The Topeka State Journal (Topeka, Kansas)
August 7, 1903

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CI lit LARGEST DAILY 10 PAGES IN KANSAS. t-ARGEST DAILY 10 PAGES IN KANSAS. LAST EDITION. FRIDAY EVENING. TOPEKAj KANSAS, AUGUST 7. 1903. FRIDAY EVENING. TWO CENTS. CIRCUS WRECKED. Wallace Brothers' Show Meets Disaster In Michigan. Hear Train Han Into the One in Front of It. T WEST 1VT WO KILLED. More Than Thirty Were In jured, Some Fatallj. An Engine and Eight Cars Were Demolished. Some of the Animals Killed and Loss Is Heavy. AIK REFUSED TO WORK Engine Ploughed Through Ca boose Full of Sleeping Men. Elephants in Wrecked Car Be haved With Great Calmness. Durand, Mich., Aug. 7. An airbrake on the sec ond section of WallaceUrolh ets circus train refused to work in the Orand Trunk railway yards here early i daughters ot the rescuers volunteered i..,. Kof,.on ih.'as nursfs and worked with the surgeons two sections in which 22 people were killed and thirty injured. THE DEAD. JAMES M't'AUTHY, trainmaster of the Grand Trunk road, division embrac ing Port Huron and Battle Creek. A. W. BARGE, special officer of the CJrnnd Trunk, Battle Creek. JOHN PURCL'LL, Peru, Ind., boss can vasrnan. LAKE BAUSON, Cambridge, O., dri ver. O. THOMAS, residence unknown, la borer. HARRY ST. CLAIR, residence un known, ticket seller. JOHN LEAKY, Springfield, 111., boss of ring stock. ANDREW ROWLAND, New York Ftate, oanvasman. FRANK THORPE. Dundee. Mich., trainmaster of circus train. ItOBERT RICE, residence unknown, harnessrnaker. GEORGE SMITH, residence unknown, blacksmith. CHARLES SANDS. Peru, Ind., driver. JOE WILSON. Pittsburg. W. J. M'COY, Columbus, O., canvas man. UNKNOWN MAN, driver. UNKNOWN MAN. home s:-.id to be In Indianapolis, rider in circus races. UNKNOWN MAN, home said to be in Louisville, driver. UNKNOWN MAN. driver. UNKNOWN MAN. suffocated to death. TWO UNIDENTIFIED MEN at th hospital. EDWARD YORK. Terre Haute, Ind. j SERIOUSLY INJURED. James S. Foley, special officer of the Orand Trunk, Detroit: shoulder disloca ted and badly bruised about body. Joseph F. Benton, New Milford, Conn., Internal injuries. W. H. Roe, Armstrong, III., internal injuries. Frank Tilley. Rising Sun. Ind.. hip dis located, bad bruises and internal injur ies. The wreck, according to the statement of the engineer of the second section, was efiused by the failure of the air brakes to work. Role Ahrams, Sandusky; o. Burt MeGrath, Connel!svillo, O. John W. Koons, Bairdstown, O. George W. Koons. Bairdstown, O. George Hartley, Los Angeles, Cal. W. L. Cone, Dubuque. Ia. Joseph Patterson, Grand Prairie, 111. James 'offelniyer. Orio. la. John Collins. I es Moines. Iowa. J. R. Stewart, Denver. Colo. The citcus travels in two trains of about 35 cars each. After last night'. "Exhibition at Charlotte, the two trains left for Lapeer over the Grand Trunk, the second section leaving a half hour after the first. It was 3:4,-, o'clock when the first section pulled into the wist end f the Giand Trunk yards here. A red light was hung on the rear car to stop itit' seeond seeiinn. Engineer Propst of Battle Creek, who was running the en gine of the rear train saw this light and applied the airbrakes. To his hor ror they tefused to wink. He reversed his engine but the momentum of the train behind him was ten great and with a crash that aroused all of the town rear the ears the two trains met. Thrfe ears of the stationary first section .veie telescoped and the engine and five cars of the moving train were demolish ed. The riir car of the first section was a caboose in w hich the trainmen were sleeping and the next two were filled with sleeping circus employes. The eieatest loss of life was in the caboose. One of the wrecked cars of the pceond section was occupied by five ele phants and several camels. One of the elephants and two enmels were killed outiight, whMe the other animals and their trainer escaped. With the excep tion of this car, none of the menagerie was wrecked, the other demolished cars containing canvas or wagons. As soon as they recovered from the first shocks, the trainers rushed among the cages quieting the beasts that were excited. The elephants in the wrecked car It haved with surprising calmness, and re led out of the w reck without trouble. The escaping steam and lne cnarge ot ouying government prop Kereams and cries of those pinioned In 'ty- He furnished bail in the sum of the wreck made a horrifving spectacle I l-)"0 and was released. It is alleged in the gray of the early morning when the tralnmtn Hi the yards, ami the Krousod townspeople first reached the Fcene. Many thought at first that some of the menagerie had escaped as some of the animals could be heard crying. The fire alarm was sounded and the whole town was aroused. The rescuers could see unfortunates through the tangled wreckage. A wrecking crew is kept in the yards here and it was on the scene in a very few minutes. All the physicians and trained nurses in town were sent for and the Hotel Rich leau was converted into a temporary hospital.' Scores of volunteers with stretchers were soon in readiness to carry the Injured there as fast as the rescuers could extricate them. The dead, many of them so terribly mangled that Identification seamed well nigh im possible, were laid on the ground a ehort distance from the accident. About 6 o'clock a corps of 3 2 physicians was operating on the Injured and dressing I their wounds in the temporary hospital. I h our of the injured died at the hospi tal before t:M o'clock. When the .wrecking; train crews had finished pulling to pieces the tanrled and broken cars, seventeen dead men were lying on the grass awaiting removal to the morgue. A majority o them we,re kill- d while asieep. The cir cus performers were on the rear of the moving train and escaped injury. Wal lace Brothers say that their loss will be very heavy -but have given no esti mate of it as yet. This is the second wreck that the Wallace shows have suf fered within a month. Engineer Bropst. Fireman Colter and Head Brakeman Benedict, who were on the engine of the second section all agree that if the brakes had worked as they ought to have worked when the engineer tried to use them there would have been no collision. Fireman Colter and Brakeman Benedict, when they saw that a collision could not be avert ed, Jumped. Engineer Bropst remained at his post vainly trying to get the brakes to work until his train was within less than a hundred feet of train No. X. Then he, too, jumped when he was within but a very few seconds of sure death in the crash. He was of course, shaken up as was me nreman j and brakeman. but not badly. None of i the crews of either train was hurt. At the time the crash occurred train No. I 2 was running probably 15 miles an hour. I shaken up as was the n General Manager r M. MeGugan ot the Grand Trunk was on his way from Chicago to Montreal and arrived at the scene on a passenger train at 7 a. m. He immediately took charge of the work of clearing the track and caring for the dead and injured. Edward York died at noon at the temporary hospital. Fifteen of the In jured were taken to the Harper hospi tal in Detroit for treatment. The circus people have pitched their tents and camped near the scene of the wreck. The dining room of Hotel Kich liru was used as an operating room by the surgeons. A score of wives and all the morning. More than 20 of the injured were fastened and pinned down in the wreckage so that they had to be chopped and pried out. FIVEWEHTDOWN. Foundering of the Barge Florrie During a Storm. New Bedford, Mass., Aug. 7. The barge Florrie in tow of the tug Bos well, while on her way from Norfolk for Providence foundered early Wed nesday morning between Barnegat and Fire Island during a heavy northeast storm. Captain Cobb of the barge and one of the deck hands were saved but Mrs. Cobb, the captain's wife, a 10-year-old son, a boy named Jones, who was making the trip with the captain, the engineer and cook ot the barge i whose names are not known went down with the vessel and were lost. AVhen the barge began to sink Cap tain Cobb had just time to seize the two boys, one under each arm, who stood beside him In the pilot house. Mrs. Cobb, the engineer and cook were all below and were carried down with the barge. The waves tore Captain Cobb's hold from the two boys who were swept awav. Captain Cobb and the deck hand clung to a hatch and were rescued, nearlv exhausted, in about half an hour I by the tug. HEAVY KAIXS IN KANSAS. Western Part of the State Soaked Last Night. The government forecast for Kansas sent out today was: "Partly cloudy to night and Saturday." There were heavy rains in some sec tions of the state "last night. The rain reported from Dodge City amounted lo 1.2H inches, at Macksville 2.64, at Sedan 1.22 and at Toronto .10. Today'ss corn and wheat region bulle- j tin says: "The weather was cloudy in the south western counties this morning but gen erally clear over the rest of the slat and in western Missouri. Some heavy rains have fallen in some southern and southwestern counties, and light show ers in other districts with much low?r temperaturess." The maximum and minimum temper atures reported for the 21 hours endine; this morning at 7 o'clock were as fol lows: Raker S4. ,f; Concordia S6. 64: Dodge Citv 78. fifi: Dresden SO. 54: Fort Scott SS, ti; Hays S2. 2: Macksville SO, :!0; Mc pherson 82. 4; Manhattan 90, 60; Osage City 84. ."S; Sedan 82. 0: Topeka 84, 62; Toronto 8. 60; Wichita 80, 66. The wind at noon was southest blow ing ten miles an hour. .The hourly tem peratures recorded by the government thermometer today were as follows: 7 o'clock 64 It o'clock 75 8 o'clock 68 12 o'clock 75 9 o'clock 71 1 o'clock 77 10 o'clock 75 2 o'clock. 7 PICK TILLMAN'S POCKETS. Lost His Burlington Annual Curing Debate Tour. Kansas City. Mo., Aug. 7. Benjamin R. Tillman. United States senator from South Carolina, now has bris name en rolled in the lost pass record of the Tiuriington railroad. In this record he lis associated with Mayor Keed. This morning a notice was posted in the union depot, similar to the notice prev i iously posted concerning the annual pass carried by Mayor Reed to the effect that Senator Tillman's annual pass had i been lost. Tillman had his pocket plck j ed during his recent lecture tour with Senator Burton. Charged With Euying XT. S. Property Leavenworth. Kas., Aug. 7. Harry Harmcn, a member of the Ieaven- worth city county, was arraigned before i I'mted States Commissioner Bond on that Harmon bought three kegs of norsesnoes wnich had been stolen from Fort Leavenworth by a soldier. Shot by a Tramp. Ogden, Utah. Aug. 7. Charles Sulli van, an employe of Ringling Brothers' circus, was shot twice this morning near Hooper, about six miles south of Og den, by a hobo whom he ordered to leave a car. one of the bullets penetrat ing the lungs. The hobo escaped. Sulli van is from New York City, where he has a h-rother and a sister, and another sister living in Buffalo, N. Y. Rural Route for Eudora. Kudora, Kas., Aug. 7. Special Agent Smith, of the postottice department has inaugurated another rural route out of this town. This makes four rural routes from Kudora, covering every farm house within a radius of six miles. ALLEN IS AT WOR r- l rice Raid Commissioner Will Earn His Salary. Says That He Was Late Because He Was Sick. FUSSING ABOUT CLAIMS Senator Allen Wants a Tault to Keep Them In. Uave His Legislative Pay to Flood Fund. Senator James M. Allen, Price raid scrip commissioner, reached Topeka Thursday according to schedule. The

exe-'"t"e council had given him the southwest room in the south wing on the ground floor of the state house for his office, and there Senator Allen took his mail from the governor's office and got ready for business. The state has furnished him a large volume for in dexing the Price raid claims. This, with some boxes of stationery, made up the special equipment of the office, in addition to the regular office furni ture, of course. Now Senator Allen wants an office with a vault, or at least he wants ac cess to a vault in which to store the scrip which cornea in to his hands. There is in the vaults in the state audi tor's office a large amount of union military scrip which has come in for i

auditing aunng me past twenty jcaia or more. Auditor Wells wants to turn this all over to Senator Allen, but he will not do so unless Allen receipts for it. Allen will not receipt for it unless he has a vault in which to store it. He says he will not be responsible for it unless he has a safe place to keep it. This afternoon arrangements have been made for Senator Allen to have his headquarters in the adjutant gen eral's department, where there is a vault with plenty of room available for h:s use. As soon as he secured satisfactory quarters he began checking over the scrip on file in the vault of the auditor' office. His new quarters will be easier for those who have business with the scrip commissioner to find as the ad jutant general's offices are on the main .i w,,.n tka r.-. 'j mi entrance, while the office which had iir.n u-tia in 'u v-"" v.., senator Alien sass me v. j he has not been Toneka durin the i nast month are that he has been v..,- -t,-,A i-....ia i rtH n addition Jtzl t- v... ni I trouble in getting his household goods, ties, much of it trbu(.,. .t, "r'e", j r u;i,i. f rrtv imgH onH tho neotile. are anxious lor us mo eei liuui iiimiin iiu w j. i v., i With regard to those w ho have been criticising him for not turning his pay for the special session over to tne noou sufferers, he said: "I see that some Topeka fellows who have shed tears but no money for the flood sufferers are jumping on to me for not turning my per diem and mile ace into the flood fund. They can save their criticism for some one else, so far as I am concerned. 1 not only gave my per diem and mileage to the flood sufferers but $25 besides." Allen says that he and R. T. Herriek, formerly attorney for the Kansas Mu tual, are already building up a good law practice in Kansas City, where they have formed a law partnership. They have learned a lesson from the Kansas Mutual litigation and are preparing to proceed against the Illinois Life the same way the Kansas Mutual was brought into litigation. WENT OFF TOO QUICK. Leaders of Bulgarian Revolu tion Were Not Ready for It. Constantinople, Aug. 7. News receiv ed here as to the extent of the Rulgarian revolutionary movement in the villayet of Monastir is conflicting. In consular dispatches from Monastir which were received this morning the opinion is ex pressed that the insurrection broke out a fortnight earlier than its chiefs in tended and before the bands were In readiness, presumably because the lead ers were disconcerted by the active pre ventive measures adopted by the auth orities. The Bulgarian inhabitants in a num ber of villages have fled to the moun tains for refuge. The railways have ask ed that the troops guarding the lines be quadrupled, but this would entail the employment of 20.000 soldiers and in view- of the impoverished treasury the government will find it difficult to com ply with the request.. In spite of reports to the contrary, it is confidently believed in well inform ed quarters that the porte in conformity with its formal declarations will employ only regular troops in suppress the in surrection as it is well aware how im portant it is for Turkey to avoid exces ses such as certainly would be the out come of the employment of the undisci plined Albanians or other irregular sol diery. The diplomats here entertain no doubt that the porte will continue its present policy of fighting the bands. Of the eight battalions of infantry dispatched to Monastir, four will remain at Monastir, three will occupy the heights of Peristeri, to the westward of Monastir. and one will go to Florin, a town of 1.100 inhabitants 17 miles south west of Monastir. THE LOWE SPECIAL. At Seligman, Ariz., It Was 4 1-2 Hours Ahead of Schedule. Chicago, Aug. 7. George T. Nichol son, passenger traffic manager of the Santa Fe road, received word today that the Lowe special reached Selig man, Ariz., at 4 o'clock this morning, about four and one-half hours ahead of schedule time, and about eleven hours ahead of the regular time made by the California Limited. At the pres ent rate of speed the train will reach Los Angeles about 5 o'clock tonight, six hours ahead of schedule time. Cardinal Gibbons Is Not Well Rome. Aug. 7. Cardinal Gibbons is somewhat indisposed, the weather hav ing become intensely hot; still he has been able to visit the churches of St. Peter and St. Paul, which, with yes terday's visit to Santa Maria Di Tras tevere, was obligatory during his visit, which he might make every ten years. BIG SENATOR TO WED. W, B. Heyburn Will Harry Hia Old Time Sweetheart. Spokane. Wash., Aug. 7. A romance extending over a quarter of a century will come to a happy climax next Wed nesday, when Weldon Brinton Heyburn, United States senator from Idaho, will marry Miss Gheratine Yeatman of Ches ter county, Pennsylvania. Years ago young Heyburn met Miss Yeatman, like himself, a Pennaylvanian of Quaker ancestry, and they became friends. In 1884 the young lawyer came west and settled in Idaho. He became a leader of the bar, acquired wealth and last winter became United States sen ator, but he did not forget the Quaker girl. Now he has gone east, and it is an nounced that they are to be married next Wednesday, probably at the home of the bride's mother. A wedding trip to Spokane and Alaska will follow. Mr. Heyburn is the largest man in the United States senate. So gigantic are his proportions that it was thought when he entered the senate last winter a chair would have to be built especially for him. He was described in the press dispatches as "a man weighing an ab normal total." Mr. Heyburn is one of the most suc cessful mining lawyers in ht far north west. He early began the study of law, in conjunction with which he took a full course in mining engineering, thus thoroughly equipping himself for his profession. He removed to Leedville, Colo., when that camp was at the zenith of its fame. When the mines of Leadville began to play out his attention was attracted to the rich strikes that were being made in the Coeur d'Alene district in north ern Idaho. In this district within a radius of forty miles are some of the richest lead and silver producing mines in the world. Mr. Heyburn took up his residence at Wallace. Shoshone county, in the heart of this rich section. During his residence there of over, twenty years he nas been ,4" iifiti th-at wun ail uit uip; iiiiiiinf, has come from northern Idaho. NEW ORIENT TOWNS. Longdale and Oafcwood Will Be Beached Soon. Wichita, Aug. 7. The Beacon says: W. C. Edwards left last night for Car men, Fairview and other points along the line of the Orient road in Oklahoma. Mr. Edwards said yesterday that the Orient has already become an import ant factor in the work of developing that country and helping the people to o'er rneir iiriiim lu iij.xivii. ...v..- ily and quickly. It is largely to make tiirtntr arraiiEeiiitiiia w lat-ium i of the great wheat crop of w..h nd Dewev counties that Mr. He Lawaras is now ckisaid last night Detore leavm "There is an immense amuum n-hoat in Woodward and Dewey eoun x to afford every possible con emcucc for the moving and marKeting wo art lo-ct as anxious to ou un they are now that we have connection with Wicnita ana tne c we are bending every energy to exie-i.i the road to the North Canadian river as rapidly as possible. The road is graded ,o Oakwood. in Dewey county with the exception of a two mile strip which will be ready before the tracklayers reach it. "We now have 40 cars of material on the track at Fairview and the work of laying track will be pushed rapidly for- W?-'Vh0 fir-st town of importance on the new line south of Fairview is Ixng- dale twelve miles distant, which well' located and which will be an im portant shipping point and a good town The next town south of Long dale and the one at which construction work will probably stop for the pres ent is Oakwood, in Dewey county. It is eleven miles from Longdale and is also well located. I expect to visit both of these- towns before I return and what arrangements I can fot the opening of traffic at these points as soon as the road reaches there." This action of the Orient people in expending all their energies in Okla homa explains why the construction work between here and Milton is mov ing so slowly. At present there are only four small outfits at work on the grade this side of Milton. However, thev have reached within eleven miles of Wichita and will soon ,be ready to move still farther this way. This work is now movins so slowly that it is doubtful if the grade will be completed to Wichita before the first of October. ON C II A RUE OF FOUUERY. Leavenworth Man Under Arrest for Passing Bad Check. Leavenworth, Aug. 7. Harry Har wood was arrested yesterday afternoon by Chief of Police Taylor and placed in jail on a charge of forgery. He had a check which had been made out to George Wernkamp and signed by V. A. Kelly. This he took to Doc. Crandall and "tried to get him to cash It. Cran dall. however, was suspicious of the signature on the hack supposed to be the endorsement of Weinkamp. He took it to the banOc and they pronounced it a forgery. The police were notified and Har wood's arrest followed. He had skip ped out of Crandall's place when the latter took the check to the bank. At the station Harwood claimed to be from Kansas City. The check, he said, had been given him by one H. A. Hor ton. WANT NO CONVICTS. New Caledonians Oppose That Class of Immigrants. Victoria. B. C, Aug. 7. Mail advices were received by the steamer Aorangi that there is strong adverse comment in New Caledonia regarding the proposed renewal of transpoi tation of convicts to the island Sir Henry Moore Jackson, Grand Duchess Olga with a general mtr J,;k n;onror f nrMt Britain wa- chandise cargo arrived in the Colombo high commissioner of Great river fr.i Antwerp. Her passage is on. reiusea a uinoing l xong.i jo mutm there on H. M. S. Plyades. The warship had gone to Tonga from Fiji and meas les being eoidemie the local authorities refused the commissioner a landing. The British consul was at the time roughly handled by a sentry when requesting permission from the king to allow the commissioner to land. For this an apol ogy was given by the king. H. M. S. Archer, which went to the New Hebrides with the French warship Meuthe, where a joint Anglo-French commission was to sit to investigate grievances existing in the islands, has returned to Noumes. owing to a severe epidemic of typhoid fever on board. A rich gold discovery has been made in Tuena district. Australia. There has I been a big stampede. MUCH OFITIS BAD Engineer McCabe Investigates the Asphalt Pavements. Finds -That Whole Blocks Are Entirely Worthless. CAN Says NOT BE FIXED. That Patching Would Prove Useless. Barber Company to Fix Up the "Worst Holes". City Engineer McCabe stated today that in his opinion whole blocks of the asphalt pavement in Topeka are worth less, and beyond repair. He will not attempt to save those portions of the asphalt streets which have become too soft to hold a .patch. This means that Topeka is face to face with the great question of the fu ture of its asphalt pavements. The streets must be repaved, and it is only a question now as to whether the peo ple prefer asphalt or brick. Some of the worst strips of pavement are on Quincy street. The block be tween Eighth and Ninth is full of holes and is crumbling. The asphalt appears to have disintegrated, and the city en gineer says that what remains is not solid enough to serve as a "bindei" lor a new asphalt patch. To repair the block means, to repave it. "It looks to me," said Mr. ATcCabe, "as though the city would have to se lect what streets it wants to preserve as asphalt streets and devote tne money which we use for asphalt re pairs to those streets. We can't afford to keep all the asphalt streets in re pair, because we are now using all the money which can be spared, and it is not enough to properly attend to all the streets in the city. We might be able to keep a few asphalt streets in good repair, but some of those we have now are too far gone to patch up." Mr. McCabe has received word from the Barber asphalt company that its men will be here ready to begin work for the city in repairing asphalt within a few days, probably the first of next week. Following up the line of policy which he has adopted, Mr. McCabe will have the repairs made on the streets which can be saved. The financial con- dition of the city is such that only tne worst holes will be fixed up. The city can't afford to spend much on repairs, and will not let its bill exceed $5,000. Last year the repair bill was about $4,000. and only the worst holes were patcneo. in June, was almost over. Since that Without the regular annual patching, time he has worked constantly, Sun the asphalt pavements would go to ruin days and all, cleaning streets, filling eiy qincmy. consequently, it tne wont of making repairs is stopped, it will only be a short time until certain blocks or tne asohalt would be almost lmnassa- j i,ie an(j some sort f repaying would be ,ht-dci.i j. ioc i-um ui itjiavuig hium be borne by the property owners livin; on the streets to be repaved. It will not cost nearly as much to re pave with brick as with asphalt. One course of brick on the concrete founda tion now in place could be laid for about 60 cents a square yard, and probably even less. To repave with asphalt would probably cost twice as much but To peka doesn't want to give up its beauti ful paved asphalt streets. The city engineer has not yet made a thorough investigation of the condition of the pavements. It will take a careful inspection to find out just what por tions of the pavement are passed repair, and which should be saved. It is likely, however, that Quincy street, from one end to the other, is doomed to be re paved with brick sometime in the not far distant future. The fact that the south end of the street is now naved with brick and that the Vinewood car tracks are paved with brick between Fifth and Seventh forms a soit of enter- ng wedge for the brick pavement on that street. Kansas avenue will probably be pre served as an asnhalt street, though it is admitted by engineers that asphalt is not a desirable pavement for streets subject to heavy traffic. There are por tions of Kansas avenue pavement which are in deplorable condition at present, and which, will have to be practically repaved." Harrison street is probably in the best condition of any asphalt paved street, and will be patched at compara tively small exuense. People who live on the streets where the pavement has passed beyond the possibility of repair will no doubt make a tremendous protest at being left out of the distribution of "patches," but the time is certain to come when the city will have tor require that new pavement be laid on these streets. HE HELD THE MAIL. A Steamship Fireman Stands by His Union. Boston. Aug. 7. John Keenan, a steam ship fireman who, after signing articles to ship with the steamship Admiral Schley, a vessel carrying mail to Port Antionio. Ja maica, declined to make the trip and in so doing delayed the mail about three quarters of an hour Wednesday, was held for the grand jury by United States Com missioner Fiske today, charged with re tarding the United States mails. Assistant Attorney John H. Casey sum marized the case as follows: "This man disregards the rights of the United States, disregards the law on the statute books as to the retarding of the United States mails, disregards the conse quences of his action in retarding the mails in order to stand by his union." Keenan refused to sail with the vessel because he did not like the accommoda tions provided for the men. Voyage Lasted More Than a Tear. Portland. Ore.. Aug. 7. After a voyage lasting more than a year the French bark river frojn Antwerp. Mer passage is one of the liTisest on record and but for tb fact that she had been spoken of every now and then her name would probably long ago have been placed among the lost. The Olga encountered numerous storms after leaving Antwerp, one on the Atlantic coast of South America threatening her with total destruction. Temperatures of Large Cities. Chicago, Aug. 7.-7 a. m. tempera tures: New York 68; Boston 62: Phil adelphia 66; Washington 70; Chicago 60: Minneapolis 54; Cincinnati 64; St. Louis 54. Weather Indications. Chicago. Aug. 7. Forecast for Kan sas: Partly cloudy tonight and Satur day; variable minds, mostly southerly. A CHANGE IN BOUNDARIES. The Quarantine in Oklahoma to Ex clude Farts of Four Counties. Guthrie. Okla., Aug. 7. The Okla homa live stock quarantine board has directed R. H. Halm, deputy inspector, to assist Dr. L. J. Allen, federal in spector, in making a thorouirh investi gation of those Dortions of Oklahoma, Logan and Noble counties lying east of the Atchison, Topeka Santa Fe railroad and of that portion of Payne county west of Stillwater, for the pur pose df putting those portions not in cluding Indian reservations above the federal quarantine line, if found free of fever infection. The territory named has always been below the line, and the change will be of great ad vantage to cattlemen. About two months will be required to make the inspection. The proclamation will not be issued earlier than next January. The board reported that Oklahoma was freer from fever infection than ever before. Only two cases of fever have been found above the federal line this year. The board issued a circular making plain to cattlemen in Woodward and Beaver counties the fact that the mange quarantine there does not inter fere with the shipment to market or pasture of cattle not affected with mange. Only cattle having mange or which have been exposed to it mufct be kept in quarantine. Citizens of Wood ward county who are building a dipping vat at Ivanhoe have requested that one of their number be authorized to issue certificates that cattle have been dipped. The request will be granted, the inspector to serve without pay. The charges preferred against members of the board bv Dr. Z. K. Beemblossom, the former secretary, were not consid ered today, but will be taken up in two weeks. fflR.SNYDER'S TROUBLES Street Commissioner Is Show ing Signs of Discouragement. The last two heavy rains have given the work of the city street department a backset from which it will take at least two weeks to recover. In every part of town the rain caused damage which requires immediate repair, and must be slackened until the rest of the town can be given the attention it de mands. In Auburndale, in South To peka, and on the East side a lot of Fmall foot bridges, not gutter cross ings, but bridges over culverts and ditches, have been washed away; gut ters on dirt streets have been filled with earth and must be graded out, and j every catch basin in the sewer system must be cleaned. A sewer connection at the city jail has been stopped up. Street Commissioner J. F. Snyder j showed signs of discouragement as he reviewed the situation this morning, When Sunday's rain came he had just j gotten his work in North Topeka into shape which led him to believe that his i rush, which has been on since the flood i noies, opening roaas through North To- peka, and keeping up the usual work of the street department south of the i river. After- tis Hav'a -nr-ir he has received the report of a foreman on tne feouth side and worked for awhile at night keeping ud the records of his department. In the two months he has lost twenty-eight pounds in weight and has. most of the time, been under the management of a physician. Snyder has borne the brunt of the pub lic work of reclaiming North Topeka, and his efficiency as a street commis sioner has stood a test that is rarely imposed on a man in an official posi tion. North Kansas avenue has been clean ed up and all trte pavement besid-.s many of the dirt streets in North To peka have been restored to usefulness. This has been an immense task, the de partment laboring under the diffioulfv of too few laborers. The business of keeping North Kansas avenue free from dirt was one of the biggest jobs the street department faced. For six weeks after the flood the property owners on j Kansas avenue were daily hauling from the cellars and dumpin the stre.. huge piles of mud. the deposit of the flood mud mere a.opeareu IO ne no end Of n the cellars. A day s accumula- tion of it rendered North Kansas a ve- aIhough it is the first' time in the hls nue nearly impassable and the street I i, f ti.. .n i department nan to hustle to keep the street cleared and to keep up its other work. Now North Topeka has been pretty well taken care of. The work is not finished by any means, but the streets are cleaned so they may be used, the holes in the center of town are filled and the sewer is in working order. The energies of the street force can be turn ed to the South side for a week or two. After that Street Commissioner Snyder wants to take a vacation, which he sore ly needs. YOUNG MAN LET OUT. Doesn't Have to Swear His Affianced Bride Isn't Crazy. According to an opinion rendered to day by the attorney general's depart ment, a young man seeking a marriage license does not have to swear that his sweetheart isn't crazy or feeble-minded, or otherwise mentally afflicted. All he has to do is swear that they are not related within the bounds of consan guinity prohibited by law. A new law passed last winter prohib its the marriage of persons who have ever been mentally afflicted, or whose parents have been so afflicted under cer tain conditions, and it imposes a heavy penalty on a probate judge who shall knowingly grant a marriage license to such persons. The question comes from the county at torney of Ottawa county whether th" probate judge can compel the applicant for a marriage license to make an affi davit on this subject along with the affidavit regarding relationship. The state legal department holds that this cannot be done. "The law provides the form of the af fidavit and it says nothing about mental conditions." said Assistant Attorney General Close today. "The man who wants a marriage license does not have to make affidavit to anything except what is included in the form set forth by law, and a probate judge has no right to insert anything else." Eonds Declared Void. Bismarck. N. D., Aug. 7. The supreme court has decided void the $700,000 of bonds authorized by the last legislature for state educational and charitable institutions. The bonds were based on the lands of the institutions granted by congress and the proceeds were to be used in building neces sarv additional buildings. State Treasurer McMillan refused to comply with the or ders of the state board of university and school lands tor tne purcnase ot tne Donua and a mandamus action brought to com pel him to pav over the money has been decided against the institutions. IN COURTJnESS. Baron Speck von Sternburg Ap pears at Sagamore Hill And Presents His Credentials as German Ambassador. WAS NO PRECEDENT. First Time in History That a Similar Ceremony Has Taken Place Outside of the White House. Oyster Bay, N. T., Aug. 7. Sagamore Hill was the scene today of an inter esting ceremony. Baron von Stern burg, who has been minister plenipoten tiary of Germany to the United States since Ambassador von Holleben re turned to Europe, and who recently, on the retirement of Mr. von Holleben, was elevated to the rank of ambas sador, presented to the president his credentials as ambassador and was re ceived formally in his new diplomatic rank by President Roosevelt. Ambassador von Sternburg arrived here at 10:04 from New York. He was accompanied by Acting Secretary of State Loornls and Colonel Symons, su perintendent of public buildings and grounds at Washington. The ambas sador was in full court dress. Tho formal presentations took place in the parlor of the Roosevelt home. Ambassador von Sternburg laid be fore President Roosevelt the letter an nouncing the recall of Ambassador von Holleben and his own credentials as successor. The German ambassador said: "Mr. President By command of his majesty, the Germon emperor, king of Prussia, my most gracious master, I have the Sonr- M! Resident, to place in your hands a letter of his majesty whereby he recalls his former ambassador ex traordinary and minister plenipoten tiary in the United States of America. I place this, my credential letter, in your hands with the assurance that it shall be my most earnest endeavor to cultivate, promote and develop the re lations of friendship which have so long existed, without the slightest in terruption, between Germany and the United States. 1 trust, Mr. President, that you will kindly second my efforts, and thus facilitate the fulfillment of my important mission." President Roosevelt replied as fol lows: ,"Mr- Ambassador: I. have much pleasure in receiving from your hand the letter whereby his majesty, the Ger man emperor accredits you as his am bassador extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary in the United States of America in place of his majesty's form er ambassador, Mr. Von Holleben, whose letter of recall you now deliver to me. "Your knowledge of the American government and people gained during your several periods of residence here as a diplomatic agent of Germany, and the pleasant relations which have ex isted between yourself and the execu tive officers of this country lend added weight to the assurance of your de sire and endeavor to advance and strengthen the relations of amity which have been maintained so long and un brokenly between the United States and Germany and will unable you moreover to appreciate at its full weight the re ciprocal assurance which I gladly offer of the equal wish and purpose of this government to promote in all practical ways the fulltilment of your mission." At the conclusion of the ceremony the president and Ambassador von Stern burg, as old friends, chatted animatedly. The ambassador will be the unofficial guest of the president until sometime to morrow. It was stated authoritatively today that the reception by the president of !ho Cnmin Dmhvm ut Knc,r.n.-e wii a m v.a r-ar-Ac, n,ra.in has presented his credentials to the president outside of Washington. Minis ters who arrive in the United Stat'!! luring the vacation season will not be presented to the president at his sum mer home, unless there is some strong and urgen reason for it. Baron von Sternburg was received because the cir cumstances connected with his coming to the United States were exceptional in a sense. Then, too, he is a long-time personal friend of the president. The only way in which the presentation to day may be considered a precedent will be when the conditions are similar, that is, when an ambassador shall receive his promotion to that rank while in and ac- eieuiteu id huh tuuiiiiy no uiiiiiniK plenipotentiary. Senators Millard of Nebraska, and Heyburn of Idaho were among the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Roosevelt at luncheon. Both of the senators came, to see the president on matters connect ed with appointments in their respec tive states. MARSHALL'S TONIGHT. Fifth of Free Concerts at Eighth and Harrison. Marshall's band will give the fifth of the series of free concerts at the corner of Kighth and Harrison streets tonight. The program will be follows: March "The Director" Danle'.s Overture "Frisch Frohllch u Frei" Keisler Intermezzo "Ca Valeria Rusticana" Mascagni Caprice Fairies Flirtation" Loscy Waltz "Celebrated from II Trovators ..Verdi March "Dixie Girl" Selection "Something Doing"... ...Lampe Beytr ...Morris .Scouton Dance of the Giraffes March "Shuffling Jasper" Trespassers Ejected. Santiago, Cuba, Aug. 7. Some engi neers who were surveying a site for a terminal of the Cuba Bastern railway on the U. S. naval reservation at Guan- taramo Bay. were warned off by the American officers there but refused to go. Admiral Coghlan thereupon noti fied the Cuban government and Presi dent Palma sent a revenue cutter which forcibly ejected the trespassers. The railway, having acquired the land, claims heavy damages. Will Call on Kites. Washington, Aug. 7. The officers of the army on duty in Washington will call upon Lieutenant General Miles to morrow morning to pay their respects before his retirement, which takes olacs at noon tomorrow.

