The Topeka State Journal (Topeka, Kansas)
August 21, 1903

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r LARGEST DAILY 10 PAGES IN KANSAS LARGEST DAILY 10 PAGES IN KANSAS. LAST EDITION, FRIDA Y EVENING. TOPEKA, KANSAS, AUGUST 21, 1903. FRIDAY EVENING, TWO CENTS. HAS A GOOD THING Superintendent Luliug and His Road Agents. John II. I'pton of Wichita the Favored One. HE IS VERY ACTIVE. V las Already Drawn Over $1,700 From Treasury. How He Has Made "Examina tions" of Companies. "How'd you like to be the road gent?" The present mail agent of the Kansas state Insuranc e department has drawn a little matter of $1.0S0 for his pervires during a little more than four months, and he has not worked all the time either. This has been In addition to his expenses. It appears to he impossible to run a state administration without a road ag nt. The populists overdid the matter N-nd kept three on the road. This so hof y'rlfted the Republicans that they made- a tig issue of it in 1900, but they made so much fuss about It that they had to pass a law to stop the road agent bus iness. But like a Rood many other laws, the anti-road agent law is not effective The present administration has drifted back to the methods pursued by the Popu l.sts and within two months after the present officers were installed a road agent had been sent out. It is sometimes necessary to examine Insurance companies, and that is what makes the road agent business possible. The chief road agent of the present ad- ministration is John H. I'pton of Wich ita. Kegirning with last February and up to the last o June Mr. Upton had drawn from the state treasury a total cf $1, 749.CS. Of this amount. was for hotel bills and J29;i.3! was for rail road fare. The balance, $1,080, was for "examining" insurance companies at tn dollars per day. Mr. Cpton's vouchers for these ex 1 'animations are as follows: February ?25. 1!. $101.60 for examining the Bank ers' t'nion of Omaha, Nib. For the examination he charges ten doliars a clay for seven days, 70; for his hotel bill he charges fid for seven days, and for railroad fare he charges $16.60 March 11, $77.65 for examining the American Benevolent association of St. 'Louis, containing the following items: Four day's examination, $40; hotel bill, tfour days, $12; railroad fare, Minneapo lis to St. Louis, ta.40: tit. Louis to .Wichita. $16.25. March 17. $.103.75 for examining the tUate Life Insurance company of Indian apolis, containing the following items: rKix days' examination. $60; hotel bill, six days, $18; raiiroad fare, Wichita to Indianapolis, STno. tu.,i A.rf am..;h t i ..ruMaimii in xjaw iciivr, Kan.,' containing the following items: Seven days' examination, $70; railroad fare Topeka to Lawrence. 79 cents;Law rence to Wichita. $5.41; hotel bill, April 10 to 16 inclusive, $16.50: car fare, Law ience to Topeka and return, $1.58. April 22. $2.40 for examining the Il linois Life Insurance company of Chi cago. containing the following items: Sixteen days' examination, $160: hotel bill, 16 days, $7)6; lailroad fare, Wichita to Chicago, $21. 0; Chicago to Omaha, j jie.w. i April 23, $26 for examining the Knights cf the Protected Ark of Topeka, con taining the following items: Two day?.' examination. $20; hotel bill. $6. May 11, $.12 54 for examining the American Order of Protection of Lin coln. Neb., containing the following Items: Two days' examination, $20, ho tel bill, $6: railroad fare Omaha to Lin coir., $1.65; Lincoln to Topeka, $4.89. May 27, $293.37 for examining the Fi delity Mutual Life Insurance company of Philadelphia, containing the follow ing items: Seventeen days' examination. $170; hotel bill. 17 davs. $68; railroad Daft.', Wichita to Philadelphia, $43.87; Philadelphia to Chicago, $11 '0. June IT, $41)88 for examining the Cava liers of lola. Kan., containing the follow ing items: Three days' examination. $30, hotel bill. $6; riilioad fare. Wichita to Iol i via Topeka. $10.38; lola to Wichita, $3.50. June 27, $367.62 for examining the Na tional Life Insurance company of Chi cago, containing the following items: Twenty-three clays' examination, $230: hotel bill. 23 days. $92; railroad fare, Philadelphia to Chicago, $11.50; Spring field. 111., to Chicago and return, $L2; Chicago to Wic hita, $22.13. June 30. $119.62 for examining the Con- tinental Casually company of Chicago, ontainlng the following items: Nin? days' examination. $90; hotel bill, $36: railroad f ire. Wichita to Chicago. $2".62. June 30, $170.27 for examining the Minnesota Mutual Life Insurance com pany of St. Paul, containing the follow ing items: Ten days' examination, $100: hotel hill. 10 days. $35; railroad fare Chicago to Minneapolis. $10; Minneapo lis to Wichita, $25.27. June 30. $28 for examining the Roy.-.l League of Chicago, containing the fol lowing items: Two days' examination $20; hotel bill, $8. AD M I TAKILL1 N G. Two Sons Surrender to Officials After Killing Their Father. Meade, Kas., Aug. wards, of Plains. Kas. 1 W. J Kd near here, was shot and killed during Wednesday night. His sons, Don and Roy. have surrendered, admitting that they ciid the shooting. No cause is known. Refused London Call. Liverpool. Aug. 21. The Rev. Dr. George C. Lorimer, of New York, is a "jiassenger on the Dominion line steamer 'New England, which sailed from this port today for Boston. H-3 had been drawing great congregations during n:s tay in this country, but refused all overtures to accept a call In London. Ho Started the Fire. Beaumont. Tex., Aug. 21. ire this afternoon destroyed twenty-five der ricks :n what is known as the Shoe-s-tring district in the Sour lake oil -"fields. The flames were starteel by a Mman throwing a gallon of crude oil in the fire box to start a fire in a boiler. A telephone message from Sour Lake says the flames are now under control. The loss cannot yet be estimated. BLACK iSCKOSEfi Elected Commander of U. A. K. Without Opposition. Boston Selected as Place for Next "Encampment. San Francisco, Aug. 21. The Grand Army of the Republic selected Boston as the idace in which the encampment of 1904 will be held, and elected the following officers: Commander-in-Chief Gen. John C. Black, of Illinois. Senior Vice Commander Col. C. Ma son Keeno, of California. Junior Vice Commander Col. Harry C. Kessler, of Montana. Surgeor.-in-Chief George A. Harmon, of Ohio. Chaplaln-tn-Chlef Wtnfield Scott, of Arizona. The only contest in the election of officers was over chaplain, for which two ballots were taken. On the first Gen. John C. Black, of Illinois, New ballet, Bross of Nebraska received 2S8 votes. Scott of Arizona 306. and Brad ford of Washington 35. Bradford with drew, and Scott was elected on the sec- ond ballot. I Boston and Denver were the only I places named for the next place of meetir.g. Before the ballot had pro ceeded far 1t became apparent that Denver had no chance and it was with drawn Boston was selected by accla mation. A reception under the auspices of the prss committee was held at the Mark Hopkins Institute of Art. In the even ing there was a reunion and dog watch by the naval reserve, which during the day had paid a visit to the Mare IMaml navy yard. The commander-in-chief was received by the Ladies of the Grand Army in Union Square hall, and the Woman's Relief Corps, department of Massachusetts, had a reunion in Golden Gate hall. All of the social functions were well attended. The first report of the afternoon was that of the flag committee. It recom mended the passage of bills through congress and the different states for the purpose of fostering public .sentiment in favor of honoring the national flag. The report of the committee was adopted. Comrade Kimball of the city ofWash ington presented a report on the subject of claims of veterans for preference in public service and a resolution was adopted asking the president to issue an exclusiva order granting this preference to veterans on the labor roll of the ex ecutive department. Comrade Smedburg of California pre sented a report of the standing commit tee of the Memorial university at Mason City, Iowa, instituted by the Sons of Veterans. The Institution, he said, is in a flourishing condition, owning prop erty valued at several hundred thousand dollars and having three to four hun dred pupils In attendance. Congratulations were received from the Woman's Relief Corps, the Associa tion of Army Nurses and the Ladies of the G. A. R. Several speeches were made by the visitors and appropriate responses by members of the encampment. General John C. Black of Illinois was nominated by Post Department Com mander l.awler of Illinois for the office of commander-in-chief. The nomina tion was seconded by Minton of Ken tucky and Torrance of Minnesota. Un der suspension of the rules General Black was elected by acclamation. He addressed the encampment saying: "I shall do In all ways what ever I can as your representative to advance the cause of comrade and country. I know how weak any man is in the pres ence of the majesty of the American people but when I sncsk with your voices, I believe that all the people will h3ar and will accord that which you re quest." Following the selection of the city of Boston as the place for holding the next lla i encampment. General Miles was called to the stand for a brief address, gen eral Miles said in part: "This is one of the most enjoyable events of my life. There is no company more dear to me than that of the brave men who saved this nation. It is an in spiration to the people of this country to see their heroes moving from every quarter of this country to this grand reunion, and it has been an inspiration, a revelation and a consolation to you to realise that this is our country, saved by your valor, fortitude and sacrifice. Never was a war so desperately fought, never will be a war with such a sac rifice, and never a war ended so glo riously. When peace came, when the two contending armies had fought it out for the principles that they be lieved to b rieht. the hands of brave men were clasped and they were brolh ers again and henceforth and forever will be one nation from ocean to ocean J and from the lajtes to the EUlf.' i DEMANDSAREMET Turkish Government Promises All that Russia Asks. Russian Squadron Will Be With drawn in a Few Days. INCREASING ALARM Is Felt in Bulgaria Regarding the Situation. England and Italy Will Not Make a Demonstration. Paris, Aug. 21. Official advices say the Russian squadron off Iniada is like ly to leave Turkish waters within the next few days, as the Turkish govern ment has given adequate assurances that it will meet all the ruissian de mands. The withdrawal of the war ships will be chiefly due to Turkey's assurances, but also to Russia's desire i 1 mm m 1 National Commander of the G. A. B. to avoid a step which might appear an tagonistic to Bulgaria. Sofia, Bulgaria, Aug. 21. The current rumors of the approaching mobilization of the Bulgarian army are semi-offi cially denied. Russia's naval demonstration in Turkish waters is declared here to be an encouragement of the revolutionists in Macedonia. There is increasing alarm, in regard to the situation. London, Aug. 21. The Turkish am bassador called at the foreign office to day to make inquiries regarding the re port that it was the intention of the powers to make a Joint naval demon stration in Turkish waters and to en ter a protest' if anything of the kind was contemplated. The foreign office officials made It clear to him that Great Britain has taken no action of this character, and It appears that Italy will also refrain from carrying out her decision to dispatch warships to Turkey, as the Italian embassy says no report of their departure has yet been received. This is taken by the embassy to mean that there have been developments making the step inad visable or unnecessary at the present moment, perhaps due to the Turkish acceptance of the Russian demands, which was confirmed at the Turkish embassv. The negotiations respecting Mace donia are conducted on the continent. Foreign Secretary Lansdowne and most of the ambassadors being away from London. The Turkish ambassador leaves Lon don tomorrow for the country, where he will remain for some day. The diplomats point out that the scheme for a settlement of the Mace donian question outlined by the Inde pendence Beige yesterday could not be approved by the powers, as it is evi dent Turkey would never submit to a peaceful occupation of the Bosphorus and the Dardanelles. A Turkish offi cial said this could only be done after fightine. WILL OPEN TWO PORTS. Government Receives Renewed Assurances from China. Washington. Aug. 21. Sir Liang Che tung. the Chinese minister, today Inform ed acting Secretary of State Adee that he had received a dispatch from his govern ment confirming those previously re ceived that Trince Ching had informed Minister Conger In the treaty to be signed on October 8, provision would be made for opening two ports in Manchuria. The Chinese minister, after his last conver sation with Secretary Hay. informed his government that the United States would insist upon open ports in Manchuria anil he advised them to yield gracefully to tho American demands. SLOWLY SINKING. Last Sacrament Has Been Ad ministered to Salisbury. London. Aug. 21. Lord Salisbury is still alive, but he is slowly sinking. He received the last sacrament' yester day evening. Oxygen is being admin istered. Temperatures of Large Cities. Chicago. Aug. 21. 7 a. m. tempera tures: New York 66: Boston 66; Phila delphia 68: Washington 66: Chicago 66; Minneapolis 72; Cincinnati 64: SU Louis 6S. OESERS SELL. Continental Creamery Company Absorbs the Plant. It Is the Largest Cold Storage House in the West. PRICE IS OVER $100,000 Additions to Storage Facilities Will Be Made. Company Expects to Make 150, 000 Pounds of Butter a Day. The Continental Creamery company has bought the entire ice and cold storage plant of the Moeser brothers and will combine it with their exten sive creamery plant. The consideration that figured in the sale has not been stated, but it was considerably over $100,000. The Continental Creamery plant has occupied a large building built directly beside and connected with the Moeser plant, and the ice and cold storage rooms have been furnished the com pany by the Moesers. In order that the plane may be enlarged and that it may have Its own ice and cold stor age plant the company bought out the entire Moeser plant. Last year the Moesers doubled their cold storage capacity In order to ac commodate the increasing demands of the Continental company. Kven this doubling of the capacity was not suffi cient. The Continental company will build a large addition to the present building and erect a new building, on land owned by the company on the north side of Second street, directly across from the iilant. When the new buildings are com pleted the cold storage facilities will be double what they are now and the creamery company will have cold stor age facilities sufficient for their enorm ous butter business, and besides will do a general cold storage business. The company will have a limited amount of ice lor sale. The Continental Creamery is now the largest individual creamery plant in the world, and when the new buildings for cold storage departments are completed the Continental will have the largest cold storage plant in the wet At present the capacity of the cream ery is 75.000 pounds of butter a day, al though the churns have turned out 100,- 000 pounds in a day. The butter mak- ine department will be enlarged and! within a year the Company will be 'Jones. The fact that she ent a child making- 150,000 pounds of butter a day. to the postoffice with an order for her The company now employs 250 people. mail indicates her astuteness. At the in The building bought of the Moesers is struction of Postal Inspector Slusser the 260 by 120 feet and four stories high. I little girl was given a letter addressed The Moeser biothWrs, William and I to Mrs. Jane Summilt and was sent Charles P., were the pioneers in the j back with word that Mrs. Jones would cold storage business in Topeka. The have to call in person for hers, present plant is the largest in the state. I Marrs, the man who furnished the in The Moesers are interested in other formation leading to Mrs. Cook's arrest. cold storage plants and will give their attention-to some of these in the future. SHE PAID IN DiNlES. Mrs. Nation Counted in Small Silver 10 for Jersey Justice. Bayonne, N. J., Aug. 21. Carrie Na tion, who harangued a crowd on First street, warned small boys against the evil of cigarette smoking and knocked cigars from smokers' mouths, was ar raigned today before Acting Recorder Lee on a charge of disorderly conduct She had not obtained a permit to make on nnpn.gir nH(1rp .1 nil whtirt t h .1 fused to stop at the order of the po- lice she was arrested. In court Mrs. Nation acted as her own counsel and denounced the action of the police. The court fined' her $10. She paid the fine in 10-cent pieces and departed. HEARING THE CLOSE. Grand Army Finishes Business of the Encampment. San Francisco, Aug. 21. The Grand Army veterans and. the Ladies o the auxiliary bodies will complete their business today and the remainder of their time in this state will be devoted to sight seeing. The national encamp ment met in executive session today to receive the report of the committee on resolutions and transact final business. The Woman's Relief corps and the La dies of the Grand Army proceeded with the election of officers, also In secret session. Several thousand visitors crossed the bay to Oakland, where they were entertained on the shores of Lake Merrltt. Tonight there will be a big camp fire at the Mechanic's pavilion. WEATHER- STILL COOL. It May Also Be Mentioned That Thera Is No Rain. There was no rain reported from the stations of the weather bureau in Kan sas last night nor Thursday and the maximum temperatures in many places reached 90. Today's corn and wheat region bulle tin says: "The temperature has fallen slightly in the Fouthern and southeast ern counties of Kansas, and In the St. Louis, Louisville, Indianapolis and Co lumbus districts, and risen slightly over the rest ot this stat ana in me Omaha, Des Moines and Minneapolis districts. Light showers have fallen in the Des Moires and Minneapolis dis tricts. The weather is clear in Kansas and western Missouri." The maximum and minimum tempera tures reported for the 24 hours ending this morning at seven o'clock were as follows: Baker 84. G1; Concordia 86. 66: Dodge City no. 64: Dresden 92. 66: Ft. Scott 8S, 60: Havs 90. 64: Macksville 86. 62: Mc Pherson S8. 62: Manhattan 90. 62 Osage Citv 86, 60; Sedr.n 86, 2; Topeka 86, 65: "Toronto 90, 58; Wichita 88, 64. The forecast for Kansas sent out to day was "generally fair tonight and Saturday." The wind at noon was south blowing 10 miles an hour. The hourly temperatures recorded by the government thermometer today were as follows: 7 o'clock 68 I 11 o clcx-k S3 8 o'clock "2 I l o'cloc k SI 9 o'clock -76 I 1 o'clock S-l 10 o'clock 78 2 o'clock S7 TOYED WITH LOVE How, Mrs. Ella Cook Managed Lovesick Youths. Posed as an Heiress Looking for a Mate. IS ALREADY MARRIED. Has a Husband and Four Chil dren in Topeka. Clever Ruse by Which She Was Apprehended. The matrimonial agency of Mrs. Ella A. Cook of 310 East Fourth street has suspended operations, pending an inves tigation by the postal authorities who charge her with using the mails in a fraudulent enterprise. She was taken in custody Thursday afternoon as told in the State Journal at the complaint of J. W. Marrs of Belvldere. Kansas, who claims to have been victimized by her upon promise of marriage. There is no doubt that a fraudulent enterprise has been conducted in Topeka and not much question but that the officers have ar rested the proper persons. Chief of Po lice Carl Goff and Detectives Lucas and Gardiner worked up the case which has resulted in her apprehension. Although, apparently not an educated woman, Mrs. Cook is undoubtedly a clever one. She has more than one di rection of activity, being a leader or preacher in the Holiness church, a re ligious sect of rather uncertain tenets, and is said to have left Kansas City hurriedly on account of some untoward entanglement in her religious affairs. In the gatherings of this sect the prin cipal endeavor seems to be to excite great religious fervor through which the elect pass into trances and see visions. Mrs. Cook is a woman of rather impres sive exterior, strong featured and self possessed. She is perhaps thirty years of age. has four children and a hus band, who is a stone mason and works in North Topeka. At this time material for only the one case has been secured, but the police and federal authorities believe that, could they but lay hands upon it, there is evidence for several more. Evidence showing that she carried on correspon dence under at least two assumed names was secured just prior to her arrest. She received letters addressed to Mrs. Jane Sutnmitt and Mrs. Sarah A. has not appeared in Topeka. His first communication was to Chief of Police Goff, three weeks ago. He had read an advertisement of Mrs. Cook's matrimon ial agency in the Kansas City paper, had answered and commenced a corres pondence with her. Mrs. Cook had $IS. 000 in Kansas City, to secure which she must be at some little expense. If Marrs would loan her $20 she would get her fortune and then go to Belvidere and marry him. Mr. Marrs was gullible and furnished the twenty. Owing to some unforeseen delay, Mrs. "Jones" said she needed an other ten dollars, although five would do. It was then that Marrs wrote to Chief Goff. Goff advised him to write to Mrs. Jones, sending a small sum which would arrive and be ready for delivery Wednesday. Then, interesting Inspector i Slusser so that assistance might be se cured in apprehending the woman. De tectives Gardiner and Lucas weie ue tailed to the case. Early Wednesday afternoon Gardiner received notice from the postoffice that a little girl had called with a written order for mall for Mrs. Summitt and Mrs. Jones. She had been given a let ter for the first name, and had been sent back with word that Mrs. Jones should call in person for her mail. In a few minutes the two officers were at the Dostoffice, but in the meantime a woman had called and taken a letter addressed to Mrs. Sarah A. Jones. Securing a description the officers fol lowed her and overtook her near Mrs. Cook's rooming quarters on East Fourth street. The woman proved to be Esther Brooke, a friend of Mrs. Cook's. She returned with the officers to the Cook place. Upon the questioning of the police Mrs. Cook stated that she had sent Miss Brooke after the letter at the request of Mrs. Jones, who had, a moment be fore, called and taken it away with her. As but a few minutes could have elapsed before the delivery of the let ter by the Brooke woman to Mrs. Cook the officers doubted her statement and, upon a search of the place found a let ter on the ground below, torn into frag ments. Pieced together this letter proved to be the one from Marrs. sent by the understanding with the police. It's postmark showed its recent delivery. Taking the letter the oiticers soent Wednesday in clearing up other fea- tu-.es of their evidence. She was ar rested Thursday ty ueputy t. a. .mar shal B. F. Flenniken. Mrs. Cook protested her innocence but accompanied the officer to the office of V. S. Commissioner A. F. Williams, where a complaint was filed against her for using the mails for fraudulent purposes. She at once gave bona m the sum of $200 and was not loc ked up. Mrs. Cook's four small children ac companied her with the officers. Dur ing the investigation of the premises by the police Mrs. Cook's husband came home for dinner. He listened casually to the discussion beveen the officers and his wife, but paid no attention to it seriouslv. and went away with no ap parent concern about her Impending arrest. To a reporter for the State Journal Mrs. Cook talked very freely about' her diffi culty with an air of one who anticipate! r.n trouble about its favorahle outcome. Mrs. Cook can't be said to look like the manager of a matrimonial bu-eau. Slie pave an account of the events leading up to her arrest, in which she explained with considerable detail how the susoic.on rested upon her. The Mrs. Sarah Jones, to whom the betraying letter was address ed, and is rFgarded bv the police to br an entirely fictitious character. r.e savs is a wash woman who lived on Third street. She was unable to give any address and remarked tbat she thought Mrs. Jones had moved to North Topeka. The Mrs Jane Shumitt was another friend who had moved from town and had left her charged with the duty of securing and forwarding her mail. Only once did Mrs. Cook falter in her narration. -That was when she was asked about the fragments of the letter found under her window by the city detectives. Of that she professed entire ignorance. It was a coincidence, she said, that she should have been asked by both women to collect their mail upon the same day. Mrs. Esther Brooke, who was at her rooms that day, had accommodatingly undertaken to discharge the commission for her after Mrs. Cook's little gtirl had failed in it. She says each woman wrote the order for her own mail. The statement of the police is that the handwriting of the two orders are very similar and that both look like Mrs. Cook's handwriting as found on other pieces of paper. The Cooks are living in a single room in the upstairs of the building occupied by the Fitzgerald and Lannan grocery, at 310 East Kourth street. Mrs. Cook said her family was occupying its present quarters for but a few days, having al most completed arrangements to move to Kansas City and having given up a house, at 225 Adams street. Since' her arrest she pays her family will remain m Topeka un tif the difficulty is settled and will live in North Toneka. Although there appears to be no doubt about her identity nor of the fact that she had been engaged in a fraudulent enterprise Mrs. Cook still as serts her innocence and will not admit that she had anything to do with the letter found on the ground beneath the window of her rooms. Comparisons ot specimens of her hand writing with that of the letters received by Marrs affirm her identity. The handwriting is poor ly executed and the construction bad. Marrs appears to be unlettered and ig norant, an easy prey. SIX raliTABOAT. Held at Turks Island Under Suspicion of Filibustering. Chicago, Aug. 21. The Tribune says: Six men who sailed away from Chicago a year ago in search of a gold mine in the wilds of Patagonia are now under arrest at Turks island, in the West Indies, suspected of filibustering. Their arrest and the detention of their schooner. Mercury, has been laid be fore the secretary of state. Chas. Corrlgan, a Texas cowboy, came to Chicago last fall, watched lake sailors for a month, and then took five men into his confidence. Corrigan said he had a map showinc the location of a gold mine rivaling that of King Solo mon. His story was that its discoverer had been driven out by natives, and when he died on a ranch he gave the drawings to Corrigan. The Mercury sailed for New Orleans in October. It was to cross the Gulf of Mexico and cruise along the coast of South America to Patagonia. Charles Hardin was the master and owner, ac cording to the ship's papers, and Emil von Boroucke was first mate. When the Mercury crept into the harbor at Turks island the American and Bitish consuls discovered many suspicious circumstances. The schooner had papers from Chicago, but could not account for the time which had elapsed since they had been taken out. Hardin was no longer master. The vessel was held until the business of its owners could be investisated. felQCK WAR. An Enemy's Fleet Will Attack Portland, Me. Portland, Me.. Aug. 21. The theo retical fleet sailed today to attack Portland, and secret service agents have notified the United States govern ment of the fact. In this way began the mimic war in which detachments of the army and the combined fleet of the North Atlantic squadron are to take part during the next ten days. The fleet which is supposed to be sailing toward Portland, really Is at anchor off Rockland, where it will remain for two days, which would be consumed If it was actually, approaching from the tropics. Then the vessels will appear in this harbor and commence operations. In the meantime, prompted by the im aginary receipt this forenoon of news of the advance of the enemy s snips, the army of defense will assemble and prepare itself for the protection of the harbor and the city. The local batteries being the first naturally to hear the news of the threatening danger, re- sponded promptly and by noon all the companies had gone into camp ana taken up active duties. The First and Second regiments, which constitute the entire state militia, started as soon as notified for Portland, and they were in camp in good season. Before Sunday night additional forces from Massachu setts, Rhode Island and New York will be here ready to assist in preventing the operations of the enemy from be ing successful. Major General Chaffee is to command the land forces. The enemy will be under Rear Admiral Barker. LONDON REGRETS TO STATE Newspapers Feel That Lipton's Boat Is Too Slow. London. Aug. 21. All the press com ment here on the Shamrock Ill's per formance evidences the growing convlc- j tion that she is incapable of recapturing the America's cup under any weather conditions. The afternoon papers claim that yesterday's abortive race showed nothing of the respective merits of the two boats, but they admit that the performance did not fulfill the expecta tions of her behavior in a light wind and say that Captain Barr seems to have shown smarter seamanship. The suggestion is made that In view of the repeated wind disappointments off Sandy Hook, the New York Yacht club might try to find a more satis factory course. TAILOR'S DEPOSITION. The Reading Was Concluded in the Powers Case. Georgetown, Ky.. Aug. 21. In the Powers case today the deposition of former Governor Taylor, the reading of which was begun yesterday afternoon, was concluded. The court excluded 15 questions asked as to conversations with W. H. Culton as to his (Taylor's) reasons for pardoning Caleb Powers; the political complexion of the general assembly at the 1900 session, the filing of his certificates of election at'd his reasons for leaving the state of Ken tucky after being indicted. These were held by the court incompetent. Strike for Shorter Hours. Crimmitzehau, Saxony, Aug. 21. About 7.700 textile workers of this dis trict have struck for shorter hours of labor. The police broke up four meet ing because non-resident officials of the textil workers eddressed them. A fifth mass meeting was allowed to continue. Weather Indications. Chicago, Aug. 21. Forecast for Kan sas: Generally fair tonight and Satur day; fresh southerly winds. GUN BROKE LOOSE Hotchkiss of 1,800 Pounds Threatens Destruction To the Revenue Cutter Gresham on Patrol Duty. FROM SIDE TO SIDE The Big Shooting Iron Rolled With Every Wave. Was Finally Made Fast by Crew at Great Risk. New York, Aug. 21. With a big Hotchkiss gun plunging from side to side and threatening to tear off her plates with every lunge, there was quite a bit of excitement on the revenue cutter Gresham while she was on pa trol duty for the yacht race. But for the bravery of the gunner and mem bers of the crew of the cutter, the re sult might have been disastrous. The gun weighed 1,800 pounds, and was in transport, not constituting part of the armament of the Gresham, but intended for one of the other ocean going revenue cutters. It had been dropped on the lower deck, and appar ently nobody thought It worth while to lash it securely. The Gresham, which was the flagship for the course patrol, was lying near the outer mark, where a heavy swell was running. At times she rolled so heavily that her rail almost went un der water. It was amid this rolling persons on board heard the crashing down below and felt the tremors pass ing through the cutter as the gun struck her heavy iron sides. "That Hotchkiss gun has broken loose down below, and the captain says if you don't want holes stove in the sides of the cutter you'd better get your men down there and tie it up." This was the startling message poured into the ear of the gunner excitedly by one of the crew. The gunner made for the companion way. As he ran he called to his assist ance several of the crew telling them to bring lines. With every roll of the cutter tne big gun went crashing to port or starboard, following the listing of the boat and threatening with death any body who got in its path. The rolls weru so close together that the men (were kept busy dodging. Many times they risked their lives in trying to fasten tlid line, and encouraged by the brave ex amples set by the gunner, they persist ed, until finally they had the gun under control and tied so securely it could du no more harm. The hands of two men were injured slightly in the struggle. "Talk about the man behind the gun," said the leader, "why, my men were be hind it, in front of It, on both sides of it and at times on top of It. On several occasions, when the infernal thing wa plunging and there was a rush to get clear, it was a case of the gun behind the man. rather than one of the -men behind the gun." EBERliARDTSToST. Salina Players Defeated Omaha Tourney. at Omaha, Neb., Aug. 21. The final round in doubles in the middle west lawn tennis tournament began at 10 o'clock with Sanderson and Holland of Galesburg, 111., matched against Fred and Frank Eberhardt. of Salina. Kan. Sanderson is the present holder of the championship in singles, and Holland has made good showing here. The j gallery was a large one, and followed j the play closely. Holland and Sanderson played a most careful game, winning out with three out of four sets. The team work of both pairs was superb, but the Eber hardts were unfortunate in having the wind and dust in their faces. Holland and Sanderson repeatedly made good passes at the net and took few chances. Score: Championship doubles, final round Holland and Sanderson of Galesburg, 111., beat Frank and Fred Eberhardt, Salina, Kan., 6-4, 6-3, 5-7, 6-4; points, 36-30, 31-23. 34-37, 33-30. HERE'S NEKTE A PLENTY. Japan Will Build Boat and Win Next Yacht Race. New York, Aug. 21. If Lieutenant Commander Isam Takeshira, of the im perial Japanese navy, can carry out his plan, Japan will have a yacht In the next contest for the America's cup. The commander, who came here to see the struggle between Shamrock III. and Re liance, declares he will Interest financial men in his country to prepare at once for the building of a racer to enter the next International races. "We can build just as fine a boat as either America or England," he said, "and you may be sure that at the next international yacht races you will see the flag of Japan flying on the winner." Small Child Abused. Kingman, Kan., Aug. 21. The 11-year-old daughter of Levi Thomas, farmer near here, was dragged from tho house to the barn and attacked by a stranger yesterday while her parents were absent from home. The child is in critical condition. The man was cap tured fifteen miles south of here. He was brought here and is now in jail. He gives his name as Silas Morrison and Memphis, Tenn., as his home. New Rural Routes. Washington, Aug. 21. These rural routes will be established October 1: Kansas Hesston, Harvey county, with one carrier; area covered 28 square miies: population, 404. Kiowa, Barber county, with three carriers; area cov ered. 109 square milea; population, 1,232. Webber. Jewell county, with two car riers; area covered, 48 square miles; population, S20. Big Orders for Rails. Baltimore. Aug. 21. The Baltimore Ohio signed contracts today for 50,000 tons of 85 pound steel rails for 1904 de livery. The Carnegie company will fur nish 28.000 tons; Cambria 12.000 and Maiyland Steel company 10,000 tons. 0

