe, and today told ju.t how he expected to do it. This is What he said: "liver since I signed articles to fisht the bit; fellow who handed it to Jef fries out in Kut.te I have been busy p'lsTininKT his defeat. I think I have ev trythirifv down pat now, and that I will put the fcoUl miner out of business in Bhort order. ."Of course, a. lot depends on the kind Of a ficht he puts up. But my plans will work no matter whether he comes to trie or tries to stay' away. Of course Munroe is a biff, strong fellow, and may have a pood punch, but just how clever he is with his hands I don't know or care. "Judpiner from his four-round bout with Jeffries. Munroe favors a body punch in his efforts to beat his op ponent down, lie may or may not be stronu with these punches, but a man who can put Jeffries down with a wal lop to the body needs a little considera tion when yu are goinic up against him for a biff purse. For this reason I hvue been planning; a defense that will block these body punches. He will find it a. pretty difficult matter to reach my body, and the blow with which he is credited with puttiriir Jeffries down will be of little tis to him in our battle. "There jire two ways in which I can falit Mnnrno and wm out. One is to h ep away from him. the ethr to lirrl-.t j him fit ciee quarters. .At (lose ransre Mini- j roe would have very littie chance to do Ie.:,t ine. It. is difficult for a man with sueii n lnriK reach ro Isnd an effective biovv when ho j.s close to his opponent. To land citertively In must have plenty of swing; So as to Give force to his blnws. On the other hand IntiehlinK is my strong; point have retired cut several pood etinches that will do the trick when I don the rents with Munroe. For instance, when be pen'ls his favorite left cut 1 tan easily fctei) Inside and let cn lite richt to tit.' heart, and nt the same timr, be prepared to ut'iter(.,,t with the icft. This heatt puna it is tile one Jeffries used on me m our haul-" at 'onry Island. It is a hum mer and wears a man down pretty quiekly unless lie is in the best possible condition. In a clinch I prefer to let rh the right and left in succession to the stomach. "Munree's left punch to the stomach would l,e oi for me. T do not ,nw he t awav from Jeffries without Eettmir Ms Ho, k knocked off. In landine the blow Munroe have his head unooveicd, and it is a rineh to hook him in the taw. Vh"n he eotne.w forward in his si. wiping position it put his paw right out. The punch that will stra iyhuut him up is the. left hook, i.J I have got it down pat." O'Keefe-Britt Fight. Portland, Ore., March 6. Both Jack C'Keefe. the clever young Chicagoan, Bud Jimmy Rritt, conqueror of Frank Krne, are training hard for their con test here next Monday night. O'Keefe has been at work a week and, according to Sig Hart, he is in tine shape, pie is established in quarters at Fourth and Burnside stre, ts. w here large crowds as semble every afternoon to see pm box pnd haudl" the gymnasium apparatus Brut arrived Sunday afternoon" and as Os" yi -"3 ft Tr Some people begin e"" to show age before Mz. w j1-- the meridian of life -"t is reached, or they have lived out half their days. Ther are prematurely gray, haggard and sickly, and seldom free frora au ache or pain of some description. Cold feet, chilly sensations, stiffness in muscles and joints, weak, stomach and poor digestion, lack of energy, and drows iness, nervousness, etc, thuw that old age has been reached ahead of s-s, time. Had blood anu wean circulation raore often produce these miserable letdiuirs aud signs of de- cay than anything else. fcv! t An lnberited taint or w poison of some descrip- -tion is at work, in the sys- s- tent, canting stagnation aud a general unhealthy condition of the blood; and this, and not the weight of years, 13 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 years, and makes the blood rich and pure, stimulates the appetite and digestion, knd invigorates the entire body. S. S. S. is a purely vegetable remedy, and the best purifier aud tonic for old peo ple, aud those who are beginning to show c;t because of the run dowu condition of the blood. With rich, pure blood there is no reason why old people should not re tain the happ; disposition and buoyant f spirits of youth. ii f It you have a can cerous sore.Rheu--. k. mat ism, or any of v y the ailments com mon to old ace, write us about it, f.nd our 1'hvsicians will advise you w ithout charge, look on Blood and Skin Diseases free. Ths Swift Specific Co., Atlaata, Ea. a representative of the Olympic club of San Francisco was extended the priv ileges of the Multnomah Athletic club. He had ben training- before he came here, and needs but little work to keep his wind eood. FITZ WIXX FIGHT AT 158. Indignantly Declines the Extra Two Pounds Offered by Ryan. Philadelphia. Pa., March 6. Bob Fitzsimmons and Jeffries sparred three rounds last nijrht at Chester, Pa. After the show Fitzsimmons was questioned as to the wordy warfare goinsr on be tween himself and Tommy Ryan. Fitz simmons was positive in his statement and has this to say Rbout Ryan: "I will meet Tommy Ryan at 158 pounds, which is now the accepted middle-weight. I-w ill bet him any part of iflO.OOii that I can lick him at th.-ii weight. I do not want the extra two pounds he so kindly offers. I also will net him $2,f00 that I will weifrh in on the afternoon of the fiRht at the recog nized weic-bt. The match should take plrsce within two months. Ryan's idea of waitinp; a year is all bosh. 1 see in some of the papers he says I did not accept his challenge until I knew his hand was injured. The public knows me well enough to make it unnecessary to deny that statement. I would like to reiterate that it is now up to Ryan. I have done all the talkinsr I'm gointr to do. He can choose the latter grround. 1 nm willing to make it a finish fiKht or limited number of rounds, whichever he prefers. "I would prefer to fight Ryan in San Francisco, but I am not particular; anywhere we could get the biggest purse or the largest guaranty would suit me. Yes, I would go to Fort Erie if they would put up the stuff." When asked if he thought Ryan had gone back any Iinky Rob said: "Tommy Ryan has not had a big flprht for some time and he is not the fighter he used to be. I think I could knock him out in ten rounds if not sooner. Yes, I know all about his ring generalship and his clever footwork and all that. I am willing to bet I can knock him out in ten rounds. If we light and it would suit him better let the winner take all." COKBETT TO TRAIN 60 DAYS. Thinks He and the Champion Will Ba Friends from Now On. Baltimore, March 6. Jim Corbett said last evening that he would cancel his theatrical engagement and go to San Francisco to train two months before the date set for the fight with Jeffries. He does not think there will be' any hitch in the arrangements. "I think I can defeat Jeffries," he con tinued. "X am quicker and can outpoint him. but I don't Want to do too much talking about it, because Jeffries is a big, strong fellow and a tough proposi tion to go against. I don't underesti mate his ability a bit. "The trouble between Jeffries and me? Oh, that's all off, and I don't think there will be any more hard felings between us there's none on my part. Jeffries is a nice, big, good natured fellow, and I don't think he'll bear malice." "What made him say he hated you and would try to kill you if you got into the ring together?" "'Well, I'll tell you. I've been wanting to get a fight with him for a year, and I'll admit that I hounded him. Then he began to say mean things about me and that I was afraid to meet him. Then t did say he was a cur. That's the only reason I know of for him to hate me. I never did him any bad turn. Why,- I was in his corner when he won the championship from Fitzsimmons. He told me Sunday that he never said be would knock my block off and kill me and all that. "Jeffries is in fine shape, but so am I, and I don't believe the stories about him dissipating- in the west." MAY BE A MATCH. Raca Between McChesney and Her mia a Possibility. New York. March 6. There is now no obstacle in the way of a match race be tween MeOhesney and Hermis, as L. V. Roll, the owner of the eastern champion, will consent to a meeting between the pair, either at Saratoga in Auguft or during the fall racing meeting at either Sheepshead bay or Morris park. Oeorge Spea?1 the noted driver. who is the traim f of Mr. Smather's trotting horses, and in the fuil confidence of his em ployer, today had this to say: "Mr. Smathers is ready to enter Me Chesney at th proper time in a sweep stakes against Hermis on any eastern track either in August, at Saratoga, or later at some other race course." "Will he make a good-sized side bet?" was asked. "Most certainly." said Trainer Spear, with emphasis, "for $20,000 or as much larger a sum as the Hermis people wisU." Nothing could le more explicit than this, so the McChesney end of the prop osition is now resolved into the form of a challenge. Mr. Bell's only hesita tion in accepting the deft at once, his friends say, is based on the doubt whether Hermis will be able to fulfill his rich engagements In the big stakes and at the same time indulge in a gruelling match- race. AMERICAN LEAGUE GAMES. The Playing Season Opens April SO and Consists of 140 Garaes. New York. March 6. The American baseball league held its first annual meeting in New York Thursday with President Johnson in the chair. There also were present R. I. Hedges of St Louis: J. F. Kilfoylc, of Cleveland: j Charles A. Comiskey, of Chicago: S. F. I Angus, of Detroit; Fred G. Postal, of 1 Washington: B. F. Shibe, of Philadel phia, and Joseph (Jnvin, of Boston. The following playing schedule was adonted At Chicago St. Louis. May 7. 8, 9. 10; August 6. 7. 8. 9; September 2. 3. De troit. April 30; May 1. 4. 5, 6: July 26. 27, 28; August 29, 30. Cleveland, May 2, X. 31; June 1. 2; July 30; August 1 2; Sep. temper 5. 6. Washington, May 15, 16, 17. 18; June 22. 23. 24: August 16. 17. 18. Philadelphia. Mav 11. 12. 13. 14; June 19. 20. 21; August 13. 14. 15. New York. Mav 20. 21. 22; June 25. 26. 27. 28; August 22, 2:1. 24. Boston. Mav 23, 24. 25: June 29, 30; July 1. 2: August 19. 20, 21. At St. Louis A pril 22, 23, 25, 26; Au gust 3. 4. 5; September 10. 12, 13. De troit. May 2, 3, 30, 31; August 2; Septem ber 5. 6, 7. 7. Cleveland. May 4, 5, fi; July 26. 27, 28; August 29. 30, 31: Sep tember 1. Washington. Mav 11, 12, 11, 14: June 19, 20. 21; August 13, 14. 15. Philadelphia. May 15. 16, 17, 17; June 22, 23. 24: August 16. 17. IS. New York, May 23. 24; June 29, 30; July 1. 2: An eust 19. 20. 21. Boston. Mav- 20, 21 22; June 25. 26. 27. 28; August 22, 23, 24. At Detroit Chicago, April 27, 28, 29, July 2S. 21, 25; August 25. 26. 27, 28. St. Louis. May 26. 27. 28. 29: June 1, 2; Julv 29. 30. Rl: August 1. Cleveland. April 22. 23. 25. 26: May 10: August 9: Sep tember 2. 3. 4. 13. Washington. Mav 21, 24. 25; June 10. ?.o: Julv I. 2; August 22, 21, 24. Philadelphia, May 20. 21. 2; June 2a. 26. 27. 28; August 19. 20, 21. New York. Mi-y 11. 12. 13. 14: June 19. 20, 21, August 16. 17. 1S. Roston. Mav 15. lr, li. IS: June 22. 2.1. t4; Aueust 13. 14, 15. At Cleveland Chicago, May 27 28 30 31; August 10. 11. I?; September'?, 7. S. St. Louis. April 28. 29. 30; May 1; July 23. 2). 25; August 26. 27. 28. Detroit, May 7. 8. 9; August 4. 5. 6, 8: Septem ber 10, H. 12. Washington Mav 19. 20, 21, 22; June 5. 26. 27; August 19, 20. 21. Philadelphia May 23, 25, 26; June 29, 30; July 1. 2; August 22, 24, 2a. New York, May 15, 16, 17, IS; June 22, 23, 24: Au gust 13, 14. 15. Boston, May 11. 12, 13, 14; June IS, ji. 20. 21; August 17, 18. At Washington Chicago, June 11, 12, 12; July 17, 18, 20. 21; September 26, 2S, 29. St. Louis, June 4, 5. 6; July 13, 14, 15. 16: September 19, 21. 22. Detroit, June 15, 16. 17; Julv 8, 9, 10. 11; Septem ber 16, 17. IX. Cleveland. June S, 9, 10; Julv 4, 4. 6, 7; September 23. 24. 25, Philadelphia. June 1, 2, 3; July 22, 23, 21, 2,5; September 12, 14, 15. New York, April 22. 23, 24, 25; August 5. C. 7; Sep tember 2, 3. 4. Boston, April 27. 28. 29; Julv 31; August 1, 3, 4, Sit, 31; Septem ber 1. At Philadelphia Chicago, June S. 9. 10; July 13, 14, 15, 16; September 23, 24, 25. St. Louis, June 15, 16, L; July 17, IS. 20, 21; September 16, 17. IS. Detroit. June 4. 5, 6:; Julv 4, 4, 6, 7; September 19. 21, 22. Cleveland, June 11, 12, 13: July 8. 9, 10, 11; September 26. 2S. 29. Wash ington, May 7. 8, 9; July 27, 2S, 29, 30; September i. 7, S. New York. April 27, 28, 29; May 2S, 29, 20, 30; August 29, 31; September 1. Boston. April 22 23 24, 25; August 5, 6. 7, 26. 27, 2S. At iNew- York Chicago. June 15, 16, 17; Julv 4. 4. 6, 7; September ifi, 17, IS. St. Louis, June S, 9, 10: July S, 9. 10, 11; September 23, 24. 25. Detroit. June It. 12, 13; July 13. 14, 15, 16; September 27, 28. 29. Cleveland. June 4. 5, 6; July 17, 18, 20, 21; September 19, 21, 22. Wash ington, April 30; May 1, 2; August 8. 10, 11, 26. 27, 28; September 5. Philadelphia, May 4, 5, 6; July 31; August 1, 3, 4; Sep tember 9. 10. 1. Boston, June 1, 2, 3; July 22,' 23. 24, 25; September 7, 7, 8. At Boston Chicago, June 4, 5. 6; July S. 9, 10, 11; September 19, 21, 22. St. Louis, June 11. 12, 13; July 4, 4, 6, 7; September 26, 28, 29. Detroit, June 8. 9. 10; July 17. 18, 20, 21: September 23, 24, 25. Cleveland, June 15. 16, 17, 17; July 13, 14, 15; September 16, 17, IS. Washington, May 4, 5. 6, 28, 29. 30, 30: May, 1. 2; August 8. 10. 11; September 3. 5. New York. May 7. 8. 9; July 27, 28. 29, 30: September 12, 14, 15. The plaving season opens on April 20 with Philadelphia at Boston. The teams are scheduled for two games, it being Lexington day. The eastern clubs go west first and open on May 11 as follows: Philadel phia at Chicago, Washington at St. Louis. New York at Detroit and Boston at Cleveland. The western teams first appear in the east on June 4. witn Cleveland in New York, Chicago at Boston, St. Louis at Washington and Detroit at Philadel phia. The western teams close the sea son in the east on September 29. with Detroit in New York, Chicago in Wash ington. St. Louis at Boston and Cleve land at Philadelphia. Like tile Nation al league schedule, the season consists of 140 games. NO PLACE FOB TOPEKA. Gus Alberts Fails to Land in the Mis souri Valley League. Kansas City. March G. The meeting of the Missouri Valley league was concluded with yesterday's session at the Baltimore hotel. Nothing of importance remained to he attended to and the session was devoted chiefly to a discussion and alteration of tile playing rules. About the most important matter was the adoption of the Spalding hall as the official league ball. The magnates had propositions from tlus Hanson. Spalding's local reprf sentative, and from William Whitley, representing the Kavvlings com pany of St. Ijtiuis. The league ratified the adoption of the schedule i, resented at Wednesdav's session. Gus Alberts and V. G. Kdly. both of To pel:a, went before the meeting and made a talk for the admirsion of I'opeka to the circuit. After some discussion the magnates decided not to increase the cir cuit this year, but Topeka w-as promised any vacancy that might, cep-ar during the season. The propcish ion to change the name of the league to "Western associa tion" fill flat, tin:- magir.it' s being unani mous in their opposition. The Montgomery Handicap. Chicago, March 6. The Montgomery handicap, the lirst race of pretension of the legitimate racing season of 1903, will be run on March 30, the opening day of the Memphis Jockey club meeting. The entry list this yeah lairly scintillates with high class horses, end the 106 nom inations are by far the best show ing that has been made in the history of this Fouthern classic, which was inaugurated in 1883. It was originally a mile and a half affair, but has undergone many changes, being reduced to one and one quarter miles in 1S86, one and one-eighth miles in 1889, and finally to its present distance, one and one-sixteenth miles, in 1897. Erb to Coach Vanderbilts. New -"ork. March William Erb, ex-cuorterbaok on the Leland- Stan ford, jr., university football team and quarter on the Columbia varsity team last season, has been engaged as the fix tball ccKu h of Yanderbilt university at Nashville, Tenn., for next season. Ap- I -n 11 1 11 11 -1 rrmr-nii-nn-nK ttth mi I -i V V t fa v :f' ,-r i t !r J'1 f eSt '""JZ i .'v i'' v fcs The kaiser's soldiers have learned to fear the sight of the famous red war chariot, which the imperial Wilhelm now uses in making his tours of inspection of his troops. The warlike kaiser sweeps down upon the various sections of bin troops when they least expect him. He has great faith in the automobile for war uses. plications for Erb's services as gridiron coach were also received from several Illinois and Kentucky colleges. -Erb's absence next fail will deprive the Columbia team of its strongest quarterback. JEFFE.IES-COREETT MATCH. Papers Signed Up Satisfactory to All Parties at Ealtimore. Baltimore, Md., March 6. James J. Cor bett and "Billy" Drlaney, the latter rep resenting James J. Jeffries, met here last night and signed articles for a Jlght for the heavyweight championship of the world. It was agreed that the contest take place in California in July or August, l:-' under the auspices of the athletic club ottering the largest purse. The- men are to spar ijj rounds to a decision, the win in r to receive. 75 per cent of the purse, the loser to take 25 tier cent. Bids are to be sent to Harry Corbett. San Francisco, aecompanii d by a certified check for ?5.0.0; duplicate bids to be sent to Tom O Rourke in New York. Bids for the con test are to be opened April 1. 1"3. The club securing the contest must de posit a certified cheek for the entire purse ten clays before tile light. It was also agreed that the contestants should deposit c. rtitied checks for ff2.5ju in the hands of someone, to be decided upon later, at the time the offer of the club offering the larg est purse is accepted. There was considerable talk between Corbett and Delaney as to the sort of bandages which the princi?u:tls shouid wear during the contest, but they finally got to gether and agreed to use only the soft tape which nearly all boxers use. '1'he agreement, which is rather lengthy, is signed by Jam'-s J. Corbett and "Billy" IVlaney. The witnesses are Thomas Cor bett and Robert Dcady. Wilher Robinson, the Baltimore baseball catcher, was pres-ent at the conference, which was held in a private room con nected with his cafe here. New Orleans Racing Affairs. New Orleans. March 6. Jockey Bu chanan went before the stewards yes terday afternoon and asked for a re hearing of his case. It was granted him but he did not bring any witnesses to testify in his behalf. Buchanan's pica was that he might have ridden some bad races because of dissipation. He stands just where he did before. That is, he is suspended in-dt-iinitciy. Owner S. C. Ilildreth, who made di rect charges that the jockey pulled Teie mon when the colt was beaten by Old Hutch, repeated the accusation in Bu chanan's presence. He said further: "1 thing he pulled Lucieri Appleby at Chi cago and let Nitrate win. It was the showing he made with my horses last summer in Chicago that made me sell the best stable I ever owned to Durnell Herz." Ilildreth will ask the Western Jockey club for a rehearing of his claim for the colt Dick Bernard, which he bought from Captain Bunbury after the latter had claimed him in the Carnival stake. Instead of sending O. O. Parke's writ ten authority to the jockey club's secre tary Bunbury sent it to Hiidreth too iate for the- latter to flie. Censor, Thane and Banish were the winning favorites. Eale of a Good Colt. Lexington, Ky March 6. for $6,000 CI. L. Richards, the millionaire publish er, of Boston, Mass.. bought of H. M. Ziegler, of Cincinnati, the four-year-old bay colt New York II., by Imp. Sir Modred-Memento, by Virgil. In the last two days Richards, who is a. new addition to the turf, has bought more than $13,000 worth of thoroughbreds in training here. New York is a Brooklyn and Suburban Handicap candidate. He raced in England in 1901. Jenkins and Munroe to Wrestle. New York, March 6. The wrestling match between Tom Jenkins, the ex champion, and Jack Munroe, the miner pugilist, will take place at Madison Square garden on March 13. This was decided yesterday when Clark Ball, manager of Munroe, accepted Jim Ken nedy's bid of a $2,000 purse. 'flie conditions of the match require Jenkins to throw his antagonist four times in the hour to win. Ftacing at Frisco. San Francisco, March 6. The stew ards suspended Jockey Minder for his ride on Kvander and several other ef forts recently, among them that on Matt Hogan yesterday. The track was slop py, but fine weather prevailed. Favor ite won three races. Weather threaten ing; track sloppy. Nichols Wants Second Baseman. St. Joseph. Mo., March 6. Charlie Nichols wants the St. Joseph manage ment to release Russ Hall to him so that the latter can play second base for the Kansas City Western league team. Hall Is in California playing in the Pacific coast league. THE KAISER'S BED WAR CHARIOT. 1 il i,.., y DYING IN JAIL. Gr&ndnepbew of President Garfield, Who Spent $200,000 Foolishly. New York. March 6. A motion has been rntered in the supreme court to have "James A. Lyon Garfield, a grandnephew of the late president, released from Ludlow Street jail, where, penniless and ill trom consumption, he has been elnce he was brought from New Orleans several weeks ego. That the prisoner is only a reckless boy is part of the defense set up by the law yers who lately become interested in his case. The charge? against him can be dis posed of easily on legal technicalities, they say, es there is no actual record of the commission of any offense. Young Oarlield has lived nearly all his short iife in Syracuse, where he now has a widowed mother. He was born in Switz erland, however, while his parents weie abroad. A year ago on attaining ills ma jority he came into possession of a fortune of $200,000. He has squandered it all. In March of last year, while on his way home during the Faster holidays, he was attracted by a girl in New Haven, who glanced at him as he passed. He began a flirtation with her and an hour later they were married. He left her the same afternoon, pledging her to keep the marriage a secret until after he had graduated from the "Baft pre paratory school, which he was then attend ing;, lie did not see her again until a month later, and then he faced her in a divorce court, having brought suit to ob tain a release from the marriage. After leaving school young Garfield came to New York, where he ihought he would have better opportunities for the invest ment of his money. He became connected with the firm of Vermilye Co., in Wall street, and after the failure of that concern, started a bucket shop. About this time he began spending his money recklessly. He ap peared imbued with the idea that cham pagne was drawn from water faucets, and almost bathed in it. He plunged into all sorts of dissipations. The last $0 bill in his pocket was reach ed last December, and in despair he start ed sooth. He was ill and without money and without ability to make money when found by the de tectives sent from this city and was actually starving when they came across him in New Orleans. The wife of a judge in Syracuse, a friend of the boy's mother, has interested several lawyers in this city and they are doing all they can to obtain his release from prison in order that he may be permitted to re turn to his home in Syracuse. It is known that consumption has already claimed him and they plead that he be permitted to di9 in his old home. LONDON SJIART SET. Swell Society Men Now Wearing Cor sets on Dress Parade. London. March G. It is no longer pos sible to disregard the fact that London's smartest men are wearing corsets. The article has forced itself upon the mascu line form, and the subject of a male waist is greatly exercising the expansive minds of the Bond street tailors. This fashion is due to the search for some thing new on the part of the west end exquisites, particularly those who adorn the military set. To be ultra-fashionable, they have decreed that diminu tive, wasplike waists are the "correct form." The fad appears to have caught on in an extraordinary way. Recently, dur ing the spell of fine weather, scores of young- society men were seen parading west end streets clad in frock coats that tapered to abnormal sllmness at the waist. The same feature is notice able in overcoats and lounging jackets. Indeed, among the smart set the sack back is a thing of the past. The demand for corsets for male wearers from those west end firms which supply them has shown a re markable increase lately. Thirty to fifty shillings is the average price, and 36 inc hes, according to the Tailor and Cut ter, is the average size around the waist. Instead of wearing pearls or diamonds around the neck, in strings or for neck laces, some of the very smart women are wearing a very narrow band of black velvet. On this band are hung pearls and diamonds. It is very becom ing, for nothing is so effective as a nar row strip of black velvet on a beautiful white throat. There is also something decidedly original about it. ENGLAND'S FOOD SUPPLY. It Is Causing Sorae Anxiety in Differ ent Quarters. London, March 6. Replying to a large and influential deputation which visited the foreign office today to urge the ap pointment of a royal commission to in quire into the question of the security of the food supply of Great Britain in time of war, Premier Balfour expressed the opinion that the danger Great Brit ain had to meet was not the exclusion of grain and the raw materials neces sary for the country's national exigen cies but the cost of introducing them. The country could get all it wanted, if it was prepared to pay the price and the question of price was ultimately a question of insurance. Sufficient stress t,''

