The Topeka State Journal (Topeka, Kansas)
April 15, 1904

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7 5ff I TWELVE PAGEsTI I TWELVE PAGES. ftY LAST EDITION. FRIDAY EVe. cj TOPEES KANSAS, APRIL 15. 190-5. FRIDAY EYENLNG, TWO CENTS. PALACEJpiED. Imperial Residence at Seoul De stroyed by Fire. Blaze Lasted All Night and Only llufns Remain. EMPEROR ESCAPED. Destruction Thought to Ke Due to Rebellions Element. Japanese Suspected of Using Submarine KoatJ. Paris. April 151:10 P. 11. A cable report received at the foreign office here says that the imperial palace at Seoul, Korea, was completely destroy ed by fire last night. The fire began in the evening and lasted throughout th -J right. Only the ruins of the palace remain. The emperor and his suite succeeded in escaping to a nearby refuge. The report does not mention any loss of life nor does it give the cause of the fire, but the recent politi cal unrest in the Korean capital leads to fears that the destruction of lb. palace was the work of the rebellious element. Main Army at Wiju. Shanghai. April 15. Advices from Seoul, Korea. state that the main force of the Japanese has arrived at Xi i., Tt- la d?r tfttA t H 15 t in the uture Japanese troops will be landed at Chu'.san. near the mouth of the Yalu river. It is further reported that a Japanese transport has carried itome seventy soldiers who were wounded in the fighting on the march to Wiju. Alexicff at Port Arthur. St. Petersburg. April 15. Viceroy Alexieff has arrived at Port Arthur and asumed temporary command of the Meet until Vice Admiral Skydloff hoists his Mae. Against the War. New York, April 15. Serious dem onstrations asrainst the war are re ported in Kharkoff, according to a World dispatch from Vienna. Khark off is the center of the densest indus trial population in Russia. All the schools and colleges have been closed pending the return of tranquility. Russians Suspect Submarines. New York, April 15. Expressions from St. Petersburg of a belief that the Japanese are using submarine boats In Port Arthur attacks are given color by a. statement credited to a re tired naval officer in this city. He declares it to be the only way in which one can account for the suc cession of disasters met by the Rus sian shis. "It is incredible." he said, "that ships which undoubtedly have charts of the mines aboard should be blown up by them. One of the first things Vice Admiral Makaroff did when he reached Port Arthur was to resurvey the harbor and locate the mines. "What is the sense of these con stant bombardments if they are not feints made in order to entice the Russian ships out? The theories that the Petropavlovsk struck her own mines or that the Japanese planted a mine during: the nlfht are untenable and we know that the Japanese have submarines. "A United States naval official landed at the wrong dock, apparently an untied wharf, in a Japanese town before the war and saw a submarine surrounded on three sides bv high fences so that it was visible only from the water side. Before he had an opportunity to examine it Japanese soldiers on Buard drove him awav with fierce threats. They seemed highly indignant that he should have caught sight of the boat at all." How Cyril Kscaped. St. Petersburg, April 15. A tele gram from Grand Duke Boris to Grand Duke Vladimir, dated at Lio Yang yesterday, gives Grand Duke Cyril's account of his escape from death in the disaster to the Petro pavlovsk. According to his story, Cyril fell at the moment of the ex plosion to the port side of the bridge, and from there he lowered himself to the deck. He was then swept away br an immense wave and sank to a considerable depth, but succeed ed in regaining the surface. By his own efforts he caught a floating fragment of the Petropavlovsk's steam launch, to which he cluns for about ten minutes. when he was picked up by the destroyer Bezstra. shni. The telegram adds that Cyril's aid-de-camp, Lieut, von Kube, per ished. There Was a Fight. Paris, April 15, 1:35 p. m. Infor mation received in government quar ters now establishes the fact that a naval battle occurred between the Japanese fleet, consisting- of fourteen warships, and the force under the late Vice Admiral Makaroff. From this the officials strongly incline to the conclusion that the destruction of the Russian shins and the loss of the ad miral resulted from a naval engage ment. However, the onlv definite offi cial information is that a battle oc curred, and it is believed that the Japanese submarine boats took part in the engagement and caused the de struction of the Russian ships. The Port Arthur Version. Port Arthur, April 14 (delaved in transmission). An engagement oc curred at 6 o'clock yesterday morning between seven Russian tornedo boats and the cruiser Bayan and Japanese vessels. The torpedo boat destroyer Bezstrashtu was sunk. Five of the torpedo boat destroyers. with the Bayan returned at 7 a. m. The battleships Petropavlovsk Po bieda and Peresviet and the torpedo gur.boat Gaydamak then put to sea At 9:30 a. m. a terrific explosion oc curred beneath the Petropavlovsk and the shin went down in two minutes. The Japanese squadron, consisting of about twenty ships, remained in sight until 3 o'clock in the afternoon. In the afternoon the riirhting be tween the opposing flotil'as of' tor pedo boat destroyers lasted about an hour. The Pezstrashni was surround ed by three Japanese torpedo boat de stroyers and sunk. The Japanese boats then withdrew and the Japanese squadron appeared on the horizon, whereupon the Rus sian squadron left the roadstead, teering in the direction of the en- emy's ships. which retired. Soon, however, the Japanese reappeared with a formidable force of about a score of warships. The Russian squadron returned to the roadstead and took ui a position In line of bat tle readv to receive the enemy. The sudden explosion which de stroyed the Petropavlovsk occurred almost immediately thereafter and the battleship went to the bottom. The Grand Duke Cyril, Captain .Takovleff. the commander of the Petropavlovsk, four officers and some fifty men were saved. The battleship Pobieda was dam aired amidships and went into the inner harbor, where she anchored. The enemy's vessels, which were formed In two divisions, disappeared in the course of the afternoon. The fresh breeae which was blowing throughout Wednesday developed into a violent gale towards night. China More Conciliatory. St. Petersburg. April 15. A dispatch to the Vestnik from Harbin, dated yes terday, says that the Pekin govern ment is showing a more conciliatory spirit and that the local Chinese au thorities are posting neutral proclama tions daily. The rich Chinese, the dispatch-continues, fear the approach of the Japanese. The price of food in Harbin is rising and the value of the rouble is falling. Railroad Traffic Interrupted. New York, April 15. The train from Port Arthur did not arrive here yes terday, says a Herald dispatch from Yin Kow, under date of Thursday. The stoppage of traffic is due to the de struction of a bridge. Yin Kow is the port of New Chwang and the severance of the Port Arthur railway would be significant. As the Manehurian railway enters the Liao Tung peninsula there is an important bridge over the Laio river. There are numerous other bridges and culverts along the line running down to Dalny and Port Arthur. In some places the line runs close to the shore, where the Japanese might easily land parties or injure the line with, long distance fir ing. Reri-Rcri in Army. Tien Tsin, April 15 It is asserted here that the reason of the delay in the movements of the Japanese army in Korea is that over 12 per cent of the f.oops are suffering from a malignant sickness, described as being a species of the beri-beri. Cyril Reported Dead. St. Petersburg, April 15. 3:45 p. im. Persistent rumors are circulating that Grand Duke Cyril is dead, but the cor respondent of the Associated Press can not secure any confirmation. On the contrary. Lieutenant General Prince Galitzine, master of the Grand Duke Vladimir household, is tbe Associated Press authority for the statement that the telegram received this morning re ported the condition of the Grand Duke Cyril as being better. Japanese Say Torpedoes. Paris, April 15. The Japanese le gation says Rear Admiral Uriu's re port shows tha-t Japanese torpedoes sunk the Petropavlovsk and damaged the Pobieda. and. declares that the report that a submarine boat did the damage is incorrect, as the Japanese fleet had no submarine boats. The Japanese legation pays a high tribute to the late Vice Admiral Makaroff. Makaroll Funeral in Paris. Paris, April 15. An impressive funeral service in memory of Vice Admiral Makaroff and the other vic tims of the Petropavlovsk disaster was celebrated at the Russian church today. The Russian ambassador, M. Nelidoff and the members of the staff of the embassy were present, as were officials of the foreign office. M. Bom pard, the French ambassador to Rus sia, representatives ot tne r rencti a rmy and navy, and the ministers of toervia and Bulgaria. Warning: to Correspondents. Washington, April 15. The Rus sian government has given notice that newspaper correspondents using Mlieie.sa ieieB i dp.i m uc nencu a.a spies and shot. Laid Thirty Mines. Kobe, Japan, April 15. It is as serted in naval circles here that the Japanese arranged to lay thirty mines at the entrance of Port Arthur and then entice the Russians out. The mines were placed in position and Port Arthur was bombarded April 13. Several Russian ships besides the Petropavlovsk were damaged. Requifii on lee Breaker. St. Petersburg, April 15. A re quiem service was held today on board the ice breaker Ermak for the repose of the souls of Vice Admiral Makaroff and Captain Vasilief, for merly commander of the Ermak, who also perished in the disaster to the Petropavlovsk. Several hundred per sons were present. Few Known Facts. St. Petersburg, April 155:20 P. M. Out of the mass of conflicting reports regarding the sequence of events lead ing up to the destruction of the Pe tropavlovsk it is now established that Vice Admiral Makaroff, early Wednes day morning, took out his squadnn to engage a weak division of six Japa nese cruisers which appeared on the horizon after the Japanese torpedo boats which sank the Bezstrashni. had been driven off by the Bayan. Particu lars of the torpedo boat fight are still lacking. The Russian commander-in-chief pursued the Japanese cruiser division until it was reinforced by eleven bat tleships, when he retired into the outer roadstead, where he was drawing up in line of battle when the disaster tj the Petropavlovsk occurred. The cir cumstances of the destruction of the battleship are not known. It is cer tain that both her boilers and maga zines exploded, but it is not absolute ly sure that she touched a mine, al though the weight of opinion at the admiralty is that such was the case and that if so it was a Russian and not a Japanese mine. A high official of the admiralty said: "It is evident the powder magazine exploded because a jet of flames went up with the steam from the bursting boilers. The magazine could not hae exploded spontaneously. The temper ature of a magazine is too closely watched and the powder is stored so as to render an explosion scarcely pos sible. Doubtless a mine caused the detonation of the powder and torpedo magazines. Perhaps the truth will never be known and the disaster will take a place with the countless other mysteries of the soa." It is absolutely denied that Admiral Makaroff 's ships participated in a na val engagement. Although the papers this morning were allowed to print reports abroad of a Japanese bombardment that it occurred is not admitted. The injuries to the Pobieda are de clared to be slight. The explosion which injured her took place just at (Continued on Page Ten.) TALK -OFCHANGE. Knowing Ones Think McCollum Will lie KeruoTed. Say That Frank Stahl Succeed Him. Will HE SEVER GAVE BOND. No Chief Has Giren Security for Two Years. Propose to Make Bond $1,000 Instead of 2,000. Evidence comes from several reliable sources today which indicates that within a week Mayor Bergundthal will call on Chief of Police McCollum for his resignation, and will appoint Frank Stahl to succeed him. Mayor Bergundthal is showing the same symptoms that he did just prior to Carl Golf's dismissal. He denies that there is to be a change, says he is "very .slow to desert his friends," and holds frequent conferences with his trusted advisors. He does not like to talk about police affairs, and is inclin ed to be rather crusty when the sub ject of McCollum's dismissal is intro duced. This is just about the way he acted a day or two prior to the de capitation of Mr. Goff. Bergundthal stood up for Goff until the very day that he was let out, just as he stands up for McCollum now. Of course there is some talk about John Gardiner or Tim Donovan to suc ceed McCoilum, but this is not regard ed very seriously. It is known that the mayor sent for Frank Stahl, and had a long talk with him, in which he offered Stahl the position. Whether Stahl is willing to accept is not known. There seems to be a little hitch in the deal somewhere. Otherwise McCollum would be deposed at once. It developed today, through an in vestigation of the records that neither Chief Stahl nor Chief Goff, while in office, filed with the city the bond of $1,000 which the ordinance required. Why they did not is somewhat of a mystery. Apparently the mayor and city council forgot all about it. The jailers and police judge under both Stahl and Goff filed bonds all right, but the chief did not. When Tim Donovan was chief, he filed a bond. Apparently Donovan Is the only bonded chief the city has" had for three years. This looks a little bit queer, and it may be that this tate of affairs has something to do with the delay in. Mc Collum's retirement from office. A bit ter fight is already disturbing the peace of the city council. According to their votes last week, seven of thein favor putting the chief under $2,000 bond, and five think he should be ert unbonded, according to the arrange ment which has prevailed since McCol lum's appointment. Mayor Bergundthal thinks that $2,000 bond is outrageous. He says it is pro hibitive that no chief of police could give such a large bond. Bergundthals influence is being exerted to defeat the proposed increase in bond, and it is possible that it is being exerted on be half of Frank Stahl, who oftjects to giving bond, or at least such a lar:?e bond as $2,000. Stahl seems to have escaped giving bond when he was chief before, and he may insist that the mayor cleaV away the bond business before he takes the job of chief again. This may be the reason for the delay in McCollum's dismissal and Stahl's anmltln.nt Tt rnv v, that Rerp-nnH thai is waiting to be sure that the council will stand by him in his posi tion on trie bond proposition. It may be that this is one of the conditions upon which Stahl takes the job. So far there have been no formal meetings of the new police committee. This is rather peculiar, and might be significant were it not for the fact that some Informal conferences of the members of that committee have been held which answer the purposes of a meeting and don't attract as much at tention. The probability is. however, that the committee will allow Mayor Bergundthal to paddle himself out of the police muddle as best he can. Some think the result of the difficul ty will be that the bond will be fixed at $1,000, instead of $2,000, as a compro mise measure, and that Frank Stahl will take the job wtih that considera tion. There is also considerable talk about raising the salary of the chief of police, and this may have its orirrin in Stahl's reluctance to serve for such a small sum as $1,000 a year. It is a ridiculously small salary for a posi tion of such responsibility, and there is not much wonder that a chief of police feels that he is almost justified in getting a rake-off to make up the deficit. There is not an official in the city of Topeka who has it in his pow er to feather his nest so thoroughly and quickly as has a chief of police, and that, too. without actually taking the money from the city. All he has to do is to connive with a "beer ring." which will protect him through thick and thin, and pay him well for half way decent treatment. It therefore seems natural that the city should pay such an official enough to make him independent of such opportuni ties. A thousand dollars a year looks small to a man when he has the op portunity to make that much every month. Distinguished Arrivals. New York. April la. Among the passengers who arrived today on the steamer Cedric from Liverpool were Sir Thomas G. Shaughnessy, president of the Canadian Pacific railway; R. Blehynden, commissioner for India at the St. Louis exposition; Louis Vidal, the Dutch commissioner at St. Louis, and the Right Hon. Thomas Sinclair, a privy counsellor for Ireland. Explosion in Dye Works. New York, April 15. One man was killed, two girls were dangerously burned and eight other persons in jured by an explosion today in the dyeing establishment of William Meister. in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn, The dead man was the engineer. AVcather Indications. Chicago, April 15. Forecast for Kansas: Generally fair tonight and Saturday; much colder tonight with .reezing temperature; brisk to higj. northerly winds. TAKE OUT TAXOLE An Area way Ordinance Is Being Drawn I'll. City Attorney Spencer is drawing a new ordinance relating: to the con struction of areawaya in sidewalks. The exisiting ordinances are in a bad ly muddled up condition, and they will all be repealed and a new one passed. The ordinance is being drawn at the request of the street commissioner and city engineer, who say that there are a large number of very danger ous areaways on Kansas avenue. At present the ordinances are in such a tangle that they do not know for sure what changes they have the authority to require made, and the proposed new ordinance will straighten things out for them. BURTON COTillflG HOME. Will Break Up Housekeeping Washington. In Washington, April 15. Senator Bur ton is closing up his affairs in Wash ington, preparatory to leaving for Kansas at the earliest possible mo ment. He will break up housekeeping in his home on Fourteenth street, where he has lived since his election to the senate, and return to Kansas within a week or ten days. Such departmental and congression al matters as were pending at the time of his conviction, he ia turning over to Senator Long, and such congressional and departmental work as comes to him now in his routine correspond ence, he is turning over to the junior senator. As his usefulness in the sen ate and before the departments is end ed, it is of course out of the question for him to make any effort to take up these matters on his own initiative. Even since Senator Burton's convic tion, the work of Senator Long has been increasing until practically ail the work which formerly fell to the lot of both senators from Kansas now de volves upon him alone. This state of affairs will of course continue until Senator Burton's successor takes his seat in the senate. Fortunately the health of Mr. Long has improved steadily during the last few months until it is better than at any time for two years. He even con templates participating actively in the approaching campaign, and will do so unless there is a material change in his condition. SCHLITZ CHARGED LIFE Police Find Plenty of Oilier Brands of Beer. The actions of the police last night substantiated the charges that the Schlitz combine in running the town. A -squad of policemen .raided the Fred Ross place at 516 Kansas avenue, in a very spectacular way. They broke in to the resort, a Schlitz joint, in thiee different places at the same time. The door-in the stairway was knocked in. also two windows. When the officers rushed. into the place they found about 30 men standing around,, but nothing which -would warrant an arrest. There was no liquor in the place or at least the police could not find anything. The programme was different at th.i "Comet" joint, 406 Kansas avenue. The "Comet" is an outlaw, and sells Anheuser-Busch beer. And the poPce had no difficulty of catching them with the goods. Four kegs of the contra band beer,- one of them on tap, arid nine quarts of whisky were captured. One quart of the red liquor seemed to be in active service at the bar in the rear of the establishment, and the oth er eight were locked in the safe under the cigar case in the front of the building. A Schlitz selling jointist can hide his stock in trade, if given a few minutes notice, where the police can neither see nor smell it, but not so with tlv; Anheuser retailers. The rolice could smell those eight sealed quarts in the safe, and told the proprietors that :f they did not unlock the safe and give up the booze, they, the police, would load that safe onto a dray and haul it to the station. The proprietors final ly gave up, and unlocked the safe. O. S. Davis, I. D. Myers and Archie Bailey, a negro porter, were arrested as keepers of the place. Bars, glasses and other fixings were confiscated, it has been a long time since a Schlitz joint was caught with any amount of liquor on hand, although any one vis iting the places a few hours before or after the raids always finds it. BILLS PASSED. One to Allow M. K. O. Railroad to Sell to the "Katy." Washington, April 15. When the house met today a resolution was agreed to directing the secretary of the treasury to furnish the hjouse with names of national banks which during the months of September. October. No vember and December, 1903, and Janu ary, February and March, 1904, ap plied to him for the retirement of na tional bank notes and the amount of such notes so retired. Bills were passed authorizing the secretary of the treasury to enlarge the building site in the city of Los Angeles, Cal., and to increase the limit of cost of such building; providing for an additional circuit court judge in the First judicial circuity amending the revised statutes so as to provide for the detail of retired officers of the army and ijavy to assist in military instruction in schools; permitting the Missouri, Kansas Oklahoma Rail road company to sell its franchise ana properties to the Missouri. Kansas Texas Railroad company. In the Senate. Washington, April 15. The senate to day passed a joint resolution ordering the printing of 10,000 copies of the re port of the anthracite coal strike com mission. The joint resolution authorizing T. W. Simons of the corps of engineers to act as consulting engineer fn con nection with the navigable canals of New York, was adopted without de bate. The postofnee appropriation- bill was referred to a conference commit tee. A bill extending to the outlying pos sessions of the United States the law prohibiting the transmission by ex press of obscene literature from on? state to another, was passed. The Panama canal bill was taken up and its reading continued. Reciprocity With Canada Be comes a Disturbing Element In the Councils of the Massa chusetts Republicans. FOSS STAltTS A FIGHT. Lodge and State Committee Are Against Him. Wants Delegates Elected by the Australian Ballot. Boston, April 15. The interest of the delegates to the Republican state convention to name delegates at large to the national convention centered prior to the opening of the session today in the situation created by Eugene N. Foss, who heads a move ment for reciprocity with, Canada. Mr. Foss, on this issue, was defeated as a candidate for congress last fall, but renewing the contest, he announced his candidacy for delegate at large to the Chicago convention and insisted that reciprocity with Canada should be recognized In the state platform. Mi-. Foss made his plea for a reci procity plank yesterday before the committee on resolutions. The result was not satisfactory to him and he declared he would carry the matter before the convention. In this con nection also he demanded that the Australian ballot be used in voting for delegates at large. Opposed to Mr. Foss on the reciprocity question are Senator Henry Cabot Lodge and the state committee, while his opponent as candidate for delegate at large was Colonel E. C. Benton of Belmor.it. The general feeling before tne con vention met seemed to be that Mr. Foss would be defeated and that the delegates at large named by the state committee, Senator Lodge, former Governor Winthrop, Mayor Crane, former Governor John D. Long and Colonel Benton would be chosen. When the convention had been called to order by Major Thomas Talbot, the temporary chairman, Attorney General Herbert Parker was introduced as per manent chairman. Mr. Parker made an address which occupied an hour in its delivery and then the platform was presented. WMth the last word of the resolu tions, Eugene N. Foss arose and offer ed a substitute for the plank relating to Canadian reciprocity. Mr. Foss' resolution declared for closer and more advantageous trade relation with Can ada, and that reciprocity relations beneficial to both countries should pre ferably follow the general line of the removal by both countries of the duties on national products of each, and such mutual, extensions of the ree list and reductions and changes oi the duties on the manufactured products of both, as will give to each as low a rate of duties as is given to any other coun try. In a speech in support of his resolu tion Mr. Foss declared that he offered it as a Republican, manufacturer and employer and as the representative of many hundreds of million of capital in the commonwealth. THE PLATFORM. Pledges the State to Roosevelt In June and November. The platform declares that "our monetary system is now on such a satisfactory basis that men look back in wonder and amazement when they recall the wild vagaries and still wilder Democratic theories of 1896." Approval of the administration of the civil service laws is expressed and the responsibilities and duties of this country toward the people of Porto Rico and the Philippine islands are declared to have been met in th mof.t liberal and beneficent spirit. A free and fair ballot is demanded, which it is declared to be the duty of the federal government to safe guard. Concerning the tariff the platform insists upon the maintenance of the protection principle, but, it continues, "we recognize that particular tariff schedules are neither sacred nor im mutable. Rates of duty may be al tered when changed conditions de mand their alteration, but no revision should be undertaken unless it is clear that the benefit will more than compensate the inevitable disturbance of business which attends any revision of tariff schedules. Nor can it safely be entrusted to any other than the party of protection." The principles of reciprocity as enunciated in the national Republican platform of 1900 are reaffirmed. On this subject the resolutions say fur ther: "Every effort to that end has hith erto been made by the Republican party. Reciprocity with Canada is a mere phase until the concessions of fered on one side and demanded on the other are stated in detail. No ad ministration and no party can legis late a mere catch into substance. The advocates of reciprocity with Canada should furnish details if they desire action, always remembering that no trade can be a eood trade unless both parties are benefited thereby." The administration and congress nre commended for having assured the construction of the Panama canal. The Sherman anti-trust law under a Re publican executive has been tested an I enforced, "and the fact established that no condition detrimental to the public welfare can arise under a peo ple's government that can not oe checked by constitutional legislation." Gratification at the selection of Will lam H. Moody as secretary of the navy is expressed and the platform in con clusion says: "The Republicans of Massachusetts give their hearty and loyal indorse ment to the administration of Theo dore Roosevelt. Called to that high office under the most trying circum stances, he assumed its responsibili ties and performed its duties in "all accord with its best traditions. II's straightforward, manly and sincere course has commanded the cordial sup port of all the people. "At a time when it almost seemed as though law had ceased to be effective and legislation had reached Its lim'.t in the great coal crisis of 1902-3. actua ted by pure and patriotic motives and desirous only of the public good, h' brought all the power of his great of fice and all the strength of his v, r ous manhood to the solution of tnat problem and successfully invoked the principle of arbitration and mutual concession to settle the impending strike and avert general suffering among the people. "His forceful and energetic adminis tration of public affairs, his wise and patriotic methods of dealings with great and difficult problems, mark him equal to his responsibilities and faith ful to his obligations. Fearless in the discharge of his duty with an eye sin gle to the public welfare, the represen tative of the best ideals in American manhood he may be assured that Re publican Massachusetts will give her full confidence and support, not on y In the national convention at Chicago, but in the election in November nexL." DEWEYS ARE FINED. C. P. and Cliauncey Must Also Spend One Day In Jail. C. P. Dewey and Chauncey Dewey were fined $150 each and one day in the Shawnee county jail by Judge Pollock of the United States district court for having enclosed government land in Rawlins and adjacent counties. Both entered a plea of guilty. Such action on their part was ex pected. United States Attorney Dean has been consulted frequently within the past few days by Captain J. O. Waters and Senator Hessin, Deweys" attorneys, in regard to the matter, and it was understood that the fine would be nominal. The case against W. J. McBride and W. J. Ratcliffe, who were indicted at the same time as the Dew eys, were nolled. The Deweys will be called up before the court in another case in which conspiracy is charged. The defendants named here are C. P. Dewey ,Chauncy Dewey, W. J. McBride, Louis McBride and W. J. Ratcliffe. In this instaneo they are accused of interfering with the right of citizens, guaranteed by the government. There are a number of people in Rawlins county who ac cuse the Deweys of making their pro perty worthless by the great fences. After this case there is an injunction suit pending to restrain the Dewey Cattle company from hereafter fenc ing any more government land. This will likely be granted, for the court has already ordered a temporary re straining order. COLD VAVE COT.llflG- Government Says It Will Sweep Over Kansas Tonight. A cold wave is scheduled to sweep over Kansas tonight and to bring freezing temperature. The forecast for the state sent out by the weather bureau this morning was "Generally fair tonight and Sat urday; much colder tonight, with freezing temperature." Today's corn and wheat region bul letin issued by Director Jennings says: "The weather was generally clear this morning over Kansas and western Missouri. The maximum (or day temperatures) have fallen from 2 to 10 degrees throughout the south ern half of this state, and from 2 to 6 degrees in the southern half of west ern Missouri. A shower occurred at Springfield. Mo. The temperature has risen in the other districts." The maximum and minimum tem peratures recorded by the Kansas sta tions for the 2 4 hours ending this morning at 7 o'clock were as follows: Baker, 62-36; Concordia, 66-40; Dodge City, 70-42; Fort Scott, 68-38; Havs City, 70-30; Macksviile, 68-32; McPherson, 66-40; Manhattan, 70-34; Osage City, 62-34; Sedan. 66-46; To peka, 61-38; Toronto, 64-36; W'ichita, 64-44. The wind at noon was north, blow ing 26 miles an hour. The hourly temperatures recorded today by the government thermometer were as fol lows: 7 o'clock 4 5 11 o'clock 4 7 12 o'clock 4 7 1 o'clock 4 3 2 o'clock 48 8 o'clock 4 5 9 o'clock 4 5 10 o'clock 46 The wind at 2 o'clock was from the north, blowing 22 miles an hour. FIKST ONE STARTED. Order of Ancient Toltec Rite Installed in Topeka. The order of the Ancient ToTiec Rite, an off-shoot of the Masons as is the Scottish Rite, on Thursday after noon established the first lodge of the new order, Topeka Council No. 1. The Sovereign Council of the order, cm posed entirely of Topeka men and the new lodge numbering 175 held a ban quet in the Masonic Temple alst night. Women and men are admitted to this new auxiliary of the Masons. How ever, only Knights Templar and thirty-second degree Masons and their widows, wives, mothers and daughters are eligible. C. B. Hamilton is sov ereign grand commander of the Sov ereign Council of the United States. There are three degrees in the rite. The officers of the Topeka council are as follows: First degree A. W. Dana, high. priest; Mrs. Lill Day Monroe, high priestess. Second degree O. J. Wood, supreme commander; Mrs. Ida B. Rodgers, high priestess. Third degree William Green, knight commander; Mrs. E. W. Poindexter, high priestess. FILIP 1X0 HAND AUK I YES. Will Play ct the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. San Francisco, April 15. The United States army tiansoort Sheridan ar rived today from Manila via Nagasaki and Honolulu. She brought i mem bers of the native constabulary and police of the Philippine islands arid their band, en route to the St. Louts exposition. The Eleventh cavalry regi ment also came on the Sheridan. C:l these troops 17 officers and 102 men ar en route to Des Moines. Ia.; eight ofti cers and 78 men will go to Ft. Ri!;y, Kan.; five officers and 90 men are on their way to Ft. Sheridan, and hve of ticers and 98 men are going to Jeffer son Barracks, Mo. Failed to Wreck the Train. Ottawa. Kas Ariril 15. An at tempt was made to wreck a local pas senger train on the Burlington branch of the Atchison. Toneka Santa Fe railway near Williamsburg, where ties had been fastened to the track. The crew saw the obstruction in time. Kinsley Runaways Caught. Sedalia. Mo.. April 15. Lee and Frank Ford, 14 and 12 years old re spectively, ran away from home in Kinsley, Kan., five months ago and have been "roughing if in Texas. They arrived here today and were ar rested. They will be sent home. LillSTJjEJIXED. Fotwin Sewer Is a Menace to Health. Outlet Is on a Sand JJar and Not Into Hirer. WILL COST ABOUT $500 City Engineer Instructed to Prepare Plans. Now Menace to Health of the City. It -will cost about 1500 each to ex tend to the river channel the exist ing Potwin and North Topeka sewers. and the committee on sewers, whioh investigated the Potwin situation Wednesday afternoon, has a plan un der consideration for the creating of a couple of new sewer districts to pay for these extensions. When they were first laid, both tha Potwin sewer and the North Topeka sewer emptied directly Into the chan nel of th river. Since then, the course of the river has changed, and huge sandbars have formed, throwing the- course ot the rirr clear to tha other shore. Th result is that for several years the Potwin sewer and the North Topeka sewer have made trouble by discharging their contents Into the sand instead of into the river. With summer coming on, this condi tion Is likely to produce serious sani tary conditions. Already the sandbars whera tha sewers discharge are reeking with. pollution. All the solid matter com ing through the sewers is caught and held in the sand, where it gradually decomposes. The stench is becoming very bad and some sort of malignant cor.'aglon is likely to be produced among the inhabitants of the city un less conditions are changed. People in Potwin are very much in earnest in their demands for relief, and threaten to bring mandamus suit to compel the city to extend the sewer to the river channel. They have con sulted the county attorney about such proceedings, and have only delayed taking action because of the prospect that the sewer would be immediately extended. Meantime the council has been playing battledore and shuttlecock with the proposition, and it has gona from one committee to another with out anything being done. Wednesday the sewer committee In structed the city engineer to prepare an estimate of the cost of extending the Potwin sewer across the sandbar. It would necessitate J dying 5W feet of 15-inch vitrified pipe, nt a cost of from $450 to $500. The city engineer plans to lay this pipe on a series of crss ties. something as a railroad track is constructed, for the purpose of keep ing the pipe from sinking into the quicksand. He will also make an es timate on the cost of constructing a sort of flume of oak planks, which would probably be less expensive, but not so effective as vitrified pipe. While the condition of the North To peka sewer has not yet been officially taken into consideration, it is likely that the plan adopted for one sewer will be used for both, as the conditions are almost identical. Tbe mouth of the Potwin sewer is about 4 feet under the sand. By tak ing the level of the sandbar, tne ciy engineer has determined that it will be possible to get tne necessary ian imm this level to the river channel, by building 560 feet of new sewer across the bar. It has been held by some that the big bar formed at Potwin during the ltood could be removed by taking out the span of the brick plant bridge which was washed out by the flood and lodged by the west end of the bar. Some believe that this great tangle of timbers and steel caused the bar to form. v This is -not the opinion held by tn city engineer, however. He pays it would do no good to remove the o i I bridge span, but says that it might b possible, by cutting a canal througn the bar for the distance of half a mile or so, to start the current back toward the south side of the stream. This, however, would be a very ex pensive piece of work. Of course these proposed extensions of the sewer across the sand bars would be of a sort of temporary na ture. It is almost certain that at the next high water the river will cut out the big bar and return to its old chan nel. But the people whose health 19 in jeopardy do not want to wait for such an uncertain change in tha course of nature. That part of the plan which will meet with the most serious opposition is the proposed creation of new sewer districts to pay for the work. Potwin and North Toneka will no doubt con tend that they have already paid for their sewer, and that the city has no right to tax them for the purpose of extending it. That is a legal propo sition which has not been settled. It is a question whether the city has tha right to create a sewer district for th purpose of extending a sewer. If it has the right, it will probably do the work this way. for by so doing it will save $1,000 from the city's general funds. The sewer committee adjourned t3 meet again at the same time tha streets and walks committee hold it next meeting. FARMERS TRUST STARTS Articles of Incorporation Filed la South Dakota. Pierre, S. D., April 15. Articles of incor poration have been tiled for the Nation.- Farmers' Exchange, with headquarters Pierre and offices in Chicago. It has Z capital of J5u,uuO,0'Z. This corporation has for its purpose co-operation in the hand ling of all products of the farm, or in other words "a fnrrners' trust." Among the incorporators are H. N. Gaines of Topeka. Kan., and J.S. Strands burg. Watika, Ok. TMa is the organization which wii started at Omaha on March t. The direc tors of the company thought it btt to secure their charter unilr the laws of South Iakota. H. N. Gaines, 'edator of the Farmers' Advocate of Topeka, ia president of the organizatioii.

