The Topeka State Journal (Topeka, Kansas)
January 29, 1904

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I 1 f LARQESf DAILY LARGEST DAILY in PAfiPQ 10 PAGES IN KANSAS. 'VO C IN KANSAS. LAST EDITION. FRIDAY EVENING, TOPEKA. KANSAS, JANUARY 29, 1904. FRIDAY EVENING, TWO CENTS. I i. KANSAS DAY, liepubiicans Here to Celebrate Admission to Union. Lafayette Vonng, Principal Speaker, Is Here. OVER 500 AT TABLE. Banquet Will Be Served in Rep resentative Hall. Informal Gathering in Rotunda Early in Evening. Lafayette Young Des Moines, who will be the chief speaker at the Kansas Day banquet tonight, reached Topeka at 2 o'clock this afternoon from Kansas City, where he spoke last night before the Advertising Men's club. Mr. Young is a national character. He has for many years been the editor Lafayette Young, of of the Des Moines Daily Capital, the evening paper at Des Moines and the leading paper of the state. He is a lecturer of ability and brilliant and original in his writings. He was in Cuba during the Santiago campaign, and in the Philadelphia convention four years ago he nominated Roaeevelt for vice president. He was born in Iowa 65 years ago and has served twelve years in the state senate of his native etate. His speech tonight will undoubt edly be one of great interest. A. C. MALLOY, Of Hutchinson, Who Will Speak at the Banquet. The arrangements for the banquet tonight have all been completed by Luther Nellis. secretary of the Kansas Day club. Nine long tables have been placed in Representative hall, running east and west. The carpet has been taken up and all furniture removed. The speakers will be seated at the west end of the center table, which will bring them just about where the re porters' table usually stands. L G. CLARK, on Tonight's Programme. Of Walton, Plates will be laid for 540 people, and the tickets sold have been limited to that number. There will he a large number who will not be able to secure tickets, as they have all been disposed oi- In order to avoid confusion, the ban queters are recuested to form in line for admission to the hall. They will be seated by ushers, so those who get in first will not get the pick of the seats, mad those who get in later will be just r s as likely to get first-class places as those who are earliest. Arrangements have been made to al low "the fellows" to visit In the state house corridors and rotunda before the banquet begins. Steinberg's orchestra will commence to play in the rotunda at 6:30. The doors of the banquet hall will be opened at 7:30, and the banquet will begin as soon as all are seated. The programme of toasts is as fol lows: President's address Congressman Vic tor Murdock, Wichita. "Kansas" R. H. Faxon, Medicine Lodge. Address Hon. Lafayette Young, Des Moines. Ia. "Some Lines on Kansas Politics" Al F. Williams, Columbus. Party Harmony" W. H. England, Dexter. "Let Us Pass On" A. C. Malloy, Hutchison. "A Few Remarks" J. E. House, To peka. "The Farmer in Politics" J. G. Clark, Walton. "What Shall the Harvest be Out West in Kansas?" H. O'Donnell, M. D.. Ellsworth. The banquet will be served by Mrs. F. E. Holyoke, who served the banquet a year ago. The favors will be carna tions. The menu will be as follows: MENU. Fried Chicken. Parsley. Cream Potatoes. Corn on Cob. Olives. Pickles. Radishes. Des Moines, Iowa, Cold Ham. Brown Bread. White Bread. Turkey Salad. Mayonnaise. Wafers. Lettuce. Coffee. PumDkln Pie. Ice Cream. Cake. Cigars. The west gallery will be reserved for ladies, and admission to it will be by card. The present officers of the Kansas Day club are as follows: President Victor Murdock, Wichita. First Vice President George P. Hay den, of Wetmore. Second Vice President Clarence Atchison, of Columbus. Third Vice President W. E. Davis, of Hutchinson. Secretary and Treasurer Luther M. Nellis. of Torjeka. SHE IS ACQUITTED. Mrs. Lulu Prince Kennedy Found Not Uuilty. Kansas City, Mo., Jan. 29. Mrs. Lulu Prince-Kennedy-Kramer, on trial a second time for the murder in January, 1901, of her first husband, Philip Ken nedy, was found not guilty by a jury here today. At her first trial she was convicted and sentenced to ten years in the penitentiary. The case was re versed and during her release on bond last February she married John Kramer, an attorney, who had defend ed her brother, Will Prince, who later was convicted on a charge of conspir ing with the defendant to kill Kennedy. Mrs. Kennedy killed Kennedy, who was local agent for the Merchants' Dispatch Transportation company, a month after they had been married. He had refused to live with her, bringing suit to have the marriage annulled on the ground that he had been forced into it. The first verdict was reversed on a technicality. Mrs. Kennedy's defense was emotional insanity, and evidence was presented to show that her grand father and great grandfather had died in insane asvlums. The verdict of acquittal was found solely on the ground that Mrs. Ken nedy was insane when she shot her husband. The Jury, however, found that "the defendant has since regained her sanity," which will save her from being sent to an insane asylum. THREAT TO WRECK. Attempt to Levy Blackmail on the Southern Pacific. San Francisco, Jan. 29. Detectives who are investigating the anonymous letters sent to the Southern Pacific com pany, demanding $10,000 under threat to dynamite trains have centered their suspicion on five men now in the vi cinity of Fresno, and one of them has been picked out as the author of the letter. Arrests are likely soon. A threat to wreck every train running through the San Joaquin valley unless the Southern Pacific company paid the sum of $10,000 has been made to the company through anonymous letters. The date on which the writer of the let ters threatened to put his plot into exe cution if the money was not forthcom ing has expired but the railroad offi cials are closely guarding their tracks. Temperatures of Largs Cities. Chicago, Jan. 29. 7 a. m. tempera tures: New York, 22; Boston, 16: Phil adelphia, 24: Washington, 22: Chicago, 10; Minneapolis, 14 below; Cincinnati, 20; St. Louis, 4. BAILEY JN LEAD. Now Has 102 Totes to Hoch's 69 Votes. That Is Result of Conventions Held Up to Date. SEVENTEEN COUNTIES. That Many Have Disposed' Their Contests. of Effort Being Made to Start Stampede for Hoch. The anti-Bailey contingent proposes at its meeting this afternoon to make it appear that the fight on Bailey has been won by them. It will be an attempt to stampede the state to Hoch. As a mat ter of fact the contest thus far stands like this: Bailey, 102. Hoch, 69. Conventions or primaries have been held thus far in 17 counties. Including Atchison, In which the primaries were held today, and which are generally conceded to Bailey, though there will be contesting delegations In several coun ties. These seventeen counties In detail stand as follows: County. Bailey. Hoch. Atchison 35 Barber 5 Dickinson 12 Doniphan 10 EUis 4 Harper 7 Jackson 10 Jefferson 11 Johnson 11 Kinsman 7 Leavenworth 24 Marion 11 Nemaha 13 Ottawa 8 Pratt 5 Reno 16 Stanton 2 Total 102 69 AE1ES IS FREE. Indictment Against Minneapolis Mayor Was Faulty. St. Pail, Minn., Jani 29. Ex-Mayor Ames, of Minneapolis, Is a free man. The supreme court today quashed the indictment against him. The entire court held that the in dictment was faulty. Judges Start, Collins and Lewis, concurred the majority opinion that the offense was proven while Judges Lovely and Brown disagreed with that part of the opinion of the majority. Dr. Ames was charged and convicted in the district court of Hennepen county of receiving money illegally as mayor of Minneapolis, from women. SPLIT AT K. C. Contesting Delegations Elected to Chicago Convention. Kansas City, Jan. 29. Another conven tion of the Fifth district Republicans was held at the Midland hotel, attended by delegates who allege fraud in the pri maries of last Tuesday, and delegates were elected to the national convention at Chicago to contest the seats of Love and Harris, who were elected by the Turner hall convention. The factions are not divided on the question of indorse ment of President Roosevelt and the del egates at the Midland hotel passed reso lutions declaring in strong language for the president. Captain A. Kinneard and J. A. McLane were chosen as the regular delegates to the Chicago convention and Joseph Reid and George J. Baer were elected as al ternates. Resolutions were adopted de nouncing the course of Postmaster Harris and censuring him for the alleged use of his position to secure his election as dele gate. DINES THE COURT. President Entertains Justices of the Supreme Bench. Washington, Jan. 29. President and Mrs. Roosevelt entertained at dinner at the White House last ntght in honor of the supreme court. Covers were laid for a large company of guests. All the justices of the suDreme court were present except Justice White, who was detained at home by injuries received from a fall while on his way from the court, and Justice Brown, who has eye trouble. The table in horseshoe shape was set in the state dining room, and presented an unusually handsome ap pearance. The president escorted Mrs. Fuller to the table, and the chief jus tice Mrs. Roosevelt. Senator Mitchell was one of the guests. W AR ON MICROBES. Attempt to Drive Them from Berlin Libraries. Berlin, Jan. 29. The Berlin municipal authorities have decided to make an attempt to exterminate the microbes in the public libraries. Prof. Koch having called attention to the danger of spreading diseases through books loaned indiscriminately from libraries. The professor's representative, during the former's absence in South Africa, where he is studying the rinder nest for the British government, has drawn up a plan for attacking the microbes which will be submitted to the library committee of the municipal council next Tuesday. It is intended to adopt some method of disinfecting books after their use. The munioiDal disin fecting station will take charge of the matter. Argentine Acts Stingy. Lawrence, Kas., Jan. 29. Word has been received here that H. T. Martin and Samuel Adams, who are on a col lecting expedition in South America for Kansas university, are encounter ing some trouble with the government of Argentine republic. They arrived in Bahia in September and went to Buenos Ayres and then ever into the hilly country to collect specimens for the university museum. The laws there are very rigid against the exportation of specimens and are strictly enforced. The collectors say they will have a hard time getting the specimens to this country and are not sure that it can be done. MNL)rFLOWER TearIy Every Member of Con gress Wore a Carnation On the Lapel of His Coat When th& House Met. A PARING PROCESS Is Being Applied to the Urgent Deficiency Biil. One Item of $100,000 Out on Point of Order. i Washington, Jan. 29. A carnation adorned the lapel of the coat of nearly j every member of the house today, in commemoration of the late President j McKinley's birthday. The chaplain re- i ferred feelingly to the late president. The house went into the committee of the whole for the consideration of the i urgent deficiency bill. The reading of the bill under the five-minute rule was j begun, when Mr. Hill (Conn.) made a point of order against the paragraph, appropriating $100,000 for the expenses of the commission on international ex change appointed to bring about a fixed relationship between gold standard and silver using countries. He contended that it was new legislation and the item put in the bill last session for the commission was placed there by the senate contrary to the rules of the senate and house. Mf, Lind (Minn.) asked if the para graph committed the government to in ternational bimetallism. "Not at all," replied Mr. Hemenway. Mr. Hill remarked that would be the effect of it. The point of order was sustained and the item was strucic out. IN THE SENATE Washington, Jan. 29. Mr. Hoar was in the senate today for the first time since the death of his wife a month ago. The Democratic caucus resolution calling on the president to inform the senate whether all the papers in pos session of the executive bearing upon the Panama revolution had been sent to the senate was immediately taken up, the especial question under consid eration being the motion of Mr. Cullom to add a clause relieving the president of the necessity of supplying the docu ments if considered incompatible with the public interest. Mr. Cockrell contended that the sen ate has no right to ask for information concerning a treaty while it was under negotiation, but it had trie right to all possible information after the negotia tions were completed and the treaty sent to the senate. Mr. McLaurin spoke In support of the resolution and in" opposition to the amendment. Referring to the treaty with Panama Mr. McLaurin said that "the very first article of the treaty is a declaration of war against Colom bia, if Colombia sees proper to assert its authority in the face of the United States," and he argued that this being so, the senate should have full infor mation as to whether the United States had anything to do in establishing the government of Panama that would jus tify us in taking the responsibility ,of provoking a possible war. The vote then was taken on the Col lum amendment inserting the discre tionary clause and the motion pre vailed 39 to 20. a party vote with the exception of Mr. McEnerey, who voted with the Republicans. VOICE FROM JACKSON. E. M. Ruffner Gives a Few Facts About Hoyt Primary. A good many of the Republicans at Hoyt, in Jackson county, resent the im putations of the Curtis-Walker people that 65 Democrats voted in the primary there last Friday for Broderick and Thompson. E. M. Ruffner of Hoyt is in Topeka today and in speaking of the matter he sand: "There were not more than three or four men who voted for Broderick to whom objections could possibly have been raised, and each one of them is now a Republican and was ready to swear his vote in. That the Curtis- Walker