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TOPEKA STATE JOTJKNALi HID AY EVENING. AUGUST 7 1903. KANS ASNEVS. FI?e Are Injured In a Wreck Near Olathe. Santa Fe Fast Passenger Train Strikes a Freight. GOING A 50 MILE GAIT. Freight Train Was Too Long to Get on Switch. None of the Injured Will Die It Is Thought. Olathe, Kan.. Aug. 7. The Santa Fe passenger train No. 20:2 collided with a freight car last evening three miles east of here and badly Injured five persons. The passenger train was forty minutes late and was running to make up time. The Injured were taken to Kansas City. None was mortally hurt. The fire man and engineer were sent to St. Joseph's hospital. The passenger train left Olathe with no orders. The freight train had been ordered to go on the siding at Elizabeth o let the belated passenger have a clear track through to Kansas City. Eliz abeth Is on low ground and a long grade is to the west. The passenger train was doing about fifty miles an bour. The freight had pulled In on the islding, but it was too long to get in the clear. On the rear of this train iwere three caboose cars, and the flying passenger train struck the foremost of these. It was thrown to one side and broken in two, and the two remaining caboose cars were crushed like egg shells. In the second car was Andy Kyrne, the freight conductor. His escape (com death was almost miraculous. David I'arktr and Frank Juleson, both Of Chanute, were the engineer and fire man on the passenger tiain. When their train rounded the curve Engineer Par ker saw the freight cars on the track e short distance ahead. He reversed his engine, and he and the fireman Jumped. They were then but a few feet from the caboose cars and when the crash cnme were struck with flying timbers. They rolled over and over as they fell. Engi neer Parker's right arm was crushed end his chest and shoulder painfully -fcruisej. Fireman Juleson was injured In the back and arm. Neither was dan gerously hurt. After the crash, Charles Zorn, the baggageman, was found lying on the ground near the wreck. He had receiv ed a blow on the back. He was able to go to his home when the train reach ed Kansas City. Andrew Byrne, the freight train con ductor, left the train at Argentine and went to his home. He was badly bruis ed about the body. Byrne was in the second caboose. This was being sent back to Argentine after the cars of his train had been distributed at various points In Kansas. Mrs. Sue Uooilin, the only passenger Injured, was on the way from her home at Hazelton, Kan., to Moorrhead, Ky. fcihe was in the second coach from the rear. When the collision came she was thrown from her seat against the one in front, and her arm and side was injured. She was suffering much pain, but con tinued on her Journey to the south. "We were late." said Engineer I"arker. "We had no orders and I was trying to make up time. Going clown that grade I opened the engine ani' we shot around the sharp curve into Elizabeth. I wis looking out ahead and i saw a flag. 1 shut the throttle and right ahead of us saw that freight train. It was too late to stop and I reversed the lever and we jumped. You see how I landed." Midsummer Snake Story. Here Is one of the first snake stories of the season, vouched for in all of its details by reputable farmers. Mrs. J. M. Creath. who lives seven miles north east of the city, went out to her hen house a morning or two ago and find ing a "house" snake about four feet long lyins on the tloor of tho hennery, killed it. Noticing 'a protuberance in the snake, the reptile was cut open. Im agine her astonishment when a shoe pol ish bottle popped out. Mrs. Creath had been using shoe jtolish to mark eggs which had been set and had left it ly ing on the ground in the chicken housi!. Ottawa Kepublie. Emporia Tontine in Court. Attorney W. W. Brown is preparing fin answer and cross petition for Allen iBrown in the case brought against the Globe Diamond company by Mr. Hen lrick of Kmporta. Allen Brown is treas urer of the company and holds all the money invested in the company, and the accounts. The answer to Mr. Hendrick'n petition for an injunction will be tint the company can pay back dollar for dollar and that there was no need of bringing the matter into courts nor to have a receiver appointed. Most of the shares sold were dealt out In Emporia. The scheme was to pay $1.25 a week for THE SMOOTH y'V JFfr iKZ ii suoke yj&y y'jjr A Dream JsA Delight y A Satisfaction j Everywhere The Largest Selling Brand ol Cigars In the World. The Band is the Smoker's Protection. 76 weeks and for the J95 Invested the shareholders were to get J160 or a $200 diamond as they chose at he expiration of the time. The shares were to be paid up in the "first in first out" system and the share holders would get money as long as the treasury held out, that is as long as the increase in business kept the treasury big enough. The injunction by Judge Madden temporarily restrains the company from paying out anything till the case is tried before the district court next October. In the meantime those who are continuing their pay ments are sure of getting back what they paid in since the injunction was in force, should the company be "shut down" by the court, which the company says Is not at all probable. Emporia Gazette. 6ECUBE $200 IN STAMPS. Lowemont Fostoffico Is Robbed by Unknown Parties. Leavenworth, Knn., Aug. 7. Between the hours of 9 o'clock Sunday night and 7 o'clock Monday morning the Lowemont postoftice was broken into and robb.-u of i.'U in postage stamps by what is believed to have been a gang of desp?rate robbers. The details of the robbery could not at lirst be learned, as the postmaster kept It flu iet. Some time after 9 o'clock Sunday even ing the robbers, whoever thy werr, be gan their work. The office is situated in the Santa Fe depot, one person occupying the duul positions of postmaster ami rail road airent. The building is not a strong one ar. l the mn experienced no great difficulty in training an entrance. The glass in the win dow was smashed out and through this opening the latch on the sash was reached and unlocked. After this the way was isv. Risincr the window an easv means of entrance and egress was established. One inside the roblnrs made a thorough search of the place, se.-tningly bent on finding ev ery cent possible. When Charles Kroene. the chief clerk in the office, reached the place about 8 o'clock Monuav morning ne discovered tne roo-ht-rv. It was found that the stolen prop erty consisted of JJOO in stamps of all de nominations. Draper's Wife Seeks Divorce. Wichita. Kas.. Aug. 7. WTill R. Drap er, who wrote the alleged libelous story of White Buffalo an educated Indian, and for whom a warrant was issued from the Wichita City court on com plaint of the managing editor of the paper which printed the "fake," is de fendant in a divorce suit tiled by his wife here. Draper is charged with cruelty and with threatening to kill his wife. The warrant issued for his ar rest was never served. New 'Phone Line at Dodge City. Dodge City, Kas., Aug. 7. The Dodge City Telephone company has commenc ed the building of a branch tele phone line to Fort Dodge Soldiers Home, which is nearly five miles east of here. There will be something like twelve telephones on this line. Cap tain Churchill, whose alfalfa farm is nearly a mile west of the city, is having a line built to his residence from town. To Tax Ottawa Drug Stores. Ottawa. Kan.. Aug. 7. The city council has proposed to levy a tax of a year on drug stores holding state permits to sell intoxicants. The proposition has created considerable comment, since Ottawa has never in any way derived revenue from liquor sales since the prohibitory law be came effective. K. TJ. Professor Marries. Junction City. Kas.. Aug. 7. George J. Hood of Lawrence and Miss Martha Manley of this city were married here at the home of tho bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Manley. Mr. Hood is a state university professor in the department of mechanical engineering. COLOR LINE DRAWN. Naval Officers Refuse to Mess With a Negro New York, Aug. 7. The color line has been drawn on the United States receiving ship Columbia at Brooklyn navy yard. The chief petty officers have refused to mess with a negro who has just been sworn in as chief carpentrr's mate. They have as serted tneir unwulingness to associate with him in any way or to receive or carry out any orders that may come to them through mm in turn nut 01 umy. Isaac Miller, the chief carpenter's mate. Is not a full blooded negro. He has been in the navy many years and has a good record. For a lone time nrinr to his re cent promotion, which was for merit, he ranKea as carpenter mate or the first class. When Miller appeared at the chief petty officers' mess on Wednesday eight other members o the mess rose and left the table when he sat down. Miller ate his dinner as if nothing had happened and since then he has had no company at his meals. He has b'en allowed, when he reached the table first, to eat alone, and when others have preceded him he has waited until they finished eating. Captain Snow said Miller's rights would be protected, as the navy makes no dis tinction as to color. SUNDAY EXCURSION To Wathena Chautauqua via Rock Island System. Train will leave Rock Island depot Sunday morning, Aug. 9th, at 7 a. m., returning will leave Wathena at 9 p. m. $1.25 for the round trip. See Rock Island agents. Croup instantly relieved. Dr. Thomas' Eclectric Oil. Perfectly safe. Never fails. At any drug store. City Ticket Office. -Onion Pad As Railroad. 625 Kansas avenue. SPORTINGNEWS. Some Tips Being Thrown Out for Betting Men. Accounts of the Last Jeffries Corbett Battle. BETTING THEN 3 TO 1. The Champion Was a Badlj Bruised Up Man. Account of the Last Round in Fitzsimmons Bout. jl Francisco, Aug. 7. The last time Corbett met Jeffries the sporting men looked upon the battle as a cinch for the champion. Numerous beta were made on Jeffries at 3 to 1, the sports considering It a foregone conclusion that the man who previously defeated the burley Sharkey and the mighty Fitz simmons would in every way outclass his opponent. After the fight the opin ions of the men who had looked upon Corbett as an easy mark changed. He was defeated, but not disgraced. Jeff ries won, but he looked more like the vanquished than the victor. Both eyes were cut and his nose badly bruised. He frequently bled during the contest. Despite Jeff's heavy blows Corbett was unmarked. Jeffries knocked Corbett to the floor with a right to the ear in the nineteenth round. Corbett was up In a jiffy. The blow that knocked Corbett out, according to good Judges, was a left hook to the jaw delivered with full force. Jeff landed the punch after Cor bett had put one almost as hard to the face. The following is an account of the last round. Jeffries bounded out of his corner, landing left on the jaw. After a clinch Corbett jabbed Jeff in the face twice and blocked Jeffries' return. Corbett handed a left to the jaw, and Jeff sent loft to stomach. They mixed it at short range, each finding the head and stom ach. Jeffries continued to rush, but Corbett cleverly sidestepped him and snapped two pretty lefts to the face. Jeffries became enraged and rushed at Corbett madly, swinging both hands. He worked Corbett over to a neutral corner and sent a full left swing to the jaw, straightening him up on his heels. Quick as a flash the left went to the jaw again with crushing force, knock ing Corbett down and partly out of the ring. He fell flat on his back with his head and body lying over the lower strand of the ropes, completely out. Referee White counted the fateful ten over him, and the battle that will go down In ring history as one of the fast est on record was ended. The last round in the Jeffries-Fitz-simmons fight at Frisco on July 25, 1902, was recorded as follows: "Jeffries smiled though his bloody features, ducking a left swing and land ing a hard left on the ribs. They went at it. Fitzsimmons putting left on the face and taking one on the head. Fitz missed right and took a stiff punch on the body. Jeffries forced the fighting at this stage, crouching low and carrying his right high and left fop back. As Fitzsimmons stepped back he smiled and spoke to Jeffries. Before he could get out of reach Jeffries quickly hooked his left on the body and sent a right to the jaw. and Fitzsimmons went down, clutching feebly at the lower rope, and shook his head in signal of defeat. He came up slowly, but before he could get up on both feet the referee counted 10 and the fight was over." CORBETT-JORDAN BATTLE. English Featherweight Will Reach This Country Within Fortnight New York, Aug. 7. An international battle for the feather-weight champion ship of the world will be fought within the next two months. The principals will be "Young Corbett," the holder of the title, and Ben Jordon, Bngland's best feather weight. "Corbett" has re ceived a cablegram from Jordon's man ager telling him that Jordon will sail from England in ten days to meet him for the title. Jordon had hoped that "Corbett" would go to England and fight him for the purse offered by the National Sport ing Club of London. "Corbett," how ever, declined to fight for the money of fered, so Jordon finally decided that in order to get on the match, he would have to come here. NO BETS ON BIO FIGHT. Championship Contest Has Not Been Subject of Wagers in New York. New York. Aug. 7. The refusal of Jim Corbett's admirers to offer their money on the ex-champion's chances of beating Jim Jeffries in their coming battle !s taken as evidence that they in tend waiting until within a few hours of the fight, hoping to get better odds than 2 to 1 for their money. A canvass of the sporting resorts de veloped the fact that not one bet was heard of. Johnny Considine and "Hon est John" Kelley said that ,they had not heard of a single bet of any kind. They admitted, however, that they were pre pared to bet a few thousand dollars on Jeffries if Corbett's friends wished to take any part of their money. RTAN'S CHAUFFEUR FINED For Running: the "Tree Smasher" at a Prohibited Rate of Speed. Saratoga, N. Y., Aug. 7. Edward Mains, a chauffeur employed by J. J. Ryan, of Cincinnati, who occupies a Union avenue cottage, has been com pelled to pay $50 fine for speeding the Ryan automobile at a rate prohibited by the rolice ordinance. The Ryan automobile is a De Trach forty horse power record breaker. Forbes Reaches 'Frisco. San Francisco, Cal., Aug. 7. Harry Forbes arrived from Chicago last night and went to Sheepman's tavern at Ocean Beach today, to train for his bout with Frankie Neil for the bantam weight championship. He weighs 120 pounds and expects, under the direction of his manager, John Hertz, to have no difficulty in getting down to 116 pounds, at which weight the men will w,eigh in at 3 o'clock on the afternoon of the ISth. This is the third time the boys have come together. Chatter from Pugilists' Camps. San Francisco, Aug. 7. J. J. Corbett is putting on the finishing touches to his long course of training. He is con fident of defeating Jeffries, and many good judges like Frank Erne and Tommy P.yan share his confidence. All who have seen him at work declare that never before was he In such good condition. He has gained in weight and strength and seems to have lost none of his old-time agility. A dis patch from Harbin Springs quotes Jeffries as saying that he proposed to go for his man at the start and keep at him without affording him an op portunity to rest. He Is prepared for a hard encounter but does not fear the result. MISS ANTHONTS GOOD WORK Champion Shows Great Nerve In the Hatch Against Miss Carpenter. Chicago, Aug. 7. Miss Bessie An thony, western champion, won the 1903 Glenvlew cup today from Miss "John nie" Carpenter, of Westward Ho, by 2 up in one of the closest played matches ever witnessed on the Glenvlew links. Miss Anthony was completely outplayed the first half of the iournev and was 2 down at the turf with a medal score of 49 to her opponent's 46. In the second half, however. Miss Anthony played with great accuracy and the maten was practically won by her nerve. After losing the lead t the fourth hole Miss Anthony played an uphill game until tne sixteenth hole, when sne succeeaeu in cuttlnsr down Miss Camenter's lead, and the match was all square. Then by a turn of luck and by excellent playing she halved the seventeenth; won the eighteenth and took the trophy. Mrs. William Herrick. of Washington Park, won the first flight cup from Mrs. Wl L. DeWolfe, of Onwentsia, 3 up and 2 to play. The second flight cup was won by Miss Sallie Alnslee, or. west ward Ho, who defeated Miss Jeannette Slaughter, of Evanston, 2 up and 1 to play. English Swimming News. The crack English swimmers had a gala time this year at the life saving societies' carnival in the Hlghgate swimming ponds for the king's cup. In the 440 yards, decided at the bath club, Billington won for England. Halmay of Budapest being second, and de Duypy of Parl3 third. The time was o minutes 49 1-5. seconds. Robinson of Liverpool scored for England in the 220 yard breast stroke, with Norellus of Stockholm second, and Erikson of Stockholm third. The time was 3 min utes 33 seconds. Jarvis of Leicester won the half mile, with Curwen of Liv erpool second, and Halmay of Hungary third, the winner's time being 13 min utes 22 4-5 seconds. In figuring for the cup, England won with 3 points, Hun gary was second with 8 points, and France and Sweden tied for third with 12 points each. The 500 yard champion ship of tho Amateur Swimming asso ciation was decided at Liverpool on July 16 and was won by D. Billington Bacup. He won by 15 yards from Law of Culderton. and his time was 6 min utes 3a 1-a seconds. Racing at Chicago. Chicago, Aug. 7. Father Tallent, backed from 3 to 1 to 14 to 5, won the Youngster stakes In easy fashion at Harlem. Elwood was second and Peter Paul, the favorite, third. The stake had three added starters in Peter Paul, May or David E. Rose and Outwai, making a field of eight instead of five, as origi nally carded. Bab, one of John W. Schorr's cast-offs, at 20 to 1 in the bet ting, was an easy winner of the second race. Emma A. M. was third, a neck back of Mayor Johnson. When Wolfram, a 150 to 1 shot, won the second race at Harlem, E. J. Ar nold, the former proprietor of an exten sive turf concern, was enriched about $10,000 on the result. He managed to get the bookmakers to take $180 on Wolfram across the board, and, by of fering it in small sums, secured straight odds of 80 to 100 to 1 for his money. Wolfram opened at 40 to 1, went up to 150 to 1 and closed at SO to 1. Gebhard Buys Raglan. Saratoga, N. Y..'Aug. 7. Raglan, the 2-year-old filly, by. Mirthful, In John E. Madden's stable, and reputed to be the equal of Hamburg Belle, which was not long ago priced at $20,000, was sold today to Fred Gebhard at a private figure. The amount is said to be $25, 000. Fred Gebhard has decided upon strengthening his stable and racing on a more extensive scale than in former years. Raglan will run in Gebhard's colors' In the Saratoga special. She is engaged for the English Oaks of 1904 and In the Futurity of a month hence. Madden gets $8,000 in cash and extra consideration in connection with stake winnings worth about $17,000. Racing at Buffalo. Buffalo, N. Y., Aug. 7. Two stakes were on the card for the Grand circuit here. The Electric City stake of $5,000 for the 2:25 class trotters was taken in straight heats by Jay McGregor. Budd Doble got second money with his brown stallion, Kinney Lou. Star Hal took the Empire State stake of $2,000 in the 2:14 class pace in straight heats. The driving of Geers in the 2:04 class pace was the feature of the day. In the sec ond and third he,ats he made up much ground and won going away with Har old H. While the horses were on the back stretch in the third heat of this race, the last of the day, rain fell heav ily. Racing at Saratoga. Saratoga, N. Y., Aug. 7. A heavy track was the cause of many withdraw als, there being only two starters in the fourth race. The Spinaway stakes, at five and one-half furlongs, valued at $14,000, was won by Raglan, a 2-year-old filly by Plaudit out of Royal Gun. Frederick Gebhard purchased her yes terday of J. E. Madden. Little Em got a poor start, but finished second. A large amount of money was wagered on Runnels and Masterman, the only two starters in the fourth race. The former won easily after leading all the way. Races at Rich Hill. Rich Hill, Mo., Aug. 7. Thursday's races were the best of the meet, and were witnessed by 5,000 people. The in terest was centered in the 2:30 pace, $1, 000 purse, with 23 entries. and seven starters. It was won by Jim DuvalL owned by W. F. Hough, Enid. O. T., af ter losing the second heat to Speedy Girl in a furious drive in the stretch. Jim Duvall fell this heat and hurt himself, but continued and won the race. The 2:28 trot was won by Turley, owned by J. L. Madison, Memphis, Tenn. Champion Lasker Accepts. Ney York, Aug. 7. Dr. Lasker, the world's champion chess player, has ac cepted the challenge made by F. J. Marshall of Brooklyn for a match. Las ker Insists that the contest must be for not less than $2,000 a side. The cham pion says he will play before the club offering the best inducements. Mr. Marshall is at present in England. and it is thought that he will have a hard time raising the amount needed for No Dessert More Attractive Why use gelatine and spend hours soaking, sweetening, flavoring and coloring when produces better results in two minutes? Everything in the package. Simply add hot water and set to cool. It's perfection. Astir prise to the housewife. Jo trouble, less ex pense. Try it to-day. In Four Fruit Fla vors: Lemon, Orange, Strawberry, Rasp, berry. At grocers. 10o. THE GREAT HEADACHE CURE QUICK SAFE SURE DR. MILES PAIN PILLS CURE ALL KINDS OF PAINS AND ACHES. What People Say: J. R. W. McBride of Indianaixilis. late of the Indiana suoreme court, buys: "Thev are simply marvelous in their instanta neous relief." "Dr. Miles' Pain Pills never fall to cure headache In any form, and I have given them to little children with the best of re sults and without any ill effects after- wara. wnen my daughter was confined they greatly alleviated her suffering. In fact we consider them full legal tender for any kind of pain." Mrs. William Rob erts, Elmwood, 111. "Dr. Miles' Pain Pills are a Derfect 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 DR. 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, the side bet, unless his friends on this side of the water come to his assistance. If the match is arranged, Lasker says he will insist that it be eight games up and draws not to count- Racing at St. Louis. St. Louis, Aug. 7. The racing at Del mar park was only ordinary. W. B. Gates won the feature of the card, at one mile, galloping, by ten lengths. The race of interest turned up in the third, in which Follies Bergeres beat Ben Ad kins by a head. Ben Adkins led the field nearly the entire distance, but was outgamed on the end. Track heavy. Shooting at Marshalltown. Marshalltown, la., Aug. 7. During the first day's shooting at the tournament of the Marshalltown Gun club, Fred Gilbert, of Spirit Lake; K. G. Wallace, of Marshalltown, and William Hoon, of Jewell, with 185 hits out of a possible 200, tied for first place. C. W. Budd, of Des Moines, made 180. There were fifty shooters. Challenger Won Easily. Atlantic Highlands. N. J.. Aug. 7. Twenty-two and a half minutes in a lift-mile race which occupied a little more than three hours in the sea. was the beating admin istered to Shamrock I by Sir Thomas Lip ton's new cup candidate Thursday. No shift of wind nor calm helped or hindered either boat. The challenger's victory was without a flaw. NATIONAL LEAGUE. AT ST. LOUIS. Cincinnati won from St. Louis in rather easy fashion. Fast neiaing cnaracterizea the work on notn siaes. est. iouis maniug four double plays and Cincinnati two. Home runs by Ryan and Seymour were the batting features. Score by innings: R.H.E. St. Louis 00100C01 13 10 3 Cincinnati 0 0022100 05 12 2 Batteries Brown and Ryan; Hahan and Peits. AT KANSAS CITY. Omaha won in the first inning, when Milton was knocked out of the box. Schaf stall also was hit hard and was taken out in the fourth. Attendance, 500. Score by innings: R.H.E. Kansas City 0 2300001 17 13 2 Omaha 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 08 13 2 Batteries Milton. Halla and Messitt; Sanders, Schafstall and Gonding. NATIONAL LEAGUE STANDING. Clubs. Won. Lost. Pet. Pittsburg 0 30 .667 Chicago 57 3 New York 51 37 .5S8 Cincinnati 4S 44 522 Brooklyn 2 Boston 3S 49 424 St. Louis 34 .370 Philadelphia 31 68 .348 AMERICAN LEAGUE. AT PHILADELPHIA. Boston and Philadelphia fought hard for the second game of the Beries and the home team won through good work at the bat. Score by Innings: R.H.ft. Boston 1 0000020 03 3 0 Philadelphia 0 0020200 1 12 2 Batteries Young and Criger; Bender and Schreck. AT CLEVELAND. Cleveland lost an exciting game to De troit. Pearson was hit hard, and, in ad dition, lost the game by blundering on the bases. The hitting of Flick and Crawford was a feature. Attendance, 3,000. Score bv innings: R.H.E. Cleveland 0 0012020 1 6 10 1 Detroit 3 0001030 07 16 4 Batteries Pearson and Bemis; Donovan and McGuire. AT WASHINGTON. New York took the second game of the series by shutting Washington out. Tan- nennrs pitcning was responsiDie ior me local's defeat. The game was called at the end of the seventh inning on account of darkness. Attendance, 1,600. 8core by innings: R.H.E. Washington 0 00000 00 3 1 New York 0 01002 14 9 1 Batteries Wilson and Kittredge; Tanne hil and O'Connor. AT CHICAGO. Co-operative hitting in the fifth and sev enth innings, assisted by Kahoe's wild throw, scored five runs for Chicago. Score by Innings: R.H.E. Chicago 2 0002010 5 12 1 St. Louis 0 1000000 01 7 2 Batteries White and Slattery; Sievers and Kahoe. AMERICAN LEAGUE STANDIN G. Clubs Won. Lost. Boston 56 34 Philadelphia 54 3? New York 44 40 Cleveland 47 43 Detroit 44 44 Chicago 41 47 St. Louis 40 4S Washington 29 60 Pet .622 .5113 .521 .522 .5o0 .466 .4r.5 .325 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. Milwaukee 8, Toledo 4. Kansas City 6. Columbus 2. Columbus 5, Kansas City 1. St. Paul 4, Indianapolis 3. St Paul 8, Indianapolis 7. Louisville 4, Minneapolis 3. Louisville 7, Minneapolis 2. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION STANDING. Clubs Won. Lost. Pet. St. Paul 65 31 .677 Milwaukee 56 35 .615 Louisville 51 43 -.543 Indianapolis 48 45 .516 Kansas City 43 45 .489 Minneapolis 38 58 .396 Columbus 3S 5S .396 Toledo 35 59 .372 WESTERN LEAGUE. AT PEORIA. Denver won from Peoria through errfirs made In the local infield. Both Olmsted and Eyier were in good form. Attendance, soo. Score by innings: R.H.ES. Peoria 0 0000001 01 6 5 Denver 10040000 0-5 6 3 Batteries Olmsted and Hessler; Eyler and Schlei. AT ST.JOSEPH. A little lucky hitting and a little inferior fleldinir on the part of Gurtiee won the game for St- Joeph. The visitors battecj pains, neuralgia, or In fao' any pain. 1 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, Cen traiia, O. "Have used Pain Pills In my family with the best of results. They will do all you claim for them." A. C. Huston, Ashland, IU. "I cannot 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. MILES' PAIN Irritability, Seasickness, Backache, Rheumatism, Nervousness, Blues, Sciatica, Stomachache, Sleeplessness, Dizziness, Periodic, Bearing Down DR. MILES' MEDICAL CO.. glKhart. Indiana. r COAL See Our Prices for IMMEDIATE Delivery PEr ton Osage County Shaft Lump S4.00 Osage City Shaft Lump .'..$4:.25 Frontenac or Weir City Selected Lump $4L.iO Frontenac or Weir City Shaker Nut $4,25 Arkansas Semi-Anthracite $6.OOt0$7.5O Arkansas Anthracite Ouita $9.50 Pennsylvania Anthracite XX. 00 Order Your Coal NOW The Southwestern Fuel Go. Telephones 193 144 Colorado Flyer ON THE SANTA FE. 1 Topeka to Pueblo, Colorado Springs, and Denver, daily. Pullman observation and drawing-room sleepers chair car library-smoking car. Leave Topeka in the evening. Arrive Colorado next forenoon. Quick luxurious convenient popular. Another fast Colorado train now leaves Topeka on the Santa Fe every morning. LOW -RATE EX CURSIONS ALL SUMMER. Ask for free copy of "A Colorado Summer" it tells all about vacation outings in Colorado. T. L. KING, C. T. A., A. T. fc S. F. Ry., Topeka. Or- T. M. JAMES, Jr., North Topeka. Chlnn hard, but he kept their hits well scattered. Score bv Innings: R.H.E. St. Joseph 1 01102100 17 10 2 Des Moines 5 00001 000 0 IS 3 Batteries McConnell and Chinn; Fohl and Morris. WESTERN LEAGUE STANDING. Chibs Won. Lost. Pet. Milwaukee 52 32 .fill) Colorado Springs 52 34 .6"5 Kansas City 4 38 .548 St. Joseph 43 41 .613 Peoria 39 47 453 Denver 40 49 .44: Des Moines 39 48 .44S Omaha 33 53 34 MISSOURI VALLEY LEAGUE AT PITTSBURG. Pittsburg' defeated Springfield here In a featureless game. On account of rain the grounds were heavy and the game was played at a disadvantage by both teams. Score by innings: R.H.E. Pittsburg 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 06 9 2 Springfield 0 0020021 05 7 1 Batteries Punton and Redmond; Horton and Wood. AT FORT SCOTT. The local team was outclassed In every turn. Woodbury was wild and was poorly supported. Lawson was steady and Invincible when hits meant runs. ICROFULA Scrofula manifests itself in many ways. Swelling of the glands of the neck and throat, Catarrh, weak eyes, white swelling, offensive sores and ab scesses, skin eruptions, loss of strength and weakness in muscles and joints, It is a miserable disease and traceable in almost every instance to some tamiiy Diooa laini. Scrofula is bred in the bone, is transmitted from parent to child, the seeds are planted in infancy and unless the blood is purged and pu rified and every atom of the taint removed Scrof ula is sure to develop at some period in your life. 150 South w No remedy equals S. S. S. as a cure for Scrofula. It cleanses and builds up the blood, makes it rich and pure, and under the tonic effects of this great Blood Remedy, the general health improves, the digestive organs are S. S. S. is guaranteed purely vegetable and harmless; an ideal blood purifier and tonic that removes all blood taint and builds up weak constitu tions. Our physicians will advise without charge, all who write us about their case. Book mailed free. THE SWiFT SPECIFIC CO., ATLANTA, GA. "General Charles Dick, the eminent con gressman from the famous Garfield dis trict of Ohio, says: "I believe-there is no remedy so efficient for headache as Dr. Miles' Pain Pills." Wm. B. Bell, general secretary Home Frontier and Foreign Missionary society, of the United Brethren church, Dayton, O., writes: "I am never without a supply of Dr. Miles' Pain Pills and derive most excellent results from their use." I. N. Lagrange, elder in the Presbyterian church at Franklin, Ind., has long suffered from chronic headache, but he says he has at last found solace in Dr. Miles' Pain Pills. He says nothing can equal them in giving relief from Intense headache or any pain. PILLS and Ovarian Pains, Etc. Sold by all Druggists. 25 DOSES, 25 CENTS. 734 Kansas Avenue. Score by Innings: R H.E. Fort Scott 0 0000000 00 4 3 Sedalia 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 05 8 0 Batteries Woodbury and Cheek; Lawson and Schrandt. MO. VALLEY LEAGUE STANDING. Clubs Won. Lost. Pet. Sedalia 15 3 .833 Springfield 12 5 .706 Fort Scott 10 9 .526 Joplin 7 9 .438 Pittsburgr 6 13 .316 Iola 3 14 .176 Kansas Ball Games AT COLUMBUS. In one of the fastest games of the season the Blues of this place defeated the Scammon team here by the score of 4 to 2. Score by innings: R.H.E. Columbus 0 2002000 4 5 2 Scammon 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 02 3 3 Batteries Baxter and Finney; Pettl grew and Hiller. AT ABILENE. The Abilene ball team defeated En terprise In a well played game, witto good attendance. Score: R.H.E, Abilene 6 8 i Enterprise 4 7 I Batteries Giles and Wilson; Smith and Kassler. A DISEASE WE INHERIT, Scrofula appeared on the head of tnj little grandchild when only 18 month! old, and spread rapidly over ber body. The disease next attacked the eyea and we feared she would lose her eight. Em inent physicians were consulted, but could do nothing to relieve the little in. nocent. It was then that we decided t try S. S. S. That medicine at onoe madt a speedy and oomplete cure. She is no a young; lady, and has never had a nia;i UBS. RUTH BEEKLT, 6th Street. Salina, Kan. "II strengthened, ana mere is a gradual out sure return to health. The deposit of tubercular matter in the joints and glands is carried off as soon as the blood is restored to a normal condition, and the sores, erup tions, and other symptoms of Scrofula disaooear