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TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL, FRIDAY EVENING. AUGUST 21, 1903. KAflSASJIEWS. LeaTemvorth Man Home from Ecuador Trip. 8pent Year in Sonth America as Civil Engineer. NATIVES DO THE WORK Americans Hold All Good Po sitions With Taj. Eighty-three Bridges Made in Forty Miles. Leavenworth, Auk. 21. Just back from a year's sojourn in the Republic of Ecuador, E. II. Allen, an engineer and bridge designer, was in Leaven Worth yesterday. He said: "I was in Atlanta, Georgia, a little earlier than this last year when 1n the course of my professional work as an architect and bridge builder the men who had the contract for the construc tion of a railroad in Ecuador came to me and asked for my services In their work. The price they offered me to go being good, I accepted and without delay started for Ecuador, to begin work on the railroad. I went from Atlanta to the coast at St. Augustine, Kla., by rail and from there took a fast South American bound packet for my new fields of labor. Others be sides myself who intended to work on the railroad were aboard ship and we never for a moment found any dull time on the trip south. Alt those from here were Americans and to ail it was an altogether new business, this getting into the worst and most sparsely in habited part of South America, but no one was in the least bit worried over the prospects because we knew the company that had employed us was perfectly responsible and again because we were, one and all. anxious to see iSouth America and to learn something of Its and Its people. "Like the rest of th" American public we had read a great deal of the wonders of South America and soldier of fortune like we were going to get there and see everything that was worth seeing even if we butted Into a full grown Latin revolution. "The trip down the gulf and across to Ecuador, to Guayaquil the principal port was without unusual interest and made in a short time. But once land ed In our new home things began to assume a lively hue and never for a moment during the whole year I was there did I find time hanging on my hands or find myself wishing I was back In this country where I would be sure of finding something that would help to pass away the time. "First of all, a party of us, as soon as we had landed, was loaded aboard pack mules and started over the trail for the point on the proposed route of the railroad where we were to begin work. Of this party I was in charge, that Is, I pretended to be, but there wasn't much bossing of it for when we got out where we could see no one but nntlves there was no need for a boss. We stuck closely together and the ugrestlons and advice of anyone, no matter who. Just so it seemed good, was gladly accepted. "The line of the road had already been extended out for some distance on the road from Guayaquil (it was run from that place to Queto. the cap ital) and the work to which myself and party had been assigned was the erec tion of the bridges from the point to which the work had been carried to the termination at Queto. "The country taken as a whole is very rough and broken and the portion tnrough which the road was being built was the most rugged and broken of any so for our part of building the bridges the culverts we had plenty to do. We lost no time but as soon as we had reached the place where we were to begin went to work." Would you be lieve it? there was one place where the right of way, the smoothest stretch we could tind was so broken that in cover ing 40 miles we had to put in 83 bridges, all of pretty good size and one or two of which were a quarter of a mile long. "That will give you an idea of the brokenness and general roughness of the country and here is another fact that will prove that, though few railroad men may believe it. All the wav un till we reached the top of the divide it averag ed an up grade of 51; per cent. Figure such a grade as that out for a mile and you will see that it is uncommon except in the mountainous parts of this coun try and even there such a grade never continues for miles as it did down there. "At first our work was under the sup ervision of the J. P. McDonald Contract company of New York who had taken the contract at the start for building the road. From Guayaquil to Queto the distance was 2f6 miies and the under taking to build this had not looked too great for the McDonald company, but it soon proved bo and it was turned over to other firms under the directorship of the government of Ecuador. These American contractors were subsidized by the government. This was done in order to get them to take hold of the work for the companies did not fall over each other in order to get the contract you may be sure. "There were few white men on the work, those who were busy as surveyors or superintendents or foremen being the only ones. The hard manual labor was done by either natives or Jamaica ne groes who had been imported for the purpose. These men were found to be hard, industrious workers and the work done by them was always satlsfactory although to tell you the truth it never came up to the standard of that done by American labor. And another thing, they never did as much, but taking- the situation and circumstances into consid eration their work proved very good. "The ror.d we were at work on Is the only one in that country and before its construction the principal means of communication was the pack train. Queto, the capital, was connected to Guayaquil, the principal port, in the an tiquated way. The road, as you can easily see, was of Inestimable value to the country, connecting as it did these two places. "We sometimes had great times in No Dessert More Attractive "Why use gelatine and spend hours soakmg.i sweetening, flavoring ana coloring when Tvrtv?nr! rt MMilfr, 4 t. -v ma vviu miu ULfn r rerything in the package. Simply add hot water and set to cool. It's perfection. A sur prise to the housewife. No trouble, Jess ex pense. Try it to-day. In Four Fruit Fla. ors: Lemon, Orange, Strawberry, Kasp terrj. At grocers. 10c that country- For instance I remember once when in the town of Queltols, an Inland place of two or three, hundred population, we went to the principal and only hotel for dinner. I was the host for this occasion and when we arose from the table I asked for the bill. The clerk, a smiling Spaniard, smilingly told me it was 1375. I was horrified at the sum until the proprietor, who had noticed my amazement, advanced and asked me why I was startled. He laughingly explained that J375 in their money was worth just $1.25 of our gold. I joined in the laugh then. But that shows you the value of their money as compared to American." IN PROHIBITION KANSAS. How a Leavenworth Alderman Open ly Advertises. Leavenworth, Kas., Aug. 21. The Times contains the following: Mr. J. W. Ryan will formally open his fine place at 327 Shawnee street tonight. He invites his friends and the public generally to be his guests, con fident that they will be pleased with the accommodations he offers. A fine lunch will be served. He intends to conduct his place as a resort for men who wish the finest drinkables on the market. "Jack," as he is familiarly called, is a prince of good fellows, and thor oughly understands the art of catering to the wishes of men who appreciate good goods. Jack is the popular alderman from the First ward, who is always alive to the wants of his con stituents. There is no finer drinking place in the western country than can be found at 327 Shawnee. Jack has fixed up his place in fine shape. AH the con veniences whic h men like can be found at his place, and he has spared no expense in furnishing and decorating his place. All the paraphernalia is the most improved and advanced known. He hopes by conscientious effort and first-class service to deserve a large p.'.'jonajre. WICHITA MAN A SUICIDE. Worry Over Financial Affairs the Probable Cause. Wichita, Kas.. Aug. 21. John H. Mitchell, assistant credit man for the Johnson-Larimer Wholesale Dry Goods Company of this city, shot himselt through the roof of his mouth Thursday dying a few minutes after 2 o'clock. He was in his room when the deed was done. It 1s said that he had worried considerably over a sum of money which he had borrowed, but it was not due until December 1, and last night members of the firm promised to see him safely through the deal. He was 4S years old and was well known to Kansas and Missouri wholesale men among whom he was esteemed highly. About three weeks ago he came here from St. Joseph, where he was connect ed with the John S. Brittain Dry Goods company. He left a wife and1 two children in St. Joseph, and spent the previous afternoon in searching for a house, intending to move to this city at once. Some strychnine tablets were found in his room. He left a letter ad dressed to his wife and one to the pub lic, but neither gave any reason for the act. Inspector for Wellington. Kansas City, Aug. 21. John Radford, state grain inspector of Kansas, left yesterday for Western Kansas to look after the interests of the department in that section. While absent Mr. Radford will make several changes in the work ing force. He will also establish a branch grain office at Wellington. He will be absent several days. Old Settlers' Day at Beloit. Beloit. Kas.. Aug. 21 Thursday was Old Settlers' day and was celebrated by 4.000 people at the park. Speeches were made by Representative A. G. Mead, ex-Sonator Anson S. Cooke and others. Capt. W. H. Mitchell, of Beloit, was elected president of the association for the coming year, and ex-Senator Anson S. Cocke, secretary. Has Them Punished. Abilene. Kas., Aug. 21. Thomas Lcm inf, a country boy. while coins- home from church with a girl Sunday night was set upon by nine boys and covered with mud and acid. By the flash of a pistol he recognized one of them, and secured the arrest of all. They Daid a fine in court. Doniphan County Old Settlers' Day. Highland Station. Kas.. Aue 21 Tin- Donlpnan county fair opened at High land Station with an attendance, n.r about 1,000. Thursday was Old Set- tiers aay. ana j. j. Baker, of Troy, a pioneer and prominent attorney of this county, addressed the assembly. Wants $1,000 Damages, Wichita- Tfan Anir 01 iii v. ub. j-lu ax. Norton aska th cit-v nf A,-iv,i $1,000 damges which she alleges she sus tained hv A vinlAnt oll .11. of a main thoroughfare of the cit-y Au- 1. xne ciaim was meet with the city clerk. Good Crowd at the Fair. St. -Tnhns Xats Ancr 1 Tv,a i. er continued fine for the fair and the largest crowd was in attendance that has ever bepn on the rvr,imH 1. conservatively estimated that between five and seven thousand people were ncic inuiauujr, To Prohibit Fakira Abilene, Kas., Aug. 21. The rltv council has adooted a license ordinance that fines street auctioneers or fakirs $r0 a day. It is intended to be prohib itive. Items from Lebanon. Lebanon, Kan., Aug. 21. Josenh Fer guson of Esbon fell from train No. 5, first section going west, at about 9 o'clock Wednesday night as the train was slowing up, pulling into Lebanon. Mr. Ferguson was on his way out to Phillips county to take rhariro rr y,i threshing machine, the train being very crowded many passengers were stand ing. It Is supposed when the porter opened th? doors of the cars he backed off. Mr. Ferguson is quite Beriously hurt; one ear nearly torn off, a serious cut in forehead, skull broken in and oacK nurt- Dr. Dykes was called and dressed the man's wounds and he is re ported in fair way to recovery. Master Ray Michaels, son of Hard ware Merchant Michaels, was thrown from his horse on Thursday morning in front of L. M. Linton's residence. He was stunned and Quite seriously shaken up. Mrs. Linton carried the lad into her house and administered to his wants, and Dr. H. A. Dykes, who was called, reported no bones broken. A carriage was called and the boy taken home. The Smith county fair is in full blast. Big crowds, big display, big meeting. Some good horses and many thorough bred cattle and hogs In evidence. This is a new venture, a four day meeting, and is proving a success. Many farms are changing hands here at advanced prices, mostly to .home people, which is a good sign. A lot of land buyers were on the sec ond section of No. 5 Wain, west, Wed nesday, some getting off at Lebanon, some at Smith Center and many at Sel den. The buyers are from Iowa, Mis souri and Kentucky. SPORTINGNEWS. President Comiskey on the Trail of Young Flayers. Desires to Supplant Some of Present Force. DUFFY A GREAT HELP. Brings Two Good Men to Chica go from Brewers. Cocknian, Third Baseman and Pitcher McPherson. Chicago, Aug. 21. The News says: With the report that Hugh Duffy is booked for the managerial job with the White Stockings for next season comes the information that President Comiskey is in the wilds of the minor leagues on the trail of young players to supplant those he had had this season and who have dropped his team down to seventh place, with a strong chance of grinding into the last ditch before the end of the season. Regarding the possible acquisition of Duffy, a. baseball man said today: "Duffy is the best man Comiskey could get for the place, for not only would he get his new manager but he NEW LIGHTNING BUILDER. 1 I ,.:e A.' i Mr. Caldwell Is one of the most remarkable men in the west. He expects to finish the Agricultural building at the world's fair. St. Louis, within fifty days, and the Horticultural building in less time. Caldwell is a Delaware man and holds the world's, record for rarjid building, won when he erected the West Ba ien hotel in Indiana, containing 612 rooms and 8,000,000 bricks, finished in eight and one-half months. would be sure of two of the best minor league players in the country Cock man, third baseman of the Brewers, and McPherson, one of their pitchers. rveitner of these men will nlay with any other leader than Duffy and Comiskey could have them without any trouble if he succeeded in persuading Duffy to come to Chicago and pilot his club next season. Many major league managers have been after these two youngsters. but they will not leave Duffy. In St. Paul, where Comiskey is now reported as being, there is an inflelder second to none, according to all reports. This is Huggins, a second baseman. But it Is likely to be a pretty difficult matter to get him out of that city. He is said to have been offered almost fab ulous sums by other big clubs, prin cipally the Philadelphia Nationals, but has steadfastly refused to leave his home city. His reason for holding tight there is that he is taking care or nis aged parents and wants to be near enough to them at all times to render aid if necessary. Huggins played with Harry White "on Fleishman s Moun tain Tourist" aggregation and is touted highly by the southpaw. Out of the forty-four games the nite Stockings have played on the road this season they have won twelve. Thirty two of them when away from home, leaving only twenty-three defeats for the home patrons to witness. It is the eastern division that has been hardest on Comiskey's club" wflWatray from home, though they have been out classed by nearly every other club in the league. Boston has won six games from the Chicago tribe on their grounds; the Athletics and Griffith's Highlanders have each taken five, while down-trodden and unfortunate Washington has won four. Each of the eastern clubs has dropped one game to the White Sox except Washington, two being their share. In the west Cleveland, by taking three straight In the series just completed, leads with the erreatest number of vic tories over the Chicago team when away FOR M AND INFANTS INVALIDS Puny babies become strong and robust babies when fed on Mellin's Food. Mellin's Food gives strength. You will be glad that you ent for a sample of Mellin's Food when you see how eagerly baby takes it. MELLIN'S FOOD CO, BOSTON, MASS. MfRK from home, having taken five. Detroit and St. Louis have each bagged three. McAleer's Browns have lost three games to the White Sox on their home grounds also, while the Tigers and Cleveland have lost only two each. NEW FIGHT CLUfi ON COAST. Contest to Be Pulled Off at Colma, Near San Francisco. San Francisco, Cal.. Aug. 21. The Golden State Athletic club, a new or ganization, is to erect a pavilion that will seat 6,000 people in Colma, just across the county line, where fights will be held in future independent of the action of the San Francisco supervisors. Jud Gibbs, manager and matchmaker, announces that he will have for an opening attraction Joe Gans and Joe Walcott, welter and light weight cham pions respectively. He claims to have brought the men together on an equita ble basis of 140 pounds at 3 o'clock and will set the date for the show dur ing the latter part of September. Racing at Chicago. Chicago, Aug. 21. Helgeson gave ah exhibition of hia ability at a Jockey in the Midsummer stakes, at Hawthorne, when he won with Aggie Lewis by a nose. Buccaneer was second, Sweetio third and Elwood fourth, noses separat ing all of them; Dick Webes. at 1 ty K. won the fourth race, at a mile and an eighth, in his usual easy manner, and covered the course In 1:5a 3-5, which is within a fraction of the track record. Weather and track conditions perfect. Racing at St. Louis. St. Louis, Aug. 2L Little Scout, an odds-en favorite, won the feature at Kinloch park. Taby Tusa was second and Orris third. Little Scout got away in the rear, where he laid, running eau j T. a. 4f ily until the middle of the stretch, where he came on, winning going away. The best performance came in the fifth race, seven furlongs for 2-year-olds. Branca s, at 3 to 5, won by. a neck. He got away last; at the quarter he was third, where he remained to the sii teenth pole. In the stretch he engaged Hugh McGowen, which had set the pace and a hard drive ensued, Brancas get ting to the wire first. Fort Erie Favorites Defeated. Buffalo, N. T.. Aug. 21. Favorites fared badly at Fort Erie. The fields were large and finishes close, but the public choices generally landed out side. First race 6 furlongs. Ben Mora, 10 to 1, won; Albula, second; Shrine, third. Time, 1:14.' Second race 5 furlongs. Palm Bear er, 4 to 1, won; Lcra J., second; Wood son, third. Time. 1:02. Third race 1V4 miles; selling. Baffled, 10 to 1, won; Similar, second; Nellie Bawn. third. Time. 1:54. Fourth race 5V4 furlongs. Silver Dream, even, won; Lyrist, second; Jim Farrin. third. Time, 1:07. Fifth race 7 furlongs; selling. St. Wood, 6 to 1, won; George Perry, sec ond; Amorous, third. Time, 1:28. Sixth race Mile. John Yerkes, 5 to 2, won; Mrs. Frank Foster, second; Cranesville, third. Time, 1:3S. Racing at Saratoga. Saratoga. N. Y., Aug. 21. The track was deep in mud and there were manv scratches at Saratoga. The Albany handicap at six furlongs, was won by Gold Saint. He got in the lead early, winning by four lengths. Claude, in the second race, was the only winning fa vorite. Buckenberger Challenges Collins. Boston, Mass., Aug. 21. Manager Buckenberger of the Boston Nationals has challenged Manager CollinB of the Boston Americans to play a series of games between October 1 and 15. As Collins" team in all probability will play the winner of the National league pen nant and as the race between the two champions will extend to October 15, it will not be possible for Collins to consider the matter at all, and he has furthermore said he would not play the local National league club In an after season series under any circumstances. Tennis at Omaha, Omaha, Aug. 21. The semi-finals were played in the Middle West tennis tourn ament at the Omaha Field club Thurs day and furnished some surprises. Dr. Sheldon, of Kansas City, and R. G. Hunt, of California, were easily defeat ed by Sanderson and Holland of Gales burg. Sheldon and Hunt ha-e not played to gether before and their teamwork was poor, while their opponents worked well together. The Eberhardt brothers, of Sallaa, Kan., quite outclassed the local play ers, Young and Caldwell. In the singles Hunt again had the gal lery in his contest with Fred Eberhardt. Hunt played badly in the first. match, but was at his best in the second, and blocked his opponent's balls at the net repeatedly. The scores follow: Second round, championship doubles. Caldwell and Young beat Blatherwick and Holbrook. 2-6, 12-10, 6-4. Semi-final doubles. Holland and San derson beat Hunt and Sheldon, 6-S. 6-3. Frank and Fred Eberhardt beat Cald well and Young, 6-1. 6-4. Championship singles.semi-final round. R. G. Hunt, California, beat Fred Eb erhardt, 6-4, 6-1; points. 36-31, 39-19. Fred Eberhardt beat H. M. Holland, Galesburg, 6-3, 2-6, 6-2; points, 33-20, 18-25, 84-26. KANSAS BALL GAMES. AT ELDORADO. TCldorado lost to Eureka by a score of 7 to -5, owing to errors by Catcher Huffman. Batteries Eldorado, Beck er, Huffman and Bancks; Eureka, Mur phy, Tomlinson ana n easier. AT JUNCTION CITY. The Minneapolis and Fort Riley teams nlaved at the post. The game openea with Mains in the box, but he was taken out in the third inning. The victors batted him freely. Score: R H E IVTinneaTiollS ..9 34 Fort Rilev 8 14 9 Batteries Minneapolis, Hoeln and Ramsey; Fort Riley, Mains, Schlintze and Corr. AT SCAMMON. In a very fast and Interesting ten Inning game the Scammon Maroons won from the ColumDus iiiues. Score bv innings: Scammon 2 00010010 15 Columbus 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 04 Batterie! Scammon. Pettigrew and Hiller; Columbus, Baxter and Finney. AT EUREKA. Eureka won the third of a series of games at Eldorado with the Missouri League teams. Score 8 to 5. .i-c-i- Batteries Eureka, Tomlinson cand Brown; Eldorado Becker and Back us. AT MORAN. Moran had no trouble in defeating Elsmore by a score of 14 to 1. The fea ture of the game was the battery work of Allen and Wright for Moran. Score: Moran 2 5 0 1 0 0 6 0 14 Elsmore 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 01 AT MAPLE HILL. The ball game here resulted .in a vic tory for White City. Score, White City 7, Maple Hill 3. AT BELLEVILLE. The second game of a series of three between Bellville and Republic City was played her with a score of 8 to 0 in favor of Belleville. Batteries Republic, Akenback, Cla- bough; Belleville, Cheeney, Ward. MISSOURI VALLEY LEAGUE. AT SPRINGFIELD. One of the largest crowds of the sea son witnessed the defeat of Springfield at the hands of the Gold Bugs by the score of 9 to 5. Schrant, the catcher for the visitors, kicked Perrine in the second inning. Perrine hit him with the ball, and a second later Kane opened a great gash about the eye with a vicious left- hand swing. For several minutes it seemed that a riot was inevitable, but the police interfered and hurried Schrant off the field: The infuriated fans and players followed him to the gate. When he hit Schrant Kane crushed his knuck les and will be unable to pitch for sev eral days. The visitors won the game by hard hitting, while the home team could not find Evans when hits were most needed. Score: R.H.E. Springfield 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 05 6 5 Sedalia 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 49 14 5 Batteries Feeney and Schmidt;Evans, Schrant and Gray. AT PITTSBURG. In a pitchers' battle Joplin won over the locals here In the ninth inning. The feature of the game was the splendid field work of McKee, Rapp and Kane. Joplin won the game on errors. Halli pitched wonderful ball from start to finish: Score: R.H.E. Pittsburg 0 0000000 00 7 1 Joplin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 2 1 Batteries Halla and Raymond; Pow ell and Stoner. AT FORT SCOTT. The Gaslighters took the first game, knocking Woodbury out of the box in the fourth inning. Steele held the visi tors down until the ninth inning, when they batted him freely. Score: R.H.E. Fort Scott 1 0011010 15 8 6 Iola 4 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 39 12 3 Woodbury, Steele and Cheek; Morgan and Armstrong. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. At Kansas City Kansas City 10KjColr umbus 9. At Milwaukee Milwaukee 9, Toledo 8. At Minneapolis Minneapolis 1, In dianapolis 9. At St. Paul St. Paul 4, Louisville 9. AMERICAN LEAGUE. AT CLEVELAND. Cleveland batted out a victory In the first inning. It was children's day and 10,000 boys and girls were admitted free. Score by InningB: R.H.E. Cleveland 30001100 5 12 2 Washington 0 0000001 01 9 0 Batteries Joss and Bemis: Orth and Kittredge. AT CHICAGO. Hughes was an easy mark for Chicago In the four innings he pitched. Altrock kept the hits well scattered except in one inning. Freeman broke the ground record by landing the first hit ever made over the score board, far out in right field. Score by innings: R.H.R Chicago 1 0420002 9 13 3 Boston 0 0400000 15 9 0 Batteries Altrock and Slattery: Hushes. Winter and J. Stahl. AT ST. LOUIS. St. Louis split even In a double header with New York, the visitors winning the first game, 6 to 1. and losing the second, 4 to 2. An error by Elberfeldt permitted three men to come in. Attendance, ,oou. First lame Score bv Innings: R.H.E. St Twui 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 01 5 6 New York 0 1101030 06 13 0 Batteries Powell and Sugden; Griffith and Bevllle. Second camp Score bv fnnlnirs: R.H.E. St. Louis 0 0000103 4 12 1 New York,..., 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 02 9 1 Batteries Sudhoff. Pelty and Sudgen; Wolfe and 3eville. AT DETROIT. The locals took two games from Phil adelphia. The first was a shut out for Headache suffering: is not necessary. There is a delightful effervescing draught that clears the brain and settles the stomach a headache cure and preventive Hobart' Headache Seltzer. Guaran teed. 25 doses for 25c. For sale at Hobart's, the cut-rate drug store, 500 West Tanth. Tie of Tim Kissinger, who pitched splendid ball. A wonderful stOD bv Long, followed by a double play, was the feature. First game Score bv innings: R.H.E. Detroit 0 1000001 3 7 1 Philadelphia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00 5 3 Batteries Kissinger and Buelow: Ben der and Schreck. The second game was close until the eighth, when it looked lost, but errors let it tie. With three on bases in the ninth, Crawford batted in the winning run. Both pitchers were hit hard. At tendance, 2,350. Second game Score bv Innings: R.H.E. Detroit 0 1000001 2 7 1 Philadelphia 2 0000002 0-4 12 3 Batteries Kitson and Buelow: Plank and Schreck. AMERICAN LEAGUE STANDING. Clubs Won. Lost. Pet. Boston 65 37 .B7 Philadelphia SS 46 .55X Cleveland 57 46 .653 Detroit 52 4 .520 New York 50 .510 St. Louis 50 55 478 Chicago 47 56 456 Washington 52 70 .314 NATIONAL. LEAGUE. AT BROOKLYN. In a nitchers' battle between Reidy and Menefee, Brooklyn defeated Chicago. 3 to 1. The fielding on both sides was error less. Attendance, 2,200. Score by innings: R.H.E. Chicago 0 0001000 01 9 0 Brooklyn 1 0000010 2 10 0 Batteries Menefee and Kllng; Reidy and Jacklltsch. AT PHILADELPHIA. The game was the first played by the home club since the fatal accident at the National league ball park on August 8. The game was played on the American league grounds. poore by innings: R.H.E. St. Louis 2 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 18 8 1 Philadelphia 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 35 11 5 Batteries McFarland and 0'Nell;Mitch ell and Roth. AT NEW YORK. Pittsburg split even on a double header. The first game was presented .to New York by poor fielding on the part of the Champions. The second game was won bv Phillipi's good pitching. Attendance, 13.7S4. Score bv innings: R.H.E. New York 7 0021 300 13 11 6 Pittsburg 0 00320020 7 13 3 Batteries Mathewson, Miller and Bow erman: Doheny. Balle and Phelps. Second game Score by innings: R.H.E. New York 0 0100000 01 6 1 Pittsburg 0 0103000 04 12 2 Batteries Taylor, Cronin and Bower man; Phillipi and Smith. NATIONAL LEAGUE STANDING. Clubs. Pittsburg New York Chicago Cincinnati Brooklyn Boston St. Louis Philadelphia Won. Lost. Pet. 67 36 .650 62 41 .602 62 43 .K'O 55 47 .539 61 53 .490 42 66 429 37 70 .346 31 62 .333 WESTERN LEAGUE. AT DES MOINES. Des Moines won the. game in the thir teenth inning. Cook scoring on a base on balls, a stolen base and Marshall's double. Score by innings' R.H.E. Des Moines.... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 11 2 Kansas City. .0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00 8 4 Batteries Miller and Fohl; Nichols and Messitt. AT DENVER. Denver won the game in the second in ning by batting out four runs. Score by innings: R.H.E Denver 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 05 6 3 Peoria 1 0200000 03 1L 1 Batteries Eyler and Schlei; Hart and Wilson. AT COLORADO SPRINGS. The game was as bad as Wednesday's when the score was 15 to 2, but the locals were the victors. McPherson was batted out of the box in the sixth inning. Score bv innings: R H.E. Milwaukee 0 100011003 8 7 Colorado Springs.... 2 2 0 3 4 0 4 15 14 .1 Batteries McPherson, Braun and Lucia; McNeely and Doran. AT OMAHA. Sanders' superior pitching and errors by the visitors enabled the locals to take an other game in easy style. Score by Innings: R.H.B. St. Joseph".'...." 2 0 000 0 1 1 04 8 4 Battarips Sanders and Gonding: Diehl and Garvin. WESTERN LEAGUE STANDING. Clubs Won. Lost. Pet. Milwaukee 61 36 .629

.526 .45 .4M .455 .434 .408 Colorado Springs 62 Kansas City 51 St. Joseph 4S Denver 46 Peoria 45 38 46 49 49 54 66 (8 Des Moines 43 Omaha 40 Lou Dillon Again. Boston, Aug. 21. Secretary Jewett, of the New England Trotting Horse Breeders' association, has perfected ar rangements with C. K. G. Billings, owner of Lou Dillon, by which the mare will be sent over the Readville track on Monday to beat the world's trotting record of 2:02Vi II. J. Scroggin Dead. Louisville, Ky., Aug. 21. Hiram J. Scroggin, the well known turfman, is dead of stomach trouble. Frank Yoakum to Be Sold. Holyoke, Mass., Aug. 21. According to a telegram received by Charles Doble, the great pacer, Frank Yokum, winner of the $5,000 Brighton stakes for 2:10 pacers in New York Tuesday, is to change owners for a consideration of (12,000 and will not be shipped to Read- Jive lcuud The cigar that beats them all at non! I-arsreat Soiling- Brand Cigar in the World. Kmrnd tt SwmUr't TnueH tt J HOTEL EMPIRE. Broadway and 63d St.. N. Y. City. Telephone in Everv Room. Rooms J1.00 per Day and Upwards. A fine library of choice literature for the exclusive The EmDlre has long been the fa vorite hotel for tourists visiting the use of our guests. metropolis. Restaurant noted for the excellence of its cuisine, its efficient service and mod erate prices. From Grand Cen tral station take cars marked "Broadway to Fort Lee Ferry" and reach Hotel Empire A greater number of street cars pass the Hotel Empire han any other hotel in the city. in seven minutes. From all Ferries. Steamboats and Ocean Steamers walk short block to Elevated Railway and take "9th Ave. to 59th" street, from which hotel is one-minute walk. 10 minutes to Principal Theaters and Shops. W. JOHNSON QUINN, Prop. f 3 til SMOKE KLAUER'S GOLD BUG. CENT CIGAR. BEFORE YOU BUY CO AIL Telephone 530 KACZYtJSKI FOR PRICES 4th and Jackson I Pure Water I Phillips' famous mineral water delivered at your door pure and health- J ful. PROF. J. W. PHILLIPS I Proprietor. J 612 West Eight Street. J RED AND BLACK Number.! Indicate those who have the Five Cents a Day leiepnone. Call them up and convince yourself the merits of the service. of Missouri Kansai Tel: Co. Thorn 9)9 Vlllp. Xfr. TVltl1fc linrlarofana 4U. 4V i diiuo lUflltt the man who has made the offer. The Name 'Black Diamnnrl F.YnrnK" v.o iiao MCI.UIIIO with those who travel a synonym for between Buffalo and New York via; the jut-iiigii vaaey raiiroac.. Everybody reads the State Journal I

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TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL FRIDAY EVENING. ATTGUST 21, 1003. 3 RA1LR0ADJ1EVVS. Grain Embargoes Are Still in Force on the Santa Fe And Kansas Citj Grain Men Are Dissatisfied. WILL LAST A WEEK. OficiaN Hope to Break Blockade Within That Time. 70 Cars Now Standing on Sid ing in Western Kansas. The action that the Santa Fe hns ta kn so far in the movement of Kansas yhp-Al is the cause of a feeling of unoer inty amons the grain men of Kansas fity. For about the third time the San a Fe has refused to accept grain ship ments billed to Kansas City, (riving as their reason that as the result of tile Hood the terminal facilities of other roads in Kansas City vveie not in good i enough condition to warrant the move ment of much gram at one tune. Kan sas City roads are unable to tnnsfer grain shipments in the yards at that point and as the Santa Fe is unwilling; to let any of their cars go beyond their terminals grain embargoes have been the result. Recently it was stated that the Santa Fe had agreed to place no grain em bargo against Kansas City before Sep !hpr 9n T)pliitp this f:ict. however. the road announced yesterday that an other embargo hud been declared against Kansas City which would prob ably continue until August 2:. Conse- quently Kansas City gruin nin do not know what to do and they all have a feeling of distrust tor the Santa Fe, thinking that that road is not really making any great effo: t to handle the grain shipments. The Santa Fe does not deserve this unjustlce for in spite of the fact that they have corralled all the business of this kind that they can pos sibly handle they are just as anxious that the grain should be moved as the Kansas City grain men are. This is fignified by the statement made yester day by a prominent Santa Fe official vho has his headquarters in this city: "We have ISO cars on the siding at Emporia. 200 at Newton, 200 at Hutch inson and 350 at Dodge City. Kansas City is swamped. Until the blockade there is broken there can be no move ment of grain to that place from the points given above. Kansas City seems to think we are discriminating against it. it it uriueiniuini me situation meie would be no complaint. Kastern roads cannot get the stuff out of there as fast as we can haul it in. This brings on a congestion and this has backed up un til it ta.es in Kmporia, Newton, Hutch inson. Dodge City and Wellington. It is useless to ball things up more there by hauling stuff in that can't be han dled. iVe are as anxious to haul freight to Kidsas City as Kansas City is to re ceive It. but at the present time it only tnak matters worse by sending stuff ther. It is to Kansas City's interest as Tell as ours to break that block ade. When the eastern roads can take cait of the freight the Santa Fe will ben hauling it there. We hope to get th- blockade broken within a week." CAR RATES TOO HIGH. Jiteratate Commerce Commission Will Make Investigation. Chicago. Aug. 21 The interstate com merce commission may be asked to make an investigation regarding the compensation given by railroads to private car lines. The charge will be made that the mileage paid is excessive, and therefore amounts to a rebate to the shipper within the meaning of the Elklns law. In a circular sent by J. W. Midgley to all the large railroad mag nates in the country the direct accusa tion is made that the companies are violating the law in carrying out their contracts with such companies as the Armour car line, for example. He al leges that the mileage paid to such com panies enables them to drive competi tors out of business and to build up a moropoly.and he characterizes the own ership of private car lines as the great et evil at p.esent menacing American nllroads. It was learned yesterday that Mr. Bidgley had succeeded almost in com pleting arrangements whereby lines east f Chicago and north of the Ohio river vould organize an association with a 'lew to using their own cars exclusive y. At the l:st moment, however, the jrlvnte cav line Interests succeeded in Jreaklng up tile agreement. In a circular letter Mr. Midgley also nsserts that the dressed meat and packing-house traffic is the least remunera tive of any traffic, but that the railroads nre compelled to ca?.-ry it frequently at a loss or suffer the consequences. It Is stated that the money paid for the use of private cars frequently amounts to 25 to 35 per cent on the money invested In them, so that these companies could There's Or a or in u n f In the In er KATIONAX sell their products at a loss and still pay dividends. Last year the amount paid in mileage to private car companies was over $12,000,000. SANTA FE EMPLOYES. Comparison Between Greeks, Italians and Haskell Indians. Most of this summer there has been a gang of Indian workmen on the San ta Fe east of Emporia about twelve miles, savs the Kmporia Gazette. This is Just west of Ijebo where the Santa Fe has a steam shovel working and is mak ing a double track on the cut off. A gang of about forty Indians have labor ed there most of the summer in genuine grading camp fashion. They are a swarthv, stout set of young bucks and the railroad men say they have prove! to be the best kind of workers. The entire gang is said to come from Has kell Institute. It is time for the school to commence and yesterday the In dians pulled stakes and went to Law rence to get ready for school. Kverv noon the Indians came in on the work train to Kmporia and ate their dinner in the shade of the trees in Hum bolt park. Some of them are base ball players and everv evening they prac ticed base ball. They had a team and brat most of the teams in this part of the coiintrv. At Neosho Rapids about eleven miles southeast is a grading gang ot Greeks. Thev aie the real thing and can not even speak Knglish as well as the In dians can. They have an interpreter to help them out. The Ureeks, however are not as good workmen as tne Indians. They are lazy and ignorant. The Greeks came as emigrants from the old original peninsula. Ancient history has a lot to say about the excellent quali ties of the Greeks, their powerful phy sical proportions and powers. But the Greeks must have run down. One could hunt through the whole bunch of work men on the grading and not find a sin gle Ulysses or Milo or when it comes to the twain work faculty none of them would strike one as a close relative of old IMngenes. The variety of laborers along the Santa Fe is something well mixed. Further up the track near Olivet is a big crowd of Italians, raw from the "Dago's" land. These heterogenous workers are mak ing a double track on the Santa Fe be tween Kansas City and Emporia. NO SUSPENSION ON ORIENT. Vice-President Sylvester Denies Re port to That Effect. Kansas City. Aug. 21. W. W. Sylves ter, vice president of the Kansas City, Mexico Orient Railway company, last night denied the report contained in a dispatch from Phoenix, Ariz., that con struction work on the Orient railway had been suspended as a result of a de cision handed down by a Mexican court invalidating important concessions. Ac cording to this report the Orient com pany, after securing concessions in Mex ico retained a resident of Chihuahua named Johnson to superintend the con struction of the road in the neighbor hood of Topolobampo. Johnson, accord ing to the dispatch from Phoenix, de stroyed irrigation works which had been established a few years ago and order ed the settlers to vacate. Mrs. Owen, widow of one of the original colonizers at Topolobampo, offered to compromise with the company for 2 million dollars, but the offer was refused. According to the report the court sustained her con tention that the concessions granted to her husband had rot yet run out. The. old concession was said to have been found by the Mexican Central railway. "There is absolutely no truth in this report," said Mr. Sylvester. "Our con cessions were obtained by legislative act of the Mexican congress and have never been invalidated or even threatened. Several reports of this kind, all of them without foundation, have been circula ted recently. Evidently they were start ed by persons or other railroad com panies who have seKish ends to fur ther. "The only suspension of construction work has been in a stretch of track but six miles in extent. The loss of a boat loaded with 13,000 ties made this neces sary, but work will be resumed as soon is other material can be delivered from San Francisco or Portland." QUITE A DISTINCTION. Chicago Station Handles More Limit ed Trains Than Any Other. Chicago, Aug. 21. When the trains of the Eastern Illinois use the Rock Island terminals in the LaSalle station the lat ter will become the starting and arriv ing point for more limited trains than any other station in the world, reaching six in number, and each is regarded as among the finest equipped trains in the world. The LaSalle street station will become the only line in the United States, with the exception of the Kngle wood station, where passengers may take trains for any point in the country. A $500 BILL. PRESENTED. But the Santa Fe Still Wants More Water at Emporia. Emporia Kas., Aug. 21. Last month was a record breakine month for the Santa Fe round-house. Twelve hun dred engines were put through the house here during July. This means that the Santa Fe needs millions of gallons of water to supply the engines and for the various purnoses in the round-house. Last month the Santa Fe used more water from the city than it ever used here in a month. The water a Munch Lunch o n seal Package BISCUIT CO MTAJtY 11; v f C 1 Of the Smithsonian Institute, Whose Mysterious Kite Flying Is Attracting Attention. superintendent's report shows that dur ing July the Santa Fe used nearly 10. 