fV t 8 V. t 5 i -y f f 111"''" I f .17 If ctua! test is more convincing than days' talk on Unescfa fccult, or weeks of logical Unesda Oisculf please the palate and satisfy the stomach. The price is .1 cents. Sold only in the In-er-seal Package, which is dust and germ proof. TlONAIpBISCUm COK PANY One-Way Rates To Many Points in the State of California jt- SVBEY BAT The Union Pacific will sell One-way Colonist Tickets at the following rates FROM MISSOUBI RlYEK TERMINALS 25.00 to San Francisco, Los Angeles"! Tickets mS! and many other California points, j juna 15, 1903. S20.00 to Ogden and Salt Lake City. S20.GO to Butte, Anaconda and Helena. S22.50 to Spokane Wanatchee, Wash. 525. CO to Everett, Fairhayen and New Whatcom, via Huntington Spokane. g2 5. CO to Portland, Tacoma Seattle. $25 .CK) to Ashland, Roseburg, Eugene, Albany and Salem, via Portland. C. FULTON, Depot Arrt., Phone 84. F. A. LEWIS, City f kt. Agt., 635 Kansas Ave., Phone 53. was not laid upon the part neutrals would play in the event of a war. There would be more than sufficient neutral shipping to supply Great Britain with grrain but not with raw materials. As to the danger of a "wheat corner," the premier was unable to estimate the magnitude of the danger, but the coun try was exposed to this in time of peace as much as in war time. He admitted that an inquiry into the matter was ad visable, as it would tend to allay some unfounded fears as well as show that some of the difficulties of the situation could not be wholly removed. Mr, Bal four added that he thought the inquiry ought to include the questions of insur ance, the conditions of modern maritime warefare, the methods by which com merce could be protected and destroyed and the amount of the actual grain supply of the country. He hoped, how ever, that nothing would be done to establish a government machinery which would injure the national com mercial machinery by w hich Great Brit ain was supplied. AMERICAN WOMEN. Ellen Terry and Sarah Grand Guests at Luncheon in London. London, March 6. The Society of American Women of London gave a luncheon on the fourth anniversary of its organization. Lady Mayoress Sam uel, Ellen Terry and Sarah Grand were amonfr the guests. About 200 persons were present. Commissioner Florence Hayward of the St. Louis fair and Mrs. Calder Johnson of the Sorosis from New York made speeches. Cheap Trip to El Paso. On March 7 to inclusive, the Rock Island System will sell round trip tick ets to El Paso at rate of one fare plus $2.00. Liberal return limit. This low rate provides a splendid end of the winter opportunity to attend the Cattle Reisers' annual convention, to inspect the great and growing interests of New- Mexico, to visit the modern American city of LI Paso and to con trast it with the typical old Mexican city of Juarez, just across the river. with its adobe houses, peon", old cathe dra! and bull fights. For tickets, etc., see the nearest Rock Island agent. Business Opportunities for AIL Locations in Iowa, Illinois, Minnesota and Missouri, on the Chicago Great Western railway, the very best agri cultural sections of the United Statei where farmers are prosperous and bus! ness men successful. We have a de mand for competent men with the nec essary capital foi- all branches of busi ness. Some special opportunities for creamery men and millers. Good loca tions for seneral merchandise, hard ware, harness, hotels, banks and stocn buyers. Correspondence solicited. Write for mars and Maple Leaflets. W. J. Reed, industrial agent, 604 Endicott building, St. Paul, Minn. Bear the A ThB Kind Ysu Hare A!w?vs BK;l( Beiu- the Ths Kind You Have Jiwavs Bsugtn OASTOIIIA. Emm the A 3 J mm BG'J;ll Bignntnro of 7 newspaper argument; X vv NX. X' To Many Points ia Oregon and Washington n TleVels en Sale Feb. 15 to April 30,1903. SMOKE KLAUER'S GOLD BUG. 5 CENT CIGAR. flVF ..F., low Flag." WABASH ROUTE Between Kansas City and the East 5- DAILY TRAINS 5 KANSAS CITY TO ST. LOUIS. Unsurpassed service, smooth track, fast time. Wabash trains run directly through the World's Fair grounds. St. Louis, in full view of all the magnifi cent buildings. The only line that does it. Ask your ticket agent for tickets over the Wabash. H. C. SHfBl.DS. L. S. M'CLFLLAN Trav. Pass. Act. Western Bass. Ast. S03 Main St., Kansas City. Mo. 1MB I f i ta a fc. j k U The South's Greatest System. Penetrates eleven states, and reaches every commercial center. WM. FUNNELLY, T. P. A.. Board of Trads Building, Kansas City, Me. T. r, J. C. A. nil fa s .iect;rical Ji-iisnieei lug. Mechanical 'ra wing Phs,cS, Chemistry, 2 bra. (iHimftrv Tr-, r s Business Practice. BOTkkeiomr Penmanship. Rapid Footing i'it ine, Grammar. Reading ..fti,..!:f" Banjo and Guitar. Call at Office on East Eighth et. for '1

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TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL, FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 6, 1903. II. J nn",n pf''S Official Announcement of Santa Fe Changes. I. S. La nek Placed in Charge of All Accounting. APPOINTMENTS MADE. J. E. .YcLeod and 1). E. Fitz gerald at Topeka. Appointments Announced for tie Santa Fe On If Lines. from Wichita to half a dozen small towns nearby prevents the city from doing any sugar business. Figures were city to show that the Missouri Pa cific hauls sugar from Sugar City. Col., to Wichita and Kansas City alike for 25 cents per 100 pounds, while the Santa Fe rate from Rocky Ford. Col., which is in close proximity to Sugar City is 324 cents to Wichita and 25 cents to Kansas City. Attorneys for the Santa Fe and Rock Island roads went into detail re garding the competitive conditions at Kansas City and other points which they argued justified the facts. TAKES IMPORTANT WORK. A. C. Bird Will Bo Traffic Director of Gould Lanes. Chicago. March 6. A. C. Bird, third vice president of the St. raul road, has been selected to take oharse of all the traffic of the Gouid system of railroads with the title of traffic director. News to this effect came from New York last night, and Mr. Bird admitted that he had been askd to accept such a position and had consented to do so. OfTniul announcement has been made Of thi changes in the auditing depart ment of I he Santa Fe which were ex clusively announced in the State Jour nal about a month ago. In connection w it'll the announcement th-' following appointments have been Hi.iJc: li. K. Fitzgerald, motive power ac ecmtrtiit, Tofeka. K. Mcl.eod. stoie and stationery ao CAintuni, To:eka. It. 1. Ruby, accountant northern divi on. Gulf lines, Cleburne. C. li. Cain, accountant southern divi sors, Gulf lines, Temple, C. H. Dwyer, accountant Galveston tciniiiialF. Gab. est on. No announcement has yet been re ceived of the appointments on the Coast Lilts 1. is. Ijiuck, auditor of disbursements, to uhem is given additional jurisdiction by this change, said in speaking of the cr.a rise "I do not know yet exactly how many fin n will be transferred to the manage ment of the auditor of disbursements by this change. 1 think there will be li. -t less than fifty. It will not make any miti-ria! difference in the number o employes at the general unices. The hHiijje is not yet in full working or. Why was the change made?" "I don't know that any special reason wa. assigned except that it was thought ln-rt to place the matters which apper tain to the auditing department directly untei- the control of this deiiartrnenl." 'Vv'iU the department of the chief sta tioier id' the Santa Fe be moved ouc of th-2 general offices into a building especially provided for it?" have heard some rumors that thi. rnuht be done, but I know nothing whatever about it. Nothing has been deliiitely decided upon." "he official circulars announcing the hinge and giving the names of the new apv'iiiie-p are as follows: Kffvtive March 1, lsos, the account- V V V 4 X A 5 1' A. C. BIRD, Traffic Director of the Could System, The position is a new one with the Could system, and as tratlic director Mr. Bird will have full charge of all traffic originating on and carried by railroads aggregating a mileage of over 18,001). The position is the most important ot its kind yet created, and is in line with the recent tendency of concentration and Atchison would have shown more earn- f ings by several million dollars. The territory along the Atchison in the west and southwest was never in as S prosperous condition as it is today, and there is no use of freight being carried at a rate that is too low to show a J profit. In a great many instances new institutions, new lines of trade, have been favored along the line of not only the Atchison, but of all the big western s roads, and it is high time that the j railroads were at least getting their rights in the matterr of rates. j "There is a great deal of corn to be moved along the line of the Atchison, j but it will not be rushed to market ow ing to the fact that it is in ogod condi- i tion and will find ready sale when it is shipped. In many sections of the west j the corn will foms out in the shape of i live stock, as live stock is being fed in j large numbers, and the present prices j are attractive. Hogs are now selling at j the banner figures of the year." 4 I U LZ3 1 1 r i J I We aint much on high prices II hi ph pi n rs n y u La U U u J Li v 'tJ 0 I i BARGAIN f MAT LOSE CONTROL. II Present Financial Management of Santa Fe Said to Be Shaky. New York, March 6. The relations be tween Rock Island and Atchison are destined to become very close, notwith standing denials that have been made, particularly by those representing the present management of the Atchison company. W. H. Moore. D. Cr. Reid and V. B. Leeds are big holders of Atchison stock. Mr. Reid said to a Wall street man before leaving for Europe that he and one other man were the largest m dividual holders of Atchison stock. J While no denials are to be had from l those in interest as to the plans for the future, it may be said on good authority that the present management of the Atchison is likely to lose control unless f terms are reached with those in control l of Rock Island before the next annual j meetinar of the Atchison, Topeka Santa Fe company. The belief in well informed circles is that control of Atchi son has been acquired by the "Big Four" of Rock Island, which includes the Moore Brothers, Mr. Reid and Mr. Leeds. William H. Moore is one of the least communicative of Wall street men. He has become cautious in the matter of in terviews in recent years, and therefore no sort of confirmation can be had from him of the .stories that are being: talked of privately in high financial circles. His reply to questions regarding the truth of the story of a holding company to control five big railway systems was that the story "is important if true. Rock Island is said to be the central and domino t ing figure in the combination which is to take in in time Atchison. St. Louis and San Francisco, Southern Rail way and Central of Georgia. This story. field. 111.. March 4. 1S4.1. J. H, Hiiand, now traffic manager, will probably succeed Mr. Bird as third vict president, and E. S. Keeley, general freight agent, will probably succeed Mr. Hiiand. WANTS MORE MONEY. occupies a similar rxsition for the Har riman lines, has his headquarters here, despite the fact that none of the lines over which he has authority touch Chicago. Darius Miller, who is said to have authority over the traffic of the Hill lines, is also in Chicago. Mr. Bird learned the freight traffic business on the Wabash road when .lav in? work, such as keeping records of Gould controlled it, and left that road mit-na! received and issued, making in January, 1S83. when superintendent ptyrolls, vouchers, bills, distribution of of freight traffic to accept the position ct i.-a'i rial and stationery, and preparation general freight agent of the St. Paul l statistical information relating there- j road. From that position he rose i), heretofore performed under the jur- i through the positions of freight traffic i-di tion of the storekeeper and the sta- I manager and general traffic manager to tijii. r. will be transferred to the ac-j the position of third vice president De mounting department and placed in j ('ember 30. 1S9. Mr. Bird served through .hrtrge of the auditor of disbursements. the civil war with the Twenty-second "Mr. J. E. McEeod is hereby appoint- i Illinois infantry and Fourth Fnited ed store accountant, w ith headquarters i States cavalry, and was born in Pitts- T l f I 5!1 V..-, fif'l Til r')l A ah luiAa -luit. -Tie win 11.1 v c enure chfnge of the clerical force under him, and correspondence rclatins: to the ac- 'Hirsts of the store department will be condut. ted in his name. He will report to file auditor of disbursements. "1. S. I.AUCK. "Auditor of Disbursements. "Approved: "ii. C. WHITEHEAD, "General Auditor. "Effective March 1. 19c:j, the account ing work, such as time keeping and re turns, making payrolls, vouchers, biils end distributions and keeping of records and preparation of statistics relating to f -ngine and car performance and condi tion, heretofore under the jurisdiction of the motive power department, will be transferred to the accounting depart ment and placed in charge of the audi tor of disbursements. "Mr. D. E. Fitzgerald is hereby ap Fointed motive power accountant, with Le-okiuui ters at Topeka. He will have entire charge of the clerical force under bun, and correspondence relating to the accounts of the motive power and car departniieiis will be conducted in his name. He will report to the auditor of disbui senrnts. I. S. LAl'CK, "Auditor of Disbursements. -Appioved: H. C. Whitehead. "ib-neral Auditor." Th.- 1 ircular announcing the appoint ment of Mr. Ruby. Mr. Cain and Mr. Iwyiron the Gu!f lines is as followsr Effective March 1, 1903. the account ing work such as time keeping, and re turns, making pny roils, vouchers, bills, distribution, handling fine accounts, kc '-ping i'c(;r,r ds and preparation of sta tistics relating thereto, will be trans ferred to the accounting department, and plaoe.-l in charge of the auditor. "Tiie 1 aumont division will be under t'ne sup. -i vision of the auditor at Beau niont. "Reports will be made to the auditor. "A. S. JENNINGS. "Auditor G., C. S. F." POUR TO BE MERGED. amalgamation. It is not known ivherr if it has foundation m fact, means a Mr. Bird's headquarters will be, but direct and close combination of interests presumably Chicago will be selected, as j between the Moore following and tha the tendencv is to concentrate traffic di- I Morgan party. J. P. Morgan controls rectors in this city. J. c. stubbs. wh& Southern railway. The central ot Geor f 1 I 1 5 t 1 I 1 gia is under control which is friendly to the Southern railw ay system. Rock f Island could not obtain either of these lines without Mr. Morgan's approval. PARCEL OFT FRISCO. Birmingham, Ala., March 6. The Age-Herald says: Jt is announced on good authority the St. Louis and San Francisco road known as the Frisco system, control of which was recently acquired by the Rock Island in con junction with Morgan-Southern rail way interests will be parcelled as fol lows: That part of the Frisco between Bir mingham and Memphis to be operated as a part of the Southern system and that part west of the Mississippi as part or trie hook rsiana. e Tt is not stated when this arrange- 1 merit will become effective but it is be lieved it will be some time within next 90 days. The Southern thus gets a Great Western connection without dropping from its policy of keeping itself east of Mississippi and without being m direct competition with any western system. FOR SATURDAY One or two cents saved on every yard of goods will soon figure up into dollars. Why not begin now? Read and profit. 2000 yds. English Fancy Torchon Laces fifty styles in edgings and inserting from 2 to 4 inches ftl wide and worth up to 15c Saturday, choice, yd. dm'iS" Neck Beads 50 inch strand of coral or jet beads with fastener 25c is the regular price 1 g r Saturday, choice I The New "Nethersol" Bracelet made of white carved silverene metal the rage in the East Qr Saturday, each JOS' Amoskeag A. F. C. Fancy Ginghams and Madras cloths "Ivanhoe" fine Zephyrs and Madras cloth and colors warranted 12 c is the selling price in i Of other stores Saturday, yard I Ladies' fast black seamless Cotton Hose fine Maco yarn, pure Irish linen splicing in heel, sole and I p toe Saturday, pair 1 3" A large line of New Spring styled Prints, ppcrtic Waistiogs, Fou lards, fi Madras Percales, Giralda Fancies, etc all fast colors, Cf, and Saturday Special per yard The new Mercerized White Oxfords, Etamines, Satin Damasks and fancy P. K's." values up to 50c Saturday, yard 29c Wool Albatross 36 inches wide Black, Cream, Nile Green, Light Blue, Pink and Navy Saturday, per yard. -25c Bed Sheets Ready made, 72x90 inches bleached, hemmed and laundered ready to use Saturday, each 39c TurKish Towels Unbleached, 18x38 in. double twisted thread, an extra heavy, durable Bath Towel Saturday ea 9c This is an extra good bargain. HucK Towels 20x40 inches regular loo value Saturday, each 10c One lot Honeycomb unbleached Towels fringed and blue stripe borders size 39 inches long 18 inches wide 70 dozens in the lot while they last Saturday 5c New All-wool Spring Dress Goods Wool Etamine Suitings, 38 in. wide and worth 65c black and colors Saturday, yard. .4:9c lie Clothing Sep araiieni We'll Go To The Mode for Medicines The place to save. BBilODELED New Floors, Fresh Paint, New Clothing, New Hats, New Shirts and Men's Furnishings, make ours the most attractive Clothing Store in the city. No guessing at the color or quality of Clothing you're buying. You can see it there is so much light. Everything is out of the high-price clique. We want to see you. You don't have to pay for the label on these i i t i HATS They are as good aa any made, latest styles, at SI.50, S2.C9, S3.0D Malted Milk 4:5c and 90c Electric Bitters 4:5c Palmetto Berry Wine 80c 5 Drops 85c Lyon's Foot Powder 23c Listerine, pint 85c Ozomulsion for Consumption 85c Nervura 90c Swamp Root 39c and 79c Shoup's Restorative 89c Catlins Celery and Kola Oc Men's Shirts, That have a heap o' style in 'em and, oh, the quality! Come, and see for yourself. Prices will not make you -J gasp,either- 50c 75c, $1.00, S1.59. SPRING SUITS We are receiving daily our Spring Clothing, and the values and' styles this Spring are exceptionally good. We want your Suit business, and if Honest Clothing at Honest Prices will get it, it's ours. See our Special Values at m 1 r i 10.00 a SI 6.50 12.50 815.00 ftfiD SI 8.00 Bock l3laod, Santa I'e, Frisco and Southern in Morgan's Hands. The negotiations now in progress iri New York by which the Koek Island in-U-rests are about to purchase the St. Ijoijis -San -Francisco will lie of much gre.ir-r significance and more far rearhiiiir than has ypt liepn disclosed. A securities company, ii is claimed, similar to the Northern Securities, is being- f-'!'mtd through J. P. Morgan te v. wl-Jch w ill hold the stock of the Frisco, the Hook Island, the Southern, and the Santr Fe. Tt said that a majority of the stock of the several companies, will be- put into a b!o: k and the holders thereof -will siK'ire alike in the profits derived from the operation of the roads involved. The si r,f me will mean that Morgan w ill h- the controlling spirit of the proposed co:r-b.:.atio::. Paul Morton Saya Freight Bates Must Advance. Chieaso, March 6. In speaking of the rate situation in the west. Paul Morton, second vice president of the Atchison, says that an increase in freicht rates is absolutely necessary. "There has been a great deal of talk about advanc ing the rates." said Mr. Morton, "but in the main it has ended in talk. The so-called increases which are alleged to have been made in various tariffs are not increases at all, but are merely restorations to rates that formerly were in force. There must be a gen eral advance in freight rates if the roads expect to show a fair margin of profit. During- the last few years the price of nearly everything' has ad vanced. Equipment, rails, labor, are all much higher, but the freight rate situation has remained about the same. Speaking- in a Ren; ral way, if the rates on the Atchison during the last year had kept pace vith the mileage increase and had been proportional to the cost of equipment and maintenance, the LUMBER AND BUGAE. "Wichita Claims Rates on These Com modities Are Unjust Washington, March 6. The hearing of the case of the Wichita. Kas.. city council aerainst the Santa Fe. Rock Isl ttnd and other roads involving charges of discrimination in freight rates on various t niniodities in favor of Kansas City and other principals was continued by the interstate commerce commission Thursday. In the closing arguments, counsel for the city of Wichita., con tended that Wichita is charged higher rates than principals! beyond it on ship r.ients from the south where ail the lum ber for tiie Wichita territory originates. The rate increased, he pointed out, until It reaches its highest point, 2S'A cents per hundred pounds at Wichita and from there on northward, eastward and est ward the freight rate decreases un til it is 211 cents to Kansas City and 24 cents to Chicago from the point of origin. It also was contended that the freight rates limit to shipments of sugar FREE TO EVERYONE. Read and Learn How You May Procure It. The question of why or.- man suc ceeds and another fails, is a prob lem that has puzzled philoso phers for centuries. One man attains riches anil position, while his neighbor who started with seeming ly the same, and better opportunities, exists in poverty and obscurity. No man can win success who is suffering from an irritating and nerve racking disease and the man who has the qual ities of success within Mm, would be quick to recognize this fact and seize the best remedy to eradicate the trou ble. A person afflicted with a serious case of hemorrhoids or piles is handicapped in the race for power and advance ment. It is impossible to concentrate the mental eneagies when this dreadful trouble is sapping the vital forces. To show how easily this success destroy ing trouble can be overcome, we pub lish the following letter from a promi nent Indiana man: "When I rev-eived the former letter and booklet on Piles, their nature cause and cure,' 1 was in a critical condition. Ulcers to the number of seven had formed on the inside of the rectum culminating in a large tumor on the outside resembling fistula. I suffered the most excruciating pain, could get no rest day or night. After reading the booklet I sent to my drug1 gist but he happened to be out of Pyra mid Pile Cure just at that time. How ever. I obtained a part of a box from my brother-in-law and began their use. Five pyramids completely cured me. I procured a box later, but have had no occasion to use them, I have been waiting to see that the cure was per manent, before writing you of its suc cess. I believe Pyramid Pile Cure to be the greatest and best pile cure on the market, and ask you to please ac cept of my grateful thanks for this in valuable remedy. I take great pleas ure in recommending its use to any sufferer along this line. You may use my name if ou wish for reference to any one afflicted with this disease." J. O. L.!tteli. Arthur. Ind. You can obtain a fvee sample of this wonderful remedy, also the booklet described above by writing your name and address plainly on a postal card and mailing it to the Pyramid Drug Co., Marshall, Mich. 5 i WILL. EARN OVER, 7 PER CENT Rock Island Earnings For the Year Will Be Large. It is estimated that the increase of gross earnings of the Itock Island in January as compared with those of the same month last year was about sauu, 000, and that of net was in the neighbor hood of $400,000. Total net earnings since June SO, 1302, amount to $11,529,109, which falls only $200,000 short of paying 12 months' fixed charges, and the full 4 per cent required on the preferred stock. All the net earn ings of the remaining live months, thei fore., will be applicable for the common. This should amount to about $.o00,000, or fully 7 per cent on the $75,000,000 com mon stock. The large January gain in earnings was probably owing party to the open ing of new lines which have been under construction; but doubtless the largest portion of the increase was owing to the movement in corn. The gain of about ftffio.OOO compares with the Santa Fe's gain of about $500,000. The Ruck Island company has now reported earnings of the system for eight months. It com pares" gross and net results by months with those of the same properties a year ago as follows: Month. Tune July August September October November Jlecembor January Total Deorea.5e. H total earnings for the romainir.g four month? averase $1.2''.-nx net earnings m the spring months are much lower than those of other monthr, of the year -the in come available for charges for the twelve months ending Mav l'.Hii, will amount to $17.5i.Wf). On this basis share earnings for the twelve months would be about as fol lows: Total net earnings $17.W1.W I.-oss charges (official estimate) .ti3.i9 Balance for shatts. 7.!WUVW Less 4 per cent on preferred 2.19m It is thought that the interstate com merce commission will not refrain from including these outstanding annua; passes when they begin to investigate matters. It was this peculiar phase of the situ ation which led to the calling of a gen eral meeting of passenger officials of lines which are members of the Western, Transcontinental and Southwestern pas senger associations for tomorrow in Chi., cago. They are expec ted to agree among themselves to "clean house" and place matters in order for the inspection of the committee. WHY THE INCREASE? To Gross earnings. Increase. $1.3l,5--& 5341,220 3 (52S 33 54.710 3.!7ft76 23.:i 4.H27.S24 SW.IWS 4.421.!iim 2155.''" n'1 3.72.015 23,927 3 M.'i.S5i b rlLi 3,S-SS,2!j ite'.U ,$30,920,440 $2,S80,5o F.Hlanee for common Earned on $75,0w.!c common, 5. 710.01) '.t5 per cent. ADVANCES THE DATE. Santa Fe to Put in Colonist Rates on March 9. Santa Fe pas:seng( r department officials havt announced that on March 0 the cheap rab-s to California will go into ef fect. From Missouri river points a rat? of $25 will lie made, while from Chicago the rate will be $33. This arrangement will be in effect until June 15. which is much longer than usual. Passengers will be al lowed to stop over at California po-ims while enroute. which is an unusual con cession in tickets of this kind. The Santa Fe is the first road to grant these st )p over privileges. A strong bid will be made by the Santa Fe for the homeseeker busi ness this rear. News Bureau Discusses Santa Operating Expenses. In discussing the last monthly state ment issued by the Santa Fe road the Boston News Bureau makes the follow ing comments: Atchison's January gross earnings in creased 549S.776. which is the largest month's gain but one since December, 1001. Last October gross earnings in creased $520,008. January net earnings, however, increased only $39,659, which is about $200,000 less than might be ex pected under normal conditions. Earn ings for the twelve months ended Janu ary 31, 1903, were equivalent to about 6 per cent after the payment of all charges. The increase in gross earnings was doubtless owing largely to the move ment of corn, vhieh has swelled the January gross earnings of all the roads in the corn belt. Atchison's increase compares favorably with that of Mis souri Pacific, as shown by the latter's weekly statements. The poor showing of net earnings, however, has been the discouraging feature of Atchison's state ments so far this fiscal year.. In only one month. October, has the increase in net earnings been anything like normal. Whether this has been owing wholly to increased cost of operation, or largely to improvements charged to operating expenses, is a question which will.be decided by the annual report. It seems, however, that with the proceeds of the bond issue a year ago the company should be able to keep down expenses of conducting transportation. ment was made in Judge Gibson's court and was in settlement for the death of William 1C. Biackwelb her husband, who was killed through the fault of the railroad. He was a bridge carpenter. SANTA FE CONSOLIDATION. Wants to Put Its Texas Lines Under One Control, 'Austin, Tex., March 6. A bill was in troduced in the senate today to author ize the Southern Kansas railway of Texas to purchase and operate tiie Pecos Valley and Northern Texas, and the Pecos River railroads. All of these roads are Santa Fe properties. STRIKE IS SETTLED. to Machinist McMullen Put Back Work at Las Vegas. Ias Vegas, N. M.. March 6. The strike of the local roundhouse force has been amicably settled by Machinist McMullen returning to work. What bid fair to be quite a far reaching strike was thus averted. NOT MUCH CHOICE. WILL CLEAN HOUSE." Traffic Officials Get Ready for Eikins Law Enforcement. Chicago, March fi. Western railway managements are in a quandary regard-t-r wirt net ion tr take with reference to annual passes which were issued and i l c snippers before the passage of the Klkins law. Many thousands ot such passes are outstanding, and al though they were issued before the new statute went into effect, the general opinion is their use is now illegal and will subject both the railroads ana users to a fins for vioiaUoa of the act. Boer War Casualties of British Equal to Railway Casualties. In an address at Evanston last Sun day Prof. John K. Crray of the chair of political economy in Northwestern university said thaf'our ratiroads killed more people in the same time during the Boer war than the Boers killed in the Knglish army." The railway news bureau offers the following figures of British casualties in the Boer war dur ing its first year to October, 1900: Killed in action or died of wounds. 