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TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL, FRIDAY EVENING.AUGUST 7. 1903. r Sorosis Store. Fancy Goods Department MEM .CROSBYaC?! DRY GOODS 6I3-6IS KANS.AVE. Lace Store. SATURDAY'S SPECIALS. J We Close at 6 P. M. "Vim Beauty Brush sells everywhere for 50c our price 25c Tooth Powder "Wright's disterated, an article with merit. Special 19c Wrist Bags there are about two hundred in the lot, a "clean-up" from the factory, odds and ends, but every one cheap 50c 75c S1.00 81.25 S1.50 S2.00 Belts Here's another bargain, ladie3 white kid double and slitched belts also ladies turned-in patent leather and real seal belts 25 and 50c values, for 15c LfirP Point de Paris and Torchons to clean HtC3 up from last week's sales, there are still some very good 10c values but the price now is 5c yard Ladies' Handkerchiefs One hundred dozen embroidered corners and lace edges, 10c regular, for 5c Seventy-five dozen all linen hemstitched handker chief centers, worth from 10 to 25c, your choice 5 One hundred dozen scalloped and hemstitched emb. swiss handkerchiefs, 25c patterns, for 15c BLEW OVER THE STAGE. Severe Stoim at Perrv Park, a Colorado Tourist Resort. Denvor, Col., Aupc. 7. A special to the News from I'erry Park, Col., a resort for tourists, located about 45 miles south of Denver, says that a high wind prevailed there this afternoon during which the roof of the hotel was blown off and a pavilion blown down. i'ive persons are lepnrted injured. A special to the News from Larkspur, which is the nearest station to Perry l ark, says that during the height of the ptorrn the stage, which was returning to the hotel from the railroad station with several passengers, was blown over and several of the occupants were injur ed. Among them was a Mrs. Clardner cf Chicago, who was pinned to the side of the coach by a trunk which fell upon her when the coach went over. Details of the storm which prevailed along the eastern slope of the Jtocky niountains in Colorado and southern Wyoming show it to have been much more severe than at first reported, in Borne sections the hail fall was unpre cedented. In the neighborhood of Gree ley and Katon, in the northern part of flr Colorado, chunks of ice, measuring in eome instances ten inches in length, fell and the damage wrought was immense, t-'heep was struck dead in the corrals, and cattle and horses were severely in jured. Farm houses and bains were wrecked and crops wiped out of exist ence. Near Oreely a man named John ton was severely bruised and rendered unconscious by the hail. The damage cannot be estimated in that section, but will reach thousands of dollars. Near Lafayette, Col., there were two storms, the SPcond following the iirst within 15 minutes and with great severity. The streets of the town were flooded cellars partially filled with water and trees and shrubs stripped of foliage. Many win dow panes were broken. The crops in the country surrounding were destroy ed. Hail lay on the ground in many places to a depth of two feet. The damage in around Lafayette is estima ted at $200,000. In southern Colorado the rainfall was very heavy, approaching the proportions of a cloud burst in sev eral places. Railroad trallic was stop ped on the Itio Grande for some time by washouts. The Santa Fe was also teriously affected. TWO MORE. North Topeka Flood Club Launches Committees as Usual. About fifty North Topeka citizen3 at tended the meeting held at No. 1 lire station last night. It was the fourth meeting held by the Flood club and among the talks made by members of the organization was a query by Mr. G. F. Kimball, who wanted to know how much longer they were going to hold meetings without making a public statement of the intentions of the club. Mr. Kimball said that it seemed to be the popular opinion that the club was organized for the purpose of knocking on the Commercial club, and that he had noticed at former meetings that tione1 of the members seemed to join the outsidets in this belief. Mr. Kimball thought it was about time to make a wiitten statement for publication set ting forth the intentions of the club, that of mutual assistance and encour agement. Another speaker of the evening was Itev. J. W. White, the colored pastor of H. street Haptist church. He talked vaguely about some alleg,.cj documents or statements of the flood losses which had been turned over to the county lerk by him and never heard of since. He wanted a committee to help Tiim search for the missing statements, and not it, but no one seemed to know just what Mr. White was talking about or what the committee was expected to do. Motions to roast the Commercial club were received with favor, always, but Home of the members of the club fre quently warned the assembly that they must rot charge the acts of the Com iw rclal club to the citizens of the South si. The Southsiders. they averred, were not such bad people as a class, and to prove it a case was cited where a bona ride citizen of South Topeka had "roasted" the Commercial club in per son. It was unanimously decided that a committee should be sent to the Com mercial club to tell them to disgorge, if there is anything left of the relief fund, and do it in a hurry. Strenuous objections to the remaining funds being turned over to the Associate Charities were filed. The prevailing sentiment was that the governor or Commercial club, who were supposed to be holding funds for flood sufferers, should give up such funds at once to a representa tive North Topeka man, who would in turn distribute the same to the best ad vantage and at once. None of the com mittees got round to report last night, but two new committees were launched, one to see the school board and to de mand the erection of two new school buildings, and another to demand of the council that the stagnant frog ponds of Northwest Topeka be drained. The fact that the city engineer has shown these ponds to be lower than either the creek or river, and therefore undrain able, was not discussed. The meeting was adjourned until next Thursday night for the purpose of giving the committees a chance to get in with their reports. TWO NEW CAVES. Valuable Discoveries Made by Cali fornia Scientists. T'nlvprsity of California. Aup. 7. The ex pedition conducted by 1'rof. John C. Mor riam of the geological department of the niversity, exploring and excavating the caves of Shasta county, has made several new finds of interest to science. Two new caves diHcovered have proved very rich in paleontology, yielding up bones of animals now extinct and of ppecies hitherto tin known to scientists. Bones of mountain lions, bison, wolf, porcupines, cave bear and ground sloth were found with all the bones of the extinct porcupine and also an almost complete specimen of a small cave bear. In one of these old caves an old tradition had it that an Indian woman wandering about had stumbled into a well, the bottom of which could never be reach ed. This well was explored and at the bottom they found the skeleton of a wo man fairly well preserved, whom thev judged to have fallen or been thrown into the well about 100 years ago. All the specimens will be shipped to the university. FAILED TO AGItEE. Conciliation Board Will Call in a Seventh Man. Pottsville, Pa., Aug. 7. The concilia tion board appointed to adjust the dif ferences between the anthracite miners and the operators failed to agree on certain grievances and made an appeal to the judges of the third judicial cir cuit of the U. S. court for appointment of a seventh man or umpire. The ques tions in dispute will be referred to this umpire w hose decision will be final and binding on both parties. The strike commission in its award regarding the conciliation board directed that if its six members, three from each side, could not agree an umpire should be named by one of the judges of the third judicial circuit of the United States. Judge Gray who was president of the strike commission is one of the judges of the third circuit. SENDS HIS BLESSING. The Pope Entrusts It to .Cardinal Gibbons for America. Rome. Aug. 7 Cardinal Gibbons was received by the pope today in private au dience. In a lengthy conference Pine X renewed his expressions of interest !n America, already made manifest by his reception Wednesday to the pilgrims from the Vnited States. The pope said he should like to have had the cardinal re main in Rome for some time In order that lie might become thoroughly acquainted with all questions connected witn the Uni ted States, but hi.s holiness did not insist, being aware, he said, of the cardinal's del icat state of health and his suffering from hot weather. In closing the audience the pontiff charged Cardinal Gibbons to carry the apostolic benediction to all the faith ful of America. Kindling Wood for Sale. The Topeka Railway company has on its lots at Tenth and Jackson streets a large amount of first class kindling wood which will be disposed of at one dollar per load. Parties desiring to pur chase any of this may call at the above stated place with wagons to haul it away on. THE TOPEKA RAILWAY CO. r" ir r J Sale Ten Million Boxes aYear. THE FAMILY'S FAVORITE EOICINE Jk (cm. CAN DV CATHARTIC 10c. 25c. 50c BEST FOR THE BOWELS An Eracgists RAILROAD NEWS. End of the Great Trainmen's Wage Movement. Every Western Road Has Com plied With Demands. 40,000 MEN BENEFITED. Rock Island the Last Road to Make Terms. Year Has Been a Prosperous One for Railroad Men. Chicago, Aug. 7. When General Man ager C. A. Goodnow conceded the train men and conductors of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific railroad an in crease in wages yesterday he brought to a close a general movement for high er pay and better working conditions that has benefited over 40,000 men and added $10,000,000 to the yearly payrolls of the railroads of the west. The Rock Island was the last com pany to make terms with its train em ployes, and, save the Wabash road, was the only one actually threatened with a strike. Its action yesterday consists of an increase over the present scale of wages that amounts to an average of 15 per cent for freight men and 12 per cent for passenger hands. The only points of difference between the company and its employes that have not been adjusted are of minor import ance, and probably will be arranged to day. These elate to working rules that are peculiar to the Rock Island system, and will be talked over by General Man ager Goodnow, committees of the em ployes, and national officers of the labor organizations which control the work ers. The peaceable adjustment on the Rock Island was received with approval by the railroad employes of the west. The company has been dilatory in its tac tics,, and the men gave their national officers. Vice Grand Master W. G. Lee of the Brotherhood of RaHroad Train men and Chief Conductor E. E. Clark of the Order of Railway Conductors, power to call a strike. The general movement, of which the Rock Island controversy was a part, be gan a year ago in Kansas City. There the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and the Order of Railway Conductors, in joint session, decided to demand a wage increase of 20 per cent. They cou pled with this a request that "double headers" be either abolished or restrict ed. Under the old wage schedule the freight conductors received 3 cents a mile and the brakemen 2V4 cents a mile. It gave the passenger conductors from $90 to $125 a month and the brakemen from $45 to $60. When the moguls were introduced railroad work was revolutionized. The trains were increased in length, they made shorter trips, and added to the work of the crews. In order to wear out the small engines the roads began to double them wherever possible, put ting from thirty to fifty cars on a train. These changes worked hardships on the men and they were a unit in demand ing an adjustment. Committees from the two organiza tions met with the managers of the southwestern roads in St. Louis early in the year and oon induced the Missouri, Kansas and Texas road to grant them an increase of 15 per cent for freight and 12 per cent for passenger employes. The northern lines, such as the Great Northern and Northern Pacific, accept ed the new schedule. The committee came to Chicago three months ago and started to readjust mit trs on the roads centering in this city. The Wabash, the Chicago and Alton, the Northwestern, the St. Paul and the Illi nois Central fell into line and yesterday the Rock Island loined the procession. Counting subsidinrv lines, over fifty rail roads, employing 40.(00 men. have put the new schedule" into effect. This means over jlrtonO.OOO vearlv to the employes west of a line drawn between St. Paul, Chicago and New Orleans. It is the largest aggre gate increase in wages granted to railroad organizations for many years. "It is difficult to get exact figures on wage increases." said Slason Thompson of the railroads yesterday, "but the roads of the entire country have increased the pay of their employes over $100,000.0(10 during the last year. The natural increase, due to growth in business and added miles r.f track tapping new districts, is over $50. ono.ooo. It has been a wonderful year for the railroad man." "The movement of the conductors and trainmen has been successful." said Chief Conductor Clark. "The question of double headers caused much debate and delay, but the majority of managers were willing to concede that they be restricted, and over 90 per cent of them- will not use two engines on trains of less than thirty cars." STRIKE IS IMMINENT. Shopmen of the M. K. T. Kefuse to Compromise. Sedalia, Mo., Aug. 7. A strike of the Missouri, Kansas and Texas shopmen at Sedalia, Mo.; Parsons, Kan.; Deniscn and Smithville, Tex., is imminent. A joint conference of committeemen from the several shops, with William O'Herin, superintendent of motive pow er and machinery, and John L. Wigton, master car builder, was held yesterday evening at Parsons. The joint commit tee representing the shopmen demanded an increase of wages which would have swelled the company's pay roll to the amount of $77,000 annually. The ultimatum of the shopmen was not granted, but the company offered to raise the scale in the several shot) de partments to the highest wages paid for like service by any western railroad, which would amount to a total increase of the pay roll of $10,000. This counter proposition was submitted to the shop men's committee, but was declined, the chairman of the committee stating that the shopmen would not accept any in crease below the $77,000 demanded. The committeemen will report to the em ployes of the several shops and a ballot will decide their future action in the case. The Sedalia committee has return ed from the Parsons conference, but de cline to discuss the situation. CURRAN WAS WORKING. Organized Freight Handlers Instead of Taking His Vacation. Chicago, Aug. 7. Larry Curran, pres ident of the International Freight Han dlers' union, is reported to be prepar ing for a general tie-up in the freight houses of the Chicago and Alton rail way. Instead of going to Niagara Falls as reported it is said that he has been making a trip along the line of the Al ton, organizing locals at all of the prin cipal towns and Junctions, preparatory to making fresh demands upon the road. While the strike here has been aban doned and the pickets withdrawn, it is declared now that Curran will upon his return to the city demand that the strik ers be reinstated here or be will call out the men all along the line. From St. Louis be is said to have gone to Milwaukee to make arrangements to prevent a transfer of the Alton's freight there, as was done during the last strike of the freight handlers. Ten freight handlers employed by 3. V. Farwell Co. struck yesterday when they learned that Curran had agreed they should work for $10 per week, which is $1 less than the union scale. MAD AT SANTA FE. Kansas City Grain Men May Sue to Stop Discrimination. Kansas City, Mo., Aug. 7. The Times says: There is talk on the board of trade of bringing suit to conuiel the Atchison, Topeka Santa Fe railroad to cease discriminating in grain shipments. As told in the Star several days ago the grain men asserted that the Santa Fe railroad would not handle cars of grain promptly unless they are con signed to the Rex mills or Richardson Co. The Santa Fe officials denied that they were discriminating in favor of the Rex mills or Richardson Co., but the officials were confronted with a copy of an order directed to conductors ordering them not to "pick up" cars unless con signed to the Rex mills or Richardson Co. Then the officials said that the ob noxious order would be canceled. But the method employed by the rail road company in canceling the order does not meet with the entire approval of the grain men. They contend that the order directed to conductors order ing them not to handle cars unless con signed to the Rex mills or Richardson Co. was given the widest circulation and in fact was not only given to all con ductors in wheat shipping districts but to all the local agents as well. The method used in canceling this or der is effective but very slow. Whenever a complaint is received an order is sent by the railroad company to the agent at the town from which the complaint is in force in many other towns in the great wheat belt. For instance a com plaint is received from Hutchinson, Kan. The agent there is notified that the order has been canceled. But there are eleven other towns in the county in which Hutchinson is located, but these towns are not notified, and consequent ly the embargo against other than the favored firms continues in operation not only in rtie eleven other towns in Reno county, but also in the 200 or more other towns in Kansas that are shipping wheat. The same condition exists in Oklaho ma, Indian Territory, Texas, Missouri and other states and territories in which the Santa Fe system operates. And the conductors and trainmen understand that the company has a preference in the matter and. like good workmen, they consider the interests of their em ployers and if any cars are left behind they make sure that they do not include cars consigned to the Rex mills or Rich ardson Co. NO NEW YORK PLANS. quirement of grab irons on fronts or sides of locomotives dispensed with. The appeal of the other roads related to the equipment of 50 per cent of the cars in all trains with air brakes. Ramsey Says Wabash Will Stay Out for the Present. Joseph Ramsey, president of the Wa bash, has given out the following state ment regarding the entrance of that road to New York: "Every report which has been pub lished in regard to the plans for the entrance of the Wabash into New York is untrue. "At present we have- absolutely no project under way or planned for reach ing New York. At some future date the matter will be developed, and it is altogether probable that New York will by the eastern terminus of the Gould Eystem.- r "I should like to deny specifically and emphatically the story published this morning that we are interested in the Whippany River Railroad, of which I know absolutely nothing, and also the report published a few days ago that the Wabash intended to reach the an thracite coal fields of Pennsylvania by acquisition of the Reading, Lancaster and Southern, a local road, which, ac cording to reports will be extended to Baltimore. We have no construction under way in the territory north of Baltimore and east of Pittsburg and have no negotiations pending or in con templation for the acquisition of rail road property in that territory." Within the last few months Mr. Gould has been named as the purchaser of the Delaware,, Lackawanna and Western, the Erie, the Lehigh Valley, and indirectly through the Standard Oil company, the New York Central. These reports have been fostered by the fact that prominent bankers were eager to arrange some satisfactory ad justment of the Gould-Pennsylvania feud. Preliminary steps looking toward this end, .were undertaken, but have never even reached a satisfactory work ing basis. LOCOMOTIVE FROM FRANCE. Pennsylvania Will Spend $20,000 in an Experiment. Philadelphia, Aug. 7. The Pennsylva nia railroad will make tests with a French locomotive of the De Glenn com pound type, which is regarded as the most perfect working passenger locomo tive used in Europe. At a cost of about $20,000 a sample locomotive is now being built in France for the Pennsylvania railroad. It will be delivered here about March 1, and will be immediately put in service to demonstrate what it can do in comparison with the latest type of American locomotives. If it proves superior in any respect the points mak ing it so will be used to improve the American passenger locomotive. TIME IS EXTENDED. Santa Fe and Other Roads Secure Safety Equipment Concessions. Washington, Aug. 7. The interstate commerce commission today ordered another temporary extension until Oc tober 15, of the time within which a number of railroads must, complete their safety equipment. The commission will meantime consider the further exten sion of the law and the question of the location of grab irons on engines. Among the roads granted the extension are the Pennsylvania. Erie. Santa Fe, Denver Rio Grande, Colorado Southern and Boston Maine. The Colorado Southern wanted time for equipping power-driving wheel brakes on narrow gauge passenger loco motives and the Santa Fe wants the re- Fresh milk is good; fresh milk and Mellin's Food is better. Try it with your baby. Whether yon nurse your baby or use MW lin' Food you will find our book. "The Care and Feedme of Infants," very useful. Simply write for it. It will be sent free. MELLIN'S FOOD CO.. BOSTON. MASS. ANOTHER RATE ADVANCE. Western Railroads Planning to Raise Freight Schedule. Kansas City, Mo., Aug. 7. The an nouncement is made upon reliable au thority that, beginning September 1, the railroads in trans-Missouri territory will make a sharp advance in rates on freight of every description. It in cludes almost every line of freight carried and runs from 1 to 14 cents. Cine of the most radical rulings made by the roads is the abolishing of "commodity rates" or. staple groceries, such as sugar, coffee, beans, etc., September 20, and placing: these articles under reg ular class rulings. The advances caused by this change will range from cent to 14 cents a hundred, and will prob ably cause an increase in the pries of necessities this fall and winter. Live stock rates will suffer a general ad vance of from 1V to 4 cents, effective September I, and the shippers are mak ing vigorous protests over this action of the railroads. Kansas live stock men have appealed to the state railroad commission, and the roads have been summoned to an swer, but up to the present time but one road, the Grand Island, has seen fit to take cognizance of the order. In its reply the Grand Island makes no denial of the charges, but states that the state commission has no jurisdic tion in the matter, as it is a question of interstate" commerce. MADE FAMOUS IN CRISIS. Missouri Pacific Using Picture of Glencoe's Curve as an Ad. The Missouri Pacific railway has re cently issued an attractive advertise ment in the shape of a photograph of Glencoe Curve, the locality made fam ous by Winston Churchill's "The Cri sis." A characteristic letter announced to the author that a fine copy of this photograph had been forwarded him by express. Will Build to Astoria. San Francisco. Aug. 7. E. H. Harrl man, head of the syndicate which con trols the California Northwestern rail way, is planning to make that road part of a coast svstem that will even tually have its northern terminus at Astoria, where connections will be made with the Oregon Railway and Naviga tion company's line. The extension of the local road to Washington is not a project contemplated for the far future but is actually under consideration. Polk Going to Chicago. St. Louis, Aug. 7. Vice President Polk of the Santa Fe is en route to Chicago. Colonel Polk says he knows nothing of the Wall street story that the Rock Island was planning to buy the Santa Fe. ABOUT RAILROAD PEOPLE. Kdward Short, Santa Fe machinist, left yesterday for Denver, where he will spend his vacation. Santa Fe Engineer Page of the St. Jo seph run is sick and unable to work. W. C. Sherman is taking Mr. Page's place. Oscar Hooper, brakeman for the Santa Fe. is being treated for rheumatism at the company's hospital. He arrived the first of the week from Chanute, .his headquar ters. C. F. MrClrllan. division stiperintendent for the Santa Fe with headquarters in this city, will spend his vacation in the east and south. He expects to visit New Orleans. Fred Prout, son of Thomas E. Front, secretary of the Railroad Y. M. C. A., is sick at his home, 815 Madison street, with malarial fever. He was taken sick Wednesday. Miss Nettie McEntyre. stenographer in the office of W. J. Black, general passen ger agent for the Santa Fe, returned to work yesterday from a short vacation .trip to St. Louis. L .M. Jones, assistant superintendent cf telegraph for the Santa Fe. accompanied Mr. Gaunt on his vacation trip as far west as Hutchinson. He returned to Topeka last night. C. H. Gaunt, superintendent of tele graph for the Santa Fe. left yesterday on No. 1 for a business trip over the western lines of the road. Mr. Gaunt will go clear through to the coast. He is traveling in Santa Fe Pacific car No. 11. The second story of the new Railroad Y. M. C. A. building is nearly tinished. The building probably will be ready to be occupied sooner than expected. The asso ciation expects to be installed In its new headquarters about the last of Septem ber. W. L. Jury, foreman of the Santa Fe machine shop, has returned to Topeka from an extended trip In the east. While in the east Mr. Jury visited many of the large railway machine shops with the view of getting new ideas as to the correct wav of running a shop of this kind. The shop under Mr. Jury's jurisdiction can compare with any of the shops in the east, however. The celebrated Moki snake dance which has been advertised so extensively by the Santa Fe, is to be held at Mlshongnovi, August 11. and at Wolpl. Ariz., two days later. Both of these dances will be very interesting to tourists and W. J. Black, general passenger agent for the Santa Fe, has made .arrangements for passengers taking advantage of the G. A. R. rates to see both dances. P. B. Umphrey. traveling passenger agent for the Lake Shore railroad and known to railroad men as "Pat." was In the city vesterdav and called at the local railwav ticket offices. Mr. Umphrey is the oldest traveling passenger agent in the business in point of service and age. Mr. Umphrey has been sick for the past two years and has been unable to travel, but lie is now as well as ever and is mak ing his first trip since his sickness. SALARY ONLY $75,000. The Steel Trust Has Reduced the Pay of Its President. New York, Aug. 7. The salary of William E. Corey, president of the United States Steel corporation, who was elected on Tuesday to succeed Charles M. Schwab, has been fixed at $75,000 a year. This is $25,000 less than the salary which Mr. Schwab received. A hirh official of the steel corpora tion said today that the current stories that Charles M. Schwab received be tween $800,000 and one million dollars a year had always caused a great deal of amusement among the directors, but that the story was never denied until it was discovered that it was doing Dositive harm. The reduction of the salary of the president is not intended to be any re flection upon the ability and value of the services of Mr. Corey. In the first place, according to this official, under the profit sharing plan which the com pany has arranged Mr. Corey will re ceive a handsome dividend every year in addition to his salary. This dividend, however, will not be over $25,000 a year. In the second place, Mr. Schwab's du ties have been divided between Mr. Corey and E. H. Gary, who becomes chairman of the board of directors, a position which Mr. Schwab occupied ex officio, although the duties of this posi tion had never before been defined. A Farmer's Sudden Suicide. Emporia, Kas.. Aug. 7. Richard De lano, a farmer living southeast of here, died suddenly. Ke had been at work all morning in a cornfield and at noon, after eating a hearty dinner, com plained of feeling ill. As he continued to grow worse, a doctor was summoned but before his arrival Delano was dead. The doctor made an examination but could not decide the cause of death and bo notified the coroner. Better than ever- Light as a feather In any weather o) Always fresh. In the In-cr-scal Package, identified by the famous red and white trade mark design. NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY? SPECIAL TRAIN -WILL BE OPERATED TO- WAT1ENA On Account of the Chautauqua Vial Sunday, Aug. 9. 23Sr Via Sunday, Aug. 9. OX THE FOLLOWING SCHEDULE AXD EXTREMELY LOW RATES: Round-Trip Rates. $1.25 1.25 1.20 1.03 1.00 T5 75 75 50 50- 50 35 .25 .r, 25 Returning, special train will leave Wathena at 9 p. m. A Delightful Programme. A ife Grove. A Good Way to Spend Sunday. GET TICKETS FROM AQENTS. A. E. COOPER, Div. Pass. Agent, Topeka. Leave Topeka, 7:00 North Topeka, 7. -05 Elmont, 7-20 Hoyt, 7:33 Mayetta, 7:48 Holton, 8. -08 Straight Creek, 8:21 Whiting, 8:33 Horton, 8:50 Pierce Junction, 9:10 Purcell, 9:20 Denton. 931 Bendena, 9:42 Troy, 9:55 Arrive Wathena, 10:12 An Oil Sprinkled I Track And oil burning locomotives contribute to the comfort to travelers to California in summer. No dust, no soot, no smoke, no cinders. The Santa Fe's tracks are sprinkled with oil in sections where such attention seems desira ble. In Arizona and California coalless loco motives are run. These features, in connec tion with the superb equipment of Santa Fe trains, make summer traveling enjoyable. Los Angeles and San Francisco and return, $45, August 1 to 14. Optional route, liberal limit and stopover privileges. G. A. R. folder and literature describing the route free. T. L. KING, C. P. A., Topeka, Kansas. 17 1 Psssengtr Stnrlce Exclusivaly 9EJXt'ZZSX:M? 11 STEfmPm!fi"Ilv!2lJ? th b,ln,T vTTi n TT V 1 I3"' the Buine Man to bnild Dp his snaitena oerrM. Three ssi lines each week between Chicago, Frankfort, Charlevoix, Petoskey, Harbor Spring and Mackinac Island, connecting for Detroit, BaSalo, etc. Bertkt Ira. ALWAYS ON TIME. JOS. BEROLZHEIM, Q. P. A., Chicago. tfjfk MONEY WINS IT. Secures the Nomination' for Senator in Mieeiasippi Primaries. Jackson, Miss., Aug. 7. Returns from the state indicate that in the Democra tic primaries Senator H. D. Money re ceived the nomination for the U. S. senate and James K. Vardaman the nomination for governor. The primaries had attracted wide spread interest on account of the spirit ed fight for the senatorial nomination between Senator Money and Governor A. H. Longino. The race for governor has been between Vardaman, Critz and Noel. In addition to the offices men tioned, a full state ticket was nom inated and candidates for county offi ces were named generally over the state. U. 8. Senator J. A. McLaurin has no op position for re-election at this time. Dr. J. Albert Berry, specialty diseases of Stomach and Intestines. Children Cry for Fletcher's Castoria. Children Cry for Fletcher's Castoria. Children Cry for Fletcher's Castoria. Children Cry for Fletcher's Castoria. V

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TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL, FRIDAY EVENING. AUGUST 7, 1903. TOFERA STATS MKHXL BY FRANK P. MAC LENNAN. t volume; xxx .no. iso TKKMg OK SUBSCRIPTION: Dally edition, delivered by carrier. 10 cents a week to any part of Topeka. or suburbs, or at the same prirf in any Kau nas towns where the paper has a carrier avstem. By mail, onp year $3.10 By mail, three months "Weekly eiiiliuii. one vear a1 Butur!y edition of daily, one year l.oo F-ntetert .Inly 1. 1Hi;, as second class matter at the postofllce nt Topeka, Kan., under the act of coniiress. TEUSfHUNliS: Business Office Bell 'phone 107 Business Office Inil. 'phone 1072 Bcporters" Room Bell phone i77 Reporters' Knom Ind. 'phone 107 1 PKRMANENT HOME. Topeka State Journal building. 00 and t02 Kansas avenue, corner of Eighth, NEW YORK OFFICE:, 211 Vnnrterbllt Bldg. Paul Block, llsr. CHICAGO OFFICE: 1T.40 I'nlty Uhlg. Paul Block, ilyr. FTJLL LEASED WIRE REPORT OF THE ASSOCIATES PRESS. The State Journal Is n member of the Associated I'ress and receives the full day telegraph report of that great news or ganization fur exclusive afternoon publica tion in Topeka. The t.cws is received in the State Jour nal building over wires for this sole pur pose, hiisv throughout the entire day. A complete copy of the night report is also received. HOME NEWS WHILE AWAY. Sulicrilers of the State Journal way Itring the summer may have the paper mailed regularly each day to any address at the rate of thirty tents a month. Address changed as tiffin as desired. Jlliile out of town ihc Siate Journal will be to you like 0 daily letter from home. When one roads that Mrs. Nation has been locked up it does not signify that the has been shut up. i Washington Post: On. Brlstow Is not built much like a pusilist, but it must be admitted that he has a remarkably effective reach. Three whole days have passed with out the appearance of another Caasius M. Clay will. The returns may be de layed by bad roads. It Is noted that Col. Bryan made an other contribution to Democratic har mony this week at ITrbana, O., by call ing Mr. Cleveland a "bunko steerer." So far, nobody, we believe, has ac cused Mr. P. J. Kelley of acting as the agent of the transcontinental railroads in staving off the digging of the isth mian canal. Missouri has 11,000 more pensioners than Kansas. Here seems to be an op portunity to find fault with the pension commissioner which the Kansas vet erans have overlooked. The recent appeal of Kansas for aid has led an eastern newspaper to suggest that we again pass the hat in order to raise money to build Enough cribs to hold this year's corn crop. Mr. Cleveland has promised to make an address at a banquet or something and announces that he will make no reference to politics. What does he suppose he was invited for? The whole affair may as well be declared off. Th" Chicago Chronicle says that Sena tor Burton is not a foeman worthy of the steel of the Tillman Pitchfork. To which the Washington Post adds: "Pos sibly not. but we cannot think of any one else just now who can be spared so well as Burton." Speaking of newspapers, the Pittsfield (Mass.) Kagle nays: "Common sense, hon"St purpose and fearlessness appeal to the vast majority of the people in the long run. and when the radicals re gain their reason, as they most always do, th. y return to the conservative newspaper every time." Numerous assertions made recently to the effect that the worst is over in Wall street, that the climax has been reached In liauidation, that the crisis in the financial situation has been passed, that the storm has been weathured safely, seem uowerltss to stop the con tinuous and steady decline in the value of securities. They hav a compulsory arbitration law in New Zealand, and this Is how it worked in one instance: In March all the cabinetmakers of Auckland were locked out in conseauence of the arbi tration court raising their wages. The employers decided to discontinue man ufacturing and thereafter import all furniture required. Under the New Zealand law an employer must either comply with the decree of the couit of arbitration or go out of business. The cabinetmakers concluded to take the latter course. There have been manv threats since the arbitration law 'went Into effect that employers would shut up their w orks instead of submitting to the decree, but this is the first instance In which the threat has been carried one.