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TOPEKA STATE JOUKNAX, FRIDAY EVENING. APRIL 15, 1904.' SPORTIM HEWS. The June Date for Jeffries-Mun-roe Battle Suits All. Champion Reaches Frisco With Manager Delaney. PICTURE OF HEALTH. After a Few Days' Uest Will Take Up His Training. Selects His Farorite Grounds at Harbin Springs. San Francisco, April 15. Champion Jeffries is once more In his home stat, after six months in New York. He ar rived in Oakland In company with his manager, Billy Delaney, and an en tourage including Kid Egan and Joe Kennedy. Although considerably over, his fighting weight, the big fellow loos ed the picture of health, and if appear ances indicate anything he will be the rugged, bull-like fighter in his match June 1 with Jack Munroe. The change of the date of the fight from May to June, owing to the fact that the Yosemite club could not get the May permit, is perfectly satisfac tory to both parties. Jeffries will remain for a few days in Pan Francsico. He will then leave for Harbin Springs, where he is to train for the coming battle. Charlie Neary has received an offer from a local club to meet Rufe Tumor, colored, but has drawn the color lino. Neary answered that he would meet Jimmy Britt or any lightweight in the country after his match with Jimmv fcrlggs. Neary is after a fight with Jabez White in London. GRIGGS PITCHED WELL. Itt'ashburn Man Struck Out Thirteen Ottawa Players. Ottawa, Kan., April 15. -Washburn administered a decisive defeat to Ot tawa Thursday afternoon in the open ing ball game of the season here. The final score was 14 to 0. Griggs pitch ed for Washburn and had the Bap tists completely at his mercy, striking out 13 men and allowing only four safe hits. In the last inning he was wild and passed three men to first, but Ottawa could not score. Kerns, captain and third baseman for Ottawa, played an excellent game. McDonald, Ottawa's pitcher,' was steady although given poor support. Washburn made 12 hits, including two two-baggers by Griggs and one each by Puliiam and Anderson. Manhattan 7, Fort Kiley 6. Manhattan, Kan., April 15. The State Agricultural college defeated the Fort Riley soldiers in the first same of the season played on the home grounds by the score of 7 to 6. Caldwell pitched an excellent game for the Farmers. Batteries Farm ers. Caldwell and Castle; Soldiers Corr and Seegerts. Comiskcy Sells Two Players. Milwaukee, April 15. The Milwaukee club has completed a deal for the pur chase of Third Baseman Clark and Catcher Slattery from the White Stockings. Wolfe will also be secured. ISeilY Can Again Hide in England. London, April 15. The stewards of the Jockey club have withdrawn their sentence, warning Lester Reiff, the American jockey off the turf. Shortstop Fuller Is Dead. Cincinnati, April 15. Benjamin Ful ler, known all his life as "Shorty," and once the famous shortstop of the New York baseball team, is dead at his res idence in Armory avenue after a Ions (struggle with consumption. He had been in bad health for several years. Fuller was a graduate of the old west end bottom fields. He was picked up by the New York team and played with them until his arm gave out, then remained a star in minor leagues until failing health drove him from the dia mond. He w'as a marvel at shortstop KEX THE sT f i A The worst disease the world has ever known, and the greatest scourge to the human race, is Contagious Blood Poison. One drop of the virus of this most horrible of all diseases will pollute and vitiate the purest, healthiest blood, and within a short time after the first little sore appears the system is filled with the awful poison and the skin breaks out in a red rash y AH A MR fi-HiKnf'-' the glands of the groins swell, the throat and mouth become ulcerated, the hair and eyebrows drop out, and often the entire surface of the body s covered with copper-colored splotches and sickening sores and erup tions. Contagious Blood Poison is as treacherous and elusive as the serpent. You may be carrying it in your veins with no visible evidences of its existence for while mercury and potash seem to cure and all external signs disappear, the dis ease is doing its destruc tive work within, or the patient is constantly harassed by returning symptoms and unmistaka ble traces of the blood poison. Thousands of physical wrecks and A CylS chronic invalids from the effects of Blood Poison know the uncer tainty of the mercury and potash treatment that it stifles but does liox kill the serpent. As long as there is life in the serpent there is danger in its fangs; and while your blood is tainted there is danger of infec tion. Safety lies only in crushing out the life of the loathsome disease and killing the serpent. For many years S. S. S. has been known as an antidote for Blood Poison. It is a remedy composed entirely of vegetable ingredients, and we offer $1,000 for proof that it contains Write us about your case, and our physicians will advise with out charge, and we will mail you free our home-treatment book tell ing all about Contagious Blood Poison and its different stages and tymptoms. SWIFT CPZCIT1G CQ-r ATLANTA, CAm and was an idol of the fans. He will be buried tomorrow at St. Joseph's cemetery. X ATI OX All LEAGl'E. AT NEW YORK. The New York and Brooklyn Nationals opened the season in Brooklyn. It was an easy victory for New York, who played an errorless game in the field. Matthewson allowed the Brooklyns only three hits. Score bv innings: R.H.E. New York 2 1110101 07 10 0 Brooklyn 1 0000000 01 3 3 Batteries Matthewson and Bowerman; Jones and Jacklitsch. AT PHILADELPHIA. In the opening game of the National league season the locals defeated Boston by consecutive hitting. Pitcher Willis was effective for five innings. Dugglehy kept Boston's hits well scattered. Attendance, 5,100. Score bv innings: R-H-E. Philadelphia 0 0100311 6 12 2 Boston 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 02 9 3 Batteries Duggleby and Dooin; Willis and Moran. AT CINCINNATI. Thirteen thousand enthusiasts saw the opening game between the Cincinnati and Chicago teams. Cincinnati won the game in the ninth inning on a single, a sacri fice and a fumble by Tinker, which al lowed Kelley to score: Score bv innings: R.H.E. Cincinnati 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 13 3 0 Chicago 2 0000000 02 7 4 Batteries SutthofC and Peitz; Weimer and King'. AMERICAN LEAGl'E. AT NEW YORK. The New York American league team beat the champion Boston team at Amer ican league, park in the opening game. Chesbro was hit for two home runs, the only scores made by the visitors, while Young was batted hard at the opening of the gme, and in the next three innings was hit effectively for a run in each. At tendance, 25,840. Score bv innings: R.H.E. New Y'ork 5 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 S 10 0 Boston 0 0000010 12 6 3 Batteries Chesbro and McGuire; Young &nd Ciller. AT ST. LOUIS. By superior and more timely hittins, the Detroit team defeated the St. Louis Americans in the opening game of the season.' Mullin was rather wild, but his seven bases on balls were scattered. At tendance, 5.0U0. Score by innings: R.H.E. Detroit 2 2110100 07 13 0 St. Louis 0 1 00001 0 02 6 3 Batteries Siever and Kahoe; Mullin and Buelow. AT WASHINGTON. Philadelphia and Washington opened the American league season on the let ter's new grounds and the visitors won. Plank pitched a steady game throughout for the Philadelphias. Wilson, who pitch ed for the locals, was batted freely. The game was called at the end of the eighth inning, owing to darkness. Attendance, 6,144. Score by innings: R.H E. Philadelphia 0 500020 18 13 1 Washington 0 010011 03 9 1 AT CHICAGO. Considering the cold weather, a good crowd turned out to witness the opening game of the American league season. Cleveland won the contest by perfect fielding and bunching hits in the fifth in ning. Attendance, 7,(XX. Score bv innings: R.H.E. Cleveland 10 0O5O0OO6 9 0 Chicago 0 0100000 01 7 4 Batteries Owen and Sullivan; Bernhard and Bemis. O'Brien Defeats Sullivan. St. Louis. Mo.. April 15. Jack O'Brien of Philadelphia knocked out "Twin Sulli van" of Boston in the third round last night, of what was to have been a fifteen round bout. Best Line to Florida. There is a through sleeper running every day from Kansas City over the 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. A California Farm for Yon. Are you satisfied at home? Or do you wish to better yourself? You should in vestigate what the San Joaquin valley of California has to offer hustlers. In that great valley is grown nine-tenths of the U. S. raisin crop, and millions of gallons of wine are made yearly. You can profitably raise almost everything there. Good farms at cheap prices. Low rate colonist excursions in March and I April on the Santa Fe. Write for pamphlets to T. L. KING, A. T. a. F. Ry., Topeka, Kansas. After suffering twelve years from Contagious Blood Poison, and trying the best physicians 1 I i obtainable, and all the patent ft '-'1 -JVflfi medicines procurable, and stead 3vr2s"SyJr"H ily continuing: to grow worse, I physicians pronounced my 'case i? I tried S. S. 8. I improved fror twelve was cured sound and. well, and for two years have had no return or symptom of the vile disease. Warsaw, N. O. H. M. REGISTER. the least particle of mercury, potash or other mineral. It thoroughly purifies the blood, improves the appetite and diges tion, and tones up all parts of the system. In chronic and long-standing cases of Blood Poison, S. S. S. acts promptly and without leaving: any bad after-effects. KAHSASjlEWS. Wyandotte County Kan Swal lowed a Tin Months Ago. Physicians Were Unable to Lo cate the Trouble. FINALLY COUGHS IT UP Caused r Loss of Memory and a Serious Illness. KecoTers $1,354.54 Accident Insurance by Suit. Kansas City, Kan., April 15. Ezekial Barnes has been given a verdict by a Jury in the common pleas court here, for $1,354.54 against the Order of Uni ted Commercial Travelers for illness resulting from swallowing a pin. Barnes' attorneys represented that the sickness was the result of accident and that therefore he is entitled to insur ance money from the time he was in jured to the present time at the rate of $25 a week, as provided in his policy. The insurance company contested pay ment on the ground that it was re leased from liability on account of Barnes' own carelessness. The case is one of the most unique that has ever been tried in the courts of this city. Barnes' attorneys brought witnesses to show that on July 23, 1902, while eating a meal, he was taken suddenly ill. In August of the same year his memory left him and he was compelled to give up his position as city salesman for the Great Western Grocery company at which he earned $5,000 a year. Barnes' witnesses testi fied that from that date until Septem ber 20, 1902, he was treated by seveial different physicians all of whom wore baffled by his case. He was given medicine for nearly every disease on the calendar including blood poison, indigestion, weak heart, and nervous trouble. Most of the physicians, how ever, told their patient that he might be suffering from some foreign sub stance in the stomach and one or two of them suggested an operation but Barnes' wife would not consent to this. Finally, however, he threw up a pin which was found to be covered with a membrane except at the point. This was produced in court as evidence. When Barnes became conscious of this he suggested that he should be enti tled to accident Insurance and the de mand was made upon the Order of United Commercial Tiavelers, but it was turned down. One of Barnes' attorneys. Judge Winfield Freeman, says that he is still unable to work as a result of the ac cident and that his power of memory of past events is still gone. On ac count of this lack of memory Barnes was not placed on the witness stanJ to testify in his own behalf. Barnes was insured in the Order of United Commercial Travelers in 1S97. In case of death he would receive $5,000 and $25 each week for a period of 52 weeks in the event of an accident which in capacitated him from work. WILL PIPE OUT THEIR OIL. Bis Production of Neodesha Field Necessitates Pipe i.ine. Chanute, Kan., April 15. The Standard Oil company's Kansas branch at Neodesha in the regular monthly report of operations in the Kansas field gives the total pipe line run for March as 338,273.84 barrels of oil, an average of 10,912.06 bar rels a day. Of this about six-tenths is North Neodesha oil and the balance South Neodesha. This is a slight in crease over the last month's runs, but is far short of what it would have been had the Standard been able to care for all the oil. The Standard's refinery at Neodesha has twice been increased in capacity during the year past, but the great amount of development going on con stantly has swamped the market again. The Standard's last move to relieve the surplus of oil in the field is the building of an immense re finery at Kansas City, Mo., to be near ly a duplicate of the Whiting, Ind., plant, the largest in the world. Con struction on this immense plant has already been commenced and a con struction company also formed to build a railroad from the refinery to Kansas City, a distance of twenty miles. The pipe line connecting the Chanute and adjacent fields with the new refinery is now being laid out and along the route the Standard has al ready commenced the purchase of small eighty acre farms at proper dis tances apart to be used as tank farms and substations for pumping the oil. The distance from the Chanute field to the Kansas City refinery is 128 miles. This pipe line, it is said un officially, is the commencing of the pipe line to the gulf, which will con nect the Kansas, Indian Territory and Texas fields. WHEELMEN'S PROTEST. Object to Iicins Shut Out Without Reins Heard. Wheelmen of Wichita will go before the city council to protest against the repeal of the bicycle ordinance. They want to be heard on the matter before a revised bicycle ordinance is passed. Three hundred wheelmen have signed their names to petitions that will be pre sented to the council. Four petitions are being circulated. One of them -contains 15 names at present. Attorney S. S. Hawks of the Adams and Adams law office is circulating one of the petitions, lie believes that the ordinance should not be repealed and that bicycles should bo allowed on sidewalks when the streets are impassable. Wichita Beacon. To Rnise 9,000 Chickens. Jake Conine has certainly entered into the chicken raising industry with a de termination to outdo any comietitor in the central west. Mr. Conine has several incubators at his chicken ranch on Pros perity hill and all are full of eggs which will be hatched in a few days. Already several hundred little chicks have been hatched out and over one thousand eggs are in the hatchery due to come off in another week or two. Jake says that be fore the summer is over he will have over nine thousand chickens at his ranch. Fort Scott Tribune. Has a Four-Legged Chicken. Charles Dabbs is contemplating go ing into the show business as being an easier way to make money than bar bering. Among a flock of chickens hatched out at his home recently is one with four fully developed legs and feet. The chicken is alive and doing well and Dabbs is figuring on putting up a side show at the Kel Men s car nival and getting rich at once. Em poria Gazette. Stories Editor Howe Hears. "Ijast evening I dined with F. N. Innes, the bandmaster, and his wife. Mr. Innes travels everywhere, and meets all sorts of nennls. He told several stories last night. I had heard all of them, and they were not so very good, at that. One of them was to thin efTert Haeenbach. the celebrated wild animal tamer, once had a row with his wife, and Mrs. Hagenoacn chased Mr. Hagenbach out of the house. Mr. Harenbach ran over to his show and took shelter in a lion's cage. Soon af t r Mrs. Hagenbaeh came dashing along.look ing for her husband. She was afraid to go into the lion's cage, and, shaking her list at him, said: 'O, vou coward! I dare you to come out!' The other was to this effect: A man walking along a road. Dog rushed out of a yard and bit the man. The man made a great uproar, whereupon the owner of the dog came out, and tried to fix things. 'No great harm has been done,' the dog's owner said: 'the dog isn't mad.' Then the wounded man said: 'Mad! What has he to be mad about? I'm the one that's mad!' Atchison Globe. HAS $20,000 COMING. Leavenworth Penitentiary Searched for an Indiana Estate Heir. Leavenworth, Kan., April 15. John A. Williams, sheriff of Newton county, Indiana, visited here in search of Breenbery R. Stole. Sheriff Williams says that Stole has a fortune of about $20,000 awaiting him, left by his mother, who died recently. Stole has not been heard from in many years. He was given several thousand dol lars when he first left his Indiana home. After the death of Stole's mother a suit was started to partition this estate, and the Judge of the court is trying to locate Stole before issuing the final division order. The report was circulated in New ton county, the sheriff says, that Stole was in the United States' penitentiary here. The sheriff was unable to locate hiru at either the United States or the Kansas penitentiary and he will visit the Missouri penitentiary at Jefferson City before returning to Indiana. Stole is 41 years old. BANKERS VISIT FORT RILEY. Soldier Boys Entertain Them With Riding Exhibitions. Junction City. April 15. The banquet given here for the members of GTT7up Four, of the Kansas Bankers' associa tion, was the close of the meeting. At the banquet the invitation from Salina, that the next annual meeting of the group be held in that city, was ac cepted. Thursday the bankers visited Fort Riley. They were met at the post by Colonel E. Z. Steever, com mander of Fort Riley, and a party of officers who escorted the visitors to points of interest in the post. An ex hibition of riding was given at the post riding hall for the bankers, and the Fourth cavalry band gave a short con cert for them. FUNERAL OF II. E. LAXTRY. Body Will be Interred In the Catholic Cemetery at Strong City. Strong City, Kan., April 15. The funeral of H. E. Lantry, the railroad contractor who died at his home Wednesday afternoon of heart failure, will be held from the Catholic church Saturday at 1:30 p. m. Burial will be in the Catholic cemetery just west of here. All the crushers and grading outfits of the firm, here and elsewhere, including those in San Francisco, which are filling the China basin for the Atchison, Topeka Santa Fe, have been shut down until after the funeral. Try for the Rhodes Scholarship. Lawrence, April 15. The Rhodes scholarship examinations which besin at the University of Kansas are con cluded and the papers sent to trustees at the bureau of education in Wash ington, from which place they will be sent to England to be graded. There were only five students in the state to try for the scholarship. They were Charles H. Landrum, George Nutting and Early Murray of the university: Mills Ebright of Baker university, and Frank Mohler of Washburn college. A committee composed of Chancellor Strong of the university. President Plass of Washburn college and Presi dent Murlin of Baker university will choose the Kansas representative when the results of the examination are made known. Former Atchison Man Dead. Seneca, Kan., April 15. Mrs. S. K. Woodworth of Seneca has received a telegram from her husband at Buf falo, Minn., announcing the death of his father, Samuel Woodworth, who had been lying at the point of death for three months. Mr. Woodworth lived in Atchison for several years and vas a civil engineer who had a wide acquaintance throughout Kansas. His son, S. K. Woodworth, is one of the most prominent attorneys in the First congressional district and has a wide acquaintance in Kansas. School Teacher Arrested. Abilene, April 15. Rufus Belcher, a school teacher of Anadarko, Ok., was arrested here on a warrant sworn out at Anadarko charging him with seduc tion. Deputy Sheriff: Cooper, of An.i darko, came in and took his prisoner back with him. It is alleged that Belch er committed the crime upon a 13- year-old girl, whom he had promised to marry. He left the territory during the winter and has been living here since then. Forgotten Cemetery Discovered. Fort Leavenworth, Kan., April 15. There was Quite a stir among a force of prisoners digging for a lawn tennis court south of the residence of Gen eral Bell Thursday when they un earthed human bones. The excite ent died away when it was learned that a cemetery was located at this place in tha early days. Nearly all the around where General lien s resi dence stands and the lieutenants new houses are built was a cemetery. Quarter Taken From a Throat. Ottawa, Kan., April 15. Physicians have removed from the throat of the little daughter of the Rev. M. T. Lon a 2 5-cent piece which the child swal lowed three weeks ago. Repeated at tempts had been made to dislodge the coin from the throat, but it was firmly imbedded in the membrane of the aesophagus. Greek Section Hands Unpopular. Salina. Kan., April 15. The Mis souri Pacific railroad shipped a car load of Greeks into Marquette to take the place of Americans employed on the sections. The citizens of Mar quette refused to permit the Greeks to come into the town, xney were or dered to leave, which it is believed they will do. Ieatli of Lyman Field. Abilene, Kan., April 15. Lyman Filed of Solomon, one of the pioneers of Dickinson county, died at a hos pital in Kansas City Thursday. He was one of the wealthiest and most prominent citizens of this county, and had been closely identified with its history since 1867. His body will be brought to his home in Solomon for buri 1 1. Burlington Citizen Dead. Burlington, Kan., April 15. Chas. H. Race, one of the prominent citizens of Burlington, died at his home here Thursday of meningitis after a three weeks' illntl; with grip. Mr. Race was a member of the firm of Lane Kent, real estate agents. p 4 fc. fammim A TIMESAVER. How Telephones Trore a Uoon to Farmers. Mack Shepard Talks About Bennington Exchange. 300 'PHONES THERE. Nearly All Are from Homes In Country. Ten Are Usually Put on a Single Line. The problem of the telephone in a small town has been settled by Mack Shepard, owner and manager of the telephone line at Bennington, Ottawa county, and settled exceedingly well, too. Bennington Is a, town of between 300 and 400 inhabitants, yet Mr. Shepard has about 300 phones in his exchange. He not only has a phone in practically every store, office and residence in the town, but he has one on nearly every farm in that part of Ottawa county. In the town of Bennington there are 65 nhones. and in addition to that Mr. Shepard has thirteen farmers' lines running out from the Benning ton exchange into the country. He has lines also running to the little stations of Verdi and Niles. with a few phones in each place. He has an other farmers' line runnine out from Verdi and five running out from N'iles. On each of these farmers' lines are from one to ten phones, making a total of about 300 connect ed with the Bennington exchange. Mr. Shepard gives the farmers this service for one dollar a month, but they put up the poles for their own line. He furnishes the wire and in struments and strings the wires. "I started in this farmres' line business about three years ago," he said in speaking of the subject. "The farm telephone business was just be ginning then and it was a sood deal of an experiment. I had no idea of branching out in this way when I started, but when I put in a little ex change there in Bennington some of the farmers came to me and wanted me to give them telephone service too. "For my phones in Bennington I charged one dollar a month and I made an off-hand proposition to the farmers that if they would put up their own poles I would furnish the wire and string it and give them the same service I gave to subscribers in town for the same price. It worked so well that I have just continued the same sort of an arrangement in ex tending the lines. "At the start the farmers just cut their own poles from the timber and peeled the bark off. and most of the lines are made from that kind of poles, so it has not been very expen sive. "I never put more than ten phones on one line as it is apt to get over crowded and not give satisfactory ser vice. Too many are likely to want to talk at once if there are more than ten. The farthest lines run out about six miles. One farmer a mile or so out puts up poles and we run a line out to his house. Then a man a lit tle farther wants a phone and he connects with the first man, and so the line grows. "The telephone is a great conven ience to the farmers. If a farmer out five or six miles happens to want a doctor on a stormy night he notifies the doctor in two minutes, saving both time and a bad ride. In a case of that kind a farmer thinks he gets the worth of a whole year's expense all at once. Those who live farther away and have no phones don't come in any more to get a doctor. They come to the first telephone and call from there. "In harvest time or when the farmers are lusv the telephone is a great con venience", too. Many a time they tele phone in and have groceries or other tilings sent out bv the rural mail carrier. Knmf times thev see a neisrhbor driving by to go to town and they telephone in to have things sent out ny me neiirnoor. Then. too. thev call uo one another and fret harvest hands or arrange to change work. They can search all the country TTIhils is .CiFCwfc- It Means Goodness This is not "Greek" to anyone who tnoira da best of baking. It means goodness in biscuit, crackers and wafers. It is the famous trad a mark of the National Biscuit Company and it appears in red and white on each end of the air tightpackages oontaining their products, as a guarantee of excellence, quality, freshness and purity. Two examples of this goodness are SOCIAL. TEA BISCUIT, the ever popu lar dessert accompaniment, and BUTTER THIN BISCUIT, a unique little biscuit in much favor with those who want "something different" Both are sold in air tight packages bearing the above trade mark. NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY mi imiinmii in I, in hi in wii M hi bout That Trip The simplest way for you to obtain the in formation you need is to use the accompanying; coupon. Fill it out, mail to this office and an answer will be forthcoming in the course of a couple of days. A. E. COOPER, D. P. A., Xopeka, Kansas. I expect to about. Please quote Jnd ca9S rate. Advise me also what the Rock through-car arrangements are. Do I cars If so, where Mail me copies of any literature your com pany has that will be of interest to me. Na vac. Street and No- Cty and State- around for six or eight miles for hands if they happen to be scarce. "The farmers themselves do most of their talking cither early in the morning, at noon or at night. They know that at night they can nearly always catch the person at home they want to talk with. 1 have not only a day operator, but also a nisht operator, so that those who are connected with the Bennington switch board can talk any time of day or night. Farmcis' lines as a rule io not have night service The telephone business is becoming a great industry and the far mers' lines are spreading rapidly all over the country." Her Xeek Was Broken. San Francisco. Cal., April 15. It is deemed improbable that the Pacific Mail 'liner Colon will ever leave the beach near Acajutla. on which she was driven to save her f -om founder ing. The Pacific Mail company has received word that the vessel's neck was broken. Under some circum stances there misht be a chance for a vessel so injured, but far away as the Colon is from proper wreck facil ities the chances are nearly all against her ever being floated. Klkins Won't Have It. senators have discussed with Senator i-JIKins me aavisaDiiuy 01 maxing mm chairman of the Republican national committee. He emphatically asserted that he would not think of taking the place unaer any consiueration. Wreck on Oreat Northern. Spokane. Wash., April 15. A Great Northern northbound passenger train has been wrecked near Laclede. Idaho. The first reports to reach Sale Ten Million Boxes a Year. THE FABILTS CR.ND"V CATHARTIC V, BEST FOR p- leave for- Island's change here were that a number of persons were injured, and the railroad com pany called six physicians and made up a special train. A second report said that no one was injured and that the coaches were all upright. The physicians were sent home, but Supt. Kennedy and the company physician went to the scene. Kansas Farmer Hun Over and Killed. Kllinwood, April 15. Joseph Ham mecke, a farmer living north of Ellin wood, was run over and killed here. He had Just finished loading his wagon with wheat when his horses started. He seized them by the bridle, but was thrown down and two wheels of th loaded wagon with 60 bushels of wheat passed over him. He leaves a w ido v and several small children. Oreg-on Instructs for Roosevelt. Portland, Ore., April 15. The state Republican convention selected four delegates to the Republican national convention at Chicago, and instructed them to support Theodore Roosevelt for nomination for president. Reso lutions were passed endorsing the present administration. New Mexico for Hearst. Silver City. N. M.. April 15. By a vote of 7 9 to 77, after a bitter fight, the territorial Democratic convention instructed the New Mexico delegates to the national convention to vote for William R. Hearst as the candidate for the presidency. Everybody reads the State Journal. FAVORITE ED1CIKE A3 t CTBStiStl t THE BOWELS

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rOPES-a. STATE JOOItNAX, FRIDAY SVENINO. APRIL 15. 1001. V NEW flODEL Sixth and Quinr.y A NEW MODEL x IBB AVE you ever been disappointed by finding: goods not as advertised? No! Never at the Model. We never overstate i the facts regarding our gooas, euner in quality or quantity, you never nave been deceived by our advertisements. 11 11 Thpv fllwnvs te!I the truth. We guarantee evervthinor to he exacMv ns w rpnrpcpnt if en Hr nnt hprnmr !tRnticnl A am m w 3 W m a. a. a 9 P-r w v-r z f-' w because some stores may have made misrepresentations to you. We do business on strictly business methods. Your eyes will not deceive you. Come and see for yourself. It will pay you to investigate our PAY DAY SPECIALS. r ,cl w w 1 DRY GOODS DEPARTMENT. DRY GOODS DEPARTMENT. Mill Ends One lot fine Dimities, Lawns, Batistes and Organdies, some in the lot worth 25c the yard; while it lasts, tomorrow, yd.3c Shirting Prints 1000 yards light Shirting Prints, full bolts, perfect cloth and guaranteed printings, good assortment of neat, -dainty figures and stripes; 6c is the regular price, here while it lasts, yard Yeddo Silk 30 inch wide, guaranteed colors and perfect cloth; white figures on navy blue grounds; 15c is a bargain figure for this cloth yard J4e Reveille 4 Percales and other brands of standard Prints, cloth and colors warranted; 7c and 8c values, yard 4:c One lot Dress Duck Suiting, Welts and P. K.'s, suitable for Ladies' and Misses' skirts and suits and also for Boys' clothing a veritable 25c value navy blue, cadet blue, olive green and resida yard Qg One lot Standard Apron Check Ginghams, good cloth and fast colors, blue and white, brown and white, green and white worth 7c, yard 4:4c Crash Toweling One Herringbone Weave Toweling, good width and fast edges, a swift 5c seller yard 3J4c 75c and $1.00 values in Ladies' Shirt Waists, blacks, whites and fancies, Percales, Lawns and Madras, great variety of styles and all new; sizes 32 to 44 today and tomorrow 4:9c Ladies' dropstitch, full seamless, fast black cotton Hose, all sizes tomorrow, pair 9c 72 inches wide, full bleached Mercerized Table Damask, extra heavy and fine quality. Some stores ask $1 for this quality five beauti ful patterns for tomorrow only yard 59 c 600 gross White Pearl Buttons, sizes 16, 18, 20 and 22, never sold for less than 5c the dozen tomorrow, dozen Xo 36 inches wide bookfolded, figured and dotted White Swiss Drapery Aluslins good assort ment in new designs some ask 15c for this cloth today and tomorrow, yard 9 C Ruffled Curtains white Swiss ruffled Win dow Curtains, full length some plain, some with woven stripe tomorrow, pair 3 5 C Nottingham Lace Curtains one lot fine perfect new goods all full 3 J yards long and finished with overlock stitch edge, over 40 dif ferent styles in the lot and in values from $2 to $6 a pair from 1 pair to 5 pairs in a lot will be divided to suit customers choice 98c Brass Extension Rods will extend from 24 to 42 inches complete with screwhook brackets tomorrow. Opaque Cloth Window Shades oil colors mounted on spring rollers, hemmed and com plete with brackets ready for hanging 4 staple colors and always bring 50c today and tomor row 29c Cottage Poles white enameled and corru gated Cottage Poles, 4 feet long, complete with silver fluted ends and screwhook brackets never sold for less than 15c today and tomor row TJc Brass Poles for Portieres and heavy draperies -1 inch highly polished brass extension poles will extend to 78 inches complete with fancy brass ends and brackets today and tomorrow, each 4:9 c Mermen's Borated Talcum Powder, 25c article 1254c McCall Bazar Patterns, ioc and 15c, none higher. A Few Snaps in Ladies' Muslin Underwear. Ladies' fine white Cambric Petticoats 27 inch deep white India linen flounce with three rows of 2 inch wide torchon lace insertion, headed with group of four tucks, hemstitched tucks be tween rows of lace finished with 5 inch ruffle having 3 inch torchon lace edge this garment is a bargain at $2. 50 we have just five dozen while they last, today and tomorrow. .$1.19 $1.25 Value Ladies' white Cambric Night Dresses tucked yoke with two rows of lace in serting each side, lace ruffle at neck, sleeves finished with 4 inch linon ruffle with lace edge sizes 14, 15 and 16 today and tomorrow, each 4:9 c One lot Ladies' all-wool Dress and Walking Skirts some plain tailored, some ribbon silk and braid trimmed black, grey, oxford and navy; two sample lines represented in this lot and hone worth less than $5 while they last, today and tomorrow $.98 Children's full laundered Percale sun bonnets good assortment of solid and fancy colorings in absolutely fast Colors Tomorrow 9 C Ladies' full laundered ready-to-wear Sun Bon nets full size and trimmed with fluted ruffle solid and fancy colorings the regular 25c kind Tomorrow, choice. 1 7c Ladies' Black Taffeta Silk Petticoats We will show two styles worth $7.50 one with eight-inch accordian pleated flounce edged with 4-inch ruffle having four rows of cording the other with 6-inch accordion pleated fllounce, fin ished with 2-inch ruffle, 8-inch dust flounce which has 4-inch ruffle remember these garments are bargains at V7.50 tomorrow .$4.75 Clothing Department Specials for Friday and Saturday. $8.00 will buy you a nice black Clay Worsted Suit worth $10. $10.00 buys a fine Scotch Plaid Suit worth anywhere $12.50. These are bargains. Pants Wo have the largest line of Pants in the city and can sell you a pair cheaper than any other store. Look at our $2.00 line. Our $3.00 Pants are fine and stylish all-wool one price to all. Our Hat Stock no better in Topeka. See that wide rim $2 Hat it will surprie3 you and our Thor oughbred $3 Hat is as good as any $4 Hat in the city. Boys Caps can't bo beat for style, and only 25c 50c buys the best cap in the city Saturday for your boy. Boy's Suits come and see that $1.65 suit for your boy Saturday, this 13 a bargain, size, 8 to 16 $2.25 will buy a dandy suit tomorrow. Our Boys $3. Suits will fit like a Tailor Made Suit. Bring your boy Saturday and be convinced at what say. Boys Knee Pants all sizes go Saturday at 50c; some are worth 75c and $1.00. Gent's Furnishing Goods no better line to be found anywhere and our prices the lowest. Come and see for yourself; tomorrow is bargain day at The New Model. CARPETS, MATTINGS AND RIGS. Fine line Jap Mattings, fancy Carpet patterns, all new special at, per yard 25c Extra special in Alex Smith Sons Velvets iust three patterns at, per yard 98c IKX3 China Mattings special at 10c yard. Jute Smyrna's, 30x60 inches, many fancy patterns worth $1.75 special at 98c Linoleums, both English and domestics, floral de signs, bright patterns, all new. Good full line In grain carpets, see them. All-wool Smyrna Rugs, 30x60 inches, worth up to $3.00 special at $1.50 Good Furniture sold at reasonable prices. Iron Bed, special, full size 4x6 feet, in either green or white, at $1.85 See our line of Iron Beds. These prices good until Tuesday, April 19 As to MILLINERY we know we can please you. J .1 V We guarantee our prices to be as low as the lowest. During no previous season have we felt as well repaid by the results of the work of our trim ming rooms as f this season. At j iT ivuij viiuv e have we been so thoroughly satis fied with the values given our patrons as this spring. See us about your hat before you buy. Four Shoe Specials. A story of Price-Cutting and Value-Giving never before approached by any Shoe concern in this country. Investigate these four specials for Wednesday. GENTLEMEN'S SHOES. Men's Light Satin Calf Welt Sole Shoes plain or cap toe, heavy outer soles and counters, all sizes. Regular price 2.50 special $1.98 MEN'S SHOES. Men's Heavy Kangaroo Calf Welt Sole Shoes solid sole, leather counters and inner soles; a number are work shoes; we guarantee every pair. Regular price 2.50 special SI'. 9 8 LADIES' SHOES. Ladies' Kid, Velour or Box Calf Shoes, with heavy extension soles for street wear. They have no equal. Regular price $2.25 special SI. 98 Ladies' Oxfords from Sl.OO to $2.00 MISSES' SHOES. Misses' Fine Kid Shoes, with extension soles, kid or patent tip. Regular price 1.85 special. $1.69 Misses' Hand-Turned Shoes, with kid tip, all sizes. Regular price 1. 75 special $1.59 i! B y 1 IN THE OIL FIELDS. Investors Will do Well to Watch Out for "WildcT.t" Companies. Chanute. Kan., April 15. Two years ago not over twenty oil com panies were doing business in the Kansas field. Today there are 287 companies and more are forming riKht alongr. Some of these concerns are as solid as a rock. Others are built on the sand. A company with tome good leaseholds in the proved district back of it is in shape to make money. A company which is engaged in "wild catting' is not a safe proposi tion lor the investor. Therefore, if an outsider is anxious to get some oil stock he should come into the field and investigate things for himself. Some companies have already taken their stock off the market. Others are getting ready to do so. In these cases enough stock has been sold to develop the property and any addi tional holdings that the companies may secure will be purchased with profits from the oil wells which they already have. Senator Stewart of Humboldt, stocked a proposition one year ago and sold enough stock to develop his leased land. He sold his stock for 10 cents a share. Now it has gone up to SO cents and is hard to get. it is paying 1 per cent a month on the par value of $1. Manf other companies are doing the same thing. In the hand book of the Kan sas oil field this foot note follows scores of companies: "This company has no stock for sale." Others will declare: "This is a close corporation and no stock is on the market." Most of the oil and gas companies doing business in the Kansas field are organized under the laws of Arizona, This is due to the fact that Arizona has more liberal corporation laws than any other western state or terri tory. Stockholders are not held lia ble for the debts of the corporation under an Arizona charter. The only thing that can be held is the property of the corporation. This not only helps promoters but also stockhold ers. If the proposition doesn't pan out the promoters cannot be held: neither can the stockholders. Then again it doesn't cost as much, to in corporate under the Arizona laws. It costs $327.00 to charter a million dol lar company in Kansas. It only costs $60 in Arizona, including attorney's fee. Several law firms at Santa Fe, N. M., make a specialty of getting charters for companies to operate in the Kansas oil field. It seems that the favorite amount of capital for an oil and gas company is $1,000,000. Just J65 companies in this field have $1,000,000 capital each. f 5 rf, i J .an y.f u istvsrn ill JJJ U- Of unequalled value as a household beverage. 7y -js. t One company has $5,000,000 and one $3,000,000. There are more than 90,000 oil wei'.s in the United States. Total production of the United States is about 60,000,000 barrels per year. The average daily production of the wells in the Pennsylvania field is about two barrels per day, while an estimate of the Kansas field gives an average of about ten barrels to the well. From one month's production last year in the Kansas field, over $194,000 were paid in dividends, $75,000 in roy alties paid to the farmers and $8,000 tor cost of production. Clarence Roush, a former New Or leans policeman, refused $1,000,000 cash for his oil holdings. J. N. Pahe, a working man invested $?00 in oil land. He sold one acre for $65,000. Later he sold 14 acres for $600,- coo. A railway brakeman started to drill for oil less than 14 months ago. He now travels in a $30,000 private car. J. C. Leckell paid $1,000 for 200 acres of oil land. He sold the land for $1S0, 000. A year ago C. S. Young tried to bor row $400 on two sections of oil land and failed. The land is now worth $2, 000,000. A conductor invested $120 in oil stock. He sold the stock in 20 months for $10S,000. A dry goods clerk saved $60 arid in vested in oil land. He sold part of the land for $104,009. Dr. Hayward invested $1,200 in oil stock. In less than one yar he re ceived 100,000 in dividends and then sold his stock for $1,000,000. Richard Ellis, of Bradford, Pa., in vested $100 in oil and made $31,000. Ask for Kestralnins Order. New York, April 15. Edwin Haw ley and Frank Ray have filed a peti tion in the Unitetl States district court for a restraining order against the receivers to stay all proceedings in the matters growing out of the failure of D. J. Sully Co. This mo tion will be heard April 18. I'ive Indies of Snow. Milwaukee, Wis.. April 15. Wis consin and upper Michigan had quite a heavy snow storm for April after midnight. The greatest fall, accord ing to the weather bureau reports, was five inches at Green Bay. Itching piles? Never mind if physi cians have failed to cure you. Try Doan's Ointment. No failure there. bO cents, at any drug store. QUESTION OF FEES. Keitli Tract May Not be Sold In One Piece. The Keith tract matter was up be fore the United States court Thursday afternoon, as a result of a controversy concerning the method of its sal-. Eugene Quinton and Judge Bergen of this city had a contract with Mr. Keiin to clear the title of the property. They did so after a good many years of work. For this Mr. Keith promised them one-third of the amount above $60,000 received for the land. The descendants of Mr. Keith now wish to sell the property in one piec, while Mr. Quinton and Judge Bergen urge that more can be realized by sell ing it in plats. Special Master Bolmar reports that he has one bid for the land, of $64,000, from William Neville, the father of M. C. Neville, the heir. The real contet at issue is over the fee which Mr. Bergen and Mr. Quinton are to receive. Should the property be sold for $64,000, then they would re ceive one-third of $4,000 for several years of hard work. They feel that if the tract is sold in lots, more than $100,000 would be realized, and they would in that way get a proper reim bursement for their services. Judge Hook heard the matter a year ago and ordered a sale which wou'd net equitable results. What Mr. Ber gen and Mr. Quinton want now is to have the method of the sale made definite and only to be consummated by the agreement of both parties. Bequest to Children Invalid. Terre Haute, Ind., April 15. It has been found that the will of Miss Size more of Paris, 111., which made a be quest of $1,000 for Christmas pres ents for poor children, is invalid be cause her father's will stipulated only a life interest to such of his children who died without issue. "Hang Me," Demands Prisoner. Boise, Idaho, April 15. George Levy, condemned to die for the mur der of David Levy, and granted clem ency by the pardon board, was furious when he received word that his sen tence had been commuted to life im prisonment. "I will not accept it," he declared, wildly. "If I am guilty, hang me now; if not, give me my liberty." "Little Colds." Thousands of liv?s sacrificed every year. Dr. Wood's Nor way Pine Syrup cures little colds, cures big colds too, down to the very verya of consumption. MAY NEVER BE KNOWN. Cause of Missouri Disaster Is Still a Mystery. Pensacola, Fla., April 15. The court of inquiry to examine into the cause of the explosion on- the battle ship Missouri Wednesday in which thirty-two officers and men lost their lives, reconvened on the battleship today after an adjournment yesterday to attend the funeral services. Admiral Coghlan of the Caribbean squadron is president of the court and the members of the court have been selected as far as possible from ves sels of other squadrons. It is not ex pected, however, by those who are familiar with the circumstances that the court will recommend any pro ceedings in the case, inasmuch as those who are presumed to be at fault were the turret officers, and they were killed by the explosion. The bodies of the victims are being sent away as fast as their relatives make the requests. It is expected that seme of the sixteen bodies interred yesterday will be disinterred. There are no developments today except bringing to light the disappearance of W. Boughard, a seaman, who was in the turret. Two seamen who were on the afterdeck say they saw a man's body Wown through the hole In the top of the turret and into the gulf. In the excitement of the moment they made e effort to recover the body, but rushed to fire quarters when they were sounded. The real cause, of the explosion probably will never be known. Many Square Miles. of fertile lands in western Kansas ure now open for settlement, and many are taking advantage of the low Homeseekers' rates to look the coun try over with a view of locating. Those who desire homes and property should seek them in western Kansas. To en able persons to reach this locality at a minimum expense the Union Pa cific has arranged to sell Homeseekers' excursion tickets from Missouri river terminals (Kansas City and Council Bluffs) at a rate of one fare plus $2.00. on the first and third Tuesdays in April, May, June, July, August. Sep tember, October, November and De cember, 1904. For full information call or address J. C. Fulton, depot agent, or F. A. Lewis, city agent, 525 Kansas avenue. BUTTE BALL PLAYEBS. Those Wlio W ill Be in Topeka on Tuesday. Walter Wilmot, manager of the Butte, Mont., baseball team which meets Gus Alberts' Missouri Valley leaguers at To peka on next Tuesday, has sent the bat ting line for his aggregation. It follows: Ian.lelin, Sporer and Spencer, pitchers; Swindelles. catcher: Shaffer, first base; Ward, second base; Runkle, short stop; Hoffmelster, third base; Wilmot, riaht fitnder; Clark, left fielder; McHale, center fielder. The game should be an unusually strong one, W4th the visitors winning. Thev cap tured the pennant last year in the North ern Pacific league. Manager Wilmot is well known in baseball circles all over the United States. He has been in the east looking tor several new men, and these, with some of his old players, he has formed into a team and is giving them preliminary practice with teams in the Missouri valley. Upsides playing Topeka, Vie will meet both Sedalia and Kansas City. Manager Alberts, with three of his plavers who nave reported nere, Yost, Moore and Carter, left for St. Joe this morning, where he will meft the other nine men he has signed. The first prac tice of the season for the Topekans will be had in the Missouri town this after noon. Tomorrow aiternoon they will meet the St. Joe Western leaguers fur their first game of the season. Sheriff Stands Off Mob. Central City, Colo.. April 15. Since the mob dispersed this morning, no further attempt to lynch Azel D. Gailbraith. the self-confessed mur derer of his wife and son. has been made. A lynching was prevented solely by the bravery of Sheriff Cody, who declared to the mob, "I will die fighting to keep you out of this jail." Los Anaeles and San Francisco and Keturn S5.00, via the Santa Fe. For the general conference of Meth odist church at Los Angeles, May 3 to Sth. and the national Convention Re tail Grocers' Association at San Fran cisco May 5th to Sth, the Santa Fe h is made the extremely low rate of ii for the round trip, good returning as late as June 30th. On sale April 23 io May 1 inclusive. Passengers have privilege of going out one way and re turning another. Liberal stopover privileges. These tickets are first-clas and are gooo on tne t-aiitorma limited The California express carries free chair cars, also Tourist sleeper, daily without change. Famous Fred Harvey dining cars and eating houses. For descriptive literature and full particu lars, address T. L. KING. C. P. S. A., Topeka, 4 A A A A A AAi I Pure Uater Phillips' famous mineral water delivered at your t door pure and health It tuL PEOF. J. W. PHILLIPS J Proprietor. 612 West Eight Street. lr Jt--

FIRST EXCURSION -TO- ICoosas City Sunday, .April I7th, 1.25 Auspices' C. T. I. L$l ROUND TRIP Trains Leave Rock Island Depot, 9:0 A. M. Returning, Leave Kansas City 9:00 P. M. STAY AT HOME. i When you are not feelins fr s well and have your office i can yiu up ror advice oa J, complicated points. Five Cents a Day pays for a resi- dence telephone. Missouri KausuTilj Cj. Thons 99) t Everybody reads the State Journal.