4,096 Died of disease or accident 6,512 Sent home invalids 33,077 Total 43,685 For the year ending June 30. 1902, the interstate commerce commission shows the following railroad casualties: Killed 2.S19 Injured 39.800 Total 42,619 While the total casualties are not far -apart, the British killed by Boer bul lets exceed the deaths by railroads in the Fnited States by 45 pier cent, while the deaths from all causes in the one year of the Boer war were in the ratio of almost 4 to 1. Santa Fe Settles a Claim. Kansas City, Mo., March 6. The Santa Fe railroad company today paid to Mis. Mollie H. Blackwell and her law. children $2,250 in cash. The pay- ABOUT RAILROAD PEOPLE Clyde Funchess began work in the Rock Island water service today. (Jeorge B. Allen, a Santa Fe electrical engineer, is in Topeka on business. The new turntable at the roundhouse is completed and will be put in operation at once, Joseph Hagans. a striper in the paint shop, is in Guthrie. Ok., attending the fu neral services of an uncle. Osman Bates is absent from the shop on account of sickness. Mr. Bates is en gineer of shop engine No. 2298. Philip Heery, Charles Rosendal and Thomas Astel were transferred from the old to the new blacksmith shop Wednes day. A son was born last Sunday afternoon to Mr. and, Mrs. Oeorge Graves-. Mr. Graves is chief clerk to Resident Engineer J. M. Meade. r All of the iron and steel on the freight cars that were burned in Kansas City are to lie sent to the Santa Fe shops for moulding. A. K. Cooper, division passenger agent for the Rock Island, is spending several days in Salina. He left for Salina Wed nesday evening. A telephone is being put in in the office of the secretary of the Railroad Y. M. C. A. This is something that has been need ed at the association rooms for a long time. Frank Wilson of the Santa Fe. general offices had a blood tumor on his. face operated on at the hospital Wednesday. Frank is a son of Santa Fe Conductor Dick Wilson. A Raymond and Whiteomb excursion passed through Topeka today. The train was bound for California. This is the nine teenth Raymond and Whiteomb excursion that has been run this winter. Claude Maze of the boiler shop was hurt yesterday. A flying piece of iron struck him in the face. He went to the hospital to have it dressed and will probably be out for several days on account of it. Two more gang foremen have been se lected fer strvice in the new machine shop. Henry DeCamp will be put in charge of the locomotive driving boxes and Harry Goodrich will have charge of the valve wori;. James Feabody, statistician to Paul Morton, second vice president of the Santa Fe, is in the city for the purpose of hav ing an operation performed at the Santa Fe hospital. Mr. Feabody's home is in Chicago. Mr. Flower, one of the owners of the Rock Island, passed through Topeka Wed nesday on the Golden State Limited on his way to California. Genera! Superintendent 11. S. Cable accompanied him west for a short distance. The Santa Fe colonist rate to California will go Into effect on Monday, March 9. These rates were to have gone into effect April 1.. but for some reason an earlier date was set. The rate is $25 for one way between ail points on the Santaa Fe to California iwints. There was quite a rush of east bound Rock Island trains through Topeka yes terday afternoon and evening. These trains are those that have been tied up in the snow nt Almagordo, X. M. They have just gotten through. Some of them are several days late. Another switch engine has been added to the engines used in the Santa Fe yards. This makes eight engines in use, five on the day shift and three on the night. Wil liam Phllbln is foreman of the new en gine. Shop engine 2298 is not included in the list of eight yard engines. Nearly all of the Santa Fe trains were on time yesterday, with the exception of No. 2, w-hich was two hours late. This was a great deal better than the train did on Wednesday, when it arrived in Topeka about 10 hours late. No. 2 is a through California train and so many little things happen during the long trip that when it arrives in Topeka it is usually several hours late. A special train was run on the Santa Fe today between Ottawa and Atchison via Topeka and Lawrence. The reason for the special is the state oratorical con test which is to be held In Atchison to night. Many students will attend. The train arrived in Topeka at about 10 a. rr:. and will return tonight as soon as the contest is finishefd. A special rate of one fare for the round trip is offered. The excavating for the new Railroad Y. M. C. A. building, which is to be built "ii the corner of Fourth and Washington streets, was commenced yesterday. Secre tary Prout of the Railroad Y. M. C. A. said yesterday that when the work was once "commenced it would not take long to put the building up. The building will probably be readv for occupancy by the time next fall rolls around. "CAN'T I HAVE MY PAPA V Child's Plea Touches Gov. McBride's Heart and Pardon Is Granted. Olympia, Wash., March 6. John O'Day, who is serving a three-years' sentence in the state penitentiary at Walla Walla for the crime of robbery, has been granted a fuil pardon by Gov ernor McBride. The pardon was grant ed by the governor solely upon the ap plication of his wife and a letter of rec ommendation as to the character of O'Day from the governor of Wyoming.. Although the hearing given Mrs. O'Day by t'ne governor was private, u is said he was influenced to a. great ex tent by the appearance of the children, one of whom said to him. "Dear gov ernor, can't I have my papa?" and the governor, with tears in his eyes, re plied, "Yes, little one: in a few days." Mrs. O'Day apoeared before the gov ernor with her four children, and the sight of the destitute croup, was cer tainly enough to appeal for mercy. Mrs. O'Day made the appeal entirely upon the ground that she and her children were destitute and needed the care and protection of the husband and father. It was shown that O'Day had always been a hard-working and hdnest man up to the time he committed the rob bery of which he was convicted. The story of the robbery is certainly touching as told by Mrs. O'Day. The husband had been unable to secure a position of any kind. His family were destitute and starving, and had been ordered out of the house they were oc cupying. After the robbery O'Day broueht home all of the money secured and save it to his wife, and it was the, first money they had had for several weeUs. BABY WAS BOGUS. Woman Confesses Doctor's Wife Im posed Strange Child on Husband. New York, March 8. Following: a full confession made by Lydia Muller. prin cipal witness for Mrs. Elizabeth Starr Keefer Martin in the famous bogus baby suit, detectives have been detailed to arrest Mrs. Martin on sight. She is wanted on the charge of conspiracy in attempting to impose on her husband as his daughter a baby not her own. Lena Reikert, a nurse, who testified that Mrs. Martin gave birth to the child at her establishment, is being searched for also. The district attorney's theory is that Mrs. Martin wanted a child so that as its mother she would have dow er right in a rich estate in the Isle of Skye. off the Scottish coast, to which Dr. Martin has recently fallen heir. Letters purporting to have been writ ten by Mrs. Martin state this to be her object. Lydia Muller has confessed child of hers was taken by Mrs, to be passed off as her own. that a Martin Sankey Stricken Blind. Newcastle. Fa., March 6. Charles C. Sankey of this city has just received word that his cousin, Ira D. Sankey, the world famous evangelist, has been stricken blind at his home in Brooklyn. The trouble came from a cold which settled in his eyes. It is announced his sight may be restored after prolonged treatment. He Invented Paper Car Wheels. Morristown, N. J., March 6. Josiah Muir. the inventor of the paper car wheels now in use on railroads, died here today at the age of 91 years. He was formerly a large manufacturer of paper and pasteboard. DR. F AND ENNER'S iSacKacne Also Purifies the Elood. All Diseases of th kidneys, biadder, and urinary organs. Also heart disease, rheumatism, backache, gravel, dropsy, ferns!", troubles. 1 f Don't fcecome discouraged. There is a cure for you. If necessary write Dr. Fenmsn. He has spent a lifetime curing just such cases as yours. All consultations are FEEE. "I was confined eight months in bed with kidney complaint, heavy backache, pain and soreness across kidneys, also rheumatism. Other remedies failed. Dr. Fenner's Kidney and Backache Cure cured me completely. Yours is a wonderful remedy and pleasant to take. HARKY WATERS. Hamlet, N. Y." Sold by Druggists, 50c. and $1. Ask for Dr. Fenner's Almanac or Cook Book Free "We have sold many dozens of Dr. Fe.nner'st.Vit ua Dance Specific and every case bas been cured by it. It is a blessing. Almn-Clabk DiiuaCo.Akroa.O.". ST. VITUS' DMICE.

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TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL FRIDAY EVENING. MARCH 6, 1903. TCTEKA STATE ICOM! till ii.S.iU. E7 FRANK P. MAC l-NXAN. ..No. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Daily edition, delivered by carrier, 1ft e-r f a v.--. to any pait of Topeka or suburba, or at the same pric in any Kansas town where tb payer has a car rier si atem. I r..:. one yp-r 53.50 r n ail, three months k. v ei e., one vear i" fceturday tuition of daiij, one year 1.00 IKmeml July 1, UTS, as second class matter at the postoffiee at Topeka. Kaa., V. r the act of congrc-E3.1 TELEPHONES. Ptistncss Office Eel! "phone 207 I'usirx; Office Ind. 'pnone VJi 2 Prt.orters' Room Belt phonfju Itt porters' Koom Ind- 'phone lul-4 PERMANENT HOME. Topeka State Journal building. 800 end Kansas avenue, corner of Kighth. NEW YORK OFFICE; 11 Yanderbilt Bldg. Paul Block. Ivlsr. CHICAGO OFFICE: 154.) Unity Birig. Paul Block. Misr. 5 I EASES TISS EEPCRT CIT TES ASSOCIATES IEESS The State Journal !s a member of the iA.-:eclaU'fi Press and receives the full day te Er-pli Ti port of that great news or-g-anixatin for exclusive afternoon publica tion in TcipfAH. Th? rn us is received !n th Ftnt Jour Pl btilMing oer wires f-T tUis sole pur pose. Xntsv throiicrhout the entire Jay. A complete copy of the night report is also rec.ti ed. Brazil arrears inclined to become the I'nfir Sam of South America. New York will be asked to try har-! bortitff IT. Farkhurst and Dr. Dowie at j the seme time. Senator Tillman lost no time in start- inr," trouble after the new senate had j ei.-m-'l f r l.winess. J-;nmf.t pi in before the opposition had a chance to oiganizo a light on him. j tiusv that he is hi he is likely to stay. j From three offices at once by; ei.otl'.n Sen.;. pa- Long has e ome (iown fo one through expiration ;,nd resignation.! The problem v. liich is now confronting i toe i :aihh-an-a of Cleveland. Ohio, is to lii'.J a man N, can heat Tom Johll- S.jtl. If vrnpp had;, be-"n in jail when the Bur, .nek mur-ltv took place the police would have had no trouble in locating the criminal. i The Daughters of the Revolution ou-r to lie able to do a large business if they ever extend their society to South America. It must have given the Now Yorkers quit-' a jolt when Judge Parker tolej thorn that in order to nominate himself they must let up on fighting Bryan. With Pel a ware again in the Union all the people entitled to representation in tie- senate, have it, except the inhabit ants of Oklahoma, Arizona and New Mexico. If will require sotne nerve for the sen- atois already in, -Washington to collect jnHi-8- for attendance on the extra pes- Finn but they are well supplied with the, la. cessary article. i The welfaie of the city depends as' largely Upon good schrvols and plenty of them as it does upon the selection of I th" right man for mayor, therefore don't furjof the sch.wd bonds. Detroit News: Had the president con sulted the ongi essional directory, he would have learned the folly of calling an extra, session before 1907, when Sen ator Morgan's term expires. Members of the executive board of the Internationa i Steel and Copper Plate! Print rs un'a.n called on the president! yesterday to urge the appointment of I.;tvid II. r.ioreer, the retiring repre- j tentative from Nebraska, as director of the census in the event of the resigna- j tion of Director Merriman. Now watch j i-uttor Kosevvater throw a fit. The fact that ail the currency reform bills, by which it was intended to pro vide for a distribution of the public money failed, may lead to a reduction nf taxation by the next congress. It may finally dawn on the lawmakers that it would be as well to allow the money to remain with the people as to coll.-. t it and then have so much trouble in fstoring it to circulation. U. Dun Co. ronort 1.020 commer- I ih.l failures doling February, with Ha- t 1 Ktics of $!u.:io7, l.:.4, compared with 1,-, lei in tiie i errt sponding month of KI02 vleai the mount involved was $11,302,-! ami l,u2f in lam with liabilities of! Si 17.211. While the aggregate makes! a very favorable comparison with the' two previous years, the classified state-1 in. lit ind: .ven greater iiupiove- !:t the two chief commercial class s. Thus, in manufacturing there were failures for $;,hS7.:tf,l, compared with 'In involving 4.,.-,,cir, last year and 212 failure for Ji.oas.7ff two years ago. So as to trading failures, 7::t with liabilities of S l.."s2.7'i.i compare with h'-O defaults ltn '!ing .jl.l.a.Uil in 1!:02 and TT.7 fail ures fer 14-t7;', in F, i,ruary, It-Ol. It was only in the third division, embrac ing )..,.rs, transporters othet than railways, and similar failures, that the statement last month was less satisfac tory than last year. Kven here the number was the same, CO. but as to li,i- biliti Tt! compared with only -I'., although in lyni the amount d was l2,-443.."!7. In banking and ;?i-i i!y financial lines the record cth. was rout h more satisfactory than that of January, 7 failures for $l,lS2.2Cij comparing with If) involving $LV15.,.i3i, while in Feburary, J!W th. re were bill thice failures with -liabilities of omy ?!U. 1.1.0. As usual a few very large faif 1',rcs provided about a third of the de faulted liabilities, and subtracting these 14 the net result is exceptionally satis factory, the average amount of indent edness to fa-h remaining failure b- ing cniy S7.U-4 v, hi.-h is considerably less than in either of the two years immedi ately preceding. The average in manufacturing- is reduced to $11,287 against ?K:.0ii i,..t year, and iu trading to $5,171 compared with $5,514 in February, 1902, Slid i,S71 two years ago. EDITORIAL COMMENT. Monster New Battleships. Cleveland Plain Dealer: A cable dispatch from London says that the British government hs decided to still further increase its already enormous number oi fighting shins and to this end will at once authorize the building- of three battleships, to have a displacement of 18.000 tons each, greater by 2.K0 tons than the largest warship ttow ado-it. Clearly there is no intention in London to allow Germany or tiie United States to gain any superiority in the matter of these leviathans of th naval fighting line. While England has and will continue to have an overwhelming preponderance of these craft, the latest battleships laid down here and in Germany are admitted by British authorities to be stronger and in every way more effective than any- thing now hying the union jack. It I looks as if this country was to set the j fasmons m naval craft, as it did aur ing the fifties, when our fine steam war ships were at once copied by Kurope as soon as they visited its waters. This supremacy in the way of naval archi tecture was admittedly ours until the decay of our nat y after the civil war allowed the powers -of Kurooe to over take and at length outstrip us. AH through our history the United States navy has pinned its faith to gun power. Foreign critics declared that ail our new battleships were "over-gunned" until the supreme t'st of war showed that our designers were riyht and that preponderance of tire was the prime essential of a lighting ship, an end to be obtained even at a certain sacrifice of speed, coal capacity, or armor protec tion. John Bull, in these new ships, wit: take a leaf out of Uncle Sam's book. These vessels are to be not only the largest ever built but will have an arm ament never before possessed by a Brit ish ship. They will bristle with 12 and S-ineh suns, and to carry such a large number the designers have cut down their speed and reduced their steaming radios. This last has always been In sisted upon in British vessels on account of the numerous and widely scattered coaling nations and trade routes to be protected in ease of war. (July n few years nun 19,000 tons was considered the limit for si battleship. That has been exceeded repeatedly by the chief maritime powers and it is nut easy to see the end. Kngland is about to raise the limit tolS.OOO tons, and there is no apparent teason why Germany should net go her a few thousand tons better, say to 20.000 or 22.000 ton?. France and the United States are not likely to lag behind. "Battleships cost less than war," as Admiral Beresford re. marked, and all the world's naval powers seem bent on piling ttp thesa supposed guarantees of peace. Public Domain Almost Exhausted. Philadelphia -Inquirer: It will be but a short time at the pres ent rate until there will be no more arable land in the public domain. About twenty millions a year are being disposed of in various ways and only four or live years' supply at this rate remain. If this meant that the govern ment lands were being secured for homes by actual settlers it would be a pleasing statement. Unfortunately, the contrary is the case. Most of the lands which are now being sold are ai united by great corporations that manage to evade the plain intent of the iaw. The great cattle feeders and the timber men are getting the best, of the land tor a mere song and are taking it out of the market, so that the settlers will scon he barred ami great ranches will re main, to the detriment of the common wealths which need an increased popu lation. The Senatorial Conscience. Nebraska State Journal: The senators at Washington explain that while there was no law that they could unearth that gave ex-Queen Lil of Hawaii a right to the crown lands as her personal property or to compen sation for them or the loss of her in come from them since the republic un seated her and took over the public property, yet their consciences, some how, urged upon them that she ought to have something and they judged that $200,000 would be about right and so they put it into the appropriation bill. The explanation is a little dubious but perhaps the people will let it go, as it is certainly not a good plan to discour age whatever conscience a senator has been able to preserve after the big fight he had to get his place. JAY HAWSER JOTS. Chicken thieves have become a public pest in Jewell county. The first baseball game of the season was at Plainville last week. Mankato claims to have the youngest and loudest auctioneer in Kansas. A Mankato bee tree contained three squirrels, and a 'possum w hen felled. One Wcllsville cattleman is feeding his stock on chaff. He should be a great jollier. Sir. and Mrs. Henry Crane of Jewell county, received a visit from their old friend, the stork, this week. Lebanon followers of Jlrs. Nation will give "The Little Brown Jug" as light opera. They hope for a full house. Some of the Coats sinners complain because of the pastors taking up post ofiiee lobby room Sunday mornings. A Newton t hicken fancier is doing a good deal of t at kling over shipping a couple of settings of eggs to Old Mex ico. A Graham county cow committed sui cide by breaking her neck, says the Re corder. This is considered a certain method. The major portion of the diet of Leav enworth convicts for the next quarter w ill be 1.000 dozen of eggs and 400 bush els of onions. A Mankato man has shipped a carload of eggs to l;oston. As they go by freight they are probably intended for Christmas egg-nogs. On Washington's birthday a MoPher son hen started setting on 13 eggs. This week she led forth her little brood. Only one egg proved stubborn. An Abilene woman who seeks divorce and alimony further alleges: "He has of my property one washtub. three flat irons and a live year old child." A chicken ranch near La Harpe will harbor ;'.,Cii0 hens and the egg output is exptcte.i to average 1.500 daily. The nrhrhbers will be invited for Faster. Three Angora goats were shipped from Lawienoe to California this week. A dozen "hashed up" tin cans were con sidered sufficient food for the journey. An Ottawa woman who ttnthoughte J ly wore her kitchen apron to church, has promised if forgiven never to do so again. And yet she might have done worse. Ju-t for an advance April fool joke a rdghtou landlord placed nicely cleaned potato sot cats on the table labeled cel ery. The hoarders ale eagerly and now he f-'ars to "josh" them lest he be mob bed. In a "tit for tat" polite court case an Emporia woman was fined $3 for beat ing her husband and the husband $10 for beating the wife. The husband will pay the SI 3 costs w hieh he considers un lucky. GLOBE SIGHTS. From the Atchison Clone. Some men are so slow they could never caw h the sro.aUxvax. Some people always look the same, whether going to a funeral or a wed ding. Freedom of speech, as illustrated by a loafer standing on the streets, lying about industrious and respectable people, was not the original idea. Did anyone ever hear of a girl having her picture taken with a frying pan in her hand? Whenever theatrical people talk about working, there Is a sort of a smile you can't keep back. "When I roast people it often occurs to me what a good one I could give myself." Drake Watson. Half the discomfort in the world is caused by people neglecting their business to lie about each other. Shamrock III is going to be so slim that if one of her sailers nuts a chew of to bacco in his mouth the boat will turn over It makes no difference how independent a man is. there are times when he wants some one to "Poor-little-lamb" him. From what we know about people, the first few weeks the Departed spend in heaven are devoted to roaring to old friends about the way their obituaries were written. It is said that in the east women are dy ing because of exhaustion in "society." A woman loafer who overworks herself in "society" is no great loss to the world. The secrets girls tell, after getting sol emn promises that they will be kept, are such innocent little things that if printed on billboards, no one would read them. An Atchison man today had occasion to call up men in Kansas City, Leavenworth and St. Lotus, by telephone, and ail of them had the grip. The Atchison man also had it. REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR. From the New Tork Press. Most people borrow trouble; Mormona ntairy it. The divorce court Is the clearing house of matrimonial gambling. There is nothing so exasperating as never to get a chance to flee from temptation. No matter how late a man goes home at night he ought to have too much consid eration for his wife to argue with her about what time it is. When a man gets the grip he can drink a quart of whisky to cure it. but all a woman can do is to cry because blowing her nose mahes it red. QUAKER REFLECTION. fFrom the Philadelphia Record. Some people live on hope and some on credit. All work and no play doesn't apply to the musician. Fame is all right In its way, but fortune weichs more. Birds of a feather will soon be flocking to Faster hats. If you want anything; to get around tell it as a great secret. As a promoter of publicity vice is mors efficacious than virtue. No. Maude, dear; all jockey are not jocular. That's a horse on you. The things we do best are often the things that are not worth doing. The fellow who eats with his knife needs nothing to sharpen his appetite. We don't realize the greatness of some men until we read their obituaries. Scribbler "I am writing a novel of Phil adelphia life, but I can't seem to get much local color." Scrawier "What's the mat ter with the Schuylkill water?" The politician doesn't get all the plums There's the plumber, for instance. The man who has sense enough to keep his" mouth shut soon acquires a reputation for wisdom. When men pool their resotirces they sometimes realize that a pool and its mon ey are soon parted. The average woman is not half so much afraid to tell her age as she is that some ore else will tell it first. SHIieus "Women always go to ex tr ia os." Cyniciis "That's right. If they are not in the height of fashion they are iu the depths of despair." STRIKE ORDERED By Executive Hoard of Bridge and Iron Workers. Philadelphia, March 6. A general strike against the American Bridge company has been called by the executive board of the International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers. This order includes all construction work in the hands of the company throughout the United States and Can ada and involves the men in all sec- tions. When the order was received by House, Smith and Bridges union No. 3, of this city, strikes were called on alt contracts where the American Bridge company iron was used in construction as the erecting contracts were in the hands of general contractors who pur chased the iron from the American Bridge company. Frank Buchanan, general president of tlu international union, and another mem Iter of the executive board came to this city. As the result cf a conference between representatives of several crm tractors and the business agents of the, local union the -men were ordered back to work today on the operations in this city not being erected by the American Bridge company. The American Bridge company is sairl to have large construction con tracts at many points. It is stated here that in New York 1.500 men are idle, while Pittsburg, Albany, Buffalo and St. Louis are said to be seriously af fected. The union has taken steps to prevent If possible the sub-letting- of construc tion contracts. CABINET MEETING. Little Business Transacted at .he Session. Washington. March 6. Secretary Hay and Attorney General Knox did not attend the cabinet meeting today. While the session lasted one hour and a half it is understood that little busi ness of serious importance was under consideratie n. Both Secretary Moody and Postmaster General Payne, wdio will leave early next week for an extended trip to the West In dies, had a few departmental matters to dear up before their eieportnre, bat they said nothing oi importance was decided. I Earthquake in Germany. i Berlin, It arch 6. Earthquake shocks have been felt for two days in the dis- trict of Voiijtland, Saxony, in the Erzgobiere mountains. Yesterday's shocks were slight but those of today iwere violent. The inhabitants of Graz- lit 55, left their houses and passed into the streets. Tremors were felt as far as Ph un, Richenbach and Zewickau. Houses at Unter Saehensenburg anel at j Asch shook for several seconds. There was great excitement throughout the i aff ected district. The Hays Have Gone to Georgia. Washington. March 6. Secretary and Mrs. Hay have gone to Thomasvilie, Ga., for a few days' visit and Assistant Sec ret :ry Locic.is has aone to his Ohio home for a shcu t visit. Mr. Adee, second assistant secretary, is acting secretary. Waggener Get3 a Cane. The minority today attacked Balie Waggoner with a cane and presented it to him. It was a $35 gold-headed cane, and the minority diel a good job of it. Representative Kieth of Montgomery made the presentation speech. Very Low Rates. To points in Montana. Idaho, Washing ton," Oregon, and British Columbia, in effect daily from February 15 to April 30, via Chicago Great West ern railway. For full particulars apply to G. W. Lincoln. T. P. A., Kansas City, Missouri. WHO PAYS TAX Campaign for Mayor Reaches the Kecord Stage. Mr. Bergundthal Has the Ad vantage of Comparison. MANY MEETINGS HELD. In Some of Them It Is Neces sary to Have Countersign.' Law and Order Forces in Need of Carriages. During the past ten years F. A. Lewis has paid $39.21 taxes into the county treasury. During the same time W. S. Bergundthal has paid $1,039.73. This rather remarkable state of af fairs, as disclosed by the county rec ords, is submitted in evidence by the friends of, Mr. Bergundthal to estab lish Mr. Bergundthal's claim to the support of the taxpayers and business men of Topeka who want a man in the office of mayor whose personal as well as whose public interests will be con served by a business like administra tion of the affairs of the city. Mr. Bergundthal will get a larger vote 'of the business men of the city than could be polled by any other law and order candidate. He is known to be one of the best business men in town, and he has built himself up to his present substantial business basis from a beginning as a clerk. It is claimed that there is nothing in the records to show that either Mr. Lewis or Mr. Bergundthal carries prop erty in the name of his wife. The only explanation for the peculiar exemption from tax which has characterized Mr. Lewis for the past ten years is either that he owns property which has never been recorded on the county records, or that the records do not show how much he does own. In 1892, Mr. Lewis paid $3.12 personal property tax, and $1)0.56 real estate tax. The next year he did not pay any tax at all. He is said to have sold the house on which he paid $30.5t tax. But the question is what becami .of the money, or of the personal property he had in 1892. Fop.