The Topeka State Journal (Topeka, Kansas)
February 17, 1904

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TO LARdEST DAILY 10 PAGES IN KANSAS. LARGEST DAILY 5 10 PAGES IN KANSAS. WEDNESDAY EVENING. TOPEKA. KANSAS, FEBRUARY 17, X904. LAST EDITION. WEDNESDAY EVENING, TWO CENTS. m 4 m4 mine Japan Embark a Force of 30, 000 to 50,000 Men. Its Destination Is Being Kept a Secret. A Flank Morenient on Port Arthur Is Looked For. SEIZES SEW CIIWAXG. Russians Occupy an Important Treaty Port. Enter City With Bands Playing and Banners Flying. Japanese Make Another Night Attack on Russian Fleet. Paris Feb. 17. An official dispatch received here today from Tokio an nounces that one of the most important movements of Japanese troops yet made is occurring today. One of the main branches of the army, consisting of three divisions and including a divi sion of guards, is now going on board transports. The previous landings of Japanese forces in Korea and else where are said to have been small com pared with this simultaneous sailing of three divisions, aggregating approxi mately an army of 30,000 to 50.000 men. The Japanese authorities, it is added, have taken every precaution to pre vent information from going out con cerning the embarkation and the des tination of this army. It is believed, but this is not sure, that the destina tion of this force is the point near the mouth of the Talu river, a spot on the Liao Tung peninsula, flanking Port Arthur. 60,000 MEN AT WONSON. Port Arthur, Feb. 17 The report that the Japanese have concentrated about 60,000 troops at Wonson, on the east coast of Korea, with the object of entering Manchuria, la confirmed. HORSES IN POOR SHAPE. Shanghai, Feb. 17. The following telegram has been received from Na gasaki under date of February 15: "Fifteen thousand troops are em barking on transports today. Their horses are In poor condition. Two damaged warships are here waiting to go into dry dock." y BARON DE ROSEN AT SHANGHAI. Shanghai, Feb. 17. Baron de Rosen, the late Russian minister to Japan, has arrived here on the French steamer Tarra. He is Staying at the Russian consulate. RUSSIA OCCUPIES NEW CHWANG. New York, Feb. 17. A dispatch to the Herald from Tien Tsin, dated Monday, February 15, asserts that Russia has peized the Chinese treaty port of New Chwang. Fifteen hundred infantry, the correspondent says, entered the native city with bands playing and banners flying. Panic and confusion prevail among the native population. Dispatches direct from New Chwang, elated February 16, made no mention of this incident. CABLE IS CLOSED. New York, Feb. 17. The Western Union Cable company has received ad vices form the Russian government to the effect that Vladivostock-Nagasakl cables are closed for an intieflnite period to correspondence of every nature. Some days ago it was announced that these cables had been closed temporarily to public correspondence. ELEVEN DAMAGED WARSHIPS. London. Feb. 17. In a dispatch dated Fort Arthur, February 13, a correspond ent of the Times gives a description of seven Russian warships "which he says are lying disabled there. They include the battleships Sevastopol and Petro panlovski. which have not been named in previous reports of the action. The correspondent says that altogether eleven Russian ships were put out of nun a l ruri Armur. Continuing, he declares that the Jap anese were driven from the neighbor hood of Kinchow near Newchwang after a skirmish i which 150 Japanese were killed pHsoners and seventy Russians In an editorial article the Times re marks that as this correspondent does rWM L'i" the injuries sustained by the battlships and as the Kinchow story has not been reported from any other source, it would be well to accent such report with some reserve accept sucn RwEvAt UARD INCREASED. New "iork, Feb. 17. The Russian authorities have taken every precat tlon to protect the arsenal? caWelthe Port Arthur correspondent of the her ald. The usual guard of 500 men has now been increased to 2 000 WtS:i2ChCT Ta!enwan and Bidzivo the forts and garrisons have been re plenished threefold A circular has been issued that any Chinese caught looting wm be shot immediately. ln fhe works at Newskv there is a great rush of activity as they are doin their ut most to launch six partly finished I ves sels now building. Labor is scarce but fru8 entlf Chin"e smiths to work. The naval gymnasium is also preparing recruks for sea dutv DUTCH CABLE NOTICE Ncw York, Feb. 17.-The Commercial Cable company has received the follow- lng notice: "The Dutch East Indian administra tis tahn.nS?nVh'it bV Virtue of artit'e 8 of the St. Petersburg convention tele grams containing matter not intelligi ble to the Dutch administration "or matter relating to the movements of ships or troops which would be in the Interests of a belligerent yower, Russia or Japan, will not be accepted until further notice by the Sabang, Kota Badja and Olehleh offices. "Telegrams in code language prepar ed from commercial codes ma v be admit ted on condition that the code used is furnished to the Dutch officials and ARH9Y raOVES that the matter translated Into plain language is not objectionable." JAPANESE TRANSPORT SIGHTED. Paris, Feb. 17. An official dispatch says a Japanese transport has been sighted off a town south of the Yalu river. It is added it is not connected with the embarkation of the three divisions referred to in these dis patches today, but is considered to be a confirmation of the reports that the town off which the transport was seen is to be one of the bases of the Inland operations of the Japanese. TWO SHIPS WERE TORPEDOED. London, Feb. 17. A dispatch to the St. James Gazette from Kobe, Japan, in reporting the Japanese naval at tack on Port Arthur February 14, says the Russian guard ship in the harbor and another Russian warship lying outside the harbor were torpedoed, and that the Japanese retired without sus taining any injury. LOST THEIR WAGONS. Minneapolis, Feb. 17. The Stoughton Wagon company, which recently ship ped 500 army wagons in several lots to Russia, on the Pacific, has been no tified from St. Petersburg that the last shipment fell into the hands of the MSk Typos of the Bridges on the Trans-Siberian Railway Which the Japanese Are Destroying. Japanese. The dispatch does not state the size of the shipment. STATE OF RUSSIA SHIPS. Washington, Feb. 17. The Japanese minister today received a dispatch from Tokio stating that trustworthy infor mation has reached the Japanese gov ernment to the effect that as a result of the Japanese attack on the Russian squadron off Port Arthur on midnight February 8, the Russian battleship Retviza Js still aground outside the port, the Czarevitch has been towed in to port and the Pallada is still aground at that entrance of the port. All three, the dispatch says, are hors de combat. The dispatch says that as a result of the bombardment on the morning of the 9th, the Novik was seriously damaged but the Askold, Din ana and Poltava were only slightly damaged. JAPANESE LAND AT WIJU. Tokio, Feb. 17 Eight transports with Japanese troops from Nagasaki and sev eral additional vessels carrying war munitions are on their way to the west coast of Korea. Detachments of Jap anese cavalry have already landed at Wiju on the Yalu river. ORDER OP THE DAY Issued by Viceroy Alexieff to His Army and Navy. Port Arthur, Feb. 17. The text of the order of the day Issued to the Russian troops by Viceroy AlexiefE today fol lows "A heroic army and fleet have been entrusted to me by his majesty, the emperor, and now when the eyes of the Czar of Russia and of the world are upon us, we must remember that it is our sacred duty to protect the czar and the fatherland. Russia is great ami powerful and if our foe is strong this must give us additional strength and power to fight him. The spirit of the Russian soldiers and sailors is high. Our army and navy know many re nowned names which must in this hour serve as an example to us. Our God who has always upheld the cause that is just, is doing so now. Let us unite for the coming struggle; let every man be of tranquil mind in order better to fulfill his duty, trusting in the help of the Almighty and let every man perform his task, remembering that prayer to God and service to the em peror are never wasted. "Long live the emperor and the fath erland. God be with us. Hurrah!" Troops are arriving here continuous ly end the mobilization of the forces is making excellent progress. The fortress is now thoroughly prepared to with stand a siege and is regarded as in accessible. General Stoessel has issued a reassur ing proclamation to the population. SAVED BY STORM. Russian Fleet Escapes Attack of Japanese Fleet. Tokio, Feb. 17 A heavy storm spared the Russians from a desperate torpedo attack at Port Arthur on the morning of Sunday, the 14th instant. During me veaseis vs. me Japanese flotilla torpedo craft- were "uict-icu uy me rorce or ttie blinding snow storm so that only two of the larger destroyers succeeded in forcing their way through the fierce gale to Port Arthur. When they arrived there they attacked separately and the offi cers of one of them are confident that they succeeded in torpedoing a Russian warship. The destroyer Asargiri, in charge of Lieutenant Commander Ishikaw, ar rived off Port Arthur about 3 o'clock in the mnrrinp n n H o a-i. o rtaa lllTTL Willi a, sharp fire from the fortress and Rus sian ships acting as scouts. The Asargiri discharged several torpedoes at a big warship, but the result Is un known. A cannonade was opened upon the scouting vessels and maintained until they withdrew. The destroyer Heyatory, Lieutenant Commander Takenouchi, arrived two hours after the Asargiri and ran up close to the mouth of the harbor, where she found two warships, names unknown. She fired a torpedo at one and the torpedo exploded. Admiral Togo, In reporting the at tack says although the results are unknown he feels sure the moral effect upon the enemy will be excellent. Com mander Magai commanded the entire torpedo flotilla. The number of the- craft In the flotilla and the point of their departure Is concealed. BY HIS OWN PETARD Captain Stepanoff, of the Yenisei, Was Hoisted, St. Petersburg, Feb. 17. Captain Stepanoff, who was blown up with the torpedo gunboat Yenisei and who him self invented the system for laying submarine mines which is considered responsible for the catastrophe, had caused the Yenisei to be fitted with his devite for the rapid laying of mines, which by a trolley extended beyond the vessel's stern along which the mines slid out and dropped into their appoint ed places. This plan did away with the cumbersome work of laying the mines from small boats. The accident was due to the excessive strain on the Yenisei's anchor cables while the mines were suspended pending the immersion. The two cables snapped and one mine collided with another. SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES. Paris, Keb. 17. It is reported here that the loss of the Russian torpedo gunboat Yeniesl w-ill entail serious con sequences. The captain of the vessel had placed torpedoes at various places, and the. maps and plans indicating these spots went down with the ship. It is believed general staff possesses duplicates of these papers, but there is a probability that those who were lost contained certain corrections andmo'di fications which the others do not. ARMY OF 250,000. Japan Will Be Ready to Fight When Spring Opens. Berlin, Feb.. 17. The admiralty here has received confirmation of the reports that Japanese landing operations on a vast scale are taking place on Korean north coasts and it is assured by the German authorities that Japan will be ready by early spring for a forward land movement supported, by properly equipped bases. Possibly 250,000 men, according to the estimates made at the German admiralty, will be in the field before a collision takes place with the Russian force. Expert naval opinion in Berlin, Justified the Japanese in land ing before the Russian fleet is destroyed a sto wait until that is accomplished might mean a delay in the land opera tions for months, consequent on the strengthening of Russia's forces. The expectation expressed by a technical newspaper which reviews the situation is that Japan probably will in the be ginning, provide considerable land suc cesses through hard fighting. What may happen after the early period of the land operations, no technical per son ventures to predict in writing, though it is doubted if the Siberian railroad will be at all adequate to reT inforce and supply the Russian army. RUSSIANS EXPLAIN. Tien Tsin, Feb. 17. The Russians explain that the wholesale arrest of Japanese at Harbin and elsewhere was due to the discovery that Japan had in those districts upwards of a hundred spies of whom 60 belonged to the Japan general staff. It is feared that the British steamer Hsi-Ping, bound from Chin Wang Tao for Shanghai, with passengers and bullion, has been captured. She is five days overdue and was last seen in Port Arthur roads. GERMANY IS DOUBTFUL. Doesn't Believe Japanese Fired on One of Her Ships. Berlin, Feb. 17. The German ad miralty discredits the reports that Jap an fired on the German gunboats Hansa and Thetis or any other German war vessel in the disputed far eastern waters. The Hansa is at Tsing Tau and the Thetis at Che Foo. The regular re ports of their movements to the ad miralty make no mention of such an incident It is added that even if it happened, it is assumed to have been an excusable mistake. Weather Indications. Chicago. Feb. 17. Forecast for Kan sas: Rain or snow tonight and proba bly Thursday; warmer in northeast portion tonight; colder Thursday; east erly winds tq shifting to northerly winds. Temperatures ot .Largo Cities. Chicago, Feb. 17. 7 a. m. tempera tures. New York 4; Boston 8; Philadel phia 6: Washington 4; Chicago 2; Min neapolis' 6; Cincinnati 4; St. Louis 18. HANN A FUNERAL. t Serrices Held in Senate Cham ber of National Capitol. Attended by Hteh Officials of This and Other Nations. IN CHARGE OF DR.UALE Chaplain of the Senate Conduct ed the Ceremonies. House of Representatives At tends in a Bod j. Washington, Feb. 17. In the presence of the grief stricken family of many friends whose sorrow was scarcely less pronounced, of the senate, and house of representatives, of dignitaries from all the other branches of the govern ment and of the chief official represen tatives of most of the foreign powers the funeral of the late Senator Marcus A. Hanna took place today in the sen ate chamber, the scene of his most re cent activities and of "his entire official life. The spectacle was imposing and quite in harmony with the public esti mate of the great man's services to his country and the world. The cere mony was dignified and simple in con sonance with his character. The senate chamber lent itself nat urally to the occasion. It is especially barren of decorations and the dark fur niture, heavy walls and subdued light were quite in keeping with, the sorrow ful proceedings which were the occasion of the gathering. Seldom has a more distinguished body of people been col lected in Washington to do honor, either to the living or the dead, and rarely has there been witnessed here a more impressive proceeding. The floor of the chamber was filled with the rep resentatives of the official life of the national capital, the galleries with peo ple from all the higher walks of society, including the families of officials and many persons of distinction in the pro fessional and business world. The hall is not of great dimensions and admis sion to "the galleries was so regulated that there was no crowding. The de mand for tickets was such that if it could have been met tlfe space would have been filled many times over. PRESIDENT IN FRONT RANK. In the front rank of the eminent as semblage gathered immediately after the bier of the departed statesman, sat the president. He was flanked by the members of his cabinet, all of whom had been closely affiliated with Senator Hanna by ties of friendship and politi cal association. Nearby were the chief Justice and the associate Justices of the supreme court of the United States, garbed in their black robes of office which fitted well Into the scene of sor row. There were scarcely any absen tees from among the members of the senate. Each and all of them were vis ibly affected and it was not difficult to detect in their sorrowful countenances the sense of personal loss that all felt in Mr. Hanna's death. The desk of their late colleague was heavily draped. The religious ceremony was fittingly placed in the hands of Dr. Edward Everett Hale, chaplain of the senate, giving it an official character while preserving its solemnity and insuring its simple dignity. The ceremony began shortly after 12 o'clock, but the gallery doors were thrown open long before that hour, and the galleries were occupied mostly by ladies. The casket was borne into the chamber by a squad of capitol police, headed by Sergeant-at-Arms Randall of the senate and was immediately fol lowed bv the official commission with Senator Foraker and General Grosvenor at the head. Slowly the little procession moved down the main aisle of the chamber and the casket was tenderly placed upon the catafalque which was to hold it. The hall was banked with flowers which had been sent in great profusion hv friends. There was a large wreatn of orchids surrounding a cross of vio lets from the president. The senate contributed an immense wreath nf orchids, carnations, roses ana violets, the Republican association of Ohio another almost as large and the Gridiron club of this city anotner, which was of striking beauty. SENATE CALLED TO ORDER. Senator Frve. as president pro tem pore, stood in front of his chair as the body was horne to its resting piace. jiu the people in the galleries rose as if with one impulse as the casket was borne to its place. The pall bearers had scarcely retired when the senate was called to order and the senators who had entered took their seats upon the fall of the gavel of the president pro tern. Immediately afterward the house of representatives, with Speaker Can non at its head, was announced, and the members of that body filed slowly in taking the seats previously assigned to them, the senators and visitors in the galleries rising. Speaker Cannon took his place at the left of President Pro Tern Frye. Then came the ambassadors and ministers from foreign countries, who were given the seats next to the front row of the senate chamber and they were lmmedi ately followed by Admiral Dewey and Major General Gillespie representing the navy and army, 'ine cnier justice ana associate justices of the supreme court were ushered into seats on the Demo cratic side, y President Roosevelt and members of his cabinet were then announced and all present rose without waiting for the tap of the gavel. The presidential party were escorted by Colonel Symons and Commander VVinslow in iun uni form. The president and his cabinet occupied the front row of seats at the right of the presiding officers. Twenty minutes later Mrs. Hanna, leaning heavily upon the arm of her son, Daniel R. Hanna, enterea tne chamber and took a seat in the front row on the left of the presiding offi cer. She was followed by her daugh ters and their husbands and other members of the family and immediate friends, all of whom were given seats in the Immediate vicinity of the cas ket. Every one present rose as the family entered and remained standing until they had been seated. President protem. Frye then addressed the sen ate, saying: "Senators, you have solemnly and lovingly dedicated this day to an ob servance of a proper funeral ceremony over Marcus A. Hanna, late a dis tinguished member of this body, and all business will be suspended to that end. We will unite in prayer with the chaplain of the national house of rep resentatives." Chaplain Coudon, who occupied a seat by the side of Chaplain Hale of the senate, immediately in front of the presiding officer, offered up an invo cation. Immediately afterward Dr. Hale de livered his funeral address. He did not use his notes in speaking, but never halted for a word, and although a man of over 80 years of age his voice pene trated every corner of the hall. DR. HALE'S ADDRESS. Mr. Hale began his sermon as fol-. lows: "Those who knew him best, loved him most. And those who knew him little, loved him much." The speaker then described Senator Hanna as a man who meant to apply to politics the methods of business men of honor. In conclusion Dr. Hale said: "Honor, truth and love. Go to the bottom, and these are what win suc cess. A square bolt will not fit a round hole in the side of a steamship. Truth, unless my word is as good as my note, my note will be looked at coldly when I offer It for discount. And unless I pursue the duty God has given me with an eager love of those who have fallen down, or those who have stumbled; unless in my strength I bear the infirmity of the weak; ah, woe is me! Love! "And so when men tell us what is true, that this man more than any other could mediate between the men who provided the tools and the men who handled them, that this man has the confidence of the workingman and the man whose father was a working man, or the man who, like himself, had made nature his star and rule in the things With which is goodly power, you understand what worked the miracle. You can work it yourself. These three aside: Faith, hope, and love." After a prayer with which Mr. Hale closed his sermon, the Gridiron quar tette sang "Nearer, My God, to Thee." This was the last tribute of an organ ization with which Senator Hanna had been a great favorite and was a ten der and delicate farewell from those who had known and loved him. While the religious services were in progress suppressed sobs were heard in many parts of the chamber. Post master General Payne, who had been for years associated with Mr. Hanna on the national committee, was among those most affected. Secretary Hitch cock also was visibly touched. The hymn concluded, President pro tern. Frye addressed the assembly, saying-: "We commit the body of our beloved senator now to the committees of the houses of congress and to the officers of the senate, to be conveyed to his late home in Ohio and to its final rest ing place. "May God sanctify his life -and death to us who loved him well." The services were then closed with a benediction by Dr. HaJe- The visitors and family then with drew, the family followed by the pres ident and cabinet. The senate then at 1 o'clock, on mo tion of Senator Lodge, adjourned. Many persons who had occupied the galleries during the service left the capitol building with apparent reluct ance. It was not generally known that the remains were not to lie -frr-state? and as soon as the people were dis missed a crush occurred around the senate chamber doors by reason of the large number seeking admission to gaze for the last time on a face known widely and loved by all. The order to clear the n galleries was given, how ever, and within half an hour the chamber and galleries had been closed against the public. The remains were left at rest in the closed chamber, sur rounded by the floral offerings and un der a guard of capitol police. HOUSE ADJOURNS. Washington, Feb. 17. The house con vened Id minutes before the noon hour today that arrangement might be per fected to go in a body, to the senate chamber to participate in the funeral services of the late Senator Hanna. The members returned from the sen ate shortly after 1 o'clock. Immediate ly upon reassembling Mr. Payne arose and said: "As a further mark of respect to the deceased senator I move the house do now adjourn," and the house adjourned until tomorrow. MINERS HONOR HIS MEMORY Will Cease Work at Noon on Day -of Hanna's Funeral. Indianapolis, Ind., Feb. 17. The fol lowing was issued from the national headquarters of the United Mine Work ers of America today: "Indianapolis, Ind., Feb. 17. To the members of the United Mine Workers of America: "As a tribute to the memory of the late M. A. Hanna, and an expression of appreciation of the many services rendered by him to our organization, you are requested to cease work at noon on Friday, February 19, the day of his funeral. "JOHN MITCHELL "President U. M. W. of A. "T. L. LEWIS. "Vice President. "W. B. WILSON, "Secretary-Treasurer." The Faithful Old Bird Never Before Undertook So Hard a Task. TODAY IS STORMY. Weather Bureau Thinks There Will Be More Snow. The precipitation of snow, rain and sleet early this morning, measured at 8 o'clock, amounted to seven-hundredths of an inch of water. The forecast is for unpleasant weath er. The prognostication for Kansas sent out today is "Rain or snow tonight and probably Thursday. Warmer northeast portion tonight. Colder Thursday." The wind at noon was east, blowing 12 miles an hour. The hourly temperatures re corded by the government thermometer today were as follows: 7 o'clock 1911 o'clock 22 8 o'clock .'.19 12 o'clock 22 9 o'clock 20 1 o'clock 22 10 o'clock 21 2 o'clock 23 Minimum IS. Wind 1 miles from the northeast. BOWIE MOBBED. "Elijah" Is Pursued by 6,000 Howling People. Made His Escape Through Rear Door of Hotel. Sydney, N. S. W., Feb. 17. John Al exander Dowie of Zion City, 111., has been compelled to flee in a cab to es cape a mob. Rowdy scenes have char acterized his meetings and these cul minated when a crowd broke up th exercises and drove Dowie out of the ha!i. He escaped in a cab, but a howl ing mob of 5,000 followed him to his ho tel. The police were unable to check the crowd and Dowie is said to have left the hotel through a rear door. HANNA'S WEALTH. It Is Estimated at from Seren to Eight Million. Cleveland, Feb. 17. The value of the estate left by the late Senator Hanna is estimated at from seven to eight million of dollars. It is stated that he owned at least 15 per cent of the stock of the Cleveland Electric road, capitalized at $23,000,000. In addition to being largely interested in vessels and iron mining properties, he was a director in the Union National bank. Guardian Trust eompany, the People's Saving Loan company of this city and Cleveland Pittsburg railroad. He was a large stockholder in the American Ship Build ing company and the Pittsburg Coal company. He owned the Euclid opera house in this city. READY FOR ATTACK. France Preparing for Trouble in the Orient. Paris, Feb. 17. Marine Minister Pel- latin has written to Deputy De L'Onele Republican, representing French Co- chin-China, denying the reported short age of coal for the French fleets and adding that measures had been adopt ed to protect French Indo-China against a sudden attack and to prepare for all eventualities growing out of the present situation. The Figaro today published a dispatch from Angoulem, announcing that the commanders of the array corps had received orders from the minister of war, prescribing certain measures in case of the eventual mobilization of the active army. Officers and non-commissioned officers on leave have been re quested to return to their regiments. LOST HER LIFE Trying to Save Her Child from Burning Building. Toungstown, O., Feb. 17. Mrs. Lottie Garwood, a teacher In the public schools, lost her lite today while trying to rescue her 7-year-old daughter Alva. The child was suffocated. Escaping natural gas had set the house on Are. Mrs. Garwood left the house but re turned to rescue the child. Two other children and an aunt of Mrs. Garwood were rescued. Calderhead Is Coming. Washington, Feb. 17. Congressman Calderhead, who is one of the house committee to accompany the remains of Senator Hanna to Cleveland tonight. will go from Cleveland to Kansas to attend his congressional convention on February 24. PEOPLEWAKE UP. Demand That Kelly De Defeat ed Is Gathering Force. Republicans Are Insisting on a New Man. PLAN TO SAVE HIM. Hocb-Stubbs Machine Wonld Force Him on People. That Is Why They Plan to Hold Caucus. There seems to be a strong desire in the Republican party for honesty after all, notwithstanding the attitude of the new party leaders in attempting to force the renomlnatlon of T. T. Kelly for state treasurer. The way in whloh the rank and file of the party is rising against Kelly is surprising even to those who have been saying he should be de feated for renomlnatlon. At the last state convention Kelly rallied most of his support by promis ing that as soon as the convention was over, or after election at the latest, ha would clear up the charges against him. He went through the campaign without attempting to do a thing to disprove the charges on which the county commls- sioners of Miami county convicted him. it has been fifteen months since he was elected, and still he has done nothing. instead when confronted with the evi dence of his guilt he paid back a thous- and dollars of the money that he was charged with stealing. J. he Republicans of the state do not believe an innocent man would silently confess himself a thief without making an effort to controvert the evidence against him. Kven those who have not gone over the evidence as presented by the county commissioners of Miami county realize this. If Kelly could con trovert the evidence he would do so, but he cannot. All over the state the Republicans are demanding that Kelly be defeated. That is why Kelly and his friends in the "anti-machine" are planning to hold a caucus just before the Wichita convention under the guise of a Hocrt caucus, although there is no opposition to Mr. Hoch, for the purpose of round ing up the majority of the delegates and pledging them to a caucus action in Kelly's favor. Belleville, Kan., Feb. 17. Republican primaries were held in Republic county yesterday- The returns indicate that E. W. Hoch will be endorsed by a un animous vote at the convention to be held next Saturday; and the indications are that the convention will be just as strong against T. T. Kelly for state treasurer". In the First ward of the city of Belleville the anti-Kelly force w-era i led by A. J. Basye and opposed by i. T. Wilson. The anti-Kelly ticket woa more than two to one. In the Second ward the only Kelly man on the "anti-machine" ticket was defeated. In Scandia the delegation standi three for Kelly and nine against him. The Republic City delegation in structed by a unanimous vote against Kelly. The Republicans of Haskell county turned down S. E. Cave as a delegate to the state convention. Cave is tho prairie dog statesman, and was ser-geant-at-arms of the last house. The first Hoch convention in Topeka on January 13 appointed him as one of its organizers, and then he became in censed because the State Journal stated that he was a boss buster, not withstanding the fact that he was sergeant-at-arms of the last house and commanded the battalion of assistant sergeants and janitors. Mr. Cave says, however, he had abundant cause to be a boss buster, because Governor Bailey did not appoint him a member of tho live stock sanitary board, and he saya the governor promised him the place. Mr. Cave also has a grievance against Harry Bone, Bailey's secretary. Mr. Bone once remarked that Mr. Cave is a "twenty-two short," and some person carried the news to Cave in order to make trouble. That is why Mr. Cave went on the war path against Governor Bailey, but the Republicans of his county turned him down as a delegate to the state convention. To the Editor of the State Journal: A clipping in your paper of the 13th from the Atchison Globe says: "Tom Kelly's own countywas against him in the convention that nominated him for state treasurer. His own coun ty went against him at the election following the convention. His own county is against him now, because he was unfaithful to his trust as county clerk, and was convicted by a Repub lican board of commissioners of -forging county warrants. Still every other county in the state favors renominat ing Kelly." We deny this latter part of this statement only, as we know that Tom Kelly will not get a vote from King man county in the convention at Wichita, and many counties are and, will be against him in the western part of the state where honor and hon esty are recognized. JOHN A. CRAGUN. Kingman, Kas., Feb. 16, 1904. El Dorado, Kan., Feb. 17. The Re publicans of Butler county held an en thusiastic convention here Tuesday that was strictly anti-machine. The resolu tions declare for Roosevelt and Hoch, favor J. W. Roblson's candidacy, and express deep regret at the death of Sen ator Mark Hanna. The following were chosen to the state convention: T. B. Murdock, J. T. Evans, Representative Steve Brandon, Allen Case, George Sat terwaite, Reed Davis, John Mathers, A. C. Ramsey, Al Conley, A. Spencer, Chas. Hawes, Dan Elder, George Otio,- R. W. Tuttle; congressional convention, W. H. Avery, G. Nagle, J. B. Carbile, A. Gun ter, A. Hammar. W. L. Riley, G. F. Ambrose, Tom Boone, A. J. Holderman, W. Lambert, Josh Shrlver, Ben Math ers, O. Moore. Every delegate to Wich ita Is an original Hoch man. The boss busters tried to run their machine over Representative j. B. Adams and were rebuked by their own convention. A resolution endorsing Senator Leidy and Representative Brandon and Ignoring Adams was voted down by a vote of 90 to 76. Gamett. Kan., Feb. 17. The Ander son county Republican convention met here Tuesday afternoon and elected th (Continued on Page SixJ

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TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL, WEDNESDAY EVENING. FEBRUARY 17. 1904, KANSASNEWS. Winfield Citizens Appear to Hare a bold Brick. Their $10,000 Gas Well Was a Doctored Affair. CHEMICALS WERE USED Barrel of Calcium Carbide Is Dumped Into the Hole. Will Produce Temporary Gas That Will Fool au Expert. Winfield, Kan., Feb. 17. Winfield has a gas well that cost the town the neat little sum of $10,000 and it now looks to a disinterested observer as though that $10,000 was given the "high toss." It has developed within a day or two that the gas in the well is simply the result of a cleverly arranged scheme and It evidently did the work intended for it to do. The mayor of Winfield and some of the other officers of the town have made the discovery that the gas Js anything but the natural article. This discovery is being kept very quiet but in some way it leaked out and has become known. Just what the chemi cals are that were placed in the well to produce the gas, is not stated but it is understood that about a barrel and a half of the stuff was used. It Is generally supposed the chemical is calcium carbide which is the stuff used in the latest model of bicycle lamps and is also used to produce the light used in moving picture machines. A little of this when combined with water will produce a powerful gas that could easily fool any one but an ex port. It can be bought for from $70 to $80 per ton and in the north is quite often used in making gas fo"r lighting pur poses. A man who knows what he is talking about says that a small quan tity of calcium carbide, placed in a well a thousand feet deep would gen erate a gas, and if properly handled would produce a pressure that looks like the real thing. Calcium carbide is handled by nearly all hardware stores and by some drug stores. Less than a year ago and at about the lame time the Winfield well was being drilled, a stranger went into Sollitt Swarts' drug store and wanted to buy 50 pounds of calcium carbide. The druggist not having it on hand directed him to the Hamilton Hardware company, but the Hamilton people did not sell it, neither did the Gilbert Sturtz people. At the time Mr. Sollitt remarked that gas would be discovered around here in a short time, but thought no more about it even when the Winfield well was brought in and showed a big flow. Now that it is known that the Winfield well was doctored, the two incidents dovetailed together show that it is very easv to connect them. The information concerning the barrel and a half of stuff in the well comes straight. COULDN'T SEliX. HI3 PAPEB. J. E. TJrle Comes to This Conclusion After a Night's Study. "Twenty-four years ago January 13 last," says J. Ed Urie, of the Lyndon Herald, "the writer of this item, then a kid, took his first lessons in type Betting. Almost continuously since his time has been devoted to the art pre servative of art or the outside duties incident to the publication of a coun try newspaper. For the past fourteen years there has been no relaxation. Each week the grind is to do over again. We are tired and shop worn. We hanker for a rest. We would like to get out and dig potatoes for about fourteen months or take a contract for chopping ties for the entire Orient system and to that end recently we whispered to a fellow that we were tempted to sell the Herald. "Well, he told it, and last week a fellow showed up from Missouri and hung around a day or two and went away. Sunday he came back and Sun day evening we met him and he told us he thought maybe we could dicker in the morning. Well, sir, that night just after retiring to our downy wool blankets we got to debating with our selves and about the Herald and the Herald family and about all the good people in Lyndon and in Osage county, and about how nicely we have been treated, how pleasant was our home and surroundings, how well we liked it all but the work, how big and uncer tain the outside world appeared, how much we didn't know about other jobs, how much others coveted the little we possessed, and there was light in the eastern sky when the evidence was all in. Wo threshed the whole matter over end penitently admitted the matter to our Missouri friend next day, and sent fgHTTBAT BACKACHE.1 ymastwimmimmvA u mi mil (NINE TIMES OUT OF TEN i ITS CAUSED BY CONG 1 I P ciilrSTOP THE ACHE J? a II uvlwiiLiS3 piaster the simplest, easiest and most effective remedy for this most common complaint. It can be safely said without the slightest exaggeration that millions of people have been cured of back trouble during the past half century by this wonderful, healing, strengthening and pain relieving plaster. REMEMBER-lt makes no difference for what purpose yon may wish to use a plaster, Allcock's is ml way the safest and most effective. Furthermore, these plasters t r guaranteed not to contain belladonna, are maae 01 neaimg vegetaDie gums wmcn They are the original and him back home slightly disappointed but thoroughly understanding the case. "We never experienced religion and know nothing of its enthusiasm and thrill of joy, but we are no longer tired of our job. The Herald will continue under the guidance of yours truly for an indefinite period, and we have more ginger to put into it. We tell you all this because we want to, and know it will be appreciated by some of our readers who in their time have been face to face with a leap in the dark, a change as uncertain and much more unsatisfactory than marriage." PBOU PRISON TO HOSPITAL. Ralph Sain Has Erysipelas as Result of Beating by Officer. Wichita, Kas., Feb. 17. Ralph Bain, who shot and killed William Flynn and was acquitted on a plea of self defense, and who was arrested Friday morning when he knocked down his wife and threatened to shoot her and others in the hotel, was released from the city jail Tuesday on advice of the city physician, that he might be taken to the hospital for treatment. Bain was badly beaten while, resist ing arrest, and erysipelas which result ed has caused his eyes to swell shut. His physicians say he is in a bad con dition, and that the worst is yet to come. Though no state warrant has been sworn out Bain is held on five charges in the police court, resisting an officer, drunkenness, carrying con cealed weapons, disturbing the peace of Mrs. Bain and disturbing the peace of his day clerk. A LUNATIC AT LARGE. Sumner County Escape from Topeka Asylum Becomes Violent. Wellington, Kas., Feb. 17. Albert Miller, the son "of George Miller, of Valverde township, has become vio lently insane again. He has twice escaped from the insane asylum at To peka. When first taken in custody it took four men to handle him. He last escaped last June and has been at large ever since. Sheriff Liggenfelter and deputies went for him this morn ing. He will likely be returned to the asylum. INSANE FROBI WIFE'S DEATH A Kansas Preacher Was Captured Before Doing Any Damage. Arkansas City, Kan., Feb. 17. Rev. C. H. Southworth, a Free Methodist preacher, became insane Monday night and, securing a gun, kept the neighbor hood in terror until Tuesday. Then he hitched up his horse and went out to his farm south of town, with the avow ed intention of killing his tenant. He did not carry out his threat. Officers succeeded in capturing him in the afternoon. He was taken to Winfield for trial. Brooding over the death of his wife is the probable cause. Death of a Leavenworth Citizen. Leavenworth, Kan., Feb. 17. James Tearney, aged 82 years, one of the oldest and most respected settlers of this coun ty, died at his home near Lowemont, a few miles north of here. Mr. Tearney came here in 1S6!) and settled on the farm on which he died. Diseases incident to old age hastened his death. The funeral will take place Wednesday from the family home. Deceased leaves his wife, three sons and one daughter; they are J. B. Tearney and C. L. Tearney, of near Lowemont; George Tearney of Leaven worth, and Mrs. Emmet Gwartney o,Salt Creek valley. Rural Free Delivery. Washington, Feb. 17. New rural free delivery routes: Kansas Barnes. Wash ington county, length of route, 2i miles; population served, 336. Oklahoma Roosevelt, Kiowa county; length of route, 2S miles; population served, 416. Rural free delivery letter carriers appointed:' Kansas Oak Hill, regular, George W. Lauderdale; substitute, Rose Lauderdale. Oak Hill, regular, John L. Vinzant; sub stitute, James H. Vinzant. How Is This for a Load On Saturday S. T. Dower hauled from D. R. Gorden's farm, one mile north of Industry, to Abilene, three tons, seven hundred and sixty pounds of baled hay with one span of horses, the total weight of wagon and hay be ing 9,000 pounds. He broke his hay rack, but the horses stood it all right. Abilene Reflector. Cottonwood Falls Votes Bonds. Cottonwood Falls, Feb. 17. This city voted $8,000 in bonds Tuesday to erect a city building. An enabling act of the legislature gave the women the right to vote, and they were out en masse. A large vote was polled and the bonds carried by a majority of 50. Death of Alexander Toffler. Leavenworth, Kan., Feb. 17. Alexander Toft'ler, a prominent Jewish merchant, who had been in business here for more than 20 years, is dead from kidney disease. He leaves a wife and four children. She Fell Under a Train. Garnett, Kas., Feb. 17 Mrs. Mary Coulter, in company with her husband and aged mother, boarded a Missouri Pacific train here last evening for WITH AN opium or any poisonous incredients. Ther soothe, strengthen and cure. only genuine porous plasters i Buchanan, Tex., where they had in tended to make their home. They were informed that they were in the wrong coach and in changing from one coach to another Mrs. Coulter fell between the platforms and under the wheels. She cannot recover. FOR STEALING HIS CHILD. Sallna Officers Looking for BL S. Galloway, of Iowa. Salina, Kan., Feb. 17. Local officers are looking for M. S. Galloway, who is wanted for stealing his own child. Mrs. Galloway and little boy have been stay ing at the home of her brother, C. Y. Martin, a traveling man here, and Tues day morning Galloway appeared during the absence of Mr. Martin and took the child from its mother and escaped. Di vorce proceedings are in progress in Iowa, brought by the wife. Every train going out of town has ben searched, but not a trace of Gal loway and the boy has been found. Mra Galloway has had a writ of habeas corpus issued, and, if Galloway can be found, a case will be made of it. TO AID A RAILROAD. Edwards County Townships Voted Abont $50,000 in Bonds. Kinsley, Kas., Feb. 17. An election voting $2,000 in bonds per mile to aid the Wichita, Arkansas Valley Den ver railroad company was carried in all the townships in Edwards county, from here to the east line of the coun ty. This will make the amount about $50,000. Most of the right of way also has been promised from here to the east line of the county. Townships in Pratt county will be called on for aid and the outlook now is that the road will be built from Kinsley to Wichita this summer. Patents Issued Kansans. Washington, Feb. 17. These patents have been issued to Kansans: Isaiah D. Chritton, Graves, belt guide; Warren K. Dodge, Manhattan, electric switch; Philip N. Lear, White Cloud, yoke; Samuel A. Massey, Frankfort, three- horse evener; Emile Lambotte, Salina, musical instrument; Hiram Stout. Kingman, ice making apparatus; Cy rus O. Sylvester, Leavenworth, wind mill; John J. Turnerand J. A. Dowler, LaHarpe, molding machine. Mutual Telephone Craze. Abilene, Feb. 17. A craze for mutual telephone companies is sweeping over central Kansas. Scores of neighbor hoods are discussing it and in this county three such companies, each with 40 to 50 members, have been founded. The farmers do all the work connected with the building of the line and some country store keeper usually conducts the switchboard free in order to get the farmers' trade. Elver Brethren in Revival. Abilene, Feb. 17. The greatest revi val movement the county has known in years is in progress among the River Brethren communities ten miles south of town. Over 100 conversions have been reported in the past week and the interest continues. Revivalists from Oklahoma and Iowa are leading the movement. Started Fire With Coal Oil. Wichita, Kas., Feb. 17. Mrs. Louis Swearinger died here last night as the result of the explosion of a can of kerosene with which she was trying to start a fire. Burning oil was thrown all over her and all over the kitchen. Killed by a FalL Paola, Kas., Feb. 17. O. Johnson, one of the first settlers of Kansas and for 34 years a resident of Miami county. was killed Tuesday afternoon by a fall from a hay loft on his farm near town. MUST WEAR SHOKT SKIltTS School Teachers in Iowa Town Hear from Education Board. De3 Moines, Iowa, Feb. 17. School teachers in Des Moines must wear short skirts, according to the action of the school board, which denounced the trains worn by some of the instructors. To display a well shaped ankle beneath a walking skirt is not looked upon as inappropriate by the members, hence the stand. It all came about when some of the teachers petitioned to have the floors reoiled, as they said the dust from the unoiled floors caught in their long skirts and ruined them. The prompt ultimatum to the Instructors was: "Cut them off." "After a careful considera tion the board members decided it was not healthy for the children to have the dust stirred up by this style of wearing apparel and they refused to oil the floors at all. The innovation of the short skirt has already become notice able. TO LIVE 400 YEAKS. System Requires Giving Up of Pleas