forces kenw they were all right is shown by the fact that their votes were not even challenged, although the Curtis-Walker people had a judge and a clerk on the election board. "On the other hand we can get affi davits from two men that seme of the Curtis-Walker peopie tried to buy their votes. We don't know how many they succeeded in buying, but notwithstand ine that the vote stood 105 for Brod erick and Thompson to 67 for Curtis and Walker. "The other fellows claim that S. E. Lyons arbitrarily organized the primary but that is untrue. As the county com mitteeman for that township he had a right to do so, but instead he named a ludge and a clerk in addition to him self and allowed the Curtis-WTalker forces to name the other judge and clerk, and they selected E. H. Hall for their judge and M. Porter for their clerk. Both are strong Curtis-Walker men. Nothing could have been fairer. "The way they are trying to override the majority in Jackson county is losing them friends even from among those who supported them in the pri maries." The Holton Recorder also publishes the following concerning the Mayetta primary, which was carried by the Curtis-Walker forces. This is the pre cinct in which it is alleged the Curtis Walker workers ran in settlers off the Pottawatomie reservation and voted I them. The Recorder says: "The Republican vote in Mayetta in 1902 for secretary of state was 10S, and i the total vote 175. Last Friday at the I primary which was run by a Curtis j Waiker central committeeman and a I board of his choosing, the total vot cast was 178, which was three more than he total of Democrats and Re publicans two years ago. If only Re publicans had been allowed to vote, the 67 votes cast for Broderick and Thomp son would have left but 41 for Curtis and Walker, and shows that the 70 other votes received for that ticket to make the 111 reported must have been Democrats." Weather Indications. Chicago, Jan. 29. Forecast for Kan sas: Generally fair tonight and Satur day; warmer in east portion tonight, cooler Saturday; fresh westerly winds. ANTHONY WON IT Had a Decisive Victory Leavenworth County. in Two Primaries Are Held at the Soldiers' Home. CONTENTION TODAY. Instructions Will Be for Bailey and Anthony. Governor Bailey Also Carreis Ellis County. Leavenworth. Kan., Jan. 29. D. R. Anthony, jr.. carried the Leavenworth county primaries over Charles Curtis by a sweeping majority Thursday afternoon and evening. Two tickets were run in every ward of the city, one with in structions for Curtis and the other with instructions for Roosevelt for president, Bailey for governor and An thony for congress. The contest was on congress. The vote by wards was as follows: First ward Anthony 155, Curtis 28. Second ward Anthony 205, Curtis 11. Third ward Anthony 195, Curtis 108. Fourth ward Anthony 205, Curtis 83. Fifth ward Anthony 116, Curtis. 70. Sixth ward Anthony 298, Curtis 126. In three of the wards a few of the Curtis men attempted to set up separate primaries, in tne V irst ward four Cur tis men tried to have a primary of their own. In the Fourth ward seven Curtis men tried to hold a separate primary in a barber shop. or the townships heard from Anthony carried Delaware and Stranger and the regular primary at the Soldiers' home. Curtis carried Fairmount and Hieh Prairie. Six townships are to be heard from. Anthony has about 100 delegates or me izo ro tne county convention. xne segregated nrimarv at the Sol diers' home to select separate congres sional delegates was disorderly. An- tnony paid no attention to this, but Major J. L. Prichard, and others ran i independent Roosevelt ticket against the Curtis instructed ticket. There was almost a riot at the open ing over the selection of judges. The Soldiers' home officials Anally came down and restored order. It is said that no roll was kept at first of the voters. The vote as finally given was 667, less tnan one-Iourth of the number of vet erans at the Soldiers' home. Of these Curtis' ticket received 53L The county convention today will instruct for Roosevelt for president. Bailey for gov ernor and Anthony for congress. Hays, Kan., Jan. 29. At the Republi can primaries in Ellis county today the delegates to the county convention of next Saturday were elected favorable to renommation of all the present state officers, believing that they are all en titled to the usual second term. The three newspapers in the county and most of the people are favorable to Mr. Hoch and will gladly support him two years from now, but consider it a los ing game to have any war within the ranks this year when the Republicans are renominating Roosevelt, W. A. Reeder and Senator Buschow. The nine Curtis-Hoch bolters out of the 41 on the Atchison county Republi can central committee, held Curtis primaries yesterday, and are now claiming the county for Curtis. This was under the bolt which. W. T. F. Donald, leader of the Hoch movement in Atchison, says was made because S. H. Kelsey, chairman of the county central committee, refused to allow the nine Curtis members to dictate the ap pointment of the committee to make arrangements for the primary election here today. The Bailey-Wite Repub licans refused to take part in the "rump" primaries held yesterday. A rousing Bailey meeting was held at Winfield last night. It was attended by 800 people, while a Hoch meeting the night before was attended by only 300. These figures are given by an anti Bailey organ, although the first figures for the Hoch meeting were 200. A dis patch from Winfield says: "The supporters of Governor Bailey held an enthusiastic meeting at the opera house last night. Professor Weeks of the Methodist college, of this city; Judge G. H. Buckman and W. P. Hackney were the speakers. Caman's band furnished the music. The meet ing was called by Hackney and Buck man as an offset to the one called by E. P. Greer at the court house Wednes day night, when about 300 persons heard Mr. Greer and others on behalf of Ed Hoch. Nearly 800 people were present at the Bailey meeting, which was an enthusiastic one. "The Republican county central com mittee met here and called a delegate convention for February 20, to be held In Winfield, also a county nominating convention to be held in Arkansas City on April 16." This seems to indicate that Cowley county will probably be for Governor Bailey. Hutchinson, Kan., Jan. 29. The Reno county convention here yesterday af ternoon, which was controlled by the Hoch faction by a vote of 121 to 79, not only passed resolutions favoring E. W. Hoch for governor, but also endorsed Senator Burton. This was something of a surprise in view of Burton's well known character and the recent bribery indictment against him for federal authorities in St. Louis. The convention was entirely in the control of the Hoch men. A Hoch dele gation of sixteen was elected to the state convention and a delegation of seventeen to the congressional conven tion. The convention hardly permitted the Bailey men to express an opinion. In addition to indorsing Hoch for gov ernor, the convention indorsed l. Ij. Dayhoff of this county for superintend ent of public instruction and placed J. H. George, a wholesale grocer of this city, in the race for railroad commis sioner in nlace of J. C. O. Morse, the present member of the board from this county, in taking tnis action a num ber of Hoch's delegates elected from the First ward of this city on a ticket containing Morse's name repudiated their instructions and voted for George. The first contest between the Bailey and Hoch men came up when the report of the committee on resolutions was made. W. T. Morgan, speaking for the Bailey men, asked that the several reso lutions be voted on separately so that the Bailey men could join in the vote for the resolutions indorsing Roosevelt and Dayhoff, but the anti-machine, which was running affairs, denied the Bailey men this privilege and insisted on a vote on the whole report. The Bailey men tnen declared that they would vote against the entire report with the understanding that their votes should indicate their preference of Bai ley for governor and Morse for railroad commissioner, and this was done. There were 121 delegates for Hoch and 79 for Bailey. The resolutions Indorsed Senator Bur ton and the balance of the congressional delegation, and advised a suspension of judgment until his trial for bribery takes place; this also did not set well with the Bailey men. Samuel W. For- sha, who was a candidate for congress against Victor Murdock last year, in troduced a resolution instructing the congressional delegation for Murdock, which was turned down by the Hocn men. The anti-Bailey crowd have been claiming Ellis county, but it seems that they miscalculated. Two years ago the Ellis county delegation was evenly di vided. Ellis has four votes. The following is from the Atchison Globe: Long after, W. J. Bailey has retired as governor of Kansas, the Globe will admire him. because lie has been a useful and important citizen T the state, and because his record is one that any man might be proud of. Long after Ed Hoch is governor, we will not admire him. We are tired of hearing of Hoch as a Good Man. as though he is the only one in the state. The howl that he is a Good Man is be ing used to injure a better one. We may lack judgment, but we can't ad mire this man Hoch. One of the Truly Good, he was certainly a Burton man at Wichita, and certainly admitted his bad reputation. He accepts the pres ent movement of certain Republicans to "get even" as a compliment to Hoch, although Hoch is a mere inci dent. He backed out, and then backed in again, and his race for governor has not been creditable. Why do the people of this state in sist on honoring men like J. B. Bur ton and Tom Kelly, and crucifying decent men like W. J. Bailey? It's their business, but they are making a mistake. The Republican party has made many mistakes, but it is dis honorable to hold W. J. Bailey respon sible. It was a mistake to elect J. R. Burton United States senator, as his indictment at St. Louis demonstrates, but Bailey didn't do it. It was a mis take to elect Tom Kelly state treas urer, as his forgeries in Miami county proved, but Bailey didn't do it. There were too many employes in the last legislature, but Bailey didn't employ them. Taxes are too high, but Bailey isn't responsible. PUBLIC FUNDS TAKEN. Disturbances, in Korea Are Spreading to the Provinces. New York, Jan. 29. Internal disturb ance in Korea is spreading, cables the Herald's Seoul correspondent. It is the result of increased taxation. The gov ernors of three provinces report that their officers have been captured by or ganized bands and government funds taken. Details have just been received here of the disturbances at v ladivostock during the celebration of the Russian Christmas. It was created by intoxi cated Russian marines and Japanese women. Numerous houses were de stroyed, mostly Japanese, but includ ing the Russian theater. The usual fighting occurred. As happens on such occasions there was considerable oru tality, but no fatalities. The marines were not brought under control until much property had been destroyed. The notification of Korean neutrality cablea from Chee Foo to the powers was un known in the Korea foreign office until replies were received from the repre sentatives abroad. The intimation was that it was arranged by Yi Yong Ik and Hyen Sang Kun, the latter having just returned from Russia. The Korean Yninister at Tokio has been instructed especially to urge Japan's immediate recognition of Korea's neutrality. RUSSIAN -ARMY MOVEMENTS. London, Jan. 29. A dispatch to the Standard from Tokio says that ac cording to information from a sure source large bodies of Russian troops are being moved to the Korean frontier from Feng Nangheng and other points in tne interior or Manchuria. AS THOUGH WAR WERE CERTAIN. Port Arthur, Jan. 29. A telegram re ported to have been Fent by the Russian military attache at Tokio was received yesterday. It gave information of the mobilization of the Japanese army and had the effect of renewing preparations for the dispatch of troops already order ed to the north, but who had been de tained on account of the peaceful aspect of attairs. The authorities have invited the Rus sian women to Port Arthur to join the Red cross. The organization of Port Arthur's re sources continues as though war were certain. The authorities are receiving many startling reports from Korea and China. WARNED TO TURN BACK Thibet Issues an Ultimatum to Advancing British. Chumbi, British India, Jan. 29. Col. Younghusband, commanding the Brit ish expedition to Tibet, has received a personal visit from the Depon-Lama, one of the five great Lamas of Tibet, who delivered an ultimatum warning him to return to Gnatong and promis ing that there would be serious trouble if he did not do so. Large reinforce ments of infantry and cavalry have al ready reached the Tibet camp and more are coming from Lhana and Shigatso, the western capital. It is expected an attack will be made on the British camp at Tuna when the Tibet ans are sufficiently reinforced. In the meantime the British are pushing the work of road making through a gorge north of Lingmathang which is said to be more difficult to traverse and higher than the Kyber pass. The military tel egraph is keeping pace with the road makers. All this work is being done in the face of the arctic weather. The British expedition is still waiting a proper report from the Dalai-Lama at Thasa. A flying column under com mand of Col. McDonald Is ready to push forward at any moment should necessity arise. Baa Johnson Ooes West. Chicago. Jan. 29. Ban Johnson started for California yesterday and will join James A. Hart upon the coast. Ed Han Ion will mret tuem at San Francisco and they will strive to settle the row between the "outlaw" league and the national agreement clubs. Beyond a doubt the differences which have lately sprung up between the National and American leagues will receive much