- the years 1S93, 1S94, 1895, 1S96, 1897, 1898 and 1899, Mr. Lewis did not pay anything, according to the records, into the county treasury as taxes. For the past three years he has had a small personal property tax. Mr. Bergundthal has a very large personal property tax, of which nearly all is paid on a half interest in a lum ber yard at Silver Lake, which Mr. Bergundthal owns. The personal tax on household gcods is about $3. The follow ing is a complete statement of the tax paid by Mr. Lew-is and Mr. Bergundthal during- the prist ten years, as shown by the county records: LEWIS. Real Personal estate Year. taxes. taxes. Total. 1892 ....$a.l3 $30.56 $33. 'JS p';; .'B 1Mi4 r.' v.-, iNfo 17 )99 1SC0 l.fil 1.01 11.01 1.92 1.93 19112 2.00 2.M $8.65 30 BERG U N DIHA L. Real Personal estate I Year. taxes. taxes. Total. I 1892 $2MW SSB.3K 504.S-1 lv;S 20.5s 30.04 63.23 I l;.4 A l'H.:',0 3!iH 05.32 j lts 27. 97 41.S5 9.82 lKtj 27.15 41.Ci 6S.2 !l7 23.23 39.03 02.29 1 ixsS 25.24 3S.05 03.29 i 20.79 70.15 WS.SM 1S0 10-01 K7.43 1"3.43 iwtl 40.75 120.03 107. ?.S i 10c2 54:22 iuo.Oo 211. 8-1 S328.90 710.83 ?1.039.73 DIDN'T HAVE COUNTERSIGN. There was a Lewis meeting on West Railroad street in North Topeka last night. It was for the faithful. A man who is supposed to be for Bergundthal went to the meeting. He was challenged at the door. "Give the countersign," demanded the man at the door. "Don't know anything about a coun tersign," said the candidate for admis sion. "Then you can't get in," was the reply- The Bergundthal man says they seem ed to be having a mighty jolly time at the meting. Another meeting of similar nature is to be held among the Russians this evening. Meetings of this sort are yyhat are eommonlv known as "keg parties." TENNESSEKTOWN SITU AT TON. The way things are going in Tennessee-town dees not suit the law and or der people at all. A prominent law and order worker admitted today that the great majority of the colored people out there have been lined up for Lewis. Uusually this precinct is one of the strongest law and order precincts in town. There wall be a big struggle for the control of the polls in this precinct. There mav be trouble. It is likely that four or five hundred people will be pres ent to organize the polls, as there is j great excitement, Tuesday evening there is to be a big I law and order rally at Jordan's hall, in i Tennesseetown. The speakers will he J. jW. Gleed, A. A. Raub, Geo. B. Turpir.. i Rev. M. T. Hook, H. I. Monroe, and Clarence Long. Another meeting will i probably be held out there Saturday night. The law and order people arc making considerable effort to swing I thir old supporters hack into line. NOT ENOUGH CARRIAGES. The coup of the Lewis people in hiring 175 carriages for the election leaves the. law and order committee in a had fix. It needs 50 more carriages for election day, and needs them badly. The com mittee wants private citizens to donate their rigs for the day. and it is neces. sary that the rigs be donated if the vote? is brought out as it should be. Those who can helo the committee in its di;Ti eultv should notify H. W. Page, secre tary, ft the okl court house. BERGUNDTHAL .MEETINGS. The following Berpundthal meetings have been announced; Tonight, at the new Lowman Hiii school house, corner cf Eleventh and Morris avenue, in the second precinct of the Sixth ward. Tonight, at the home of W. G. Tandy. 1612 Buchanan street, first precinct of the Fifth wf-rd. Saturday afternoon at 3 p. m., meet ing for women at Euclid avenue M." E. night, law and order com mittee conference, for all the wc.rd and precinct workers, old court house head quarters. Mondav evening, at United Presbyter ian church, Eighth and Topeka avenue, Fourth ward meeting- T. F. Garver presiding-. Speeches t'y representative colored men, Swedes, etc. ENDORSE LEWIS. Another club of colored men in the Third ward has endorsed Lewis. The following resolutions have been sent to the State Journal office: "Besolved, That we the voters of the first precinct, Third ward, and members of the Bailey Republican ciub, endorse F. A. Lewis as candidate for mayor of the city of Topeka. "WM. LINK, Chairman. "JAS. SCOTT, Secretary. "JOHN EDMOND. "TONY WILLIAMS, j "FRANK RADFORD, "Committee." j COLLEGE PAPER IN POLITICS, j The Washburn Review, 3 weekly pub lication by the students of Washburn coilejre, seems to be try-ins: to get into the local political situation, and it ad vocates F. A. Lewis for mayor in its last issue. Heretofore the college paper has not been mixed up with city politics, but this year the paper is considerably dif- ferent than it has been in the past. Among other thincs it Bruited an ad vertisement for the Palms, a notorious joint. Its stand for Lewis will probably bring down uiron it the wrath of the college authorities. The Review has an editorial scoring the law and order people for "faithless ly deserting Plughes in his hour of need" and in another column is the in junction, "Vote lor F. A. Lewis for mayor. The paper is this year carrying a col umn of paid announcements for nearly all the candidates, and -among them is one for Mr. Bergundthal. WOMEN WORKING FOR LEWIS. The Lewis managers have not limited their efforts to lining up the men for Lewis, but it is not a frequent sight to see colored women at the Lewis headquarters getting "supplies" and information. Judging- from the looks of the Lewds headquarters, it is confining its atten tions to the colored people of the city. The only white men around the head quarters are the ones who are man aging the campaign. Lewis now has a well organized force of colored women out at work. They have little poll books in which they take the names of women voters, and get them to pledge their support to Lewis. One colored woman said: "We have found out that there is g-ood money in it to work for Lewis, and as none of the other candidates have ever done anything- for us, it is not strange that a good many women would get out and work A negro woman was at work on Van Buren street near Tenth today, asking people in every house to vote for Lewis. It is not usual to send out colored wo men to canvass in the white district, but it may be that Lewis has figured out that it is a good system. KEEP AT WORK. Advice of Brotherhoods to the Wabash Employes. St. Louis, March 6. The officers of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen are preparing a statement to their members which will be given out for publication, giving a short statement of the case as it now stands and advising them to con tinue loyal to the railroad company and their organizations and pay no particu lar attention to the statements or threats of any person or to any rumors which may be put in circulation. HE HAD A CI AIM. A Crazy Swede Who Tried to See the March S. A Swede who gave his name as Z. Berg of Providence, R. I., tried for an hour today to see the j president. He was ursed by the White House attaches to reduce his eommuni cation to writing. This he endeavored tet no, but failed. One of the secret ser vice officers interviewed him and found him possessed of hallucinations. Berg i said that several years aaro he had in formed, the United States government that the Spaniards intended to blow up one of its battleships and wanted the president to see to it that he received $100,000 for his reward. Berg was per suaded to return to Providence and there place his claim in the hands of a lawyer. E. YV. BEJIIS HERE. Cincinnati Expert Will Testify in Dollar Gas Case. E. W. Bemis, formerly a professor at the Kansas State Agricultural college, and now located at Cincinnati, is in Topeka to testify in the dollar gas case. Mr. FHemis has a national repu tation as a gas and waterworks ex pert. It is not likely, however, that Mr. Bemis will testify this week as the time is now being taken up by R. D. Johnson, a gas expert whom the city has had working on the case for some time. Mr. Johnson was on the stand all day today, and wdll probably not finish his testimony until the hearing adjourns. O'Neill Appointed Inspector. It was announced today that Mr. Thomas O'Neill has been appointed general boiler inspector of the Rock island railroad. Mr. O'Neill will have charge 'Of all the stationary boiler in spectors over the entire road and will have his headquarters in Chicago. His appointment was effective March 1. The Name "Black Diamond Express" has become with those who travel a synonym for comfort and elegance. The train runs between Buffalo and New York via the Lehigh Valley railroad. Attention Arions. Dance Saturday evening. Starch 7, 1903. Members and friends cordially in vited. LOCAL MENTION. The Gamma Sigma Literary society out at Washburn, has purchased a tie piano for their society room. Saturday nixrht the Alethean Literary society, composed of the young women of Washburn college, wall hold an open meeting at the Washburn chapel. W. S. Bergundthal is working so hard in his campaign now that it is doubtful whether he can stand the physical strain. He was obliged to cut out some of h:s dates last night because of shee, exhaustion. Ira N. Terrill, the convict who has been making such a strong effort to se cure his release from the state peniten tiary. has filed a petition in the United States court ashin.-i for his release on writ of habeas corpus, and a new hear ing of the charge upon which he was ec-nvieted and sent to the aenitentiary from Oklahoma. Terrill pleaded his own case recently before the state supreme court, and asks that he be granted the same right before the United States co-.-.rx. Children like Piso's Cure. It is pleasant to take and cures their coughs. At drug gists, 5c IfiSURANCE SUIT ON. Hearing of Anti Trust Cases Is Begun. The hearing of the suit brought by County Attorney Nichols, under the anti-trust law, against the Aetna Fire Insurance company, was begun in the district court this morning. There are 55 similar suits against other companies doing business in Topeka, and the hear ing of the Aetna will be the test case. A few weeks after Nichols went into office in 1901 he brought the 56 cases. He charged the companies with, violat ing the state anti-trust law by combin ing on rates and using, to maintain the combine, the "Eldridge rate book." The law provides that if it is found that the companies are violating the anti trust law that they shall be liable to a fine and a forfeit and if the 56 cases could be sustained there would be a neat sum of several thousand dollars to go into the Shawnee county treasury. Mr. Nichols is being assisted in th trial of the cases by D. R. Hite. Over myer, Mulvarle Gault represent the Aetna company. Some time was spent when the case was called this morning in deciding the manner of proceeding in the case. The first witness placed on the stand was Frank Thomas. Topeka agent for several companies. He is tne man who declared war on the combine rates a few years aso. The first effort was to establish the fact that Harrison Clarkson operated a rate bureau and supplied the fire in surance companies in Kansas with a rate and that when Insurance Commis sioner MoNall went after the rate bureau that the Clarkson bureau went out of business and that then the Eld ridge rate bureau was established. The attorneys for the insurance com pany objected to everything that might throw any light on the conditions and suggested what the court should do, but Judge Hazen was disposed to know about the bureau and hia rulings were decidedly against the insurance com pany. After David Overmyer had ob jected to everything that came up Judge Hazen said: "I want the law yers to assume that the court knows a little about this case. There is a dif ference between trying a case before a jury and a court. You can some times make a jury believe things." Thomas testified that the Clarkson bureau went into the rate business in 1889,and that then the fire insurance companies bought the Clarkson rate book and that all the companies in the combine made that the basis for fire insurance rates in every town in Kan sas. Previous to that the ratings were made by local boards of insurance men. Thomas said the Clarkson bureau would determine the rates and print them in book form, and that the insurance com panies would buy the books and send them to their Kansas agents with in structions to use the rates prescribed therein. Mr. Thomas testified that during Mc Nail's term as insurance eommissione that the rating bureau went out of business, but that when McNall went out of office in January, 1899, that the Eldridge rating bureau began doing business at the old stand and that it has been in operation ever since. Thomas testified that Eldridge was a clerk in Clarkson's office before he started the Eldridge bureau when the Clarkson bu reau went out of business. He testified that the Eldridge books are almost the same in form, etc., as the Clarkson books. HE HANGED HIMSELF. S. A. ltibelin, of Topeka, In vestigates Death of Relative. Kansas City, March 6. Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Ribelin of Topeka, Kan., arrived m Kansas City last night from Benton l ville. Ark., where they went to investi gate the death of S. A. Perkins, the old j man who was found hanging from a tree near his cabin, in the mountains of Arkansas. Mr. Perkins was the son-in-; law of J. H. Langdon of 2333 Mercier street, this city. Perkins' wife, former j ly Miss Marguerite Langdon, left her home in company with William Powell and driving to Rogers, Ark., left the j team in a livery stable and took a Fris- co train for the south. Before leaving-, airs, rfiums left a note on the table in her home, statins- that she had gout with the man she loved. Mr. Rii.elin. wdien seen by a reporter last night, said that he was convinced from his investigation that Mr. Perkins had committed suicide, and said he be lieved he did so after reading the note that his wife had written him before leaving her home. He said: "When we got to Bentonville we hired a buggy, and in company with the dep uty sheriff and under-sheriff drove out to the scene. But there was nothing for us to see except the place where Mr. Perkins was found. The spot was a lonely one, several hundred rods from his cabin. The limb over which the rope had been thrown projected from a small oak tree, perhaps six inches in diameter. A larger tree at an earlier day had been cut down by Mr. Perkins, and the fall ing limbs had bent the smaller tree into a semi-circle, and it was to this that the rope was fastened. He had on his work ing clothes his overalls. From what we could see, I believe he climbed to the top of the tree, fastened the rope about his neck, not in a slip knot, but in a hard knot, and jumped. His neck musthave been broken by the fall, for there is not a sign anywhere that he made a move after he fell. Physicians living at JBen tonville who saw the body say that he could not have been dead more than four or five days before he was found. "Two hunters passing through the woods near the Perkins home found the body, stiff and rigid, hanging there and with the faithful old dog keeping watch over his master." They went to town and told of what they had seen and then returned to the spot, built a big bonfire and spent the night by the siele of the body. The next day the farmers of the neighborhood began gathering, a justice of the peace came and the inquest was held. Under the laws of Arkansas, a justice of the peace may hold an inquest. They look ed at the man, made a slight examina tion and rendered a verdict to the ef fect that he had come to his death by an unknown hand. "In falling," Mr. Rivelin continued, "Perkins struck against a. number of the stubs and limbs which had been cut from the larger trees and bruised his head. "These; were the only marks on him. i When the hunters found him he was in a sitting posture, with his body but a few inches from the ground. He had evidently died almost instant!;.-. The knot on the end of the rope had bruised his head and worn the skin off from a small place at the base of his ear, but otherwise, he was not disfigured. "Inside of the house, we could find nothing new. Mr. Perkins had just be gun the erection of a new home. He had built the foundation and hewed a lot of lumber to be used. He and Pow ell, the man who ran awar with hit wife, had been working for weeks on it. A bank book was found which showed that he had money deposited in the Ar mourdale State Bank of Commerce. He had been checking on this and the amount he still retained there is not known. We made an effort to get the OI-J Vj ii i t u J n t One Minute Cough Cure gives relief in One minuts, because it kills the microba which tickles the mucous membrane, caus ing the cough, and at the same time clears the phlegm, draws out the inflammation and heals and soothes the affected parts. One Minute Cough Cure strengthens the lungs, wards off pneumonia and is a harm less and never failing cure in ail curabl cases of Coughs, Colds and Croup. Our littia girl was unconscious from stneulj!ten dunns a suddsn and terrible attack of croup. 1 quickly secured a bottlo of One Minute Cough Cureand gv her three doses haif an hour apart. The c-oup was mastered and our little darling speedily rearwred. I cannot praise One Minute Cough Cure too nuch for what it has done in our family. A. Spaffori. Post master. Chester. Mich. Prepared by E. O. OeWITT CO., CHOAGO This Store Undersells TLca ill. PHASER BROS'. 217 West Sixth St. Bell Phone 2704. Our constantly increasing Busi ness is a grand testimonial of our low prices. Dried Peaches, lb 5c Nice Ev. Apples. 3 lbs. 25c 1 5c Burbank Plums 10C Tomatoes, 3-Ib. can Oc Sugar Corn, 2 cans 15c Fresh Cocoanuts 5c Sapolio, cake 7c Lewis Pow. Lyc, 2 cans 15c Saxon and Banner Oats, package 20c Armour's Butterine, lb. l&C Java Blend Coffee, the finest in the city, lb 25c Kan. Potatoes, bu 50J Elkhorn Peas, 3 cans 25c Our Banner Flour, cwt SI. 85 25 lbs. Best Granulated Sugar S1.O0 (With a $5 order of other goods. body that we might bring it to Kansas City for burial, but the authorities re fused to let us have it." NO MOKE MARTIN CHAPEL. It Will Be Renamed Euclid Avenui K. E. Church. Next Sunday the Martin chapel, in Dennis Martin's addition, will be re-, named and rededicated. It will in the future be known as the Euclid Avenue Methodist chutch. Under the pastorate of the Rev. J. M. Jackson there has been a large addition to the church constructed, the interior of ths main auditorium has been re modeled and there has been a new fur nace installed. All these improvements are paid for, except a small debt on the furnace. The services of rededicatlon will be held at 11 a. m., and the sermon will be preached by Rev. M. E. Gill, of Bur lingame. The money for makins: the 'improve ments to the church has been raiseef mostly by the women, who have lalKirea industriously, and have had their efforts rewarded. DEATHS AND FUNERALS. The Topeka friends of Mrs. Sanelers, wife of N. D. Sanders, formerly assist ant state auditor, will be grieved to hear of her death at Arkansas City, March 5, from complications resulting from the grip. She was a youngr woman of lively character, always cheerful and happyr, and made friends wherever she went. She was a fine musician, and her talent was a continual pleasure to her family, and to all her associates. The many friends of Mr. and Mrs. Sanders deeply sympathize with the bereaved husband and their little daughter Clara. The funeral will take place on Saturday from her father's home in Girard, Kan. Mrs. Adelia C. Hand, wife of J. S. Hand, of 607 West Eighth street, and mother of Talmadge S. Hanei of New York. Bessie Hand and Erie Hand of Topeka, died yesterday afternoon at her home. The funeral will be held at the residence at 2 o'clock Saturday af ternoon. Friends of the family are in vited to attend. The remains will be taken to California, Mo., for interment. Mrs. Laura Hamilton, colored, died Wednesday night at 1 o'clock at. her home at 1240 Lincoln street. The funeral will be held at the Church of the As sumption at a o'clock Saturday morn ing. Glass Situation Demoralized. Philadelphia, March 6. The Public Ledger today says: Never -in the his- tory of the window glass industry ir this country, it is said, have manufac turers and jobbers been confronted with such a serious situation as at present. If the plans of a number of leading pro ducers to close down their factories tern, porarily are successful, it is sairl higher prices are assured, while if it fails it is predicted here that the most ruinous price war which has ever been inaugu rated will be a certainty. Funeral of Gen. Foster. Indianapqlis. Ind.. March 6. General Robert Sanford Foster was buried at Crown Hill today, with military honors. The body lay in state at the capitoi for two hours, and was viewed by several thousand persons. Among the Honorary pall bearers were General Lew vVaHace, Admiral George Brown and General" George F. McGinnis. During- the hours of the funeral ali the public offices were closed and many business houses also closed. In a Topeka Street Car. First Citizen If any other companv owned this car it would throw it into the scrap heap. Second Citizen No; if any other than this company owned this cat- it sell it to this company. J El Paso and Return $32,05, Santa Fa Route. I Annual convention cattle raisers i Tickets on sale March 7-8-9; final limit I April ISth. See agent Santa Fe for j particulars. Railroad, a2a Kansas avenue. f H II TflPP W JLf kJ i