MAJOR 3. B. POND. IFrom The Outlook. Major James B. Pond, who died e cently, in the sixty-fifth year of his age, has rendered to the American people a service something analogous to that of a great publisher, with this difference: the publisher introduces the writings of thinkers to readers; Major Pond intro duced the thinkers themselves to audi ences. When he began his work as a lecture agent in 1S75, the lecture plat form was more an Instrument of educa tion and less a means for amusement than today. Under his auspices many of the great public teachers of the last Quarter of the last century addressed the American public, from that distinctively American forum, the lecture platform. Among those whom he was the means of intro ducing to America are Henry M. Stan ley, George Kenn&n, Ernest Thompson Eetoa. Israel Zangwlll, and John Wat- f son. Among those whose agent and rep resentative he was were Wendell Phil lips, Charles Sumner, Henry Ward Beecher, John B. Gough, Joseph Jeffer son, George W. Cable, Mark Twain, Bill Nye, and James Whitcomb Riley. The extent and nature of his work are indi cated by the fact that he traveled with Mr. Beecher nearly three hundred thou sand miles, and rpent the last summer of Mr. Beecher'B life with him In Eng land, during which time, under his ar rangements, Mr. Betcher preached sev enteen times and delivered nine public addi esses and fifty-eight lectures. Mr. Pond's imperturbable good humor, broad human sympathies, naive enthus sia.sm, personal as well as professional interest in the men whom he represent ed, delight in the work of both enter taining and educating the audiences to whom he Introduced them, coupled with his high ethical Ideals, gave him easily a front rank in a profession which he may almost be said to have created. We do not think that in that profession he ever allowed himself to be the instru ment of lecturers whose Influence on American life was otherwise than bene ficial, or of entertainments which were other than innocent, healthful, and, in the broad sense of the term, elevating. VOLUME OF TRADE KEEPS UP Internal commerce conditions in the United States, as reported by the de partment of commerce and labor through its bureau of statistics, show that the first haldsof the current year compares favorably with the corre sponding Derlod In 1902 or 4901. With a few exceptions the volume of trade thus far this year equalled, if not exceeded, that of last year, though occasionally falling below the high level of 1901. There is no evidence of a general re cession in commercial activities, corre sponding to' the extraordinary shrink age in soeculative values. Western staples for this year have gained materially over last year, re ceipts of live stock at five markets having amounted to 15,126.661 head, compared with 14.9aS.345 head in the first six months of 1902, and 15,710,300 head in 1901. The numerical decrease from 1901 occurred in hogs, which have been averaging equal to or heavier than in 1901, and much heavier than in 1902. Coincident with this, the trend of prices for hogs has been downward. The price at Chicago on July 1 was $5.79 per hundred, against $7.61 a year aeo. Wheat receipts at eight interior mar kets for the crop year ending June 30, 1903, were 236,675,669 bushels, compared with 221,766,387 bushels in 1902, and 217, 05S.743 bushels in 1901. The total shipments of provisions from Chicago and Chicago points for the first twenty-six weeks of 1903 were 6l'l,13S tons, against 653.217 tons in the same period of 1902, and 566,029 tons in 1901. JAYHAWOR JOTS. The marshal of St. Marys has voluntar ily rtsigned. Downs girls take physical culture les sons on the lawn mower. The pleasant occupation of Westmore land lads these days is shooting craps and chewing each other's ears off. A drawing attraction at the Mound Branch, Elk county, prayer meetings is the serving of ice cream and cake. Burden vandals are so destitute of amusement that they deface and upset the cemetery monuments and tombstones. A Howard citizen has 1,0m) ferrets on hi.' ranch. The Topeka police ore thinking of purchasing a lew in order to ferret out the joints. An eggciting time at Began was caused by the runaway of a grocer's wagon con taining hen fruit. Several cases were de molished. The pastor of the Phlllipsburg Metho dist church thanks tne children for passing by his garden and leaving the roses and fruit untouched. An anxious Stockton mother advertises for the return of a lost mosquito bar baby dress. Isn't that rather a breezy gown even for dog days? Ahout the most guileless man heard from lately is located at Elk City. He declines in his suit for divorce that his wife aban doned him without cause. A Clay Center grooeryman's idea of heaven is a place where all tile customers will come In and pay their bills promptly on the iirst day o the month. A Binooln county pioneer who is having the measles for the second time, wonders if he Is reaching his second childhood. His I'ust effort was 42 years ago. At Wakefield a colored man was engaged to help in threshing when the white hands quit. The map showes Wakefield to be in Kansas, and not South Carolina. Salina's August court docket shows six teen divorce cases for trial. It is to te hoped mat the attorneys will not make mistits of the suits tven if the pastors did. These are stirring times. Papers contain ing the death notice of the Leavenworth soldiers' home superintendent also contain the announcement of several candidates for the vacancy. A boat launched In the Cottonwood at Emporia was christened with aqua pura, but no name suggested. As the craft has to do entirely wiili water, why not style it "The Carrie Nation?" APPEAL FOR KELIEF. People Along Rock Island Want a Cream Train. The people along the Itock Island be tween Belleville and Goodland seein de termined in their efforts to aid the Con tinental Creamery company to secure a new passenger train which will carry cream between those points. Thus far petitions containing 1.353 names have been tiled with the state board of rail road commissioners asking for this train, by the towns along the way. These towns and the number of peti tioners from each town are as follows: Colby 99 Agra 146 Smith Center 93 Allison 20 Formosa 62 Dresden 83 Selden 38 Stuttgart 68 Lamborn 31 Phillipsburg 60 Prairie View 57 Kexford 9 Ruleton 25 Brewster 35 Almena 62 Kensington 41 Linda 20 Levant 23 Gem 41 Athol 60 Esbon 42 Jennings 74 Total ..1.359 Constipation To cure Chronic Constipation, Bilious ness, Sick Headache, strengthen the bowels and make cure blood, use Hobart's Kas-Kenna Wafer. 32 doses 20c, sent by mail. For sale at Hobart's, the Cut-Hate Drug: Store. 500 West Tenth street. QUESTIONOF GAS. Cheap Fuel ami Lights to Be Considered Tonight. Citj Council Will Settle Fran chise Question. A special meeting of the city council is to be called for this evening to take action on the orooosed natural gas franchises. One or both of the fran chises will be passed. There will be no more delav. It seems that the chances are good for the passage of both franchises. The impression prevails among the members of the council that the Excel sior Coke and Gas company has a hand In the game, but just what is the thing no one seems to be able to say. One member of the council said: "I believe that if the truth were known, it would be seen that the Excel sior Coke and Gas company is the firm which is asking for one of the fran chises. The gas company has discov ered that it will have to reduce its rates, and it planning to get a line from the natural gas field. Perhaps the deal between the concern and the gas company Is not fixed up yet, but it seems to me that the people who are known to be friendly to the Excelsior Coke and Gas company are taking con siderable interest In one of the propo sitions Another councilman said: "The only thing the council can do with safety is to grant both franchises. The old gas company is at the bottom of one of them I don't know which. If wa grant both franchises, then we have got the old company where it would have to pay a high price to buy off either concern. My idea is that the old gas company will try to buy the franchise, and thus keep the line from being built into Topeka. If the old company can pay $1,000 and keep out natural gas competition for from one to three years, it would make a good bargain on the deal." Several councilmen have expressed a determination to vote for both of the franchises, and let the two companies fight it out afterwards. The company which really means business will put up its $1,000, and the other company will probably drop out of the race. Councilman Weber decided today to stay over for the special meeting, in stead of leaving fer Colorado as he had planned. There is some prejudice against the Rohrer franchise because some of the councilmen hold that Mr. Kohrer mis represented his position to the council in the early part of the negotiations. One of the leading members of the coun cil said today: "Rohrer told us flatly when he intro duced his proposed franchise that he could not make a lower rate than 60 cents and 45 cents without ruining his company. He further declared that under no conditions would his company put up a cash deposit. Since the Hoff man company came into the field, Rohrer has not only cut his rates down to 30 and 45 cents and agreed to the $1,000 deposit clause, but he has also met the offer of the Hoffman company to supply the city building with heat and light free of charge. It. looks as though Rohrer was trying to drive a sharp bargain with the council thinking that no one would disorver what a good thing he was getting." The imrression seems to prevail among the councilmen now that the chief thing is to decide which of the two companies have the best financial backing:. Each company makes almost identically the same propositions. Even though a special meeting of the council should be held there is to be a meeting of the ways and means commit tee which will be attended by nearly all the council. The meeting is for the pur pose of discussing the gas franchises and also to try to arrange a new tax levy for the coming year. It is likely that the levy will be raised about a mill. ALL RECORDS SMASHED Lowe Special Beats Its Own Schedule 10 11 ours. Los Angeles, Cal., Aug. 7. The Lowe special is due in Los Angeles at 1:27 p. m All transcontinental records have been broken by the run and if no delay occurs in the next hour the train will reach Los Angeles in five hours less time than made by the Peacock special and ten hours ahead of its own schedule. Seligman. Ariz., was reached at 3:35 this morning, the train leaving there seven hours and five minutes ahead of the schedule. Barstow, Cal., was passed at 9:53 a. m. instead of 6:15 as scheduled. The train is now rushing on to this city and is expected to roll into Los Angeles Grand station at 1:28 p. m. COUNTY HAS THE FUNDS. Providing for Payment of the Bond Issues. Shawnee county has a sinking fund for each bond issue and said funds are expected to clear up the indebtedness in each bond issue as they become due. The bonded indebtedness of the county is as follows: K. N. T. R. R. bonds, due July 1, 1906 74,000.00 C. K. N. R. R. bonds, due June 1, 1907 125,000.00 Kansas avenue bridge bonds, due June 1, 1916 147,000.00 Shawnee county court house bonds, due May 1, 1924 149,000.00 Shawnee eounty.Kansas. fund ing bonds, due July 1, 1909... 50,000.00 Total $545,000.00 1 r .1 1 V. n 1 1 1 1 ne suiKing miius uti v e 1.11c iuuu iug .amounts charged to them as on hand: i K. N. I. R. R $14,584.63 C K. N. R. R 9.898.70 I Kansas avenue bridge 746.87 Court house 1,301.83 Shawnee funding bonds 641.02 ANOTHER WHEAT STORY. F. G. Denman Say Osborne's Yield Is a Record Breaker. F. G. Denman, of Osborne, secretary of the state board of charities, joins in the chorus of the wheat anthem which comes floating down from the Sixth district. "The highest wheat yield I know of so far in Osborne has been forty bush els to the acre," said Mr. Denman to day, "and the lowest is eighteen. I imagine the average for the county will be between twenty and twentv-flve bushels. "We are going to have extra fine corn up our way, too," he continued. "These last rains have 'made' two thirds of the corn in Osborne county, and it will be a good crop. Most of our corn was put In comparatively early, and it was not hurt by any floods. "I notice, too, that the Kaw valley is going to have considerable corn, after all. I noticed in coming down on the train that that which was planted after the flood is up shoulder high or better and has a splendid color. It ought to be in hard roasting ears in an other four weeks, which will only be the first week in September, so that it ought to have time to mature, If the weather is favorable during the next few weeks." While the wheat reports from the northwest continue to grow, those from the southern wheat counties are dis couraging. Recent reports from the threshers in Sumner county Indicate that the heretofore banner wheat coun ty of the United States is destined this year to drop to a position considerably down the list. a prospect as I ever saw up to April hurt our wheat," said Senator Simons, of Sumner county, today. "Up to that time we had a fine prospect, but after that the wheat did not seem to do well. So far the threshing returns have run from eight to twenty bushels per acre, and I imagine the average yield will be about twelve bushels. I had as fine a prospect as I ever sa wup to April on my tarm, but my wheat only threshed nine bushels per acre." MEN ARE EXCITED. Discharge of Street Railway Men Causing Agitation. Men in the employ of the street rail way insist that the dismissal of Motor neers Kinney and Wiscomb, Conduct or Smith and one other conductor was due entirely to the fact that the com pany was desirous of getting rid of sume of- the most active men in the formation of the street car men's union. A conductor who said that "for ob vious reasons he did not want his name used," said to a State Journal reporter today: Superintendent Patten made a state ment a few days ago which was brought to the ears of the men, to the effect that there would not be a union man left on the line in six months. We know that the attitude of the road is unfriendly to us. but we are not afraid. We have the union organized." This representative of the carmen s union went on to say: "The two motor- neers wno were let out were botn among the oldest men on the line. Both were good men. The two conductors had not been on over six months. It is of course an injustice for any one to Intimate that these men were dishonest." The charge which the company is said to have made against the men was gambling, drinking and violating rules. One of the discharged motorneers said: 1 was charged with sitting down while on duty, smoking on duty, drink ing and gambling. I suppose I am technically guilty of the first two charges. Bert Patten saw me smoking one day during the flood while I was working down at the bridge. As to sitting down while on duty, I did sit down at the end of the line sometimes. I am not guilty on the gambling charge but it is rather a hard thing to prove that a person does not gamble. As to drinking, I have taken just two glasses of beer in the past year. I guess that is a record which I need not be ashamed of." Whether or not the trnnhle will linvc nnv further results is not known. The com pany has lust made the men another hand some Increase in pay. which will tend to 1101a mem in line. This is the second in crease which has been made within Fix months. The men are getting about a fourth more than a year afe-o. Some of the older emplcves of the line refuse to have anything to do with the union, but it is believed that a majority of the men are now members. If the un ion had sufficient strength the dismissal of the four conductors and motorneers wouia aoubtiess cause a strike. SACKS OF GARDEN SEED. The County Commissioners Have f Borne Left. Over. The county commissioners have six large mall sacks filled with garden seed on hand. The seed was left from the consign ment from the United States depart ment of agriculture sent to Topeka to be distributed among the Shawnee county flood sufferers. The seed will be saved and will be distributed next spring among those who need it. Race Trouble at Henrietta, N. C. Charlotte. N. C. Aug 7. Serious trouble between negroes and whites is threatened at Henrietta, the location of one of the largest cotton mills in North Carolina. Two negroes were cut last night and one of them will die. The cause of the trouble was the alleged disturbing of a colored meeting by whites and the cursing of a white boy by a negro. An armed crowd of negroes was dispersed by the extra force of po licemen on duty but more trouble is expected. North Topeka Poetoffice. Post office Inspector Slussar has made arrangements for the lease of T. M. James building on North Kansas avenue for the use of Station A. The contract is subject to the approval of the post of fice department in Washington. It is believed that it will be approved and that the North Topeka station, which. ever since the flood, has been maintain ed in the post office building on this side, will be opened early next week. Don't Forget Sunday and also remember to get your order placed early tomorrow morning for what groceries, meats, fresh fruits and vegetables you will want for Sunday. We will have some extra meats suitable for Sunday dinner. We will also have a good supply of fruit and vegetables. We are very particular to buy only the best so you are sure to get the best that is offered at our store. Sweet Clover Creamery Butter you know is the best creamery butter In town! We want you to call at our store and let us name you some prices. Eckert Walker, 612 Kansas Avenue. STEVENS INTERESTED. Suit Orer Payment of Parsons Asylum Site. Although the state board of charities has the deeds for the site of the new asylum at Parsons in Its possession, and also the award made by the board of appraisers in the condemnation proceed ings on the property, and has the new asylum nearly built, a suit involving the payment for the land has been filed In the supreme court. H. J. Allen, chair man of the board, and F. B. Denman, its secretary, are today looking up some matters in connection with it. E. B. Stevens, the owner of part of the land that was taken for the new asylum, allowed a state warrant for $12,000 which was paid him for his land, to lie in the county treasury for several months after It was made out for him, and then he wanted the state to pay him interest amounting to about $2,000 on it, which the state refused to do. And that is where the hitch cornes. The late L. S. Crum, who died shortly after he was appointed United States marshal, engineered the securing of the site for the Parsons asylum. The board of appraisers which condemned the land, placed the appraised value at $28,000. From this the board of charities appeal ed to the district court, believing the amount too high. Later the officials of the M. K. T. railroad company, wnicn has its headquarters at Parsons and was interested in securing the asylum there, agreed to enter into a contract to bring in the building and other ma terial for the state at a rate which would save the state about $5,000 if the board of charities would pay the $28,000, and not run the risk of taking the asylum away from Parsons after all. As this would reduce the price 01 lana to practically $23,000, the board of char ities agreed to the proposition, the con tract was made, the railroad company has carried it out in hauling brick from Lansing and other material, and in due time the motion to dismiss was filed on the part of the board of charities. But in the meantime Lit Crum had died and Stevens had put in a claim for interest on his warrant. It was turned down, so Stevens filed an ap peal to the supreme court on the report of the appraisers. When the deal was an agreeu to, Crum, as agen for the various parties at Parsons, came to Topeka, received the warrants for the land from the state auditor and receipted for them. He took them to Oswego and turned them over tQ the county treasurer of Labette county as provided by law in case of an appraisement. There they re mained for the owners of the various tracts of land condemned to call for them. For some reason or other Stevens did not call for his warrant, and he afterwards set up the claim that he had never accepted it. The board declines to pay interest on the warrant, and it also believes that the appraisement will stand. Chairman Allen says the board believed the ap praisement was too high, but agreed to it on the arrangement to save the state $5,000 in another way. SUGAR TRUST WINS. Recovers from Government on Porto Rico and Philippines Importations. New York. Aug. 7. Judge Ray in the United States circuit court handed down two decisions today overruling the de murrers taken by George R. Bidwell when collector of the port in the suit of the American Sugar Refining company to recover duties upon certain sugars brought from Panay in the Philippine islands and from Porto Rico. The re fining company sued for $58,027 with in terest from October 11, 1S99. in the mat ter of the Philippine Sugar and for $21,716 in the Porto Rico sugar, witn interest from April 18. 1899. The alle gations of the plaintiff say that the amounts were illegally exacted and col lected by duress of the goods. The stc tion was begun in the supreme court and removed to tht United States cir cuit court. Collector Bidwell demurred on the ground in the Panay matter.that when the sugar was shipped on March 14v 1899, the Philippine islands were for eign territory as the treaty of Paris was not ratified by the Spanish authorities until March 19, and the Washington au thorities until April 11. Judge Ray held that: "It would seem that merchandise is to be deemed imported on the day when it arrives at the port of entry and not before. The demurrer of the defendant must be overruled with costs. So ruled." The same arguments were advanced by the collector and the plaintiff in the Porto Rican sugar matter and the col lector was again overruled. Judge Day stating that "this court is of the opin ion that the transportation of the goods on the high seas was an act preliminary to importation and not any part of the importation. Had the vessel with its cargo been lost at sea it is clear that the sugars would not have been im ported into the United States nor would they have been imported had they been thrown overboard during stress o weather." CHUMS MAY SAVE DISGRACE East St, Louis Friends of Accused Cashier Make Up Embezzlement. St. Louis, Mo.. Aug. 7. To save their chum from the penitentiary fifteen East St. Louis young men each signed a note for $100. The man they hope to save is Ned Adams, cashier for Swift Co. at Nashville, now under arrest for em bezzling $1,500. Robert Sikking has gone to Chicago to pay the money and try to obtain Adams' release. It is said that the father of an East St. Louis girl started the movement. According to this story Adams was en gaged to this girl and she was loyal to him in the face of his trouble. The en gagement, however, is denied. French and Moors Fight. Madrid, Aug. 7. According to a dis patch from Mella. Morocca, a fight has taken place between French and Moor ish troops near the village of Beni-Gatt. The Moors, who were pursuing a body of Kabyle Insurgents, entered French territory, in spite of the protests of French frontier post and a conflict en sued. Three French and two Moorish soldiers were killed and a number were wounded. Oolf Contest at Cleveland. Cleveland, O., Aug. 7. In the semi finals for the western amateur golf championship today Walter Egan. of Chicago, and E. S. Brown of Cleveland, led off. Egan was 2 up at the ninth hole. Chandler Egan played against W. H. Russell. The latter was 1 up at the turn. Haifa Million Damage. Denver, Col., Aug. 7. Reports coming In from the farming region of northern Colorado show great destruction of crops by the terrific hail storm on Wed nesday night. The total damage is con servatively estimated at more than $500. 000. LOCAL MENTION. Miss Ella Brady of Davenport. Iowa, whose brothers are in charge of Mc Clure's magazine, returned home yes terday after a month's visit at the home of Frank Montgomery of the weather bureau. Miss Brady made many 1 friends doling her visit in Topeka. North Topeka Clothing Store We are with vou to stay, and intend to win your trade by deas- ing you as to style, quality, Si, t lowest TOMORROW $1 Madras for Suits. Boys' Blouse Suits.. $1 25 Boy's Knee Pant Suits $1.25 Boys better Suits $2.50 to 5.00 Men's $7.50 Suits.. ..$5.00 Men's $10 Suits 96.75 Men's $12.50 Suits.. 98.25 Men's Clay Worsted Suits for .......910.00 X Furnishing Goods, Hats and t- the very lowest prices. t NORTH TOPEKA 8l I North Kansas Avenue, TO FISH OUT BRIDGES. County Commissioners Receive Bids Today. At noon today the county commission ers opened bids for the recovery of four of the Kansas river bridges washed away during the flood. Six bids were received. They were all made on the percentage basis. The bid ders agree to furnish all material and machinery necessary to the work, to em ploy all laborers and superintendents necessary and to receive as their pay a percentages to be computed on the amount of money expended for wages. The bidders agreed to recover the wrecked bridges and pile and lumber and iron work on the bank in a conveni ent place and in a proper manner. The bids received were as follows: A. J. Tullock. of Leavenworth, bid to recover the Sardou and Valencia bridges for 30 per cent. A. M. Blodgett, of Kansas City, bid to recover the Rossville bridge for 34V4 per cent; the Valencia bridge for 33 per cent; the brick plant bridge for 33t4 per cent; the Sardou bridge for 32 per cent. The Leavenworth Bridge company bid to recover the Rossville bridge for 29.9 per cent. The Kansas City Bridge company hid to recover the brick plant bridge for 33 1-3 per cent. The Midland Bridge company, of Kan sas City, bid to recover either or all the bridges for 31 per cent. The Canton Bridge company bid to re cover the brick plant bridge for 30 per cent- The Valencia bridge was of six spans and cost the county $18,979. The brick vard bridge was six spans and the con tract price was $17,995. The Sardou bridge is seven spans and cost $17,414. The Rossville bridge was five spans and cost $12,850. At the special session of the legisla ture the Shawnee county commissioners were authorized to rebuild these four bridges at a cost of not to exceed $20, 000 tor each bridge. After the spans are recovered the commissioners will then call for bids for the rebuilding of the bridges and all the old material that is fit will be used. The commissioners decided to reject all the bids and to call for bids for the rebuilding of the bridges. The commis sioners decided that the percentages asked were too high and that the coun ty would lose money. The commission ers will now call for bids and ask the bidders to name the price at which they will rebuild the bridges using all the material in the wrecked bridges that is suitable. ATTACK CANADIAN PACIFIC Bears Slake an Onslaught on the Do minion Road. New Tork. Aug. 7. Yesterday's late Im provement in the stock market was con tinued at today's opening, no little en couragement coming from London, where prices for Americans were generally high er The lwttcr tune was not long sustain ed, however, profit taking and further liquidation for weak account causing re cessions in all the active stocks till in many instances prices went below yester day's closing. Part of the liquidating was in Virginia Cm olina Chemical, which was freely of fered at a slight advance. It is known that one prominent slock exchnnge house closed out loans for at least two banking houses. Indications point to a continuance of these tactics for some time to come. Especial weakness developed In Canadian I'acitic and the Virginia-Chemical during the noon hour. The attack on Canadian Pacific was ac companied bv rumors of trouble in Mon treal Word was received by several com mission houses thnt the Montreal exchange had decided to hold only morning scs.ik.iis for the remainder of the summer season. In the second hour of the afternoon the market became very dull, with some recov eries from the low level. ROCK ISLAND WRECK. Passenger Trains on Si. Jo3 Divis io Tied Up. A freight wreck was caused on the Rock Island tracks three miles south of Hoiton at 10:30 o'clock this morning when a freight car jumped the track. Eight freight cars were ditched but no one was injured. The passenger train due here at 12:0 p. m. is tied up on the other side of the wreck and can not be gotten into Topeka bi fore evening. There was no train out to St. Joseph this afternoon. Motion Overruled. Georgetown, Ky., Aug. 7. Motions of the defense In the trial of ex-Secretary of State Caleb Powers, for complicity in the Goebel murder, to discharge the venire summoned from Bourbon county, alleging they were selected by partisan agents and objecting to the panel on th same grounds were overruled. Argu ments on the validity of the pardon is ued Powers by ex-Governor Taylor were being made when recess was taken. DEATHS AND iTNERALS.- Miss Isabella R. Lord, daughter of Jno. E. Lord, died at noon today of appendicitis. Miss Lord was 16 years of sge. Funeral arrangements will be an nounced later. Harriet A. Stauffer Hammond, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Ham mond at 918 West Fourth street died at 8:30 p. m. Wednesday. Funeral arrange ments have not yet been made. i Negligee Shirts, 50c Boys' Shirts with 2 Collars Caps, in all the new styles, at CLOTHING CO. North Topeka. I HAVE. A LOOK California Hams, per lb 8 Fresh Country Eggs, dozen... 12 He Oat Flakes, 2-tb pkg ....7e Hires' Rootbeer, regular 25c package I2e Mason quart Jars, dozen 45o Mason half gal. Jars, dozen 6O0 Cremo Cigars (without bands), 9 tor 25o Breakfast Coffee, 1-Tb pkg 12e (A nice spoon with each pkg.) Sifted Karly June Peas, 3 cans.. 25c 60c Uneolored Japan Tea. Ib.... 35c 40c Gunpowder Tea, Ib 25c Good Laundry Soap, 14 bars.... 25c FRASER BROS'. C.O.D. STORE 217 West Sixth St. Bell Phone 2704. Independent Phone 660. The store that undersells them all. JEERS MAY CAUSE SUICIDE Oirl in Elgin, Discovered in Thett, Seeks Drowning to Hide Disgrace. Elgin, 111., Aug. 7. Vnable to bear the humiliation which followed the discov ery of stealing $5 from a guest at her mother's home, Annie Durrenberger, aged 14 years, daughter of Mrs. Rosina Durrenberger, 30S River street, climbed the railing of the Kimball street bridge across the Fox river and was about to plunge into the wa4er when the superin tendent of a boat livery saw her and persuaded her to abandon the plan. She said she had failed this time, but she would try it again. The girl was confronted by children in the neighborhood who had learned of the theft. They pointed their fingers at her and taunted her and she could find no playmates or oompanions, and so. shamed beyond enrturance, she decided upon suicide. Measures will be taken to have the child placed in the state home for girls. Strikers Killed by Cossacks. Kifcff. Russia. Aug. 7. Three work men were killed and twenty-four wounded yesterday when the Cossacks tired on the strikers who were attempt ing to interfere with traffic. The riot ers numbered $2,000. A magistrate, an officer and several soldiers were Injured by stones. Hanged for Robbery. Birmingham, Ala.. Aug. 7. Will Hud son and Will Jones, negroes convicted on charges of highway robbery, were executed in the county Jail yard here to day. Hudson denied that he was guilty of the crime of which he had been con victed. Asked if he had ever killed anybody he replied: "I will tell old Marster about that." Star Grocery Wholesale and Retail. E. nontgomery. Prop. 1 12 E. 6th Both Phones 252 FOR SATURDAY BUYERS. 3 cans Extra Preserved Black berries 25 2 cans best Red Salmon ,..24o 1 can best Kidney Beans So 2 cans -rb Mustard Sardines.. 15o 2 cans Egg Plums 25o 2 cans Table reaches 25c 1-gaL can Pie Peaches 25o 1-gaL can Table Syruo 30c l-n can Rumford's Baking Powder 23o Good package Coffee 10 3 cans Early June Peas 25o 2 lbs. Crisp Ginger Snaps 15o New Tork Maple Syrup, per quart can 25o 7 lbs. Choice Prunes 25o 2 lbs. new Apricots 25c 3 pkgs. tJneeda Biscuit lOe 16-oz. bottle Extract .....25e 3-lb can Baked Beans lOo Lemons, per dozen I5e 4 3-lb cans Pumpkin 25 and our prices will be the very i r 1

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TOPEKA STATE J OTTRNAIi, FRIDAY EVFNIXG. AUGUST 7. 1903. 5 SNAPSHOTS AT HOME NEWS. Thre -was a mnn In onr tnwn, And he was wondrous wisp. II' jumped into a monstrous deal That stood on massive lies. iAnd when he paw the prime was up, L With I'll hi mipht and main, lie loaded Block on trusting friends And jumped right out again. Life. Judge Hazen Fays that he prefers trogging to fishing. Rev. John A. Bright Is seriously sick t his home in Ijraman Hill. Work has been commenced upon the addition to the Potwin school building. Mr. and Mrs. parents of a moruinz. Mr. and Mrs street, are the W. U. Anderson are the son, born Wednesday M. O. Smith, 316 Klein parents of a son, born Tuesday night. H. Hershberger, a merchant Eskridge, is in the city today from pur- chasms goods. W. K. Connelley has been welcomed to Chanute by all the papers of the town, lie will engage in the oil business. A will made by LauA Trowbridge was filed for probate Thursday. About $4,000 worth of property is disposed of. j The court house lawn is being mowed. The blue grass has made an excellent growth since the "depressed lawn was tilled up. Strange how some men age after elec tion. They cease to dye their hair an I whiskers to make the voters believs they are youthful. Ten gallons of paint were sent out to Vlnewood park this morning by the railway company to use in painting the buildings at the park. The Western Negro Press association In session at Colorado Springs passed resolutions rndorsing the work 01! the To peka Industrial institute. One day, tomorrow, Stetson's and Florsheim's Ij and $6 shoes all kinds, all styles for one day only, $3.S5. at The Palace. Be there. Nellie Dove is not satisfied to fly through life with William Dove for a mate and she has asked the district court to grant her a divorce. All hones of a Bachelors' hall or a Brotherhood of liachelors has been given up. Too many of the veteran bachelors are getting married. Several Topeka tennis players partici pated in the Kansas City tournament this week, but did not get within dan gerous proximity to the prizes. The Kansas Commoner, published at Wichita. thus distorts the facts: "Typhoid fever It is quite prevalent In Topeka, with crospecta for more of It." The ways and means committee will lieet this evening for the purpose of considering; the tax levy for the ensu ing year. The question of the natural gas frunchise may also be taken up. At the Western Negro Press associa tion meeting at Colorado Springs Thurs day, Nick Chiles was elected president cf the association and W. It. Carter was elected to a place on the executive board. The residents along the West Sixth avenue road west of Topeka, believe that the completion of the macadam on the road is an iridescent dream. Work has been going on intermittently fur a year. Ad Kahr, who was sent out to Thun der Mountain by his employers the day after he returned to Topeka from his wedding trip, returned to Topeka today. It might be hinttd that he didn't go to Thunder Mountain. The regular Saturday afternoon ten nis games will take place at the courts of the Topeka tennis club tomorrow. The courts are in better condition than at any time this year, and many spec tators watch the games every evening. George Smith, the colored driver of an express wagon, has paid his $10 license to avoid trouble with the license collec tor. Smith said at tirst that he would not pay his license unless the city should give him a regular place to stand his wagon. Two cars got off the track on the Washburn colleee car line about 7 o'clock last night and nearly destroyed the service on it for nearly an hour. One car was off the track at Tenth and Kansas avenue and the other at the Fifteenth street switch. The contract between the bnar-1 of education and Lundgren Carlson, the contractors for the work on the Park dale school building, has been sinned and work on the building will com mence very soon. Willard pressed brick is to be used in the construction. There is some talk among the mem bers of the city council of allowing all the express wagons in the city the privilege of a stand in front of the city hall, and forbidding them the privilege cf standing on any other business Btreet. Sheriff Lucas has warned Lou Arnold that she must not start a road house on the Burlingame road south of To reka. He threatens arrest and raids if file does not heed his advice. The Arnold woman shipped some furniture out to the place Thursday by wagon. A Topeka huckster uses his whole family of children in his vegetable bus iness. The oldest girl drives, a 10 year old boy and an 8 year old girl run into the houses of customers, and the head cf the family stands on the back of the vehicle and yells. The city street force was paid off at the city yards this month. Two hun dred men received city pay checks, and by paying at the yards the city saved a good deal of working time which is al i A !1 li The price The place UiGo hum IP ways taken out to allow the men a chance to come to the city hall and get their pay. About 5:30 o'clock Thursday afternoon nn ammonia pipe at the Wolff packing plant burst and allowed the fumes to escape Into the building. the. gas caused a hasty evacuation of the part of the building where the accident oc curred. The pirie was shut oft at the reservoir. The Atchison Globe says: "The Rev. Frank Mallory, who studied for the ministry while a barber in Atchison, is not oi ly pastor of the finest Christian church in Topeka. but is president of the Topeka school board." The Globe might have added that Mr. Mallory is one of the most successful and best liked ministers in Topcki. The U. S. department of agriculture "immediate" crop report for Kansas rv ceived in Topeki today says: "Kansas Topeka: Corn much improved, early well eared, late growing rapidly, s.iod color; wheat threshing continues, good yields in west, fair in central, disappointing in east; oat yield light; haying progress ing, crop very good; tame hay stacked; apples fair in south, very light in north; spring wheat not well tilled." Bicycle dealers say that bicycle steal ing has been more common this summer than ever before.. The thief seems to have a well organized "fence" where the stolen wheels are disposed of. It is probable that the wheels are repainted and sl ipped out of town to the "fence" at Kansas City. Lawrence, or some neighboring town. It would be a mighty good thing for Chief Goff to try to locate a dozen or so of the wheels stolen within the past month. There is a splitup among the Turners over the proposal to hold a turnfest here on September 12, IS and 14, and the old district officers, who were not in favor of it, have resigned. The younger members are determined to push the turnfest to a successful con clusion and have invited teams from several eastern Kansas towns. The officers who resigned were Fred Krauss, chairman: Fred States, secretary, and Kichard Fritz, treasurer. CHASE NEGRO LAWYER. Ohio Mob Is After Him for the I'sual Offense. Wheeling. W. Va., Aug. 7. St. Clairs ville, O., a small city in Belmont county, was thrown into a panic lest night when it became known a terrible outrage had been p rpetrated on Mrs. M. K. ritowe, one of the most prominent and highly rc spfeled residents of the town, who was criminally assaulted iy a young negro lawyer. The woman had been u;t for a walk during the afternoon and remained later than --he had anticipated. About 6 o'clock she started for her home, the route extending through a lonely tract of woods. When within 2mJ yards of her home she was seized by a negro and thrown to the ground. She made a brave but unsuc cessful struggle for her honor. When the woman regained consciousness her pitiable si-reams attracted the attention of passers by, who rushed to her assistance. She was taken to her home, where she told of tht brutal outrage. A posse of the most prom inent citizens of the county waa organized and set out in pursuit of the negro, who escaped to the woods. The mob is fully armed and hent on lynching the negro when he is apprehended. Mrs. Stowe is in a critical condition as the result of her aw ful experience. Her assailant is a well known negro. C. E. Burns who has been practicing law in that vicinity. It is re ported that the bloodhounds have secured the trail and the chase is being pursued with renewed vigor. OETS A WIFE AND $20,000. Luck of a Gunner Who Fought With Dewey at Manila. Chicago. Au jr. 7. A romance, began dur ing the Hoxtr uprising in China, has Just culminated in th marriaR-e in Chicago or Philip Herbert, former gunner of the navy, ami Mrs. Pearl fceamon, the America u widow of the Shanghai merchant. Gunner Herbert served on the Olympia In the battle of Manila and afterward saw service in the Chinese waters during: the Boxer uprising. While on shore lfave one night he encountered an ovei turned pa lanquin in one of Shanghai s narrow streets. The occupant was pinned beneath the vehicle and was screaming for help, while the hearers fought to keep off a tlozn Chinese clamoring for blood of "foreign devils." A few blows drove them away, and Herbert carried her several blocks to safety. The gunner returned to his ship, tut when he left Shanghai he carr-j.l with him the heart Of the yonm; widow ami the promise that fhe would bt come his wife on the expiration of his enlistment. The sailor was discharged in February. He was notified later thai he had become heir to wo in Kngland. Robbed Fish Nets. Seattle, Wash., Aug. 7. Fish pirates have inaugurated a reign of terror on the lower sound waters. Their boldness is unprecedented. Repeatedly when bri bery failed they have held up keepers of fish traps at th point of a gun and rilled the rets of their entire contents. As high as $1,000 to $2,000 worth of fish has been taken at a single haul. At the request of the receiver for the Pacific Packing and Navigation company Judge Hanford of the federal court has re quested that sufficient deputy marshals be sent to the lower sound to protect the fisheries. It is estimated that between UiO and 2w fish pirates are operating there. "Excursion Sunday, Aug. 9th. Kansas City and return $1.23 via Santa Fe. Eo ZE Hart, Schaffner $20.00, $18.00 and $15.00 Finest Suits Tomorrow IU XTRA0RD HIGHEST GRADE SUITS! MODERN FASHIONED SUITSI1 says i 4 9 I 1 si A I r- 52- 11 EXTRAORDINARY PANTS BARGAINS! $3.50 Topeka Woolen Mills' Best Pants at $4, $4.50 finest Cheviot and Worsted Pants at $5, $6 Paragon Pants the best the finest at Cut Prices on Furnishings Alanhattan Shirts Reduced. A large stock to select from beauti- C ful styles all this season's shirts v worth 1.50 now Finer Grades also Reduced. "NEGLIGEE SHIRTS MUST GO." About 2000 finest quality Madras Shirts in all styles, all colorings some were sold as high as 2.00 buy them Saturday at. Stretchy Seam Drawers Saturday 25c 50c quality Men's Underwear Saturday 25 C 15c quality black and tan Hose Saturday 5 c 50c fine quality Men's Suspenders Saturday 25o 75c quality Men's Shirts Saturday 35c 44 Remember we sell quarter size Collars." GUESTS OF U. P. Washington Newspaper Correspond ents Will Take a Trip. Washington, Aug. 7. The Washing ton correspondents have been invited by the Union Pacific railroad to visit the West this fall, giving especial attention to irrigation and kindred subjects, such as will come up for consideration in congress next session. The negotiations were opened up by Mr. C. E. Wantland, of Denver, general sales agent in the tlnion Pacific land department. The in vitation has been accepted by about thirty correspondents. The trip begins at Washington September 5 and lasts eighteen days. The special train will reach Kansas City on the morning of September 7 and will remain until 5 p. ni., leaving for Topeka, where they will remain over night, the following day visiting experiment station at Fort Hays. The party will then take in Den ver, Cripple Creek. Cheyenne, Idaho and Montana features, attending the irriga tion congress at Salt Lake on the 15th. The purpose is to give the correspond ents a chance to study their lessons. They deal with congress and questions discussed there. By knowing the mean ing of various things that some up that relate to the west the belief is en tertained that more comprehensive newspaper matter about it will go out of Washington. A list of correspondents wno win make the trip, as now arranged, fol lows: A. W. Dunne, Review of Reviews; J. H. Aubere. St. Louis Globe-Democrat; George M. I'ailey, Galveston News; D. S. Barrv. New yorK sun; s. li. tsiyine. New York World: H. S. Shroff, New York Herald; L. W. Busbey, Chicago Inter-Ocean: Otto Carmlchael, Detroit Journal, etc.; John M. Carson, New York Times; Morton iJ. crane. joston Herald; William E. Curtis, Chicago Rec ord-Herald: Kit hard Lee Fern, New Yoik Tribune; Thomas Dawson, Associ ated Press: H. G. Gardner, Chicago Journal; Iviuis Garthc. Baltimore Amer ican; IH-uiy Hall. Pittsburg 'limes; Al bert I'.::lstpad. Brooklyn Standard Un ion, etc.: Charles A. Hamilton, Buffalo Times, etc.; Austin E. Heiss, Pittsburg Dispatch; Frank H. Hosford, Toledo Bee. etc.; E. E. Howland. New York Mail and Express; W. H. Hunter.Wash ingion l ost; W. W. Germane, Minneap olis Journal;- S. E. Johnson, Cincinnati Enquirer; G. J. Kargor, Cincinnati Post; Francis B. Leupp. New York Evening Post; R. H. Lindsay. Kansas City Star; Edward S. Littel, San Francisco Bulle tin, etc.; Maurice A. Lowe. Boston Globe; N. O. Messenger, Washington Star; John P. Miller, Baltimore Sun; J. K. Ohl, At lanta Constitution; Raymond Patterson, Chicago Tribune; John S. Shriver, Cin cinnati Times-Star: R. C. Snyder, Oma ha Bee; Maurice Splain, Pittsburg Post; O. O. Stealey. Louisville Courier-Journal; Ernest G. Walker, -Washington Post: J. D. Whelpley, London Daily Ex press, etc.; Walter Wellman, Chicago Record-Herald; Fred F. Schxader, Kan sas City Journal. Marx sin. 00 hary Jomorrow Begins Our Annual. Clearance Sale of Finest Spring and Sum mer Suits only about 400 suits left so that this sale will not last very long-many of our patrons hail the announcement of this sale with delight, for it means just what it A clearance without regard to wholesale cost we make this reduction rath er than take the chance of Therefore tomorrow The best high grade newest cut finest tailored perfect, faultless fitting suits Brokaw Bros., Alfred Benjamin Cos $15 $J8 $20 Suits Hart, Schaffner Marx choicest $J5 $J8 $20 Suits C W. Co., Chicago's finest Union Tailored $15 $18 $20 Suits in all sizes in all colors (except blue and black.) Choice of them all tomorrow 95c TO PRETEST FIGHTING. The Porte Orders That Vigorous Measures Be Taken. Constantinople, Aug. 7. The porte has sent categorical instructions to the Vahs o the Armenian provinces of Asia Minor, holding them personally responsible ior any Kurdish excesses and ordering vigor ous measures to be taken to prevent fight ing. The British consul at Betlis has been ordered to proceed to Mush. 8i miles south of Krzeroum, where the Armenian mas sacres by the Kurds and the Turks oc curred in ISM, to investigate the situation there. A consular dispatch from Eneroum received here this morning says the excite ment in that district is quieting down. The valley of Krzeroum reports that 600 armed Huitchaktsts from Russia territory have compelled the Armenians In the vil lages of Sassum vilayet, also the scene of Armenian massacres in 18!4, to take refuge in the mountains. The Vali has sent four battalions of troops aeainst the Huitcha kists, who escaped to the mountains. The porte has communicated this information to the Russian embassy, calling attention to the fact that the bands came from Russian territory. World's Fair Festival Hall. St. Louis, Mo., Aug. 7. The plans and snecltirations for the World's Fair Festi val hall, which Is to stand at the head of the main cascade on Art hill, have been given to the contractors. The pre-eminent feature of the hall is the sculpture-crowned top of the Immense dome an) feet hisli. The dome, it is said, is to be larger than that of St. Peter's in Rome, which is the largest in the world. The auditorium in the interior of the building will be 112 feet hitrh from the floor of the theater to the soffit of the dome. The proscenium arch of the stage has a span of 93 feet 4 inches, one of the largest in the country, and is M feet deep. He Fell 80 Feet. years old, who has been one of the at tractions at a nreworKS uispiay i m"" roe street and Fortieth avenue, fell eighty feet last night in the sight of J I 1 1 to the slack wire on which he was per-firxa- Th. fnrcp nf his fall was broken by a small staging that held nreworKS unaer uie wir, w.c uuj is said to be not seriously hurt. Is Hopelessly Insane. TXTt,,v.! Alter 7 Dwieht Mitchell, an i e tha Santa F warehouses. einiHjyc ui 1 was struck on the back of the head by a defective grain door and seriously In jured last evening. As a result, he lies at his home 210 Washington avenue, it is feared, hopelessly Insane. When Baby was sick, we gave her Castorla, When she was a Child, she cried for Castorla. When she fiecame Miss, she clung to Castorla. When she had Children, she gaTe them Castorla. I JT 4 6UETTEL. AsU&l&m&t 709-711 Kansas Avenue- $10 carrying the goods over till next year. your first choice of the World's Best Makes. $1.95 2.45 3.85 ONE DAY TOMORROW Shoe Sale Stetson's $5, $6 Shoes, Florsheim's $5, $6 Shoes, ONE DAY TOMORROW TOMORROW HAT SALE All Straw Hats sold up to $1.50, all kinds only 25c HAY'S THREAT. He Caused Great Excitement in the Colombian Senate.. New York, Aug. 7. Advices received here from a prominent member of con gress in Bogota state, according to the Herald's representative at Colon, that Secretary Hay, beginning in Jul, la conically cabled the United States min ister, Mr. Beaupre, telling him to in form the Colombian government of the probable action of the next American congress if the canal treaty is not rati fied. The readine of the communications from Secretary Hay in secre session of the senate caused vehement protests, they being considered an indirect threat of retaliation in case the treaty failed. Considerable excitement is said to have ensued, the principal critic and agitator being Senator Perez Soto, of Boyaca. a bitter enemy of the canal. He went so far as to say that Colombia would fight rather than "be humili ated." Other advices from Bogota received at Colon say the outlook for the rati fication of the treaty is more favorable. REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS. Mary N. Reed and husband 'to Mary E. Hankcnberry, $500, part southeast quarter 6-12-16. H. P. McClurkin and wife to J. D. Pattison and wife, J2.000, lots 35 and 37 West street, Thurston Place addition. Jennie Vernella to J. H. Guy, $5,000, lots 62-4 and 6 Topeka avenue. Chas. and Frank Patrick and wife to G. W. Morris, 02S4, lot 400 Buchanan treet. King's addition. W. B. Vetter and wife to R. W. How ard, J500, lots 513 and 515 Lincoln street, Lindale's addition. J. Fisher and wife to K. McKibben. $900, lots 473 and north half 375 Poplar street, John Norton s second addition. Wm. M. Hazen to A. Campbell, $40, west half lots 516, and 18 Van Buren street. James Temple et al to Marie L. Davis, $50, lots 500 and 504 Monroe street. S. A. Fell et al. tr. to H. Fell, $1, lots 1S7 and 89 Topeka avenue. Mabel McKinley Quits Stage. Chicago, Aug. 7. A dispatch to the Record-Herald from Los Angeles, Cal., says: The vaudeville career of Mbel McKinley, which closed at the Orpheum here last Sunday night, was her last anpearanee in vaudeville, for she has decided to quit stage life for good, owing to the objections of her father and her husband, Dr. H. L. Baer, of New York. Excursion, Kansas City and Return. $1.25. Sunday, Am. 9, via Santa Fe. Tick ets at Rowley Snow's, and Santa Fe depot. Train leaves 8:30 a, m. Every body Invited. Brokaw Bros., Alfred Benjamin &Co's $20.00, $18.00 and $15.00 Finest Suits Wg. Tomorrrow SU T VERY BEST CUSTOM SUMMER CLOTHING MUST GO!!! S10 Blue Serge Full Suit elegant value now at S.TfB So Blue Serge Coats and Vests now at 3.50 $4 Mohair Coats and Vests elegant material now 2.75 S2 Black Alpaca Coats made splendid now 1.00 And everything else in proportion. Boys' Clothing at Cut Prices ALL SUMMER STOCKS MUST GO QUICK I Boys' 2-piece Knee Pant Suits- $1 3 9 Small lots sold up to 2.50 4 to 15 vrs. up Boys' and Girls' Mexican f Hats Tomorrow I3L Choice of any Wash Pants in the house 3 to 8 years f Q- Tomorrow IcjC Youths' Long Pants --in Flan nel, with Belt Straps J Tomorrow I O Children's Blouse Wash Suit3 In Madras and Crash 'lC Cloth Tomorrow JmCtl, Children's Windsor Ties if. 25c quality Tomorrow. 1 AN ELABORATE PLOT. Convicts Flan to Assassinate Reform atory Superintendent. Elmira, N. Y., Aug. 7. There is every indication that the shooting of James H. Gunderman, keeper of the Elmita reformatory, by Brooks, a convict from New York, at that institution Wednes day, came about through the miscar riage of a convict's plan to assassinate the eeneral superintendent. Frank Rob- 'ertson, and his assistant, McDonald. The investigation has unearthed an elaborate plot. One month ago the storeroom of the reformatory was rob bed during lunch hour. Many weapons u-prp fitrlfn and inCA thpn officials of 1 the reformatory have lived a life of terror, knowing the stolen articles were in the hands of the inmates. The strain was beginning to tell on the officers and Superintendent Robert son was on the verge of breaking down when Brooks shot and seriously wound ed Gunderman and the plot was un earthed. Under pressure Brooks made a confession that the weapons were stolen by the Inmates and hidden in a brick pile preparatory for a general as sault of the keepers. Superintendent Robertson was ex pected out in the yard in the after noon and he was to be s,hot at a given signal and the other officials assaulted. The conspirators are now in solitary confinement. GOOD FOR THE COURIER. Winfield. Paper to Put in Typesetting Machines and Press. Winfield, Kan., Aug. 7. The Courier will in a few weeks have the most com plete printing plant in southern Kan sas. A new duplex Mergenthaler type setting machine has been purchased, also one of the finest printing presses now manufactured. In addition to this, almost a complete new equipment of type will be put in. This added equipment will cost in the neighborhood of $8,000. When this equipment is in, the Courier will be en larged and many new features added. It is expected that the Mergenthaler type setting machine will be shipped from New York this week, and the en gine to operate it is now being built. The new press cannot be installed for i sixty days yet owing to tne ractory De j ing behind with its orders. The new I pres is what is known as a "four roller jMiehle" and the finest made. It Is very ifast and absolutely accurate in every i movement. Other improvements are also being planned. He Blew Out the Gas. Atlantic City, N. J., Aug. 7. Pearce Thaxton of Millersburg. Ky., aged 20 vears. was found dead in bed in his i room. Deceased is said to be the only j eon of a wealthy Kentuckian. Mr. 1 naxton reesiiera .u a. luiiniicniuettun front hotel with five friends. "When he arrived two days ago he told the bell SflQ.OO I SALE! TAILORED SUITS!!! yrs. Boys' Best Underwear double seat short or long draw- O tZg ers Tomorrow JuL Boys' Crash Caps -sold TEp up to 50c Tomorrow JmZ)L Children's Brownie Overalls in all sizes Q- Tomorrow tZJL, Boys' 2-piece Bathing Suits all sizes cq Tomorrow vJ ZJ C Boys Leather Belts fc Tomorrow lJ boy of the hotel that this was his first trip away from home, and asked to be shown how the gas waa used. Last night Thaxton retired early. When he failed to rise this morning the door of his room was forced open and the young man was found dead In bed. He had evidently blown out the gas. AFTER THE PROFITS. Coffey County Man Sues for Money Loaned a Horse Trader. Burlington, Kan., Aug. 7. Ex-Repre sentative J. B. Sweet has brought suit in attachment In district court against Orlando Webb. The case is a little out of the ordinary. Mr. Sweet alleges that he delivered to Mr. Webb $420 between March 1 and July 1 this year. This money was to be used in buying horses. Webb is a horse trader and was to return tha $420 to Sweet and pay him half of the profits. Mr. Sweet alleges that tne profits amounted to about $700, of which he was to receive half. On July 20 Webb, so the petition says, without the knowledge or consent of Sweet took nine horses to La Fontaine where he disposed of all except one. Attachments were run on the horses at La 'Fontaine and everything of Webb's that could be found here. Mr. Sweet asks for judg ment for $770 and interest. S. D. Weav er Is his attorney. TO EXAMINE TEACHERS. They Will Be Held August 24th In Principal Cities. Examinations for state teachers cer tificates will be given by the state board of education during the week com mencing Monday, Aug. 24, and extend ing through the week, at Lawrence, Topeka, Manhattan, Emporia, and Pittsburg. This will include examinations for manual training certificates under the new manual training law. These exam inations will be given on August 26 and 27 at Manhattan, Emporia. Lawrence and Pittsburg. The applicants for manual training certificates must hold at least a regular third grade certifi cate. Fine silver deserves a fine polish GORHAM Siever Polish The finest polish in the world Cleans as well as polishes H All responsible jewelers keep it sj cents a psckac 1