000,000 gallons of city water, and its bill for the water used in July was about JSOO. The Santa Fe complains, however, that the supply to the big tank -at Third avenue and West street last month was hardly sufficient to suPDly the railroad and at times the water was low. The city intends to remedy this bv Duttins in a large main to the big tank. The new main will run down Rural street to Sixth, thence to West street and south to the tank. At ores ent there is but a four-inch main to the tank. The new main will be ar. in crease of several inches. The reason the Santa Fe used so much more water last month than ever before is that ,at both Argentine and Newton new turn-tables are being placed in. and that throws the bulk of the round-house work to Emporia. STRINGENT MEASURES. Railroads Adopt Means to Defeat Schemes of Ticket Scalpers. Kansas City, Aug. 21. Acting on ad vice from Chicago the railroads run ning into Kansas City will soon adopt stringent measures to defeat a new scheme of the ticket scalpers which has just been uncovered. Certain dealers in second-hand transportation have adopted a new means of securing sig nature tickets without the signature, and it is said that the method has been adopted by a large number of scalpers throughout the country. The scheme is carried out by the aid of a person wanting a ticket and who goes to a scalper to secure it. All of the roads are running summer rate ex cursions to the west and east, and it is possible to secure a low round-trip rate at this time of year to almost any point. The method adopted is to send the prospective purchaser of a scalper's ticket to the regular down-town ticket office of the road over which he travels and have him purchase one of the low rata round-trip tickets. As the man leaves the scalper that individual hands him a fountain pen and directs him to sign the ticket with that and under no circumstances to use the ink in the ticket office. The buyer usually assents and gets his ticket, "paying the regular round-trU rate. He then re turns to the scalDer who adds a few dollars to the price already paid, if he thinks the man will stand it, and gives him an order on another scalper in the town to which the man is bound calling for a rebate of the amount naid over the price of the ticket and one or two dollars more, which will bring the fare lower than the regular one-way rate. The overcharge is made to insure the passenger taking the ticket to the scalper on whom he has the order for a rebate, as the return coupon is doubly valuable. The scheme lies in the fact that the fountain pen which is given the cus tomer is charged with a volatile ink that fades and disappears within a few days, leaving the signature line blank for the signature of the next man. It took the railroads a long time to trace the way in which these tickets were handled with such impunity by the scalpers, but when the method was once found prompt measures were taken to suppress it. Orders have gone out that ticket agents must insist on buyers using the office pen and ink, and where possible have the signature made with copying inK, mus aoing away with much of tne danger of the use of a knife or chem icals to remove the signature. Here after when a man buys a ticket he will be required to lay aside his foun tain pen, if he has one, and comply with the new rule or else pay the reg ular fare and get no rate. STORING COAL. The Santa Fe Is Laying in a Goodly Supply at Newton. A report comes from Newton to the effect that the Santa Fe is again storing coai at mat point. Jbast year the com pany stored 1,200 cars at Newton and long before the winter was over coal was being confiscated for the use of the engines on that division. The storage this year will no doubt be much greater. From 15 to 20 cars are arriving there daily and are promptly unloaded at the storage track. Another Fast Run. Newton. Aug. 21. Engineer Graham and Fireman James Morse hold the rec ord for fast running from this point to Spearville on passenger train No. 3. They made the run last Sunday after noon in two hours and 57 minutes, a distance of 136 miles. Engine 1011, a high wheel Prairie type, pulled the train. Shortage in Sleeping Cars. Chicago. Aug. 21. The Pullman com pany announces that its 4.000 sleeping cars are inadequate now to meet the demand of the traveling public and that at least 2.000 more cars could be used at this time. The Grand Army encamp men in San Francisco has been taking hundreds of the sleepprs in that direc tion, just as the roads began sending excursions east and north. Mexican Roads Increase Rate. Mexico railroads have decided on an lmDoctant advance in rates, to go into effect September 1 and apply to both -one way and round trip tickets. After Sep tember 1 all rates used for basing pur poses will be advanced 15 per cent through the Rio Grande gateways to all points in Mexico, and all American con nections of these roads have been ad vised to govern themselves accordingly in the making of through rates. IT CAN BE DONE. Rock Island Endeavoring to Reduce Engine Smoke. Chicago, Aug. 21. A test was made of the efficacy of steam jets in abating the smoking of locomotives at the round-house of the Chicago, Rock Is land Pacific railway at Forty-seventh street and Wentworth avenue yester day. The occasion for the test waa the claim by the railway eompany that the jets were not effective enough to war rant their general use. C. W. Nellis, the master mechanic f the Rock Is land, and G. B. Fravel. master me chanic of the Pennsylvania, were pres ent. The result of the test was a re duction of mere than two-thirds of the smoking. Boiler Inspector Blaney, who made the test, said: "The test would have been much more satisfactory had the road supplied us with better conditions under which to make it. The engine was a poor one, and it was difficult to make steam satisfactorily." Mr. Kellis said: "I am powerless to act in the matter. I merely make my recommendations to Mr. Goodnow, our general manager, and he does as he sees fit. If I had the authority 1 should or der that or some equally effective ap pliance put on all the engines tomor row." Mr. Goodnow said last night: "As yet I have received no report of the test. I can say for our road, though, that we want to stop the smoke, and as soon as we find the appliance that will do it we will use it." The report of insufficient funds to carry on the work of the smoke board was denied yesterday by Mr. Schubert. "We are short of funds, and have had to cut down our force slightly," he said, "but we are still fighting smokers, and have no intention of stopping." DAMAGE MONET FOR KELLEY. R. L Deposits $23,718.80 With Treas urer of Wyandotte County. It is reported that the Rock Island railroad has deposited in the treasury of Wyandotte county, Kas., the sum of $23,718.80, being the amount awarded by the board of county commissioners sit ting as a condemnation board to John Kelley of the Kelley Milling company for purchase and damage money to land in Armourdale. The railroad company desires the land for switch purposes. Two members of the condemnation board appointed by Judge Fischer of the district court awarded Kelley $50,000 purchase and damage money, hut as the third mem ber of the board refused to sign the award the railroad contested it. Judge Holt of the common pleas court, before whom it was tried, held that the first award was not regular and ordered the board of county commissioners to proceed to condemn the land. The money paid into the treasury yes terday covers the award made by the county commissioners. Kelley appealed to the supreme court. FAST TIME. Northwestern Breaks Record Be tween Crystal Lake and Chicago. Chicago, Aug. 21. The record from Crystal Lake to Chicago on the Chicago and Northwestern railroad was broken Sunday afternoon when the train which carries the Chicago resorters back to their homes made time which has not been done in years. The schedule time between Crystal Lake and Chicago is fifty minutes for the forty-nine miles, but the heavy trains from Lake Geneva usually make it impossible to equal this. But Sunday the company sent one of its largest en gines to Lake Geneva to bring the even ing train in. Engineer Charles E. Smith was at the throttle and the crew was told to make the time if possible. Passengers became frightened at the way the train tore along and when they arrived in Chicago they found the act ual running time between Crystal Lake and Chicago, taking out station stops. had been thirty-eight minutes for tne forty-nine miles, breaking the record considerably. ABOUT RAILROAD PEOPLE. Levi Roe is a new man in the water service. He began work the tirst of the week. John Parkinson of the Santa Fe water service is absent from work on account of sickness. John Rarlow of the water service re turned to work yesterday after being off for two weeks. Dispatcher Parks, who is employed at the Santa Fe division offices, is taking a two weeki' vacation. Barton Phelps of the department of tests was in Emporia Thursday on busi ness for the company. John Young, engine foreman for the Santa Fe. will take a short trip to St. Joe on Saturday and Sunday. Guy Hamilton of the office of W. J. Healy. freight auditor for the Santa Fe, left "the first of the week for Colorado. where he will snend his vacation of ten days. August Cronenburg. night watchman In the coach shop, has returned to work af ter a short absence due to sickness. E. P. Hayes of the water service re signed his position yesterday. He has se cured work elsewhere in the city. Walker Cain of the department of tests returned yesterday from a short trip to Chicago on business for the company. The Santa Fe will run five sections of the shopmen's excursion to St. Joe on Saturday. There will be room enough for all. Mr. A. Baydston has been appointed roadmaster of the second district of the Santa Fe to succeed J. O'Connor, re signed. A gang of workmen have begun laying the foundation for the new interlocking plant which is to be erected In the Santa Fe yards. H. A. Dnsenberry of the Santa Fe wa ter service quit the shops yesterday. He expects to secure a position as brakeman on the road. George Weimeister is a new employe in the Santa Fe water service. He was hired Thursday morning and began work yes terday afternoon. A. T. Coakley, foreman of the Santa Fe pattern shop returned yesterday from Atchison, where he has been on business for the company. Percy Winstead of the Santa Fe ma chine shop has quit the service of the company. He has secured work else where in the city. Albert Woodruff quit the water service yesterday. Woodruff will leave in a few days for western Kansas, where he will go to work on a farm. Floyd Wettiing of the store accountant's office, returned to work yesterday after a1 vacation of two weeks. Wettiing spent his vacation in the west. James Anderson, a carpenter in the Santa Fe water service, is unable to re port for work at the shops on account of being sick with malaria fever. John Thomas of the water service re turned to work yesterday after being off for ten days for the purpose of visiting at his home in Pittsburg, Kan. George Cusworth of the Santa Fe wa ter service quit the service yesterday. Cusworth must have disliked the heavy work, as he was hired only last Monday. B. J. Smith, special agent for the Rock Island, came in off of the road yesterday and reported at the claim department. Mr. Smith "hits" Topeka about once every week. Combination coach and baggage car No. 2411 was turned out of the shops yesterday for service on the road after a general overhauling and repainting in both the coach and paint shops. F. H. McPhee is a new dispatcher at the Santa Fe division offices. He suc ceeds M. D. Rice, who has secured a bet ter position in Chicago. Swain comes from the Norfolk and Western. William Cartlidge of the Rock Island claim department, has returned to work in tnat onice alter a two wefits araii"n Mr. Cartlidge spent his vacation in Col orado Springs and Manitou. Chair car No. 1007 and bareage. mail and express car No. 2072 were run into the coach shop yesterday, where they will undergo a general overhauling before they are turned out tor service on tne roaa. R. U. McClenahan of the office of the Santa Fe ticket auditor will leave next Fridav evening on No. 6 for Monmouth, 111., where he will visit with his parents for a few days. He will return to Topeka some time next week. Andrew Dunlao. Santa Fe engineer run Tliner nnt of Kmnoria. has returned to work in that place after a stay of nine weeks at the company's hospital in this cltv. Dunlap was injured in a wreck on the road about three aionths ago. S. A. Cooper of Abilene was visiting rel atives in the city yesterday. Mr. Cooper, who is engaged in the stock business at Abilene, is a brother of A. E. Cooper, di vision passenger agent for the Rock Is land, with headquarters in this city. Miss May Thrapp and Miss Ruby Bell have arrived home from a short visit to friends in Ottawa. Miss Bell is the daughter of George E. Bell, stenographer in the office of A. E. Cooper, division passenger agent for the Rock Island. Charles Faas of the Santa Fe ticket auditing department will leave Friday for Denver, where he will spend several days. He will return to Topeka some time next week Sam Wood of the same office will also leave for Colorado shortly, but will spend his entire vacation there. Thomas McComm, who is employed in the Sixth street yards of the Santa Fe, had a serious accident yesterday morning. Thomas' hand was caught between the couplers of two cars and was cut oft. Thomas is a new employe of the Santa Fe, having come here from his home in St. Louis only a month ago. William Swain, a locomotive painter in the Santa Fe shops, has returned to work after a short trip to his home in Illi nois Swain was called home on account of the sickness of his father. Swain, sr.. has fullv recovered nis neattn, aiiiiouga he was ?6 years of age at the time of his sickness. The third and last story of the new Railroad Y. M. C. A. building has almost been completed and the workmen have started to put the timbers for the roof in place. The lathers have begun work on the first Boor and the plumbers are putting in the steam pipes. The work of erecting the building is being done more rapidly than was expected. C. A. Goodnow. general manager of the Rock Island, who was in the city for an hour yesterday, will be accompanied dur ing the remainder of his western trip by J. M. Gruber, general superintendent, and C. W. Jones, division superintendent. The party left here yesterday afternoon in a special train which consisted of private cars Nos. 1014 and 1904, the former be longing to Mr. Jones and the latter to Mr. Goodnow. The meeting at the coach shop yester dav noon was probably the best and most successful of any of the meetings that have been held in the shop. J. White Campbell is a pleasing speaker in spite of his name and the men were well pleased with the address which he made vesterdav. About 1S9 shop employes at tended the meeting. More men than this attend the winter meetings, but taking the hot weather into consideration 189 was a large attendance. Trainmaster Austin of the Santa Fe was in Emporia yesterday for the purpose of passing judgment on the recent action of a train crew. Recently a freight train on the eastern division lost two cars, a freight and a way car. At first it could not be determined where the cars had gone, but they were afterwards discov ered at a station several miles in the rear of the train. It looks as though En gineer Schug, who was pulling the train. was running nis engine c auw, er.,i that the twn cars could not possibly keep up with the rest of the THE GREAT HEADACHE CURE QUICK SAPE SURE DR. MILES' PAIN PILLS CURE ALL KINDS OF PAINS AND ACHES. What People Say: J. R. W. McBride of Indianapolis, late of the Indiana supreme court, eays: "They are simply marvelous in their instanta neous relief." "Dr. Miks' Pain Pills never fail to cure headache in any form, and I have given them to little children with the best of re sults and without any ill enVcts after ward. When my daughter was enntinc-d they greatly alleviated her suffering. In fact we consider them full If gal tender for any kind of pain." Mrs. William Rob erts. Elmwood. 111. "Dr. Miles' Pain Pills are a perfect rem edy for sick headache. I am never with out them." Marv Bungert. Belleville. III. "Dr. Miles' Pain Pills never fail to cur" 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 Ba"lsasBsBisMBSBB"swsw AGAIN TOMORROW The Entire RESERVE Tom Murray's Florsheim's $5 Every pair with Murray's jiame and price $5 and $6 and have his Finest Patent leathers, plain this is a "onee in a life time are doing the missionary work July Prices Order now and avoid high price coal in the future. The following cash prices are for a short time only: Pennsylvania Anthracite H.00 Arkansas Anthracite-Ouita 0.00 Spadra Lump Arkansas Semi-Anthracite Tf.OO Weir City Nut 4.25 Weir City Selected Lump 4.50 Riverside Lump 4.00 Riverside Nut 3.75 Osage City Shaft Lurtp 4.25 Osage County Shaft Lump 4.00 Topeka Coal Co. Main Office 509 West 10th St. Yard Quincy and Railroad, Try the Genuine Riverside Lump for your furnaces. train. At least that is about the only way that the disappearance of the cars can be accounted for by those who have heard of the incident. It is probable that before the present circus season closes Norris and Kowe's dog and pony show will make a tour of several Kansas towns. C. I. Norris was in the city yesterday for the purpose of arranging with the Santa Fe to handle the show while it is in Kansas. This show was in Topeka two years ago and To peka people will remember it as being one of the best shows of its kind that has yet given a performance in this city. It has not yet been decided whether the show will make Topeka this season or not. Mr. Norris reports the show to be much improved since it was here last and Topeka people would no doubt be glad of the chance to see it again. RULE IS PROMULGATED. President Emphasizes His Posi tion on Union Laoor. Oyster Bay, Aug. 21 President Roose velt has made applicable to all depart ments of the government service the principle he enunciated at the time he reinstated William A. Miller to the posi tion in the government printing office, from which Miller had been dismissed because of a disagreement with the Bookbinders' union. The president has plainly stated to the members of his cabinet that that principle is to "indi cate the policy of the president" in sim ilar cases. The president has authorized the pub lication of a letter which was sent to each member of his cabinet on July 22. The letter was signed by Mr. Barnes, acting secretary to the president and is as follows: "My Dear Sir: The president directs me to send to you herewith for your in formation copies of two letters sent to Secretary Cortelyou with reference to the government printing office, which define the attitude of the administration in connection with the subject discuss ed. They are sent for your information and guidance as they indicate the policy of the president in this matter." The letters to Secretary Cortelyou were written on July 13 and 14. The salient sentence of the first letter was: "There is no objection to the employes of the government printing offices con stituting themselves into a union, if they so desire, but no rules or resolu tions of that union can be permitted to pains, neuralgia, or in fact any pain. I have taken them with host results, and have given them to others and they never disappoint." Gilbert R. Houser, Millord Center, O. "1 recommend Dr. Miles' Pain Pills for headache or any kind of pain." E. J. Hierholzer, teller Commercial bank, Cen tralia, 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, 111. "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.. Elkhart, Indiana. t J UCCH ii i i mm,, Z-rJ I V' ti,errtL 1 --tit, I 709-711 Kansas Ave. Stock of Chicago Fine Stock of and $6 Shoes Go on Sale TOMORROW FOR mark. """1 3 p3lf leathers, in all swellest lasts- sale." The Shoes themselves for this sale. are Good Yet. override the laws of the United States, which it is my sworn duty to enforce." In the letter of the 14th the president quoted the finding of the anthracite strike commission regarding the em ployment of labor as follows: "It is adjudged and awarded that no person shall be refused employment or in any way discriminated against on ac count of membership or non-membership in any labor organization and that there shall be no discrimination or In terference with any employe who is not a member of any labor organization by members of such organization." Concerning this principle the president wrote: "It is of course mere elemen tary decency to require that all govern ment departments shall be handled In accordance with the principle thus clearly and fearlessly enunciated." Theodore Roosevelt, jr.. accompaniea by his cousin George has started for Deadwood S. D.. on a hunting trip. The. boys will be under the guidance of friends of the president. STRANGLED HIMSELF. Salt Lake Man Commits Suicide in Remarkable Manner. Salt Lake, Utah, Aug. 21. Andrew Adams, the waiter who on last Satur day murderously assaulted and fright fully slashed Mrs. Jennie Gerald with a razor and then cut several gashes in his own throat in an effort at self destruction, committed suicide in a re markable manner at the Holy Cross hosDital last night. Since he was brought to the hospital he had made several attempts to tear open the self-inflicted wounds in his throat, and a close watch had been kept on him. Iast night, however, he evaded his nurse and went into a bath room. He got into the tub and placing his mouth over the faucet turned the water on full force. One of the sisters who was searching for the man at tempted to drag him out of the tub, but Adams clenched the faucet between his teeth and held on until uncon scious. He died within a few minutes. It is now believed that Mrs. Gerald will recover. Death of Captain Sutton. Kansas City, Mo., Aug. 21. Capt. P. J. Sutton, a member of the governor's staff at the Leavenworth soldiers' home, died Thursday, aged 62 years. Dr. J. Albert Berry, specialty diseases of Stomach and Intestines. "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 ufb." T. N. Lagrange, elder In the Presbyterian church at Franklin, Ind., has long Buffered from chronic headache, but he says he haf at last found solace in Dr. Miles' Pain Pills. He says nothing can equal them In giving relief from intense headache ct any pain. PILLS and Ovarian Pains, Etc. Sold by all Druggists. 25 DOSES, 25 CENTS.

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TOPEKA STATE J OTJRNAL, FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 21, 1903. TOFEKA STATE J01TJS1L BT FRANK P. MAC LENNAN. VOLUME XXX No. 197 TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: DfUly edition, delivered by carrier, 10 cents a week to any part of Topeka, or Buburbs. or at the same price in aey Kan sas towns where the payer has -a carrier eyftem. By mail, one year v'' l y mail, thre months J VVeekly edilion, one year Saturday edition of daily, one year 1.00 IKnteied Julv 1, 175, as second class matter t the posKrlH'-e at Topeka, lvau., under the act of congress. TEI.EFHONES: Purines'! Office ISell 'phone 107 Business Office Ind. -phone 1072 Bcporters' Room Hell phone ui7 Reporters' Room Ind. 'phone 1071 PERMANENT HOME. Topeka State Journal building. S0O and UZ Kansas avenue, corner of Eighth. NEW YORK OFFICE: 211 VanderniU Rldg. Paul Block. Mgr. CHICAGO OFFICE: 7540 Tnlty Uldg. 1'aul Block. Msr. E'CLL LEA SSI) "WJEE Or THE ASSOCIATE-) PRESS- The State Journal Is a member of the Associated IrsH and receives the full day ielcKrarh report of that great news or f'anizaticn for exclusive afunwon publica ion In Top ka. The news is nceivl In the State Jour nal building over wires for this sole pur pose, busy throughout the entire day. A complete copy of the night report is also received. HOME NEWS WHILE AWAY. Inl rcrifers of ihe State Journal cu nv during ihe summer may have ihe papct mailed regularly each day io any address at ihe rate of thirty tetits a mouth. Address changed as vfUn as desired. While out of town ihe State Journal xvill he to you like a caily letter from home. An editorial article in nn exchange; Is headed "Kentucky Justice." Never heard of it before. Adlai K. Stevenson says he is out of politics. Then there is such a situation as a man's being dead and conscious of the fact at the same time. Philadelphia Record: As illustrative tif the law's delay it is noted that of th 19 boodlcrs who have been convicted in Missouri through the active and insist ent labors of District Attorney Folk lot one has yet been landed in the peniten tiary. He has brought them to the door, but they will linger on the outside as long as incarceration can be postpone! by appeal to the higher courts. The situation In the Balkans recalls the old story about the boy who used to frighten all the neighbors by crying "Wolf!" when there was no wolf. When at last the wolf came nobody was pre pared for it. At more or less frequent Intervals for years past the newspaper correspondent have sent out stories of impending war in the region of the buffer states, until the public received such announcements with an Incredul ous smile. Now there is real war with Its accompaniment of carnage and obs truction and nobody seems to know Just what ought to be done about It, TRADE THAT FOLLOWS THE FLAG. Commerce between the United States and its noncontiguous territory amounted to over 100 million dollars in the fiscal year just ended. This figure of 100 millions includes about 5 million dollars worth of gold bullion produced in Alaska and brought into the United States. Even excluding this, however, and including only merchandise in the calculation, the total amounts to $S3, 61S.0OO. j This is the first opportunity which has been offered for an accurate meas urement and analysis of the commerce between the United States and its non contiguous territory since the annexa tion ot the Hawaiian islands and Porto Rico. The Hawaiian islands were made a customs district of the United States when they were annexed, and as the law did not require the collection of statistics of commerce between the cus toms districts, a part of the people en gaged in that commerce refused to sup ply such Information to the bureau of statistics. When Porto Rico became a customs district of the United States a similar condition developed, except that the information was voluntarily sup plied for publication by the steamship companies engaged in that trade. As a result, a special law was enacted which applied to the commerce between the various ports of the United States and the noncontiguous territory, the regulations of which were applied to foreign commerce, as far as relates to statistics of such commerce. This law went into effect at the beginning of the last fiscal year, and therefore the re pult of the fiscal year's operation is just available. The law when enacted was made broad enough to include all noncontig uous t-.utory belonging to the United States. As a result it gave the sta tistics of the commerce between Alaska and the ports of the United States, as well as that of Hawaii. Porto Rico. Philinnines, Guam, the Samoan islands, etc. This record has been completed for the fiscal year under the new law, and the result is indicated by the depart ment of commerce and labor through its bureau of statistics, as follows: Shipments from the United States to its noncontig uous territory, 19oa 36,722,941 Receipts of merchandise from noncontiguous territory, 68,894,717 Gold bullion received from Alaska idomesttc produc tion) 4. 715.579 Total $100,337,237 While these annual figures are the first of any official nature which the country has had of the commerce with Porto Rico and the Hawaiian islands since their annexation, it is practicable to compare these with the figures of the commerce with these islands in any year prior to annexation, because of the fact that commerce with them was always measured and reported when they were foreign territory. This Is true also with the Philippines. In re gard to AlasWa, no accurate statistics ot the commerce were gathered prior to the last year, but estimates were made for former years, which give a fair basis for comparison. It Is practicable then to compare the commerce of 1903 with that of 1893, for all of this terri tory which has now become a part of the United States. This comparison shows that the imports from these va rious territories aggregated, in round numbers, 29 million dollars in 1893, and 59 millions in 1903, and that exports to that territory amounted to less than 8 millions in 1893, and over 36 millions in 1903. TO INCREASE CORN YIELD. Professor Holden, of the Ames Agri cultural college, of Iowa, claims to have discovered a plan by which the aggre gate corn crop in the seven great corn states can be increased 480,000,000 bush els a year on the same acreage that is now planted. His plan involves more careful selection of seed corn and more careful and systematic planting. He would have the seed corn sorted by hand into kernels of uniform size amk the plates in corn planters filled in such a way as to drop 100 live kernels in every 30 hills, no more and no less. He claims to have demonstrated by a series of ex periments that the best results in rro duction are obtained from an average of about three and one-third stalks to a hill. The experiments showed that one stalk in a hill will produce but one third as much-corn as a proper num ber of stalks; two stalks three-fourths of a yield, and five stalks the same. Too many stalks to a hill have the same re sult as too few. To secure the proper average of stalks it is necessary to ex ercise care in planting and to be sure that every kernel is a live one. To find how much the farmers of Iowa are los ing each year by not planting properly Professor Holden last year sent 1,000 letters to all parts of the state, asking the number of stalks in each hill of corn fields. The reports showed the stand was only 73 per cent of what he has demonstrated will produce the larg est yield, some fields averaging too many stalks to a hill and others too few. The acreage planted to corn in the seven states growing more than 100,000,000 bushels each in 1902 was: Illinois, 9. 613. GS0; Iowa, 9.302.6S8; Nebraska, 7,817, 962; Kansas. 7.4r,l,693; Missouri. 