ures, Physical and Gastronomic Philadelphia, Pa., Feb. 17. Joseph Salomonson thinks a short and merry life of 80 years or so is not to be com pared with a life of 400 years with all the fun left out. Mr. Salomonson is not 400 years old yet, but thinks he will be if he follows his system. Mr. Salom onson is a native of Belgium, arrived here on the Haverford, and went at once to New York to visit Benjamin Lust, who is going to try Salmonson's idea at a New Jersey sanitarium. The first requisite for attaining this great age is a thorough knowledge of the works of Richard Wagner. Then you must eat no animal food or salt, drink nothing, not even water, wear a rote and sandals, wear ycur hair long, and sleep on the ground, with the sky for a coverlet. That is Mr. Salmonson s system, and he declares that it will work. PET POODLE IS A HERO. Fair American's Dog Saves Her Reti cule from a Thiers Clutches. Paris, Feb. 17. Miss Ethel Shaw of Albany, N. Y., was walking in the Boulevard St. Denis with her big black French poodle when a man snatched her reticule and ran. The dog bounded, after the thief and seized the major circumference of his trousers, getting a good grip on the flesh too. The man yelled in anguish and surrendered. Miss Shaw had to coax her dog to let go before the policy could lead the thief away. The man proved to be an ex-convict. OLLIE CARRIES THE MAIL. Dog on Rural Route Taught Himself a New Trick. Milton, Tnd., Feb. 17. A Scotch collie be longing to Joseph Thompson, four miles south of here, has become mail carrier for the family. He began the practice of watching for John DuGranrut, rural car rier on the route out of here, a week ago, and since then has been regular in going to meet the mail wagon each day when it came in sight. Nothing tempts him from the task when on this errand, and after rceiviner the mail he hastens to the house with it. The dog is about two veaxs am. SPORTINITNEWS. J. J. Corbett Sajs He Will Stick to the Stage. Declares He Will Fight No More for Tiro Years. WANTS BIG GUARANTY. Only Thing That Might Tempt Him Is $50,000 Purse. He and Jeffries Drew a 62,000 House in Frisco. New York, Feb. 17. James J. Cor bett has set at rest the reports that he was thinking of fighting Bob Fitz simmons or any one else by stating emphatically that he had retired tem porarily from the ring and would de vote himself to the theatrical business for the next two years at least unless some one would guarantee him a $50,000 purse, which he did not think was likely. When seen just prior to his departure for the west at his home overlooking Little Neck bay at Bayside, L. I., he said: "X-am booked in vaudeville until June 1, when I will begin rehearsals on a new play I am going to bring out next fall. I fail to see where it would pay me to break these engagements to go into a fight. With Fitzsimmons or any one else at the present time. I don't see where there would be any money in it. Of course, if I could get any assurance that we would draw anything like what Jeffries and I got in 'Frisco where we had a $62,000 house or even a $50,000 house I would be only too glad to box Fitzsimmons again, but I have been all over the ground and Jail to see where there would be any money in such a fight." A battle for the middle-weight cham pionship of the world between Tommy Ryan and Philadelphia Jack O'Brien is now assured. Ryan has formally accepted the offer of 65 per cent of the gross receipts made him by Match maker Gallagher of the Carbon county A. A. of Mauch Chunk, Pa., for a twenty-round bout on the afternoon of Memorial day and has further informed Gallagher that he will send on his for feit to bind the match in a few days. Now that Ryan has accepted Galla gher's offer it is almost certain that O'Brien will do likewise. The latter is anxious to meet Ryan in a twenty round battle. TELL OF THE OUTDOOR GAME. Frank Robison Now Sees a Strong Team in St. Louis. St. Louis, Feb. 17. Owner Frank De Haas Robison of the St. Louis Cardinals is in favor of a limit being put on the number of players each club should carry during the season. "It is a great waste of money for a club to carry 22 to 28 men, and especially when we start out in the spring of the year on our training trips. We know pretty well who are to be our regular men and if we had some 15 or; 16 men we would save a great deal of money that is needlessly expended in the expenses of players whom we really are not expecting to use during the season. "The Cardinals wilt train this spring In Texas and we are going to have as good a team as any club in the league, I be lieve. "With Taylor, Nichols and Corbett in the pitching force we will have twirlers that will be second to none and our out field will be as strong as last year. "The infield will be Beckley on first, Farrell on second and Brain and Burke for the other two places. We will have plenty of material for catchers and I think we have prospects of a good sea son." SATS SUTTON HAS CHANCE. Paris Letter Predicts American Suc cess in Billiard Championship. New York, Feb. 17. DeValcourt Vernon writes from Paris that Maurice Vlgnaux and George Sutton are in hard practice, for their match game for the world's championship at 18-inch balkline billiards at one shot in, which is to take place in that city Friday, March 4. "Interest in this contest," writes Mr. Vernon, "has been greatly increased since the recent close game at the two-shot-in style of billiards. In that game Vignaux won by only four points and those who have seen the two recently in practice think the American has a good chance to win the trophy. The comine contest promises to be the most exciting and largest attended held in Paris in years." The trophy for which Sutton and Vig naux will play is the one won by Slosson and the late Frank Ives. Schaefer se cured the emblem in the last champion ship contest played in New York several years aeo. L ncier the rules governing the emblem he was obliged, as previous holders, to defend it for two years against all comers and, while Schaefer was chal lenged four times twice by Sutton he has refused to play or give up the trophy which is now claimed and awarded to Sutton by the donors. REDS MAY SECURE WOODRUFF The Indianapolis Man Is a Good Player Anywhere. Cincinnati. O.. Feb. 17. Efforts are be ing made to have Manager Joe Kelley secure the services of Orrie Woodruff of the Indianapolis team to fill the part of utility intielder during the coming season in case Charley Ee Armond should be in capacitated by the injury to his arm which caused him to go to Hot Springs. It has been pointed out to Kelley that Woodruff is not only a general utility lnneider, nut a corKing good oatcner and hustling: nlaver. and just the kind of a man that a team like the Reds can afford to carry as an extra man. Woodruff is the property of the Indian apolis club of the American association, and it is, of course, questionable whether he can be purchased from President Rauschatipt or not; but it is considered well worth Kelley's while to make the effort. Woodruff is a Cincinnati boy, and is, of For orer nine years T suffered with chronic con stipation and during this time I had to take an injection of warm water once every 24 hours before I could have an action on mr bowels. Happily I tried Cascarets, and today I am a well man. Dnrine the nine years before I need Cascarets I suffered untold misery with internal piles. Thanks to you 1 am free from all that this morning. You can nse this in behail of suffering humanity." B. t Fisher, Roanoke. 111. Pleasant, Palatable, Potent, Taste Good. Do Qood, KeTer Sicken, Weaken or Gripe. 10c. 25e, 50c. Neyer sold in bulk. The genuine tablet stamped C C 0. Guaranteed to care or your money back. Sterling Remedy Co., Chicago or N.Y. 603 AXXUALSALE, TEN KILU3M E3IES CONSTIPATION w. jffHj Best For f The Bowels ,"Nw CANDY CATHARTIC K uhmjiii J course, anxious to get a chance in the National league. His work with the Red barnstormers last fall was of the highest order, and those players who made the trip with him are persuading Kelley to secure him for me .neas. Woodruff has as yet not been asked to sign with the Hoosiers for next season, though he expects a blank contract to appear at his house almost any day now. BASKETBALL, AT GLASCO. "Terrible Swedes" Defeated by Score of 39 to 10. Glasco; Kas., Feb. 17. The terrible Swedes met defeat at Glasco In basket ball. One of the fiercest and fastest games ever seen in this part of the state was played at Glasco by the Bethany Swedes and the invincible Glasco team. Glasco outclassed them at all points, making goals from any point in the room by their hard and fast playing and quick passing of the ball. The Swede team is made up of about as good men as can be found, and are not men that will allow a vic tory to pass from their hands easily. Score: First half, 24 to 6; at end of game. Glasco 39, Swedes 10. Hanlon-Yanger Match OS. Chicago, Feb. 17. After several false alarms, the proposed Yanger-Hanlon bout is off again. Hanlon, who was offered a match with Yanger, has tele graphed John Hertz that his many en gagements will prevent him from ac cepting a match with Yanger at pres ent. It is now likely that the bout will not go through "It seems to me," said Hertz, ""that Hanlon is afraid to meet Yanger. He was offered a $2,000 purse, with the winner's end if he got as good as a draw. This is more than he can get anywhere else. The fact probably Is that Hanlon is afraid to meet Yan ger in a six-round got, but that does not need to stop him, for Yanger is more than willing to meet him in any kind of a fight. Hanlon is not too busy to accept a $2,000 purse." Philadelphia, Feb. 17. Eddie" Hanlon, the California featherweight boxer, has been matched to meet George Decker before, the National A. C on March 1. Decker Is considered the best feather weight in Philadelphia. Harry Foley, the middleweight champion of the Pa cific coast, who came east with Han lon, was also matched today. He will meet George Cole before the National A. C. on Saturday night next. Jeff Thinks Bout Will Be Hard. Philadelphia, Pa., Feb. 17. Champion Jim Jeffries is of the opinion that the coming heavyweight battle between Jack Munroe and Tom Sharkey, which will be fought in the Second regiment armory In Philadelphia on Saturday evening. February 27, will be one of the most stubbornly contested bouts between big men ever witnessed in the Quaker City. In speaking of the bout to a group of sporting men, Jeffries said: "While a bout between Munroe and Sharkey will only be for six rounds I feel certain that both men will fight harder than if they were boxing a 20 round battle. The fact that both men are anxious for a fight with me is an other thing which satisiies me the fight will be a bitterly contested one. Both are working hard for the fight, and with the condition which they will be In, it is safe betting that the bout will be a hummer while it lasts." Racing at Frisco. San Francisco, Feb. 17. Announce ment was made by the new California Jockey club that racing will be trans ferred to Oakland next Monday, instead of the following week, as originally in tended. The change is due to the fact that the attendance is better at Oak land, and to the further reason that many horses have been coughing at Ingleside. The six and a half furlongs handicap today was marked by one of the closest finishes of the season, Prin cess Titania beating Futurita by a nose after a furious drive through the stretch. The weather was fine, but the track was muddy. Kahl to Play With the Blues. Kansas City, Feb. 17. There is a very good chance that Nick Kahl, who held down the third sack for the Kansas City Western league team last year, will play the same position for the Blues this season. It is known that the management of the American as sociation team is not after Kahl and hopes to land him. Kahl has been as signed to play with the Colorado Springs team, but negotiations are now said to be going on by which the Mil lionaires will release the little inflelder to the Kansas City team. Racing at Los Angeles. Los Angeles, Cal., Feb. 17. The races at Ascot were ran In a steady rainfall, but notwithstanding the changed con ditions, favorites made a clean sweep except 'in the fifth, which was won by an 8 to 5 choice. Weather rainy, track sloppy. Racing at New Orleans. New Orleans, La., Feb. 17. Gravina and Irene Undsey were the only win ning favorites. The defeat of Floral King, a prominent Derby candidate, came as a sharp surprise to the talent. Weather clear, track fast. To Cure a Cold in One Day. Take Laxative Bromo Quinine tablets. All drug&ris-B refund money if It falls to curt W. Grove's Big nature on each' box 2e -dTertajntjLof a Wherever you go on any road, in every town you're sure of a great smoke for 5 cents if you ask for the Cremo. The only cigar for sale everywhere, and everywhere the same. LARGEST SELLER IN THE WORLD. The 3 and is the Smoker's Protection. A TIME IN THE COLONY." Wedding of Young German Couple an Unusual Event. Harlan, la., Feb. 17. The wedding of Frank Hodapp and Miss Mary Rose man was the event of the season in "The Colony," a settlement of German Catholics near this place. The cere mony was at St. Boniface church at 8 o'clock In the morning, and at the close a multitude of guests from all the country round gathered at the home of the bride's parents, where great pre parations had been made for their en tertainment. At least 300 were present, and half a dozen stoves were kept go ing to furnish the dishes for the feast. A large dancing hall was extemporized in a huge barn near the house, and the celebration was continued far into the night. The presents brought by the throng of guests were lavish in number and character, and everything was in keep ing with the customs which the colon ists brought with, them from southern Germany. BUYS PARIS HIPPODROME. Frank Bostock Has Obtained Posses sion of the Vast Amusement Hall. Paris, Feb. 17. Frank C. Bostock has bought the Paris hippodrome, which he considers the finest amusement hall In the world. The purchase price was $2, 000.000. The seating capacity of the hip podrome is 12,000. Henceforth the home of America's renowned animal trainer will be -in Paris. Mr. Bostock say that Paris is the greatest amusement city in the universe, and that the Parisians are jnore appreciative than even the Ameri cans. "The animal king," as Frank C. Bos tock is popularly known, is the youngest ana one or the most remarkable show men in the world. Born in a traveling caravan, he now stands as foremost in his class. With the purchase of the Paris hippodrome he has realized his fondest hopes. Bostock is Enelish bv birth, but American by adoption. He nrst appeared in the United States in witn a small tent show in Brook lyn. His first pronounced success came at cnicago at the World's fair. Cells Rented aa Homes. London, Feb. 17. Budgett Meakin, who lectured in Bermondsey on hous ing reform on Saturday evening, showed a view of King's Benchwalk, Southwark, and stated that two- roomed cells, formerly belonging to the old King's Bench prison, were now let as houses at 6s 6d per week. A large house in Spitalfields, rented as a school by Dr. Watts, the hymn writer, 200 years ago, was now let out in tene ments, and in another case a house built with sanitary accommodations for one family has now fifty-four tenants. Miller Sold the Property. Bradford Miller, who was appointed agent for Samuel Ross, the colored man, from Ottawa, who was tried In the pro bate court for insanity, has returned from Ottawa, where he went to sell Ross' per sonal property for him. Ross will now sell his farm near Ottawa and will locate in or near Topeka. Low Rates to the Southwest via Frisco System. On March 1 and March 15 the Frisco system will sell from Kansas City one way tickets at rate of $S.0O and round trip tickets at rate of $15.00, to all points in Texas east of and including Amarillo, Quanah, Vernon, Ft. Worth, Brownwood, Brady. San Angelo, Waco, San Antonio, Houston, Galveston, Corpus Christi and Rockfort. Call on your nearest ticket agent for detailed information, or write J. C. LOVRIEN. a Asst. Gen'l Pass'r Agent, Kansas City, Mo. lood Troubles Bad blood is the source of pumerous aches and pains and the cause of nearly all stubborn, long-continued dis eases. When the blood gets out of order, disease germs and poisons of various kinds find their way into the cir culation and some serious trouble is the result. Rheu matism, Malaria, Old Sores and Ulcers, Scrofula, Anaemia, and many pustular or scaly skin eruptions, like Eczema, Salt Rhpnm anrl Tetter, have their beginning s bad blood, .nXn and only a remedy that enters p.rtsofthe body. So i conZd to trr s s a into the circulation and de- knowing it to be highly spoken of. After u'sintr a Stroys the germs and poisons, number of bottles my blood was thoroughly puri can have any permanent good itfooAtpnre blooU J'bfe'yo effect upon a disease of this B. 8. 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Long Distance Telephones Are used exclusively on me tallic line. These Insure the users of the Five Cents a Day Tele phone good service. Missouri Kansas Tela Co. 'Phonj 999 MADE CKAZI BY JOY. Wife Becomes Insane When Her Hus band Gets Well. New York, Feb. 17. Driven insane by her ceaseless vigil at the bedside of her husband, ill with pneumonia, Mrs. Oliva Neilson, of 138 East Ninety eighth street, is in the psychopathic ward of the Bellevue hospital. Neilson has been ill for eight weeks in the Presbyterian hospital. His wife was with him daily during his Illness, and the strain was too much for her. When he returned to his home con valescent she was so overjoyed that she lost her reason. She imagined in her frenzy that her husband wished to kill her. She smashed crockery, threw plates, dishes and other missiles at her husband and. little daughter. A physician succeeded in quieting her for a time, but sh again became violent, and was taken to Bellevue. Uneasiness About the Balkans. Vienna, Feb. 17. The situation in the Balkans Is creating great uneasiness here. The official denial of the rumors of the mobilization of Austrian troops has failed to reassure the public, and it is stll asserted that the governiment Intends to mobilize two army corps pro visionally for the purpose of guarding the Balkan frontier because of fears that Turkey will provoke Bulgaria Into war. I V i reacnea irom tne outside, s. s. s. antidotes the poi sons, humors and acids that are the real cause of disease, cleanses and enriches the blood, and builda up at the same time the general health. S. S. S. invigorates all the organs and parts of the svsteni

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TOPEKA STATE JOUBNAI WEDNESDAY EVENING. FEBRUARY 17; 1904. 4 ?1 RAILROADNEWS. NTow the Atlantic Coast Lines Start Trouble. Cut the Grain Kates to Beat Gulf Lines. 7 1-2 CENT REDUCTION. War Orer Grain Kates Is Now General. Philadelphia and New York Lines Take a Hand. Chicago, Feb. 17. The great rate war In which the western roads are engag ed threatens to Involve all the lines between the Missouri river and the At lantic seaboard. The Burlington and Chicago Alton have Just given no tice that they will put in effect a rate from Missouri river points to Baltimore, Newport News and Norfolk of 15 cents for 100 pounds. This is only 3 cents higher than the rate from Kansas City to the gulf ports. The action was not taken on account of the reduction made by the Great Western and Northwestern roads, but Is in conformity with the position they have taken during more than a year, that the differences in the grain rate between the- gulf and South Atlantic ports should not be more than 3 cents ior 100 pounds. The rate announced by the Burling tion and Alton from Missouri river points to South Atlantic ports is one cent less than the regular tariff rate of the eastern lines from St. Louis to the seaboard. This cuts out the rate be tween the Missouri and Mississippi riv ers. It is said by the Burlington offi cials that under their arrangement with the eastern roads their system gets an arbitrary of five cents for 100 pounds. This leaves only 10 cents to the eastern lines, or six cents less than the regular tariff rate. EASTERN LINES FIGHT. New York. Feb. 17. Harmony of rates in trunk line territory is threat ened, the Buffalo-New York lines op posed to the Buffalo-Philadelphia-New Y'ork lines having served notice that the freight rate on lake grain for ex port will be reduced Wednesday to 3 cents for 100 pounds between Buffalo end New Y'ork. This reduction means an abolition of the differential initiated by the Penn sylvania and the Lehigh Valley in fa vor of Philadelphia last summer and is designed to give the port of New York the same privilege heretofore enjoyed by Philadelphia. An effort is being made to confine the fight to the comparatively insignificant item of lake grain for export but fears are expressed that it may spread to other classes of freight and upset the hitherto harmonious conditions in trunk line territory. New Fuel Proves Successful. Los Angeles, Feb. 17. The Examiner says: Recent successful tests of the properties and power claimed for The Popular Vote of 1904 Is Unanimously in Favor of Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets They Are the Nation's Favorite. No article on the market, whatever be the purpose for which it was crea ted, can be a phenomenal success and be universally popular unless It pos sesses great and unfailing merit. In ferior and worthless articles may flourish for a limited time if their praises are sung by suffi ciently clever and catchy advertis ing; but their days are numbered from the start and their finish is a foregone conclusion. This is an age of the sur vival of the fittest, and only articles of true worth endure. The unparalleled and phenomenal success of Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets from a business standpoint is not un natural nor surprising. It is due di rectly to their unparalleled and phe nomenal success in curing multiplied thousands of cases of dyspepsia throughout the English-speaking world. The reason of the wonderful success of Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets is so plain and simple that a child can un derstand. It is this and nothing more; they are natural in their workings and effects. They take up the work of the worn and wasted stomach and do it Just as the stomach did when it was well and strong and able. They act ually digest the food and do it' thor oughly, completely and independently, thus giving the weak and weary stom ach an opportunity to renew and re gain its wasted strength. Y'ou forget that you have a stomach just as you did when you were a healthy boy or girl and Nature restores and heals that organ and makes it well and strong. A St. Louis business man says: "I was a confirmed dyspeptic for yeais. What I ate had to be forced down and most oi it soured or lay like lead in my stomach and did me no good. I was in constant misery both in mind and body and came to be crankv, morose and irritable. My natural disposition, which was cheerful and pleasant, left me and I was alienating all my friends. The doctors did me no good. I got so I hated the sight or name of a doctor My wife finally worried me into buying a box of Stuart's Dyspesia Tablets which I began taking under portest, as I had no faith in anything or anybody. I was sore on creation. "I had not taken a third of that box before I noticed a decided and most welcome change. I could enjoy a good meal and feel no bad effects following it. I forgot my stomach and had a chance to think about something else I went ahead with my business in ease and comfort. Six boxes of Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets at a total outlay of $3.00 cured me completely and I have not suffered a pain from dyspesia for two years. I have an appetite like a Ftxteen-year-old boy. I wish everyor who suffers from dyspepsia could know what a change this great remedv mad" in ine." Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets are for Bale by druggists everywhere at 50 cents a box. All druggists carry them and the best doctors are prescribing them. You need not fear that you will ever be vmab'.e to get them; for because of the-good they have don mankind and the suffering they have relieved and the happiness they have caused, the fame and the success and the popularity of Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets from generation unto genera tion will endure. "coaleo," the new fuel, have been made in the city. At the Salt Lake shops a pressure of 40 pounds was generated by the use of 80 pounds of ordinary slak coal, such as is used under the flue box of a 20-horse power boiler. This was held for 20 minutes, no water being injected into the boiler. Seventy-seven pounds of "coaleo" were then put into the fire box, the pressure at that time being 37 pounds. In 12 minutes the pressure had risen 21 pounds, or to 58 pounds, and that pressure was main tained 48 minutes, during which time water was injected into the boiler for 11 minutes. Satisfactory tests have also been made in blacksmiths' forges. R. B. EMPLOYMENT AGENCY. Chicago Alton Has a Little Civil Service of Its Own. The employment bureau of the Chicago and Alton road, which was established about a year ago, has presented a report which indicates the plan has proved suc cessful. V. A. Freese, superintendent of tele graph, is in charge of the bureau and his instructions have been to keep in touch with young men all over the company's lines and report his interviews and exam inations at regular intervals. The bureau was formed for the purpose of filling va cancies with men whose homes are ad jacent to the line of the road. Mr. Freese makes it his business to have an inter view with any person or any parent or guardian desiring a son or ward to enter the railroad service. t During the last year the company re ceived 758 applications through the bureau and 225 were, accepted, as follows: Applied. Ac'p'd. Rrakemen 140 Firemen 103 Telegraph operators 402 Clerks 53 Telegraph students 41 Linemen 1 Train dispatchers 7 Baggagemasters 2 Switchmen 3 Station agents 7 For the position of telegraph operator 32 were rejected on the telegraph exami nations. 12 on account of defective vis ion, 6 on account of physical examina tions and one on account of failure in the rules. The reason so few of the brakemen and firemen were accepted is that many men were over the age limit, under the age limit or deficient physical ly. A report made weekly to the general manager gives the names of the appli cants who have been interviewed by the bureau chief and the names are divided into six classes, according to the work the applicant desires This weekly report also gives the num ber of requests in each class received from each division superintendent and the number of men furnished to each. Printed forms are provided for securing consents and releases from parents and guardians in the cases of minors and for a record of service from any railroad company which the applicant may have worked lor Detore coming to Alton. In the last mentioned document the appli cant releases his former employer from liability for giving information. GOLD AS BALLAST. Moffat Line Has Valuable Slag in Its Roadbed. Ballasting began on the Moffat road yesterday, says the Denver Republican. The work was taken up a mile beyond Coal Creek and will be pushed behind the tracklaying as fast as the con struction gang that is laying the iron can work. One of the sensational features of the building of the Moffat road was disclosed by a conversation between a mining man and a visitor. "It is a fact not generally known," said the mining man, "that the new railroad building in Colorado is bal lasted with gold. They are using slag from the Grant smelter for ballast and this material, all mining men know, carries a great deal of gold. The Crip ple Creek ores have been treated at the Grant smelter for years and other ores from various sections of the state have also been brought there for treat ment. The rates for smelting the ore were from $10 to $12 per ton and the smelter people gave back a certain per centage of the gold, sometimes as high as 95 per cent, the rest going into the slag as the process was unable to save it all. "Not a great deal of the ore was volatilized in the furnaces of the smel ter so it must be now in the slag that is being taken out on the Moffat road for ballast. There is not much chance of the slag being treated for its gold deposits with profit, as the slag would be particularly refractory, but the gold is there all the same. A ton of ore would be greatly reduced when ap pearing in the waste of the smelter in the form of slag and the percentage of gold in the slag can only be guessed at, unless a careful analysis of the slag is made for the purpose of finding its actual worth. "If the gold in the slag amounted to somewhere around $2 a ton it would not be remarkable. The history of smelting is that this proportion of min eral might easily go into the slag in the course of years, and there can scarcely be a doubt but there is that much gold there. The Moffat road is literally paved with gold." PENNSYLVANIA R. R. EXHIBIT Eastern Road Will Not Stop at Ex pense at St. Louis Show. The management of the Pennsylvania railroad system has decided to make an exhibit at the St. Louis World's fair un der the general direction of Mr. J. J. Turner and Mr. Theodore N. Ely. In a 33,000 square feet section of the Transportation building there will be exhibited A locomotive testing plant, where, among others, a DeGlehn compound locomotive, specially imported by the Pennsylvania Railroad company, will be tested; Model of the Pennsylvania, New York Long Island railroad systems of tun nels under the North River, East River, and Manhattan Island; A full sized section of the tunnel; Model of the New York Terminal sta tion Model showing improvements made at West Philadelphia; Maps, etc., showing revisions made in the company's various lines, and photo graphs of the standard equipment. In the United States government building there will be exhibited A standard postal car; Charts and printed matter describing the systems of voluntary relief, saving fund, and pension departments. AT THE MARDI GRAS. Big Railroad Officials Congregate at New Orleans. New Orleans. Feb. 17. Probably nev er in the history of New Orleans carni vals have so many railroad presidents and heads of systems been gathered here, ostensibly for the festival, but with important business on the side. The chiefs of seven great railroad sys tems are present and others are to come. William B. Leeds, former president of the Rock Island system, is in town. He is accompanied by Mrs. Leeds and Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Smith of New York. President George Gould, accompanied by Traffic Director A. C. Bird and Vice President Manager Russell Harding of the Gould systems and a special'car of guests came in tonight. B. F. Yoakum, president f the Frisco and Lu F. Loree, president of the hold ing board of the Rock Island-Frisco systems, will be in tomorrow. F. M. Plant, head of the Plant sys tem, with Colonel M. J. O'Brien presi dent of the Southern Express company, are among those on the ground. Others present are Theodore Voorhees, vice president and general manager of the Philadelphia Reading, with a special car of friends, and Stuyvesant Fish, president of the Illinois Central, with Vice President and General Manager Harahan. THROUGH SOUTHERN ARIZONA Santa Fe Has Definite Plans for Im portant Extension. Albuquerque, N. M., Feb. 17. That the Santa Fe railroad has determined on an east and west line through south ern Arizona is no longer a conjecture or supposition, but a real fact, Judg ing from interviews given out by prom inent Santa Fe officials and the actions of a Santa Fe engineering party that has been continuously in the field for the past three months. In September of last year the engineering party, in charge of Engineer S. F. Cochran of Phoenix w'as in the Gila valley and surveyed the line from Dudley ville, in Pinal county, through Graham county, via the Gila river, to a connection with the Santa Fe in New Mexico. This work was done in a thorough and con scientious manner, and estimates of the cost of the road, via Fort Thomas Pima, Safford and SolomonviHe have been submitted to the board of directors of the Santa Fe road. At a recent meeting of the railroad officials, another survey was ordered and the same engineering party, who is at present camped along the line of the S. P., between Railroad Pass and Bowie Station,- engaged in surveying a line for the Santa Fe, which parallels the Southern Pacific between Willcox and Deming. The new proposed line has its origin at Dudleyville, in Pinal county, runs via Aravaipa Canyon to Willcox and thence to Deming as outlined wTiove. The object of this new survey, now under "way, is to estimate the com parative cost of a Santa Fe line east from Florence via the Willcox route or via the Gila valley. The Santa Fe has already completed its track from Phoenix to Florence and will soon reach Dudleyville. The con tinuation line must be quickly decided now, and will be announced just as soon as the present surveying party can submit their report to the board of directors of the Santa Fe company. Unless the cost of construction, via the Aravaipa canyon, is much less than the Gila valley route, all the advan tages would be for the line to be built in thia direction. There would be im mediate revenue for the new line if built via the Gila valley; there Is abso lutely nothing to attract another line of railroad from Willcox to Deming. There is no longer any doubt but what the Santa Fe will build east from Dudleyville, and present signs point in this direction. FIFTY CARS A NIGHT. Oranges Are Coming Over Cajon Hill at a Great Rate. The Santa Fe has, up until Sunday morning, sent east over its lines 5,625 carloads of citrus fruits. Over 5,000 cars of this number were oranges. All of these cars went east over the Cajon hill and were made into trains by local yardmen. They have been dispatched to the eastern markets since November 1, which date opened the season .of 1903-4, It is estimated that this sea son's shipments are heavier than those of last year up until this date- by sev eral hundred carloads. Oranges are now going east over the Santa Fe at the rate of fifty cars each night. The car famine which was threatened a few weeks ago, on account of a scarcity of refrigerators, is now entirely past and the company is having no trouble whatever in handling the business San Bernardino Sun. SELLING MACARONI SEED. Rock Island Finds That the Crop Is a Success. Tan,rt. at- Chinafct hav been received by Rock Island officials showing that the growing or macaroni wnmL n .c o.... arid regions of western Kansas promises to prove a success. Its cultivation is en couraged by the department of agricul ture, which last year supplied seed wheat to manv farmers. One of these men, who had a large crop of the new grain, said that all of this grain reaped by him last year has been sold to his neighbors for seeding purposes, and he declares the grain will be grown almost exclusively hereafter in that locality. CHIEF CLERK. SKIPS. Seaboard Air Line Official Leaves With Company Money. The Western Passenger association has issued a circular to the effect that R. Carroll Baker, chief clerk in the pas senger department of the Seaboard Air Line, has disappeared and has been found to have misappropriated funds belonging to the company. It is stated that he car ried with him trip passes and forged let ters for transportation. W. J. LAWRENCE PROMOTED. Will Be Fuel Agent of the Rock Island at Chicago, W. J. Lawrence, for a number of years division superintendent of the Rock Is land svstem and one of the best known railroad men in the west, has been ap pointed fuel agent for the company, suc ceeding H. C. Angle, resigned. Mr. Law rence will make his headquarters in Chi cago. VERDICT FOR THE SANTA FE. Two More Damage Suits Thrown Out of Court Newton, Kan., Feb. 17. In the district court the case of Fred Soth vs. Santa Fe Railway company, for $25,000 dam ages on account of injuries sustained while working in company's yards here, was thrown out of court, the plaintiff having no cause o action. A similar fate met the case of Grant Johnson, a employe in the shops, who sued for $20, 000 damages sustained by being over heated while working at a blacksmith forge. T. J. Clark for District Pass. Agent T. J. Clark has been appointed district passenger agent of the Chicago, Rock Island Pacific at Chicago. Mr. Clark has heretofore been traveling passenger agent. Piso's Cure has cured coughs for many years. It is still on the market. With eggs at 50 cents a dozen they feel it beneath their dignity to get mashed on cheap actors. Are You Lazy If you would have the happi ness of health, with the elastic step and clear bright skin, set your digestive organs and liver right by using Beech am s Pills Sold Everywhere. In boxes 10c and 25c STORRSSAYS NO. Does Not Propose to Hare His Authority Curtailed. Prepares to Make Fight on New Health Ordinance. END TO CZAR'S REIGN. Prorides That Health Depart ment Be Conducted Properly. His Method of Attack Through Channel of Economy. There is a revolt In the city board of health, and City Physician W. D. Storrs is at the head of it. Dr. Storrs has undertaken the Job of defeating the proposed new health de partment ordinance which has been recommended to the city council by the board of health and the health and sanitation committee. Dr. Storrs does not like the ordinance because it clips his wings, and makes him subordinate to the board, instead of superior to it. He opposed the adoption of the or dinance by the health committee, and now is evidently planning to carry the fight into the higher legislative body. At the meeting or tne ways ana means committee, which was to have been held Monday night. Dr. Storrs was present, prepared to do wnai ne could to prevent a favorable report on the ordinance from the ways ana means committee. Dr. C. F. Menninger chairman of the board of health, was also present. Dr. Menninger is one or the majority or. tne Doara.againsi wiluiii Storrs is in revolt. Of course it would be impolitic ior Dr. Storrs to come right out and say to il that he does not want to have his czar-llke authority reduced. so he has elected to make his ngnt on the ground of economy. It Is a very p-.-wirt scheme, because it will appeal strongly to the council, provided Dr. Storrs can make nis ngures nang iu gether. Storrs claims that under the new ordinance the city health depart ment will cost from $1,200 to $1,500 more every year than it costs at present. This is emphatically denied by the other members of the board. While Dr. C. E. Juaa was city pnyoi clan he had the "postal card idea" and had it bad. Nobody seems to know ex actly how many thousand postal cards, and return postal cards, Dr. Judd had printed for the use or nis aeparimenu But he certainly had enough. Sanitary o.rount Pav Htated today that there are $200 worth of postal cards still on hand in his office. These cards are sup posed to be given to doctors, for their use in reporting births, deaths and cases of contagious disease. Storrs claims that if the new ordinance is passeu, an l cards together with a vast quantity of printed blanks, reports and similar stuff, will be worthless and wasted. This is not the case, said cnairman Menninger today. "All tnis pnnreu matter will be used under the new ordi nance. The new ordinance makes no changes in these printed iorms. u merely requires an additional report from the board of health to the council." Dr. Storrs also claims that the new ordinance requires the employment of an additional sanitary policeman, at a cost of $660 a year, and the payment of two members of the board of health for eighteen meetings during tne year, cost ing $180. It is the meetings of the board which really rankles in Dr. Storrs' heart. He does not get any pay for meetings, and, moreover, he does not like to have the board meet so often in consultation about affairs which he regards as his own private concern. The item or $660 a year ior kuuuij officer is wholly optional with the mayor and council. The new ordinance pro vides for six sanitary policemen, wime the old one provided for five. But only such portion of these as are necessary are to be appointed. At present there are four sanitary policemen, and this number would probably continue re gardles sof what the ordinance provides as a maximum number. At nresent the board or neaitn meets only on call of the secretary, which is Dr. Storrs ex omcio. as a rraun this system and the existing friction between Storrs and the other members of the board there have been very few meetings called. Storrs has done as he pleased about things. The new or dinance provides for a regular month ly meeting and a semi-monthly meet ing during the summer months. Dr. Storrs gets a regular salary as city physician while the other two doctors on the board get nothing except $5 for each meeting they attend. Dr. Storrs wants the council to fix It so that the board of health will meet only when he call3 them together. He claims that as he does not call them toe-ether at all the city will save a total of $180 in the course of the year. The result of this system would be to leave things in exactly tneir present condition with the city physician in su preme command or tne neaitn Depart ment. Nearly all of the councilmen are united in the desire to reduce expense in uk rr. as much as possmie ana jr. otoris probably be able to get some changes made in the ordinance if he can prove that it would really be much more pindnsiTO to conduct the city health affairs under the new ordinance than under the old one. But he will prob ably find this difficult to do especially when the councilmen take into consid eration the kind of service which the city of Topeka has received from its health department under the old method of conducting affairs. GRANTED A HEH EARING. Supreme Court Will Again Consider Mr. Watson's Case. The supreme court has allowed the petition for a rehearing in the case of George W. Watson against the Key stone Iron Works, which was decided by the supreme court in Watson's fa vor recently. The case involves spe cial and general executions, and is one of considerable interest to attorneys. It is of importance, too, because it reversed the case of the State vs. Mc Arthur, recorded in the Fifth Kansas report, which has stood as law for more than thirty years. When the decision was rendered the court stood four to three, and that is why a rehearing is granted. Justice Burch wrote a very warm dissenting opinion, in which Chief Justice John ston and Justice Mason concurred. Two state senators. Fred Dumont Smith and T. A. Noftzger, were the contend ing attorneys in the case. In his dissenting opinion Justice Burch said: "Our ancient ancestors roamed about in the jungles of law and equity, and actions and suits. Our nearer legal progenitors led the lawyers up into the sunshine and pure air of the plains of the codes. Through some atavic im- pulse a majority of my most respected associates have made a sally toward the old racial habitat. On the way they meet the case of State vs. McArthur, 5 Kan. 280, thirty-three years old and vigorous in every respect and through a surging up of old predatory instincts they slay it. Without qualification or limitation they say the case is uncon ditionally overruled." MALEK THEIR MECCA. Few Topeka Music Lovers Will Miss the Great fianist. The demand for tickets to the Ottokar Malek recital still keeps up and no less than one hundred people bought tickets today. He will have a larger audience than any pianist has ever had in To peka. Malek has a personality which inspires an interest hardly less than that which is evoked on account of his mu sical genius. Sensibility is the domi nant note in Malek's character, a qual ity which is manifestly expressed in his spirituelle countenance, and revealed in the many stories afloat regarding the great pianist. His love for animals is pronounced. Not long ago his most intimate friend was a beautiful Scotch collie, which, next to his piano, Malek loved better than anything else In the world. One day the dog suddenly went mad, and breaking away from his master dashed through the crowds of pedestrians, snapping and snarling as it went. The people scattered to right and left as the brute came on, and a' veritable panic ensued. But Malek had no intention of deserting his canine friend at such a critical moment. He dashed after the dog with the humane object of protect ing the pedestrians and of saving the animal from the kicks and projectiles that seemed to encourage it all the more. Without a semblance of ,fear Malek approached the infuriated collie, grasped it and held it to the ground, while a policeman came up and with his pistol put an end to the danger. As Malek arose, his eyes were full of tears. "It was like killing my best friend," he said. Malek's love for animals is of the deep kind which takes an interst in the na ture and habits of the lower creation. A curious instance of his intimate knowl edge of some forms of animal life is re lated by his American manager. Malek, visiting at this gentleman's hdme, be came greatly Interested in a brood of "incubator" chickens. Taking one up in his hand he said, without a moment's hesitation, "Nine days old." He was exactly right. Feeling its crop he said, "It's hungry." In that too he showed he possessed the scientific knowledge of the true animal lover. Children, too, appeal to Malek's deep est nature. There you seem to catch a glimpse of the real man of the sen sitive, gentle, nature which, young man though Malek is, has already suffered more than one rude blow from the heavy hand of Fate. The artist in Malek is in constant ev idence. It betrays itself in his almost boyish irresponsibility in the little matter-of-fact events of every day life. One day he was hurrying down State street, Chicago, with a friend to catch a train. Melek was especially anxious to make time, and his long legs were carrying him over the ground at a pace which taxed the powers of his companion to keep up with him. Pass ing Marshall Field's store, Malek was attracted by some pictures of female loveliness In one of the windows. He stopped, gazed absorbently and criti cally and the train left him behind. It is the artist, too, in Malek as a musician that makes him so popular. Musical critics are unanimous in prais ing his wonderful technic, his mastery of the key-board, his finished rendition of the most difficult passages of the masters. But beyond, and deeper than all this, there is that touch of genius and sympathetic understanding of the mind of the composer, which enables Malek to convey, even to the unknow ing, feeling and understanding of the piece he is expounding. His personal appearance and gentle manly bearing go far to explain the en thusiastic welcome which is accorded him by audiences of all degrees of musical culture. There is nothing fantastic or ec centric either in his appearance or man ner nothing of the long-haired, wildly demonstrative musician. He plays with out an effort the most difficult passages, hardly leaning this way or that, his long arm seeming all sufficient in reaching any part of the keyboard. His pale face never flushes. He accomplishes marvels with his wrists and fingers and his chords and scales and trills are perfection. Malek's sensibility and practical tem perament show themselves in the manner in which he becomes wholly absorbed in the composition which he is rendering. Occupying the same rank as a master of the piano that is held by Kubelik and Kochan, his compatriots, as masters of the violin, richly endowed with the tem perament that interests and attracts, of a gentle and lovable nature that makes friends everywhere, it is safe to predict that the triumphs which this young mu sical genius has already scored, are but a forerunner of still more splendid ones in the future. THOUSANDS OF MESSAGES. Mrs. Hanna Receives Expressions of Condoles ce from Everywhere. Washington, Feb.. 17. Messages of condolence from all parts of the world continue to be received by Mrs. Hanna. Already they number probably 2,000 or more. Included among them are mes sages from the following: Mrs. Ida S. McKinley; H. M. Hagler, Florida; H. T. Scott, California; Chas. G. Dawes, Illinois; R. C. Kerns, Mis souri; J. P. Manley, Maine; Archbishop Ireland; Col. John J. McCook; Governor Durbin, Indiana; ex-Governor. Nash. Ohio; Hardy S. New, Indianapolis; Don Dickinson, Michigan; H. H. Kohlsaat, Ohicaeo: Richard Mansfield: A. J. r TBrnp y, r. p,,,'. Wm. Rockefeller; Johu d! Rockefeller; Perry S. Heath; Daniel S. Lambert; Bishop Leonard, Ohio; Col. Oliver H. Payne; Bishop Arnett, Ohio; Chemi ST. I MA7 MkHS? A rADFFI II VH EM ICAl fNALVglg OF forfieTeeffi, and find Nothing injurious OR OBJECTIONABLE IN ITS COMPO SITION FORTWO SCORE YEARS andTEN Genteel Americans have cared for their teeih with no fear of Acid, Grit er other injurious substances BY THE USE OP W sozo DAINTY WOMEN DREAD CATARRH Hacking, Spitting, Coughing, Sneezing and all Other Dis agreeable Symptoms of Nasal Catarrh Cured Promptly and Permanently by Pe-ru-na. Mrs. Andrew Thorborn, 86 "W. Mohawk street, Buffalo, N. T., President "West Side Study Club, writes: 1 want to give credit where it is due. I was a great sufferer from ca tarrh of the nose, and although I tried many remedies, the only one that gave me more than temporary relief was Peruna. I was very miserable, my nostrils were obstructed, my sense of smell affected, my breath very offensive.and the dropping from the back of my nose aften causing nausea. I took Peruna for four months and the disease was completely effaced, fly physician tells me that there is no doubt that I am permanently cured. I concur with him in the matter, for it is over a year since 1 quit taking Peru na and I have not had a single symtom of the recurrence of the disease." Mrs. Andrew Thorborn. Annoying Catarrh of the Head Cured. Miss Pauline Armstrong, 1328 Cutter street, Cincinnati, O., Financial Secre tary Royal Templars of Temperance writes: "My head had troubled me for some months and I was much annoyed to find that the many douches and medi cines I took did not break up the ca tarrh. I noticled your ads in the papers and thought perhaps Peruna would help me get rid of this catarrh.' A few doses certainly relieved me and I began to breathe through my nose, and soon I did not have to spend a half hour every morning trying to clear my head. You cannot imagine how pleased I was to find that at the end of three weeks I was rid of my trouble, which I had been vainly trying to cure. You have a Governor Odell; Chas. Emory Smith; C. N. Bliss; Jos. Wheeler; Geo. West- Inghouse; David M. Parry; Command er Booth Tucker; Robt. T. Lincoln; P. S. Lennox; Henry Clay Barnabee; Gov ernor Murray; Senator Calaway; E S. Willard; Ambassador McCormtck, St. Petersburg; Stewart L. Worford; Mar shall Field; Nat Goodwin. WOMEN HEARD. Suffragists Plead for Franchise Before House Committee. Washington, Feb. 17. The National Woman's Suffrage association has been given .a hearing by the house commit tee on judiciary. A delegation number ing over half a hundred women, headed by Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt. presl- dent of the association, arranged them selves around the committee room and enthusiastically applauded the points made in behalf of a sixteenth amend ment to the constitution by the var ious speakers, whom Mrs. Catt pre sented. Members of the committee asked the several women speakers from Colorado as to the reason of Mr.'