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TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL FfclDAY EVENING, MAHCII 0,1903. 5 17E0E 200 TIIEHE. Wo'jit'ii -leot to Talk Over the Campaign. Will I'se All Their Energy to Elect HenruiMithal. HAKES MANLY SPEECH. and Order Candidate Tells Where He Stands. V. ill Do All lie Can to Enforce the Law. Thr r--irly -,,h women at Lin co'.n IN .-t iii i i Thursday afternoon t atP a; d the teal ui. "t.llir of the Wo nan's Mune ipai league, whiih has pooi; til i-ortusi; J lush- s, but t Uu-'.t is now ii ;:.-v i'.s rdm'-st tor j a'tsundthai. l..e;a 'hf very v..yst "sni Si- -:i a few .f the lea-h is, as a :U -f tii" ili'.Eh.'? ui-bftmtin v'.ui!. tie mtt ih'.ir v.,is on-- of the mast er.iiui i, Bit.l harmonious ever hrlil tit tlut r. Th-' r..nU an- file of the wonioti t ei w IvdminsSy i:i f.ivor of ct mg the Hughes campai -in and i .:kin for I.rsu:idtli:U that the di.-. fc-iiisIV'-i uiers were- oblige fj contain t.. a !v, Cme w. a-.au, v iio i"Oi iv 1 more an-laa'a.-o th.tn ai.y i ther (luting tlf aftcr n i.i. s m. e;mg. spoke of this tttti mjit on t:- part of tin haders to ro.-it- dissati: f by U:-.ii; !Iy )i-.'"rvi!i!? to the Ii't-r dis i j ...im n -ait which the woniL.i t-'.' ia i-t ini; obim. d to j. ave Hughes. "We hv' hud i ugh if tlii.- sot t of talk." said tins woman. "What we want r. 1 c is to lai to work fo,r j aa eumith;' .1. 1 s :i ijii.'iI Hughes as oilfru. tioally tw.i y- i:s ano as ;snv WMiinn in th.is city. 1 v.-ikid r..j- him this vear until ia- was v- v- t n from tii- i;n f in a lair and aoaia,- ,jjt, of a oi; i at ion. Now i i v it is time to stop making pubue ret- j "11-' to our disappoint ni.au. It is ait! I.ia.t for n.. to be is;i mm t- Inn v. r oil U i if as our little secret SOI i It -i. .s tiie iau-e i.ositivo harm In i ":,tiuuahy throw out tiieso (i isroura iai; ailuSH.iist about low imivh ta'tter it i voual iiae 'oe.-n if llui-hes had bet n our j oa'iiate. wt. sn iiuhtitii; ir prhi-I 'Jl-'s. ii. t for nam. aini I laiiee that! 1 r. i auiaii hul v HI nive us iust a-1 ".I1 "':-i'H-li,a"-:i lis -Mr. jiugh-'n -Mrs. Iiiic;ir.-t Hill M.-Cnrt-r r.rs!.l- I "V.T tii.. miMini;. 'I'll. r wet.- thmit (a. Z'-n .oi,,.f.;i v.inieu pres.ait. and t.'a- i .ilia uai-r of the erowl was r.iait t p from all walks of life. The woman taiis in wasiuiu; in pun) h.-r liv- lai:' a s liar-', as was :i!so tae woman j i a-. s h-v siK-eoh v.iih n ri h im- la. -if. Th-r- w v club wo- i u ti..-.-. and v...in. n v, ho spwui ail 'n' I' 1S1I1'.- iisue Koine to pink tens liauiMe iiartrs. 'i'iia silks, satins i a d ala oe.s w re mixed up, indiseriin- i.. !v. I! is 1 o ;I i o; ;1 s-'I't of S''Ond Illil- i .'."nan to -o iit'o p. dines at! Mi of year." sahi Mrs. M, Carter, j As ..a as the s,,, h.ins to run. and I l: sf' a:- t muddy ami sidewalks i a'" r 1 i'.ii slus'a. th-"- w.am n s' or ir-.in 1- .ii" to liouse and d u a up i 1 v.if s." After the i ni rod uei u'y funarits bv i "M-,-. M.Cari.r in whieit she explaiivd! th iit...v.. of t 'a meet ir.tf was to ov.' to civ.- i- support of the or i.' a -uia .n to Mr. 1 12 un.ii da J, sli.- in- -I M'". lvraund; i.al to make a .-a h. H- said in pa rt i" this eaus.- of law- an order. I Mani to say to you as emphatically as I .an. 1 Min with you. -My heart is v. it1' lias '.v'.tk ju t as mueh as yours tan i iv-s'i.ly be. I have two ehiidren, a iaei.e. arid I am just as anxious to propa t that home as any other p .rent is. If I am el-elp,l to the offire I mayor. I can siive you my sinyerr-l-re.mi.se that I 'aid fin everything; in m;.- power to f-nforce thQ lawn I can't pro-raise you more, because I -will not uiyuy iiu iiiU y no Utt''!!rP C2l Unmnitre w, .o.i uaiiwuiOuUuiji iiMiiiwalo Pair l'finurc It lidlliwl U!ill,'i( Will WliiiUild III Hereditary f..j;!it p-j.,! jf,,. P.. Iniirn Cv5all UuiCJ Hi Udl b'iid m Li.ii.i.w.ii diisi I iiiO) bii.il Kil Llol to.wiu J CtiiJ Esst Physicians Fail. CGFLETE TREATMENT, $1.00. In the treatment of torturing, disfiir tsriu, ttc!ii:i:r, scaly, cni-tpl, pimply, Llotfhy and scrofulous humours of the fkiri, sct! and Mood, with os of hair, Cutu-ura Soaps oiTuinetit and rills have lie.i wonderfully successful. Kvfn tii" ninst obstinate of or-ntinition.ll li'l mours, fitrli as b;id blood, ?cr. fills, in-heriu-.i and ootil.t'iious htmioiir, with loss of hair, glandular pwtdiin";s, ulcer ous t.at cites in the throat and mouth, Fore eye, copper-colored Mo! eliea, as well as boils, carbuncle's, petiri-y sties, lilcen 8n,l sores arisine; from an im iure or impoyerisheil condition of the Mood, yield to the t uticura Treatmonr, ivtieii ail oilier rern..i!ies and methods fail. And pa-eater still, if possible, is the wonder! til record of cir s of torturinjr, tt':t!-ur'm2 humaurs aniou.2: itifanis and t b.ii'.lreti. The stUleritijt which 'uti cura Soap and Ointment, have alleviated runon? the yonnsr, and the comfort they have afforded worn-out and wor ried parents, have led to their adoption q countless homos as priceless cura iives f..r the skin and Mood. Infantile Kui birth humours, milk eru-t, soall iiead, (centa, rasiies and every form of itchimr, scaly, j. imply sl.iu and scalp'1 humours, with loss of hair, of inlancy tijd childhood, are speedily, perma nently and econoinicaily cured when 8ll other remedies suitable for children, ftaii even the best physicians, fail. promise more than I can fulfill. I will use every enerzy which I possess, and every means -which the law places in my hiimls to enforce this law, the same as I will to enforce ali laws. I do not believe there should bp any exceptions made in the matter of enforcing the laws." Mr. nriftnndthal then denied some or the (har;es which have 1-eri made against him in the course of the eani-t-aiin. He said: "1 have not during; this camoaisti made any charges ae.ainst Mr. Lewis. I have not r. tVri od, to him in any dis t spec! ful manner, and I do not propos? to abuse him. 1 don't want mv fi tends to abuse him. Abuse never heips ;t j cause, and 1 do not think that the abuse j which Mr. Lew is is hea;iintr upon mo f Wii! hel;i lii in to, win voti a." I Mr. lienruudthal then answered some ef the charges which Mr. lewis has i made ay.ainst him in the various po- i btbal meetings which Mr. Lewis has i addresr-ed. After Mr. Eer.cundthal's speech, the wem'oi adopted the following, proposer. hy Miss liray. as an expression of their j kindly feeling- toward Colonel Hughes-, i "While disappointed in his ambitions! and citfeated for mayor by a turn of j I-1 i ttme's w heel. 'ok-nel Hushes ha.t i ome eat of the battle with one thing o meat value w hich nothing can take fiom him. In the face of his stiona;. hums to tlte ofiiop at this time and in i view of the fact that it seemed to hln. that he had everything to lose and little to tram by tlie compromise proposed, his J il'iesress to j i..t,i his own personal! v isn s and judspnnt in order that thtk I mt- rests of a cause miirht be considered, j entitles bint to tlie icspeet of every per- I son in this community." j .'at-ehes were mad.- by Harold T. Chase. I'-l Iv.'iZT and T. Carver. aiHisiny the women f work f. r Mr. Bpriitind'hal with ev n ftr. ater en.-riry than Ihev .lid for O 1. Htiahes. Kach one ef these gentlemen' si". p.. in tie- hieh.st terms of Mr. Ber- Kaniithal's oua i i riea t ions for tlie oflfiee and n.deised him as a true rt pr. seuta tive of, the priueiples for which the organization! !u r. arti. w i g, neral discussion of the l'v- tii.. women pireseut and a 'f peiitts relative to the canvass I ...ntl the work on election day b in. d. After tiie r. nil meeting n liad ward cam uses and each em i r I warn (apt; out the ph in and her lieutenants mapped n i or w ork. CHICACiO tJKKETS BOSTON. Congratulates the Hub on Prosoects of a Closar Union. j If the present plans of the manage- 1 merit of the I -ake Shore and New York Central lines are carried out, Boston w iil enjoy the distinction and good for- tune of being near Chicago in point of railroad transit as is New York, and j tinother important achievement will be recorded in the annals of railways en- i terprise in this country. i In June of last year the New York Central twgan running; the Twentieth Century Limited between New York and Chicaso. a distance of 964. S2 miles, in j twenty hours, making an average speed of miles an hour. In August. IflOL-. this train made a record breaking run from KendallyiHe to Toledo at a speed of 12.1 miles per hour. i It is the purpose of the management of the Yamieibilt lines to give Boston J the twenty hour connection with Chicago that is now enjoyed hy New Yo: k by using tlie Twentieth Century; Limited to Albany and connecting at that point for Huston with a train which will run the distance of 202 miles in four hovrs. This train will have to make an average speed of fifty-one miles an j hoar, including; stops, for the entire dis- i trtnee. I As both the Twentieth Century Limit- el and tiie Kmpire State Kx press have j made as b.ii'h as ti4 miles an hour on long rues nd 112 miles an hour on shoit instance runs, it is easy to believe -that the tw enty hour onneetion lie- j tween lloston and Chicago will soon he j an accomplished fact, and the "literary huh" w ill be brought in closer touch I with the commercial and industrial t en- tor of the western hemisphere. Record Herald. TO COLORED VOTERS. An Address by Kegroes on the Kayor Suestion. The following address to the colored people of the city has. been prepared by some of the colored workers of the citv who were supporting Col. Hughes but who now have swung into line for Ber sundthal To the Colored Citizens of the City of Torieka: 1 A municipal campaign of great im portance and far reaching In its results is upon us. tin Wednesday. March 11, we are to seie( t a standard bearer for the Republican party, to be elected to the very honorable and responsible of fice of mayor of our city. There are on!y two candidates asking our suffrage W. St. Itergundthal. councilman from the First ward, and K. A. Lewis of the Fourth ward. The issues are clearly drawn. The forces are in battle array. Lined up with Mr. Bergundthal and working for his success are the Christian people, the church people, the best element of our city. All the worst element the joint ists, the jramblers. the law violators are lined up against Mr. Kergundt hah The contest is between the Christian homf and the bawdy house; God's church and dramshop the saloon There is no dodgmg the issue: there is no get ting around these fact?. On which side are we. the colored peo ple, going to stand? Shall we. will we, stand as we ought, with the home and the church? A very large number of us were honestly and enthusiastically for Col. J. W. F. Hughes. Col. Hughes, ear ing more for the triumph of the princi ple and the success of the Republican party than his own interest, atrreed to arbitrate the matter. The arbitration committee, acting perfectly air. decid ed in favoring Mr. Bergundthal. Col. Hughes has accepted the result and i asks ell bis frit mis to work for and .-upp. rt Mr. Lei-eundthal. AH honor to the gallant colonel. I tiood friends, -we appeal to you to j rally to the support of and vote for Mr. i V. S. Ft rgundtiial for the following: reasons: l"t. He is a fearless, hrmest, con scientious, upright, ciean man and a ood citizen. He is a Roosevelt type of a man. a thorough believer in the strict enforcement of all laws and has tiie courage of his con victions. H is not a-sham-al of but is proud of Topeka. -'nd. is now arid always has been a Republican. "rd. His nomination and election will harmonize, unit- and strengthen the Ri publican party in our city and county, a tiling very intich desired. 4th. Mr. Rergundthal is a huge tirop- erty b.ni pay. ti" m owner and heavy tax payer n". e would guard our interests as ta i s far b. tter and more ca-.-ef.j1, a man who pays only SI .95 taxe per year. fitri. He is tlie fiiend of all struggling poopie. He is as friendly and fair to colored people as any one could rea sonably ask. Ho makes no oifE-renee in the employment of colored and white men. He gives till the same fair and eqn.'il show. 6th. He has a large number of houses to rent and he rents them to colored ami white alike. Me now has iifat-ly Sifty t olor-d families renting from him. As proof of this see the Daily Capital of March 7th. We. as colored people, are irak i g a reeord-hrtaking history. And just at this time when so much is be ing said p-.o and con on the race ques tion ami the eyes of the entire nation are closely fixed on us, it especially y X I REMARUADLE i li'JJ Hy 11 X SVER HELD m 1 S. i V'ElZm--TS J MM I r f j 7 liTSeil It's the day for money-saving. This clearance sale is the biggest ever held in Topeka, simply because the values are greater than the people anticipate. Our inflexible rule to sell all winter goods makes tomorrow the opportunity for you to buy $18, $15, $12. 50 Suits and Overcoats for $7. 50. You know our clothing it's the best. Not a cheap lot of rot bought for a sale, but our regular stock, so you know what to expect for $7. 50. EXTRAORDINARY BOYS' SNAPS All our Boys' Overcoats and Reefers Ages 3 to 16 The best, mind you-?3.00 and $6.00 included CO ftK All go tomorrow for fc4ji JJ In connection with our great sale of Men's Suits, wo. offer you your choice of any Youths' Suits, 14 to 20 years, this season's fab rics, styles and colorings that sold formerly for $15.00, OfJ C( $12.50 and $10.00-Tomorrow, choice for pliJU Broken Lines of Norfolks, Sailors and Double-Breasted Suits, 3 to 16 years, in plain and fancy patterns, medium weipht, former $3.50 values Choice tomorrow for i .Uvl $5.95 and $5.00 Suits, $2.50 Norfolks, Manlys, Sailors and Double-breasted styles, 3 to 16 years, broken lines of fine all-wool Serges, Cassimeres and Tweeds, formerly sold for $3.95 Rfl and $5.00 and $5.95 Choice Uiwl) Bovs' SI. St. 50 duality Soft Hats CKf Boys' New Spring Caos-handsome JlKn Three shades-Tomorrow Uuu qualities Tomorrow tuu All-Wool Knee Pants double seat Q0f S2.00 Boys' Solid Leather and knees 50c. 75c- now Oub Shoes for 32.50 2.50 2.50 82.50 That's our price Saturday on all the Fall Wash" burn $3.50 Shoes left in our store Lines we have not offered under S3. 50 O N, I 8 before T tmorrow beooms our duty to line up with the best class of people and take a firm stand in favor of law enforcement and against ail forms of lawlessness. The good peopde from Captain John Brown to President Roosevelt have always been our best friends. Our fight has been made and our cause advocated by Christian people. Our city is today infested with gam bling and other bad houses and dens of vice and crime. We should do all in our power to rid the city of these. We owe it to our boys and girls our young people to remove these temptations to vice and to make their paths as smooth as possible. If we do not do this, we fail in our plain duty. S. Crime is costly. If the present open oolicv prevails and the laws of God an-i the state continue to be violated our taxrs j wiil greatly increase. As pront '.i irus, consult tlie tax rate of those cities in Kan sas which have the open policy. We are the proud citizens of this beau tiful capital city of the best state in the union. We live in a city that treat us as lairlv and gives us better representa tion than any other city in tlie state; a citv that furnishes lis far better school privileges than anv other in the state. The Christian element of this beloved eitv are united upon Mr. Rergundthal, j and are going to nominate and elect him I mayor, l-rf us unite head, heart and hand will1, the a-oo-l people and thus prove to this city and to the state and the na i thin that we fullv appreciate our priviletres and can be depended upon to help in any land all good cans' s. So that ail men. 5.-C iug our Eood works, shall be corn-trained 1 to sav: The colored people of Topeka are 1 'jll rirt.t iie.d can tie denmiiel unon to j .ork H,,j vote from principle with the best citizens for good city government anrt to make Topeka a clean city. "Righieriusness exalteth a nation, but sin is a reproach to any peopl"." O. J. RMAX, j. r pa'.; i-:, ii. R. Tl'RFIX. W. M. QCARRKi-S. FRF.D RUI'XDTKKE, J T. HOWARD, N. SAWYKR, "W. M. COLE. J. W. PASK ER. S. ii. WATKiXS, K. RILH.KY. W U. WO(VrARR, H." T. GRANUPUK, O. H. PA.N'f'KKSO.N', .1. J. TYI.fiR. THE REV. HATTOX. They Fought Seven Rounds. Hot Springs, Ark.. March 6. Tommy Gili'eather of San Francisco was award ed the decision over George Monroe of Xew- York here last night at the end of the seventh round. Monroe's thmn-intr a towel into th ring seconds Af no period of the tlgnt did Gilf-aihee have anv advantage over in? -wn i "i I but Monroe was compelled to give up i on account of a badly disabled right arm, principally due to a large boil. Homeseekers' Excursion. Tlomeseekers 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 tiip through tourist si 'pins, j cars. For r.artii uiars apply to any Hi -it Western aii-'nt, or J. P. Rimer. G. P. A., Chicago, in. April is one of the best months in the year to visit California. Wait for the C.-ionist rates to California points via the Santa Fe, March 9 to June 13. 1903. For Infants and Children. Tfes Kind Yea Hsvs Always Bough; Eears the Signature of Ei ii a SI.50 PtUU SNAP SHOTS AT HOME NEWS. ir I and Japs can or.iy pa The month of .March, O. K. We ought to be like two-year-olds About tlie first of May. March is a month of coughs and colds, Pneumonia and grip, But we may Auril-ioe-1 them yet Anil give tjiem all the slip. Albany Tmies-Cnlon. The government thermometer ranged between 33 and 40 Thursday. B. F. Powell was admitted to the bar by Judge Hazen Thursday afternoon. Some geese are going north. Others are staying right where they have been for years. Wm. C. Comer has started a grocery store in the new Gleed building at Sixth and Toiieka avenues. The midwinter picnic in an indoor park will be given at the First Congre gational church tonight. Thcie will be an entertainment by the Chaminade music club at the Luclid Avenue M. K. chuf ch this evening. The Haskell Indians and the Y. M. C. A. players w ill meet tonight in a basket ball game at the Topeka gymnasium. The weather bureau's rain storm j seems to have been delayed in transit somewhere, it's been a drizzle and a Hz- zle. At the horse sale Thursday R. 1. Lee proved himself to be a better auctioneer than the man who was imported to cry the sale. The coldest place in Topeka Thursday was the old exposition building at the fair grounds where R. I. Lee's horses were sold at auction. A Kansas City paper is trying to give away a piano anil Gertrude Howard, of Topeka. has l.:;:',0 votes in the contest. The leader has ,00 votes. About the only thing that can keep politicians away from their campaign is a horse ale. Several candidates were at the fair grounds yesterday. The boys belonging' to the Second Regiment Trumpet corps will hold their regular monthly inspection in Metro politan hall this evening at S o'clock. Th'd'e is an unconfirmed rumor that the old ramshackle buihliiig that has stood in the parkf.ig at Sixth and To peka avenues for several months is about to be moved. There wiil be an important meeting- of the Hu King; Eny Rand ef the First M. E. church on Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock at the home of Miss Anna Sweet, 2;'.l Topeka avt nue. Manv men who are enmrielled to buy an overcoat next winpr will hail with deiie.iit The Pi. lace's ST. ."a sale of $15. SIS. ?.12.f.o suits and overcoats Saturday. The saving is immense. The Republican Flambeau club met last night and the applications of Chas. K. Hoiliday. George W. Veale. jr., and johnny Waters were received. They asked for membership on probation or "prohibition." It was three years or more ago that Hoiliday was converted to the faith but Veale and Waters are of mote r"cent change of heart. J. W. Kra-mier. who was ordered hy Probate Judge Fagan to appear and tell why his peimit to sell liquors at his drug store, ot'i East Fourth street, should not be revoked because of his failure to comply with the law and re port his sales on the first of the month, sprung a surprise by saying that he didn't want the permit, that it did him no good and he wouldn't bother with it. Dr. F. A. Koester, aentist. ave. Evening hours, 7 to S. 515 Kansas 'Phone Si4. El Paso and Return $32.05, Santa Fe Eoute. Annual convention cattle raisers. Tickets on sale March 7-S-9: final limit April ISth. See agent Santa Fe for particulars. f You Are Invited I to inspect our superb assortments I of the new spring 1903 novelties in j SPRING SUITS I AND TOP COATS Styles, fabrics and a wonderful selection you cannot see elsewhere and more famous makes than is shown in any one store in the West AUERBACM TRUCE VERDICT. What the Commission Is Ex pected to Kecommend. Xew Tork. March 6. The Herald prints the following as a summary of the findings of the coal stirke commis sion appointed by President Roosevelt, whit h. it is expected, will be handed to the president within a week: There will undoubtedly be at least a 10 per cent advance in the pay for mining, to take effect from the time the miners returned to work last October. The per diem employes will not have their wages increased, but will be rec ommended for the same pay for a day of nine hours. The system of pay w ill be regulated. Wherever practicable, the operators will be required to pay by weight, instead of hv the car. and elsewhere by the Jineai i yard. The miners will have check dock ing representatives at their own ex pense. This will practically amount to a second increase in wages. There will be indirect recognition of the union, which will come when the findings are submitted by President Roosevelt to John Mitchell, as president of the miners' union. The causes of the strike as found by the commission will not be comforting to the coal mining companies. The boycott will be condemned, and the principle will be laid down that a miner has a right to work without mo lestation, even though he does not be long to the union. The terms of the verdict are to hold good for three years, and recommenda tions are to be made for settlements ot wage and other questions at the end ot that period. In local disputes the operators will be advised to treat with committees of the miners and there may be a suggestion for local board of arbitration. Walter Raleigh's Tree Is Dying-. Xew- York. March 6. Th old catalpa tree which is a feature of Gray's Inn gardens, right in the heart of London anil hich was taken from Virginia by Sir "Walter Raleigh, and was to have been planted in its present position by Queen Elizabeth, is. according to Lon don advices to the Herald, reported to be dying. Queen Elizabeth was prevent ed by iilness from planting the tree her self and she deputed Sir Francis Bacon, afterward Lord Verulam to take her tilaee. As Raleish named Virginia after Ids sovereign in. 15S5, the tree which he transplanted is well over three centuries old. Vice General Mooney III. Xew Y'ork. March 6. Vice General Mooney is ill at his residence with grip. It is stated that he rested easy all day yesterday and it is hoped he will be able to be about in a few days. The report that an attack of pneumonia was feare-1 bv his physicians is denied. It is stated that he had been ailing, ami the exertion of attending the pope's jub jjeo mass and reception of Monsignor Felconio, on Wednesday, prostrated him. Eeard Cry for Help. Xew Y'ork. March 6. The telephone bell at the headquarters of the I'.rook lyn bridge police rang at midnight. The sergeant heard a faint cry "Help doc tor I'm dying." He knew- the voice. It was that of Patrolman Sullivan, or. duty at the center span of the bridge Two nalroimen rushed to aid Sullivan and found him lying dead under the tel ephone box by the Brooklyn arch. Doctor -J. Albert Berry, specialty dis eases of digestion, 725 Kan ave. Tel. 785. Shirts Given AvaySatnrday. Lien's Madras and Percale Stiff Bosom Shirt3, SI and 75c Shirts, cuffs detached We won't carry them over So pick of 1 and 75c Shirts at Underwear Given Away Wilson Bros.' SI, SI. 25 and SI. 50 Fine Underwear in gray wool, flesh, all-wool, silk, fleece-lined Be FA sure to buy Saturday, as it will go quick at this low price J not more than 3 suits will be sold to one person for, each. tU w j New Spring Hats Gentlemen desiring the correct hats will find them here in greatest variety. Youmans', Young's, Roelot's and John B. Stetson Co. Mats and others in Soft and Stiff styles tm r-n, 0 0 ni if COMING DIIA31AT1C EVENTS. So ooinnletelv lias "Finnigan's Hall'' changed this season that it might welt j have a new name, inasmucn as. mas:c and dancins constitute about three fourths of anv farce comedy, to change ail of its music and dancing is equivalent to giving a new piece. Kxactly this has been done to "Finnigan's Ball," and when the curtain rises upon that well known farce comedy at the 7ew Craw ford tomorrow afternoon and night the audience may be prepared to see some thing that bears but very little resem blance to last year's 'Finnigan's Rail." It is true that "Casey" will be there, and he will worry poor old "FmnigatV just as he did last year. "Trapped by Treachery," which is to be produced at tlie Crawford Sunday, is constructed entirely on novel idea?. Usually melodramas are constructed with the sole purpose of sensationalism ni ne of which is used in the above pro- duct ion. It is a heart story, pure and wiwir At last the day is near for the appear ance at the Auditorium (on Monday) of the famous and much talked of Crea ture and his great Italian band of GO pieces which created such a sensation ir. New York city, Boston and Pittsburg last summer and fail. Xew Y'orkers raved over Creatore for 10! nights of concerts on liroarlway, and Oscar Ham merstein, who nlayed him there, made a nice fortune out of the exciting en gagement. Creatore is so unique thi'.t he has attracted the attention of the musical world. He seems to have set the fcUblic en lire with enthusiasm, and his fame is rapidly spreading. Refore sailing for Europe John Philip SottSdi sent his congratulations, acknowledged the great success that has come to Cre atine and his well known managers, and predicted a great future for the intense ly artistic Italian bandmaster. A comnanv headed by Thos. R. Alex- ar.der and Including Miss Eloise Elliston I insures a finished performance .of "The .Prisoner of Zenda" at the Xew Craw i for J Monday night. Ernest Shipman, the enurorisins producer of such big i successes "as "Pudd'nhead Wilson." i "Robert of Sicily," and "As You Like It." has scared neither time, labor, nor expense in costuming ana mounting ir.e pro.luction. "The Power Rehind the Throne." the offering in which Katherine Willard will be seen at the Xew Crawford on Tues day night, gives her every opportunity to display her forcible and artistic abilii.v." which has brought her to the front so rapidly. Surrounded by a com pany of twenty-five capable artists, in cluding Wright Lorimer. her last sea son's leading man, and a complete scenic production, this ought to be quite an event of the season. The foremost figure in American mu sical affairs today is J. S. Duss. Con sidered first as an eccentric musical millionaire, he has displayed so much The uorham Co. guarantee it GORHAM Silver Polish Guaranteed to be the best on the market by the leading silver smiths of the world. Ail responsible jewelers keet. it 25 cents a package RR&Wl in all new patterns 25c Saturday, come, take your

i J C real musical talent that he is acclaimed on all sides not as the coming man but as the man who has already come, seen and conquered. Mr. Duss in the par- lance of the day has arrived. He has disclosed rare musical acumen, great executive ability and a passion for pleas ing, that, combined, have made him the most popular as well as the most au thoritative conductor of the day. Mme. Xordica and M. de Reszke, who wiil be heard with the Duss orchestra during the May music festival In this city, are the two artists before the pub lic today that are pre-eminent in their respective lines. Madame Xordica is the greatest dramatic soprano in the world; M. de Reszke the most renowned basso. They are the strongest cards in the musical field. NO FLY-SCREENS THEIIE. As I sat talking with the Mississippi squatter on his doorstep, the flies bit and buzzed and the mosquitoes got In their work in a way to drive me half crazy, and I finally said to the" man: "How is it that you don't protect your doors and windows with fly screens?" "It's on account of Bill Freeman, over on the bayou." he r. plid. "Rut what has Rill Fiteman got to do with it?" 'Heaps, suh. He's a bad man pow erful bad, and nobody wants to cross him. Long about three years ago I reckoned to go into fly screens. 'Reared to me that we was givin' the flies and skeeters o' old Mississippi too much, show, and that they oughtn't to have everything their own way. It also 'peared to me that everybody fur fifty miles around would be ready to buy." "And so you tried it?" I asked. "Y'es. suh went right in. I sent down to Corinth and got fifteen screen doahs and screens fur a hundred win ders, and when they cum I loaded 'em into the cart and set off to sell 'em. I had things all figured up, and when I driv up to Rill Freeman's cabin I jest knowed what to say. Rill comes oat and looks at them screens and sa y s "Abe. it 'pears to me them milk strainers is larger than any I ever seed befo'. Is the object to strain a hull bar'l of milk to once?" "Didn't yo' ever hear of fly-screens?" I says. "Never did. "What are they fur?" "To keep t'ies and skeeters and other things outer thp house." "So's thev can't bite yo'?" "That's it." "Take 'em away," says Bill as he turns from the wagon "take 'em way befo' 1 begin to whoop and jump on my hat." ""What's the fuss?" says I. "Rekase I can't stand to see the pore and down-trodden insecks of this sovereign state burstin' out their brains ae-in no sich decevin' woven wire mattresses! Take 'em away, Abe, and yo' paste it in yo'r hat anil circu late "the news that I'm a. friend of the insecks and will lick any blamed crit ter wbo wants to shet 'em out doahs to keep company with mewls and musk rats!" -"And you didn't go further with the' enterprise?" I asked. -"Not a rod. suh. I sold them screer.3 i to a fiat-boat to strain sandbars with. and when the insecks git too bother 1 some up yere I go down to the swamp fur a change. I'd like to be shet of 'em, suh, but Bill Freeman is goin' to I run fur the legislature as a friend of Pies and skeeters. and I ain't tfikin' 1 any chances of his bein' snowed under and layin' it to me." A household necessity Dr. Thomas' Eclectric Oil. Heals burns, cuts, wounds of any sort; cures sore throat, croup. I catarrh, asthma; never fairs. jf '.IMWlljt 1 JL