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8 TOPEKA STATE JOUENALj FRIDAY WINNING. APRIL, 15, 1904, pniiisimimni rrrren it.cnzzzr&z? 812 DRY GOODS DRY COOC3 DRY OOOD3 812 n feU-tOS HAI. fi2Em tU-415 flAjn. AVE. Some Specials for Saturday I A $15.00 Sale of Suits Sutvrday jf $15.00 is about the price the major- ily of women want to pay for a spring suit. We have put forth special effort to get unusual values to sell at this price. They are made of all the popu lar cloths, cut in the latest approved styles. See Window Display The assortment and range of sizes are ample to meet all demands. An assorted lot of Walk ing Skirts and Dress Skirts, former price S3. 50 to $3.98, to make a quick clearance we will close them Saturday at V 3 t A i i i A I 4 i A i J A i 1d $5.00 Walking Skirts for $3.98 J made of all-wool spring weight Broadcloth. soft finish, with straps and buttons colors Navv, Gray, Black Saturday ...$3.98 Children's Drawers All sizes. 10c per pair, is another Saturday special. Good muslin, strongly made. 39c Corset Covers, 25c Twenty five dozen of them tastefully trimmed with wide Trochon lace, back as well as front, arms' eyes also. We think you will appreciate this special Only, each 25c A Waist Special White China Silk" Waist solid front of Tucks and Hemstitching Tucked Sleeves ten tucks in back. Just for a flyer we will sell this waist at S2-50 GOi Hosiery 1 Case Ladies Fast Black Seamless Lace and Drop-stitch Stockings good patterns and fine gauge; T 25c in many stores. J Special. .15c, or two pairs 25c 1 Csse Ladies Lisle Lace full J fashioned, double sole; 12 pat- terns some laced to the toe T the best we have ever shown x at, per pair 25c 1 Case Ladies' Lace Lisles 50c duality, and new lace effects. Special price, per pair 35c J Brass Buttons 25c. 35c and 50c values, per dozen 10c Pearl Buttons 2 5c, 35c and 50c values, per dozen 15c Dress Shields- Stockinet and Nain sook, washable, per pair....lOc Face Veils Chenille dot, 4 colors. Special 50c Collar and Cuff Sets White Linen and Tan Scrim. 50c value... 25c Stock Collars Linen Canvas, as sorted embroideries; 2 5c values, at 15c Wrist Bass With fittings 75c and $1.00 values 50c I Dr. Charles' Flesh ductory price Food Intro- 50c Umbrellas Ladies' 26-in. fancy and black values up to $3.50, lor $2.25 T Hosier' Broken lines of Ladies' and Men's Lace 50c Hose, per and Men's Lace 50c Hose, for pair 35c HONEST ABE, IT. S. M. He Continues to Deliver the Rural Mail nml to Write Poetry. When I stopped at Uncle Reube Scott's the other day to leave him a letter, I found him looking very anx ious, and when asked if anything had gone wrong with the spring lambs he replied: "Abe, I'm afraid our gal Lucy is go in' to die." "Shoo! What seems to be the trou ble?" "Lost her appetite sits and signs and weeps pays no attention to any thing going cn. We can't even inter est her in a peddler's pack no more. She's certainly going into a decline. Don't you want to talk, with her a few minutes?" 1 said I did, and it wasn't five min utes before I found out that she was worrying about Joe Saunders, who was as good as engaged to her, but who was paying attentions to red-headed Sue Whitman to make her feel bad. "What do ymt 'want to do?" I said, os she wiped her weepin' eyes, "is to hit Joe square between the eyes with a poem. A poem beats a club five times over, and it has more corners than a brickbat." "But I can't write poetry," she wail ed. "But I can. Get me some paper while I sharpen my pencil with the butcher knife." When all was ready I sat down and produced the following: "My lover has gone, and my heart it is sad. And no longer I warble my song: I sigh and I weep as the days drij away. But I know that It won't be for long. "I lov-ed my Joe with a true, tender love. And rejoiced as he called me his pearl But alas! he has left me all sad md forlorn And took up with a red-headed girl. i "My tears they are falling I cease not to sigh, I care not to live with this sorrow; Eo I'll swallow some poison when to bed I doth go And be found a dead girl on the morrow." "Abe." said lucy, as she finished reading the verses. "I've read Para dise Lost' and 'Uncle Tom's Cabin,' but neither of them begin to touch these verses. I'll copy 'em off and send 'em over to Joe. and if his knres don't wobble I'm no broken-hearted maiden." 1 heard from the case next day. Joe read the verses and had to sit down pnd gasp for breath, and within two hours he had Lucy clasped in his arms and was urging to be married within a month. A day or two later it was the widow Skinner who was in trouble. She lost her husband three years ago, and peo ple had begun to talk because she had reared no stone at his grave. Some, even went so far as to say that she bad never cared for him anyhow. She had cared very much, she asserted, but had neglected the stone in order to pet time to prepare a fitting epitapn. t-he had tried again and again, but al ways made a failure of it. "Abe," she said, as she lifted her epron to her eyes. "I'm depending cn you to help me out. What makes mat ters worse just now is I'm as good as engaged to Mr. Fox, the windmill man. I want an epitaph that will do my dear". James justice, but it mustn't hurt Mr. Fox's feelings. I've been trying for three whole days, but I can't hit anything." It was a quarter of an hour ahad of my time, and after drinking a ghns cf cider and eating a fried cake I sat down and turned out the poetic gem which follows: "Beneath this stone James Skinner lies. So upright and kind-hearted: That still his widow grieves for him. And thinks of her departed. 'He never spoke an unkind word When on this earth beside her; And he was known for miles around As a first-class provider. "The widow Skinner, she may love, And give her hand in marriage; And ride away to Liverpool In her own family carriage. "But her lost James she'll ne'er forget. Nor cease for to lament him; And she lays down her pen in hopes These verses will content him." I When I finished the verses and hand ed them to the waiting widow she read them over and then laid her head down on the table and wept. When she could control her emotions she said: "Abe, I have read every poet, living or dead, even to the "Sweet Singer of Michigan.' but never in all his world have I had poetry affect me as this does. This epitaph does full justice to the late lamented, and at the same time I don't see how Mr. Fox can take exceptions. I don't see how it comes that you are a rural mail carrier in stead of having a place in the world like Lord Byron." rf Jit Laid her head down on the table and wept. "It's all owing to my disposition, widow," I answered, as I was ready to go. "Instead of being a great so cial lion on Fifth avenue I prefer to represent the United States as a whole and keep an eye on the American eagle and the flag of the free. It's part and parcel of my paternal duties to assist the widow and the father less, and if I've helped you out of a difficulty, say nothing of gratitude or reward." Two days later I learned that the windmill man had seen the epitaph and was satisfied with it, and that or ders had been given the marble cutter to hustle the stone out as fast as possible. I met with a. different case, however, at Uncle Jupe White's. He had been a widower for ten years, and had reached the age of seventy to have his knees twisted in and his toes turned out by rheumatism, and to think he had fallen in love with the widow Bebee, a woman of 3 5. He offered his heart and hand to be laughed out of her house, and was waiting at his gate to explain to me: "Abe, I want to get back at her. I'd almost pizen one of her cows to get even. I knew I was too durned good fur her when I proposed, but I sorter pitied her forlorn condition, you know. Git right down off'n that cart and come in and write rne sunthin'." Uncle Jupe and I had been good friends for years, and after securing his promise that no one but him should ever know that I was author of the verses. I sat down and plumed my wings. I told Uncle Jupe it would have to be blank verse, and he agreed that it wou'd be just as good as poetry. I therefore wrote as follows, affecting somewhat the Shakespearian style: "What sayeth thou. Horatio? Man of years and dignity, But with plenty of knee action And a good head of hair Despite thy years? Aye, what saveth thou? "I didst pity her forlorn condition, Romeo. She was alone. She was unloved. Even her hired man had no romance in his soul. 'Twas a case to arouse the sympathy. "And didst thou call on her. Horatio, Old boy, of many romances? Didst call and plead thy case And seek to make her thine? "Yea, Romeo. I called with that in tent. But durn my cats. And dog-gone my many dogs. But it was too much too much. "I found. O noble friend of mine, That she has a scuint; That her front teeth are Jarsre and yellow; That her ears are like cabbage leares. "Further. O Romeo, didst I find That her feet were No. HE. That her hands were like unto sugar cured hams. And that she had no soul above pork and beans. "Thus did I retire from her domicile From the house of B B; From the presence of the widow Who gave me a pain." Uncle Jupe slapped his leg and roared with laushter as I read him my effort, and I had an idea myself that it was pretty good. Two days later, however, as he was driving by the widow's house, she came out and halted him and said: "What, is it thee, old dotard of a Juie The man who felt to pity The old jay from Jayville who did indite Some poetry to the widow B B? "It must be thee ,old boy of 70 years. And I rejoice and greet thee; And while on this subject let me say Take that In kind memento!" And she threw a frozen turnip and hit him in the neck and laid him up for a week, and now he won't speak to me as I drive by. KEMOVEI) FROM TAX ROLLS 'Piece of Property" Which Really Doesn't Exist. Mayor Bergundthal and Council men Holliday and Griley appeared be fore the board of county commission ers this morning and succeeded in having a piece of property in the Chandler street benefit district taken off the tax rolls. The property is described so and so on the tax rolls, but the tax rolls do not show that the property is really in Sh'inganunga cieek. No one owns the property; at least it has been carried on the tax rolls for years un der the heading "owner not known." The taxes charged up against it amount to $32. and the share of the benefit district tax. for the opening of Chandler street between Fifth and Sixth streets, would be $6. Occasionally the commissioners have to rectify such mistakes. Not long ago Capt. B. Rockwell, of Junc tion City, who invests heavily in tax deeds in Shawnee county, bought a tax deed for a piece of property in Silver Lake township. When his agent went to look at the property he found that it was in the Kansas river. The county refunded to Captain Rockwell the money he had paid for it. GRAND JURY NEARLY DONE Will Complete Its Investigations Next Monday. The grand jury of the United States court now in session is expected to complete its investigations on next Mon day and make no report as to its findings until that time. Today and tomorrow w'll practically be consumed with tne eftort to indict the Kansas City liquor dealers who are shipping whisky i.ito Kansas without paying government revenue. It is be lieved that at least fifteen such offenders will be reported to the court for arrest and trial. There are about 200 witnesses present et this term of the United States district court, which is a larger number than at any previous session In the history of Ctte federal machine in this city. While the cases are all of minor importance, most of them have called for considerable tes timony, making the trials exceptionally long, for the gravity of the offence. Tries the State Court. Denver, Colo., April 15 Attornev E. F. Richardson, representing the Western Federation of Miners, today filed in the state supreme court an application for a writ of habeas corpus for Charles F. Moyer. president of the Federation, who has been held as a prisoner by the mili tary authorities at Telluride, nearly three weeks. The petition cites the refusal of Adjutant General Sherman M. Bell to obey the writ of the district court. Two Officers Stabbed. Manila, April 15. Captain David P. Wheeler and Corporal Percy Hevvelt of the Twenty-sixth infantry, while' recon noitering the Morro works along theTarac river In the Lake Lano district, of the Island of Mindanao. April 11, were stab bed In the abdomen. Captain YVheeler died at Marahui. Corporal Heyvelt is fa tally pounded. Cloudburst Caused Wreck. St. Paul, April 15. General Super intendent Slade of the Great North ern informs the Associated Press to day that the wreck reported on the Great Northern last night was the re sult of a cloudburst which had caused a slide of an embankment. The en gine and express cars were derailed near Wrenco. Idaho. No one was hurt. fsis. Ave. 1 I Here are New, Fresh and Attractive Bargains for You I Only a few days more in which to secure the bargains li ii flY B j 0 g H if j u n s u tint: u II I m y This is an oppor tunity of a lifetime to buy this ware at such low prices. Queensware Alfred Meakins, Semi Porcelain 6-inch Breakfast Plates good dec orations, usual price $1.00 doz. in this sale per set of 6 25c "Victoria" China Cake Plates ele gant ware new decorations. 68c plates, this sale 28c Large white Semi Porcelain Jar dineres, beautifully embossed, $1 kind now 5c Toilet Ware "Admiral" shaped toilet sets in 10 pieces, decorated in a combina tion of floral designs, 6 colors to select from $4.50 sets in this sale $2.48 English blue unduglaze Toilet sets consisting of 5 pieces, usually sold at 3.50, sale price $1.50 6-piece Toilet Sets, large fancy shapes, richly embossed,, well worth $3.25, now Si. 98 House Furnishings 35c English Steel Butcher Knife, sale price 22c 59c blue, white lined, granite covered Pail Today and Saturday 35c Lampburners, one with wick, best brass 8c ones for 3 c 1.50 set of. Knives and Forks, good steel, fancy handles, per set $1.10 6-quart Pudding Pan, all white, blue rims, 50c ones for 34c 10c Dover Egg Beaters, each. 3c 10c Bread Toasters, each 4c 25c Monarch Furniture Polish, each IOC Tin Table Spoons, each ic 19c White Enameled Drinking Cups, each 14c 12 inch Black Japaned Tray, 10c kind 3c 10c Paring or Kitchen Knives 6c Glassware Tall plain glass Water Pitchers, 39c ones Today and Saturday. 19c Berry Sets, 7 pieces, good pat terns, regular price 40c Sale price 19c 4-piece Glass Table Sets, com prising sugar, butter dish, spooner and creamer, neat shapes and new patterns, regular 60c sets Today and Saturday, set 19c Lamps Parlor Lamps, with center draft burners, handsomely decorated with winter scenes, regular $6.50 kind for $3.98 Tall Parlor Lamps, with brass foot, either globe or shade richly tinted; delicately blended effect re gular $2 lamp, for 98c Nicely decorated Lamps low neat shapes, usual 1.25 values this sale 69c iI!!ii:li;iili!!ilH!i!!lIKi!Ill HE CAME TO SUE. A. E. Hicks Will Ask for $130,000 from Water Company. Mr. A. E. Hicks, of the firm of Bar ger Hicks, of Chicago, is in the city this afternoon, preparing a suit against the Topeka Water company for $150,000 indemnity, because of the heavy loss sustained in the Parkhurst Davis fire of several weeks ago on ac count of the low water pressure. Tec hnically the action will be brought in the name of the big Topeka whole salers, but the judgment, if one. is ob tained will go to the insurance com panies. The name of the plaintiff must be that of the Parkhurst-Davis com pany, because they have the first right for damages. Mr. Hicks has been in consultation with a number of lawyers, and was found this afternoon in Mulvane Gault's office. He would not state definitely when the suit would be brought, further than an Inference that if it came, it would be sometime next week. He would not give out who would be associated with him in the case. FILIPINOS ON A TOUR. Fifty Prominent Natives to Visit the United States. Washington, April 15 Arthur Fergu son of this city, secretary of the Phil ippine commission, sailed today from Yokohama in charge of a party of fifty of the most prominent natives of the Philippine islands, for San Francisco. The party is sent to the United States at the expense of the Philippine gov ernment, the purpose being to afford these men of influence an opportunity to study American institutions and methods so that they may impress their fellow countrymen upon their re turn with the true character of Ameri can civilization. The Filipinos under Mr. Ferguson's guidance will visit the principal cities of the United States and will spend ,some time at the na tional capital and in viewing the Louisiana Purchase exposition. Ready for Service. Washington, April 15. Rear Admiral Cooper, commanding the Asiatic fleet, cabled the navy department today from Cavite that Lieutenant Chandler, commanding the torpedo boat flotilla which arrived at the port yesterday, after a run of about 15.000 miles from Hampton Roads, "reports flotilla ready for service." This news is very gratify ing to the officials of the navy depart ment and speaks well for the sea worthiness of tha torpedo boats and the fine seamanship of the officers and men who had them in charge. PliUlipsbuTK for Coney. Phillipsburg. Kan., April 15. At the regular meeting of the Phillips burg Post No. 7 7, G. A. R.. by reso lution the representatives of the post were unanimously instructed to sup port Captain P. H. Coney for depart ment commander, and to use their best efforts to secure his election. Cortelyou Visits Ellis Island. New York, April 15. George B. Cortelyou, secretary of the depart ment of labor and commerce, made his first official visit to Ellis Island todav. Secretary Cortelyou said that the object of his visit was that he might become acquainted with condi tions on the island, so that he would be better able to prepare the making of any improvements asked. Animals for the Exposition. New York. April 15. A collection of 800 animals, the largest ever brought to this country in a single ship, was on board the Hamburg American steamer Bethania, which arrived todav from Hamburg. Nearly all the animals are for exhibition at the St. Louis exposition. Senate Passes Canal Bill. Washington, April 15. The senate has passed the Panama canal bill. THEIR FIRST CLOLD. Young Jolors kissed his girlish, wife once twice and then, with a "Jee Whitaker! There's the train!" leaped down the steps and sprang for the suburban station. He barely made the rear platform of the last car. Turning, he waved his hand, as usual, at tne little figure standing in the cottage doorway behind. Before the figure had waved back, the train had whisked a building be tween, and he could see her no more. He wondered why she had not re sponded; and vaguely pondering he sought distraction in the pages of the morning paper. At six-thirty that evening, according to rule, with a young-husband heart full of young-husband pride and an ticipation he ran up the steps of "home" their "home." Helen always had been on the watch, to open the door, but this time he crossed the threshold unattended. "Hello!" he called, a little surprised. "Hello. said Helen, rather faintly, from her half-way position between the portieres of the entrance to the sitting room parlor. She gave only a cheek to his eager lips. "Why, what's the matter?" he asked, aggrieved. Oh nothing." replied Helen. You a better wash; dinner is ready." Through all the two weeks of their wedded life, up to date, each evening, after his homecoming, she had accom panied him (snugly within his arm) to the bathroom, and had fondly over seen him while he used soap and water and towel. But tonight she did not thus delightfully baby him. No alas, no' Alone he wended his melancholy way to the bowl, and with no Helen to advise him of unsuspected soot spots he achieved the tremendous task of washing his own face and hands. Oppressed by a sense of disaster, he sought the dining room the cozy, tiny dining room which heretofore had been a center irradiating love and ClNow it somehow seemed about as inspiring as a tireless furnace. Helen was waiting at the table. Her attitude was one of dull v-retch- ed"WHl vou have your coffee now, or later'" she inquired, listlessly. "Both!" he proposed. Usually such a daring attempt to override the restriction of the single cup which was allowed htm by his solicitous guardian would have evoked jubilant rebuke: but tonight he found himself abandoned to his fate. Helen merelv poured the coffee. "A little fat?" he asked, apportion ing the steak. "I don t care," said Helen. Languidly she cut a wee mouthful (about the area of a large tack-head) and ostentatiously chewed it. "Helen, what is the matter? de manded Jolors. dropping knife and fork, and devoting himself to the question of the hour. "Nothing." faltered Helen. "But there is, too! Are you sick, darling? Have I done anything to hurt your feelings? Tell me,, pre cious!" "No-no. It's all right you eat your dinner, and don't bother about She uttered the concluding phrase in j a tone that expressed: "What am I, anyway!" "But I can't eat while you are act ing so queer. Darling, do tell me what the trouble is. Your husband (the word swelled his very soul) ought to know! It is his privilege his blessed privilege to be told everything. I don't keep things from you. Have you had bad news? Sweetheart, tell hubby-hubby." He would have leaned around the corner of the table their seats being convenient for Just such endeavors and have drawn her toward him, to caress her (once they had upset the soup tureen), but she hitched back from him. "If you don't know, there's nothing at all to tell." she assured, briskly. "Co on with your dinner, please. It will get cold." Jolors mechanically attacked his steak and potatoes. A sob from around the corner caused him to cease abruptly, and jump up. "Why, darling! Don't cry please don't! You must tell me what has happened! I am your husband, and I am to share your tears as well as your smiles. Darling! Don't! Didn't we jiromise we'd tell each other everything! Please don't, Helen wifie! I can't stand it to have you cry!" "I d-don't s-see how yo-you c-can eat!" accused Helen, from behind her napkin-handkerchief. "But tou said for me to! I thought I was making you unhappy by not eating!" explained Jolors, In dismay. Helen suddenly ceased sobbing, and straightened herself. "Yes, I know I'm unreasonable and silly and all that's hateful." she de clared somewhat incoherently. "Go ahead and eat. Don't let m einterfere with your stomach." "Why, Helen!" protested Jolors, aghast. "You're the dearest, best little wifie that ever, ever was. Of course you are, precious honey. Hate ful well, I guess not!" Helen s foot was tapping rapidly, a sign of high pressure. Jolors, at his wit's end. sat dispair ingly. racking his brain for what might be the best plan of procedure. More sobs from Helen. This was awful: his Helen in tears, and that only after a fortnight of mar riage. Jolors never had beheld a wom an cry, and he was beside himself. "Helen! My own precious Helen! Please don't! Hubby is here to com fort; won't you let him?" he Implored, fairly, writhing in his agony of spirit. "What is it? You are killing me!" "You aren't eating: and I cooked the steak just the way you like it best," wailed Helen. "But when I ate. that seemed to make you feel bad!" complained Jol ors. "I've got either to eat or not to eat, you know don't you, darling?" "Oh. I suppose so." jerked out Helen, recovering herself instantly, as befor- "Perhaps I'd better leave the table. I'm sure I don't want to spoil the sup per." Jolors started in pain and wonder ment. "Or I can g-go ho-ho-home to ma-a-amma." Sobs again. "Everybody to-told me this would be the w-w-way, but I d-didn't believe them. Now I se-see. Boo-oo hoo!" Jolors resolutely arose, folded his napkin, advanced upon her, and resist lessly gathered her, a forlorn little bundle, into his arms. Carrying her off, he seated himself, with her, in the easy chair In the sitting room parlor. "Helen, for heaven's sake, what is the matter?" he insisted. "You you're swearing," she rebuk ed, her face against his shoulder, ani her napkin stuffed along the line of juncture so that he might not survey. "I'm not," he denied, decisively. "But it's almost enough to make a man swear! "You're cross. Let me go." 'I don't mean to be crops. Helen, do tell me." A sudden idea struck him. How stupid he had been! Of course! "Do you want new clot.nes?" The thought that he had been remiss in his duties as o. husband smote him witr keen reKret. It had never occurred to j him that a trousseau could not last for- eer. and nere they naa oeen married iwo weeks and one day! However, evidently his wit had played him false. When Helen shook hr hen 1 he realized that his last bolt hail been sped ii: vain. "Then what is it?" "You you don't lo-o-ove me any more." asserted a wee, faltering voice, itmk'st fresh sobs. "Helen!" Jolors nearly fainted at the enormity of the crime implied by the an nouncement. "Sly own precious .larlin wife! The Idea! I can't love you any more, but I love you just the snnie as yesterdav, and the day before, and the dav before that, and away back, ami precious sweetheart, darling heart! The verv idea! My own "You k-klssed me only t-t-two times this n'lO-raornlni? when you left, and you always had k-kissed me thre-e-ee and I thought you d-dldn't lo-ove me any m-m-mo-re." wept Helen, overcome anew bv the poignant recollection, and unable to keep back the tears. Edwin 1. Sabin, in the What-To-Eat. Reelcr doing to France. Fred Beeler, who has driven a hack in Topeka for many years, will sail from New Y'ork for Havre. France. April 28. He will visit relatives in France and Switzerland and be gone five months. The ordinance limiting the hack fares does not seem to have hurt Beeler. Mandate Issued In Merger Cae. Washinsrton, April 15. The mandate of the supreme court of the United States enforcing the decree of the court in the Northern Securities case was issued yesterday on the expira tion of thirty days after decision was rendered. QUAKER REFLECTION'S. Man seeks approval; woman praise. You can tell a great deal about a woman by the color of ribbons she wears and where. It makes a girl terribly ashamed to have to wear certain clothes just to be warm and healthy. There's no use trying to save mon?y by stopping drinking because of the smoking it makes you do. THIS STORE PUTS MONEY IN YOUR POCKET 30c gallon Apples, can IRe Ec pkg. Uneeda Biscuit 3o Premium Soda Crackers. Ib..7ic (The best crackers made.) Fresh Country Eggs, dozen... 15o Nice Breakfast Bacon, lb 10c Fancy New York Cheese, lb .15c Navy Beans, 7 lbs 25c FancyColo. Potatoes, 60 lbs., $1.25 25c pkg. Oatmeal 20c White Russian Soap, box.... $3.10 10c bottle Crown Shoe Dressing 5c 100 cases Karluk Red Salmon. ISc grade, dozen $1.0O Big 4 Flour. 50-Tb sack $1.30 Crosby's Best Flour. B0-rb..$1.3O Sunlight, highest patent Flour, iO-tb sack $1.19 Northern Cream, fancy patent Flour $1.15 Fancy Dill Pickles, dozen 12c 20c grade Cook's Pride Salmon. dozen $1.75 3-rt can Standard Tomatoes.. 8c 25c bottle Snider's Catsup.... 20c Best Pearl Tapioca, 7 lbs 25c Gallon can Syrup 29c Sunflower Soap, 16 bars 25c Best Cane Granulated Sugar, 100-n sack $1.80 raser Bros. G. 0. P. Store 217 WEST SIXTH STREET Dell Phone 2704 Ind. Phone 660 THE STORE THAT UNDERSELLS THEM ALL P. S. We get our money of Isaac Einstein. He has plenty.

