The Topeka State Journal (Topeka, Kansas)
July 16, 1904

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I EVERYBODY I 16 PAGES READS IT. I LAST EDITION. SATURDAY EVENING, TOPEKA, KANSAS, JULY 16. 1904. SATURDAY EVENING. THREE CENTS. I 1 i! It 1 1 i t f f I I i :r NEGOTIATIONS AREJLAGGING. Union Officials Warn Strikers In Fire Languages That They 1VI1I Not Be Sup- 5 ported iu Acts of Violence. 1VAY IS STILL OPES For Another Conference Be tween Opposing Forces. Increasing Talk of a Sympathe tic Strike Is Heard. Chicago, July 16 While peace negotia tions between the meat packers and the striking butcher workmen are lagging agencies have been set at work to pre vent the outbreak of further violence. The union has warned all members In placards printed in five languages, to heed the instructions given and to refrain from disorder, and told them plainly that they would not be support ed by the organization if guilty of law lessness. Chief of Police O Neill has recom mended to Mayor Harrison the revoca tion of the license of any saloon in which a strike disturbance started. It was declared around the stock yards and at the police stations that many Poles had thrown away their union buttons and had returned to the plants with the nonunion men taken in. Of the latter about 300 were marched into the yards under police protection. A number were negroes, while others were Greeks and Poles. No conference was arranged for to day, but the way has been left open for a meeting. In the last communication that passed from the packers, they de clared themselves ready to meet a com mittee from the workers at any time. President Donnelly probably will ac cept the suggestion. Meanwhile with every hour's delay in reaching a settlement, a sentiment in favor of a sympathetic strike is grow ing among nearly 12,0K) other employes at the stock yards. The temper of the union men was reflected by President Donnelly who said: "We will die fighting before submit ting to arbitration as proposed by the packers. Their system of arbitration would mean the complete annihilation of trade unionism In the.stock yards." Whether the packing trades central body will call a sympathetic strike will be determined at a special meet ing tonight. Nearly 10,000 men em ployed in various trade" at the yards and belonging to 30 unions are connect ed with this organization. These em ployes are not bound by any agree ment with the packers. Should a sym pathy strike be determined upon at to night's meeting it would complicate things greatly. The strike would near ly double the number of employes who have left their posts and also make a settlement a much harder task. Employes in the building trades at the yards are dissatisfied because they are obliged to work in buildings guarded by tie police. These men for years have objected to working at any place where the police have been called to preserve order and protect property and the present conditions are declared by them to be intolerable. Fire engines, hose carts and fire in surance patrols with a full Quota of men were sent to the yards today to increase the fire protection. This ac tion, taken at the instance of the Chi cago Underwriters' association, was accepted as indicative of fear on the part of the packers and insurance men that a stage of the strike has been reached where widespread dis order may be expected, notwithstand ing efforts of union officials to prevent violence. The emergency fire protec tion is to be continued at the stock yards as long as existing conditions continue. A disturbance was caused early to day by a crowd, which attempted to prevent a score or more of non-uniop workers from entering the yards. No one was hurt and but one arrest was made. The strike leaders in conference to dav took up the note of the packers, a reply to which was requested by noon and was In the nature of an ultimatum. The note was as follows: -Your letter has been received and carefully considered and desiring to ive you every possible opportunity to reach a solution of the present contro versy we will be glad to meet you and discuss matters further, if in your opin ion anything can be gained by another Interview. It is our unanimous opinion however, that considering the existing conditions a fair proposition has been made to you and your organization in vour letter offering to arbitrate any and all grievances that may be submit ted for arbitration by either side; and it Is further our unanimous opinion that we can not recede from this proposi tion to which we feel we should have your definite answer not later than Saturday noon, July 16." The letter was signed by J. Ogden rmour. L. F. Swift. Edward Morris, J E. Mauser. J. P. Lyman, E. A. Cudahy and Edward Tjlden. At the ap pointed time the result of the strikers deliberations was in the hands of the packing house representatives. Its pur port could not be learned, but it was intimated by the packers that a furth er joint conference might be held. Significant of an abandonment by the strikers of hope of securing a basis up on which they would arbitrate was an announcement that President Donnelly of the butcher workmen would leave Chicago tonight for a tour of other strike bound cities. Indications this afternoon all pointed to an end of the pence conferences for the present at least and the beginning of new hostili ties. President Gompers of the Ameri can Federation of Labor has already left Chicago, presumably to go to New York. At Kansas City. Kansas City, Mo.. July 16. There was but little change In the packing house employes' strike today. All the five leading- packing companies killed today, each exceeding the output of the previous days of the strike and each putting additional non-union men to work. Four cattle butchers who went out at Armour's have re turned to work. "We did not ask them whether or not they had decided to give up their union, said C. w. Armour. At Fowler's also, according to T. O Cunningham, the manager. ,a few of the strikers have asked for and been given their old places. Ruddy Bros.' plant, which is con trolled by the Fowler interests, is still shut down. Union teamsters are beginning to agitate the question of a sympathetic strike, and there is some talk of the packing house engineers going out. In the packing house district several re tail butchers have refused to handle meat killed by the plants being oper ated by non-union men, and are buy ing of independent slaughtering nouses. x nere was no perceptible cnange today in tne prices of fresh meats. At Armour's 200 nonunion emploves in tne canning ana taDellng denart ments walked out today after receiving tneir salaries, ana ai owiers a num ber of laborers struck. At St. Paul. St. Paul. Minn., July 16. Contrary to expectations the striking butchers maae no aemonstration todav when the Swift Co. office force appeared ior ouiy ai me ouin est. Paul plant- but allowed all th,ose employed to enter the grounds. Reports bv tele phone from the vicinity of the Swift plant say that the strikers are very uiuenj. At St. Ixuis. St. Louis. July 16. Although the management or tne St. J,ouis Dressed Beef Provision companv. the onlv m. ijouis pacxing nouse artected by tne strike, announced that killing wuuiu ue re.sumea on a large scale to day, but little slaughtering has been done. The east side packine- houses have practically ceased operations A turtner increase In meat Driees has been made by restaurants as the result ol the strike. The retail butch ers are informing their customers that unless the strike is settled promptly they will not be able to buy anything like a sufficient Quantity of meat to supply the demand. The prices for all kinds of fresh meat today are about 30 per cent higher than they were the first part of the week. At Omalia. Omaha, July 16. Several hundred new men were given employment at the packing houses in South Omaha today. Some difficulty was experi enced in getting the new men into the packing plants, but there was no vio- ence. The live stock receipts at the stock yards increased today. All the pack- ng plants were operating in a limited way. At St. Joseph. I St. Joseph, Mo., July 16. The managers of the South St. Joseph packing houses assert they are in bet ter condition today than at any time since the strike. They are still of fering employment to all applicants, but the strikers persuade many of the non-union men to leave after they have worked a short time. Swift, Hammond and Morris all were oper ating today, clerks, foremen and other employes doing work formerly done by the strikers. A number of men who came here from Kansas City to go to work in the Swift plant were in duced by strikers to return. Calling In Tneir Men. Peoria, 111., July 16. All the employes of the local branch of the Cudahy Pack ing company were today called to Chi cago. The rresumption is they are to be used in the packing house there. At the Armour plant it was stated their men are being called in from all over the country. Meat Grows Scarce. New York, July 16. There was no change in the status of the meat strike todav and matters have assumed the phase of a deadlock. Meat is becom ing scarcer on the East side and the temper of the people is beginning to j be felt. A number of the butcher shops have been forced to close be cause of their inability to get meat. I Matters will be further complicated by the sympathetic strike of the fire men, who only await the word to walk out. It is believed they will quit work tomorrow. The secretary of the International Brotherhood of Stationary Firemen has arrived in this city and assumed charge of the preparations for a gen eral strike of the firemen in all pack ing houses. The engineers have not yet taken any action, but it is believed they will be guided by the action of the firemen. The strike of the fire men will ripple the ice houses and will prove a severe blow to the pack ers. BLEW UPTHEIYISELVES. Amateur Bandits Hurt While Trying to Rob a Train. Houston, Tex., July 16. Train No. 5, on the International Great Northern, was held up last night at Kechi, a small station about 30 miles west of Palestine. There were five bandits in the party, all young men, and apparently amateurs. They dynamited the express car without detaching it from the train and blew in the end of the second class coach, but without injuring any of the pas sengers. One of the robbers was ap parently badly hurt, as the explosion appeared to be premature and he was observed to be covered with blood. The robbers secured nothing, not mo lesting either the express or the mail and getting away as fast as possible after their comrades were hurt. Fireman Muze jumped from the en gine as the train slowed down, ties having been piled across the track, and hurt his shoulder, but not seri ously. None of the passengers was molested. The adjutant general has been noti fied and a special train with Sheriff Henry Watts, his dogs and a posse left Palestine early this morning for the scene of the hold up. A squad of rangers is stationed near the scene of the hold up and it is probable they will be put on the case at once. It is anticipated that arrests will be made shortly, as the bandits are prob ably country lads reared in the neigh borhood. Favorable to America. San Francisco, July 16. Herbert H. D. Pierce, third assistant secretary of state, has Just arrived here from an inspection tour of the American con sulates in the Orient, on his way back to Washington. He says that the at titude of Oriental countries towards this nation is extremely favorable. This is particularly true of China. Russians Active In Korea. Washington, July 16. Minister Al len has ajrain reported to the state department from Seoul that the Rus sian forces are becoming quite active In northeastern Korea. HERE'S A MESS. How the State Didn't Sare Money by Deal. Treasurer Kelly's Ljon County Plan Grows Interesting. EXPLANATION A FAKE Normal Warrants Stamped "Not Paid for Want of Funds." Given Out That Money Was Kept to Prerent This. Just why such a flimsy excuse should nave been devised for keeping the state taxes due the state from Lyon county in Emporia instead of sending them to me state treasury as provided bv law k. nara to imagine. The Emporia coun ty officials claim the money was kept there, by an agreement with RtAte treasurer Kelly, for the purpose of taking up warrants Issued to State Normal people, so that they would not be stamped "not paid for wont r funds." They claim that the slate was tneretore saved money, because if did not nave to pay interest on these war rants. -i ne recoras m the state auditor' ornce show that these same State Nor mat warrants were stamped not paid for want of funds and that the state paid interest on them during the time treasury was out of funds. vLuiuinK to tne stnromant Emporia Republican, published in the btate Journal yesterday, the arrange ment between State Trp:i en ror W al lr and County Treasurer Eastin of Lyon county was made last November. The warrants for paying the teachers at the oiate normal for the month of October were issued November 10. 1903. An n. animation ot tne cancelled warrants themselves on file i shows that thev were sta.mnpd not r.iri wa.ni oi runas, and the stamp Is dated November 11. 1903 i n mnst i" cue VS arrants so stamped begin to draw in terest irom the date of, this stamp. When the state treasurer believes he win De aDie to take up these outstand ing warrants he publishes a notice to that effect, and the interest stops on tne aate namea in the notice. The person to whom a state warrant is issued rarely bothers about the in terest on it. When he wants his money ne taxes it to a Dank and deposits it or cashes it. That bank in turn sends It in to a Topeka bank, and it is gen erally the Topeka bank that gets the interest, Decause the warrants come in here in sufficient numbers to pay them to do so; The warrants are presented to the state treasurer and if "he has no money with which to pay them, they are stamped not paid for want -of funds and begin to draw interest from that date. The interest is now four per cent. It was formerly six per cent and banks were very anxious to get hold of the warrants. The warrant bears interest until it is cashed or until the date named in: the state treasurer's notice on which warrants can be cashed. Here is a sample of the history of the State Normal warrants. This one was drawn in favor of A. S. Newman on November 10. 1903, and is for $125. The warrants for each month's pay ment for each state institution are sent to that institution in a buncTf and dis bursed from there. Here is the history of Mr. Newman's warrant: Issued November 10, 1903. Stamped not paid for want of funds, November 11, 1903. Endorsed on back by Mr. Newman, no date given. Endorsed on back by Emporia Na tional bank. December 2, 1903. Endorsed on back by Central Nation al bank of Topeka. December 5, 1903. Stamped on back, paid, by Central National bank. January 20. 1904. Stamped on face, paid, by state treas urer, January 21. 1904. Interest on warrant. $1.00. Cancelled warrant returned to audi tor's office. January 30. 1904. The most of the State Normal war rants were cashed or deposited in the Citizens National bank of Emporia, and the endorsements of that bank give no date to show when they were sent to Topeka. The warrants to pay for the month of November were issued on December 5. All of these, so far as the cancelled warrants were examined. were also stamped not paid for want of funds a day or two after they were issued and drew interest until January 21. 