. Shafroth's ac tion in resigning his seat in the house because of fraud ,at the polls. Miss Ellis Meredith, who made the first answer to this question, said the fraudulent vote on this occasion was confined to certain Denver precincts. She exonerated the women voters from participating. She said that 55 per cent of the voters of the state were men and 4a per cent were women, wnue per cent oi the actual vote was the vote of the women. "Showing," remarked Representative Llttlefield, "that the women vote as frequently as the men." Mrs. Mary C. C. Bradford, also of Colorado, said that in testifying to the benefits of woman suffrage through 27 states, she had found that the greatest bugbear to be met was the seeming dread of the word "polls." The general impression was that the polls were placed where all the women were com pelled to go and stand line with all the bad men, who occupied the time in swearing. As a matter of fact, the men at the polls were the husbands, brothers and friends of the women. Mrs. Helen L. Greenfell, state super intendent of schools of Colorado, told of her experience in running for offic. She had canvassed the state several times, and said she had met with juet as much "chivalry" as in her school work or in society. As to the election frauds Mrs. Greenfell asserted that only one woman "repeater" had been found. Ex-Governor Alva Adams of Pueblo gave the committee his hearty endorse ment of woman suffrage. t was, he said, not a question of expediency but a question of right and justice. He said he was personally acquainted with 10, ,000 women voters in Colorado, and was grand medicine In Peruna and it is well worthy of praise." Miss Pauline Armstrong. Whatever form the catarrh may have assumed; whatever symptoms it may have produced; whatever damage it has accomplished, Peruna is the only hope, the only cure. Peruna cures all cases of chronic ca tarrh promptly and permanently. There need be no failures. If you do not derive prompt and sat isfactory results from the use of Pe runa, write at once to Dr. Hartman. giving a full statement of your case and he will be pleased to give you his valuable advice gratis. Address Dr. Hartman, President of The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, Ohio. BROWN'S Bronchial Troches Quickly relieve' Coughs, Hoarseness, Throat and Lung Troubles. Contain nothing injurious. Sold In boxes only. Avoid Imitations. prepared to assert that the right to vote did not detract from their woman ly qualities as mothers and wives, or mar their refinement. The delegation, was given a hearing by the senata committee on woman suffrage. NEW PRECINCT NEEDED. Mr. Philips Says There Must Be An other in Fourth Ward. Chairman Philips of the Republican county central committee has been noti fied by Election Commissioner Williams that a Fifth precinct of the Fourth ward must be provided for the primary elec tion on February 27. This precinct Is to accommodate tha voters in the Farnsworth and Hlsted tracts recently taken into the city. The Fifth precinct will have about half a dozen votes, but is entitled to be a pre cinct, as the country comprising the pre cincts was in the Thirty-ninth represen tative district before it was annexed to the Sixth ward. The Sixth ward is not in the Thirty-ninth district. the call to: tne primary was made some days ago and Chairman Philips does not know whether this change will invalidate the call or not, but thinks that it will not, as the call only has to be issued five days before the primaries and a correct call will now be issued before the five day limit. Election Commissioner Williams will not promise that he will not discover any more precincts. He has found two al ready and may discover more. Best Line to Florida. There is a through sleeper running every day from Kansas City over tha Frisco System and Southern Railway to Jacksonville, Fla. This is the old established line. Many new and attractive features in Florida tours this winter. Full information will be given on ap plication to WM. FLANNELLY, T. P. A.. Board of Trade building, Kansas City. Mo. Bea the a "Ins Kind Vok Haye Always Bought Signature J of etT7&2cZeC o -A. is rro xr. i Bean the f Kind You Have Always Bought Signature of OASTOTIIA. Bean tne A The Kind Yog Have Always Bocght Signature of

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4 TOPEKA STATU JOURNAL, WEDNESDAY EVENING.FEBEIJAET 17, 1904? TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL. BY FRANK P. MAC IJENNAN. VOLUME XXXI No. 41 TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: Daily edition, delivered by carrier. 10 cents a week to any part of Topeka. or suburbs, or at the same price In any Kan sas towns where the paper has a carrier system. By mail, one year... $3.0 By mail, throe months Weekly edition, one vear 50 Saturday edition of daily, one year.. 1.00 Entered July 1. 1875, as second class matter at the postoffice at Topeka, Kan., under the act of congress. 3 TELEPHONES. Business Office Bell 'phone 107 Business Office Ind. 'phone 1072 u w 1 1 h in fV77 Reporters' Room. ind. 'phone 1071 PERMANENT HOME. Topeka State Journal building, 800 and 02 Kanea avenue, owner of Eighth. NEW YORK OFFICE; 211 Vanderbilt Bldg. Paul Block, Mgr. CHICAGO OFFICE: 1540 Unity Bldg. Paul Block. Mgr. S TJLL LEASES WI3S ESPCF.T OF T3S ASSOCIATED JPSESS. The State Journal Is a member of the Associated Press and receives the full day telegraph report of that great news or ganization for exclusive at'Lernoon publi cation in Topeka. The news Is received In the State Jour nal building over wires for this sole pur pose, iiusy throughout the entire day. A complete copy of the night report is also received. Russians appear to be losing every thing except the consonants in their names. It was considerate of Japan and Rus sia to start the war between football seasons and so avoid a division in pub lic attention. The St. Louis World's fair manage ment will be perfectly safe in placing Its debt on exhibition. Nobody will run away with it: Ten Russian torpedo boats are said to be frozen up in the harbor of Vladivostock. They are in great luck, unless the Japanese should decide to go after them on skates. A Buffalo paper thus states the cause of the war: "Manchuria belongs to China, and Russia and Japan are fight ing to see which shall have the right to take it away from her." Russia has formally announced that she will be too busy to attend the Louisiana Purchase exposition. With her accustomed penchant for taking the lead Japan ia already there. We have almost ceased to "remember the Maine," although it is only six years since she was blown up in the harbor of Havana. Monday was the anniversary of the catastrophe and yet probably few people thought of it. Too much is happening every day to remem ber many things. It may cause some surprise in the minds of Kansans to learn that a resi dent of the state. Dr. Cart owensson contracted a fatal case of pneumonia in the proverbial "land of flowers." But if they had ever Jived in that boasted climate they would wonder how any body escapes pneumonia or some pul monary ailment. Admiral Uriu, the Japanese naval offi cer in command of the victorious boats at Chemulpo, is a graduate of the United States Naval academy at An napolis. He served his full four years there and went thence in 1881 to the British military school at Greenwich. Mrs. Uriu, a Japanese lady of culture and refinement, was graduated at Vas sar college. American naval officers who know the rear admiral speak of him in the highest terms of praise. Though he is only 41 years of age, his rapid advancement has been won by merit. Both he and his wife are Chris tians and when he was in this country Uriu was prominent in Y. M C. A, work. An automobile liability insurance company has been started. For so much, according to a scale of rates es tablished, the owner of an automobile can be insured against the liabilities incurred because of the personal in juries which the machine may inflict to the innocent and unwary. The premium is made proportionate to the size of the machine and its motive power. The schedule as announced ia ItQ for a 12 horse electric and $60 for a 12-horse gasoline, with $2.50 for each horse pow er in excess of a dozen. The steam propelled machines are evidently reck oned more dangerous than any of the ethers, because the minimum pre mium for them is $100. The company offers to become responsible up to $5, 000 for every person killed singly, or up to $10,000 if two or three or more are killed in a bunch. The rules ex pressly provide that if the owner or driver of the automobile is killed the company pays nothing. The Post-Dispatch draws a parallel between what it calls "constructive" and destructive interests of the coun try, as follows: The agricultural appropriation bill reported to the house last week grants 15,111,241). Inquiry through the census bureau ascertains the fact that the states and territories spend about $4,500,000 an nually to encourage agriculture. That is, the farming interest in the United States is encouraged by gov ernment, state and national, about $10,000,000 worth annually. In 1903 the war department cost $118 619,520, the navy department $82,618, 034. a total of $201,237,554. If we add to the agricultural grants io,ooo,uw tor scientinc ana other activ ities of peace we have a total of $25,- uuo.ooo. In other words, the constructive in terests of the country get $.25 000,000 a year from the government, while the destructive interests get more than $200,000,000. The contrast ia sugges tive. 'i I i In the latest issue of the Commoner Col. Bryan offers a reward of $100 "In gold, silver, or paper," as preferred for a Democratic platform satisfactory to the New York World, Boston Her ald, Brooklyn Eagle, Richmond Times- Dispatch, Chicago Chronicle, St. Paul Globe, Louisville Courier-Journal, Nashville American, Memphis Commer cial Appeal and Atlanta Journal. He offers a proportionate reward for a platform satisfactory to two or more of these papers. He offers $10 for a platform satisfactory to one of them, "provided no Republican paper of equal circulation within ten days claims such platform as a Republican document." Finally, to any Democratic Journal closing with this last offer, he promises $5 extra if it obtains and prints a let ter from Grover Cleveland, Arthur P. Gorman, or Alton B. Parker, unre servedly commending Its prize plat form. There is no mention of the Hearst papers, probably because Mr. Hearst always has shown a readiness to sup port any platform which the party sees fit to adopt. Ua KELLY'S CHALLENGE. Mr. Thomas T. Kelly has issued an invitation to Frank P. MacLennan, edi tor and proprietor of the State Journal, to enter the race for the nomination as state treasurer of Kansas. Mr. MacLennan Js in New York and so an not himself answer Mr. Kelly's communication but the writer is suf ficiently familiar with Mr. MacLen nan's views to speak for him. Mr. Kelly evidently misunderstands Mr. MacLennan, whose only aim is to give the people of Kansas a clean. In dependent newspaper which stands for the best citizenship and for the integri ty ef public officers. He has no desire to hold office and would not accept one at tlie. hands of any political party. Mr. MacLennan has always been a Repub lican and has always voted the Repub lican ticket but tjiat fact has not blind ed him to the faults of Republican of ficeholders nor has it deterred him from just criticism when he felt that they fell short of the high standard by which he believes every public officer should be measured. There is nothing personal in the State Journal's fight on Thomas Kelly. It is his record as a public officer with which the people of Kansas are con cerned, and it is the duty of this paper to direct attention to the facts In Mr. Kelly's career that make him unfit to hold any office of trust. The records in Miami county prove beyond the possi bility of a doubt that Mr. Kelly is a thief and a forger and that he de frauded Miami county out of hundreds of dollars while serving as county clerk. Even Mr. Kelly himself mads an admission of guilt when he paid back to the county $1,000 of the sum that he had stolen. These are harsh things to say, but the people, to whom Mr. Kelly appeals for votes, are en titled to the facts. The State Journal would be derelict in its duty as an in dependent, fearless newspaper if it sought to make excuses for Mr. Kelly when the records at the court house in Miami county tell the shameful story of his guilt. It is therefore apparent that Mr. Kel- ley's letter to Mr. MacLennan is only a ruse which he hopes will serve as a decoy to lead the people of Kansas away from the main question is Tom Kelly, treasurer of the ,state of Kansas, a thief Mr. MacLennan's entry into the race for treasurer would not change the status of Mr. Kelly. His nomination is not a question between men, but one which concerns the integrity of the state, itself. Can the people of Kansas afford to elect Mr. Kelly treasurer knowing what his public record has been? The State Journal and Mr. Mac Lennan think not and will consequent ly continue the advocacy of the selection of a clean, honest man as state treas urer. It does not matter so much who the man is so that he is of recognized integrity and with a record for honesty. It is needless to say that the State Journal will support such a man. MR. KELLY'S LETTER. Following is Mr. Kelly's letter: Topeka, Kan., Feb. 10, 1904. Hon. Frank P. MacLennan, Topeka, Kan. Dear Sir: For more than two years you have indicated a very great in terest in the office of state treasurer, J and, during that time, I have been sub jected to an almost continuous assault through the columns of your paper, the Evening State Journal. You supported Lewelling both times he ran for governor against the Repub lican nominee. You supported J. W. Leedy both times he ran for governor against the Republican nominee. You supported W. J. Bryan for president both times he ran against William Mc Kinley. The Republican party has al ways been magnanimous to those who tried to destroy it, and gives them a hearty welcofitVon their retuiti to its ranks. Since your pretended return, you have been free to discuss party poli cies, and your demands on the party that it should nominate certain men for certain offices and defeat others have been persistent and exacting. You have especially insisted that I should not be nominated for state treasurer, both two years ago and now; you have urged numerous men to become candi dates against me at the Wichita con vention, March and failed. Let me suggest that you enter the race against me. I know of no man in the state that I would rather contest for the nomination than yourself. If I am guilty of the things charged of in your paper, I ought to be easy to defeat for the nomination. If you are not a coward, you will not hesitate to enter the race. Very truly yours, T. T. KELLY. Minneapolis Tribune: Another com forting lesson from the Baltimore fire is that fireproof vaults are fireproof, if fireproof buildings are not. With the old sort of fireproof vault, valuable pa pers were sometimes reduced to ashes, either during the fire or on exposure to air when they were opened. The mod ern vault keeps out heat as well as fire. On the opening of the vaults in the burnt over financial district of Balti more, securities to the value of hun dreds of millions were found entirely in- tact. This removes- one dread of ex tensive fires in the heart of great cities. A ereat fire that swept across Wall stireet from the water front, for exam pie, would destroy nothing more pre- ciAis than bricks and mortar. On November 22, 1894, a Japanese army 20,000 strong, aided by a Japanese squadron, captured the stronghold, of Port Arthur from the Chinese. The, in vading force was obliged to, land on the coast about eighty-five miles to the northeast of Port Arthur and reduce Talien Wan and several other strongly fortified, pasta before Investing Port Arthur. In approaching that fortified place the Japanese climbed over the hills, avoiding the roads, which had been mined with dynamite. The Japan ese attack was made during the great bombardment from the sea and was en tirely successful. The Japanese torpedo boats ran into the harbor and drove the artillerists from the shore batteries with rapid fire guns. LAWMAKERS-LAW BBEAKEBS. From the Boston Transcript.1 We have quoted before this gem from the president's recent message, but we do not think there is any danger that the public will become too familiar with it: "Government of the people, by the people and for the people will per ish from the earth if bribery is toler ated. The givers and takers of bribes stand on an evil per-eminence of in famy. The exposure and punishment of public corruption is an honor to a nation, not a disgrace. The shame lies in toleration, not In correction." While he particularizes with respect to a given manifestation of public corrup tion, he does not exclude other forms of it in his condemnation. It is a fact to which we cannot be indifferent that in some recent instances there has been a disregard of the higher stand ards of public duty and propriety that argues a low sense of public morality. Men in high station in the nation's service have done things that, while they might have been within the sanc tion of the law, have not conformed to that higher law which determines per sonal integrity. They have seemed to regard their acts as justified and them selves as vindicated for all Dractlcal purposes, if they could escape .penal ties through technicalities or protect themselves by the statute of limita tion Already within the past few months two members of the United States senate, which claims for .itself the dis tinction of being the most dignified legislative body in the world, have stood before the public within the shadow of their own transactions. Sen ator Dietrich appears to be of such weak moral and mental fibre, that the greatest charity the country can be stow upon him is to forget him. If his states desires to continue him as her reTfresentative that is her business, 'but there are indications that Senator Burton of Kansas has not continued to be persona grata even among those who have been his political friends. A man may play Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde in politics as long as he is not detected in the latter role, but when he is, the popular discrimination between right and wrong, propriety and impro priety, can generally be trusted to rele gate this dual personality to private life. This does not always happen, It is true, but public rewards of declared criminality are, we are glad to say, uncommon. For a man who is a law maker in the highest, as it should also be the most spotless lawmaking body in the nation, to lend himself while holding that position, to those who have trampled upon the laws to the great distress of many innocent peo ple, is an attempted service of God and mammon which the American people do not admire or approve, and we be lieve that Senator Burton will find this out when he comes to reckon with the people of Kansas. The Standard Oil company of New Jersey has declared a. dividend for the quarter of $16 a share, a reduction of $4 a share from the rate paid at this time last year. The previous dividend paid on December 15 last, was $12 a share. This looks bad for Dr. Har per's school. JAYHAWKEK JOTS. Hays City has a soft rock quarry. La Crosse is the onlv eountv seat town in Kansas without a hotel. Coffevville Is still crvinor for an abol ishment of the wooden awning. Chanute bobs ud from under the lee long enough to announce a June race meeting. An Oberlin establishment complains of too many loafers. It's safe to bet that it wasn t a cigar store. There are enousrh Cottonwood trea on the Atchison county poor .farm to make $1,000 worth of wood. In a North Topeka well salt water was struck instead of oil. The owner admits the subject is a bore. A Baldwin erallerv advertises 'ntotnrea that last a lifetime." Thirty days is the limit for most daguerreotypes. A Topeka man bet todav that the pres ent city water power wouldn't snuff a candle at 20 rods and won. Briichter davs are comlnsr to Emnortn. The Town row has been obliterated and hogs are no longer permitted to run at large. In ordering Tom Kellv renominated and Henry Allen defeated, isn't Czar Stubbs assuming a pretty large bit of authority ir so new a doss r A Pratt county man has invested a yoke for breachy cattle. A similar de vice for breachy politicians is badly needed in Kansas just now. WameKO basket ball srirls rractle free ly before spectators in kne bloomers, hut blush furiously if they chance to ex- nioit a bit or hosiery at a muddy cross ing. Sylvian Grove judges at a debatinsr so ciety resolved unanimously that "men love money better than women." They knew if they had the one the other would follow. Several selfish Alton girls compose an H. O. G. club. A midwinter three foot snake yarn comes from Winchester. The Rice county peach prophet says there will be a fair crop. A magnetic healer seems to have taken Concordia by storm. Mr. Jack Frost dwells at Ozawkie. He claims to have relatives all over Kan sas. A Howard man's idea of a good time is to set around half the night playing a squeaky violin. Perhaps the worst depot in Kansas is at Kingman, but the Santa Fe an nounces a new one by May. A Neosho county rural settlement had the nerve to give an ice cream social in the midst of a last week's blizzard. The broom on the Hoch buttons doesn't seem to be doing a. very good job of sweeping in the second district. The announcement that Mr. Bower sock would carry Bourbon county seems to have been an error of the proof reader. A Cimarron married woman who has three young men "on her string" ap pears to be overworking leap year's privileges. A Topeka woman married in May, with brightest hopes, is now applying .for a divorce. On the sea of matrimony steerage berths are numerous. A year ago a tramp was publicly whipped at Raymond and chased from the town. He swore to be revenged and ..iree mysterious fires lately are thqught i to be bis work, GLOBE BIGHTS. tFrora the Atchison Globe.1 A correspondent refers to the "Lazy j Ladles' Home Journal." If you make a mistake don't become downcast become a. martyr, like Tom Kelly. It will be a costly war to report: 26 syllables to every name, and cable tolls are high. Japanese Boss Busters slipped into a Russian stronghold Monday night and sank three Cy Lelands. "An able-bodied Jap," said Tom Treat this morning, "can whip a snake and give it the first bite." Some features of the late boss buster victory are worse than Populistic; tbey smack of the southern confederacy. When there is a good deal going on a loafer escapes particular attention; but during dull times everybody picks him out. You will not find any woman whose sympathies are with Russia. That coun try produces nothing pretty to hang on the wall. Here is a good rule to observe ail the year round: When it is daytime, keep working, and when it is too late to work, go to bed. All we ask is that Japan and Russia keep their deeds of daring and patriotism to themselves. Cuba wearied us of that wort of thing. Until six months ago an Atchison girl was all right. At that time she became crazy to marry and has been in nothing but hot water slnee. When it comes to a fight between the Novik, the Poltava and the Bayarin, and the Inashima, Shiksshlma and Asahi, we can't say which will win. QUAKER REFLECTIONS. From the Philadelphia Record. Some people imagine they lose caste by speaking civilly. No, Cordelia, a long headed man isn't necessarily narrow minded. Our idea of an unpopular man is one with a fad for collecting bills. When the flying machine is perfected we can visit our castles in the air. Some infants might cry less if their mothers wouldn't attempt to vocalize. Occasionally a man manages to beat a woman in an argument by keeping his mouth shut. It's a pity men can't postpone their trials as easily as a lawyer can stave them off in court. It is always difficult to convince the man who talks to himself that he has a fooi for an audience. Honor thy father and thy mother, young man, but when they pick out a wife for you it's up to you to reg ister a kick. A poet says: "Her face was passing fair, but sorrow came and left its traces there." .Where sorrow left the rest of the harness the deponent sayeth not. POINTED PARAGRAPHS. From the Chicago News. A rubber band needs no musical conductor. A man seldom forgets a favor he does another. Takes things as they come the pho tographer. The fellow who wears corsets Is seldom a stayer. Conscience doesn't make cowards of literary romancers. A man knows less after marriage than a woman does before. Money makes the mare go, but the automobile goes faster. Many a man has ruined his health drinking to other people's. Don't measure a man's sincerity by the vigor of his hand shake. Never judge a man's character by the high standing of his silk hat. A faint heart is more apt to win the fair lady than a faint bank account. The young man who has money to burn seldom seta the world on fire. When a man is loaded you always know it; but it's different with a gun. Too many cooks spoil the broth, but lots of people don't like broth anyway. It's all right to plan for the future provided you don't overlook the pres ent. No man fully realizes how much noise he makes when he comes home about 2 a. m. When a leap year girl proposes it's up to the young man to lose his self-possession. The artist's model considers her self lucky if she can make a bare liv ing. Some5 people don't believe in putting off until tomorrow the trouble they can borrow today. It doesn't take very much of a phil osopher to draw moral deductions from the misfortunes of others. A hobo philosopher says there ia a lack of harmony about a place where there's a savage dog at the gate and a mat on tne rront step with Welcome" on it. The man with winning ways is ai. agreeable companion until you get Into a poker game with him. Russia and Japan was easy." Slobbs les sort of Japan-easy. REFLECTION 8 Or A BACHELOR From the New York Press. It's a long leg that gets no pulling. Most people who have a fad on the brain have nothing in it. A woman likes to be suspicious so she can feel so confident afterward. It's no fun for a woman to go sleigh- riding unless she meets her friends who aren't. Talking back to your wife is just as sensible as to keep winding the alarm clock while it is going off. Shaffer for School Board. C. E. Shaffer, who has announced his candidacy for the board of education from the Second ward, has devoted much attention to educational affairs. For six years .he was a teacher in the Shawnee county schools. He Js now engaged in newspaper work, being con nected with the business department of a Topeka newspaper. He is married and makes his home at 707 Lawrence sti eet. Thompson Is Out of Race. Lincoln, Neb., Feb. 17. D. E. Thomp son, United States minister to Brazil, today simplified Nebraska politics by announcing that he would not again be a candidate for United States senator. He believes he can perform, better ser vices as minister to Brazil. He was a candidate for senator during the great struggle which resulted in a compro mise on Charles Deitrich. Old Town Eire Co. Fails. Baltimore, Feb. 17. Application was made today for a receiver for the Old Town Fire Insurance company of Balti more. It is understood the liabilities ex ceeded assets by $120,000. LOCAL MENTION. A social dance will be given Friday evening, February 19, by Alberta lodge No. 281, T. of H., at their hall, 418 Kansas avenue. Tickets 25 cents. Charles B. Ramsey returned last night from Oklahoma. It's a mistake to imagine that itching piles can't be cured; a mistake to suffer a day longer than you can help. Doan's Ointment brings instant relief and per manent cute. At any drug store, 50 cents,. J WE KHOW YOU WANT WE CAN RECOMMEND Frontsiiac Ssiectsd Lumn and the This is the Cheapest WW he Southwestern 734 Kansas Avenue CARS WILL STOP. Cleveland Preparing for Funer al of Mark II anna. Cleveland, O., Feb. 17. The commit tee having in charge the arrangements for the funeral of the late Senator Hanna announced today that in order to give all who desired an opportunity to view the remains the body will lie in state at the chamber of commerce Thursday from 1 to 9:31 p. m.'and on Friday from 8 to 11 a. m. The doors of the chamber will be closed at 9-.30 Thursday evening and Memorial post, G. A. R., of which Senator Hanna was a member, will hold memorial services around the catafalque. The city Is rapidly taking on a garb of white and black, many buildings be draped in these colors of mourning. Kvery street car running in the city today carried festoons of black upon the front and sides. For a brief period dur ing the final services at St.- Paul's church, on Friday, the electric power will be turned off and all street cars be brought to a standstill. BESIEGED. 2,500 Turks Surrounded 20,000 Albanians. by Salonica. Macedonia, Feb. It Shemsi Pasha, with 2,500 Turkish troops and three guns, is reported besieged by 20, 000 Albanians at Babajhosi, between Diakova and Ipek. The Turks are said to be without food and water and to have already lost 100 men. Strong reinforcements under Shakin-f asha are hurrying to the relief of Shemsi Pasha. BOMB WAS THROWN During a Patriotic Service In a Russian Churcb. Baku, Russian, Transcaucasus, Mon day, Feb. 15. During a patriotic ser vice in the Armenian church here to day, just as the clergy had ended chanting a te deum and prayingforthe success of the Russian army, a bomb was thrown at the officiating priest. Two persons were killed and several were injured. After the excitement had been allayed the congregation marched in procession to the residence of fhe governor, carrying the czar's portrait, and presented the governor with a patriotic address and $500 for the fam ilies of the victims of the outrage. NEW ODD FELLOW SUIT Action Against Troutman Stone in Federal Court. Kansas City, Kan., Feb. 17. A suit was filed here in the United States circuit court by Waggener, Doster Orr df Atchison, a3 attorneys for Caroline A. Lortsch and Albertine Tasquet de Lau riere, against Troutman Stone of To- pCKit, iiSlWIlK I-""!. wiit. v. b, of land in Franklin county be set aside ana De given to mem as nena nt a.w the late Ernest Valeton Boissiere. This is the former Kansas Odd Fellows rt .Vi.v, TVrtllt- man Stone gained title after purchas- X .1 Yf.rtin.lli a mg tne uiami 01 .rinn.i mi-. 1 sister of Boissiere. The two plaintiffs ij i e T..., -1 ,i ulnim in '11' a. lire reeiuenui 11'. niece and nephew of Madame Martinelli, who sola lToutman oc omnc ni They claim that the title was secured from her fraudulently. This suit will make another tangle In the web of litigation that is weaving around the Boissiere estate in the efforts of the Odd Fellows to recover it. They are already suing Troutman Stone. DICK IS THE MAN. He Is Slated to Succeed Hanna in the Senate. Columbus, O., Feb. 17. There is a growing feeling here that the question of a successor to United States Senator Hanna will not precipitate such a fight as had been expected. It is now be lieved that when the time for the bal loting arrives Congressman Charles Dick will prove to be the man. The Republicans are expected to caucus a week from the coming Saturday night and it is believed they will decide to elect a senator for notn tne long ana snort terms, desoite the fact that the right to elect for the long term at this time is questioned. Haskell vs. T. M. C. A. Friday eve. DEATHS AND FUNERALS. Martha E. Jamison, aged S6 years, died at her home at 410 Lane street last night of heart failure. The body will be sent to Enid, Ok., for burial. There will be no services at the house. Carl Southerland, the 18-months-old son of Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Southerland of 4s9 Sumner avenue, Oakland, died this morning. The funeral will be held at 2 p. m, Thursday. C H. Danner, a well known contractor and builder, died at his home at 1411 Clay street, at 7 o'clock this morning ot pneu monia after an illness of but two days. He was 50 years old. Mr. Danner was a member of No. 8 lodge A O. U. W., had formerly been employed In the car build ing department of the Santa Fe and had many acquaintances among the shopmen. The funeral, which will be held at 2:30 p. m. Friday, will be private. Haskell vs. Y, Jl C A. Friday eve. Fop your Furnace, Heater, or pl0gtcd V5nt I.r our njLt Wwii il.M.wLl Coal in the Market, Quality JOKE ON JUDGE SMITH. How Ha Was Endorsed at the State House. Here is a joke on Justice W. R. Smith of the supreme court: Justice Smith's home is in Wyandotte! county, and 'when the two different conventions in that county met the oth er day, Smith was endorsed in both of them. Thereupon some of Judge Smith's newspaper friends who hap pened to be together in Topeka that night sent him the following dispatch: "Your balancing act in securing en dorsement of two rival delegations un paralleled in Kansas political history." The next day one of them received the following from telegraph company: "Undeld your 17 D. H. 14 Smith K. C. Ks. signed Chase, House, Leach and J. Unknown." Translated this meant that the tele gram sent as stated was not delivered for the reason that the party to whom it was addressed was unknown. Now the newspaper men think the joke's on Justice Smith because he is not well enough known at home to receive a tel egram sent him without a street num ber on it. MR. HOWE'S PLAN. He Will Bring It Before the Counci1 Tonight. At the city council meeting this evening Councilman S. T. Howe will probably call up for consideration the plan which he proposed to the council some time ago for a reorganization of the city's financial system, under which each department will be allowed a cer tain yearly appropriation, and will not be allowed to exceed that sum except under extraordinary conditions. The license committee is meeting this afternoon for the purpose of drafting a new billiard hall ordinance, which will be ready for introduction at the council meeting. The new ordinance will prove for a tax on billiard tables. It is expected that the county cora missoners will meet with the council this evening for the purpose of reach ing some decision in regard to the pro posed macadamizing of West Sixth avenue. The commissioners had a session Tuesday with the committee on streets and walks, but did not come to any conclusion. MILES OF DEAD HERRING. Great School of Fish Driven Ashore by Their Deadliest Enemy. Seattle, Wash., Feb. 17. For the third time in a month a shoal of herring crowded into the narrow entrance to Nanalmo harbor, on Vancouver island, and literally smothered to death. The waters of the harbor were inadequate to support the seething mass of fish, and for several miles along the shore the bottom of the harbor is covered to a depth of three feet with the dead bodies of the herring and the tide leaves the beach white as it recedes. The phenomenon is considered most remarkable. It is a mystery why the first and third shoals of fish entered the harbor, but it is known that the second shoal was herded in by dog fish, just as a dog herds sheep. The larger fish were preying on the smaller. So thick do the herrings become in the harbor at times that fishing boats are literally lifted out of the water. CLARK SMITH HERE. He Is Candidate for Judge of Supreme Court. Judge Clark A. Smith of Cawker City, the Sixth district candidate for supreme justice, is in Topeka attend ing the Masonic grand lodge and in cidentally looking after political mat ters, or vice versa. In fact it is very likely vice versa. Judge Smith seems to be feeling pret ty confident over the outlook. He be lieves he will have the Sixth district solidly behind him and he says it will have some company from other districts besides. In fact, many of the Sixth district counties are tying up their dele gations for Smith with instructions. He expects most of the Fifth district also and perhaps some delegates in other places. WILL PLAY BASEBALL. Topeka Professionals and 'Washburn to Have Games. It is announced that arrangements have been made for a series of three baseball games between Washburn and the Topeka professional team, to be played April 22, 27 and 29. Two of the games will probably be played on the Washburn athletic field, and one on the professional's athletic field, to be con structed. The Washburn team will play its opening game of the season on April IX The professional team will not get down to its regular scneauie until jviay x. xne professionals play their first series at Leavenworth. AGAINST BIBLE IN SCHOOLS Arguments Preaented by Women Be fore the London Board. London, Feb. 17. In moving at the London school board meeting that all state-supported schools should be un der full public control and that- the education should be secular, Mrs. Bridges-Adams said that she would not exclude the Bible from schools, but it should be placed on a shelf and treated as any other masterpiece of literature. Mrs. Miall-Smith, B. A., said that the Bible was unsuitable either to put into the hands of children or to taKe les sons from indiscriminately, and should only be used to illustrate moral les sons. The previous quqestqion was carried by 3ft votes to 5. Will Ascend the Mississippi. Berlin, F-kh 17. The Hanover Cour ier says several vessels of the German West Indian squadron will go up the Mississippi to be present at the open ing' of the St. Louis exposition. Grate, rtiicoen ivange. p considered. Try it Fuel Go. Phones 771. 193, 144 i BE OPEN SATURDAY. flew Street Hallwaj Bridge to North Topeka. F. G. Kelly, secretary of the Topeka Railway- company, says jthat the com pany expects to begin tlie use of its new Kansas avenue bridge oil Satur day. The North Topeka lines have all been relalrt Hut Q 4 a V ..v V.V. IT 11 tion yet. as they "heed sonbe further n .-1. L. j, 3 n T v,ia. uu me i uiiu ueu. ais win Degin to run Saturday. The report that Vinewood Park has been transferred to the ownership of iwc xupcui luinwMy company is denied- T hi rTr.rel- Pailnrev 1 u all the property of the old Vinewood line, except the park Itself. The park is reserved as the personal property of xk. w. wiison. xne new line to Vine wood, right of way, cars, etc., all be come the property of the Topeka Rail way company. WOMEN LEFT THE CHURCH. Pastor's Denunciation of Euchro Breaks Up Two Clubs. White Stone, N. T., Feb. 17. The Rev. Dr. R. Thomas, pastor of Grace Episco pal church, called a meeting of the wo men of his congregation and denounced euchre parties as being incentives to gambling. He said: "It is gambling just as much to play euchre for a prize as it is to play any other game of chance for money, or to play the races. It makes no difference if the game is for a gold-headed cane or a gold dollar. It is a device of the devil to drag victims down to gamblers' graves." Several prominent women left the church in anger. The remarks caused the dlsbandment of the Charity Euchw club and the Social League club. TO IMPROVE THE KAW. Secretary Taft Turns in an Es timate of $10,000,000. Washington, Feb. 17. Secretary Taft sent to congress an estimate amounting to about $10,000,000, submitted by an en gineer board for the improvement of the Kaw river at Kansas City so as to remove the possibility of disastrous floods. The army engineers here feel that about twice that sum will be nec essary to effect the improvement, but the estimate is transmitted without change in order that congress may itself determine which is right. WANTS LEAP YEAR RIGHTS Minnesota Young Women Ask Gover nor to Issue Proclamation. Minneapolis, Minn., Feb. 17. The girla of Minnesota have come to the realiza tion that their leap year privileges are not what they should be, and have called upon Governor Van Sant, through a letter written by one of their number, to make a public proclamation of the rights of young women in leap year that the young men of the state may be brought to a realization of the situation. Governor Van Sant will not make known the name of his correspondent, but says the letter comes from a promi nent young woman in one of the large cities. TO BE CHESTERHELDS. Zurich Chief Will Train Hia Subordi nates in Deportment. .i. .in.a 1 1 1 JL.OI1UOH police as his model, the chief of the .uni:ii notice means to maae nis men as good, if not better. Tn future thp 0-AnriaT-moa n.A ceive lessons from professors in civility anu ueponment. i ney are to be taught especially how to bear themselves with dignity and grace in different circum stances. The lessons are to take place at the police station, where those who are not On dlltv will Yif narailfiH hfs..A 1. fessor of dancing and put through their steps ana amiuaes. xne lessons in civility will be given by the chief him selfT McKinley Order Revoked. Washington, Feb. 17. The president today issued an executive order revok ing those of President McKinley, allow ing gifts from officers of the army and navy and the civic establishment in Porto Rico, Cuba, the Philippines, etc., to be admitted into the United States free of duty. Kentucky Tribute to Hanna. Frankfort, Ky., Feb. 17 In the senate today resolutions paying tribute to the memory of Senator Hanna were adopteJ by a rising vote and the senate ad journed as a further mark of respect. One Way Bate. Every day from March 1 to April 30, 1904, the Union Pacific will sell one way colonist tickets at the following rates: J2O.00 to Oregon and Salt Lake City. J20.00 to Butte, Anaconda and Helena. $22.50 to Spokane and Wenatchee. Wash. $25.00 to Everett, Fairhaven, What com, Vancouver and Astoria via Hunt ington and Spokane. $25.00 to Portland and Astroia; or to Tacoma and Seattle, via Huntington and Portland or via Huntington anl Spokane. $25.00 to Ashland, Roseburg, Eugene, Albany and Salem, via Portland. $25.00 to San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego and manyother California points. For full information call on or ad dress J. C. FULTON, F. A. LEWIS, Depot Agent. C. T. A., 525 Kansas Ave.