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9 I f"iWI w Ml CO, I ML M TOPEKA STATE JOUBNAI4 FRIDAY EVENING. APRIL 15, 1904 TO) fTs a x w i a GIRDLESPiak, White, Bins Summer Net and Batiste Corsets, 39c t tar p- r sr x 507 Kansas Hveeiie ALWAYS A STORE FUIX OF BAHGAINS SILKS THAT WEAR Taffeta and Peau de Soie, and Monday 69c a yd. -yes t t MILLINERY X Finest Popu!arPnced Hats ever shown in Topeka SATURDAY AND MONDAY $1.50, $2.00 Street Hats, choice $1.00 $2.50, 5-3.00 Street Hats, choice S1.95 TaiIormade Hats Every one made in our Millinery Department (not one factory -made hat in the lot) by an expert, trimmer, producing many new. exclusive designs, all priced at one-third less than reg ular. Saturday and Monday selling prices. $2.00 to $4.50 Dress Hats i Our 83.08 SE SICIIFl I S inn Qum PHENOMENAL OFFERINGS for Saturday and Monday Selling 70 Samples, manufacturer s surplus stock and new Spring fit 1 a" 11UUI own siotK. ah latest opring s3'ies in IB I Jf Dress and Walk l nrr Rktrs made iiT-i in f'ft-TT rlfcit-nVi1f style, from finest of Voile, Plain and Fancy Mohairs, Broadcloths, Mixtures, and Lightweight Skirtings made to retail at $6.oo to $12.50 and fully two-thirds of them reaching over the $8.00 value. This ridiculous Skirt pricing is to bring our new store into the public mind at the earliest moment, and f """s to demonstrate that our offerings are genuine, no matter how VJ j M v v incredible our prices majT seem when compared with actual val- 1 s rHnirc CATiiDriAV m mawhav f I 'i P wtiviw 1 uivun 1 f i iiiwnurtl ties. 1 Don't Overlook This Season's Greatest Skirt Opportunity. Table Linens 62-inch, Unbleached extra heavy, all-linen 50c Lace Curtains Exceptional Values for Saturday and Monday 50c, 75c, 81.00 pair PETTICOATS Sample Petticoats for Saturday's sale, styles no two alike All Spring S3.00 Petticoats on sale at $1.50 $2.50 Petticoats on sale at $1.25 $2.00 Petticoats on sale at $1.00 SI. 50 Petticoats on sale at 75c Tailor-made Suits Every Suit new, and especially adapted for Spring and Summer wear. They are worth $25 Afi F5" C m m m v m k oio.uo and $35. To close out the lot, you can't afford to pass these Wool Dress Goods 15 pieces All-wool, 75c values 4 37 JC 20 pieces All-wool, $1.00 values 59c 52-inch Mohairs yard 5 O C J At greatest money saving prices. We will offer most attractive de- signs and choicest styles ever shown in Topeka. Our prices avay below regular. Selling at $1.00 to $10.00 w P e 5 of Thursday and Friday was a phenominal success. We had. opportunity of buying another salesman's sample line from same Oil oOllJ factory containing Voiles, etc., worth up to $15.00. We telegraphed for them and will place them on sale Saturday and Monday wav at the ridiculously low price of PLEA BYBAUKERS They Think Present System of Taxation Unjust. Want to Iteturn to the Old Sjstem. SIR. 31 U LYASE TALKS. Tells Uoard That Banks Are Beneficial Institutions. The Board Does Not Take Any Action. John II. Mulvane and Major Wil liam Sims appeared before the board of county commissioners this morning to object to the manner in which the bunks are assessed. They think that the banks were forced last year to pay excessive taxes. T"p to 1903 the manner of assessing the Topeka banks wrts haphazard and the assessed valuations of the banks were comparatively low. County Clerk Newman decided last year that he would use the powers vested in county clerks to raise the assessed valuations of the hanks if assessments like those of previous years were made. W. I Allison, who assessed the banks, se cured statements from them showing much larger totals of assessed valua tions than had ever been given. The assessed valuations secured by him from the six banks, which had been doing business for some years, went on the tax rolls at $3S6,333. The assessed valuation for the same banks in 1902 was $25t;.95. the increase hems $129,640. In l'Ji'3 the banks were assessed on their capital stock, surplus and undi vided profits from which a reduction of 10 per cent was allowed and also the value of real estate owned by the banks. The banks had, before last year, paid on the capital stock, surplus and undiided profits but from that total large deductions were made by the banks for depreciation in the value or bank buildings, doubtful paper, which reduced the total from a third to a half. The system followed of allowing only a uniform reduction of ten per cent made a large difference and the bankers object to receiving only th.e ten per cent reduction on the capital stock, surplus and undivided profits as it does not equal the reduction for merly allowed. In 1902 one bank reported capital stock $250,000, surplus $7,000, undivided profits $2,701, making a total of $269,701. From that was taken $100,600 for the depreciation of the value of the bank building, doubtful notes and U. S. bonds, leaving $169,101 which, follow ing the custom of assessing on a basis of 50 per cent of the actual value, was divided and left $4,550 from which. $23,330, the value of real estate owned, was taken and left $61,220 on which the bank paid taxes. In 1903 the same bank was assessed on $250,000 capital stock, $33,750 surplus and undivided profits, making a total of J2S3.750. The deduction of ten per cent amounted to $2. 375 and left $2;i5, 375 to be livided, which left $127, 6Xj from which was deducted $21,5oO. the value of real estate held by the bank, and the bank paid on $106,185 valua tion, an increase of $44,965 over the assessed valuation of 1902. The change in the manner of mak ing the statements of personal prop erty of the banks and the manner of making reductions increased the as sessed valuation of all the banks from 2 5 to 50 er cent. Mr. Mulvane made a statement be fore the board. In part he said: "The banks of Topeka are beneficial institutions. You can not have a good business city unless you have banks. Topeka is the best milling center in the west. The reason is that the mills have secured money from the banks at a low rate of Interest to use in carrying on their business. We. have a packing company doing a business of $250,000 a month. No packing company can do business without borrowing large amounts from banks. Armour, Swift, and all the largest establishments have to do this. The woolen mills have to use money in carrying on their business from one season to another. "If you make taxes high, then you Se -X -X -X -t -X -X -X -X -X -X -X -X -X -X -X -X X -X X -X X -X -X t X -X -X -X X X -X -X -X X -X X -X -X X Clothing, Shoes and Hats Tomorrow at Matchless Prices Read a Few of Oar Many Bargains 49C for $1. 00, $1.25 and 1.50 Women's, Misses' and Children's JStrap Sandals, Oxfords, and Shoes in Yici Kid and Patent Leathers. 98c for Ladies', Men's and Boys' Shoes and Ox fordsof Yici Kid, Yeloar Calf and Patent Colt. Yalues in the lot up to $3.00. $2.00, 2.50 and 3.00 new style Spring Hats, for 98c all the new colors and shapes. NewSpring Dress Shirts for 25c 50c, 75e and $1.00 values. 4.00 and S5.0Q Tailor-made Dress Pants, in all finest cloths, for 2.4:5 new patterns, light and dark shades. $10.00, $12.50 and $15.00 new stylish Spring Suits, for $6.45 Black Clay Worsteds, Serges, Cheviots, round and square cut, single and double breasted. 420 Kansas Ave. Doors Xorth of Postolfice. A jUCjtJf. y.yjy.yjLjyy y y y f Y Y V will preclude large enterprises. Out side of Topeka banks are generally assessed at a valuation of about 2 5 per cent. In fact in many counties the assessment is only 15 per cent. You must treat business Interests fairly. Manv towns offer induce ments to business houses in the way of immunity from taxation or a ridic ulously low rate." Major Sims said: "Last year the First National bank paid taxes on $40,000 valuation- of personal prop erty not owned by the bank." The bankers wish to have the old custom followed In making up the assessed valuation of the banks, which will mean the payment of a less amount In taxes than was paid in 1903. The commissioners took the matter under advisement. The com missioners cannot act officially on the matter until June, when the commis sioners sit as a board of equalization, but the bankers would like to have the commissioners .announce before hand what they will do in June. The commissioners will probably follow the system of 1903 in making up the assessed valuations of the banks. XOKTH TOPEKA. Leave Items for this column with thd Kimball Printing company, 312 North Kansas avenue.l Ed Ward was in today from Klro. O. C. Myers is confined to his home by illness. J. C. Todd Is 111 at his home. 1202 Jackson street. Wall paper 3c and upward. Hawk Ins, 913 Kansas avenue. Mrs. Martin, of Silver Lake, was in town yesterday shopping. Mrs. Beckwith is very seriously 111 at her home, 1418 Logan street. Mrs. Cunningham was down yester day from Silver Lake shopping. Mrs. Court Denison. of Silver Lake, is seriously ill with heart trouble. See Mrs. Joseph. 823 Kansas ave nue, upstairs, for the latest in hats. Benj. C. Shirtz, of Quincy, Ohio, was a guest of T. E. Retter yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. J. Robbins and baby have moved from the South side to 115 East Gordon street. An oven is being placed In the building at 840 Kansas avenue, and this place will then be occupied by a bakery. D. of H. 152 will give a dance in their hall in the Barrett block Sat urday evening, the 16th. Steinberg's orchestra. Miss Cora Walk has returned from Kansas City and taken a position in the millinery store of Mrs. S. L. Courtney. Miss May Ehrhart, who is employed by the Co-operative Premium Stamp association at Atchison, will come home Saturday evening and be the guest for a few days of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Ehrhart, of 1224 Topeka avenue. On account of the musical attrac tion "Parsifal." which will be at the Auditorium Saturday evening, the joint entertainment that was to have been given that same evening by r. of H. lodge No. 26 and A. O. V. W. lodge No. 20 has been postponed for one week. The R. H. club met Thursday at the Odd Fellows hall and served dinner to forty members. On the 5th of May the officers of the club Mrs. White head, Mrs. H. M. Steele. Mrs. Wolfe, and Miss Anderson -will be the host esses at an entertainment to be given at the home of Mrs. Whitehead, 1506 Quincy street. Mrs. Horace Eaton and little son Paul, of Central City, Neb., are the guests of Mrs. Eaton's parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Petro, of 929 Harrison street. Mr. Eaton will join his wife here in a few days, and they will leave in two weeks for Tacoma, Wash., where they will make their home. This change of residence is made for the benefit of Mr. Eaton's health. The fund for Otho Battles is grow ing daily. The following new names have been added to the subscription list: E. E. Walkley $1.00 John Kull 1.00 M. C. Holman 1.00 H. L. Pope 1.00 Lee A. Wright 1.00 Edith Haynes 1.00 E. J. Lindamood 1.00 W. A. Forbes 1.00 Miss L. L. Knoble 1.00 J. H. Skinner 1.00 Oran Layton 1.00 H. C. Bowen 1.00 A. E. Robinson 1.00 A friend 1.00 The total subscription list at Sta tion A for this young man now amounts to $57. I "ire in School for Deaf. Council Bluffs. Ia., April 15. A fire today destroyed the north wing of the two story dormitory of the Iowa School for the Deaf. Considerable excitement was caused among the pu pils, but all were rescued without ac cident. Loss $40,000. 'PHONEVALUES. State Assessors Lcare Them Abont as Last Tear. Instruments Put Down to Uni form Kate of $4. The assessment of telephone com panies which come under the state board of telephone and telegraph as sessors will remain practically the same this year as last, except that in struments are lowered from five and seven dollars to four dollars each. Last year all toll line instrument were assessed at seven dollars and the exchange Instruments in companies of the first class at six dollars, and exchange instruments in second and third class companies at four dollars. This year all Instruments are assessed at four dollars. The valuations as fixed by the board for this year are as follows: CLASS I.' 1 (Toll lines.) Poles, cross arms and first wire, per mile $50.00 Each additional wire, per mile, cop per Insrruments, each iiacli additional wire, iron 2.00 (.Exchanges.) Poles, each 2. 10 Wire, rer mile, copper i.Af Instruments, each Switchboards, per drop l.' Automatic instruments S.U0 CLASS II. (Toll lines.) First wire, including poles, etc., iron, per mile $25. 00 Popper, per mile 2f.0O Each additional wire, iron, per mile.. 2.S) Each additional wire.copper.per mile Instruments, each 4.00 (Exchanges.) Poles, each l-1?" Wire, iron, per mile 2.11 Wire, copper, per mile 6.'" Switchboards, per drop l.tiO Instruments, each 4.00 Automatic instruments, each 8.W CLASS III. (Toll line??.) First wire, including poles, etc., iron, per mile 15.00 First wire, copper, per mile Each additional wire, iron, per mile.. 2.i! Each additional wire, copper, per mile 6."0 Instruments, each 4.00 (Exchanges.) Poles, each .5 Wire, iron, per mile 2.00 Wire, copper, per mile 6. JO Switchboards, per drop 1.1X1 Instruments, each 4.00 Automatic instruments, each S.OO There is considerable change in the classification this year. Heretofore the state board of assessors has assessed only such companies as have toll lines in more than one county, but under a ruling of Attorney General Coleman the board is this year assessing all companies which have toll line connec tions reaching into other counties than the one where the exchange is located. All other companies are assessed local ly. As a result a considerable number of new companies are assessed by the state board which have heretofore been r AT Wm. Gordons Cor. 4th and Madison. You can buy Boiling Meat i for 5c a pound. Rib Roast IOC Chucks, 3Ibs. -25C Pot Roast 8o Also a full line of Groceries at reason able prices. Give him a call. assessed by the local assessors, In ad dition to the new lines which have been built. A new classification has been ar ranged, however, whereby a ntfmber of companies which were classed as sec ond class last year are now put in the third class. This includes those com panies which have the cheapest lines and those whose lines run on barb wire fences and the like. The second class are the ordinary Kansas ex changes, while the first class are the high grade lines which, do a big busi ness, both local and toll line. There are six second class companies which have never been assessed by the state board before. They are the Dosbaugh Telephone company, the Elk County company, the Great Bend com pany, the Northeast Kansas Telephone company, the Oklahoma and Kansas Telephone company, the Southwestern Telephone and Electrical company, and the V infield company. There are seventeen third class com panies which have never been assessed by the state board before, and there are thirteen companies w nacn are transferred from the second to the third class. The first class companies are the same as last year. Six com panies have been dropped from the list of those assessed by the state board. The classification of those assessed by the state board is as follows: COMPANIES IN CLASS I. Part of Missouri and Kansas Telephone Co. Interstate Telephone Co. Topeka Independent Telephone Co. COMPANIES IN CLASS II. American Independent Telephone Co. F.elleville Independent Telephone Co. Brown Telephone Co., Abilene. Central State Telephone Co. Chetopa Telephone Co. Dosbaugh Telephone Co. Downs Western Telephone Co. Elk Coimtv Telephone Co. Ellsworth Electric Light Co. Exchange Telephone Co., Smith Center. Galena Telephone Co. Orat Bend Telephone Co. Hull Telephone Co. Kansas Telephone and Electrical Co. Lindsborg Telephone Co. Logan Telephone Co. Lyons Telephone Exchange. McPherson Telephone Co. Part of Missouri and Kansas Telephone Co. Newton Telephone Co. Northeast Kansas Telephone Co. Oklahoma and Kansas Telephone Co. Ottawa Construction Co. Pioneer Telephone Co. Sahetha Telephone Co. Salina Telephone Co. Smith and Flint Telephone Exchange. Solomon Vallev Telephone Co. Southwestern Telephone and Electrical Co. Wareham Dewey Telephone Co. Wareham and Wood Telephone Co., Manhattan. Wellington Independent Telephone Co. WinlieM Telephone Co. Yates Center Telephone Co. COMPANIES IN CLASS III. AHoona Co-operative Telephone Co. Atwood Colbv Toll Line. Pennington Telephone Exchange. Chester Telephone Co. Clements and Cedar Point Telephone Co. Clyde Telephone Co. Courtland Telephone Co. Dolan and Company Telephone. Edmonds Telephone Co. Fancy Creek Telephone Co. Green Telephone Co. Hanover Telephone Co. Home Telephone and Electric Co., Con wav Springs. Kansas and Colorado Telephone Co. Medicine Lodge Telephone Co. Milton vale Telephone Co. Nickerson Tel phone Co. Parallel Telephone Co. Richardson Telephone Co. St. Marvs Telephone Co. Scott Citv Telephone Co. Simms Telephone Co. Spring Hill Telephone Co. Valley Falls Telephone Co. Vermillion Telephone Co. WameKO Telephone Co. Wellsville Co-operative Telephone Co. Williamsburg Telephone Co. Wilton Telephone Co. Winchester Telephone Co. Wray Telephone Co. CHILES WILL STAY THERE. Says He Won't Move Away From To peka Avenue. With the caption, "We didn't move out there to make social calls," Nio Chiles today breaks out in his paper, the Topeka Plaindealer, against the people living on Topeka avenue, be tween Seventh and Eighth streets. Into which community he recently moveJ. Nick says that he Isn't worried one bit, and that he "is going to live out there." He continues: "The very idea of a person having to be white to enjoy the privileges of an American citizen is all bosh. 'As to us living on 'fashionable To peka avenue,' the street looks beauti ful, and some portion is inhabited by fashionable and w-ell bred people who employ house servants, maids, coach men, etc., and don't go down town un til 9 o'clock in the morning, but th? block in which we live, everybody rises with the Santa Fe whistle and every woman does her own cooking and washing as we do and a majo; ity of them are renting as we do. We are eating three meals a day, and a good many who are kicking are not. Such men as C. J. Ievlin, Chas. Blood Smith, T. B. Sweet. the Quintons. Crosbys, Bob Coffran'and many others who constitute the cream of Topeki society, would not think of kicking THE AUDITORIUM Saturday Night, April 16. WALTER DAMROSCH IN Th A I i U l u r O) U U ru lL SXLJYi With Sixty Musicians MEW YORK SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA TEN SOLOISTS SEATS ON SALE AT STANSFI ELD'S Hverett Piano Used f because a decent and respectable fam ily should happen to move In their lo cality. "We hope every negro whose race the whites can't tell will use their best effort to accomplish all the good they can for the iniquity and Injustice that has been done our race by thejn for the past 300 years. "We are living at 717 Topeka avenue, a block composed of people who woik for a living, who are poor but proud, and being afflicted with the same dis ease, don't feel that we are outclassed, and at the end of this or the next three months to come, we will be liv ing right there. 'Love thy neighbor as thyself,' say eth the Savior. Now you church hypo crites, throw off your mask and llvt according to His doctrine." Will Play in Atchison. On next Sunday Gus Alberts' To peka Missouri Valley league team will play Ed Green's semi-profession als at Atchison. The Globe yesterday printed the following line up of the Atchison aggregation: Anderson and McNamara, pitchers: Doyle, .catcher; Earl Green, first base; Faulkner, sec ond base; J. B. Green, shortstop; Lit tle, third base: Hamer, Huffman and Martin In the field. II. T. Wilson Shoots Himself. Akron, O., April 15. H. T. Wilson, chairman of the board of public safe ty and a prominent citizen of this city, committed suicide today by shooting. Mr. ilson was associated in the Akron Savings bank, which re cently failed. Wisconsin Hoy Kills Brother. Kenosha, Wis., April 15. Louis Larsen, aged 16 years, shot and In stantly killed his brother, James Lar sen, aged 14, at the Larsen home in the town of Salem last night. The boys were playing with a shotgun and didn't know it was loaded. April 17 Is the Last Day for Dr. Home's Free $10.00 X-Ray Examination. ADVICE TO MEN. IT'S GOOD FOR WOMEN TGO. DON'T drag yourself around as if you had a 10-pound weight tied to your feet. DON'T shut your eyes to the fact that your youth is swiftly passing you by, and that you are missing most of the enjoyment of life. It's as easy to have a light heart and sprightly vigor as to go about from day to day feeling de pressed and like a "half man." Size yourself up. Compare yourself with your earlier days. Have you gone back? Wouldn't you like to feel the old vim, the fire, the snap you used to when you were younger? It's easv. Come to me and I will explain It. and as soon as you see how it is done, and see what other men and women say about it you will want the treatment. My plan is to restore youthful vigor, make men and women feel as they did in earlier days.. I am doing It for hundreds, and can do it for you. Pains in your Back, Rheumatism, KIDXET AND IIV'EU TliOUBLE, STOMACH WEAKNESS, LOST VITALITY, IVCK OF ENERGY. FEMALE WEAKNESS all can be cured by my new method. Why don't you try it? You have drugged, perhaps, until you are discouraged, and have lost faith in everything. Try once more at m.v expense, and this time come to Nature for help. Nature has a cure for every condition. She gives you electricity, because elec tricity controls the universe and all that is in it. My Electro-Vibratory treatment will cure you. Come to me at once and you will wonder that you ever wasted your time on drugs only. SPECIAL NOTICE &ts&i. X5 Owing to the large number and who have been utterly una jam at my office. 1 have by sne giving my consultations ENTIIt vaiids calling upon me between Call and see me if you a CONSULTATION and X-UAY before and including April 17. 106 West Eighth Av Hours: 9 to 12. 2 to 5. 7 t If you cannot call, write a f cured at home. of patients who have called upon me ble to see me on account of the great cial request consented to continue ELY Fn.EE OF ILA11GE to all in now and April 17. re afflicted with anv chronic disease. EXAMINATION FKEE if you call J. AX YIN IIOUNE, M. D., D. S.T,. enue (opposite Transfer station), o 8; Sundays, 10 to 12. ull description of your case. Hundreds

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10 TOPEKA STATE JOTXRNAI FRIDAY EVENIKG. APRIL 15, 1904. PALACE BURNED. f.1AR(ETST0DAY. Cold Ware Report Cause a Bull Sentiment. i rj tt p,,r V'j C"y (y fj (Continued from Page One.) If It's a Suit Wear a Rogers, Peet Co. SCOTT AND GERMANS. Kansas Congressman Eulogizes Them on the lToor. Washington, April 15. Representa tive Scott is a great admirer of the Germans of the United States, and bo lieves they have contributed more to the good citizenship of the country than the men who have come from any other nation. In the course of some remarks, eulogizing Henry Burk, of Pennsylvania, who died during this winter, Mr. Scott said: "Mr. Speaker, in a recently publish ed letter addressed to the head of one of our great universities the president of the United States used the follow ing words: 'Our debt as a nation to Germany is weighty and of long standing. The existence among us of free self-government has drawn to our shores ad venturous and liberty-loving men from many lands, so that in a true sense we have become a world nation, wich ties of friendship which must bind us in peace to all the great people of mankind. 'Germany's share in the upbuilding of our composite nationality has been marked. German blood was freely ehed for our liberty .-in the Revolution ary war. In our second great period of national trial our citizens of Ger man birth and origin were a unit in support of the cause of Union and freedom.. To our citizenship the Ger man element contributes a peculiar de gree of business thrift and industry and of the power of joyous living.' "In this, as in most of his public ut terances, President Roosevelt has ex pressed a sentiment that will meet with the sincere and cordial approval of all thoughtful Americans. It is no reflection upon the millions of good and loyal citizens who have come to us from other lands to say that no other country has contributed to our cosmopolitan population so large a proportion of good, so small a propor tion of evil, as has come to us from Germany. Sound and sturdy of bod-, strong and sane of mind, frugal, thrifty, and industrious, patient, per sistent, orderly, and law-abiding, home loving and home keeping, the German immigrant who has sought and found a home here has from the beginning been an important and valued factor not only in the development and up building of the industrial and com mercial interests of our country, but fiiso in the strength and stability of our Institutions. "Fair minded, tolerant to the !ast degree of the opinions of others as he is, the average German has a profound nd unalterable attachment to strong, orderly government. In the great crisis of our civil war, as the president has well said, our citizens of German birth and origin were substantially a unit in support of the cause of Union and lib erty, hundreds of them freely offering up their lives for a country whose language they had not yet learned to upeak. And in the years that have fol lowed, unhappily marred as many of them have been by tumult and riot, it has been but rarely that a German name has been found anions those in revolt against the law and the con stituted authority of the state. "But admirable as is the German character in its attachment to stable and orderly government, it is more rather than less so in its devotion to the home duties. It was my great good fortune as a boy to live for two years in a German family, and if that famPy was typical as I have every reason to believe it was it would be hard to exaggerate the beauty of the German home life. So much affection and so generously expressed, so much pa tience and forbearance, such genuine comradeship between parents and chil dren, I have rarely seen." SAVED THE MISSOURI. Gunner's Mate Entered the Magazine and Closed the Boor. Pensacola, Fla., April 15. That the newest battleship of the navy, the Missouri, had narrow escape from being blown to pieces by the explo sion of a. magazine, and also being beached, has come to light. Captain Cowles prevented the latter when the vessel was within 2 50 yards of the beach by giving orders that the ship's course be changed. Chief Gunner's Mate Monson saved the ship and the lives of over 600 men by jumping into the open magazine and closing the door oehind him. It is stated, though not by officers of the Missouri, that when the officers heard the explosion in the turret and saw the fire lapping through the top they realized that the magazine would next explode, and beaded the ship for the beach, in tending to beach her if possible be fore the explosion. Captain Cowles quickly topped the plan and put the ship back to sea. When the first ex plosion pceurred in the turret, the men in the handling room knew in en instant what had occurred. The big magazine door was open, and tJ V; New Mae Is added to our force of anu eaen new acquisition clothing circles and causes we will last and how we. lieln as lmv other clothins The Fond Dreams Of failures and receivership are as visionary and far away as when the "six months' limit" was placed on the new firm when we opened for business four years ago. How a clean clothing business free from fakes, subterfuge and razzle-dazzle can get such a hold on the people still puzzles competition. No fakes, no schemes, no sales, no bargains, no slaughter, no Talue-giving, no hot air, no mammoth purchases, no graft policy these are the logical arguments we offer for recog nition as the LARGEST RETAIL CLOTHIERS IX KANSAS only four years old. Watch Us Grow. Watch oi)inson, iersliell Co. j 703 Kansas Ave. Ind. 'Phone 22. standing against it were four charges of powder. Without a moment's hesi tation Gunner's Mate Monson shoved these aside and jumped into the mag azine, pulling the door closed after him. The magazine was totally flood ed with water, and when the men opened the door they found Monson barely alive, the water having reached to his neck. The damage to the battleship is much greater than was stated at first. In addition to the large amount of ammunition ruined by the magazine being flooded, which will amount to thousands of dollars, the after turret is badly injured, the top being burned away and the mech anism of the guns completely ruined. The estimated damage caused by the explosion will reach $50,000. The total list of dead now number 32. It is hardly probable that other deaths will occur. MEDICAL EXAMINATION. Large Clas Successfully Passes the Test of the Board. Kansas City, Kan., April 15. The Kansas state board of medical exam iners which has been meeting here for several days completed its work by announcing the list of those who had passed the recent examinations. The board also elected officers for the com ing year, as follows: President, T. E. Rames, Concordia; secretary, G. F. Johnston, Lakin. Following is the list of those passing the examination: J. B. Armstrdud, Portis, Kan.; A. R. Adams, Easton, Kan.; L. G. Brantlin ger, Kansas City, Mo.; D. B. Buhler, Buhler, Kan.; M. L. Bishoff, Topeka, Kan.; B. Belove, Kansas City, Mo.; C. E. Burtch, Axtal, Kan.; F. R. Blake, Quinan, Kan.; W. F. Baxter, Joplin, Mo.; E. C. Babcock, Kackley, Kan.; W. H. Carter, Winfield. Kan.: F. Campbell, Kansas City, Kan.; J. E. Cooper, Altoona, Kan.; Helen Colby, Hutchinson, Kan.; Paul Christman, Altamont, Kan.; H. G. Daughters, Bronson. Kan.; J. N. Dieter, Oak Hill, Kan.; II. W. Edgerton, Dwight, Kan.; H. Z. Ewing, Frankfort, Kan.; C. T. Ensign, Oakland. Kan.; S. C. Emley, "Wichita, Kan.; G. H. Fahring, Kansas City, Kan.; C. H. Fortner, Amstradam, Mo.; I. D. Graham, Columbus, Kan.; B. E. Garrison, Edgerton, Kan.; C. S. Hershner, Ezbon, Kan.; James R. Hall, Kansas City, Kan.; A. Huber, Kansas City, Kan.; H. S. Hickok, Carlton, Neb.; L. E. Henderson, Muskotah, Kan.; S. B. Hewett, Girard, Kan.; W. A. Hulen, Lincoln, 'Kan.; James A. Jones, Kansas City, Kan.; J. D. Jor doon. Lamed, Kan.; George N .Jeffers, Eskridge, Kan.; J. A. Lamb, Kansas Ctiy, Mo.; C. C. Lewis, Clay Center, Kan.; L. A. Milne, Vy'inrleld, Kan.; J. H. Morgan, Kansas City, Mo.; W. H. Neel, Mayfield, Kan.; A. H. Losstf.an, Larondale, Kan.; C. E. Nickson, Kan sas City, Mo.; I. D. Nelson, Reverie, Mo.; S. S. Owen, Kansas City, Mo.; M. J. Owens, Kansas City, Kan.; E. M. Palmer, Wichita, Kan.; J. H. Powers, Canton, Kan.; J. H. Robinson, Kansas City, Mo.; J. W. Shephard, Kansas City, Mo.; T. C. Stephens, Kansas City, Kan.; Catherine Schellenberg, Buhler, Kan.; B. F. Stover, Shawnee, Kan.; J. H. Schrant, Walker, Kan.; W. F. Schoor, Plevner, Kan.; D. C. Smith, Hamilton, Kan.; J. H. Saylor, Mc Pherson.Kan.; C. N. Udell, Iola, Kan.: M. Truehart, Sterling, Kan.; F. B. Taggart, Wichita, Kan.; J. S. Vermil lion, Kansas City, Kan.; O. B. Van Fossen, Sharon. Kan.: R. A. W'illiams, Kansas City, Kan.; H. J. Willey, Iola, Kan.; T. E. Wallace, McPherson.Kan. C. W. E. Albright, L. Atwood, A. C. Smith, Hattie B. Aldrich, J. C. Ben nett, Mary E. Martin, C. B. Cummings, Belinda A. Egan, D. O. Jackson, T. C. Hinkle, Villa Gattley, E. A. Wilson, C. W. Walker, C. W. Reynolds, Ida M. Scott, W. J. Nichols, W. F. Hoover, Francis A. Harper, Clare Stahl, W. J. Stilson, Otto Kiene and C. B. Buck, all of Topeka. Suit to Oust a Councilman. Newton, Kan., April 15. D. S. Welsh has brought suit in the district court to oust from office A. R. Champliu, who was de clared elected councilman from the Fourth ward at the recent city election by a majority of one vote over Welsh. The plaintiff alleges many irregularities, in cluding the fact that he was barred from the room where the judges were counting the vote. Kansas Rural Routes. Washington. April 15. The following western rural routes have been estab lished: Kansas Eureka. Greenwood county, one additional: area covered, 39 square miles: population, 450. Holton, Jackson county, two additional: area cov ered, 38 square miles; population, S40. New Kansas Postmasters. Washington. April, 15. The following western postmasters were appointed to day: Kansas Bruce, Crawford countv, Charles L. Morris, vice L. Latng. resign ed: Hoyt. Jackson county, Willard C. Cle land, vice W. Ii. Rippetoe, resigned: Mil lerton, Sumner county, John R. Wright, vice G. Thomas, resigned. employes about evory sixty days, senas consternation arouna me mucli speculation as to how long can afford to employ twice as much store in Toncka Our Business Methods Win. Security Building. SUPERINTENDENTS AT K. U. Programme of the First Annual Con ference as Outlined. Lawrence, Kan., April 15. The fol lowing is the proposed programme of the first annual conference of the sup erintendents and principals of Kansas to be held at the University of Kan sas today and Saturday: Friday, April 15, from 8 to 12, visita tion classes, lectures laboratories, museums. Chapel at 10 o'clock. 2:30 p. m., address of wecome. Chancellor Strong. First conference, entrance re quirements from the standpoint of the high school superintendent, L. A. Low ther, Emporia. General discussion H. P. Butcher Argentine; H. P. Myers, Dickinson county high school; H. L. Miller. To peka; S. W. Kendrick, Kansas City. General discussion R. R. Price, Hutchinson; R. F. Knight, Wichita; S. M. Neems, Independence; A. B. Carney, Concordia; W. D. Ross. At 8 p. m. Lecture in the university chapel, "The Modern Mathematical Curriculem of the Public Schools." Prof. G. W. Mjiers, professor of the teaching of mathematics and astrono my, school education,. University of Chicago. 8 p. m. General reception in Library hall. Saturday, April 16, 9 o'clock This session will be devoted to the teach ing of mathematics. "The best method of teaching the solution of the quadratic equation," Prof. C. H. Ashton, University of Kan sas. "The unification of mathematics md its connection with the sciences," Prof. G. W. Myers, Chicago. "Can algebra and geometry be .suc cessfully taught simultaneously?" F. M. Hammitt, Hiawatha. Kan. "Concrete geometry in the grades," C. E. Merwin, Lawrence. "An interpretation of the phrase, 'graphical work," especially in conn; tional with the solution of equations, is also expected by Prof. Schuyler Bloss, Winfield, Kan. COME TO TOPEKA Commander Smith Advises Old Sol diers to Attend Semi-centennial. A. W. Smith, department com mander of the G. A. R.. has issued a statement to the old soldiers of Kansas to bring them to Topeka for the semi-centennial celebration dur ing Memorial day week. He said: "In this department the 30th of May, 1904. is a double anniversary. It is the fiftieth anniversary of the signing of the bill by President Pierce that organized Kansas as a territory. "The Commercial club of our cap ital city, and our state officers, have decided to observe our semi-centennial in an appropriate and elaborate manner, in connection with the Grand Army of the Republic. My prede cessor invited the president of the United States to be present and de liver an address. Owing to a press of public business, the. president cannot come, but he has secured for us in his place General Taft, secretary of war, who as a public speaker has no su perior in the United States. "I urge all the comrades who can to attend the memorial semi-centennial celebration service in Topeka. The programme for the entire time has never been excelled by any com mittee in the history of this depart ment, and the event will be of the highest class and one long to be re membered. "A rate of one fare for the round trip has been made from all points within the state." CUP IS PRESENTED. Y. M. C. A. Bowlers Receive the Trophy. J. B. Larimer last night made a for mal presentation of the Y. M. C. A. bowling cup to the Hercules," the win ning team. A series of 18 games were bowled and this team won a majority of the games. The Athletes won sec ond place. The Hercules team is com posed of John T. Palmer, captain, Ross Tracy, Sidney Blenkharn, M. P. Gili and Ed O'Donovan. Secretary Lerrigo last night gave a complimentary supper to the members of the three bowling teams at the Y. W. C. A. dining rooms. Those present were Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Larimer, Mr and Mrs. George E. Lerrigo, John T. Palmer, Roscoe Tracy, Sidney Blenk harn, M. P. Gill, Ed O'Donovan, Geo. Wilkinson. Wm. Newby, Chas. Kram mes, Ralph Mitchell, J. C. Wolcott, Oscar Pyles, Geo. Klein, A. S. Reitz. The cup was presented to the Y. M. C. A. by C. H. Morrison and the team winning it three successive years will become the owner. The names of the members of the winning team and their averages will be engraved on the cup. the water line.- The opinion expressed at the admiralty here is that it was produced by a spent whitehead tor pedo. But Two Battleships Left. St. Petersburg, April 15. 6:30 p. m. There are now only two undamaged battleships the Peresviet and ..the Sevastopol in the harbor at Port Ar thur, but some of the damaged vessels have been repaired. Captain Jakovleff is still alive, but his condition is criti cal. Viceroy Alexieff, who was at Mukden when the disaster occurred, proceeded promptly to Port Arthur to personally assume temporary command of the naval forces tntere, and reached his destination last night. His presence is expected to put an end to the demoral ization there. VEKESTCHAGIX PERISHED. Man Who Painted Picture of San Juan Battle Was on Board. St. Petersburg, April 15.-6:38 P. M. This evening Prince Galitzine repeated his assurance to. the Associated Pre.ss that the Grand Duke Cyril was bet'.er and that he was with his brother, Boris, at the headquarters at Liao Yang. His. fever has almost disap peared. The admiralty has received official information that Verestchagin, the celebrated painter of battle scenes, was among those lost by the sinking of the Fetropavlovsk. The fate of Nicholas Kravtchenkr, the well known Russian literary ma'i, who was acting as correspondent of the Associated Press at Port Arthur, is still unknown. It is possible that he left Port Arthur prior to the disaster of Wednesday. FOR BETTER RATES. Transportation Committee Commer cial Club to Hear Things Tonight. Tonight the jobbers and shippers of this city will go before the transporta tion committee of the Commercial clu:j to state in what ways they would like to have the freight rates reduced, and indicate, according to their judgment, the best method of procedure with the railroads. Such action was determined upon at the meeting of the Commercial club Wednesday evening. At that time th'j matter was discussed, but because of the general lack of immediate infor mation it was thought best to leave the entire matter to those who are in close acquaintance with rate condi tions into and out of Topeka. Major Anderson, secretary of the Commercial club, has sent out invita tions to Topeka merchants interested in the matter to appear before the committee at the Commercial club to night and give their views on the sub ject. A formal request will be made upon vice President .faul Morton or the Santa Fe for a revision of the rates, and to make this reasonable anl thoroughly consistent with conditions the whole thing will be gone over very carefully. The members of the transportation committee r.re as follows: William Green, chairman; Thom.is Page, vice chairman, J. S. Parks, Jonn Sargent, Jonathan Thomas, J. S. War ner, V. B. Kistler, J. B. Betts, E. 13. H. Rerplev, T. F. Doran. Geo. D. Hoss feld. J. G. Bauer,- J. R. Mulvane, M. C. Holman, A. H. Bennett. HELP FOR FARMERS. Western States Organizing to Secure Harvest Hands. Chicago. April 15. The states of Ne braska, Kansas, Missouri, Iowa, Minne sota, Oklahoma and South Dakota will have to import 45,'XiO men to assist in har vesting the wheat crop this fall, accord ing to the members of the western asso ciation of free emDlovmfnt bureaus. The organization which is designed to assist in securing help for the handling of the western wheat crops held a. meeting here yesterday with representatives present from several states belonging to the asso ciation. So great is the demand going to be for harvest hands this year that the association is already hunting for men. Director Gerow of Kansas participated in the meeting. It is yet too early to toll definitely how many men Kansas will need for the com ing harvest. The present prospects indi cate that the eastern part of the wheat belt will want more than last year, but further west the demand may not be so great. The northwest, however, did not begin to secure as many men as were absolutely necessary to save all the wheat last vear, and some of it went to waste, while more lav in the fields for weeks af ter cutting for lack of help to put it up, and it therefore deteriorated. Last year it was estimated that 30,000 outside harvest hands went into the Kan sas wheat belt. Many of them came from Missouri. Missouri has generally been counted upon as a source of supply in stead of demand for harvest hands, al though the above dispatch indicates that Missouri will be in the field for outside hands this vear. It is possible that the world s fair will make such a demand for labor in Missouri that outside help will be needed during harvest. WANT SEPARATE SCHOOLS. Killing or Wliite Pupil by a Negro Probably Means This Result. Kansas City, Kan., April 15. The murder of Roy Martin, a student in the high school, last Tuesday which resulted in the closing of the school and a race demonstration, was the subject of discussion by the citizens last night at an open meeting of the board of education in the Carnegie library building. The opinion of most of the speak ers, including several negro citizens, was that the negro students in the high school should not be held re sponsible for what a criminal, in no manner connected with them, had done, and that these pupils should be allowed to go back to school as soon as it is again opened. Most of those who spoke. however, expressed an opinion that the state law denying the right of the board of education to furnish separate high schools for the negroes and whites is wrong and should be changl at the next session of the Kansas legislature. The funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock. Sunday afternoon at the M. E. church. The body will be buried in Woodlawn cemetery. The students in the Kansas City, Kan., high school will probably attend in a body and several of the dead boy's friends and classmates will be selected as pall bearers. A large floral offering has alreadv been ordered by the students, and there will be maijy other evi dences of the high esteem in which the young man was held. Accept Countermine's Resignation. Clay Center, Kan., April 15. The Topeka presbytery adjourned here last evening after a three days' ses sion, at which nearly 100 visitors at tended. Dr. Foulks of Kansas City, Kan., the Rev. Mr. Copeley, F. E. Marsh of Manhattan and George Innes of Lawrence were appointed delegates to the Presbyterian general assembly in Buffalo. Resignations of Dr. Countermine of Topeka and the Rev. Mr. 'Hood of Manhattan were accepted. Light Offering Causes Firmness in Corn. LIVE STOCK TRADE. Natire Steers Sell at from $3.75 to 5.25. Bulk of II og Sales Made at $4.90 to $5.05. Chicago, April 15. WHEAT Predictions of freezing weather in Kansis and other sections of the southwest, together wit 1 continued reports of unfavorable weather in the northwest, caused a bullish senti ment in wheat today. July opened a shade to Wac higher, at 87i87c. The price advanced to kSc, receded to SSc, and then rallied to '6c. Receipts at Minneapolis, Chicago and Duluth were 152 cars, against 1 1 4 cars a year ago. The market turned weak later on real izing sales. A feeling was prevalent that the damage reports had been considera bly overdone. The close was practically at the low point, July being down ''aJac, at K7o, after the price had touched Si7ic CORN Light offerings and sympathy with the strength in wheat caused firm ness in corn. July opened unchanged to l.jiC higher, at oOvsiolc. The market touch ed al'.ic, but sold off to 51VaC. Receipts were SsJ cans. On liquidation by the leading long, to gether with the weakness in wheat, July declined to "fc'(.i50c, closing at 50c, a net loss for the day of Tic OATS Oats were strong on unfavorable weather and small receipts. July opened unchanged, at 3T7sfi3sc. and advanced to 38:tsc. Receints were 57 cars. PROVISIONS Provisions were a little easiir. July pork opened 5c lower, at $12.45, rallying later to S12.47V4: lard was lower, at $6.77'2 for Julv, steadving at 10.80; ribs were off 2Vc, at $6.56. WHEAT Cash: No. 2 hard, Wri-Vic: No. 3 hard, Ki94c; No. 1 northern, SiicrfrSl.oO: No. 2 northern, fcu'g8c; No. 3 spring, 85 tiSc. CORN No. 2, 53fi534c; No. 3, 4fVfi50c. OATS No. 2. 3!3y,5c: No. 3. 3S,ic. RYE May. 72&73c: Julv. 6t670c. FLAX Cash: N.-W., $1.16; S.-W., $1.08; Mav, $l.o. TIMOTHY April. S2.S5. CLOVER April, $10.75. BARLEY Cash: S3'i57c. Range of Prices. IFurnlshed by J. E. Gall. Commission. Grains, Provisions, Cotton and Stock. Office 110 West Sixth street. Telephone 4S6. Correspondent Christie Grain and Stock Ct.. Kansas City. Mo. Chicago, April 15. Open High Low Close lei WHEAT May 93-2 f4 92i 92 SCH July M-Va Xb SM SK'i 5-l,4 Sept 84i-Vs 84 3a 3- S4'i-J4 WHEAT (new) July X74 SSVi gT6 R7 87H-Si COkN a'-Jt' bSJi-H S3Vi May 53'4-H 53 51 7i 52H 53H July 51-5j;3 5Ui 49"i-50 5 Sept 50 50U 4U1s-1,i 4U 50 OATS May 3S'i-H 3S- 3Si 384 37T4-38 July 37TA-3S SV-j 37 3.V 3734- S-pt 32 32- 32 32 32 PORK- May. ...12 25 12 25 12 17 12 17 12 27 Julv ....12 45 12 47 12 37 12 37 13 50 LARD Miy 6 60 6 62-65 6 57 6 57 6 62-65 Julv 6 77 6 SO 6 75 6 75 6 SO RIBS May 6 37 6 40 6 37 6 37 ff 42-45 J uly 6 55 6 57 6 50-52 6 50-52 6 57 Kansas City Grain. IFurnlshed by J. E. Gall. Commissions, Grains, Provisions. Cotton and Stock Office 110 West Sixth street. Telephone 486. Correspondent Christie Grain and Stock Co.. Kansas City. Mo.J Kansas City, April 15. Open High Low Close- lea WHEAT Miy S4 S5 S3 83 84 July 7-7S 7S- 77 77 77 COhN- May 4R1.4-H 46- 46 46 46 July 45- 45 45 45 45 Kansas City Livestock Market. Kansas City, Mo., April 15. CATTLE Receipts tonay, IO.OjO head, including 25 head of southerns. Market steady. Na tive steers. $3.751i5.25: southern steers, $3.60 '4.30; southern cows, $2.754i3.25: native cows and neifers, S2.iii4.45: stockers and feeders. $3.25-014.50: bulls. S2.tjTKj3.S5: calves, f2.75ii5.50; western steers, $3.6o'a4.60; west ern cows, $2.0v 4.00. HOGS Receipts todav. 4.000 head. Mar ket weak. Hulk of sales. $4.9f!o.05; heavy, 5.(.i!f5 10; packers', $4.&0'r5.05; pigs and lights, $4.25';4.90. SH EEP Receipts today, 1,000 head. Market steady. Muttons, $4.5Ofi5.0O: lambs, Sa.SosiS.SS; range wethers, $5.0o,ii5.6O; ewes, $3.25'y5.25. St. Louis Livestock Market. St. Louis, Mo.. April 15. CATTLE Re ceipts today, fi'io head. Market steady. Beef steers. $3.TXi5.30: stockers and feed ers. $:1.5j4.4u; cows and heifens, $:i.25''a4.55: Texas steers, $3.754.75; Texas cows and heifers, $2.75&3.75. HOGS Receipts today, 4.nio head. Mar ket 5c lower. Pigs and lights, $4.4ii4.9T'; packers', $5Wfj 5.75; butchers' and best heavy. $5. If 75.25. SH KEP Receipts today. 2.500 head. Market steady. Natives, $4.75'ti5.75; lambs, $5.25116.00. Chicago Livestock Market. Chicago. April 15. CATTLB Receipts today. 20,000 head. Market steady. Good to prime steers, $5.ot((i5.ti0: poor to medi um, $3.6o!i4.y0: stockers and feeders, $2.751' 4.25: cows, S2.0'c4.4u; heifers, $2.2,Va5.0O; HANUED WRONG MAN. Now an Officer Is Going to California for Kight One. M. G. Vincent, sheriff of Crawford county, is in Topeka today securing from Governor Bailey a requisition on the governor of California for Joe Gol ley, a colored man who is accused of the murder of Milton Hinkle, a police man of Pittsburg, on Christmas eve, 1892. Godley is under arrest at San Jose. Cal. The peculiar feature of this case is that another negro, a brother of God ley, was lynched at the time for the murder of which Joe Godley is now accused. There was a colored dance in Pitts burg on the Christmas eve referred tc, and during the evening a disturbance occurred. A fight started and Hinkl'. and another officer, Thomas Gaylord arrested the two Godley brothers. Gay lord was ahead with the other brother while Hinkle came behind with Joe Godley. In the darkness a shot was fired, Hinkle fell wounded, and Joe Godley disappeared, and with him Hinkle's revolver. Hinkle died in a short time. In the meantime Gaylord had hung on to the other Godley, and when a mob formed it took the first of the two It got its hands on and hung him. Joe Godley has been a fugitive ever since. Sheriff Vincent thinks that if he had been at Pittsburg that night he could have prevented the lynching but he was at Girard, the county seat. He has been after Joe Godley ever since and has just located him in Cali fornia. It is said that another brother of Godley was lynched several years ago at Monett, Mo., for assault. j u Li G2G Kansas Ave. 'Iiitney Go and (.4 iis A Dining Tables A nice line of Dining Tables in Golden Oak and Antwerp finish, which J we would like you to look at. We have them at any price you may wish to riav for them. canners. $2 00S2.50; bulls. $2.TJ?4.10; calves, $2.2&34.S5; Texas fed steers. $4.0ffj4.6O. HOGS Receipts today, 16,000 head; esti mated Saturday. 12.000 head. Market most ly 5c lower. Mixed and butchers', SS.lOtjt 5.25: good to choice heavv, $5,2i5.35; rough heavy, S5.O5fi5.20; light, $4. 855.20; bulk of sales, $5.1irfi5.25. SHEEP Receipts today. 5.000 head. Sheep and lambs steady. Good to choice wethers, $4.75'25.65; fair to choice mixed, S3.5CS4.60: western sheep, $4.9016.30: native lambs, $4.0Oh5.55; western lambs, $5,7556.50. Chicago Produce Market. Chicago. 111., April 15. BUTTER Mar ket steady. Creamery, 14i23c; dairy, 12 Jr21c. EGGS Market steady. At mark, cases included. 16'ii 16e. CHEESE Market weak. Daisies. 9-3 9Uc: Twins, sic: Young Americas. Iiai0c LIVE POULTRY Market steady. Tur keys, 11c; chickens, 12c. Kansas City Produce Market. Kansas City, April 15. Close WhuAT Receipts today, 31 cars. Quotations were steady. Mav, 83c: July, ,c: Sept., 73c. Cash: No. 2 hard. ;fi92c: No. 3 hard, (.n-iiS-ic; No. 2 red, $1.021.03; No. 3 red, 8c y$1.00. CORN Market steady. May, 46e; July, 45c. Cash: No. 2 mixed, 48c: No. 3 mixed, 47c; No. 2 white, 4b-c; No. 3 white, 47 48c., OATS Market steady. No. 2 white, 42 43c: No. 2 mixed, 41c. RYE: Market steady. No. 2, 63c. HAY Choice timothy, $&.00JiD.50; choice prairie. $8.00. BUTTER Creamery, 2fy22c; dairy, fan cy. 17c EGGS Fresh, 15c. New York Money Market. New York, April 15. Close WHEAT Prini9 mercantile paper, 44 per cent; sterling exchange strong, with actual business in bankers' bills at $4.87354740 for demand and at $4.8.Va4.S610 for 60 day bills: posted rates. $j4.hf and $4.88; com mercial bills. $4.844.S4. SILVER liar silver, 52c; Mexican dol lars. 43c BONDS Government bonds steady. Cotton Market. New York, April 15. COTTON Sales to day, 3,400 bales. Spot cotton closed quiet and 15 points higher: Quotations per 100 pounds: Middling uplands, $14.40; mid dling gulf, $14.65. Xew York Stocks. Wall Street, New York, April 15. STOCKS Opening prices of stocks gener ally showed no decided change today from last night's quotations. The volume of business was very small. A feature of the market was the transfer of 2,500 shares of Wabash preferred at 38i and 39, com pared with 3s last night. Consolidated Gas rose 1 points. Erie continued to advance and gained a point, despite the complete absence of speculative interest elsewhere. Spirited selling followed intervals of in animation and substantial fractional losses were scored throughout. The West ern Pacific and Pennsylvania group led the decline under large offerings. Liqui dation of the Rubber Goods slocks cost the common 3 points and the preferred 2 points. United States Rubber preferred, Tennessee Coal, Metropolitan Street Rail way and Chicago Great Western prefer red B were also a point or more lower, and Consolidated Gas lost its rise. The market hardened in the second hour, some stocks rising higher than the opening hour. Trading became very dull and prices yielded slightly. Consolidated Gas rose 2 points over last night. Brook lyn Gas lost 1 points, Northwestern and Pacific Mail 2 points and Delaware and Hudson and Anaconda a point or over. Bonds were irregular at noon. The dealings in specialties monopolized the limited trading for a time or until a demand for other prominent stocks was fostered by its absorption. St. Paul, Un ion Pacific and the Pennsylvania stocks livened up and sold higher than at any time previously. Price movements in general were trivial and buying spas modic New York Butter. New York. April 15 BUTTER Market firm. Stats dairy, 15(&20c; fresh creamery, 141i 22c Sugar and Coffee Market. New York, April 15. SUGAR Raw su gar nominal. Fair refining. 3c; centrifu gal. 96 test. 8c: molasses sugar, Zvfcc. Refined sugar quiet. Crushed, $5.40; pow dered. $4.80; granulated, $4.70. COFFEE Market steady. No. 7 Rio, 70. Morninsr Stock Re1ew. Furnished by A. M. McDermott Commis sion Co.. Stocks, Grains, Provisions and Investment Securities. Rooms 20 and 21. 702 Kansas ave.J New York.April 15. STOCKS '1 ne trad ing for the first hour yesterday was rath er spirited and the tone of the market ap parently strong. The moment, however, it was learned that the Northern Securi ties decision would be deferred for a few davs, almost all outside trading stopped and it was not resumed ail the rest of the day. In one of thch western newspa pers a few days ago James J. Hill was quoted in a long interview, in much of, which the language was extremely char acteristic, including occasional outbursts of astonishing frankness. Mr. Hill is alileged to have said in sub stance that if the Harriman contention was sustained the Great Northern rail way would be bottled uj at the eastern Carts j Baby Buggies I For over forty years these celebrated baby vehicles have maintained the high standard of perfection which has placed them above all others. For three generations they have been the leaders. Every pattern the very embodiment of Style. No detail overlooked for baby's Ease. Constructed at every point for ut most Durability. All steel undergearing. Best rubber tires. Fine finished enamel. Dust Proof Hub. Patent Foot Brake. Adjustable Recliner. Buy the Best the WHITNEY. j end and he- might as well retire from bh"sf: aadlng. however.that nl thoul 5? uld a?i'Y t 250 for his Great Northern stock in tnis event, if it be supposed that a genuine battlo SrlnSWT l the transcontinental po sition is being fougnt out. the possibilities are enormous. By sustaining the Harrl-I"-,?CO,?fentlon' the Uni"n Pacific would pracucally control the Northern Pacific, and have exactly one-half interest in thi B. Q. The Rockefellers, who be yond all reasonable doubt are back of tho Harriman contention, hold the St. Paul Union Pacific tightly together. Range of Prices on Stocks. Furnished Oy J. E. Gal!. Cv.nmiMlons. Grains, Provisions. Cotton and Stocks! 2? iCC1rr'.WeSt S'Xth. 8treet" T'lf hon, R?v"?eS??ndent Chr' Grain and (stock Co., Kansas Citv. Mo A New Vork. April 15. Stocks. Op n High Low v., Suga,- 027 127 026 I27t,'l27 People's Gas w :a' -Kit Anial. Copper 49 4: 4,,i T 46 46 45 461 4rt u- a'steej':::"::: H n o? U. S. Steel, pfd ..sa Atchison, com 73 7lii 73J 7-;C 7 Atchison, pfd c. g. w iK. i icv. iua i St- Paul 144 145', 14.;:.. 14.7. 1 14 R. I., com 23 23 23 2; 23 u abash, com ls 19 jh Wabash, pfd S 29 sm2 39' gs:- Mo. Pacific S 93 92 t 3 Western Union 8 8 Manhattan 142 1 42 142 J42' 142U N. Y. Central 116 117 116 117 116 Texas Pacific 24i 24 24 2 So. Pacific 49 49 49 49 4: Reading 44 45 44 45 44 Erie 26 27 26 27 26- Erie 61 65 64 6T 65 Union Pacific 85 s6 ss 86 8S C. O r.2 32 32 '2 22 32 B. 0 7: 79 79 7! 80 L. A N lv 1 lr- los 10S14 Katv 39 39 39 39 39 Pennsylvania 118 118 117 im list, C. fe A., com 37 87 U. S. Leather 7 7 C. F. I 31 31 Wool Market. St. Louis. Mo., April 15. WOOL Market steady. Territory and western mediums, lSaoc; fine medium, 1517c; fine, 14al&x Topeka Market. Topeka, April 15. HOGS. MEDIUM $4.9rv?N 71) HEAVY 4.7'Vg4.7$ 1JUHT CATTLE." COWS $1 .0033 5s HEIFERS 2.rx.2S.B STEERS 3.tf4.0fl BULLS i-(Xui.'ii CALVES. HEAVY tlJStl r 1..1UHT S.0wa4.u GREEN SALE CURED v-V-Wo NO. 2 WHEAT gn NO. 3 WHEAT 760 WHITE CORN j4;3 YELLOW AND MIXED CORN 440 NO. S OATS 2s Furnisned by S. E. Lux. successor to W. O. Anderson Co, 210 4Lan&as ave nue, j FRUITS. ORANGES Navel, per box, S2.25. LEMONS California, per box, $2.75. BANANAS Fancy Port Limons, $2.0fa $3 1X1 per bunch. APPLES 4.25g4.a0 per bbl. CRANBERRIES Per bu. box., $2.75 STRAWBERRIES 24-quart crate, $3,503 4. Of. POTATOES Colorado, per bu., $120 TOMATOES Fancy Mexican. 6 ba,k crate, fc.uo; fancy iioriua, 6 basket crat :et crate. W-0; t- NEW iiii- ivAo. vi uoz. Dunchea. t5c LETTUCE Texas, per dozen bunche. RADISHES Texas, per dox. buncnea uiRSLET 45c per bunch. 1 L f.- J1 r I'A H .S N 1 r'S i'er bu., $1.09. ;OCOANL.Ts-$4.0o per sack; 55c per Ohio, $1.20; Red River Early Rose, $lts HONEY 24-rack cases. $2.75. 10- FIGS Boxes containing 10 1-lb. cart. oer box. Soc. FULL CREAM CHEESE. 20-lb. Daisy Cheese, per lb Kansas Y. A., per id v-r-lf Kruto whit. ,w ".-...I J Brick, per lb....... Laniourgei, v ,u. j-- Block Swiss, per lb ikllz VOULTRY Young roosters, 2w' each hens. 8c lb.: broilers. $.:.5?M.ot per doz! urTTKR-Country 14?, 1, v aoz. EGGS Fresh, 14c. HAY. PRAIRIE HAY" loose V yTS nn PRAIRIE HAY Baled 3 1 KA btnj,, SEED SWEET POTATOES tl.X.1 ,2 M per bu. RUTABAGAS Canada, per cwt.. si Kn TV. i-l H-1.UVVEK-Pel crate. s5i'5? ONIONS Per bu.. $2.fOli2.25. CELER Y-BKie Ribbon, per dozen. Uo JU Topeka Ilhle Market. Topeka. April 15 Prices paid In Topeka th is week, cased cm Boiton quotations:! NO. 1 TALLOW t,0