1904. The next State Normal warrants is sued were on January 13. 1904, and by that time the state treasury had an abundance of money on hand and all warrants were promptly paid on presen tation, as the "not paid for want of funds" stamp had been laid away. Therefore if any Lyon county state taxes were used to take up State Nor mal warrants during the time warrants were being stamped not paid for want of funds, the party who got the interest simply drew interest on the state's own money. The "agreement" between State Treasurer Kelly and County Treasurer Eastin whereby the Lyoncounty money was kept out of the state treasury. $38,000 for at least six months, in order to "save the state money." grows more and more complicated. The only person liable under the law. so far as is appar ent, is the country treasurer. The law says that he shall forfeit to the state ten per cent of what state money he had on hand on January 1 and failed to send in by January 20: and it further specifies that he shall forfeit his office and be guilty of embezzlement because he did not remit the money within thir ty days from January 10. But there seems to be a possibility that the coun ty treasurer was deceived In this mat ter himself. FOUGHT FROM CHICAGO. Republican Campaign Will Be Con ducted From Western City. Chicago. July 16. Although Chairman George B. Cortelyou of the Republican national committee will spend the greater portion of his time at the New York headquarters, to be near the president, the coming campaign will be conducted largely from Chicago. As in lKSt. and again in l!Xi, the main headquarters will be located in this citv. rooms having been engaged at the Auditorium annex. Chair man Cortelyou and Secretary Dover are expected to arrive at Chicago on July 30 and open the headquarters on Monday, August 1. ANOTHER HOT TY. This One Not Quite So Warm as Fri' day. However. Today it is hot, and getting hotter. At 2 o clock the temperature was 90, and still going up. The chances are that it will break the heat record for the summer so far. On Friday the maximum temperature reacnea was ys, wnicn is equal to tne tem perature last Sunday, and is the record for the year. The eool breeze today helped out greatly, however, and the heat is not nearly as oppressive as it was last sunaay. The temperatures: 7 o'clock 75111 o'clock S6 8 o'clock .S912 o'clock SS 9 o'clock 80 1 o'clock SJ 10 o'clock 84 2 o'clock M) Wind. 15 miles, south. Minimum, 73. Maximum yesterday, 93. SIX LINOTYPES The State Journal Adds Another Ma- chine to Its Battery. During the last -six weeks the Mer genthaler company of New York have had under construction for the State Journal a double magazine linotype which it contracted to sell and con struct for our use. This machine will be the finest typesetting machine that has yet been shipped into the state will combine a number of new improve ments, and will set from two to four times as many different kinds of type as the ordinary linotype, of which the State Journal already has five. This sixth machine, which costs $3,600 besides the freight, will give this paper a larger battery of typesetting macnines tnan any otner paper, or plant, in Kansas. It will set news mat ter, headings and advertisements all by one operator from one keyboard. The State Journal is the only daily newspaper in Topeka which owns its own machines, the others being used on a rental basis. The machine has been shipped from the factory and will be in operation in a, few days. WAS IN 30 MINUTES. Judge Parker Took Longer Swim Than TTsual Today. Esopus, N. Y., July 16. A breath less, blistering July day dawned upon Esopus after a night of thunder and lightning unequalled before this sum mer, but neither the boisterous storm of the night nor the stifling heat of the morning interfered with the rou tine at Roaemount A little after 6 o'clock Judge Parker took one of his long dives into the Hudson and re mained in the water some 30 minutes. What the mall here will be by the time the campaign is in full swing is auestion now cajasrmg soiicmiae in the little postoffice where most of the work is done by a boy of 16. No such mail as that which came in on the early train was ever seen in Esopus before and it is doubtful if any single citizen in Ulster county ever before received the like. The new campaign office In the Judge at the gate of Rosemount is now t use for part of the judge's business. although his large law library in tne house is still the center of distribution. Three additional stenographers and a private telegraph operator constitute the working force at present, but it will be augmented as time goes on and the bulk of the business requires it. The expected visit here today of Jno. A. Kern, who was one of the Indiana delegates at large at St. Louis, was the only event of political interest appar ent upon the programme at the outset of the day. It is understood that Mr. Kern is coming to press the claims of his friend. National Committeeman Taggart, for the national chairmanship. I Judge Parker on his horseback ride was accompanied by his dauenter, jurs. Charles Meyer Hall, and part of the way had on his saddle in front of him, his little grandson. Judge Parker today received a long congratulatory letter from William F. Vilas, who was postmaster general in President Cleveland's cabinet. The let ter is dated Madison, Wis., July 12. The following telegram was received today: Troy, N. T.One tnousand paraded the streets at Cohoes last night in your honor. Big ratification meeting, big banner thrown to the breeze, first in the state, great demonstration. "JOHN WALLAUiS. "N. T. SMITH." The Iroquois club of Los Angeles, Cal.. sent this telegram: "The Iroquois club of Los Angeles congratulates yourself, the people and the party upon your nomination. "JOHN T. JONES, Sachem." Judge Parker has received from Henry G. Davis, the vice presidential nominee, dated Elkins. W. Va., his ac ceptance of the judge's invitation to visit him at Rosemont. His coming adds impetus to the talk of a double notification at Rosemount of both candidates, but there is no real confirmation of the report up to this time. BELT FOR MISS ALICE. President's Daughter Is Honored by the A. A. V. New York, July 16. The Amateur Athletic union buckle and girdle that the officers decided to give Miss Alice Roosevelt after she awarded the prizes at the championship meet at St. Louis, was sent by express to Ovster Bav. The girdle is composed of heavy silk joined with a buckle consisting of three gold medals which represent the handicap prizes, the junior championship prizes, and the senior championship prizes of the St. Louis contests. As President Roose velt is honorary president of the Olvmpic games held at St. Louis this year, he has been requested to pre sent the girdle to his daughter. Secretary Fisher Is Here. Galen M. Fisher, national secretary of the Y. M. C. A. for Japan, is in Topeka. He will speak at the Y. M. C. A. rooms on Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock. Mr. Fisher will be in the city over Monday. He is counted among the strongest Y. M. C. A. work ers in the world. Weather Indication. Chicago, July 16. Forecast for Kan sas: Partly cloudy with probably local thunder storms- tonight and Sunday; probably cooler in west portion Sunday; southerly winds. NOT A SHOT FIRED Toklo Sends Out Official Denial of the Report That the Japanese Sustained Heaty Losses July 10. A SCIENTIFIC PLAN lias Been Adopted by the Mlka- do's Generals in Manchuria Advancing Slowly and Entrench ing as They Go. loRio, July 16. 4 p. m. The im perial headquarters staff officially deny the reports from St. Petersburg that the Japanese lost 30,000 men in a battle near Port Arthur on July 10 or 11. Not a shot was fired on either date. Relieved of Her Mail. Aden. Julv 16. The North Lloyd steamer Prinz Heinrich, which has arrived here fronx Hamburg June 23 and Southampton June 28, for Yoko hama, reports that she was stopped yesterday afternoon by the Russian volunteer fleet steamer Smolensk and compelled to gitre up thirty-one sacks of letters and 24 sacks and parcels, all intended for Japan. Russians Have Doubts. St. Petersburg. .T 1 1 1 V Ifi TV m Since the receipt from Tokio of an offi cial denial of the report of a Japanese repulse at Port Arthur with the loss of about 30,000 skepticism as to the truth or the report from Viceroy Alexieff's headquarters has pervaded all circles, but the members of the general staff de cline to accept the denial unreservedly. While not insisting on the accuracy of tne ngures tney claim there is good reason to believe that a severe check was inflicted on the Japanese in front of Port Arthur and it is considered possible that General Stoessel may have made a report of the subject di rect to the emperor, who will not re turn here until tonight. Although still in ignorance as to what the official statement meant by "from Japanese sources the officials here maintain that Alexieff must have had good rea son to send the report. While it is con ceivable that the Japanese themselves may have spread the report for tne purpose of leading General Kuropatkin to believe that they will not advance any further in Manchuria, the general staff are not disposed to regard them a-gxrilty of "such machiavelism. Despite the attitude of the general staff, who evidently are reluctant to give up a report for which they are not responsi ble, the public ardor has quite cooled down. The American embassy today for warded to Berlin another list of names of Japanese prisoners. There are 111 at Perim, 108 at Kungur, 89 at Soli kamsk and 123 at Tomsk. The where abouts of the 300 who were at Zea, in the Amur district and who are now scattered,, has. not been definitely established.' Moving Up the Coast. Ta Tche Kiao, Friday, July. 15. Delayed in transmission The main body of General Oku s force seems to be swinging around the Russian left after having combined with. General Nodzu s army. The Japanese are also movins ud the coast on the Russian riarht. An artillery reconnoissance has showed the country airectiy soutn to he clear of the enemy.' The Chinese report this morning that thev saw many Japanese trans- ports, convoyed by torpedo boats, go ing in the direction of the port of New Chwang. Near Harbin 100 Chinese bandits recently attacked a, Russian military train. The soiaiers leit tne cars anu drove off the Chinese without sustain ing any loss. Bains Have Stopped. General Kurolti's Headquarters in the Field, via Fusan, Thursday, July 14. Delayed in transmission The newspaper correspondents are ignor ant of the progress of the campaign here or elsewhere and the movements of this army, except what little is hap pening in their neighborhood. The rains have temporarily ceased. The country has dried rapidly and the army is able to live largely on vege tables which are ripening in large quantities in this region. There is much activity in building roads and in drilling the troops. P. O. Steamer Seized. Aden, Julv 16. It is reported that the Peninsular Oriental company's steamer Malaca, from Antwerp for Japan, has been seized in the Red sea by the Russian volunteer fleet steamer St. Petersburg. Port Arthur Squadron Out. Ta Tche Kiao, July 16. There 4s reason to believe that the whole or part of the Port Arthur squadron has come north into the Gulf of Liao Tung. The sound of the firing of heavy guns is heard seaward. War ships are distinguishable firing in the direction of Kai Chou. It is surmised that they could only be Russian ves sels. Japanese Ambushed. Liao Yang, July 16. -General Samosonoff seriously checked the Japanese advance in the direction of Yinkow on July 11. His Cossacks ambushed the Japanese column and put 1,000 out of action. The Japanese attempted to advance to Yinkow along the coast, but they were hindered by the marshy country which increased their difficulty in carrying off their dead and wounded during the re- The Russians had expected a move ment in this direction and a company of cavalry with two guns lay in am bush in the high grass, catching the Japanese in the remotest part of the coast and shattering their advance column. The artillery fire of the Rus-i sians was splendid and the Japanese were unable to make an effective re ply. They were forced to retreat. The Russian losses were six killed, and seven wounded. On Scientific Principles. St. Petersburg, July 16 1:30 P. M- The Tnanese are continuing to advance on Ta Tche Kiao, following a scientific plan and stretcning ineir ijusiuuhs as mcj mm-e forward. Thev appear to be taking extra precautions in the case of Ta Tche Kiao, on account of their knowledge that General Kuropatkin is there personally. According to a dispatch from Lieutenant General Sakharoft. dated July 15, and Oku's and Nodzu's armies have joined at Tangchl, 10 miles southeast or ta Tche Kiao. The Japanese are also re ported to have occupied the fortifications at Pintzau, about seven miles north of Kai Chou, and were still proceeding to wards New Chwang, which had not been occupied. July 15. A detainment or lien, Kuroki's force is reported to have reach ed the village of Tsihakehe. 40 miles east of Liao Yang, on the Feng Wang Cheng mgn road. Japanese Lying In Wait. Odessa, Russia, July 16. The Rus sian steamer Trouvor, which has ar rived here from the Persian gulf, says the English are persistently spreading rumors to the emect that six armed Japanese merchantmen are lying in wait for Russian ships in the Red sea and the Persian gulf. Japanese Are Hungry. Ta Tche Kia, July 16. The Japanese are suffering from hunger. Six of them came in and surrendered to General Mistchenko, begging for food. They said disease and famine were rife in the Japanese armies. According to re ports from the vicinity of Liao river a disguised Japanese officer and a de tachment of Japanese have gone toward Hai Cheng with ten chests full of sil ver to pay Chinese bandits. Togo Reported Dead. Chefoo, July 16. The Chicago Daily News correspondent with Kuro ko's army, in a dispatch sent by a Chinese junk from An Tung, says: "There is a persistent rumor here that Admiral Togo is dead. Many of the Japanese profess to believe it. A severe outbreak of cholera is devas tating this section. The bodies of the soldiers who die of the disease are being cremated." Rumor About the Novik. St. 'Petersburg .July 16. 