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0 TOPEKA STATE JOURXAIj, WEDNESDAY EVEXIXG, FEBRUARY 17, 1904. 5 CLIMAXJONIGHT. Masonic Bodies to Glre a Big Reception. Grand Lodge Holds Its, Sessions Here. ELECTION HELD TODAY Thomas Fitch, of Wichita, to Mote Cp. Perry Hoisington, High Priest Kojal Arch Masons. Tonight will occur the big Masonic entertainment and reception riven by the Scottish Rite bodies to the visiting llasons -K ith whom Topeka is thronged. The delegates and officers of the grand lodge A. F. and A. M. will be the guests of honor but all Masons have been in vited and most of them w ill attend. It will be the big event of the Masonic week. Previous to the reception, which takes place In Masonic hall, the grand lodge will witness the exemplification of Its degree work in a drama given by the cast selected from the membership of Siloam lodge Topeka, in repre sentative hail. The grand lodge held Its first session at the state house this morning and will continue this afternoon and Thursday. It is the largest of the three grand di visions of the Masonic order and is at tended by about 3u0 people. The present officers of the grand lodge are: Bestor G. Brown, grand master, To teka. Thomas G. Fitch, deputy gTand mas ter. Wichita. Samuel R. Peters, grand senior war den, Newton. Thomas L. Bond, grand Junior war den. Salina. Albert Sarbach, grand treasurer, Hol ton. Albert K. "Wilson, grand secretary. Topeka. Albert Watkins, grand chaplain, Par eon?. Edw. W. Wellington, grand senior deacon, Ellsworth. Fred S. Vedder, grand Junior deacon, Et. John. Elmer E. Bleckley, grand marshal, Wichita. Harvey C. Livermore, grand sword bearer, Olathe. John W. Xeilson, grand senior stew ard. Concordia. Charles A. Loucks, grand Junior stew ard, Lakin. Charles C. Brooks, grand pursuivant, Peabody. Spencer P. Wade, grand tyler, To peka. The election of officers will be held this afternoon and upon the retirement of Grand Master Bestor G. Brown. ThonitLS 3. Fitch, of Wichita, the pres ent grand deputy, will be chosen in his place. Fitch is a prominent Kansan, having been identified with Democratic political affairs for many years. Dur ing the Spanish-American war he was colonel of the Tu'enty-first regiment, volunteer infantry. Perry M. Hoisington. of Xewton, colonel of the Second Kansas militia. was elected grand high priest of the i Royal Arch Masons at the session Tuesday afternoon. The retiring officer was Frank E. Davis, who has been accorded many honors in Masonic affairs; The new officers of the Royal Arch Masons are: Perry M. Hoisington, grand high priest. Newton; Thomas L Bond, deputy grand high priest, Sa lina; Edward W. Wynant, grand king. Leavenworth; Aaron H. Connett, grand scribe. Great Bend; William M. Sha ver, grand treasurer, Topeka; Wm. Frank March, grand secretary, Law rence; A. O. Wellman, grand captain of the host, Topeka; Aaron. F. Randall, grand Royal Arch captain, Newton; Thomas G. Fitch, grand chaplain, Wichita; Fred Washbon, grand mar- EPITHELIOMA Covering Ona Side of Face and Reaching to the Eye CURED BYJUTICURA Which Acted Like a Cham. After Doctors and Hospitals Failed. Here la another of those remarkable cures of torturing, disSgoring skin hu mors dally made by Cnticura Resolv ent, assisted by Cnticnra Ointment and Soap, after physicians, hospitals and all else had failed. I feel it my duty to try to help those suffering from skin diseases. My case was a rery bad one, covering all of one side of my face and had reached my eye. I had two or three doctors pre scribe without any relief. They said my disease was Epithelioma. I was then advised to go to one of onr hos pitals, which I did, taking their treat ment for some time. I had gien up all hope when my husbsnd asked me to try the Cnticura Remedies. Mr face bein" In such a very bad state. I used the Cnticura Soap with lake-warm water and a small silk sponge and then applied the Cuticara Oiniraent. Itookonetea ppoonful of the Resoivent four times a day. They acted like a charm, and in one week's time my face was cu-ed en tirely and has remained so. I certainly can recommend the Cuticura Remedies as infallible." MRS. A. G. SMITH, 2400 Catharine S'.., Feb 9, 1903. Philadelphia. The purity and sweetness, the power to afford immediate relief, the certainty of speedy and permanent cure, th3 ab solute safety and great economy have made Cuticura Remedies the standard akin cnres, blood purifiers and hniuor remedies of the world. mt-taU tut -Bow f Cx. aaW.- Officer of the Grand ifl CPh I mb, I Dopvfy Grand V i I Zamue f?. Fkers 1 f "3 f f 5l f f I itw V l 1 r r Y" Grand Junior COorrf&7. shal, Anthony; William H. Evans, grand lecturer, -iarion; spencer x Wade, grand sentinel, Topeka. JAPAN WANTS IT. Ready to Take Eussla's Abandoned Space at World's Fair. St. Louis. Mo., Feb. 17. Upon the heels of the announcement from St. Petersburg that Russia will abandon her proposed exhibit at the Louisiana Purchase exposition, Mr. Hajime Ola, assistant commissioner general from Japan, announced that every foot of exhibit space that is given up by Rus sia will be applied for by Japan. Com missioner Ota states that the commis sion has ample exhibit material either here or on its way from Japan with which to fill the additional space. In fact, one of the difficulties that con fronted the commission from the first was the question of not how large they could make their exhibit, but how best to confine it within the space al lotted. No confirmation of Russia's announce ment had reached the fair officials yes terday from official sources. No offi cial attaches of the Russian commis sion are here at present. Meanwliile the proposal of Commissioner Ota can not be made or considered, except ten tatively. It IS A PAINKILLER. Another Important Use for Kadium Is Discovered. Chicago. Feb. 17. A dispatch, to the Tribune from Ann Arbor. Mich., says: The possibility of using radium to convert ordinary rain and well water Into a mineral water, morely highly medicinal than any known natural min eral water, has been demonstrated at the University of Michigan in a series of experiments covering the last ten weeks. In searching for a method by which radium could be applied to the interior of a cancer without any danger of the terrible radium, or X-ray burns, it ha3 been demonstrated that the immersion of a sealed tube in pure distilled water for 24 hours produces radio-active water of powerful effects. Injected into cancers this water stopped pain in ten minutes. Patients now under the radium water treatment include one with a. cancer of eighteen years standing, and some of tne ordinary nose and breast cancers. The eighteen year cancer has had six weeks of water treatment, and fmm the first five minutes after applying water pain has been almost wholly absent. In each of the other cases pains stopped iiiimraiaici) mm several sunerers were reaeaseu irom tne morphine habit which had been forced upon them. DOCTORS ARE BUS Y. Chicago HospitaU Are Crowded to Overflowing. Chicago, Feb. 17. Pneumonia, influ enza and bronchitis are keeping Chi cago physicians busy. Nearly every hospital in the city has one or more cases of pneumonia, while the less ser ious diseases are even more prevalent. Added to these are the far greater number of cases treated at homes making the list of sufferers a long onl The situation is complicated by the fact that nearly every one of Chicago's big hospitals is filled and unable to take any more patients. At the county hospital there are &49 patients, leaving but one bed. Conditions are similar in the other lp rfft hncnitslc ff .1 eji i o f.... v'. oai ueuins re- .cu .1. nrcn. uy iae neaitn depart ment, 1.5 were from pneumonia, while 37 were from cases of bronchitis and influenza. Masonic Lodge of Kansas, Which Begins Its Session Today. II jl II &randertKrEkacort I MRS. HQSSACK FREE. The State Becomes Weary of Trjing to Convict Her. Winterset, la., Feb. 17. Mrs. Mar garet Ilossack, who has been convicted and sentenced to prison for life for the murder of her husband in laOO, is to day a free woman. On motion of the state the case in reappearing was stricken from the docket and the de fendant discharged. The crime for which Mrs. Hossack was given a life sentence at Anamosa is one of the most atrocious in crime annals. Her husband, an aged man, was murdered while he lay sleeping. She aroused the household, saying some one had entered the house and struck the blow. A day later she was arrested at her husband's grave, tried and convicted. A new trial was grant ed and a disagreement resulted. A third trial resulted similarly, and the state concluded it was a waste of funds to again try the case. Towne Quits Silver. New York, Feb. 17. In a speech be fore the Democratic club, former Sena tor Charles A. Towne has declared, in THE OLD PLEA. He "Didn't Know It Was Loaded. The coffee drinker seldom realizes that coffee contains the drug Caffeine, a seri ous poison to the heart and nerves thereby causing many other forms of disease noticeably dyspepsia. "I was a lover of coffee and used it for many years and did not realize the bad effects I was suffering from its use. "At first I was troubled with indiges tion but did not attribute the trouble to the use of coffee but thought it arose from other causes. With these attacks I had sick headache, nausea and vomit ing. Finally my stomach was in such a condition I could scarcely retain any food. "I consulted a physician; was told all my troubles came from indigestion but was not informed what caused the in digestion, so I kept on with the coffee and kept on with the troubles too and my case continued to grow worse from year to year until it developed into chronic diarrhea, nausea and severe at tacks of vomiting so I could keep noth ing on my stomach and became a mere shadow reduced from 159 to 12S pounds. "A specialist informed me I had a very severe case of catarrh of the stom ach which had got so bad he could do nothing for me and I became convinced my days were numbered. "Then I chanced to see an article set ting forth the good qualities of Postum and explaining how coffee injures peo ple, so I concluded to give Postum a trial. I soon saw the good effects my headaches were less frequent, nausea and vomiting only came on at long in tervals and I was soon a changed man, feeling much better. Then I thought I could stand coffee again, but as soon as I tried it my old troubles returned, and I again turned to Postum. Would you believe it, I did this three times before I had sense enough to quit coffee for good and keep on with the Postum; the result is I am now a well man with no more head aches, sick stomach or vomiting and have already gained back to 147 pounds." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Look in each pkg. for the famous lit tle book. -"The Eoad to Wellville." discussing the next platform of his party, that the Democrats of the west are willing to relegate the silver issue. The free coinage question, he is quoted as having said, has been settled by an increase in the world's gold supply and that while matters remain as they are, the people do not care anything about it. MILLIE JAMES WEDS. Daughter of Louis James the Bride of a Millionaire. New York,- Feb. 17. Although Millie James, daughter of Louis James, the actor, looks young enough to play the part of "Sarah Crewe," the fourteen-year-old heroine of Frances Hodgson Burnett's play, "The Little Princess," she was married yesterday to Edward Stachelberg, the millionaire sigar manu facturer. The ceremony took place in the par lors of the Savoy hotel, at 1 o'clock. Only relatives and most intimate friends were present. The marriage was sol emnized only by the civil contract by Justice Dugre. Maurice Mendham, the banker, accompanied Mr. Stachelberg to the hotel. There were no set decorations, but a few vases of roses and lilies and a few bowls of violets had been set about the large parlor. Miss James wore a simple gown of pearl gray cloth, made with a gathered Paquin skirt, and a full blouse waist, trimmed with white silk and heavy lace. Her hat was of pearl gray cloth, trimmed with white ribbon, lace and. violets. She carried a very large bouquet of violets and lilies of the val ley. The bride's family was represented by her brother. Leavitt James, and her half sister. Gertrude Slaughter, daugh ter of Marie Wainwright. One of the groom's brothers and two of hi3 sisters were present, but his mother and two other brothers and another sister are in Paris. In refutation of the story that the wedding had been postponed from two years ago on account of the opposition of Mr. Stachelberg's parents, the groom showed a cablegram from his absent mother congratulating him and wish ing him Joy. There were about twenty guests, among them Dr. Carleton Simon, Louis Houseman, Mr. and Mrs. M. Regans burg and Mr. and Mrs. Endicott Par dee. An elaborate breakfast was served, and the bridge and groom left for Flor ida. They will reside in New York, but are not ready to announce when and where they will be at home to their friends. Mrs. Stachelberg became celebrated by her portrayal of a little girl in "Lover's Lane." Miss James was seen in Topeka in "Lover's Lane" as well as in one or two other productions. Legislation Can't Remedy It. London, Feb. 17. The crisis in the cotton trade was the subject of a ques tion in the house of commons today in reply to which Home Secretary Akers Douglas, in behalf of the government, said that although .it was recognized that the situation undoubtedly was the cause of anxiety, it could hardly be amended by legislation respecting gam bling in futures. The government, he edded, could not introduce such legis lation. The best remedy would be to increase the sources of supply in vari ous parts of the empire. Duss Has Pneumonia. New Tork. Feb. 17. Eleanor Duse, the actress, is seriously ill with pneumonia, says a dispatch to the American from Genoa. Specialists have been called into consultation. VHATTO DO." That Is Now Situation In Water works Case. Mayor Bergnndthal Makes a Sensible Talk. SHOULD GO SLOWLY, Danger In Taking Hasty Action In Matter. Question Is Whether Plant Can Be Restored. Tonight's council meeting promises to bring forth some developments in the waterworks situation. Unless pres ent plans miscarry, two resolutions will be introduced, one by S. T. Howe pro viding for art examination of the wa ter plant by hydraulic engineers, and one by C. V. Wolf notifying President Street of tha water company that the city will not take the water plant for J620.000. Wolf is not real sure about his resolution; it is a little too radical even for him. Mayor Bergnndthal is back from his Chicago trip, and has taken a firm stand against any hasty action by the council. He stated his position fully to a State Journal reporter today as follows "So far it seems premature for any body to declare in violent language that the waterworks are no good; that the city sljould cease all negotiations for the purchase of the plant. It is natural that such an attitude should be taken by a good many people, because of the disastrous experience with the fire of February 13. This failure of the water company to give the city good pressure no doubt cost the town about $100,000, and there is naturally much in dignation. In the heat of the moment, people are likely to say things which are a little bit too radical. "This attitude of extreme excitement will pass away before long, and the city will be able to consider the situa tion more rationally. "It will come to be recognized that there are several matters in which it is possible to agree upon a statement of facts. First, there is no denial of the fact that before the June flood the water pressure was generally satisfac tory. Second, that since the flood, it has been generally very unsatisfactory. Ttird. that if the pressure can be re stored to what it was before the flood, the city is in favor of buying the plant. It twice voted for city ownership and once voted to pay $620,000 for the plant. "It therefore remains only to decide whether the plant can be restored to the condition it was before the flood; whether repairs can be made which will assure the city that it is getting Just as good a plant as it bargained for. The officials of the Water company are positive that when they complete the repairs which they have commenced, they will give as good .water pressure as they did before the lodd. Wrhy not wait and see if they are able to do this? Then if the city wants to hire an expert hydraulic engineer to examine the plant and assure the city that it is all in good shape, and able to do .Excitement Caused by Mis Fay'a what was expected of it, it would be a very good thing to do. "It is ten months since the June flood, and it seems that in that time the company should have completed the repairs on the plant. The company claims that it has worked as fast as possible; that it has been delayed by inability to get material. You can be lieve this excuse or not, as you see fit; the fact remains that the city has been unable to hasten the repairs. "And right there is the fatal weak ness of private ownership of the water works. If the city owned the plant, it could itself assume the responsibility for repairs. If a private corporation owns It, the city has no way to compel the company to do anything. The best wav for the city to be sure of getting good service from the waterworks is to own them. "If the water company is able to make good its promise to restore the plant to the condition it was prior to the Hood, the city should carry out its part of the bargain, and buy the plant. If the company is not able to make good the defects, it should be com pelled to reduce the price of the plant by a 'sufficient amount to enable the city to make changes which may be declared necessary by a competent hydraulic engineer. "1 think that the idea of having a spe cial meeting of the Commercial club to talk the matter over is a good one. What the business men of the city think about the matter will have treat weight. I be lieve that m a case of this kind the busi ness men will not be swayed so much by momentary passion as are the masses of the people. We all want to do what is for the best interests of the city and there is no use in getting excited about it- "I heard about this fire about five min utes after I reached Chicago last Satur day. The telegram sent to me telling of the fire was handed to me just after I reached the city. It was a great catas trophe and I fully appreciate the feeling of our people that something must be done to protect the city, and done at once." Eritiah Sympathy for Japan. New Tork. Feb. 17. British sympathy for the Japanese is manifested in re markable responses to an appeal re- cently made for a fund for the widows and families of soldiers and sailors, says a Times dispatch from London, Japanese are accosted In all parts of London by persons desiring to contrib ute to the fund. One little girl sent 8 pence, explaining that it was her month's savings which she wished to send Japanese orphans. An old woman contributed 26 shillings, all in farth ings. EXPERT PACKER. W. J. Voss, tho Upholsterer, la Kpt Busy. W. J. Voss of the Topeka "Upholster ing company at 609 Jackson street, has just finished packing and shipping to Wichita, Kan.. Mrs. L. K. Brown's $14, 000 stock at 03 Kansas avenue, and her household goods at 214 Tyler street. John C. Collins, the custodian at the state house, had had his household goods at 1276 Tyler street packed by the able packer, W. J. Voss. J. Lee Knight, one of Topeka's old pioneers w-ho has lived in Topeka for the last 35 years, has had W. J. Voss of 609 Jackson street busily engaged for several days packing his household effects. FOUND THE BODY. Anna Era Fay's Triumph Kansas City. in Located Murdered Noah Long in Kansas Hirer. Anna Eva Fay, who Is at the Craw ford theater this week, has always mystified the people wherever she ap peared, but the location of the body of Noah Long, who was murdered in Kansas City, probably attracted more attention than any one thing she ever did. The incidents will be vividly re called by the following- extracts from articles printed in the Kansas City World: The cleverest detective woman in the world is engaged in trying to locate the body of Noah Long in its icy grave in the Kaw river. Anna Eva Fay is working on the case in response" to an invitation extended to her bv the Wrorld. It is a World enterprise and the expenses attached to the search will be .pome Dy me World. Miss Fay has not promised to locate the body of Noah Long, but she has agreed to aid in search and will bring to bear all the marvelous power oi second sight she is known to possess. Sheriff Mendenhall of Wyandotte coun ty and Detective Joe Addison of the Metropolitan police department are co operating with the .World and Miss Fay, and thousands of people are awaiting with interest developments that are without a parallel in xne crim inal history of the eastern edge of the Sunflower state. Miss Fay, accompanied by her man-: agex Sheriff Mendenhall, Detective Ad dison and representatives of the World, started this morning from the Coates house at 9:30 o'clock in a carriage. The party drove direct to the old Twenty fourth street bridge, on which It was claimed the old man was last seen alive. Miss Fay was directed to the exact spot where, according to the confession of Rhody Taylor, Long's bleeding body was thrown over the railing into the icy river. Several hundred spectators watched Miss Fay's every movement. She walked quietly to the railing and Finding of the Body of Noah Irfmg. peered into the waters of the river. For many seconds she stood motionless, during whRu time only the suppressed breathing of the onlookers could be heard. It was a solemn period for all. Then Miss Fay spoke to her manager: "The body Is under the second boat." Turning, she re-entered the carriage and was driven across the bridge to the home of Mrs. Donoghue, mother .of Henry Donoghue, who, according to the confession of Miss Taylor, assisted James Goff in throwing the body of Noah Long into the river. Miss Fay then returned to her hotel a very tired woman. The boats were moved and the body floated to the surface of the river. The coroner was summoned. He or dered the body taken to Simmon's un dertaking rooms. There it was Identified by the widow. i A PANESE CELEBKATE 2,564th Anniversary of First Em peror's Accession. St. Louis, Mo., Feb. 17. Several hun dred of the most prominent persons in the city attended the celebration of the two thousand five hundred and sixty-fourth anniversary of the acces sion of the first emperor of Japan, ob served by the imperial Japanese World's fair commission. The event was held in the rooms of the St. Louis Women's club, which were gaily dec orated with typically Japanese decora tions. About thirty members of the St. Louis Japanese colony were present, SAFE IN JiEW YORK. Greek Chariot Which Italy la Making a Fuss About. New York. Feb. 17. Although not specifically mentioned, it Is supposed the Greek archaic chariot, the sale of which to Americans has been the sub ject of interrogation In the .Italian chamber of deputies, is now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in this city. It was unearthed by peasants digging a foundation for a farm house at the foot of "II Capitano hill," beneath which the road from Monte Leone leads H iOARO AINSl SOc Syrup of Figs 40o J $1.06 Liquozone SOo 50c Mentholatum 40o J $1.00 Peruna T5e $1.00 Manyon's Paw-Paw.. -8O0 J 25c Bromo Quinine ,15o J $1.00 Beggs' Blood Purifier.. 59o J J $1.00 Ayer's Hair Vigor 8O0 W- $1.00 Herpicide 75o J J $1.00 Danderine T5o $1.00 Malted Milk., 85 J $1.00 Scott's Emulsion T5o 4. $1.75 S. S. S f 1.35 J $1.00 S. S. S 75e $1.00 Warner's Safe Cure 80e J 75c Palmetto Wine 65o J 50c Ely's Cream Balm 40o J $1.00 Hood's Sarsapar1Ua....80o J $1.00 Paine's Celery Comp..80o J $1.00 Hostetter-s Bitters 80q J 25c White Pin and Tar ZOo If J Bromo Seltzer SOo J BOc Bromo Seltster... 40o $1.00 Bromo Seltzer 75e J 25c Herb Tea 10 4- 25c Listerine 20o J J $1.00 Listerine SOo 4- 25c Cough Syrup 20 J J 50c Cough Syrup 40o 25c package Pills 20 "J J 25c package Tooth Powder.. 20o 25c package Tooth. Past....20e J S5c Castoria 30o 6 bottles Castoria $1.55 J $1.00 Pinkham's Comp 80o $1.00 Wine Cardui SOo 25c Packer's Tar Soap. 20 $1.00 Swamp Root 75o 4- $1.00 Blood Balm SO J $1.00 Kodol 80 J $1.50 Fountain Syringes... 1.20 J J $1.35 Fountain Syringes... 11.05 $1.15 Fountain Syringes, 90 J J $1.25 Hot Water Bags....1.00 $1.00 Hot Water Bags .75o iGUNTHER'Si IPARHMACV! Sixth and Jackson St New Crawford Theater Tonight, Thursday, Friday. ANNA EVA FAY Matinee Friday. Ladies only. Prices: 10 to 50c. Mat.: 25c. Sal. Mat. and Night, Feb. 2K Stupendous $50,000 Production, THE SILVER SLIPPER Bv Authors Florodora 125 Co. Night: 25c H.50. Box: $2. Mat.: 25c I. Four Nights, Starting Sunday. GUY STOCK CO. Great Productions. Sunday SLAVES OF RUSSIA. Prices: 10, 20. 30, BOc. Ladies fre Monday. AUDITORIUM ONE KIGHT.- Monday, Feb. 22 OTTOKAR MALEK Tbe Famoos Bohemian Piano Virtaoso. About whom critics have gone wild. DECLARED TO BE THE PEER OF MDEKEWSKI Admission 50 Cents Kansas City snd other cities pay $1 to tX Eeserved Seats now selling at E. B. Guild Music btora. EXHIBITION of GYMNASTICS Elementary and Advanced by Y. W. C. A. and Y. M. C. A. Gymnasium Classes. Fancy Drills Club Swinging -Tumbling. AUDITORIUM Tues., Feb. 23, 8 p.m. Admission, 25c to Norcia, the ancient Etruscan city, 14 miles from Vitrobo. President Rhinelander, of the Metro politan, said: "The 'Biga' or chariot, is one of our most valued pieces of ancient artisan ship and thought to be the only speci men of that early period in existence." Jacob Rogers, the millionaire locomo tive manufacturer, purchased it for tha museum shortly before his death. Ona Degree Cut Out. Chicago, Feb. 17. The faculty of tha college of liberal arts has decided that the degree of Bachelor of Philosophy no longer will be conferred at North western university. The requirements for the degrees of Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science have been changed, eo as to demand only one ancient lan guage, Latin or Greek. The effect is to unify the requirements for the arts and philosophy degrees and the latter is discontinued. Carnegie Halpa Wilberforca. New Tork, Feb. 17. Andrew Carnegia has promised Prof. Horace Townsnd of the Co-educational Institution for Negro Students at Wilberforce, Ohio, that he will give at once to the univer sity a library building. The structure will cost $15,000. V

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6 TOPEKA STATE JOTJRXAI WEDNESDAY EVENING.FEBRUARY 17. 1904. ON TEMPERANCE. l'rominent Kansans Pronounce Their Ideas. F. D. Coburn and W. A. White Among Them. THE KAXSAS SITUATION While Defends the Kansas Newspapar Man. If His Paper Is to Stand He Must Hare Support. Tuesday night's session at the Audi torium was attended by about 400 peo ple. After the address of the presi dent, F. D. Coburn, the session was de voted to a discussion of the "Kansas Situation." One of the speeches, that written by William Allen White, who is ill at his home at Emporia, was read by Judge T. F. Carver. The discussion was handled from various points of view in an effort to secure a comprehensive Idea of the status of the prohibitory movement in Kansas. The Topeka hotels are full of visitors, prin cipally Masons, and some of the late arrivals to the temperance union con vention experienced a little difficulty in finding accommodations for tin night. A commute of Tepeka people agisted them in finding shelter. In his address President Coburn eaid: PRESIDENT F. Tf. COBURN. Workers In the temperance cause have frequent reason to regret the feebleness of Interest manifested in their efforts by large classes of excellent and well mean ing people, and it is painfully note worthy that innumerable men and wo men of wholesome ideals and otherwise f irons conceptions of duty hold aloof from activity in this particular direction. (Without doubt this unfortunate laxity results chiefly from too meager appre ciation of the practical public benefit of euch efforts, and also of the moral re quirement upon all to help actively in epeoiflc forms of social beneficence. Zealous advocates of temperance work are often regarded as unbalanced en thusiasts, to be ranked in the class of extremists, as opposed to the great and Inclusive class of conservatives. This view too is often taken by estimable and excellent people of conservative tendency and habit, and therefore tem perance agitation does not appeal to them. Earnest temperance advocates are by come supposed to belong to the class of the impraotlcal attempts to change an existing order seem futile and fool ish to certain minds, and especially at tempts to eradicate vice. Whisky is everyone's enemy; there fore everyone should be its enemy. It will, if it can, hurt a man directly, by poisoning his blood and crazing his nerves. He will be wise then to avoid it personally. Or, it will hurt him by acting directly and injuriously on cer tain of his family. He will, therefore, be prudent to keep the influence of it from reaching his family. Or, it will hurt him by making his neighbor a dangerous or otherwise undesirable neighbor. If so. he will act the part of good sense in fighting to keep the en emy out of his neighborhood. But neighborhood in this day of easy and quick annihilation of distances is not a narrow term. A drunken engineer in Massachusetts may easily imperil the life cf a resident of Kansas; hence Massachusetts is seen to be a part of tne neignDornood of the Kansan. Again, its ardent advocates are some times classed as intermeddlers. Ac cording to this view he who would co:ne between one's desire to drink and its consummation presumes to interfere with inalienable rights. That the drink er quite often brings damage to others is not a sufficient consideration to these persons to convince them that society's rights are entitled to greater weignt than those of individual appetite and desire. This argument that it is un just to make it difficult for people to procure drink, and the kindred argu ment that the whisky seller has a right to sell his commodity if he wants to, are quite naturally favorites with those who, themselves, use alcoholic bever ages, and likewise to some abstainers. In either case those who hold these views withhold their interest from tem perance work. Still further, there are some who have ill-defined impressions that the work of temperance and other reforms may rightly be left to those who, as they vaguely suppose, "make a business of such things." To them it seems that because certain persons do devote their time and energy to this work, ordinary people having other interests may therefore consider themselves largely relieved from obligations to help. They feel sure that without their assistance enough good people will keep the world moving forward with respectably rap id strides, and that they themselves need feel no uneasiness. Their attitude Is similar to that taken by some par ents toward the instruction of their children. Since school teachers, it is assumed, will, as a part of their busi ness, teach the children under their care good manners and morals, these parents feel quite content to largely neglect such training. Far too many assume that social reforms may safely be left with those who pose as the world's teachers, and they therefore withhold their interest. Liquor drinking is opposed to good citizenship. Notice first that drunken ness itself subtracts from the value of a good citizen sometimes indeed to the extent of making him truly a bad cit izen. A man's value to society, as well as to himself is lessened by his indulg ence in a poison which like alcohol in jures him in body, mind and morals. Drinking habits add to the forces of pauperism, disease, insanity, crime public evils, and proper objects for good citizenship to unceasingly combat. Observe that the liquor trade stren uously seeks to increase the drinking practices of the people; for the traffic is promoted as a money making en terprise, on the principle prevailing in other businesses, that the greater the sales the greater the profits. The religion which insists that hu man affairs be conformed more and more to a Divine order of righteousness cannot well omit temperance work from its programme. The religion among whose choicest ornaments is a desire to inspire pure, clean living and thinking, must regard this cause as its very own. Furthermore, if a helpful recognition of the Deity is more read ily engendered in him who has clean hands and a pure "heart, if befouling and degrading the phvsical organism with an unwholesome drug so darkens the mind's vision as to dim its appre ciative sense of a Supreme Being, as it doubtless does, then, indeed, is temper ance promotion of the highest concern to religion. The alms of the temperance move ment are suited to enlist the heart and arouse the effort of the most thought fulvaaue, well balanced people. Its ob- jects are in tho highest degree con sistent with good sense and genuine practicality, having in view health, prosperity, pure morals, cheerful homes, self-controlled men with clear con sciences, women with happy hearts, and children with songs of joy on their lips. MRS. McCARTER'S PAPER. Mrs. Margaret Hill McCarter is for the woman's vote, not because they wish to dabble in politics, but because they would control the liquor situation and elect none but clean candidates who were rigidly opposed to any coin promise with the saloon element. "It was advertised," said Mrs. Mc Carter. "that I would present something 'new and unique' in the way of a tem perance lecture. The latest new thing said about the subjeet was said long before I was born, more than sixteen years ago. The truth, no mat ter how bad it may be, is best. Cover ing up the magnitude of evil conditions does not help the matter It is hard to realize which is the worst, habitual drunkenness, or habitual poli tics. A man's better self, is slain by modern politics. His managers tell the temperance people that he is a staunch believer and worker in the temperance cause, and sworn to do his best in be half of law. To the other element they say: 'You have nothing to fear from him. He is liberal.' You men may talk and preach and legislate, but I say to you that the law will never be enforced in Kansas until it is hedged about by the woman's vote. We do not want suffrage that is not the kind of speech we do not want office. There is nothing pleasant about it." GEN. JOHN G. WOLLEY, Of Chicago, who will Speak at the Auditorium Tonight. Then Mrs. McCarter took a swipe at a member of the last legislature, whom she did not name, but described so faithfully that "Bun" Adams, the elo quent, rose as in a vision behind her description. She said that in opposing the suffrage movement he spoke of wo man as "a delicate, fragile, etheral be ing" until she felt herself soaring. Mrs. McCarter closed her address with a comparison of the 1903 flood and the liquor flood threatening Kansas. After Mrs. McCarter's address Mr. Coburn announced that no warfare could be carried on without sinews of war, and that the stewards "will pass among you." At this juncture a num ber rose and proved conclusively that stewards would not "pass among" them. J. W. EREIDENTHAL. John W. Breidenthal was the next speaker. His subject was, "The Kan sas Situation from a Business Man'B Standpoint." "I believe," said Mr. Breidenthal, in his speech, "that prohibition has done more than anything else to build up this great state. "Twenty-five years ago I removed from the farm to a small town. At that time I was against the (at that time proposed) prohibitory law. But I changed my mind before I had grown much older." Here Mr. Breidenthal told a story of a young business man who got on a drunk and left his wife of a few days alone at home while he caroused two days and a night. Mr. P.reidenthal followed the story of his change of ideas with a hot roast for his home town, Kansas City, Kan. He stated that the place was a corrupt hole containing 129 open Baloons. innumerable gambling hells and resorts of ill fame "running wide open by the grace of Mayor Gilbert." "I was one of a committee who went to Mayor Gil bert with a petition to have saloons closed. He said that he was a prohi bitionist, but that the town couldn't get along without the money collected from the joints. $7,000 a month, a prac tical admission of corruption. "You cannot raise good, intelligent and honorable citizens in such a place as Kansas City, Kan., where boodling is the regular thing, and vice and crime protected by those in authority. "In my mind every business man in the state of Kansas should stand against the liquor traffic no business man can afford to stand for outlawry. "In conclusion, I want to say to you, as citizens of this state, many of yon aer derelict in your duty. Men are hold ing office who are taking bribes from the violators of law. It is your duty to oust them." REV. C. A. FINCH. Rev. C. A. Finch, pastor of the First Christian church, and successor to Rev. F. W. Emerson, who left the church to go into the service of the State Tem perance union, spoke of the situation from a preacher's view. Rev. Finch is an able speaker, and gave his views in language which would not easily be misconstrued. "Because the laws are not properly enforced," said Rev. Finch, "some people howl for the repeal of the prohibition law. but I say that a good law poorly enforced is better than no law. As it is, the liquor dealer Is an outcast with no regular abiding place. He is kept moving some say he hires the drayman by the month." William Allen White, who was to have a place in the symposium on the subject of "The Kansas Situation from the Standpoint of an Editor," could not be present, owing to his doctor's orders, sent his regrets also his manuscript, which was read by Judge Garver. Mr. White's idea of the situation, from an editor's view, was heartily applauded by the audience, although many of the numbere were prodded by his witticisms. According to Mr. W hite the much blamed editor has to have the support of his townspeople to make his