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TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL FRIDAY EVENING. APRIL 15, 1904. 11 CARPET CLEANING. irosby Bros pecial Saturday Prices on Necessities Hosiery. Girl's Black Ribbed Cotton Hose double sole, heel and toe. Girls' Double -Knee Hosiery, black cotton ribbed, spliced heel and toe. 19c Boys' and Girls Regu lar made black Cotton Hose, extra spliced sole, heel and toe. Value 25c 19c Women's Lace Lisle Hose, black seamless, heel, toe and sole double. Value 25c 35c 3 pairs for $i.oo; Wo men's 50c Lace Lisle Hose regular made, spliced. 25c for two Pairs Men's Dropstitch Hose, black, full seamless. 17c 3 pairs 50c, Men's 25c Hose, colored cot ton half hose, drop stitch and lace, in tan, gray and black. Underwear. 15c Women's 25c Vests, fancy colors, low neck and sleeveless, lace fronts white, pink and blue. black, 12 Is. Children's 25c Under wearodd lots in me dium weight. 15c Boys' 25c Balbriggan Drawers, sizes 26 to 34, bargains of great merit. 75c a garment for Men's SI. 00 Underwear, me dium weight, all-wool grey, in odd sizes; also medium weight cotton, ecru and fancy stripes. Men's Shirts 35c for 50c Negligee, light colors. f THE WOMEN ...OF JAPAN WHAT is the feminine half of the -wonderful little nation of fighters in the far east like? Well, until the past fifteen or twenty years they were al most nullities. Mothers, of course, gave to their children robust, healthy bodies nd the tenderest care that can be be stowed on infancy, but the modern progress of Japan is due almost wholly fr.r, r f. t z XL v A HANDSOME SPRING BOLERO. This handsome bolero is made of alternate rows of blue taffeta silk and cream antique lace. The taffeta circles forming the collar, front tabs and sleeve trimming are crossed by silk threads to give the semblance of morning glories held together by a cobweb stitch done in embroidery floss. The narrow silk folds which edge the taffeta bands are connected with herringbone stitching. to the indomitable spirit and strong in tellectuality of the men. The idea of womanhood in Japan a generation ago was the oriental one: "Obey first your parents, then your husband. Your mission in life is to please man and take care of children. Be submissive, sweet tempered, and lively when man wants you to be live ly, silent when he does not. But, above all, be submissive." This the old wo man of Japan was. She had an imper turbably good temper which differen tiated her from the shrill voiced, hys terical female of China. The old Japa nese woman was also far more intellec tual than the Chinese woman, though until recently she had little opportunity tor intellectual culture. The Japanese woman of the lower class worked as a common laborer both in the fields and in the cities. This cus tom prevails still. Today the Japanese woman of the caste of the laborer works as a coal heaver and freight handler side by side with men, and many a time some of her male com panions give out before she does. It is undoubtedly owing partly to these centuries of outdoor manual labor on the part of its women that the physique of the Japanese race is so superior. Physically there is certainly no race today equal to the Japs in spite of fheir small stature. It is to be remem bered, too, that Japanese mothers have never been incased in corsets. Their national kimono is merely a loose dressing gown, and they usually wear Underneath it only one garment, equally loose. Such was Japan's old woman, igno rant, laborious, submissive, yet imbued with the national Japanese good tem per and brains. Her ideal seemed to be that of loving service. The ideal of loving service prevails still, but now the love would offer intelligent, educat ed service. Japan has a new woman. There are not very many of the class as yet, but they are increasing rapidly. To give credit where it belongs, the new wornan idea of Japan is chiefly due to the men. They visited western nations. They ob served the advanced position of woman, so far as it has advanced, particularly in the United States. They seem to have a sixth sense, these little people, which tells them what to adopt and what to leave out among the ways of western countries. They saw that the emancipation of woman was good; at least the more enlightened among them did. They went home and preached the new doctrine of the higher education of woman, and the little women of their race were not slow to catch up the new doctrine. The first thing for the aspiring Jap girls to do was to come to the western world and go to school. This they did by the thousand. Once, a few years ago, on a ship coming to San Francisco from the orient, I saw a young Japanese lady of high rank, belonging, in fact, to the caste of the nobility of her coun try. She was a student in a university in California, and she was coming to Join her class. She was refined and ev j idently somebody uncommon at home, yet this noble lady was traveling sec ond cabin in order to reduce her ex penses and enable her to take the uni i versity course. How many American girls of even the moderately well to do class would travel second cabin on the sea to save money for schooling? In the rush to gain western knowl edge young Japanese noblemen and stu dents came to America and hired them- S selves out as domestic servants. What to them were considerations of social rank so long as they could learn Eng lish and watch American ways and find out what made us so rich, so successful and so powerful? Presently Jap women began to come to America and hire out as domestic servants. They, too, would learn. In one instance the wife of a Japanese physician was employed as a $r maid In a family in New Jersey. In all the years of her married life the mis tress of that household never enjoyed such peace and satisfaction as when gentle, neat handed Haru was with her. This golden maid dusted the rare bric-a-brac with hands that showed she loved it. She counted every day the silver, even the drinking glasses. Once she came and informed the house mis tress that one drinking glass was miss ing. She could not account for It, she said, only it just wasn't there. Then it transpired that the lady of the mansion herself had broken the glass and had failed to report it to the maid. The eagerness of the Japs to learn western ways is accounted for in one word patriotism. The awakening in 1853 of the island empire from its 2,000 years' sleep was followed by an out burst of nationalism only equaled by that in our land at the outbreak of the revolution. One idea arose suddenly in the Japanese breast we will become a great sea people, a modern nation among nations. The astonishing feata if the Jap navy, the indomitable Jap daring and persistence, come from a love of country that no other oriental race knows. The women caught the flame of pa triotism from their men; they enkin dled it in their children; they began to feel pride and love for their land. Mme. Uchlda, wife of the Japanese consul general at New York, said when the news of the first victory of the mi kado's men over the Russians reached her: "Oh, I am so happy at the news! But how could it be any other way? Japan is right, and Russia is wrong, and of course we must win, not only in the first place, but in the last place." Japanese women In America are rais ing a fund of $5,000 for the Red Cross society of their native land. So has been developed the new wo man of Japan, hustling, bustling, like the capable American woman, yet still full of the thought of loving service. In Honolulu is published the only daily Japanese newspaper In the Hawaiian Islands, and its business manager is a Japanese woman, very successful Id her enterprise. A few years ago a uni versity for women students was es tablished at Tokyo. The government also maintains a trade school for girls. The empress of Japan herself may be said to head the new woman movement of her country. She herself established in Tokyo a hospital which is the finest in Asia, and she maintains it out of her private purse. She has a palace of her own, separate from that of the mika do, her husband. This imperial lady's name is Karu-ko. "Haru" means the "springtime," and it is a not uncom mon given name for girls in Japan. W'hen Karu-ko was married she re fused to conform to the old Japanese custom which required all Japanese wives to blacken their teeth. Conse quently this hideous fashion has most ly gone out, to the great improvement of the beauty of Jap women. Empress Haru-ko keeps well informed of the new woman movement of western countries. There is, however, in Ja pan a Salic law against women occu pying the throne as rulers. It was adopted In 1889. ALICE W. MORTIMER. A daughter of Mr. Baker, an Amer ican banker, is one of the belles of the vice regal court In Dublin. She Is the wife of Howard St. George, a connect tion of the earls of Donerail, the Sti Georges being a great family in the north of County Cork, t J r 1 J PULL. AN A HI Call Box or call either telephone No. a and have jour Want Ada brought t thm Stat Journal of fice tor free roea cnger service. Coat or classified acts flva cent pel Una of alx wrcd to tba Una nl Ttry traction thereof. OFFICIAL AXXOUXCEMEVTS. I AM A CANDIDATE FOR STATE senator from tne Seventeenth district, 17th), subject to the decision of the qual ified electors la Shawnee county in No vember. C. P. BOLMAR JiEAJESTATE TRANSFERS. O. W. Cooper and wife to A. B. B.-own, lots G24, rt26 and 628 Lane street, block o, Martin Dennis' addition J 160 K. Clark and husband to P. A. Mon aghiim, lots 54 and 56 Adams street 900 T. Donivan to same, same 1 The F1nanciaJ association to H. Dear dor?, lot obi and north half of lot 3ti Kella.nl aveiuc, Morris addition 1 T. H. Lescher and wife to C. Rob ertson, lot 301 and north half of lot 3'Xt Madison street 200 J. Hainer and wife to I,. Hainer, north half of lot 53 and all of 55 and south half of lot 57 Chandler street. N. iviein's addition S00 S. C. Cook to S. A. Wolcott, lots 5n7, 509 Lane street, Williams Dil lon s addition 435 M. Overton and others to G. P. Tif fany, part reserve 2 625 P. Orindrod and others to K. Clark, lots 54 and 56 Adams street 100 Same to same. M. J. Hazen and husuand to same, same G. H. Hazen to same. same. H. S. Nichols and husband to J. C. Kevun, a tract on Van Buren street 1 WASTED MALE HELP. WANTED A boy at 517 W. 10th St. liv ery barn. WANTED Stare her and neckband ironer at the Gem laundry. WANTED Farm hand in this comtv. Inquire J. Thomas Lumber Co. office, 213 w. 6th st. WANTED Men to learn barber tra7e, special offer for April, including board and tools, best opportunity ever given; can nearly earn expenses before finishing. Pew weeks completes. Positions guaran teed. Write today. Moler Barber college, St. Louis, Mo. HOLER'S barber college of Dallas, 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. WANTED Married man to go on farm 11 miles west .of Topeka, Inquire 210 W. 6th ave., Toptka. WANTED Good arm waiters at Cremerie restaurant. WANTED Young man to develop as hypnotic subjects, fur evening work in Topeka, $1 per hour when used. Charles D. Brouyette, 225 Taylor st- MAN under 35, fair education, to prepare for Gov't position. Begin 5MX salary. Fu ture good. Box 1, Cedar Rapids, la. WANTED FEMALE HELP. WANTED Girl for general housework.no washing. Mrs. Frank P. Edson, 1434 Harrison st. WANTED Good kitchen girl at 815 Mon roe st. NO MOKE CUT KATES. Theatrical Managers Will Stop Traffic in Tomps." New York, April 15. Drastic action against cut rate tickets has been taken by the Theatrical Managers' associa tion of New York. In order to stop the traffic in billboard tickets, carried on chiefly in small tobacco shops through out the theatrical district a resolution was adopted providing that after Au gust 1 no member of the association shall use or permit to be used any form of advertising for which tickets of admission may be given, and that no advertising shall be done in New York by lithographs otherwise than rented boardings, photographs, hang ers, banners, etc. Another resolution to charge ten cents each on complimentary tickets up to the number of ten for each the ater each night is expected to add sufficient revenue to the actors' fund to do away with the necessity of bene fits. An attempt will be made next fall to form a national association of man agers which shall have among other objects these reforms. NO MOKE CHI KC11 0PEKA8. A Cliioasro Pastor Lays Ban on the Choir. Chicago. April 15. Dr. James S. Stone, rector of St. James Episcopal church, has put a stop to the church choir's custom of giving operas, light or otherwise. "Religion and the theater do not mix well in the way St. James' choir has been trying to mix it." declared the rector. "I do not have anv obiec- tion to members of the choir appear ing in operas as individuals. I am, however, opposed to operas being given in the name of the church." I Dr. Stone believes tt.-e influence that I surrounds the pi "paration and presen j tation of an opera is not good for the choir boys. I It is understood that Bishop McLaren has informed the rectors of Episcopal churches generally that he would be better pleased if they would stop giv ing operas. Princes Coming to St. Lonis. Berlin, April 15. Prince and Princess Hohenlohe-Sehilinfurst, the- former the son of the late imperial chancellor of the name: the hereditary Prince Victor von Batibor, his daughter, the Princess I Elizabeth and his brother Prince Karl, governor of Aurish, Prussia, have sail ed for New York on their way to at tend the opening of the St. Louis ex position. Artist Marries Her Kesctier. Butte, Mont., April 15. Fannie Y. i Cory ,a noted artist of New York, was married secretly today to F. M. Cooney, a rancher, wno saved her life a year ago. WANTED FEMALE HELP. WANTED An experienced girl for cook ing and dining room work. 801 W. 6ti. WANTED Experienced girl on mangl". Mutual Laundry Co., 3d and Quincy. WANTED 2 waitresses Avenue hotfl. at the Fifth WANTED AGEXTS. WIS WANT 10,000 agents Tor greatest tiouno. hold aeller ever invented; best monev maker on record: actually Be lit t every house; send loc ior sample and oar Z mam moth catalogues of as'-'nts'tuppiles. South ern Merc Co., Dept. fX Houston. Tex. M. JACK, roofng and general reoair wo.-k. SIS Polk st. Ind. 'pnone 11561 W HEN you want to hire a man or boy, call up V. M. C. A. telephone 311. Wo have a list ot men and confidential ref erences concerning them. Y. M. C. A. Employment Bureau. 117 E. 8th Bt. VAXTED-MLELLAXEOTS WANTED Lawn mowers to sharpen, 75c. Free delivery. "Golden Rule," Sj3 Kan sas ave. Tel. 503. WANTED To buy or rent house, at least 8 rooms, close in. Address R. H. M care Journal. WANTED Good second hand roller top desk. Address Desk, Journal. WANTED Horses to clip. 118 W. 6th at. 'Phone 4s8. Arthur Massey. TO WHOM IT MAY COXCERX. TO WHOM IT MAT CONCERN My ap plication for a permit to sell intoxicat ing liquors, according to law, at 1125 V. Gth St.. in Fourth ward of the city of To peka, is now on file in the office of the clerk of the probate court, Shawnee county, Kan. The hearing of the same is set for Thursday, May 5, 1S04, at 9 o'clock a. m. N. J. PETRO nt'SIXESS CIIAXCES. SAND lime brick, ready for wall in 24 hours; I have solved the greatest of all brick questions and have received patent on the simplest, best and cheapest sys tem ever known; making 90 per cent face brick as hard as tiint at common brick prices; if you have the sand I can make you a rich man; now is the time for this great question; send me a sample of your sand and I will send you brick made from yoi'r own sand;can make rock faced brick without extra cost, where all other kinds cost $35 per I.Oai extra: samples of this brick sent on application. Steger Brick Co., Bonham, Tex. FOR REST ROOMS. FOR RENT Furnished room in good lo cality. Apply H2o Jackson St. FOR RENT Furnished front room, south light. 412 W. Eth st. FOR RENT Furnished front room, south and west exposure. 412 V. 5th st. FOR RENT 3 furnished rooms for light housekeeping. U04 W. 8th St. FOR RENT 2 furnished rooms with al cove with privilege of light housekeep ing. Address Rooms, care Journal. FOR RENT Furnished rooms light house keeping, modern. 1321 V bth. Call roorn- iriiis. FOR RENT 3 unfurnished rooms light housekeeping, no children. 312 E. Sth. FOR RENT Suite of rooms, modern. 1014 lyler st. FOR RENT Nicely furnished front room first floor. t2u Jefferson st. FOR RENT Anicely famished single room for gentleman, south exposure. House modern, gas, bath. 1125 Van Bu ren. FOR RENT 2 furnished rooms for light housekeeping. 214 Quincy st. FOR RENT Furnished, one or two large south rooms; all modern conveniences. 304 West 10th st. i FOR RENT To gentleman only, furnish ed front room. In modern house. 12t-l Tyler st. FOR KENT HOUSES. FOR RENT The large brick house S. W. cor. 6th and Polk, bath and tas, barn. Inquire 715 W. 6th st. FOR RENT 8 room furnished house, ref erences required. Call at the Royal bakery. FOR RENT 3 room flat, upstairs, no children. i13 Tyler st. FOR RENT The modern cottage at the northeast corner of 6th and Ijneoln sts. Gas. bath, furnace, wide hall, city nnd cistern water in kitchen, 3 bed rooms, per month. 526 Lincoln st. FOR RENTMISCELLANEOUS. FOR RENT Wagon and 2 horses. 1005 Toieka ave. FOR RENT 7 rooms, barn. 1107 XV. 10th. Inquire this evening 6 to S. FOR RENT 1'pper floor of modern house. 815 Huntoon St.. after 4 p. in. LOST AND FOUXD. LOST Gold locket. Finder return to room 42, Santa Fe bldg. and receive re ward. JPOrtXOLAXGE DENVER OWNERS, ATTENTION We can trade you choice Topeka resi dence lots for your Denver real estate. Write at once. VICKERS HOLE ROOK. Denver, Col. FOR EXCHANGE -Fo.' household goods, or most anything: IMano. Phaeton. E. C. WARREN. 427 Kansas Ave. FOR SALE Corner grocery, feed and meat markft doing good business. In voice about $1,2X; Sl.OuO insurance; will sell for $1,1"0, or invoice; reason for sell ing: other business. A. M., care Journal. FOR SALE Ice box. good condition: New Home sewing machine. 115 E. 2d st. FOR SALE Restaurant, cheap. 125 W. 7th St. FOR SALE Remington typewriter In 1st class condition, cheap if sold at once. N. B. Campbell, 605 Kansas ave. FOR SALE 3 fresh cows. O. F. Whitney, 15ul N. Euchanan st. FOR SALE Sewing machine and go-cart. 12.0 Topeka ave. FOR SALE New iron safe, $6.50. SX Kan sas ave. FOR SALE Wall paper that sold from 6 to 15c, for 3c roll, at 805 Kansas ave. FOR SALE Good work horse; can be seen Sunday. 5".1! Chandler st. FOR SALE 3 No. 1 milk cows. 300 Law rence st. FOR SALE A good 5-year-old Jersey milk cow. 12':S Western ave. FOR SALE Fixtures of Chief hotel, 323 Kansas ave. Nathan Hardar. FOR SALE 2 gasoline stoves, chop. In quire 723 Clay st. FOII SALE MISCELLAXEOVS. FOR SALE 2d hand covered laundry wajona tlo each. Topeka Laundry Co. FOR SALE 50 head little pigs, sows and pigs and heifer calf, W. Hn, opposite Sach s green house. T. C. Wigghn.