6,775,19?.; Indiana, 4,520.637; Ohio, 3,200.234. It is claimed that careful planting according to the above rule would add an average of ten bushels to the acre, making in the states above named 480.000.000 bushels. Iowa farmers have become so convinced of the correctness of these conclusions that they have formed an association to practice and extend them, and a trophy, valued at $450, has been provided to be awarded annually for 75 years for the best results in corn-growing according to Professor Holden's theory. JAYHAWKER JOTS. To the sorrow of the birds plover parties are on the w ing in Pratt county. Sand hill plums were a failure in the sand hills of Hodgeman county this vear. It seems only natural that "Ten Nights in a Bar Koom" at Lyons drew a full house. At Chase "bootleggers" dodge the constable, and the constable dodges the automobiia. A Rawlins county hen celebrated her sixteenth birthday by leading forth a brood of little chicks. A Turon watch with an open face, a good movement and a mounted guard tailed to find its way home. Away out in the short grass land of St. Francis a merchant is putting a mansard roof on his warehouse. Lightning killed a mule in Riley county. Electric storms have been un usually severe in Kansas this year. The Mulvane nine was so sick over the results of a ball game with Doug lass that they threw up the sponge in the fifth inning. The editor of the Oberlin Eye re ceived a mess of roasting ears from a "constant reader." He very properly acknowledged the corn. A Pratt citizen kicked by a vicious mule is thanking his lucky stars that it was a cas-e of going to the hospital rather than the cemetery. After one trial a White City woman has decided to abandon her application for a patent on a combination of coal oil and gasoline as fuel. A fakir claiming to be direct from the Holy Land sold several Oberlin families resurrection plants. Of course none of the live citizens purchased. Gold, silver and copper have been found in one well at Ellis county at the depth of 450 feet. Soda pop and mint juleps are expected in the next tier. Rains have moistened the soil at McPherson sufficiently to allow chil- What's the Us Paying 20 per cent more for Groceries than necessary. We protect you both as to quality and price. Good Kansas Potatoes, peck 20e Cremo Cigars (without bands) 9 for 25c, or by the box $1.39 Table Syrup, 3 cans 25c Breakfast Coffee, 1-rt) pkg 1214c (A nice spoon with each pkg.) Nice Cream Candy, lb lOc Canned Pears, can 9c Breakfast Bacon, lb 15c California Hsras, lb 8c Gold band Cal. Harns, lb 9 -Ac Gunpowder Tea, lb 25c 5c pkg. Soda V2o Herald High Patent Flour, 50-lb sack Sl.OO Good Laundry Soap. 14 bars. ...25c FRASER BROS'. C.O.D. STORE 217 West Sixth St. Bell Phone 2704. Independent Phone 66!). The store that undersells them all. dren to fall from second story windows and light on their heads without In Jury. After the rapid death of four valua ble horses a Sharon Springs man has come to think that prairie dog poison will not answer the purpose of condition powders. The queen of the Oberlin street fair will be given a $50 gold watch and chain. But a seat on the throne comes at so much per vote, and not by inheritance. ATROCIOUS. Story of the Turkish Attack Upou Krushero. Salonlca, European Turkey, Aug. 21. The correspondent of the Associated Press at Monastir send the following dis patch under yesterday's date: When the Bulgarian bands entered Kru shevo they occupied the Greek quarter, hoisting their flag over a Greek house. The Turkish troops arrived August 12. All the Komitajis had already gone except about 400 local men. No shot was fired from the town, the Turks commenced a .bombardment, which was continued throughout August 13. The shells de stroyed 3rt houses, 215 shops and all the fine, large Greek. Vlach and Wallachian houses. The Greek church and school were destroyed. The Bulgarian quarter escaped. The Turks entered the town August 14, pillaged all the houses, assaulted many of the women, stripped many persons naked and killed about WW local Bulgarians and also some 60 innocent Greeks and Vlachs. About people are homeless and starving. The material damage done amounts to several million francs. The Turks on August 19 massacred 200 Bulgarians, who surrendered at a village near Monastir. GOOD FOR TUCUfilCARI. Immediate Resumption of Work on the Amarillo Extension. Tucumcari. N. M., Aug. 21. A dis patch from Austin. Texas, to the St. Louis Globe-Democrat, under date of the 18th, announces the immediate re sumption of construction on the Tu-cumcari-Amarillo extension of the Choctaw, and the ultimate extension of this road to some point on the Santa Fe. This confirms the belief that the Santa Fe and Hock Island have made trackage arrangements as stated by President Ripley of the Santa Fe, in an interview in Chicago the other day. The understanding is that the Santa Fe will finish its Belan cut-off, on which construction was stopped a few days since, to Tucumcari, connecting here with the Choctaw, the Rock Island, and the Dawson branch of the E. P. N. E., and that the Rock Island win use the Santa Fe tracks from here for its California business, thereby shortening its present route considerably. This news is received in Tucumcari with a great deal of satisfaction, as it means a great deal for this place. It means that Tucumcari will be the most important railroad center in New Mex ico, as it will have the best connections of any town in the territory. The general offices of the Rock Is land and Choctaw will undoubtedly be located here, and will employ a great many people. NOT AFIiAID OF WORK. Frank Mohler Telia of Harvest Field Experience. Frank Mohler, who will be editor of the Washburn Review the coming year, ha3 just returned from Stafford county, where he has been with about a dozen other Washburn boys for the last two months. The crowd went out to work in the harvest fields and as soon as that work was finished they formed a thresh ing crew and have been at work ever since. They were sorry when the work got slack. Mr. Mohler will assist in the state department of agriculture dur ing the rush of statistical work. Mr. Mohler says that a Michigan uni versity young man, Charles Fredericks, fell in with a harvest crowd early in the summer while he was on the train bound for Colorado. His father is wealthy and he was going to the moun tains for an outing. The young men in the crowd that was bound for the harvest fields told him how harvesting fiardens the muscles, and about the glorious sunrise and invigorating air of the Kansas prairies. Fredericks plays on the Ann Arbor football team, and he got enthusiastic and concluded to try harvesting himself instead of Colorado, and he stopped off in Stafford county with the rest of the crowd. His muscles were soft and at the end of three days he was about played out, but he stay ed with the work and finally grew to liking it so well that as soon as the harvesting was over he went on a threshing machine and is still at it. SHOT BY TRAMPS. Unknown Young Man Killed at Augusta. Wichita. Kan.. Aug. 21. An unknown young man from Indiana was shot in the side by one of four tramps early this morning near Augusta, 20 miles east of Wichita. He died several hours later. He and two companions lay down to sleep with tramps last night, one mile from Augusta. The tramps robbed them of watches and money while asleep On awakening they showed fight and one was shot. The tramps fled. Two men were arrested at Rose Hill today on suspicion. The dead man has been searching for work. 31 K. OST NAMED. Made Invoice Clerk in the Santa Fe Store Department. Joseph Ost has been appointed invoice clerk in the office of the general utore keper of the Santa Fe, succeeding W. G. Boone, resigned. Mr. Ost was for merly assistant general storekeeper un der H. R. Hilton, left the Santa Fe to go to the Colorado Southern, but later returned to the Santa Fe. Challenge Is Accepted. The Boss Parbers' association issued, a general challenge the other day for a baseball game to be played on the after noon of Labor Day. The journeyman barbers have decided to accept the chal lenge and today announced the follow ing team with which they propose to wipe up the earth with the Bosses: Catcher, Harry Barnes: pitchers, Frank Lane and Ben Hammer; first base. Fred West; second base, H. Pohlman; third base, William Christy; shortstop, Frank Lane and Ben Hammer; right field, J. Wolfe; left field, John Miller; center field, Roy Hammon; substitutes, D. E. Decker, E. M. Bennett. Bent Gilbert, E. W. Adams, Harry Parks, John Collins, and W. H. Nye. Eantan Arrested is Colorado. Colorado Springs. Col.. Aug. ZL Ed Dew, wanted at Hutchinson, Kan., for forgery, was arrested here today on or ders from Officer C. H. Shirk. ONLY. A JEW LEFT State Officers Not Earning Their Salaries Now. But One of Them All Is in the State House. CLERKS ALSO GONE. Apparently Too Many People Draw Salaries. It Doesn't Matter, However, They Get Their Pay. The amount of work that is being ac complished around the state' house these days is not Betting the world on fire. In some of the offices nearly the whole of fice force is away. In some instances they are off on vacations or for pleasure and in others they are on semi-official business. State Treasurer Kelly is the only state officer on duty. Governor Bailey and Attorney General Coleman were here Thursday, but both are gone today. This state of affairs is by no means uncom mon however. It sometimes happens that all state officers are away. It hard ly ever happens that the clerical forces are so generally depleted as they are at present, though. The office of the secretary of state is about the only one with a full working clerical force on hand. In the governor's department. Gover nor Bailey himself has gone to St. Louis to help the Kansas World's fair com mission get part of the patronage of the St. Louis exposition. His secretary, H.' J. Bone, has been in Colorado on his vacation for several weeks. Governor Bailey had an engagement to make a speech at Waverly today which he could not fill on account of the St. Louis mat ter, and he therefore detailed Judge J. S. West to go there for him. Judge West spent part of today in the gover nor's office and will be back early to morrow. Harry J. Brent, the governor's stenographer, is taking a short vacation at Manilou. He got E. R. Simons to take his place, however, while he was gone, so Mr. Simons' is running the ex ecutive department today. In the office of the secretary of state the full clerical force is on duty at present. Secretary Burrow himself has been in New Hampshire for several weeks. In the office of the state superintend ent of public instruction, the bond clerk; T. J. Hays, Miss Laura Payn, the statistical clerk, and Miss Nellie Tutch er, the stenographer, are on duty. Su perintendent Dayhoff himself is in Hutchinson. He has been in his office less than a week in nearly two months. Assistant Superintendent Dyer is in Wichita. Mr. Dyer has a good excuse for being absent, however. His wife is dangerously ill with typhoid fever and he is at her bedside. The state auditor's office is more nearly deserted than any other, except the governor's office. Out of an office force of six persons, only one is on duty. Auditor Wells is at home in Erie. He spends much of his time there. As sistant Auditor Nation is moving. .Ike Jone3, chief clerk in-the-office, has been away on his vacation for some time. Captain A. Gibson, land office clerk, and J. S. Rogers, bookkeeper, are down in Neosho county, while Mrs. Gllleat, the stenographer, is visiting in Mont gomery county. This leaves Irving Cole, bond clerk, the only one on duty in the auditor's department. It will be interesting to note whether Auditor Wells holds up any of the vouchers of his office force for non-performance of duties, as he did that of Price I!aid Commissioner Allen. In the insurance department three of the force are on duty and two are away. Assistant Superintendent C. W. Barnes, Chief Clerk Ike Lewis and Assistant Clerk H. E. Trovilla are at work. Su perintendent Luling is in St. Louis and his stenographer is in California on a vacation. Mr. Luling is on official busi ness, but it is because hp is holding two state offices at once, tie is tociay act ing as World's fair commissioner, for You want something and we want to sell it to you. How will some of the follow ing items interest you White Fish lc ea. Extra Fancy Mackerel, 1 5eea Either will taste good Sun Bay morning. Sugar-Cured Hams, lb lo We will show some fine Mutton, Spring Lamb, Veal, Pork, Spring Chickens, and Beef, besides a lot of special dainties in Meats for tomor row. Bottle S. L. High-grade Catsup, 15c 3 large cans Baked Beans 25c A 50c Jap Tea 25c A Crackerjack Roasted Coffee 2 lbs. for 25c Large jar Jam 25c Large jar Apple Butter 25c 2-lb. can Red Kidney Beans Extra 10c 2-lb. caa Lima Beans 7'c 3 lbs. Kraut Fancy 7C Sweet Clover Creamery Butter the best in the world, lb. 25c Compare Golden Gate Spices with any on the market. If you do, we will sell you. ECKERT WALKER 612 Kansas Ave. which he receives $15 a day, and at the same time he is superintendent of in surance. In the state treasury there are only two absentees. Assistant Treasurer Ritchie left last night for his vacation at Roswell, N. M., but Treasurer Kelly himself is on hand to look after his work, Miss Maud Finley, the stenog rapher, is also, on her vacation, but the other four members of the office force are at work. In the attorney general's department two of the regular force are at their desks and three are away. Attorney General Coleman was here yesterday but went home to Clay Center last night. Assistant John S. Dawson has gone to Hill City, and the stenographer. Miss Campbell, is away on her vacation. Mr. Coleman's son is doing her work, how ever, while she is away. First Assist ant Close and Special Assistant Pestana are at their desks. In the supreme court there are three Justices in town and four away, but as this is vacation time for the court it often happens that all of the court is away at this time of year. Chief Justice Johnson and Justices Burch and Greene are here: Justice Pollock is in Ohio. Justice Smith is In Denver, Justice Cunningham has Just returned from California and is now at Empo ria, and Justice Mason has recently re turned from the east and is now at home at Garden City. In the office of the clerks of the supreme court there are four stenographers and clerks away and four on duty. The fact that this general exodus from the state house follows closely upon Attorney General Coleman's opin ion that the state auditor cannot hold up the vouchers of those who do not do the work for w-hich they are employ ed by the state, is probably only a coincidence. CLASH OVER ALASKA. Much Contention, in the Trans Mississippi Congress. Seattle, Wash., Aug. 21. Today is the last day of the fourteenth annual session ot the Trans-Mississippi Commercial con gress, in many respects the most suc cessfully session in the history of that or ganization. On account of the great mass of business to be transacted this after noon and a number of prepared addresses yet to be delivered, it is possible that it will be necessary to hold a final session this evening or tomorrow in order to com plete the programme and conclude the business. The feature of the programme for this afternoon is the visit of the delegates to the Moran Bros, ship yards, where the battleship Nebraska is in course of con struction. This morning the convention proceeded with the discussion of Alaska and its needs, which was continued over from yesterday afternoon. This has aroused a greater amount of discussion than any other subject brought before the congress. The differences of opinion as to the de sirability of a territorial form of govern ment for the district and the posltiveness and determination with which the parti sans on the other side express their views have served to attract a large number of spectators. HOW SIR THOMAS FEELS Thinks Shamrock Had No Show from the Wind. New York, Aug. 2L Sir Thomas Lip ton said today: "I have not lost hope in the slightest. The conditions yesterday were the worst I have ever seen off Sandy Hook. I have been here now since June, and we never had anything so bad. It was purely a matter of luck. The Sham rock got no show from the wind. The Reliance was getting all the wind she wanted to foot away from us with, while the Shamrock was lying without a breath. Whenever we did get a breeze we lost no time in making up the Reliance's gain, but the luck never lasted with us. "As a matter of fact, the Shamrock came about to come home, seeing it was hopeless to continue when she was getting no wind. The Reliance's sails were full, when our sails were lving limn. The Shamrock while the wind lasted did better work yesterday than the Reliance. Others may say what they like on this matter, but this is my positive belief." HORSES ATE BONNETS. Country Nags Didn't Like Citj Fashions a Little Bit. York. Pa.. Aug. 21. "You can't teach a country horse city fashions!" ex claimM Farmer Charles Hespenhide, of Jackson township, after a sad experi ment with the new equine millinery. He had seen the York nags' Gainsbor oughs, and had made up his mind that Pete and Polly, his own pet team, would like headgear to cool their brains in August, so he bought them nice straw K?.ts. Driving the team to town with the new headgear next day, he noticed that they behaved uncomfortably, and when he finally stopped at the tavern en route, "to see a man," Pete and Polly got even. Each ate up the other's straw hat and humiliation. TO PLANE THE BAILS. City Railway Gets a 30,000 Pound Machine. The Topeka Railway company re ceived today a large planing machine that will be used in planing rails to make crossings, frogs and switches. The big planer weighs 30.000 pounds. It will be set up in a building at the car barns and hereafter all the work of making frogs and crossings for the railroad will be done in Topeka. Murdered in His Store. Ardmore, I. T., Aug. 21. R. T. Lynch, aged 30 years, a merchant of Caddo, in the Choctaw nation, was murdered in. his store there last night by unknown persons who escaped. Eight shots took effect. There is no known motive for the crime, which has caused much ex citement. Lynch's wife is a former Texan. LOCAL MENTION. There will be no band concert by Marshall's band at Eighth avenue and Harrison street tonight. The Potwin ladies will give an ice cream social on Mrs. Worlev's lawn this evening, for the benefit of the Y. W. C. A.. Dr. and Mrs. El E. Carpenter will re turn Sunday from an outing at Union Pier, ilich. Mrs. Jean Reid and her daughter. Miss Jean P.eid, of Clyde, are here to visit Mr. and Mrs. Albert T. Reid. "Town Talk" tells all about the new towns on the Omaha extension of the Chicago Great Western railway. For free copy write Edwin B. Magill, man ager townsita department. Fort Dodge, Iowa. 6l9 Kansas Ave. A GREAT ONE DAY SALE. i Prices that please, goods that you need, an oppor tune time and courteous attention all will combine to making your purchases of us tomorrow advanta geous in every way. Remember, while our prices are lower we never sacrifice quality. Balance of Silk Monte Carlos good for early Fall wear at a sav ing to you of 50 per cent. The balance of our sheer J .awn Waists trimmed with the new Mexican lace full front, latest products were J1.50 $1.00 The balance of all fancy Washable Waists materials, Madras, Ging ham, Percales, etc. Were Sl.OO. $1.39. $1.68 and $1.95. Take choice for 680 Misses Sunbonnets of very best quality Percale, Chambray or Gingham all colors ISo, or two for 25o Balance of Lace Caps for the little tots Half price 65c and 60c Ladies Lisle Lace Gloves 43 Our entire line of Iawns, Batistes and Dimities choice patterns and colorings, worth up to 25c yard clearance price, your choice of any at 12 Vic Hosiery Specials. Children's lxl ribbed Hose, fast black and seamless 8 l-3o I t 7 to 10 p. m. EVENING Cotton Huck Towels, 16x33 in. Each .3o Children's Black 6 to 9 Lace Hose. sizes ...80 Brass Pins, package best 10c quality, per ..So FROM ONE OF THE BOYS. Old Soldier Writes of the Trip to California. Los Angeles, Cal., Aug. 17, 1903. As you recollect we left Topeka at 3 o'clock Tuesday over the Santa Fe for Califor nia, to attend the G. A. R. reunion, with 12 tourist sleepers leaving the state. One of the finest trips that ever was made by any railroad, giving the boys all tUe privileges of the stopovers at the most Important points. First, Las Vegas, one and one-half hours; next at Albuquer que for four hours, doing the old and new town up. Next at Laguna, the In dian village of the Pueblos, where it was a grand sight to see the Indians danc ing for us; see the ceremonies in the church .also the making of pottery. Next going to Williams, 7,000 feet above the sea level. There the trains was divided, those wishing 'to go straight through to California and those wishing to go and see the great chasm of the world, the Santa Fe taking us up there in six Pull mans, arriving at the brink of the can yon about 5 a. m., staying until 6 p. m., giving everybody an opportunity of going down to the river, which was I taken advantage of, not only by horse on the trail, but by foot, both the old soldiers and the girls, also the old la dies. They were hardly satisfied with putting their feet in the water but some of them had to Jump in, they thought it was about the last river to cross and they had one hour's time. In coming down from the canyon we struck the main line, arriving at Barstow some la ter. There they shifted us off on to the track going to southern California, loop ing the loop from San Bernardino, stop ping one hour at Redlands, which ia one of the beauties of southern California. Quite a number of us picked oranges from the trees by permission. Arriving at Los Angeles at 8 p. m. The boys have done the town up in great shape. All courtesies have been extended to us by that road, the Santa Fe, which coul;1 not do too much for the boys, and through the kindness of Mr. Larimer of the passenger department, who was with us the entire trip. The following resolutions were unanl- wihrirxxirir ftsftjiikAAiiM iririrTriririr Blue Line Wagons; Ind. Phone 703; Saturday and Egg-O-See 7e Cero-Fruto lOo X-celc 7o Ralston Health Oats 7o Daisy Oats 20o Fresh Country Eggs 15o Gallon F.tncy Syrup 30e A 3Ec Coffee 25o An excellent Tea, any kind worth 75 c no better sold 50o Extra quality Potatoes, peck. ..20c Hand-picked Navy Beans, 45 lbs 25e Any 25c Catsup ...,....20e Two bottles 35c Snyder's Oyster Cocktail, same price Genuine Imported white-hoop Holland Herring (milkers) 85c 2 lbs. best Ginger Snaps 15o 2 lbs. Premium Soda Crackers.. 15o Hart Peas lOc Lakeside Peas, two for 25c We Strive to Please in Headquarters for Limburger, Swiss, Brick, New York and Kansas Full Cream Cheese, Fresh Fish, etc. "4 Davis Mercantile Co. High Class Groceries and Fresh Meats at Popular Prices. Phon 703. S Doors South of UN'S Phone 230. i Boys' Hose, superior quality, extra heavy, 20c values 15c Ladies' Superfine Hose lOo Ladies' extra quality Hose, made from fine combed yarn, worth all of 20c 15o 100 other styles for Toadies. Misses and Children, also Men. Men's Furnishings. Balbriggan Underwear. French tape neck, pearl buttons of an un matchable grade, each 23b Fancy Balbriggan Shirts, broken sizes, reduced to close out 23o and 39o Jeans Drawers 21c up Sweet. Orr Co.'s union-made Work Shirts fast colors, and a new one for any one that rips..50o Sweet. Orr Co.'s warranted. Over alls, union-made 75o Boys' Brownie Overalls 25o Best 50c SuRDender in the market, satin finished web, in neat de signs, patented buckle Special 25o Heavy Rookford at Sox, ribbed top. ..80 SPECIALS. 7 to 10 p. m. 15o Pompadour Combs 9c White Checked Nainsook. 12c grade, per yard 8 l-3o Men's Fancy Hose, neat designs and coloring, reduced for three hours only from 15c to, per pair 9c mously adopted and signed by 350 of the boys and ladies in general: "Resolved, That we, the occupants anj patrons of this train hereby express our thanks and high appreciation of Mr.Sam uel Larimer's kind consideration and untiring efforts in our behalf tn this trip, and wish him and his road (the Santa Fe) all the success and prosperity imaginable." X. Three Tears for Kidnaping. Chicago, Aug. 21. Hazel Avery,' elf confessed kidnaper of 2-year-old tjive Furlong, was today sentenced to tlree years in the penitentiary. The by was stolen June 23, and was not recft' ered until June 30. Miss Avery spd she took the child through compassUi for it because of its unkempt and dii appearance. In sentencing Miss Aver. Judge McEwen declared he did not be lieve the woman mentally responsible, but considered It necessary to make an example of her. Townsend Convicted. Lon Townsend "No. 2," or "Little Lon." was convicted in police court this mornlntr on the charge of maintaining n nuisance at 115 West Sixth avenue. Townsend de clares that he was not proprietor of the place in which he was found and two ne groes testified that they had found Town send drunk on the street that day and assisted him into the basemen'. Joint so that he might escape arrest from intox ication. It was alleged by the defense that the real proprietor escaped when he heard the police coming and left the plain drunk to hold the sack. Capital Increased to $30,000,000. Dover, Del., Aug. 21. The Federal Mining' and Smelting company of New York filed an amendment to its oertlfir cate of incorporation today increasin its capital to $30,000,000. When the com pany filed its certificate of incorporation its capital was $3,000. j. DEATHS AND FUNERALS. I Mr'. Flossie Hatcher, colored, wif of Henry Hatcher, died at her hornfl 20! Ltland street, last night, at the aga of 21 years. The funeral will be held at 2:30 Saturday afternoon. 1 ff n n n w wlf n n n n n nlcKltw'K'Kli a A A ft A ik w- That's us ready to fill your orders with "Goods and Prices" unexcelled. Monday Prices: 2 pkgs. Sapolio 15e Sweet Corn, per dozen lOo Pure Colorado Honey, 1-fb rack. 15o Our meat cutters will be glad to serve you with the best Meats In tha market at the following prices: Chuck Steak 0 Round Steak 12H Sirloin Steak J5 Porterhouse Steak .lT'fee Spring Chickens (dressed) 15o Hens (dressed) ...lie Rib P-oast lOo Veal Roast 12V4o up Mutton Roast 12i up Lamb. Pork, etc., at proportioiate prices. We will be pleased to quote prtea on Fresh Fruits. Vegetables or tny other eatables on the market. Do you want our order man call on vou. or free telephone scr ice? If so, make your wants knoWV I t We respectfully solicit your order 1 Quality, Price and Service. Transfer Station. 809 Kn,M Am

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TOPKICA STATE JOURiCAXijlirDAY EVXXIXG.ATJGXTST 21,1303. OPENING TODAY! SNAPSHOTS AT HOME NEWS. SIET&Ok New Fall Styles. BtUIRGo Eo Opening: Day for Dunlap Hats Next Thursday. SEPARATE STATEHOOD. Farored for the Territories bj Transniississippi Congress. 6eattle. Wash., Aug. 21. St. Louis win be the next place of meeting for the Transmisslssippl congress if the ex ecutive committee can make proper ar rangements for dates and entertain ments. The delegates were unanimous In their choice of St. Louis for the con vention rity but the matter wad left In the hands of the executive committee for settlement with the understanding that St. Louis is to be given the prefer ence. The committee on resolutions will be ready to report this afternoon. All the tight of the congress have bi-en In the meetings of this committee. The report will recommend a separate statehood for Indian Territory and Oklahoma and a fight will likely be made on the floor of the congress by the delegates of Ok lahoma who want joint statehood. The committee will favor the estab lishment of a. fish hafhrry on the banks of the Frazer river. This was asked for by the Washington delegation. They approve the resolution recommending to congress that the consular service be placed under civil service. They also approved the resolution from California to have geological surveys continued. The resolution favoring a ship sub sidy w:is Just about to be strangled when a compromise was affected by delegates from Washington urging con gress to enact laws that will build an American merchant marine. The substitute committee has report ed in favor of a territorial form of gov ernment for Alaska, but the commit tee on resolutions has not yet threshed out that question. Uovernor Brady is the only nu mber of the Alaskan dele- Station to oppose this. A chance was i tn the Alaskan delegation to present' their views to the congress, but after I (iovcrnnr Ftiady had toll why he was' named a number of Kansas men as em ployes in his department, but the Kan sas commission has had no Jobs to give out, and now it wants some. It claims that Missouri has been gobbling most of the jobs heretofore. The members of the Kansas commis sion went to St. Louis yesterday and Governor Bailey left last flight to join them. There Is to be a sort of general gathering of western governors at St. Louis to discuss the fair. It is expected that the World's fair authorities will be brought to time and will parcel out to each state its share of the jobs. Governor Bailey was scheduled to de liver an address at an "Ohio" reunion at Waverly today, but he could not fill the date on account of the St. Louis affair. He sent Judge J. S. West to "nub" for him. FOR SATURDAY'S RACE. Weather Man Says Fresh South erly Winds. New York. Aug. 21. Forecaster Em ery at the weather bureau today sent out the following special forecast for the vicinity of the yacht races course for tomorrow: "The weather Saturday over the inter national yacht race course will be fa:r to partly cloudy, with fresh southerly winds, probably shifting to southwesterly." A UIKIAL CAVE11N. Catacombs Similar to Those in Rome Projected for Long Island. New York. Aug. 21. An architect has completed plans for a mortuary chapel in Calvary cemetery, on Long Island, with an underground cavern for the burial of priests, resembling the cata combs of ICome. The idea Is one which Archbishop Pol?t0Lhiifvf0n1n,0t,B0Vtr.nmr' tx- through Home about two years ago. It l.ounior Swinkerd declined to talk be- h; ,v,.,, ,iJZ .h,. ,v,- cause he could not have time enough The feature of the session was the address of Walter Gresham, of Gal- vrston, on "The Necessity of First Class Harbors to the Commercial and Industrial Development of Our Coun- I try." He said in part: "The American people, until within j the last few years, have been too busy j extending railroads, building factories and developing their country to piy much attention to foreign commerce: i but now we are operating three-fifths 1 cf the railroad mileage on our globe, our 1 manufactured products are greater than those of England. France and Germany i combined, we are raising th largest surplus of breadstuff, hog products and cotton of any country in the world, and these products are transported with. In our borders at less average cost per ton mile than those of any other coun try. These facts demonstrate conclus ively the necessity for the early im provement of our harbors upon plans commensurate with the needs of the modern instrumentalities of eomm occuried to him at that time that the archdiocese of New- York, with its large number of priests, should have some such rlace for th-ir burial. He discuss ed the matter with his fellow clergymen when he returned to New York and the plan has found favor. Outwardly there will be little to indi cate the size of the catacombs, it being intended that the chapel shall stand over them. The caverns, it is intended, however, shall occupy a space of about two acres, fifty feet below the surface. The walls will be of hewn granite. Should the plans be carried out it would be the first imitation of the an cient catacombs in this country. The nearest approach to anything of the kind exists at the Monastery of the I'assionist Monks in West Hoboken. T'nder that institution there is a huge underground vault, some seventy feet beneath thrt chapel. There, clothed In the habit of that order the most aus tere in the Catholic church lie. resting on bricks, the remains of the founders erce I of the order. The custom of so dispos- o that our surplus products may reach th" markets of the world with the least delay and the smallest tt ansportation rharges possible. We have entered the contest for the commercial supremacy of the world, and every facility' that the government can extend must and will be provided by congress. "One other thing is essential to insure our complete and permanent success as a great commercial ration, that is a merchant marine, manned by American seamen ard carrying the Ameriopn flag. Let congress provide for deep anil com modious harbors and enact liberal ship registry laws, and the genius of American merchant backed by Ameri can capital will soon supply the ves sels." An hour was devoted to the irrigation question. A speech was made by Geo. J. Maxwell of Chicago and a paper vas read by C. P. Boothe r f Los Argeles nn this subject. The delegates were ta ken to the-Puget sound navy yard to see the cruiser New York and view the navy yard. lng of the bodies was discontinued about two years ago because of legal I barriers. COMING DRAMATIC EVENTS. Of all the new melodramas which have been produced during the past two sea.-ons. none has made such a decided hit as "The Stain of Guilt." which will be presented at the New- Crawford Sun day night. It is not only a strong play, but it is novel and original in its con ception, li nas oepn siageu uy juiiu n. i Havlin. of the Stair-Havlin svndicate. the I and Wm. Grren, who have given it all I the advantage of an elaborate I sotting ard mechanical devices. I two features add materially to the tuc His mother says that Harold craves A teacher who can understand him. She says that when he misbehaves By kindness only she'd command him. He's sensitive to word unkind. Impatient, too, of contradiction The dominating sort of mind That works the best without restriction. The neighbors say that Harold gets His own sweet way more than he ought to; That when he yells and screams and frets A slipper's what he should be brought to, That measures mild he never heeds: For drastic ones you'll find them stick ing In short they say what Harold needs Is just a good old fashioned licking. Boston Globe. The pop corn crop is reported short. Watch for Samson and the state fair auto. Tne large Japanese sunflowers are blooming. ITnion barber shops will be open to 8:30 this evening. No new automobiles has been received in Topeka since Saturday. The West Sixth avenue cars are again running on schedule time. A Santa Fe engineer drives the small est team of ponies in Topeka. Roy Ritchie, assistant state treas urer, has gone to New Mexico on his vacation. No business man has been arrested at the instance of the city authorities for several days. The examinations for county teachers will be held at the court house Monday and Tuesday. W. C. Townsend. of Hutchinson, I wants to be appointed adjutant of the state FOldiers' home at Dodge Citv. A new compilation of the state school laws will be issued soon, under the ai- reetfon of the state superintendent's office. Dick Cooley. the Topeka baseball player with Boston, made three safe hits and stole two bases in a game Tuesday. Tom Walker and Joseph Mehickteno of Brown county have been arrested by the federal authorities charged with selling liquor to the Indians. The ice cream social to have been I held on the lawn of the First Presbyter Ian church last evening has been post poned until Friday night of next week. Tomorrow all the reserve stock of Tom Murray's Chicago fine shoe stock which consisted of Florsheim's $5 and $6 shoes will be sold at $2.95 at The Palace Clothing Co. John Switzer, who is now a promi nent Topeka lawyer, was formerly an engineer. He run a threshing machine 1 engine two years, and cut the wood for fuel, too The examinations for state teachers' certificates will be given next week at I Topeka. Manhattan, Emporia, Law- rence and Pittsburg. They will last the entire week. The annual attempt to make the coun ties that are delinquent in their state taxes pay up is about to be made. The attorney general threatens to proceed against them. A double track is to be constructed to the fair grounds by the Topeka Rail way as soon as its main track on Kan sas avenue is completed. It is to be ready for the state fair. In the girls' walking race at the gro cers' and butchers' picnic the winner of the third prize was Miss Virda Crocker of 405 East Tenth avenue. The prize was a sack of flour. George E. Cole. Kansas manager for the Illinois Life Insurance company, is checking up the securities in the state treasury which passed to his company from the old Kansas Mutual. A few Topeka people dug out their bits of green shamrock that they wear on St. Patrick's day and wore them Thursday to show that they favored Sir Thomas Lipton's yacht Shamrock in the first race. County Clerk Newman displayed his nautical education by asking which boat was ahead on the back stretch in the vacht race Thursday and wanted to know if either could be set back for running. At the session of the I'nited Presby terian Synod which closed here last nicht. I. C. Rankin of Guthrie was elected moderator and D. M. Steele of j Lyndon, secretary. The next meeting of the synod will take place in Emporia, i A cantata. "Queen Esther" Is to be put on at the Crawford opera house i on September 10 by the congregation of the St. Johns A. M. E. church. Rev. F. G. Snelson is managing it. The pro ceeds will be devoted toward clearing the church debt. Charles Janes, cf Crawford county, who has been sentenced to the peni tentiary for murder in the second de gree for killing Allen Williamson, has appealed his case to the supreme court. Both he and his victim were joint keepers at Cherokee. John Coyne, who used to be a sailor in the f nited States navy and before that was a resident of Ireland, must have been in a quandary over his loyalty in the yacht race. But Coyne always favors American institutions. Cine of his boys is now in the United States navy. The Topeka Railway company Is pil ing ties on West Sixth avenue where it is to nulla a new nouoie iracs. ine piles of ties interfere with the traffic of those w ho need to use the street, I but the people can put up with it if they know they are to have a real rail j way out West Sixth avenue. A street car Jumped the track on I Kansas avenue near Fourth street I $3 Splendid vFP Pants for Iijf $1.59 Jjf a 'j-rjsj;-1 it. -41 M K 3 l.i 4. air. I I 1 I 1 TOM MURRAY'S CHICAGO SHOE STOCK ON SALE HERE TOMORROW FINEST SHOES. See ad on page 3. DEEP CUT PRICES! UNPARALLELED REDUCTIONS! THE REMARK ABLE VALUES TALK! COME, SEE HOW WE BACK UP OUR ADS! a QUE. TILL. rzi:x.m. Money cheerfully refunded. 703.711 Kansas Avenue. 15.00 SoSts for 14.00 Suits for I 12.50 Suits for This is the sale which has created such a furore during: the past week, and to which people have responded beyond even our most sanguine expec tations. The reason is simple our customers know that The Palace never misrepresents and that they will all find much greater values here than they really expect. To close out the balance of our Spring and Summer Suits, some Fall Suits, too, we are posi tively offering the choice of several nun- dred suits that sold at $15, $14 and tj) O II l x I J -P II 1 3i2.5u an eieguuuy iuuui cub- iui It will more than repay you to buy one or two of these Suits to lay away, as such extraordinary values will probably never be offered again. $14, $12.50, $10 Outing Suits, all go now, sss onr window, $5 Choice of the Best Suits, $20 and $18 Suits, choice now for SjQ $3.50 Topeka Woolen Mills Best Pants- Don't Miss It-for $1.95 HO 1 H SI IS 1 is if f 1 m fed S I I I 7 95 t3 0 Great Sale of Boys' $5, $4.50, $4 School Suits for fcrSPARENTS SHOULD NOT MISS THIS SALE. x. i ew rail ouiis r-iegam ouira ior uress J 1 and School which we closed out at a ereat sac- mice to the maker; light and t dark colors trimmed perfectly, ed also 3-piece styles $5,' $4.50 and i .ifS?,' OctlC Unguis LVJIIIUI IUU cit S 2 501 3 Knee Pant Suits all odds and ends ff in f 4 to 15 years Tomorrow for ti i I i $6-50 and S6.00 Boys' Finest Knee Pant Suits-ff 5 qj- f $10.00, S8.00, $7.50 Long Pant Suits Dark ff fifl and Light All Tomorrow for JO.vlU 50c Boys' Navy Blue Cr All $1, 75c, 50c Wash gjf. Cheviot Knee Pants iSOl Suits 3 to 10 years UC All Boys' Straw Hats f CZr Boys' 50c Nobby Blue sold up to $1 choice. lOw Serge Caps silk-lined mm Boys' 50c and 75c Negligee Shirts, with two collars TQ Tomorrow JmZfK Youths Long rants $2.50 grades Flannels and Cheviots C 1 ct .....pi, JU Tomorrow J4 Price. Wilson Bro3.' and Calumet Shirt Co.'s surplus stock of fine Negligee Shirts are SI. 50 Shirts all colors all styles all sizes special tomorrow at This is a great chance. Negligee Shirts at 75c $1 and 75c Negligee Shirts fox35C All kinds all styles all colors odds and ends of all our $1 and 75c grades some have two detached colors, all have cuffs detached it's a great bargain f 50c Summer Underwear for 15c. Fancy summer Underwear in neat dark and medium shades all 50c Underwear this sale for 15c. 50c FANCY HOSE FOR 25c 15c HOSE FOR 5c It's a clean-up. Cone quick. $1 Summer Underwear 50c 15c quality black and tan col orsSee them. Nie-ht Shirts sold ud to m All small lots mostly all sizes. 