stand for temperance possible. In his paper Mr. White said: WILLIAM ALLEN WHITE. To begin with, a newspaper is a busi ness enterprise. It is true that editors should have lofty ideals, and should hitch their wagons to the stars; most editors are idealists, so far as that is concerned. Most Kansas editors have their wagons hitched to stars; but there is a moment about half past five every Saturday night when the force comes in for its weekly wages, when the editor must slip the tugs from his star and come down to hard, cold and substantial earth. In dealing with ed itors, ladies and gentlemen, engaged in conserving the morals of a town or county, often forgets this important fact. When a law and order league is formed in a Kansas town, the leaguers expect the editor to slap the lines across the back of his star, and go galloping up the zenith riding over business, friends and foes alike, in the interest of the cause. Reformers don't ask dry goods men to put up a sign. "no Jcintists or druggist can trade here." They don't ask lawyers to take cases for nothing. They don't require women to bar their houses to the wives and daughters of violators of the law; but the editor is supposed to bear the brunt of the fight without even a pleas ant word as return for his trouble, and for his inevitable loss of business. Convince a country editor that his leading advertisers desire a temperance campaign, and you can have it. The way to make the will of the Lord in your town prevail, is to be practical. Go to the men who advertise in the local papers; these men are always church members for policy's sake, if for no higher reason also, they are often moral cowards. Convince them that if they don't go to the editors and demand that all the news be printed and that the law and order league be sustained, those merchants will lose trade. This is a bold, blunt way to do: but it is as efficacious as meditation and prayer. If the merchant weakens and wobbles, go a notch higher; go to the banker who lends the merchant and the editor money; demand that he line his friends up for decency. In a country town the country banker is a tower of strength for some one; if he gets on the wrong side it is the fault of the leaders of decency. The banker is amenable to pressure of public sen timent. Put on the screws; don't send preachers and women to him; don't send a lot of fellows who belong to the "other outfit" to him. Send his friends. Harness them up and make them go. Then having got your snowball of re spectable size, take it around to the editor. Ha will double it. The editor desires to do right. He has sense. He knows which side his bread is buttered on. But if the temperance people don't work in a practical way with the ed itor, they will lose him. And having lost the editor the cause is lost. Stop and think o this proposition; in every Kansas town where the pro hibitory law is enforced with anything like rigidity, there is at least one news paper of a state reputation which is standing up for the enforcement of the law, and in every town, wherein the law is openly violated, some newspaper of a state influence is standing by the viola tion of the law. There is pi.otically no exception to this rule. Get the news papers with you and you have the saloons beaten. Without the newspapers, in the town,- the temperance people are whipped. Perhaps the editor is the cart; perhaps he is the horse. He may be the cause of the temperance sentiment; or the tem perance sentiment may have been the cause of his stand. There is always some doubt about that matter. But this much is certain: where the temperance people and the newspapers work together, in a practical way, with the merchants and banker and business interests, the law is enforced. In other places, where other conditions prevail, the saloons run wide open. This is the newspaper situation in Kan sas in so far as it affects the enforcement of the prohibitory law. It can be im proved. There is hardly a country paper in Kansas, outside of Leavenworth and Wichita, which may not change its at titude for the prohibitory law, if the titure for the prohibitory law, if the temperance people use a little practical common sense in dealing with the matter. The more they abuse the editor and belittle him and call him names and say he is a moral coward so much the worse for them. If he is a moral coward all right, then scare him into decency. If he is afraid, for business reasons, to take a stand for deoency find out just what those business reasons are what advertising merchants are backing him up and go after them. The way to make your private sentiment public sentiment is not to call "Lord, Lord" in the market place, but, as the politicians say, to get down to brass tacks. Be practical; that doesn't mean to be crooked; but it doesn't mean to just be good and stand around with your mouth full of gum drops while the -other fellows are getting results. Mr. H. A. Lewis of Hutchinson spoke of the situation from a young man's standpoint. He began on Topeka and fol lowed by a few warm ones for his home town with .its insipid officials and their inability to "find" the joints. Mr. Lewis is fair and fleshy, and until William Allen White's telegram was read, many persons in the audience thought the Hutchinson attorney was the editor from Emporia. Mr. Lewis was city attorney of Hutchin son one term, but states that things have gone to the bad since that time. In speaking of the rise and fall of Hutchin son. Mr. Lewis said: Small events have far reaching effects. When Mrs. Nation, with a desire to do good, chopped with her hatchet at Wich ita, the blow caused the spark that ig nited the bomb under the resorts of Hutchinson. It caused the good people to arouse themselves, shake off their lethargy and demand that the joint must go, and it went. And with the passing of the joint went the gambler, the crook and the prostitute. "Our city was in a beautlrui condition. Our mayor was a good citizen and a busy lawyer. I had the honor of serving the city during those two years as city at torney. We had an honest Judge, an aggressive marshal and we had no trou ble with the jointists. They simply knew they could not do business and seldom tried. The bootlegger and his co-equal, the express company, sold all that was on the market. Plain drunks were as scarce in our city as they are plentiful in Wichita, our city warrants were raised from 80 cents on the dollar to par. Busi ness prospered. The town was free from crime, nut tne gooa people auring tne 'era of good feeling' went to sleep and were only awakened by the shouts of the victorious 'wets' after the election." Robert Morris of Tonganoxie, Sen ator R. T. Simon of Caldwell, and Sen ator J. K. Codding of Westmoreland were among those who made speeches at the Tuesday afternoon session of the State Temperance union at the First Methodist church. Their subject was Moral or Legal Suasion: Which or Both?" It is the common belief among the temperance workers that state prohibitory law, however ineffec tive, is an important adjunct to sue cessful temperance work, and that moral suasion is bolstered by temper ance laws. Mrs. Lottie A. Case spoke on "The Present Aspect of the Army Canteen. It was expected that Rev. Bernard Kelly would appear also, but he was not present. COMMITTEES NAMED. The following are the committees named at Tuesday afternoon's session of the State Temperance union conven tion: Nominations Rev.D. M. Sieeth, Lyn don; E. B. Cowgill. Topeka: Rev. W. V. Burns. El Dorado; A. C. Pierce, June tion City; Dr. Newton, Ottawa; H. S. Lewis, Hutchinson. Resolutions Rev. Chas. M. Sheldon. Topeka; J. W. Breidenthal, Kansas City; P. J. Thwait, Humboldt; W. M. Moore, Munden; R. T. Simons, Cald well. Credentials Miss Mayme Marquis Rev. M. G. Hamm, Mrs. A- D. Finley, M. A. Conlay, Robert Morris. witnessTrrested. Was Giting Testimony Against Others Before Grand Jury t Washington, Feb. 17. J. Schneider, of Tuscon, Ariz., has been' arrested on the charge of conspiracy in connection with the investigation of land frauds in the west. The arrest was made at the city hall in this city today by Secret Service Agent v illiam J, Hums, who has been working up the land fraud cases for the government. Schneider was a witness before the grand jury in this city which is con- sidering a number of cases growing out or mat investigation. Gamblers' Trials. The trial of Wood Fowler, Mike Thompson, Tobe Tobias and Al Hirst, on the charge of gambling, in the dis trict court has been set for February 29. PEOPLE WAKE UP. Continued from First Page.1 following delegates to Wichita: Sen nett Kirk, J. R. Scott,- A. M. Canady, J. R. Cassity, G. Y. Smith, Elmer Sut ton, Joe Selanders, B. Dickerson and John Delllnger, and instructed them for E. W. Hoch for governor. The Bailey men had no ticket at the primaries and the convention was composed entirely of Hoch men. A resolution demanding the impeachment of J. R. Burtou and demanding as honest Republicans that Tom Kelly be defeated for state treas urer was almost unanimously laid on the table without allowing opportunity for discussion. Phillipsburg, Kan., Feb. 17. The Re publicans of this county held their con vention yesterday for the purpose of electing delegates to the state, con gressional, and senatorial conventions. There was no fight in the convention and everything was harmonious. Reso lutions were adopted endorsing Presi dent Roosevelt's administration and es pecially his Panama canal policy. Con gressman Reeder was also endorsed and his renomination for congressman recommended by the convention. J. F. Morse of this city was allowed to name his delegation to attend the senatorial convention at Smith Center. The con vention instructed the delegates to the state convention for E. W. Hoch for governor, and for the balance of the state officers. The boss buster movement has se cured the nomination of another Burton state senator. After a long drawn out deadlock Senator W. S. Fitzpatrick was renominated in the Elk-Chautauqua district Tuesday on the 2,076th ballot. The convention lasted a week. It was Elk county's turn to have the senator and four years ago Fitzpatrick promised not to be a candidate for renomination, but because the Elk county candidate, T. P. Hawkins, had been a Bailey man while Fitzpatrick was in the boss buster movement, the force of the boss buster leaders was thrown to Fitzpatrick. Fitzpatrick has always been a strong Burton man, and it is believed if Bur ton is in a position to again be a can didate for the United States senate, Fitzpatrick will support him. Fitzpat rick was president of the senate last winter. TO KILL THE BERRYS. Damaging Threats Dewey Is Reported to Hare Made. Norton, Kan., Feb. 17. In the Dewey case this morning Capron continued his testimony which was mostly corrobor ating the whereabouts of Berrys on June 3, that they were all at Alpheus Berry's on the morning of the 3rd and went from there to Dan Berry's house to look after the colts. He did not see the Deweys until they arrived at Airs on the way back. He drove on but soon heard shots fired, but could not identify any one. He did not go back. Mrs. Viola Berry was recalled by the state, to Stat whether Alpheus or Dan Berry had any arms when they were shot. O. L. Saulmon was caleld to the stand by the state, who claimed he had signed a paper as to his testimony be forehand for the state. Now he denies it. The state tried to impeach him but he did not change his statement that he knew nothing about the case. Judge Gieger ordered the remarks by the state s counsel in this matter stricken out. P. Waldron, manager of Rockefeller's ranch, was on the stand as the court adjourned for noon. Much interest is manifested and the sentiment is strong for the Berrys at present but many are anxious to hear Dewey's story. The testimony in the trial of Chancey Dewey Clyde Wilson and William J. McBride Tues day afternoon was confined for the most part to threats said to have been made by Dewey and McBride against the members of the Berry family. An important witness, however, was L. L. Capron, who drove Alpheus Berry from the Daniel P. Berry home to his (Alpheus') house just a few moments before the shooting began. Capron did not see the shots fired, however, but looked back from up the road and saw' two men lying upon the ground and another one running. At this point Mr. Capron thought discretion the better part of valor and whipped up his horse in order to put as much distance between him and the scene of the conflict as possible. About four hours later, however, he returned to the Berry home and saw the bodies of the three men. He said that Burch was lying on his face, his revolver still in his holster. He lay between the mud fence and the house. The bodies of Daniel P. and Alpheus Berry were behind the fence, the heads in oppo site directions and their feet a yard apart. He did not see firearms in their possession, although he said he did not examine them for that purpose. Mr. Capron also said that he did not .ex amine any of the wounds of the dead men. The testimony of Capron, while not conclusive in itself, had a tend ency to corroborate that given by the members of the Berry family. Jacob Tilbury, a farmer near the Dewey ranch, said that in April, 1903. in St. Francis, Chauncey Dewey said to him: "The Berrys are the only ones we have tried to run out, but they are here still. But we will fix them this summer. We will put sheep around them. They are going to get their heads shot off." Tilbury also testified that McBride had said to him that the Berry boys had once stopped Dewey and himself from going across a piece of land. Mc Bride said." testified Tilbury, "that Burchard Berry had drawn a revolver on him and had said, Don t come across this piece or I'll shoot you.' Mc Bride then said, 'If that man confronts me again, I'll kill him.' Dennis York of Denver, formerly of Rawlins county, testified that he was once employed at Dewey's ranch as a carpenter. He said he had heard Chauncey Dewey say that he would get the Berrys out of the country, if possi ble, one way or another. He also said that, while he was repairing a school house on the Dewey place, Chauncey had watched the house at night for a week, saying that he intended to shoot the Berrys if they came on the place and that he would shoot Roy Berry as he would a dog. It was brought out on cross-examination that Roy Berry had filled up the school house well and that he had injured the house and that Dewey was watching the place to catch the man who had done the mischief. York admitted that he had been in jail for burglary and larceny when he was 19 years old. The introduction of the testimony by Miss Pearl Ross, a school teacher brought forth a vigorous argument by General Coleman for the state. Miss Ross said that while she was at a Mr. Barnes' home she saw Louis and Will iam McBride there; that the MeBrides had asked whether there was any land thereabouts for sale. Upon receiving negative answer. Miss Ross testified MARKETSJODAY. Wheat ltules Weak on liberal Liquidation. Corn Shows Weakness on Hear? Profit Taking. LIVE STOCK TRADE. Cattle Strong Natires Selling at $4. and $5.25. The Bulk of Hogs Sales from 4.90 to 5.10 Chicago. Feb. 17-WTIRATl!a! erpool cables caused liberal liquidation by small holders of wheat and In conse quence the market rnli weuir Re ceipts were a little larger and this fact was an influence in bringing out the sell ing orders. The opening was steady, with May a shade lower to a shade hie-her. t 9696c, and July (new) c lower to a shade higher, at 87(&S7c. The market received some support from commission houses, but tne demand was not sufficient to maintain prices and May sold oft to 96c after touching 96!&96c. July de clined to 8bc. .Minneapolis, Duluth and Chicago reported receipts of 299 cars, against 276 cars last year. Toward noon the market turned strong on war news, an unconfirmed report from Liverpool stating war had been begun in the Balkans. From 96c May rose rapidly to 98c. while Julv sold un to X9 The close was strong with May 1'1c high- i ji-flt, iiuij was up i?ju, a-i oo-iac CORN Corn showed considerable weak ness on heavy profit taking in May. Shorts were about the only buyers. Re ceipts were a little larger than expect ed, but the arrivals included none of contract grade. May was unchanged to He lower at the start, ownim; at 543ifi: bic, and after selling to 55c, steadily declined to 64e. July was unchanged to He lower, at 6252c, and sold off to o2o. Receipts were 245 cars. The war fever also struck the corn pit and the close was strong, May being c higher, at 55c July was also up "jsc, at 53c. OATS Oats were firm at the start, but the weakness in other grains caused con siderable profit taking, which resulted in a loss of all of the early gain. May open ed &c higher, at 43(j43c, bbut sold down later to 42fi42c. Receipts were 138 cars. PROVISIONS May pork opened un changed to 10 cents higher, at 514.70 ai4.S0, and steadied around 514.70; May lard was a shade to 2Ooc higher, at $7.62Mr7.65, while ribs were unchanged to 2c higher, at $7.107.12. RYE May, 70c; July, 68c FLAX Cash: N.-W., $1.17; S.-W.. $1.11; Feb.. $1.11; May, $1.13. TIMOTHY Feb., $3.05; March, $3.10-53.15. CLOVER Feb.. $10.90-311.00. BARLEY Cash: 40fl60c. WHEAT Cash: NoT 2 red. 9Sc(ff.03: No. 8 red, 9fic$1.02: No. 2 hard, SS'a'.Gc: No. 3 hard, 795i92c; No. 1 northern, 9&S99e: No. 2 northern, 91SW8c; No. 3 spring, SixSWc. CORN No. 3, 42(--42c; No. 4, 39H2c. OATS No. 2, 40c; No. 8, 3Sg.40c. Range of Prices. Furnished by J. E. Gall, Commissions, Grains, Provisions, Cotton and Stocks. Office 110 West Sixth street. Telephone 486. Correspondent Christie Grain and btock uo., .Kansas city, sio.J Chicago, Feb. 17. Open High Low Close Yes WHEAT May 96?4- 98 96 97 96- July 884,- 90 87 S 8S- Sept 84- S5 83 85 84 WHEAT (new) July 87- 89 86 88 87 Sept 83-S3 84 82- 84 811 CORN Mav 54- 6 54 55 54-55 July 52;- 5314 52 53 52 Sept 51- 52 51 52- 51 OATS Mav 43-43 43-44 42 43- 4274 Julv 39 39"s 39 39 39 PORK Mav ....14 72-S015 02 14 65 14 97 14 72 Julv 14 70 14 90 14 55 14 85 14 62 LARD May 7 62-65 7 75 7 62 7 75 7 60-62 Julv 7 75 7 82 7 72 7 S2 7 70 RIBS Mav 7 10-12 7 20-22 7 10 7 20 7 10 July 7 25 7 32-35 7 20 7 32-35 7 20 Kansas City Grain. Furnished by J. E. Gall, Commissions, Grains, Provisions. Cotton and Stocks. Office 110 West Sixth street. Telephone 486. Correspondent Christie Grain and Stock Co., Kansas City. Mo.J Kansas City, Feb. 17. Open High Low Close Yes WHEAT- May SI 83 81 83 77-78 79 77 79 81 78 Julv

July 46-46 46 46 46 45 45 46 46 46- 46 New York Stock. Wall Street.New YorlcFeb. 17. STOCKS Opening business in stocks today was on a very small scale. Three or four of the specialties showed slight advances, but the majority of changes wore de clines. Colorado Fuel lost a point. Changes otherwise were trivial. The demand for Amalgamated carried it to 45, but the beneficial effect was offset by pressure against the Eries and grain carriers. Losses ran from to point in St. Paul, Canadian Pacific, Atch- that one of the MeBrides had said: "If we can't buy land, there are other ways to get it and that is by driving the owners out of the country or by killing them out." To this the defense objected, but the court admitted the testimony. BOODLING CHARGED. Scandal Appears in the Illinois Mine Workers' Union. Chicago, Feb. 17. Corruption within the ranks of the United Mine Workers of Illinois was charged in open con vention today by Secretary W. D. Ryan, who declared delegates were bribed to secure the passage of a reso lution that would create for a Chicago company a monopoly of furnishing legal talent to represent the miners in damage suits against the mine oper ators. One miner was directly accused by name of being one of those who had been promised compensation if the measure was passed compelling the 45,000 men engaged in the local mines of the state to pay in advance $1 each for a fund to be used for that purpose. BRICK COMPANY FAILS. interest Defaulted on a Mort gage of $850,000. Boston, Feb. 17. Alonzo E. Locke was appointed receiver of the New England Brick company today on application of the Old Colony Trust company, which holds a first mortgage on the concern for $350,000. The company which con trols the brick manufacturing business of New England is alleged to have de faulted the February interest on this mortgage. The company has $1,798,00 preferred and $1,087,500 common stock. w e Invite You to inspect our New Spring Clothing. Hundreds of the newest and nobbiest creations in men's and young men's suits, top coats and cravenette -rain coats are rfow on display in the fastest growing clothing store in Kansas $10, $12 and $15 for garments such as you will find our com petitors trying to unload in their next July clear ance sales as $25 values special for $12.50." See Our Winter Overcoats for $7.50 Like you find in special sales reduced up to $10.00. No mark-up sales for this store. Watch Us Grow. Watch obinson; Marshall Co. 703 Kansas Ave. Ind. 'Phone 22. ison, Missouri Pacific, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, Baltimore and Ohio, Read ing, the Eries, New York Central, United States Steel preferred, Amalgamated Copper, Brooklyn Transit, Metropolitan Street Railway and People's Gas. Rock Island preferred and Realty preferred fell 1 point, Louisville 1 points, Hocking Coal 1 and General Chemical 2 points. and American Express 4 points. Rail road securities company advanced t points and Sloss-Sheffield Steel 3 points. Some large blocks of St. Paul changed hands around the low point, 140. The market was better in spots at 11 o'clock. Selling orders increased, especially of the trunk lines and granger stocks. The dispute over grain rates Involving all car riers from the Missouri river to the sea board was a cause of uneasiness and stocks of railroads affected declined quite generally a point or more. The local municipal stocks, Southern Railway pre ferred and General Electric lost as much. Iowa Central fell 2 points and Toledo, St. Louis and Western preferred 2 points. Westinghouse Electric rose 1 points. Bonds were irregular at noon. Range of Prices on Stocks. Furnished by J. E. Gall, Commissions, Grains, Provisions, Cotton and Stocks. Office 110 West Sixth street. Telephone 486. Correspondent Christie Grain and Stock Co., Kansas City, Mo. New York. Feb. IT. Stocks. Sugar People's Gas Amal. Copper B. R. T T. C. I U. S. Steel U. S. Steel, pfd Atchison, com Atchison, pfd C. G. W St. Paul R. I., com Wabash; com Op'n High Low Cl'se Yes 125 125 124 125 125 99 99 98 98 99 49 49 48 48 48 43 43 41 43 43 36 37 11 11 11 11 11 57 57 56 56 57 67 67 66 67 67 89 89 15 15 15 15 15 140 140 139 140 140 22 22 21 22 22 18 18 35 35 35 35 36 waoasn, pta Mo. Pacific 90 90 89 89 89 Western Union 87 87 Manhattan 142 142 142 142 142 N. Y. Central 114 114 114 114 114 Texas Pacific 23 23 22s4 22 23 So. Pacific 46 46 45 46 46 Reading 42Vi 424 41 421 42 Erie 25 25 24 24 26 Erie, 1st pr.i b4 t Union Pacilic 77 77 77 77 7774 C. 0 32 32 31 31 32 B. 0 77 77 76 76 77 L. N 104 104 103 103 105 Katv 3i 36 36 Pennsylvania 114 114 113 114 114 C. A., com 36 36 36 36 37 U. S. Leather 7 v C. F. 1 31 31 32 New York Money Market. New York, Feb. 17. MONEY Money on call, easy, 1S2 per cent, closing at 1 per cent bid and offered at 1 per cent; time loans easier: 60 days. 3'a4 per cent; 90 days, 34 per cent; 6 months, &4 per cent. CLOSE: Prime mercantile paper, 4 5 per cent: sterling exchange firm, with actual business in bankers' bills at $4.8570 (54.85 for demand and at S4.827OJT4.S2S0 for so day Dills: posted rates, 4.syffi4.84 ana $4.86: commercial bills, $4.82ro4.82. BlbVJiK-nar silver, tac; Mexican aoi lars, 46c. BONDS Government bonds steady. Kansas City Livestock Market. Kansas City, Mo., Feb. 17. CATTLE Receipts today, 8,000 head, including 800 head of southerns. Market strong to hieher. Native steers. $4.0055.25: southern steers, $3.264.00: southern cows, $2.253.00; native cows and nelters, $1. tB4.w; stocK- ers and feeders, $3.O04.25; bulls, $2.5?i3.60; calves. $3,0046.60; western steers, $3.40(8 4.30: western cows, $2.00(53.25. j HOGS Receipts today, 11,000 head. Mar ket steady. Bulk of sales, $4.906.10; heavv, $5.05fi5.20; packers', $5.00Ji6.15; pigs and lights, $4.704.90. SHEEP Receipts today, 3.000 head. Market higher. Muttons, $3.50a4.50: lambs. $5.0(Vi5.75; range wethers, $4.00Sj.4.40; ewes, $2.50S4.10. St. Louis Livestock Market. St. Louis. Mo.. Feb. 17. CATTLE Re ceipts today, 4,000 head. Market steady to strong. eei steers. oiao.zu; stocKers and feeders. $2.15&3.65: cows and heifers, $2.254.25: Texas steers. $2.80!s-1.20; Texas cows and heifers, $2.153.10. HOGS Receipts today, 9.000 head. Mar ket steady to 5c lower. Pigs and lights, $4.70S5.15; packers', $4.90a.25; butchers' and best heavy, $5.15fr5.35. SHEEP Receipts today, 2,500 head. Market steady. Natives, $3.75S4.50; lambs, $4.4o!&5.75. Chicago Livestock Market. Chicago. 111., Feb. 17. BUTTER Market dav, 18.000 head. Market strong. Good to prime steers, $4.9ftLi5.75; poor to medium, $3.534.75; stockers and feeders, $2.2&4.25; cows, $1.6fKo4.25; heifers, $2.25-24.75; can nera. $1.60ii2.50; bulls, $2.004j4.10; calves, $3.5'ff-7.65. HOGS Receipts today, 35.000 head; esti mated Thursday, 35,000 head. Market 10c lower. Mixed and butchers', $5.0066.30: good to choice heavy, $5.25?S.23; rough heavy, $4.95fi5.30; light, $4.60(55.05; bulk of sales, $4.955.05. SHEEP Receipts today, 2.000 head. Sheep and lambs steady. Good to choice wethers. $4.0(rfi4.60; fair to choice mixed, $3.5i4.25; western sheep, $3.005.00; native lambs, $4.0&((35.75; western lambs, $4.75ii6.10. Kansas City Produce Market. Kansas City, Feb. 17. Close WHEAT Receipts today. 136 cars. Quotations: May, 83c; July, 79c. Cash: No. 2 hard. 569c; No. 3 hard. SfffSSc; No. 2 red, 99c &$i.00; No. 3 red, 95&9SC. CORN May, 4Cc; July, 46c. Cash: No. 2 mixed, 43c; No. 2 white, 44c; No. 3 white, 43c. OATS No. 2 white, 42(fj43c; No. mixed, 41-f! !lJ4c. RYE No. 2. 56c. HAY Choice timothy, $9.50-g9.75; choice prairie. $7.50. BUTTER Market firm. Creamery, 21 23c; dairy, fancy, 18c. EGGS Fresh, 25c. Wool Market. St. Louis. Mo., Feb. 17. WOOL Market nominal. Territory and western mediums, 1SS19C'. fine medium, 15gl7c; fine, 15&16c. Chicago Produce Market. hicago. II., Feb. 17. BUTTER Market firm. Creamery, 15!&25c; dairy, 13S22c, Our Business Methods Win. Security Building. TOO LATE TO CLASSIFI. 25sT$"u1'sTor,'wr''23 morning. Return to 124 W. 23d St. EGGS Market easier. At mark, eases included, 282c. CHEESE Market strong. Iteisies, 10 (S10c; Twins, 10jil0c; Young Americas. 10c. live POULTRY Market steady. Turkeys, 12c; chickens, 12o. New York Butter Market. New York. Feb. 17. BUTTER Market firm. State dairy, 14g21o; fresh cream ery, 1526c Sugar and Coffee Market. New York, Feb. 17. SUGAR Raw -gar firm. Fair refining, 2 13-18o; centri fugal, 96 test. 3 14-32c: molasses sumr. 1 9-16c. Refined sugar steady. Crushed, $5.15; powdered, $4.5o; granulated, $4.45. COFFEE Market irregular. No. Rio, 7c Market Gossip Furnished by the H. H. Lee Commission Company, Commission Merchants and receivers and shippers of grain, 623 Kan sas avenue. Independent telephone 793. Liverpool opening cables: Wheat d lower; corn d lower. Liverpool, 1:30 p. m. Wheat d lower; corn unchanged. Northwest grain receipts today: Minne apolis, 296 cars; IXlluth, 46 cars. A week ago: Minneapolis, 213 cars; Duluth, 14 cars. A year ago: Minneapolis, 146 cars; Iuluth, 111 cars. Grain receipts at Chicago: Wheat, 31 cars; graded, 1. Corn, 247 cars; graded, 0. Oats, 13S cars; graded, S. Morning Stock Reveiw. Furnished by A. M. McDermott Commis sion Co., Stocks, Grains, Provisions and Investment Securities. Rooms 20 and 21, 702 Kansas av e.J New York, Feb. 17. STOCKS Y ester day the stock market was strong, but the dealings were of no more importance than they have been lately and it's im possible to imagine a more complete apathy on the part of outside interests toward Wall street speculation how firm ly this popular feeling Is entertained no one can tell. Professional Wall street sees ahead no relief from its present sit uation. On the other hand a disposition to speculate don't seem to depend on prices, and it is more or less periodical. A new element has entered the stock market on the long side and this leads to the belief that there will be something more than the usual three days' rally on covering of shorts. Topeka Market. Topeka, Feb. 17. HOGS. MIXED 4.45'4.7I) HEAVY 4.65(34.80 LIGHT 4.35S4.55 CATTLE. COWS $2.003.50 HEIFERS 2.003.50 STEERS 3.0OJt4.()O BULLS 2.0OS2.75 CALVES. HEAVY $2.BO3.00 LIGHT 3.00S4.00 GRAIN. NO. 2 WHEAT 680 NO. 3 WHEAT 66c WHITE CORN 87o YELLOW AND MIXED CORN 37o NEW CORN 370 NO. 2 OATS 30a NO. 3 OATS 28o FRUITS AND VEGETABLES. Furnished by S. E. Lux, successor to W. O. Anderson Co., 210 Kansas ave nue. FRUITS. ORANGES Navel, per box, $1.9Vf 2 00 LEMONS California, per box, $2.753 00 BANANAS Fancy Port Limons, $2.00J 3.00 per bunch. APPLES $4. 00Jr4.25 per bbl. CRANBERRIES Per bbl., $6.6536 75. DATES 5fg 5c per lb. VEGETABLES. TOMATOES Fancy Mexican, 6 basket crate, $4.00; fancy Mexican, 3 basket crato $2.25. NEW BEETS Texas, per doz. bunches. 65c. LETTUCE Texas, per dozen bunches 40c. RADISHES Texas, per doz. bunches, TURNIPS Per bu., 40c. PARSNIPS Per bu., 75c. CARROTS Per bu., 75c. RUTABAGAS Canada, per cwt $1 50 CAULIFLOWER Per crate, $2.50-?i2'75' POTATOES Colorado, per bu., 92(&95c" SWEET POTATOES Virginia, per bbl $4.00: Muscatine, la., sacKed, per bu $1 25 CABBAGE $3.65'a3.75 per cwt. ONIONS Per bu., $1.25'yl.50; Spanish on ions, per crate, $1.50 CELERY Blue Ribbon, per dozen. 65c Jumbo, per dozen, 90c. COCOANUTS $4.50 per sack; 60c per dozen. HONEY 24-rack cases, $2.90 FIGS Per lb., 10c; boxes containing 19 1-lb. cartons, per box. $1.00. OYSTERS Extra selects, per gal $1 75 extra standards, per gal., $1.50; standards' per gal., $1.35: New York counts, per can' 45c: New York extra selects, per can 36c' Baltimore standards, per can, 25c FULL CREAM CHEESE. 20-lb. Daisy Cheese, per lb j90 Kansas Y. A., per lb j3 New York State, white, per lb... 14c Brick, per lb ""i4o Limburger, per lb i, Block Swiss, per ib ""iiun BUTTER, EGGS, POULTRY" POULTRY Young roosters, emc lb hens. 8e lb.;spring chickens, 7SSo lb -ducks, 8c lb.; geese, 7c lb.; turkeys, 14a lb. BUTTER Country, 16-glSc. EGGS Case count, fresh, 25c. HAY. Market very dull and weak NEW PRAIRIE HAY Loose.... $5 fvS6 09 NEW PRAIRIE HAY Baled 5.50'50 NEW ALFALFA HAY Loose.. 6.508 50 STRAW-BALED S.50-&I.OO Topeka Hide Market. Topeka. Feb. 17. Prices paid In Topeka th is week, based on -Boston quotations: GREEN SALT CURED 7a NO. 1 TALLOW 4J

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TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL, WEDNESDAY EVENING. FEBRUARY 17, 1904 7 THE COLLAPSE From King of the Market, Sully has Dropped to Comparative Insignif icance. Aside from Japan and Russia, two other world powers have had a lot of trouble within the last two weeks. Daniel J. Sully has been torpedoed several times, and CoKttiel William P. Brown of New Orleans has been sub jected to such a heavy fire that there was soma fear he would sink. The war in the far east has been no more active or sensational for some persons th:m the war in the cotton market. Piactically. however, the cot ton conflict is ended, for with the col lapse of the paper pyramid raised by 8ul!y and Brown there is little likeli hood of another attempt this season to control the staple. A sheer drop of 5 cents a pound SZd a bale marked the breaking of the cotton corner. Never before in the his tory of cotton was there such a tremen dous decline within so short a time. The wonder is that the New Orleans, New York and Liverpool markets were not strewn with wrecks. Had the bears been as merciless in pressing their advantage as were the bulls when they controlled the market, there Is little doubt many weak firms would have been pushed to the wall. From being the most prominent' and powerful figure in the cotton world, Sullv dropped in a few days to com parative insignificance. Two weeks ago be could have boosted prices 100 points rwtthin an hour if he so desired. Last week he had to fight like the furies to 'cave his followers from being over whelmed It was a sadly disfigured and crippled lot of bulls that came out the storm. History hut repeats itself in the cot- I ton marked No man nas maue a iui tune out of cornering cotton and held it Few cotton corners have been suc cessful. Ranger, Landauer. Runge, Inman. Labouisse, Price and others cor nered the market and seemed to have the "world bv the tail," but just when they appeared to be most powerful the whole structure collapsed. Theoretically it is a simple thing to corner cotton if the crop Is Bmaller than the world's requirements and you have millions of dollars at your com mand. Practically it is impossible to do so unless you have the wealth of the Rockefellers at your back, and even then there is a chance that you will be left holding the bag. The great trouble the man who at tempts to corner cotton encounters is that more than 90 per cent of the trans actions on the cotton exchanges are not in cotton, but in paper. Thousands of men who buv and sell cotton, or rather paper" cotton, would not know a cotton boll from a cheese sandwich. The pub lic is bullish naturally. When some rreat speculator who realizes that cotton is selling below its real value and who knows the crop is short starts to corner the product he attracts to his standard LABOR'S TRIBUTE. Leaders Unite in Praising Wort of Seuator llauna. Indianapolis, Ind., Feb. 17. President Mitchell of the United Mine WTorkers of America has sent a personal tele gram of condolence to Mrs. Hanna, saying that in Senator Hanna's death. labor had lost a sincere friend. Mr. Mitchell said today: "The death of Senator Hanna is a distinct loss to the cause of industrial peace. The latter years of his life were given to the promotion of the work of reconciling the interests of employer and employe. I enjoyed the friendship of Senator Hanna, and to an unusual degree his contidence in matters of this kind, and I know of many things he has done, of many sacrifices he has made, in the interest of organized workingmen, for which he neither sought nor received credit. His efforts as chairman of the National Civic Federation brought him into close relationship with nearly all the trade union movements, and he had the trust and the respect of all of them." William D. Huber, president of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners, said: In the death of Senator Hanna 1 feel that this country has lost one of its greatest statesmen and leaders; one whose loss will be felt among all men; one who dared to do and say what he thought was right, irrespective of what the opposition might contend for. He had done much toward bringing bout amicable relations and the settlement of disputes between employer and em ploye, and was the staunchest friend that trade unionists had in the political arena." President James Lynch of the Inter national Typographical union said: "Occupying such a commanding po sition in public life. Senator Hanna wielded an influence that was prolific in results, ana his tolerant and rea sonable attitude on the questions that are causing strife between capital and laoor created a better feeling and a better understanding on the part of the disputants and the public general ly. The sentiment thus created will not die with Fenator Hanna. It will live longer than the remembrance of nis political victories. BRYAN ON HANNA. One of the Most Forceful Figures in modern Politics. Tallahassee, Kla.. Feb. 17. W .T Bryan when Informed of the death of senator Manna said: "He was one of the most forceful fig ures in modern politics. He won his place at the head of his party in the senate and in the nation bv his extra ordinary executive ability "and by his skill in organizing the forces that con trol that party. Even his political op ponents realized the strength of his personality and many admired Quali ties." Cassini to Be Recalled. vKnt'i, Feb- 171" a dispatch from lenna the correspondent of the Dailv Chronicle repeats the rumor to the effect that Count Cassmi. Russian ambassador at Washington, is to be recalled for fail ure to keep his government properly in- IS states8 State C feeltas 1,1 the This is the drug store the other drug stores worry so much about. Would you like to see how it looks inside Frank Hobart, 500 West Tenth. OF THE GREAT COTTON CORNER. x V Daniel J the rag-tag of the army of outsiders, who always believe they are going to make a fortune in-some way or other. The vol ume of speculation from -this source is immense. It is so great that it takes the market "ballooning out of the control of legitimate traders. Just as long as the number of new buyers attracted by the spectacular splurge is sufficient to oSset the selling' of those who want to reap profits, the balloon keeps ascending, but the higher the price the fewer the buy ers. Then comes the day when some thing happens that makes every one want to sell and no one want to buy. This season the something appeared in the form of an announcement that Sully was going on a vacation. That started the fclump. Had it not been for the conservatism of old-established cotton houses thousands of persons would have been ruined when the collapse in prices came. Weeks ago, when speculation was rampant and fluc tuations began to be violent, margins of ?5 a bale were demanded from all those who were in the market. This weeded out the timid and the financially weak. It takes a man of nerve to put up a $50 margin to deal in 1G0 bales ot cotton. By BO 18 LUCKY FIND. Discovered $5,000 in Gold in an Old Dutch Oven. Holdenville, I. T., Feb. 17. Louis Lolla, a boy 18 years old, discovered an earthen oven on the farm of Edward Gilmore, 15 miles south of this place, in which there was $5,000 in gold, all of it in tens and twenties. The boy is an orphan. He was clear ing seme ground when his ax glanced against an old root and struck the earthen oven of Dutch pattern. IJe dug it up and opened it. The boy was shrewd enough to keep his discovery to himself, and for several days did not mention it. He finally