SQUARE PIANO. One W. W. Kimball square pia no, modern in construction, good tcne, heavy base; in rosewood case, for sale at f3S.U0. E. B. GUILD MUSIC CO. FOR SALE Good, gentle, black horse, surrc-y and harness. 12o Topeka ave. FOR SALE At Bennett barn nice drivers, family horses. work horss. matched palis and saddle horses; every horse guaranteed. Saithouse Norris. FOR SALE A tine piano at once, half price if sold this week. See,V. P. Frot, 712 Kansas ave., upstairs. Ind. 'phone MSI. WHITE Wyandotte eggs tor settings, 13 for 11.00. W. A. Smith. ICS E. ltth s'.. FOR SALE Pool table, in good order. Geo. D. Butts, lei E. 6th St. FOR SALE Team, harness and wagon. Topeka Coal Co.. W. 10th Bt. FOR SALE 3 worn horses. 700 Van Bu ren st. FOR SALE A flue young stallion at 700 Van Buren. stables. FOR SALE OR TRADE Phaeton,. Piano. WARREN. Opposite Postoffice. FOR SALE 1 black jack 7 years old and tine breeding. Inquire at Marple'a barn. North Topeka. FOR SALE 264-egg. lf3 model, "Success ful" incubater. 1HI5 West Sixth st. FOR SALE Common brick $6 per M. pressed brick, $12.50 per M. stone. J4 JO per cord, sand and cement. Morse Ma terial Supply Co., 913 N. Kansas ave. Ind. 'phone lo33. FOR SALE Some worn and second hand sewing machines at a bargain. Call and take your choice. W. B. Frost, 712 Kan sas ave., upstairs. Ind. 'phone 1'Xil. FOR SALE Emporia postofTlce furniture and fixtures. In good repair, can give possession about April 1. For prices and particulars address XV. T. Sodeu, Empor ia. Kan. FOR SALE REAL ESTATE. FOR SALE Nos. 2200. 2202 and 22H Bu chanan st., 4 room cottage, good barn, new, plenty of shade, water. Inquire of Fritz Spaar, 2208 Buchanan st. JOHNSON PLACE ADDITION. Lots for sale on W. 6th St., on paved St., at $225 each. M. HEERY, 'Phone 1235. FOR SALE Cheap, lots on Twlss ivo.: also 6 room house on Quincy, pavement. Fred Conrad, 12W Seward ave. FOR SALF. Good 5 room Z story house; price $1,000; $250 cash; balance monthly payments. Call at 3u0 Lawrence st. FOR SALB 7 room house. In good re pair, l'-i lots, 311 Tyler st. Inquire 315 Topeka ave. FOR SALE A handsome new modern -cottage. 612 Fillmore st. FOR SALE Team of farm horses. 716 Jefferson st. FOR SALF-8 room house, 3 lots. Call at S33 Kansas ave. FOR SALT A snap; 7 room house. 6 lots. Highland Park, good barn and chicken house, cistern and well water, nice fruit trees of all kinds. Inquire Fritz Spaar, 20! Buchanan. FOR BALE 2 fine new cottages. 6 and 7 rooms.- easy terms. Call or write own er. E. T. Hooker, 349 Buchanan st. JISCELLAXEOTS. BEFORE you buy a sowing machine try a Wheeler Wilson No. 9; it will please you. W. P. Frost. 712 Kansas ave., up stairs. Ind. 'phone lu31. FISH! FISH!! We will have in 6,000 lbs of fresh dressed cat fish, red snapper, rock cod, jarracuda flounders, buffalo and jumbo shad, next Wednesday. J. A. Davis Co. is headquarters for fresh fish and poultry in Topeka. Corner Sixth and Jackson. GOOD sewing machines for $ld at the Wheeler Wilson office. W. P. Frost, 712 Kansas ave,, upstairs. Ind. 'phone 1081. AlCTIOX. I WILL offer at private sale on Saturday, April Irtth. at 315 Leland St., l'0 head 1st class horses, heavy drafts, drivers, car riage horses, also five pair first class farm mules. James Wall. FEATHERS AND MATTRESSES. FEATHERS bought and sold, old feath ers renovated; mattresses ma-ie to or der. Fred Scraper. 4'X'i Kansas ave. MASSAGE PARLOR. TURKISH BATH ROOMS. Under National hotel, Topi-ka; ladies' en trance from 7th st. Modern convpniences for all kinds of baths medica, gymnastics and massage. Come and tee what we can do for you. Kcll telt phone 8t. LADIES' beauty parlors, facial massage and shampooing, toilet articles. Mrs. Annie M. Trapp, 119 W. 7th. Tel. 372. STALLIONS. JACKDAW, greatest sire of extreme trot ting speed m the Missouri valley, at 326 Jackson Ft. THE SHAMROCK Sensationally bred. worthy o his ancestry, at m Jackson street. FLORISTS. MRS. M. E. HOLCRAFT. 817 Ktmtl ave. Cut flowers aiid floral designs. Phone 171 CUT 1? 'LOWERS end nure! designee at Hayes'. 107 W. 8th at. Both 'phones T. MUSICAL. WORRAL, 713 Polk, rlano lessons, pupil's home, 60c Church and lodge playing free. GEO. N. NEWTON, 718U Kansas ave. Piano tuning and repairing; expert ac tion regulatins: and voicing. Ind. Tel. 1297. -FURNCEriK GEO. E. SEYBOLD, furnace work, tin roofing, guttering, spouting, furnaces a specialty. iil Kansas ave. InO. 'pnone &U. WATCHMAKER. F. XV. WIEMAN, practical watchmaker and engraver. All work done in neatest, promptest workmanship manner, at low est prices. Highest cash price for old gold and silver. 107 W. 7th st. SEND your carpets to McCormick fc Peake, in our new location, new ma chinery. We can give you bettt-r work, more promptly than ever before, and at a. price tnat will please you. McCormick rcake, rug laciory and carpet cleaning works, 522 Van Buren st. 'Phones 42L CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS. BL'ZICK A WILSON, contractors an! builders. Job work a spcci&lty. 12i E. fcu St. lad. 'pbc-ne 1244. COAL DEALERS. SOUTHWESTERN fU'KL, CO., Northeast Corner fcth and Ivansas avs. All kinds ot Coal. Best Quality. Full Weight. Prompt Delivery. J. W. F. HUGHES, coal dealer. 'Phones 4. Oftice and yards -jih and Adams. Ail kinds coal; blacksmith coU beat quality. BEST quality coal, full weight, lowest prices. Coffman, 'phone 31-2. MOVING AND STORING. FOR moving, packing and shipping, Atri erton Bros.. li E. 6th. Both 'phones fcm. TORAGE MERCHANTS' TRANSFER A STORAGE! Co. packs, ships and stores household goods. Tel. Clarence Skinner, 6il Wuincy st. PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS. DR. EASTMAN, late supt. state insane asylum. Mental and nervous diseases. &4 Kan. av. 'Phones 714. lies. 1270 V. liurea. IDA C. BARNES. M. D. Office 724 Kansas eve. Residence Thir teenth and Clay. Office hours: m. to 11 a, m. and 2 p. m. to a p. m. Bota 'phones 16 residence, and Ind. 1316 oflice. RUG FACTORY. DO NOT throw away that old carD"t. but send it to McCormick Peake, 62 Van Buren. They will make you the beat rug you ever s.- w and tne cost 4s ridicu lously small. Write for price list or cali up 'phones 421. McCormick Peake. UPHOLSTERING. W. J. VOSS. upholstering, furniture packed, shipped; mattresses, couches, etc, made over and to order. 6o9 Jackson sc BICYCLES AND REPAIRING. TOPEKA AUTOMOBILE AND CYCLS Co. TeL 706. Bicycles and sundries, bi cycles and tandeiu for rent; repairing ot all kinds. U. 3. CYCLE CO, 118 E. Sth st. National Iver-Johnson bicycles. Supplies, rey-Urs. MONEY. MONEY TO LOAN on live stock, pianos, organs, typewriters, household goods ana personal security. L. bucoft. 522 Kun. a,v. FREE DISPENSARY. TOPEKA FREE DISPENSARY, south east corner ltn and Tyler ats., from 1 to 2 p. ta.. except Sundays. Conducted by regular practicing physicians for the benefit of persons witiiout means who need medical attention and treatment. Pa tients are assured of careful and consid erate treatment. Medicine furnianed In most cases. OSTEOPATH. EUZABETH "HARVEY." "osteopath, ?2S Kan. ave., successor to Dr. Linda. Hardy. ATEXTS J. A. ROSEN, PaUni Attorney, 4ii liao- sas ave., Topeka. STAMPS, SEALS AND STENCILS. THE J. C. DARLING CO.. 734 Kan. ave. Rubber stamps, brass and aluminum traOe checks. Prices low. Catalog tree. TeL iiai. UNDERTAKERS. DEMOSS PENWELL. Funeral Dlreo tors and Embalmers. First class service reasonable prices. ill Wuincy.Boih tela. 62. GEO. B. PALMER, undertaker. Estab lished 1K71. Prices reasonable. TeL office 146. Residence b7. 621 Jackson St. IIAIR DRESSLNG. SWITCHES, pompadours, all kinds of hair work. Mrs Van Vleck. 222 E. oth. JUARTiWARE THE COUGH LIN HARDWARE COu Hardware, stoves, fine tools. 70S Kan sas ave. Tel. 606. SATIX TOILET SPECTALriES LONG lived, healthy teeth follow use of Satin Tooth Powder or Satin Tootn Paste. 25c. Rowley Snow's. ADHESIVE, harmless, invisible Satin Skin complexion jKwder is the best for von. heemtse bet rnnii1. 2F.C. tnts. RAILROAD TIME TABLES. TIME TABLE Topeka, Kansas. IM Right Road" To and From end Bstwesi I if I CHICAGO ST. LOU 13 OMAHA DENVER COLORADO BPGS FOKT WORTH ST. PAUL MINNEAPOLIS MEMPHIS PEOHIA ST. JOSEPH KANSAS CITY And Everywhere Beyond. tr-Utcuve Jan. 3, lK4- TRAINS LtAVii 'luPEKA A3 FOL. LOWS. EAS1 BOUND. I7o. 12, Chicago Mail and Express.. S:2opm No. 14, East Ex. and Mail fc.'Al rn Noi 4, l i Ease nnd Chicago Ex.... 6; 15 am No. 10, Colorado and K. C. Flyer.. 7:46 am No. 4-1. Golden State Limited 6:5 pm No. 612. Colorado and K C. Ex.... 3:4a pal WESTBOUND. No. 11, Chicago and Tex. Ex 12:55 ptn No. 9. Colorado Flyer 8:ia pra No. 13. Texas Ex 12.20 am No. California and Mexico Ex. .11:50 pro No. 43. Golden State Limited Ii:a5 nn No. 611. Coloiado Ex 12 .5u pm NORTHBOUND. No. M. St. Joe Ex 7:44am No. 32. St. Joe and Chicago Ex.... i.ii pia SOUTHBOUND. No. SI, Chicago Ex ..12:35 Dm ro. fad. d. vv j-.-. i.'JO p.u All trams uauj. For sleeping car reservations, tickets, time tables, etc., apply to any Rock IaiaacS Ticket Agent. UNION PACIFIC. EASTBOUND. ArrlT. No. I limited 6 50 am No. 6, Kansas City local pass l:55aa No. 4. Atlantic express 2Sr) pm No. 8. K. C and Sa.ina express., o.au pm WESTBOUND. No. 7, K. C. and Salina express. ..11:50 am No. 3 Denver and Pac- Coast ltd.l2:50pm No t. Junction City local pass.. 6:30 prn No. 1 limited BM pm Daily except Sunday. All other daily. MISSOURI PACIFIC. OSftective July 5. 1W3.) No. 8T. passenger, leave Topeka :8 am No. SI5, Iccai. leave Topeka 7:00 am No. paenger, arrive Topeka ...3.50 pm No. I4, lovL arrive Topeka

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TOPEKA STATE JOUHNAL, IHI AY EVENING. APRIL, 15, 1904. 12 Come Early DON'T MISS IT Tomorrow is the Last Day Your choice of Tomorrow SATURDAY f "I is positively the Last Day t of this magnificent Suit Sale Be There Early. The Last Day of Our Great IS TOMORROW any SUIT in (J the houss for And to make this the banner day, have placed on sale for tomorrow only, many special lots of new stylish Shoes at a great cut in price. One Dollar Will Buy as Much as Two, Generally. 617 Kansas Avenue. GET your check cashed here tomorrow Shop Cap Free with each check cashed here tomorrow 3 -;r7UWUCfi r flue w V Sfc V"'. i- t- V- 111 nnnffininncNT nnnoTnniie t nn 1 L I S I I 1 1 v ii .1 1 li lie is S2.50 and ?3 Ladies' Ox fords and High Shoes for $1.98. Cuban, French, Military and Common Sense Heels, patent kid and vici kid leathers Heavy and light soles. $2.00 Ladies' Oxfords for $1.50, Vici Kid, hand turned and extension soles see thera. Ladies' finest S3, S3.50 and $4 High Shoes and Oxfords, for $2.48. Made by the best mak ers in this country. All the newest and prettiest styles in both high shoes and oxfords in this lot. M Z $1.75, S2.00, S2.25 Misses' w Sandals and Oxfords t! in vici kid and patent 5m leathers for $1.48. All newest 5 styles Child's in same $1.29. spring 98c for Misses' and Children's Vici Kid and Patent Leather Sandals regular SI. 25, $1.35 and $1.50 values. 82.00 and S2.25 Misses' Shoes in finest Vici Kid, button and lace styles for $1.48; child's sizes, $1.39. Heavy and light soles, spring or school heels, patent or stock tips, new dull tops, a wonderful bargain. $1.29 for Child's Vici Kid or Box Calf School and Dres3 Shoes that sell regularly for $1.50, $1.75 and S1.85. $1.25, S1.35 and $1.50 Children's Shoes for 98c, made in button and lace styles, nice flexible soles, sizes 5 to 8. $1.00 and $1.25 Button and Lace Shoes in red for Children, on sale for 48c. One lot of Infant's 50c, 60c and 75c soft sole Shoes for 39c. 19c for odds and ends of 25c, 35c and 40c Infant's Soft Sole Shoes. One lot of Boys' and Misses' Shoes that sold for $1.25, $1.50 and $1.75 for 98c odds and end3. $2.00 Boys' Shoes for $1.48. Every pair guaranteed, wax calf uppers, good heavy soles, nice neat last, a bargain. Youth's sizes in above Shoe $1.29. S2.25 and S2.5Q Boy3' Shoes for dress in fine Box Calf and Vici Kid for $1.69 and SI. 79, Youth's sizes $1.29 and $1.39. $2.50 and S3.00 Dress Shoes for boys in best Patent Colt for $1.98. The newest and most stylish, Shoes that will make your boy feel dressed up. Youth's sizes in above shoe $1.69. One lot Men's Shoes for $2.50 $5. 00, S4.00 and S3. 50 values, all leathers, odds and ends of new stylish shoe3. -A Topeka's Most Popular Shoe Store." ITT ?jl n 11 rri? sr 509 Kansas Avenue. I 20 YEARS. Gorernment Fixes Time for Re storation of Flood Farms. Agricultural Department Ad irises Planting of Trees. RESTORE FERTILITY. Wood Will Uepay for Timo Lost in Waiting:. Catalpas and Cottonwood's Are Recommended for Purpose. It will require twenty years, accord ing to the "United States department of Agriculture, to restore the Kansas val ley to the condition of fertility that It had prior to the 1303 flood. The department believes that the sanded or washed out farms can only be restored by planting- great quanti ties of trees, and recommends cotton woods, catalpas, wailnuts and willows. In the course of time, these trees will. It is claimed, restore the sanded farms to their former fertility, and cause the washed out, or eroded farms, 'o re sume their productive possibilities. Meantime, the timber which la grow ing will become of great value, so that the time lost in waiting for the restoration of the farms will result in an indirect gain to the farmers who happen to be living when the trees are matured and ready to be cut down and sent to the sawmill. Geo. L. Clothier, Kansas representa tive of the United States buriu of for estry, department of agriculture, who made a report to the department con cerning the damage done to the valley made a thorough investigation. has by the flood of May and June, 1903. Mr. Clothier divides the damage done into four classes: 1, sanded lands; 2, eroded lands; 3, eroded lands subse quently silted; and 4, caving river banks. For the eroded lands, and the eroded lands subsequently covered with a layer of stilt, Mr. Clothier recommends the planting of walnut or catalpa trees. For lands covered with sand, which comprise the larger portion of dam aged territory In the valley, Mr. Clothier says: "At least 5,000 acres of fertile plow land were buried in coarse sand to such a depth as to be rendered worth less for agriculture for many years to come. This should receive the first at tention, for the sands are likely to be shifted by the winds and deposited on land that is now fertile. In order to fix this sand, cottonwood trees should be Planted over its entire surface this spring (1904). The flood of 1903 cau:sed millions of cottonwoods to germinate on fields that were too wet for cultiva tion. From these natural nurseries may he obtained all the seedlings needed. If the planting is delayed until another year, the seedlings will be too large to plant, and the sand will have been blown into ridges, so that the ground will not be In as good condition for planting as it is now. "The cottonwood seedlings on farm lands should be gathered when the ground is plowed for a spring crop. It may be that a boy riding the front of the carriage of a sulky plow can eateh and pull out from the loosened soil the best specimens before they are turned under. Otherwise they must be taken from beside or behind the plow. When an armful has been collected, the roots of the trees should be buried in the fresh soil for protection until they can be planted. The planting is a very simple operation. It may be advan tageously performed by a man and a boy working together. The man, driv ing a spade into the sand, makes a silt into which, behind the spade, the boy slips a tree; the man then withdraws the spade, tramping the soil about the tree as he advances to plant the next one. The trees should be planted about 6 feet apart each way. This distance will require 1,210 trees per acre. The sanded land is already partially stock ed in many places with trees from nat ural seeding, so that a considerable amount of the work of planting will be saved if this growth can be utilized. But to do this, planting must begin at once, because the irregular and scat tered nature of the stand will cause such naturally planted trees to be branchy if left in their present den sity, rendering the future growth al most worthless. Close planting will cause the young trees to form clean, straight boles. "After the plantation has grown six or eight years, it should be thinned by removing about half the stand. A sec ond thinning at the end of 12 to 15 years should remove about half of the remainder of the trees. At the end of AFTER 6:30 P. M. SPECIALS Men's 73c Dress Shirts, 45c Selz Royal Bine $3.50 Shoes, New Spring styles, S2.95 Tomorrow last day. L0GLEY $3.00 HATS, tomorrow only $2.65 A Complete Line of Children's Spring Caps now in See them to- 23c 50c Knee Pants, Tomorrow 25c A -k -K -K -X -tt

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X X X X OF s FR.IED3BKR.G S Ml PTiPPf EVERYTHING GOES TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER Come while the Sale is going on 4 it "ftfc A 512 $3.0aCoys' Knee Pants Suits $1.95 Alter 6:30 P. 51. we will sell Silver $i Shirts at 75tf' 50c Men's Ilaibriggan Underwear, 25c: New Fresh j (ffo A fl If 6 SJS Winds Up Tomorrow P You can't af- El fl I (SI x-l v- ford to miss nienls :gg;- JUS i Suits that were I '?f;Sfe' Till PI If bought to re- -cSi-:n I rf 1 1 i I tail at- nr;--rii J I illy lis S 1 3.50 n -mm-'- rvour S2Q L. r:, J OElOEOO Saturday is the last day -jt .v j j Of They All Go W 7 j Any Suit Your Choice t I ISi J m th Houcp vu i I te? wM UrA J M hi PPftl I j n u iri in m&rl W l See Them in Our Window. ,V I V. J I Pick 'em Out in Our Window. I ASK FOR IT AFTER 6:30 P. M. SPECLVLS Choice' of any 43.00 SHOE ia the house, S1.95 After 6:30 P. II we will sell the celebrated I'nicn-raade FOX BR..D $2.00 HAT for $1.45 Choice of Any $3.00 PAYTS ia the honse for $1.95 Choice of an? child's mi in the honse AT COST After 6:30 P. 31. AKUOW ERAXD COLLARS. 10c For Alter C:30 P. 3L Men's 15c Half Hose, 7 it 2 pairs 15c Every garment is strictly union made arid bears this label. Look for it. .4..M'4CI'I44H'II1 Union Label Every garment has hand made collars and button holes; has hand padded shoulders and self retain ing stiff fronts. After 6:30 P. M. HAIHIIS P.R.4XD SLSPt'XDtKS, the 50s kind, for 25c 75c P.lack Sateen SHIRTS goat 45c IXIQX-JIADE Overalls and Eork Shirts, 45c 20 years the majority of the trees remaining- may be cut out for sawlogs." To lrevent Hunks Caving In. An important section of Mr. Clo thier's resort is- devoted to the prob lem of preventing the washing of river banks by the current, which has been going on rapidly since the flood. The report says: "At many places along the stream the tlood has left perpendicular banks of soft soil that are being constantly undermined by the current, causing the land to cave into the river from time to time. It is very important that such places be protected, for every such caving bank is a menace to all the land lying back of it in the valley. "In such a valley, where the bed of the stream does not come within scores of feet of bed rock, the use of stone structures for protecting the river banks is very expensive, and at the same time ineffective. The most succesful method of protecting a soft alluvial river bank is to make it sloping Instead of perpendicular, and to keep it covered with vegetation. "The willow is admirably adapted to holding alluvial soil in place. It is far more serviceable for this pur pose than walls of masonry, and the facility with which it reproduces itself by seed, suckers, sprouts, and cut ting's, both natural and artificial, makes Its use very simple and inex pensive. "The great difficulty with planting anj' sort of tree on perpendicular banks is that the caving of the soil is so rapid that the planted tree has no opportunity to get a start before it is undermined and precipitated into the river. An excellent scheme has been proposed by Mr. E. Bayles of Linwood. I-lvn. The plan is as fol lows: Green willow poles 18 to 20 feet long are secured in the spring, just after the ice goes out of the stream. These poles are laid on the ground near the bank two feet apart, with their butts all pointing toward the river. Woven fence wire is then stretched along over the poles and stapled fast to each one. Sections of wire about 100 feet long can be han dled to best advantage. After the wire has been securely fastened to- the poles, they are all pushed over the bank together, so that the butts of the poles will fall and sink into the Soft mud at the water's edge. As the bank caves off some of the falling soil will lodge on the wire, partially bury ing and weighting down the poles, which will consequently strike root and grow. The wire will serve to hold the mass of willows together un til they have become firmly rooted. The ends of the woven wire should be made fast to wire cables running back over the bank some distance, and fastened to posts set firmly in the ground. The caving and erosion of the bank will soon round off its top corners, and the growing willows at the water's edge will catch the soil as it rolls down the declivity, causing a bank to form of Just the right slope to resist erosion most effectually. Mr. Clotheir recommends that the trees be planted at once. He says that within 3) years the land will he restored to its former state of fertility. "lJuring this time." continues the report, "the growing trees will be accumulating a valua.ile product, for which there is every prospeet of a good market. Prof. Charles H Bes sev of the University of Nebraska main tains that cvfn for fuel the growth of cottonwood timber is a very remunera tive business, since the cottonwood is ca pable of producing more heat units per acre per annum than any other tree adapted to the middle west. The cotton wood makes a good lumber for dimension stuff, and will attain a size large enough tor sawlopis in 2i years. "The hardy catalpa on rich soil will produce more fence posts per aere in a shorter time than anv other species. Some catalpa plantations in Kansas have paid 6 per cent compound inter t on the land and labor invested, and $1' an acre per annum net profit, for a period of 2i years. This is a much greater income than the average returns from agriculture. "With such prospects in view the owner of Kansas river vailev lands need not feel discouraged, even though his valuable farm lands have been rendered temporar ily worthless for agriculture." Higher Interest Hates. New York, April 15. Investigation of the sentiment in savings bank offi cial circles has developed the fact, according to the Herald, that an in crease in the mortgage rate made by every savings bank in Xew York is to result in the firm establishment of the higher rate at least for the' re mainder of the year. The prevailing rate is about 4 per cent with an oc casional loan at 5. An idea of the importance attached to this move may be gathered from the fact that the savings banks or --sew l oi k siaie nave about half a ir.ilUn dollars invested in mortgages. Officials of the savings institutions denv anv attempt at combination and say" the higher rates are merely in line with the general nnanciai state prevailing. Aaron Burr's Indictment Found. Richmond. Va., April 15. The original indictment of Aaron Burr for treason was found today in the archives of the federal court here. It was long supposed to have been lost. It is signed by John Randolph of Roanoke, foreman of the "jury. It is to be used, with other papers in the Aaron Burr trial, for an exhibit by the government at the St. Louis ex position. Licensed to Wed nt EigJity. Terre Haute. Ind., April lo. Sam uel Cheek, aged 80. a wealthy farmer, joked with court house attaches and received congratulations when he called today to get a license to marry Barbara Lisman, aged 4 5. Hives are a terrible torment to the little folks, and to some older ones, fails. Instant relief, permanent cure. Kasily cured. Doan's Ointment never At any drug store. 50 cents. "I A 31 A LIAIi," SAYS KILE Y Hoosier Poet Tells of His Writing "Leonainie," Credited to Poe. Indianapolis. April 15. "It was a mistake due to the foTTy of my youth that I ever wrote that poem, and God knows I have suffered for it," said James Whiteomb Riley, with a sigh, when he consented today to make a statement as to the authorship of "Leonainie." the poem which Alfred Russell Wallace caused to be publish ed in the Fortnightly Review, crediting it to Poe and giving the circumstances of the find. "It was about eighteen years ago," Mr. Riley said, "and at that time I was working on the Anderson Demo crat. A lot of us got to talking one day about critics, and I said that some of my poems were just as good as oth er poets, but I could not sell them be cause no one knew who I was." Riley then told the story of writing the poem and of having it published in a Kokomo paper with a story to tha effect that it had been found in an old book. The poem was copied and wide ly discussed. When proof was de manded a young man named Richards was employed to write it in the fly leaf of an old dictionary. He wrote with a quill pen and with diluted ink to make it look old, and it was almost a perfect imitation of Poe's handwrit ing. The old dictionary is now owned by Paul Lemperly of Cleveland, Ohio. "When the truth came out." contin ued Mr. Riley, "I lost my position on the Anderson Democrat. No paper would even print my explanation of the affair. The memory of that time still stands out as one of the saddest experiences in my lie and one that I can never outlive. There is nothing for me to do but to acknowledge that I wrote it. as I do. but that does not stand, as I once denied being the au thor. I wrote it, but I did not. I did not write it. but I did. and am a liar any way you put it." Everybody reads the State Journal. Vf R The Only upon Which million tastes agree ww X V WW v. W 1 'W I ntiUIQJ COLD M CAV. y Tkt Vnnd is the Smokrr't jf Protection. y''

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V t. ii l I V 1 J yvv r -i I 'Y il.i. II,.! MlTOVii WW S J Hospitals in our great cities are sad places to visit. Three-fourths of the patients lying on those snow-white beds are women and girls. Why should this be the case? Because they have neglected themselves. Every one of these patients in the hospital beds had plenty of warning in that bearing-down feeling, pain at the left or right of the womb, nervous exhaustion, pain in the small of the back. All of these things are indications of an unhealthy condition of the ovaries or womb. What a terrifying thought I These poor souls are lying there on those hospital beds awaiting a fearful operation. Do not drag along at home or in your place of employment until you are obliged to go to the hospital and submit to an examination and possible operation. Build up the female system, cure the derangements which have signified themselves by danger signals, and remember that Lydia E. Piflkham's Vegetable Compound has saved thousands of women from the hospital. Read the letters here published with the full consent of the writers, and see how they escaped the knife by a faithful reliance on Mrs. Pinkham's advice and the consistent treatment of V'j -'mm WWMi dia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. READ FOLLOWING LETTERS: 15- Hi 11 "I was taken sick very suddenly July 13th with severe cramps, or paina. I summoned a doctoT and was in bed a week lying on my back all the time. The pains left me very sore. In a few weeks I was feeling better but was Boon taken sick again with those pains and had another doctor. This one Baid I had neuralgia pains of the stomach and ovaries. lie injected mor phine and eased me again, but I remained sore and weak from the pains and continued to flow for one month and three days without stopping for one day. The doctors wanted to scrape the womb, saying the lining was inflamed. I had a pain at times in my right ovary and felt weak nearly all the time. Am only twenty years old, never was sick until this sickness in July. Menses never lasted more than four days and never an ache or a pain. "I began the use of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and eoon was feeling better. I am now well and strong again. Your medicine has relieved me of the pain in my side and stopped my flowing which the doctors could not do. I feel very grateful to you and can recommend your medicine to all suf fering women." Lucille A. Gaines, 234S Pine St., St. Louis, Ma I suffered with female trouble for over eight years, had womb trouble and painful menstruation. Have been under the care of doctors who said I would have to submit to an operation before I could be cured. I suffered everything. One day I picked up a paper and noticed your advertisement and a testimonial from a friend I knew, stating your medicine had cured her so I thought I would try it. I told my husband I would give up all doctors and try your medicine. I began using your medicine just two months ago and cannot say enough on its praise. Menstruation comes freely now without pain. Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg-etable Compound has brought health, joy and happiness to me. My advice to all suffering women is to try your Vegetable Compound." Mrs. Fred McNacghton, Box 401, Breckenridge, T.tinn. S5QQ0 FORFEIT if wo cannot forthwith produce the original letters and ftignatureeoi above testimonials, which will prove their absolute geo niueceu. Lydia K. Vinkbam Medicine Co., Lynn, Masi. in ml i. I ll '11 V (n i il RAILROilDNEWS. Wichita May Not Get the Orient Railway Shops. Another Town Offers ttonus of 8250,000. MUST KEVOTE BONDS. $160,000 Must Be Produced Without Delay. Town Finds It Difficult to Handle the Contract. Wichita, Kan. .April 13. It is up to Wichita to revote bonds for the Orient railway and complete the subscription of J50.000 stock in the Union Construc tion company in order to insure the Sound house and terminals for this lty valued at $1,000,000. Telegrrams received from A. K. Stil well and W. A. Williams, who are In New York, and a letter from John A. Eaton, peneral attorney for the road to C L. Davidson, president of the Cham ber of Commerce, brings final word as to how the city stands in relation to Beeuring: the Orient shops. As a result of these messages the committee appointed by the three com mercial bodies of the city, of which air. J. K. Howard is chairman, proceeded flt once to take action. Petitions will be presented to the city council and the board of county commissioners apking that special bond elections be called. The city voted $."0,i)00 and the county SS0.0OO several years apo and these issues expire December 1. A new issue must be voted at once. In order to insure the benefits that the city hopes to derive from entrance to the Orient. Following are the tele grams received: "Just closed deal for thirty miles of rails. If Wichita closes $50,000 prom ised, these rails will be used in build ing into Wichita at once. "W. A. WILLIAMS." The message from Mr. Stilwell reads es follows: "Wichita shall have peneral shops nnd track laid info Wichita at once if they revote bonds and take $r0,3CO Union stock as promised. "A. K. STILWELU" The letter received by Mr. Davidson outlined the matter in full. Prompt action will be necessary as immediate replies were asked. In addition to the absolute certainty of the shops, it i I Dl r A N T 5 J N VA LIDS Mt fcjl.ilgi,h.,aa ig'Ho Mo "'Trter 1 1 ihPTBl!!l Cross babie3 become good natured babies when fed on Mellin's Food. Mellin's Food nourishes and pleases. Would you like a sample of Mellin's Food to try lou may have one for the asking. MELLIN'S FOOD CO., BOSTON, MASS. means also that the line will be con pleted from Milton and that trains wi'l then reach Wichita over the company's own rails. A member of the committee, in out lining the proposition said: "It must be understood that the Ori ent doesn't care to have Wichita re vote the bonds. The road has a bona fide proposition from another town offering- $250,000 In cash within 90 days from date of acceptance for the shop.. This means that by locating in the town that makes the offer the com pany gets a bonus of one-quarter of a million dollars outright. "In order to give Wichita the oppor tunity to cinch matters, the company holds the offer of a bonus In abeyance to give us a chance to revote the bonds and subscribe the remainder of the stock in the construction company. It means much to Wichita and there should be no delay in action. We can not afford to lose these shops. "Those who are opposed to renewing the bonds are simply hurting Wichita and helping the Orient they are anx ious to go elsewhere with the shops: it means a quarter of a million cold cash to them. But Wichita can't afford to lose out. Every loyal citizen should step in and help the good cause alont;." The committee which has charge of the construction company stock propo sition has sold all but about $10,000 of the stock and work will be begun at once to dispose of the remainder. WANT RETURN PASSES. Chicago Commission Men Take Up Fight on Rclialf of Shippers. The National Provisioner, a leading trade publication, discusses the "return pass'' privilege for cattle shippers as follows: On January 1 of this year a new rule was put into operation by all of the railroads entering the live stock market at Chicago and the river mar kets abolishing the free return passes that had hitherto been granted to ship pers of live stock who accompanied two or more cars of live stock to mar ket centers, and since that time the producer and shipper who has found it necessary to accompany his stock to destination has been subjected to the expense of return railway fare. The Bowles Live Stock Commission company, one of the enterprising com mission houses' with headquarters at Chicago, quickly took up the fight in behalf of the shipper, and as a result of their action a petition was circula ted among all of the commission mer chants at the Union stock yards. Chi cago, on New Tear's day and Saturday following. This petition was unani mously signed by all of the commis sion men doing business at that mar ket. It was addressed to the chairman of the General Managers' association of the Chicago railroads, and contain ed a brief and forceful argument, showing clearly that this action wouid not only work a hardship to the coun try shipper, but would also result in diverting business from Chicago to the nearest market center from the point of shipment, thus depriving the rail road companies of the benefit of a loo.;? haul, and thus operating against the railroad companies also. Copies of this petition were placed in the hands of representatives of the general freight departments of all of the prom inent western railroads. A meeting was subsequently held at the Great Northern hotel. Chicago, which was attended by representatives of the traffic departments of the rail roads, the Chicago Live Stock Ex change, and others prominently inter ested in tho movement. Mr. J. P. Bowles, president and general mana ger of the Bowles Live Stock Commis sion company, was prominent amo'i those Interrogated at this meeting he being considered one of the best post ed men representing the live stock, in terests of the Chicago market, and fur nished much authentic and interesting information for the benefit of those present at the meeting, and openly espoused the cause of the producers and shippers of live stock to the great market centers'." Another meeting composed exclu sively of railroad representatives was held this week, and although the full deliberations of that meeting were not made public, it is reported on good authority that the question at issue was fully discussed and the pass ques tion reconsidered, and It was practical ly concluded to restore the return pass es to shippers of live stock from the western ranch country. IS IT IILEO AL? Scalpers Attack the Western Passen ger Association. The Western Passenger association has been compelled by a St. Louis scalper to defend itself against the charge that it is an illegal organiza tion. George L. Hird. having an office in the Lindell hotel, St. Louis, was arrest ed a few days ago on a charge of vio lating the federal court injunction re straining scalpers from dealing in non transferable tickets. His lawyers set up the defense that the Western Pas senger association, being an organiza tion conducting business contrary to the Sherman anti-trust law, is not en titled to an injunction against a scal per. Chairman MacLeod of the passenger association, who a few days ago went to Florida on a vacation, was called back to St. Louis to defend the associ ation. He now is in that city, ready to make a strong plea against the con tention of the scalpers. Passenger officials of the western roads in Chicago have no fear that the injunction against the scalpers in St. Louis will be vacated. They hold there is nothing in the charge, as the associ ation is not a pool, but was organized merely to fix rates for meetings, con ventions, etc., and to make necessary arrangements for the interchange of through business and the running of unbroken through trains. Even if the charge was true, they say. it would not give the scalpers the right to violate the injunction, as it was not obtained by the Western Pas "enger association, but independently by the Wabash and a few other St. Louis lines, which had the assistance of the business organizations of that city. REMODEL THE DEPOT. Santa Ee Regins Important Improve ments at Wichita. Wichita, Kan. .April 15. A force of ten Santa Fe carpenters began opera tions bright and early yesterday morn ing on the work of remodeling, repaint ing and thoroughly renovating the in- terior of the company's passenger sta tion at this place, w nen tne changes are completed an entire new set of fur niture, such as seats, office furniture, etc., will be installed, making it one of the most commodious, handsomest and convenient railway stations in the city. Munroe a Novice at Wrestling. ?t. Paul. Ariril 15. Jack Munroe, the heavyweight pugilist, was defeat ed in a wrestiinrj bout with Jim Mc- Sarsaparilla The doctors' Sarsaparilla; the kind they have used for over 60 years. No other barsapa nlla like it. J. C. Ajbt Co., Lowell, ALaaa. Cauley of St. Paul last nisht. Mc Cauley won the first "fall in 11 Mt min utes; Munroe took' the second fall in 17 minutes, and th local man took the deciding fall in minutes. Mun roe was in sidendid condition, but "was apparently a novice at wrestling. IS THE WAR OVER? Reported that Grain Railroads Have Settled Their Eight. There is a report from Chicago that the grain rate war is ended and that the compromise settlement will be for mally ratified at a rneeting of the ex ecutive officials of the various lines in terested to be held in Chicago Tuesday. It is said that the agreement was sat isfactory to the Chicago Great West ern and the Chicago Northwestern lines, the principals in the controversy that has involved all of the grain carrying lines and reduced the rates on grain from Kansas City to Chicago from 14 and 13 cents to 4 and 3 cents. The agreement provides that the St. Louis differential over Chicago on grain from Missouri river points shall be reduced from 5 cents to 3 cents a hundred pounds. On grain from Ne braska points, which is naturally trib utary to Omaha, the through rate is to be equal to the sum of the locals west to Omaha and east from that city to Chicago and St. Paul and Minneap olis. On grain tributary to Missouri river gateways north of Omaha the through lines may make a lower through rate than the sum of the locals.. Both the Great Western and the Northwestern lines gain practically all that they have been contending for. The Great Western reduced the rate on grain from Omaha to St. Paul and Chicago sufficiently to make the through rate fiom Nebraska points by way of Omaha the sum of the two locals in order to make good its prom ise to make Omaha a grain market. The Northwestern, having a line west of the Missouri river, resisted the ac tion of the Great Western and en forced through rates from Nebraska points of two cents less than the sum of the locals. The Great Western fol lowed with another reduction. This started the reductions which resulted in the rate being cut from 14 to 3 cents. Bv the compromise the Great Western srains the point that the through rate shall be the sum of the locals, but only from points naturally tributary to Omaha, while the Northwestern can continue to make a lower through rate than the combined locals on business coming from territory tributary to its Fremont, Elkhorn Missouri Valley line, the "art of its system which op erates west of the Mississippi river. HURLED THIRTY EEET. Santa I'e Overland Struck a Man at San Bernardino. San Bernardino, Cal.. April 15. A man whose identity has not yet been fully established, but whose name is supposed to have been W. H. Johnson of No. 2GS Burns street, Pasadena, was struck by the Santa Fe Overland Ex press train near Raymond station at S o'clock, knocked a distance of thirty feet or more, and sustained injuries which resulted in his death at the Sis ters' hosoital about noon. The acci dent was witnessed by several persons, who stated to the railroad men that it was the fault of the victim, who tried to cross the tracks when the rapidly moving train was a short distance away. Although the engineer saw him approach the track and sounded his whistle, the man seemed to pay no attention to the warning but stepped directlv in front of the locomotive. He was not run over, but the pilot of the engine picked him up and hurled hiro clear of the right of way. Run Excursions Out of Wichita. C. E. Wantland. general sales agent, of Denver, and W. F. Shelton. of Chi cago, special sales agent of Union Pacific railroad lands, were in "Wich ita yesterday looking over the city with their local agents. A. S. Booton and C A. Burns. This is their first visit here and they were highly pleased and are now negotiating for some property in Wichita. They are making arrangements to make sev eral excursions to run out of Wichita to the Union Pacific railway lands. Wichita Eagle. HIRING SPECIAL DETKCTIVES. Santa Fo Makes Plans to Place a Guard With Each Engine. Guthrie, Okla., April' 15. To pre vent any malicious destruction of property along its line, should the threatened strike among the ma chinists occur, the Santa Fe is hiring additional detectives. Five were se cured here yesterday and they will be sent to what are considered point3 of danger. Guthrie is not deemed a dangerous point by the Santa Fe, as there are but five machinists em ployed here, but it Is felt that should the strike ensue, a sruard must be placed with each engine when not in service, and patrols will be kept in the yards here. The Santa Fe does not fear the machinists so much as they do the drifters and tramps who have been machinists, and are able, bv throwing a boit, to practically ruin an engine. At Newton, it is said, the company is expending about $4,000 in building a fence, ten feet high around the yards, and it is hoped by this to effectually keep out objectionable characters. Hot Weather for Rail Layers. For six weeks yet the his steel gang will be at work laying 85-pound rails between Barstow and Cottonwood. The heat out there is intense, one of the foremen volunteering the asser tion that it is 125 in the shade. San Bernardino Index. Orient Will Work at Emporia. Emporia. Kan., April 15. II. S. Lin coln, the Orient right of way man, was in town for a short time yesterday. He said that no definite time was pet for work to begin here but that it would surely begin this season. They are now laying track from Wichita to Milton and on south. He also said that all disputes between them and the Santa Fe to right of way through, here were finally settled. They r.ow have six hundred miles of road graded and ready for track. Drilliiijr More Santa Ee Oil Wells. Well drilling for the Santa Fe rail way continues at a lively rate at Oiinda. seven different rics being in operation. The deepest of these is No 40, which has been put to a depth of 1.561 feet. Wrestling: Rout at Raltlmore. Baltimore, April 15. Gus Schollein of this city defeated Harvey Parker, the 14 5-pound world champion wrest ler, last nieht in two straight falls. Time 2 6 and 6 'i minutes. Ilerrera the Victor. Chicago, April 15. Aurelia Ilerrera of California knocked out Kid Farmer of Chicago last night in" the first round of a scheduled six-round bout. Vjs Mi h Ml Back of many a shrewd business deal, that's being put through as you read this, lies the brain-clearing, wit sharpening break fast of "FORCE." The rood of TOnCT ttit tt help, yon Cilok better &Dd work better. It 1 wort more lhn otfcr food twc&nfle there f so much more good Uilnfclng mad wor& lng stall Ul every box. ABOUT RAILROAD PEOPLE. A. L. Ritchie, traveling passenger agent for the Vandalia railway, was in Top k.t Thursday in conference with local rail road men regarding the passenger busi ness. Mr. Ritchie's headtjuartei are at Kansas City. Ray Andrews, the young man who was dangerously shot at a charivari at Neo sho Rapids several (lavs ago. has been brought to the Santa. Fe hospital in this city and is reported to be on the rapll road to recovery. Herbert Kirov Fell, privatn secretary to J. E. Hurley, general superintendent for tne Santa Fe.ret urned todav from a short pleasure trip to Kansas City. While in Kansas City Mr. Fell witnessed the ter fnrmanre rf '-Miee and Men' at the Wil lis Wood theater. Kastbound Santa Fe freight train No. "4. running betwien l-:ni;ori and Topek.i, was derailed at Seranton, Kan., shortly after 1 o'clock Thursday afternoon. No one was hurt and only one car left the track. Immediately after the wreck the local offices wen- notified and the wrecker was sent down to put the train back on the rails. A. K. Cooper, division passenger agent for the Rock 'Island, left Thursdav for a short business trip to St. Louis. The na ture of Mr. Cooper's business in St. Iouis is not known, but it is supposed that it has fcome connection with tne ojtening of the road's new St. Iouis and Kansas Citv lines. The Hock Island expects to do a big passenger business during the world's fair. Several days ago a Russian and Frenchman employed wim a Santa Fe section gang near SafTord cille. K in., un dertook to settle the existing differences between Russia and Japan, the French man taking the part of the Japanese. In the ensuing quarrel the Russian of course received trie worst of it. The Frenchr.an struck him with a pick and the point pen etrated his leg below the thigh. He is now in the company's hospital at that place. No complaint was sworn out against the Frenchman and probably nothing will bo done wita him. SPLIT IN HEW JERSEY. Two Sets of National Delegates Elect ed by Democrats. Trenton. N. J., April 15. A Demo cratic state convention of more than 1.-00 delegates to elect delegates to the national convention at St. Louis which selected an uninsiucted delegation was followed by a bolting convention of the supporters of Wiiliam R, Hearst for president. The boiters numbered about 100 men. who claimed they had been illegally deprived of seats in the regular convention. The second con vention was held in Masonic temple, the hall having been engaged as a Hearst headquarters. The bolting con vention nominated delegates-at-large and delegates from five congressional districts. The fourteen men named by the bolting convention will go to St. Louis arid contest the seata d tint men selected at the regular convention. WHAT OAMROSCH SAYS. Calls "Parsifal"' tlie Itipe and Perfect Erult of Wagner. Piso's Cure for Consumption also cures coughs, colds, sore lungs and asthma. Walter Damrosch, the celebrated conductor who will lead the orchestra of 60 pieces and the ten soloists in the concert rendition of Parsifal at the auditorium Saturday night, says of Wagner and his opera: 'Parsifal' is the last ripe and per fect fruit from the tree of Wagner's genius. Completed and performed within a year of his death. It became his last message to the world and may be consideied as his artistic concep tion and exposition of mediaeval Chris tia nity. "Farlier in his career he had com pleted the dramatization of certain scenes from the New Testament but he soon perceived the impossibility of adequate stage representation and thereupon determined to symbolize those ideas and scenes by utilizing one of the many legends flustering around the 'Holy Grail.' "This sacred chalice of wondrous miracle working powers was supposed to be the cup from which the Saviour drank at the last supper and was be queathed by Joseph of Arimathea to the Christian knight Titurel, together with the ppear with which the side of the Saviour was pierced 89 he hung upon the cross. "With these precious relics Titurel founded a brotherhood of knights and built a castle on Mont Salvat in south ern Spain. None but those pure in heart were permitted to enter and take part in the daily ceremony of the un covering of the Holy Grail, whose won drous rays of light gave the knights strength for deeds of heroism in the sacred cause for which they fought. "Wagner seeks to show in the story of Parsifal that the central idea of Christianity as typified by the volun tary self-sacrifice of the Saviour for the redemption of man, is pity for the sufferings of others, and as the drama progresses we see in Parsifal, who ap pears in the first p.ct as absolutely ig norant of the world, of good or evil, of saintliness or sin. the gradual evolu tion of the human soul from dull, child ish Ignorance to a full consciousness of the duty of life, through the quick ening imluence of pity for the suffer ings of others. "In his exposition of this Idea Wag ner rose to the very summit of his powers as poet and dramatist and while he trod no new paths in the musical setting (for his system of lead ing motives and their manner of de velopment had reached full maturity in Tristan and Nibelungen Trilogy) the nobility of the themes, the clarity of the instrumentation and the mas terly handling of the choruses in the Grail scene of Act I and the fiowey maiden scene of Act II. prove that Wagner, the musician, was in full pos session of his wondrous powers until the day of his death." 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 over privilege allowed. For full information and free I!terC ture, address T. U KING. C. P. T. A.. Topeka, CASTOR I A For Infants and Children. m Kir.J Yea Hava Always EssM Bears the Signature cf