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TOPER A STATE JOTJIiXAIv FRIDAY EVENING. AUGUST 7,1903. 6 Waists! Waists! Final Clear Out of Cotton Shirt Waists. at re-pricings that should clear out every garment from our stock in this- SATURDAY SALE. 10c A few more of these gar ments that a few more customers can secure their late summer's sup ply from White and Colored. 25c Waists in this lot that have been selling as high as $1.00 a great saving to those that can use a good, serviceable waist. Colored Only. 50c In this lot of Waists will be found many that have sold as high as $1.50. Some very choice picking from this lot, and early selections sat isfactory. Colored only. High Grade Shirt Waists -Z I0 ing sold at great reductions if you can find your size you can have them at either 73 or !4 Regular Price. OFFICIAL NOTICE. Formal Announcement of the Election of Pius X. ress toward shore. The little fellow's heroism was unavailing, however, for his strength tailed before the men could reach him, and both children sank- CALLS IT A DISGRACE. Washing-ton, Aug. 7. Mgr. Kalcor.io, the apostolic delegate to this country today received the following cablegram from Rome: "I confirm the election of Cardinal Sarto as supreme pontiff (Pius X) ac cording to a telegram sent before. Ivierrv Del Val." This is the first official notice that Mgr. Falconio has received of the elec tion of Cardinal Sarto as pope. The first cablegram, mentioned by Mr. IMerrv Del Val. has not been tc. ceived at the legation here. Immedi- I Btely on receipt of the above telegram Mgr. falconio issued the following ad dress to the bishops within his jurisdic tioui Washington. D. C, Aug. 7, 1903. Your Lordship After the painful an nouncement of the death of Leo XIII, I am happy to bring you today tidings of great joy. The Most Kminent Car dinal Joseph Sarto, patriarch of Ven ice, has been elected pope and has as sumed the name of Pius X. Such is the consoling information I have just re ceived from Mgr. Merry Del Val through a cablegram. With the election of the new pope a Jiew link has been added to the golden chain of the succession of the Roman pontiffs Avhich stretches unbroken ih.toss the broad and historic field from St. Peter In the first century to the newly elected pastor in the twentieth. Let us rejoice and return thanks to Divine Providence for having so speed ily provided the church with another worthy pastor. Ouided by our faith, .we recognize in him thtt successor of St. Peter, the vicar of our divine Lord, or spiritual father, the -upreme pastor of the church. As such he claims our obedience, love and veneration; and I have no doubt that the Catholics of America, faithful to their glorious tra dition, will equal those f every other nation in their fidelity and attachment to the new pontiff. May Cod grant him a lifrig and pros perous reign for the welfare o the c hurch and the honor of the apostolic m. In making this announc ement to you, I have the honor to remain. Most faithfully yours In Christ, D. FALCONIO. Archbishop of Laiissa, apostolic delegate. County Jail System of Ibis Country Severely Censured. Chicago, Aug. 7. "The most disgrace ful thing that exists in this country in the name of law and civilization Is the county jail. Idleness and bad associa tions make crime and at public cost we are maintaining free schools of crime in every county in the United States." This arraignment of the penal insti tutions of counties was given by Dr. Charles 14. Henderson at the University of Chicago last night at the conclusion of a lecture upon modern prison sys tems. Professor Henderson recently re tired as president of the National Prison association. He has made a special study of crime and criminals and has issued several books upon the subject. "There is no necessity for the present jail system," he said. In Ku rope prisoners are kept in separate cells until they are tried. Here we herd youths and hardened criminals to gether and it is a well established fact that many habitual criminals find keen delight in teaching to their less exper ienced companions fine points of crimi nal practices gained through the ex perience of years of wrong doing. That such a condition should be permitted to exist is a shame and disgrace to the en tire public." In WeD BRIEF TEL EG HA 31 S. DIED BY DROWSING. Negro's Confession to Murder 'Is Disproved. New York. Aug. 7. A coroner's physi cian who performed an autopsy ujon the unidentified man found Tuesda in the Harlem river with cuts upon his h"ad, has announced that the victim died from drowning and that he found no evidence of violence and no poison in the stomach. Three negroes are be ing held by the police on the confes sion of one that the man was tiven whisky containing snuff and was then murdered and robbed. The authorities ere somewhat at a loss as to what shall be done, in view of the report on the autopsy. The general opinion is that the negro who confessed told a pure falsehood. Two Children Drown. New York, Aug. 7. Two children ebout four years old have been drowned while at play with an express wagon In Cromwell's creek, near their homes, in The Bronx. fine was the son of Hattalion fire Chief Campbell, retired. Andrew McCormick. a retired contrac tor, was father of the other. The children strayed away from their nurse and their little wagon, getting beyond control, rn down the bank into the creek, which is eight feet deep. Sev eral man hearing the children's screams ran to the scene. They saw the Mc Cormick chiUl holding his companion's head above water and making irog- San Francisco, Cal., Aug. 7. Mrs. Jane Lathrop Stanford, the surviving founder of the Leland- Stanford Jr. university sailed today on the trans Pacific steamer Venture. She will make a two years' trip around the world. Xew York, Aug. 7. Justice Dugro to day signed the final decree of divorce in favor of Blanche Walsh the actress, in her suit against Alfred Hickman to whom she was married in 18W5. Cowes. Aug. 7. Consuelo Duchess of Manchester gave a large dinner par ty last night at Egypt house. King KJward and the Prince of Wales were among the guests. Ixindon, Aug. 7. Arthur Orforge Ricks, a smail broker, failed today. Victoria. R C. Aug. 7. Among the passengers on the steamer Aorangi from Australia was Sir James Hector, the direc tor of the geological survey of New Zealand. He is the discoverer of the Kicking Horse pass, which the Canadian Pacific railway uses to enter British Columbia through the Rockies. Thi1ass was found in lsl7 and was named In consequenc e of an inc ident wherein Sir James Hector was kicked by a horse and thought to have been killed. Chicago. Aug. 7. Thirty-five of the 240 artillerymen ordered out two weeks ago on a march of 150 miles to Camp Douglas. Wis., have deserted, according to reports received at Fort Sheridan. The Eleventh and Twenty-fourth bat teries were sent, and are expected to arrive at the camp today. Twelve other men went by train to join them. New Haven. Conn., Aug. 7. Miss Sarah S. Piatt, a young woman who has dealt in stocks for several years, has filed a petition in bankruptcy. She is said to be the first woman in this state to take advantage of that law. Miss Piatt's liabilities are only about $10,000. A slump in mining stocks is said to have caused the trouble. New York. Aug. 7. Michael Kerrin has been sentenced to jail to work outa fine of $7 ard costs in Beacon Falls, Conn., for causing a panic in a rubber factory where he assaulted a workman namd Stauifer Kerrin admitted that he came 2.S00 miles to whip Stauffer, who had challenged him to fight nine years ago in the far west. "Mother's Bread" S Ths Very Latest. The Yery Best. Have you seen cur new bread "Well it's fine. It's something new in the bread line, and it is better than the best." It is a new bread that has take with a tremendous success in the east and we have taken no little pains to introduce it to our home trade. Just try a loaf and you will like it. There is a V shaped tag on every loaf. Save a hundred and get a nice cake. Made by VESPER'S BAKERY 113 ELast 6th Street. ociety Mr. and Mrs. James A. Troutman, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. McLeod, Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Nesbaum, Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Copeland and family, Mrs J. C. Gor don, Mrs. Anna Overholt and Miss Mary Overholt will compose a picnic party at Vlnewood this evening. Miss Alice Lakin will give a breakfast for eighteen girl friends Saturday. Miss Effie Hazen and Miss Vera Martin will entertain Wednesday morn ing of next week for Miss Geneva Giles at the home of Miss Hazen. Mrs. M. F. Rigby entertained her Needle club this afternoon. The Ramblers club, the husbands of the members and a few guests, had a picnic on Washburn campus Wednesday afternoon followed by an evening at the observatory. The company includ ed Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Skinner, Mr. and Mrs. C. H. King. Mr. and Mrs. Rob inson, Mrs. Fannie Sutherland. Mr. and Mrs. Combs, Mrs. W. W. Carr, Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Greene. Mr. and Mrs. G. WT. Closson, Mrs. Warner, Mr. and Mrs. Scott Warner. Mr. and Mrs. F. D. Stevens. Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Eldridge, Mr. and Mrs. P. Murphy, Mrs. Martin. Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Lescher, Mr and Mrs. L. L. Goodwin, Miss Nellie Lescher, Miss Lewis of Los Angeles, California, Mr. and Mrs. Lane, Mr. and Mrs. Chas. McClintock. Notes and Personal Mention. Mr. Thomas L. King will spend Run- da v in Colorado Springs. Mrs. George Parkhurst will go to Excelsior Springs Monday for the week. Mr. R. M. Cust, of New York, arrived todny to visit Mr. Walter Cust and Mrs. J. M. Patten. Mrs. Marv O'Brien and Mrs. W. T. Crosby go to Excelsior Sprint- next week for several days. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Blood Smith have returned from Kansas City, and Mrs. Smith goes to Colorado Springs Saturday for a fortnight. Mrs. S. E. Sheldon is in Cleveland, Ohio. Mr. David W. Mulvane has returned from Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Bailey left Thursday for Colorado. Miss Ethel Hyman is expected home next week from a visit to her aunt, Mrs. J. N. Pearse. of Scott City. Mr. and Mrs. J. D. M. Hamilton and their son, John, left Thursday for Col orado to spend the next three weeks with Mr. and Mrs. Hale Hamilton. Mrs. John W. Going and her children are at Eureka Lake. Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Clark are In Denver. Mr. Eugene Ware. jr.. leaves Satur day for Cascade, Colo., to join his fam ily. Mr. Arthur Earhart. of Chicago, is the guest of his parents. Mr. and Mrs. John Earhart, at the Blower house. Mr. D. R. Hite. of Kansas City, is here to spond Sunday with his family. Mr. Frank Goodwin Jester, of Chi cago, will be in town over Sundav. Miss Grace and Miss Nina Huntz herger left Thursday for Denver and Salt Lake City. Mr. Frank Forbes has gone to Yel lowstone park for a month. Miss Ethel Davis is spending a few days w ith Miss Reita Cpdegraff at Riv erside farm. Mr. Harry Eagle has returned from a trip to Denver. Mr. D. W. Nellis is home from New York where he has been for a month. Miss Fannie and Miss Julia Leland and Miss May Ritchie are visiting in Troy. Hiss Aaron of Leavenworth is the guest of Mrs. Lawrence McDcmalri. Mrs. J. M. Miner has gone to Craft. Ok., for a visit of several weeks. Mrs. Mattie C. Johnson of East Nor wood. Cincinnati, Ohio, is visiting with her brother, Dr. J. M. Dumenil at 10J4 Clay street. Mrs. Johnson was a rest dent of Kansas from 1877 to 1SK2. living at Gardner in Johnson county and Leavenworth. Miss Marion Alt returned Tuesday from a visit in Holton with Miss Helen Graham. Mrs. Charles Yand and daughter of Mrline. 111., are visiting Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Wynn 121 East Sixth avenue. EN F0 ltCING BLUE LAWS. Many Prominent Business Men of Braddock, Pa., Under Arrest. Pittsburg, Aug. 7. A sensational turn was given to the Braddock crusade against violater of the Sunday blue laws when twenty-six persons were ar rested today by constables from Pitts burg. Superintendent Charles Dinkey of the Edgar Thomson Steel Works, Thomas James, Thomas Cosgrove, su perintendent of various departments of the same. works; J. H. Hare, the Penn sylvania Railroad agent at Braddock; N. T. Marshall, proprietor of a livery stable; John Whitfield, agent for the Adams Express company, and twenty other persons were served with the warrants. Among the number arrested were many prominent merchants of Braddock. The informations were made before Alderman C. F. Anderson of Pittsburg by a man named Berry. Nothing is known of him, and the defendants are much perplexed. All will be given hearings tomorrow afternoon. AGED HUSBAND IS CRUEL. on9i Marfe Up The prices on our goods in order to put them in a "Half Price Sale" and still have them pay a good profit. It is value that you want and not 'Reduction." A suit of clothes that cost $7.50 or $8.00 wholesale, should be a good $10.00 value retail, but when shown as "worth $15, $18 or $20, special today for $9.85," the appalling sacrifice is not visible to the naked eye. When We Buy Wilson Bros.' "Town Made" shirts for 70 cents each, we could put up a strong line of Con talk about 1.50 and $2.59 values, special'for 11.10, and storm about quick sales and small profits and make 55 per cent profit, same as our competitors, but we are satisfied to make 10 to 25 per cent profit and have our competitors accuse us of getting rich. If We Get Rich Selling a "dollar's worth for a dollar" and get more business than we can take care of, why is it that the fellows who always sell, or claim to sell, $1.00 values for 69c, and $1.50 values for $1.10, and $25 suits for $11.23 why is it that they can't manage to do half as much busi ness as we do? Why do they, with all their special sales and half price grafts, let a store that never has a sale never advertises a cut price, pass them in volume of business in less than four years? We want your business this fall, but we shall ask it only on the 'dollar's worth for a dollar" basis that has made us the leading clothing store of Kansas. WATCH US GROW. WATCH OUR BUSINESS METHODS WIN. R.obinson. Marslial Ind. 'Phone 22. 9 703 KANSAS AVENUE. 1 3 Security Building ESSES GORMAN'S YIEtYS. Maryland Senator Outlines a Course for the Democrats. Washington, Aug. 7. In an interview given out just before leaving Washing ton for his summer home in Howard county, Maryland, Senator Gorman ex pressed the opinion that the Democrats had a good fighting chance to win the next election and discussed some of the requisites for a strong party platform. When asked for an expression of his views on the issues and chances of Democratic success In 1904, Mr. Gorman said "The policy of collecting from the earnings of the people something like 75 million dollars more than can be spent even with the most reckless ex travagance is an iniquity and n wrong which the Democratic party should en deavor to right. Such a polic y breeds not only extravagance, but corruption. with the conservative Democratic peo ple of the rest of the country. The gold and silver question has been settled itself and the north has assented to the management of the negro, problem by the south. The south has determined that intelligence and property must dominate and that its civilization must be preserved. To this the north assents." ELEVENTH DAY Of the Trial of Jett and White for Marcum Murder. Cynthiana, Ky., Aug. 7. The eleventh day of the trial of the commonwealth of Kentucky vs. Curtis Jett and Thomas White for the murder of J. B. Marcum on May 4, last, was opened by the pros ecution placing Denny B. Goode, news paper correspondent on the stand. Mr. Goode testified that he was in r V f 5,'.,. 4

-4. Senator A. F. Gorman, of Maryland. Wife's Suit at Springfield Is Sequel to Breach of Promise Case. Springfield, 111., Aug. 7. Mrs. 'Nettie McAtee has begun a suit for separate maintenance against her husband, Ben jamin McAtee, an aged and wealthy land owner of Ball township. Only a few months ago Mrs. McAtee, who was then Miss Clayton, filed a suit against McAtee for breach of promise, demand ing damages in the sum of $10,000. To secure the dismissal of the case the aged suitor married the complainant. She declares that since he has adopt ed a course of cruel treatment toward her for the purpose of driving her from his home, and she asks the intervention of the court in her behalf. A Remarkable Offer. On the tenth page of tonight's State Journal is the account of a remarkable offer. The Continental Clothing Co. will sell Saturday any suit in their store for tS.75 a rare chance tor buyers to save money. The revision of the tariff, should there fore, be a great issue in the presidential election. In order to wtu the Democrat ic party must have the confidence of The business interests of th country. The lack of that confidence caused the de feats of 189fi and lftOO. To secure that confidence now there must be an ex plicit pledge that in the revision of the tariff not to wreck industries, many of which were established under the exist ing law. The pledge should be similar to the one upon which the Democratic party elected its ticket In ISM. The platform of 1SS4 contained this clause: The Democratic party pledges itself to purify the administration from cor ruption, to restore economy, to revive respect for law and to reduce taxation to the lowest limit consistent with due regard to the preservation of the faith of the nation to its creditors and pen sioners. Knowing full well, however, that the legislation affecting the opera tions of the people should be cautious and conservative in method, the Demo cratic party is pledged to revise the tariff in a spirit of fairness to all in terests, but in making reductions in tastes it is not proposed to injure any domestic industries, but rather to pro mote their healthy growth. "That." said Mr. Gorman, "should be about the party position in this next presidential campaign. With the solid south it is necessary to carry a number of northern states with a platform which will satisfy the substantial in terest of the country. I believe we can carry the northern and western states to elect our candidate. We should be able to carry New York and the adjac ent states of New Jersey and Connecti cut. Then we should carry the battle into the great business centers of the west. That means a contest in Ohio which will keep the Republicans fully occupied in that state. Indiana ar.d Illinois also are hopeful fields. I think we can carry several of the mountain states. Colorado, Idaho, Montana and possibly others. We have a good fight ing chance in California and Oregon, therefore regard the outlook as exceed ingly hopeful. "The southern peopje have gotten away from the issues of 1896 and 1900. Their natural conservatism has assert ed itself and they are now ready to Join Jackson the day after the killins of J. B. Marcum and was in a room with Hargis and Kwen alone and Eweti had stated to Hargis then that he did know who killed Marcum. Goode stated that Ewcn had repeated this statement to him the next day after the above inci dent, but requested that it not be pub lished as he feared for his life. C. X. Boiling, another rebuttal wit ness testified that he had seen Thomas Wite and Curtis Jett tobether on the streets of Jackson the day before and ten days before the killing. His testi mony contradicts both Jett and White. M. C. Bailey, the foreman of the grand jury that indicted Jett and White testi fied as to Kwen's good moral character and reputation for truthfulness. His testimony contradicts Callahan as to his reading the signed statement before the grand jury and the signed statement was introduced and read to the jury. In some material facts it was contradic tory to the evidence of Sheriff Callahan. Cannon Takes Front Seat. New York, Aug. 7. Representative J. C. Sibley of Pennsylvania, who has a summer home at Valcour, N. Y., and four guests including Joseph G. Cannon of Illinois, speaker to be of the house of representatives, have started from Bur lington, Vt., on a week's automobile trip to Mount Washington. They occu pied two big motors and the Illinois congressman insisted on taking the front seat of the first automobile, "because the scenery was better there." SUNDAY EXCURSION To Wathena Chautauqua via Bock Island System. Train will leave Rock Island depot Sunday morning. Aug. th, at 7 a. m., returning will leave Wathena at 9 p. m. $1.25 for the round trip. See Rock Island agents. Lot Bates West. The Chicago Groat vVeslern Railway will on August 1st to 14th, tn-.lusive, sell tickets to Seattle, Wish., at great ly reduced rates. 1'or full information apply to Geo. W. Lincoln. T. P. A., 7 LIFE SAYER DROWNED. Met His Fate Trying to Bescue Two Sinking Boys. Atlantic City, N. J., Aug. 7. Charles Lake, 55 years old, the oldest lifeguard In this part of the state, was drowned here while attempting to save two boys who had gone out in a small boat. Lake was standing in front of the Koyal Palace hotel and noticed the two boys being washed out by the tide. He jumped in and swam after them. He was almost upon them when he was seen to throw up his hands and sink. Lake was one of the best known life guards hereabout and was formerly cap tain of the crew here. The boys were saved by others. EN JOINS A COURT. Judge Bestrained from Holding a Lawyer in Contempt. Cleveland. O.. Auer. 7. I-awyer T. H. Johnson today obtained from Judge Phil- lios of the common fleas court an order ifstiaining Judge Callahan of the insol vency court irom noiaing jonnson in con tempt. It was charged that Johnson had inter fered with the sale of property in the cu3 today of the insolvency court. He was cited to apioar end show cause why he should not be held in contempt. Johnson appeared in court as ordered to do. but he was armed with Judge Phillips' injunction and Judge Callahan could not act. v A Fatal Family Bow. Neilleville. Wis.. Aug. 7. During a quarrel between Gottlieb Shultz and members or his family in tne town oi Seif. Schultz shot and killed his daughter, Mrs. Patrick Leydon, Pat rick Leydon, a son-in-law, was shot through the breast and is in a critical condition. Schultz's head was crushed with blows from a pitchfork and Mrs. Schultz is badly bruised and also pros trated by nervous shock. Schultz had been under bonds awaiting trial tor at tempting to murder his ,wife some time ago. Porto Bico Wants Charters. Indianapolis, Ind., Aug. 7. The Na tional Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners with headquarters for three unions of the brotherhood in Porto Rico. The climatic conditions of the island, with a view of estimating the death rate, will be studied before the charters are granted. All Danger Fast. Kansas City, Mo., Aug. 7. The Kan sas river here and at Lawrence, Kan., fell nearly two feet during the night and continues to fall today removing all danger of further damage. Fast Time to New York and Phila delphia. is made by the superbly equipped train of the Lehigh Valley railroad. Double track. Stone ballasted. Automatic Electric Block Signal system in opera tion over the entire route. Stopover al lowed at Niagara Falls. Notice. Capital No. 1 K. L. of S. members the friends are going to have a picnic at Vlnewood Saturday, Aug. 8. Members come, bring friends and baskets. Leave transfer station 4 o'clock. mm r s An. j r '"1 HOTEL EMPIRE. Broadway and 63ti St., N. Y. City. Telephone m Every Room. Rooms $1.00 per Day and Upwards. A fine library of choice literature for the exclusive use of our guests. The Kmpire has long been the fa vorite hotel for tourists visiting the metropolis. Restaurant noted for the excellence of its cuisine, its efficient service and mod erate prices. From Grand Cen tral station take cars m a r k e 1 "Broadway to Fct I Ke r r y and reach Hotel Empire m seven mimiTew. A greater number of street cars pass the Hotel Empire han any other hotel in the city. From all Ferries, Steamboats and Ocran Steamers walk short block to Klevated Railway and taka "9th Ave. to B9th street, from which hotel is one-minute walk. 10 minutes to Principal Theaters and Shops, V. JOHNSON QUINN. Prop. SMOKE KLAUER'S GOLD BUG. 6 CENT CIGAR. Pure Water 1 Phillips' famous mineral t j water delivered at your J door pure and health- t ful. t PROF. J. W. PHILLIPS J Proprietor. t4 No likes to be overworked neitfoex does a-xnaii or a beast. Spread, the Gospel A5e Gas Rane. life saveis Call at our office and see a Modern Gas Range in operation. We sell th'em at cost, and make all connections absolutely free. Office open Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday evenings. Telephone either 'Phone 79, to have our solicitor call and explain terms. i i i i f EXCELSIOR COKE jND GAS GO. t 435 KANSAS AVENUE. 4 44 West 1th iiL, tansas -:ity. jho.,