1.50 for UC $1.50 Manhattan Shirts reduced to $1.10 YOU ARE INVITED to Our Opening Sale of New Hats Youmans, Stetson's, Young's, Roelofs all best brands. tv..,, oit TVici T-i-j vino- nn hpfn tak'Pn These UP and the excavation made around the tracK. preparatory iu lajuis mr ur cess of the production. Trie ieai i ,,w J 1 V. trie car to Kt into tnu h wrui. t IF NOT, .WHY NOT. This I the Day Kansas Sees About Sinecure. This is the day that the Knnsis "World's fair rnmmi'fiiin and Gnvernc Hailt'y hold their seance with the St. I,ouis extiosition authorities to see whv Kansas Is not grettinK more jnha at the exposition. The Kansas commission al leges that the World's fair officers told them the Jobs would tte parcelled among the various states in rroportion to the appropriations mide by each state for the fair. The exposition authorities themselves appointed F. D. Coburn chl-t of the livestock section and he hs (-trrncth of the play, however, is found In th fact that it is absolute'- a char acter rln: There are no parts intro duced simply as tillers utility parts, the playwrights call them. Every role Is a distinct characterization. Beginning with the part of the heroine, every character has its own individuality and atmosnhcre. Of next Tuesday nipht's attraction at the X-w Crawford the Kansas City Times of last Yednenday said: The openlnsr performances of "A Millionaire Tramp." the well known melodrama by Elmer Walters, played to "standing tonra only" at tho Gillis yesterday af ternoon and evening. Last night prac tically every seat in the house was sold hv 8 o'clock. The nl:iv is one of the Out ftcu-iin tn't-.iin IK piiui.'HB thetic with a nV"ve o? -'M ZJZZT C?S. tnrou some time to get it on the track again. The Kansas National Guard will be equipped with Krag-Jorgensen rifl5 before the fall maneuvers. Adjutant General Kelsey has received notice from the war department that 1.100 rifles have already been ordered shipped from the federal arsenal at Rock Is land. 111. Dean. Anna and Rush Bartlett and A1U3 Pattingill and Jonathan Thom as have been made defendants in a fore closure suit for J22.O0O filed in the United States circuit court by the Northewestern Mutual Life Insurance company. The mortgage wag on a 3.260 acre ranch in Pottawatomie county. X meetine of the cattle men of the state has ben called to meet in To- "Works like a Charm GORHAM Silver Polish Cleans as well as polishes Is extremely economical in use All revposBible jewelers keep it 35 ceata a package hout. Gus Mortimer, as Jay Pi' rport, the "Millionaire Tramp." was given much applause. His numerous troubles, brought on by the love of whisky, are added to by Dr. John Sta lky, the villain of the plav. which part is taken by Walter J. Baxter. The management of the theater has posted notices forbidding hissing, but upon several occasions last niaht those in the gallery were so wrought up by the vIlHin's wickedness that they burst forth in prolonged hissing. Jumps from New Bridge. New York. Atig. 21. A negro named Cody has succpHsfullv jurrne I from tho structure of the new b-tris:- being erect ed over the Fast river, known as the W:!-hairst'urg-briogo. It was a drop of 147 feet. He was picked up by a rowboat mid recovered consciousness an hour later. His body was Drotected from injury bv pad ding. Cody jumped from, the Brooklyn bridge one year ago. troversv witn tne rauroaas over me proposed live stock freight rates and to select a committee to represent the stockmen before the state board of railroad commissioners at the hearing on Wednesday. The Central National bank of Topeka has brought Fuit in the district court of Pumner county to collect the note for V2 000 eiven bv E. E. Wilson, the I county attorney of Sumner county who disappeared some time ago ana later turned up again apparently demented. The note is endorsed with the name of fx-Senator J. W. Forney, and the bank expects to get judgment against him. The note was originally given to A. C. Jobes and by him sold to the Central National bank. Three soectres that threaten baby's life cholera infantum, dysentery, diar rhoea. Dr. Fowler's Extract of Wild Strawberry never fails to conquer them, Kansas avenue. SON OF A KANSAS. Dan Patch, Pacing Champion, Sired by Joe Patchen. The performance of Dan Patch :t Brighton Beach, in pacing a mile in establishing a new record f jr that dis tance, serves to direct attention anew to Kansas in a favorable way, as the present chnmpion is a son of Joe Patch en of Kansas. John R. Gentry was also foaled in Kansas and in 1S'.'6 held the world's record for the fastest mile ever traveled by a hamsr, horse, to that date, the time being iiCHi't. and he, with Joe Patchen, a worthy rival for premier honors, battling for the championship. it J?ft7, forced tar Pointer out in 1:5U. but the clip was too fast for Star Point er and he hasn't done anything since, while John K. Gentry and Joe Patchen in following years gave exhibitions at frequent intervals during racing sea sons, stepping at rates of speed calcula ted to shatter the nerves of the strong est spectators. In 1S99 Patchen and Gentry raced in Wichita fcr a J3.C0O purse. Pt.tchen won in straight heats, the first being in :03Vi; the second in 2:02S- In speaking of this contest a writer in the Western Horseman said: "It was a contest su h as was never witnessed before not likely to be seen again. It stand as a star event in Kansas speel contests, no doubt, fur years to come, and in this one particular, that it was between home-bred and hom-ratsed horses a battle of world champions on their native heath. It was never match ed by any other state in the Union or 1 county in the world, and could not be duplicate! by any other, so far as known at present." .John R. Gentry, of Kansas, was nt cne time the chnmpion.harness horse of the world, and Dan Patch, the present champion, is a son of Joe Patchen. of Kansas, and Cresceus, the world's trot tinir chamnion. can no doubt trace his greatness to the beneficent influence of Kansas, as Secretary Coburn says that "It has been demonstrated beyond dis pute that nature with lavish bounty has poured ir.to Kansas soil and sunshin?. r.nd through them into her grasses and grains, those elements out of which ate evolved fine fiber and higher courage in horse no less than master," and Rob-Tt McGregor, Cresceus" sire, was for many years owned by R. I. Lee. and stabled at his Prairie Dell farm near Topeka. In speaking of Kansas as adapted to successful horse raising, Mr. Coburn said "Some of the horses most noted for speed, endurance and striking excel lence, marvels of the equine world ati-1 matchless, have been foaled or reared beneath the sunny skies of Kansas. The pacing stallion, John R- Gentry, 2l00V2. was foaled in Sedgwick county, Kan., as was bis only rival, Joe Patchen,2:01Vi. in Marion county, and the present pac ing champion and harness horse of tha world, the famous Dan Patch, younjr. sound, and promising even yet great.-r achievements, is the worthy son of a Kansas-bred-and-reared sire, the mighty Joe Patchen, 'the iron race horse.' This progeny of this foremost sire recently sold for $60.000 the highest figure f r which a harness horse ever sold. Smug gler, 2:15Vi, one of the greatest trotters of his time, was reared and developed in Kansas, as well as nvas Joe Young, 2:18, the grandsire of Joe Patchen, while the present trotting champion, Cresceus, as likewise indebted to a Kansas par entage, his sire. Robert McGregor, 2:17,2, having his home in the Sunflower state for many years. All these represe.it types of the harness or roadster class. Perhaps, however, wider attention is given to the breeding of the types es pecially adapted to draft and similar purposes, and in the past few years re newed and added interest in this partic ular industry has been apparent. March 1. 1P03. there were over S45.00O horses in the state, an increase in the 12 months preceding of 34.000, and is the largest number since lsi6." Simons Hardware Co.. adjoining, suffered from damaere by water. During the fire a water tower fell across tne street and crashe.i into the T. J. Reid shoe store, doing $2.5 damage, it is stated the tira started from an electric wire. A. Great Fotlatch in Progress. attle. Wash.. Aug. 21 One of the and is i greatest of the many Alaska potlatcht-s -,i-i'l oetween tne natie iriot-s 01 me itii-.il W I' l J T..L-:, :n the southeastern section of the terri torv. It is between the ancient Auks and the" belligerent Tukas. This is the first time the present generation of the Auks was ever invitea to a laKu pot laien. 1 nose who are in attendance say say it is one j of the greatest events that has taken place in years among tne. AiasKan In dians. Jockey Hicks Wins Decision. New Tork. Aug. 21. Justice Spencer of the supreme court, sitting at Johns town. N. Y.. has handed down a deci sion by which Wallace Hicks, the negro jockey, will be permitted to remain In the east to fulfill his contract with Perry Belmont. Hicks, who was placed unJtr arrest at midnight recently at Saratoga by the men who seek to break his lertse to the eastern owner, told the justice that he was perfectly satisfi.d with his treatment here and did not wish to return to his former em ployers, one of whom was ruled off the turf last winter at New Orleans. New CrawfjordJThieair. One Night Sunday, Aug. 23. The Big American Comedy Drama, THE STAIN OF GUILT. J0 People 3' 2 Carloads Scenery A Prices: 15, 25, 35, 50, 75c. Seals selling. Tuesday Night, August 25. Klmer Walters' Latest Sensation, A MILLIONAIRE TRAMP, Brightest Novelty of the Year. Prices: 15, 5, 335, 5c. Seats Saturday. the Indiana. Potomac and Lebanon, sailed today for Tompkinsville. She will' be docked and repaired at the New Tork ya rd. The Yachts Taks a Spin. New York, Aug. 21. The Reliance this morning cast loose from her moor ings, set her Jib and stay sail and stood, out into the bay for a sail. Shortly afterward Shamrock III hoisted her mainsail with the apparent Intention of going out for a sail stretching. Re liance after several short hitches and maneuvers in Sandy Hook bay re turned to her moorings. The challenger as arbitrator in the Venezuelan i left her anchorage, set Jib and staysail Political Situation in Hungary. New York. Aug. 21. Reports from Hungary regarding the political situa tion, says the Vienna correspondent of the Times, cabling by way of London, aro tinged with pessimism. It is freely asserted that Emperor Francis Joseph may have to return to Vienna to re ceive King; Edward before much prog ress has been made toward a settlement of the crisis. There are some indica tions, adds the correspondent, that no military concessions will be made to the Hungarian side. Bissau's Condition Isn't Critical. Bar Harbor. Me., Aug. 21. The phy sician of former Postmaster General Eissell denies the reports which have been published that Mr. Bisseli is crit ically ill. The doctor says his patient is not in a critical condition. A Cave in at Duryea. WilkeFbarre. Pa.. Aug. 21. A cave-in which swept down in the mines thou sands of tons of culm h?.s occurred at the mining town of Duryea, near here. Residents thought it was an earth quake. The cave-in was over the old workings of the Halstead mine, which has not been operated since the strike, and there is a hole 73 by 50 feet. Dr. Lardy Declines to Serve. Berne, Switzerland. Aug. 21. Dr. Lardy, the Swiss minister at Paris, it is announced here, has declined to serve claims, on the ground that Switzerland has claims against Venezuela which she proposes to submit to arbitration and therpfore under the Washington protocol he. as a citizen of a creditor nation, is unable to act. Massachusetts Goes to the Shop. Washington. Aug. 21. Captain Emory, commanding the Indiana, telegraphs the navy department from Frenchman's biy that the Massachusetts, under convoy of and on the starboard tack headed out to the Doint. Harvest Labor Katos to Minnesota and the Dakota. Low rates for carties of five or mort via Chicago Great Western railway. Tickets on sale daily to August 31. Lib eral arrangements for return trips For full information apply to Geo. W Lincoln. T. P. A., 7 West Ninth street, Kansas City, Mo. Fire Started by Electr.c Wir?. St. Louis. Mo., Aug. 21. The building oc cupied by A. S. Aloe Co.. dealers in op tical supplies and surgical instruments, at 414 North Broadway, was destroyed by fire eariy todav. The total loss is esti mated at 150,w0, partially insured. The UaaaalsBMfaBBO Sale Ten Million Boxes a Year. FAMILY'S FAVORITE HEOIOIHK 2EE1 THE D"y CATHARTI C i0 ah 1 BEST FOR THE BOWELS J mmmrwmtma. ..Mmm&mmmnn.- m m iiwu'wiiijawnn jt w.m vwumm) smiijin iiwm"

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6 TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL, FJUDAY EVKN.LNG. AUGUST 21, 1903. xjr Skirts Skirls! Skirts! We have just received a large shipment of Early Fall Skirts, in Dress and Walking lengths. These are all unlined garments, but if you wish them lined, we have separate Drop Skirts which can be fitted in short order and at a nominal charge. New Skirts in the following cloths Zibelines, Pebble Cheviots, Basket Cloths, Hopsackings, Silks, Unfinished Worsteds, Meltons, Etc. Prices range from $1.50 to $12.50 Come in and see them get posted on the new styles TopBRa Cash 111. WHERE MONEY GOES. School Fund Is Apportioned bj Counties. T. J. Hays, bond clerk In the office of the state superintendent of public in struction, today completed the work of apportioning the state school fund for the semi-annual distribution for 1903. The interest on the permanent school fund Is collected on January 1 and July 1 of each year, and it is apportioned to the various counties in February and August. The apportionment is made upon the basis of sc hool population. This time there was a little over $200,000 to distribute, which allows 40 cents for each child of school age in the state. Th; apportionment by counties is as follows: Allen $2,963.20 Anderson 1,827.20 Atchison 4,(ixo.-jii Harber 973.60 Barton 1.976.81 Bourbon 3, 613.20 Brown 2,sso.no Butler 3. 135.20 Chase 1,139.60 Chautauqua 1.795.20 Cherokee 5.326.00 Cheyenne 411.40 Clark I'll -10 Clay 2.202.-1O Cloud 2.45X40 Coffey 2,249.20 Comanche iso.oo Cowley 4.374.40 Crawford 5,740.;-1 Decatur 1.319 20 Dickinson 2,972.00 Doniphan 2. 048.00 Douglas 2,192.40 Kdwards 611.31 Klk 1.49s. SO Kllis 1.461.00 Ellsworth 1.342.S) Finney 47S.0 Ford 78:;. 00 Franklin 2,791. 20 ;eary 1.401 4 (love 35S.nu Graham 8X2.8) Ira nt 72.00 Gray 22:1. HO Greeley 78.00 Greenwood 2. 247. 60 Hamilton 192.80 Harper 1.542.40 Harvey 2,641,60 Haskell 69.20 Hodgeman 312.80 Jackson 2,241.60 Jefferson 2.39.20 Jewell 2.423.60 Johnson 2.302.00 Kearny 164. 4') Kingman 1,66.7.20 Kiowa 40160 I.abette 3.936. HO Dane 505.20 Leavenworth 4.766.40 Lincoln 1.503.60 Linn 2,2r,X.OO Logan 2x2.40 Lyon 3,41360 Marion 3.15O.X0 Marshall 3.411.20 McPherson 2.966 X0 Meade 245.20 Miami 2.734 00 Mitchell 1,819.60 Montgomery 3.972.80 Morris 1,637.60 Morton 36.00 Nemaha 2.783.20 Neosho 2, 762. SO Ness 761.60 Norton l.rtoO.Xo Osage 3,224.00 Osborne 1,631.20 Ottawa 1,566.40 Pawnee 739.60 Phillips 2,004.80 Pottawatomie 2.398.80 Pratt 1,174.00 Rawlins 834. 40 Reno 3.804.80 Republic 2,370.40 Itice l.SSO.oo Riley 1.869.60 Rooks 1.248.80 Rush 1,038.00 Russell 1.215.60 Saline 2.236.00 Scott 169.60 Sedgwick 5.920.40 Seward 114.00 Shawnee 6.987.20 Sheridan 641.60 Sherman 482.20 Smith 2.142.40 Stafford 1,412.40 Stanton 44.40 Mtevens 116.40 Sumner 3.539.20 THE U. P. Tea Co. 513 Kansas Ave. Ind. Phone 212 Bell Phone 566 SOVEREIGN Baking Powder WITH A PREMIUM 50c per pound SUGAR 19 lbs. for 51.00 1 !ry ioo Thomas Trego Wabaunsee Wallace Washington Wichita Wilson Woodson Wyandotte Total 644.00 443.20 1.788.40 161.20 3,031.20 155.60 2,169.20 1.360.80 10.119.60 ..202,728.00 ItOBERT UAHNETT CAUGHT. Reform Schoo Escapee Is Charged With Burglary. Robert Barnett, the 16 year old boy who won a little notoriety last spring by escaping from the reform school with a heavy shackle on his leg, was captured this morning by Detectives Reed and Henderson. Barnett Is charged with the robbery of a Santa Fe freight car on or Just prior to July 4. He escaped, presumably to St. Louis, where he has said that he had an accomplice in the person of a saloori keeper who disposes of stolen goods for him. On July 4 he met a boy be knew, and became very generous, giving him several boxes of cigars and two pair of shoes. The cigars and shoes were found in possession of the other boy, and identified as part of the goods which had been stolen from the car. Set Herself Afire. Chicago, Aug. 21. After saturating her clothing with kerosene and setting it on fire in an effort to commit suicide Mrs. Mabel Lalhro, aged 24 years, fell upon the Moor of the hallway in her home and awaited d-ath today. A I boarder in the house discovered the un j fortunate woman and with the aid of a policeman succeeded in extinguishing the flames but not until the woman had been so severely burned that tt is feared she will die. For Teachers Examination. The following is the programme for the examinations for county teachers to be held Monday and Tuesday by Coun'.y Superintendent Wright, at the court house: Monday. 7:30 to 12 a. m.. geog raphy, V. S. history, orthography and theory of teaching: 1 to 7:30 p. m., read ing, grammar, physiology and arithme tic. Tuesday, 7:30 to 12 a. m.. Kansas history, constitution, writing and gen eral history; 1 to 7:30 p. m algebra, bookkeeping, literature and physics. Switzerland Is Interested. Paris, Aug. 21. The federal council of Switzerland has advised Dr. Lardy, the Swiss minister here, and one of the three arbitrators appointed by the czar to decide the claim for preferential treatment made by the three allied pow ers. Germany. Great Iritain and Italy, in the settlement with Venezuela, that it does not desire him to act as arbi trator, as Switzerland has interests sim ilar to those of the other powers, which have been committed to the German representative at the Hague court. A House to House Fight London, Aug. 21. Dispatches received at the colonial office today from Zun guru, northern Nigeria, dated August 17, give details of the destruction of the town of Burmi by a British force of thirty whites and 500 native rank and file. The enemy's loss was several hun dred killed, including the former sultan of Sokoto and a majority of the chiefs. The British loss was eleven men killed, including one officer, and sixty-two men wounded. The enemy made a desperate house to house resistance. No Opposition to Roosevelt. Pittsburg, Pa., Aug. 21. When asked last night what he thought of Presi dent Koosevelt's chances for renomina tion. Senator M. S. Quay made this re ply: "I have heard of no opposition to him. Pennsylvania, in my opinion, will support President Roosevelt at the na tional convention next year." Further than this he would say nothing. The senator was en route to Philadelphia, where his daughter, Miss Coral, will christen the new battleship Pennsyl vania. Its Charter Annulled. St. Louis, Mo., Aug. 21. By an order of the national officers of the Union Veteran Legion, the charter of St. Louis encampment No. 15 has been annulled and notice promulgated of the sever ance of all relations with the national organization. The annullment is based on charges of having admitted to mem bership h candidate who was non-eligible. William A. Hequemborg, colonel of the St. Louis encampment, says a com plete review of the matter will be asked for at the national encampment of the legion in Dayton, O., on October 7. Governor Bailey in St. Louis. St. Louis. Mo.. Aug. 21. The mem bers of the Kansas World's Fair com mission, accompanied by Governor Bailey, are here to inspect the Kansas state building, which is nearing comple tion at the world's fair and to con fer with the exposition officials. Gover nor Bailey will return to Tooeka to night. Killed in Midnight Quarrel. Frankfort, Ind.. Aug. 21. During a quarrel at midnight Harvey Thomas of this city was killed by Harry Loveland. Loveland killed Thomas by striking him with his fist, breaking his neck. Mrs. J. H. Ladd, ladies' tailor and dressmaker, will open dressmaking parlors at 805 Kansas avenue Septem ber 1. SCO MEMORIAL TO JOHNSON. Prohibitionists Unveil a Monument at Newton, 111. Bloomington, 111., Aug. 21. Prohibi tionists of the ITnited States today un veiled at Newton, Jasper county, a magnificent monument of Barre granite to the memory of Hale Johnson, who was assassinated on election day last year. He was chairman of the prohibi tion state committee and national com mitteeman at the time and was the vice presidential candidate on the prohibition ticket in 1896. Many states were repre sented. Kobert H. Patton of Spring field, spoke in the morning on "Hale Johnson as a Lawyer and Patriot." In the afternoon addresses were delivered by John O. Wooley. of Chicago, Na tional Chairman Oliver W. Stewart and former Congressman George W. Fith ian. The state executive committee met at Newton today. YACHT RACE GOSSIP. Unfinished Contest Repeated Lntil Finished. New York. Aug. 21. With practically no change in the odds, which still favor the Reliance, betting on the result ot I the international yacht races was quite heavy in the financial circles Thursday, i fine of the largest wagers recorded was i $5,000 against $10,000. G. Mullarity tak iinsr the Shamrock end. Allen MiC.raw Co. bet $1,000 to $500 with Fred Brooks and also $2,500 against $1,250 that tne Reliance would take the series. V. C. Moore wagered $2,000 against $1,000 with T. Tucker on the Af.ie-.ican boat, and R. W. Gilford $500 to $250 the same way. W. B. Smith wanted to bet $100,000 or any part at odds of 2 to 1 on the defen der. This is one of the largest sums of fered sine betting commenced. LIPTON IS NOT DISCOURAGED. Sandy Hook, N. Y-. Aug. 21. Sir Thomas Llpton was the first of the owners to return to the Hook, coming back on the Erin with his one hundred or more guests. He was busy bidding them adieu, but he stopped to say: No, I am not in the least discouraged with my boat or its efforts today. The wind was so variable that neither boat had a good chance and particularly mine, with her smaller sail area. Wait till we get a good breeze." The vachts did not arrive at the Hook until after 6 p. m. The captains refused to talk for publication and all that Mr. Iselin would say was: "We are perfect 1 v Hptid." THE RACE COSTS LIPTON $710,400. New York. Aug. 21. Few persons have any idea what lifting the cup means in money. Each of Sir Thomas Lipton's efforts has cost him more than half a million dollars. This time his expenses are more than they have been in former years, because he has kept two racing boats in commission, 'lhe following figures are accurate: Building Shamrock III $-00,000 Five suits of sails at $20,000 a suit 100,000 Soars, r gglng ana minor ex 150,000 penses Wages for six months of officers and crew on the two Sham rocks, the Erin and auxiliary boa ts Fitting Shamrock II as trial horse Maintenance of crew Dry dock charges, etc Tug Cruiser bought to act as tender Barse and houseboat on which guests of Sir Thomas are en tertained Miscellaneous expenses, enter tainment, etc. 50,400 50.000 18.000 15,000 75,000 Total S710.400 FACTS ABOUT THE RACES. Bst Three out of Five The match is to be decided by the best three out of five races, to be sailed on August 20, 22, 25. 27 and 29. The Defender The defendant yacht Is the Reliance, owned by a syndicate composed of Elbert H. Gary, William I! Ieeds, Clement A. Griscom, Henry Walters, William G. Rockefeller. P. A. B. Widener. James J. Hill. Cornelius Vanderbilt, Norman B. Ream, and C. Oliver Iselin. Mr. Iselin is the manag ing owner of the yacht. The Challenger The challenging yacht is Shamrock III, owned by Sir Thomas Linton. The Designers The designers are Nat O. Herreshoff, Reliance; William Fife, Shamrock HI. The Skippers The skippers are Cap tain Charles Barr. Reliance: Captain Robert Wringe, Shamrock III. Courses Starting from Sandy Hook lightship First race, to windward or leeward and return; second race, equi lateral triangle: third race, similar to first race: fourth race, similar to sec ond race, and fifth race, similar to first race. Length of Courses The courses shall be as nearly as possible thirty nautical miles in length. Time Limit If in any race neither yacht ffoes over the course within five and a half hours, exclusive of time allowance, such race shall not count and must be resailed. The svstem of measurement, time allowance and rac ing rules of the New York Yacht club will rovern the races. Repeated Races An unfinished race of any kind shall be repeated until finished. Accidents In case a serious accident occurs to either vessel prior to the pre paratory signal, it shall have sufficient time to effect repairs before being te quired to start, or, if such accident oc curs during a race, before being re quired to start in the next race. Each vessel shall have on board during races a representative named by its com petitor. America's cup, won August 22, 1851. Effort to recapture, twelfth. Shamrock's time allowance, 1:57. Wind velocity needed, 7 knots. WADED ASHORE. Passengers Escape from Stranded Vessel in Night Clothes. Quebec, Aug. 21. Word was re ceived here last night that the steamer Carolina, which left here yesterday for Saguenay, went ashore at midnight in the latter river six miles from Tadou sac. It is expected she will float with calm weather. There are 317 passengers on board, principally Americans, and although some were landed on rocks in the steamers' boats, the majority walked ashore in their night garments, and suffered greatly from cold and wind. A tug took the passengers to Tad ousac, many of whom being unable to secure their clothing were wrapped in rugs and blankets. Killed by Golf BalL Philadelphia, Aug. 21. After lying un conscious since last Tuesday Bertha Harman, aged 14 years, died late last night in a hospital here from the ef fects of being struck on the head with a Kolf ball. The child was watching the play on the Sharon Hill links, near here, when the ball struck her, fractur ing the skull. She fell unconscious and lingered in that condition until death ensued last night. Effie Ellsler's Father Dead. New York. Aug. 21. John Ellsler, father of Kftie Ellsler, the actress, and himself a veteran actor and theatrical manajrer, died of heart disease at his home here today aged SJ. MARKETSjJODAY. Wheat Opens Weak and Keeps Dropping. Lower Cables and Fine Weather Influence Corn. LIVE STOCK TRADE. Cattle Are Steady to Strong but Prices (juiet. Hogs Brace Up and Are Fiye and Ten Cent Higher. Chicago, 111.. Aug. 21. WHEAT Wheat opened weak on tine weather in the north west, with lower markets in that section, together with a decline at Liverpool, and September was down U6:sc to 'jffi-V?. at 7WVr;X0!fcc. There was hfavv- selling early in the session jind the market was quite active and somewhat nervous, with the general tendency toward still lower prices. September declined to 79'c before the end of the first half hour. Receipts at Minne apolis. Duluth and Chicago were 261 cars. Iter the mniket turned strong and September advanced to 81c. but reacted again on 1 iquidation. although the close was strong and a shade higher, at Klu,c. CORN Lower cables, continued fine weather throughout the corn belt, togeth er with the weakness ih wheat, combined to create a bearish sentiment in the com pit and opening prices were lower. Sep tember being off 'rac, at SOffiSOc. The sentiment changed materially during the first half hour of trading and with only moderate offerings and a fair demand the market became firmer, September advanc ing to 5iv4c. Receipts were 1x2 cars. In sympathy with wheat September closed c higher, at alc. OATS Trailing in oats was small and the market lacked any special features. Prices were- a trifle easier at the start In sympathy with the lower prices in other grains, but fluctuations were very narrow during the first part of the session. Sep tember opened 'e lower, at 3414c. and held' steady at 34c. Receipts were 211 cars. PROVISIONS Provisions opened firm on higher prices for hogs at the yards, hut the early trading was dull and feat ureless. September pork opened 121.,c higher, at $12.90; September lard was up 5c. at $S.05, 'while ribs were 10c higher, at $7.K5. WHEAT Cash: No. 2 red. MHS24c: No. 3 red. SlffiSiv-: No. 2 hard winter, xoffi 8"V,c: No. 3 hard winter. 79c: No. 1 north- I ern spring, 90c: No. 2 northern spring, S5'a 87c: No. 3 spring. 82c. t'UKM-MO. 2, M-VtSKHc: IS"- M '.'7 D-C. OATS No. 2. 32.,il33c: No. 3. 32l32'2c. RYE Sept., 52c; Dec. 54c. FLAX Cash: N.-W-, $1.01; S.-W., 97c: Sept.. 96U.e: Oct.. 97'e. TIMOTHY Sept.. $3.12Uft3.15;Oct.. $3.07'.:. CIiVKR-Aug.. $12.00. BARLEY Cash: 4'j&56c. Market Gossip. Furnished by A. C. Goodwin, Commis sion Company, Commission Merchants and receivers and shippers of grain Loom No. 3. Columbian building. Inde pendent telephone 7. Liverpool opening cables: Wheat d lower: corn V.d lower. Second Liverpool cables: Wheat d lower: corn lower. Grain receipts at Chicago today: Wheat, 101 cars; corn. 182 cars; oats, 211 cars. Grain receipts at Kansas City today: Wheat. 147 cars; corn, 4S cars; oats, 3 cars. Northwest grain receipts today: Minne apolis. 1:8 cats: Duluth. 2 cars. A year SOUTH TOPEKA. Leave items for this column with the Kimball lYtnting Company. 912 North Kansas Avenue.) Mrs. John F. McAfee is visiting her sister, Mrs. H. C. Wherritt, in Kansas Citv. James Hanley, who is doing contract work at lola, is spending a few days at home. We buy flood furniture. liOOHER HAWKINS, 5)13 North Kansas avenue. Mrs. James Sheldon and daughters, Ethel and Bessie, have returned from Colorado. That car of Ouita is on track await ing your order. Get busy. Kent's Kash Koal Koncern. Miss Annie Nystrom, of 1019 Jackson street, has returned from a visit to friends in Chicago. Miss Rhea Bell, of Winchester, is vis iting her sister. Miss Alta Bell, and will remain over Sunday. The piles of dirt are now being hauled away from Gordon street between Jackson and Van Buren. Grandma Miller, who fell down cellar last week and broke her collar bone is doing well and resting easily. Mrs. Charles Steinberger. of Wa Keeney, is visiting the family of C. D. Myers and other Tooeka friends. We clean and repair furniture. BOOHEK HAWKINS. 913 North Kansas avenue. E. C. Arnold has returned from Kan sas City, where he went the first of the week to purchase fixtures and stock for the Arnold Drug company. Just received some new patterns of wall paper from 5c up. BOO HER HAWKINS, S13 North K.-ytsas avenue. Arthur O. Bush has returned from Nebraska, where he was called to at tend the funeral of his mother. Mr. Bush will again locate on the North side. J. A. Lukens is making some addi tions as well as repairs to his home place, at 1009 Central avenue. The house will be ready for occupancy by the middle of next month. Word has been received from Ken tucky of the death of Dr. Jett, who was found dead in his bed at his home there. Dr. Jett formerly lived on Para more street in North Topeka. Mrs. Frank Grear left today on an ex tended eastern trip. She will visit Kan sas City, St. Louis, Chicago, Cincinnati, New York, and spend several days with her relatives at Middleton, Hartford and New Haven, Conn. The Sardou avenue bridge to Oakland was appreciated by the residents of that suburb. Rev. Mr. Alt. pastor of the Oakland Presbyterian church, who was on the North side today says it is not nearly so convenient to come to this side as formerly. The following young people who live in and near Meriden and have been spending the past week at Eureka Lake will return home Saturday. Misses Bertha Shields, Josie Dickinson, Grace Shafer, Messrs. John Shields, Walter Dickinson and John Shafer. A large hole 12 feet deep in the alley back of Dr. Dawson's home on Kansas avenue, is being filled in. This hole was caused by the caving in of the earth underneath the sewer and letting it fall in. An end of the Dawson barn was also in the hole. The continued rains which kept the hole full of water pre vented its filling up until this week. Lightning Destroys Wheat Crops, Dodge City. Aug. 21. Lightning des troyed the entire wheat crop of Sanford Marion Tuesday night. The news was just received here today. The wheat was in stacks to be threshed. Es timate of loss $500; insurance $400. Less Than 4 Years Ago we started a very small clothing store in Topeka so small that we were assured by big merchants, whose sales for the year 1896 reached 69,158.15, gave us cold comfort by assuring us that the clothing business bf Topeka was all cornered, and bottled up, and that it would not be possible for a new store to survive for six months the fight that would be put up on us. The Pompous Bluffers Did not even "faze" us, though we probably wore a look of alarm and we may have acted stupid and idiotic by advertising to sell a "dollar's worth for a dollar" and hoping to get any business when all the other clothiers were claiming to sell S1.00 values for 69c, $5.00 hats for $2.98 and $15 suits for S6.49. Our New Methods Were based on logic and common Bense, and we caught the favor of the public so quickly that in less than three years we were recognized a3 the Leading Clothiers of Topeka, employing more people and selling more merchandise than any other clothing store in the city. We Never Deviate From the policy that has brought such phenominal success, that' has made us the envy of big competition,, that has made them change their entire advertising policy, that has demolished all 34, 48, 73 and 98 cent furnishing business and stopped effectually all $7.49, S9.85, S11.23 and $14.98 Suit sales and as usual we are showing all our new Fall of 1903 wearing apparel fully a month in advance of any of our competitors but they will gradually wake up, break in, copy our ways, and WATCH US GROW. WATCH OUR BUSINESS METHODS WIN. ROBiSOri IWS IND. 'PHONE 22. ago: Minneapolis, 290 cars; Duluth, 2 cars. Liverpool closing cables: Wheat .d lower: corn 1kl lower. Chicago: Privileges for tomorrow: De cember wheat Puts, 81'ic; calls, S2Ue; curb. 817ic bid. December wheat Puts, alc: calls. S'hc: curb. ESlf514C Kstimated receipts of grain tomorrow at Chicago: Wheat, 105 cars; corn, 225 cars; oats, 211 cars. Kansas City Grata. Furnished by J. E. Gall, Commissions Grain, Provisions, Cotton and Stocks. Office 110 West Sixth street. Telephone 4. Correspondent Christie Grain and Stock Co., Kansas City, Mu.J Kansas City, Aug. 21. Open High Low Close Yes WHEAT Sept K 70'i 69- 70i K Dec 7o. 7iag 7ti 71. 71V8 CORN Sept 44'i 4514 44H 45' 44'i Dec 441-2 45 441. 44s, 44i4 May 4'a 4ti4 45 45:)i 45-ja Kanss of Prices. Furnished by J. E. Gall, Commissions. Grain, Provisions. Cotton and Stocks. Office 110 Wist Sixth street. TeLphone 46. Correspondent Christie Grain and Slock Co., Kansas City, Mo. Chicago. Aug. 21. Open High Low lose Tea WHEAT Sept SO 79 SOi.'. s"3s IVc 8 Hi S2 At M-S May S3 M 2 isf iSVi CORN Sept W4 517i 5i 51 H S17 Dec 51'. 52S 51i-4 517, 511 Mav 51:a 52b 51?. 52;?s 51b OATS Sept 34'- SSl 34 35 3t-'i Dec '.'8 Shin 3ii'i .W May 3SV 3(4 3'- 3SU PORK Sept 12 90 12 90 12 77 12 87 12 77 Oct 12 97 12 97 12 i!2 12 97 12 85 LARD Sept ....8 f6 S 25 85 8 20 8 00 Oct 7 62 7 70 7 60 7 67 7 60 RIBS Sept 7 65 7 72 7 62 7 70 7 55 Oct 7 72 7 82 7 72 7 80 7 62 New JTori Stocfc Wall Street, New York, Aug. 21. STOCKS The average level of prices on opening quotations was a large fraction over last night's closing. The grangers and Pacifies led with gains approaching a point in Chicago Great estern, Lana I dian Pacific and Union Pacific. Amalga- mated Copper rose point and Virginia Carolina Chemical 2 points. A slight I shading of Pennsylvania was the only ex ception to the advance, but there was some yielding after the opening. The market rose vigorously, led by Amalgamatetl Copper, with a 2 point ad vance. St. Paul, I'nion Pacific. Atchison, Missouri Pacific. Rock Island. B. and O.. Erie, United States Steel and other repre sentative stocks rose a point or more and j heavy blocks changed hands on well dis tributed buying orders. Minneapolis. St. Paul and Sault Ste Marie gained 3 points, North American 3'4 points and Consoli dated Gas 4' points. Colorado Fuel lost 3' points. There was a sharp reaccion before 11 o'clock and Amalgamated Cop per. Rock Island. St. Paul. Atchison. Mis sourl Pacific, I'nion Pacific and Pennsyl j vania fell back a point. The market became dull out was in clined to set to a lower level. Prices quite generally got a fraction below last night. Acute weakness in the United States Realty stocks had a disturbing effect, the common losing VI point and the preferred 5', points. Sugar dropped IVi points. Bonds wete steadv at noon. The United States Steel stocks were heavily sold, the common losing a point and the preferred l5 points. Colorado Fuel reacted 3X4. points and all of the ac tive stocks made net declines of 1 to 1'4 points. The market rallied in the final dealings and the closing was quiet and firm. There was a rally of 2 points in Uni ted States Realty preferred and the de clining tendency elsewhere was checked, but the recovery was insignificant. Amer ican Car, locomotive preferred. Chicago Terminal and Paper rose a point or more. Iowa Central preferred declined 3 points. A sudden rally of 5H points in Colorado Fuel stiffened the market a tifle. but large selling of Pennsylvania developed which carried that stock P points under last night. Union Pacific lost a point and the whole list turned heavy. New York Money Market. New York. Aug. 21. Close MONEY Prime mercantile paper, 6fi6' per cent; sterling exchange firmer, with actu.il busi ness in bankers' bills at $4.S585ifi4.R590 tor demand and at $4.832(Vci4.S3'4 for 60 days: posted rates. S4.S4 and $4.86; commercial bills. $4.K3'&4.K3. SILVER Bar silver, 55c: Mexican dol lars. 43tc. BONDS Government bonds steady. New York Money Market New York. Aug. 21. Close Money on call easier, closing Rt 1 per cent: time money firm: 60 days. 5 per cent: days, 5g5 per cent; 6 months, oVi's per cent. r03 KANSAS AVENUE Range of Prices on Stocks. Furnished by J. E. Gall, Commissions, Grain, Provisions, Cotton and Stocks. Office 110 West Sixth street. Telephone 46. Correspondent Christie Grain and Stock Co., Kansas City. Mo.J New York. Aug. 21. Op'n Hign Low CI se Y s Sugar lititfc 1184 115 115 116'i Mex. Central 144 15M, 14 15 14', People's Gas 94; 94U 93VB 93V4 Wr C. A., com 22 217 Amal. Copper 48 49'i 46Vs 47'4 47'4 B. R. T 45U 46 44H 44H 45'i J- C. 1. 42? 