intimated it to Mrs. Gilmore, who finally got the whole story from him. But the boy immediately disappeared and did not return for five days. When he returned he had hidden the money, and refuses to tell where it is. The only clue to the treasure is a story that was told by some parties who made repeated search for hidden money in this vicinity several years ago. They said that money had been hidden there by a train robber, who had received it as his share of booty and buried it there by the side of an old trail on the Canadian river. He was afterward arrested, convicted and sent to the penitentiary. He told his attorney about the money and describ ed to him as well as he could where it was located. This attorney caused sev eral searches to be made, but it re mained for the boy to discover it. BELOW ZERO. Seventeenth Time in This Season. Chicago Chicago, Feb. 17. A new record for below zero weather was made today. For the seventeenth time this season the mercury went under the cipher, a record for frequent severe frigidity un precedented in any previous winter. The low point today was 4. BASIS OF UNION About to Be Beached by Branches of Presbyterian Church. St. Louis, Mo., Feb. 17. Members of the committees on organic union of the Presbyterian and Cumberland Presby terian churches njet here today to dis cuss a basis of union of the two churches. Each committee held a sep arate meeting. In the event that the two committees report a satisfactory basis of agreement for the union, favor able reports will be submitted to the general assemblies of the two denom inations. The movement to effect the union was started about a year ago and a preliminary meeting was held here last October. Condolence from Publishers. New York, Feb. 17. The American Newspaper Publishers' association now in session in this city, adopted the fol lowing: "Resolved, That American Newspaper Publishers' association learned with profound regret of the death of Senator M. A. Hanna and feel in common with the American people the great public's loss to the business interests of the world and further that this expression of our sorrow be and is hereby extended to his bereaved family." Woman Surgeon Will Go to Japan. New York, Feb. 17. Dr. Anita New comb McGee, prominently identified with the American hospital service during the Spanish war, will take to Japan a corps of trained nurses for hospital service with the Japanese army. Prance Looking Ahead New York, Feb. 17. Preparations are being made to transport the Fortv-sixth colonial regiment at once to the French possessions in the far east, savs a Times dispatch from Paris. It is said that the government asked the Compane Nationale the exact number of vessels that could be placed at its disposal for the convev ance in case of urgency of new troops to the French Asiatic colonies. Sully. t this weeding the market was left to men witri ions purses, i nose wno nave sur- ferod by the crash can afford it. The marvel of the whole affair is that so many lambs were snared. Looking backward now critics of the market say Sully, Brown and the others identified with the bull campaign made three cardinal mistakes. They underesti mated the crop, they overestimated their power, and they began their campaign too early. Skyrocketing prices from the be ginning ot the season is a new wrinkle in the cotton business. Sully did it, and until a few weeks ago it seemed he had everything his own way. Last year he put through a corner in mid-season and then let go, Brown taking up the cam paign where Sully gave it up. Brown en gineered a corner in the July option that stands without a parallel in the history of the market. He made millions, but it is an open secret that he came within an ace of bMng swamped. It will be a long time before the cotton market has such a spectacular setting as was furnished in the first month of 1904, and it is likely to be a long time before another effort is made to coiner the crop in mid-season. New York Press. ON THE ROCKS. Steamer Emma Utter Aban doned and Is Breaking Up. Victoria, B. C. Feb. 17. The three masted schooner Emma Utter, with 360,000 feet or lumber, from Gray's Harbor to San Francisco, which cleared Aberdeen February 7, wa sighted today on the rocks at Barclay entrance. Captain Hansen and five of the crew abandoned the vessel on the 11th instant, leaving Seaman Henry Byndall on board. Byndall was rescued by two Indians today. Nothing has been ru?ard of the captain and the oth ers since they quit the schooner. The Utter is breaking up and will be a total loss. FUNERAL OF Oil. SWENSS0N Founder of Bethany College to Be Buried at Lindsborg Tuesday. Salina, Kan., Feb. 17. The funeral of the late Dr. Carl Swensson, the founder and head of Bethany college, will be held at Lindsborg on Tuesday, next. The services will be in charge of Dr. Noreliss, of Minnesota, president of the Swedish Lutheran synod of the United States, assisted by Dr. Abrahamson of Chicago, and Dr. G. A. Brandell of Denver, president of the Kansas con ference. The following message from President Roosevelt has been received: "To Ernest Piplband, Vice President Bethany College: I deeply regret to learn of the sad news you have tele graphed me. Pray express my sym pathies to President Swensson's be reaved family. "THEODORE ROOSEVELT." The body will reach Lindsborg from Los Angeles on Friday. REV. ANNA SHAW CHOSEN. Succeeds Mrs, Catt as President of Suffrage Association. Washington, Feb. 17 Rev. Anna Shaw has been elected president of the "Na tional Woman's Suffrage association. Rev. Shaw succeeds Mrs. Carrie Chap man Catt and the latter takes the posi tion of vice president-at-large. The other officers elected were Miss Kate M. Gordon, New Orleans; correspond ing secretary, Miss Alice Stone Black well, Boston; recording secretary, Mrs. Harriett Taylor Upton, Warren, Ohio, treasurer. All were re-elections. Portland, Oregon, was selected as the place for the next meeting. WIJU AN OPEN PORT. It Has Been So Declared bj the Korean Government. Washington, Feb. 17. Mr. Allen, the American minister at Seoul, cables the state department that Wiju has been declared open to the commerce of the world by the Korean government. On Trial for Train Wrecking. Cripple Creek, Colo., Feb. 17. Sher man Parker, Thomas Foster and W. F. Davis, leaders in the miners' union and managers of the strike in this district, were placed on trial in the district court today on the charge of having conspired to wreck a train on the Flor ence and Cripple Creek railroad. A special venire of SO veniremen has been summoned. Several days will probably be consumed in selecting a jury. CASTOR I A For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of P0LITICAU30SSIP Congressman Miller Will Be Renominated Tomorrow. No Opposition to His Nomina tion lias Developed. Tomorrow afternoon the Republican congressional convention in the Fourth district will meet at Binporia and re nominate Congressman J. M. Miller for congress. There will be no contest whatever, and Miller -will be named by acclamation. The only person in the Fourth district who is opposing Mil ler, as far as is known, is Colonel Thomas Benton Murdock of El Dorado, and Colonel Murdock will evidently have to postpone Miller's defeat another two years. It is quite likely that Murdock's pres ent opposition to Miller may be as suaged by electing him as a delegate to the national Republican convention. He is one of the numerous candidates in the Fourth district. William Martindale of Emporia is another. J. R. Henderson of Wabaunsee county is a candidate for presidential elector in the Fourth dis trict. The convention will not meet until 2 o'clock in the afternoon, but it will not last very long unless there is too much speech making. There will be 115 dele gates in the convention, apportioned as follows: Butler 14 Chase 7 Coffey 11 Greenwood 12 Lyon 14 Marion 11 Morris 8 Osage 14 Pottawatomie 11 Wabaunsee 8 Woodson 8 115 Clyde Miller of Osage is the chairman of the present congressional committee, and Senator George P. Morehouse of Morris county is secretary. Santa Fe, Kan., Feb. 17. The Demo cratic county central committee of Has kell county has set March 12 as the date for holding the Democratic county con vention in this county. The committee is unanimously in favor of drafting W. A. Harris for governor. W. R. Stubbs, the head of the "anti machine" machine, recently published a communication in a Kansas City paper asking the Second district Re publicans to vote against Henry Allen for congressman. Regarding Mr. Stubbs' communication Mr. Allen says: "I really ought to say nothing to re duce the present joyous spirit of Mr. Stubbs. There are so many cases just like his that it seems idle to offer ex planation anyway. He has been of considerable service to the Hoch boom. Through his railroad connections he was able to secure no end of free transportation to the first boss buster meeting at Topeka. The newspapers have hailed him as chief, and have flattered' and soft soaped him until he has come to consider himself a man of tremendous importance in the move ment. He sits around like a king, is suing edicts and advices to the party. He makes addresses advising the Hoch boom to 'strike till the last armed foe expires.' "The pirty looks on with good na tu:ed tolerance. This isn't the first time a self-constituted leader has been detected by the public in an innocent and perfectly harmless exhibition of his gall and conceit. Mr. Stubbs' new ly constituted leadership is very pre cious to him. He is in the very heyday of it, and if he takes himself more seriously than the public takes- him, it is only the result of too much news paper attention. We are all addicted to the same weakness. The Republican voters of the Second district will prob ably go on doing their own thinking Just as they were obliged to do before Providence and the railroads gave us the immortal Stubbs. 'The only unusual feature of the fight in the Second district has been the presence of Mr. Hoch, Dick Blue. A. W. Smith and others who have been in various counties of the district urg ing the Republicans to vote against me because I have been Governor Bailey's friend. The action of Mr. Hoch has caused considerable disap pointment to Republicans who accept ed in good faith his first utterance that he was making a campaign of measures and not men.' Mr. Hoch is a well-meaning man and I believe he would like to be sincere and consistent, but Dick Blue, Tom Kelly and a few saints of that stripe have insisted that he take a hand in the Second district. His attitude is not injuring my can didacy and my only regret is that Mr. Hocli is allowing the old Burton-Kelly machine to use him for its political purposes. The Republicans of the state had a right, on account of Mr. Hoch's pious declarations, to expect that he would be his own master and use his personality to build up the party." Dr. Henry O'Donnell. of Ellsworth has declined to be a candidate for state senator in the district composed of Os borne, Lincoln. Russell and Ellsworth counties. He wants to take special work in surgery in New lork the com ing1 summer or fall, which will require his absence for six weeks, and he there fore does not wart enter the sena torial campaign. He has served two terms as representative from Ellsworth county, and the cattlemen's association has petitioned him to again do so, but he has not determined whether he will or not. There would probably be little opposition to his candidacy for repre sentative. Emporia oazette: xnere is some doubt as to who was the original Hoch man. To settle the dispute, the Gazette is compelled to count out both Mr. Murdock and Mr. Stubbs. The original Hoch man is John Marshall of Topeka whose big brass band played "Won't You Come Home Bill Bailey" at the governor's inauguration! There is no going behind these returns. The Emporia G. A. R. has started a boom for Charles Harris of Emporia for department commander. Mr. Harris has been prominent in departmental circles of the Kansas G. A. R. for a number of years. He has represented Lyon county twice in the legislature. Atchison Globe: The Kansas City Journal files a demurrer in the case of Tom Kelly; it says, in effect: "The charges are true, but what of it?" Duel With Rifles. Guthrie, Ok., Feb. 17. Phil Green and Bill Bryan, two farmers living near Beordden. a small town in Tnd'an Ter ritory, fought a ritched battle with ri fles. Twelve shots were fired in all, and Green died within 30 minutes as result of a shot through the neck, whiie Bryan's wounds are such that he can live only a short time.-. The trouble grew out of a. quarrel of long stand ing. Everybody reads the State Journal. SNAP SHOTS AT HOME NEWS DER HOLE-T CIDY. Von day ven I vas dreaming (Id vas a pipe-dream yet) I dreamed I vas a chointist man. All crippled oop mit debt. Der coppers vouldn't led me run My liddle shop a bit; Dey said dot I vas full of prunes TJnd I vould haf to git Dey said id va-a-a-as a-gensd der law-aw-aw-aw, TJnd I vould haf to flit. Ven I recofered from dot von TJnd found id vas a dream, I lit der hop und smoked some more, Und dis iss vat I seen: I saw a chointist gedding rich More dough den he could spend, Und all he did vas div-vee oop Der mbnt'ly div-i-dend; Yes, all he did vas chust cough oop Und pay der "Chointist's Friend." Chorus: Chee-roos-n-lum! Chee roos-a-lum! How under Heimel doos He foo-zle-um aboudt der boo-zle-um Vile ef-ery ding runs loose. "HANS ZUPP." There was a Republican meeting at Bellvue last night. O. H. Danner is sick with pneumonia at his home 1409 Clay street. James T. Ford, of Leoti, is In Topeka as a delegate to the grand lodge A. K. A. M. On account of the Baltimore fire there has been a shortage of oysters in Topeka. The pavements were slippery this morning for horses, people and all other kinds of live stock on foot. There will be a meeting of the To peka Baseball association Monday night at the Commercial club rooma Rev. B. E. Shawhan, of Chanute, is in Topeka for the purpose of taking the examination for admission to the bar. Poor Commissioner Hale is issuing coal to the rioor in half ton lots these vcold days. The demand for coal is not unusually great. Hagenback's trained animals will ex hibit at the Crawford theater beginning Monday, February 29, for four days with a Wednesday matinee. Charles K. Holliday is interested in a company that will prospect for coal near Pauline. Shawnee county is being bored as full of holes as a sieve. The committees looking after the comfort of Masons visiting Topeka to attend the grand lodge sessions have had difficulty in finding rooms for them. C. H. Kutz withdrew from the race for the nomination as county super intendent on the advice of. Dr. L. M. Powell. Kutz had been sick with typhoid fever and he was not in a con dition to make a campaign. The hogs, ready for the block were butchered at the poor farm yesterday and now the 50 inmates of the place are having ham, bacon, pork chops greasy, pork sausage, head cheese, pork tenderloin et a!, etc. ad lib. Chairman H. M. Philips, of the Re publican county central committee, wishes to receive bids from churches and societies for the furnishing of sup pers to the judges and. clerks of the polls on February 27. Twenty children from the Wichita Masonic home are in Topeka today, the guests of Bestor G. Brown, grand master. They will appear tonight in an entertainment given by them be fore the grand lodge. The Jury was dismissed temporarily this morning by Judge Hazen to meet at 9 o'clock Thursday morning. The case against Thompson, Fowler, Tobias and Hlrsh for running a gamDiing house will be set for the first week in March. Arthur O. Dahlene has dismissed his suit for $15,000 damages against tne Moeser brothers. Dahlene was injured bv a. stone falling while an addition was beinir built to the Moeser ice plant. Two other suits against the Moesers for $15,000 each remain. General Hugh Cameron, the Kansas Hermit, walked from Lawrence to To peka to attend the convention of the State Temperance union. On the way up he became cold and built a fire. He accidently got his foot in the fire and ruined a felt boot and the beauty of one of his trouser legs. IN REVOLT. Albanians Oppose Reforms. Force of Arms, Constantinople, Feb. 17. Sixteen thousand Albanians are in revolt in the district of Diakova against the re form plans of the powers for Mace donia and obnoxious taxes. In con flicts which have taken place between Albanians and Ottoman troops the lat ter were worsted. Large reinforce ments have been dispatched to Dia kova. The Albanians attacked the town of Diakova February 13, and plundered and burned a number of houses. Turk ish forces subsequently attacked the insurgents" main position at Baba jhosl, but were repulsed with haavy loss. Feverish activity continues among the Turkish authorities on the Bul garian frontier in accumulating stores and repairing roads for the expected massing of troops. THEY WON'T GIVE UP. Ralston Yeast Company Lost Much in Fire but Will Resume. The Ralston Yeast company, which leased quarters on the fifth floor of the Farkhurst-Davis building, is one of the fire losers which has not been prom inently mentioned. This concern lost all Its machinery and sock, and had fcl.000 insurance. The books of the company were in the vault and were uniniured. L. C. Betz, manager of the Ralston company, said today:. "We will open up again as soon as we can get material and rent a room. I have had three hard knocks lately but I have one more fight in me and will try it again. About a year ago I fell on the icy pavement and was confined at the hospital for several months with a broken leg. 1 was lust out on crutcnes when the flood caught us in our build inEr near the city park. We then moved to the fifth floor of the Parkhurst Davis building. The fire left nothing but our books. However, we expect to be iible to commence making pancake flour in abcut ten days and yeast in 30 days." THEY WILL OPPOSE IT. Opponents of City Ownership of Water Plant Take Heart. Peonle who have been opposed to the purchase of the city waterworks are now taking heart, and will no doubt seize the opportunity to reopen the fight on the purchase of the plant by the city. They are talking of call ing a mass meeting to discuss the matter. City Attorney Chas. F. Spencer says that there is nothing which the city has done yet which binds it to take the plant. The only question to be de termined is whether or not the plant iMioas Mothers it U yonr fanlt if your children grow tip and have weak lungs. By neglecting your children when they are sick with the measles or a heavy cold, their longs will become weak, which is the first step to consumption. The number of consumptives is increasing every year in this country. Don't let your children be among these unfortunate ones. Measles attack every child, ana besides tne little rea eruptions appearing on the bedy, there are certain catarrhal conditions always accompanying the disease running nose and eyes, fevers and a distressing, RACKING COUCH These conditions, if neglected, develop pneumonia and other lung troubles, and will terminate fatally, unless Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup is given in the very first stages. No better remedy for the measles cough can be found than lrB iiafs This wonderful prescription of the famous Dr. Bull always cures. It has been a treasured household remedy for more than fifty years and has saved the lives of thou sands of children. Doctors prescribe this old reliable remedy for all secondary symptoms of measles because it gives immediate relief, and thus saves the parents many hours of worry. Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup is pleasant to the taste, and Children Like "I can truly recommend Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup as the best remedy I have ever used in my family. The children all had the measles, and it cured them and the trouble some cough in a short time. I have used many kinds of medicines, but Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup is the best," Mrs. P. A. Dilla man, Evans City, Fenna. AVOID SUBSTITUTES It is dangerous to experiment with the life of your child. Do not take the dealer's sub statute it is generally worthless. Insist on having Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup, the most reliable remedy made. It is endorsed by physicians, is perfectly safe and harmless, and never fails to cure. The genuine package has our trade-mark, a Bull's Head. At all Druggists, 25o 50c. and $1.00. Manufactured only by A. C. MEYES CO, Baltimore, Md. is in as good condition as it was when the city bought it. This point will have to be determined by experts. The feeling is growing very strong with the city councilmen that a hydraulic engi neer will have to be employed to make a report on the condition of the plant before the city will be prepared to act intelligently in the matter. Such action will probably be proposed at the next council meeting. The recent fire proves more conclu sively than ever the imperative neces sity for the city owning the plant. FORTUNE IS FOUND After a Search of Twelre Years' Dnration. New York, Feb. 17. A fortune in high-class railroad bonds has been found by the grand-daughter and heiress of Thomas Wilson, of West chester, after a search of twelve years. When Wilson died no trace of his wealth could be found, although he was known to have had considerable fortune, accumulated in building. Mrs. Lizzie Pell, his grand-daughter, insti tuted immediate search but without success until a safe deposit box was found in his name in a Long Island bank. It contained $26,500 in bonds of high grade and papers showing the in vestment elsewhere of a large sum, estimated by some persons at $200,000. FIREMEN GET A REST. Their Work on Parkhurst-Davis Ruins Ended. 1 Tuesday night the tired firemen of the Topeka department took the first good night's rest they have had since the big fire of Saturday. Day and night for four days the firemen have been working by shifts throwing water into the smouldering mass of ruins. One or two men are sick from exposure and overwork, and several others are suffering with sore eyes, due to smoke and dust. Monday afternoon Street Commis sioner Snyder stopped the sewer which has been carrying off the water from the ruins, and in a short time the basement was pretty thoroughly flood ed. This course of treatment did much to check the blaze, and at noon Tues day Chief Wilmarth took off one of the two remaining streams of water. Last evening the last remaining stream was taken off, and the men all went to quarters for the night. Watchmen were stationed at the building to notity the fire department in case anything seemed to be going wrong. There is still a good deal of fire in some parts of the basement where the walls have fallen over great masses of inflamma ble stuff. This fire will have to be extinguished gradually as the debris is removed from the basement. Men will eo to work as soon as the Insurance adjustors have inspected the building to remove the debris from the basement. It will not taKe tne aajus tors lone to complete their work. There is no question about the loss, and about all there is to do is to pay over the money to the losers. Fire Marshal Wilmarth will not tear down any more of the damaged -wiills, but he has notified the owners of the buildings to look out for their own walls, and save what portions of them they are able. Acting upon this plan.the Sells build ing has been taken in hand by M. Heery, who is building scaffolding at the rear of the building for the pur pose of repairing the rear wall, which has cracked and is liable to fall. The work of cleaning out the debris will begin as soon as possible. Charged With Forgery. Abilene, Kas., Feb. 17. John Hav eron, of Herington, was brought here charged with forging two Rock Island pay orders for $38.86 and $47.76. He is in jail. Pills Keep them in the house. Take one when you fee! bilious or dizzy. They act directly on the liver. a o. lnrc. iilll to Take It "I used Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup wit good results for measles-cough. My family is just getting over the measles, for which I used Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup and it 'cured them. It is without doubt the best remedy on the market to-day and I always keep a bottle on hand." Mrs. A. A. Shelton, law P. 0., Louisa Co, Va. DID HANNA KNOW. Ha Seemed to Have a Premonition of Approaching End. Washington, Feb. 17. Representative Wm. Alden Smith of Michigan relates a touching incident of a recent con versation he had with Senator Hanna. He went to Senator Hanna in the sen ate chamber one day and invited him to attend, as one of the distinguished men of the country.the semi-centennial celebration of founding of the Republi can party, to be held at Jackson, Mich., on July 6 next. "I don t know where I will be then," was the senator's pathetic reply to the invitation. ."Why, you will be right here, ot course," returned Representative Smith, reassuringly. "No." replied Mr. Hanna, "I'm afraid Won't." "1 walked to the rear of the senate chamber," said Mr. Smith, "and, look ing back at the senator, wondered if he had a premonition thaf he might not live long. The impression made by his words never left me. WEST SIDE PAVING. City Council Arranges for West Sixth Avenue Extension. Tuesday afternoon the streets and walks committee of the city council, in company with the county commissioners, went on a nilerimaee to the further end of West Sixth avenue for the purpose of maklntr final arrangements for the ma cadamizing of the strip of roadway be tween Atoms avenue ana tne city limits. The work on this proposed macadam will be commenced immediately, as the commissioners are planning to move the stone crusher to .North XopeKa ana tne stone for the West Sixth avenue improve ment, must be prepared before the change. The construction of the macadam from Morris avenue to the city limits will give a continuous pavement ut West Sixth avenue to the insane asylum grounds. The street will be paved with a 24-foot roadway and the cost of the improve ment will be $2,400. Of this amount the city will pay $S00, the county $800 and the property owners $SO0. THE PLANS ARE READY. East Eighth Avenue Bridge to Be 70 Feet Long. Plans for the proposed East Eighth ave nue bridge have been completed. They show a 20-foot roadway with 5-foot side walks on each side, built on 36-inch tubu lar piers. The span is 70 feet long and the bridge will cost, complete, from $1, 500 to 12,000. These plans, together with detailed specifications, will be submitted by the city engineer at the meeting of the city council tonight. The people on East Eighth have offered to pay half the cost of the bridge, which is little short of an outrage. Why should the people who live on East Eighth be compelled to do this, when it Is not done elsewhere? The city council ought to be ashamed to accept it. FIRE RECORD. New York, Feb. 17. A five story building on Park Place, occupied by Holbert's restaurant, the American Sports Publishing company and other concerns, was destroyed by fire last night. Loss $100,000. Berlin, Ont, Feb. 17. The factory of the Berlin Boot company, the largest of the kind in Canada, was totally de stroyed by fire last night. Loss $150,000. Scranton, Pa., Feb. 17. The largest paint shop of the Delaware, Lackawan na western car snop piant, was ue- stroyed by fire today. Loss $150,000. Minneapolis, Minn., Feb. 17. Fire last night destroyed the Printers' Exchange building, a six story brick structure. Loss $120,000. CALIFORNIA $25.00 Via Santa Fe. Tickets on sale during March and April. This rate also applies to inter mediate points. Good in tourist sleep ers and free chair cars. Liberal stop over privilege allowed. For full information and free litera ture, address T. L. KING, C. P. T. A., Topeka. IJ25.00 TO CALIFORNIA, $22.50 to Oregon and Washington $20.00 to Montana and Utah. Via Rock Island system. Tickets on sale March 1 to April 30. Good in tourist sleepers and reclining chair cars. Liberal stop-over privileges. For full Information see nearest Rock Is land agents 'or call on or write to A. M. FULLER C. P. T. A.. Both phones 384, Topeka, Kan,

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8 TOPEKA STATE J OUKNAI4 WEDNESDAY EVENING. FEBRUARY 17, 1904. dDOTDu Sickness is called a living death. It is a disoreamzation of the system, a weakening of the functions and a decay of the bodily tissue. As a sufferer from female troubles don't you often feel dead to all that makes life a pleasure and a blessing?. "Wine of Cardui relieves pain and suffering. It is a positive cure for menstrual irregularities. It will stop bearing down pains and ovarian pains and eliminate the weakness which is the cause. By curing leucorrhoea it frees thousands of lives from dragging aches and constant waste. It cures barrenness and its strengthening effect robs motherhood of much of its suffering. With $1.00 bottles of "Wine of Cardui in every dru? store there need be few sick women in this city. ck, begin the treatment promptly begin it today. crv7 n rxn J u uJ North Altow, III., Jose 9, 1903. A few months aco mv health seemed to break down altogether. I lost my appetite, could not sleep and was in the very slough of despondency, which was greatly aggravated at the functional period. Our physician was unable to give me anything which was of the least benefit to me and I kept getting worse and was very nervous and hysterical. A friend who had used Wise of Cardui suggested that I try it. So I sent for some and within two days after I started to use it I tert a great oeai better, l could sleep at nignt "and gradually the nervousness passed away. I became strong and had no pain at the period. I am now enjoying the best of health das to the merits ot W me or Uardm tor wmcn 1 am t f. Y 4. deeply grateful. I t J& The marriage of Miss Marie Eliza beth Morris, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John E. Morris of Hiawatha, and Mr. William McLaughlin of Kansas City, will take place at half after 8 o'clock tonight in the Baptist church at Hia watha. The Rev. Mr. A. J. Haggett will be the officiating clergyman and the wedding music will be by Miss Mamie Bause, of Hiawatha, organist and Miss Helen Lyon of St. Joseph who will sing before the ceremony. Mi3S Morris will beattended by Mrs. John Baird Nicholson of Topeka, Miss Mabel Bennett of Lincoln, Neb., Miss Edith Butler of Omaha, Miss Eva Mitchell end Miss Carrie Tates of Hiawatha. Little Luclle Nicholson of Topeka will be flower girl. Mr. McLaughlin's at tendants will be Mr. John E. Baker of Chicago, Mr. J. Edward Lockwood of Chariton, Iowa, Mr. Ewing Herbert of Hiawatha and Mr. E. L. Pease of Col umbus, Ohio. There will be a recep tion afterwards at the Morris resi dence. At home after April 1 at the Elsmore, Kansas City. Mrs. G. J. Mulvane will give a small luncheon Thursday for a few of her neighborhood friends. She has asked Mrs. Edgar of Kansas City, w-ho is vis iting her daughter, Mrs. C. C. Baker. Mrs. Hollis, Mrs. Hindman, Mrs. Shel don, Mrs. G. W. Hogeboom, Mrs. F. P. Baker and Mrs. Ij. M. Valentine. Mr. Harold Colburn will entertain the Delta Omicron fraternity of the Topeka high school at his home at Eleventh and Topeka avenue, on the first Friday in March. Mr. and Mrs. D. J. Greenwald enter tained Informally at cards Tuesday ev ening for Miss Florence Bennett of Baldwin. The other guests were Mr. nd Mrs. C. W. Jones, Mr. and Mrs. M. Snattinger, Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Lew is, Miss Eva Matthewson of Parsons, Mies Florence Lewis, Miss Xatharyn Mills. Miss Emily Hagar. Dr. Bischoff, Mr. Ed Arnold, Mr. Al Hulett and Dr. Hal Hazlett. Miss Ethel Davis entertained in an Informal way at cards Tuesday evening in compliment to Miss Anita Collins of Washington, D. C. Four tables played high five. The Watova club dance at Hudson's Tuesday night was attended by: Miss Elsie Barnhart. Wichita; Miss Kale. Salem, Ohio; Miss Lola Berry, Miss Venice Whitney, Miss Margaret Gilfil lan. Miss Edna Prescott, Miss Etta Beck, Miss Daisy Warner, Miss Rose Prescott, Miss Agnes Walsh, Miss Fan ny Funk, Miss Olive Diffenderfer, Miss Ethel Morton, Miss Anna Beck, Miss Myrtle Dillon. Miss Lola McAfee, Miss Ethel Muir, Miss Caroline Rosser, Miss Florence Bailey, Miss Pomeroy, Miss Anna Marie Walsh, Miss Bessie Miller, Miss Jennie Farress, Miss Hazel Mul vane, Mr. H. D. Wolf, Mr. D. A. Wolf, Mr. W. F. Sheahan, Mr. V. C. Martin, Mr. W. R. Lawrence, Mr. R. W. Short, Mr. R. W. Kinkald, Mr. Will Levitt, Mr. Walter Bell, Mr. F. C. Sturgis, Mr. R. W. Perry, Mr. R. W. Kirkpatrick, Mr. Ben Ladd, Mr. Howard Marshall, Mr. Reamer Billard, Mr. A. Sheldon, Mr. Thomas A. Whitmer, Mr. Hinkle Guy, Mr. Frank Fogwell, Mr. Frank Dauley, Mr. Ernest Crawford, Mr. C. P. Bolmar, Mr. Stacey Hadley. Notes and Pergonal Mention. Miss Chadsey, of Decatur, 111., who has been Mrs. John R. Mulvane's g-uest for some time, left today for St. Louis to visit friends before returning home. Mrs. A. L. Nichols, Miss Clough and Miss Kate Clough returned Tuesday night from Leavenworth, where they attended the funeral of their niece, Miss Caroline Kane Du Bois. Mrs. B. E. Zartman of St. Joseph and Mr. Frank Clough of Kansas City accom panied them home to see their mother, Mrs. Mary A. Clough, who was very ill Tuesday, but is somewhat better to day. Mrs. L. H. Merrill, of Leavenworth, is the guest of Mrs. John R. Mulvane. Mr. Torrence Ewart will be here Thursday to spend a few days with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Ewart, and Mr. Bert Wilsop, of Coffeyville. will be his guest ofr the TJ. C. T. ball. Miss Lillian Murray, of Wellington, Ohio, who was the guest of Mrs. Frank Foster, has gone to Springfield, Mo., to spend the rest of the winter. Mr. Robert Pierce and Mr. Horace Hall will leave Thursday for a Cali fornia, trip. Mr. George Hippie, of Atchison, will be in town Friday for the U. C. T. ball. Miss Maud Bates Is home from a visit in Lawrence. Mrs. W. A. Quigley, who has been with her daughter, Mrs. Sidney J. Hol land, in Chicago, for several months, has gone to New York to visit another daughter for the rest of the winter. Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Walsh, of St. Jo seph, will come to Topeka soon for a permanent residence and will be at home at 1108 Topeka avenue after March 8. They were married In St. Joseph last week. Mrs. Walsh was Miss Bertha Louise Hewitt, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Hewitt, of St. Joseph. Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Martin have re turned from Chicago where they went for the auto show and were guests of Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Shubert. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph G. Hubbell are the parents of a son born Tuesday. Miss Elizabeth Cole is the guest of Mrs. Joseph Watson at the Dykington Inn in Kansas City. Mrs. Fred A. Stocks and Miss Burr of Blue Rapids are in Topeka. Dr. Harriett Adams returned Wed nesday from Burlington where she vis ited her brother, Mr. H. J. Adams. Mrs. Noble Prentis returned Wednes day from a visit to Mrs. Lawson Gil bert In Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. Jack McCullagh of Ga lena are guests of Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Tin-ill. Mrs. William Strickland has returned from a visit in Chanute. Miss Jessie Hanslip of Osage City was in Topeka Tuesday. Mrs. C. W. Sharpe of Burlington is in town. Miss Josephine McMahon has gone to Chicago to make an extended visit to her sister, Mrs. F. J. Shubert. Mrs. J. B. Worden of Montrose, Iowa, is visiting her daughter, Mrs. J. W. Neale. Miss Elizabeth Hill returned Monday from St. Marys where she sang for the Gisman-Roberts wedding. The Ladies' society of the First M. E. church will meet Wednesday after noon with Mrs. W. I. Drum, 1216 Tay lor street. Miss Bess Towers of Beloit is the guest for a few days o'f Mrs. Frank McGrath, 1135 Quincy street. Notice to Contractors and Builders We have reopened the Vinewood stone quarries and are now prepared to fur nish builders' stone on short notice. VINEWOOD STONE CO., Phones 280. 