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TOPEKA STATE JOTJTryrAL,, FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 7, 1903. 7 t--f-1 f t 1 t t li li iLititiAAJ rTTf TTTTTTTTTTTm SATURDA Y'SBARGA S AT 619 Kansas Ave. 0 EG Phone 230. J SUMMER is here, but our profit time is past. We are glad to move our goods, and it matters not how great the sacrifice in price. STANDARD PRINTS Dark and Light, neat style Rr Per yard u SHIRT WAIST GINGHAMS About 25 choice patterns to select from Reduced specially for tomorrow from 12!c and 15c, to 10c yd LADIES' GAUSE VESTS Silk-taped, lace-trimmed, and lace IE. effects regular 22 ,tc quality for one day IwU OUR GREAT GLOVE SALE. Choice of our 39c, 35c and 30c Berlin and Lace Gloves, all this Q C season's wares any color you may desire ...b JU Our 65c, 75c and 85c Ladies' Lace Lisle Gloves -accurate sizes, AQf dependable in quality and perfect in make tomorrow at lOw Our best Warranted Silk Gloves in the $1.00, 88c and 85c grades "70rt priced for Saturday at lOC (These include elbow length, both Gloves and Mitts.) MARKETSJODAY. Wheat Opens Weak and There Is Some Selling. Corn Is Steady fables. on Firm LIVE STOCK TRADE. Cattle Are Steady Ranging from 3. 50 to So.20. Hogs Weak and Lose a Point or Two. SUMMER CLEAN-UPS Stock Collars Lace effects 15c up Hammocks Entire line reduced 65c up Lace Hose Ladies' and Children's lOo up Mohair, Voile and Silk Skirts-all priced at ONE-FOURTH OFF J Corset Waists Cleanly made, lace trimmed 16o up Similar reductions on our full line of Muslin Underwear. J Lawns, Dimities, and White Goods all at Clearance Prices. m m m m. m. m. m m e a w m m TTTTTTTTTT TTTTTTTTTT m TTTT n AT DEADOF NIGHT. Funeral Service of W. W. Phil Hps Held at Midnight. Impressive Ceremony of Scot tish Kite Masons. CHAPEL WAS CROWDED About 200 People Witnessed the Weird Observance. Room Was Darkened as Knights t iled In. Sir Funeral offices for Sir Walter W. Phillips were performed by the mem bers of the Ancient and Accepted Scot tish Rite of Freemasonry at the chapel of the order in the Masonic building at midnight last night. Two hundred per sons witnessed the solemn service that has been handed down to the present generation of Masonry frorrf the days of the Knights Templar, over whose bodies the ritual was performed when they fell In the crusades in Palestine. The service bears deeply the imprint of the Catholic- church, in w hich it had guage, beseeching- the mercy of God upon their fellow knight. Following that song the De Profundis and the Li bera Nos were chanted by the quartet, the assembled knights joining in the words. Silently several knights approached the body, set In place the lid of the casket and removed the box and low ered it in the place prepared to represent the grave. As this was done the quar tet sang the symn, "Nearer My God to Thee." while the sir knights knelt in silent prayer. Over the grave the pre ceptor pronounced the blessing for the dead and the funeral offices were closed. This is the second time that the fun eral service for a knight kadosh has been performed in Topeka. The funeral of Frank Drummond, well known as a singer in the First Congregational church here eight or ten years ago, was conducted by the Scottish Rite body. He was a Mason of the thirtieth degree. Sir Knight Phillips is the first thirty third degree Mason to die in Topeka. The feeling of less as a citizen and a friend, which the death of Sir Knight Phillips has inspired, was attested by the full attendance at last night's ser vice. The lower floor of the spacious chapel was more than filled, many per sons occupying seats in the balcony. Piobably no other funeral service pos sesses the depth of solemnity of that ob served last night and the indications of its impressiveness were visible through out the gathering of spectators. Beauti ful floral offerings surrounded the cas ket and were arranged on either side. The rather unusual form of service was observed at the wish of Mr. Phillips. who was for many years an active member of the order of Masons. At 5 o'clock this afternoon the burial service will be conducted by the Elue lodge, third degree Masonry. This will be public and the interment will De Chicago, Aug. 7. WHEAT Wheat open ed weak with quite general selling, due to good weather in the northwest, lower prices at Paris and liberal Argentine ship ments. The buying was scattered and mostly by commission houses. September was off fciVtc. at 7W1i7!)7c, and after selling at Ke. the price declined still fur ther, going down to VJ during the first half hour. Receipts at Minneapolis, Lni luih and Chicago were 264 cars. September closed fa4C lower, at 79c, after selling down to Tii'c. CORN Corn opened steady on firm ca bles and small receipts, with September unchanged, at KJHc. Offerings were light and with a good demand from a promi nent commission house the market devel oped more firmness. Receipts were 131 cars. September closed unchanged, at 52Hc. OATS Local bulls and commission houses were fair buyers of oats at the start and opening prices were firm, Sep tember being unchanged to He higher, at 34'ii34:S.c. One of the strengthening influ ences was the big shipments of contract oats reported yesterday. The market held Arm the early part of the day. Receipts were 219 cars. PROVISIONS Provisions were dull early n the day and opening prices were easier on the depression in the hog market. Sep tember pork opened 71c lower, at $13 September lard was flown zlc. at .Si'2. with ribs off 2M5c. at J7.92mr7.95. WHKAT Cash: mo. z reu. ic: iso. o red. &c; No. 2 hard winter, 7SVis?c; No. 3 hard winter, 7Mti77c: 1 northern spring. R4c: No. 2 northern spring, Sl'gS3c; No. 3 spring, d'aN'c, OATS No. 2, 31Vy32c; No. 3, 30iS31c. RYE-Sept.. 51; Dec, 52c. FLAX Cash: N.-W.. 97c; S.-W.. 93c; Sept., 94c; Oct.. 95Hc JIMUIHl epi., $.vw; uti., CLOVER Aug.. $12.5". BARLEY Cash: 3.V&53C. way 2i points. People's Gas 2U points and Missouri Pacific points. The market moved sluggishly without getting far from the low point Delaware and Hudson lost 4M? points and Rock Is land preferred and St. Joseph and Grand Island first preferred 2 points. American Tobacco preferred 2 points. Prices harden ed in final dealings and the closing was dull and steady. Range of Prices on Stock. Furnished by J. E. Gall, Commissions. Grain, Provisions. Cotton and StocKs. Office 110 West Sixth street. Telephone 4SS. Correspondent Christie Grain and Stock Co., Kansas City, Mo. New York. Aug. 7. Op'n High Low CI se Yes Sugar 1134 113'4 112 11124 IIX'4 13 'g 93U S976 43 37 584 14 JIM. Central 14-ij U 13"4 14, People's Gas S31 93g 91 "4 92 C. A., com 20- 21 20 2014 Amal. Copper 4os 40i 3x 39"4 B. R. T 4.1', 43 42V. 421. T. C. 1 38 3S4 37 3(H U. S. Steel 22ii 22 21U, 21 U. S. Steel, pfd 7ii4 7'' 68 B9 Atchison, com hi'i 57 51,4 Atchison, pfd S7 S7!, &6 S7 C. G. W 14 15V. 14S 1554 St. Paul 138 13SV, I3tiv 13.;. 137H. R. I., com 21 21 2mi 214 Wabash, com IMi 19 1S 19 lVi Wabash, pfd 32 33V4 31 31 32 Mo. Pacific 92 Sfi 90 9m, S2H Manhattan 131 131 13 130 130'4 Western Union &2H M 82 82 K2Vi Texas Pacific 22 22 22 22 22 So. Pacific 42 42 4o 41 42 N. Y. Central 12D 12 llx 119 12i Reading 48 4 47 48 47 Erie 25 2ti 24 25 25 Southern Rwy. 19 20 19 i 20 Union Pacific 71 71 7 71 71 C. 0 2 3t 29 2y 2.l B. O to 79 80 80 L. N 102 ir2 101 101 101 Pennsylvania 121 122 120 121 121 Katv 38 38 37 37 37 U. S. Leather 7 7 7 7 V C. F. 1 44 44 43 43 44 Erie, 1st pfd bo 65 64 65 M'A Kansas City Grata. Furnished by J. E. Gall, Commissions Grain, Provisions. Cotton and Stocks. Office 110 West Sixth street. Telephone 4Mi. Correspondent Christie Grain and Stock Co., Kansas City, Mo. Kansas City, Aug. 7. 1 ea 69 71 46 4.; 47 Open High Low Ciose WHEAT Sept 69 69 6S 6S Dec 71 71 70 70 CORN Svpt 46 46 46 46 Lee 4 46 46 46 May 47 47 47 47 Ran ot Pries. Furnished by J. E. Gall. Commissions, Grain, Provisions. Cotton and Stocks. Office 110 West Sixth street. Telephone 46. Correspondent Christie Grain and Stuck Co., Kansas City, Mo. Chicago, Aug. Open High Low Close Yes WHEAT S t)t 79 S0 79 79 80 Dee 81 81 80 80 81 Mav S3 83 2 82 83 CORN Sept 52 F2 51 52 52 Dec 51 52 51 52 52 May 52 52 52 52 52 OATS Sept 34 3i 34 34 34 Dec 35 35 3T 35 35 May 37 37 37 37 37 P O Fw Jv Sept ....13 40 13 42 13 25 13 27 13 47 LARD Sept 7 90 7 92 782 7 92 7 90 u-t 7 67 7 67 7 57 7 67 7 70 EIBS y,.pt 7 95 7 97 7 '5 7 85 7 97 Oct 7 77 7 80 7 70 7 72 7 82 Kansas City Livestock. Kansas City, Mo.. Aug. 7. CATTLE Receipts today, 0.O0O head, including 750 head of Texans. Market steady. Native steers, $3.5tKii5.20: Texas and Indian steers, $2.254.00; Texas cows. $2.x.i2.ao: native cows and heifers, $l.D'a4.2o: stockers and feeders. $2.50i4.15: bulls. $2.0.ya3.25: calves, $2.00(fi6.25: western steers, $3.0o'i4.90; west ern cows. $2.O0'fi3.15. HOGS Receipts today, 7,000 head. Mar ket weak to 7c lower. Bulk of sales. $5.15 'n3.30: heavv, S5.0a4iS.2O: packers'. $5.12'o; 5.27: medium. $5.25'i5.35; light. $5.1ji5. to; yorkers. $5.4"fi5.45: pigs. $5.36a.45. SHE LP Receipts today. 3.0"0 head. Market steady. Muttons, $2 8?i4.75; lambs, !.flrvfi5.75: range wethers, $2.S5a4.70; ewes, $2.8064.75. New Model Sixth and Quincy We want no trade that is not ours by virtue of honest goods at low prices. Compare price with price, quality with quality. This is all we ask you to d o to find the reason why you should trade here. I CLOTHING SNAPS. At Kemper Paxton's for Saturday. It does not need an expert to see the values given here. Men's Black Clay Worsted Suits. These are satin lined, faced back to shoulder with same cloth fit per fectlywarranted pure wool and fast color $10.00 Men's Blue Serge Suits. Chicago Livestock Market. Chicago. Aug. 7. CATTLE Receipts to day, 4, ok) head. Market slow. Good to prime steers. $5.105.50; poor to medium, $3.65'i74.90: stockers and feeders. $2.50414.30: cows, $1.50314.50; heifers. $2.MVti4.75; canners, $1.5i2.70: bulls, $2.2514.10: calves, $2.50a 7.00; Texas fed steers. $3.504.75; western steers, $3.5054.50. HOGS Receipts today, 22.000 head; esti mated Saturday 10,000 head; left over from Thursday, 2,079 head. Market steady to 5c lower, iiixed and butchers'. $4.905.60; good to choice heavy, $6.3O'fi5.50: rough heavy. $4.i'ci 5.25: light, $5.30(5.65; bulk of sales. $5. 104i 5.35. SHEEP Receipts today. B.0O0 head. Sheep and lambs steady. Good to choice wethers. $3."93.S5; fair to choice mixed. $2.5a3.20: western sheep. $3.0Vi3.s5; native lambs, $3.25'6.0C: western lambs, $5.005.65. "Warranted fast color every thread pure wool; handsomely lined one of the very best wearing materials flO.OO Special Shirt Sale. Every shirt in this year's latest style, and these prices are simply to reduce stock: 50c Shirts will be sold at 39o 75c Shirts will be sold at 59o $1.00 Shirts will be sold at 85o $1.50 Shirts will be Bold at.... $1.15 Men's "Underwear. 25c and 33c Underwear will be sold at 19" 60c Underwear will be sold at..35o Dry Goods Department. Et- Louis Livestock Market St. Louis. Mo., Aug. 7. CATTLE Re ceipts today, 9o0 head, including 500 head of Texans. Market steady. Beef steers, $3.50'n5-2A; stockers and feeders. $2.7o'o3.80; cows and heifers. $2.2j4i4.35: Texas steers, $3.25ji4.3o; Texas cows and heifers, $2.30 3.75. HOGS Receipts today. 5,000 head. Mar ket slow to 5c lower. Pigs and lights, $5.35 !i5.75: packers'. $5.2S'55.5o; butchers' ana best heavy. $5.3(Ka5.o5. SHEKP Receipts today, 500 head. Market steady. Native. $3.0O'q3.50; lambs, 53.7511 5.00. Chicago Producs Market. Chicago. 111., Aug. 7. BUTTER Market steady. Creamery, 14'gl8c; dairy, 126f 17c. EGOS Market steady. ll13c. CHEESE New cheese easy. Daisies. ll'S llc: Twins, 10"gl'ic; Young Americas, llfillc. ICED POULTRY Market weaker. Tur keys, 11c; chickens, 11c. All Pure Silk Ribbon No. 50 and No. 60, fancy weaves, worth up to 35c, good assortment of very desirable shades Saturday, choice 10c New Fall Ladies' Tailored Suits travelers' sample line, very latest creations, sizes 34, 36 and 38, while they last Saturday at ex actly wholesale prices. Ready-made Bed Sheets 72x90 inches hemmed and ready for use. Saturday 35c Dr. Stuarts' celebrated Butter Milk Soap a high-class perfumed toilet soap, 3 cakes in box, drug store price 25c a box Saturday, box --14:C Pure Olive Castile Soap, white or mottled the 5c size, cake lc One lot Scotch Lawns, clean, dry and perfect, light and dark effects, all colors war ranted Saturday, yard 3'C Ladies' Muslin Night Dresses fresh, clean and perfect, embroidery and lace trimmings, tucked fronts, cambric ruffles, 75c values, 4 excellent styles Saturday, choice 39o One lot ladies' cream summer ribbed gauze Vests, sizes 4, 5 and 6. New perfect goods. Saturday 3o One case children's extra quality ribbed and seamless fast black cotton Hose, 15c is a bargain figure, Sizes 5 to 92. While they last, pair Do Men's Shoes. Now is the time to fit your feet at reduced prices. (Broken sizes) Men's Shoes in Vici Kid, Calf or Horsehide, plain or London toe. $3.00 Shoes, for $2.49 $2.50 Shoes, for 1.98 $2.25 Shoes, for 1.89 Misses Shoes. Misses' Shoes with Kid or Patent Tip, light or extension soles, late style lasts, sizes 11 to 2. Prices: $2.00 Shoes, for $1.69 $1.50 Shoes, for 1.35 $1.35 Shoes, for 1.25 (Broken sizes) Ladies Shoes. Ladies' Shoes in Turns, Welts or McKays. A few sizes in Patent Kid with extension soles. Regular $3.50, $3, 2.50 and $2.00 values for S2.T5 $2.49 $1.98 $1.69 (Broken sizes). Youth's Shde. Boys' Shoes in Vici Kid, Box and Satin Calf, with good heavy bot toms, solid sole leather counters and inner soles, size 13 to 2. Prices $2.00 Shoes, for $1.69 1.90 Shoes, for $1.59 $1.50 Shoes, for $1.35 $1.35 Shoes, for 98o (Broken sizes) 9 its origin. Altered and modified a lit tle by modern usage, it adheres closely made at the Topeka cemetery. even in details to its original form, and f-uch changes as time may have made have certainly detracted nothing from 1 its impresslveness and beauty. It was at the stroke of 12 that the sir knijrhts silently took their places about the body of the deceased knight kadosh. The casket rested upon the elevated dais ot the chapel, and upon it lay the chai let of white roses, the Insignia of the order, and the puid ot the dead knicht in its d m t t'nts hd been entirely Inst. Thev were scattered considerably hut not more tiun one or two of the entire number piven out hy the state will fail to be recovered. The t!Us are being gathered in now, as most of them have served their purpose." LOST TENTS 'A HE F01M). They Had Become Scattered, That la AIL YV. J. Stapr, who. as chairman of the shelter committee of the relief work con d iscted by the Commercial club during Ihe flood and who had charge of the tents that were distributed here, has succeeded j in locating and is gathering in the thirty .hh-ji,! -i 1 1 if 'ii'u ui u- mining nit: near at hand lav a skull, wreath evergreens, surrounded by seven lartj candle-tk-ks, unlimited. At the head of the cofiin stood a great iron passion cross upon which, from time to time, the grand preceptor struck w ith an iron mallet to summon the sir knights to their resnerriv Hntinu in ,hn .nl..c The chapel whs darkened as the sir I knights lili-d in. each benrinc a lighted i y candle In ita tall candlestic k. These V:. -V-.- were Placed about the corse in a semi-circle, each before the knight who I bore it. At the head of tht! caski t stood the preceptor, who?" duty was to) conduct the ceremonial. Kvery sir I knight in the Jurisdiction is supposed to attend the funeral services, but the lim- neu possibilities of the chapel forbade, and but about twenty-live nituibtis stood about the coilin. When the knights had stood in silence for a mo ment a few plaintive notes of a dirge were sounded by a trumpet in an ad joining room. Sir John Dailey, the preceptor, then announced to the assembled knights, who stood, bluck-rubed and silent about him, that they were called to dispose of the body of the sir knight who lay before them. Then followed the formu la of service, the commencement ofwhich was a call upon those assembled to stand in judgment and to declare, if any knew, what grave wrong had been committed by the dead sir knight during his life time. In response the sub-preceptor stepped forth and pro tested that to God alone belonged the right to examine into the motives and actions of the living. To this the pre ceptor assented. During the responsive service which followed. Sir Knight William M. Fhav r played softly the strains of Latin music, which are the accompaniment to the burial service. At its close the lid of the coffin was removed. The body lay with hands and ankles bound witn cords, significant of the bondage of man to his worldly habits. Vpon the temples rested a chaplet of laurel and vine, the emblem of man's strife for honor and enjoyment. These and the cords were removed by order of the preceptor. On the breast of the de ceased knight rested a Jeweled cross, likewise symbolic of the dignities and splendor which man seeks to enjoy. This in turn was laid aside. A simp'e bunch of fresh violets, the offering of the sir knights to their dead brother is alone permitted to remain. The several functionaries then approached the boJy to see if life indeed had left it. When each had pronounced the sir knight dead, the mourning knights jolnd in a on of auppliance in the iatln lan- IS -if 5) Schiller is The Piano You are looking for. Call Now and examine carefully the new and elegant styles. Prices will suit you and terms will be satis factory. E. B. Guild Music Co. Market Gossip. TFurnished bv A. C. Goodwin. Commls sinn Company, Commission Merchant? and receivers and shippers of grain Koom No. 3. Columbian building, inde pendent telephone TL's.J Liverpool opening cables: Wheat '4d hinhf-r: corn Hd higher. Liverpool. 1:M p. m.: Wheat d higher; corn t5d higher. Rec ii ts of grain at Kansas City: heat, 115 cars: corn. :ti cars; oats. cars. Chicago: Privileges for tomorrow: Sep-teml-er wheat Puts. "Sc; calls. S'Aic; curb, T'uTsajc. September corn Puts, 51r;8c; r.lla Tx- rnrh a2.C asked. Receipts of grain at Kansas City today: Wheat, l'. cars; corn, i6 cars; oats, 6 CKstimated grain receipts at Chicago to morrow: Wheat. 120 cars; corn, 1M cars; oats. 215 cars. Northwest grain receipts today: Minne apolis, 121 cars: rniluth. 8 cars. A year ago: Minneapolis. h3 cars; Tuluth. 9 cars. Receipts of grain at Chicago today: Wheat, 135 cars: graded, 15. Corn. 131 cars; graded. 19. Oats. 219 cars: graded. 21. Liverpool closing cables: Wheat &d higher; corn ?d higher. New York Stock. Wnll Street. New Tork. Aug. STOCKS Opening prices of stocks showed a continuation of jesterday's late upward movement. Many leading stocks were up more than H point, but few showed gains In excess of a point. Amongst the latter were Chicago Great Western and Virgini;! Oarnlina Chemical, which rose l'i points each. Illinois Crntral. Metropolitan Street Raliwav and Consolidated Gas gained a point. There were 1.3' shares of Missouri Pacific sold simultaneously ot 62'i and t-2. compared with V2-t last night, and New York Central was shaded a small fraction. Soiling on the opening advance caused some immediate recessions. The second reaction carried prices sllght- lv lower than before, but Missouri Pacific and New York Central were the only prominent stocks that fell a point under last night. "Soo." Kansas City Southern orefVrred. Virginia-Carolina Chemical lost Vi to 2 points. There was an advance of 3 points in Virginia-Carolina Chemical preferred and li to 1 points in Pacific Mail. Republic Steel preferred and Wheel ing and Lake Erie. The market rallied slightly and became immensely dull. Bonds were irregular at noon. Sales to realize on purchases made yes terdav cancelled the opening advances and put the active list a fraction below yes terday's close. In addition Car and Foun dry, North American, Hocking Valley, St. Louis and San Francisco second pre ferred and "Soo" declined l points. On the other hand Atchison preferred. South ern Railway preferred. Colorado and Southern first preferred and several other minor stocks rose 1 to 2 points. Support developed on the decline and there were some sharp rallies following a jump in Reading to 49. The market was inclined to droo again at 11 o clock. The selling movement flattened out and the market hardened moderately. Cana dian Pacific rallied l?i points and Minne apolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste Marie 4 noints. Snuff jumped 5 points. The mar ket then became dull and sluggish and worked back again to about the lowest in the westerns. Pacifies and coal stocks. The feature of the midday trading was the violent break in Canadian Pacific to within a fraction of the lowest price of the yea. The stock was quoted in long strings on the tape and monopolized most of the business. Blocks of i.mn to 3.fi shares were thrown over frequently, breaking the price 4 points, to 11S. Minneapolis. St. Paul and Sault Ste Marie and allied property dropped 8 points. Virginia-Carolina Chem ical fell rather abruptly to 23V4. a loss of 3Ji points, and many of the representative railroads and specialties declined between 1 and 2 points. Delaware and Hudson gave Kansas City Produce Markst. Kansns City. Aug. 7. Close WHKAT Receipts today. l'J cars. Quotations: Sept.. 674,&c: Pec, "'H'iiTDTic. Cash: No. 2 hard, 71''iT!l-o: No. 3 hard, HiWitfi&c: No. 4 hard. 7i69c: rejected hard, 65c; No. 2 i CORN Sept., 4r,Hc: Dec., 46S4fie. Cash: No. 2 mixed. 4oijei4tc; No. 2 white, 4Sc: No. 3 white. 45V4451&C. OATS No. 2 white, 33c; No. 2 mixed, 30-fi HYK NO. Z. &4C. HAY Choice timothy, choice prai rie. J7-2S. BUTTER Creamery, 1S1j17c; dairy, fan cy. 15c. EGGS Fresh, 11c. New York Butter Market. New York. Aug. 7. BUTTER Receipts today, 7.K72 packages. Market steaay firm. 1'JC. n H tm tim PAYNE 1QSUH it s R ANNUAL CLEARANCE SALE SHOES, OXFORDS and SLIPPERS Eleven Prepared Tables of VALUES at WITHERED PRICES 78c, 98c, $1.23, S1.48, Etc. Remnant Lines of Lien's f3.00 and $3.60 Oxfords at 32.45 Remnant Lines of Men's $3.50 and $4.00 Oxfords at. -S2.85 Slate dairy, li'ulTt-jc; creamery, Sugar and CofteeMarket. New York. Aug. 7. SUGAR Raw sugar firm. Fair refining. 3 3-lrtc; centrifugal. Siti test. 3 U-16c: molasses sugar. 2 15-lHc. Re fined sugar firm. Crushed, powdered, $5.M: granulated. SB W. CO K FEE Market quiet. No. 7 Rio, 5Vic. MOLASSES Market firm. Wool Market St. Louis, Mo.. Aug. 7. WOOL Market unchanged. Territory and western medi um. lil'-alS'sc; tine medium, UM'tflSc; fine, laVfih-c." Cotton Market New York. Aug. 7. COTTON Sales to day. 1.2"U bales. Spot cotton closed dull. Quotations per lf pounds: Middling up lands. $12.75: middling gulf, $13.00. Galveston, Tex., Aug. 7. COTTON Mar ket steady at 12c per pound. New York Money Market. New York. Aug. 7. Close MONEY Money on call steady at 2sra3 per cent, closing Za2r? per cent. Time money firm; 60 days. 4Vi i1 per cent; SO days, per cent: 6 months. S'-fttl per cent. Prime mercantile paper. EiS per cent; sterling exchange firmer, with actual busi ness in bankers' bills at $4.SS1'&4.655 for demand and at 4.i3ira4.s',i tor w days; posted rates. S4.b4 and $4.80; commercial bills. $4.S234fi4.82T. SILVER Bar silver, 54"4c; Mexican dol lars. 420. BONDS Government bonds steady. Could Find No Telegrams. Jefferson City, Aug. 7. Superintend ent Payne of the Postal Telegraph com pany reported to Judge Hazell this af ternoon that his company could find no messages handled between former Lieu tenant Governor John A. Lee and D. J. Kelley, the Baking Powder legislative agent, in either Jefferson City or St. Louis offices. Superintendent Frankel SPECIAL Three LINES of Ladies' French Heel Oxfords at S1.98 l"H I HH4I I 4 Stetson's Heywood's $5.00 Oxfords -AT- $3.45 m ifc A A -fr-fr T06 KANSAS AVENUE, TOPEKA, KAS. of the Western Union company submit ted some telegrams handled by that company. Judge Hazell examined rne telegrams to decide It tney snouia go before the grand Jury. Certain of these he ordered presented to the grand jury. FUSE FK0M LIGHTNING. DO YOU SPECULATE? J The market presents many op- portunities for making money xn J corn or wheat. THOMAS J. MYERS, t BROKER. J Office: Room 12. Columbian Building. TOPEKA. KANSAS. Highest Banking and Commer- cial references. Private wires. J Telephonei: Ball 210; Independent 829. Williamaburg Has $3,500 Damages in Earns and Ice House. Ottawa. Ks., Aug. 7. The Herald says: Ligtning caused a fire loss of J3.500 at Williamsburg last night and placed the entire town in peril of de struction. At two o'clock in the morning light ning struck one of the large barns be longing to W. S. Finley and located close to the Williamsburg bank build ing. From the first barn the fire spread to a similar structure adjoining, also owned by Mr. Finley. and from this the flames were communicated to the Fin ley ice house. All three buildings were consumed. The horses were removed from the barns, but nothing else was saved. The barns contained a quantity of hay and other feed, besides buggies and implements. The property was in sured, presumably lor two-tnirds its value. When the fire was discovered there seemed no hope of saving the out buildings and the citizens gave their attention to protecting the bank. Lines of men passed buckets from handy wells, and in this way the fire was fought back from the bank. The flames were not in control until six o'clock in the morning-. VESSELS ARE SEIZED. are the gunboats Tampico and vera Cruz, being built for the Mexican gov ernment; the ferry boat Plainfield be ing constructed for the Central railway of New Jersey, the steam yacht Czar ina, building for Charles S. Bryan of New Tork, and the side wheel steamboat Happy Day, building for Charles M. Schwab. RIVER IS GOING DOWN. it Has a Foot Since TOO LATE TO CLASSIFV. WANTED To purchase and move from. premises a barn which present owner does not want. 711 Journal office. Fallen Thursday. TV... T.'r. j riv0i- la frnfnrr rinwn. Tt hflS fallen a foot since Thursday morning and and might as well move back to town, the Indications are that its sand bars and out to the old Gregory place on th Burlingame road with the intention ot starting a road house. She had to pay three months' rent in advance to secure the place, and last night, after all her furniture had been moved out, Sheriff Lucas became cognizant of her inten tions. He called her up by telephonf and announced if she thought she could start a road house she was mistaken. Before V Five Five Levied on by Sheriff Their Completion. Blizabethport, N. J., Aug. vessels now being built at the Crescent ship yards have been seized by the sheriff on a writ of seizure granted by the su preme court commissioner on the ap plication of Frederick L. Heidritter Co., timber and lumber merchants of Elizabethport. The seizure is made for lumber and other materials furnished by the firm and used in the construc tion of the vessels. The vessels seized drift piles will make their reappearance In a day or two. The river is. perhaps, three feet above its low water mark, but at no time in the past week has it been high enough to work any harm. Thursday af ternoon Assistant City F.ngineer John King began a careful investigation of the new channels cut along the north bank cf the river with a view of finding the height at which the river might again run into North Topeka. He will resume his Investigation Satur day morning and will pursue his work un til" he has secured accurate measurements of levels Rlong the course of the new channel. West of Topeka the river is said to be flowing in parallel channels, from tho north one of which the water is likely to make its wjv Into the old river bed around North Topeka if another freshet should occur." Doub'e Action Arrest. The assault case in which Dean Har ris was defendant and Jess Weatherly was prosecuting witness, was heard in City court today to the sorrow of the prosecuting witness. Weatherly secured the arrest of Harris on the charge of as sault, but the evidence proved conclu sively that Weatherlly began the fight, and was responsible for the whole af fair. The court, in holding Weatherly for the costs of the case, regretted that nothing could be done to the man who brought the prosecution. Both parties are colored. No Road Houses Now. Lou Arnold, proprietor of the disor derly house at 301 Kansas avenue Is having troubles. Testerday she moved She did so and before midnight all her belongings had been replaced in her former palace of iniquity. Two months ago she was ordered to quit business Dy Chief Goff and did so, but got permls- j sion to live in the same place providing no visitors were allowed to come In. HAVE LUMBER OX HAND. The county commissioners have a j large supply of lumber recovered from the Kansas river during the flood. 4 D. A. Williams, of Silver Lake, has j been at work since the flood recovering -bridge lumber and timbers and he now; has about 25.000 feet piled on the bank, ii The lumber and timbers will be used In j rebuilding the five Kansas river bridges, s Burglars Are Abroad. A clothesline robbery and attempted,, burglary occurred last night on Monroe 4 street near the corner of Ninth. At the residence of Mr. Taylor. 832 Monroe, the washing was stolen, and the next door, Mr. Mears' residence was saved fromo burglary by a small house dog who., frigntened the prowlers away after they. had cut the screen from the door. Harvest Labor Rates to Minnesota- and the Dakota. Low rates for parties of five or mot via Chicago Great Western railway. Tickets on sale daily to August 31. Lib- eral arrangements for return trip. 4 For full information apply to Geo. W. Lincoln. T. P. A., 7 West Ninth street,, Kansas City, Mo.

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0 TOPEKA' STATE JOURNAL, KKIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 7, lOA OUR BIG PANTS SALE j tohorrow. Everybody should come and buy Pants of us tomorrow. 1500 pair placed on sale at prices that you can afiord to buy them and lay them aside for future use. All who wear X Trousers should come to us we will fit you and save you money. Tomorrow BOYS' SHIRTS, with 2 collars 38c A GodJ Time to Buy Boys' CIcfhinf. Roys' Wash Suits 15o Hoys' Wash Suits 39o Boys' Blouse Suits 75o Boys' $2.00 Flannel Blouse Suits $1.10 Boys' $3.00 Wool Blouse Suits $1.93 Boy's All Wool Crash Blouse Suits $2.75 Bovs' J5.00 Blouse Suits S3.50 Roys' Straw Hats almost given aw ,iv. tt-These prices won't be cluoli oated for tho same quality any where. For Cash Only AH Medium and Light Weight Suits. Any Men's 7.50 Suit for. Any Men's S10.10 Suit for. Any Men's $12.50 Suit for. Any Men's $15110 Suit for. Any Men's Sl'O.oo Suit for. Any Men's J25.00 Suit for. ...55.00 ...$G.70 .$8.25 $10.00 5112. 3i 1C.75 $1.00 Madras Shirt? Tomorrow 50c SOUTH TOPEKA. K. A. Heece of (Jrantville was a North side visitor yesterday. Miss Hattle Dodds of Independence, Mo., Is visiting her aunt, Mrs. James McAfee. Mrs. C. Kortz and daughter. Madge, have gone to Missouri where they will visit relatives. Big assortment of high crowned hats t Mrs. Courtney's 603 Kansas avenue eouth, upstairs. Kemember Mrs. Courtney's Saturday eale of all millinery goods. 603 Kansas avenue south, upstairs. Work on the Arnold building at S27 29 Kansas avenue will be pushed s rap idly as possible and the building will be ready for the New Era Department store In about two weeks. The north partition wall will be finished to the first floor today and by tbTTmiddle of next week will be completed to the second 11001. Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Bischoff and Miss Olivia Bischoff who havi4 been spending the summer in Germany will return home the 21st of the monlh. They sailed yesterday on the Hamburg-American liner Buelcher. When the family went away last May they intended to stay the greater part of a year but the tiood Collecting THROUGHOUT the United States are many households wherein may be found pieces of old china which are extremely valuable, but the true worth of which may never be known to their possessors on account of the ignorance of the average woman regarding old china. Scattered here and there in city, town and hnmlet are rare specimens of Wedgwood, Clews. Wood. Stubbs and other notable makers of the china of days gone by. Many of these pieces would bring a re markable price if their owners only knew how to sell them in the best mar ket, but as it is they may be frequently picked up for a song by those who are shrewd enough to appreciate their rari ty and value. This is the charm of china collecting, for any woman pos sessing a knowledge of the earmarks of eld porcelain can soon become the proud owner of an interesting collection at small expense provided she use her eyes t advantage. On the other hand, it behooves all those whose homes contain heirlooms in the way of china to make a thorough study of the subject lest they inadvertently part with a real treasure for ridiculously Inadequate compensation. It is well to remember in examining eld china that even a slight surface crack will detract from the marketable value of the piece much more than will a chip or nick, although the ltter be on the face of the china. Signs of wear are also cheapening. One must be especially on one's guard against "greased" china, the term "greased' being applied when by reason of ex cessive use grease has penetrated the glaze and spoiled the color. A good test for old china, particularly flat or table ware, is to examine the face carefully and see whether it shows three rough marks in the glaie. On the back of each piece may also be found three groups of similar marks, three marks to a group, all three groups being equi distant. These marks are caused by the old fashioned "stilts" which were put between the pieces to keep them from touching one another during the process of firing in the kiln. Sometimes, but seldom, the stilts were not used. As a general thing, however, in the event of the absence of their markings one will be warranted In looking with suspicion upon the so called piece of add ware. The writer of a recent work on china, ntitled "The Old China Book," calls the attention of collectors to a peculiar mark which apprars on old, middle aged and new china alike and which has puzzled many. This mark is almost diamond shaped, with a capital R in the center and figures in the angles. It Is of little importance, however, for, as N. Hudson Moore, the author of tha 4