7:06 p. m. There is a persistent rumor in cir culation to the effect that the protect ed cruiser Novik has joined the Vlad ivostok squadron. The admiralty has no information on the subject. It is admitted that it is possible but im probably in view of the inadvisabillty of separating the Port Arthur force. Startling if True. St. Petersburg, July 16. Reliable reports from Ta Tche Kiao this after noon brought the startling announce ment of the presence of Russian war ships off Kiao Chou, which they are said to be bombarding, and of the arrival of Japanese transports and torpedo boats off the port of New Chwang. The admiralty was un able to confirm or deny either report. not having received any communica tion from Rear Admiral Withoeft, but the admirals generally were not in clined to credit it. If true it would mean that Admiral Withoeft has got the Japanese transports at his mercy, In this case Admiral Togo would hasten to their rescue and engage the Russians. This may also explain the absence of positive news of the Japa nese occupation of the port of New Chwang and the cautious advance of General Oku s column. The foreign office has received a telegram from the Russian consul, M. Gosse, at New Chwang, dated July 14, but he did not mention the approach of the Japa nese. LQ0IY1IS' BODY FOUND. Corpse Washed Ashore Bearing Evi dences of Identity. London, July 16. A body supposed to be that of F. Kent Loomis was washed ashore this morning at Big bury bay, Devonshire. The body was that of a well dressed man, five feet six Inches in height, at tired in a gray overcoat and dark blue suit. In the pockets were found a card with the name "F. Kent Loomis," American and English coins, American notes, a gold watch, etc. The body, which was discovered by a laborer, was in a state of considerable decomposition. It was removed -to a neighboring farm building to await the Inquest. Bigbury bay is ten miles southeast of Plymouth, where the North Ger man Lloyd steamer Kaiser Wilhelm II arrived June 20 from New York, having on board F. Kent Loomis, brother of Assistant Secretary of State Loomi3. Mr. Loomis was missed at 1 o'clock that morning and has not been heard from since. He was charged by the authorities at Wash ington to convey to Abyssinia the treaty of commerce concluded be tween the United States and Em peror Menelik. Mr. Loomis traveled with William H. Ellis, of New York, who in view of the disappearance of the former took the treaty, which was found in Mr. Loomis' baggage, to Adis Abea. the Abyssinian capital. Brother Takes Vp the Matter. Washington, July 16. It is stated at the state department that ever since the disappearance of F. Kent Loomis a quiet but far-reaching in vestigation has been energetically conducted and is still being carried on. A great many details have been ascertained, but no facts tending to indicate the exact time or manner of the disappearance from the steamer of Mr. Loomis. As soon as the Associated Press dis patch from London was handed him the assistant secretary of state, Mr. Francis B. Loomis, cabled to the American consul general at London, Mr. Evans, requesting him to have the body carefully examined for any marks of violence. The, number of the lost man's watch already has been sent to the consul general, and if it coincides with that found on the body the identification will be considered complete and arrangements for send ing the body home will be made. It has long been the theory of the rela tives of Kent Loomis that he went upon tne nurncane aecK to get a glimpse of the English shore and ac cidentally stepped overboard. SHE KILLED HERSELF. Inquest Into Death of Mrs. Backus Reveals Nothing. The inquest over the exhumed body of Mrs. Ed Backus was concluded this morning and a verdict of suicide re turned. The mouth of the dead wo man showed carbolic acid burns, and an analysis of the stomach also evi denced that the deadly poison had been used. The death of Mrs. Backus occurred four weeks ago at her former home near West Indianola, three miles northwest of town. She was declared suicide and the interment took place. Some of the neighbors sus pected foul play and the body was exhumed and a second inquest held, with a verdict the same as that of the first. Ed Backus, the husband of the dead woman, was married to Lillie McMillan two weeks after the death of his first wife. WHY NOTDYKES? North Topeka People Sleet and Talk It Orer. Committee Will lie Named Take Necessary Measures. to HEART TO HEART TALK One Will Be Had With the County Commissioners. Flans and Estimates Are Sub mitted to Citizens. At a mass meeting at Lukena opera house last night about 100 prominent citizens and property own ers were present to discuss the build ing of dykes around North Topeka. J. B. Billard was elected chairman of the mass meeting, and Ed Arnold secretary. Later Mr. Billard was ap pointed chairman of a committee of five, to be named by himself, for ths purpose of taking under consideration all the plans proposed for the pro tection of North Topeka, and to deter mine which one will be the most ad- visable to adopt. This committee will also take upi the matter of torrowlng money t carry out the plans which are adopted It is hoped that the county commis sioners of Shawnee county will loaa the money for immediate use. under a guarantee from sufficient or th North side capitalists to make th bond good, pending the meeting of the next legislature, at which time it is planned to get an enabling act ta allow the county to vote brnds fon the payment of the cost of the lm provements. The North side citizens also gava this committee the authority to go after the city and county officials ta secure at once the construction of a; permanent steel or cement approach! to the north end of the Melan bridge. The argument was made that the 3,000 people who left North Topeka on account of the flood scare thia year would not have done jo hail there been a bridge over the Kaw which was safe and in which the peo ple had confidence. The business men who talked at th jnass meeting last right were unani mous in the expression of their will ingness to go down in their own pock ets to provide the money -necessary to build tho dykes if a satisfactory plan could not be arranged with the coun ty commissioners. Congressman Charles Curtis was -one of the most earnests-speakers at the meeting. He outlined the work he had done in congress towards get ting an appropriation for protecting the people in the Kaw valley from floods, all the way from Sallna to Kansas City. His efforts were dis counted by the claims for six or seven millions from Kansas City to dyke a single mile of the river at that point. "I have little hope of accomplishing anything in this direction in con gress," Mr. Curtis said, "although I will not give up, but will continue to make a fight for an appropriation. But th thing for us to do is to get right to work here among ourselves and go ahead and build the dyke. It will not cost so much as one would suppose at first thought. WJiy, the damage the high water did to property Just this year would more tnan defray the expense of building a dyke to protect us." Jonathan Thomas was an enthusi astic speaker in favor of the buildinfC of dykes. He reviewed the efforts to raise the J25.000 necessary to buy th land to put the new Santa Fe shops in Topeka, and declared that it ought not to be difficult to raise the sum of money necessary to build the pro posed dykes inarmuch as it would b a protection to more than four mil lion dollars' worth of property. ine general consensus of opinion was that all would be willing to giv liberally if necessary, to get adequate protection. Mr. Billard will within a dav or two appoint the members of the commit tee which will go ahead with the pre liminary work to the construction of dykes. Several different plans and estimate for dikes were submitted last nichf lv County Surveyor John Rogers and C. L. Dolman, a railroad contractor, both of whom have made trips along the river recently and studied the situation. Mr. Kodgers submitted plans for two dikes as have been outlined in the Stata Journal. The first is a small one. In tended to keep out floods similar to the one this year. It would be a foot above the highest mark reached this summer and would cost J7.500. It would extend from the Updegraff farm to the Rock Island tracks. It is planned to have a public road running along the top of the dike. Mr. Rogers' second plan is for a dike similar to the first one in length, high enough to prevent a flooi as large as the 1S03 disaster. This ona is to cost $23,000. Both of Mr. Rogers dikes are 60 feet wide at the base and 40 feet at the top. Mr. Dolman submitted several plans. The most elaborate and substantial, ona that seemed to be favored most by those at the meeting last night, pro vides for an elaborate and substantial dike that will cost in the neighborhood of $48,500, not including the right ot way, and will be a permanent safe guard to all of North Topeka. This dike or levee will be 32 feet above low water mark, high enough to keep out a flood much greater than the one of 1903. It will be 40 feet wide at the top, and will support a public highway. Along the river bank it will extend from the mouth of Soldier creek to tha city limits west of town. Here it will turn and run north to the Shorey hill. From the mouth of Soldier creek it will run along the south bank as far as th old Curtis cemetery. Such a dike, Mr. Dolman estimates will cost $48,500. Tha right of way will not cost more than $15,000. This would make a total of $63, 00. 1 Mr. Dolman submitted three othei plans. One was for a dike running from the Curtis cemetery, around ta the river by way of the mouth of thf creek, and from the mouth of the crepl" west to the Updegraff farm. This level would not be as substantial as the othei one, being only ten feet wide at th top. It would be 30 feet above low wa ter mark and would cost $20,926, not In cluding the right of way. 1

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TOPEKA STATE JOUENAI SATURDAY EVUNTNGL JULY 16, 1904 SPORTING NEWS. Some Earlj Experience of Jef fries It Related. Hank Griffin, the California Giaut, Opens Up. CHAMPION'S FIRST BOUT Mils Boilermaker Wanted to Quit But Seconds Said No. 'Aetuallj Had to Tbrovr II I m Back In the King. Cincinnati, July 16 Hank Griffin, the California giant, the man who beat Jack "Munroe and stood oft Jim Jeffries several years ago, was in town this week. Griffin' whipped Munroe a short time after the latter had won the ama teur heavyweight championship. This caused Jack to become disgusted with the fighting game and go back to the mines. He never put on a glove again until Jeff visited Butte. Mont., with the Fitzalmmons combination. It was then that Jack got the fighting fever for the second time, and his bout with the heavyweight champion In which Mun roe won the decision after four rounds Is now a matter of ring history. Grif fin was the first man of reputation to fight Jeffries. "Without casting any reflection on Jeffries record I can truthfully say that that I am the only man who ever fought the champion so hard that he wanted to quit." said Griffin. "I was a prizefighter long before Jeff ever had on a glove. Both of us are from the same town. Los Angeles, and I am well acquainted with the early history of Jeffries. He beat me once in IT rounds. The other time I met him it was a stand-off. It was in the fight that Jim won after 17 hard rounds that I made him sick of his job. In the second round I knocked him down twice good and clean, and again floored him in the third round. Jeff being a new hand at the game could not see any glory In sight for him. He went back to his corner, and tried to pull off the gloves. His seconds actually had to throw him back in the ring when time was called, and he was so big and strong that I broke my hands trying to whip him, and as a result he whipped me. John Brink, Referee Harry Stuart or Young Gallagher, who was Jeff's second, will verify what I say. "Jeff is a great fighter. There can be no doubt about that. I think Munroe la the only man who has a chance to whip him. Jack will give him a hard fight because he is strong and rugged. It takes a man like Munroe to trim Jef fries. The best a scientific or fast man will get against Jeff is a pair of broken hands and a good beating. When I whipped Jack Munroe at Watsonville, Cal.. after 20 rounds, I got a pretty good line on him, but he was new to the game and has improved greatly since then. He had just licked a fel low named McGee for amateur heavy weight honors, and our fight was Jack's first attempt in the professional line. He was so sore on himself after the referee gave me the decision that he declared he woukl -never again put on a glove. He went to work in the mines, and I thought that would be the last of him, but here be is now fighting for the heavyweight championship." Griffin has had on the gloves with nearly every big fighter in the business. He whipped Jack Johnson and also fought him two draws. It was Griffin who first brought out Sam McVey.who was touted at one time as the most for midable aspirant for the title held by Jim Jeffries. Griffin also put the Dixie Kid on In the game. "I remember Dixie," said Hank. "He used to come around to the back doors of the fight clubs in Los Angeles begging to get In. He Is a good fighter, and can lick the best of them." Griffin had a talk with Bid Albers. the manager of the Admiral club, last night, and he may come here to box Jim Fields whom he fought to a draw t Richmond. Ind., some time ago. Charley Marshall, who now has Grif fin In charge, was formerly a boxing promoter in the Indiana gas belt. He Is willing to back him against any heavy weight In the business excepting Jeffries. Racing at St. Louis. St. Louis, July 16. Floral Wreath won the feature of the fair grounds card on a heavy track, beating such good performers as Charlie Thomp son. Otto Stifel and Elastic. Floral Wreath ran In third place to the stretch turn, where she came on and won easily by two lengths from Charlie Thompson. Thane again Blight's Disease and Diabetes News. San Francisco, Cal.. July 9. To the Masonic Fraternities of Kansas: Bright's Disease and Diabetes are now positively curable. The recoveries run lno the thousands and Include not only many of our best citizens but the very highest degree Masons (several of the thirty-third degree). Knights Templars, Bhriners, etc. A sense of duty and love of their fel lows moved a number of these to give us permission to use their names in or der that the world may know of the genuineness of this discovery. Among them are such men as ex-Surveyor Gen eral Theo. Relchert, N. W. Spaulding (now deceased), late president Spauld ing Saw Co., and United States sub treasurer, and A. G. Deardorff, M. D. General Reichert recovered himself after twleve years of suffering with Diabetes. N. W. Spaulding's daughter recovered from Bright's Disease after he had spent thousands of dollars and years of time and believed her death inevit able. Dr. Deardorff had several patients recover extreme cases of both Bright's Disease and Diabetes, one of them being an old school physician. In the interest of humanity these gen tlemen have permitted us to take their affidavits to be given to anxious in quirers. Sincerely, JOHN J. FULTON CO., 409 Washington St. San Francisco. The above refers to the newly discov ered Fulton Compounds the first cures the world has ever seen for Bright's Disease and Diabetes. We are the sole agents. Ask for pamphlet. When to suspect Bright's Disease- puffy ankles or hands weakness with out visible cause Kidney trouble after third month smoky urine frequent urination falling vision one or more of these. TOPEKA DRUG COMPANY, 732 Kansas Ave., Topeka, Kan. found a track to his liking and won the fifth race easily. Dishabille was doing her best to beat Lpretta.Jvi. .in the third. Track heavy. NEW FEATURE BEYILLE'S CASE. National Association Has Decided That Catcher Belongs to Kansas City. Newark, N. J., July 16. Manager Walter Burnham has aeciaea io pro test the first two games between Newark and Providence, played last week, on the grounds that Catcher Monte Beville played on the provi dence team, though he was Ineligible to do no. The nrotest will come up before the Eastern league board of directors. The National association has decided that Beville belongs to the Kansas City club of the American asociation. The