attention, and there will be some conclaves which will exert a marked influence on future base ball hiatorjr. CUT GM RATES. Santa Fe Reduces Galveston Rate Five Cents. Expects That Other Roads Will Meet Cut. CUTS OUT KANSAS CITY Rock Island Reduction of Two Cents Via That Center. May Make Kansas Storm Center in Rate War. Kansas is the storm center for a freight rate war in grain, and within the next fortnight, it is likely that the state will be pretty thoroughly drained of the 20,000,000 bushels of wheat which are supposed to be still held by the farm 's. Thursday the Santa Fe announced a cut of 5 cents per hundred in the rate on grain from interior Kansas points to Galveston by the direct route. This means that the grain will not be sent around by way of Kansas City, .but will move direct from Kansas over the G. C. S. F. to the gulf port. It is ex pecter that the other roads will meet the Santa Fe's cut for gulf business, and the probability is that the eastern roads, which depend for their business on the haul to Minneapolis, Chicago or eastern ports, will make a deep slash in the rates to turn some or the busi ness in that direction instead of allow ing it to all slip away by the "back door" of the gulf. In addition to the cut made by the Santa Fe, the Rock Island and Missouri Pacific have given notice of a reduction of 2 cents in the rates to the gulf via Kansas City. The Rock Island Issued the following circular last night: Effective February 1, proportional rates via the Chicago, Rock Island Pacific railroad, on grain, carloads, from Kansas City to Galveston, Texas, for export, will be as follows: Wheat, -15 cents; corn, 14 cents. This is a reduction of 2 cents per cwt. from the present rates Some of the lines, and' it Is thought all will follow, 'have reduced the pro portional rate from Kansas City to Gulf ports' 2 cents a hundred. The through rate from interior points to gulf ports has been reduced cents, and the through rates to Mississippi river points and Chicago are reduced but 2 cents a hundred, or the same as the reduction on the proportional rates. As a result of the reduction of 5 cents to gulf ports as against a reduction of only 2 cents to Eastern and Atlantic ports will leave the latter 8 cents out of line as compared with the recent adjustment. It has long been a dispute between eastern lines and gulf lines as to the differentials which should be accorded gulf ports under Atlantic ports," and this reduction serving to increase the gulf differentials under the Atlantic ports will doubtless cause a further re- duction in the rates from Missouri riv er points east. The rate war affects the grain dis trict, extending from the Dakotas to Oklahoma, but the reduction of 5 cents from interior points does not extend further south than the Kansas state line on the south. It is thought that the chaotic condi tion which now exists in the rates will not last more than two weeks and the lines will come together and readjust them. For three months there has been no understanding on this question and it is hoped that rates which will not discriminate against this city will be made. SAYS W KILLED HER. Man Writes Letter Regarding Murder of Miss Schaefer. Bedford, Ind., Jan. 29. Marshal M. C. Russell today received from Louis ville the following letter: "I killed Sarah Schaefer. I intend to) kill myself. I will drown myself at 2:15 o'clock Thursday afternoon in the river between Louisville and Nevr Albany. In my pocket will be found letters from her that will explain all. (Signed) "W. H." Marshal Russell at first was disin clined to treat the letter seriously, but on investigation and consultation con cluded that the writer may be the slayer of Sarah Schaefer. He telephoned, to Chief Ridge of Louisville, requesting the Louisville police to investigate this feature of the case. Other letters have been received of a similar nature ana pronounced hoaxes, by the police. At present the police sajr that they have no tangible clue. FOUR KILLED. Tail End Collision of Extra Freights on Burlington. Broken Bow, Neb.. Jan. 29. A tallend collision of extra freights in the Bur lington yards caused the death of three trainmen and a passenger riding in the caboose. The dead: THOS, KELLY, engineer, Raveaa. C. F. EATON, fireman. Alliance. JOHN AKER8. brakeman. Alliance. J. C. WHITTENBERGER, passenger, TasweJl, Ind. MORE COLD WEATHER. It Is Promised for Saturday Down t9 Zero. The forecaster thinks more cold weather is in store for Kansas and that it will arrive Saturday. The forecast sent out today is "gen erally fair tonight and Saturday. Warmer east portion tonight. Cooler Saturday." The minimum temperature this morning was four-tenths of a de gree below zero. The wind at noon was southwest blowing 12 miles an hour. The hourly temperatures record ed today by the government thermom eter were as follows: 7 o'clock 1:11 o'clock .....17 8 o'clock 412 o'clock.. 20 9 o'clock 7! 1 o'clock 23 10 o'clock lOj 2 o'clock 28 Wind 14 miles from southwest at t B. m. Trace of snow. i i l

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2 TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL FRIDAY KVEXINGf. JANUARY 29, 1904. SPORTIi NEWS. The Fight at Kansas City Went Twenty Rounds. PVT ar li KANSASJIEWS. Heasles Has Become Too Plenti ful in Leavenworth. Two Schools in the County Closed by Disease. MOST OF PUPILS ILL. Health Officers Are Unable to Cope WithEpidemic. About One' Hundred Cases the City Alone. in Leavenworth, Kas., Jan. 29. The Times says: The epidemic of measles-in Leaven worth county seems to be keeping all of the physicians busy. At Fort Leav enworth in the post guard house measles has claimed a number of pris oners who have been transferred to the hospital under a strong guard; in the federal prison but yesterday a convict died of a complication of diseases of which measles was one of them, and there are said to be other prisoners ill with the disease; three schools have been closed clown because of the dis ease, and in Leavenworth city there are between seventy-five and one hun dred casus. J. M. Oilman, superintendent of county schools, stated Wednesday that :he schools in districts Nos. 31 and 34 have been closed and that it is not im probable that the school in district No. 31 may be closed soon. In Nos. 31 and 34 over two-thirds of the pupils are ill. One school has been closed for almost threa weeks. In spite of the efforts of the city and county health officers to check the spread of the disease, it does not seem possible to co;ie with it. One very gratifying fact in connec tion with the epidemic is that there have been no deaths in the county at tributed directly to the disease. The one at the federal prison, as above stated, cannot be directly ascribed to the disease. There are common rules which if followed will prevent measles from becoming fatal, and nearly every mother knows how to cope with the disease without employing the services of a physician. OHIO MAN SEEMS EASY. Leases Land in the "Oil District" of Barber County. There is an old saying that a sucker is born every minute. We don't know whether it is true or not hut we do know that there is at least one in the old Buckeye state. Last week Register of Deeds W. L. Bragg received a lease to be recorded. It was a lease on a very rough quarter of land in the Mills pasture in Elwood township. It runs for 12 years. Bert Manahan of Ohio City is the lessee and one McDorman who resides in Kentucky is the leaser. The terms of the lease are that Mana han shall sink an oil well and pay Mr. McDorman, the owner of the land, one dollar in cash and one-sixth of the pro ceeds. He shall also pay $1 per acre for every year he neglects to put down a productive well. Accompanying the lease for record was a letter from Mr. Manahan to Mr. Bragg. He wanted to know all about the oil fields of Barber county how near his leased quarter was to the nearest oil well and every- MALA Germ Infected Air. Malaria is not confined exclusively to the swamps etid maishy regions of the country, but wherever there is bad &ir this insidious foe to health is found. Poisonous vapors and gases from sewers, and the musty air of damp cellars are laden with' the germs of this miserable disease, which are breathed into the lungs and taken up by the blood and transmitted to every part of the body. Then you begin to feel out of Sorts without ever suspecting the cause. No energy or appetite, dull headaches, sleepy and tired and completely fagged out from the slightest exer tion, are some of the deplorable effects of this enfeebling malady. As the disease progresses and the blood becomes more deeply poisoned, boils and abscesses and dark or yellow spots appear upon the skin. When the poison is Wr tn- ferment and the microbes and srerrns to multiply in the blood, Liver and Kidney troubles and other serious complications often arise. A3 Malaria begins and develops in the blood, the treatment to be hy 1 J J SJ J constitution Si soon clear of all signs of this depressing disease, c 5 a J, a truaranteed tmrelv vegetable remedy, mild, pleasant and harmless. Write us if you want medical advice or any special informa fcioa about your case. This will cost you nothing. THE S WIFT SPEC I FIG CO., ATLANTA, CAm i utri'MllntfiV'Triiii fl-srif-- The First will convince you of its nnusnal quality and fragrance. The first hundred will prore their uniformity. The first thousand will substantiate the fact that it is a cigaryou never tire of 5c Largest Seller in the World The Sand is the Smoker's Protection. thing about the industry here. Mr. Bragg answered him saying- that there were no wells just yet but a company had just been organized in Medicine Lodge for the purpose of prospecting. Evidently the Ohio gentleman had been led to believe that this is a great oil and gas producing center and he wanted to get rich quick. The land which he leased is worth about $2 per acre. By the time he blows in $3,000 or more in prospecting for oil and gas, or if he takes the other horn of the dilemma and pays $1 per acre per year for the use of the land for 12 years, he will find it an expensive venture. The gentleman says he will be here soon to take personal charge of his business. We hope he will strike it rich. Barber County Index. BUMMER SESSION OF K. TJ. Two Men of Prominence Have Prom ised to Lecture. Lawrence, Jan. 29. The University of Kansas has just completed arrange ments with two noted scholars for courses of lectures during the summer session of the university, June 9 to July 20. Professor Nathaniel Butler, of the department of education of the University of Chicago, author of "Bel lum Helveticum" and an authority on university extension, will deliver a course of lectures in "Education." Pro fessor Henry A. Beers, professor of English literature in Yale since 1880, author of "A Century of American Lit erature," "A History of English Ro manticism," and several volumes of poetry and two short stories, will deliver- ten lectures on "The English Drama," and six lectures on the "Pur itans and Cavaliers." Efforts are being made to secure sev eral scholars of national reputation to deliver single lectures during the ses sion. From the amount of correspondence being received at the university the summer session of 1904 at the Univer sity of Kansas promises to be largely attended. Y. M. C. A. CONVENTION. Chancellor Strong Delivered Opening Address at Newton Yesterday. Newton, Kan.. Jan. 29. Chancellor Frank Strong, of the State university. delivered the opening address of the state Y. M. C. A. convention in the Auditorium in this city last evening. Two hundred young men, representing the various colleges, railroad and city Y. M C. A. organizations of the state, are here, and as many more are expect ed tomorrow. The citizens of Newton are furnishing free entertainment for the visitors. The convention will continue until Monday noon, and on Sunday the pul pits of the city will be occupied by vis iting r. M. C. A. worKers. rroiessur D. B. Towner, of Chicago, is leading the music and he is assisted by a large choir of men. Among the speaKers here' from outside the state are E. T. Colton and Fred M. Hill, of New Tow; M. J. Stickel, of Chicago, ana n. m. Beardsley. of Kansas City. iroiessor J. H. Hill, of Ottawa, and Rev. C. S. Nusbaum,' of Ottawa, are among the Kansas speakers. Humane Society for Winfield. Winfield, Kan., Jan. 29. Numerous instances of cruel treatment and neglect of horses in this city has prompted the organization of a Humane society. The local anti-Horsethief association has taken up the matter and will place it hAfnre the citv council. The society proposes to prosecute all offenders in a vigorous manner. Two Young Men a Nuisance. J. C. Landers and Cleo Bradfield, two voung men. "aged IS and 19 years, re spectively, living near Montana, were assessed $18.75 each in Justice Newton's enective must Degm mere too. t. t. t. aesiroys the germs and poisons and purifies the polluted blood, and under its tonic effect the debilitated rapiaiy recuperates ana me sysicui ia court for disturbing the peace and qujet of school district No. 21 yester day. The two young men took posi tions in the school house garret and whistled, sung and raised a general rough house during school hours. Miss Ethel I. Brock, the teacher, made com plaint. The young men have made ar rangements to pay. Parsons Sun, GOODLANDEK ESTATE WINS. Fort Scott Jury Decides Against Mrs. H. T. Haines. Fort Scott, Jan. 29 The jury in the case of Mrs. H. T. Haines against the estate of the late C. H. Goodlander, brought in a verdict for the Goodlander estate. Mrs. Haines sued to recover on an alleged $26,000 note which she as serted had been executed to her se cretly by Goodlander in his life time. She said the note had been accidental ly burned on the day of Mr. Good lander's funeral. The defense held that the claim was an attempt at fraud. Haddam Stockman Missing. Haddam, Kan., Jan. 29. H. P. Ver gith, a young stockman at this place, shipped some cattle to St. Joseph January 7 and accompanied the ship ment to that place. Since that time nothing has been heard from him, al though diligent search, has been made. It is feared that he met with foul play as it is known that he had about two hundred dollars in cash when he left here. Mr. Vergith is foreman on J. C. Morrow's ranch at this place. WAS A KANSAS WOMAN. Sudden Death of Mrs. Uitts, of Independence, at Louisville. Louisville. Ky.. Jan. 29. With $3,000 in currency and negotiable paper and doc uments showing that she is the owner of Kansas real estate worth anywhere from $20,000 to $60,000, Mrs. Maria Uitts of Independence. Kan., was found at Union station today and taken to a hospital, where she died. When discovered oy a patrolman, Mrs. Uitts was suffering of pneumonia, but she refused to go to a hospital and an ambulance corps was compelled to use force. At the hospital she fought the physicians and nurses until her strength was exhausted. The money and papers were found sewed in a cotton belt. CKUM'S STATUS. It Is Set Forth in a Letter from Sec retary Shaw. Washington, Jan. 29. In response to Senator Tillman's resolution adopted by the senate calling for the record of William D. Cram s appointment and his service as collector of the port ot Charlestion. S. C, Secretary of the Treasury Shaw sent to President pro tem. Frye the following letter: "William D. Crum was appointed col lector at the port of Charleston, S. C, March 20, 1903, and a temporary com mission issued. Mr. Crum qualified by executing bond for $50,000, and took oath of office March 30, 1903. Mr. Crum was again appointed December 7, 1903, and has given bond in the sum of $50, 000 and took the oath of office on Jan uary 9, 1304. "There has been no third appoint ment and no fourth appointment. The same information is contained in a let ter to B. R. Tillman under date of Jan uary 8, 1904, and which appears In the Congressional Record of January 25, 1304. "The resolution also asks. 