t X t Some Specials for Summer Weather. All 50c Boys Waists All 75c Boys' Waists All $1.00 Boys' Waists Boys' Nightshirts Men's Shirts with 2 collars Bois' and Men's Jersey ..39c ..50 ..75c ..40. ..35c 40c Men's Linen Crash Pants $1.00 Men's Black Serge Coats $1.50 jilen's Stretchy Seam Drawers.. .35o iien s .et 1 nuersnirts 00 i in North Topeka caused them to change their plans. Miss Minnie Bischoff who has been in Germany for the past six years intended to return with her parents, but owing to their coming home so much sooner than they at first planned she will remain abroad until next summer. Miss Klla Olinger is spending a short time in Topeka visiting friends. Miss Olinger is en route to her home in Horton from Duncan, Oklahoma, where she has been since the middle of June the guest of her brother-in-law and sis ter, Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Bickett. Mr. and Mrs. Hickett moved the first of the week to Horton where they will make their home. The picnic which was to have been given at Vinewood Thursday evening was postponed until next week on ac count t the rain and the crowd met at the McAfee home and enjoyed a fudge party. Those present were Misses Hat tie Dodds of Independence, Mo., Miss Kleanor Lukens, Miss Zella Lukens, Miss Helen Haynes.Miss Hazel Haynes, Miss Permelia Curtis, Miss Mabel Skin ner, Miss Adele Small, Miss Rachel Mc Grath. Miss Lolah McAfee, Messrs. Harold Forbes, Jim McAfee, Ed James, Jac Campbell. Edwin Campbell. Bob Thomas. Carl McGrew, Reamer Billard and Grove Dolman. book in question, points out, it is simply a device used to show that the pattern is registered. Of especial interest to American col lectors is the fnct that many of the best wares of the celebrated English makers depict scenes of our Revolu tionary period. The china thus becomes educational in significance, serving, as it does, to impress upon old and young the memory of the stirring days when the republic was in U3 infancy and Washington. Jefferson and Monroe were making history. One especially pleas ing pattern on this order was manu factured by the famous Clews broth ers, who worked at Cobridge, in Eng land, from 1813 to 1834, one of the brothers, James, then coming to the Lnited States to start a pottery in In diana. This pattern is known as the States pattern. Its border is always the same, but the center varies accord ing to the space available and the taste of the potter. It is thus easy to identify the design. The border is made of fes toons displaying the names of the fif teen states of the period, while between each festcon is a star of five or eight points. There is also a medallion of Washington which never varies in anv design made from this pattern. The States platter shown in the accompany ing illustration pictures the White House at Washington. This platter was sold at auction in Boston Inst year and brought the neat sum of $46. Enoch Wood was another English potter who at an earlier day turned to account the sentiment of our ancestors. Wood began his work in 1784 at a time when the Americans were on the qui i ISiiiVt .V,1' m 1 1 Old W A and V Pattern S V pzr 'MO WmcmonA piatter:? jtmc& F rJm OUTS Wjffl UNIONS Labor Day Won't Be Celebrated at Yineijood. Topeka Trades Assembly Chang es Its Plans. GO TO QUANT'S". GROVE. Picnic Train to Be Run by the Kock Island. Disagreement About Carpenters Given as Cause. Because of the hostility, real or fan cied, of the Toj.eka City railway to union labor, the Trades Council and the Building Trades council have rescinded their decision to hold the Labor day picnic at Vinewood park, arid will in stead charter a special train on the Rock Island and make a 20 cent round trip rate to Quant's grove, near the old sugar mill, ten miles west of To peka. There is great bitterness against the management of the city railway. The labor unions feel that the officers of the company, especially L. E. Myers, have violated all their pledges made when Myers was trying to get a franchise from the city. At that time the labor unions passed voluminous resolutions, sent great crowds of lobbyists to the council chamber, and exhibited almost unreasonable insistence that the coun cilmen grant the new company a fran chise. The city railway does not recognize the unions in any way. It employs non union common labor, non-union elec tricians, and non-union carpenters. A contract has just been awarded to Mr. Council for building a number of struc tures at the park, and Mr. Council does not employ union men. The unions in sist that the discharge of four conduct ors and motorneers Thursday was solely for the purpose of breaking up a union which was being organized. When the unions voted to hold their picnic at Vinewood park, the conflict between the unions and the railway had not become so animated. There was no particular opposition to going to Vine wood, but the carpenters wanted to have it fixed so that members of their union should do the work on the new build ings. So it was decided to go to Vine wood, provided the railway company would make certain concessions to the unions. The company refused to make any concessions. It was claimed that Council had agreed to employ union men. but the company refused to en force this agreement. When the report was made to the Trades Council, it turned down the Vinewood park plan, and adopted the Quant's grove proposi tion. R. I. Palmer, chairman of the joint committee of the Trades Council and the Building Trades council, which has had the Labor day arrangements in charge said this morning: "We decided not to go to Vinewood because the management would not meet certain conditions which we pro posed. Yes, those conditions had to do with the employment of union labor. The boys are pretty sore because of the way the company has turned them down since it got its franchise. Appar ently it was friendly to us just to get the franchise. It has not paid any at tention to the unions since then. Several of the unions have special cause for complaint." The butchers and grocers, who had intended to hold their picnic at Vine wood, have also decided to go elsew here and will go to Tecumseh: LABOR DAY ARRANGEMENTS. Labor day this year occurs on Sep tember 7. The special train on the Rock Island will be chartered by the Labor day C hma r States Hatter EXAMPLES OF OLD ENGLISH CHINA. These Illustrations are from "The Old China Book." copyright. 1903, by Frederick A. Stokes company. vive for everything that would give ex- j ported to this country quantities of pression to their patriotism. Taking good, serviceable ware, decorated with advantage of the situation. Wood American scenes. Many of the best EVERY PARASOL IN THE STORE, ON SPECIAL SALE SATURDAY 4 9 The Cleanest, Brightest Parasol Stock we ever possessed at this season Not an out-of-date or undesirable style in the entire line of eighty-one, but it goes to the last number priced for nobody's profit but yours. We refuse to carry over so much as one Parasol into next season and if we're going to give you a big bargain, why not do it while it 's of present service to you Hence tomorrow choose from these $1.00 1.75 $2.25 $3.50 Values $1.50 to $5.00 Values $2.50 to $3.50 Values $3.50 and $3.75 Values $5.00 and $5.50 White, Ruffled China Silk. BlacR SilK, ruffled. Black Taffeta, embroid- Shepard's Che c K s jm m 14 BlacK Chiffon, ruffled. ered white polka dots, black and white, with embroid- Plain Colored Taffeta t iIh fU.V- Black Taffeta, tucked. ered dots of color. -hemstitched. andCcJiA Taffeta Sffid Bck and White Taf- Pi-m Black Taffeta, tucked. Pongee Silks, with black fucked SSd ctSded fta. small checked. h,ite' taffet: lace or velvet trimmings. .SSEnifflad f Ugd'S Wh"C Taf" fe T Tt Foulards in good colors. Striped p, in d f ffim Jffi!""- Wash Silks, in colors. and Scotch plaid Taffeta White Chiffon, ruffled. Scotch Plaid, hemstitched. C CA for $8.50 Parasols Black Taffeta, with three tfF rn for $6.00 Parasols White Chiffon, ruffled and t$)iJDJ wide tucks, and faggoting. kJjfz.DU hemstitched, and Black Taffeta tucked in groups. Women's Wear. "3r 5c Cotton Ribbed tfh Vests. 10c 19c 19c 12-!c Cotton Vests ribbed, white. 25c Cotton Union Suits, umbrella style with lace. 25c Fancy Hose cotton, black and colors, embroidered, striped, dotted. 39c 50c Lisle, and Cotton Hose plain and dropstitch ed, embroidered and striped. committees, and will be run out to the picnic grounds for the first trip as soon as the Labor day parade here in town is finished. The parade w ill start about 9:30, and will probably be over by 11 o cloc k. Three bands have been en prafred for the day. and there iill be a good programme of athletic contests and baseball at the picnic grounds. Two Topeka unions will play baseball. The speakers who have been secured are Governor Bailey, John Madden of Kmporia, General Organizer Kent of the National Carpenters' union, Phila delphia, John Dawson of Topeka, and Frank Doster. LOOKS LIKEJUUL PLAY. Nottingham Death Has an Air of a Murder Mystery. The coroner's Jury which heard the evidence Thursday iri the case of Wil liam Nottingham, the old man who died at the Curtis house in North Topeka a week ago today, have decided that Not tingham was poisoned by unknown per sons. The body of Nottingham, who died mysteriously, was buried several days ago, but owing to a suspicion in the mind of Coroner Hogeboom, the stomach of the deceased was removed and kept for analysis. The organ was turned over to Dr. Martin O'Donnell, an ex Most MEN'S HANDKERCHIEFS. Two 25c ones for 25c All-Linen, Hemstitched, Full Size Big Bargain. WOMEN'S HANDKERCHIEFS. Two I5c ones for.. 25c One 25c one for.. 19c Swiss and Linen, scalloped enbroidered, hem stitched embroidered, and lace trimmed. pert chemist, who found a large amount of morphine, enough to kill two men. When the coroner searched the body upon its discovery, not a cent of money was found, and the pocketbook in which Nottingham carried his money was found inside his clothing. This looked to the coroner like an indication that the old man had been robbed, and the thief, in his haste, had failed to return the pocketbook to the trousers pocket where it had been found. "It is my opinion," said Dr. Hoge boom, "that he was murdered. He left nothing which would substantiate a sui cide theory. It has been my experience that a suicide invariably leaves a let ter or some other Indication of his in tention." Coroner Hogeboom has notified the police and Sheriff Lucas that a murder is suspected, and they are requested to act accordingly. The only clue found so far is a small one and concerns a man named Brown. The proprietor of a joint and billiard hall in North Topeka says that this man Brown came into his place shortly after the death of Nottingham with a larger sum of money than he had been seen with before. Brown, who has disappeared from the city, is known to have been an associate of the old man, Nottingham. E. C. Arnold who was building a frame ware room covered with sheet iron in the rear of his drug store was compelled by Chief Wilmarth to take it down as such buildings are not allow ed in the fire district. specimens of Wrood's work are to be seen today in American households as well as in the possession of collectors. The china that came from England at this period was remarkable for its deep, rich blue and was in great demand owing to its durability and cheapness, a plate that a collector would now glad ly buy at $25 being made to sell for 10 cents or less. At the same time the novice must remember that there are certain designs which were imported in such numbers as to be practically val ueless from the collector's standpoint. One style of this nature, known as "flow blue." has nondescript patterns, and quantities of it are yet to be lound. Another is the so called "willow pat tern," shown in the illustration. The willow pattern was made by nearly ev ery English potter at one period or an other and varies in color from a fine old blue to a tint approaching purple. Of course the name which stands above all others in the ranks of Eng land's potters is the name of Wedg wood, who not only turned out beauti ful ware, but Invented many dishes, thereby adding greatly to the comforts of daily life. Wedgwood, who flour ished in the last half of the eighteenth century, was one of the most indefati gable of potters, his work extending throughout the whole range of ceramic ware. Wedgwood patterns are ex tremely popular with modern potters, their distinguishing quality being white bas-reliefs on pink, blue or green. It is a matter of some difficulty, however, to pick up real old Wedgwoods at any thing but a high figure, though in stances of remarkable bargains are re 10c 25c 12k JulyJPr Order now and avoid high price coal in the future. The following cash prices are for a short time only: X Pennsylvania Anthracite $11.00 Arkansas Anthracite -Ouita 0.00 Spadra Lump Arkansas Semi-Anthracite 7.00 Weir City Nut 4.25 Weir City Selected Lump 4.50 Riverside Lump 4.00 X Riverside Nut 3.75 X UOdgC Ulldll XJUU,jJ jtaQ tj X Osage County Shaff Lump. 4.00 Topeka Coal Co. "jr f Main Office 509 West 10th St. Yard Quincy and Railroad, Try the Genuine Riverside Lump for your furnaces. X nteresting ported from time tq time. Magnificent examples of Wedgwood are to be found in the various museums of the country as well as in private collections. China collectors will also be interest ed in the display of Lowestoft ware shown in some museums, notably the Metropolitan in New York and the Bos ton Museum of Fine Arts. There is also a rich collection In the possession of the Antiquarian society of Concord, Mass. Lowestoft gets Its name from a town in England, but there are many who contend that it is not genuine Eng lish ware, but was imported into Eng land from China. The porcelain we know under the name of Lowestoft is in color distinctively oriental, being of a fine pearly tint. The decorations vary in style, but the most familiar are flowers and sprigs with delicate bor ders. The illustration shows three pieces of Lowestoft in the collection at Boston. They are of "soft paste" por celain, thickly glazed and of a charac teristic rose color, the tint of the body being creamy. They were given to the museum by an Isle of Wight collector and are labeled "Lowestoft, certified to have been made in England." What baffles many collectors in passing upon supposed Lowestoft ware is the fact that nearly all of the pieces are un marked. No account of old English china In America is complete without mention of the Stevensons and the Ridgways, whose wares enjoyed a great vogue. Another notable figure wss Joseph Stubbs, who owned the Dale Hall works at Burslem, in England. Stubbs did not make many pieces of china for American consumption, but what he did produce is venerated by collectors. His name is best known through a se ries he sent to the United States deco rated with what is called the "eagle and scroll' border, a capital example of which is herewith shown. It is a plat ter depicting the Boston state house and Common, with John Hancock's house on the left and in the foreground cows that are supposed to have be longed to Mr. Hancock. This platter Is always in much demand, a specimen of it having been sold In Boston two years ago for $55. Amateur collectors should always bear in mind that the several notable makes of old china have, as a rule, dis tinguishing marks which can only be learned by dint of thorough study. For this purpose it is advisable to procure a good textbook before undertaking the hobby, which will surely prove Interest ing and, as has already been said, need hot be nvnaive. In china collecting, as in othe affairs of life, it is always well to heed Davy Crockett's old max im, "Be sure you're right, then go ahead!" JANE A. HANDON. (South Window) Men's Wear. 25c Bow and String Ties. 3 pairs 25c Hose Lace Lisle, 50o black, light gray, and tan. 50c White Shirts summer negligees. Boy's Wear. 25c Balbriggan Shirts and Drawers. Hobby ICED FRUIT SALAD. First boil half a pound of white sirup with a little water till you have a thin sirup. Peel some ripe pears and cut in pieces with grapes, strawberries or any other fruit. Pour the boiling sirup over the fruit and add to it half an ounce of peeled pistachio nuts and half an ounct of sweet almonds, both coarsely chop ped. When the salad is cold add two tablespoenfuls of maraschino and place in ice till lust on freezing point. Serve In small glass custard cups, with a lit tle whipped cream on each. CHEESE MERINGUES. Melt to gether two ounces of rich Cheddar cheese and the same quantity of gru yere. When this is melted, add two ounces of butter and about half a gill of water. Stir till It becomes a smooth creamy mass. Have ready some dried and sifted flour, stir it In gradually till the whole forms a stiff paste, then add the yolk of an egg and beat well. Take two tablespoons and grease the insides of both, take up a spoonful of the paste, level it and by means of the other spoon slide it on to a buttered baking sheet. Continue In this way till all the paste is used up. Bake steadily to a gJlden brown, and meanwhile beat the white of an egg to a stiff froth, add a dust of red pepper and coat the meringues with this as soon as possible. A forcing bag and pipe will be required for this. Set the meringues back in a cool part of the oven until they are of a delicate brown. Serve hot on a doily. MUTTON FRITTERS. This is a good dish when a tasty course has to be made up quickly from the remains of a leg of mutton. Cut the meat into fin gers and flavor with salad oil, onion Juice and pepper. Brush the meat with this. Mix a pinch of allspice with a beaten egg, dip the fritters Into this, then shake in bread crumbs. Fry In deep fat till a golden color. Drain and serve with some tomatoes that have been roasted whole. Muslins, laces and embroidery should be washed in soapsuds, rinsed well starched immediately (if starch Is re quired) and then pulled Into shape Embroideries should be Ironed on the wrong side. t X X X X

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it TOPEKA STATUE JOURNAL, FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 7 1903. 9 u.i Jut dra th- V J.. J I) V Reliance, Whose Managing Owner, C. Oli ver IseHn, Says She W ill Win, v v

w n u i A -4e h.W I L. .rx I The ohancrs that the cup will r'm iin hf-re are good, despite Sir Thomas Lipton's optimism. The Araeri. an ya.-lu !ilMs the r.-cord so far and indiatioiis are that the trophy is safe. The tests already made show Shamrock Ill s beot time, for thirty mill's. -2:59:20; Reliance s best time, thirty miles, 2:53-30 CALIFORNIA DKIED FIIUITS American Prunes Tirml7 Established in European Markets. From various quarters there comes evidence that Caliiornia dried fruits are now a recognized factor in the markets of continental Kurope. This is to the advantage of the American producer, as the price Is always higher abroad than the home price, or the product would not be exported. It has not here tofore been the case wltn our dried fruits. California fruits have been taken because they could be delivered at lower prices than the home product could be had for. It ts true that this is denied by some. A press dh-patch re cently quoted a San Jose prune oper ator who had Just returned from Ku rope as saying that Californit prunes find favor in Kurope. As a matter o' fact they command from 1 to 2 cents a pound more than the European pro duct." If the gentleman meant prunes produced in Fiance or Ger many, he is misquoted or mistaken. They do not. Bordeaux quotations of French prunes I tu'ivartabiy run much higher than our prunes can be delivered there for freight and duty paid. Consul Urittain of Kuhl, Oermany, states the matter correctly as follows: "From a leading Importer in the western part of Germany I learn that California prunes and apricots are rapidly supplanting the products of France and Italy. California fruit is cheaper and its flesh is blighter and more solid." That describes the situation exactly, and Incidentally shows that the impor ter in question has received our bt fruit. Our fruit Is always cheaper thin the French fruit, and our sun-drying leaves the flesh of the prune in its nat ural color, while half cooking in th- French ovens darkens it. Hut in the lat ter sections those prunes which are dri "i last often partially ferment, a process which darkens the flesh and leaves a more or less disagreeable taste, accord ing to the amount of fermentation. It is almost certain that our wholesale cus tom of mixing our inferior and partially fermented prunes with those which are dried In the first of the season, when the sun Is hot and the fruit dries quickly. Is the cause of the lower price whiet our prunes bring. When fruit is thus mixed It is a matter of luck whether any particular shipment is good or bad. There Is a general rule, applicable to. nil Industries, that Inferior stock will not bear long transportation. The importer quoted by Consul Urittain states that he has no fault to find with the packing except that the boxes do not hold well. He thinks boxes for export should b? dovetailed. It ts not certain that dove tails would hold very well in our lum ber which Is available for boxes, but they would heln the nails, and. at anv rate, the cost of banding would not be serious. We do not think there Is much cause for complaint of the honestv of the packing of our prunes, but there cer tainly is in that of our apricots, as any one will discover who will buy a box my where, la the cresent condition of our fruit S k v. I II V Y. i 1 trade there is a great opportunity for substantial firms to build up a great export trade in their brands. It is only necessary in the case of apricots, peaches and other "cut fruits" to "face" the boxes with the fruit with w hich the box is Ailed, and ship none containing sulphurous acid in exces-s of I me legal limit or the port destination, jln the case of prunes, ship no lot con taining partially fermented fruit. In both cases make the boxing fit to bear the handling on steamships and light ers and arrange the grades and weights I according to the metric system. There (is also, we believe, a good opening tor i rruns especially the large sizes cured by the French method, to be i eaten out of hand without further j cooking It is fruit thus prepared i which brings the high prices in the 1-tench markets, and is exported to seme extent to this country. It is usu ally for sale by leading grocers in this 'city at about 25 cents a pound. There (Is a market for this oven-dried fruit .and we can prepare it as well a3 the I trench Sun Francisco Chronicle. j rHESKKYlXQ DIUMTIT. "Rf-ing in Constantinople." said the Phil l adelphlun who had circled the earth '"t j was up -to me to buy a Turkish scimitar. I txheve they all do that except the Ger mans, who run to Dines in inni .i the bazaars I came across a weapon that had an ancient look and was assured that uarAr T? by a T"r' general 51) Mars bcl.ie. Ihe price asked was about h V.n-ourim?ncl- a'"' 1 Promptly declined h .V so tile merchant tore his n.tir and crul out: 'What do, S Ihp n -i n Tut- pn has tinin p. men. Is it net' good enough to hnng on the waiir ,vi's about to pass when he asked me jWhat price I would give. i "ilrt cv,'r I r. piied. hair r'.'JnT; .'"i'frd be singed and my he wa kVihn S' V? IW'-toZJl. a3- ''e,l":Vnurh ha'a slain" nun but ti-cHiisf I m)lst rais monev to yours 6 15 fur There-it is wmliH"V,f?r "i 1 r'P"d. knowing that hf c"m'' ,"Kn 'o my figures. min f the b,lignt fill upon me and mme furevtr mcr. r c.. 'ST that this sword ha. v-Ai 1'1 ou cavil at the price. "n,H '"T."uch a relic? Today I go to bi.v Take 7r r;i'ei,oan' mon-V 1 rnlfst have. 7' for 112 and know that you have rijt.rt'a me. leiyound:' 1 n"Ued' 1 louked -1 And may 1 nver sleep or cat aeiin F.'a mV Prayers.' he f;,iny howleJ as he tore eff his robe. 'Here is a sword that has slain .ti men and lived in historv, and '"k "Pon it with contempt". Oh! ir 1 Old not need money within the hour! Ko brier of the unfortunate, take it at 111 aixi begone!' 1 11 pay you n on one consideration. Tell me truthfully how many men this r-irritar has slain.' ilr iocked at me for a minute and then strokfd his whiskers and replied- If I answered 60 you would 'think me liar, and if I answered none vou would haw to lie to your friends at home There fore that each may preserve his dignity, hand over your ten and take the sacred relic away!' M. Quad. COMRADES. George Benton, son of Colonel Joseph Benton of Chicago, was a traveling salesman for his father's agricultural implements supply house. Colonel Benton was well off In worldly goods, and had a thriving business, to w hich George, the joy of the old man's heart, one day was to succeed. George's itinerary was in Kentucky for the tima being. He had been doing the mountain section of the state, and the colonel no ticed that his son's last three trips had not been particularly remunerative to the house. Furthermore, the fond fath er noted that the son had a dreamy look about the eye. "What's the matter, Georgie?" queried the colonel, when he had his boy one morning in the quiet of the inner office. "Dad, you've told me time after time that you'd like nothing better than to have me fall in love with some nice girl, get married and settle down, haven't you?" "Yes, Georgie, it makes a better out look for the business when I pass it over." "Well, dad, I've fallen in love all right, and the girl's all right, too, and wants me. but her father doesn't." "Who is she, Georgie?" "She's Mary Bowie, and she lives with her father, old Colonel Bowie, in Break neck county, near Johnson, Ky. I met Mary six months ago, and that's why you've found my order list light for the last few trtps. "I asked the colonel for Mary, and he said he'd see her dead first. He's unre constructed a bit. He swore that north erners were a shopkeeping lot who couldn't drink and couldn't shoot as gen tlemen ought. He told me never to show my face around his place again. "I've got to carry the girl off, I guess. She's willing, but the old chap can hit a quail on the wing with a rifle, and I'm betting he'll wing me before I can get out of the count;-." "George, that Breakneck county Is where they have all the feuds, isn't it; tough place, and all that?" "Yes, dad, but the colonel isn't a feudist. He lives quietly enough, and has a fine place, but he's the devil when he's 'ud.' I know that." "Well, my boy, I was a colonel, too, once, and in the service, but I guess I wasn't on the same side as this Ken tucky fire eater. Georgie, I am with you in this matter. I may not have luck, but I'm going down to Johnson, Breakneck county, Kentucky, to look over the ground." Col. Joseph Benton was in the bar room of the only hotel In Johnson, Ky. He w as sitting at a table, and was cog itating whether he would take some thing straight or let the bartender try his hand at mixing. The bartender, by the way, was the only person in the room besides the northerner. Just as Colonel Benton had his lips pursed to ask for whisky straight the baize door swung open and in walked a brisk man with white hair, a fierce little mustache and a keen gray eye. The gray eye fell on the northerner, and the newcomer advanced to the table. "Good afternoon, sun. I am just going to take one, and I don't like to drink alone; w-hat will you have euh?" "I'll take some straight whisky, sir, and thank you. Won't you sit down?" The brisk gentleman sat down. "Stranger here, suh, I take it." "Yes. sir, I'm from the North, and 1 haven't been as tar south as this since the war." The liquor was served. "Were you in the service, suh?" "Yes, sir. I was in the Five Hun dredth Illinois one year as a private, and then for some roson I was pro moted, and I served till it was all hap pilv over." "I was on the other side, suh, but I like soldiers, wherever they fight; they can shoot and drink like men, suh. Where did you serve, suh "Army of the Cumberland, most of the time. In the first year of the war, when 1 was a private, I didn't see much fighting, though I got my first wound in that time of comparative quiet. Let's have another drink, sir." "Very good, suh. Tell me about your getting shot when things were quiet, suh. I'm interested, I assure you, suh." "Well, we were guarding a bridge that the rebs beg pardon. I mean the con federates had burned twice and we had to rebuild. It was over Jones river in Tennessee. I was a picket on the outpost and we heard that a raiding party was near and would make "anoth er attempt to burn the bridge. We had orders to keep a sharp lookout that night to see that no slick fellow got through the lines to look over the situa j tion. I "It was blacker than that bottle. I w as in a sandy stretch with bushes all i about. I heard a noise about midnight and, straining my eyes, I thought I saw something crawling behind a bush. I pulled and let drive, and the next in ,'stant the form behind the bush sent j back a shot. I've got his bullet in my j right shoulder now. and the doctor won't get it till I'm dead." "That. suh. was at Jones river the night r,r T..K- ia ik. -ivas it not. suh? When tne I davlig'ht came your guard found a trail in I the sand and blood spots, did he not, i suh?" t tli "It did sir I knew tnen i naa mi tne man, and that he had crawled back to his lines wounded." "You shot well, suh. for a dark night. I shot prettv well myself, suh. considering I i was wounciea. l ve rhi jum ounrV left shoulder, suh, and it will be with me In my grave, suh. We are comrades, suh. we are comraues. mwc, cm... we fought on the contrary sides. Your name, suh?" "I am Colonel Joseph Bention of Chica go, sir, and yours?" "I am Colonel Haskall Bowie, sun. of Breakneck county. Kentucky, suh. If I mistake not. It is your son who wants my Mary, suh." "It is. Colonel Bowie." "We are comrades, suh. Ycur son can hav my daughter, suh." "Your daughter can have my son. sun. Both "Shake, comrades. Bartender, liquor." Chicago Record-Herald. WAS THE CRITICAL NIGHT. I reached the cabin of the Widow Ruggles just before sunset and just as the rain began to fall. When I asked her if I could put up for the night, she said: "I hev five children and yo'll hev to sleep with two of them if yo' stay." I assured her that It would be all right, but there was a troubled look on her face as she continued: "Stranger. I forgot about Moses John son. It s his night fur comin'." "And what about Moses Johnson?" "It's his night fur droppin" in to spark." "Well, I shan't object to that if he doesn't. You cam go ahead and do your sparking Just the same as If I wasn't here." "But he's a powerful quare man, Moses Is." she said, with a great deal of earnestnenss. "He wouldn't sit down within ten feet of me with a stranger in the house, and he might git mad and go home. I've bin a widder four years, and Moses is the first feller that has come junin' around." "And you don't want to lose him, of course "Of course not. I don't want to turn yo" away, and yet I'll hev to look out for Moses. I'm sorry I'll hev to put yo" up out of the way as soon as you've had supper?" "Not at all. I'll be out of the way in 15 minutes." As soon as supper was finished one of the children climbed a ladder leading to the garret to light the way, and I fol lowed. After a smoke I turned la on I the corn-husk bed, and being dead tired I was soon asleep and did not open my eyes till morning. W7hen I descended the ladder the widow met me with a radi ant countenance and said: "Stranger, I wish to thank yo' from the bottom of my heart." "But, for what?" "Fur takin' to the garret, and gittin outer Moses' way last night Yo' had jest begun to snore when in he walks and 30 minlts later had popped the question, and I had answered him 'yo' bet." If yo'd been sittin' around Moses would hev had to shoulder a shotgun and go out and 'round up another crit ter of some sort. "Sot right down and eat and drink all yo' kin hold and thar'U be no bill to pay, and may the. Lawd bless yo' fur yo'r hoss sense and willingness to help the widdered and the fatherless." M. Quad. ASHKIXE VULGARIZED. The Offenses Committed at Btratford-on-Avon. "What should they know of Shake speare who only Shakespeare know?" asks Stratford of the world, and its amazing shops quite justify the question. Until you have looked into them, ninety-nine hundredths of the man all of him, that is. that Stratford really cares about simply must have escaped you. For instance, you, an average English man, are proud of your Shakespeare. You think of him with a kind of awe; you wonder how such an immensity of imagination could co-exist with such an immensity of mellowness and sanity; you marvel at those overwhelming gifts of mind and heart that made him not only the greatest of poets and drama tists.but one of the clearest and shrewd est of thinkers, philosophers and observ ers. Possiblv you even read him. But this, it will be said, is after all confined to the shopkeepers, and shop keepers in all such matters are neces sarily what we know them to be. Well, if you think this, go to the Shakespeare memo-rial and examine its exhibits. The building itself is a jumble of all styles of architecture, and therefore of none; and the contents correspond. Indeed, it will not take you long to decide that there are atrocities and incongruities under the glass cases in the library that really transcend remembering the spe cial sense In which the library is con secrated to Shakespeare anything to be found in the High street shops. For example, in this building which stands there as a national tribute to Shakespeare's genius I found, pre served in one of the glass cases an egg shell. A sort of face had been paint ed on it. Disgusting bits of hair had been mirnmed on to represent eyebtows. beard and mustache. The artist had so arranged things that, in the result, there was something that might have passed for an insulting caricature of the worst bust of Shakespeare that even Stratford possesses. It was a specimen of provincial handiwork and wit that would have sickened one even at a charity bazaar. Yet here it reposed, a part of our English offering on Shakes peare's shrine. And that nothing of its exquisiteness might be lost, there was a scrap of paper close by with.this in scription: "An eggzact likeness. The most eggshellent in eggistence." How came such a dastardly vulgar ism there It was, it turned out, the gift of the late Mr. Cf. E. Fowler, and Mr. Fowler not only presented the site for the memorial buildings, but was a very large subscriber toward the cost of erecting them. I am fully sensible of Mr. Fowler's liberality and know quite well how much the whole memo rial scheme owed to his enthusiastic energy and. his. genuine passion for Shakespeare. But I cannot think either the egg shell or the inscriptlen he com posed to gor with it adds anything sub stantial to his credit. It Ho not "illustrate" Shakespeare in any very tangible way; I doubt whether even a German would find it "helpful"; and I am quite sure it is not the sort of thing I shonld like an American to catch sight of. There is only one place where it would be really appropriate, and that is the dust bin. In the same way a stuffed wild cat may do capitally for a dark corner of a hotel smoking room, but its presence in the Shakespeare memorial is not to be justified bv a quotations from the "Taming of the Shrew." A similar objection applies to a stuffed crocodile; I am not in the least reconciled to its Inclusion by a line from "Antony and Cleopatra." If the council think themselves bound to have specimens of everything that Shakespeare mentions they may as well hire the British museum at once. But there are other exhibits that cannot plead even this exceedingly indirect excuse for their presence. In one case, for in stance, is a rather curious old fishing tack le box. Its sole justification for being there is that it was found near Stratford. Oth erwise it has just as much connection with Homer as with Shakespeare. A Kruger half-crown, some jubilee and coronatio.i medals that figure in other cases have, if possible, even less. An "improved geneal ogical chart of the royal family" is sim ply irrelevant. A "new set of Shakespear ean playing cards" "to be had of all sta tioners" and displayed, if you please, un der glass, is something worse. After this it Is almost a relief to turn to a key of an old church where Shakespeare may have been married and to a pair of nut crackers, of which nobody knows anything except that they may have been Shake speare's. By comparison, their apposite ness is quite startling. Ivondon Mail. II I MOR OF THE DA Y. "Why don't you try to be of some use In the world?" "Mister," answered Meandering Mike reproachfully. "I'm one o' de main springs of industry. I'm one o' de fel lers dat keeps de taxpayers industrious ly hustlin' to run jails an' police forces an' t'ings." Washington Star. "Did you ever read The Inferno?" asked the man who is always thinking about books. "What's the use of reading it?" asked the man who likes to make the worst of it in warm weather. ."I have exper ienced it." Washington Star. "Do your neighbors sing the latest songs of the day?" asked the landlord. "I shouldn't object to that." answered the sad-eyed tenant, "their specialty is the latest songs of the night." Wash ington Star. "What would you do if you were to find an honest man?" "Don't you mention any such terrible possibility," returned Diogenes. "You'd spoil one of the best jokes that ever en abled me to bunco my neighbors as the village wag." Washington Star. Tourist "Did you er ever shoot a man?" Bronco Bill "No. lady.I've plug ged a few Indians, greasers, an' dudes, but I never killed a human!" Puck. "I'm more of an attraction than you." said the Circassian beauty. "Oh, I don't know," rejoined the obese lady. "You mar be all wool, but I'm a yard wide." Chicago Daily News. Johnny "Grandpa, have you any teeth?" Grandpa "No, my child, they have all gone." Johnny "Then I think I'll let you hold my nuts while I run an errand." Glasgow Evening T!mes. Young Wife (rather nervously) "Oh. cook, I must really speak to you. Your master is always complaining. One day it is the soup, the second day it is the fish, the third day it is the joint in fact, it's always something or other." Cook (with feeling) "Well, mum, Tm sorry- for you. It must be quite hawful to live with a gentleman of that tort" Punch. AND- PtTLL, AN A. D. 1". Call Box or call either telephone No. SI and have your Want Ada brought to the State Journal of fice by free mes senger service. Cost of classified adc five cents per line of six words to the line and every fractioa thereof. WANTED MALE HELP. WANTEEMJood arm waiters: also young man for kitchen work. Cremerie restaur rant. WANTED A few first class canvassers Capital Employment office, Sll Kansas ave. WANTED Men to learn barber trade; our diplomas assist to top wages; our method saves years; all expense can near ly be earned before completing: our cata logue tells how, mailed free. Write Moler Barber college, St. Ijuls. WANTED R. R. men for Illinois and north. Capital Employment office, Ml Kansas ave. WANTED 2 experienced solicitors, nice work, good pay. J. W. Stouffer, 1819 Clay st. WANTED FEMAXE jKELP. WANTED Girl for general housework; no washing; good wages. 310 E. 5th st. WANTED Kitchen girl S. E. cor. 8th and Quincy sts. WANTED All kinds of hotel help, man and wife for N. M R. R. men. Capital Employment office, 811 Kansas ave. WANTED White woman cook at 107 W. Norris St. WANTED- SITUATIONS. WANTED Expert young lady stenog rapher desires position; best of refer ences. H. R-, care Journal. WANTED A position as housekeeper for widower and son by an experienced wo man: no objections to leaving the city; references. Address T34 Madison St., up stairs. WHEN you want to hire a man or boy, call up- Y. M. C. A., telephone Sll. We hae a list of men and confidential ref erences concerning them. Y. M. C. A. Emplovment Bureau. 117 E. Eighth at. WANTEJVSalatMii for full line ot fruit and ornamental trees: pay weekl; outfit free: steady work. Iav.rence Nur sery Co.. Lawrence. Kan. BUSINESS CHANCES. WANTED Silent or active partner with $2,500 cash: manufacturing business already established: will bear investigation; will guarantee 25 per cent on investment. Ad dress "G. B.," care Journal. PEESONAI MAGNOLIA blossom will cure woman's ills. General agent UTti Woodward ave. KANSAS FAIRS. Or Following Is a list of fairs to be held In Kansas In 19J: WESTERN STATE FAIRS FOR 1903. Missouri State fnir, Sedalia, Aug. 37-22. Iowa State fair, Des Moines. Aug. 21-21". Minnesota State fair, Hamline, Aug. 31 Sept. 6. Nebraska State fair. Lincoln, Sept. 4-11. Kansas State fair, Topeka. Sept. 14-19. Illinois State fair, Sept. 26-Oct. 3. Texas State fair, San Antonio, Sept. 25 Oct. 11. St. Louis fair, Oct 5-11. COUNTY FAIRS. Allen County Agricultural society J. T. Tredway, secretary, lola; Sept. 8-li. Barton County Fair association James W. Clark, secretary. Great Bend; Aug. 25 28. Hiawatha Fair association (Brown coun saved the visitors from a third shutout, ty) Elliott Irving, secretary. Hiawatha; Sept. 8-11. Butler County Fair association J. W. Robison. secretary. El Dorado: Oct. 5-9. Hewins Park and Fair association (Chau tauqua county) P. N. Whitney, secretary. Cedar Vale. Clay County Fair association E. H. Hoopes. secretary, Clay Center: Sept. 8-11. Coffey County Agricultural Fair associa tion J. E. Woodtord, secretary, Burling ton: Sept. 8-lt. Eastern Cowley Fair association (Cowley countyv Ed E. Reed, secretary'. Burden; Sept. 1S-18. Cowley County Agricultural and Stoc't Show association W- J. Wilson, secretary, Winfleld; Sept. 8-11. Finney County Agricultural society A. W. Warner, secretary. Garden City; Aug-5-7. Franklin County Agricultural society J. D. Gregg, secretary. Ottawa: S pt. S-U. Ford County Fair and Driving Park as sociationAugust 11, 12 and 13. L. J. Pet tyjohn, president. Harvey County Agricultural society J. C. Nicholson, secretary, Newton; Sept. 22 25. Jackson County Agricultural and Fair association S. B. McGrew, secretary, Hol ton; Sn.t. 1-4. Jefferson County Agricultural and Me chanical sssociation George A. Patterson, secreta'y. Oskaloosa: Sept. 1-4. Jewell County Agricultural association H. R. Honey, secretary, iiankato; Sept. 14-17. Frankfort Fair association (Marshal) count v) J. D. Gregg, secretary, Frank fort: Sept. 1-4. Marshall County Fair association E. L Miller, secretary, Marysvule; Sept. 15-15 Miami County Agricultural and Mechan ical Fair association W. H. Bradbury, Secretary, Paola: 6ept. 8-11. Mitchell County Agricultural association H. A. Phelps, secretary, .oeloit; Sept. 3u Oct. 3. Morris County Exposition Co. M. F. Amrlne, secretary. Council Grove; Sept. 22-25. Nemaha County Fair association W. R. Graham. secretary. Seneca; Sept. 1-4. Necsho County Fair association H. Lodge, secretary, Erie; Sept. 29-Oct. 2. Chanute Agricultural iair. Park and Driving association (Neosho county) A. E. Timpane. secretary. Chanute; Sept. 1-4. Ness County Agricultural association I. B. Pember. secretary, Ness City; Sept. 2-t. Norton County Agricultural association C. J. Shimeail, secretary, Norton; Sept. 1-4. j Central Kansas Fair association (Reno county) Ed M. Moore, secretary, Hutchin son: Sept. 14-14. Osage County Fair association E. T. Price, secretary, Burlingame; Sept. 1-4. Rice County Agricultural Fair and Live Stock association W. T. Brown, secrstaiy. Sterling: Sept. 1-4. Riley County Agricultural society E. C. Newby, secretary, Riley; Sept. 1-4. Rooks County Fair association Olmer Adams, secretary, Stockton. Saline County Agricultural. Horticul tural and Mechanical association H. B. Wallace, secretary, Sallna: Sept. S-ll. Wichita State Fair association (Sedgwick countv) II. G. Toler. secretary. Wicnita. Smith County Fair association E. S. Rice, secretary. Smith Center: Aug. 18-21. Mulvane Agricultural association (Sum ner county) Newton Shoup. secretary, Mulvane. Fredonia Agricultural association (Wil son county) J. T. Cooper, secretary. Fre donia: Aug. 2S-2S. Stafford County Fair association Geok B. Moore, secretary. St. John; Aug. 1S-IL k BUSINESS DIRECTORY. TOPEKA TRUNK FACTORY. TOPEKA TRUNK MANUFACTORY manufacturers and jobbers ot trunk, traveling bags, telescope cases, leather goods, etc. 510 Kansas ave. George V. HossftJd. proprietor. Tel. 433. UNDERTAKERS fc EMBAT.TVTER3. DKMOS3 PEN WELL. Funeral Direc tors and Embaimers. First class service reasonable prices. 611 Quincy. Both tela. 1H2. GEO. B. PALMER, undertaker. Estab lished 1871. Prices reasonable. Tel. office 146. Resklence 87. 21 Jackson at. J. A. ROSEN. Patent Attorney, 413 Kansas ave-. Toyeka- P A VINO. THE OFFICE of the Capital City Vitri fied Brick and Paving Co., baa been .re moved to IIS W. 8th st. RUO FACTORY. 'A' A N TKlSYoiib'etTisake' oueoicJ carpets l.-to lags. Call puonej 421 c addieos McCoricick Peake. &2i Jacksoii. JEWELER AND OPTICIAN. F. W. feWKARUS-GeirjeernVsrad' bate opticiaji. We guarantee every pair of glasses to fit and ever; watch we r pau. We carry tee largest line of watches, ciockii. diamonds, cut gl&aa. etc.. in the city. Watcn inspector Li. P. R. It. 72 Kansas ava. CARPENTERS AND BUILDERS. H. W. MULL, Carpenter and Builder. Shop 112H West Eighth st. 'Fhana ltO Jeb work promptly done. Topeka. Kan. SPORTING GOODS. J. C. ELLIOTT. i28 Kansas ave.. general sportug goads, guns, ammunition, base ball sUftiplicfe. listting tackle, refrigerator baskets. Sprats ucg food and mediciiea; pbonj 675. STORAGE MERCHANTS' TRANSFER STOUAUE Co. packs, ships and stores household goods, 'lei. 18b. Chueuce bkinner, 122 E. bin kc MONEY. SHORT time money to loan on personal property. W. E. Seguine, 413 Kansas av. MONEY TO LOAN on live stock, pianos, organs. tpewriters. household goods ar.d personal securii y. L, Biscoe. a2a Kan. Ave. HARDWARE. THE COUGHLIN HARDWARE CO. Hardware, stoves, fine tools. ut Kansas ave. Tel. ARCHITECT. ARCHITECT. T. H. LESCHER. 84) MONROE ST. HIGH-BRED STALLION. JACKDAW, the most successful sire in the west and sire of Maxine, 2:0?t. cham pion trotter for year 1W2. is making a summer and fall season at Prairie Dell farm, 4 miles west of Topeka. R. I. Lee. CARPET CLEANING. WANTED You to have your carpets cleaned McCcrmick Peake, Tele phones 421. WANTED MISCELLANEOUS. WANTED Those having idle funds for investment should call on or address Rooms 303-304 Kansas City Life bldg., K. C. Mo. WANTED To rent by Aug. 25. 5 or 6 room cottage or house on west side, near Washburn preferred, prefer bath and closet, family of 4 adults; might lease for a year if satisfactory. Address, with terms, O. K., care Journal. WANTED To rent by Oct. 1. a strictly modern 8 or 9 room house, close in. Ad dress D. A., care Journal, FOR RENT ROOMS. FOR RENT Furnished room for one or two gentlemen at 920 Jackson st. FOR RENT Furnished rooms. 305 E. li)th St. FOR RENT Furnished room.- 301 Van Buren st. FOR RENT Furnished rooms, modern. 412 W. 5th St. FOR REINT 2 furnished rooms light house keeping 3i"6 E. 10th. Inquire at 63t Quincy. FOR RENT Furnished rooms, pleasant and modern. 919 Topeka ave. FOR RENT Nicely furnished large front room,- south and east exposure; house modern, bath, gas; for gentlemen. 1125 Van Buren st. FOR RENT Fi.rniehed rooms; iU mod ern con veniences, bath, etc; southwest. 5th and Madison. FOR RENT HOUSES. FOR RENT Furnished house of 8 rooms and bath room; modern, all Improve ments. 1035 Polk. Call mornings between 10 and 12 o'clock. FOR SALE MISCELLANEOUS. FOR SALE Sound, heavy ink barrels. See janitor of Slate Journal. FOR SALE A scholarship at a good short hand s-chool. For information address O. J. Backenstoce. 42t Tyler st. FOR SALE SxsH view camera, or will trade for incubator. 1438 Western ave. FOR SALE Cobc. T. A. Beck, 212 and 214 E. 8th ave. Both 'phones No. 90. FOR SALE 1 automobile, 1 Smith-Premier typewriter. 1 desk and typewriter desk combined, also law bouks. Mrs. W. E. Fagan. 42u Buchanan St. Call evenings. FOR SALE A gentle family horse, safe for women and children. 325 Kansas av. j FOR SALE: Fine Jersey milk cow. fresh Kiehl property, 3 miles west on loth st. FOR SALE 5 head cows, all giving milk, at your price. Come and see them; also a young calf. 19th and Western ave. FOR SALE Good bed room set 126 E. Nor ris St., N. Topeka. FOR SALE Goat harness and Studebaker wagon. 102 Hawthorne St., Auburndale. FOR SALE Fresh cow, with calf, bar gain. Geo. B. Frost, K. P. hall. FOR SALE Good work mare, weight 1,200 pounds. Inquire 4j0 Leland st. FOR SALE New upright Knabe piano, style V: perfect condition; can be had at a bargain, as owner is leaving city. Ad dress A. A., care Journal. LOST AND FOUND- FOUND Monday, g-ild pin. Owner can have same bv describing it and paying for this ad. Call at 1j3 Lincoln st. LOST Small brooch, heart-shaped, 12 pearls. 4 rubles and 4 leaves; lost Thurs day morning west of Harrison St., south of 4th st. Return 410 Harrison St. and re ceive reward. LOST Diamond ring. $25 reward 400 E. sth st. EXPRESSJDELrvRY FOR BAGGAGE and moving call up 'phone 998, Athertoo Bros. Offies li3 Eat th su COAL DEALERS. SOUTHWESTERN FUEL CO., ItLbrilUKK U3. N. E COR. 8TH ANi KAN. AVS. Ail Kinds of Coal. Best Quality. Full Weight. Prompt Delivery. BICYCLES AND REPAIRING. TOPEKA AUTOMOBILE AND CYCLB Co. Tel. Tut. Bicycles and sundries; bi cycles and tandems for rent; repairing ot all kinds. L. a CYCLE CO., 118 E. 8th St. National Jc Iver-Johnson bicycles. Supp'uea. repair. fLORISTS. MRS. M. K. HGLCRAFT. X1J Kansas ev. Cut flowers and liorai designs. Pbjne 174. CUT FLOWERS and floral designs at Hayes'. Iu7 W. 8th at. Both 'phouea 177. WALL PAPER. O. McGEfi, wall paper.palnta and bruahem,' House paintiug and paper fcuging. Call and gel prices beiore buying tuwwhi4. 81U Jactsou iL Bell telcpnbu too; luu. pendent telephone a&7. STAMPS, SEALS AND STENCILS THE J. C. DARLING CO., 734 Kan. Ave. Rubber stamps, brass and aluminum Uada checks. Prices low. Catalogue free. Tel. 8M. JEWELERS. JAMES B. HAY DEN. Jeweler and ttatu uan. Complete slock of watches, dia monds, silverware, etc Eyes examined and spectacle properly fitted. DRUGGISTS. TOt-EKA DRUG CO., J3I Kansas ave. TeL i- Prescriptions promptly and accurate ly (ilka. All kinds soda drinks at f ountain. PHYSICIANS AND SUxtJiiONS. H. L. ALDRICH. M. D., 733 Kansas ava. Physician aud surgeon, lei. ail. IDA C. BARNES, U. D. Office 728 Kansas ave. Residence Thir teenth and Clay. Oltice houra: a a. m, to 11 a. -n. and 8 p. m. to 5 p. m. Teiepuooa oas residence, and 18 office. FREli DISPENSARY. TOPEKA FREE DISPENSARY, south east corner luia and Tyler sis., from 1 to 2 p. m., except Sundas. Couducted by regular practicing physicians tor tha beuelit of persons without means who need ineUicil attention and treatment. Pa tients are assured of careful and consid erate treatment. Medicine furnished ia most case. HAIR DRESSING. SWITCHES, hair work. pompadours, all kinds of Mrs. Van Vleck. 222 E. 6th. MUSICAL. WORRAI 71S Polk, pfano lessons, pupil's home, 50c Church aud lodge playing free. FORSAIEjfeEALESJCATE For Sale or Exchange SMITH AGENCY, 509 &ansas Ave. 640 acres choice land near K- R. and county seat in Texas. 14. liH) acres Greenwood county. Kan., $12.50. 4o acres Shawnee county, $50. 160 acres Logan county. Ok., $25. to) acres Jefferson county, Kan.. 811.25. Farm lease and crop near Topeka. Great bargain inail kinds property. FOR SALE3 Vts, 8 room house, barn, chicken house, cellar, well, cistern, fruit, west Washburn college mile, $700 takes it for 10 days. A. P. Hull. FOR SALE The finest location in city. 3 corner lots, house and dairy business of K per month. A snap for right party. 19th and Western ave., I am going to sell. J. O. Wilbourne. FOR SALE House of 9 rooms, bnrn, fruit, shade, porches. 94 feet front. 212 Fillmore. MISCELLANEOUS. WHY DON'T YOU KETCH ON? We don't ask installment prices, don't pav rent (it's cheaper to move), don't hire help, we don't advertise. Howard new furniture store, 3u9 Kansas ave. FELLOW Traveller, to the Bar of God, who drinks I Do you wish to get on with the sober world? If so. call or writ De Voe Liquor Cui Co., 534 Kansas ava. snd 102 E. Sixxth si.. Topeaa. Kan. RAILROAD TIME TABLES. TIME TABLE. Topeka, Kansaj. Ihe "Bight Road" to and from ana betaaaj CHICAGO OMAHA st. Louis Denver MEMPHIS COLORADO SPOS PEORIA FORT WORTH ST. JOSEPH ST. PAUL KANSAS CITT MINNEAPOLIS And Everywhere Beyond. (Effective April 6th, 1908.) TRAINS LEAVE TOPEKA, AS FOL LOWS: EASTBOUND. No. 12. Chicago Mail and Express.. 8:38 pta No. 14, East Ex. and Mall 6:00 am No. i, F-l Paso and Chicago Ex.... 6.15pm No. 10. Colorado and K. C. Flyer.. 7:46 ara No. 38, Chick, and K. C. Ex 7UiU pxa WESTBOUND. No. 1L Chicago and Texas Ex 1:10 pro No. 9, Colorado Flyer 8:io pro No. 13, Texas Ex 12:20 ara No, 3. California and Mexico Ex.. 1:15 am No. 35, K. C. and Chickasha Ex.... SUM am NORTHBOUND. No. 28. St. Joe Ex 6:10 am No. 24. fat- Joe and Chicago Ex.... 28 pm SOUTHBOUND. No. 23, Chicago Ex 12:48 pm No. -5, S. W Ex U:5 pra All trains daily except Noa. 25 and 36 daily except Sunday. For sleeping car reservations, tickets, time tables, etc., apply to any Rock Island Ticket AenU E. W. THOMPSON. Assistant General Passenger Agent, Lines West of Missouri River, KANSAS CITY. Ma Union Pacifla. WESTBOUND. Arrive. Leave. Den. A Pae. Coast No. 6.12:40 pm 12:40 pm Limited No. 1 8:50 pm 8:50 pm June. City pass. No. 6:10 pm 8:25 pm Salina Ex. No. 7 10:06 am 10:05 am EASTBOUND. Atlantic Ex. No. 4 3:00 pm 8:00 pm Limited No. 2 6:40 am 6:40 am K. C. Pass. No. 6 8:06 am 8:20 am K. C. Ex. No. 8 6:40 pm 6:40 pm Noa. 7 and 8 daily, except Sunday. Missouri Pacific (Effective July 5, 1903.) No. Ml. passenger, leave Topeka 8:48 am No. 315, lecal, leave Topeka 7:00 am No. 302, passenger, arrive Toptka 60 pm No. 214, local, arrive Topeka 6:08 ra V