National commission has adjudged the player as being the property of the New York American league club. Though the decision of the commission Is favorable to New York's transfer of Beville to Provi dence, It cannot be carried out in the face of the National association ruling. President Powers, on being apprised of the facts in the case stopped Beville from playing with Providence. Had Providence been permitted to play Beville. it would have been an example for other clubs. Brooklyn might then have turned around and disposed of Gessler, who would otherwise, under the rules of the National association, become the property of Newark should Brooklyn let him go. This will also apply in the case of Pitcher Stricklett, claimed by the Newark club, who is now play ing with Milwaukee, in the American association, farmed out by the Chi cago Americans. llanlon May Box Britt. San Francisco, July 16. Jimmy Britt and Eddie Hanlon will in all probability clash before the Hayes Valley club in September. Hanlon is willing and Britt will undoubtedly consent, provided, of course, Corbett breaks his contract with him. Britt has said he would take on any one if Corbett broke his agreement, but that ne would not be the first to break it. Dan Hanlon, representing his brother Eddie, has posted $1,000 to be held as a forfeit in connection with his com ing contest with Battling Nelson of Chicago before the Hayes Valley Ath letic ciud on July z. The men .have agreed that the weight shall be 13Q pounds at 6 o'clock on the evening of that iate. Nelson has until the end of this week to produce his forfeit. Gardner and Fitzgerald Matched. Butte, Mont.. July 16. Willie Fitz gerald and Jimmy Gardner have been matched for a 20-round battle in this city July 22, according to an an nouncement made by Jerry Clifford, manager of the Silver Bow Athletic club. Fitzgerald and Gardner will go into tne ring at 13o pounds. Both men are in training now, having been boxing as late as July 4. and both will come to the high altitude in the same condition. Fitzgerald left Chicago yesterday for Butte and Gardner starts from New York. Racing at New York. New York July 16. By winning of Hatchet, in the first race. Dinah Shad in the second and Humo in the last. the ring probably suffered the hardest blow received in some time. The big plungers began by backing Hatchet down from 6 to 1 to 2 to 1. Dinah Shad from 20 to 1 to 8 to 1 and Humo from 6 to 1 to 13 to 5, and a fair esti mate places the winnings at $100,000. 'l ravers, who had the mount of Boundbrook in the first race, fell, but fortunately escaped injury. Baseball at Honolulu. Honolulu, July 9, via San Fran cisco, July 16. The first baseball game on Midway island was played on July 4 between teams composed of cable operators and other employes of the cable company .and men who are working under the contractors for new buildings. A dispute -arose at one point in the game and the players cabled to Honolulu to" a decision. Fits and O'Brien May Fight. Philadelphia, July 16. The court has declined to grant an injunction restraining the mayor of Philadelphia from Interfering with the proposed contest between Fitzslmmons and Jack O'Brien, but ordered the director of public safety to allow the exhibi tion to be given. "Ducky" Holmes Improving Fast. Ypsllanti. Mich., July 16. "Ducky" Holmes, the Chicago American league fielder, who is here. In charge of Dr. F. K. Owen, father of Pitcher Frank Owen, taking treatment for his sprained knee, Is doing well, and will be able to be at work again by the last of next week. The knee has been kept in a plaster cast. Mailer Rides the Winner. London, July 16. Darley Dale, rid den by Maher, won the Eclipse stakes of 10,000 sovereigns at the Sandowe park eclipse meeting. Rydal Head was second, and Henry the First came in third. Madison 8, Eureka 1. Madison, Kan., 16. Madison won an exciting game from Eureka here, 8 to 1. Batteries Madison, Hensley and Milner; Eureka, Murphy, Burch and Feasler. NATIONAL LEAGUE. AT CHICAGO. Boston outplayed Chicago in all points of the game and won easily. Attend ance, 2,100. Score by innings: R.H.E. Chicago 0 01 0 0 1 0 0 13 5 2 Boston 2 0011000 04 7 1 Batteries Corridon and Kling; Pitr tinger and Needham. AT CINCINNATI. New York won through superior hit ting with men on bases. Score by innings: R.H.1S. Cincinnati 0 1000100 02 8 1 New York 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0-5 9 1 Batteries Ewing and Schlel; Mat thewson, McGinnity and Warner. AT PITTSBURG. Case made his debut for Pittsburg in a well pitched game and was given faultless support. Score by innings: R.H.E. Pittsburg 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 6 0 Philadelphia., 0 0001000 01 4 2 Batteries Cass and Smith; Mitchell and Dooin. AT ST. LOUIS. A wild throw to third by Beckley lost the final game of the series with Brooklyn for the St. Louis team in the tenth inning. Score by innings: R.H.E. St. Louis 00 0 00 00000 3 1 Brooklyn 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 11 4 1 Earned runs None. Three base hits Lumley. NATIONAL LEAGUE STANDING. Club. Won. Lost. Pet New York 54 2i .731 Chicago 45 27 .625 Cincinnati 41 .577 Pittsburg 40 30 571 St. Louis 37 35 .514 Brooklyn 29 4S .377 Boston 28 47 .373 Philadelphia 17 U .SIl AMERICAN LEAGUE. AT WASHINGTON. St. Louis easily defeated Washing' ton, owing to the work of Glade, who struck out fifteen batsmen, a new rec ord. He hit Huelsman on the head and the latter had to retire. Score bv inn in R.'H.Ek Washington ....0000002002 6 2 St. Louis 0 1 1 2 0 2 1 0 0711 4 Batteries Townsend, Dunkle and Clarke; Glade and Sugden. AT BOSTON. TannehiU batted for Gibson in the ninth Inning and won the game for Boston. Score bv lnnlnes: R.H.E. Boston 1 0001000 24 9 4 Detroit 1 10 0 0 0 10 03 3 2 Batteries Gibson and Criger; Dono van and Buelow. AT PHILADELPHIA. Plank's pitching was responsible for the visitors' failure to score more free ly. Score by Innings: RH.E. Chicago 0 0100000 01 6 3 Philadelphia 2 0000300 5 10 2 Batteries Plank and Powers; White and Sullivan. AT NEW YORK. It took fifteen innings to decide the game between Cleveland and New York, but New York won. Score by innings: R.H.E. New York 01000010000000 13 8 0 Cleveland 01000000100000 02 10 1 Batteries Powell and Kleinow; Moore and Bemis. AMERICAN LEAGUE STANDING. Club. Won. Lost. Pet Boston 4S 24 .G67 New York 43 as .606 Chicago 43 33 56 Cleveland 37 31 .544 Philadelphia 39 33 .549 St.. Louis 31 37 .454 Detroit 29 41 .414 Washington 14 5tt .200 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. At Kansas City Kansas City. 0: Co lumbus, 6. At Minneapolis Mineapolis. 6: In dianapolis, 7. At Milwaukee Milwaukee, 0; Louis ville, 0. At St. Paul St. Paul, 7; Toledo, 0. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION STANDING Club. Won. Lost. Pet St. Paul 52 Columbus 47 Milwaukee 44 Louisville 45 Indianapolis 39 Minneapolis 37 Kansas city Toledo 24 28 30 33 38 41 41 50 S3 50 .610 .571 .542 .-IS3 .474 .353 .303 Baseball Notes. Jim McGuire is still there with his throwing. He catches them all coine to second. Pat Dougherty was a nitcher at Horn stead. Pa., before he found his right place in tne outnem. The Senators will remain at home m -jt of this month.- playing four-game series with the Westerners. Jake Gettman of the Buffaloes' is out of the game on account of illness. McAllis ter has been shifted to the outfield. Roy Thomas of the Phillies does not pla-, ball on the Sab o.tl Mnt of his teammates do not ply on any day. Hitting the ball seems to be Jake Stahl's forte now. If he only had some neip tne senaMrj m.iji.i, ue aoie to pua down a few victories. It looks very much as if the once fa mous pitcher Bernhard is going back rap idly. This year he has done poor work for Cleveland. .Jimmy Callahan is playing great ball since relieved of the duties of manager. Manager McAleer says he is playing the best ball in the league. Billy Clingman has taken hold of the Toledo club as manager. When he ar rived there h .found three of his players had jumped to independent. lubs. Pitcher Wilson visited the Senators while they played in Philadelphia. If Abe's arm is right he should be wearing a uniform with the big "W-." on the left breast. Philadelphia' and Brooklyn want Out fielder Stone of Milwaukee. Washington threw away a chance to get him last win ter when Boston turned, him over to the Breeers. Wagner and Beaumont are the .300 hit ters among the Pirates. There never has been so much light batting in the big leagues as this year, and but few in either organization are lining them out for .800 or over. The fine game Jacobson pitched in Phil adelphia Monday led Manager McAleer to remark that he will become a great slab man in another year. McAleer says he pitched a magnificent game against the Browns in St. Louis. Huelsman, the big German fielder of the Browns, is making his first trip east in the American league. Although he has not measured up to major-league caliber. Manager McAleer thinks he may break loose with the bat any time and become one of the leading batsmen. "HIS UMPSj.' DID IT Mr. Shanks Took Friday's Ball Game from the Saints. Outside tt H Is Work the Contest Was interesting. SCHRANT HIT THE BALL Big First Baseman lias KecoT ered His Batting Eye. Friel and Olson Also Do Ex cellent Duty in the Game. The "Winning Spirit" is in the Saints again. Out of their slough of des pond, their faith-destroying listlessness. their hopeless disorganization blossom ed a quality of baseball on Washburn field Friday afternoon, which would have brought the fruitage of victory had not Umpire Shanks committed grand larceny. As it was the score read 7 to 5. The contest was a beauty. Hon ors were practically even everywhere. After the game was over the bleach ers swarmed out on the diamond and hooted Shanks to a finish. One big fel low even kicked him. Chunks of dirt, clods, cinders and stones were thrown at the official but he calmly walked out of the field and to the cars. But he Electric Line Survey. Burlingame, Kan., July 16, A meeting of the board of directors of the Kansas City, Burlingame West ern Electric Railway company was held here Friday afternoon. Arrange ments were made to push the work of making the permanent survey, and the surveying party will start from Olathe next Saturday. V T WOMEN cskcb Mr. Howie Flourishes a Horse Shoe in Vain. could not leave his pursuers. They got on the same train with him, and hand ed out beautiful bunches of red-hot abuse. Shanks looked worried and out of the window. When he climbed off the car down town a small contingent still followed him "to escort his umps to the hotel." The action of the root ers was bad but tallied up well with Shanks' work. I A mother's love starts a man or woman on the right path. The right remedy at the right time fits a mother for the or deal. 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Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cure COO stipatioa, biliousness and headache Pitcher Horton and His Radiant Sweater. But the Saints are looking up. Their work was 50 per cent better. They pounded big Skinny Horton, one of the best in the league, for ten safe ones, two of which were home runs, Friel got one of these with one man -on base and Schrant got the other with two men on bases. Two silver showers were hand ed out by the bleachers and grandstand and enough was gathered up to pay for several meal tickets, almost $10 for each. In their fielding too a change was noticeable. Friel played a great game at third. Four errors were regis tered and two 'of these were inexcus able. Carter muffed a ball returned from the catcher and a runner stole home from third, and Schrant missed an easy pop-up. Cole dropped a fly af ter a hard run and Friel made one bad throw to first after a brilliant stop. One of the Fans Discussing Umpire Shanks. Carter, in the box for the Saints seemed a little off. He was clouted eleven times, handed out three passes, and hit one man. The high wind was responsible for a number of the hits, from the fact that they were badly mis judged by the fielders and went wide and far of their mits. "Skinny" Horton was not at his best either for Spring field. He went to pieces and while dis playing a little temper at the bat he was appropriately labeled "Greenback," because he wore a resplendent green sweater which looked like a meadow in spring time. John Schrant carried off the batting honors for the Saints. Out of four times up he made a homerun and two singles. "I believe I can bat again." yelled the big fellow after the same. Friel got second honors with a home run and a single. Cole found a horse shoe before the game and it brought him two runs. Pitcher Howie lugged the foot gear of the equine race around, while Cole was busy, and tried to magnetize into success the bats of the different players as they went to the plate. Olson cleaned up a couple of nice ones and knocked a third one to the fence, but Zoellers pulled It out of the atmosphere. For Springfield the light end of the batting order did the damage. Schmidt got a three bagger and a single, and Red Craig, who play ed right field, Sisler being only tempor ary on Thursday, got two double-baggers. Hetling also fattened up on a couple of singles. Shanks' bad work started right In the first inning. After two men were out and Nig Perrine was caught five feet from the sack trying to steal second and was called safe, a run came in. Then in the fourth inning after two men were out again and Zarbaugh cap tured a fly, and winged it to first to cut off Craig, Shanks called the latter safe when the big Topeka captain stood squarely in the line. Two runs came in after that. That kind of work is in excusable. The game itself had plenty of heart breaking features without put rid work of the nature dished out by the official. The crowd roasted him to a finish. And then the crowd did anoth er thing. It stood by the team and boosted. The score: SPRINGFIELD. Plaver. ATt. R TT pr A E Perch, cf. 4 1 10 0 0 Wood. 2b 5 0 0 1 2 0 Perrine, ss 4 1 1 3 0 0 -orter, id 4 1 1 17 0 o Hetling. 3b 5 0 2 1 2 1 Zoellers, If 5 0 110 0 Schmidt, c 5 2 2 4 2 0 Craig, rf. 4 1 2 0 0 0 Horton, p. 4 110 6 0 Totals 40 7 11 27 12 1 TOPEKA. Player. AB R H PO A E Olson, ss 5 0 2 3 5 0 Cole, cf 5 1 2 10 1 Friel, 3b 5 2 2 3 3 1 Schrant, lb 4 1 3 9 1 1 Corr. c 4 0 1 5 0 0 Liming, rf 3 0 0 1 0 0 Church, 2b 3 0 0,2 1 0 Zarbaugh, If 4 0 0 3 0 0 Carter, p. 4 1 0 0 4. 