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14 TOPEKA STATE JOUXlAI fit I DAY EVENING, APRZL 1 5, 1904. TCPEKA STATE JOURNAL BY FRANK P. MAC LENNAN. VOLUME XXXI .No. 91. 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 tag towns where the paper has a carrier tystem. iiy mail, one year 'aa 2iy mfill, three months V eeklv edition, one year Saturday edition of dally, one year.. 1.00 Kntered July 1. 175, as second class mutter at the postoffiee at Topeka, Kan., ncior the act of congress. TELEPHONES. Business Office Bell 'phone 107 liu.siness OiTice Ind. 'phone Wi-fz Kepoi ters' Room Bell 'phone 577 Kcporters' Room Ind. 'phone 1071 PERMANENT HOME Topeka State Journal building. S00 and 8 Kansas avenue, corner of Eighth. toe NEW YORK OFFICE: 211 Vanderbilt Bldg. Paul Block. Mgr. CHICAGO OFFICE: 1540 Unity Bldg. Paul Block. Mgr. LEAS3D "WHIZ HSP0ST CF TIi3 ASSOCIATED PSESS- Tho State Journal is a member of the Associated Press and receives the full day telegraph report of that preat news or ganization for exclusive afternoon publi cation in Topeka. Tlie news is received in the State Jour nal building over wires for this sole pur received. Remember the Maine! There Is a uggestion that the Petropavlovsk was blown up from the inside. If Russia's bad, luck continues she may gain some sympathy from the remainder of the world, hitherto de nied her. It Is reported that Judge Parker takes a whisky "high ball" with his meals. This announcement ought to make him solid In Kentucky, even to the extent of winning over Colonel Watterson. "Washington Post: It Is more than probable that David B. Hill Is shrewdly circulating the report that he and Judge Parker have quarreled over platform issues. He seems to be sincere in his desire to have Judge Parker win. A Paterson, N. J., anarchist has returned to this country and sur rendered himself to a five-year sen tence of imprisonment. Probably he prefers living in America in jail to spending his time In any other coun try in freedom. Judge Parker and Hearst both are so heavily handicapped that a dark horse may yet win the race. The former i3 compelled to carry Hill and Cleveland, while the latter Is weight ed down by his wealth and the belief that Bryan is friendly to him. Strange that the grafters don't form a union and establish a uniform scale of prices, such as was represented as existing in congress when Mark Twain wrote "The Gilded Age." It "will be remembered that chairmen of com mittees were quoted at $10,000, high moral statesmen at $S,000, and coun try members were counted on to vote for anything at the regular figure of $1,500 per vote. The Bankers' Magazine, discussing the merger decision, brings out the new idea that trusts have been built n p on railroad competition, and that general application of the merger principle would deprive them of their chief advantage over smaller corpora tions and individuals. The point is that the great corporations get lower rates of transportation in spite of all laws against discrimination, when several roads are competing for their business. The theory of the argu ment is that if the competing roads were permitted to pool or merge, so that business or earnings would be divided, no one would have any mo tive to cut rates to get the business of trusts. Then it would be easier to maintain eaual rates for all shippers end small firms, corporations and in dividuals would have a fair chance to compete with the trusts. The decision of the supreme court holding that novels and stories pub lished at regular intervals are not en titled to be circulated in the mails as second-class matter may not add greatly to the postal receipts, but it Is likely to make a big hole in the ex penses. The law fixing rates of post age defines four classes of matter with different rates of postage. Second-class matter includes newspapers and periodicals. A newspaper is de fined as "a publication issued at stated intervals of not longer than one week for the dissemination of current news, whether it be of general or special character," and with other characteristics prescribed by law. A periodical is a publication Issued at stated intervals as frequently as four times a year, and possessing certain other requisites required by law. Third-class matter includes books, circulars, pamphlets and other print ed matter not included in second class. The postage on second-class matter is one cent a pound or frac tion thereof, and that on third-class matter is one cent for each two ounces or fractional part thereof. In order to get the benefit of one cent a pound rates publishers of paper covered novels and stories adopted the ruse of issuing them in monthly numbers and entering them as period icals. Saving the difference between the third-class rate of a cent for every two ounces and the second-class rate of a cent a pound was a big thing for the publishers, and very costly to the government. In spite of the efforts of the postoffiee department to stop it the practice has been going on for more than twenty years. Un der it tne mails have been weighted down year after year with novels and stories published monthly and circu lated at "periodical" rates. This has cost the government millions and millions of dollars and been the means of cireulatins a vast amount of worthless literature at newspaper rates. As congress refused to stop th abuse, the postmaster general is- sued an order construing the law against the so-called "periodicals," and now the supreme court has sus tained his construction. TOXIGHTS MEETING FREIGHTS. An important meeting of shippers, jobbers and those interested in freight rates and that really means every body, If you think of It Is called for this evening at 8 o'clock at the rooms of the Topeka Commercial club to canvass the situation before the transportation committee. The results of this meeting might be of tremendous importance to the city of Topeka and the state of Kan sas, or they may be insignificant. Time may be wasted upon minor de tails, or the opportunity be missed in little disagreements, of sight of the main question lost. At the meeting of the club on Wed nesday evening there was apparently more or less general misconception of the situation about freight rates in this city, and on the other hand a showing of fear cropped out on the part of some jobbing interests, which seem to think that they might lose some advantages they now possess. The railroad companies are smooth business people. They realize that a few jobbers and a dozen shippers make most of the noise and if they are granted some concessions the thousands w-hich make up the general suffering public, without medium of expression, from a directly Interested class, (for the newspapers must talk for the general welfare) must take the medicine the railroads give them. Several speakers Wednesday even ing seemed to think that there should be some concessions in rates and weakly intimated that we might be granted something. Those speakers seemed to fail to comprehend the present situation which, it seems to us, is one of pltdn and unadulterated, permitted extortion.' We mean by this that the rates paid through Kan sas are simply outrageous, compared with the rates paid through Missouri, Texas, Iowa and Nebraska. Is there any reason why the state of Kansas should not receive from the railroads as favorable rates as the state of Nebraska? We will leave Iowa out of the consideration be cause it is somewhat more populous. The object of the meeting tonight, as stated by President Mills of the Com mercial club, is to enable the different interests to agree upon what they are going to ask of Vice President Mor ton of the Santa Fe in the forthcom ing conference, and likewise ask of the other roads. Just what this peti tion should be was a matter of some disagreement and uncertainty. The State Journal would like to make a few simple suggestions. One is that we ask Mr. Morton of the Santa Fe and the other roads to put in force in Topeka and Kansas rates similar to those in force at Lincoln and in Nebraska. A letter recently addressed to Mr. Morton referred to the "shipping and jobbing" interests. By some strange oversight It overlooked the mercantile and consuming interests. Kxcept in the matter of flour and butter and a few other commodities, it is alto gether likely that Topeka will always receive much more freight than she ships out. In all this discussion the reader should bear in mind that the word "differentials" is more or less myste rious and mystifying, and doesn't mean anything in the main to the merchants and consumers of Topeka who ship in goods and consume them or only ship out a mere fraction. As to the matter of "differential," the jobbers should be satisfied to be placed upon a par with Kansas City and other cities. If the proportion of freight charge coming from the east, say from St. Louis, is fair, the job bers who ship in can afford to take their "differential" west of Topeka as exactly the same amount which they paid comins into Topeka. Why should Crosby Bros., the Mills company. Warren M. Crosby, and other large merchants pay on their dry goods coming from the Missouri river and further east 29 cents to haul those goods from the Missouri river to Topeka, when the same goods are hauled for the Lincoln dry goods peo ple from the Missouri river to their doors for five cents per hundred pounds, when Lincoln is just as far from the Missouri river as we are? Why should the newspapers of To peka pay twelve cents per hundred pounds for the white paper they re ceive from the Wisconsin mills to carry it between the Missouri river and this city, when the Lincoln news papers pay for the same freight the same distance between the Missouri river and their town only three cents? What the Topeka people want to ask of Mr. Morton, in the opinion of this paper, is Lincoln and Nebraska rates. The railroads of Nebraska make mon ey on these rates and the railroads of Kansas have Just as good facilities s those of Nebraska, and should be able to make as much money. The Nebras ka rates cited covering dry goods nnd paper run through all classes of mer chandise and are equally unjust to To peka compared with rates to Lincoln. Just a reference now to the matter of coal: Topeka from her own south western Kansas fields, pays $1.40 per ton, while Kansas City, four miles fur ther from the same fields, pays eighty cents. Topeka pays sixty cents per ton for Osage City coal and Kansas City pays but five cents more. When the cars run the other way why should not Topeka pay about five cents more from Pittsburg district, instead of six ty cents more? Lincoln, Nebraska which is further from the Pennsylva nia coal fields than Topeka, gets h-n hard coal about a dollar a ton cheaper than Topeka, all on account of the freight rates between the Missouri river and the two cities. In twenty-four years the freight on drygoods covering the portion of the haul between the Missouri river and Topeka, has been reduced one cent. namely, from thirty cents to twenty nine cents. In the nineteen years that the management of this paper has been buying materials, the rate on white paper for the portion of the haul be tween the Missouri river and Topeka has not been reduced a cent. It is still twelve cents per hundred pounds, when it ought to be three cents. At three cents the rate would be fifty per cent more than it would be, if merely dis tance was considered and a proportion ate charge made for the hauling of freight that Is charged from the mills to the Missouri river. The freight rates in Kansas and to Topeka especially are hard to com prehend. One reason Is because we dislike to "kick" and this is not said as a pleasantry. We all love the Santa Fe and the nice lot of men in her employ. It is our home road. It started here and is today our big distributor of local funds. We have all wanted to help it along, largely because it is good to us and has done so much for Topeka, except in freights. The road has grown from the infant which we nourished to the great and powerful system it is today. Where we pay for service would we not prefer to pay cne of our own children twenty-nine cents, instead of a Nebraska urchin five cents; a Topeka messenger twelve cents for carrying a bundle of paper, where a LincoJh carrier does the same for three cents. Why in all fairness should, the rail roads not give us Lincoln rates on freight generally and any old rates on coal instead of the present tariff. JAPAN'S I?EST CUSTOMER. The rapidly growing share of the United States in the commerce of Japan is illustrated by a statement just prepared by the department of commerce and labor through its bu reau of statistics. This statement is compiled from an official document of the Japanese government, just re ceived, entitled "Financial and Eco nomical Annual of Japan." It shows the commerce of Japan with the principal countries of the world for a long term of years, ending with 1902, whilevfrom another document, just received, the bureau is able to obtain figures of the commerce of Japan with the United States, sthe United Kingdom, China, and India for the calendar year 1903. These tables show that the United States is the largest customer of Jaian. In imports the United States stood second in 1902. and at the end of 1903 was but $1,227,000 below Great Britain, which still holds the lead. The feature of this official state ment is the fact that the United States has made much more rapid gains in the imports of Japan than any of her principal rivals. Considering only the five principal countries from which Japan's chief importations are obtained the United States has made much greater gains than any of the others. The chief rivalry for the classes of merchandise for which the United States is seeking a market in Japan is between the United States and the United King dom, the class of goods imported into Japan from China being chiefly non competitive so far as relates to the United States, while in the case of India the sole- competitive article is cotton, of which Japan takes freely from India in years of large supplies In that country, owing to the fact that prices ol Indian cotton are lower than those of cotton from the United States. This is especially true of the year 1903, when prices in the United States were extremely high and resulted in reduction of about 50 million pounds in the exportation of Ameri can cotton to Japan and a reduction of nearly five million dollars in the value of raw cotton exported to that country from the United States. J ATHAWKER JOTS. Another daily paper is talked of for Lawrence. Frankfort bath rooms have opened for the spring campaign. A Burlington pleasure resort is to have a lake big enough to exercise a gasoline launch. As ye sow so shall ye reap. A Hutchinson citizen is in jail for steal ing alfalfa seed. A Parsons man to avoid lawsuits has inclosed his premises with a "chicken tight" wire fence. The war in the far east has stirred up Burlington patriotism to the point of ordering a large cannon. A Wichita man declares green sprigs of mint for julip beat the robin as a spring harbinger by several laps. Two daily papers have started with in the oil belt during the past week. One at Fredonia. the other at La Harpe. Fredonia boys insist on "hopping" Incoming trains. It will ultimately mean a foot off and a hopping through life. An Iola man thought he felt an earthquake shock, but in reality it was only the throb of a "new gusher" at Humboldt. The First and Second congressional district contests are to be settled Mon day afternoon. Here is a guess Cur tis and Allen. A Fredonia pastor has been nomi nated for congress. What a queer flock of birds he would think himself among should he get to Washington. Remorse of conscience led a Fort Scott man to confess to an almost forgotten murder. Conscience is a mighty inconvenient article to have around sometimes. A Chanute man brought home a $25 spring suit. To get out the store dust the wife hung them on the clothes line. During the night a tramp took them and dusted. Mrs. Diggs says she will not sup port Parker even if he is nominated. The Albany jurist is hoping that the report will not reach New York until CUTOFF THE ROBBER IF COFFEE keeps you half ill quit 10 days and use POSTUM and note change in health. aia uay vo t t Z t t t We have an enormous stock of Boys' and Children's handsome clothing. Trade has been backward, we have to push them and intend d.oing so by cutting prices almost at the beginning of the season. Boys' Suits A few Boys' Suits, odds and ends S1.00 Boys' $2.00 Suits ....$1.50 Boys' $3.50 Suits $2.50 Boys' $5.00 Suits $3.85 Boys' $6.50 Suits $4.50 Boys' Handsome Spring Reefers, worth $7.00 $5.00 Boys' Cravenette Rain Coats, $5.00 f IK- I s K Ladies, it Children's Novelty Suits Boys' 75c Waists 39c Boys' "Black Cat" Stockings... 9c Boys' Spring Caps 19c Boys' Overalls 23c Suits Made after the Democratic convention of Monday. Three blind people lunched at an Iola restaurant Sunday. "This steak looks mighty good," said one, while another remarked, "I never saw such splendid new potatoes this early." Then they paid their bill in pennies and drifted on. QUAKER REFLECTIONS. Frbm the Philadelphia Record. A necessary evil must be the kind that money is the root of. Some people only tell the truth when they want to make trouble. Most unsuccessful men feel that they are martyrs to circumstance. Flies "have already made their ap pearance on the baseball field. It is often a man's backing that en ables him to put on a bold front. At any rate, there is no such thing as love at first sight among blind peo ple. The wise parent always contends that the baby looks like a rich rela tive. Some men owe their success to pluck and some to their ability to pluck others. Some things improve with constant use, but it isn't so with a man's tem per. A society woman can entertain a great deal without being very enter taining. It's all right to speak well of the dead, but save a few kind words for the living. It is human nature to swallow the camel of flattery and strain at. the gnat of truth. t Wigg "Saphedde is a most accom modating sort of chap." Wagg "Yes, he is always willing to make a fool of himself just to save somebody else the trouble." Blobbs "In spite of all the money Newrich spends on his clothes he can t disguise his plebeian origin." Slobbs "No, it's like putting a $10 collar on a 30-cent dog." POINTED PARAGRAPHS. From the Chicago News. An officeholder needs little push if he has a pull. Whisky drowns a little trouble and floats a lot more. Every girl on earth imagines she would make an Ideal wije. Whenever a boy sees anybody eating something he wants a bite. If a man gets tired of leading a single life he should marry and be led. When a man practices humility he may humiliate you if you don't look out. A mnn who erets into trouble finds that his friends are always liberal with advice. a ti-ia tn -fur!- the oualitv of a man's love by the stone in the engage ment ring. No girl appreciates her beau at his full value until some other girl tries to appropriate him. Every time a widow hears of a woman-hating man she wants to meet him for the purpose ot uuums mm. Kpw novels are scarce. tviaenny the best fiction writers are devoting their time to booming mining biucho. .inoiiw man ore candidates for or; iViv rant help it. but UUlcc ut. u. -j usually it's because the people can t help it. T.Titr makes .1 man so weary as to have his fool friends say they hope his unfortunate speculations will prove a good lesson. REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR. From the New York Press. When a man gets married it is like signing a note to pay Interest all the rest of his life. One girl can't help thinking If an other one suspects about her what she supects about the other. It is a great disappointment to a wo man who gets married not to have a secret suffering that would do well in a novel. A girl plans ahead for the time when she will have a figure the way a man does when he will cash in endowment insurance. A man miirht as well know how to play the fiddle as not to make a bluff at being a hero before the woman he wants to love. DEATH S AN 1) FUNERALS. Charles Fhinney. aged "G years, died early this morning at his residence, TV7 Fillmore street. The funeral will take place on Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock. Interment will be in Topeka cemetery. Mr. Phinney was a member of the Typo graphical union and of the A. O. U. V. lodge. Mr. William Richardson, father of Mrs. E. A. Sirnmerwell, died this morning at the family home, near Burlingame. Fiftii Ward Sewer. There is to be a meeting this evening at the Scnlicter Hollar grocery store, m the Fifth wSrd. for the purpose of dis cuspine the Question of a new sewer in that ward. Citv Engineer McCahe and Street Commissioner Snyier. together with Councilmen Howe unii Shinier, will be preeent at the meetine" to answer ques tions concerning the cost and character of the sewer. r uoys uiommg o morrow ai will pay you to see our to Order $15.00 BUNCHES HIS SORROWS Count Cassini Laments Russia's Mis fortune With Ours. Washington, April 15. Among the subjects considered today at the cabi net meeting was the substance of 'he communication received from the Russian ambassador, regarding the m? by the correspondents of wireless telegraphy in reporting the ineiderla of the Russo-Japanese war In addi tion to this communication, the presi dent called attention to the message of condolences he had received from resident ambassadors regarding the accident on the battleship Missouri. One of these was received last evening from Count Cassini. Incidentally it refers to the loss of the Russian bat tleship Petropavlovsk off Port Arthur. Count Cassini's note is as follows: "Mr. President: Having received the sad news of the loss of our battleship, the Petropavlovsk, which has cost so many lives to our brave navy, I sim ultaneously am informed of the dis aster upon board your battleship, the Missouri, which took away so many lives of the gallant sailors. "Permit me to express to you, Mr. President, my deep sympathy in th name of my government and my own on this sad occurrence which has deeply moved us all at a time when we with grief are mourning our own loss. "Believe me, Mr. President, yours very sincerely. CASSINI." To Count Cassini personally the re gret of this government has been ex pressed at the death of Admiral Ma karoff and the officers and crew of the Petropavlovsk. As the loss of the ship and Its crew was an accident of war, the expression of this gov ernment's regret was simply ona of humanity, without reference to the differences which are. being fought out between Russia and Japan. Aside from the matters referred to, the cabinet considered only a few de partmental subjects. GIVEN HEAVY FINE. A. 31. Miller Must Pay $500 for Send ing a Letter. A. M. Miller, of Burr Oak. received the exceedingly heavy fine of J500 to day for sending an obscene letter througrh the mail. The letter was es pecially vile and was sent to a man at Mankato. Miller was tried before Judge Phillips, and he came to To peka today to pass sentence. NOT USING BALLAST. People Along Washburn Line Make Another Complaint. There has been more complaint made about the manner in which the City Railway company is laying its Wash burn college car line. Instead of put ting the ties on a ballast of crushed stone, as the franchise requires, the company is building on the old dirt roadbed. Where did the company st permission to do this? The city coun cil allowed it to lay lighter rails than the franchise required, but no special privileges were given regarding bal last. If the franchise means anything it should be enforced. Of course it does no good for the city engineer to in terfere with violations of the fran chise if the company can go to the city council and have his authority overruled. WELDING THE JOINTS. City Railway Begins Another Big Task Today. The Topeka railway company has besrun welding the joints of the car tracks on the Twelfth street line. The big welding machine was at work last nisht for the first time. The welder has a big furnace which fur nishes molten metal. The hot metal is iioured into a mould placed where the ends of the rails come together. The metal is poured into the mold and a .-olid casting of iron is formed under and on the sides of the rails at the joints. The welding of the joints is expected to eliminate that which To peka street car patrons have been used to high and low joints and will make a practically continuous rail. End of Strike in Sight. Helena, Mont., April 13. As a result of negotiations which have been in progress between President Mitchell of the United Mine Workers of America and General Manager Horn, of the Northern Pacific road, who has super vision of that company's coal proper ties at Red Ledge, an end of the coal miners' strike is in sight. Six hundred men. it is said, will return to work in a few days. The terms of settlement have not been announced. Near Danger Line. Omaha, Neb., April 15. The Mis souri river has reached a mark within a few inches of the danger line and has spread over the lowlands north of the city and threatens to cover the bottoms at East Omaha. Many resi dents on the lowlands have been forced to move. t MEN'S SUITS Our line was never so near perfection as at present. If you are looking for some thing that is neat or swell in the best makes and best fitting garments, you want to be sure and see our line of prices before buying 150 of Men's last season 's suits, to close out, 5 .(JQ Some of them are 510.00 and 812.00 suits Some Swell suits, in good designs ST.50 Ask to see our suits f or.... J 12.50 and $10.00 They will please you Hand made Tailor suits.:.. ..g 15. 00 to S25.00 MUST BE TOHN DOWN.''. The Gilchrist Livery Barn Is Declared Unsafe. Fire Marshal G. O. Wilmarth has condemned the big two story brick and stone building occupied by Gil christ's livery stable at 706 Jackson street. The building will be entirely torn down at once, and rebuilt. The owner is an eastern company, repre sented In Topeka by R. 11. Welch. Pending the tearing down of the building, the walls have been braced with big timbers. It is said that the man who erected the building ten years ago did not understand his business, and built the walls on a curve. They have been gradually settling, and leaning fur ther outward, until they were no longer safe. The contract for tearing down and rebuilding the structure will be let soon. Chief Wilmarth has also condemn ed a big two story frame building at 305 East First street. This is owned by an Indiana woman, and Is in the last stages of decrepitude. It is occu pied by an old colored woman, and the building is in such bad shape that nobody collects any rent. THEY WILL SHOW HOW. An Exhibition by New Fire Engines to lie Given. A spectacular display of the fire fighting -apparatus of the city will probably be made as soon as the city gets Its new steam fire engines. The object of the display will be partially to convince the fire insurance com panies that they should restore the rates to what they were prior to the 20 per cent, advance, and partially to find out. by actual experiment, whether the water company can sup ply good pressure for a large number of streams of water. When this test is made, the two steamers will be hitched to hydrants, and each will throw two streams. Other lines of hose will be attached to hydrants, until perhaps twentv lines are all in service at once. This means a tremendous drain on tne water supply, and ought to be suffi cient to fight even the biggest fires. The water company will furnish pres sure not only from its main pumping station west of town, but from the Harrison street plant. Fire Marshal Wilmarth inspected the Harrison street pumping station Thursday, and found it to be ready for service. Only one of the two 1, 500,000 gallon pumps is in service i P&vne s I $3.00 "Artistic" Super-excellent values on "Capitol" lasts. $2.50 "Kansan" 4 For Work or Dress; They are "Marvels." quick sale3. A Special Indeed. Ask for No. 57 Hand Turn. The men's is a C, J V7.fi KU 1" t t

J We are after them by straight- forward, honest, reputable X business methods by giving values that make of you A Walking Advertisement of the Best Shoes Sold in Kansas for the Money. Get Your Spring Shoes of TYlTf m F? V 705 Kansas Ave. Greenv; I -I t

Shirts No such large assortment in the city. 100 dozen Lion Brand Geyser Shirts everybody sells them for $1.00 75c Handsome Linen Shirts that can not be surpassed. .$1.50 to $2.50 See our Toe Negligee Shirts for 39c Leader for t his week Stetson's New, Nobby Hats for Spring S2.88 Top Coats and Rain Coats are real swell and beauties. Priestly Cravenette Rain Coats $25.00. $20.00, $15.00. $10.00. $6.15. Suits Made to Order .$15.00 Men's Suspenders 6c Boston Garters 7o Gold Plated Collar Buttons. lc Men s "Black Cat" Hose 10c now, and tvo of the three boilers. The others are being made ready as rap idly as possible. The water company will keep a fire under the boilers all the time, and one engineer will be at the plant in daytime. At night two will be stationed there. WILL TAKE TOI'EKA BONDS School Fund Commissioners Change Minds About School Issue. Thursday afternoon the state school fund commissioners decided to take the Topeka school bond issue of $131,500 at 4 per cent interest. The commission had announced that they would take nothing less than 4 hi per cent and the Topeka board of educa tion stated that the board would pay only 4 per cent. The commission changed its mind and dropped a quarter when Edward Wilder, chairman of the finance com mittee, allowed the commissioners to look at a letter from eastern parties stating that the bonds would be taken for 4 per cent. The Issue negotiated is the lHSue voted on at the April elec tion last year. The bonds voted at the election held this month have not been placed on the market. Hanged for Killing a Woman. Chicago, April 15. Louis- Peasant was hanged here today for the mur der of Mrs. Mary Spilka, during a robbery. He entered the woman's home while she was alone and struck her on the head with a club. Then he carried her into the garret where he kicked and pounded her to death. First Freight in Four Months. Butte. Mont.. April 15. A. -Lewis-ton dispatch says the first fretrht train into Lewiston in four months arrived here today. Never, perhaps, in the history of railroading has a city been shut in so long. A passen ger got In two weeks ago, but the snow plows could not get freight trains through the drifts at that time. WABASH TO ST. LOUIS. World's Fair Route "Follow the Flag." Only line to World's fair main en trance. Five daily trains from Kansas City. Shortest line. Ask your agent for tickets over the Wabash. L S. McCLELLAN, Western Passenger Agent, Kansas City, Mo. H. C. SHIELDS, Traveling Passenger Agent, Kansaa City, Mo. C-I" ,H"II 'I1 4 "H1 4 "I" I"! 'l1 41 ipCOIlIS i QMS Ladies and Gentlemen's t $3.50 "Capitols" I Snappy stylish quality shoes with more cents in the of cost than any adver tised $3.50 shoe. They are the product of seven leading manufacturers, made on their best lasts. Short profit; 1 of. I J I i 111 -ms&Z f" t t t i