'Is Mr. Crum now in office, and if so under what authority of law?' William D. Crum is de facto collector at the rort of Charleston. S. C. Whether he holds his position under authority of law is determinable not by the executive de partment of the government but by the judiciary and by that only. He is not receiving pay because of provisions of section 1761." GIKL TRIES TO ENLIST. Appears at Recruiting Office Dressed in Brother's Clothes. Chicago, Jan. 29. Dressed in a suit of her brother's clothes. May Bondell, 22 years of age, of Terre Haute, Ind., has applied to the recruiting sergeant at Fort Sheridan to be mustered into company I, which is ordered to join the Twentieth regiment in the Philip pines. Under examination the girl broke down and confessed her sex. Heart broken at the thought of separ ation from her sweetheart, Cal Pflaum, who is a private in the company, she said that she tried to enlist as a man in order to accompany him and share his danger. Vanderbilt Defeated. Hotel Ormond. Fla., Jan. 29. Without wind on a wavy surface in the course, and with a deep haze obscuring every thing Barney Oldfield has won the one mile automobile championship of America, defeating William K. Van derbilt by three seconds. Oldfield's time 46 3-5. but in the best heat he did :43 which sets the world competitive mark three seconds lower than the record of Augiers made in Paris. Don't let the little ones suffer from eczema, or other torturing skin dis eases. No need for it. Doan's Oint ment cures. Can't harm the most deli cate skin. any drug store, v0 gents. Kid Herman Given the Decision Orer McClelland. WAS A FIERCE BATTLE. Herman Administered Punish ment in Early Rounds. McClelland Was Stronger at Close of Bout. Kansas City, Jan; 29. In their fight before the Missouri Athletic club last night, "Bill" Herman, of Chicago, was given the decision over Jack McClel land, of Pittsburg, at the end of the twentieth round. The fight was a fierce one all through, both men fighting hard. McClelland held off and fought on the defensive until the sixteenth round, when he began mixing it with the Chicagoan. In the nineteenth and twentieth rounds he fought viciously and tried hard for a knockout. In these two rounds he wore his opponent down more than in any of the previous ones. James Mason, McClelland's man ager, when the decision had been an nounced, denounced Referee Porteous to the crowd, calling him a thief. The spectators were divided in the opinion about the decision. Herman, by his past work here, has established himself in the favor of the local fight fans, and had the call in the matter cf popularity, though there was a large contingent in favor of McClelland. When the referee made his announce ment these latter raised a howl arnd demanded a draw decision. While McClelland was the stronger of tne two men at the finish, the punish ment Herman administered in the first: 15 rounds of the fight counted, and though McClelland had the better of the last three or four rounds, this was not sufficient to offset the drubbing he took earlier in the game, and Referee Porteous gave his decision according ly. The fight, taken as a whole, was one of the cleanest and best battles ever 1 seen in the city. The men were both trained up to the acme of perfection. McClelland had the advantage in height and reach, but Herman, a ver itable stone wall, seemed the stronger. He carried the fight to McClelland all the way, and while he received some severe jabs for his temerity, he also delivered some hard punishment to the boy from the Smoky city. At the end of the fight McClelland's face and body bore evidence that he had been in a bruising mill, while the Hebrew boy had few marks on him. McClelland was the more scientific of the two and time and again escaped from severe lunges by, his quick footwork and clever dodging tactics. Then, when he saw an opening, he went after his man like a bolt of lightning. When he land ed his blows meant much, but most of the time Herman met his punches with the glove. r Herman, on the other hand, was fight ing all the time. He 'never let up. He kpt right after McClelland and landed frequently, but did not seem to have any steam behind his blows. Several times he caught McClelland in rushes and sent him to the mat with, light blows. The lack of strength on Herman's part is perhaps the cause of the fight being drawn out, because if he had handed Mc Clelland punches hard enough to bring him out of his reserve, the Pittsburger would have begun his camp sign earlier, and there might have been a knock out. As It was, McClelland felt sure that he knew Just when to open up. But he wait ed too long. But withal McClelland made a good Impression on the crowd. He is a clean. heady fighter, and owes his defeat only to a mistake tn calculations, lie used tne wrong tactics and discovered his mistake too late. ma ne iougni in me lenin round ns he did in the nineteenth and twentieth he would have handed Herman a sleep tablet. Herman is a fighter who has the blocking game well learned, and he is a fiehter in all that tne wera lm plies. He is hard to wear out and always keens his opponents working. For a man of his apparent strength it is surprising how little effect his blows have. Clarence Forbes challenged the winner to fight at 126 pounds. A challenge was also received from "Battling" Nelson to fight at 120 pounds. In the preliminary before the main bout last night Wink field of Olathe had Williams, the Denver ite, at his mercy. He beat him almost to a miln in the first three rounds and when the fourth opened sent his man to the floor with a straight left to the Jaw. While Williams was down Winkfield struck him and the fight was awarded to Williams. May Desert Texas League. Oklahoma City, Jan. 29. Baseball in the Southwestern league will open up about the last Sunday in March. A game between the Oklahoma City team and the St. Louis Browns, of the big league, has been arranged for the last Sunday in March. The latter team will then train here the week following and play the Cincinnati Reds the next Sun day. Ted Sullivan of the Texas league, has withdrawn from that league and has written Managers Flaherty and Rogers of this city, applying for the manager ship of one or the teams in tne south western league. He win proDably be as signed the Guthrie team. Cy Mulkey, Accept My Help and Get Well Without the Risk of a Penny. You can secure the utmost that medi cine can do by simply writing a postal card. All I ask is your name and address and to know the book you need. I will ar range with a druggist near you so that vou may take six bottles of Dr. Shoop a Restorative. You may take it a month at my risk. If it succeeds, the cost is $5.50. if it tails. 1 will pay tne arupsnst myseii. And the sick one's mere word shall de ride it. You must realize that this oner would be impossible if I did not know that my Restorative will cure. A man aossn t take a risk involving $5.50, and with hun dreds of thousands of people, without knnwine- what a remedy will do. t scent a lifetime in perfecting my Re storative before such an offer was possi ble. I tested it thousands or times, hospitals and homes, in cases as difficult nhvsiciaTis ever meet. Then I let the world know of it upon terms so fair that no reasonable sick one could neglect it. About ooO.WO people have accepted that offer and 39 out of each 40 have paid gladly, because they got well. Mv success comes from strengthening the inside nerves. My Restorative brings back this power which alone operates the vital organs. The common way is to doctor the weak organ itself, and many of you know how teniporarv are the results. I give the weak organ power to do its duty, and the results are not onlv sure but enduring. In little troubles my Restorative is the quickest help. In difficult troubles it is usually the only way to a cure. Simply state Book 1 on Dyspepsia, which book vou Book 2 on the Heart, want and ad- Book 3 on the Kidneys, dress Dr. Shoop. Book 4 for Women. Box 8729, Ra- Book 5 for Men (sealed) cine. Wis. Book 6 on Rheumatism. Mild cases, not ehronic, are often cured ilrtlji one or two bottles. At druggists. t: Says I to myself Says I Usiee;cla Biscuit An&l so says wrerbody who ever enjoyed the BTrtriment of this famous bisctiij- Sofci mlr fa al4trtjfc MXUtm-gjuuf in r 1 1 IMska NATIONAL BISCUIT 1 COMPANY who managed the Paris, Tejcas, team last year and won the pennant in the T xas league, has also aprlied for a piiice in the Southwestern league. Mul- kti is a Drotner or the grea evangelist. Ah)! Mulkey, and is said to handle base bal teams as well as his brther handles the gospel. The final meting to arrange the playing schedule for the Southwest ern! league will be held at Guthrie about the iOth of February. W'E SIEEN L-EAGTJE MATTERS, Teboa.li Wins Out and Completed. Cirouit Is 0190, Jan. 29. George Tebeau, of Louisville, who has owned two baseball clubs in the American association for two veai" and who recently established his ownership of the Denver club of the Western lVague by injunction, has been recognized as owner of both th. Denver and the Ka nsas City clubs of the West ern league. He Votedfor these; clubs in the annual meeting of the Western league whicli was held Thursoas after noon and ni&ht. M. H. Sextan was re-elected president of the league, C. H. Myricl; of Des Moines was ra ade vice Dresidcnt. and W. A. Rourke, Geo. Tebeau and T. a Burns were fhosen directors. Ine league will rolav a 140-game schedule among the following six clu."bs: Den ver, Colorado springs, umana, ues Moines. St. Joe anil Sioux Citty, but the organization will maintain lio playing clubs at Pueblo and Lincoln In order to keep an eight-club circuit and to re tain its position as a class Ji. league in the national association. Txie playing circuit was completed by the awarding of the Peoria franchise to W. H. Na tion of Sioux Qty. The Milwaukee franchise was transferred to Pueblo, Colo., and the Kansas City franchise to Lincoln, Neb. Pueblo and Lincoln are expected to become acti-ce members with regular teams and imiividual own ers by next season Geo Tebeau and R. R. Burke were announced as the new owners of the- Denver club, D. C. Packard, who last year was associated with Burke, retiring. Athletic Pitcher Secretly Married. Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 29. Weldon Hen ley, one of the pitohers of the Phila delphia American league team, and Miss Blanche Simnaons were secretly married on January 6. Both are resi dents of Jasper, G:i. Mrs. Henley is the daughter of B. vT. Simmons, a pros perous jasper merchiant. She and Hen ley have known eac h other since child hood, and their romance culminated in a secret marriage, owing to parental objections because ctf the bride's youth. The marriage was revealed today, and the bride's parents forgave her. Broad Worlcing to Meet Hanlon. San Francisco, Jan. 29. "K3d" Broad, who is already t raining here for his bout with Eddie Hanlon, said today that he is in better shape than ever before and believes he can cVefeat the popular coast fighter. It was reported today that Jack Root had been matched to meet Billv Woods. Clark to Coach Harvard Team. Boston, Jan. 29. Ellery H. Clark, all round amateur champion of the United States, has been selected as head coach of the Harvard Mott Haven track team. John Graham will continue as trainer. Clark and Graham are old friends, and harmony now exists! Racing at Nnw Orleans. New Orleans, La., Jan. 29. Clangor, St. Tammany and Ostrich were winning favorites today. Ethics, which finished first in the fourth race, was disqualified for fouling St. Tammany, and Cochran, who had the mount, was set down for rough riding. Algonquin was run up to $1,000 and bought in. Weather cloudy; track heavy. Racing at Los Angeles. Los Angeles, Jan. 29. Ocean Dream, the Wymans mare, won the free handi cap at Ascot today and incidentally clipped three-quarters of a second oft the track record for one mile. A crowd of $5,000 was tn attendance and the form players had the better of the argu ment with the books. ine weather was fine and the track good. Race Mare Sly Is Dead. San Francisco, Jan. 29. The well known race mare Sly is dead. She was sired by Racine. Sly was 10 years old and was started in 1S6 races, winning 67 times. She broke a world's record at Harlem for six and a half furlongs. Racing at Frisco. San Francisco, Jan. 29. Double Six won the five and a half furlongs race at Oakland today by a head from Sad Sam, and broke the California record, covering the distance in 1:0516. This i- it n 'Jf'pn' j i j I) V fiii ill 1 11 I m V7 .W i' L it is a half second off the previous mark. Sad Sam was a 7 to 10 favorite and opened up a gap as usual. He tired some in the final furlong, and Double Six, finishing strong, beat him a head. St. Winifrede was third. Jockey Club was the only favorite to win. Weather clear; track fast. PURCHASES PLANTJDES. Madden Gets Stallion from Corrigan to Replace Imported Mirthful. Lexington, Ky., Jan. 29. John E. Madden, proprietor of Hamburg place, has bought for a private but long price of Ed Corrigan the 7-year-old English stallion, Planudes, by St. Simon Lone ly, by the Derby winner Hermit, and the horse will be retired to the stud to take the place made vacant by the death of imp. Mirthful, which perished in the big fire at Hamburg place last sum mer. Planudes won in England, as a 2-year-old, the Molyneaux stakes, and as a 3-year-old, the Trial and Walton plates, and as a 6-year-old, in this coun try last year he won his only two starts in easy fashion. His dam Lonely was an Oaks winner and one of the most brilliant turf performers in England. Gans Works Out in Deep Snow. Mount Clemens, Mich., Jan. 29. Snow a foot deep did not deter Joe Gans from work on the roads, when he began his preparation for the bout with Mike Ward, to be held at Detroit next Tues day. Gans now weighs 138 pounds and will have no trouble about the weight, which is 140. He proposes to go out on the roads every day, but to cut out some of his "gym" work. Betting is now 10 to 8 on the bout, with Gans a favorite. The colored boy denies that Herford has challenged Young Corbett for him. Herford is in Baltimore at present. Six Round Go at St. Joe. St. Joseph, Mo., Jan. 29. Tommy Smith of Chicago, was given the deci sion over Mickey Riley of Milwaukee, here tonight after six rounds of fast milling. The bout was scheduled to go twenty rounds. Riley repeatedly fouled Smith with his head, and in the sixth, after a hot mixup, put his knee to the groin. Honors were even up to this time. They boxed at 135 pounds. Kid Vance of Omaha, and John Stout of Denver, fought a six-round draw. Brown Abandons Frisco Trip. New Orleans, Jan. 29. Captain S. S. Brown arrived here today, having aban doned his trip to California when he reached Denver. Captain Brown said today that if the track was fast on Derby day he would start Auditor, and that if it happened to be muddy he might bring Proceeds down to start in the big race. Twenty Rounds to a Draw. Pueblo, Colo., Jan. 29. Andy Walsh, of New York, and Jim Flynn, of Pueblo, fought twenty rounds to a draw here last night. Sporting Notes. McLean. Walthour and Caldwell hold all the bicycle records made last year up to ou mues. Sweetland, the former Cornell player, has been hired as football coach for Ohio State university. Cant. Blair of the Chicaero track team has advised his candidates to give up smoking while in training. A big wrestling bout scheduled for Bal timore on February 9 will be between Americus and Harvey Parker. The boxing clubs of Chicago which were closed after the Iroquois theater fire, are gradually resuming their weekly shows. The stakes and purses to be offered on the numerous running tracks in the Uni ted States this year will foot up $4,319,7u0. Riley Grannan, the once noted plunger. is now piker at a California track. The tide of adversity has been flowing his way lately. ine iftnceton base ball team will play viiicc games in wasnington mis spring On April 2 and 3 it will meet Georgetown, r Sale Ten Million Boxes a Year. the roar 10C 25c 50c. V i;.r ijy t r i i n a r 11 k-.: II II IWI IIMWI1 II 1111 '.4"MM muni nun ii i i J "r-ri -jjll.- BEST FOR

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TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL, FRIDAY EVENING. J AXUAEY 29, 1904. 3 e Vr TMJ j fe?4 ?Vi2L nducel to relate Her Experience for Benefit of Other Women. t I". 3 FORFEIT if oinnst forUnrith ftroduco the orif im&J etten and BiH turea of these testi monials, which will pror their abiolute genuineness. L.TDIA PIKKBAM MXDICINB CO., Lynn, Mass. RAILROAD fJElVS. Across the Continent at 41 1-2 Miles an Hour. Clark Special Smashed Records for Speed. All MADE THE RACE ALONE Clark Was the Sole Occupant of a Smoking Car. Gave 31 one j to Faithful Santa Fe Employes. General Passenger Agent W. J. Black has given out a statement concerning the remarkable run made by the Chas. W. Clark special. The time made by the special between Wlnslow and Chi cago has never been equalled, in spite of the fact that the train was delayed once by an engine failure, and once, for two hours, by a hot box. In spite of delays, the train beat the record of the Lowe special by 25 min utes; and exclusive of the delays, beat the Lowe special over 2 hours. At 1:30 Thursday afternoon, Mr. Clark arrived in Chicago. Mr. Clark was met by officials of the Atchison. ToDeka 4 Santa Fe road and friends. It was their intention to hurry him to La Salle Etreet station, where the Boston special of the Lake Shore was being held for nis accommodation. Mr. Clark, how ever, announced that he had decided to wait in Chicago and catch the Lake Shore Limited, which left here at 5:30 o'clock p. m. This will place him in New York at 6 o'clock p. m. today un less otner delays are encountered. Mr. Clark was escorted to the Grand Pa cific hotel, where he took a much need ed rest. The following is the schedule: JJeft Winslow.Ariz., Tuesday. .11:28 p.m. Arr. Aiouquerque, iN. M., Wed nesday 5:43 a.m. Left Albuquerque 5:45 a.m. Arrive Katon, 243 miles 11:32 a.m. Left Raton 11:35 a.m. Arr. La Junta. Col., 105 miles.. 1:56 p.m. Left La Junta 2:00 p.m. Arr. Syracuse, Ivan., 101 miles 4:06 p. m Left Syracuse 4:10 p. in Arrived Dodije City, 101 miles Mountain time) 6:04 p. m Left Dodcre City (Central time) 7:10 p.m. Arr. lopeka, 241 miles, Thurs day 1:55 a.m. Left Topeka 2:00 a.m. Arr. Kansas City (Argentine) 3:08 a.m. Left Kansas CCity 3:14 a.m. Arrived Fort Madison, la 8:35 a.m. Arrived Toluca, 111 12:38 p. The train covered a distance of 1,845 miles as follows: Wlnslow to Albuquerque 256 miles Albuquerque to Kansas City. 219 miles Kansas City to Chicago 45S miles 1,663 miles Time, 3i hours. Speed, 44 miles an hour, including Btops. W. J. BLACK'S STATEMENT. Oeneral Passenger Agent Black says of the run: "It was the fastest run ever made on our road, taking all things into con sideration. The train left Albuquerque yesterday morning at 6:43 and reached Chicago today ,at l:o0 p. m. The run of 1,663 miles was made, therefore, in 37 hours and 13 minutes. This is an average of 44 miles an hour, includ ing all stops and delays. "The most remarkable feature of the train's flight was its great speed through the mountains. It did better work there than on the level country 1 Vf I'm t jri mm :mm r mii 11 Tl ffi farther east. The special crossed three mountain ranges including the conti nental divide, the various altitudes be ing 7,257, 7.472 and 7,608 feet above sea level. No delays were encountered in the mountains, and the speed made was something new in railroad experiences. If the same approximate speed had been maintained east of the mountains the train would have reached Chicago four hours sooner. 'Much of the distance across Kansas was done at a mile a minute speed. A noticeable thing about the race against death was the quickness of our engine men in changing engines for the special at the division coints. 'Santa Fe officials are much gratified over the showing made by the train in breaking fast records, but we can uu better yet." START OF THE RACE. Mr Clark received the telegram an nouncing the illness of his wife at his father's mines at Jerome, Ariz., uj miles from Winslow. He made the run from Jerome to Jerome Junction, miles, on the United Verde Pacific railroad, a line operated by the Clarks from their mines. He used the regular train service to Winslow, where he was given a switch engine and a smoking car for the -Srst part of the special run. The train reached Chicago short ly hofnrp f. o'clock in the afternoon. The poorly equipped outfit with which Mr. Clark started, was kept until Albu querque, N. M., was reached. There he obtained a fast engine. He made his negotiations with tne banta re wane on the train. A change of engines was made at Albuquerque, ju., tcaton, in. M., La Junta, Colo., Dodge City, New ton. Kmpoiia and Argentine, Kan. The next change was made at Fort Madison, Iowa. Onlv one mishap occurred west of here. This was on the "Hutchinson cutoff," where the engine was laid out for over an hour by a iit.box. Mr Clark was alone, except for the company of the trainmen. The smoking car in which he was riding was old and dingy. It was poorly lighted by two oil lamps, fastened to. the ceiling. When the train reached Argentine, the lone occupant was seen walking the floor, pacing from one end of the car to an other. Two seats were turned together, which showed where he had tried to rest. Trainmen say he was restless all during the night. Now and then he would stop, look at his watch, gaze at a picture of his wife in the case, replace it in his pocket and resume his walk back and forth in the car. He talked to any of the trainmen who came near him. He was impatient at points where engines were changed. He counted the minutes in every hour. He studied the switch lights that passed like firebugs in the night. He inquired what they were and what they meant. Once he clenched his fists and said. "If a man makes up his mind to persevere, he will persevere. You can't stop him. He will. I've made up my mind to see Katherine alive, and I will see her." Then he sank back in a seat, to remain but a mo- me'TOLD OF HIS WIFE'S DEATH. Mr Clark was met at Argentine by H. 1. Luke, state agent for the United States Insurance company. Mr. Luke was a novhood friend of Mr. Clark. W hen the latter turned and saw him he reached out and threw his arms about him. "Har rv he said, "I'm so glad to see you. Triev're going to give me a sleeping car here Come, go with me and sit down. My Friends, the dear drug gists, are quiet. What makes 'em so quiet? Must be their dearness. I should be quiet if I were so dear, I know. Frank Hobart, 500 West Tenth U. S. Induced to which Tell me, do you know anything of my wife?" Mr. Luke told him that he had a lot of messages from New York concerning her. Mr. Clark took a telegram from his pock et, which had been handed him at New ton. It said that "Katherine was resting easy and doing well." Mr, Luke told him that he had a number which would be of interest. Not until the train was far out of Argentine, on the way to Chicago, did he tell the man that his wire was aeaa. It was the intention to catch the "Twen tieth Century Limited" on the Lake Shore and Michigan Central road. He sent a telegram to a friend in Chicago asking him to see the officials of that road and have them to hold the limited a half hour if necessary. He added the usual sentence: "The expense makes no difference." GAVE MONEY TO TRAINMEN. At nearly every stop Mr. Clarke gave money to trainmen. At Emporia the change of engines was made in one min ute and forty-live seconds. This pleased him, and he sent a sum of money to the trainmen. The fastest run the special had made before it reached Kansas City was between La Junta, Col., and Dodge City, Kan. A small stretch of straight track, ten miles in length, was covered in eight minutes. E. A. Austin of Topeka, Kan., trainmaster of the Santa Fe, met the special at Emporia, Kan. He went with Mr. Clark as far as Kansas City. HOW TO DODGE THE LAW. Railroad Financiers Figuring on Con solidation of Parallel Lines- It is the opinion of several men promi nent in railroad circles that the Illinois Central will eventually buy the Chicago Alton if the deposit of stock of the latter road is satisfactory. The Illinois Central and the Alton are parallel lines and, while Mr. Harriman owns nearly all of the stock of the latter, he is said to own 36 per cent of the stock of the Illinois Central. The possibility of such a deal is said to depend largely on the outcome of the Northern Securities case now pending before the supreme court. As the roads parallel each other, a con solidation might be effected, but they parallel only between Chicago and St. Louis. If the Northern Securities com pany is not declared illegal the objec tion can be removed by maintaining a separate management for both roads be tween Chicago and St. Louis. This, however, could be directed by the Illi nois Central interests, the same as James J. Hill controls the merger lines in the northwest. Besides owning 36 per cent of the stock of the Illinois Central Mr. Harri man is a member of the executive com mittee. The unification of the Illinois Central, Alton and Union Pacific sys tems would insure a Chicago outlet to all three roads from Kansas City and Omaha. MUST WEAR CLEAN LINEN. White Collars and Cuffs Must Be Worn by Pennsylvania Employes. W. W. Atterbury, general manager of the Pennsylvania, has issued a sweep ing order requiring many thousand em ployes to wear uniforms and to keep their appearance neat and themselves and their uniforms clean. The lan guage of the order leaves no doubt that clean linen, the wearing of white col lars and cuffs and well cared for uni forms are things desired by the Penn sylvania management. WORST CUTTERS KNOWN. St. PauIRailroads Are Working Up s Reputation. Demoralization of the passenger busi ness in the St. Paul territory has again been called to the attention of the ex ecutive officials of the Chicago-St. Paul lines. General Passenger Agent Cal loway of the Soo Line, has announced that he will put in a rate to New York based on an $S rate between the Twin Cities and Chicago. This is a cut of $3.50, and is all some of the Chicago St. Paul lines are now actually getting out of the traffic. A meeting of the general agents at St. Paul has been called with a view to considering whether the Soo Line rate will be met. As usual, Mr. Calloway is blamed for Ci. From 5 which is of X NN. her. ShewiU ,v The firand-Niece of PRESIDENT JAMES K. MRS. IDA ROSER, relate Her Experience for Benefit of MRS. IDA ROSER. V.U Vv f "Dear Mrs. Pinkham: I have been married for nearly two years, and so far have not been blessed with a child. I have, however, suffered with a complication of female troubles and painful menstruation, until very recently. The value of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound was called to my attention by an intimate friend, whose life had simply been a torture with inflammation and ulceration, and a few bottles of your Compound cured her; she can hardly believe it ir j.