1 Totals 37 5 10 27 14 4 Score by innings: Springfield 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 1 17 Topeka 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 0-5 Summary: Earned runs Springfield, 5: Topeka, 4. Struck out By Horton, 2: by Carter, 2. Hit by pitched ball Perch, Church. Sacrifice hit Hetling. Stolen bases Perrine, 2; Cole. Bases on balls Off Horton, 1; off Carter, 4. Home runs Friel, Schrant. Three-base hit Schmidt. Two-base hit Craig, 2; Olson. Umpire Shanks. Time of game Two hours. At tendance 250. MISSOURI VALLEY LEAGUE. AT FORT SCOTT. The greatest game in the history of the league In this city was played here Friday. The score was 1 to 1 at the beginning of the nineteenth Inning. Armstrong made an error on a foul fly, which losthe game, giving the vis itors the chance to make three scores. The game was replete with sensational plays in the outfield on both sides. Downs' batting was a prominent fea ture. The game was delayed In the start by Regan's going to sleep arter dinner, and it was sundown before the contest was. ended. Fort Scott.. -.0 0 0 0 0 001000000000001 16 2 Pittsburg.. ..0 00000100000000000 34 9 2 Batteries Durbin and Armstrong; Hall a. Seabaugh and Tprrence. AT SEDALIA. -In an exciting and closely contested game Iola won the second game of the series from Sedalia. The features of the game were Bevis' phenomenal catch of a fly against the left- field fence and a quick double play by White, Lee and Rohn. Score bv innines: R.H.E. Tola 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 05 7 2 Sedalia 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 02 8 5 Batteries Morgan and Seigle; Hut ter and Stoner. AT LEAVENWORTH. Leavenworth won an uninteresting game from Joplin by a score of 12 to 8. Nealy all of Joplin's runs came on errors. Score by innings: R.H.E. Joplin 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 8 9 3 Leavenworth 4 0005201 12 12 5 Batteries Lowell and Vanderhill; Gordon and Ulrich. MISSOURI VALLEY LEAGUE STANDING. Club. Won. Lost. Pet. MP. m ''4KMF. 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IL(&$QJB Sedalia 48 19 .716 4S 19 .708 47 22 .S1 42 23 .frlfi 25 37 .403 25 41 .379 19 43 30 8 54 .129 Atchison 'Phone Rates Advance. Atchison, Kan., July 16. The old telephone company will nearly dou ble rates next month. The price of business telephones is now J 1.60 per month. After August 1, it will be $2.50 per month. The former price for residence telephones was Jl per month. After August 1, the price will be $1.50. The company has just issued a circular announcing- the in crease in rates, and the statement is made incidentally that for several years it has been supplying telephones at a loss in Atchison. When the new company was granted a' franchise by the city, it agreed to maintain its present rates: $2 a month for business telephones, and $1 a month for resi dences. The new company has asked permission of the council repeatedly to advance rates, but this permission has been refused. It is claimed that the new company has over a thousand telephones in Atchison, to six to eight hundred of the old company. Bible School at McLoutli. McLouth, Kan., July 16. The thir teenth annual summer Bible school in Kansas of the Gospel Missionary union will be held at McLouth, July 23 to 31. Three sessions will convene daily for Bible study, prayer and the preaching of ihe gospel in a tent lo cated near the central part of the town. Messrs. Clinton Reed and J. P. Welliver of Africa. C. P. Chapman of South America, and other preacn ers and teachers expect to be present to speak on some of the great themes of the scriptures. A cordial invitation is extended to all. For information address George S. Fisher, 415 Oak street, Kansas City, Mo. nnriAHA U An Arrow Collar fr: 1 1 1 lisMilMHI Hill i Fifteen Cents Each Two for 25 Cents CLOeTT, PEABOOY 4 CO. AXIM OF CUIETT AND MONARCH HIT Where they play Sunday: Topeka at Sedalia. Springfield at Iola. Joplin at Pittsburg. -Leavenworth at Fort Scott. The Saints will return home next Wednesday for an exhibition game with a picked nine from the City League. That is an open date in the schedule. On Thursday Leavenworth will be here for a series of three contests. When Shorty Hurlburt, manager of the Springfield Midgets, was asked whether he would keep Slssler, he re plied: "Naw, that feller can't run fast enough to keep warm. I'm just usin' him fer a few days till I git another man," and he didn't play Friday. Leavenworth and Elmer Smith and Shorty Hurlburt will have to hold a conference. Hurlburt sold Smith to the Orioles. The latter people understood that Smith was signed for two years and Hurlburt says that that is true. Smith, however, declares that his con tract with Hurlburt was ?thly for this season.- 1 Springfield has been offered $200 for Nig Perrine by one of tne oest ciuds in the southern league. This Is prob ably the last year of the scrappy llttla Midget In the Valley. Olson is working too fast. That "Is the reason for the strange multiplicity of errors which are being charged up against the little Swede lately. He needs coaching. Whatever else may be said against Abbott, who once held down first for the Saints, and Arm strong who was in the cage for a while, it cannot but be admitted that they had started to train "Oly" into form which would have made him a record break ing shortstop by the end of the season. With their disappearance and the sub sequent disorganization of the team, he has not been coached and has con seauently gone back to his old style of playing. Hurlburt -offered the Topeka management to ior mm oo..v he would "give him a bringing-up in baseball which would mak him one c. the best" In the business." Corr, now catching for Topeka, was in the army two years and six months. A man enlists for three years, but Corr bought off six months for $80. He re ceived his discharge about two weeks ago. Who made the lon?t hit of the sea son up-to-date, where was It made, and Springfield in the game with tne Saint I.... Arnvo Q hall fClT 450 fetl Oil illUlBuaj against the centerfleld fence. n't A.,iaoKiiitv rtf .mornine prac tice is being seriously considered by i n. ti n h irpmpn t Thursday lilt? xvfe-c morning the team went out to Wash burn field ana woricea nam iur an i t v oftdmnnn for six In nings the 1 to 3 contest with Spring field made John Schrant declare that the morning' work was "Just the thing." Then the team went up in the air, and John Schrant wondered "if v. Vi o I nrtt Viati tired out." uic .mcu Three or four of the best baseball managers in tne league aeciare against morning practice, saying that it Is detrimental to not only the con- tka t-! nr Hut- tr fnrm. Thev say it makes a player stale. If this is true it shouia not De mauigea in; 11 the contrary is the case, a team can find no better method of getting ac quainted with itself and learning team work. Church, the Saints new second baseman, is a graduate of the Uni versity of Illinois, and got his base ball training "under the famous Huff. He shows It. The Illtni have turned out the greatest college baseball teams in the world and that state ment can be proven. Big Stahl. now with Boston, is one of them; Stein wedell, in the American, is another. Church promises to be a star. He pro claims life and action in his work, a characteristic of Huff's training. He says he can get some more of the IUini, and the management won't make a mistake by trying them out. Joplin is fast getting the reputation of being the greatest "attendance padder" m the league. They never seem to have less than 3.000 people in the mining town on Sunday, ac cording to the official report. Though its premise Is wrong In say ing that Topeka will not strengthen up because the season is half over, yet the Joplin Globe makes some very pertinent and valuable conclusions which the Topeka management might do well to consider: "The Topeka management has de cided that it will not strengthen up any more because the season is too nearly over. A greater error could not be made. It takes a long time to organize a ball team. It really re quires more time than money. In fact the rush act in organizing a ball team means the wasting of much, cash. Joplin in the last three years wasted more money than any team in the league and it was not until this year that It got a first division or ganization. Joplin used to rely on money entirelyand expected immediate results. In the first two years It re leased many good men because they failed to show up properly on the very start. This is a point which good managers always reconsider. While they did not expect to win the pen nant they know that it is easier to or ganize gradually as the season pro gresses rather than attempt to collect a bunch of world beaters as soon as th season opens. It is true that the big leagues play havoc with the minors which have fast teams at the beginning, but the minors get some money for the drafting and the chances are strong that the drafted players will come back before the sea son is two weeks old. A club which permits its list to run down to noth ing because the season Is about fin ished will find itself handicapped when the new season starts. The phe noms from amateur ranks are not plentiful. In all leagues the same old faces are stars for almost a genera tion, and it is so in the Missouri Val ley." President D. M. Shlveley has called the meeting of the Missouri Valley league managers to rearrange the sche-f dule so as to give Topeka Sunday games, for Kansas City, at the Balti more hotel on Wednesday, July 20. That is open date in the schedule for four of the teams in the circuit, and for that reason is desirable. Little difficulty will be experienced in giving this city Sunday games. Manager Hurlburt, of Springfield, about struck the idea when he said the following: "Why not give the good towns in the league the Sun day games for the rest of tlist season. While I do not care to name the so called poor Sunday towns, all the man agers know them and next Wednesday when they get together they can fix it up so that the games can be exchanged and Topeka given Sunday dates for al most all the rest of the year. It will be beneficial all around. It takes mon ey to keep baseball going and you will not find a single club which is not mak ing money that will not be glad to come to Topeka on Sunday for a game." Working on the basis suggested by Mr. Hurlburt a schedule for the remaining: Sunday dates would be about as fol lows: Sunday, July 24, Leavenworth at Topeka; Sunday, July 31, Pittsburg at Topeka; Sunday, August 7. Iola at To peka; Sunday, August 14, Topeka at Springfield; Sunday, August 21. Tope ka at Joplin; Sunday, August 28, Se dalia at Topeka; Sunday. September 4. open date to play rain-date or post poned game; Sunday, September 11. Fort Scott at Topeka, That would give Topeka about six Sunday games yet this season, and a Sunday contest in Joplin and Springfield, both rattling good towns, meaning an excellent money-making proposition all around. It is very probable that the rearrangement will be along the lines suiricested hv Mr.Hurlburt,Pre8ident Shlveley thought favorably of the plan when it was laid before him the other day when he was in Topeka. The morning paper says: "The Leav enworth Times announces that it will hereafter call the Topeka team the saints. mat makes two newsDaners. such as- they are, the Times and the State Journal which use the name se lected by the Journal." Here are the facts. The following newspapers which carry accounts every dav of the Mi- souri Valley league games speak of the Topeka team as the Saints: the name selected by a committee of citizens: Kansas City Times, Kansas City Star, Kansas City Journal, Topeka State Journal, Leavenworth Times, Sedaifa Sentinel, Sedalia Democrat, Joplin News-Herald, Joplin Globe, Pittsburg Headlight, Sprlngfeld Leader, Fort Scott Republican, Fort Scott Tribune, Iola Record. The Capital sporting edi tor is about the only one on the circuit who calls the team Boss-Busters, and he would like to let. go awful badly and get into the band-wagon. He was a member of the committee to select an appropriate name but he bad found one of his own and wouldn't play. Instead of going to Iola tonight for the scheduled three games, Springfield will go to their home and the Gaslight ers will go with them. Iola'a ball parte is again under water and Manager White telephoned Hurlburt of Spring field in Topeka last night that he would like to take the series to Springfield. That makes six games in the Midgets' town next week between themselves and the people from the gas belt. Excursion to Kansas City, Santa Sunday, July 17. Round trip $1.25. Tickets at Rowely Snow's and Santa Fe depot. Train leaves S:00, a. m, Everybody invited- t

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TOPEKA STATE JOUKNAI SATHTRDAY- EVETSITNG. JULY 16. 1904: 3 KANSASNEWS. Burglars Make a Kald on Lear euworth Dentists. Four of Them Were Called on and Gold Leaf Taken. USED SKELETON KEYS. Think They Were the Same That Were In Topeka. Terj Cool About Their Work In Presence of Others. Leavenworth, Kas., July 16. Two burglars with a specialty, the robbing of dentists offices, worked in Leaven worth and called on four of the dent ists in one night when they were not In. As a result the two burglars are about S60 to the good, while two of the dentists they called upon think they have good Jokes on the burglars, as they overlooked a large amount of gold and silver fillings for teeth. Dr. T. M. Cock rill was robbed of about J10 worth of gold leaf and gold fillings: Dr. R. E. Nelson lost about J 12 worth of gold scraps, but the men overlooked S40 worth; Dr. Renz lost about J6 worth of gold leaf, and Dr, Snvder was fortunate in that the burglars were frightened away before they took anything valuable. The police think that without a doubt the burglars hailed from Mis souri and that they are the same ones who within the past three weeks have cleaned out nearly all of the dentists' offices in Topeka, Lawrence and other nearby cities of gold leaf. They quickly place their plunder in a crucible, melt it into a lump, and there is no way in the world that the property can be identified. That there were two men the police have no doubt, and that they were cool is shown by the fact that Dr. Mc Gee, coming out of his office over Mehl Schott's drug store, saw a man leave Dr. Cockrill's office. He asked the man what he wanted and the fellow stated that he was looking for the dentist. He then asked the physician's permission to use his 'phone and did so, calling up Dr. Cockrill and making an engagement with him for 8 o'clock yesterday morning. At that time the man either had the dentist's gold leaf in his pocket or wished to find out whether he was at home or down town, in order to be sure he would not come in on him when he robbed the place. Entrance to all places was made by a skeleton key, and nothing but gold and sliver leaf was taken. The man who did the ransacking was well ac quainted with dentists' offices and was perhaps an apprentice at once time, as he knew just where to go to find the valuable stuff. Long Trip of a Hen. A gentleman from the country tele phoned that a speckled hen had been captured, and according to a label at tached to her leg. the hen had come all the way from Neosho Falls on a board; at least that was the kind of a ship she was on when she reached her landing place. Neosho Falls is over 2 5 miles north of Chanute, which means, considering the winding of the river, a trip of 75 miles or more for the strange passenger. -Chanute Tri bune. Section Hands Live Cheap. Ten Italians came from Kansas City this morning to Join the Missouri Pa cific section gang. They ate their dinner on the platform at the Union depot. It is said that it costs an Italian workman only 10 cents a day to live. The Italians at the depot to day ate dry bread and a little cheese. They do not drink coffee or tea, and HJF Tv 11 11 U J stobiach: i 1 'V .1 i',"TL'- 1 1 1 i llllll111 2 vince you of its value as a health maker and preserver. A 50 E 5 years' record is back of it. 3 READ Mrs- E. J. McCroy, Clements, Ga., says: "For twenty years I suffered from Stomach troubles and was unable menced taking yonr Bitters. I cheerfully recommend it to all sufferers." Irene Ackennan, New York City, X. Y., says: "Your Bitters cured me of my Stomach trouble and I am pleased to recommend it to an such sufferers." g THE GENUINE IS FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS. D0NT never use butter. If they do not have cheese with their bread they have a little dried fish. A loaf of oread -was divided among four of them at the depot today. Atchison Globe. SHE FELL IX A HOLE. Why a Woman Wants Damages From Lecompton Men. Leavenworth, Kas., July 16. Sophia Green has filed suit in the district court against Frederick W. and John Scheer for J 2,500 for personal dam ages she alleges she sustained by fall ing into a hole dug by them in the Le- compton road. The plaintiff states that the de fendants, prior to June 25, 1904, dug holes in the center of the traveled portion of the Lecompton road, the holes being about two feet deep and ten inches in diameter, at a point northwest of the waterworks reser voir on Pilot Knob and about fifteen rods east of the western limits of the city; that they left the places un guarded and with nothing to prevent travelers from falling into them. Turtle Huns to Cow's Tail. With one of his cows for bait and her tail a fishline, W. I. Lynn, who lives at 1810 South Fannie avenue, succeeded in bagging a monster snapping turtle. "The cow," he said, "was standing in about three feet of water that filled my dooryard when, at a switch of her tail, something grabbed it and hung on. It was this turtle. The cow started to run, and the turtle was game and hung on till the cow came home. The boys cap tured the turtle and have kept him lariated with a piece of wire ever fcince." To St. Louis by Boat. Edward Keeny, who has for some time had charge of the boats on the river, has recently built a house boat with the intention of going to the world's fair in it. The boat is cosilv nttea up witn carpets and furniture and Mr. and airs. Keeny make it their home. They have lived in the boat for about a month, but have not decided whether they will go in It to St. Louis or not. It is located near the old ice houses near the Santa Fe depot. Lawrence Journal. Discrimination at Coffeyville. It would be a good thine for the saloons to be closed on Sunday, and we ask the question. What right has Henry Higgenbottom to keen onen on Sunday when everybody else in town closes up tight? Another thing, w nat ngni can De snown for a cer tain class of houses in town to be sell ing booze without paying a cent for me ngnt ana not paying a cent fine? ir Higgenbottom and the others pay their J 109, why should these others pay notning.' Please answer this cit izens, because the council can't. coneyvnie Record. Escaped Jail Bird Captured. Hutchinson. Kan.. Julv 16. Hav. den King, who sawed his way out of jau nere tnree weeks ago, has been returned. He was captured in Mem phis and was being held for highway robbery. He was originally arrested in Chicago for larceny said to have been committed here. He will be tried on this charge and that of Jail breaking. Potato Crop Spoiled. Leavenworth, Kas., July 16. In the vicinity of Lin wood about 250 acres of potato land was entirly submerged by the water, and the crop in that portion will be an entire failure.lt is stated that potatoes are rotting in the ground in other places, and potato farmers are now making an effort to dig them up. Miners and Operators Disagree. Pittsburg, Kan., July 16. The con ference committee which has under consideration the miners' contract and wage scale for the ensuing year has not yet been able to reach an agree ment. Both scales have been printed in pamphlet form and are. being fully discussed and considered section by section. In the meantime the miners' convention is waiting. The delegates Tr ir Mr Mr il JC il 1 Stomach MAKES WOMEN There is no medicine before the public that g will do as much for sickly girls and -women as Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. It will assist 5g Nature in establishing- functional regularity, 5 which is the foundation of good health. Then it 5g also promotes sound sleep, steadies the nerves, 5 and cures BACKACHE, CRAMPS, VOM- j ITING, SICK OR NERVOUS HEAD- j ACHES AND FAINTING SPELLS. Or, perhaps you suffer from Poor Appetite, 3 Heartburn, Costiveness, Indigestion, 2E Dyspepsia or Bloating If so, the Bitters g will cure you. Try one bottle and let it con- 2 THESE LETTERS meet every morning at 9 o'clock at the Auditorium, but no business is trans acted and the convention is merely waiting- until the joint committee is ready to report. This may not be for several days. The indications seem to be that the miners. will be satisfied with all the conditions of last year's scale, with enough added to make about 2 5 per cent advance. The advance already asked for is 27 cents. In the joint conference, while the miners and oper ators were mingling together, it was sometimes hard to tell the miners from the operators. As far as person al appearance, intelligence and dress were concerned one looked much like another. It was a young men's crowd, and the leaders on both sides of the house, among both the operators and miners, were young men. It is prob able that no such intelligent and well appearing convention of miners ever assembled in Pittsburg. FOUR PERSONS DROWNED. Boat Upset With Picnic Party, None of Whom Can Swim. Pittsburg, Kan., July 16. H. A. Stamm and wife, his sister, Miss Katie Stamm, and Louise Myers, all of this city, were drowned in Spring river Friday afternoon, near the Spring Grove club house, about eighteen miles east of here. They had been en Joying an outing at the club house for ten days in a party of twelve, and were enjoying a boat ride in the river. The boat went too near a mill dam and was upset, throwing the four into, the water. None of them could swim and all were drowned before help could reach them. Stamm was a member of Stamm Bros., one of the leading grocers in the city, while his sister was a popu lar saleslady in Ramsey Bros. store. New Kansas Rural Routes. Washington. July 16. Rural free delivery routes will be established as follows Ausrust 15: Kansas Concordia. Cloud county, additional service, length of route 28 miles. noDUlation served 465: Jefter- son. Montgomery county, route No. 1 length of route 264 miles, population served 424: Kiowa, tsaroer county, additional service, length of route 2 9 W1II09 nnnnlatinn served 432: Sharon, Barber county, route No. 1, length of route 25 miles, population served 5 20 Webber. Jewel county, additional ser vice, length of route 26 miles, popu lation served 404. Atchison Will Try for Oil. Atchison, Kan., July 16. Atchison will sink a churn drill 2,500 feet in search of oil and gas. The drill will be in West Atchison, several miles from the coal shaft, and the drill hole will incidentally prove Atchison s coal field, resulting no doubt in another fna shaft in that locality. It is esti matori that the present coal shaft, which is down 1,130 feet, is not within 500 feet of the southern Kansas oil and gas levels. The money to sink the drill will be raised by popular subscription. Contract for K. U. Law Building. T n uTcnpp Kan.. July 16. At meeting of the board of regents the contract for the new university law building was let to William isaaei hnffsr of Iawrence. at a bid of $43, 421.80. Bids ranged from this amount to $53,108. The building, wnicn is to be 60x120 feet, basement and two stories, with portico, will be of terra cotta brick and Dunr in coioniai blic It will be commenced immediately. Ill Health Causes Suicide. Anthony, Kan., July 16. Howard Rrvnt a. wealthv farmer of Barber county, was found dead by the rail road near Hazelton with a revolver in his hand and a bullet hole tnrougn nis heart. He had been dead about 2 4 hours when found. Ill health is the only reason known for the act. Killed by a Train. Salina Kan.. Julv 16. Milt John- e,rt a vminp man whose home wras in SaMna. was killed rjy a train rai ui v-Miawnrth. It is suuposed that John- nn wax beatine: his way on the train Johnson was a plumber. His parents live in the Wesleyan addition. tt ttt 9 3? Bitters HEALTHY

to find relief until I corn- ACCEPT ANY OTHER. JQ ifC RAILROAD NEWS. Surveys Completed for Proposed New Railroad. Santa Fe Planning; Extension in California. UP TO DIRECTORS. Must Choose from Three Routes Sur?ejed.i Hatters of Interest In Railroad Circles. W. R. Storey, chief engineer of the Santa. Fe. is back to his desk at the general office building: here. He has been in California during the past six months superintending the running of lines and surveys northwest from San Francisco. Between 800 and 900. miles of sur veys were made for the proposed new railroad which will reach from San Francisco northwest through the Red wood district to Humboldt. Bay in Humboldt county, Cal. The distance is about 300 miles. A great portion of the route of the proposed new road is through rugged ana mountainous country. Three sep arate and distinct routes were sur veyed. The profiles, together with' the estimates of construction, and the advantages ot each route have been filed with the officials of the Santa Fe system, and it is now left for the di rectors to determine which route will be finally selected. The proposed new road will traverse a country not well supplied with rail roads, "the new line will tai a cou try that is not now reached by any road and a country that in localities is quite well developed. Part of the country throus-h which the surveys were run did not present any obstacles, but at the same time a great deal of the country was exces sively rough and it was necessary to use pack trains to get through. The purpose of the road if built will be to develop the Redwood countrv. The north half of the route is quite well developed already. The fifty miles of railroad which is built out of Eureka and which already taps Keawood county has been pur chased, and it will be made a part of the new road when built. AVEST SURPRISES EAST. Director of Eastern Road Marvels at Equipment in 'West on hia return to New York from a western trip of inspection a leading director in several important railroad systems said: "What appealed to me most in my western trip was the striking change in the physical condition of the rail roads as compared with their condi tion no farther back than live or six years. The effects of their enormous expenditures of the last two years are plainly evidenced in their roadbeds, bridges, stations, etc. Then there has oeen remaricaoie improvement in equipment. In going from St. Louis to Leavenworth over the Missouri Pa cine I wanted a parlor car for myself and friends. Such a car was attach ed to our train, but the conductor for some reason was under orders not to open it. So we traveled in the usual passenger coaches. They were a mar vel. All were equipped, with electric lights and electric tans and other lea- tures unknown even to the passenger coach service of our oldest eastern trunk lines. The upholstering was in keeping and almost luxurious. As to financial conditions. 1 talked with many business men and farmers and all told the same story good prices for crops for a series of years and banks full of money, mat to my mind is the strong factor in the nnan cial situation. The prosperity of the west and south has a more solid basis than ever before, which with fair crops this year will assure recovery in general trade and railroad earnings. i nit i,rpt siiimT or lasr. vear was painful and drastic, but it had its compensating side. It came at a time when the railways were beginning to indulge in too great extravagance. It has checked that tendency and we have now a period of relative econ omy, which is a good thing." HAD TROUBLE IX FLOOD. Missouri Pacific Leased a Launch to Transfer Passengers. Iola. Kan.. July 16. It cost the Mis souri Pacific $107 to transfer passengers across the Neosho flood when it was at its height. To accomplish this trans fering the Pacific chartered the gasoline launch of E. M. Howard and kept it in service all the time. In all 345 pas senerers were transferred jn this launch. 80 being hauled between 10:30 and 2:30 Mondav night. Borne passengers got impatient and would not wait for the launch but patronized the little row boats which were soliciting business. About 50 people crossed in these boats. Travel in the launch was not witn- out excitement. Ihe pilot of the boat did not have, any chart of the reefs and barriers in the fields which he had to cross and there was not much time for taking soundings. A man was taken along for the purpose of getting into the water and loosening the boat wnen it eot caueht on any obstruction. Barb wire fences which were several inches under water but not far enough sub merged to permit the boat to pass safe ly over them, caused the trouble. It was then necessary for the diver to get down into the water and cut the ob structing wires with a pair of pliers which he carried for that purpose. REQUIRE RATE BELOW CUT. Mississippi Railroad Commission Up held by Chancellor Mayer. Chancellor Robert Mayer of Mississip pi has decided that the state railroad commission has the right to fix rates even below the cost of hauling, when it is shown that such a rate had been given to a favored few. The commission several months ago ordered the Alabama and Vicksburg to haul grain and grain products from Vicksburg to Meridian, across the state. for 3 cents a hundred pounds, ine railroad enjoined the body, and Chan cellor Mayer now dissolves the Injunc tion. The case will De carried to tne supreme court. Goodrich Resigns. At the Burlington offices in Hannibal announcement is made of the resigna tion of A. C. Goodrich, general manager of the Keokuk and Western, which was recently acquired by the Burlington. The road, together with the Chicago, Burlington and Kansas City, will be known as the Centervuie division, ana will be operated under the management j of John Boyle, the title of superintend ent being vested in him. Mr. Boyle will report to Henry Miller, general super intendent of the Missouri lines of the Burlington in St. Louis. AFTER THE RAILROADS. Wholesale Liquor Dealers Make Com plaint to Interstate Commission. Washington, Juiy 16. The National Wholesale Liquor Dealers' Association America yesterday filed a complaint with the interstate commerce commis sion against 31 railroads, alleging dis crimination in freight rates on whisky shipped from Missouri river and east ern points to the Pacific coast. The rate on whisky is given as $1.25 a hundred pounds. The rate on alcohol pure spirits and high wines is 85 cents a hundred. It costs $400 to ship a car load of whisky to the Pacific coast, but a car load of high proof spirits from which the Pacific coast whisky manu facturer can make two car loads of whisky can be shipped for $255. This condition is complained of as disastrous to eastern manufacturers and the interstate commerce commis sion is asked to have the rate on whisky and spirits made the same, also to or der the railroad to restore to shiDoers or wnisKy tne amounts they have paid in tne past in excess of the rate on spirits. DEFRAUDING THE RAILROADS. Gigantic Swindle Unearthed Affecting Denver Roads. Denver. July 16. A gigantic railroad ticket swindle, through which the rail- roaas having omces in Denver, have lost thousands of dollars has been un earthed according to a secret service agent of the Railroad Ticket Protective bureau, and action taken today is only the beginning of efforts to stamp out an alleged gang of ticket manipulators. Three arrests were made today by Un der Sheriff Felix O'Neill upon warrants sworn to by H. A. Koach and H. F. Cary