44V 41 Vi 41 V 42'j V. S. Steel 23 Zi 21 22 22", U. S. Steel, pfd 71 71a tisti 711 7)14 Atchison, com 62V4 63 6oVi 61 61 Atchison, pfd S9" 8H' 8t. K St C. G. W 17V. 17 16 16 161-4 St. Paul 142 143 14H 141 141 R.' I., com 21.4 29 26 2714 27 Wabash, com 22 22 21s 21 H 21 Wabash, pfd 35 36 34' i 34' 2 'if: Mo. Pacific 94 95 92 93 93 Manhattan 134'i 134 1331 133'.. 13 Western I'nion 83 M 82 82 S3 Texas Pacific 27 27', 26 26 26 So. Pacific 45 4F 44 44 45 N. Y. Central 123 12.3 122 122 123 Reading 56 56 54'4 55 55' Erie 29 31H4 2K 29 Southern Rwy. 22 27 21 22 22 Union Pacific 76 76'-, 74 75 75 C. fc 0 3:! 34 3:1 33 33 B. 0 83 83 81 82 82 L N loS'-i l(i5 ll4 104 04 Pennsylvania 124 125 123 123 125 Katv 42 43 41 41 41 U. S. Leather 8 8 8 8 8 C. F. 1 48 53 48 49 Erie, 1st pfd 67 67 66 66 66 St. Louis Livestock Market. St. Louis. Mo.. Aug. 21. CATTLE Re ceipts today. 2.000 head, including 1.2"0 head of Texans. Market steady. Beef steers. $3.75fi5.1ti; stocker3 and feeders, $2.60)3.75; cows and heifers, $2.25'&4.50;Tex as steers. $2. 5003. 65; Texas cows and heif ehs. I2.20ffi3.0u. HOUS Receipts today, 4.500 head. Mar ket strong to 5c higher. Pigs and lights. J5. 45fa6.txt; packers', $5.35ffi5.75; butchers' and best heavv. $5. 50 5.57. SHEEP Receipts today. 300 head. Market steady. Natives, $3.OOg3.50; lambs, $4.0"(i5.25. Kansas City Livestock Market. Kansas City. Mo.. Aug. 21. CATTLE Receipts today. 2.000 head, including 5o0 head of Texans. Market steady to strong. Native steers, $4.0(5.40; Texas and Indian steers J2.5i'.''(i3.90: Texas cows. 1.5012.75; native cows and heifers, $1.40'(i4.25; stock ers and feeders, J2.4 Kit 4.00; bulls, J2.00ffi3.i0; calves, $2.5O'n5.50: western steers. $3.50'g4.9G: western cows. $1.852.50. HOGS Receipts today. 5.000 head. Mar ket for packers, lights and pigs 5ri1c higher: other hogs steady to strong. Bulk of sales. I5.2ii5.6": heavy, JS.2vt5.6ii; pack ers'. $5.4o'a5.60: medium. J.ofrS.: light. $5.(3fi5.90; yorkers, $5.805.90; pigs, $5.5iW 5.80. SHEEP Receipts today. 1.000 head. Market strong. Muttons, $2.75'fi4.40: lambs, J3.0i.Ki5.6o: range wethers, $2.754.35; ewes, $2.90414.15. Chicago Livestock Market Chicago, Aug. 21. CATTLE Receipts to day. 3,0-10 head. Good to prime steers, So.lOftS.eS: poor to medium. $3.75fa5.0O:stook ers and feeders. $2.50(i4.25: cows. 4.5": heifers. $2.0tWi4.75; canners. $1.5012.70: bulls. r2.25ffi4.25: calves. $2.5'(i6.75; Texas fed steers, $3.0offj4.4(i; western steers, $3.25ffr 4.45. HOGS Receipts today. 11.000 head: esti mated Saturdav. l'i.uOo head. Market steadv to 10c higher. Mixed and butch ers'. $5.00'a5.75: good to choice heavy. $5.20 ra5.60: rough heavy. $4.75ffi5;15; light, $5.3( 6.00: bulk of sales. $5.1.Wi5.ot. SHEEP Receipts today. 9.000 head. Sheep and lambs steady. Good to choice wethers. $3.0o0 3.60; fair to choice mixed. f2.25ffi3.00: western sheep. $2.85ff;3.50: native lambs, $3.25'a5.60; western lambs, $4.00ffi5.40. New York Butter Market. New York, Aug. 21. BUTTER Receipts todav, 5.722 packages. Market firm. State dairy, 14ffjl8c; creamery. 15'a20c. Sugar and Coffee Market. New York. Aug. 21. St'GAR Raw sugar strong. Fair refining, 3 5-16c: centrifugal, 96 test, 3 13-16c: molasses sugar. 3 l16c. Refined sugar firm. Crushed, $5.60; pow dered, $5.10; granulated. $5.i. COFFEE Market quiet.-No. 7 Rio, 5c. MOLASSES Market firm. Cotton Market Galveston. Tex.. Aug. 21. COTTON Market steady at 12c per pour.d. New York. Aug. 21. COTTON Sales to dav. 10,08 bales. Spot cotton closed stead.v. Quotations per 1 pounds: Middling up lands $12.75: middling gulf, $13.00. Wool Market St. Louis, Mo.. Aug. 21. WOOL Market unchanged. Territory and western medi ums. 6ilSc: fine medium, 14ff16c;hne, 13S16c. Chicago Produce Marks-- Chicago, 111.. Aug. 21. BUTTER Mar ket steady. Creamery, liffjlSc; dairy, 13x 17c. HALL CO. SECURITY BUILDING. EGGS Market steady. At mark, cases included, 14rfil5c. CHEESE Market steadv. Daisies. 11 llVc: Twins, 10&10c; Young Americas, lKollUc. ICED POULTRY Market weaker.Chick ens, hens, 10&loc; springs, WfarQlZc; tur keys, 12c. Kansas City Produce Market. Kansas City, Aug. 21. Close WHEAT Receipts today, 243 cars. Quotations: Sept., 7o'&70c; Dec, 71c. Cash: No. 2 hard, 74c: No. 3 hard, 71i2c; No. 2 red, 76c; No. 3 red, 74'a75c. CORN Sept.. 45'?j45V4C: Dec, 44'544c. Cash: No. Z mixed, 46c; No. 2 white, 46c; No 3 white. 44fa45c. OATS No. 2 white, 3940c; No. 2 mixed, 3S'-,o. RVE-No. 2, 54c. r HAY Choice timothy, $9.&O10.00; ch64e prairie. $8.50. BUTTER Creamery, l&17c; dairy, fan- cy, 15c. EGGS Fresh, 14c. Xopelca Market. Topeka, Aug. 21. HOGS. MIXED HEAVY LIGHT .$5.O3f7 5.20 4.95ffj5.15 5.155.55 DRY LOT CATTLE. STEERS COWS AND HEIFERS GRASS CATTLE. ..$3.50'34.25 3.UX03.50 COWS HEIFERS CALVES. VEAL CALVES GRAIN. $2.502.75 4.04f3.La ..$2.S03.25 NO. 2 WHEAT NO. 3 WHEAT WHITE CORN YELLOW AND MIXED CORN. 65c 62(g63c 4lc 4c 30O NO 2 OATS NO 3 OATS .2HO KKIHT8 A.1J V-VjI.1ABU.S, Furnished by S. E. Lux, successor to W. O. Anderson Co.. 210 Kansas ave- alie l CALIFORNIA FRUITS. California peaches, per crate $1.2; California Tragedy plums, per crate.. $1.75 California Burbank plums, per crat".. 1.75 California Bartlett pears, box 2.50ffji2.73 ORANGES Late Valencia, per box, $3,35 0 4.00. LEMONS California, per box, $3.50Q3.b3; M.-ssena, $5.00. BANANAS Fancy Port Limons, $2,253 2.50 ner bunch. Al l t-r-s ArKansas, du. dox, tioc; J bu. box, $1.25. PEACHES Texas, 4-basket crate. $1.25 1-3 bu. box, 75c: Texas Eluertaa, 4-baske crate, $1.50; Kansas, 4-basket crate, $1.25. NEW POTATOES 7oy77c per bu., ao-ni-,Hiifcr to ouantitv. GULEN BEANS -bu. basket. -v linns. i,-bu. basket. $1.0ii. $1.00,' HOME GROWN VEGETABLES. i RADISHES Per doz. Uunches, 3uc GREEN ONIONS Per dor. bunches, 30c BEETS Per dozen bunches, 35c. LETTUCE V-bu. basket. 75c. GREEN CORN Per doz., 15c; 10 dozen lots, per doz., 13c. NEW CABBAGE 100 lb. lots, $2.00ff2.25. CUCUMBERS 3oc per doz.; -bu. bas ket, $I.0e. TOMATOES 75c per H-bu. basket. ONIONS New Texas, per bu., $1.23. WATERMELONS Per doz. $3.00. CANTALOUPES Arkansas, 11.75 ,fii.-- 7r,e iter basket. per FULL CKKAM CHEESE. Kansas Y. A., per lb New York State, wnue, Urick, per lb Limburger, per lb Block Swiss, per lb Flshbait cheese BUTTER. EGGS. per lb..'!." ..13c ..14o ..14o ..14C, 15'-c 60 POULTRY. BUTTER Country, 12c. EGGS Case count, 13c. POULTRY Hens, 7c lb.: roosters. 15c each; ducks, 5c lb.: geese, 5c lb.; turkeys, 8c lb.; broilers, 9c lb. HAY. Market verv weak and dull. NEW PRAIRIE HAY Loose...... $6.00 NEW PRAIRIE HAY Baled. .....6.00ffi6.50 OLD PRAIRIE HAY Loose 4.00ffi.00 OLD PRAIRIE HAY Baled 4.0Offi.00 NEW ALFALFA HAY Loose 6.004,7.00 Topeka Hide Market. Topeka, Aug. 21. Prices paid In Topeka this week, based on Boston quotations: GREEN SALT CURED FLAT ,...7o NO. 1 TALLOW 354o DO YOU SPECULATED The market presents many op-t portunities for making money m' corn or wheat. THOMAS J. MYERS, BROKER. Office: Room 12. Columbian Building. TOPEKA, KANSAS. Highest Banking and Commer cial references. Private wires. Telephone: Bell 210; Independent 829 44 I

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TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL, FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST: 21, 1903. 7 $7.00 WOOL COATS AND TROUSERS TOMORROW, $3.50 Don't wait, but come early, as we are going to close them out tomor row. We are going to sell all our Summer Clothing, Furnishing Goods and Straw Hats regardless of what they cost, and now is your great opportunity. Our Big Pants Sale. Everybody can afford to buy Pants at the prices we are selling them Wool Crash Pants $1.50 Summer Wool $3.50 Trousers $1.95 500 pair Summer Trousers almost given away. I All Spring and Summer Suits. Anv Men's 7.50 Suit for S 5.00 Any Mfn's ?IO.ufl Suit for 6.70 Any Men's ?13.0 Suit for SJO.OO Anv Men's f'.'rt.ntl Suit f"r $12.35 Any Men s T-'3.00 Suit for $16.75 A Good Time to Buy Boys' Clothing. Hoys' Wrash Pants lOo Hoys' Wash Suits 25o Boys' 75c Wash Suits 38o Koys' Heavy Blouse Suits GOo Hoys' J2.00 Blue Suits $1.10 Any Boys' Blouse or Knee Pants Suit, tomorrow $3.50 Special Bargains Worth Looking After. All iftc I'.ovs' Blouse Waists. .39o All 75c Boys' Blouse Waists 50o All $1.00 Boys' Blouse Waists... 75c All SI. 25 and SI. 50 Boys' Blouse Waists fl.OO Boys' Night Shirts 40c Men's Shirts, with two collars. .35s Any Straw Hat in the house... 75c Boys' and Men's Jersey Sweaters 40c Men's Linen Crash Pants 85c Men's Black Serge Coats $1.10 Men's Net Undershirts 18c Men's Stretchy Seam Drawers. .35o Boys' Shirts, with two collars. .38c Any Straw Hat in the house 75c Any Straw Hat in the house 75c INDIAN LANtit AUE GUOWS. It Is Better Developed Today Than It Was Fiity Years Ago. Despite the adoption by the Indians of the northwest of the ways of the white men in the matter of vocations, the English kirsuagc is, perhaps, farther from being generally used by them than ever before. The statement is made by mission aries ar:d government asents that the Indian languages are more generally spoken and better developed today than, they were fifty years ago. This is par ticularly true of the Sioux, which, in two dialects, the Teton and the Yankton, has been the means of communication for unnumbered years among the In dians of the great plains country on both sides of the Missouri liver. The law of evolution works in the In dian language just as it does in the English. The old-, r Indians employ words and phrases that the later genera tions do not use and do not seem to un derstand. The change has come about largely through the inlluence of the mission aries, who have taken the trouble to learn the tongue, and have then em ployed thetr linguistic skill in systema tizing it. Grammar had very little place In the old language of the Sioux, but the missionary has brought order to this part of It. One noticeable change In the charac ter of the Indian language of today is Its comparative purity. In th" old days, when the tribes roamed at will, each en riched the language of the others by picturesque phrases or words, either through the exchange or greetings or the words wrung from the lips of cap tive braves. The Indian exhibits the same quick ness in grasping a new idiom or strik ing phrase as the white man. although restricted necessarily to Indian sources. It is a r n.ai kable fact that the slang of the Knglish tongue finds little favor with the r?ds, although they are eager to seize upon anything good In any oth r Indian tongue. Their confinement to the bounds of the reservations has had the effect of purifying their language in that there Is little of the old mixture of other tribes to be found. All Indian language Is spoken In gut teral. defp, throaty tones, with small syllables aid much use of vowels. Words of the Sioux sometimes mean whole phrases of Knglish. Take, for in stance, the old word "a-mah-pas-an-ta-gll." which expresses a long sentence in Knglish. It means thnt the Indian has seen something silhouetted against the sky, nftev dusk has set In, and that he has watched until he could distinguish the object by the red light of the afterglow. Ter.deifeet scarcely ever observe this peculiar phenomenon of the plains, but old plainsmen have noticed that always In the evening when darkness is gather ing over the land there is a faint reap pearance of glowing red light, as if the sun were about to rire again. The Indians, who are great at notic ing things, understood this phenomenon and wjtched for it. When writtten the word would have "v i-yan-ka-pi" added if the object had been seen by more than one. The affix "pi" always signi fies the plural number. The old Indian words wigwam and tomahawk have no longer a place In the language of the reds. These and many others are practically extinct. They were, strictly speaking", words of eastern tribes, and in some cases they were the inventions of trappers and plainsmen. The Sioux word for wigwam is tepee, which has a more essentially Indian sound. By prefixing and affixing- an Indian word may be lengthened out into mean ings that wo'ild require a whole para graph of English to fully translate. The language is very comprehensive, and In its greater purity is more poetical than formerly, shorn as it now is of what corresponded to Indian slang. It is losing a little in the way of being figurative. Lhis being the result of scien tific application and systematization. The words and phrases still deal main ly with the ordinary things of the In dians' simple life, and when the realm of metaphysics is entered the redman is at a loss for words, save as he can illus trate his meaning by the use of com mon words of double signification. New Orleans Times Democrat- Tennis at Newport. Newport, R. I., Aug. 21. The chief at traction in today's contests in the na tional lawn tennis tournament was tha match between Holcomb Ward and W. J. Clothier in the championship court, though H. L. Doherty and H. S. Ma honey, the British players met at the same time. Ward and Clothier were viewed as the best of the home players, entered in the tournament and their meeting assumed corresponding im portance. Ward was slightly the favor ite. The first set of the Ward-Clothier match was a struggle to break through service. Clothier succeeded in doing this in the sixth game. After that Ward's pHylng fell off somewhat and he lost service again in the eighth game. Clothier took the set, 6-2. The points in the second set were closer than in the firstbut Clothier won, 6-4. The third set was marked by a splen did burst of speed by Ward when the score was 6-2 against him. He ran five straight games of the set and allowed his opponent only six points in the first games. He won, 7-5. Reliance Dog Whips Shamrock's. New York, Aug. 21. Preliminary to deciding the possession of the America's cup, the dog mascot of the Reliance tried to bite off the starboard ear of the little canine mascot of the Shamrock. Doggy Reliance sailed into Shamrock, Jr., with vigor, but missed stays and had to be satisfied with chawing off a piece of the port quarter foreign-owned dog. It was an out and out victory for the Yankee yellow doz. as the yelp ing and painful scampering of sham rock. Jr., aboard the challenger only too well attested. 31 UN'S El' ENJOINED. Peach for the State Fair. L. A. Newton raised a remarkable peach this year at his home its Mar ket street. The peach was measured ut the Gazette ofllce last evening and its dimensions are 114x11 inches in circum ference and three and a half inches high and weight 1 pound. The peach is of the Crawford variety. Mr. Newton will send his peach to the fruit exhibit at the fair at Topeka. Emporia Gazette. FIRST IN THE FIELD. GRAND OPENING OF FALL STYLES. John B. Stet son Hats $3.00 85.00 Austin Drew 'Dais 2 $3.50. ABE J. AUGUST, 632 Kansas Ave. Ks.-.. '"V safely f.7iTJ& say that 'fM: Depart" Largest v --h i Best ...i..., i...,,-. i Topeka Is Prevented from Selling Daily News at Auction. New York, Aug. 21. Supreme Court Justice Davis today handed down a de cision in which he granted the applica tion of Colonel William L. Brown for a temporary injunction restraining Fran A. Munsey from selling the plant of th; Daily News at auction. In his decision the justice says that in. his opinion the sale of the paper at this time would not be to the best in terests of the stockholders and states that unless proceedings are brought within ten days from the date of this order for a dissolution of the corpora tion and the appointment of a receiver he will appoint a receiver. London Bridge. The widening of London bridge is making very good progress, and already the handsome stone balustrade to the new footway is In position at tha south ern end, while the whole of the girder work has been accomplished. But for esthetic reasons it would be extremely convenient to retain the temporary pas sages for foot passengers on either side of the bridge. The amount of time that must have been saved to those passing across the bridge since they were erect ed during the crowded times of the day is incalculable. The problem of cross river traffic will nevr be satisfactorily solved until we have bridges after the model of that at Brooklyn, where there are separate roads for vehicular traffic, railways and passengers. Sooner or later those dreadful drain-pipe struc tures the Charing-cross and Cannon street bridges will have to be rebuilt After this plan. Not till then will this part of the Thames be relieved from the reproach of being the most hideous river in the world. London Chronicle. Socialists Win a Vice President. Berlin, Aug. 21. The socialists are en titled to have appointed from their party one of the three vice presidents of the Reichstag, on account of their increased representation, and the other parties appear willing to concede this. The socialist leaders, however, differ as to whether they ought to accept the of fice because it would limit their com plete freedom of obstruction and oppo- Fition. Herr Bcbol takvs this view, but i Herr Bernstein favors accepting. The socialists of Munich rejected the idea I bv a malorltv of eighteen yesterday, i while Stuttgart voted for it. A Market Feature. New York, Aug. 21 The feature of the stock market just before noon was the violent decline in preferred shares of the T'nited State Realty and Construc tion company. That stock sold off over 5 points on fairly large offering. On the stock exchange the impression prevailed that the stock offered today was long stock implying forced liquidation. Re alty common shares also sold, off a point and a quarter. The nalancenf the ac tive list was affected sympathetically. Whisky Drops Another Cent. Cincinnati. O., Aug. 21. The drop in whisky quotations to SI. 2. made at Pe oria, a few days ago. was not followed here until today when it was ordered that the quotation be $1.23 as the basis for finished goods. Via Chicago Great Western Railway. $15 Kansas City to St. Paul and Min neapolis and return. $19 to Duluth, Su perior and Ashland. $13 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. 10:30 A. M., 5:15 P M., 10:00P. M. is the time Erie through trains are scheduled to leave Dearborn station, Chicago, for Columbus, Akron, Youngs town. Chautauqua Lake, Buffalo, Niag ara Falls, Elmira. Binghamton, Albany, Boston, New York and points east. For further information apply to A. W. Moore, traveling passenger agent, Erie railroad, Kansas City. Mo. Dr. Adam Rupin, r., homeopath, 106 East Sixth avenue. Same location for eighteen years. Consultation in English and German. When Baby wag sick, we gave her Castoria. When she was a Child, she cried for Castoria, When she became Miss, she clung to Castoria. When she bad Children, she gave them Castoria JOLLY ST. PETERSBURG. Droschky Para is Cheap, Policemen Are Polite and Sing. For some reason or other very few Americans visit Russia, yet it is a most delightful country, and well worth see ing. In an article entitled "Oft the Beaten Track," Alphonse Courlander gives a brief but interesting account ot a visit to St. Petersburg, and destroys some of the strange ideas many people have formed of the land of the czar. He says: ."If you have a holiday and you wish to be unconventional, go to St. Peters burg. Only you will have to bear the shattering of some of your most cher ished ideals. "The very mention of the name con jures up to your novel-fed mind pictures of chain-rattling convicts on the icy Siberian road, of bearded, booted,, and sworded policemen lurking around cor ners to arrest you as a spy. Therefore you will be disappointed and regard the novelist who 'depicts' Russian life with a cold and unfavorable eye; for St. Petersburg is a city of enjoyment, a duplicate of Paris at night time, and during the day a curious blend of the Orient, with a dash of London and Ber lin thrown in. "There is no occasion for alarm when at Cronstadt the ship is Invaded by bushy-browed Russians, in green braid ed uniforms and long boots; they are only custom officers, and their chief oc cupation seems to be sitting on the hatchways. After Cronstadt comes St. Petersburg and by this time one will have become quite used to the officials. "Some more will cpme aboard, with Jangling swords and spurs to look after the passports. Treat it all as though it were a scene from a comic opera. "There is much to see in St. Peters burg if you will go sight-seeing; the Cathedral of St. Isaac, with, its wonder ful stained-glass windows, its massive pillars of malachite and lapis lazuli, its gold ikons, glittering with diamonds and precious stones; the Hermitage, with its glorious collection of old masters; the Winter Palace, with the apartments of Alexander II left to this day just as he left them, only to return bleeding and broken by the Nihilists' bomb. "There are the Cathedral of Our Lady of Kazan, with its dazzling wealth of precious stones, the Church of SS. Peter and Paul, where lie buried the Emperors of All the Russias; the museum, with more pictures; the palace of Peterhof, a few miles distant: the wonderful avenue of fountains, also at Peterhof; and scores of other interesting sights. "A walk down the Nevski Prospect is fascinating. Every shop has side signs, on which are painted the articles that are sold within. "A sausage shop will have inviting designs of the various kinds of sau sages; a heterogeneous collection of hat pictures of all sorts and conditions tells that Dimitri Vedenski is in a position to sell headgear. These signs are really there for the uneducated people the peasants who would not be able to read a written notice. "The droschky is a comical vehicle; even more the isvostchik who drives it. He wears a low-crowned top-hat, and his hair is cut in a manner that re sembles a wig. He is dressed in a long blue gown, ridiculously padded, prob ably to keep him warm and give him an air of importance. "Girded round the waist with an Oriental-colored band, he looks fierce. But he is not. He is open to drive you a short distance for eight cents, and, if the distance be very short, to consider himself so well paid as to doff his hat and call a blessing on- your head. There are 27.000 droschkys in St. Petersburg, and the drivers do not say "Whoa" when they want the horse to stop. They say 'B-r-r-r.' "At- everv afreet- rnrn .are .saints framed in gilt metal, with 'a perpetual light burning before them. You never see a peasant or a poor man pass by one ef t'.K re without snatching off his cap nrf crossing himself three times. Tne isvostchik does it while he is driving, and not only before the street ikons, but at the sight of the churches and cathedrals. "In the railway stations also there Is the Ikon, before which the travelers bow and prav ere setting out on a Journey. "If ever a man has been shamefully tra duced, it is the. Russian street policeman. There Is nothing gruff about him: he is super-polite If you ask him a question. "As far as amusement goes, there are over .10 'gardens.' which combine a cafe ehatant and a theater, with a promenade in the open air. as in most continental cities. In the summer this is delightful. You sip your lemon-tea or your vodka (for In Russia one must drink as the Russian drink) under the shade of the trees, while listening to a comic opera or some Cos sack singers. "Gray-coated, magnificent officers stalk proudly in and out of the throng of pleas ure seekers. Fragments of French. Rus sian, German and Knglish conversation drift on the wind. Students and uniform ed school boys wander about. Hareheatled girls tread in and out of the crowd, of fering red roses for sale. The scene is al ways one of gaiety and animation. The entertainment is generally of cosmopoli tan variety. "At one garden I went to T heard a Ger man sing a comic song, a Spanish dancer gvrated like Tort.iiada. a Swedish couple s,ing a duet in their native tongue, a coon and an American lady obliged with a ealte walk. Kougere sang 'Hello, my baby!' and a Russian chanteuse warbled soft gutter als. "Although the gardens are illuminated there is no night at this season of the vear in St. Petersburg. You can read a iiewsnnner in davlicht at 2 in the morning. Onlv between 11:30 and 12 the light fades for a brief period and half-darkness de scends: then swiftly it becomes daylight agnin. "Ft is an experience to cross tht Neva pfter leaving a garden. Silent stands the citv In the white night, with the gold hining dullv on the minarets, spires and cupolas of the various praying houses. Tall and straight uprises the needle-like spire of SS. I'eter and Paul against the eerie whiteness. I "To St. Petersburg, then, if you want an unconventional holiday.'' G E It M A N S Tl) DENT DUELS. When Contests Are Over the Princi pals Resemble Butchers. "In spite of the edict against it, duel ling is still the chief sport of the Ger man university students." said an old New Yorker, just home from Europe, to the writer. The subject had come up in a con versation about the 'Frisco prize fight, and had drifted to sport in general. "Yes," went on the returned traveler, "the German student loves his du.d. The number of challenges to serious combat have been probably fewer dur ing the last year, the majority of the duels being of a sporting nature that is. they are fought chiefly in the spirit of an American amateur boxing match. The duels of a serious nature often arise out of some petty matters a student may Jostle another in the street, or not return another's greetings. The latter was the cause of a combat which I wit nessed recently In the beautiful old uni versity town of Heidelberg, where the duelling corps meets frequently and well-nigh openly. "The duelling ground of the old Heid elberg student is at an old eighteenth century inn the Wirtshuszum Hirschen where for over one hundred and twenty years the clash of the sword has been heard. Around the walls of the chief rooms of this tavern you find drawings of famous meetings of swordsmen whose names are handed down with pride from generation to generation of members of the duelling organizations. "The duels, which usually occur on Saturday, ore decided in the historic, spacious 'saal.' to which only members of the duelling clubs are admitted, V) Bargain Bulletins FOR SATURDAY Women's Underwear, Hosiery and Gloves. 3c For 5C Vests of bleached cotton. 5C For 15c and 1254c Vests, cotton. 35c (3 pairs $1) For 50c Pants lisle, umbrella style, lace trimmed. 25 c For 50c Lisle Gloves lace pat ternsblack, white, grey and tan. Infants' Hose 5 for 15c Tan Cotton Hose. 10c For 15c Fancy Hose, colored cotton. 25c For 50c Lisle Hose, fancy pat terns, colors. Men's Underwear, Shirts and Ties. 25c For 50c Ties Four-in-hand special clearance. Sl.lO For $1.50 Negligee Shirts uion Drana new patterns. 35c For 50c Balbrfggan Shirts and Drawers Odd sizes in good standard lines. 35c per garment. Strangers are permitted to witness the combats from windows of a room look ing into the duelling- saloon. Some fifty or sixty students, wearing the colors of the various duelling organizations, form a ring, in which the contests take place. "Altogether, I saw five duels, the last, which arose out of the breach of eti quette above menioned, evoking the keenest interest. The weapon used was a cutting sword, with a flexible blade. At one time the students used the thrust or the thrust and cut, but owing to the great danger to life, this was aban doned; the last thrust duel being fought in Jena some seventy years ago. "The whole of the contestants wore a padded armor about the trunk of the body, while the wrists and neck were protected with bandages, and the eyes with goggles. "The duellists In the final contest were two excellent specimens of German manhood, but by the time the contest closed they presented a fearful and sickening sight. "At the signal from the umpire, the seconds who were armored from the head to waist, placed the men in posi tion. 'Bindet die Klingen!' Swords were held high in the air with the points touching. At the cry of Los!' (com mence), the contest started. At every half a dozen cuts the seconds inter vened. 'Los!' Clash! Clash! Clash! 'Los!' Blood soon flowed from nasty gashes on the head, and the doctor, who, in his white smock reminded me of the house surgeons at their duties in a New YorK hospital, was busily engaged in staunch ing the wounds with cotton wool. "So sickening did the sight become that several of the spectators were forced to seek fresh air. Blood literally poured down the chest of one of the swordsmen until he resembled a butcher in a slaughter house rather than a student. At the call to stop, the. contestants were at once taken to an adjoining room, where their wounds were .tr.ni.H tn Krrlnneri of the neck wrap pings and eye goggles, the appearance of tne men maoe me snuuoer. .chcii iwu number of cuts on the head, as though pieces of flesh had been flicked out with a whin "I could not help feeling a sense of pride that in America such inhuman sport is not in vogue at our universities. The German students look on Queuing in tne MsrHt .-.f .tinrr in fact, one member of A duelling corps told me that it 'is their onlv sport.' Perhaps the interest in row ing" and football, which is growing In the Fatherland, will In time supplant this de sire for -blood letting.' At any rate it is a poor wav of showing one's manhood, or of instilling the desire for peaceful pur suits rather than for the quest of the SIn Heidelberg T was told that the rea son duelling continues is that the kaiser looks upon it favorably but whether this is true or not, I can not say." Brooklyn limes. Bridges Not All Out. Shroyer. Kan., Aug. 21. To the Editor of the Stcte Journal. In your paper of August 19, I see it stated that all the bridges on the Blue river, between Manhattan and Marys ville, are washed out. This is a mistake. There is a bridge six miles south of Marysville, in the best of condition. And incidentally would say: the farmers on the west side of the Blue river are mak ing good use of said bridge, by hauling thousands of bushels, of grain to this town every week, and often thousands of bushels a day. A READER. Star Grocery Wholesale and Retail. E. nontgomery, Prop. 1 12 E. 6th Both Phones 252 Tomorrow We'll give you a golden opportunity to buy Gro ceries lower than you've been in the habit of pay ing. 20c package Matches 15c 10c package Oats, two for 15o 20c can Apricots 15c 25c package Postum 23c 3 cans Preserved Blackberries.. 25c Tall can Salmon, same. as is usu ally sold at 10c our price..81-8c Good Lemons, worth 20c our price, per dozen 15c Lemon and Vanilla Extract, per bottle 5c Best package Coffee on the market for lOo New Apricots 12VS.C 2 pkgs. Egg-O-See 15o 1 3-lb can BaWd Beans 10c 3-Ib can Sauer Kraut lOo 2 cans Table Peaches 25c Basket Grapes 35c Gallon can Syrun 30o ANNUAL TO BE HELD AT K A September 14 to 19, 1903, BY THE Kansas State Exposition Co. fantk nnn m nnmnumnn The State Fine Stock Show to be held under the auspices of the Kansas Improved Stock Breeders' Association. The State Poultry Show to be held under the auspices of the Kansas State Poultry Association. The Department of Horticulture to be held under the auspices of Kansas State Horticultural Society. The Department of Farm Products and Country Collective Exhibits to be held under the auspices of the Kansas State Grange. The State Dairy Show under the auspices of the Kansas Dairy Association. M. A. LOW, President. CHAS, II. SAMPSON, Secretary. M -M--- "i 'tt 1, jg,ai 1 Colorado Flyer ON THE SANTA FE, 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. S. F. RyM Topeka. Or T. M. JAMES, Jr., North Topeka. Try tiie Journal Want Columns for. I quick Returns. 3 t I

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r 8 TOPEKA STATE JOURXAL, FRIDAY EVFNTN"G, AUGUST 21,1903. 1 Oystpr Bay, L,. I., Auk. 21. Financial legislation and New York state politics were the principal topics or aiscuspion today between the president and his guests. Karly in the day Representa tive Hill, of Connecticut, talked with the president of the prospect of enact ing remedial financial legislation at the approaching session of congress. Miss Nellie Kirk gave a matinee high Inn f,iPnrt nf "the nresident also five this morning at her home, 1110 discussed finance with Mr. Koosevelt. llonrne f.rpet, in compliment to Miss i governor Odeli. of New York, was ex Geneva iil. s. The invitations also in- j pe(.tPd to arrive in Oyster Kay on the eluded Mis Jennie Fitzpittrick of Uiw- va,,ht Aiieen shortly after noon. He rente. Miss Maud Boner of Minneap- v. ith the nresident tor sev- at Denver, Colorado Springs, and Estes Park. Miss Gertrude Bauer Is visiting in Kansas City. Miss Minta McCurdy left for her home in Whiting today after a visit with Miss Myrtle Keener. Miss Keener accom panied her to visit several days. NEW MONEY LAWS. These Are Principal Topics Dis cussed at Sagamore Hill. Leslie P. McCanne, .Mrs. Kdwin O'Neil, Miss Alice Lakin, Miss I.ulu Ewart, Miss Mary Meade. Miss Klizabeth Ifeade, Miss Rose Prescott. Miss Bessie Elder. Miss Ethel Hartley, Miss Nannie Veale, Miss Amy Overmyer. Miss Anna Beck, Miss Etta Feck, Miss Agnes Burdge, Miss Pearl Burdge, Miss Sarah Phull, Miss Katharine Mills, Miss Ktlie Hazen, Miss Fanny Funk, Miss Anna Marie Walsh, Miss Vera Martin, Miss Ina Mct'ray, Miss Mary McAlone. Miss Martha McAlone, Miss Louise Henderson, Miss Anne Davis, and Miss Beatrice and Miss Eugenie Tuchman of Minneapolis, Minn. Miss Harriet Jones. Miss Emilie King. Miss Katherlne Fleishman, Miss Hila Hinckley, Mr. Dick Alden, Mr. Will Wikldal. Mr. Don Mulvane and Mr. lialnh Wunderlich will compose a pic nic party at Martin's hill this evening. Mrs Frank Reck anil Miss Helen Coddard will entertain Friday of next Week for Miss Olive Lewis. Notes and Personal Mention. Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Norton, Jr.. will leave Tnpeka soon for a permanent resi dence in Kansas City. Mr. Norton goes next Monday and Mrs. Norton will fol low him later in the week. Mrs. I. S. Lauck will be home from Colorado Saturday. Mrs. David Overmyer and her family and Miss Bessie Bates, who have been i-amping near Green Mountain Falls, left that place for Manitou Thursday. Miss Smedley of Philadelphia, who la Mrs. H. M. Philips' guest, goes homo Boon accompanied by her hostess who will spend several weeks in the east. Miss Mabel Hlllis will return to Pitts burg. Pa., earlv next week to resunr; her position as teacher of domestic sci ence in the Pittsburg public schools. Mrs. J. E. Hurley and her daughVr Hildegarde leave Saturday for a visit, in Las Vegas. N. M. Mrs. Dorr Norton Is in Kansas Ciiy and will i-eturn Saturday night accom panied by Mr. and Mrs. Harry Weaver w ho will spend Sunday here. Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Poindexter and family leave next Tuesday for Bedford, Indiana, to visit the Hatfield family. Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Parks left today for Colorado and New Mexico where they will spend several weeks. Mrs. H. B. Hogeboom and Miss Helen Hogeboom have gone to Fort Madison, Iowa, to visit their sister, Mrs. Newlon. Mrs. F. P. Baker has returned from Kansas City. Miss Hazel Mulvane, who has bet:n with Mrs. Will Sells at Maple Hill for a week, is home. Mrs. W. S. Kale has gone to Chicago for a few weeks' study in ceramic art with Mr. F. B. Aulich. Mr. Charles Lewis, of Independence, will arrive next week to visit his father, Dr. J. P. Lewis and attend the Lewis Chamberlain wedding. Mrs. George Thacher of Waterville is expected next week to visit her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. O. Knowles. Mrs. Anderson and Miss Pansy An derson, who have been guests of Mrs Thomas Durham, returned to their home In Kansas City today. Miss Anderson was the truest of honor at a party given by Miss Kose Mitchell Wednesday even ing. Mr. Ben Goddard left Colorado yester day for Portland, Oregon, and other Pa cific coast towns. Miss Mary Daniels will enter RadclitVie at Cambridge, Mass., this fall. Miss Florence Fellows has returned from a visit to Wamego-on-the-Kaw and "Camp Ramona" at Louisville Eprings Park, three miles north. Miss Jennie Fitzpatrick of Lawrence Is the guest of Miss Nellie Kirk. Miss Maud Bonner of Minneapolis, Kansas, is the guest of Mrs. G. F. Wor ley. Mrs. George W. Tincher and her little daughter Mary left this aftevnoon for Chicago t visit Miss Fay Tincher. Miss Edna Howard of 310 Tyler street has returned from a two months' visit eral hours, taking luncheon with him i and Mrs. Roosevelt. I This evening Secretary Cortelyou of I the department of commerce and labor and Representative B3bcock of Wiseon i sin. will be the guests of the president. Secietary Cortelyou will spend the nigha I at Sagamore Hill. MORE INTENSE. Public Interest in the Humbert Trial Is Growing. Paris. Aug. 21. Public interest is growing more intense as the Humbert trial is nearing its close ar.d the crowds at thu palace of justice were much augmented today. Although the gen eral expectation is that a verdict will he reached tonight, the court officials believe that the advocate general will reply to Maitre Labori, leading counsel for the defense, thus postponing the verdict until tomorrow. Among those who hve reserved places near the judges today was Senora Castro, wife of the president of Venezuela, who was accompanied by the Venezuelan minis ter. Maitre Labori continued his ad dress for the defense, urging that the largest creditors had acted through at torneys, who would be held responsi ble, while the small creditors would have been paid if the Rente Viagete had not been wrecked through the pre mature prosecution of the Humberts. WILL GO TO BELOIT. Myrtle May Wilson Offers No Ob jections. Myrtle May Wilson was ordered sent to the (Jills' Industrial school, at Beloit, by Probate Judge Hayden. The girl was willing to go to Beloit and requested the court to send her. Her father and mother have separated and the mother is in Kansas City. Five times the girl has tried to run away from home and go to her mother. Her father, R. H. Wilson, prefers to have her at Be loit than with her mother. REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS. C. M. Howlet to N. S. Passons, $1,000, lots 674-76-78 and SO Bolles avenue, M. D. sub. E. R. Banta to D. P. Dudley. $25, tract on Railroad avenue. Silver Lake. See record. D. L. and Kate Dudley to G. Dudley, $800. lots 536 and 538 Throop's fourth addition, also a tract on Railroad and Beaubien streets. Silver Lake. W. W. Baldwin and wife to E. A. Fleming. $3,100, lots 46S and 71 Clay street. King's addition. Alfred F. Hilton to Margaret Cow drey, $2,500. pt. s. w. V 30-11-16. Jas. L. Van Houten and wife to Jay Van Houten, $400. lot 193 and part 195 West street. Home's second addition. Mrs. A. S. Robinson and husband to Paul Jones. $600, lots 407-9 and 11 Clay street. King's addition. J. Chubb and wife to M. W. Bishir, $1, lots 164 and 162 and s 13 feet 106 Indiana avenue, Sunnyside addition. Baltimore and Return $31.25 Santa Fe. via All Sovereign Grand Lodge I. O. O. F. tickets on sale September 17, 18. 