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G TOPEKA STATE JGUHNAIi, F RIT AT EVENING, MARCH 6, 1903. If Wkhlkitlb lUlllili Wheat Opens Somewhat Easier on Lower Cables. Hay Corn Fluctuates a Fraction at. Opening. LIVE STOCK TRADE Cattle Steady and Kange From 83.25 to LIcs Are Weak and Ten Cents Lower, CU'-ncn, March fi. V I TTC AT WlK -ni ey- v. -l t A:-b r fin lo;vt r cables and luret-r Ai'P'Tm it"- i"iijrrn:iits than had l-oen tx-p- r'.-'d and May was a shad hmh"jr to a low-r and undt-T fr h:ks. du rn.v- lis, X ,ltUT'" ft tlx bearish situation, tho d to Tr.'-r. '.rhiTt: ivan liula aiiy trading1 and tho volnnv busi 1 1--ss waa iiii ht M innr-aiKiiis ami X-i;bith ffp"rttd rctt'jpts of -Tit cuts, wuii pts if 1 cars. The ma i k t was vt a5v th11 cratr part C! tfie da ar.d May sM orT t- T. 7". r. 1- .-M" ir; iSa1 ssic-i a Mmntr I'-iirti; d-v-'i-;-'.! fin r'-f-riiiR by shorts .u the strensih lr: c-rn :n the Hos was hi the top, Id ay fc-:?;t: '-i.j'-o Jiii:hr. at TK.j. t"i KN ip1!)!!!!,' prii'-s in rnrn wpr ln-i:;t stt-ady and May was a shade lower to a s!'-td.- his-iht-r, at x V-'v. UivU r 9. demand iinm cmmissji n iinuses and v nil ll-'Mi uffi riniis the market advanced, 2- 1 :s v s- ii ;i i g n j t 4;.7 -17c. The v. eat hT as s I'il a tin liijsh fa; tor. l-ioeal receipt a V. r. c a: s. i'he market was stroiiir tlv1 latter part of the i-ssi m and I h.e rl ise was at the top, it h M .i y 'V'J higher, at 47;i-kC. OATS -t ats 'p.Tie'i active and Mav was t;r J''i at o4 s'Kli-n', but the bett-r j.riet's brMit;ht out tif'tVrings, which caused fa (h-eiin: U) c. Ijoca.1 rt'coiiHs were 170 cars. 1 "ROY I iS Provisions opened easier on inotlefaie receipts of lins and lower .t;cs at the yards. The market advanced tt m;U in taiNinu by brokers, supposed to f'.-r i-cai r-aek'-rs. May pfrk opened 2; ?e h 'v-r, at 1 v'. 1 71?. and lard and ribs vrr als d-nvn ..r. at $v.l7!-. and $..?5. IT KAT-( "ash No. red. 75 '4c: No. 3 red. Tl'jTl1,.. No. 2 hard winter. 7v'n !N n l;a rd i:i ''r, t-s-ij 71 c No. I northern Mjr:i:", l-i:-: No. L' northern Ppiing, 77'a 7o: No. sprinir. 7;7-'. iTiKN -Ni, 4 4'v4c: No. fl. 41'-r tATS--N. l'. :Jl'L..::.'c: N. :i. :u-r. KlAX -fash: S'.-W., $1.15; S.-W., $1.1.; Uar 1. 1-"-,. RY M a v. a-c. TIAT-il.KY- Cms-is M'"'. Ti Mom Y Mm r.'lt. :."5. elA'l-IK March, SU.'M. Kansas City Grain- Furnihed by J. K. CJail. Comrrdpsions, Grain, Provisions, Cotton and Stocks i n'l ice 11') West Sixth street. TeSephoij 'i- Corrcspundent Christie Grain an J fctocit Company, Kansas City, Mo-J TCansas City, March 6. n K m mm Open High low Close Yes YVH HAT .May ;h'-- t.-r"H J ah' Iw ''"a t'i"s ti::i-t tto1- COKX- Mav ;:S 3v"-s CS "U "S's July -i C:S Kang3 of Price Furnished by J. E. Gall, Commissions. Gram, Provisions, Cotton and Stocks, office Ihi West Sixth .street. TeUpnon C'orrespundein Christie Grain and block Company, Kansas City, Ivlo.3 Chicaero. March Open High Low Close Its 7: 7; 7- 7 7:. i hdc 71-h 7J-.t TP 71:' 72 Mav -i-." 4 J v 41 4 OATS 47"a 45 4;h 4P 44- ft l'ORK- IS 4-t K la 1 :t7 17 17 IS 17 70 J')iv A a i:n 1" Hi jo e( 07 1 87 lilhri- J ':V ft 77 a i li Harket Gossip. Ll'iirnfid'.e,! ,y a. G. Goodwin, Commls Fa n on ipa i.y, 'omnds.-ion TMta ciia n 13 a reei..rs a :;d sin pp-rs of grain. J ;oom .'(.i. i, "oj Limbu. n buiidiag. Inde pi i.t tcit.pliune 7'Ji.j tp nit -4 Liverpool ab(-, Wh-at VyJ v'-: i: rn 1 1 lower. :r m !e. ins at t'ineao: AYheat. 21 .a !.oi-d. i',ini, ur.o cars; graded, 0. Oai.--. P cat's; m'U'd, I-""'. S i.d i.iv. roov.l rabies: Wheat 1-rAi-r: corn 1 d iVT than esterday. '.!i.;es no; i-fl as much as -xpecteri this i;i''nii!:i; Wo at and corn should r- o r orn yn ruie't iia rd break. r-;in.at'd e.rain receipts at Chicago to jnor'T'i'w: Wd:.aL. 'St cnr-s: corn, 'ihb cars; v a: cars: h.oUS. 1 he!ttl. hica.'io; Pi'ivil- f."s j.:ood tomorrow; May w if ,i Pnt s. c ealls. 7-;14c vurb. Tbc Pin. M iv com- 1'nts, 4:c; calls. 47-c; i.ai-.. Pl.c. N C'ft i) w. st srain re, -dpts tod a y Minne 4s pel is, 2J7 cars; Duhith, V-l cars. A year i:---: M.innepo!is. cars, Imluth, 04 ,o of firain at Knnsas Citv today: cars; corn, cars; o.ts, 1' 1 1 intimated receipt of strain at Kansa? Cn y i- marrow Wlnat, i cars corn, 4' J ca i oa t s, c;trs. iosiiif Uv-rpec-1 rabies: Wheat s,d b-v.-r; co-Ti o.,i lower for the day. (i -a- Pi ;vih t eo(,d next vs -.-k: Mav wh- at 1 'its. 7f c; calls. TP-c. May corn Pms. s. C: calk-. r'c. Ci a( ;i ia The bn yi nj; f May corn ci'ii!' s t rt art t i ie sa me people who bought t'ae July opteai so p-I'sisteni ly. causing tne rec .rn ad aim.' in t hat opi a.-n. Chicago Livestock Market. Cld. ao. March CATTKK Retvipts to :,iy. hea 3. iiicl udins; l'."a head of T. xai s. Mari-iei steady, doo-,1 to prime Mf i'. 5 :.7"v; poor to meoium. 5.5' ?-to4'kes and fee,bTP. .7e''?r.-; cows. $1."'-m4 heli'ers. 44.75: bulls, P2. 1 ea 1 ves, 'd ii. 75; Texas f ed steers, lb t IS Meeeipt today. 2o,o head: rsti Saturday. l.. head; left aver fnm Thursday. 4. i:;5 le ad. Market slow to lec lo w r. Sh ed and butchers'. Jh.l7'd 7.;;": iood to chon-e heavv. S7.:;;i7.r.o; rouh hea y. ST.!'". ;.:M; light, ?t.:'o.'.; bulk of MPKP- Kecojpts today. 5. head, en and la in I M ead Goo-1 to choice h. rs. 7-. i V. tair to clioice riux'-d. '(.7: wi sii'rn sheet), sivvo.': native Si I-. laio western la mbs, $4. i5 7.1'. Kansas City Livestock. K;li I'ifv. Mo.. March CATTLE L. O.tS hoci. Market .--t. -leers. 1. u: native cows md o- O.et.Te; stm( kers and lVed-rs, liolle. -:-u r:dve. m.tti slfers, .y.o O.ue western lb -GS- K.-ei,,:s tod k- we:! k lo lee 1 er :7i. Iviiev, 7. 1.'.. 7 '-''y. lit'u sit ;.ui hen.!. Mar on Sil El .'-kec. j;,tS te.i.iV. hfild. ?'.o-l-e-t steady. Mwit'ius, 4;1.5e"t.o.e lambs Et. L.oui3 "Livestock IIarki?t. St. l.iiiw, JK M:ireh CATTLE Re :pts todsiv. .-""o hoid. MtirU. t steady to MOO..- leef Steeps. "'O t 0 S t Oe 'i e;S a C d fe. 14;; e"Ws ;nvl hi iter's. l.-5 Te,,s St. ess. -I) e'L'' Texas cir.ts Hi )i -S- k'. eeiies fwlav. hoc!. M :i r-l-i t l'.v,.-r. 1'ius nisi iiithls. ft.:,..-.. Isomers'. 7.". 7.UT.; batchers', i I". S t E is P H ere!;u s toij;(y. o head 'HrU'-t stroei;. Natives ilYrro ec: lamb?, I'-jT.W: 'l xans. v..7r.i i.fr". au Loui, ilvj., ilaaii ti. WOOL. Market tincha riRod. T. rrjl nrv and western medi ums, lulSu; ne, 17.7.1 1 ti3 c coarse, 13'al5c Chicago Producs Market. OhiefiCfn. III.. March 6. B I TT K R Mnr- ka steady. Creamery, jS'uiiPc; dairv, 14r lc. KOfJS Market firm. At mark, cases in cluded. 2oe. CM 1-7 KS K Market steady. Twins, .li'd ll':4e ivaisies, 1' a Ki! -.c Young Aniericas, i:ic Pi'-c. POPPTRY Market easy. Dressed tur kevy, liVaiM: dressed chickens, luuloc. Kansas City Produce J&ark9. Kansas City. March 6. Close WHEAT R'-n ipts today, 11 cars. Quotations: May, ;V-.So ht;V-: July. c;ih; No. ha rd, h:1'.; 7h- S"o. :l hard. Kc No. 4 bard. r7''.o;ie; rejectee) hard, nJtoc; No. Z red. 71' ''i 7-' -c, No. ;i red. t..ov c-c. CORN April. ,rt:-Ke; Mav. ipcVso: Ju ly, ?vc. Cash: No. mixed. ;4Pi:; No. 1 wh ite. 41V No. :i white, Jl-'i ee. OATS No. 2 white, uK"dote-e; No. 2 mix ed. :;ii.c. RYh-Xn. yihc. HAY Ch'tiee timothy, $3D.rc; choice prai- Hl'TT :'Al Crramery KG.1 S Fresh, l;?.c. ijc; dairy, fan- Sugar and Coftee Market. New York. March SUGAR Raw su gar iit-'ady. Pair ret'mmp,. 3 5-lbc; cenirifu .ud test. '4'i'i 15-hie; molasses suar, 7-j'lc, Ronned suar linn, ("rushed. $5. l!t; powdered. $.k:0; Krantdated, $4.. 'Mi. C(.HFK i; Market Mead v. No. 7 Rio. 5vLc. M O L.A S S K M 1 r k'H qu ie t. Cotton Market. New York, March fl. GOTTOX SmIcs tn day. 2.2 bales. Siot cotton chxed quiot and lo points lower. Quotations ppr 1.0 1 pounds: Middling uplands, Slu.eo; middlint, gulf, ?H.lf5. ialveston. March 6. COTTON Market easy, at Iti ll-tc. Jfew York Stock. Wall Street. w York. March 6. STOCKS Opening prices, fir stocks show ed that support was acco-rded t he market as was foreshadowed by the higher prices for Americans in lmdon before the opt n ing hour. The severest sufferers in yes torday's decline c,l the advance. Canadian Pacific rose 7 point. Sunt hern Pacific c'& point and Union Patdftc on large takings. Manhattan also rose nearly a point. The most prominent stock to show a decline was United States Steel preferred, which wast shaded a small fraction. Speculative sentiment favored The long account when it was percei vtd that con centrated buying was joing on in all tne prominent stocks. Room t raders helped along th rise by covering largely in the transcontinental stocks. A number of yes terday's weak feat ures mad' ad varices of a point or two. including St. Paul, Union Pacific. Canadian Pacific. Atchison. Mis souri Pacific, New Y'ork Central. Rock Is land, Smith r and the local tract it ms. Re alizing sales depressed thp list oefore 11 o'clock, Sutra r reacting a pouit. There wa some further advances in prices. Northwest ern rising 3 701 nt. Ca nadian Southern 2 points and Amalgama ted Copper. Tennessee Coal. Smelting and a few specialties a point. 'Heavy selling of Southern Pacific then developed and the gains were about all wiped out all around. Tho market became dulp at about last night's level. Some minor stocks showed losses running to a point. General K lee trie and Hocking Valley preferred lost 2 prints. Colorado and Southern second pre ferred points and New Y'ork. Chicago and St. Louis second preferred 4:4 points. Hear traders hammered the market on the maintenance of the stiff money rate and the prospect of an unfavorable hank statement. Important mark t leaders were singled out for attack, especially St. Paul. Southern Pa cine. Sugar and New York Central. The entire list fell below yester dav's close, but in most cases the net losses were trilling. UJf In ware and Hudson de clined 3 points. New Jersey Central and Colorado Fuel 'Z points, and New York, the St. Louis and San Francisco stocks and Sugar 1 point. Pittsburg. C. C. and St. Louis dropped '.V-j points. Cleveland. Lor raine and Wheeling P- points and the pre ferred tr1! points. There was some improve ment in the mark"Ps tone at 1 o'clock. Amalgamated Copper rising to the bst. and New York Central recovering fully, but the demand was light. Fuvintr orders became more abundant late in The day. the inability of the hears to put the list much below last night pro ducing a boner demand for both at counts. Recoveries from the Jowest ran to about a point in Sugar. Pelaware and Hudson, Southern Pacific. St. Paul, Missouri Pa cific and' Tennessee Coal. Amalgamated Copper. New York Ontrni, Rock Inland and' Atchison touched the best, reflecting a net rise of a point. New York, March 6. The high rate now prevailing lor time money ranging from t to 6 per cent, has attracted consider able Or'-rman capital to this market. Sev ral large )oa nj were made today, one firm, with prominent Berlin connections, placing about at an average of T.U per cent. On mixed collateral loans are made from three to six months at as high as ti iter cent. Range of Prices on Stocfc. (Fu-nished by J. E. Call. Commissions. Grain, Provisions. Cotton anrt Stocks. Office 110 "West Sixth street. Telephone 4-6. Correspondent Christie Grain unS Stock Company, Kansas City, Alo.J Xv York. March I". Oo'n High Low el se Yea Susar Illinois Cmtral ne i- y:.v-s r-v 1P, l"'r's l'11.1 1"! People's Gas A., com

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Atchison Ate hison com pld i 2! 17IH 4?.' G. YV. St. Paul H. I., com Wabash, com Wabash, pfd Mo. Pacific Manhattan Western I'ninn Texas I'a So. Pacific N. Y. Central Reading Krio Southern Rwy. fnion Pacific C. ,t O K. O I. X Pennsvlvania Katv I'. S. Leather C. F. 1 Krie. 1st pfd 17e'.a 4.1 4'"i. 1 14 N-3 171 1 v P,! Jill, IIM! f" V M't K7'. 4t-- 1 ll.": IB", l!:v 171 a; 14:C'- i li::'4 w 4e-'-K e;, l-el4 1 ir. l-O,

67' l-g 14:', 47 1tl' lJ-''-. ll!-"4 1 In7 1 447s l'ei Kt 14M4 5S' 145-'4 1"-- 12- hi;-? 6f,, Ex-dividend of r4 per cent. Topeka ELark:. Topeka, March 6. HOGS. $t;.!r.'n7.AS '...vya H.:5 H.lvae;..s9 HEAVY KOI '(ill LIGHT PIGS STEERS COWS 1! ElFf-KS BULLS LIGHT HEAVY 4.aiftj3.ol CATTLE. .$3 4.-I) 2 -1 2.jra ;i ?s C.5-'ij2. 7) .lO.OO'tl.rH VEAL CALVES. GRAIN. NO. 2 NEW WH EAT 6 to NO. 3 NEW WHEAT 5a WHITE CORN 350 YELLOW AND MIXED CORN SI-,! N' t. 2 OATS NO. 3 OATS tid FMl'lTS AND VEGETABLES. (.Furnished by S. E. Lux, successor to W. O. Ar.-l'tsmi Go, 2iu Kansas tventie.J OliA NGES Calif iT! Li v asnintjion na vl, best siz. s. $2.iiiii2.7: choice, J2.:S: Off Si'es. $2.1,''-''2.S5. 1 .EM i N ri California, iCi size, J2.5'J $"-75. OKA PES Malaga, owing to quality, $4.75 Odo.'I" i'er btl. BANANAS Higher, fancy Port Limon, Jl.75'1 -7.e ier bur.eh. APPLES Quotations per barrel Jona thans. $4"': Rorean Leautv. .25 e y.)-. Willesaps. t!.fB3i; Ron Oavis. $2.75iS3..; M issonri Pi p pins." $2. 75 a .i.i .o York Inioerials, H...'.j3.f.. STR A WBEP.BI ES A few nice Texas st m v, tiee-rios. $5.o.-.t'.;.'i p.. r lii-qnart case. TABLE PO'l ATt lES Ka w Valley. per bu.: To intiesta Buibt.ks. S5c: Min nesota Rm al, b5c: Colorado Pearl, 7teoi75e; Colorailo Rural. 7-a75e. SWEET POTATOES 60Sj63c per bu; Fed sweet porta toes, 75c'a$i.25 per bu., ac cording to variety. V Ki ETAT3LKS. CABBAGED Wisconsin Holland, $1.15 per lXt lbs. ONIONS Spanish onions. 51. 75 per crate; Kansas trrown, .oc per ha.', Wisconsin red globe. per bu. OYSTKRS New York count, 4Gc pei can: extra select. 5-je per can; standard, 25e p r can; bulk standara. per gallon, Jl.:.'.5; bulk, extra, select. Sl.tW per g;don. OULKFlY California blue ribbon, 55e pei doz. California bimbo, 7;ic per doz. CKA.N'ii K RRi KS Jerseys, $11. fx V. 00 pe: )bl. per sta ndard box, $4. 4.25. PKCANS Unpolished, 4c lb.; polished. 7c lb. DATES Fair, 4U'g5c lb. Fard. SSHo uer lb, COCOA X UTS $2. 50 per sack; 45c per dozen. KADlSH Kti Texas radishes. "5c per 'Tbzen benches; Uxas gictn unions, 53 per dozen bunch s SPINACH Tt xas. rOcSbCO or hu. HON KY Colorado, IM-rack cases. $3.60 Kl'TT K R, LOOS. i'Ul'LTKi. F.UTTKK Country, VJe. KdOS-Case count, blc. IM'ULTRY ileus. Sc lb.: roosters. 15c each; ducks, 7'c Jb. g'-'cse. 6c lb.; turkeys, IP lb. y uuttg roosters, bc lb. live spring chickens, ie lb. HAY. PRATRTE II A Y By car $3.506.03 PKaIiUK IIAY-Hv ton (baled)., PR A 1 R 1 K HAY (loos-. 5.0ufjr .Jil t 4.LFALKA HAl-Iif load, per ton $H!.-.d A UFA UFA 11 AY Baled, per ton, $i.0Uif hhOl jTRAW. per ton $5.W Market very dull. Topeka Hide Market. Topeka, March C. Prices paid in Topeka this week, based on Boston quotations: CRKKN SALT CURKD FLAT t.-c No. 1 TALLOW 5Uo IN 051NIIJI S FOUM. House Bills Rushed Through Senate Today. Thp senate this momiK took up on third leading :i lot of hills from the house, and at the close of the morning session took one vote upon them aii, omnibussiiiK the lot. One hill. Xo. I.y Representative Kirkpatrick. provided (or reinstating a lot of corporations which had forfeited their lesal rights under the statutes hy not filing' state ments of their business affairs with the secretary of state. The purpose of the hiil was to give these corporations ai opportunity to square themselves so they might sue on judgments in state courts. The hill was turned down, hut was af terward reconsidered on motion of Sen ator Smith, who suhniitted a substitute, which was laid over until after dinner. The bills passed today were of a gen. eral nature, but of little interest. FIXING UP THE "CASH." Topeka Department Store Is Being Eemodeled. Carpenters are this week altering- the interior of the Topeka Cash Dry Goods store. The growth of the business dur ing the past season caused the neces sity for this action. The millineiy department which occu pied a corner of the west end tf the south store is moved to the north store where it is given enlarged quarters. The ladies' furnishing department and ready made garment riepartment will he crmbined with the millinery depart ment and the1 room will be c-quipped with up-tj-date fixtures anel mirrors. Dry goods has (K-cupied space in both stores. Hereafter the dry goods will be han dled altogether in the south steire. Ad ditional shelving and fixtures are now being erected for the storage of the goods in the south room. The interior is to be newly painted anel papered. FITZPATKICK FOIi IT. He Did Not Oppose the Stock Yards Bill. By accident Senator Fitzpatrick was recoided in the State Journal as be. ing opposed to the passage of the Cald well bill sealing down the charges of stock yards operated in this state. As a matter of fact. Fitzpatrick. with More house, Smith, White. Wright and Mc Millan, was among the most anient supporters of the bill. COM PL A CENT CABINEEKS. High up on the side of the Cumber land mountain 1 found a cabin situated in such a lonely place and so tar from a neighbor's, that I had a curiosity to know how the old mountaineer and his wife entertained each other. When we had talked lor a little while I asked: "Do you and your w ife see many peo- j pie here?" I "Pkassly ever see anybody, suh," was his reply. "Then you tiave to depend entirely upon yourselves for society?" "That's it, suh." "And w hat do you find to talk about?'' T continued, having noticed that neither was inclined in conversation. "What do we find, Martha?" he ap pealed to her. "Heaps, I reckon." she said. "When breakfast is ready in the mawnin' I says to yo' to sot down to con coffee and hc-cake." "Yes." "When it's noon anel yo' are hangm' about 1 s.tvs that hoe-cake and co'n cof fee is ready." "Yes." "And when it's candle-light I sort o' jerks my head an yo' hitches up to Forghufn and hoe-cake and wants te know why we don't hev bacon. Ain't that talk 'nuff, stranger?" "But there's the evenings," I suggest ed. "Yes. thar's the evenings, of co'se, and I I says I reekon it will be a fine day, to- morrer. and Job he reckons the same j thing, and we wind up the clock and go I to bed. Oh, I don't reckon we at' Kuf 1 ferin' to death for the want of some- botly to sab to." Murderer Was Sorry. Bottineau. N. D.. March 6'. William Ross was hanged here to-lay for the murder of Thomas Walsh in July, 1901. Ross walked to the scaffold bravely and expressed sorrow for his crime. Before the trap was sprung Ross was asked who killed Lcamy, and answered firmly "Carl Hanson." Eiver Touched the Curbing. Louisville, Ky., March 6. The Ohio river touched the curbing at the foot of Fourth street Relay, the highest of the season, hut the dancer line has not been reached. Heavy rains are reported in southern Kentucky. A Steam Plow Cut a Gas Line. Neodesha. Kan., March 6. A steam i plow working on the Missouri Paeitie railroad right of wav just north of the j town limits here, cut a high pressure j gas line in two, leaving the tow n Uh out fuel for five hours. When the plow cut the line the rushing gas caught fire, i enveloping the plow and engine with j flames, dangerously burning several of j the men and hio king the track for an hour or more before the gas could be shut off at the wells. Chaplain Gavitt Exonerated. Denver. March 6 Chaplain Henry C. Gavitt of the United States army has been exonerated hy court martial from the charge of not paying his debts, which was brought against him by a Chicago firm. General Funston ap proved the findings. Chaplain Gavitt returns to his yost at Furt Grant. HOW TO GET OUT. (Continued from First Page.) sides each tried to get changes on the floor of the house, but after the score settled down to 60 to 55 not anothe; change could be made. Six o'clock came and Balie Waggener sent for two bar rels of apples to allay the hunger of the crowd, because there was no chance to get out for supper. Seven o'clock came and everybody set tled down to wait. Prof. Vernon, of Quindaro university, was called on for a speech. Barnd of Xess, who was one an actor, gave a declamation. McLaugh lin of Cherokee was then called on and recited "Captain Molly." and then the crowd made liim recite again. It finally became evident that if th members had to be kept locked up until the absentees who were wanted were secured they woulrir have to stay all night, and none had had any supper, while a few had not even taken time at noon to cat much dinner. Durine the late afternoon and evening numerous members of the senate came into the house and assured the members that the senate would not agree to the bill even if the house did pass it. For some time Cyrus Iceland advised against trusting the bill to the senate. He was afraid the senate might concur in it after all. At length, however, Adair, Hutehesoiv. Ilalienberk and Law changed from no to aye at least they were so recorded, although no open announcement of the change was -made by them. In fact, none of the changes were openly an nounced by the members, although this is the rule. Instead the memliers who changed were led up to the reading clerk and they told him to make the change. Nobody knew who changed except by asking- the clerk. The method was taken in order to shut off any members from changing from aye to no. It had become rumored early in the deadlock that Halie Wag gener had three votes in reserve who would change from aye to no if neces sary to beat the bill, and the supporters of the measures did not want to give a cnance tor such changes. The four changes mentioned made the. vote stand 64 to 51, or one more than a constitu tional majority for the bill. At the last moment Smith of Sherman came in and voted no. Word was passed up to Speaker Pro Tern Jones that r.4 votes had been secur ed for the bill. He rapped for order and without announcing the change of votes he announced that the bill had passed. Palie Waggener jumped to his feet and demanded a verification of the vote, but the chair refused to recognize him. A motion was made to adjourn, and al though there seemed to be a division of sentiment in the vote, it was declared passed, notwithstanding a call for a standing vote. And so the tax bill passed the house. Afterward Mr. Waggener asked the speaker how he knew the hill had pass ed. The speaker replied that he had the chief clerk's word for it. Waggener re torted that the votes might just as well have been cast over at the Copeland and word brought over by a messenger. In speaking of the manner in which the bill was forced through Mr. Waggener said: "The way the passage of this bfll has been secured is a disgrace to the Re publican party of Kansas. Majority votes against the bill have been t-ounted for it. Speaker Pro Tern Jones refused to permit a verification of the vote by which the hill was passed, when there was grave doubt if it received a consti tutional majority. Permission was re fused to either amend or debate the bill. The bill was never .read three times in the house. Not one-third of the bill was read on the third readine today. These facts t an be establish'eel in any court of justice. The manner of the passage of the bill was an evasiem of the constitu tion and will not bear the scrutiny of any court should the validity of the act be attacked. Hut. I do not think the bill will ever become a law. It is not such a bill as will suit the people. "It is framed in the interest of Kan sas City trust companies and foreign insurance and lr.m companies. This is evielenced by the strong lobby of rep resentatives of non-resident corpora tions which has be-en here working feir the bill. I have made an honest and conscientious light to secure the pas sage of a good bill, one which would have been equitable to the people. The tax bill as amended by the joint com mittee was fairly good anel I would have voteel for it, but this bill, the one framed by the state tax revision com mission, I cotild not support." Cyrus Lelantl, in telling why he op posed the bill, said: "I voted against the bill because I don't think it is a gooel bill. I have never fought it very hard because Governor P.ailey and a lot of my friends favoreel it. I have learned something about taxation through twenty years experience on the board of county commissioners of Doniphan county. It is my belief that the bill. if it becomes a law, 'will increase the burden of taxation on the small farmer and home owner of the state. It is not such a law as the people want or will benefit them. That's the reason I voted against it." HID MONEY IN CISTERN. South Dakota Man Loses $800. Which Burglars Get. Sioux Falls. S. D.. March R. George Smith, a prominent farmer living near Davis, lefi home the other night with his two children to spend the evening with a neighbor. He apparently has no faith in banks, and before his departure raised the trap door to a cistern and placed a pail con taining $1,600 in cash under the lloor at the top of the cistern. When he and the children returned home about 11 o'clock it was feeuiid that the house had bee-n broken into during their absence. The trap door had been raised, and on the floor near it was scattered $S00 in paper money, which evidently had been dropped by the thief in his haste. The other $800 was gone. MKS. N. D. SANDERS DEAD. Wife of Former Assistant Auditor of State Victim of Heart Failure. Arkansas City, Kan., March 6. Mrs. N. D. Sanders, wife of the assistant auditor of state under Governor Stan ley, died here at 6 o'clock last night. Mr. and Mrs. Sanders recently moved here and he became cashier of the new- j ly organized Citizens' bank. Death was rlue to an organic disease of the heart. Sunday an operation was performed up on Mrs. Sanders. She was getting bet ter. A short time before she died she took some nourishment and the physi cians considered her recovery certain. The remains will be taken to Girard to day for burial. The funeral will proba bly be held Saturday. A Gold Invitation to Roosevelt. Washington, March 6. A solid gold invitation has been presented to Presi dent Roosevelt to attend the Black Hills Mining congress which is to be held at Dead wood and Lead, S. D next Sep tember. Senators Gamble and Kittredge and Representatives Butke and Martin made the presentation. The invitation was inscribed on a gold plate three inches by six inches and an eighth of an inch in thickness. President Roose velt expressed his pleasure at the re ceipt of so beautiful invitation and at the honor done him by the mining con gress, but thought it doubtful whether he would be able to accept it. HORSES SOLD WELL Prairie Dell Farm Sale Urlngs Mr. Lee a Large Sum. The sale of R. I. Lee's horses at the fair grounds Thursday afternoon is said by horsemen to be the greatest sale of young horses since the boom days. The horses from Prairie Dell farm will go to Milwaukee. Minneapolis, Boston. St. Louis. Lincoln, Beatrice, Pennsyl vania, Oklahoma, Missouri and Kansas points. The highest price paid for a horse to go out of Topeka was paid by Ci. A. McKenzie. of St. Louis, who bought the plucky little trotter King Jackie for $1,575. King Jackie gave a great performance at the fair grounds during the fall races, and has a record of 2:2H4. The average price was nearly $500, end the aggregate amount some where near $2O,0iX. Following are the prices paid: Jackdaw, $5,000, to G. C. FTitchard, Toieka. Flying Bird, S. S. Smith, Clay Center. $310. Royal Highlander, $423, Sherman Bros., Monticello, Kas. Elsiedaw. ?:W0, W. F. Redmond, Brooklyn. N. Y. Jack Kelpie, $425, F. K. Kimball, Be atriee. Neb. Fairy Dawn, $310, J. S. Sanders, Min neapolis, Minn. Julia Arthur, $4S0, Thos. W. Lawson, Boston. Maud Adams, $.'