814 Kansas ave. Haskell vs. Y. M. C. A. Friday eve. EVERY CLOCK STOPPED. Timepieces in School Buildings Ceased Work Simultaneously. Webster City, la., Feb. 17. A very strange Incident occurred at the Central High school building in this city. Every clock In the building stopped at exactly 8 o'clock in the morning. It was the day of the eruption on the island of Java, and the time the clocks stopped was within a very few seconds of the time that the eruption occurred, which cov ered a village and killed several hundred people. The phenomenon Is unexplained except that it was very likely due to some sym pathetic electrical disturbance in the zone in which the high school building stands. Of course, it may have been a very strange coincidence, a-nd yet this hardly explains It satisfactorily. The phenome non at the high school building was first noticed on the second floor. Every clock had stopped at Just 8 o'clock. Investiga tion showed that the clocks on both the other floors had also stopped at the same hour. In the kindergarten building, just south of the high school building, all the clocks were going as usual, nothing hav ing interfered with their movements. As to Just exactly what caused the phe nomenon at the high school building is not known. It Is presumed, of course, that it was something in the nature of an electrical disturbance, but whether.in cleed, it had any connection with the vol canic eruption can not be said. The fact that both occurred at about the same time leads to this presumption, however. As to why no other clocks in the city were affected is not explained. ELOPED ON SN0W8H0ES. Refined Young Girl Weds Uncouth Lumberman of Forty-two. Salem, Me., Feb. 17. There is much wonder here at the elopement of John Manson, aged forty-two, and Miss Thir za Luce, the fifteen-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bartlett Luce. Marson is a rough-mannered lumber man, while Miss Luce is pretty, refined and accomplished. Marson boarded in the Luce family, but the parents did not suspect that there was anything between them until on one of the coldest mornings of this week the two disappeared. Search re vealed snowshoe tracks leading toward Farmington. The father pursued, and at Farmington, twenty-two miles distant, lie learned that Manson and Thirza. had come there on snowshoes and lett on the early train for Portsmouth. N. H. Mr. Luce hastened to the telephone, but the line was tem porarily disabled. He then lett on the next Portsmouth bound train, but again was too late a justice of the peace had made John and Thirza man and wife before he arrived. At the sight of her father Thirza threw herself into his arms and wept bitterly and begged his forgiveness, saying she was sorrv for what she had done. The next train to Farmington took the unhap py trio home. It is understood that an effort will be made to annul the marriage. MUTE TURNS TO CRIME. English Lad Develops Tendencies He suiting in His Confinement. London, Feb. 17. William Ovington, a lad aged 12, who lives at Middles brough, is both deaf and dumb. De spite his tender years he has developed criminal tendencies which hae brought him into the hands of the law. Last July he attempted to poison a. child aged 11 months, who lives next door, by giving it a dose of carbolic acid. The boy was sent to the work house, but as there was nothing in his demeanor to suggest weak intellect, he was returned to the care of his parents. He was yesterday convicted of.: rob bing a till, and the bench committed him to an industrial school for four years. SECURES ST. JOE LEAGUE. F. L. Chamberlain to Manage That Ball Team in 1904. St. Joseph, Mo., Feb. 17. Percy L. Chamberlain, former secretary of the Kansas City Western league baseball club, has secured from the Van Brunts the St. Joseph Western league fran chise and will manage the local team next season. Chamberlain is backed by St. Joseph capitalists. SOKTII TOPEKA. Leave items for this column with the Kimball Printing company, 912 North Kansas avenue. Roller skating carnival Feb. 22. Mrs. M. A. Miller spent last week visiting in Ottawa. Frank Purney was in town today from Silver Lake. Archie Long of Manhattan was visit ing North side friends today. Mr. Henry Fickie and family left yesterday for their new home in Po mona. Mo. The bad weather caused the suspen sion of work on the street r;Wlway bridge today. The New Hta Department store haa purchased the stock of dry goods of Mrs. I-. K. Brown. Mrs. J. A. Faulk left yesterday for Waterville, Kansas, where she was called by the serious illness of her father. Mrs. E. D. Small arrived Monday from Texarkana, Tex., and is the guest of Mrs. Jerome Colvin, of 1123 Van Euren street. Miss Blanche Reynolds, who has been suffering from a gunshot wound near the knee for the past six weeks, was somewhat better this morning. The register in Miss Farnsworth's room, fifth grade of the Quincy school, was out of repair this morning, and as it was impossible to heat the room the pupils were given a half holiday. Rev. W. M. Beckham of Nashville, Tenn., field secretary of the National Baptist convention, preached an able sermon at the Central Baptist church, colored, Monday evening to a crowded house. After the sermon a collection of $16.50 was taker) up for him. Dr. and Mrs. Joseph Dolman, who have been visiting Dr. Dolman's par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Dolman, of 824 Quincy street, for the past few weeks, have returned to their home in Henrietta, I. T. Dr. Dolman's friends will be pleased to learn that his healtU is now greatly improved. The Presbyterian church people have appointed the following named dele gates to the State Temperance union from the Sunday school, Mr. David Bowie and Dr. Kent O. Brown, and from the church Mrs. James Johnston, Mrs. Annie Johnston and Mr. J. W. Priddy. Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Andrews and family have gone to housekeeping at 922 Harrison street. Mr. Andrews until recently lived on a farm twelve miles northwest of Topeka, but less than two weeks ago the house and contents were destroyed by fire. The loss was partly covered by insurance in the Shawnee Fire Insurance company, which company lost no time in settling the amount. Miss Carrie Lease entertained at a valentine party last evening at her home on Paramore street. Those pres ent were Miss Etta Clampltt, Miss Ama Miller, Miss Goldie Lutes, Miss Lulu Robinson, Miss Ethel Kearns, Misses Trixie and Pansy Antrim; Messrs. Will Clampitt, Don Wellman, Roy Boast, Harold Green. Will Owen, Arnie Allen, Charles Pearson, Ralph Rolman and Mr. Reese. At the meeting yesterday of the W. T. K. club which was held at the home of the president, Mrs. M. M. Hale, 911 Madison street south, Mrs. W. B. Scot ten read a paper on "Writers of the Elizabethan Period," Mrs. R. B. Mo naster gave the "Story of Mary Queen of Scotts" and Mrs. Gonder had a paper on "Social Customs of That Time." The programme yesterday fin ished the lessons on the Tudor Dynasty and at the next meeting at the home of Mrs. W. H. Rutter, 1113 Jackson street the club wil lbegln the study of England under the reign of the Stuarts. The number of public sales advertised to take place this season by residents of northern Shawnee seems to be re markable. An old eastern resident of the north side recently remarked on this fact and made inquiries as to the cause. It seems that many of these farmers are following the footsteps of those who went from the east to the west years ago. They are selling their lands at a good price and going to Ar kansas, Oklahoma and other points, some to Washington, California or Ore gon where lands are cheaper and where projected railroad extensions will give them good markets by the time new farms are made. Three years ago last fall one man came to the county from Iowa and bought a 200 acre farm for $25 an acre. In just three years, that is last Thanksgiving day, he sold the same for $40 an acre cash, thus netting him $1,000 a year income from the rise in value alone. He will go to Arkansas where for the same money he will get three farms of equal size and of equal practical value, one for himself and one for each of his two boys. Others are selling and coming to the city, while others are coming nearer town and buying small tracts for market garden ing. Another remark made by the east erner above mentioned related to the remarkable list of farm implements ad vertised showing the great variety re quired by Kansas farmers. Where he lived the farmers had plows, harrows, hoes, rakes, scythes, etc., "But what," said he, "are discs and listers and shovel plows, riding cultivators and so on?" Well, in John Brown's tract there prob ably would be little use for the farm implements generally used In Kansas. DIES FROM HUSBAND'S BITE English, Woman Trying to Save' Daughter Receives Fatal Wound. London, Feb. 17. Susannah Anderson, hose husband is now in custody at South Shields on a charge of wounding her, died yesterday as the result of a bite. Before her death she stated that Anderson was assaulting her daughter when she interfered. He then, she de clared, seized hold of her right hand and bit the little finger so fiercely that his teeth cut through the knuckle bone. Tattooed to Mark Killings. London, Feb. 17. Major Powell-Cotton, the well known African traveler, has been interviewed regarding the re port that an expedition dispatched by the East Africa syndicate has been an nihilated by the Turkana tribesmen. The major, who has traversed the Tur kana country, expressed the fear that the report might be true. The Turkana, he said! have a curious system of tat tooing, by which one can tell the num ber of people a man has killed. When the body is covered with marks from the shoulder to the waist the warrior continues the record on the bodies of his wives. THE GAMBLING CASES. Witnesses Will Be Here When Wanted. Judge Hazen is making up the trial docket for the session of the district court In March. The gambling cases, brought by County Attorney Hungate, under the Cubbison law, will bs set for trial. Judge Hazen has not yet determ ined the exact date, but the trial will probably be set for the first or second week in March. The cases were brought against Mike Thompson, Wood Fowler, Si Hurst and, Tobe Tobias. Each Is placed under $1,0U0 bond in each of the two cases. Fowler is now in California. Before ho went his attorney, Eugene Hagan, noti fied County Attorney Hungate that Fow ler was going to California, but would re turn in time for the trial,, and asked that Fowler be given sufficient notice of the date of the trial that he might return. Two of the principal witnesses. Will Griffith and Charles B. Ramsey, are in Oklahoma. Before they went they noti fied Mr. Ht :gate that they were going, but that they would be gone but a short time, and that they would return in time to appear as witnesses at the trial In the district court. Mrs. Will Griffith and Mrs. Charles Ramsey were primarily responsible for the charges against t'.ie gamblers being made. "They are relentless in their desire to have the prosecution procei. and hav retained R. B. Welch to look after their interests in the case and to assist Mr. Hungate in the prosecution. General Reyes Goes to Bremen. Paris, Feb. 17. Ge-neral Reyes of Colombia on his arrival at Cherbourg yesterday on the North German Lloyd steamer Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse from New York, February 9, went to Bremen, where he will visit his chil dren there and at Lausanne, later com ing to Paris. It is asserted that he haa no mission to the French government relative to Panama Rebels Routed. New York, Feb. 17. A savage attack on, the city of Santiago has resulted in the complete rout of the rebels by the gov emment forces, says a Herald dispatch, from Puerto Plata, Santo Domingo. Many were killed and wounded on both sides. 3- 2: it The CraLze For Bea.dwork, 5? Suggestions For Designs I m ONE of the charming revivals of tha day in woman's work is that of bead weaving. Little hand looms are again set up, and mod ern maidens are rivaling Penel ope In the skillful art of weaving ex quisite articles fashioned from fasci nating bits of glass. Beadworking is, perhaps, one of the oldest of the deco rative crafts. Those who are learned In such matters tell us that more than 1.100 years before the Christian era beads of vitreous paste that is to say, f a rough semiopaque glass were made in Egypt and that even before then beads of pierced and colored stones were in general use. All countries have contributed de signs from the orient, where color reigns supreme, to our own plains, where the patient Indian women told their life story in woven beads as well as In blankets and baskets. Our own foremothers for many gen erations were adepts in this art, and beautiful articles of beadwork now ex tant we owe to their indefatigable fin gers. It seems to have been a "genteel" ccupation for young ladies in Thack eray's time, and we all remember that the obstreperous Becky Sharp was making- a green purse when Introduced to her victim, Jos Sedley. Well, the fad has broken out anew, and the modern should rival even the older bead pro ductions, as we have not alone the ad vantage of their experience, but better materials to work upon. English and American beads have never been good In quality. They have always lacked the fine coloring and ex quisite transparency of those coming from Bohemia; consequently all the best beads used at the present time are imported. I There are a number of different ways in which beads may be worked Into objects of use and beauty. When made up Into fobs, chains, etc., they are strung on wire or violin strings or .strong silk thread. In other instances the beads are knitted with knitting silk to the shape required to fit a box, nee dleease or whatever the article may be and glued on over the wooden forms. An easier way when flat articles are to be manufactured is to sew the beads In a pattern on fine canvas. But the ancient loom appeals as a modus operandi to the modern faddist. This loom is a simple thing to make and may oe constructed at home with slight expense, uet a smooth piece of wood SO by. 6 short before fastening, and a good way to finish off is to run back and forth two or three rows. When making belts the strands are allowed two Inches longer than actual waist measurement to allow for turning in at the ends. a second row yellow, a third black, and the diamond light blue and green. In the second arrangement of the pattern farther down the belt have the half dia monds opposite each other of contrast ing blue and green. For a belt of this description one large bunch of white beads for the background and a half bunch each of the other colors are re quired. Dainty chains in which Roman col ors are introduced when made two yards long are attractive as muff or. fan supporters. The winter beadworker is carrying out another charming idea in making sets of beads for summer wear, con sisting ot belt, fob r.-.d ts.a chain ell to match. The college girl is not behind in the bead fad either, and she is to be found busily at work during "cuts" making a belt in the colors of her alma mater, with a class motto woven in with an other shade. A two yard pearl necklace is a lovely PERSMN BITTERN vVJ-vr-7 ?&b I GROUP OF OLD TST j&ti PtLLOW AND THIMBLE f J feSff SAf f! 1 fry I'M Cross stitch design W -raT Wj in 1 Sll I m and 250 seed pearls. They are strung on waxed linen thread or violin string. First put on one large pearl, then five small seed ones, and so on down the string. The tassel is made up of 182 small pearls in loops of fourteen. At the top of the tassel are placed two large pearls, one below the other, and under these come the long loops. Venetian necklaces are also very at tractive in shadings of turquoise blue and iridescent white. Double chains are rather more difficult to make than the single. There are two methods of stringing the double kind. One is to use a double thread through all the large beads, then thread the small sec tions on separate needles and unite with the large beads. The other way is to go around the entire necklace with a single thread and finish one end with a tassel, then thread the inner line and finish like the other with a second tas sel. Purses, table tops and even knife handles and bonbon boxes are charm- inches and a quarter of an inch thick. An irich from each end mount blacks of wood one-half an inch wide, one inch deep and as long as the original piece is wide. Hammer Into these wooden blocks fifteen small nails. Put them in only deep enough to hold well. When a second line of nails a quarter of an inch below the first row has been placed in position the loom is ready for work. If a belt or fiat chain is the object of the worker interest machine twist, size C. is carried back and forth over the loom until the required number of strands is woven on. String beads ac cording to the demands of the design on sewing silk and carry both beads and silk underneath the 6trands, push ing a bead up between each strand. The eyes of the beads in this position are above the strands. Two ne&dles are used in weaving going through each bead from the upper and under sides. Care must be taken not to allow the thread lu the needles to become too A BEAD PURSE H J J EXAMPLES OF BEADWORK. ing In beadwork, but as one becomes interested in the art other articles will suggest themselves. In selectine the colorings for the bead designs the aim should be to have the toning either soft and harmonious or artistically barbarous. ELINOR HEWITT. yet there is none of the disagreeable work of the butcher necessary to ob tain it. Vegetarians use eggs freely, and many of these men aire eighty and ninety years old and have been re markably free from sickness. Eggs are best when cooked four min utes. This takes away the animal taste which is offensive to some, but does not harden the white and yolk so as to make them difficult to digest. An egg if cooked very hard is difficult of di gestion. Such eggs should be eaten with bread and masticated very finely. An egg spread on toast is fit for a king if kings deserve better food than anybody else. Fried eggs are much less wholesome than boiled ones. An egg drppped into hot water Is not only a clean and handsome, but a delicious, morsel. Most people spoil the taste of their eggs by adding pepper and salt. A little sweet butter Is the best dress ing. Eggs contain much phosphorus, which Is supposed to be beneficial to those who use their brains much. The Value of Leaning; to Knit. Fifty years ago every woman and girl was taught to knit as part of her education. Now, however, compara tively few are taking up knitting nee dles with any seriousness of intention. Young women should become expert knitters not because they cannot buy many things as cheaply as they can produce them, but with a view of that faroff day which is certain to come in time the day of old age. To the brightest girl there may fifty years hence arrive the day of deafness, when the voices of music shall be brought low, or the day of blindness when this fair world shall be dim and darkening to twilight or night. To the gayest of us all may come in the faroff time of the future a period of great loneliness, for "friend after friend departs." When one cannot see well or hear well, when acquaintances are few and hours drag, there Is a great satisfac tion in being able to employ the fingers. A good knitter uses hers with the swiftness of an automaton. She sits in the firelight and knits, an embodiment of contentment. Kcm as Food. Would it not be wise to substitute more eggs for meat in our daily diet? About one-third of an egg is solid nu triment. This is more than can be said of meat. There are no bones, no tough pieces that have to be laid aside. A good egg is made up of ten parts shell, sixty parts white and thirty parts yolk. The white of an egg contains 66 per white with small blocks of light blue evening toilet. To fashion this you re- cent water and the yolk 52 per cent, and outer diamond markings of black, quire fifty half inch oval pearl beads 1 Practically an egg is animal food, and To Cleasi Kalves. Rusty steel knives should be cleaned with a flannel dipped In paraffin and then pushed up and down In garden mold or turf till all the rust is removed. If silver or plated articles have been allowed to get very dirty they can be cleaned by rubbing with paraffin. Sal ad oil will remove dark stains from sii-J ver. How to Haas; Pictures. When hanging pictures people often spoil their walls by driving in nails haphazard, only to find the nails bend because they are being hammered against bricks. The right method is to pierce the wall with a darning needle to find, the crevice between the bricks and then drive in the nail, JULIENNE SOUP. Free three pints of stock from fat, put into a stew1- wuh me vvmic 01 n.u egg Deaf en up in a little cold water and a quar ter of a pound of finely shredded lean h p f Rest nvpr tha atrtvA 11 v Wl buuji simmers. Then strain through a thick unen cioin mat nas Deen rinsed In boil iner water, return to th ran t v. and add seasoning to taste. If wine be added put it into the tureen and puur over me ooiiing soup. Scalloped Eggs. Grease noma o.nnn shells and line each with a layer of mashed potatoes. Boil four eggs for twelve minutes and cut them into thin snces, nipping eacn piece into cold white sauce. Place the slices of egg In the shells above the potatoes, add pep ner and salt tn taat. anri other layer of potatoes. Make the sur- lace rougn ana brown In a moderate oven. Send the scallona tn t. wi- rich, hot gravy. Rice Fritters. Boil some rice till perfectly cooked: drain nri put. inio m saucepan; cover with new milk, sweet en iv mil n a. ii an ounce of dis solved butter to each half a pint of milk used and beat in flour to make the mixture Kt iff Ann,io-. i j uiuji irom a spoon. Fry a golden brown and drain before the fire. Sift sUaar o, th fritters and serve with a wine sauce Apples With Jell v. Woi i. ui e is I x apples and put into a stewpan with "L "4L. me rind of a lemon and half a pound of sugar. Place on the fire and stew gently till the apples are soft. Then lift each out carefully and put on a glass dish. Boil the sugar and water with a few cloves and a lit tle gelatin, then strain it and add a few drops of cochineal. When quite cold cut :t into squares, lay these among the apples and garnish the dish with the whipped whites of eggs. Sawdast Dreaslna- For Wouds Fine sawdust has been suggested' as a dressing for wounds and as a vehicle for antiseptics. The finely sifted dust, when used alone, is said to make a clean and pleasant dressing for it readily absorbs the discharges without becoming lumpy or adhering and it is as easily rendered antiseptic as cotton wool. Sawdust of the yellow pine rica as it is in turpentine, is a valuable'antl septlc application for wounds. A toothbrush should always stand so that it will drain when not infuse, and it should be exposed to the air.

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TOPEKA STATE JOURNAI4 WEDNESDAF EVEJSTNG. FEBRUARY IT, 1904. 9 V The Japanese empire last year concluded -with England a treaty definitely binding pwh countrv to afford armed aid to the other In the possible event cf either boing attacked by any two powers behalf Balfour is responsible for this treaty. simultaneously. On England's 1'EKSIAN TALES. King Have Their Own Ideas of Re form and How to Dodge Issues. THE KING AND REFORM. One dav His Roval Majesty sat down in his cabinet to think things over, and as a result he push"J the electric DUt ton half an hour later ari l said to Abdul Kyaim. his Prime Ministt-r. who an swered the summons: "Look here, Abdul, I've been think ing" "Vps. O Sovereign." "I've come to the conclusion to go In for ivfnrm." 'This well. O Ruler of earth and eky." "That's the ticket nowadays, and it never fails to catch on. I'll just come cut as the first and only reformer amone th monarch." of the world, and Buffalo Bill's Wild West won't be in it with yours truly. A sovereign is a sov ereign and a devil of a fallow, but he ought to consult the interests of his peo ple now and thcr "Thou speaketh words of wisdom. O King of Persia," said Abdul, "but where shall we begin the work?" "Right at the beginning, of course. It is known to us that Murad Johnson, boss of the royal stables, steals oats and hay. He's got to quit it or lose his head. 'Tis well, sagacious Sovereign." "And El Rid Jones, steward of the palace, gets his divvy on every bunch of beets purchased for my table. He's pot to become honest or lose his head." "The people will praise thee. O Wise One." "Then there is Taber Pohemerhorn Chamberlain. Old Tabe steals about $5,000 a year, but he's got to stop rieht short off. We come next to our Grand Treasurer. I know not the amount of his stealings, but he is rich enough to go to the theater every night." "We all know that he is a robber, O Ruler." "And now we come to you, Abdul," continued the King. "I figure out that you pocket at least twenty thousand plunks every year." "You are short by ten thousand bran, O Ruler," answered the p. M. up my mind to abandon the idea. Re form is all right for the masses they cry for it but when reform knocks off all the stealings of the King- and his staff any man with horse sense must see where it will eventually land the country. Go back to your desk, old man. and if you can squeeze me out $10,000 extra for this month you may look for increased respect and confidence on my part." THE KING AND THE ORATOR. One day. as the King was in the royal gardens looking at the peacocks and wondering if their tails wouldn't look better if painted yellow, Abdul Kyaim, his Prime Minister, hurried out to him 0 matter it becomes an important ques tion and has got to be fought out? It may or may not be that taxes are too high, times harft and my rule extrava gant. Leave the question undisputed and only a few will believe it; attempt to argue it out and the majority will be against you. "But something should be done, O Sov- er"Yes, something should be done. If our friend Hassan McGraw simply asserts on his own word that things are thus and so, then it may suffice it you sena nuim soldiers and break up the meetings. But he goes further, u ixuier: an Weil, if he desires that things are thus and so the proper caper is to ar rest him for disturbing the peace o our kingdom." "But he hath figures, your majesty figures to prove wnat he says." "If his figures don't show an increase of taxation, then But they do. if thos tiirures of his own don t prove beyond a doubt that my-reign is extrava gant and corrupt "But thev prove all that and more, O Ruler. I may be a good referee and a poor diplomat, but by John Rogers if I don't think that Hassan has got us by the leg tms time.' "That's another break of yours. Its Hassan whose leg s to be pulled. As an orator we should let him zip; as a. stirrer up of dissatisfaction we shoulU pass him by in contempt; as a seditionist we should give him leeway to spout ana the people to think: but as a man witn figures In his pocket he becomes a me nace to good government and the happi ness of the people, and you will bring 1 1 i Ct-ni-ri') v n i O" hi me his neaa ueiuie oo.iu.uaj Copyright, 1903, by C. B. Lewis.) A MMOF FATE. Richard Floman. lawyer and orator. and successful, self-made man, was finding himself .exceedingly Dorea, anu x.i., Vtia fto ncnordinelv. What had he done that he should have to sit still in the Brighton Pull man while a very young lawyer poured fatuous platitudes into his unwuiin, O "I don't know that I'll show myself any too prominently about court to the :nin chatter went glibly Utx J Lilt; on "I had an intimation that I might v, ir,td to defend that fellow Yancey and I don't want anything to do with the case. It does a man no good to get mixed with these murder 7 annular sentiment s down on the criminal. You get the worst of it, whether you clear mm or of course, it would De unx.u.x.. Clear xnv.:.j "Yes?" returned Floman, drily, iook ing out of the window. t !o You see. he s got no friends at all. The strikers are down Vi rpfuftl(i tO gO OUt on nun uew i 1 ,-.a with them, and yet he goes and makes an assault on Stein, the proprietor of the business, right at Yancey s own door. too. when Stein was Probably calline there to do something for his fJrnHy; and Stein falls and strikes his heTdand dies, so everybody else Is against him. A man gei 1 a,i V fM defending a case like that All the fel lows are fighting shy of it ,"sn' I'm going to keep out of it if I can, for a man's reputation Pardon me, Iget out here, said Richard Floman, abrupt!. and swung himself down as the car PPejL Grofvenor road, wondering vaguelv what he had done to be visited by such unutterable plagues. He was three miles ort of his office, hut whv should he hurry to reach the office where more bores awaited him n,htless to talk him into a deeper frenzy' Bet his partner attend to them frenzy J-ei j i' strolled into the bat under the trees, he had the parK almost" to himself. The children were at school, or going there; the nurse maids had not come out yet In all these snaay -i""' 1 d two little oniiaren. x... ,1 rn a bench. girr ana a puy c..cu and. two little children. They were a uch -V. ,i Qni the boy's feet stood One Day, as the King was in the Royal Gardens. with anxious face and said: "O Ruler, but there is trouble in the land, and something must be done at once." "Hath mumps or measles broken calmly queried the King in 'Well, you've got to quit with the out again rest. I'll either have reform or hang reply. the whole lot of vou." 'Tis far worse than that, O Sire. Let '"Tis well, O Sovereign 'tis well, it be known to thee that Hassan 11c but you have not finished the list yet. Graw, known to all as the silver For instance, here is the monthly tongued orator, is abroad in the land statement for last month, and I hum- and speaking to the masses." bly crave the honor of laying it before you. "I'm! I'm!" mused the King as he Fpread out the document before him. "This paper seems to show that dur ing last month I overdrew my bal ance hy S-t'Vjeo. 'And what is he sayin "That the taxes are too high." "What else?" "That the times are hard." "Yes?" "That extravagance reigns at court and your government is corrupt to the "Overdrew is a goo J word for it, O core. He hath even hinted at upris- Maste-r of Iinsuages. 'Over.b-ew' will also apply to every month during your long and economical reign." "In other words, if all the rest of you have been stealing, I'm in the same boat?" "It looketh that way to a man up a tree. O honest and upright Ruler." "And I'll be hanged if it don't look eth that way to a man down a well." said the King as he reached for an other Turkish cigarette made in New York. "Abdul Kyaim." "Here, your Majesty." "I did think of starting a reform g-overnment in Persia, but I have made ings and rebellions "I see. And what sort of remedy do you suggest?" "It is my humble opinion, O Ruler of the Seven Seas, that we should hire another orator equally as good to fol low Hassan about and show that he is a disgruntled and disappointed liar. That will offset his statements and make his assertions harmless." "Abdul," said the King after a little reflection, "you haven't your equal as referee at a prize fight, but when it comes down to solid old diplomacy you ain't in it. Don't you understand that the minute people get to discussing a 1, straight out before him, ou, were too short to hang down. The boy was crying dismally, and Floman. who wis to a lounging mood, stopped and SaWyoung man," he W."at are these tears for? Lost your ball? Broken your cart?" .t0,lvTlnt He spoke gruniy anu ---with the silvery persuasiveness that melted all hearts in the courtroom and Si the rostrum. He was not used to speaking to children. There was no boy in his house, anu no and a certain proud and cold Ionian would have been better and happier to have had them there The boy ceased sobbing, a little fright ened; but the girl explained with a sober little smile. "No ir- he's crying because tomor row's 'the Yancey birthday, and daddie can t come home and so we won t get anything. Floman found his attention caught by this artless speech. Most of the speech es he heard were anything but artless. He sat down on an opposite bench and looked at the two, his hands in his wnat Kina ot a uhluvij you mentioned?" he asked politely. "Something new in Diruwajsi The child's face flushed. It was a pretty little face that had grown too delicate. "The Yancey birthday, she explain ed carefully. "You see. that is our name we are Yanceys. and tomorrow is our birthdav mamma's, and Boy s, and mine. We are all three born on the same date. And that's what made daddie call it the Yancey birthday." She smiled up at him innocently, de lighted to take him into her childish confidence. "That is a beautiful idea." he said, gravely. "And why isn't daddie com ing home to buy Boy something? He had not thought until then he had been merely passing an idle half hour but the look on the child's face, the sorrow so much older than hrer years, struck to his heart. "Oh!- I see," he said, gently; 'your father is Frank Yancey! Yes," said the girl, m patient little tones. "We used to nave a spienaia birthday when daddie came home sometimes a trip in the country if it wasn't too cold and nice things for all of us. Of course, now, mamma and I talk things over, and we can under stand it, but Boy's such a baby, and he cries." Oh! Boy's such a DaDy, is her, ask ed Floman. It Jiad been a long time since ne naa been very sorry for. any one, but now something was tugging at his heart strings. He was looking down at Boy's sister, whose feet did not touch the ground. "Oh! yes," she said, resignedly. "And that's the reason I bring him out here so that he can cry without making mother feel bad. Mother and I talked things over for nights and nights try ing to arrange something for Boy so that he wouldn t icei quite au iu, uui. m m.iiHn't rhfftk: of a. thing. You don't have very good times when your dad- die's away, do your it it t talk over everything with mother ev ery single thing I don't know what we'd do." The tall gentleman in the other seat looked away down the ath. A pathetic little long-gone vision rose up out of the past wnen ne nau uui been successful nor self-made. It was a vision of a raw country boy going home from church througn we moon light under the whispering trees with a timid httie nana on m um. The bov had devoured tne sweet, in nocent, young face beside him witn hungry eyes, ana naa imieu man. Y'ancey in his heart for having wooed and won her before he had a chance. If he had seen her first, he told him self sb.e would have taken him; and he tossed on nis Deo an mat uignt, iuiu with jealous rage and love that could never be told. No matter that was Ions ago he came to the city the next morning and enterefl upon his career. When he thought of her during the next few years it was to thank heaven that he had escaped a marriage which would have kept him a groundling to the end of his days. But now. as he looked away down tho mh snmehnw the old thrill went to his heart he felt the light touch nn hia Brm makine- a leapjlng madness in his veins, and saw tne mooiiueni. drifting over the brownest hair and bluest eyes in all the world. His own eyes dimmed at the memory of it. Well, it was long ago, and he was successful among men, but there had never been another night like that. "Oh. dear, if daddie could only come home," was the tired nttie signt mat awalrpnfxl him. He started and turned to see Boy asleep on his sister's lap, while two tears rolled Elowiy aow n nci uuu cheeks. "You vou mustn't cry!" he stam- rn r-ci(1 "Purhfl nS "T ri'on't let mother see me cry," she replied, smiling up at him with a child ish womanliness that broke his heart. lie snatched his hat from the bench and started up, looking at his waicn. If there were only time! "Look here." he said, with an excite mpnt that he had not felt for many a long day, "you go home and and talk things over with mamma, and tell her ask her if she remembers Mr. Floman and tell here well, tell her that your daddie isn't without a fnend. after an: Tf there were onlv time! Forty minutes afterward he was push ins- throne-h a throng of spectators tha crowded the courtroom and extended into the corridor outside. Men stood on tiptoe to peep over one another's heads that they might catch a glimpse of the nrisoner who was not with the strikers. and yet had done single-handed what some of them longed yet old not care iu do; who had kept persistent silence dur ing his imprisonment, and who refused to employ a lawyer, though he knew himself to be in due extremity. "Ten to one his neck'll stretch," sai a man in the door as Floman pushed by him. He heard the whisper, and saw the dark looks cast upon the prisoner then ha walked across the courtroom and took his place at the prisoner s side, "Does any one represent iTann tan cey?" the judge was asking, and Flo man stood up. F do my lord." he said There was a moment of amazed si lence, broken by an excited whisper that went around the courtroom. If Floman had taken up this case, the great Flo man whv then People who saw him saw how he stooped and whisnered a word in the stupefied prisoner's ear and clasped nis nana. j. nen ne uiie, wim n. thrown un and lips set. and those wh knew him knew that there was a bat tie in hand. What that battle was is till remem bered and spoken of with a thrill of pride bv those who watched its prog ress: who heard the examination anc cross-examination of witnesses; who went and laughed for two nours, swaved by such oratory as Floman had never uttered, and as they had never heard. If he had been famous before, those two hours left his fame doubled, for the Jury returned PULL AN A. D. r. Can Box or call either telephone No. EI anal bmvm your Want Ada brought t tb Stat Journal ot no by fire rae cnger acrvlc. Cost o classified ads five cents pel line of six word to th Un and Tery fraction tbercot. WANTED FEMALE HELP. WANTED First class white girl tor gen eral housework: no washing. Mrs. J. C. Harmon, 1035 Fillmore st. LADIES, our catalogue explains how we teach hair dressing, manicuring, facial massage quickly, mailed free. Moler col lege, St. Louis, Mo. WANTED Good woman cook, good wages to right parties. 201 K. 8th st. WANTED Good house girls, positions open always. Capital Emp., 735 Kan.av. WANTED SITUATIONS. WANTED Position by young woman ex perienced cashier or clerk; can sell any- 9, IT Tth ofr WHEN you want to hire a man or boy, call up Y. M. C. A. telephone 311. We have a list of men and confidential ref erences concerning them. Y. M. C. A Employment Bureau. 117 E. 8th st. OFt'ICIAL, ANNOUNCEMENTS. I AM A CANDIDATE FOR NOMINA tlon as county commissioner iiom tne Second commissioner district, comprising the Second, Third and Fourth ward3 ot tne city or uopeita, u"Ji V-frNE: publican primary. W. t Ttrtumv a TCMOTT'MfT'Fl MYSELF A3 A candidate I&r renomination as state senator for the Seventeenth senatorial district, subject to the Republican coumy primaries. JOHN T. CHAaEI. WANTED AGENT S WE WANTlO.OOOagentstorgreatest house bold seller ever invented; best money maker on record: actually sells to every house; send 15c for sample and our 2 mam moth catalogues of agents' supplies.South ern Merc. Co.. Dept. 52. Houston. Tex. COAIDEAXEBS SOUTHWESTERN FUEL CO., Telephone 193. Northeast Corner Sth and Kansas ars. All kinds of Coal. Best Quality. Full "Weight. Prompt Delivery. j w. F. HUGHES, coal dealer. 'Phones '400. Office and yards 1st and Adams. All kinds coal: blacksmith cosi oem quamy. FEATHERS AND MATTRESSES FEATHERS bought and sold, old feath ers renovated; mattresses made to or der. Fred Scraper, 400i Kansas ave. PHYSICIANS AND ST7K.OSON3. Office 726 Kansas ave. Residence Thir teenth and Clay. Office hours: 9 a. m. to 11 a. m. and 3 p. m. to 6 p. m.. Telephone 598 residence, and 16 office. BICYCLES AND REPAIRING. oekaTu1tooh!!en3cyclb Co. Tel. 706. Bicycles and sundries, bi cycles and tandems for rent; repairing of all kinds. U. S. CYCLE CO., 118 E. Sth St. National Iver-Johnson bicycles. Supplies, repairs. BUSINESS CHANCES. iTM?)NEY7MAKER onlv small capital required; manufac ture hollow concrete building blocks: we have best, fastest, simplest and cheapest machine. Write Pettyjohn Bros, Terre Haute, Ind. JAMES B. HAYDEN, Jeweler and Opti cian. Complete stock o watches. Dia monds, silverware, etc. Eyes examined and spectacles properly fitted. WANTED MISCELLANEOUS. WANTED 4 to 6 room house to move. J. B. G., care Journal. W. H. WASSON IS A CANDIDATE FOR county superintendent cf puDlic instruc tions, subject to the decision o tne ite pubiican primaries. WANTED Veal calves and Call Wells, Ind. 