of a well known detective agency, the names of the persons taken in cus tody being A. L. Hatch, E. E. Sisson and J. K. Rossneu. The latter is the manager of the Globe Ticket agency of this city which, it is claimed, is owned by the two former. These men are charged with having doctored Den ver and Rio Grande and Burlington tickets by changing the destination, plugging punched holes in cancelled tickets and otherwise changing them. A quantity of rubber stamp acids for obliterating ink marks and other mater ials said to have been used in altering tickets was found by the officers. Is Katy Out of Business? The Emporia Gazette says: It has been rumored for several days that the M., K. and T. railroad will run no more trains over the Emporia branch of the road until the track is put m better shape than it has been for several years. The report is that the railroad commissioners who were petitioned to in spect this oranch ot tne J-aty, deemed against the company and condemned this Drancn, requesting tne company to fix ud the track in a satisfactory manner before traffic was resumed. Mr. Steven son, the local agent, was asked what he knew about the reoort and said he had not heard authentically that the branch had been condemned. The little towns along the branch are greatly inconveni enced because no trains are running. jM.r. Stevenson says he doesn't know when traffic will be resumed, but that much work is being done on the road. 0 Automatic Coupler. Two employes of the Delaware and Hudson railroad have just invented an automatic coupler for air brake and steam pines that may bring an indepen dent fortune to them. They are Brake- man George E. Kelley and Engineer Joel Arnold. After about two years' study and experimenting, they have completed their appliance, which is very simple and can be attached to any car. By its use the air brake pipes, the steam heating fipes and the signal whistle are automat, cally coupled as the cars bump. The coupling of the pipes is regulated from the platform of the car by the same lever that governs the draw head. Railroad officials have become interested in the device. The Humorous Side of the Flood. Jake Strieb tells a good story that one may have license to believe. The other day he Informed one or our citi zens that he had a nice mess of frogs for dinner nothing fishy about that but he said that the frogs were caught from the front end of the binder. There had been so much rain that the wheat field was a regular froe- pond and when the binder would go through the field the frogs would hop up on the platform to keep from getting run over. Leona iiustier. Delaney on a Vacation. Wichita, July 16 L. R. Delaney, local freight and passenger agent of the San ta Fe, and J. H. Wilson, chief clerk of the division passenger agent's office of the Frisco at this place, lett tor an ex tensive trip in the north last night. From Wichita both railroad men win go direct to Bonesteel, South Dakota, where they will register in an effort to be one of the lucky ones in the draw in ir for Vits in the Rosebud reserva tion. The drawing will be held July 28 and the lucky ones will nie on tneir claims beginning August 8. Were Generous Employers. An Emooria dry goods company is doing a generous thing .by the girls employed in its store. It is giving them a two weeks' vacation and pay ing their expenses to the worlds rair. While in St. Louis the girls were en tertained at the homes of members of the company who live there. Em poria Gazette. Civil Engineers Begin Work. Kansas City. July 16. A force of five civil engineers with their instruments left Kansas City on a union jracinc nassenerer train last night for the west. It is believed they have gone to work on a survey for an additional tracn De- tween Kansas City and Topeka. It was given out at the Union Pacific office in Omaha unursaay mat a uuuuic was to be installed between these cities inside of the next sixty days. More Rock Island Changes. Oklahoma City. July 16. Announce ment was made today by the Rock Is land of the transfer or juivision super intendent W. M. Whittenton from Ok lahoma to the Arkansas division. D. A. Merril of the Dakota division suc ceeds Mr. Whittenton witn neaaquar ters here. New Kansas Postmasters. Washington. July 16. These post masters have ben appointed: Kansas Arnold, xsess county, nor- man S. Ream, vice James l. cole, re signed: Belvidere, Kiowa county, James E. Maginnis, vice D. W. Gillett, resigned. Harvesters Want More Pay. Hiawatha, Kan., July 16. Harvest hands in this section have already struck for higher wages. They want a flav and board. A number or farmers are paying that amount, but others will try to get along by put ting in whatever labor saving machin- i ery .they can ouy. j Open the door, let in the air. The winds are sweet, the flowers are fair. Joy is abroad in the world for me. Since taKing xuunj mouttiam iea. urauin jrug tuo. WAITS J)N CROPS Business Situation Exhibits Hesitation and Uncertainty. Reports of Damage to What Alleged to be Exaggerated. MUCH POWER FOR EYIL Lies in the Strike Inaugurated at Packing tlouses. Railway Gross Earnings Show an Increase for the Year, New York, July 16. Bradstreefs says: 'Divers movements in trade, indus try and syei-ulation give an irre-jutar appearance to the' general business situation.. Distributive trade and in dusiry is still quiet and evm dull awaiting e'earer views of the crop out-turn. Damage to the winter wheat crop by heavy rains is admit ted, although alleged to be exagger ated. Disorganization in the meat slaughtering industry has followed strike which if not settled, as now seems likely, contains much power for evil. All meat prices have been ad vanced and cattle shipments checked. Railway gross earnings for the fiscal year will show an increase over the best previous years, but net results are less clearly defined, with the ques tion whether an increase or decrease will be shown still in doubt. "The general undertone is one of confidence, good results being looked for by the business world from an expected large volume of fall trade. Viewed geographically, the south seems easily to have the best outlook. the cotton crop having progressed so far with little or no drawbacks ex cept the original lateness of the spring. The outlook is for an im mense cotton crop. The southern peach crop this year has been enor mous and has sold at good prices. "Midsummer trade conditions have dominated distributive markets. Col lections the country over are classed as little better than slow. "Among the Industries the Iron trade notes increased quiet, produe tion being scaled down to meet re ceding consumption. The only change to note is increased firmness among southern producers who find the strike of coal miners in the Birming ham district a strengthening feature. Finished products are quiet and even dull. The boot and shoe Industry is rather quiet and eastern shipments are 7.5 per cent, behind a year ago Manufacturers are, however, begin ning to purchase leather, which is firmer and tends upward. Rather more was reported doing in some kinds of cotton goods this week, some heavy export orders being reported at very low prices, but against this was a report -that Fall River manufacturers would make a further reduction in wages. The cot ton goods side of the market has un questionably been much improved. Woolen goods manufacturers have been free buyers of raw material, the result being firmness all along the line ana a fractional advance in prices. Foreign trade totals for the fiscal year are next to the largest ever re ported. Imports are 3.5 per cent. less than in l03, and the aggregate for eign trade is 1 per cent, under that of the fiscal year 1903. Cotton was the sheet anchor of our export trade, while breadstuffs shipments fell to a low ebb. Exports of manufactured goods have, however, exceeded all pre vious years. "Business failures In the United States for the week ending July 14 number 203, against 172 last week, 173 in the like week in 1903. 174 in 1902, 208 in 1901. and 202 in 1900. In Canada failures for the week num ber 18, as against 14 last week and 13 in this week a year ago." R. G. Dun Co.'s Weekly Review of Trade says: "Trade conditions were gradually be coming more normal after the conclu sion of political conventions, when a new disturbing factor appeared in the strike of packing house employes and allied trades. This enhanced prices cf meats and added many thousands to the already large army of unemployed, weakening the purchaser power of the people still further. Aside from this un favorable development, the news of the week contained much encouragement. Crop prospects improved and the gen eral level prices for farm products promises a large return to agricultur ists, which means better business for all Industries. Confidence grows with the crops, retailers showing more dis position to prepare for the future as the season advances with no serious setback to the farms. A few manufac turing lines are more active, although there is still much idleness at the shops and mills and pig iron output for July will be smaller than any recent month. Reports of increased plans for erection of buildings are not accompanied by any noteworthy expansion in demand for structural materials as yet. Rail way earnings for the first week of July are only 6 per cent lower than last year and foreign trade at this port showedgains of $530,286 in exports and $1,906,724 in imports as compared with the corresponding week a year ago. I "Textile manufacturing plants are op erating somewhat irregularly, regula tion of wages by Fall River concerns having been decided upon, and this may result in the general resumption so great desired. In the primary market for cotton goods there is a disposition to maintain quotations, sellers declin ing to consider bids below the level re cently reached. Orders are still limited to small-quantities for quick delivery. Export buying has again provided the best feature of the market, stocks of heavy sheetings and drills being fairly well cleaned up. In woolen goods the week has brought the opening up of new lines of medium grade men's wear at about last year's prices. This fact and some resumption of clothing fac tories combined to increase sales, put ting this industry In a better position than other textiles. Footwear markets are more active.many western buyers having appeared in Boston and a fair volume of supplementary fall orders have been placed. Tanners who are short of hides are unable to secure de liveries on account of the -strike, and the situation threatens to become seri ous if the struggle is prolonged. This influence is calculated to advance the hide market. "Failures this week numbered 225 In the United States, against 213 last year and 2D in Canada, against 16 a year ago." Bank Clearings. New York, July 16. The following table, compiled by Bradstreet, shows the bank clearings at the principal cities for the week ended July tA, with th percentage Dr. J. .Alvin tOpRNJE s Entitled to All the Credit For the Many Cures That Are Being Effected Daily at His Office. r-V" J .;.v f i- s The fame of Dr. J. Alvin Home is positively unmatched in the state by, that of any other medical specialist. There is good reason for this he cure the most desperate chronic cases after they have been abandoned by other physicians as Incurable, and his high professional reputation is therefore merited. This physician treats a certain class of diseases and confines his practice to them alone. HE TREATS AND CURES ALU CHRONIC, NERVOUS AND ORGAN IC DISEASES OF BOTH MEN AND) WOMEN. His methods of diagnosis and treat ment are scientifically In advance of all ordinary methods in medicine and sur gery. He is master of all pelvic weak nesses and diseases, as they affect tha male and female, and of Neurasthenia (nervous exhaustion). Premature De cline, Catarrh in all Its forms. Hemorr hoids (piles), and other Rectal Dis eases, Rupture, Varicose Veins, Affec tions of the Heart, Lungs, Stomach, Liver, Kidneys, Bladder, etc. Women and men alike praise this expert physi cian. Dr. J. Alvin Home may be seen and interviewed personally. FREE SERVICE. For a limited period Dr. Home has determined to give his examina tions free to the afflicted (medicines excepted). These services consist of consultation, examination, (including X-ray), and advioe. Hia original meth ods have supplanted surgery in very many diseases that were -formerly cur abla only through the use of the knife. CONSULTATIONS AND EXAMINA TIONS ARE FREE. Write or call for FREE ADVICE and new booklet. of Increase and decrease, as compared Cities. Clearings. Inc. Dec. l,2S3,S72.4H 2.3 lKl,KM.irS 8.0 132.170,232 3.1 Hi6.lB0.3-20 6.3 63,967,84 7.5 41.443.7HO 12.4 33.516.221 10.7 22.567.871 10.3 27,893,550 14.7 14.574.2H3 2.7 12.9W7.4W 1S.S 14,831,559 15.7 14,(fei!ri 7.5 11.919.937 111 12,043. 138 13.3 7,379,814 10.4 8,404.3?) 8.1 6.450,1110 12.7 6.460.661 2.0 6.6.S8.454 18. a 6. 950.411 9.9 7,3(18.469 9.7 4.14S.873 8 1 3.869.813 19. 4.387,213 7.7 2.!)0.2fi( 2.7 2.919.l6 23 2.22:t.3't 12. S 2.3l8.fi79 4.8 2.56.574 9.1 1,835,987 8.2 1.770.664 1,633.!'30 28 841.1!8 26.8 1,671,311 17.4 1.347,010 7.9 1,140.44 9.5 725.635 10. 2 923,057 29 375,868 50. 9"2.72 71.6 635. 7" 22.8 718,0X5 7.1 4tt,227 5.4 450.357 24.6 5ra,6l0 17.1 485.533 ltf.e 451.950 10.0 401, 67S 8.9 305.941 22.6 301,218 28.5 9.674.6M 6.1 6.88.1100 31.0 1.065,836 1.7 New York Chicago Boston Philadelphia St. Louis Pittsburg san Francisco Baltimore Cincinnati Kansas City New Orleans Cleveland Minneapolis Detroit Louisville Omaha Milwaukee Providence Buffalo Indianapolis St. Paul Los Ar.geles St. Joseph Denver Washington Savannah Salt Lake Ulty Peoria Dss Moines Spokane, Wash. Tacoma rayton Norfolk Topeka Sioux City Syracuse Wilmington, Del. Little Rock Wllkesbarre Macon Wichita Akron Chattanooga Fargo New Bearora Canton, O Lowell Springfield, O Bloomlngton, in. Quincy. Ill Sioux rails, s. u-. Houston Galveston Charleston, S. C. Totals in U. S...2.21.flSl,B39 Outside N. Y.... S37,1S8.8!9 1.7 .7 Millionaire's Poor Stomach. The worn out stomach of the over fed millionaire is often paraded In the publlo prints as a horrible example of the evils attendant on the possession of great wealth. But millionaires are not the only nes who are afflicted with bad stomachs. The proportion is far greater among tha toilers. Dyspepsia and indigestion are rampant amonj these people, and they suffer far worse tortures than the million aire unless thev avail themselves of a standard medicine like Green's August Flower, which has been a favorite house hold remedy for all stomach troubles for over thirty-five years. August Flower rouses the torpid liver, thus creating ap petite and Insuring perfect digestion. Ji tones and vitalizes the entire system an makes life worth living, no matter what your station. Trial bottles, 25c; regular size 75c. Rowley Snow. Croup. Id a violent inflammation of the mucous membrane of the wind pipe, which some times extends to the larynx and bron chial tubes: and is one of the most dan gerous diseases of children. It almost always comes on in the night. Give fre quent small doses of Ballard's Horehound Syrup and apply Ballard's Snow Liniment externally to the throat. 25c. 50c, Jl.flO. Sold by Rowley Snow and W. S. Mil ler. Excursion to Kansas City, Santa Fe. Sunday. July 17. Round trip $1.25. Tickets at Rowely Snow's and Santa, Fe depot. Train laaves 8:00 a. m. Everybody Invited.