!00 T. Orr, Riley, Kaa. Jack Daniels, $420, F. E. Kimball, Be. ati'ice. Neb. Jack Creeper, $225, F. H. Benson, Hun. ter. OI:!a. The Shamrock, $1,400, D. M. Duggan, Kansas Citi-. The Mermaid, $340, J. C. Nelson, Mil waukee. Mr. Dooley. $320. Luitz Co., Lincoln. Albert Parker, $160, Dr. J. J. Barbel. Hunter. Ok'.a. Boss McCormick, $380, J. A. Sprague, Selden, Kan. Rory O'Moore, $200. Dr. J. J. Barber. Hunter. Okia. Brocatel, $245, C. O. Knowles. Milan. Mich. Ballina, $125, J. J. Nice, Humboldt, Kan. Black Match, $223, J. Kriepe, Topeka. The Winner, $200, J. H. Gregg, Riley, Kan. The Eloquent, $150, Geo. Bradshaw. Topeka. Fergus Magic, $350, Campbell, Cairo, Mo. Fergustane, $390, J. W. Beek, Osborn, Kan. King Jackie, $1,575, G. A. McKenzie, St. Louis. Jack Bird, $163, C. B. Samson, To peka. Clara Morris, $150, W. P. Brockett, Mayetta. Gienwood, $160, Claud Barringer, Sa lina. Victoria Regina, $430, Frank Foster, Topeka. Shamrock Queen, $300, Thos.W. Law son, Boston. Kilrush, $100, John Foley, Topeka. Shamrock Lady, $195, H. W. De Long, Imperial, Pa. Shillelagh. $175, J. H. King, Riley. PJlsie Shamrock, $100, John Mitchell, Beatrice. Grey Court, $110, George Bradshaw, Topeka. Pilgrim Prince, $350. T. P. Newell. No. 54, $180, Frank Blanch, Topeka. KILLED BY A TRAIN. DL E. Barney, Rock Island Switch- man, Loses His Life. M. E. Barney, a switchman In the Rock Island yards at Herington, was struck and killed last night by a pas senger engine that was backing down the track toward the round-house. The engine was in charge of Engineer Orr, The report received at the Rook Island division offices this morning states that Barney had stepped on the track for tha purpose of giving a signal. He did not see or hear the engine, anel those in charge of the engine did not see him. The engine ran completely over him, killing him instantly. Mr. Barney was a married man and leaves a family. His remains will be taken care of by his family. There was a curious coincidence con nected with the death of Mr. Barney. In a great many cases the employes of the Rock Island who carry life insurance have the premium deducted from their wages every month. Mr. Barney was one of these. The premium was dedue't ed from his wages with his consent urn til last month, when he decided that he would discontinue his insurance and wrote a letter to the division offices ask ing that there be no deduction from his February pay. The letter was received at the elivision offices too late for the correction to be made, the pay rolls having already been made up and the money deducted from his wages. Con sequently the matter was allowed to rest until the next pay day, which will come on the 17th of this month. Mr. Barney was killed last night. It was fortunate for his family that the letter he wrote, arrived at the division offices too lat for the correction to be made. KING'S HOUSE KAN THIRD. Ambush II Defeated for the Gold Cup at Sandowne Park. London. March 6. King Edward's Ambush II, his majesty's candidate for the grand national steeple chase to be run at Liverpool, March 27, was defeat ed today in the race for the grand mili tary gold cap at the Sandowne park steeple chase meet by his stable com panion, Marpessa. The king went to the course in expectation of seeing his horse, which was a hot favorite, show consid erable improvement over his form at Kempton park, when January 30, he was unplaced in the Steward's steeple chase. Ambush II, however, was only able to run third out of four starters. SINGER HICKS IS HERE. Will Lead the Singing at Williams Kevival. W. E. Hicks, who is to lead the chorus for Hvangelist Williams' big revival meetings at the tabernacle recently erected at Sixth and Monroe streets, is in Toueka and will hold a rehearsal of the chorus at the tabernacle Saturday evening. The indications are that the chorus will number more than 300 voices. The orchestra which has been engaged for the meetings will meet with the chorus for hehearsal Saturday night. Mr. Williams will hold his first meet ing Sunday afternoon. Message from Admiral Glass. Washington, March 6. The secretary of the navy has received a telegram from Rear Admiral Class, commanding the Pacific squadron saying that ail quiet at Amanala. Honeluras, and .that reports from the interior of the country indicate the successes of Bonilla .the in surgent leader and the restoration of peaee shortly. In view of the assured safety of American interests. Admiral Glass" added that his fleet would leave Amapala today for Acapulco, Mexico, presumably intending to return to San Francisco. The fleet consists of the flag ship New York and the cruisers Boston, Marblehead and Ranger. City Ticket Office. L'nion Pacific Railroad. 525 Kansas avenue. Kaskell Indians-Y.M.C.A.FTiday night. jrjc Mills FIRST SHOWING OF SPRING GOODS In Our Men's Furnishing Section. THE STAR SHIRT TRADE 21 MARK TI illlM,,- 1 1THEBESTMADE SENATE IS LISTLESS. Thera Is Little Excitement and Small Attendance. As to its senatorial dignity the upper house of the legislature was distinctly in negligee Thursday night. The senatr isn't drawing pay any more and it is becoming careless. A bill was on third reading. It had been introduced by someone "by reQuest." and nobody was very much In favor of it. It was lack ing both in merit and in votes. Some one suggested that it be dropped from the calendar, and Noftzger, who was in the chair, asked if anyone objected. The bill was passed by without ever beir.s favored with a vote. Some of the senators Rave gone home and there was considerable difficulty last night in getting a quorum, but finally enough senators were called out of the hall of representatives where they were watching the tax bill to fill up the reojuisite number. When the proceed ings were finally under way Senator Carpenter started a little pleasantry about the employes. who were con spicuous for their absence. Carpenter said: "I move we appoint a few more pages. We have thirteen but none of them are here." Senator Tapp volunteered the information that the pages were "playing hookey" and that the sergeants-at-arms had gone out to look for them. The one remaining sergeant-at-arms was sent out to look for the rest of the em ployes and the senate went back to work. It passed I.eidy's bill. allowing school teach ers a day's pay for attending meetings of the county teachers' associations. It pass ed the house bill regulating the Breiden thai trust companies and others like it. Seevral other small general bills were pass ed upon, but the evening session was ex tremely dry and uninteresting for the most part. METCALF TO HARDY. Former Commander of Twentieth Kansas Talks of Charges. General W. S. Mecalf. in speaking of the recent statements by Capt. Hardy, late of the Twentieth Kansas, said: "I don't see why I should take any notice of them. The whole matter has been tone over once and decided by men who know what they were talking about. I don't know just what the ob ject of the present agitation is, but I suppose that the anti-imperialist clique, backed by Senator Carmack and some of his Democratic colleagues, are trying to make some political capital out of it. I have known for two or three months that something of the kind was coming. They had an emissary out here, carry ing credentials from Senator Carmack, who went around all over the state try ing to dig up something. "I think that Hardy is sore largely be cause Funston would not recommend him for a commission in the regular army. I see that they are correcting history. There are, of ccmrse, some in correct statements in that history of the Twentieth Kansas to which reference is made, but they were wholly unauthor ized the one about Funston swimming the river, for instance. I saw a state ment of that sort in a magazine article before we left the Philippines. General Funston took no more notice of that than he did of the many other misstate ments which were made, but the story was taken up and incorporated in that Kansas history by some unauthorized person. "The whole matter seemed to worry Hardy greatly, though, from the start. He took up the fight on that story as vigorously as though he had been the only one to swim the river, when in fact there were four or five. Hardy was a very smart young fellow and a fine sol dier. In fact, he is one of the two men in the regiment who rose from the ranks to a captaincy. But he was al ways a little bit erratic." DAYHOFF SENDS LETTERS. Appeals to Schools to Aid Famine Sufferers. State Superintendent Dayhoff advisee the public schools to take a hand in the raising of money for the famine suf ferers of Sweden, and he is sending out letters to the nublic school officers of the state urging that a day be set apart in each schoel on which the school chil dren may contribute what they wish to the fund. In his letter he says: "The governor of the state has issued I his proclamation for the relief of the j famine sufferers of northern Sweden, i "That the schools of the state may have opportunity to aid- in this worthy cause, this department urges and reeom- mends that you set an early date in all the schools under your charge, when all pupils therein will be sriven an oppor tunity to contribute a free will offering to this relief fund. "Send all contributions to this office or to any member of the committee des ignated by the governor's proclamation and you will receive a receipt lor the amount and your contribution will be forwarded promptly." Teachers' Beading Circle. The members of the Shawnee County Teachers" Reading Circle extend a cor dial invitation to all teachers and oth ers interested in educational work to attend their regular bi-monthly meet ing, to be held in the county superin tendent's office Saturday, March 7, at 7:45 p. m. Topics for consieieration and conductors: Hinsdale's Art of Study, Chap. XIII rand XIV, C. M. Morrow. Primer of Knglish Literature. Chap. VIII and IX. William Vanorsdai. Jean Mitchell's School Chap. VIII and XIV, S. F. Wright. (pmp&ny. The new things for tomorrow are: THE STAR SHIRT Negligee style some all white, others with white grounds and colored stripes. Some plaited fronts, others plain. Cuffs on or off. A line of Shirts that are not only comfortable, but are very dressy. SEE THIS ASSORTMENT SATURDAY. X NEW NECKWEAR Embracing a fine assortment of Tecks, Midgets, Four-in-Hands, Ascots. These in Colors, or all Black, or all White a very com prehensive line. Have all the latest ideas in styles and color ings.' FIRST DISPLAY TOMORROW. SUNFLOWER IS CHOSEN. Senate Gives It Official Sanction as the State Flower. In the senate chamber Thursday night the club women of Kansas were given the courtesy of selecting the state flower. That is, the senate passed the bill making the sunflower the. floral emblem of Kansas, as the club women asked. Senator Moreheuise represented the club women, and introduced the bill. Here is what the Mm-ehou.se bill says about the "helranthus": "Whereas. Kansas has a native wihl flc.wer common throughout hei- boreler, hardy and conspicuous, of definite, un varying and striking shape, easily sketched, molded and carved, having armorial capacities, ideally adapted foi artistic reproduction, with its strong, distinct disk and its golden circle of clear, glowing rays a fleiwer that a chil l can draw on a slate, a woman can work m silk, or a man can carve on stone or fashion in clay; "Whereas, This flower has to all Kan sans a historic symbolism which speak3 of frontier days, winding trailsover path less prairies, full of the life and glory of the past, the pride of the present and richly emblematic of the majesty of a golden future, this flower which has given Kansas the world-wide name, 'The Sunflower state;' therefore "Be it enacted by the legislature of the state of Kansas. That the helian thus. or wild native sunflower, is hereby made, designated, anel declared to be the state liower, anel floral emblem of the state of Kansas." THE DE BOISSIERE CASE. First Damage Action Is Filed in Otta wa Court. Ottawa, Kan., March 6. The first damage suit in the series that is ex pected to result from the seizure of property in the orphans' home case was filed in district court Thursday. The plaintiff is F. P. Martin, of Wil liamsburg, who asks for damages against Sheriff Costigan in the suin of $6,200. Mr. Martin is the keeper of a livery stable at Williamsburg. He states that he was the owner on March 2 of fifty seven head of mules valued at $5,700 and eight head of horses the total value of the live stoc k being placed at $8,200. This property, Martin states, was wrongfully seized upon and taken away by the sheriff, wherefore the plaintiff asks damages in the sum of $6,200, with interest at the rate of, six per cent from March 2, and costs. The stock was taken by the sheriff under attachment proceedings by Troutman Stone as the property of L. C. Stine or the trustees of the orphans' home. Troutman Stone claim that the sale to F. P. Martin oc curred on the day the attachment pro ceedings were begun and that the transfer was not a bona fide one. The papers were served on the sheriff today by Coroner Haggart. Sheriff Costigan is protected from personal loss by the possession of the property, and an Indemnity bond for $10,000 fur nished by Troutman Stone. LEGISLATIVE SIDELIGHTS. In a facetious mood the employes of the senate last night entered their pro test against Senator Fred Duniont Smith's white vest and frock coat Smith's customary attire when attend ing a nisht session is the frock, of ex emplary make and cut. reinforced by either a white waistcoat or one of a gorgeously flowered desiirn. He wore the white vest last night. Senator Chancy alleging himself the representatve of the. employes, rose and offered the follow ing resolution: "Resolved, That Senator Fred Du mont Smith be reciuired to take off his uniform while attending the sessions of the senate. (Signed) "THE KMPLOYES." The resolution was referred to "the senator from Edwards," which means Smith. Here is a pertinent resolution intro duced by Representative Wilson of Jee. ferson and referred to Cy Leland: "Whereas. The legislature has investi gated many alleged evils: therefore, be 't "Resolved, That a committee be ap pointed to investigate the legislature t. see if there is any reason for its exist ence, v The house local judiciary committee has knocked out the Ctibbison bill abol,. ishins the city courts in Kansas City. Ras., and re-establishing the old justice coui ta. The legislative investigation of the charges of scandal in connection with the insane asylums will be deferred for several weeks arter the session closes. The investigation will really be made,' so the legislators say. The state fair bill has been killed !n the house ways and means committee. It is unlikely that anything can save it now. This is the bill appropriating money and placing the management of the fair in the hands of the state indus trial societies. Representative Sehermerhorn of Cher okee is back at work after an absence of two weeks. He has been ill of pneu monia. John Francis says the legislature will not adjourn for a week yet. Francis is in a position to know a good deal about it and he is probably riht. The house has administered the quietus to Ballard's bill for the exter mination of pocket goptfs.

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TGPEKA STATE JOURNAL, FRIDAY EVENING. MARCH 6, 1803 LanJ Owners A round Independ ence Too Greedy. Ask 8300 Per Acre and Uar 0 n t IJis: Factories. GREAT LOSS TO CITY. "pant 300 More Families and $:io,0Q0 Monthly I'ay-IJoll. Eastern Capital Seeking Place for Investment Are Foiled. Independence, Kas., March 6. The Re ptilir says: Yrsterday ami today Father Charles lhi, of Hartford City, lnd., has been negotiating with our Ci rr.iiKHMal e !ub for the location of sora? tig industri'-s hire. As his title ira j'H' Father Ihi is a Catholic Driest, i'lid he is seeking a location for a roi! ing irr.l!, a window glass plant almost titter Unit as large as the one we have, 6ml a buttle msikins :lant. '1'he thre? I''.. tuts would bring here 0"0 families anil the monthly pay roll would lie about Father I 'hi had visited nearly al! of tr-1 Utur.s in the gas belt before rone i::g h--re, and h" was so well pleasei v. ith the outlook here that he dismissed f' oni his mind all thought of any other lo-.-atinn, and last evening an t this in-rmn": it st e-me d a certainty that tins" institutions would all lie loeated he-re md eontraets signed before the day was done. This atternoon. however, it ks as if tin- whole fihnne had fallen T.hri",r-;h, simply because land owners near the city ask at irr: possible- price for their land. Not less than forty acres are needed, and Kathei I hi is not willing to go vwo or three miU.n into tie- con r try, because los ec.'ie must be near to se hnoi and iherohes, cur line advantages in this r. speet IhIiis to him a very strong at tract. on. W le n the .V)inir:oreial club besan lo look around for the land n"ar town, they round it held at about $.".i an acre a price that could not he considered at .li. and so these line industries that would have added 2. eon or :!,(e't to our population will probably go elsewhere. Father Join expressed the intention of leasing ("night for Hartford Cite. ABILENE LABOR MEETING. Kow Lodges Being Formed in Inter ior Kansas Towns. Abilene, JInrch 6. I.. J. I.uey, general organizer of the American Federation of Labor, with headquarters at Wash ington, addressed a lapse meeting of la boring men here last night. A union lias b.-en formed here with 27.") members, inclu dins workers on the sewer system, laboring men. clerks, etc. Charles "ciem ence is president. Mr. Luey says the la bor movement is growing rapidly in Kansas. Abilene has the largest union of any city of its size in the state. Dur ing the fiscal year ending February 1, lii-i!. the number of labor organizations in Kansas increased from S.'ia to 417. sorne as much as Set) per cent and -all the smaller cities are taking up the work and petting on the same basis as the laborers in the ct tie's. The eight hour law has been declared onst itutional by the Kansas supreme court, and wherever there is a viola tion of the law a request of the labor commissioner to investigate will effect a speedy settlement. Another strong- law In favor of organized labor is the one compelling employers to give written reasons to a discharged employe for said eiise barge, failure to do so making: the employer liable ro a fine and jail sen tence; this also applies to an employer discharging help because they belong to a union. The labor movement in Kan sas is becoming a paramount issue. Mr. Luey will spend several weeks or ganizing unions in the state. AN IRRIGATION CONGRESS. Call Is Issued for One to Be Held at Garden City. C.arden City, March 6. The follow ing call signed by I. L. Diesem, presi dent of the State Irrigation association Jind it. M. Lawrence, president of the Garden City Industrial club has been issued for an Irrigation congress to be lield in Garden City, Kan., March lit: "The feeling seems to be prevalent among the people along the Arkansas river and the country tributary there to in western Kansas, that something Fhould be done towards procuring larger supplies of water for irrigation, os the demands for this are increasing t.oh year. "The people in the last two years filling the valley branched out into the industry of growing sugar beets for the manufacture of sugar, this being a crop that needs irrigatioa at stated times, possibly mon- water than some either crops that have been grown in this section in the past. Realizing This, our farmers and land owners are feel- THE FEAR OF HUMBUG Prevents Many People from Trying a Good Medicine. Ptomach troubles are so common ard in most cases so obstinate to cure that pioj-le are apt to look with suspicion on any remedy claiming to be a radio il permanent cure for dyspepsia and irvii-g.-stion Many such pride themselves on their acuieness in never being humbug ged, especially in medicines. This f ar of being humbugged can be arried too far, so far. in fact, that many people suffer for years with wcik digestion rather than risk a little tun" and money in faithfully testing the claims made of a preparation so reliable and universally used as Stuart's lvs j:epsia Tablets. Now Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets -ir vastly dlftoront in one important respn-t from ordinary proprietary medicines lor the reason that they are not a secret patent medicine, no set ret is made of their ingredients, but analysis shows them to contain the natural digestive ferments, pure aseptic pepsin, the di gestive ai ids. lldeu Seal, bismuth, hy ihastis and mix. They are not cathar tic, neither do they act powerfully on any organ, but they cure indigestion on the common sense plan of digesting the food eaten thoroughly before it has rim1 to ferment, sour and cause the mischief. This is the only secret of their success. Cathartic pills never have and never can cure indigestion and stomach trou bles because they act entirely on the bowels, whereas the whole trouble is really in the stomach. Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets taken if'pr meals dig.-st the food. That is all there is to it. Food not digested or half di gested is poison as it create? gas, ac idity, headaches, palpitation of the le-art. loss of ilesh and appetite and runny other troubles which are often called by peme other name. They pre sold by druggists? evcry Wiicre at. i.0 cents per package. i r'f JIZSSALICg Miss Alice CastlemMti. of Kentucky, is known from Maine to California as one of the most perfect types of souiliern beauty. She is the daughter of Gen eral Cast leman. the famous Kentucky veteran who commanded a star regiment during the Spanish-American war. Miss Castleman will shortly wed Augustus C. Hone, nephew of August Belmont. ing the necessity of obtaining more irri gation by establishment of reservoirs to hold the tlood waters until such time as it is most needed. And to further this interest, we believe the time for concerted action is at hand when some thing should be done towards procuring seine water from the underflow, as well, by establishing pumping machinery or some other device whereby more water tan be obtained for irrigation on all kinds of farm products. This being the ease, we are all interested in the com mon cause and believe a meeting of delegates selected for this purpose from the counties in southwest Kansas would result in benefits to all and tend to further the irrigation interest for procuring more water. "The object is to organize a South western Irrigation association and lay plans for future development, com mencing on the ltith and lasting as long as occasion demands for the disposal of the business. "Representation of delegates: "Three from each county appointed by county commissioners. "Two from each commercial club ap pointed by the club. "One f-.-om each county seat ap pointed by mayor. "One from each irrigation company appointed by the directors of the com pany." THE HOLDERS! AN CASE. A Divorce Decree Brought Up as Evi dence --$90,000 at Stake. Emporia, Kas., March 6. Mrs. Hannn M. Leslie, of D;avetiworth, a defendant in the Hokierman estate case now on trial, is here. Before Mrs. Leslie, for merly Mrs. Holderman, nee Miss Han na Gracie, married Daniel Holdernicti, she was a clerk in G. W. Newman' store. Mr. Holderman was nearly twice as old as his second wife. Upon hie death she was one of the wealthiest per sons he-re. Ostensibly the case was brought by the co-defendant. Mrs. Laura Holderman-Wagoner. daughter of Mr. Holder man by his first wife, to es tablish the legitimacy of her birth. The first wife was sent to an asylum for the insane shortly after the child's birth in 1SS7. In 18-S8 Daniel Holderman was divorced from his first wife. The deci sion of the court virtually made Mr. Wagoner, then Laura Holderman, an illegitimate 'child, as it sustained the idea that Carrie ilahn was insane wher. Daniel Holderman was married to her thus der-larin"; that there had been no marriage. Carrie Jlahn-Holdermnn alleges that she was not aware that divore-e pro oeedings had been tiled against her un til after it had been granted. She says she was not represented in court bv an attorney or by her guardian. H. C. Cross, On this ground a piot against II. C. Cross, the guardian. Mr. Steri and I. 1-1. Lambert, attoineys. is alleged. Thus far the evidence in the case has been concerning the sanity of the first wife. Depositions have been read thai there is insanity in the Ttahn famil;?. Daniel Ht Merman's sister. Miss Lizzie Holderman. is an important witness for the first wife and Mrs. Laura Wagoner. MARRIED AFTER FORTY YEARS Kickapoo Weds Wife With Whom He Had Long Lived. Hiawatha. Kas., March 6. The In dians on the two reservations in this county are pretty well civilized and have intermarried so much with white people that there are but few of the full-bloods found any moie. Still thov-,e who are full-blood Indians hang to their jold customs to a remarkable extent. Fc j an Indian to take a wife it is only neces. isary for him to express his intention of I doing se. and she then lives with him jand carries his name. Though the full- blood Indians yet man y according to that custom, many ot them have been won over the white man's way of doing Jim Anderson, a full-blood Kickapoo itinian. recently appeared before Indiiii Agent Hounell. on the reservation in the south part of the county, with his squaw and had the agent marry them according to the law. Mr. and Mrs. Jim Anderson have been living together for forty years in the Indian way. Queer Cowley County Case. Some time ago mention was made in th Courier of a woman living in Hooser. in the eastern part of the county, who paid P-1 to keen her husbanel's name out of a scandal rase. The sequel now appears, and the entire story, up-to-date, is here fliven. Some time ago the couple living at Hooser secured a girl from here to as sist wilh the housework. This voting ladv tormerly worked at the St. James. Alt'-.- remaining w ith the Honsr peo-nle some litfle time she tired of the "strenuous" life on a farm and returned to her home in St ;1 v-.