- j u n;,c cnA Kloccpl Vili-h T took four bottles of vour Compound and. nerscii m-ciay, sue tujjrj ouw uivv. consider myself cured. I am once more in fine health and spirits; my domestic and offi cial duties all seem easy now, for I feel so strong I can do three times what I used to do. You have a host of friends in Denver, and among the best count. Yours gratefully. "MRS. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable seems to be the universal woman's medicine for the high and low, rich and poor; and why not The organ ism of all women is alike, and the society woman is just as susceptible to the ills of womankind as are her less favored sisters, but owing to their inherent distaste for advertised articles will resort to all other methods for a cure first. Yet it is a fact worth recording that Mrs. Pinkham is constantly receiving letters from women of high social position, saying as a last resort and without any faith, they tried Lydia E. Pinkham S Vegeta ble Compound and were completely cured by it. She actually has thousands of such letters. Mountains of eold could not purchae ;ueh te -timony-r fce the place of iiipiunu uiUUeUb w ,nri in treating female ills, extending over 20 years, untold value to every ailing young woman. Her advice is very sure o answer you coiuiu.eutiau.jr uu xfee wa vucug w the demoralization, but it appears that he had evidence that the rates were being cut before he took action. A western passenger traffic manager said yesterday: "The St. Paul situation is absolutely hopeless. There is the worst bunch of rate cutters there I have ever known, and for one I have given the matter up as a bad job." GREAT FINANCIAL BATTLE. President Cassatt Calls Stockholder Meeting for March 8. President A. J. Cassatt of the Penn sylvania system has issued a call for a meeting of the stockholders of that road for March 8, and has made an earnest appeal that all the stockholders make their proxies in favor of A. N. Fox, M. Parker Shortridge, C. A. Gris com and himself. It is thought in rail road circles that at this meeting the battle of the financial giants for the supremacy of the Pennsylvania, which trs been raging for some time, will be bi ought to a finish and the winners will announce their victory with a pub lic demonstration. The contestants for the control of the Pennsylvania are the Gould interests and Rockefeller on one side and President Cassatt and his fol lowers on the other. In case the op ponents of Cassatt should win it is thought that the road will be placed in charge of entirely different adminis trators and will no longer be the domi nant power in eastern railroad circles, as it is now. The fight originated when the Gould interests made an attempt several months ago to extend the Wabash into Pittsburg, the stronghold of the Penn sylvania, and secure an Atlantic outlet for the Wabash, which would give it a chance to successfully compete with the Pennsylvania in territory which the latter had learned to look upon as all its own. The Gould interests failed to heed the warning of the Pennsylvania to keep out of its territory and then the fight began. The Western Union Telegraph com pany is controlled largely by Gould and Rockefeller and to get even the Penn sylvania cut down all the poles of the company on its lines and destroyed about $5,000,000 w-orth of its property. This so angered Gould and Rockefeller that thev set about to have Cassatt's scalp, and have since been bending all their efforts in that direction by pur chasing heavily of the Pennsylvania stock in the open market. Cassatt and his followers have not been idle, either, and have been preparing for the fight which was sure to come to an issue at some time. BLOCK SIGNAL SYSTEM. In Use Now Over 39,398 Miles of Track in United States. Concerning the use of the block system for spacing trains, from statistics gather ed by the Railroad Gazette, it appears that the block system is now in use on over 39,000 miles of railroad in the United States, which is about 9,500 miles more than appears in the statistics gathered one year age. The statement does not neces'sarilv mean that every train in this 39.263.9 miles is protected by the space interval. In this country, as in England, the onlv facts that can be statistically recorded are those concerning the facill- Hair Vigor Always restores color to gray hair, always. Makes the hair irrow and stoos falling hair. 1 J J C. AyerCo. I 1 l Is. M m POLK, Xjf .V2 Other Women. IDA JU. XVOStK, 320 X. lOUixivc. iytuvLi.vui. uicorj nuiuciu yv QTuKfTtT Aninf'P' Tr vniTVfl wm?K.' FREE. ties provided; what is actually done with the facilities may vary. If one passenger train each way daily is protected from being struck by following trains by a rule requiring each station agent to hold such following train until he knows that the passenger train has passed a certain distance beyond, the block system is in use, and there is nothing to hinder its use for all trains. The length of road on which all passenger trains are now block ed, and on which freight trains are blocked with few exceptions, is 26,881.4 miles. The totals may be summarized as fol lows (miles of road): Automatic Single track 9ft4.6 Double track 3,125.7 Four track 301.0 4,391.3 Manual Single track 28,508.2 Double track 5,796.3 Four track 702.635,007.1 Automatic and manual, total 39,398.4 BRADY GETS $15,000. Big Verdict for a Brakeman Whose Leg Was Cut Oft Kansas City, Mo., Jan. 29 Probably the largest verdict ever rendered in Jackson county for the loss of a leg was that given James T. Brady against the Chicago Alton railway in Judge Teasdale's division of the circuit court yesterday. The verdict was for $15, 000. Brady was a switchman for tne Al ton. In tha spring of 1902 he was sent in between two box cars to remote a coupling pin. His foreman on the other side of the train raised the patent coupling lever, when, on account of a defective chain Brady was tnrown un der the wheels. His left leg was out off Just below the knee. He was repre sented by Frank P. Walsh. The jury was out less than an hour. ITS FIFTH IN A YEAR. Guttrie Celebrates the Completion of a New Railroad. Guthrie, Okla., Jan. 29. Track laying on the St. Louis, El Reno Western, constructed between Guthrie and El Reno a distance of 52 miles, was com pleted today. A golden spike was driven at El Reno. The first train over the new road left union station here this morning. The track laying on the Mis souri Kansas Oklahoma railroad will be completed Into Guthrie tonight. This will be the fifth railroad to be built into Guthrie in less than one year. BOUGHT 40 ACRES. Santa Fe Gets Site for Shops at Shaw nee, Oklahoma. Shawnee, O. T., Jan. 29. The Santa Fe railroad today acquired the title to the forty acres of the holdings of Mrs. Burbonnais, a wealthy French woman, just south of this city, paying $5,000 for it. Surveyors are now laying out the ground for shop and roundhouses, which will be erected at once. Transferred from Salina to St. Joseph Salina, Kan., Jan. 29. E. E. Smith, who for the past two years or more has been the local representative of the Mis souri Valley Car association, as in spector, has been transferred from Sa lina to St. josepn, aio., wnere ne De comes the manager of the local office there. Mr. Smith will leave for St. Joe Saturday. A Cofieyville Superintendent. Coffeyville, Kan., Jan. 29. At a spe cial meeting of the board of education Prof. William M. Sinclair of McPher son was elected to the superintendency of the Coffeyville schools to succeed W. E. Ringle, wHo resigned to go into the oil business. Prof. Sinclair was a candidate for state superintendent on the Republican ticket two years ago. He was superintendent of the schools here from lb89 to 1894. Singers and speakers will find Piso's Cure an effectual cure for hoarseness. 25c 1 ;tr '-t A M .;-A- -ww j&Z V?J? -XWj X Compound lPnuyiia. Mrs. Pinkham has gamed a knowledge to help. If you neea sucn neip, LOST IT IN WHEAT. Defaulting Cashier Tells Where the Money Went. Cleveland, Jan. 29. George A. Rose, the alleged defaulting cashier of the Produce Exchange bank, which closed Its doors January 22, made a confession to the county prosecutor telling of his method of using the bank's money, of which he is said to have lost $187,000. Rose said that he was alone in his al leged speculation and that his use of the bank's money began about six years ago. He said that about three years ago, when the loss had reached only $20,000, an auditing committee was ap pointed to go over the bank's books. Rose had hoped that his shortage would be ciifcovered then but at the end of a week or so of investigation the commit tee reported everything satisfactory with the bank's affairs. Ros-3 declared that he lived within his salary of $125 a month and has not got a cent of the money lost to the bank by his specula tion. When the shortage had reached $20,000 Rose said that he knew that he would have to replace that sum, and seeing no other way of doing so than by speculation, he continued to do so until the amount reached $187,000. Hts mental state has been miserable ever since his speculation began, he said, and aften he had been tempted to commit suicide, but did not do so because of his wife and family. All of the entire sum of $187,000, Rose declares, was 1 jt in grain speculation in Chicago, riis willingness for a speedy trial and im prisonment, he said, was to relieve his mind of the worry that he had under gone, also his desire to be sentenced and to serve his term and afterward begin life anew. Free Mail Delivery for Clay Center. Clay Center, Kan., Jan. 29. Mr. Ach enbach, postmaster here, received word from Washington yesterday that free delivery of city mail will begin here June 1. There will be three carriers and 12 street mail boxes. Last year's receipts at the office here were more than $10,000. This gave the town free delivery. May Abandon K. U. Trip. Lawrence, Kan., Jan. 29. William Jewell college has canceled its basket ball game with Kansas on account of some of the members of the team be ing sick. It was scheduled for tonight. This canceling will probably knock out the Kansas basketball teams trip. which was to begin today. William Jewell was the first game and then the team was scheduled for Omaha, Des Pure and Delicate Aroma. Really Cheapest in Use. 1 .-..V A' v writo Moines, Grinnell and Iowa City. Lr. Naismith, who is managing athletics) during Mr. Plank's absence, said that the trip would probably have to be called off unless the board decided oth erwise immediately. The board has ta ken no action. FRUIT MEM TO ORGANIZE. A Meeting of Growers Is to Ba Held in Wichita Soon. Wichita, Kan., Jan. 29. A call has been issued for a meeting of horticulturists here, when it is proposed to organize the Arkansas "Valley Fruit Growers' associa tion. Frank Yaw, a fruit grower, is at the head of the movement. The principal object of the organization will be the promotion of fruit growing and the en forcement of laws relating to the pro tpftlon of trues and shrubbery. Especially will attention be paid to violations of tha laws relating to transplanting diseased plants, as it is contenuea mat uui uii ute generally is disregarded. Arkansas valley folk contend, ana they are backed up by Superintendent Schell of the Kansas horticultural exhibit at tne world's fair, that this portion of the state is rapidlv taking the lead over the old fruit growing districts, both as to the quantity aim muuiilj vi. .i v and for this reason it is urged that or ganization is necessary for the good ol the business generally. Most of the ap ples for the Kansas exhibit came from Sedgwick, Cowley and neighboring coun ties, the late freeze killing the buds in the northern counties. Annual Quarantine Order. Washington, Jan. 29. Secretary Wll son has issued the annual quarantine; order on account of the Texas cattle fever. It is effective on February 1, and! includes California, Oklahoma andl Texas and the southern states. Tha line in the states of California. Texas, Oklahoma, Tennessee, North Carolina. Georgia and Virginia is made prac tically the same as last year. Mon terey county, California, is taken out ofi the quarantine district. Tha restric tions are removed entirely from that part of Blaine county, Oklahoma, that lies north of the Canadian river. Kanaan Talked Too Much. Abilene, Kan., Jan. 29. Relnhold Meyer, a well-to-do farmer, confessed Judgment here in court for $1,000 for slanderous expression regarding Roberts Telfer, a neighbor. Mrs. J. W. Coulsoo. another neighbor, whose name was connected with Telfer's in Meyer's re marks, secured a Judgment for $3,000 last falL The cases rested on an ex pression of 20 words, making the Judg ments at the rate of $200 each word, although he may compromise for less. Malek, the great Hungarian pianist, is the next big musical event at th Auditorium on Washington's blrthdayv Unmixed.