'phone siw. I AM A CANDIDATE FOrt IHt. i--"- ination for representative rrom iu hirtv-nlnth renresentative district, sup- ject to the Republican primaries, i eD- ruary zi, lay. w. v. ROBERT STONE 13 A CANDIDA lj for representative in tne iniriy-ui"' district, subject to the Republican mary. htpprv AWsini-vrF MYSELF AS A w turn in inn mil tduuiuaic 1UI LilG f,,-. rr ,1 district, consisting of the Second. Inira and Fourth wards 01 tne city "lTyi',,r JOHN V. ABtlAIiaain A XT A PiVTlITMTF TOO T? "REXOMINA tv clerk, sub ject to the Republican primaries of Feb- run y AM A CANDIDATE FOR CORONER of Shawnee county, subject to the Re publican primary. tT wTLLBEA"eANDIDATE"FOR COUN a,lnArinti(nt rtf r.nblic instruction. ubject to the Siiawnee county Republican primary. jumin fat cows. WANTED Good clean cotton Journal office. rags at EOR BENT BOOMS. FOR RENT Furnished rooms witn board, furnace heat, rates i per oay, a J4 and per week, iopeka notei, Sth st. FOR RENT Furnished room. 611 W. Sth st. modern. FOR RENT Furnished rooms plaasantiy located, electric llgnts. Data. ia Viuutj- FOR RENT 2 furnished modern. 1233 Clay st. front rooms, FOR RENT Room, modern. 412 West 5th St. FOB BENT HOUSES. FOR RENT Modern 9 room house. TeL 1100 Ind. or d03 Ind. CONTBACTOBS AND BUILDERS BUZ1CK WILSON, contractors and builders. Job work a specialty. i-U m St. Ind. 'phone 1244. FREE DIS PENS AB T. TOPEKA FREE DISPENSARY, south east corner 12th and Tyler sts., from 1 to 2 p. m., except Sundays. Conducted by regular practicing physicians for the benefit of persons without means who need medical attention and treatment. Pa tients are assured of careful and consid erate treatment. Medicine furnished ia most cases. MONEY. MONEY TO LOAN on live stock, pianos, organs, tvpewriters, household goods and FARMS AND CITY LOANS WANTED. HOME MONEY. RATES VERY LOW. MONTHLY, QUARTERLY OR SEMI ANNUAL. PARTIAL PAYMENTS ALLOWED. STATE SAVINGS BANK, 620 KANSAS AVE. FOR SALE? 4 room house. 2 lots, near shops; snap. J75. Inquire 217 German ave., Webb's addition. FOR RENT Nice 5 room house 314 E. 7th. Call 635 Madison st. DESIRE TO ANNOUNCE MYSELF AS Mn,ina fjr- moTYihT nf board of ed ucation from the Second ward, subject to decision of Republican primaries on March 16, 1H04. I AM A CANDIDATE BEFORE THE Republican primary tor county w of Shawnee county. a I AM A CANDIDATE FOR STATE SEN- ator from Shawnee county. suj' the action of the Republican primary. I. J-L AU. I HEREBY ANNOUNCE MYSELF AS A candidate for judge of the district court of Shawnee county, subject to tne itepuDUcan primary eitcuuu. ARTHUR J. McCABE. T IV A rMTimATE FOR REPRESEN tative of the Thirty -eighth district. Sec ond, Third and Fourth wards, subject to the .Republican primary eiecnuu. AM A CANDIDATE FOR STATS fiavantppilth district. C17th), subject to the decision of the Qual ified electors In Shawnee county in No vember, c tr. I AM A CANDIDATE FOR THE IsOMI nation as county commissioner from trie Third district, subject to the Republican primary. JctA-MS.. vv nni- I AM A CANDIDATE FOR COUNT Y attorney, subject to the enuuuu.u primaries February 27. iT1, UllO 1 -1 nn tv A WEHK HEREBI An nounces his candidacy for coroner of Shawnee county, subject to the xtepuo- lican primary. I. B. SIMS ANNOUNCES HIMSELF AS a candidate for the office of county commissioner from the 1 nira aisun.. subject to the Republican primaries. FOR LEASE At once, nice home for nice people. W. H. Barnes, state nouse. I OR BENT MISCELLANEOUS. FOR RENT 20 acres of good land with good buildings, just outside city limits. Inquire S33 N. Madison st. MISCELLANEOUS. t? v. hp.t R r f.-fH:. will stand at the lair grounds for a few improved mares, $25 casn, return iirivntge. v. x. aiwwn, owner. N. Newton in cnarge. JFLOBIST3. MRS. M. E. HOLCRAFT, 817 Eaiuu av. Cut flowers aud floral designs. Phon 174. CUT FLOWERS and floral design at Hayes'. 107 W. 8th st. Both 'phones 877. STORAGE MERCHANTS' TRANSFER STORAGE Co. packs, ships and stores household goods. Tel. Ib6. Clarence Skinner, 611 Quincy st. STAMPS. SEALS AND STENCIL3 THE J. C. DARLING CO., 734 Kan. ave. Rubber stamps, brass and aluminum trade checks. Prices low. Catalog free. Tel. 293. EOB SALE BEAXi ESTATE. SELiLTrenX?xchniercollect, Insure. Ind. phonfc 1225. Gibaon. 522 Kansas ave. FOR SALE BY T J. NICHOLS. 509 KANSAS AVE. SO acres, 12 miles out. 60 in cultivation, cheap; house and stable, J2.000. 160 acres IS miles out, well Improved, $4,50. Extra improved 4 acres 10 miles out, mile to R R., J16.500. 560 acres well improved. 40 acres orch ard, 13 miles out, 45 per acre. Many other farms, small and large. Also the 0 acres that the oil was found on at Big Springs, for sale cheap. FOR RENT 70 acres 13 miles from To peka, 80 acres 6i miles out, 40 acres Kaw bottom, 4 miles from North Topeka. FOR SALE 5 acre fruit home mile out, well improved. Al, care Journal. FOR SALE OR RENT A beautiful home 717 Topeka ave, 8 room house, good out buildings, sewer connections and city wa ter shadv vard. For particulars inquire of C. Dyson, California ave. and 21st St., or R. D. No. L A. W. DANA 13 A CANDIDATE FOR district judge of Shawnee county sub ject to he Republican primary on Febru ary 27. WANTED MAXiE HELP TO $12 weekly easily earned by either sex knitting seamless hosiery for the western market; our improved family ma chine with ribbing attachment furnished worthy families who Co not own a ma chine on easy payment plan. Write at once for full particulars and commence m U trie mnnpv. No experience reauirtd. verdict of not United States 'Woolen Co., Detroit, Mich. FOB SALE MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE Black Langshan and B. P. R cockerels, cheap. O. S. Allen, 1623 W. 6th st. FOR SALE At 212-214 W. 6th at 10 o'clock Thursday morning, 3 span draught horses. J. Chubb. e-niltv without leaving the box. and hotly denied afterward that they were i WANTED Man and wife for New Mexi under a SDell. When the verdict was co. Capital Emp., ,00 Kansas ave. rendered, men shouted and threw up their hats, and when the court room PART OF THE MIKADO'S NAVY. r i'-V'-w r,-r vysa& j v r- "LTV, f -j:. 1 t i 1

---,u ."71 'lj.'JX! 'if .rgaBg4iSSfil-g t n- 4 .J ?lSl ?r j. L'i UJ. r-fir" ..I-...T1...... n V r'. J was cleared went out wiping their ei-es. XP.-it,!, Vmrair c 1,1 nut cttl criTPrinff oy tne Illciii wnu liciix iscivtru mm. Floman put him into a cab. he leaned forward, his face working. j "Now that you've done this, Dicft," he w hisnered. "I'll tell you why I beat that hound. I reached home in time to hear him Insult my wife, an' I'd a' gone to the gallows before I'd a' i mixed her name us in it." "Good for you, old man,1' returned Floman, with barren speech, but with a return of his long-gone heartiness that gave him a tender feeling about the c; es. Perhaps the tender feeling reached its roots down further, for he grasned the trembling hand on the cab window. "Keep up a stout heart, Frank." he said, "I've got my eye on a position better than the one you had chance of promotion, too. Well, good by. Give my love to to the little girl that talks things over with her mother." It was late when the great lawyer reached home that evening. He had been detained bv a box a very important box which, after being packed to the brim, had to be marked For the Yancey birth dav," and sent by a careful messenger. When he went home at last, tired but smiling, the lady, cold and proud, met mm at tne Cioor, reinuiuing mm m a. so cial obligation to which they were al ready late. "Oh, the Willoughby dinner! he ex claimed. "I forpot all about it. Y'ou go. mv dear, and make my excuses. I am too tired, and not fit for it. I've been I've been fixing up a birthday for some little children She smiled, but there was a hurt in the smile, and in her eyes. "Good night," he said as she kissed him. "There is a little girl but you shall see her, and be a friend to her. Good nieht." He sat down, looking into the glow of the fire and long after the coals were veiled with silvery ashes, he still saw there the brownest hair and bluest eyes that were ever seen, and a raw country bov. lost out of his life long ago, looking -"tv"- tTid r'rcTr.insr f-jt'l" yu" r'- Julia Truitt Bishop in illus-U-Lcd Bits. WANTED Man and wife to do chores. Dr. Roby. PERSON to call on retail trade for mtg. house, salarv $20, paid weekly, expense money advanced; previous experience un necessary, sianuum nuust, oou i,axiuii bldg., Chicago. FOR SALE Good carriage horse. Call at lu20 Jackson st. FOR SALE Good 6-year-old team, weight 1.250 lbs.; cheap. 6U4 lopena ave. kwr sat.e-A No. 1 gentle fresh cow with second calf, on Seward ave., east pf Santa Ee. onnosite Dawson school house. Bert Baker. FOR SALE A fine young stallion at 700 Van isuren. staples. UNDERTAKERS DEMOSS PENWELL. Funeral Direc tors and Embalmers. First class service reasonable prices. oil Quincy.Both tels. 6S2. GEO. B. PALMER undertaker. Estab lished 1871. Prices reasonable, lei. onice 146. Residence 87. 621 Jackson st. TUBAEWjOBS. GEO. E. SEYBOLD, furnace work, tin roofing, guttering, spouting, furnaces a specialty. 31 Kansas ave. Ind. 'phone 511. PATENTS. J. A. ROSEN. Patent Attorney, 41S Kan sas ave., Topeka. JEWELER AND OPTICIAN. F. W. SWEARINGEN, Jeweler snd grad uate optician. We guarantee every pair of glasses to fit and every watch we re pair, we carry fie largest line ox watches, clocks, diamonds, cut glass, etc., in the city. Watch inspector U. P. R. R.. 24 Kansas ave. HAIR DRESSING. SWITCHES, pompadours, all kinds of hair work. Mrs. van vieeK, zza t;. otn. MUSICAL. WORRAL, 715 Polk, piano lessons, pupil's home. Sue Church and lodge playing free. HARDWARE. THE COUGHLIN HARDWARE CO. Hardware, stoves, fine tools. 706 Kan sas ave. Tel. 606. CLERK Energetic, to prepare for Gov't position. L C. 1., Cedar Rapids. Ia. MEN, our catalogue explains new method for teaching barber trade quickly, mail ed free. Moler Barber college, St. Louis, Mo. MOLER'S barber college of DaUas, Tex., Denver, Col., or Salt Lake, Utah, offers advantages in teaching the barber trade that can not be had elsewhere. Write nearest branch for terms. WANT ED -FEMALE HELP. WANTED A good woman meat anu veg etable cook, good wages ioi ira usui. person. -XL c. aia si- WANTED Girl for general housework. 1101 Tyler St.; no Ttsumg. WANTED Dining room girl or girl to learn. 201 n.. tn su WANTED Cooks, waitresses, house girls, .i TQf; fan. maids, cterK.5. ik" w sas ave- WOMEN to sew at home, $9 per week; materials sent everywhere free: steady work, plain sewing only. Send addressed envelope for full particulars. W. B. H., Du Pont, Philadelphia. Pa. WANTED Girl to assist in housework at 515 Topeka ave. WANTED 3 dining room girls Fifth Ave nue hotel. wanted Girl to assist in general house work. Apply at 1301 Topeka ave. WANTED Good girl at 1100 Harrison st. WANTED A girl for general housework. 824 UUincy SI. -rxia. J. au". must under- JFOB SALE-MISCELLANEOUS. FOR SALE Brick. $6 per M. Ind. 'phone 1033. Morse Contracting Co., 214 Vt. Gordon st. PIANOS and organs repaired, bought or sold. Geo. D. Hutts, j-'i k. wn st. LOST AND FOUND FOUND Lady's watch. Webster-Tulloch Coal Co., lue W. Stn St. STBAYED OB STOLEN STRAYED From 1246 Lincoln St., 1 bay horse, white ninu toou newoiu ii re turn. STRAYED Small sorrel mule about 13 hands hign: wnen escstieu f-V. had harness and canvas cover on. A lib eral reward will be given for return of ame to 1 tie star gructij, ax x. 'oppka. Kan. AUCTION. ON TUESDAY, Feb. 23, 9 miles south of Tooeka, 2 miles south and 1 mile west of Pauline, I Will sell 126 head of cattle, horses and hogs, 1 milk cow, 25 head of Hereford steer calves, neaix x o.iy. horn steer calves, 3 Shorthorn heifer i rf Mark eeldlnns. weight 2.500 lbs.; also 4-year-old sorrel gelding. 60 head of hogs, au neaa oi gens ;ui t-nor tHan mentioned. Terms mult: Biwtx v-lh. j, of sale: 9 months without interest if paid when due: if not, draws 10 per cent from j,tp f iP! 6 ner cent off for cash. Come one and all. Free lunch. John Guare. PAVTNQ. THE OFFICE of the Capital City Vitri fied Brick and Paving Co. has been re moved to lis v. otn st nl workT Jcrnexie reWunt. 5.. 523 W. 5U, GAS GASOLINE ENGINES. VTITTE gas engines run for lc a horse power it our. cK-e iuiu. n ii-k Z oa ttr sth EAILKOAD TIME TABLES. TIME TABLE Topeka, Kansas. Ths "Right Road" To and From and Batwoan OMAHA DENVER COLORADO SPG3 FOKT WORTH ST. PAUL MINNEAPOLIS CHICAGO ST. LOUIS MEMPHIS PEORIA ST. JOSEPH KANSAS CITY And Everywhere Beyond. Effective Jan. 3, 1904.) TRAINS LEAVE TOPEKA AS FOL- EASlbOUNP. No. 12, cnicaso aj-xx..-.. .pra Nn 14. cax x-. .-w iiu 4 El l aso and Chicago Ex.... 6;15 am n 10. Colorado and Flyer.. 7:45 am Nn 44 Golden State Limited 5:36 pra No! 512. Colorado andK.Ex.... 3pro No. lL Chicago ana lex. i-.x 12:55 pn No. 9. S'. v-i 1?:S"a Sn 3 California and Mexico Ex.. 11:60pm Sk Golden State Limited 11:65 am t.." tii Coloiado H-x No. 6U. NORTHBOUND. No 54, St. Joe Ex.... No. SOUTHBOUND. No. 31, Chicago Ex N0...53. S. W. x. nr sleeping car reservations, tickets. time tauiea. L-- r r -j j -.wma Aoiaxii Ticket te"u Union Facia EASTBOUND. Arrival. No. 2 limited 6:60 am No 6. Kansas City local pass 7:55 am Nol 4. Atlantic expess 2:50 pm No K. C. and Salina express.. 5:60 pm WESTBOUND. No. 7, K. C. and Salina express. ..11:20 am No 3 Denver and Pac Coast ltd.12 :50 pm No' 6", Junction City local pass.. 6:30 pra No'. 1 limited 8:00 pm ..12:5a pm 7:46 am 3:36 pm ..12:35 pm o:06p;n Daily except Sunday. All others dally. Missouri Pacific. (Effective July 6, 1S0S.) No. SOT. oaasenger. leave Topeka :4B am No. 315, Iccal, leave Topeka 7:00 am No. S"2, paw enger, arrive Topeka. ...3.50 pta No. all, lov&x. arrlT Topeka.. t;J mm

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10 TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL WEDNESDAY EVENING. FEBRUARY 17, 1904. New Model Sixth and Quincy. HIPP'S Indoor Circus ALE OF MUSILIN UNDERWEAR 0 STILL IN PROGRESS AT THE, MODEL a 4 All the new good things of the best factories that employ careful and intelligent workmen only. Every garment properly cut and made to fit. Superior workmanship in all its details, and the prices so low as to make you wonder how we can do it. These give but a faint idea of the many good things to be found at THE MODEL. f Gnu pmcti II I IIW IMMI Ml WIS AyPiTOillUlVi Week, February 29th. j Benefit Entertainment Fund j COMMERCIAL CLUB A FIRST-CLASS, COMPLETE CIRCUS Better This Year Than Ever Before General Admission, 25 Cents FLOODJJID IT. Records Show What Alls Tope kit Water Pressure. IT as 119 Pounds Day the Flood Commenced. SHAW IS CONFIDENT. Says He Will Soon Restore Former Pressure. lias Been Falling Off Since Last December. "I will stake my reputation on the statement that when we complete the repairs at the pumping station we will be able to furnish as good water pressure as we did prior to the June flood." Jesse Shaw, superintendent of the Topeka Water company, to a State Journal reporter. Everybody in Topeka knows Jesse Shaw, and when he makes a statement like the above there will be very lit tle disposition to believe that he is try ing to deceive or mislead the city. And if Jesse Shaw can put the pump ing station back where it was before the flood, he will settle the question of whether Topeka should conclude its deal for the purchase of the To peka waterworks. In order to present the exact facts about the water pressure prior to the flood, and to show what effect the flood had on the situation, the following records of fire pressure have been se lected at random from those on file at fire department headquarters. First are a few records selected for each month from January, 1903, to May 28, which was the last fire before the main broke. The maximum pressure shows what was reached and approxi mately sustained during the fire. The minimum pressure shows how the gauge stood when the record com menced, which was usually within a minute or two after the alarm came in: Max. Min. Jan. 5, 1903, 6:03 p. m Jan. 7, 6:30 p. m. Jan. 10, 1:48 a. m Jan. 10, 7:57 p. m Jan. 15, 8:12 p. m. Feb. 2, 5:57 p. m Feb. 3, 6:26 p. m Feb. 4, 2:15 p. m Feb. 13, 2:04 p. m Feb. 24. 3:05 p. m March 3, 8:00 p. m March 3, 7:30 a. m March 4. 3:19 p. m March 20. 3:00 n. in 118 60 60 110 110 115 110 109 104 ino 102 ids 111 99 113 110 H7 65 100 80 94 98 51 60 60 45 85 94 60 52 60 March 25, 10:51 a. m. March 26, 9:42 p. m 118 March 27, 9:41 p. m 125 50 45 jviarcn 27, 1:46 a. m. 120 110 105 122 125 April 11, 2:57 p. m. April 17, 10:25 a. m. April 22, 9:33 p. m. April 23. 11:40 p. m. April 25, 10:03 r. m. 47 87 45 50 60 120 April 26. 10:00 p. m ng May 2, 3:21 a. m 330 May 4. 6:18 p. m 10s May 10, 2:43 p. m 115 May 14, 12:46 a. m 114 May 28, 4:23 a. m uy 60 45 60 45 63 60 This shows that there was nr. tm. hie about good pressure prior to the flood. The very last fire before the main broke showed a maximum of 119 pounds. There was only one fire be tween January and Mav 28 when the maximum pressure was less than 100 pounas. From May 28 to JunelS there was 10 record kept of fire pressure because the main was out, and there was no water. RECORD SINCE THE FT.OOT On June 15, at 9:20 a. m., the water company got a 10-inch main in place for temporary service, and gave a fire pressure of 79 pounds. The Santa Fe pumps were also pumping into the city mains at this time. During June and part of July the water eomrian v gave fairly good fire pressure through me j-u-iiicn main, xne record follows: Max. Min June 8 :4a p. m so 53 June 28. 10:27 p. m 96 47 July 2, 11:27 p. m 95 35 July 11, S:57 a. m 46 36 After July 11, the waterworks com menced the removal of their 10-inch main, and on July 18 there was1 no wa ter service at ail except what the San ta Fe pumps could furnish. The nres sure for a fire at 10:05 o'clock on the morning of July 18 started in at three pounas ana reacnea me splendid max lmum of 3 pounds. f After the waterworks completed the laying of its 18-inch main, the pressure for tires was as follows: Ma Min Julv 23. 8:55 p. m July 26, 12:51 p. m July 2, 11:18 a. nx Aug. 14, 4:48 p. m Aug. 19, 4:40 p. m 65 35 53 37 S3 40 80 45 81 43 Aug. 19, 1:10 p. m Aug. 2. 8:38 a. m Aug. 13, 3:28 a. m Aug. 20. 7:01 a. m Aug. 27, 9:37 a. m Aug. 28, 7:53 a. m Sept. 5. 11:26 a. m Sept. 23. 5:49 a. m Oct. 1, 3:C2 p. m 33 95 71 65 47 32 50 73 On October 23, the fire pressure, for the first time since the flood, reached 100 pounds. The fire occurred at 1:40 p. m. and the pressure was 101 pounds at the maximum. During November, the pressure was very fair; nearly all the fires were fought with a .pressure of over 100 pounds. The following are samples: Max. Min. Nov. 2, 10:06 p. m 104 39 Nov. 4, 8:10 p. m 1C6 33 Nov. 7, 8:40 p. m 107 40 On December 29, the highest pressure since the flood was reached at a fire at 1:45 a. m. The maximum was 115 pounds. During the early part of De cember, however, the pressure was not so good. It ranged as follows: Max. Min. Dec. 4, 2:1S p. m. 84 55 Dec. 5. 3:21 p. m. SO 64 Dec. 6, 7:59 a. m 90 39 Since December, the water pressure has been getting worse rather than bet ter. Some times the pressure does not get over 40 or 50 pounds for a Are. This, it will be noticed is as low or lower than the normal pressure used to be before the flood. The normal pressure now-days stands at 20 or 30 pounds. Since the terrible tire of Saturday, February 13, the pressure record for two fires has been as follows: Max. Min. Feb. 14, 8:03 a. m 89 28 Feb. 15, 2:05 p. m 65 29 DUE TO "SLIPPAGE." These statistics show that the whole trouble with the waterworks is because of damage sustained in the flood, which has not been repaired, rne pre sumption is very strong that this trouble is with the pumps, ana is due tn what engineers call "slippage." which means that the packing of the j pistons is worn, me wearing is proD ably due to sand which got into the machinery at the time or the nood. Yv m. Schmittendorft and E. ii. Cow- gill, who examined the water plant for the city a few weeks ago, reported that except for this "slippage" the pumps are in good condition. The water company claims to be now at work making repairs to the pumps. They have frankly stated that the pumps needed repacking, and Su perintendent Shaw expects that this job of repacking will enable the com pany to give as good pressure as it did before the flood. PANIC AMONG INCURABLES. Fir. in a Scottish Institution Imperil. the Lives of Many. London, Feb. 17. A serious fire oc curred at the Broomhill Home for In curables, Kirkintilloch. This institution was founded for the hopeless invalids belonging to Glasgow. It is situated in a picturesque spot in Stirlingshire, un der the shadow of the Campsie hills. The alarm came early in the forenoon, nd there was a panic for a time. Nurses, attendants, and doctors flew hither and thither in their haste to get their helpless patients out of danger, and the scene was one of great con fusion. At the spot where the fire occurred the patients were unable to leave their beds, and with difficulty they were car ried, through the choking smoke out to the' grounds. The home brigade made strenuous efforts to quench the flames, and was afterward assisted by the Kirk intilloch brigade. Much damage was done to the building. DEBT IS 118 YEARS OLD. Man Asks Payment of a State Certifi cate Issued Jan. 1, 1786. Trenton, N. J., Feb. 17. A SDecial act of the legislature will be necessary to enable the state treasurer to pay a certificate of indebtedness forwarded for payment by John Fennimore of Burlington. The certificate is No. 2S0, is dated January 1, 17S6, and is made out to the order of May Fennimore for 13 Is 6d. The rate of interest is specified to be 6 per cent annually. As every bill now is a portion of some appropriation, the state treasurer has no account from which he can pay the certificate of indebtedness, and as there may be urged the statute of limi tation it will be necessary to pass a special law to enable the state treasur er to pay if he decides to do so.. Iowa Convention Placed. Des Moines, la., Feb. 17. Des Moines was selected for the Republican state convention to be held May 18, for the purpose of selecting delegates to the Republican national convention. J. S. Irwin, said to oppose Governor Cum mins on the tariff question, was selected as chairman of the convention. Other members of the various committees are friendly to Cummins. She Would you be willing to die for me? He Why, I'm dying for you know! Town and Country. DRY GOODS DEPT. Linen Crash Suiting n Suiting firm, strong, and terial lor Ladies' Waists, buits, and Petticoats can't be found elsewhere for less than 15c Tomorrow, yard. BOYS' DEPARTMENT Boys' -y-7 y suits fMWJi Knee the Pants Cheapest Wh aH A?i lTT is&P- Styles, &AH&4i Price City f Quality Nne MLI, the Better j Best Mothers see bur Boys Department before you buy. NEW MODEL JUST A WORD IN REGARD TO OUR OVERCOATS. We will furnish you an Overcoat that can't be duplicated elsewhere in the city for the same money. WeVill Overcoats all go at just what they cost you take the profit we take cost. Every garment in the house is marked ONE PRICE TO ALL. Swamp-Root 39 Peruna Pinkham's Compound Vernal Palmettona Swift's Specific. .85 Kodol ...45 WEDS A SEPTUAGENARIAN. Woman of 32 Becomes Bride of Man More Than Double Her Age. London, Feb. 17. "It's never too late to get married," evidently thought the bashful bride whose wedding was cele brated at St. Peter s church, Norbiton. The respective ages of the bride and bridegroom are 32 and 72. With a view to keeping the wedding select and "quiet," the date was not only omitted from the weddig cards, but it was altered several times. Sug gestions were even made that the event should take place at 8 in the morning, before the neighbors awoke. Modest and shy as the bride was. everything was carried out in proper style, even to the wedding cake boxes being tied with primrose ribbon and sealed with scented primrose wax. She was becomingly attired in a brilliant royal blue dress and white toque, and tripped to and from the carriage like a schoolgirl. test Tor bank clerks. Young Men Seeking Work Required to Undergo Severe Examination. London, Feb. 17. When a young man applies to any of the great British banking houses for employment this question is put to him: "Has any rel ative of yours, and especially any an cestor on either side, been convicted of any crime?" The questioner adds that a true and free answer is expected, and informs the applicant that his genealogy will be looked up with eare to see if there is any taint of that sort on it. If the young man passes muster he is then obliged to submit to just such a series of measurement under the Ber tillon system as the Scotland Yard de tectives here and Inspector McClus key's men in New York apply to crimi nals, and to have, his photograph, in profile and "full face," taken. Then he goes to work, the bank being reasonably sure of catching him if he runs away. DIGS UP BODY OF HIS CHILD Court Has Mercy for Man Who Moves Corpse Near Mother's. Berlin, Feb. 17. A laborer named Carl Klose was yesterday charged at the criminal court at Prenzlau. Prussia, with disturbing the grave in which his child was buried. He had desired the grave to be near that of the child's mother and baby sis ter, but the sexton ordered a grave to be dug in another part, and the body was buried there. Immediately after the funeral the father took a spade, dug up the coffin, and relnterred it near the resting place of the other lost ones. The pathetic circumstances appealed to the court, and the man received a sentence of only one day's imprison-.ment. In connection with our Muslin Underwear and Sale, we offer a few extra special snaps for 28-inch wide Crash heavy the proper ma M'Ao OUR. DRUG DEPARTMENT. T9c SOc 8 5 c 90c $1.45 85c Green's Sarsaparilla, $1.00 size 50c Catlin's Celery and Kola. GOc Phenal Sodique. 45c Listerine 85c Paskola f. 42c FISH EGGS TO DELAWARE. Commissioner Confident Salmon Ex periment Will Be Successful. Harrisburg, Pa., Feb. 17. State Fish Commissioner Meehan is confident that his efforts to stock the Delaware river with Atlantic salmon will be success ful. Several thousands eggs of Atlantic salmon taken from fish reared in Maine have been secured Commissioner Meehan from the United States board of fisheries, and forwarded to the Belle fonte hatchery. When the eggs are hatched and the fry have absorbed their sacs they will be transferred to nursery ponds speci ally prepared for them, and when spring arrives will be removed to ponds built for them in the Bellefonte natcn ery and in the Pleasant Mount hatch ery, in Wayne county. There they will be daily fed on liver and other foods until they reach ma turity and at an egg-bearing stage. The eggs will then be hatched and the fry deposited in tributaries of the Del aware river from above the Delaware water gap to beyond the New York state line. Some of the larger trout streams in Wayne county, which flow into the Lackawanna will be the prin cipal planting streams. TO TRAIN MOTHERS. London Women Propose Education in Care of Children. London, Feb. 17. An effort is being made by the Women's Industrial coun cil to secure the establishment of schools for training girls in the care of children. At a meeting held yesterday at the London school board offices, over which Mrs. Creighton presided, a resolution was passed in favor of this project. It was suggested that the training should take place at a day technical school and continue for at least one year. The national importance of training future mothers in the care and man agement of children was emphasized by all the speakers, and it was also pointed out that the position of nurse, ni Kir erirla rtf the indus- luicu f;riiv i u J r T n trial class, offered a skilled and well paid employment to women. $25.00 TO CALIFORNIA, $22.50 to Oregon and Washington, $20.00 to Montana and Utah. Via Rock Island system. Tickets on sale March 1 to April 30. Good in tourist sleepers and reclining chair cars. Liberal stop-over privileges. For full information see nearest Rock Is land agents or call on or write to A. M. FULLER C. P. T. A., Both phones 384. Topeka, Kan. All the healing balsamic virtues of the Norway nine are concentratea in Dr. Wood's Norway Pine Syrup. Nature's own remedy Xor coughs and colds. Embossed Lace Shelf Paper put up in bolts 30 feet long and 12 inches wide Colors Pink, blue, green, yellow, rose, white Tomorrow, bolt 3c CLOTHING DEPARTMENT. Hat Department Men's Boys' Hats teft;5" Hats Men's and Boys' Hats we have a larger stock than any other house in Topeka and of the best makes. We can make you better prices than any other house in Topeka will make you. One Price to All-- 6th and Quincy Streets, NEW MODEL Danrlerine 22 45 C One-Minute Cough Cure, 22 45c Hays'Hair and Health 45 C Parker's Hair Balsam 45 C Boshee's German Syrup 59c WOMAN AT HER BEST. "Why is it," I asked, sitting down on Polly's trunk and dangling my legs over the side, "that a woman is always at her best when she is acting?" Pol!y luted her haresfoot and care fully s pread a delicate coating of rouge under one eye before replying. "I'll ie!l you," she said at length, leaning tack and squinting into the mirror to get tne effect, "when you tsll me why it is that a man, knowing that, nevtr is satisfied until he goes ?iehttid the scenes and sees the rouge wiped off and the wrong side of the calcium." "Oh. bosh!" said I, "that's easy. Didn't you ever want to see the wheels go round, or stick a pin into your doll to get at the sawdust, or wonder what was on the other side of the moon, when you were a youngster? Every thing attractive is always on the 'oth er side,' even heaven." "Well," said Polly, touching the tip end of her nose with a dash of pow der, "so is a woman when she is most attractive. But, Mr. Heavyfeather, the lady manageress would object if she knew that you were bothering around the star's dressing room, even if this is only an amateur performance. I've got that rouge on quite crooked, and I can't find my curling tongs, and you're spoiling my temper and shattering your illusions." "I suppose you mean," said I, set tling myself well back on the slippery edee of the trunk and lighting a cigar ette with a grim determination, "that a woman s attraction is all in tne pros pective" "I don't." said Polly, rubbing the cold cream into her nose and 'eyes until they were nothing but a smudge, if you mean that you won't go away. A wo man is most attractive when sne is most engaged. It doesn't make any dif ference whether she is playing Juliet or making biscuits." "Or 'making-up,' I declared, looking admiringly at Polly through a cloud of smoke. "A man ought always to watch a woman 'making-up if he really wants to see her at her best." "A man," said Polly, scrubbing her cheek violently with a towel, "never sees any woman at her best. That is the sad part of it. The minute a man comes around, the average girl drops her rollingpin, or her ping-pong racket, or her water color brush, or her powder puff, and immediately begins to try J be fascinating. If she would only go nn Inst heine- herself, regardless of his presence, and would look at life and at what she is doing through a trans parent medium composed of his head and body, he would Mr. Heavyfeather, will vou nlease ston playing tit-tat-toe on that trunk and hand me the big hat with the feathers? You're distracting me so "Why don't you look at what you are doing through a transparent medium composed of my head and body?" I asked sweetly, as I held the hat out by one feather. "Some men," said Polly, ignoring my White Goods tomorrow. DRY 210 pairs Full Bleached Nottingham Lace Curtains 3J yards long finished with over-lockstitch edges some slight imperfec tions in the weave values up to $3 Q Tomorrow each tj Men's Suits. Suits for $4 $4.65 $5.50 $7.85 $10 $12.65 None better in Topeka. All Heavy Weight Suits Must Go. It will pay you to come and see our Clothing De partment. Let us fit you with a fine Suit. The New Model. suggestion as she rescued the feather and put the hat down carefully out cf reach of my boots, "fancy that it is youth that makes a woman attractive." "That depends," I remarked, "on whether you like them at 16, when they are unsophisticated and unconscious, cr at 36, when they know how to wear their frocks properly and hide their emotions." "Exacttly," said Polly; "it is merely the difference between getting the raw material and the finished article, or or dering your dinner on the European plan and eating at a table d'hote. It is all a matter of taste. Besides, there are lots of women who are fascinating from the time they begin to crow in the cradle until the crow's feet begin to come around their eyes." "And yet," said I, watching Polly dust the rice powder over her nose, "there is always a time when a woman is most beautiful." "That is not necessarily the time when she is most fascinating," rejoined Polly, as she moistened her little finger be tween her lips and wiped the powder off one eyebrow. "Beauty is only pow der deep, you know. I never found that a snub nose and a few freckles pre vented m anybody from filling a dance programme, nor that a lack of height or the want of Titian locks made a man less anxious to have anybody lay her head on his coat lapel." "That's so," said I; "I've seen dozens of raving beauties in Paris gowns stand ing round against the wall trying to look eomfortable while a red-headed little-thing with green eyes and a badly fitting frock had to divide her dances into quarters, and even sixteenths, to satisfy "And it is always the best looking women," broke in Polly, "who make the worst matches. Are you sitting on those curling tongs. Jack?" I felt under the trunk cover and ex tracted what looked like a pair of iron pincers or a dentist's tool with a wooden handle. Polfy grasped it Joyfully and then gave me an injured look through a stray lock of her hair that hung over one eye. "You were sitting on them," she said reproachfully, "Just as a man always sits on anything pertaining to beauty or style when there are more fascinating things about." "There isn't anything," I remarked, "more fascinating than style when it is represented by a smartly groomed, well-set-up woman. And such a Woman is always at her best "In a kirrono, with her hair falling down her back," interrupted Polly. "I never yet saw a man who could distin guish between an imported gown worth fifteen hundred dollars and a little home-made cotton frock worth fifteen cents a yard. And I've seenu many a man gaze straight through a girl in a Worth creation at a little thing in mus lin with a rose in her fialr.' It's "the picture girl, and not the fashion plate, who catches the masculine eye; and it isn't when she is youngest or oldest or cleverest or prettiest or best dressed that a girl is at her best. It's Just at GOODS" DEPT. I r 8 do what we say. in plain figures. Our Diamond Dyes 8c Munyon's Medicine 22c Kendall's Spavin Cure 8 5c Castoria 30c Laxative Boro Pepsin 22 C Wine of Cardui. 8 5c unexpected moments, when she's riot posed or primed or primped, when she has forgotten that such a thing as a man exists, and is wrapped up in some thing else, when she is most indifferent and, consequently, most natural, when she is making no effort to be fascinat ing or anything else and "I know," I agreed, enthusiastically. "I once saw a girl tumbling about on the grass with .her dog, when she thought nobody was looking.". y Polly blushed. "And once," I went on, "I danced with a girl until her cheeks were on fire and her hair tumbled down her back in a heap of funny little curls." Polly looked straight in the glass ,as she drew a fine, black line through n eyebrow. "And another time," vIy continued, catching the eye of the reflection in the mirror, "I went into my sister's room to look for something afal found another girl in a kimono- "Mr. Heavyfeather!" said Pollv, drop ping the hairpin she had just started to put into her curls and letting the whole mass slip over her shoulders. "And once," I went on brazenly, "I caught the same girl in the midst of a lot of other girls, doing a skirt dance" Polly gasped and rose from her chair. "And once," I declared, "I saw her when somebody was teaching her how to smoke a cigarette, and she went mak ing funny little faces and trying not to cough." Polly stood up suddenly very straight. With a flutter, the make-up towel sho had pinned about her slipped from her throat and fell to the floor. A vision of wnite snouiaers above a mass of tulle and tinsel, with floating curls and blazing t j". maue ine drop my cigarette ana catch my breath. "Polly!" I exclaimed. "Pnliv beautiful" "Mr. Heavyfeather," said Pollv, be tween clenched teeth, "did you ever see a girl when she was furious "Polly," I pleaded, "please stav furi ous! It makes your eyes so bright and your cheeks so red, and your lips curve so Polly's rage fell from her like a man tle, and a slow smile began to creep about her lips. I flung down my rescued cigarette and caught the bundle of tulle and tinsel and curls in my arms. "Sweetheart" I began softly. "Why. Jack Heavyfeather!" cried the lady manageress, suddenly opening the door. "What on earth Oh, I see," she laughed softly, as Polly screamed an'l struggled to get out of my arms, "you were rehearsing the third act." And the door closed behind her gently. I glanced at Polly's downcast lashes and flushed cheeks. "That," I said, "was one of those un expected moments." Helen Rowland, in Washington Post. CALIFORNIA 525.00 Via Santa Fe. Tickets on sale during March and April. This rate also aDPlies to inter mediate points. Good in tourist sleep ers and free chair cars. Liberal stop over privilege allowed. For full information and free litera ture, address T. L. KING, C. P. T. a.. Topeka.