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10 TOPEKA STATE JOUKJNAI FiSJLDAlf EVENING, AUGUST 7, 1903. POLICEJOJTINGS. Things Are Quiet During the Chiefs Absence. I t I I 'M"t..M..... 1 TTyTTTTTTTVTTTTTTTTTTTI ink for f ON LY! FOR DAY ON uuuims tUbUBUUv x t X X X X ONE DAY ONLY x argams soiiow bargains Swift and fast at this mighty unloading sale now in full blast. Our determination to unload the greater part of this stock damaged by water, leads us at this time to create a money-saving event that will 3ale into insignificance any attempted heretofore lere or elsewhere. The values given here are almost Deyond belief. They do not represent one-half the special reductions. Come Saturday, whether you wish to buy or not. It's a sight worth coming 100 miles to see Spear s Department Store (VV. M. Costly's Old Stand, N. Topeka,) Quoting: Lower Prices, Giving Greater Bargains, Increasing Customers and Sales. This Store grows more popular day by day. Our continual cutting and slashing of prices, and the bar gains we give, has been heralded throughout this community by hundreds of delighted buyers. Saturday we expect to break all past undertak ings, resolved to fill the store to overflowing with eager purchasers. Doors open at 8 a. m. Be among the first. LINOLEUM At 8 a. m. Saturday we place on sale 50O square yards of Heavy Linoleum for floors, lVfe to 2 yards wide. We quote the price on the two yards wide per running yard 25o Babies' Oilcloth Bibs, the large size, each 5o Large size Granite Stove Pan a special purchase, each 25c Plain white Cups and Saucers, set of six 39c Plain white Dinner Plates, set of six 39c Heavy grade Knvelopes new goods, just received bunch of 25 for 2M-o Sad Iron Handles, each 5c 10 qt. Heavy Galvanized Pails-new goods each 15c 3-tined best steel Pitchforks. .35c Cast steel Hatchets lOo 200 Men's Heavy Duck Coats worth up to $3 close them out, each 50c Stove Pipe, new goods, joint.. lOc Indies' Gauze Vests, assorted sizes, each 5o 4 ball Hardwood Croquet Sets painted and polished set 49c Men's Work Shirts, assorted pat terns, each 25o Iarge size Turkish Bath Towels very special each 10c No. 8 heavy tin Wash Boiler new goods each 45c 6-foot Buggy Whtp, each 5c Men's all-silk Bow Ties, all 2"o values, each 10c Men's best 4-ply Linen Collars, each 12l-:C Men's Balbriggan Underwear, all sizes in shirts and drawers, gar ment 22c 500 Men's all-silk Club Ties, all neat patterns, worth 25c, each.. 15c Heavy cloth Window Shades, light and dark patterns, on roller, com plete perfect in every detail each 25c Great purchase and sale of Men's Fine Dress Shirts, with sepaiable or attached cutis all the newest and latest patterns, 75c value see window display each 48c Heavy Turkey Red Table Dam- ask, warranted fast color, yard, 25c Perforated Chair Seats, assorted, each at Long string of Beads the latest pink or blue, each lOc J 6 qt. Granite Preserve Kettles, war- ranted strictly firsts, each 9o Close out the Silk Thread. 100-yd. spools, each lc Clear the counters of all damaged i Window Shades the rollers are 2 worth four times what we ask each 2 'Ac Glass Sauce Dishes, assorted pat- terns, each 3c One heaping basket of Kettle Cov- ers, all sizes, each lc Square Dinner Pails, large size, each 19c Tin Drinking Cups, each lc 1 gal. Milk Crocks, each 8c y SO feet Heavy Galvanized Wire Clothes Line, each lOc Ironing Boards, strongly made, for 98c J Best Porcelain Dinner Plates .in J variety of decorations, set of six, for 50c Cups and Saucers to match, set of six SOo China Nest Eggs, each 2l2s IS sheets high grade Writing Paper for lo fi-ft. Extension Table, oak finish. each $4.49 J One lot Children's Rocking Chairs, choice 75c T Large size American plate Wall 2 Mirrors, oak frame, each 25c Fancy Glass Water Sets, worth $1.50 close them out 75o Large lot tin Coffey Pots, each, 5c Tin Milk Strainers, each 5c, Again those Steel Frying Pans, X each 5c Rubber-tipped Lead Pencils, two for lc White Metal Teaspoons, set of ix 10c) Best Steel Shovels, all sizes, each ..75c Plain white or decorated Butter Chips, each 3c X SPICTA. TV. 'ust to create a sensation and make Suturday a day long to be remembered, we will offer to every early morning cus tomer 10 yards Lawn for Dresses, in assorted r patterns cut 10 yards to the piece each 1 C X O Fortunate Purchase and Sale of Embroidery. A BOLD STROKE OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY ENTERPRISE. 5,000 yards of very fine Swiss Embroidery in wide pat terns. One heaping bargain table piled high with amazing values. Every piece in this great lot is worth from 20c to 40c per yard. A certain well known firm had purchased the entire lot just before the flood. They laid at the depot, and later the firm refused to accept the goods. The manufacturer looked for a cash buyer, and accepted our offer of 25 cents on the dollar. As we buy, so shall we sell, and offer you choice of the entire lot, divided as follows All fine Swiss Em- 7l broidery worth up to 20c -all piled out-choice per yard 2C All fine Swiss Embroidery worth up to 40c 1 AH piled out choice per yard X fc5'2C Extra Salespeople to wait upon you. IN CONCLUSION We want this sale to go down in history as the greatest money-saving event the people of Topeka have ever seen. We want you to come Saturday expecting great things, and you will not be disappointed. We have made extra efforts to wait upon the greatest crowd that ever attended a North Topeka store. OUR LOSS IS YOUR GAIN GOOD NEWS SPEEDS FAST Plain Clothes Men Gather in a Few Tags. DUSENBERUY SCORES. Secures a Cow That Was Tied Near a Sidewalk. 31 r. Lucas Stops the Promis cuous Target Practice. It Is painfully quiet around the village keep since Chief Goff went away, but maybe it is not the fault of the police. People have been strangely decent of late, and the court would be absolutely without a job were It not for the pro ficiency of the hot-foot-Hawkshaws in arresting alleged "vags" in the railroad yards, frequently outside the city lim its. It keeps the court busy turning these unfortunates loose. All hail Dusenberry! He is truly a benefactor (now that he is on a salary). When others fail, Dusenberry comes o the fore with a victim and keeps the police department from losing its fran chise. Dusenberry, who was trimmed of one arm by the rebels in '63, is now taking it out on the rebels who rebel against the minor city ordinances. Yes- A COW ON THE WALK. ter e'en Dusenberry strolled through the jungles in the western part of the city. -While so strolling he spotted a spotless bovine on the sidewalk. Now it is against the ordinances of the city for a cow to be caught on the walk, or tied across the same, so Mr. Dusenberry Dusenberried Mr. J. N. Porter, the law ful owner of the cow, and requested him to appear in court this morning. Mr. Porter 'aid so and was mulcted for $1. Kindly remember that at the present writing Mr. Dusenberry is not entitled to four bits thereof. He works for a salary now. While Darby is gone east John Lucas is acting Sergeant of the day forces, and he tries to do things right, ac cording to rules and regulations. He has put the kibosh on target practice in the back yard, because he says some of the policemen are such miserably poor shots that they cannot hit the ten-foot surface of the rock pile, and may kill an innocent bystander out in Potwin. He says the innocent bystand er is always the one to get it in the neck, and he doesn't propose to have any fatalities charged to his account. The rains of Wednesday night may delay Chief doff and Driver White in their overland trip to Nebraska and re turn. They guesFed that four days would be long enough to make the trip after the new patrol team, but Kansas mud and a speed of 40 miles per diem do not go well together. Frank Lewis, not the late candidate, but a North Topeka youth bearing tile same cognomen, is in it again. Krank was pinched during the month of June, prior to the extreme dampness, on the charge of carrying a revolver, other wise, concealed weapons. He was fined $10 on general principles, but he was let go on a promise to pay the same within a given time. He failed to pay. Last night when he was pinched on a committment. Lewis said that he had been busy trying to repair his home on the north side, and had been unable to raise the ten. WON'T GIVE HIM UP. England Refuses to Consent to Surrender of Chinese Editor. SPEAR'S I DEPARTMENT STORE x X W. M. Costley's Old Stand, North TopeKa. J Pekin, An. 7. It is understood here that the editor and staff of the Chinese reform newspaper Supam, published at Shanghai, against whom warrants of arrest have been issued on the charge of publishing seditious matter, can be sur rendered only by the unanimous con sent of the foreign consuls at that port. This can not be obtained, as the repre sentative of Great Britain has been in structed not to grant hi3 consent. It has been reported here that the foreign ers in Shanghai were organizing to pro vent the surrender of the accused men by force in case such action had been attempted. Five reformers were arrest ed in Pekin yesterday, one of them be ing a brother of the ranking viceroy. All the gates of the city are being closely guarded to prevent the escape of sus pects. GET THEIR INCREASE. Rock Island Operators Secure a Wage Concession. About a week ago a committ.ee consist ing of Rock Island operators belonging to the Order of Railway Telegraphers called on the general manager of the road in Chi cago and demanded of him an increase of wages and a nine hour day instead oi ten. They were told that they could expect ail answer on or about August 15, but it now seems that they have received an answer sooner than they expected. An operator eniploved in the local office of the Rock Island' last night said that they had been granted a nine hour day and had been promised an increase in wages. Just how much of an increase they have been grant ed is not Known, out ii is uiuiigiiL timi. il will amount to about per month. These changes will go into effect on the loth of the month. SO DAY EXCURSION To Wathena Chautauqua via Rock Islani System. Train will leave Rock Island depot Sunday morning, Aug. 9th. at 7 a. m., returning w ill leave Wathena at 9 p. m. $1.25 for the round trip. See Rock Island agents. 10:30 A. M., 8:15 P. ST., 10:00 P. M. is the time Krie through trains are scheduled to leave Dearborn station, Chicago, for Columbus, Akron, Youngs town, Chautauqua Lake. Buffalo, Niag ara Falls, Klmira. Binghamtqn. Albany, Boston, New York and points east. For further information apply to A. W. Moore, traveling passenger agent, Erie railroad, Kansas City, Mo. Tomorrow at 617 Kansas Ave. House You can come to our store and PicK Out Any Suit in the FOR We want to satisfy our selves as to just how large a crowd we can draw, by making this liberal offer. Just stop and think about it. See what this ereat of fer means. Suits to pick from that sold all this season for $12.50, $13,00, $13.50, $14.00, $15.00, $16-50, and $1800 such well known brands as Garson Meyers, Rochester, N. Y.; A. B. Kirschbaum, Philadelphia: A. A. Co., New York; Strauss Bros., Bal timore; S. J. Nathan, N. Y.; and many other well know makes to select from. Our $1.95 Shoe Sale is still going on closing out all small lots. 50c Balbriggan Under wear tomorrow 23c I Closing out our entire stock of summer pants, flannels, worsted, and cassimeres. Just Received the well known "Gold" and "Silver" Shirts the new advance fall patterns. H'HH.H4t 75 and 90c Madras and Percale Shirts, plain or pleated bos- CCp oms tomorrow 00 i r a I 1 1 HE CHEWED 100 YEARS. New York Man Gives His Secret of Long Life. New York, Aug. -7. Townsend Miller, the oldest man on Long Island, cele brated his one hundred and fourth birthday Tuesday at his home in Ja maica. He received congratulations and many small presents-from acquaint ances. He is an Indian-of mixed blood, his father having been a Mohawk and his mother a mixture of Spaniard and Indian. His hair is thick and straight and is snow white-. A year ago today the aged man married his third wife. She is many years his junior. The couple live on Catherine street in a tiny hut. "How do you feel on your birthday?" Miller was asked by a reporter. "Just about as usual." he replied. "I'm no chicken, but I've got good health, and don't mind if I live to be 110 years old. If a man wants to live to be old he must put up with what comes along." "Do you expect to live many more years?" he was asked. "Well, we can't tell about such things. I haven't shown any signs of petering out yet. Guess I'm preserved. When I was between three and four years old I began to chew tobacco. I have smoked about as long. Good preserving in to bacco good as whiskey. I like whis key, but the old kind we had years ago beat the kind we get now." "To what do you attribute your long life?" "Just to minding my own business," replied the centenarian. S ANTA FE WRECK. Two Freight Trains Collide on the Cut-ofiE At 6:40 Thursday evening eastbound Santa Fe freight train No. 202 collided with second No. 93. a westbound freight, at Klizabeth, a station on the cutoff be tween Ottawa and Kansas City. At the time of the accident engine 56 was pull ing No. 202 with Engineer Parker in the cab and Conductor Collins was in charge of the train. Kngine 1112 was pulling the westbound train with Engineer Kes ter in the cab. Conductor May was in charge. The westbound train had orders to take the siding at Elizabeth for the eastbound train but failed to do so in time. The eastbound train struck the rear end of second 93 just as the engi neer was getting that train into the clear. Engineer Parker was bruised slightly as was Conductor A. O'Bryne who was deadheading on No. 93 at the time of the accident. Neither one was seriously hurt. As the result of the wreck two waycars were damaged and No. 202 was delayed one hour and 30 minutes. MOOSE attacks" boys. Big Animal Tries to Get at the Lads, Who Are in a Canoe. MRS. ALONZO BEAL DEAD. Wife of a Shawnee County Ranchman Dies in Colorado. Mrs. Alonzo Beal, formerly of Valen cia, died at 2 o'clock this morning at Montrose, Colo., from consumution. Mrs. Beal was formerly Miss Alice Warnock. of North Topeka. She was married to Mr. Beal, a prominent Shaw nee county stockman, seventeen years ago. and they lived on their ranch ai Valencia until last year.when the family moved to Colorado on account of Mrs. Beal's failing health. Three children survive her, the eldest being fifteen years old. Mrs. Beal was an especially lovable woman. The body will be brousht to Valencia and the funeral will be held from the Beal residence, twelve miles west of Topeka, probably next Wednesday. In terment will be in the Valencia cemetery. THE DAISY. Analysis of the Yellow Disk and the White Bays. The yellow buttonlike disk is compos ed of a myriad of small perfect flowers, with yellow five cleft tubular corolla, and ring of fused stamens surrounding the pistil. Of calyx we rind hardly a trace; the close packing of the (lowers leaves no room for it, and renders it un necessary as a protective structure. In the compositae the calyx is usually re duced to a few hairs, which often' play a valuable part in aiding seed dispersal, as we shall see, by growing as the fruit ripens into a feathery plume or pappus, which acts as a parachute. The margi nal or ray flowers of our daisy have no stamens are female. and the'r corolla is white, and greatly expanded in an outward direction the only direc tion in which there is room for expan sion. These ray flowers, in fact, are largely useful in advertising the otherwise in conspicuous flower head. Similar devices we have already noted in the wild Guelder rose, and we may compare with these such flower heads as those of the little cornel (Cornus sueeica) and the astrantias, in which the flowers are sur rounded by a ring of colored leaves, which serve the same purpose. Finally, our daisy head is surrounded by a close fitting double ring of small leaves, the involucre, which incloses the whole in bud, and plays the part that a calyx usually plays in a single flower. it is perhaps among sunie of the larger members of the daisy group that the com posite inflorescence attains p greatest heauty and perfection. Kxamine such a flower form as the ox eye daisy. First we have the close lapping scaUs of the invo lucre, securely inclosing the whole, and protecting it when in bud. Then the splen did rine of rav flowers, whose object is to i render the inflorescence more conspicuous. Thus we find these enormously expamlea corollas often assuming a tint other than that of the main mass of flowers white when the disk is yellow, and in the ox eye; in other species blue or purple or yellow, accomianying a yellow or grayieh disk. These ray florets have sacrificed their perfection as flowers for the purposes ot advertisement, and are usually devoid of stamens, or sometimes devoid of both sta mens and pistil. Finally, we have the dense mass of disk florets, all perfect, pro ducing a quantity o minute fruits. As for the fruit of the corymbiferae. a large num. her rely on wind and carriage, and the citlvx segments take the form of hairs, which grow into a more or less perfect parachute ti aid in transporting the com paratively large fruit to pastures new. London Knowledge. HIS 12-YEAR-OLD BRIDE. Child-Wife Ordered by Court to Be Restored to Her Husband. Wilkesbarre.Pa.. Aug. 7. Twelve-year-old Mary Ann Davis, who married Romelo Masterozzi, was ordered return ed to her husband and he was released from Jail, where he had been held on a charge of abduction made by the child's parents. Mary Ann made a vigorous plea be fore the court, declaring that she loved Romelo: that he had won her heart by his beautiful playing of the concertina and that she wanted to live with him. The court held she was legally mar ried and that the husband could claim her providing she went to him of her own free will. Masterozzi and his child wife then left the court happy. RED AND BLACK Number.i Indicate those who have the Five Cents a Day Telephone. Call them up and convince yourself the merits of the service. ot Missouri Kansas Tele Ca. 'Phons 99 A RACE WITH DEATH To Reach Wife in Paris from llarana in Nine Days. New York, Aug. 7. Enrico Pasqual, a rich sugar planter of Cuba and the agent in the republic for the Spanish steamship line, was transferred yester day from the Morro Castle at quaran tine to the outgoing Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse. Mrs. Pasqual Is said to be dying in Paris, and her husband is hastening thither. He will make the trip from Havana to Paris in nine days. T. Terry, formerly Cuban secre tary of agriculture, and Mrs. Tery, who has been called the most beau tiful woman in Cuba, were on the Morro Castle. They are on their way to Paris. Via Chicago Great Western Railway $15 Kansas City to St. Paul and Min neapolis and return. $19 to Duluth, Su perior and Ashland. 113 to Madison Lake. Waterville, Faribault and other Minne sota resorts. Tickets on sale daily to September 30th. Good to return October 31st. For further information apply- to any Great Western agent, or Geo. W. Lincoln, T. P. A., 7 West Ninth street, Kansas City. No such thing as "summercnmplalnt" where Dr. Fowler's Extract of Wild Strawberry is kept handy. Nature's remedy for every looseness ot tha bowels. Leominster, Mass., Aug. 7. A large moose advancing from the woods today attacked Clyde Gilchrist and Herbert Burgess, son of G. H. Burgess, superin tendent of the Y'orcester Consolidated street railway. The boys were fishing in a canoe in a tributary of Leominster Park lake, two miles below this town. They emptied the contents of a revolver at the animal to protect their lives, and by vigorous use of their paddles after ward succeeded inj making their escape. The boys are fourteen years of age. It is the Srst time that a moose has been reDorted in this part of the state. He is described as being a big fellow and manifested a decidedly bad temper. He waded out into the stream knee deep and shook his huge antlers at the boys. He was evidently hit by bullets from the revolver, but instead of hurt ing him, the fusillade seemed only to incense him the more Excursion, Kansas City and Return $1.25. Sunday, Aug. 9, via Santa Fe, auspices Woodman of the World. Train leaves 8:30 a. m. Tcikets Rowley Snow's, and Santa Fe depot. It's to Your Interest To Come to Our Store Tomorrow. We must sell every pair of Summer Shoes in the house before the 1st of Septem ber and in order to do this' we have cut the price on every pair, regardless of value, for a quick clearance. $3.00 High and Low Shoes for $1.85 Ladies' and Gentlemen's High and Low Shoes, of patent kid, patent colt, and fine vici kid all new, this season's styles best $3.00 and J3.50 values on sale for $1.85 $4.00 High and Low Shoes for S2.45 Ladies' and Gentlemen's High and Low Shoes, of all finest and best leathers, newest styles, best makes, $4.00 and $4.50 grades on sale for. per pair $2 45 $2.00 for Sl.OO Odds and ends and small lots of Ladies' Strap Sandals, Oxfords, and High Shoes, also Men's Ox fords and High Shoes, $1.50 and $2.00 values, on sale tomorrow for ....fl.OO S2.50 for SI. 45 Every pair of Ladies' and Gentle men's Oxfords and High Shoes, also Ladies' Strap Sandals, that sold for $2.00, $2.25 and $2.50. now on sale for $1.45 50c for 25c Infants' soft sole Sandals and Shoes. BOc and 75c values, on sale tomor row for, per pair ..25c $5.00 for $2.85 12 styles of finest $5.00 Oxfords and High Shoes for ladies and gentle men NONE BETTER MADE on sale for, per pair $2.85 $1.50 for 75c Men's and Boys' Canvas Shoes and Oxfords $1.50 kind on sale for. per pair 75o $2.50 for $1.00 Any nair of Men's Canvas Shoes and Oxfords in the house for Sl.OO a pair $2.00 and $2.50 values. 75c ffr 40c Infants' and Children's Sandals of Patent Leather and Vici Kid 75c value on sale for. per pair...40o Any pair of Misses' and Children's Oxfords and Sandals'in the house at Cost, and a good many are selling at less. See them. A Fit for Every Foot Satisfaction or Your Money Back. 509 KANSAS AVENUE. A Price for Every Purse