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TOPEKA STATE JOTJTCtfATrnnUY iTvTESTSfS, JANUARY' 29," 1904: TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL BY FRANK P. MAC LENNAS. VOLUME XXXI ...No. 25 TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: Dally edition, delivered by carrier, H Cents a week to any part of Topeka, or suburbs, or at the same price in any Kan sas towns vken the paper has a carrier system. Hy mall, one year CM By mRll, three months Weekly edition, one year Saturday edition of dally, one year l.to Entered July 1. 1S75. as second class matter at the postoffice at Topekfr. Kan, under the act of congress. TELEPHONES. Pusine OITlce Bell 'phone107 Huslness Offiee Ind. 'phone 10i 3 Reporters" Room Bell 'phone 5ji lieporterx' Room Ind. 'hone 1k7 1 PERMANENT HOME. Topeka State Journal building. S00 and ICQ Kansas avenue, corner of Eighth. NEW YORK OFFICE: El Vanderbtlt Bid. Paul Block. Mgr. CHICAGO OFFICE: 1540 Unity Bids;. Paul Block, Mgr. SI-XL LEASED "vTTBE SEPOET OF T2E ASSOCIATED PEESS. The State Journal Is a member of the lAsjMjolacod Press and receives the full day telegraph report of that great news or caiiizatlon lor exclusive afternoon publica fcan in Topeka. Tfca news Is received In the State Jour nal but id, rig over wires for this sole pur lee. busv Throughout the entire day. A eoniDie'.e topy of tae night report Is also TO ANTI-BAILEY REPUBLICANS These remarks are not addressed to the leaders of the fight on Governor Bailey. Practically every one of them either has a personal grievance against the governor or some of his friends, or Is trying to bring about the political revolution In which Senator Burton says Is his only hope for regaining his lost prestige. On such no arguments will have any effect. Instead these remarks are addressed to those Republicans who have been led to believe that Governor Bailey is personally responsible for the political ills in Kansas today high taxes, legislative extravagance, appro priations that are too high, appropria tions that are not high enough, and various other grievances that various people have. It is doubtless a fact that the thing which has induced most of you to take up with the fight on Governor Bailey is because your taxes are higher than last year, and since you have heard so much about legislative extravagance you blame it to that. Governor Bailey's enemies have told you that he helped to organize the house because he favored Mr. Pringle for speaker, and that he is therefore responsible for all legislative extravagance. It is true that the appropriations are somewhat larger than formerly, but It Is also true that the state Is richer. It Is true, also, that larger appropriations were necessary. During the hard times of the nineties and the days of Popu lism the state institutions were pinched for means and allowed to run down. It is now necessary to build them up. A new asylum is necessary and that alone required $200,000 from the last legisla ture. But notwithstanding this, it was the lower house, which Governor Bailey is accused of "bossing," which kept ap propriations down even to the present figure. No one will intimate for a mo ment that Governor Bailey had any control over the senate. Instead it an tagonized him at every point that State Treasurer Kelly and his associates In the Burton camp dictated. The ma jority in the senate was under the com plete control of Kelly, who is now lined up with you in fighting Bailey. And this senate, dominated by Kelly, at tempted to pass appropriations amount ing to several hundred thousand dol lars more than the house would ap prove. It compelled the house to ac cept some items to which the house strenuously objected. And yet you hold Governor Bailey accountable for the big appropriations! Here is what Governor Bailey himself Raid to the legislature on the subject cf appropriations. It is the only thing lie ever said about it. It is the closing paragraph of his message to the legis lature: "To be called upon to legislate for a great state like Kansas is a. responsi bility thatI know you fully realize, and that you ,will bring to your work your best thought and effort. The nat ural pride every citizen has in his state suggests at once that the institutions of the state should be maintained upon a plane commensurate with the dignity and growth of the state. This is com mendable; but theie is another in terest that should be sacred to every one charged with responsibility, and that is the duty we owe to the burden bearers, the people who pay the taxes. The people will justify a generous sup port of all the great interests of our state, but they will condemn any profli gate waste of the public money," It is now conceded on all sides that the employe business was overdone in both houses last winter, yet the im pression is given by the enemies of Governor Bailey that only the house is guilty and that Bailey is responsible. Tet Governor Bailey warned both houses against the "profligate waste of the public money. The facts are that the senate, with only 40 members, had nearly as many employes as the 125 members of the house. During the session the house spent J309.30 per member for employes, while the senate spent $639.53 per mem ber. And yet you are blaming Gover nor Bailey for the employe graft. Sen ators Leidy and Miller and McKnight and Crum, who are now active in fight ing Bailey, participated in this em ploye graft in the senate. And Messrs. Stubbs, Dolley, Brandon, Mendenhall, Tucker, Mead, Billings and others who are making a fuss about it now, wets members of the house and knew all about its army of employes, but they failed to object to it then. Are they not more to blame than Governor Bailey? But to return to the subject of taxa tion: You have been led to believe tha Governor Bailey is responsible for the high taxes. The leaders of the Hoch movement are deceiving you with the cry, "Cleaner jBovernrpenjt and lower tr.xes!" Do you not know that Mr. Kelly and his state board of equaliza tion, with which Governor Bailey has nothing to do, arbitrarily raised the as sessed valuation of the farms and per sonal property of 63 counties in Kan gas approximately $30,000,000, but left the railroads practically as they were? Do you remember that W. II. Crad dock, Mr. Bailey's Democratic oppon ent two years ago, told the people in his campaign that the Kepublicans would favor the railroads in matters of tax ation, and that the railroads are not taxed enough? And do you remember that Mr. Bailey denied it? Do you know that the railroads fought Mr. Bailey's nomination two years ago and are aiding in the fight on him now? In view of the fact that Governor Bailey has officially advised Justice to all tax payers, how will you Justify your aetion if you turn him down for re nomination at the behest of Mr. Kelly, who raised the assessment on the peo ple of 63 counties $30,000,000, but "for got" to increase the railroads? Tou doubtless pride yourselves on be ing Just and honorable men, and you doubtless intend to be such, but do you think it is Just and honorable to blame Governor Bailey with this increase of taxes and favoritism towards the rail roads? Your leaders in the fight on Governor Bailey are making strenuous efforts to prove that Senator Burton is not con nected with the Hoch movement. It is doubtless true that Senator Burton is not exerting himself actively and open ly in Mr. Hoch's behalf. He knows that his endorsement of Hoch's candidacy would kill it. and besides, he has been very busy in St. Louis recently. But just the same, Mr. Burton's only hope in Kansas politics, as he himself expressed it a ftw weeks ago. is in a political revolution which would give him a chance to slip to the front again. And you are now aiding in organizing just the sort of a revolution Mr. Bur ton wants. It may be you are not per sonally for Mr. Burton Burton's friends are taking care that things shall be so shaped that the revolution you are now helping alonsr shall carry into the next state senate men who are for Burton. That very thing happened in Johnson county a few days ago. Tied up with the Hoch movement there was the can didacy of F. W. Sponable for Etate senator. T. T. Kelly spent some time in Johnson countv working for the Hoch and Sponable ticket. Sponable was elected as a Burton senator four years ago. and he is the same now. And the success of Hoch in Johnson county carried with it the success of Sponable, a Burton senator, who will have a vote in the legislature of 1907 when Burton will come up for re election unless he should in the mean time be convicted of some crime. This same sort of a movement in 1900 was what landed Burton In the United States senate and disgraced Kansas. This same element which is now stirring up the fight on Governor Bailey then "went after" Cyrus Leland as national committeeman. They were aided then, as now, by the railroads, because Leland had just then defeated the railroad in terests in the appointment of a federal judge. The railroads wanted Horton but Leland insisted on the appointment of Hook, and President McKinley ap pointed Hook. The majority of Repub licans did not want Burton for United States senator in 1900, and never did. but Burton's managers, D. W. Mul vane and Frank Grimes, saw to it that the fight on Leland carried with it the nomination of Burton men for the leg islature. Wherever Leland was defeat ed Burton men were elected, as a rule and Burton went to the senate. Speaking of Hoch In connection with Burton: It has always been a mystery why a man of E. W. Hoch's character should stand for Burton, but he has stood for both Burton and Kelly, and, so far as is known, has never protested against either. In June, 1900. when Burton was a can didate for I'nited States senator, a Re publican county convention was held in Marion county, and E. W. Hoch was chairman of the committee on resolu tions. Among others Mr. Hoch report ed the following resolution, and it was adopted: "We endorse the candidacy of our neighbor and brilliant fellow Republi can, Hun. J. R. Burton, for the United States Sfnate." So far as is known Mr. Hoch has Fresh Fish Our fish market is second to none in the city. This week we have fresh Lob sters, Blue Point Oysters, Little Neck Clams, Span ish Mackerel, Trout, Red Snapper, Pickerel, Pike Cat Fish, Black Bass and White Fish. Fresh Vegetables Leaf Lettuce, Head Lettuce, Parsley, Cauliflower, Water Cress, New Beets, Carrots, Radish. We supply our patrons with everything they want to eat the luxuries, the delicacies, as well as the necessities. How is it with your grocer Wfl. GREEN SONS If"""" CWcr i never taken back his endorsement of Burton. He has abused Bailey and said he ought to be beaten for the good of the party, but his endorsement of Bur ton is still unretracted. Burton was just as well known when that resolution was drafted by Mr. Hoch as he is now. but Mr. Hoch endorsed him just the same. In view of these facts, Mr. Republi-can-who-is-flghting-Bailey, do you think your fight is entirely just? Do you think you are acting for the best Inter ests of the state? HOCH MEN HERE. Big Crowd of Followers of the Marion Candidate. Crawford Opera House Secured for His Meeting. There is a big crowd of boss busters in Topeka this afternoon to attend the boss busters' meeting this afternoon. The Crawford opera house has been en gaged for the meeting, which began at 4 o'clock this afternoon. E. W. Hoch will make the principal speech. It is the intention to try to create enough enthusiasm at this meeting to stampede the state against Bailey. Every leading boss buster is giving it out that "it's all over but the shout ing," and they are trying to make sen timent along this line. The National hotel is packed to the doors with Hoch supaorters. -A. C. Malloy, -of Hutchinson, who is one of the speakers at the banquet to night, tells how the boss busters won in Reno county, and also how the Reno county convention was conducted yes trday. "The programme was all cut and dried for the convention," said Mr. Mai loy. "It was run by a machine from beginning to end. And it refused to in struct the delegation to the congres sional convention for Murdock. Sam Forsha, who ran against Murdock last, spring, made the motion to instruct for Murdock. and it was voted down. "The Hoch forces won in Reno coun ty on a still hunt. The Bailey people failed to put up the fight they ought to have done in all but one ward. One vote In the First ward and 15 in anoth er would have changed the whole re sult and would have given the delega tion to Bailey. "Carr Taylor, who led the Hoch fight was picked up and made county attor ney two terms by the very men he is now fighting. After his second term expired his partner, J. TJ. Brown, was elected to the office and Taylor was made deputy. Last spring Taylor want ed to be appointed district judge under the biennial election law to succeed Judge Simpson of McPherson. Taylor went to W. Y. Morgan and asked Mor gan to support him. Morgan asked him if Simpson wasn't going to be a candi date for the appointment. Taylor said he -supposed he was. Morgan then said it would be like going up against a stone wall to get the place away from Simpson, and since then Taylor has been fighting Morgan. The same crowd that fought Sam Forsha for congress man in his home county last spring is the crowd that is in the anti-Bailey movement now. "When Taylor was appointed deputy countv attorney there wasn t any sal ary attached to It. but he came up to the legislature last winter ana insisted that Representative John Kinkel get a bill through giving him a salary. Kin kel did It. and also got the salaries of the county clerk, Newlin, and register of deed?. Scoresby, raised, and those three men made that very thing an is sue against the legislature. The law was rjussed at their request and to ac commodate them, and then they fought Bailv and the legislature on the ground that the legislature had increased taxes down there by increasing salaries, and they are all three on the Reno county delegation." The Council Grove Republican, which has been for Bailey, came out for Hoch this week. Morris county is in the same senatorial and judicial districts as Mar Ion. the home of Mr. Hoch, and is con ceded to him. Joseph