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TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL FRIDAY EVENING. APRIL 15, 1904 THE GOOD CLOTHES STORE" The "Warewell" $2.00 Hats have no equal in town at S3 all shapes and colors for Spring, 1904. Soft and Derby styles. r 709-711 xtt Kansas Avenue Stetson Hats in all correct styles, Soft I tZf and Stiff, at S7.50, So.OO, S4.00, and Oj.OU THE PALACE" WARRANTED $3 MATS ARE THE BEST l AUERBACH TT Meet the demands cf correct dressers fifty styles, perfect s- vif.ec ar GUETTEL. L. xiais, in soit ana stiix b napes, equal m quality to many even $o.uu liats oi otner stores see tnem If om Are Looking for A-.with Drice and aualitv the obiec r. iome to mis r 9 r j .mi. u ii..ji.iriiiW qftraliHlrWiirtr,i V X -y V r i i t i ft i 3 -r 5 i J S r C- J v f -''I -i I 'f NTJ COPYRIGHT MX. W C BOTH V-WJt'-" "Good Clothes Store" the largest in the State and save money. As clothing experts we believe we sell the best made ready-to-wear clothes in America. Controlling exclusively the sale of fi&rt, Sch&ffner M&rx, CKic&of Brofc&W Bros., ard Alfred Benjamin Zk (p.. New York, faultlessly hand-tailored, custom-finished clothes. We are Particularly Interested in Showing Our Vast and Beautiful Spring Stock because we show you more and newer styles, larger variety and in sizes to fit all shapes. Most Brilliant Display oi Men's and Young Men's Deady-for-Service Suits, Rain Coats and Top Coats ever shown for $15.00. Comprising an assortment absolutely unrivaled in style, quality or quantity. F.r.Mi'nntiVyi -tT i- 4.1 J.1 1 Jl L 1 i 1 j r. r. xjAaiiiiiianjii win uiiviiice yuu tiiau una is Lne uroauest, raosi interesting ana greatest $10. uu ottering you nave ever ftm ti known, and you will declare with us that every garment represents the highest standard of perfection, superior in Cv j many respects to custom tailors' $30.00 and $35.00 values. No store in the world offers mere magnificent styles and 11 vl 1 a vaster assortment for. QIU 11 "Wonderful display of smart suits of noted fit and dura bility, with permanent haircloth fronts, hand-made collars and lapels, sterling materials, in hundreds of patterns, as well as blues and blacks, equal to other stores at $15.00 and $1S.00. for 12.50. Scotch tweed and silk lined Covert Top Coats, exceedingly attractive and most fashion able of hand-woven imported materials, cor rectly designed, full cut, broad shoulders, immense assortment at j15.00 Rivalless offer of 500 famous Colbert fancy worsted and cheviot suits, serge lined. sewed with silk throughout. 30 patterns of sterling quality impossible to duplicate them under $17.00. offered here at $10.00. 50 styles of men s and young meh'a extremely fashionable single and doubie-breasted Suits, modish fabrics in colorings as well as black. We call your particular attention to the indi viduality of cut, at $15.03 L'Aiglon Cravenette Rain Coats of rarest materials and designs, comparing favorable with the finest custom work and representing an assortment of choicest foreign woolens of the season's desired styles, at $15.03 Richest Suits of imported materials in novel ty silk mixtures, handsome worsteds and stunning homespuns, beautifully fashioned, perfect fitting; tailor's price, ?50; offered at $25.00 Spring Overcoats for men of extreme and conserva tive tastes, in short box. as well aS extra lengths, in coverts and whipcords, worsteds, and black cheviots, that are correctly fashioned splendid fitting, all pro portions and sizes, fully worth $15.00, for $10.00. To more widely introduce our famous I'arasjon Trousers, we offer 2 5 styles custom finished, made of imnorted materials ideal patterns: same as tailors at $10 and $12 here only $5.00 COLLEGE CUT CLOTHES FOR STYLISH YOUNG MEN! Correct in every detail Clothes made by Eastern tailors of which fit and style is perfect. College Styles for the Larger Boys, ages 14 to 20, are constructed strictly according to the fashions of Harvard and Yale colleges, coats cut short, vets high and trousers with the spring hips. Made of fabrics such as Xobby Blue Serges, fancy Scotch Cheviots and Black Thibets, all the fab rics that come in men's clothing at least twenty styles, at $10.00. Varsity Suits, correct in all the details as worn in eastern colleges, in finest blacks and decided plafds and checks, all strictly hand tailored, sizes 32 to 36, very swell, at $15.00. Twenty Styles Strictly All-Wool Suits, in the new idea cuts, made in fashion points like the higher priced, but decidedly splendid patterns, worth $10 easily, now at $7.50. Fine All Pure W'ool Blue Serge Suits, in newest cuts, lined with splendid farmer satin, worth $S, on sale now for $5.95. See our Young Chap Pants swell and new, $2.00 to $5.00. Young Men's Swagger Rain Coats, in plain and fancy materials, new Princeton cut, at $10.00. Young Men's Swell Warewell Hats in new soft styles $2.00 Small Boys' Fast Black Hose 15c quality, special at 7c Boys' and Girls' White TamS flannel and serges, only $1.00 Boys' Underwear, long and short Drawers Saturday 25c 15 styles Fancy Cheviot Trousers. most fashionable styles, belt straps and flap on hip pockets, worth $5, at $3.50. Genuine lamb's wool Trousers, specially made for busi ness wear, nothing to equal them for service, worth $2.50, for $1.50. o 7 ffl Special sale of Boys' Waists and Negligee Shirts in Madras, Black Sa tinesand Percales are all 60c qual ities -iq-Tomorrow ..Lvv Special Values in Boys' Good Clothes The most successful Boys' Store, in the west because values are the best and prices always lowest 'quality considered. New Spring designs in worsteds, homespuns, serges and cassimeres a marvelous asosrtment of plain and fancy novelties, over 25 distinct styles in Russians, Buster Browns. Eton Sailors and Norfolks, single and double breasted styles; 2hi to 16 years. Some you will recognize as $6 values elsewhere. Your choice tomorrow for 15 different styles of Knee Pant Suits in Eton collar, Russians, Sail-, ors, Norfolks and "double breasted styles,, in .an immense variety of patterns and colorings; beautiful all wool serges, homespuns and cassirneres; good value at $3.50. Your choice tomorrow.,. Enormous assortment of high grade Knee Pant Suits made, of the finest double and twist pure worsted yarns in homespuns, worsteds, cassirneres and serges. This season's most fashionable colorings in Buster Browns, Russians, Eton collar, sailors and Norfolks, single and double-breasted Norfolks, with plain or bloomer trousers;-3-piec?e. also single and double-breasted 2-piece styles. Kinds you see for $7.50 elsewhere, we show them for but Excellent asosrtment of all wool Knee Pants Suits, in Sailors, Nor folks single and double-breated, well made and trimmed as good as most $3.00 Suits. Choice tomorrow ir-JTU 1 -UP ,U-Tt-.- We Are fieri and Boys' Shoe Specialists Therefore Guarantee You Better Shoe Values Than Shoe Stores. Stetson's world famous high grade Shoes are sold here only none better on earth at $5 and $6. Florsheim's celebrated Shoes, are shown by us only at $5. Washburn Guaranteed Patent Leather Shoes fT $3.50 Every pair sold with a guaran tee bond every pair the acme of shoe perfection in quality and style, oxfords and hi:jh cuts that will satisfy you beyond a doubt; that are considered by connoisseurs the equal of any shoe store's at $5. Try us. N v Edwin Clapp's high grade Shoes, all bench made are shown by us only $6 to $8. Try our Men's 2.50 Shoes Goodyear welts the best for the price. Boys' Solidwear Shoes, $1.25 $1.50 $1.75 $2 Boys' Shirts, same quality as men's $1.50, now at 95c. Others at 45c. Boys' swell flat brim new style Hats in all latest colors, at 95c, $1.45 and fl.90. Boys' new Norfolk Caps in blue serges and fancy cheviots to match suits, at 25c, 45c Boys' new Waists all new ideas and new patterns at 45c, T5c and 95o $3.95 S2.50 $5.00 $1.95 H i V i f I i c- c Stilts, Arrow Gun or Ba!1 and Bat given with all Boys Suits. Immense DispW and Sle of f he Fa mous Manha-ffan Sprir Shirts. Special occasion for good dressers who seek the season s newest ideas, offering these smart shirts in golf style, plain or pleated bosom, cuffs attached or detached, in plain white, dots, figures and checks, features and qualities not to be found any where else or in any other shirt, and equal to the best custom work, at $3.00, $2.00, $1.50 You Save Money Boying Fcrnishings Here Tomorrow! Special Saturday offering of white and colored dress shirt3, soft, plaited or plain bosom with cuffs attached or two pairs detached cuffs in dots, stripes and figures light and dark shades, worth SI. 50; special $1.00 Special Men's plain blue Chambray Shirts with 2 detachable collars, cuff s attached, fine $1.00 qual ity always sell for SI special tomorrow only..50c Special About 15 doz. SI. and SI. 50 fine Neg legee Shirts mainly pink colors, all sizes to 18 it's a big bargain for every day work wear at 39c Special Your choice from about 30 different kinds of medium and light weight Merino, Balbrig crn nnrl T.islfi TTnrlnrwaar in fi.ll the nlain and non- "rn pmlPlud t"y"" ular fancy colors true merit Underwear, for which a ?irca fecial 25c would gladly pay us Toe and SI. our price 50c I 25c 1 uated SSNAP SHOTS AT H031E NEWS If every man's reward wore such As tmto him should f:ill Aooordinie to his own belirf. T;n orlii -would be too small. nhont a platform built around, io hold them all. Chicago Rooord-Herald. The Ben Hur lodges will run an ex cursion to Kansas City Sunday. Fifteen acres of the Washburn cam rus were burned off Wednesday morn ing by a fire which got started throusrh ticcident. Dr. and Mrs. P. J. I.errio will ar rive from the Philippines where they served as missionaries in the Island cf Panay. A Rood many people are now anxious to see the new fire steamer at work. An exhibition might be given with it J'.s the star feature. Everyone in the southwest part of town knew last nieht that Washburn liad won another baseball Rame. The college chapel bell spread the news. Connections are being made at fire department headquarters for the at tachment of the automatic heater in the basement to the boiler of the fire t-ngine. City Clerk Squires is at work on his pnnual report, which will be a docu ment of about 100 typewritten pages. It Is a valuable bunch of statistics for anyone interested in city business. Sheriff Newlin. from Emporia, came to Topeka Wednesday and tooka Greek named Andrew Rounis to Emporia to answer to the charge of stealing a watch and some clothing from a car. The Republican Flambe.au club has heen asked to give a fireworks dis play during the Semi-centennial cele bration in Topeka. The matter will b finally considered at a meeting to bo held next Wednesday evening. It is also probable that the Flambeau club will furnish a uniformed escort for Secretary of War Taft while he is in the city. H. M. Hadley, the Topeka architect, is after the city council of Winfleld for his pay for drawing plans for the Car negie library there. The library deal fell through, and the city has never paid Mr. Hadley for his work. License Collector H .Ward Page is trying to collect a $2 license fee from W. A. Gilchrist, the liveryman, on the ground that Gilchrist clips horses for pay. Gilchrist was arrested Thursday on a warrant sworn out by Page. The America Oil Gas company today sent out quarterly dividend checks for 3 per cent, to the satisfac tion of the many Topeka stockholders in that company which now has sev enteen producing wells at Chanute. Wednesday evening a number of boys were putting the shot on Mul vane, street near Washburn college, when Austin Schnake, a high school boy, was struck In the back with the heavy sixteen pound weight. It made quite a bruise, but no bad effects will result. Councilman Joseph Griley has a kick." He says the Second ward did not get a fair shake on the appointment of committees by Mayor Bergundthal. There are 42 places on the council com mittees. Each ward would therefore be entitled to seven places. The Second ward got only six. Judge John Guthrie and William Macferran have been named as trus tees for the benefit fund to Otto Bat tles, the mail driver who lost his leg in a collision with the patrol wagon last week. The money, now amount ing to almost $200. will be kept In the State Savings bank. The college students who ring the score on the Washburn bell after the baseball games were up against a queer proposition last night. They didn't know how to ring out the score Of 14 to 0. It was easy to ring the 14, but they will have to invent some new signal to represent 0 if the Washburn team keeps up its present lick. Ray Brooks, the stereotyper who had the four fingers of his left hand cut off on Monday morning, will probably have them all restored but one. After the members were severed he picked them up and ran to a doc tor's office where they were all sewed back to the hand. Yesterday the bandages were removed and the indi cations are that three of the fingers can be saved entirely. The climate and crop report from Washington says: "Kansas Wheat in good tondition and improving, except in extreme northwest; oat Rowing fin ished in south, progressing In north, and coming up to good stands: corn planting progressing in central and south and coming up in extreme south grass and alfalfa starting in north, groving in south; peaches, pears, plums, and apricots blooming in cen tral and south; some injury as result of cold on 8th, feared." CASTOniA. The Kind Yes; Ham Alwavs BoltM Bears the 1 r,B T'a ai ti3VI1 vs B!K OSTOIIXA. Bear the Kind You Have Always Bong?! Signature cf OABTOrilA. Bears tha Kind Yon Havs Alwavs Bourhl Bignatora of MAY tfET GAS. Prospect for Natural Product In To peka Better. It is not at all Improbable that To peka will have natural gas piped di rect from the gas neld3 in tht rot very distant future. The Standard Oil company is now building a pipe line from the oil anl gas fields to Kansas City, in which a gas pipe line will be laid, and it is ru mored that a branch gas line will he run to Topeka by way of Lawrence. Heretofore companies which have proposed to pipe gas out of the s is fields to the surrounding towns have not been able to secure a right of way. The people who live In. towns where there is an unlimited amount of gas object to its being piped away, for the reason that they want to compel fac tories and manufacturing plants to lo cate in their towns. A company was granted a franchise in Topeka several months ago to pipe natural gas in.o this city, but the difficulty has been to get a right of way out of the gas belt. The Standard Oil company has got around this difficulty. It is building a big oil refinery at Kansas City and therefore had to build vl pipe line from the oil country to Kansas City. It al ready has extensive pipe lines over a great part of the oil fields, but the ca pacity of its refinery at Neodesha is only 2,500 barrels a day. so that it is able to handle only a small portion of the oil output at present. The Stan dard is the only customer there for crude oil. and as the oil producers are anxious to sell the people of the oil country were very willing for the Standard to have a right of way for its pipe ilne into Kansas City. When the right of way for the oil line is se cured the rest is easy. Instead of put ting only one pipe in the trench the Standard puts in two. It has been suspected for some time that the extra pipe was for gas, but it has become a certainty now. In a franchise secured in Jackson county. Mo., a few days ago to enable it to get into Kansas City it was specified" that both oil and gas lines might be laid. The right of way secured by the Standard will follow the right of way of the Santa Fe from Chanute to Ot tawa, and that of the Missouri Pacific from Ottawa to Kansas City. It is from Ottawa that it is rumored the branch to Topeka will be built. It will follow the Santa Fe to Lawrence and from Lawrence to Topeka. It can easily get into Topeka by buying the franchise of the Continental com pany, if it wishes to do so. One man has been buying gas wells in the Chanute district for months, and it is reported that he is doing so for the Standard company. At last reports he had wells Avith an aggre gate flow of 192 million feet a day bottled up awaiting a market. Match for Fitz and McCoy. New York, April 15. A match probably will be arranged within a few days be tween" Robert Fitzsimmons and Kid Mc Coy for a six round battle before one of the Philadelphia clubs. Fitzsimmons has accented the rumerous challenges recent ly made by McCoy's managers and has declared his readiness for six rounds within three weeks' time, at catch weights, or a bout of 30 to 25 rounds for the middleweight championship within two months. Kansr.s Knral Carriers. Washington.-April IS. The following ru ral carriers were appointed: Kansas Baker, regular. George W. Baker: sub stitute, Fred E. Yassui: Oswego, regular. Isaac W. Patrick: substitute. Jesse H. Gray. Watervilh-, regular, Irving R. Wheeler; -substitute, Louis Kuns. BUSINESS IS GOOD. Except Where It Is Affected by a Late Spring. New York, April 15. Special dis patches to the International Mercantile Agency report a continuance of favor able trade conditions in most centers of the country. Unseasonable weather is still restricting business in certain parts of the south and west. This has been specially noticeable in wholesale dry goods, where the movement has been delayed, although sales in gen eral average up to last year in some sections even surpassing the 1903 total. While seeding throughout the north west has been retarded by a late spring, the season is not sufficientiy far advanced to warrant any definite predictions concerning crop prospects. The St. Paul district reports a fairly good outlook with chances of greatly improved prospects as soon as good weather permits the farmer to go on with his work. Collections in some lines are behind a year ago. This applies especially where trade has been retarded by the late spring or peculiar vicissitudes. Improvements in iron have been thoroughly sustained. Pittsburg dis trict reports volume of business likely to equal last year's record. Consump tive demand is alone governing the market. To Make Bridges for Japan. Philadelphia. April 15 Active prepara tions are in .msrt?s for the reumitiori of work at the Pencoyd Iron works in this citv. The extensive plant is controlled by the United States Steel corporation and has been practically idle for several weeks. Among the contracts said to have been obtpined is one for 15 bridges for the Imperial railroad for Japan. BAILEY WILL LEAVE. Expects to Visit Old Homestead In Vermont. Governor Bailey will leave tomorrow night or Sunday for an extended trip east. He will, of course, be accom panied by Mrs. Bailey. They will first visit the governor's old home at Mount Carroll. 111., remaining there four of five days. Then they wiil go on to Vermont, where Governor Bailey's parents came from originally, and they will visit the old homestead near Bur lington in the Green Mountain state. They wiil probably return by way of Washington and will be gone about three weeks altogether. "I didn't have a chance to have a vacation last year." said Governor Bailey today, "so I am going to take one now. I expected to go away at the time I was married, but the flo.d came on and demanded my attention here. Then we had the special sessin-i cf the legislature and after that my secretary, Harry Bone, was taken sick, so that I did not get a chance to take my eastern trip. I gues3 I can Ret away now and I propose to do it." There's a great long word that seems to be favorite stock in the drug trade superciliousness. I never could make out what it's good for. Frank Hobart, 500 West Tenth.

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?6 TOPEKA- STATE JOURNAL, FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 15, 1901. 114 and 116 East Fifth Street -t- V IT T IT 0 HI IT n On or sibout June ist we will distribute to those t patrons holding our sale checks amounting to $10 J or more ths following useful articles for the home. t t ft it w 1 ft il US- J I W i n k; n ii 1 MiM!LW Dial "JCZ Be careful to have your sales checks countersigned by the cashier before you leave the store, as no others will be recognized. We have contracted for a number of other articles of which we have no cuts at present these will be included in list already given. Taken in connection with the way goods are being sold here at absolute cost and less it ought not be a difficult matter for you to decide where to do your shopping. fy? x i 1 1 U Ji -r- 1 s So o!el- Mrs. Dick Alclen and Miss Margaret Jones save an 11 o'clock breakfast this morning- at Mrs. Alden's house, corner of Eleventh and Polk streets, in honor of Miss Apnes Gunther. The table was set with Tenerieffe lace and crossed with bands of yellow satin ribbon and the flowers, yellow jon cuils and white tulips, were arranged Miss Edith Miss Jessie Dick Alden. Frank Scott UTIGURA 5 The World's Greeiest Skin Soap. The World's Sweetest Toilet Soap. Sale Greater than tie World's Product ot Otter Slna Soaps. Sold Wherever Civilization Has Penetrated. Millions of the world's best people nee Cutlcnra Soap, assisted by Caticura Ointment, the great skin cure, for pre serving, purifying and beautifying the skin, for cleansing the scalp of crnsts, scales and dandruff, and the stopping of falling hair, for softening, whiten ing and soothing red, rough and sore hands, for baby rashes, ltchings and dialings, for annoying Irritations, or too free or offensive perspiration, for ulcerative weaknesses, and many sana tive, antiseptic purposes which readily suggest themselves to women, espe cially mothers, as well as for all the purposes of the toilet, bath and nnrsery. Outlcura Soap combines delicate emollient properties derived from Cuti cura, the great skin cure, with the purest of cleansing ingredients and the most refreshing of flower odours. No other medicated soap ever compounded Is to be compared with it for preserv ing, purifying and beautifying the skin, scalp, hair and hands. No other foreign or domestic toilet eoap, however expensive, is to be compared with it for all the purposes of the toilet, bath and rjursery. Thus it combines in one soap at one price the most effective skin and complexion soap, aud the purest and sweetest toilet, bath and nnrsery soap. 61d tbronfffcoat tfc world. Cntienr RnlTei)t. 50. rin form of ,hooolte lUmtrd VUit, pr ril of fit)). linurvot. oOe.. ton. IroU: London, Charter fcimae Sq.t l'r!i, i Knt 1 la Pats Hoeton. 17 olum bua Ave. Prctr iiiff fc Chm. Corp.. Prop. BCS.-1 for lie to Cura rctj Humour." effectively in the center and tied with bows of yellow ribbin to the backs of the chairs. The place cards were miniature morning newspapers con taining society gossip, burlesque news notes and advertisements and non sense rhymes relating to the guests who were, beside Miss Gunther, Miss Jessie floss of Newton. Miss Edith Crawford of St. Louis, Mrs. Don Mul vane, Miss Elvira Millspaugh, Miss Marcia Spivey, Miss Louise Kellam, Miss Anna. Harrison, Miss Herbst and Miss Sue Herbst. Miss Anna Harrison's guests at her afternoon at cards today for Miss Agnes Gunther are Miss Gunther Miss Agnes Gunther, Mrs". Arthur Lingafelt of Chicago, Crawford of St. Louis, Goss of Newton, Mrs. Mrs. Don Mulvane, Mrs. Davis, Mrs. Harry Weaver and Mrs. Dorr Norton of Kansas Citv. Mrs. David Norton, Mrs. John Baird Nich olson, Mrs. John D. Norton, jr., Mrs. William Eastman. Mrs. Artjlur Mills, Mrs. Ben Akers. Mrs. William Drech sel, Mrs. Herbert Armstrong, Mrs. Harry Ash by, Mrs. Burr Lakin of Las Animas, Colo., Mrs. Edwin O'Neill, Mrs. Elmer Barnes, Mrs. W. F. Bow en, Mrs. W. B. Swan, Mrs. Harry Wil liams, Mrs. Jacob Mohler. Mrs. Albert Reid, Mrs. James Philip de Bevers Kaye, Miss Lakin. Miss Alice Lakin, Miss Kossington, Miss Parkhurst, Miss King, Miss Wood. Miss Cole, Miss Fassler, Miss Sm;i, Miss Robinson, Miss Campbell. Miss Mary Thompson, Miss Helen Thompson, Miss Snyder, Miss Quinton, Miss Fay Quinton, Miss Meade. Miss Bess Meade, Miss Herbst, Miss Sue Herbst, Miss Jones, Miss Spivey, Miss Hinckley, Miss Wilson, Miss Garretson, Miss Tranp, Miss Lulu Ewart, Miss Guibor, Miss Hay den, Miss Anna Marie Nellis, Miss Berenice Fuller, Miss Allabelle Trout man, Miss Dewey. Miss Wheeler, Miss Eleanor Wheeler, Miss Otis. Miss Lord. Miss Neil, Miss Fiske. Miss Leavitt, Miss Outte'.r, Miss Kellam, Miss Everingham, Miss Freeland and Miss Millspaugh. A memorably pretty Easter wedding celebrated Thursday evening was that of Miss Mabel Wood, the second daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Owen Jason Wood and Mr. Everett B. Akers. The cere mony and the reception which followed took place at the Wood residence, cor ner of Huntoon and Tyler streets. The Rev. FraVis L- Hayes was the offi ciating clergyman and the wedding hour was half after eight o'clock. Green and white in effective and ap propriate combination predominated in the decorations of the house and were repeated in the gowning of the bridal party. Smilax and Easter lilies were utilized in the adornment of the draw ing rooms and in the dining room a huge pyramid of palms occupying the center of the room was the principal decorative feature. The ceremony took place under a canopy' of smilax and Easter lilies in the back drawing room. Before the entrance of the bridal party Miss Vida Wood sang Elsie's Dream from Lohengrin with piano accompani ment by Mrs. George Perry Grimsley who also played the Lohengrin wed ding chorus which was sung by a sex tette of girls descending the stairway in advance of the bride and her at tendants and forming an aisle in the hall through which they passed. The sextette included Miss Allabelle Trout man, Miss Berenice Fuller, Miss Agnes Fisk. Miss Julia WhitnA". Miss Nellie Pond and Miss Florence Morton. After them came the little ribbon girls, Ruth Wood and Marjorie Crittinden. who passed between the sextette girls and stood on each side of the archway be tween the two drawing rooms holding the ends of the white satin ribbons which marked the passage way of the bride and her maids. These were Miss Louise Wood and Miss Edith. Guibor. Miss Roberta Akers of Chicago and Miss Elizabeth, Cole; Miss Vida Wood maid of honor. The bride was with her father who gave her in marriage. Sir. Akers and his attendant, Mr. Frank Moss of St. Marys, entered from the library with the Rev. Mr. Hayes and awaited the bride under the wedding canopy in the embrasure of the south window. The bridal toilet was of white crepe de chine over taffeta. The skirt was a very long and very full model, shirred to form a deep hip yoke and finished at the bottom with a four inch puff. The bodice had a deep transparent yoke of Duehesse braid and beautiful handiwork below which it bloused be comingly over a wide girdle fastened with pearl buckles. A bertha of Renaissance lace finished it.' A full length tulle veil and a lovely arm bou quet of lilies of the valley and maiden hair fern completed the toilet. Miss Vida Wood, the maid of honor, wore white blonde over pale green taffeta and the other maids were in pretty white gowns. Miss Louise Wood's was silk linen. Miss Edith Guibor's and Mi:s Roberta Akers' wash blonde, and Miss Cole!s lace. Ail the maids wore wreaths of smilax in their hair and carried Easter lilies. The sextette and ribbon girls were in sheer, dainty white frocks. The bride's gifts, tin hesJUQ?tjdnr.ts were an art nouveau belt pin to her maid of honor, opera fans to the bridemaids, strck pins to the' ribbon girls and medallion pins to the sextette. At the reception which followed the ceremony Mr. and Mrs. Wood and Mrs. Noble Prentis received with Mr. and Mrs. Akers and they were assisted by Mrs. A. A. Hurd, Mrs. Frank Patter son, Mr. and Mrs- L. J.. Moyer of Mon tevideo, Minnesota, Mr. and Mrs. J.'T. Herrick and Mr. Harold Herrick of Wellington, Mrs. Cynthia Soule and Miss Ruth Soule of Hammond. In diana. Miss Alice Lakin, Miss Blossom Devlin and the-members of the bridal party. About 125 guests were in at tendance. Mr. and Mrs. Akers left this morning on an early Rock Island train for Chicago and will be at home upon their return at S.06 Eighth avenue west. Miss Julia Whitmer entertained her card club Thursday nisht and these extra guests: Mr. and- Mrs. Clyde Lawrence, Mr. end Mrs. Bert Harris. Mr and Mrs. Frank Strawn. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Clauser. Miss Ned Grif fin, Miss Eda Smyth. Mr. Clarence Burford. Mr. and Mrs. Doncyson will have the club next time. Mrs. C. J. Rosen. 1335 Lane street, entertained at a 7 o'clock dinner Thursday. Covers were laid for Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Wood. Mr. and Mrs. G. Ii. Kirk. Miss NeH'e Kirk. Mr. and Mrs. R. Deitrich. and Mrs. Hop kins of Canadian, Texas. The Mutual Improvement club will meet with Mrs. R. P. March. 1313 West Sixth avenue, on Friday even ing, instead of Thursday afternoon. Little Lucille Elmore was the host ess vesterday afternon at a delight ful Tittle narty which she gave at her home. 137 Greenwood avenue. Pot win, the occasion being the seventh anniversary of her birthday. Mrs. Elmore assisted her Mttle daughter in entertaining her quests, wVo were: lice Hughes, Gertrude Gray, Ruth Smith. Opal Granted', Ruth Tomlin on Ruth Larimer. Joanna Gleed, Beatrict Tollbert. Dolphy Swarzkopf. Theodore Smith and Herbert Tucker. Notes and Perscnal Mention. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Smith have gone to Hot Springs, Ark., for an outing of several weeks. Mrs. Arthur Lingafelt arrived Thursday from Chicago for the Gun-ther-MeClintock wedding, and is the guest of her parents. Mr. and Mrs. James Brewer. Mr. Burr Root, of Kansas City, is the suert of Dr. and Mrs. C. B. Reed. He has been visiting his brother at St. John's school, Salina, end. will spend Sundav here. Mr. Lew Graham is in Excelsior Sprinr-s. Mr. Wil! Coulsoa is in St. Louis. Mrs. A. L. Williams and Mrs. W. L. Dickey wi!! spend Saturday in Kansas DON'T FORGET CHILDREN THRIVE WONDERFULLY ON GrapeNuts and Cream "THERE'S A REASON-" City, where they will see Annie Rus sell in "Mice and Men." Prof. George Myers, of the Univer sity of Chicago, is the guest of his -cousins. Mr. E.rT. Sim and Mr. Frank Sim. He will go to Lawrence tonight to:lectfif$ at the-university. Mrs. Annie Payne and Miss Jessie Payne left thi? afternoon for Chicago, i to remain until Monday. j Mr. Arthur Sim. of Wichita, a stu- I dent at the University of Kansas, is the sruest of his uncle, Mr. E. T. Sim, today. ii A number of" th high school boys will give a subscription dance at Steinberg's toiiiijht' The Watova club strives its last datice of the season at Hudson's to night. Mr. E. T. Sim will go to Denver next week for afousiness triu. Mrs. A. H. Auerbach and her daugh ter are visiting in Carthage. Mo. Mrs. Hugh Ewfwg is the guest of, her sister, Mrs. Ellsworth Funnell in Law rence. Mrs. Burr Lakin came over today from Atchison to visit Mrs. D. L. La kin before returning to her home in Las Animas, Col. Mis. T. T. Kelly returned Thursday from a visit to 'Mrs. M. C. Burton in Ness City, accompanied by Mrs. Bur ton, who will leave Saturday f-ir Washington, D. C. to attend the na tional meeting of the D. A. R.. Mrs. Burton's niece. Miss Anna Shipman, who is at Bethany is ill and will ac company her aunt, as far as her home in Dallas, 111., where she will remain until she has recovered. Mrs. I-Iogan. of Kansas City, is the guest of Mrs. Stranahan at the Throop. Mrs. E. W. Snyder, of Leavenworth, is the guest of- Mrs. M. F. Southwick today. Mr. and Mrs. K. C. Bean and Mrs. E. Pratt have returned from Carthage, Mo. Miss Alma Nelson was given a sur prise party Thursday evening, April 14, in honor of her sixteenth bii hday. The guests were Alma Nelson, Cordie Bes sette, Leona Bessette, Nellie Mont gomery. Jennie MeCarter, Master Wil lie Parr, Orby Stitt. Earl Stitt, John Montgomery, Lawrence Thcnias and Neke Nelson. A very pleasant surprise party was given at the home of Miss Mabel Hill on Lane street Wednesday evening by a number of her school friends. The evening was spent in games and music after which refreshments were served to the following guests: Miss Josephine Butler. Miss Emma Grayham. Miss Blanch Scott, Miss Ruth Rennick, Miss Bessie Dixon, Miss Dessa Hooker. Miss Eva. Kelly, Miss Cora Hill, Mr. Morrie Matthews, Mr. Quincy Roush, Mr. Le lnnd -Warner. Mr. Reid Hooker, Mr. William Howe, Mr. Clyde Hearick. Mr. Albert Merkle, and Mr. Joseph Palmer. vised a constitution that, exactly eighteen months after, became the constitution of the free state of Kan sas. We are not concerned here with the debates of that convention or the main provisions of that constitution. But we are concerned to know that section S of article 1 of that constitu tion ordains that the state shall have a great seal, and section 9, immedi ately following, prescribes that it shall be used by the governor of the state. This was 'done' at the conven tion at Wyandotte. July 29, 1859 After treason had met with some suc cess, after several states had seceded by ordinance, if not in fact, and their senators had left Washington, the act of congress was passed, on the 29th of January. 1861. which made Kan sas a state. This act adopted and ratified the constitution of Wyandotte. Under the new constitution, the first legislature of the state of Kan sas met at Topeka, on Tuesday, March 26, 1861. The first few days were spent in examination of creden tials and other matters pertaining to organization of legislative bodies, and it was on Saturday morning follow ing when, the houses received the first message from Charles Robinson, the first governor. In this message the governor called attention to the requirements of the constitution about a seal, and recommended the legisla ture to take the necessary steps to procure one. On the 3d of April, the state senate, considering the governor's niessag.?. referred that part which mentioned the great seal to the committee on ways and mears. Five days after wards, on Monday. April S, the follow ing resolution was submitted to the senate: "Resolved. That a committee of three be appointed on behalf of the senate to act wish a like committee on the part of the house to draw and recommend a design for the great seal of the state of Kansas." This resolu tion was referred to the committee on ways and means. Similar resolutions were considered by the house, and the two committees got to work; but this did not produce a seal very soon. ThfM-e were designs, designs, and designs, mottoes and mottoes. Scholars sug gested and western men insisted. John H. McDowell, of the state library com mittee, suggested a design with a land scape, something like that afterwards adopted, and the emphatic motto "We will." Mr. Denman proposed to change the motto to "We won't." Backward and forward the thing was bandied about. The house journal for Friday, May 17, records the fact that the sen ate sent a message on "house Joint resolution on state seal," saying they had amended, and desired concurrence. This message was discussed next dav by the house, which did not concur. Then a committee was' appointed for conference. The senate appointed a conference committee on Monday, and at a meeting of the two" committees the same day the matter was sub stantially settled.' Of that date, May 20, a letter in the Conservative (Leav enworth) contains the following pas sage: "The vexed question of a state seal has at last received its Quietus at the hands of the conference committ. The new design embraces a prairie landscape, with buffalo pursued ry In dian hunters, a settler's cabin, a river with a steamboat, a cluster of 34 stars, surrounded the legend 'Ad astra p-r aspera;' the whole encircled by the words: 'Great Seal of the State of Kansas, 1S61.' The senate accepted the report of the conference committee on Wednes day, the 22d of May, lsttl, and the house concurred on the same day; nn-1 so the design for a seal was decided. D. W. Wilder, in his "Annals of Kansas." says the writer of the letter in the Conservative was John J. Ingalls. and as Wilder was editor of that paper he ought to know. The same John J. Ingalls was secretary of the state sen ate, and had therefore means of ob taining accurate information. John A. Martin, of Atchison, was a member of the conference committee referred to above, and a letter of inquiry ad dressed to him by the writer brought back for answer the statement that John J. Ingalls had submitted to the committee the design that was finally adopted. Why, then, did not the letter in the Conservative state that' fact? Undoubtedly because Mr. Ingalls was too modest to claim the honor of hav- j KANSAS' FINEST SHOE STORE SPECIAL AGENCY v THE SEAL OF KANSAS. Only the Motto Is Due to John J. Inzr-IU. In the next volume of the Kansas Historical society sories, to be issued in June, will be an article on "The Great Seal of Kansas." written for the society in 18S3 by Robert Hay, from which the following is a part: "The mottoes and designs of the state seals have all had a history, anil very often the impression we see on a captain's commission or a land grant is all that is left of a fierce de bate or a great public controversy. The Kansas State Historical society has a very fine impression of the ter ritorial seal of Kansas. It is said that the design was made by the first gov ernor, Reeder. We have an impres sion now lying before us, which was attached to a document issued by Samuel Medary, the last governor of the territory, and another of Daniel Woodson, acting governor, of the date of March 16, 1857. It is two inches iu diameter. It has a shield in the center, and around the margin the legend: 'Seal of the territory of Kansas, erected May 30, 1854." Above the shield is the motto. 'Populi voce nata.' Done into English, how well that sounds 'Born by the voice of the people.' Done into hist6ry, how mean its meaning, 'squatter sover eignty." But it was appropriate, and not the less so if looked at as a pro phetic forecast of the birth of the state. "In the last days of July, 1859, an assembly of delegates from the terri tory of Kansas met at "Wyandotte, at the mouth of the Kaw, and there de- The Home of the Corkscrew Last. C r r EXTRA QUALITY SHOTS Spring Styles in Upto Date Oxfords, Patent Colt Blucher, Russia Low Blucher, Patent Colt Button Blucher, New Lasts. New Patterns. Still a new one THE DUCK BILL LAST. MA TTHEW 634 Kansas Avenue 634. C O FTrn) M"M-M- ing settled the "vexed question" for modesty belongs to youth, and J. J. I. was a young man then. Besides being too modest, Mr. Ingalls had another motive for not claiming it. The desTgn as adopted is not his alone, and though he may fairly claim credit for some of it, yet of other parts he was by no means proud. The design as submit ted" the committee by Mr. Ingalls consisted "of a blue shield at the base, of a cloud, out of which was emerging one silver star to join the constella tion in the firmament, comprising the thirty-four then n the Union, with the motto 'Ad astra per aspera.' The cloud symbolized the struggles through which we hud passed; the star, the state; the constellation, the Union. The motto was both descriptive and suggestive, and the entire design sim ple, unique, and satisfactory." It was so satisfactory to the committee that they adopted it entire. But after that some of the "wild heralds of the fron tier" altered, it by mixing a steamboat and plowing with buffalo hunting, etc., till really nothing but the motto is Mr. Ingalls', and the landscape is probably substantially the one submitted by Mr. McDowell. All the seal is historic, but suggestive of a fact that will be true forever, that the conquest of difficul ties is the way to moral as well as to political success. We have seen that it is constitutional to have a great seal for our state, and yet months elapsed in which the state government was administered without a seal. We saw a few days ago a commission issued by Governor Robin son in that same month of May, 18S1, which has merely a blank where the seal ought to be. The old legal defini tion of a seal was a "cake of wax marked by the proper impression," but later judicial decisions say that a doc ument is properly sealed if only there is a rough indication made with the pen of the place of the seal. The fact that King James threw the great seal of England into the Thames, or that Charles Robinson went on for many months without a seal in Kansas, shows that this is not an indispensa ble symbol of authority, though its use is a great convenience.