19. Final limit returning October 3. Lib eral, stopover privileges allowed. For further particulars, reservations, etc. see T. L. KING. Agent, Santa Fe Depot. The new passenger train on the Mis souri Pacific, leaving Topeka at 9:45 a. m. makes direct connection at Gar nett for all points south and west, ar riving at Independence 4:10 p. m.. Cof feyville 4:50, Eureka 3:42, El Drado 4:50, Wichita 5:50, Kiowa 9:25. MY ooooe TY"7. DRY faOODS I UMBRELLAS i Ladies' 26 inch fancy bordered Taffetas 5 colors just came to us big values at -S2.25 Ladies 26 inch, union serge cover, steel rod, the best assortment of handles that we have ever had special $1.00 Children's Umbrellas 18 in., 20 in. and 24 in. steel rod, taffeta and twill covers at 75d -Sl.OO. SI. 50 PARASOLS Your choice of 50 Parasols for Values up to $5.00. FANCY GOODS Bead Necklaces 25c value for Stick Pins 25c. and 35c values for Buckles and Belt Pins 25c values for Buckles and Belt Pins 50c values for. Pearl Waist Sets were 25c now Wrist Bags $1.50, SI. 65 and $1.75 values for. White Kid Belts were 25c and 50c now Book of Flood Views 25c one for Waist Sets were 25c and 50c for $1.00 .-10c 10c lOc ....25c 10c 81.00 ..10c 15c 15c "Vim" Beauty Brush half price 25c t fTARHEH f4.Cn02UY &C. f ALL OUR WHITE dry ooooe Wash Silk WAISTS I Misi On ON SALE SATURDAY as follows $3.50 Silk Waists for. $2.50 5425 1 Silk Waists for $2.98 $5.00 Silk Waists for $3.50 $7.50 Silk Waists for $5.00 All this season's styles. X X WARREN M.CR0S5Y&C9 DRY GOODS bO-4US MNS.4VE. I7ARREN M.CRQS3Y&C? I "3T3.DRY GOODS Z Children's Shoes !i COME WHERE THE GOOD SHOES ARE! S0R0SIS X These Children's Sorosis are as good fitting and as well X made as the Ladies' Sorosis. t Sizes from 8) to ll S2.50 are Sizes from 11' are to 2 -...$3.00 They are especially adapted to growing feet. OUR OWN SPECIAL Sizes from 2 to 5 are from 50o to SI. Sizes from 5a to 8 are from 80c to SI. Sizes from 8,S to 11 are from.. S1.50 to 1. Sizes from 11 lA to 2 are from.. $2.00 to 2. Ladies' sizes in the Spring Heels are Good styles and good stock. 15 50 I 75 t 50 i 50 1 X Soft Soles of all kinds from 25c to 75c X We will not sell a poor make of Shoes, and thought our prices are not the lowest, they are low considering the quality. There is no economy in buying poor Shoes. Try our Shoes. We guarantee the wear. X SHE KILLS A TIGER. Society Woman Slays a Large Beast in India. New York, Aug. 21. Few women can boast of killing two tigers, three bears two panthers and a number of smaller animals. This is the record established by Mrs. James C. Donnet, daughter of John H. Whitehouse of the Larches, Irvington-on-Hudson. Mrs. Donnot went to India some time ago with her husband, who is an officer in the Brit ish army, and her surprised and de lighted parents have Just received from her a letter which shows that their deli cately nurtured daughter has been teaching the athletic British girls a few things In the art of killing wild beasts in their native jungle. The letter is in part as follows: "I am the proud slayer of the largest tiger ever shot in India, and he fell at my first shot. He measures 10 feet 8 inches, has a perfect coat, and teeth 2 inches long. It took 16 men to carry him into camp, and I did it all myself, and it was such a difficult shot! I am a sort of big bug in camp now. The na tives bow down and kiss the hem of my dress, fpr I am the first lady who has ever shot in these jungles. Ah, I am a lucky beggar. So Just listea while I tell you about it. "We heard a tiger had killed a lot of deer in a piece of bamboo jungle about six miles off, so I got about 40 beaters together and took up our position near an open space, while the beaters went into the jungle with drums and horns, driving six buffalo in front and horns, and made hideous noises. After about half an hour, when the beat was nearly up to my tree, I saw a huge tiger. He was going full bat, so I saw it was a case of then or never, and although it was a very blind shot, I let blaze at the vanishing stripes as they flashed through the bamboos. "A roar and rush told me the monster was hit, but I could see nothing, as the jungle was so dense. When the shikar came up I told him where I had fired, and got down, and with loaded rifles we approached the spot, where, about 10 yards from where I fired, lay the very finest monster I ever saw, and his great striped body did indeed look like a slain king of the forest. The shikar and I all but hugged in our excitement. The monster was indeed glorious, with his 10 feet 8 inches spread out in their full, his gums rolled up, showing his enormous teeth, and his skin in its prime, and oh, so beautifully black and yellow. "I had already shot three bears, two panthers and a tiger, besides all sorts of deer and other smaller beasts, and when I saw that monster lying there, slain by my own hands, it was the 4. o You Want a Piano I You may think you cannot afford one just now but don't let that settle the matter until you have seen the fine, high-grade Pianos, and Org F r if which we are clearing out at such extremely low figures and on terms within the reach of all. These special prices will continue but a few days longer. Don't fail to investigate before this sale t 4

4 4 is over. STORE OPEN EVENINGS. 630 KANSAS AVENUE. Wo F. Boehr M USIC Go 4- proudest and happiest moment of my life, and I shall never get over the feel ing of exultation." MAIDS OF HONOR. Duties and Privileges of Those At tending Queen Alexandra. A peculiar interest attaches to the members of a royal household, and to few more than to the personal attend ants of a queen. In Queen Alexandra's household these consist of the mistress of the robes, the ladies of the bed chamber, the bedchamber women, and the maids of honor. Inscribing the du ties and privileges of the maids of honor, the Penny Magazine says the maids of honor are the companions of the queen's lighter moments, when the official duties and cares of the day have been laid aside, and music and other recreations are indulged in. Hence, it is almost needless to say, the maids must be youthful, attractive, accomp lished and sprightly. The office con veys with it the prefix of "honorable," and one of the number is always in at tendance at the place where the court may be residing, the term of attend ance varying from a fortnight to three weeks, according to the royal arrange ments The late Queen Victoria had eight maids of honor and two extra maids, but Queen Alexandra at present con tents herself with four. These are the Honorable Sylvia Gay Edwards, who was born in February, 1880, at Paris, and apDointed maid of honor to Queen Victoria on July 1, 1897, being the youngest lady ever appointed to that position by her late majesty; the Hon orable Dorothy Maud and Violet Viv ian, twin daughters of the late Lord Vivian, a distinguished diplomatist, and the Honorable Mary Dyke, daugher of Sir William Hart Dyke. All these young women were gazetted to their present positions on March 8, 1901. On marriage a maid of honor receives a dowry of $5,000 from the queen, but this is only bestowed when the queen's consent has been given to the marriage; and it is recorded that in 1768 the gift was refused to "one Mrs. Campbell, who had not her majesty's permission to marry." Ladies of such attractions, and enjoying the favor of royalty, have no lack of suitors for their hands, and usually make good matches. Within quite recent years two maids married gentlemen holding high positions in the court, and two others married into the peerage. COSTLY THIMBLES. The Queen of Siam Is Able to Wear a Fortune on Her Fingertip. Think of a thimble worth J75.000: And what possible use could any one, able to pay so much for such a trifle, have for it. It is very doubtful if the thimble in question has ever seen much service. It belongs to the Queen of Siam. having been presented to her by her husband, the king. The thimble is quite an excellent work of art. It is made of pure gold in the fashion of a half-opened lotus flower, the floral em blem of the royal house of Siam. It is thickly studded with the most beautiful diamonds and other precious stones, which are so arranged as to form the name of the queen, together with the date of her marriage. She regards this thimble as one of her most precious possessions. Not long since a Paris jeweler made a most elaborate thimble to the order of a certain well known American million aire. It was somewhat larger than the ordinary size of thimbles, and the agreed price was 125,000. The gold set ting was scarcely visible, so completely was it set with diamonds, rubies and pearls in artistic designs, the rubies showing the initials of the intended re cipient. This thimble was made as a birthday present to the millionaire's, daughter, who can now boast the pos session of the second most valuable thimble in the world. Her father was so much pleased with the fine work manship it showed that he ordered her another, but much less expensive one, to be made for presentation to the school companion and bosom friend of his fortunate child. Five or six years ago a jeweler In the west end of London was paid a sum of nearly $15,000 for a thimble which the pampered wife of a South American Croesus insisted on having made for her. This was one mass of precious gems, diamonds and rubies, which as thimble adornments seem to almost mo nopolize feminine taste, largely pre dominating. That eccentric prince, the late Ma harajah Dhuleep Singh, never did things by halves, and one of the most beautiful and costly thimbles ever made was that which was supplied to his order as a present for a great lady in Russia. The price of this ran well into four figures and the gems set in it were all pearls of great value and no less beauty. So were those in a highly treasured thim ble which, on the occasion of one of his visits to Europe, the late Shah of Per sia presented to a lady whose guest he was for a few hours. In the words of the delighted recipient, it looked like a cluster of glittering gems, which in re ality it was, save for the gold in which they were set. An expert in precious stones valued this thimble at $7,500. SHOT A MASKED MAN. An Express Messenger Defeats Would-Be Robber's Purpose. Leavenworth, Kan., Aug. 21. Express Messenger Bernie Duffy of Leavenworth proved himself capable of taking care of the express company's property last night, when single handed, he frustrated an attempt to rob the express car near Soldier, Karl., on the Leavenworth, Kan sas Western and put to flight, and it is thought, seriously wounded a masked robber. The train, passenger No. 41, leaves Leavenworth at 5:40 o'clock. The run had been made without unusual incident till a point within one mile of Soldier had been reached. The grade makes a slight rise here and the speed is natur ally slackened a little owing to the proximity to the station. Just at this point at 8:30 o'clock, a man sprang into the side door of the baggage car with a mask over his face. Messenger Duffy saw him the very moment his form appeared in the door and he acted instantly. Seizing his gun he aimed at the masked figure and fired. Whether the shot struck the would-be robber or not it could not be told, but following the shot he sank back through the door. Instead of stopping the train kept on and gave Duffy no chance to ascertain whether his aim had-. been true. From Soldier the sheriff at Holton was notified of the attempted holdup and at once placed the deputy sheriff at Sol dier on the case. The train was in charge of Conductor Jim Hall and Engineer Purcell, both Leavenworth men. It is believed that the robber taking advantage of the slackened speed of the train in going up the grade planned to spring aboard as he did do but here his plan failed for his appearance didu't in the least frighten nervy Bernie Duffy, who at once emptied his gun at him. WANTS INDUSTRIOUS WIFE Daniel Overmeyer's Requirement Is That She Milk Eight Cows. Indianapolis, Ind., Aug. 21. Daniel Overmeyer, a wealthy Pulaski county farmer, is hunting northern Indiana for a wife. He is now at North Manchester to meet a woman he has been in cor respondence with. He has many answers to his advertisements for a wife, but has not yet made a choice. Mr. Over meyer has been married twice and has seven children. Mr. Overmeyer has eight cows to milk morning and evening, and he says he wants a woman with strong wrists. "The one in Angola so far promises best." he said, "though the letters of the North Manchester woman suited me much bet ter. She did not say much of love, but one could tell she was just full of lov ing affection, and was trying to conceal it." World's Fair Station. In view of the fact that many thou sands of people will travel to St. Louis over the Wabash railroad, it is interest ing to remark the facilities provided by this road. The Wabash has definitely determined upon the plans for a large station and terminal at the approach of the exposition. The Wabash1 road will build a station with 300 feet of frontage on a grand entrance plaza, 400x700 feet, which the exposition will maintain at the main gateway at Lin deli and De Baliviere avenues. The plaza will be cut off the end of, the Cat lin tract, on which The Pike is to be lo cated. A subway 200 feet wide will carry street car passengers under the main tracks of the Wabash where they cross De Baliviere avenue at Forsyth Junc tion. The tracks will be elevated at this point. At no point near the main gateway of the World's fair will dif ferent kinds of traffic cross on the same level. Fifteen spur tracks will leave the Wabash main line 1.500 feet east of De Baliviere avenue, and, entering the eastern portion of the interlocking sys tem. Provision has been made in the trackage plans to assure the unloading or loading of at least 50.000 passengers every day. Excursion trains will enter and leave the terminal spurs on the same track. The Wabash main line will carry four tracks for the entire distance along the north front of the exposition. Through trains will stop at platforms along the main tracks on the north side of the leased tract, and in the Immed iate proximity to the World's fair sta tion. Buffalo Courier. July 27th, 1903. Homeseeker's Ezcursions. Via Chicago Great Western railway to points south, southwest, west, north and northwest at one fare plus $2.00 for the round trip, on sale September 1 and 15. Free reclining chair cars, dining and cafe cars on which you pay only for what you order, on all trains. For fur ther particulars apply to any 5reat Western agent, or J. P. Elmer, G. P. A., Chicago, 111. The sale at 723 West Tenth street was a grand success. J. M. Ashbaugh cried the sale. wbena. 1 is-attaclied to your gas "0 a s f raptfe you become vaur.Hter J attached to it. fh Just like one "r of the Family; to JrV. J A. BtrtH fox? 2-' it Heak Warer'wiotilxnvrio your bed rooms hot.. 9-u Call at our office and see a Modern Gas Range in operation. "We sell them 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. EXCELSIOR COKE AND GAS GO. 435 KANSAS AVENUE. To Baltimore in ScPcmber Good place to visit. Good time to go there. Round-trip rate from Topeka is only $31.25 Selling dates, September 17, 18 and 19. Return limit (by extension) October 3. Washington, Philadelphia and New York are only a few hours from Baltimore. This is a very unusual opportunity to see them at the pleasantest time of year. A. M. FULLER, C. P. A., TOPEKA, KANSAS. vi MAUL 1IM lUriSKA THE I J. K. J. J PAINTS BUY OF ME. AND PAY BUT ONE PROFIT. J. K. JONES 805 Kansas Avenue. Dttiimrsr Crvla rvlnIwli For the Tonrlrt who dmirai io Bnitut ummiiiij pleasnre with comfort at moderate cost, STEAMSHIP Porlho Staking Health in the balmV H For the Business man to build up hit Three (ailing each week bntween Chicago. Frankfort, Charlevoix, Patoskry, Harbor Springe and Mackir.ac Island, connectine- for ueirojt, Barraio, etr. Deekiet free. JOS. BEROLZHEIM. rj. p. A vmcago. H A! AlVITTYMT rg pm j Yev 1 r

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TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL,, FRIDAY EVENING. AUGUST 21 j 1903. 9 ONLY A MODEL. BUSINESS DIRECTORY. BY A. B. CHARTER. mm She Mt at the window constantly. I'm not a Jealous woman, but I must, ay I could not help noticing that from the first. -The window was opposite the dining room window, and the dining-room was also our sitting-room. And there she was all the time Charles Augustus was at home. I did not see him look at her, bat of course he did. Men are all alike. Besides, it I saw her, why shouldn't he? If he had frankly owned it, I'd have BOt thought of the matter; but when I said to him, "That's rather a pretty girl. Isn't it?" and he said, "What girl?" and I said, "At the window," and be aid, "Haven't seen a soul there" why I began to be suspicious. So, when I'd said. "Ah!" Just "ah!" I said no more, but I watched; and the more I watched the more unpleasant matters grew. You would not have liked it either, to see a bold-faced thing like that staring at your husband, I can tell you; not so much as pretending to read or sew, or anything. I am a little near-sighted, and I couldn't tell what her expression" was. but the very way she carried her head was enough for me. I'll tell you just where the window was; not opposite, but at the side, as it were. Our house was the first house in the street, and the house with the win dow was the first in the street that crossed it. At first I contented myself with pull ing down the blinds, but she never minded that. Then I stared at her af ter Charles Augustus had gone out, you know for she kept there still. But a man came to the window, and of course I had to go away. I suppose he pulled their blinds down, for down they were at all events, pretty soon, and I congratulated myself; but next morning they were up again, and there she was, with her hair in puffs i and curls, as though she were going to a ball. No woman ever dressed her hair in that way before breakfast without having some good reason for it. Now, Charles Augustus and I had only been married a year, and I had no fault to find with him; but still, men are so much alike the world over, and it was edd ha never spoke of her. If he had said, "What a very forward young per son," or, "It must annoy you, my dear, to have any one staring like that into your room," or something of that sort, it would have seemed so much better. I felt sure he noticed her, and at last I knew it. He had bidden me good-by Just as fondly as possible, and pretend ing that he had something to do which j obliged him to go out earlier than usual; and, ten minutes after, happening to go to my window, I saw him in that j room, yes, at tha very window, with that impudent creature. I felt my head swim, and I couldn't see or hear any thing for a moment. Then I summoned all my courage. "Edith Robbins." I said to myself, "you must do something. You must not ait down tamely and let this go on. Put on your hat, go round the corner, enter the door and face that creature; put an end to this abominable flirtation at once, before worse comes of it." At once I grew strong. I rose and put on my hat and jacket. I took my par asol in my hand, and, choking down my tears, walked slowly out of tha door I had entered a happy bride 12 months before. Should I ever be happy again? I did not know; perhaps this was but the dawn of some great misery. I turned tha corner and entered the hallway of the first house. It was dingy and dark. It did not suggest the neigh borhood of refined people. The doors were all closely shut, but I made my way along the hall and knocked at the first one. Soma one caMed "Come in." I opened the door and entered. The first thing that caught my eyes was a tall figure, sitting in an armchair, wrapped in a sheet. A man was bending over her. Something glittered in the air. I recognized the face of Charles Au guatua in the sheeted form, and the ruffian who had stared at me in the dreadful creature who brandished the weapon over his head. It was all plain jx me. He had by some means been be guiled into this awful place that he might be robbed and murdered. I gave a shriek and fainted away. When I came to myself Charles Au gustus was clasping me in his arms, and a strange man held a oologne bot tle to my noee, while the bold creature I had noticed stared dawn at me. I gasped: "Where am I?" And Charles Augustus answered very kindly, but not very cheerfully, "In the hairdresser's, my dear, and as it is Just the hour when it is busiest, the sooner we get home the better, I think." And then I began to understand. They wrap gentlemen up in sheets before they cut their hair and shave them, you know, and the deadly weapon was a razor. And the bold creature well, thre she stood, and she certainly had her hair curled and puffed but as be low her shoulders she was only a wood en block, it did not matter. I had been Jealous of a hairdresser's sign! Short Stories. Alwari IVaatB the Beat. An old German couple, said to be living in Germantown, had recently met slight financial reverses, which caused the wife considerable worri ment. while her better half was in clined to take the matter philosoph ically and make the best of the situa tion. In the course of her complaints she one day said: r"Ach! I wish I vos dead!" "I don't," said her husband. "I ish I vos in a beer saloon." "Dot's It! Dot's it!" replied the spouse. "Dot's Just like you; you al ways vanU de best" Philadelphia Ledger. Everybody recis the State Journal. V V'-' 'T u.i jfc.1, -yr CfaZZfil ilX L It vOT x-L Y -Jqy2js 11 2&zo cloud ?SZ2AV X C .SC Chief of the Sioux, Slowly Passing Away at Pine Ridge Agency, S. D. These portraits of Chief Red Cloud, his wife and daughter, are from the lat est photographs taken of this most in teresting family. The career of Red Cloud has been a most notable one. He rose from obscurity to the command of all the Sioux nations, a position won by his personal bravery. As the most nota ble aborigine of this continent, the passing of Red Cloud should be consid ered an historic and epochal event. THE ABSENT-MINDED JONES Jones of Greenville was probably the most absent-minded man in the state of Pennsylvania or any other state to be named. There were even times when he forgot that he was married, and it was one of these lapses that brought about his death. If he wasn't bothered with business, he remembered that he had a wife and two children. If busi ness matterfi vexed him, he might say to any woman who entered his store: "Five yards of calico, eh? Certainly, madam. I do not remember to have seen your face before. May I inquire your nam?" 'It is Johnson, and I have known you for tha last seven years." Exactly. Did I ever ask you to marnv me?" J, "Tever." "Didn't I ever sit un with you Sun day nlchts?" "Never, sir. "Well, I'm a little absent-minded, and you'll have to excuse me." The woman was likely to go home and tell her husband, and the latter would rush over to Jones and ex- "See here, now, but you'll get your head knocked off it you talk that way to my wife arain." "Your wife? But I don't even know your wife!" the astonished Jones would reoly. "But she was Just in here after calico." "Was that your wife? Well, well! And all I said to her was that it was a pleasant dav! As a sort of test of Jones" absent mindedness, he was told one morning that five men had been killed at the railroad depot. He expressed his sym- paimes. ana ten minutes later he was told the same thing over again. This was continued until he had been told fifteen different times. Then a man dropped in and carelessly inquired: well, Jones, any news today? "Not a bit," was the reply. "Wasn't there an accident somewhere around town this morning?" "Haven't heard of any." "What was Griggs telling you half an hour asro?" "Griggs? Griggs Oh, yes, I remem ber; Griggs, the carpenter. Iet's see. Why, he was saying something about an earthquake in Japan, I believe, but I didn't pay much attention!" A few weeks after that Jones had to go to Pittsburg on business. He had his errand written down in four different note books and there was hope that he would accom plish it without trouble. At the hotel where he put up he met a widow who was trav eling and had lost her pocketbook by theft. His sympathies went out at once and In his mental excitement he forgot his past particularly the fact that he was a mar ried man. He began to talk tenderly and kindly and within live hours had offered himrelf in marriage. The widow sized him up for a good man and accepted him and the marriage ceremony took place in the hotel parlor next morning. An hour later Jones was recognized by a fellow townsman, and of course he was in hot water. He had committed blgamv and the widow felt so wronged and insulted that she caused his arrest at once. When he was arrested all he could say was: "Dear, dear me. but I'd clean forgotten that I was ever married. I'm not sure that I ever really was before, but if they say so I shall have to believe it." The judge said that matrimony was too sacred to be trifled with in that way, and Jones was sent to jail until he could get ball. There was a delay of three or four days, and he caught a heavy cold in his damp cell and died of pneumonia before the case came to trial. When his wife came on to see him she upbraided him. as "a oniy natural, ana ne replied: How was I to remember when I had so much else to think about? You ought to have tied a string around my finger or put it down on one of the books. Yes. 1 remcmher now that we were married about fifteen years ago. How are the chil dren, or didn't we ever have any?" An hour before he died or when told death was near, he quietly replied: "So I m going to die. eh? It sort o" seems as if I had died before, but mebhe not. I'll try and remember about It this time, however. "(Copyright, liK-3, by C. B. Lewis.) The Ainu of Japan. The Ainu lives in the most primitive manner possible. They have adopted the dress of the Japanese, but the housea are very unlike any seen in Japan. They are made of rice straw. roofed with a thatching of reeds. How the natives ever survive the winter is diffi cult to understand. In the center of the room is the fire place, frojn which the smoke floats out into the room, at times becoming almost suffocating. An open ing in the roof is supposed to serve as an outlet, but the smoke does not al ways And it. Over the fire hangs a huge iron kettle and into it are thrust all sorts of fish, animal and vegetable food, to be dished up later in a sort of com HA&y730 CLOUD. posite chowder. Around two sides of the room is a slightly raised platform, upon which the whole family range themselves for the night, without bed ding of any sort in the summer, and only a scanty supply in the winter. During the winter the favorite pas time of the Ainu is hunting, the prize find being a bear cub. This is never killed, but the mother having been dis posed of. the cub Is captured alive and carried home amid great rejoicings. A place of abode for the cub is erected near the family hut, and every atten tion is bestowed upon it. As a race the Ainu are sturdy tn ap pearance, but are peaceable and not given to war like the Japanese. The marked feature of the men is a hairy growth upon the entire body, like that upon a wild animal. A creepy sensa tion takes possession of one in looking upon these walking, talking creatures. so intelligent and yet presenting some what the outward appearance of gi gantic monkeys. The Housekeeper. THIRTY MINUTES LEFT. A tough-looking man had inquired of the station agent at Clymer three differ ent times as to when the eastbound train went out and as he came back the fourth time the agent scowled and re plied: "Haven't I answered your question three times?" "You hev, mister, but I want to make mighty sure of It." "Well, if you are here when the train goes you can go with it. It's no use to bother me again." "I don't want to bother you nor no body else," slowly replied the questioner "but mebbe you don't understand how I'm fixed. I'm Prairie Sam's partner." "Well?" "Sam got into a little shooting scrape uptown this forenoon." "I heard of it." "And about an hour ago the boys turned out and h'isted him up to a limb." "Yes. and I was one of the h'isters. Why didn't we pull you up at the same time?" "Bekase the blame limb didn't seem stout 'nuff to hold both of us, and the crowd was too tired to hunt around and find another. They gimme two hours to leave town in. One of the hours has gone, and I'm kinder anxious about the other. I kin buy or borrow a cayuse and ride out if that train won't ha here on time, but I'd a heap rayther take the kyars. I don't want to bother you nor nobody, as I said before, but under the carcumstances "I see. Well, the train will be here in half an hour." "Good!" That gives me 30 minits to play on, and I won't look fur a hoss. Nice weather, this?" "Beautiful weather for a lynching bee." "Of course. That's what a meant. I'll Jest step up and take one long, lingerin' look at Sam. and then come back and ketch the train and leave you folks to run this durned town after any durned old way you want to." M. Quad. Modern Feeding. Health, which is a London periodical. Is exasperated over a report that an American woman has patented a pork- and-bean tabloid, a pint of which, it is clatmed. will keep a man alive tor a week. Health doesn't like this tabloid idea, and in harsh terms denounces the whole tabloid business as "the result of the abominable quick-lunch system. The tabloid, according to Health, is "the Juiceless and tasteless fruit of a hurry-up age, when humanity has be come seized with the delusion that there is not time enough for anything, that human ingenuity must expand It self in creating devices for outwitting nature. We shall soon," declares our London contemporary, "be in a tabloid age, when we won't stop to eat anything or do anything as the all-wise Maker intended us to do." Without wishing to sanction the tabloid particularly, we would like to ask Health if the all-wise Maker intended man to sit at a mahog any table for about two hours at a stretch, as the proper Englishman is supposed to do, have his dinner served in a dozen courses, each with wine or something ennllv gool, and smoke cig arettes ben.een times? We don't know anyt'Mn? about it and don't pretend to, only if the all-wise Maker had a special desire to have man eat that way, why did our ancestors begin so rudely? Why didn't they do it in the Knglish way from the first? We are inclined to be lieve that Health is unnecessarily im patient. The tabloid may have short comings at present, but who can tell what may develop from it? Man has risen from roots and berries to the course dinner of today. Long in the future a tabloid eater may look back and wonder how we of the present age could summon the courage to put into our mouth the things upon which we subsist. After all, the proof of the tab loid will have to be in the eating. Chi cagi Record-Herald. THE NEGKO IMPROVES. Race Conditions Are Far Better Than They Might Be. There have been a- good many exhi bitions of race friction of late, and these will doubtless occur from time to time in the future. Human nature will have to Improve a good deal before they are totally done ayay with- But race conditions in the south are growing better rather than worse, and those who deny this statement are not able to see things in their true perspective. While a large proportion of the negroes in the United States are doubtless de scended from people brought from Afri ca as slaves prior to the legal abolition of the slave trade, early in the nine teenth century, it is true, nevertheless. that the slave trade flourished on a large scale up to the very eve of the civil war, and that we have thousands, possibly millions, of black people here. whose grandparents, or at least their great grandparents, were born as sav ages in the wilds of Africa. Slavery in the united States had its hard side lor these people considered as a race, but it also had its great advantages as a dis ciplinary period. It made possible for them a life of freedom under civilized conditions. The future historians will see clearly that while African slavery in the United States was gravely detri mental to the welfare of the white race it was, upon the whole, very advan tageous to the negroes. They nave been making progress since their emancipa tion of which they have reason to be proud, and the outlook for them is an exceedingly bright and hopeful one. When all history making factors of the situation are taken into account, they are to be congratulated on a present position and a future prospect almost unequaled in the history of any people, ancient or modern. For the condition of the negroes in the south Is to be Judged by what it was and what it might have been, and comparisons are to be made with the conditions and progress of negro people elsewhere. Re view of Reviews. An observation now we make As on the old world plunges; One touch of nature makes us kin, But two will make us sponges. Puck. St. Peter What did you do on earth? Spirit I was the leader of an excursion band. "Well take your things over to the Christian Science department. They don't know over there wnat aiscora is. .uue. "You haven't charged me nearly as much for half-soline these shoes as I expected." "No. ma'am. We charge according to the size of the snoe. cnicago lrmune. KANSAS FAIHS. Following is a list of fairs to be held in Kansas In 1!3: WKSTKHN STATE FAIRS FOR 1903. w starp fair. Dps Moines. Aue. 21-29. Minnesota State fair, Hamline, Aug. 31- Sept. 5. Nebraska State fair, Lincoln. Sept. 4-11. Kansas Stute fair, Topeka. Sept. 14-19. tllinni state fair. Sent. 26-Oct. 3. Texas State fair, an Antonio. Sept. 26- Oct. 11. St. Louis fair. Oct 5-11. COUNTY FAIRS. Allen County Agricultural society J. T. Trpdwav. secretary. Iola Sept. 8-11. Barton County Fair association James W. Clark, secretary, Great Bend; Aug. 25- 2S. Hiawatha Fair association (Brown coun saved the visitors from a third shutout. ty) Elliott Irving, secretary, Hiawatha; Sept. s-ll. Butler County Fair association J. W. Roblson. secre tary. i:.i ioraao: uct. fr-3. Ufa-ins Vnrk and lair association (Chau tauqua county) V. N. Whitney, secretary. Cellar vale. Clay County Fair association E. E. Hoones secretary. Clay Center: Sent. 8-11. Cofl'ey County Agricultural Fair associa tion J. E. VN OOOLuru, actrciary, xiurilllg-t.m- Sent 8-1L Eastern Cowley Fair association (Cowley county) Ed E. Reed, secretary. Burden; Sept. lfi-18. Cowley County Agricultural and Stocj Show association W. J. Wilson, secretary. Y-iT,finM- S.nt. 8-11. Franklin County Agricultural society Sarey M. Irorter, sevrttary, uiwha; Dept. Varvey County Agricultural society J. C. Niohcison, 5fcrtituy, ifcuiuu, oeui. 6- Jackson County Agricultura and Fair association S. B. cu.tr, secretary, aoi ton: Sept. 1-4- M Jefferson County. Agricultural and Me- r? -'AND PULL AN A. r. V. Call Box or call either" telephone No. 61 and have your Want Ada brought to tha State Journal of fice by free mes senger service. Cost of classified ads Sve cents per tine of six worda to the line and every traction thereof. WANTED MALE HELP WANTED Man to work on farm. Apply 616 Kansas ave. WANTED First class laundry body iron er. American Steam Laundry Co., 114 W. 7th st. WANTED Boys to sell the Saturday Ev ening Post. Inqire or address Upton L. Irvin, jr., 913 Morris ave., exclusive agent. WANTED Men with wives for hotel and ranch work in New Mexico. Capital Employment office, 811 Kansas ave. WANTED Man accustomed to care of horses: references necessary. 231 Top. av. WANTED Strong boy for chores not un der 17; references. S. E. corner 8th and Quincy sts WANTED Men to learn barber trade, few weeks completes, splendid wages paid graduates, tools given, diplomas granted, board provided, can earn all expenses be fore completing. Catalogue explains how, mailed free. Moler Barber college, St. Louis, Mo. WASTED FEMALE HELP. WA6AT"?heimrA venue hotel, 2 waitresses and 2 chambermaids. WANTED Kitchen girls S. E. corner of 8th and Quincy sts. WANTED Women to pick cucumbers. First farm north of Garfield park on Kansas ave. Can make good wages. N. Leach. WANTED Sewing girl and dressmaking apprentice. 813 xyler st. WANTED 2 cooks. 