Frishman, editor of the Republican, is for Bailey person ally, but thinks his county ought to be for Hoch for political reasons. HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES. The Exercises Are to Ba Held This Evening. The graduating exercises of the mid winter class of 1904 will take place at the high school tonight. J. Willis Gltpd will address, the class. The subject of his address will be "Na tional Wealth." The diplomas will be presented by Rev. F. E. Mallory, presi dent of the board of education. The music will be furnished by the Amphion Mandolin club and the Washburn col lege quartette. The members of the class are as follows: Mabel Virginia Andrews. James Brl zendine, Olcott Warner Eronson, Byron M. Burt, Helen D. Cartlidge, Ethel Belle Cloud, Grace Gertrude Creel," Mamie Belle Currie, Arline Dietrich (second rank), Beatrice Louise Edwards, Har riett A. Embree, Hattie Belle Evarts, Howard E. Everett, Hazel Beryl Forbes, Merle Maroe Fowler, Linden W. Greene, Raymond Roscoe Jamison, Julia Leland, Katherine Mae Lord, Eleanor McDon ald (first rank), Helen Ogeal McLean, Louise McNeal, Carrie Dinsmore Max well, Claude S. Miner, Will P. Mont gomery, Minnie J. Bears, Carolyn Flor ence Price, Charles C. Reed, Jessie Mar garet Riach (second rank), Raymond Robinson, Tinkham Veale, Eula Edith Walker, Cora Lee Wallace, Georgia Louisa WTatkins, Hallie Altheda Whit lock, Estella Pearl Wilson, Ethel Evada Wingett. CURTIS PRIMARY TODAY. Only One Ticket Is Being Voted in Topeka. The primaries for Congressman Curtis are being held in Shawnee countv this afternoon from three to six o'clock. Only tickets with the names of Curtis' delegates are furnished at the polls. No other tickets were printed. There is cne voting place in each ward in the city, and the usual voting places in the country townships. The same dele gates will be voted for as were select ed by the county central committee be fore the Curtis managers decided that the action of allowing the county com mittee to name the delegates without a primary or a county convention being held would be illegal. The perfunctory convention will be held Saturday after noon at the old court house. SENATOR BURTON HERE. Senator Burton errived this afternoon and went to the Copeland. He refused to discuss his indictment. Two Candidates. There are two candidates in the field for president of the Kansas Day club. lhey are James A. Kimball of Salina and Del Valentine, clerk of the supreme court. The election is being held this afternoon at the Copeland. Valentine was secretary of the club two years ago, GARSEMS ...WORTH... S12.50 $16.50 $13.50 $18 CO $15.00 $20.00 $12.50 YOU! eHiee ERE T W O uraay v FOR Some of the choicest pat terns of the season to pick from. Short Lots Broken sizes, in all 3.00 Shoes Tomorrow GAKMESTS ...WORTH... 812.50 $16. B0 $13. SO $15.00 $18.00 $20.00 s IN ONE BIG UNION. Co-operative Concerns Take Steps to Combine. At the meeting- of the Kansas State Co-operative union, which is being held todav and Saturday in the council c hamber at the citv hall, the members i will discuss the organization of a state! agency to ao au me ouyiiig, ehuuiaw at $3,000,000 a year, for the 33 co-operative retail stores in Kansas. The central buying agency will be but the preliminary step to a great co-operative wholesale house which it is proposed to establish. At present a co-operative wholesale house would not pay, because there are not enough co operative retailers to support it in this part of the country. But if the plans of the officers do not miscarry it will not be many years until Kansas, Okla homa, Nebraska, Missouri and Colorado will afford a great opportunity for ce operative wholesaling- The store would very likely be .located in Kansas, as it is the center of the territory which it is nroDosed to cover. To establish the buying agency will not require any capital. The plan is to have someone accept the job of pur chasing agent on a commission basis. He would then obtain estimates on the amount of certain lines of goods which the co-operative stores could use. These orders would be lumped, and the agent would proceed to dicker with wholesale houses to get the lowest possible rates on his order. The wholesaler would be saved the cost of soliciting the busi ness, and he could afford to make a low rate in order to handle the big or der. One of the co-cperative store men said this morning: "This plan has been tried and it works. Not so very long' ago, in a neighboring state, an official of the co operative association secured from the co-operative store orders for coffee ag gregating 30.000 pounds. He knew that coffee was going to advance, and the grocers were willing to try the plan. He went to a wholesale coffee house. Seasonable Goods For TOMORROW. PacKages Fresh Faust Oyster 4 Pounds Choice Evap orated Peaches. -25c Warranted Flour .$1 Wholesale and Retail. E. riontgomery, Pro?. 1 12 E. 6th Both Phones 252 CRACKERS Star Grocery ft TtfEJZ u in N D THREE $13.50 $15.00 SUITS AND I 1 f Pi 1 V J 95 i. inn niiiim'1" EVERY GARMENT BEARS THE UNION LABEL The celebrated "SELZ" ROYAL BLUE O CA SHOE... P J -J f Tomorrow only, In all leathers and asked them their price on coffee. They quoted it to him. Then he asked that reduction could be made on a 5, 000 pound lot, and the coffee men figur ed a discount. He asked for rates on 10,000 pounds, and was offered a little larger discount. Then he staggered the firm by asking for rates on 30.000 pounds, and they thought he was bluff ing, but allowed him a very low rate. He said he'd take 30.000 pounds. A few weeks later, coffee advanced 3"! cents, and the grocers who were In the .'u.otu pound deal about doubled tneir usual profits on coffee. There are two co-operattve wholesale houses now doing business, one at Chi cago and one at Philadelphia. A third is being organized at Boston. At pres ent, the 35 co-operative stores in Kan sas buy their goods from the regular wholesale houses. Ultimately, the co-operative union expects to have Its own factories. But that is one of the dreams of the organ izers which is somewhat Utopian. It is not expected to be realized very soon. The largest co-operative store in Kansas is the one at Olathe, which a.lso conducts four branch stores. This store was organized originally by the Grange, but it is a strictly co-operative propo sition. The store at Hutchinson is also doing a business of about $12,000 a month. There is one co-operative gro cery store in Topeka, which also has an agreement with 15 Topeka mer chants in different lines of business by which these merchants take the co operative trade coupons the same as cash. The trade coupons are then re deemed by the Rochedale association. The following are the points at which co-operative stores are now in opera tion, all in the list being Kansas towns, with one exception, which is just across fhe Oklahoma line: McPherson, H. Slosson, manager. Canton, Ed McGill, manager. Galva, N. Finkle, manager. Gypsum. Burton Lay, manager. Green. Geo. Pfifley, manager. Osborne. Hill City. Industry, E. Ryan, manager. .Alida. branch of Upland. Bucyrus. G. W. Rainy, manager. Spring Hill, I. Rudy, manager. Pleasant Valley, store at Hackney. Cadmus, J. C. Allen, manager. St. Johns, E. H. Malone, manager. Moorehead, L. E. Swope, manager. Overbrook. Olathe. H. C. Livermore, manager. Eagerton, branch of Olathe. Gardner, branch of Olathe. Prairie Center, branch of Olathe. Columbus, W. C. Porter, manager. Topeka, R. E. Jones, manager. Oberlin, Decatur county. Labette county. Osage City. Herington. W. A. Pardu, manager. Hutchinson, G. W. Lanengood, man ager. Kingman, J. W. Hanley, manager. Manchester, Ok., C. F. Thomas. Assaria. Saline county. Randolph, Riley county. CHILDREN'S DAY. Midwinter Sample Booths Will Serve the Little Folks Saturday. Saturday afternoon will be Children's Day at the Midwinter exposition. The little folks who have been slight ed by the people who have things to give away, and samples of stuff to eat, will be the whole thing, on Saturday. No grown-ups will be allowed to eat anvthing during the afternoon. Manager Brigham started the move ment by suggesting tna.t theEgg-O'-See booth serve the children on Saturday afternoon and no one else. The man ager agreed to this. Then the Mokaska booth and the Kistler-Metzler Mercan tile company followed the lead. It is probable that all the other booths at the Midwinter will adopt the same plan. If there are any little girls who feel ki Wdnw thpv were not invited to try a sample o something, Saturday o $16.50 $18.00 OVERCOATS They are all this sea son's makes and styles, and no old stock or shelf worn goods, but strictly clean upo-date mer chandise. Every garment has hand-padded shoulders, concave collars and self retaining stiff fronts. THE CELEBRATED Longley $3.00 HAT Tomorrow. DEATHS AND FUNERALS. Airs. Mary Lawlor, aged 76, died at 8:30 p. m. Thursday of pneumonia at the home of her daughter, Mrs. F. L. Hol ford near Quinton Heights. The fun eral will be held from the Church of the Assumption at 9 a. m. Saturday. Mrs. Lawlor was one of the oldest residents of Shawnee county, having come with her husband in 1855, settling upon a farm near Wakarusa. They continued living on the farm until the death of her husband a few years ago, since which time she has been living with her daughter. Mrs. Lawlor was the mother of six sons and two daughters as follows: F. T. and J. M. Lawlor of Hot Springs, Ark., J. R. and Thomas Lawlor of Wakarusa, J. W. Lawlor of Alma, Hugh Lawlor of Topeka, Mrs. F. L. Holford and Mrs. Tim Donovan of Topeka. J. H. Fosdick, aged 71 years, died this morning at his home at 629 Madison street. The funeral will be held at 2 p. m.. Saturday from the residence. The burial will be made in the Topeka cemeterv. Mr. Fosdick was born in Fitchvilie, Ohio. July 24, 1S32, and lived in Ohio until 1879. He was married in 1S63 to Miss Mary It. Eastwood who died in 1892. Mr. Fosdick has lived in Topeka for about 12 years, prior to which time he lived !n western Kan sas. He was a veteran of the civil war, having served In company A, Twenty-fourth Ohio. Mr. Fosdick has been engaged in the carpet cleaning business during his residence here and was well known. He leaves three chil dren, Mrs. Nellie Cameron of Steel Run, O., Mrs. Jennie Jones of Pueblo, Col., and Sherman Fosdick of Pueblo. Miss Olethea Roberts, aged 16, died Wednesday night at the home of her mother at i02 East Second street of typhoid fever. The arrangements for the funeral have not been announced. Mrs. Marilla Reed, aged 57, wife of W. R. Reed of 1821 Kansas avenue, died today. The funeral will be held at 2:30 Sunday. The funeral of Inez Forte, colored. who died Thursday, will be held at 2 p. m. Saturday from the B Street Bap tist church. CURTIS IS AT HOME. Report That Be Stopped at Leaven worth a Mistake. Congressman Curtis reached Topeka from Washington last night. The re port that he had stopped off at Leav enworth to look after his interests in the primaries there was incorrect. The report came from the Hoch headquar ters and on the strength of that it was published by the State Journal. Senator Burton wired ahead for rooms at the Copeland and arrived this afternoon from St. Louis. He is ac companied by Congressman Miller. In speaking of the outlook in the First district fight from his standpoint Mr. Curtis said: "I am well pleased with the political outlook. With a solid delegation from the Soldiers' home, which will be in structed for me, I will have two more than enough votes to renominate me nt Holton next Tuesday. I have carried everything but three counties in the district. Iflwereas badly beaten as tne opposition to me", I would drop out of the fight. "I do not know what will be done with regard to the Jackson county del egation. I understand there will be two delegations from that county, but I do not know what action the con gressional committee will take concern ing the matter. However, without Jackson or Atchison I have the fight won. "I am well pleased with the Hoch movement. It looks as though Hoch would be nominated by acclamation." Cat in Galveston Hate. Kansas City, Mo., Jan. 29. The Mis souri, Kansas Texas today announc ed a 12 cent rate on .wheat and corn v'fn of 3 X ...WORTH... S12.50 SI 6.50 SIJ.50 $15.00 $13 03 $20.00 KIND! $20.00 We expect to close out all small lots and broken sizes of every garment in the house tomorrow All we say is,- COME You will not be dis appointed. Any boy's Or CHILD'S SUIT or OVERCOAT in the house AT COST We intend to discontinue this Department. GARMENTS ...WORTH... wia.so $16.60 $13. BO $15.00 $18.00 JiO.OO t A REAL BARGAIN f Is not necessarily an article at the lowest price it is the best for the least money for T X example. 25c bottle Snlder's Catsup.. 20o X 4- 20c quality fancy Tuba Dam Yellow Tree Peaches, can. lie 4. Fancy Breakfast Bacon, Ib..lOo Choice Butterine, 2 Its 25c 4- Log Cabin Maple Syrup in bulk, qt 30c Best Cal. Hams, lb 7c J 25c sack Graham Flour 20c Good Sauer Kraut, qt 5c Good Laundry Soap, 16 bars.25o X Choice Cal. Prunes, 8 It) 25c Ginger Snaps, Tb 5c X Herald Flour, High Patent. 4- 50-lb sack $1.05 X Standard Tomatoes, full size X can e 4- Choice Evap. Peaches, 4 Ttx.25o X Cremo Cigars (withoiut i- bands), 8 for 25c X FRASER BROS., X C. O. D. STORE. X X 217 West Sixth St. Bell Phone 2704. Ind. Phone 630

The store that undersells them t au- x from Kansas City to Galveston, effec tive February 1. The present rate Is 17 cents on wheat and 16 cents on corn. INDIAN (URLS COMIM0. They Will Meet Washburn In Basket ball Tonight. The basket hall game between ths maidens from Haskell and Washburn at the Y. W. C. A. tonight will probably be the most exciting game in the girls' department to be seen in Topeka this year. The Haskell girls, smarting un der the defeat of a week ago are prac ticing hard evesry day. They are phy sically stronger and have greater perse verance than the Washburn girls, but Washburn had Jlhe greater skill when they defeated Haskell last week and are relying on the same to win out to night. Tomorrov f Dressed Rabbits, each 10c Dressed Chicked, lb. 12 Bananas, dozen 10c Oranges 10, 20 aA 30c Finest Apples, peck. .25 to 50o CHAS. MORTON, 817 Kansas Ave.

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