-i ti-r. Suhscquen ly she reappeared in Winfe Id. accompanied bv her father. a black bearded, low browed holiness preacher, threatening proceedings aeninst the Hooser man for criminal relations with the girl. In order to keep a hilherto re-spee'ted name out of the courts. Mrs. "Hooser," who Is reported to be, worth about Ji5,000 in her CASTZZJim own name, came to Winhold and deposited $-"ri with an attorney to hush the matter Hit. The girl and her father showed great wiliingre ss to ree-eivc the money and clear out. but the attorney was not so e'asy. In fact he already began to "smell a rat" from various hints elropped anel rold the girl he would take care of the money for her that she would need it later, and re cent events show his wisdom. The- first de'velome-nt in the case is the fact that the girl had been misrepri senting things: second, news comes that the Hooser man is missing, and now the girl has also left home, apparently with the full consent of her black bearded preacher father; anil last, but not least, the man's wife, when asked if she. would prosecute him, replied: "Oh. no: he'll come back' some time," ami her $oinj has been returned. Winiieid Cour ier. POPHASI MURDER TRIAL. Testimony Shows Feud Between Him and Kerr. Minneapolis. Kan., March 6. The preliminary hearing of K. T. Kerr, charged with the murder ef A. B. Pop ham here February 13, was held Thuis day. Popham was struck by a pitch fork in the hands of Kerr, on the date mentioneei anil died February 20 in To peka, where he was ta.ken for an op eration in the hope, of saving his life. A feud had existed for some time be tween these two men, and their families and the fatal quarrel took place in the road, near Popham's farm house, where they chanced to meet. Kerr has been confined in the county jail since the assault. He was charged with murder in the first degree. At the hearing to day, the state produced twelve wit nesses whose testimony showed that the quarrel had been of long standing and that Kerr had threatened to do violence to Poph.am if he got the op portunity. The defense produced no evidence and the prisoner was bound over lo the next term of the district court without bail. K. C. Sweet appeared as prosecuting attorney, and J. B. Tomlinson for the defense. AFTER HIDDEN GOLD. Farmers Wear Independence Search ing for a Wagon Train's Treasure. Independence, Kas., March 6. Many years ago among the early freighters, between Xeodesha and this place, there was a rumor that a government wagon train had been "held up" by Indians and thousands of dollars weerth of golel buried in a spring on the banks of the Fall river near its junction with the Verdigris. It was said that this story was tolel to the white men by an Indian squaw, but the location of the spring was never divulged. Recently it was noticed that in a remote corner of a pasture on the J. C. Homey farm the ground had been elug up in several place. It is now be lieved that the treasure was burieei at this place and Mr. Horney and his neighbors are making a search. The old spring in which this gold was buried probably has been dry many years. The ground is being dug up several feet deep. IS THIS WOMAN SANE? Does Not Appear to Be and Papers in the Case Are Destroyed. Kmporia. Kas.. March 6. Wide spread interest is being developed by the in vestigation into the sanity eif Miss Sarah Jones, a patient of the county poor farm. She was sent to the state asylum in 189S and was sent back to the poor farm last fall bee-ause the asylum was crowded. Now the state has ordered her returned to the asylum and her friends, at her request, are interceding for her. An investigation of her case shows that the papers in her trial were destroy et1. Her friends contend that she is not insane and are determined on a thor ough examination. She has no apparent symptoms of insanity. WEDDING DINNER POISONED. A Hundred Guests Taken Sick at a Celebration at Olpe. Emporia. Kas.. March 6. Of the guests who attended the wedding of William Kitsenberger anei Miss Clana Schmidt at Olpe, a hundreel were taken sick shortly after dinner had been served. The whole house was converted into a temporary hospital and a doe-tor was called. However, all of the guests recovered. It is supposed that the food contained porson. Minneapolis in Darkness. Minneapolis, March 6. Minneapolis is in darkness, the street lights having been shut off because the city refused to pay its electric light bills. The coun cil has been very much dissatisfied with the lights furnished, claiming the lights are not up to e-ontract. The electric light company claims to have furnished all the power the contract calls for, and that the lights are the best to be pro cured. The council, however, refuses to pay for street lighting until better servie-e is given. The contract calls for street lamps of 2.000 candle power. Au thorities have informed members of the council that the lamps used, while nom inally 2,0'tO candle power lamps, in real ity furnish only half that much light. Death of William D. Thompson. Sf Minneapolis, Kan., March 6. William D. Thompson, one of the most prom inent citizens of this town, died here Thursday afternoon after a. week's ill ness. He leaves three children, all mar ried, and his wife. Mr. Thompson had lived in Minneapolis since 1S7S anel was probate judge here from 18S7 to 1SS1. He was a prominent member of the Masonic lodge, having served several years as grand master in this state. He was born in McConnellsville, 111., in 1K40. In lSt2 he enlisted as first ser geant of Company C, Ninety-seventh Ohio vedunteer infantry and was dis charged as first lieutenant June 10, 1865. The immediate cause of his death was heart failure. Jointists Must Pay. "This is the county's month." The coun ty's month alternates with the city's month and between the two the jointists of the citv are dividing 12. or S13.0D0 a year. County Attorney Griffith this morn ing issue-d complaints against each of the ele ven iointists there are but eleven now charging them with violating tile club house provision of the prohibitory law. The complains were all filed in Margrave's court in the absence of Judsre Kvanken burger. and thev were all arrested. Each of them will plead guilty in an informal wav and will pav i,m into the school fund $2o in each case to the county attorney, and the remainder of the $12:i.5ii goes to the constables and the justice. Fort Scott Tribune. Cuts Her Throat With Razor. New-ton, Kas., March 6. Mrs. T. J Dilley. wife of a well-to-do farmer living near Elbing. attempted suicide' by cut ting her throat with a razor. Her life is despaired of. No cause is known for the act, which was probably committed in a lit of temporary insanity. SHIPLOAD OF ANIMALS. A Vicious Tiger Kills Three Natives at Singapore. Pittsburg. March 6. The British steamer Orono, Captain Oswald, which made port Tueselay, brought a con signment of animals whiedr will jireibably go te) the Bronx Zoo. Three of the col lection are fierce specimens. One, a Sumatra tiger, killed three natives at Singapore after he had been in captivity some time. All through the trip he made desperate efforts to break out of hia cage. Two black leopards, which occupy cages adjoining the tiger, are equally fierce, and one of them stte-ceeded in fix ing his claws in the leg of the carpen ter who was fastening his cage when the animals were first loaded. In his strug gles to get away the carpenter backed up against the other rage, anel the sec ond leopard made a plunge at the man, tearing off most of his clothing. The carpenter had to be sent to a hospital for treatment. A giant wave carried a cage with six Borneo crow neel pigeons overboard. The only other animals wbie:-h the Orono brought were a couple of anoas. LEFT 825,000 TO FAMILY. Estate of Wealthy Man Who Was Sent to Prison for Life. La Crosse, Wis., March fi. Word from Elkader, Iowa, has reached here to the effect that the estate of Andrew Thomp son, who murtiered a woman and her two children.' anel who was known as convict No. -P5r iiv the Anamosa state prison, is about tei be clejsed. The es tate is valued at $:r.,000 and is left by will to his family. His will provided for decent burial, but it is allegeei that in stead bis boety found its way to the dissecting table of one of the n colleges. He died in ltiOl and the will was admitted to probate in December of that year. On ae-count of the landed properties it has not been closed. Thompson was oiue an influential man. The crime for whie-h he spent a third of a century- in prison was com mitted in the early '70s. Having had trouble with a neighbor woman, a willow- with two ehileilren, he uneiertoe-ik to spirit them out of the country. He start- WHISKEY vs COFFEE A woman experiments. Some families have sad experiences with whisky. Probably twice as many families have sickness and distress causeel by coffee anei the cause not sus pected half the time. A woman from Tacoma, Wash., says: "One of our family had become so ill that the doctor finally pronounced him incurable from enlargeel liver. He rec ommended a. sea voyage which might prolong his life but said it was only a question of time when he would die from the disease. "He was dreadfully nervous, thin, coulei not sleep at night, lost Slosh and strength daily and everything he ate or drank soured on his stomach. He was so weak and faint he could hareily walk about. "I finally came to the conclusion that coffee made the mischief so took coffee away from him altogether and next morning gave him Postum Food Coffee. He steadily began to get better and has never had a sour stefimach from that time. He now sleeps all night where he used to suffer the agonies of death. He has gained over 20 pounds and is well and strong. "My little boy was given coffee at an early age anel he began to have spells of sickness at times. I did not suspect the trouble until my experience with Postum opened my eyes, then I took coffee away from him and gave him Postum steadily. If you shoulel see him now and see how well and strong he is you would not believe it was the same puny boyr he was when he was drink ing coffee. "An acquaintance of ours carried Postum with- him to the gold fielels of Alaska. He says he met some men up there who had run out of Postum and could not drink coffee. They offered him as liigh as twenty dollars a pound for the Postum. He said it was worth forty dollars a pound to him for it gave him strength to endure the hardships and that he would not part with it at any price until he couid get more. "Now about my own case. I was a sick, nervous woman and did neit sus pect it was coffee, but from the experi ence I had gaineei about two years ago I quit coffee anel took up Postum Food Coffee. My appetite improved. I can eat anything, have no indigestion, and have gained about forty pounds in the two years. "I know of a matt whose eyes were so affecteef by coffee drinking that he was going blind. The doctor suspected oof lee to be the trouble and ordered him to quit and take on Fostum Food Cof fee. The change produced a great change in his eyes. He gradually gejt belter and has now left off his glasses altetgether. He would have been stone blinel if he had not quit coffee and t-aken up Postum." Name given by Postum Co., Battie Creek,. Mich. THE GREAT HEADACHE CURE QUICK OR CURE ALL What People Say: J. R. W. McBride of Indianapolis, late of the Indiana supreme court, says: "They are simply marvelous in their instantane ous relief." "Dr. Miles' Pain Pills never fail to cure headache in any form, and I have given them to little children with the best re sults anei without any ill efiects afterward. When my daughter was confined they greatly alleviated her suffering. In fact we consider them full legal teneler for any kind of pair.." Mrs. William Roberts, Elmwood. Ill "Dr. Miles' Pain Pills are a perfect rem edy for sick headache. I am never with out them." Mary Bungert, Belleville, 111. "Dr. Miles' Pain Pills never fail to cure headache, pain in the back of neck, cold Are a Quick, Safe, Sure and Speedy Cure for Pain of any kind. They are far superior to any remedy ever be fore used for Headache, Neuralgia, ed for this city with them in a wagon. One night when not far from this city an altercation arose between Thompson and the woman and Thompson tried to stifle the talk by placing his hand on her mouth. The children, who were in the wagon, also objected to this and set up loud cries. They were at that time camping for the rtight and Thompson, fearing that the noise would attrae-t the people in a passing vehicle, placed a mattress over the woman and children ami threw his whole weight on it. When the strangers had passed he removed the covering and found that all three, the woman and two chileiren, had been smotheredr Thompson placed the bodies in a box and thrust them through a hole in the ice. Early in the spring they floateel ashore. There was not much difficulty in convicting him of murder in the first degree, but the verdict was set aside on a technicality. Before a second trial, Thompson agreed to plead guilty to murder in the second elegree. The judge gavfe him a life sentence. He was 76 years old when he died. During his in carceration his property had been used by his family. GEOIItilA MAN WARNED. Advised to Keep His Mouth Shut and Go Back South. New York. March 6. James Ed-w-ard Graybill. president of the Georgia Society of New York, who made a speech at the Delaware Society dinner on February 19, in which he expressed his views em the negre question, re ceiveei ceceritly an anonymnus letter threatening his life and advising him to go back south, where he belongs.. Mr. Graybill isn't doing any great amount of worrying about it however, and thought it of so little consequence that he didn't even turn it over to the police. The letter, which was typewritten on a half sheet of note paper and was mailed, according to the postmark, at Station C on February 20, at 4 p. m., read as fedlows: "James E. Graybill, Nassau street, city: "As presi'lent of the Georgia Society, elon't you think you had ibetter gei back seiuth, where you belemg, as the north ern people are getting very tired of you southern rebels shooting off your i mouths up here about our prestetent? Leiok out for your head or it will get i hit, or you will get it put in the sand, same as you put the poor black man's. I will be one eif a society to do it." I Mr. Graybill said yesterday that he 1 attached no importance to an anony minis lette-, but that it has caused considerable feeling among some of his friends who had seen it. "I can't help feeling," he said, "that if a northern man had attacked south ern customs in the south and had re 'ceived such a letter a great row woulel have been made over it by a certain class of newspapers in the neirth. "I was a captain in the Confederate army and fought under General Jee Wheeler. I haven't any objection to negroes, but I don't think that they should be treated as social equals anei invited to the White House by Presi dent Roosevelt. "Hut it was all right for President Eliot to invite Mr. Washington to a reception of college presidents, because he has done as much fetr education as most of them. I suppose the threatening letter was inspired by the misquoted account of my speech." OPPOSE ROOSEVELT. President Has Ridden Rough Shod Over Kentucky Republicans. Louisville, Ky.. March 6. If the lead ers cf the Republican party should stare a presidential boom for a man who would oppose Mr. Roosevelt, their selec tion would be widely supported in Ken tucky. There is a strong belief that this state would give its vote in the next national convention to any man brought out against Roosevelt. The anti-Roosevelt party is gaining in numbers every da;-. The Republicans of this state are dis satisfied with Mr. Roosevelt's altitude toward the negroes. Besides this, Mr. Rooseve-H. it is said, has ridelen rough shod over a large number of state lead ers who are regarded among the shrewdest and ablest politicians in the party. Among these are former Col lector of Internal Revenue Charles E. Snpp, rerneiveei from offie-e by Mr. Rorse velt: former Amerie-an Minister Goeifrey Hunter, practically rcmoveel by Mr. Roosevelt, and I'nited States Senator Deboe anel former Governor W. O. Brael ley. whose indorsements of applicants for office have been ignored by the pres ident. These men say Mr. Roosevelt has "ig nored the olel line Republicans and has appointed renegade Democrats'to office." GEN. BOOTH'S SCHEME. Would Establish'a Great University to Educate the Workers. New Yeirk. March 6. Gen. William Booth, the venerable head of the Sal vation Army, last night announced a new plan for the regeneration of the slums. He wants to found a great uni versity where Salvatiem Army worker may be trained scientifically it rescue work. The main establishment he de sires to licate in New York or London He spoke at e farewell meetinn at the Academy of Music. He will speak to morrow for the last time before return ing to Europe. "A university of the Science of Hu -manity, where men and women can lie trained to reclaim eiepraved women criminals and drunkards that's what I want now." said General Ilooth. "I mean a great institution, with its main establishments in London anil New York, correlated with branches in Mel bourne, Toremte), Berlin anel Paris, from which thousands of Salvatiem Army workers shall be sent to the submerged masses each year, skilled in every meth od of rescuing human beings from the underworld of despair." SAFE pmm KINDS OF PAINS AND ACHES. pains, neuralgia, or in fact any pain. I have taken them with best results, and have given them to others and they never disappoint." Gilbert R. Houser, Milford Center, O. "I recommend Dr. Miles' Pain Pills for headache or any kind of Pain." E. J. Hierholzer, teller Commercial bank, Ce Una. O. "Have used Pain Pil's in my family with the best of results. They will do all yoti claim for them." A. C. Huston, Ashiand. 111. "T can not speak too highly of Dr. Miles' Pain Pills, as I know them to be a positive cure for headache and neuralgic pains." Thomas Bright, Marengo, 111. DR. MILES' PAIN Irritability, Seasickness, Backache, Rheumatism, Nervousness, Blues, Sciatica, Stomachache, Sleeplessness, Dizziness, Periodic, Bearing Down DR. MILES' MEDICAL CO., EIKhart, Indiana. SENATOR SMOOT, OF UTAH. He Submits to an Interview and Gives Some Information. At the age of eleven Reed Smoot was put to work. He began as a bobbin boy in the woolen mills at Provo City. His father was one of the Mormon stockholders in that corporation, and by this means he secured employment. In six years from that time he had been promoted through all the grades to general superintendent of the estab lishment. He won his way, according te the statements of personal friends, by industry, business capacity and ex ecutive ability. Mr. Smoot does not talk much of this stage of his career, says a Washington dispatch to the Philadelphia Press. "I never had to ask any man for a position," he said, with a certain self satisfaetiem under the circumstances. "Positions came to me, I am glad to say," was his sole statement concern ing his early life in the mill. He is a college graduate. His educa tion was gaineei in the Mormnn schools and the university of his native state. He picked up his edueatiem by the wayside, as it were, as he jogged along in his business career. In the course of our conversation I took up the direct question of his politics and teligion.and asked: "How cleisely are your politics and your religion interwejven?" "Not any more closely than those of any other member of the United States senate. One of the first rules of the Mormon church is that we must give allegiance to the government under which we live. If a Mormon mission ary were to meet you and hand you his card upon the back of it you would find Rule 12 of our church, w hich com mands every member to give allegiance and faithful adherence to the govern ment and the ruler under which he lives, whether he be king, prince or president." "You are an apostles one of the twelve apostles of the Mormon church?" "Y'es; I am." "Does that impose stringent obliga tions, certain restrictions, greater than those imposed upon the ordinary mem ber of the Mormon church?" "No; for the reason that the entire adult male membership of the Mormon church is composed of officials in that organization. Under these circumstances there is a marked differene-e between the Mormon church and other religious bodies, and the objection of uny being a 'high church official' does not hold. "Do you know what the duties of an apostle in the Mormon church are?" asked Mr. Smoot. turning questioner. "Principally to exercise supervision over the spiritual and general welfare of the whole church," was the answer. "I'll tell you," continued the senator elect from Utah. "Out of the great body of the male members of the church twelve men are selected, each with some particular fitness for some particular work. I had been superintendent of the mills at I'rovo for many years, and it is possible that the success of that oper atiem was in a measure responsible for mv selection. My duties as an apostle of the chure-h have been what? To at tend a meeting from 10 to 12 once a week on Thursdays and offer any suggestions or advice from a business standpoint on whatever business might come up af fecting the Z. C. O. I., which stands for Zion's Co-operative Institution. On Sundavs I go out somewhere and deliver a lecture, but that has been done by me for years." "It has been charged, as you well know, Mr. Smoot, that your first alle giance, above and beyond everything, is to the Mormon church?" "I know that, and a great deal more has been charged that is untrue." he said, but without any trace of anger. "As a member of the senate, if a ques tion affecting equally the interests of the Mormon church and the interests of the whole country were to come up, how would your vote be cast?"- "For the country every time. Let there be no misunderstanding or mistake about that question," and the senator elect from Utah leaned forward in his chair, and. shaking a long forefinger by way of emphasis, continued: "I want you and everybody else to un derstand that I am an American: that my forefathers were Americans for gen erations, and that, although I am a Mormon in relision. I am an American at heart. Besides that, I would violate the teaching and rules of my church were I to go contrary to my duty, to my country and to my fellowman." "Then you have no mental religious reservation that would interfere with your duties as a senator or as a citi zen?" "None whatever, sir." There is a rather amusing story of Mr. Smoot's advept into Republicanism. As stated, his father was a Kentucky Democrat, with all that that implies, to the day of his death. While yet a young man Reed Smoot had his attention at tracted to the principles of the Repub lican party, anel during the presidential campaign of 1S0 adopted a unique method of settling the question of his party allegiance. He subsoribeel to two newspapers, one Democratic and the No Dessert More Attractive "Whv nun crelftfinA st-riA i 'I a spend hours soakinjr, EJULrO sweetening, navonng i -C?" ana coloring -when r-;- i produces better results m two minutes? Everytliing in the packacre. Simply acid hot water ami set to cool. It's perfect ieru A sur prise to the housewife. No trouble, less ex pense. Try it to-day. In Four Fruit Fla vors: Lemon, Orange, Strawberry, Rasp berry. At grocers. 10c. SUB pi "General Charles Pick, the eminent con gressman from the famous Garfield dle trict of Ohio says: "I belifve there Is no remedy so efficient for headache as Dr. Miles' Pain Pills." (Vm. B. 'Bell, general secretary Home, Frontier and Foreign Missionary society, of the I'nited Brethren in Christ, Dayton, O.. writes: "I am never without a supply of Dr. Miles' Pain Pills anel derive most excellent results from their use." I. N. Lagrange, elder in the Presbyterian church at Franklin, Tnd., has long suffered from chronic headactfe. but he says he haa at last found solace in Dr. Miles' Pain Pills. He says nothing can eq tal them In giving relief from intense headach ot any Dain. FILLS and Ovarian Pains, Etc. Sold by all Druggists. 25 DOSES, 25 CENTS. RED AND BLACK Numbers Indicate those who f 1 have the Five Cents a Day jf Telephone. Call them up and convince yourself of the merits of the service. Missouri Kansas Tel;. C "Fhoru 999 DR. PRICE'S THE ONLY CELERY WHEAT FLAKE other Republican, and during- the prog ress of the campagin read each publica tion carefully, ivith the result that when the campaign ended he was an avowed Republican. A few years afterward, while a stata canvass was in progress, it whs decided tr hold a meeting in Provo to he addressed by several prominent Republicans. A band was securer, and on "tho night of the meeting Reed Smoot. with some other young- men marcbd behind the band to the place of met tine:. It was a rather slim procession, and only three out of the crowd mustered sufficient nerve to sit on the platform with the speakers. Voiin. Smoot was one of the three. Several even in ps later he visited his father in Salt Rake. After the usual greeting- the father said, with emphasis and a sternness beyond the ordinary: "I utidprstanii you. had a Republican meeting in Provo?"' "Yes, sir. and it was a success," was thes son's reply. "I am told that you took an active part in it." stUl the faiher. "Ypp, I did." "Well. I cannot understand, and will npver be able tn understand, how a son of mine can be a Republican." And that end ed the subject forever. The wife of Mr. Smoot was a daughter of Gen. H. R. Kldridge, a relativp of Abraham Rincoln. They have six children, the oldest now about 13, the youngtst a little over a year. Mr. Smoot is said to be worth a hr:lf million dollars. He is president of r be Provo Commercial and Savings bank. vi president of th' Irand "entral Mining company, and one of the directors of the Zion Co-operative institution, one of tl.3 great concerns of t'tah, in which many capitalists and non-Mormons have stock. IlEYEALEI) IN SLEEP. Kan Who Lost $300 Recovered It as Result. Ronkonkoma, L. I., March 6 Anizl W. Xewton, a wealthy farmer, recently lost and found his pocketbook containing $300 in a mysterious manner. Mr. Newton with some friendly neigh bors were hauling cordwood when T"m missed his pocketbook. For two daya h'e worried over his misfortune. Then Mr. Campbell, one of the men who was with Mr. Newton the day of the loss, came to him and said: "I had a dream last night. Your pock etbook is hieiden somewhere under wooa. Together they walked to where the wood had been piled two days previous'. They removed every stick, but no pock etbook was found. Mr. Newton return ed to the house discouraged. The first thing that met his eye was the kitchen wood box. piled high with wood. Some thing said "search it." and Mr. Newton did so, with the result that in the bot tom the missing pocketbook was reveal ed, with the contents intact. Very Low Kates. To points in Montana, Idaho, "Washing ton, Oregon, British Columbia, Utah anil Colorado, In effect daily from February 15 to April 30, via Chicago Great West 'ern railway. For full particulars apply to G. W. Lincoln, T. V. A., Kansas City Missouri. "I owe my whole life to Burdoe k Blood Bitters. Scrofulous sores covered my body. I seemed bevond cure B F. B has made me a perfectly w-eil woman" Mrs. Chas. Hutton, Berville, Mich. i c! contracting SSctassj il you US2 I i! Dure I j Water c-j I Th-!'s the Kind I I furnished by the j TopeKa j Water Co. 1 Telephone 121 I 625 QUINCY STREET.

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