1 lor day and 1 for night, wages 414 per monin: steaay em ployment. Apply at 429 Kansas ave at 9 o'clock a. m. R. O. -Hilliard. WANTED Cooks, waitresses, maids.house keepers, house girls, laundry help, hotel clerks, lunch counter people, farm hands. R. R. men. 811 Kansas ave. capital em ployment office. WANTED A white girl for general house work. fl W. iOLU WANTED Competent white girl for gen eral housework, loza inmore at. WANTED SITUATIONS. WANTED Sewing, both plain and good, at home, or will go out by the day, at 1712 Bolles ave. WANTED Position" as housekeeper by a miaaie agea nuinnii, wuu ucp ui def ences. A. M. S., 328 Quincy St. WANTED Position by experiencerf lady stenoeraDher or office work. xr. to. ii-, care Journal. WHEN vou want to hire a man or boy. call un" T. M. C. A., telephone 311. We have a list of men and confidential ref erences concerning: them. Y. M. C. A Employment Bureau. 117 K. tigntn st. WANTED AGENTS WANTED Agents to represent one of the best old line lgal reserve insurance companies in the world; liberal contract to the right kind of solicitors. Call at room 23, crawfora oiag. (i. .c. carnaoy, manager. WANTED Several persons of character and good reputation in each state (one in this county required) to represent and advertise old established wealthy business house of solid financial standing, balary $21 weeklv with expenses additional, all payable in cash direct each Wednesday from head omces. worse ana carnHge iur nlshed when necessary. References. En close self-addressed envelope. Colonial, Caxton bldg., Chicago. WANTED SALESMEN. WANTED Salesmen for full line ot AtKt- f ru t v work. Ikwrence Nur sery Co.. Lawrence. Kan. WANTED MISCELLANEOUS. WANTED Furnished room in modern house, close in. N. A. l., journal. WANTED House about 8 rooms, close to ave., modern. Address M., care journal. WANTED To rent 4 room cottage close in by Sept. 1. 11. K., care journal. PERSONAL. LADIES Magnolia Blossom is a positive and permanent cure for female weakness. ten aavs irtamieia ucc, ..ijin-nuii-iciHT; solicited. Mrs. M. Green, 1176 Woodward ave., lopeka. i-hanlral association George A. Patterson. secretary. Oskaloosa; Sept. 1-4. Jewell county Agricultural association H R Honey, secretary. Mankato; Sept. 14;17. Frankfort fair association taiarsnaii county) J. u. ctregg, eecreiary, r rans.- fort; Sept. S-ll. -vinrshall County Fair association E. L Miller, secretary, Marysvillc. Sept. 15-1S. Miami County Agricultural and Mechan ical Fair association W. A. Bradbury, secretary. Paola; Sept. S-ll. Mircneu ouniv Ai;ntunuidi dB.,jcictLiijn H. A. Phelps, secretary, .eeloit; Sept. 30- Oct. 3. Morris County Exposition Co. M. F. Amrine, secretary, council Grove; Sept, 22-25. Krmaha Countv Fair association W. R. Graham, secretary, S-neca; Sept. 1-4. Necsho county fair association sn. Lodge, secretary, Erie; Sept. 2-Oct. 2. Chanute Agricultural Fair, Park and Driving association (Neosho jounty) 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. Shimeall, secretary, Norton; Sept. 1 Central Kansas Fair association (Reno county) Ed M. Moore, secretary, Hutchin son: Sept. 14-19. Osage County Fair association E. T. Price, secretary. Burlingame: Sept. 1-4. Rice County Agricultural Fair and Live Ptock association W. T. Brown, secreiaiy. Sterling: Sept. 1-4. Kiley County Agricultural society E. C Newby, secretary. Kiley; Sept. 1-4. Rooks County Fair association Olmer Adams, secretary, Stockton. Saline County Agricultural. Horticul tural and Mechanical association H. B. Wallace, secretary. Salina: Sept. 8-11. Wichita State Fair association (Sedgwick county II. G. Toler, secretary, Wicnita. Mulvane Agricultural association (Sum ner county) Newton Shoup, secretary, Mulvane. Fredonia Agricultural association (W 11 aon county) J. T. Cooper, secretary, Fre donia: Aug. 25-28. Stafford County Fair association Geo. B. Moore, secretary. St. John; Amj. 13-21. v TOPEKA TRUNK FACTORY. TOPEKA TRUNK MANUFACTORY. manufacturers and jobbers of. trunks, traveling bags, telescope cases, leather ?;ccds. etc. $10 Kansas ave. George V. tossfcld. proprietor. Tel. 438. UNDERTAKERS EMBALXERS. DEMOSS Oc PEN WELL. Funeral Direc tors and Embalmera. First class service reasonable prices. 511 Quincy. Both tela. 1H2. GEO. B. PALMER, undertaker. Estab lished 1871. Price reasonable. TeL office 146. Reaiuence 7. 621 Jackaon at. PATENTS. J. A. ROSEN. Patent Attorney, 413 Kanaaa ave., Topeka. PA VINO. THE OFFICE of tha Capital City Vitri fied Brink and Paving Co.. haa been .re moved to 113 W. 8th au RUG FACTORY. WANTED You to :et us make you' old carpeua into tugs. Call 'phones 421 o addreas M cCormick Peake, 52 Jackaoi. JEWELER AND OPTICIAN. t". W. SWEARING EN, jeweler snd grsrt bate opticmn. We guarantee every pair nf siassea to tit and every watch we re pa a. We carry IB largest line of watches, clockn, diamonds, cut glasa, etc.. in the city. Watcn inspector U. p. R, 1L Kansas ava. CARPENTERS AND BUILDERS. M. W. MIJLU Carpenter and Builder. Shop 112r West Eighth st. 'Phone 163. Job work promptly done. Topeka, Kan. SPORTING GOODS. J. C. ELLIOTT. 728 Kansas ave.. genera! eportiiig goods, guns, ammunition, base ball suvpliea, tisruiig tackle, retngerator baskets. Sprat's Uo food and iueuicirea; 'peons 675. STORAGE MERCHANTS' TRANSFER STORAGE Co. packs, ships and atorea household goods, xei. un, clarence Biunnei, iu. 6th it. MONEY. MONET TO LOAN on live stock, planoa. organs, typewrltera, household goods ai-.d personal security. 1. ttiscoe. fck.aa. Ave. HARDWARE. THE COCOHL1N HARDWARE CO. Hardware, stoves, fine tools. iw Kanaaa ave. Tel. 696. ARCHITECT. ARCHITECT. T. H. LESCHER. 920 MONROF ST. HIGH-BRED STALLION. JACKDAW, the most successful aire in the west and sire of Maxine, cham pion trotter lor year iau2. Is making summer and tail season at Prairie Dell farm, 4 miles west of Topeka. K. I. Lee. CARPET CLEANING. WANTED You to have cleaned. McCormicit phones 421. your carpeta Peake. Tele- FOR RENT ROOMS. FOR RENT Furnished rooms; all mod ern conveniences, bath, etc; southwest. 5th aud Madison. FOR RENT 2 nice rooms, together, or separately; modern conveniences. 718 Taylor st. FOR RENT Furnished room. Call after 4 p. m. 519 Van Buren st. FOR RENT 3 rooms west end 12th St., no children, pure air, fine place, good water, 3 blocks from Lowman Hill car line. FOR RENT Furnished room, modern, at 514 Monroe. St. FOR RENT Furnished rooms 618 Monroe; also Fisher piano for sale or rent. FOR RENT Store room 830 Kansas ave, W. E. Sterne. FOR RENT 1 furnished room for light housekeeping 306 E. 10th st. Inquire 636 Quincy. FOR RENT 3 rooms In desirable iocatlon to a family without children. S. C. S., Journal. FOR RENT Nicely furnished large front rocm. south and east exposure; house modern, bath, gas; for gentlemen. ll'iti Van Buren st. FOR RENT One furnished room 604 W. 8th st. JFORJRENT HUSES FOR RENT 8 room thoroughly modern new brick house 1008 Monroe st., $25 per month; cistern and wash house in the yard. Inquire 301 E. 10th st. FOR SALE MISCELLANEOUS. FOR SALE Sow and pigs, 2 cows, at 3uo Lawrence st. Call FOR SALE 2 Jersey cows, 1st housd west of green house V. 10th st. FOR SALE Good second hand surrey, cheap. Hearick's Carriage Works. FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE A small stock of groceries and fixtures by Sopt. 1. Address J. H. H., care Journal. FOR SALE Cigar, news, confectionery store, cheap if sold at once; owner leav ing city. 105 W. 7th st. FOR SALEI One young fresh milk cow; also buggy, at 613 E. 2d st. FOR SALE Good paying business cheap. Good investment. A. H. B care Journal. FOR SALE Cheap, Journal route No. 12. Address H. P. Pond, 2003 Euclid ave. FOR SALE Old established bakpry, do ing a good business. 316 E. 4th st. FOR SALE One roller top office desk, first class condition. 106 Kansas ave. easy terms. C. J. Moore, 1355 Garfield ave. FOR SALE A good family driving mare. MISCELLANEOUS. READY FOR BUSINESS Having made extensive rfpairs and improvements in my mill and warehouse, I am better pre pared than ever to take care of large -ir-ders. Feeders. I want your orders. Farm ers I want vour grain. D. O. Coe, llu E. Sixth st. Both 'phones 33a. PATRONIZE Howard's little furniture store because they downed the prices. John L. dickers in real estate; everything goes. 309 Kansas ave. "CO-ACTION PRICE" fully explained at 525 North Kansas ave. every day at noon. C. F. Sash, chairman committee of arrangements for Sept. 7. American Labor league. FELLOW Traveller, to tn oar of God. who drinks I Do you wish to get on with the sober worl? If so. call or write De Voe Liquor Cur Co., 534 Kansas ave. and 1U2 E. bixxth Topeka. Kan. EXPRESS DELIVERY. FOR BAGGAGE and moving call tip 'phone 8t, Athertoo Bros. Offica 1(3 East 6th at. COAL DEALERS. SOUTHWESTERN FUEL CO.. TElEPHONifl 193. N. E. COR. 8TH AND KAN. AVBL AU Klnda of Coal. Beat Quality. Full Weight. Prompt Delivery. BICYCLES AND REPAIRING. TOPEKA AUTOMOBILE AND CTCLH Co. Tel. 7U6. Bioyclea and sundries; bi cycles and tandema tor rent; repairing of all lunda. U. S. CYCLE CO., 118 K. 8th at. National 4b Iver-Johnson bicycles. Suppuea. repairs. FLORISTS. MRS. M. E. HOLCItAFT, ST. Kanaaa eve. Cu". fiowera and floral Assigns. 'Phjne 17V CUT FLOWERS and floral deaigns at Hayea'. 107 W. 8th at. Both 'pbaaea S77. WALL PAPER. O. McGEE, wall paper, paints and bruahea. Houm (Muntuag aud yapr hanging. CtUl and get pricea belor buying eiawh6i. 61U Jackson au Bell teUphou 6Mi Blue pendent telephone 557. STAMPS, SEALS AND STENCLLi THE J. C. DARLING CO.. 734 Kan. Ava. Rubber stamps, braaa and aluminum trad check. Pricea low. catalogue tree. Tel. itsi. JEWELERS. JAMES B. HAYDEN, Jeweler and Opt: clan. Couipleta loc of watches, dia monds, silverware, etc. Eyea examined and spectaclea properly fitted. DRUGGISTS TOPEKA DRUG CO., 731 Kansas ave. TL ii. Presctipuona promptly aud accurate ly filled. All ainda aoda diuika at toumaixc PHYSICIANS AND aUit JOi'Ji. IDA C. BABNES. M. D. Office 726 Kansas ave. Residence Thir teenth and Clay. Ctuce hours; a a. m. ta il a. n. and p. m. to 5 p. so. Telepaona baa residence, and 16 office. f KEK DISPENSARY. TOPEKA FREE DISPENSARY, south east corner Uiu and Tyler ata., from X to 3 p. ni., except Sundays. Conducted by regular piacticiug pliyuiciana tor tha benent of persons without means wha need a.tdicW attention and treatment. Pa tients are assured of cireful and consid erate treatment. Medicine furnished in most cases. HAIR DRESSING. SWITCHES, pompadours, all kinds of hair work. Mrs. Van Vleck. 222 E. 6th. MUSICAL. WORRAIj, 71 Polk, plane- lessons, pupil's home, 60c Church and lodge playing Ire. FOR SALE -REAL ESTATE. $3,200. Modern cottage house 7 rooms, bath and wide hall, furnace, gas, laundry in cellar, sink and cistern water in kitchen, grate in parlor, conveniently planned: non-resident owner says sell quick at above bargain price. W. M. FORBES. 107 West Seventh St. FOR SALE Elegant Improved farm 1,600 acres, 400 acres in cultivation, 1,200 in grass, plenty of good water located in Phillips Co., Kan., 7 miles from Logan. Grass will take 300 cattle now. Can give possession in time for wheat sowing. Price $12.50 per acre. Write J. B. Hicks, Logan, Kan. FOR SALE New modern cottage 6 rooms, close in, iy2 lots, easy terms. Owner leav ing the citv Fred Oliver, 409 E. 10th St. STRAYED OR STOLEN. STRAYED From east Topeka on starch factory road, Saturday, Aug. 15, a large black sow. Reward for information. G. W. Richardson, 236 Daviea st. STOLEN Lady's bicycle, frame red, guard yellow, saddle double and mended with plate under bolt head. Reward at 1237 Clay st. AUCTION. AUCTION Tomorrow, corner 5th and Quincy, commencing sharp at 1:30, the finest of furniture, horses, cows. 2 fine phaetons and other goods. Ladies es pecially Invited. J. M. Ashbaugh, auc tioneer. RAILROAD TIME TABLES. EST TIME TABLE. 'V4 lopeka, ivansai. Ihs "Right Road" to and from and Datum, CHICAGO OMAHA ET. LOUIS MEMPHIS PEORIA ST. JOSEPH KANSAS CITT DENVER COLORADO EPOS FORT WOATU ST. PAUL MINNEAPOLIS And Everywhere Beyond. tEttecUve April 6th. laoa.) TRAINS LEAVE TOPEKA A3 FOL LOWS: EASTBOUND. No. 12, Chicago Mail and Express.. S-JSpq No. 14, East Ex. aud Mail 6:00 am No. 4, El Paso and Chicago Ex... 6:16 pm No. 1U, Colorado and K. C Flyer... 7:46 am No. 36, Chick, and K. C. Ex 7.6U put WESTBOUND. No. 11. Chicago ana Texas Ex 1:10 pm No. Colorado Flyer ;10 pra No. 13, Te:taa Ex 12. JO ant No. 3. Caliiornia and Mexico Ex.. 1:16 ant No. 36, K. C. and Chickaaha Ex.... HUJ ant NORTHBOUND. No. 26. St. Joe Ex 6:10 am No. 24, St. Joe and Chicago Ex.... 2:36 pra SOUTHBOUND. No. 23. Chicago Ex 12:48 pm No. 85, S. W. Ex 11:59 pm All trains daily except Noa. 35 and iMr- daily except Sunday. For elevping car reservations, tickets time tables, etc., apply to any Koch, laland Ticket Agint. E. W. THOMPSON, Assistant General Passenger Agent. Lines West of Missouri River. KANSAS CITY. MO. Union Pacifli WESTBOUND. Arrive. Leave. Den Pnc. Coast No. 5.12:40 pm 12:40 pm Limited No. 1 8:50 pm 8:50 pra June. Citv pass. No. 3 6:20 pm 6:35 pra Salina Ex. No. 7 10:20 am 10:30 am EASTBOUND. Atlantic Ex. No. 4 3:00 pm S:00pn Limited No. 2... 6:40am 5:40am K. C. pass. No. 6 8:00 am 8:15 am K. C. Ex. No. 8 5:40 pm 6:50 pm Nos. 7 and 8 daily, except Sunday. Missouri Pacific. (Effective July 5. 1H03.) No. 301, passenger, leave Topeka 9:45 am No. 315, lecal, leave Topeka 7:00 am No. 302. oassenger, arrive Topeka ....3:50 pra No. 314, "local, arrive Topeka ;O0pra

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10 TOPEKA STATE JOTTRXAI,, FRIDAY EVENING AUGUST 21 1903. I I H'tH'H IIH H) lttt"l'lll'ltl....lM..l.HH I 1 I I I l I i 11 HIMrf; t t t t At Topeka's Busiest Shoe Store. 4 TOMORROW 0 4 A Shoe Sale "Unbeatable" Men's, Ladies', Misses' and Boys' Oxfords, also High Shoes, in heavy and light soles, for $1.45 a pair, that sold for $1.75, $2,.S2.-25. This lot includes nine styles of Boys' and Girls' School Shoes that are the best SI. 75, $2 and $2.25 values on the market, but to morrow all on sale for $1.45 a pair. S2.50, S3 and 3.50 Oxfords and High Shoes on sale for $1.85 a pair. The above price (SI. 85) is made on all this season's best $2.50, $3 and $3.50 Ladies' Ox fords, Strap Sandals and High Shoes, also Gentlemen's Oxfords and High Shoes. All best leathers, newest styles. See them. $5yS4.50 and S4 Ladies' and Gentlemen's Oxfords and HighJShoes for $2.45 a pair. We do not believe in carrying over any goods from one season to the next, and have therefore made this ridiculously low price to close out every pair. All best makes, all the season's newest styles, all best S5.00, 54.50 and S4.00 Oxfords and High Shoes, now for $2.45 a pair. 75c for 40c. Infants' Sandals in Vici Kid and Pat. Leather that sold for 50c, 65c, and 75c, now at 40c a pair. $2.00 and fl.50 Men's and Boys' Canvas Shoes and Oxfords now on sale for 75c a pair. A Fit for Every Foot Satisfaction or Your Money Back. The FitweSl Shoe Co. 509 KANSAS AVENUE. A Price for Every Purse Extra Specials for Tomorrow Misses' and Children's Sandals and Oxfords at Half Price All Misses' and Children's Strap Sandals and Oxfords, that sold all sea son for $1.00, $1.25 and $1.35, tomorrow on sale for, per pair 75o $1.75 for $1.00 Misses, Children's and Hoys' Oxfords and Strap Sandals, in Vici Kid and Patent Leather, all NKW STYLES, best $1.50 and $1.75 fc'andals and Oxfords, on sale tomorrow for, a pair $1.00 $2.50 for $1.25 All Best and Newest Styles in Misses and Children's Oxfords and Strap Sandals, on sale for $1.25 All leathers. Newest and Prettiest Styles, regular $2.00, $2.25 and $2.50 values, on srile for. Tier pair $1.25 THE FITWELL SHOE CO., 509 Kansas Avenue. Crackers! Salted "V i -r cxrvers C receivers You Want Them Fresh when you do grocers fail to crs or rather, want thern. So many keen fresh, crisp crack they do keep them un til not fit to eat. Our cracker depart ment is Ftrictly tip to the best. New supply twice h week. All the well known kinds. Then we have a Bakery Department from which you can have delivered with your other Roods, Cookies. Iough nuts. Jelly Holla, Cinnamon Rolls, Mae nroons, Cocoanut lrops, Lady fingers, etc.. etc. Home-made Bread find numerous other pood thin;rs baked f specially for us every day. No new fangled compositions in their makeup only the, old-fashioned fresh eggs, pure Jard, sweet butter. Miss Parkinson's Cakes Another attraction, which can't be bought or anything to compare with -uem any where else in the city. If you have never tasted them, you have yet to enjoy the par excellence of culi nary art. .GREEN SONS. J1KIEF TELEGRAMS. WM OLDEN WILL QUIT. Well Known Negro Preacher to Re sign. Rev. G. A. Olden of the First African Baptist church has notified his congre gation that on September 1 he will ten der his resignation to take effect Decem ber 1. Mr. Olden says that he will resign on account of ill health and not to go to any other church. He has been in charge of the church for ten years and has made a record as a forceful and earnest preacher. McGaw Signs McCormick. New York, Aug. 21 Manager Mc Tlraw of the Giants has bought the re lease of Harry McCormick from the Jersey City club of the Eastern league. It is said to have cost St. 500. McCor mick will join the Giants at once and will probably be played out in the infield. Cleveland Gets Killian. Rockford, 111., Aug. 21. Pitcher Ed Killian of Rockford has been sold to Cleveland and left last evening to join "that team. Children Cry for Fletcher's Castoria. Children. Cry for Fletcher's Castoria. Children Cry for Fletcher's Castoria. Children Cry for Fletcher's Castoria. Chicago, Aug. 21. Giffoid, Mabie Co., a corporation doing a mail order business at 90 West Madison street, has gone into the hands of a receiver. K. Gifford Mabie, the president of the con cern has not been at his office since last Friday. Eastern creditors filed a peti tion for a receiver before Judge Kohl saat who appointed the Royal Trust company to take charge of affairs. The liabilities will reach nearly $60,000, it is said, while the assets of the concern will hardly exceed $3,000. New York. Aug. 21. Luis Rrigado, an Italian pedestrian who left Buenos Ayres, Argentina, on April 20, en route to San Francisco, has arrived here, says a Herald dispatch from Lima. Peru. He will proceed after a rest of eight days. New York. Aug. 21. Reports from Pacasmayo state that no new cases of the bubonic plague have occurred th.-r cables the Lima, Peru, correspondent of the Herald. The infected houses have been burned. Three new suspected casrs were discovered in Mollendo. All the pa tients belong to the lower classes. New York, Aug. 21. Telegrams from Li rropasco announce that a vein of gold rive metres wide has been discovered 111 Churiuitambo. according to a Herald dispatch from Lima, Pei u. An Knslish company is wolking mines near this vein which are producing 30 ounces of gold a day. New Y'ork, Aug. 21. Marius C. Kra rup and Thomas Fetch, who are tour ing from San Francisco to New York in an automobile have reached Pough keepsie. They left San Francisco July 20 ami having undertaken to journey from the shores of the Pacific to those of the Atlantic, will make the last sta;e today from Poughkeepsie to Manhat tan Beach. Manila. Auff. 21. Cpon investigation it turns out that the supposed case of cholera on the transport Sherman was merely an attack of severe cramps. 1'pon the raising of the quarantine ihe trans port sailed immediately with a clean bill of health. San Francisco, C'al., Aug. 21. A chance in command is announced at the Presidio. Maj. -Charles W. Hobbs of the artillery corps command, has been ordered to the Atlantic coast. The new permanent com mander will be Colonel Charles Morris, now in command at Fort Moultrie, S. C. New York. Aug. 21. The condition of former Postmaster General Wilson S. Bls sell is much improved, according to dis patches from liar Harbor, Me. Nervous collapse, due to overwork, aggravated by kidney trouble, caused his illness. Paris. Aug. 21. Marine Minister Pellatin was married to.lay to Mile. PeNize. un til lecently a teacher in a publ.c school here. Premier Comhes was best man. London, Aug. 21. Field Marshal Lord P.oherts and his staff have booked pass age on the steamer Mayflower, which will sail from Liverpool September 23 for Eos ton. Halifax. Aug. 21. A negro who confess ed to having assaulted and murdered Mary Jenkins, a 13-year-old white girl, was Inst nfght hanged by a mob to a tree and his body riddled with bullets. Tiloomlngton. III.. Aug. 21. Frank J. Schrielter. so id to have served longer than any postmaster in the T'nited States, died today at Cruger. Woodford county. agrd 77 years. Schrieher was appointed post master during President Kuchanan's ad ministration in 1S5'J and served continuous ly for 44 years. Chnteaii, Mont.. Aug. 21. T'pon com plaint of a deputy game warden. Justice IV Haas has issued a warrant for the ar rest of Joseph V. Pulitzer, son of the New York publisher, for violating the game law- in this county. ONE FOR TWO HANKS. A Receiver Is Able to Hold Down Two Jobs. Washington, Aug. 21. John W. Scho field has been appointed receiver of the Navesink National bank of Red Bank, N. J., to relieve Bank Examiner W. A. Mason, who was appointed receiver tem porarily when the bank was closed. Mr. Schotield will take charge as soon as the assets can be listed and transferred to him. The purpose of this change, the comp troller states, is to enable Examiner Mason to resume his regular work of bank examination. Mr. Schotield is also receiver of the First National bank of Asbury park. N. J. The proximity of these trusts will enable one receiver to liquidate their affairs at a less expense to both than an independent receiver for each. WON'T STAY AT HOME. That Is Why Clarence Porter Must Go to Reform School. Clarence Porter, colored and nine years old, has been ordered sent to the Reform school by Judge JIayden of the probate court. Master Porter's mother takes in wash ing and she does not have time to keep track of Clarence for he will persist in staying away from home and sleeping at right wherever he happens Xo be. He explained to the court t that it is easier to sleep in a box car that is handy than to go home. He will sleep at the Re form school in the future. KEEP OPEN AT NIGHT. County Clerk Newman Will Accom modate Flood Sufferers. County Clerk Newman's office in the court house will be open from 7 to 3 o'clock each night from August 24 to 2!'. to allow property owners whose property was damaged by the Hood to tile applica tions for reduction in taxes. Blanks have to he tilled out and those who wish to make application for re duction of taxes are required to give the lot and also the street number of their property nnd state the amount of dam age. The time for filing such applies t ions closes September 1, and then the county commissioners will investigate the claims. Jeff's and Corbett's Scheme. San Francisco, Aug. 21. Champion Jim Jeffries and Jim Corbett are apt to go out on the road as star attractions in a big show. Yesterdrty they held sev eral conferences. At the close of their talk Corbett was asked the nature of his business with Jeff, and replied that while the intercourse had been mostly social, they had discussed business af fairs. "We came to no understanding, however, as to our future," said Cor bett. "Jeffries told me he is going east and would meet me in New York, when we will probably talk matters over." MR. COBUBN'S RULES. Announces Regulations Govern ing World's Fair Livestock. The more important rules which will govern the exhibit of live stock at St. Louis in 1904, as formulated by Chief F. I). Coburn and confirmed by the managers and board of directors, read as follows: All prizes in the department of live stock of the Louisiana Purchase expo sition will be awarded by individual judges, or the "one judge system," and by comparison. These judges will be chosen for their especial qualifications and their intimate knowledge of the characterises and qualities that make valuable the breeds upon which they will give judgment, and their awards will be final. Judges are instructed to award in each instance only prises of such grade as the merits of the individual animals fully justify. Absence of competition will not be accepted In any instance a3 Justification for awarding high-class prizes to animals of medium or inferior Quality. Only such animals as have been awarded first prizes in their respective classes will be eligible to championship awards, and the championships wiil in each instance be awarded by the judge w ho awarded the breed's class prizes. No animal deemed unworthy shall be awarded a prize, nor shall a prize be withheld merely because of lack of competition; but where there are fewer entries in a section than prizes offered the judge shall in his discretion award a prize or prizes of such grade as the merit of the animals may warrant. Entries on prescribed forms for the several divisions must be tiled with the chief of the department of live stock as follows: Horses, asses and mules, by July 16, 1904: cattle, July 30; sheep, August 20; swine, August 20; poultry, pigeons, pet stock and dogs, September 10. In divisions for horses, cattle, sheep and swine, exhibitors will be restricted to the entry of not more than two ani mals in each section or ring. The dates for exhibition of live stock in the several divisions will be as fol lows: Horses, asses and mules, Mon day, August 22, to Saturday, September a, 1904, inclusive. Cattle, Monday, Sep tember 12, to Saturday, September 24, inclusive. Sheep and swine, Monday, October 3, to Saturday, October 15, in clusive. Poultry and dogs, Monday, October 24, to Saturday, November 5, in clusive. The ages of cattle, sheep and hogs will be reckoned from date of birth to the first day of September, 1904. The ages of horses and foals, except draft breeds, will be reckoned from January 1, and in case of draft breeds the ages shall be determined from date of birth. All foals except in draft breeds will be considered as one year old on the first of January succeeding birth. Ample facilities will be provided for the distribution of feed and water throughout the grounds. Forage, grain and bedding of good quality will be available to exhibitors at reasonable prices at warehouses conveniently lo cated within the grounds. Exhibitors, if they desire, may bring to the Expo sition with their stock a supply of for age and rain. There will be a grand parade of horses anil cattle through the Exposi tion grounds as follows: Horses, Tues day, August 23, and Thursday, Septem ber 1, 1904. Cattle, Tuesday, Septem ber 13, and Thursday, September 22, 1904. On the day following the close of the awards to each breed or class of horses and cattle all the prize winners in the respective classts will be paraded to gether in the pavilion and through the streets of the quarters occupied by the department of live stock. Provision will be made for the accom modation of the various national live stock breeders' associations desiring to sell at auction animals of the breed the respective associations represent. no sale to exceed in number one hundred animals of any one breed, such animals tc. be selected by their breed associa tions from those entered for prizes. The auction sales of animals of any given, breed will be made within the period in which such breed is on exhibition, in a suitable building adjoining the live stock amphitheater, conveniently ar ranged for the purpose, &nd will be un der the auspices of the breed associa tion, who will alone be responsible for all matters in connection therewith. The special prizes to tie offered by as sociations, state commissions, or indi viduals for live stock will so far as known be announced in a second or final edition of the prize list The necessity for uniform ar.d un questioned awards will forcibly suggest the advantage of having conditions gov erning the award of special prizes con form to the exposition classification. Such prizes will then, much to the ad vantage of all, follow the regular awards made by the official judges. The donors of special prizes are for the rea sons mentioned requested to make their offerings correspond as nearly as possi ble to the official classiflcation.whelher It PiPT La n We bought a stock ing, Hats, and Caps, of CIothingGent's Fiirnish and a large lot of Shoes at Bankrupt Sale from U. 5. Court for 50 cents on the dollar, which we now offer to the public for 60 cents. Sale begins Saturday, August 22, and con tinues from day to day until sold out. Here we give you a few prices on goods. Men's Suits. Men's black Clay Suits worth (ft C C f $10.00 now go for iPU.Qii 100 Assorted Suits worth 5.00, $6.00 and $7.00 now go 2 90 Hats. All $1.50 Hats go for 75c All 2.00 and $2.50 Hats go for SI .25 Men's Pants. Pants, worth $2.00 now go for Pants worth 13.00 and $4.00 for $1.00 $2.00 Men's and Ladies' Shoes, we have 1000 pairs, worth $1.75 to $2.25, I flfl now go for, a pair I UU "All other goods in the same proportion, and see the goods and be convinced. Come z t i Tiili TniifiiTiA J. itl iTl ill itl m. m .m m m .m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m mm m m m a TTTTTTtTTTTTTTTTTT TTT W V V V r F" k k V "I" P W 1 r A W W P W "I" V 'V i 1 i T 1 Go t 4 L. A. FISHER, Prop. 420 Kansas Ave. Two sfrerth of 420 Kansas Ave. x such offerings are greater or smaller than those by the exposition. For use of the press and in the final report of the exposition all exhibitors are uiged to furnish to the chief of the department, at the time of making en try, two unmounted cabinet size photo graphs of each animal entered. CONTRACT IS LET. Merchants and Manufacturers Building to Cost $1,600. The contract for erecting the new Merchants and Manufacturers' building for use at the state fair this fall was let today to the firm of Blanch KeatinR. Work on the building will begin tomor row morning: and U will be completed at a cost of about 1.X. The contractors are under bond to have the buildinp completed and ready for oc cupancy the middle of the week previous to the date of the fair. The booths for the exhibitors will be ready for the dis plays therefore half a week before the fair begins. The n'w buildinpr will be located besldo the road which leads from the entrance of the fair gnuuids to the grand stand. The building will bo about halt way be tween these two points. It will stand par allel with the roadway. Th- south en trance will be directly north of the grand stand and the north entrance will be south of the old expositon hall. This building in addition to containing the merchants' and manufacturprs' dis plays will also house the displays in the dairy department, for which the fair as sociation offers cash premiums. The apiary department will also be in this building, the premium displays having Architect's Drawing for the Twelve Room School House to Be Built in North Topeka. Killed in a Runaway. Milwaukee, "Wis.. Aug. 21. Alderman Lexius of Lacrosse was instantly killed in a runaway accident last night. ISPS! Bp The board of education will probably 'may be ready for occupancy by Sep- let the contrac t for the building of the I tp'Tber- tl The two members of the board from new twelve room school house in North I js;urth lopeka, E K: Miller and C. c. Topeka in time for the foundation to be Nicholson, will each name three northside built before cold weather. The building lysines men. who. with the members of tile building committee of the board, will will then be completed in the spring. select the site for the building. At the last city election, when bonds The building is to be two stories with were voted for new school buildings a high basement and a location where a $22,500 in bonds were voted for a twelve solid foundation can be secured is neces room building and $10,000 for a six room f?r'- 'he density of the school popul;: building m North Topeka The board SrVnrUerer selected the plans made by L. M. ood The sjx room bui,,,iniI for colored chil and the working plans and speciflca- dren will not be built until spring, as th tions were ready for the contractors to need for it is not as great as for the VI bid on when the f.ood came. j room building. Then the board decided to delay the; Another reason for build ng the 12 room lettins- nf the contract until the effects scnool house at or.ee Is tnat wuincy scnooi of the flood were somewhat abated. The board has decided to select the lo cation for the twelve room building and let the contract in order that the school will have to be abandoned and torn' down in a few years. The tlood weakened the building- slishtly. It was built years ago of soft brick and its days are about over. Chief Wilmarth of the fire department and W. H. Wilson of the building com mittee of the school board inspected the Quincy school Thursday. They tound that the building had been damaged some bv the high water, but that it is safe for us" for several years. It will be braced and strengthened with heavy steel rods and will be safe for use for some time to come but eventually it will be replaced with a modern schoul building. "The 12 room building is needed in North Topeka." said W. H. Wilson, chairman of the building committee. "The site will be selected hv a committee and the bids will be received as soon as the call for them can he made. I am afraid that the $22. a') provided for in the building in the bonds voted will not be sufficient, as the yuiok sand and water under North Topeka wdl grtatlv increase the cost of the founda tion. I fear that the foundation will cost $5,KJ0 more than we estimated before the Hood. It will be best to put in the founda tion this fall and let it stand until spring before putting up the walla." one entire corner allotted for that pur pose. An effort will be made at this fair to organize a state association of bee keep ers. Kor this purpose a book will be kept at the booth where the honey is displayed for all persons who are interested in this rapidly growing industry to register. At some later date a convention wiil be call ed tor the purpose of organizing a state association of bee keepers. The new exposition building will be 60 hy o feet in size. The roof will be lan tern shaped and shingled. The doors at each end of the buildins will be 30 feet wide. The booth space in the building has been divided into 10 and 20 feet booths, all NlCKELgATE. NO EXCESS MRE ON ANY TRAIN Three Express Train East evwry day In tna yt. Pullman Drawing Room Sleeping Cara on aH Train a. Trana-Continental Tourtat Cars leaf Chicago Trl'TrVaekly on Tuesdays and Saturdays at fl:30 p. m.. on Wednesdays at 10:30 a. m. Chtc&froto Boston without change. Modern Din log Crs Mrvinff meals on Individual olub plan. rtDgine In price from 36c to ftl.OO; alao service a la cart. Direct line to Fori Wayne, Find lay. Cleveland, Erie, Buffalo, Rochester. Syracuse. BlDgbamton, Scran ton. New York City, Boston. but three of which have already been con- I Pot Bates always the lowest. tracted for. An interesting display will be made in this building by the Continental Cream ery company of Topeka. One of the booths in the center of the building having- a frontajf of 40 feet, divided so as to have a portion on three aisles, has been reserved by this company The growing importance of the dairy in dustry of Kansas is responsible for the ef forts of the state fair association to brini? this industry into as much prominence as possible at the fair. The display of the Continental Creamery company will there fore have a twofold interest for most persons. The Continent Creamery com pany's plant in Topeka is the largest plant of its kind in the world and the bis display which this company wilt have in this building will bind considerable pres tige to the dairy department of the Kan sas slate fair. The Blue Valley Creamery company of St. Joseph, one of the foremost creamery concerns of the west, will also be rep resented in this building. The fair grounds is a busy place this week. Carpenters are at work erecting new cattle, hoe and sheep sheds and workmen are busy placing big sowers in the grounds for the better drainage of the race course and the tract of land east of the grand stand. EARL ALLEN IS DEAD. Son of Former Topeka Preacher Ac cideri tally Shot. Karl Vincent Allen, the 14-year-old son of Rev. J. P. Allen, formerly pastor of Walnut Grove M. E. church in this city, died at Quimby, Iowa, Thursday from the effects of a revolver shot which he accidentally received August 6. On th.it date he was examining a revolver which exploded. The Aliens moved to Quimby recently from Topeka. Topeka Goes to Atchison. The T. B. C. baseball team will play In Atehipon Saturday. The Globe says: "Topeka will play Atchison next Sim day. They have the best team in the Colored porters In uniform In attendance on 'l Coaca Passengers. If yon contemplate a trip Eat, call on any convenient Ticket Agent, or aadrcas JOHN T. OALAHAN, Oen'l Agent. 113 Artaina :Jt.. Chicago. 111. state. They defeated Atchison some tima ago at Topeka in the fairest game of tha season. f-toth teams fielded brilliantly, Topeka outbattinK Atchison." USE OF THE Hill DUE. North Topeka People to Talk It Over. A mass meeting will be held at th? fire station in North Topeka Monday nipbt to pass resolutions' and urge tlu city council to allow the city railway to cross the Melan bridge temporarily. It is doubtful if the people will consent to allow the railway to use the bride'. If the railway ever Rets on the bridRe. it is doubtful if they tail ever be taken off. Fair Priveleges for Sale. Privileges for stands, booths and con cessions on the grounds during the Kansas State fair in Topeka, Septem ber 14 to IS. Inclusive, are now for sale. Application should be made to the sec retary, Charles H. Samson. 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