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4 TOPEKA STATE JOUKNAIf SATURDAY EVENING. JULY lv 1904. TELE CITY PRIXTIXG. The State Journal discovered a few preeka ago that the city of Topeka had been overcharged by a large number ot (dollars for some advertising given by the city to the official paperforthemonth ef June. It was astonished that such a thing was going on. It measured up the advertising for the whole month and was more astonished than ever at the large amount being taken from the city Illegally in a single month. It Investigated the advertising for ther months and was astounded. It became convinced, having the proof, that these overcharges extended over some considerable period, and accord ingly published the charges. The article created a sensation, as ur readers know. The council at ence ordered an Investigation, the ways and means committee met con tinuously night after night for about ten days, showing that during four years over three thousand dollars had been taken Illegally from the city treasury and in direct violation of contracts made from year to year for four years. Other Investigations showed that for the last six years the State Journal was the only paper Which faithfully carried out Its con tract with the city. Notwithstanding these facts, and the absolute recovery for Topeka of a large amount of money unlawfully taken from it. this paper has incurred by its action in performing a plain duty a number of bitter enemies. Notwithstanding the paper has been xceedingly careful in its statements and reports of this whole matter, and has kept out of Its columns many other bitter charges and intimations offered In this same connection, the paper has made enemies by its ex posure. Notwithstanding the fact that the tity council is likely to award the city printing for the ensuing year next Mon day evening, this paper stands the poorest chance for getting the adver tising. The State Journal is too independent; It is too business-like in its methods; it likes too well to expose wrong doing, whether Intentional wrong doing or careless wrong doing. It is a paper. de voted to the public more than to the politicians. The paper will continue along those lines printing or no print ing. IRELAND DIDN'T COME. Strike Leaders Hare Evidently Aban doned Topeka. To all appearances the leaders of the Santa Fe machinists' strike have left Topeka for good. Arthur Ireland, the organizer4t.lU&. American Fede ration of Labor, was expected to come today, but up until 3 o'clock' nothing hue! been heard of him. The local strike leaders have had no word from any of the leaders of the movement for several days. The general head quarters which were located at To pakea have been closed, and it cannot be announced that a general head quarters are In existence. The leaders are separated. Mr. Wilson it is said Is on the southern lines, and Mr. Buckalew Is on the western lines. The boilermakers are at work here, having remained at work. They did not strike, as it was predicted they would. It Is announced that some of the leaders Of the strike will return to Topeka about August 1. In view of the approaching decreases in business and the reduction In working forces of the railroad, it will be necessary for th -.trike leaders to keep pretty busy In their efforts to In fuse the men with confidence of winning the strike. The local strikers a re keeping busy at the local headquarters by pasting up a Jiistory of their strike from the newspa per clippings. WILL BE A RECKONING. Russia Must Account for Seizing Mail of German Steamer. Berlin, July 16. The foreign office here confirms the report of the seizure of the North German Lloyd steamer Prins Heinrich by the Russian volun teer steamer Smolensk in the Red sea, but declines to discuss the political features of the case at this stage and does not indicate what steps it intends to take. The news reached here too late for most of the evening papers to comment on it. The Tageblat says: "A speedy ex planation of this Russian action against the empire's postal flag is Im peratively necessary. Steps must be taken that a disavowal is made and that such Russian arbitrary acts are avoided in the future." The I.ckal Anzeiger thinks the eelsure wil lbe most hard to Justify and says that if it is found that the Russian action is contrary to the law j of nations, the German government I will not hesitate to apply a remedy in 1 r wiriest sense. 1 Changes in Saints' I.lnenp. Another slight shake-up took place In the Saints this morning. Left Field er Zarbaugh whs released, and Shin ners. who was tried out on third, was scheduled to play the sun garden this afternoon. Zarbaugh came from Bed ford. Iowa, and was recommended to be excellent. But his hitting was everything but that. He showed will ingness to work, and that won him favor with the fans. Shlnners played In the field alongside of Cole in the New York State league for four years. Since in Topeka his hitting has been fair and for that reason he displaced Zarbaugh. It was planned to put Olson on third this afternoon and Shinners at short and Frie! in the field, but after considering the mat ter the management got over this foolish notion and decided to send the men back on the field Just as they played Friday, with the exception of the displacement of Zarbaugh by Shinners. Naughty Boys Stole Peaches. George Schmidt and John Kaberly, two white boys of Pleasant Valley, apent Friday night in the county Jail on the charge of stealing peaches from Billard's farm. This morning both were arraigned in the city court and releas ed on $50 bonds. Their trial was set for next Friday. Humors They take possession of the body, and are Lords of Misrule. They are attended by pimples, bolls, the Itching tetter, salt rheum, and other cu taneous eruptions; by feelings of weakness, languor, general debility and what not. They cause more suffering than anything else. Health, Strength, Peace and Pleasure require their expulsion, and this is posi tively effected, according to thousands of grateful testimonials, by Hood's Sarsaparilla Which radically and permanently drives them out and builds up the whole system. KIDDLE IS FOR PARKER. Old Populist State Leader Thinks He Will Be Elected. Taylor Riddle, formerly chairman of the Populist state central commit tee, but who has been advising a close affiliation with the Democrats for the past two years to the extent that he has been almost a Democrat himself, Is in Topeka from Marion today. While he evidently was not much pleased with the nomination1 of Par ker, he says he believes Parker will be elected, "but not with the aid of any western votes, he adds. "Parker will be elected by the same element that elected McKinley," said Mr. Riddle. "He has the support of the money interests of the east be cause they believe he is a "sate man and they will be strong enough to elect him. I believe. Mr. Riddle says the destruction of crops by the rains and floods in his part of the state has been underesti mated. "I lost about everything on my farm," he said. "The flood not only took my crops but it swept away my fences, too. It didn't take the build ings, but if there had been a mort gage on the place l guess it wouia have taken that. And it not only took my hay crop this year, but It killed the alfalfa as well. In Ed Hoch's newspaper office in Marion the water was two feet deep or more ior a aay or two. Hoch is a prohibitionist. though, so water doesn t hurt him very much." NEARLY FOUND HIS MATCH. Prof. Gleason Has a Hard Tussle With a Horse. Trcf fSlefuirvn nearlv met his match in a horse Rt the fair grounds last night. After working an Hour ana a nan wim n hnnrisrtnriA t hnroilirhbred Da.V he WBS compelled to admit that it was the hard est Job he had undertaken for 12 years and that his work had not been com pleted. We will finish with him Mon day night." said he as the horse was led off after developing a slight inclination to kick. The weather was torrid and both the professor and the horse were steam ing when the ordeal was over. Jim W ick, who, by the way, is an ordinary looking bav horse and not the expert Topeka stenographer of that name, was cf another type and he finally stretched himself at run lengtn on me grounu anu refused to get up. But. like the first one. he learned a. valuable lesson in behavior. and both will undoubtedly become valua ble animals after another session with the professor. Mr. Eli G. Foster was given a beautiful sorrel pony and Charles Hays a fine black horse. The audience filled the big grand stand almost to suffocation. Smyth Goes to Arizona. Eugene Smyth, entomological as sistant in the state museum, has gone to Arizona with the university "bug collecting" expedition, to collect in sects and reptiles for the Kansas uni versity and for himself. The party ill spend the summer in tne nan Francisco mountains and Oak Creek canon. $7.60. St. Louis and return, via Rock Is land system, on sale Monday, July 18 and 25. The Topeka Foundry has moved from 2nd and Jackson Sts.. and now has temporary offices at 4th and Jackson. Ind. Phone 49. ...NIGHT BY REQUEST Prof. 0. R. Gleason Will present at the FAIR GROUNDS his createst feature as per formed by lilra at Madison Square Garden, New York City, and the Coliseum in Chicago, known as the Positively the grandest feat of horse taming ever conceived, and is attempted Only by Gleason DANGEROUS EXCITING THRILLING It is worth traveling one hundred miles to witness this marvelous exhibition. Admission only 25c JOSEPH PICK, Manager. FRED L. S TROUGH. Business Manager. fill flCT TROUBLE AT ST. PAUL Calling Out or State Troops Is Under Discussion. St. Paul, Minn., July 16. Sheriff Grisim called on Governor Van Sant today and talked over the strike situ ation with him. The governor had been informed that the situation was somewhat critical. It is said that the militia will be called out on the first show of violence. When Sheriff Gris im returned after his interview with Governor Van Sant he found one of the employes of the office force of Swift Co. in the hands of the strik ers. The man was being roughly han dled -when the sheriff with a number of deputies rescued him. It is said that the merchants and manufac turers' asociation, of which Swift Co. are members, is taking steps to compel Sheriff Grisim to disperse the strikers which surround the works, and in the event of his failure to do so a demand will be made on the gov ernor for state troops. LAWRENCE MAN GETS IT. Contract for New Building at K. U. Let for $43,421. The regents of the State university Friday let the contract for the erection of the new law building for the uni versity, the appropriation for which became available with the beginning of the fiscal year on July 1. William Nedehoffer of Lawrence is the success ful bidder. The appropriation for the building is 150,000, but State Architect Stanton, who prepared the plans, placed the esti mate for its cost at $46,000. and the ac cepted bid had to be below that figure. The bidders and the amounts for which they offered to erect the building were as follows: William Nedehoffer, Lawrence, $43, 421.80. Henry Bennett, Topeka, $44,974. Blanche Keating, Topeka. $45,472. O. Swanson, Topeka, $45,005. Cuthbert Sargeant, Topeka. $45,500. W. R. Carter, Lawrence. $45,723. J. B. Betts. Topeka, $46,737. E. H. F. Schneider, Lawrence, $47, 312. Lattimer Benning, Kansas City, $53,188. The building will be two stories and a high basement, 60 by 120 feet. The arch itecture will be colonial renaissance with Ionic columns. It will have a dou ble front, facing northeast and south west. It will be of gray pressed brick with terra cotta enrichments. On the main floor will be four large class rooms and the dean's offices, and on the upper floor will be the library and read ing room, 38 by 115 feetT and opening off of it will be four study rooms and two offices. REPORT ON CITY PRIXTIXG. Ways and Means Committee, Adopt One Tonight. Will This evening the ways and means committee will meet to adopt a re port to the counci lconcerning the city printing overcharges, which- has been under investigation. Councilmen Green and Howe met Friday as a sub committee to draft the report, and agreed upon the various points to be covered by the report. Mr. Howe is drafting the report today. It is expected that Arthur Capper, president of the Capital company, will come before the committee and tell it why the council should not try to make the Capital pay for the "pad ding" overcharge In the council pro ceedings. Chris Roof, who wants trie city to pay him $1,000 damages because of loss of business due to the washing out of the East Eighth avenue bridge. will come before the meeting to nnd out what report the committee decides to make to the council. rne tnatca- tions are that the claim- win be re jected without much further' cere mony. WANTS THE POND DRAINED. Mrs. Dwjer Appeals to Council to Suppress Miasma Breeder. Mrs. James Dwyer, who made a hard fight against the city on the "hog ordinance," claiming that she was not inside the city limits and con sequently not subject to the ordinance, is now getting it back on the city for neating her and proving that she does live inside the limits. She is demanding that the city drain a big pond of water which has collected near her home at Third and Lawrence streets, in the east part of town. She says that the pond is cov ered with green scum, and that the city will have to take care of it or she will know the reason why. She says the pond collects there because of im proper grading of the streets. The probability is that the health department will have to condemn the pond and order it filled up. New French Commissioner. Paris, July 16. M. Pichard, com missioner general of the late Paris exhibition, has been appointed to re place M. Lagrave as commissioner of France at the St. Louis exposition. LOCAL MENTION. Harry Keitzman and "Will Mueller leave Sunday for a two weeks' visit to St. Louis and the World's fair. Miss Belle Nathanson will leave to morrow for Bonesteele. S. D., to try her luck in registering for a claim in the Rosebud country. Monday evening the Ohio club will hold a basket picnic at Vinewood. The members will assemble at the transfer at 4 p. m and will go out in special cars. Mrs. Arza J. Clark, formerly organist of the Baptist church of Rockford, 111.. will substitute for Mr. W. F. Roehr at the First M. E. church for a month, beginlng next Sunday. Sylvian Kline has been released of the vagrancy charge preferred against him by Police Officer James. The case was to have been tried yesterday after noon but Chief Stahl had Kline dis missed upon the basis of a lack of evi dence to prove the charge. A children's party was given Tuesday afternoon by Mrs. T. J. Scott, at the home of her mother, Mrs. M. D. Bailey, 716 Tyler street, for her daughter La II a. in honor of her tenth birthday. The youthful guests were Lillian Stone, Pauline Hubbell. Mildred Hughes, Ruth field, Marie Miller, Gracie Eldridee. Mazie Weekley. Alilie Weekley. Eleanor Goodrich. Dorothy Berry, Charlie Eld- ridge, and Paul Anderson. Galen M. Fisher, national secretary of the Y. M. C. A. of Japan is In America and is stopping In Topeka to day and Sunday. He is on his way back to Japan by way of San Francisco. Tonight he will be given a reception at the home of J. E.Nlssley and Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock he will address the men's meeting at the Y. M. C. A. on the subject, "Young Men of the Sunrise Kingdom." He leaves Topeka Monday. I A JHr X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X- The Four Leading Machines M 107-109 Wesf Seventh. Exclusive Office Outfitrers- IcSthe llfl A Highland Park school house. Preaching at 3 p. m. by Rev. Clyde H. Hale. We will also complete organi zation of Sunday school after preach ing services. All are invited to come and assist us. First Presbyterian church, Harrison street, opposite capitol. Preaching at 11a. m. and 8 p. m. by Rev. Fountain K. Farrand, of Great Falls, Mont. St. John's A. M. E. church. Seventh and Topeka avenue; J. F. Cook Tay lor, pastor. Services at 11 a. m. and 8 p. m. Sermon by Bishop Abram Grant. Special music for the occasion. First Congregational church, Sev enth and Harrison streets; Francis L. Hayes, D. D.,, pastor. Service at 11 a. m.; subject, "The Kind of a Sab bath to Meet Modern Needs." Second Church of Christ, Scientist, 108 West Ninth street. Services at 11 a. m; subject, "Truth." Reading room at same number, open every afternoon during the week except Sunday, from 1 to 5 o clock. The Baptist, Congregational. Meth odist and Presbyterian congregations of North Topeku have discontinued their Sunday evening services until September, and will hold a union meet ing each Sunday evening at 8 o'clock on the lawn of the Congregational church, corner of Laurent and Jack son. Rev. James A. Stavely will preach on next Sunday evening. Kansas Avenue M. E. church. 1023 North Kansas' avenue: James A. Stavely, pastor. Sunday school, 9:45 a. m. Morning service at 11 o'clock: addresson the work of the general con ference, by Miss V. Troutman, who was a delegate to that conference. For the evening service this church joins in the union meeting on the Con gregational church lawn. Tabernacle of the First Baptist church, corner of Jackson and Tenth streets. Preaching morning and evening by Rev. J. M. Whitehead. Young people's meeting at 7 o'clock, led by Miss Alia Walker. Second United Presbyterian church, Fillmore and Huntoon streets. Preaching by the pastor. Rev. John P. White, at 11 a. m.; subject, "The Love Which Christianity Demands." No evening service. Walnut Grove M. E. church, corner Sixteenth and Harrison streets; F. E. Adell, pastor. Sunday school, 9:45 a. m. Preaching at 11 a. m. and 8 p. m. by Rev. T. B. Adell, of Nortonville, Kas. Epworth and Junior leagues at 7 p. m. First United Brethren church. 12th and Quincy streets, Rev. T. D. Crites, pastor. Preaching 11 a. m. and 8 p. m. Morning subject, "The Rock Chris tians." Evening subject, "A Good Resolution Kept." The Communion service following the morning sermon. Business session of the quarterly con ference Monday, 8 p. m. Parkdale M. E. church. Seventh and i Lime streets. Rev. J. T. Sawyer, pastor. Preaching at 11 a. m. and 8 p. m. Morn ing subject, "The Law of Reproduc tion." Evening subject, "In Bonds, Yet Free." Official meeting Monday evening, 8 p. m. Mr. Adamson will sing Sunday morning, and Messrs. Adamson and Bechtal will sing in the evening; also Mrs. James. All come. Westminster Presbyterian church will hold Communion service at 11 a. m.. conducted by Rev. McElroy. In the evening the C. E. society will have charge of the service. First Cumberland Presbyterian church, Potwin. Sunday school 9:45 a. m. Preaching by pastor 11 a. m. Mrs. Hazelrig, an evangelist of the Chris tian church, will preach andMissMabel Ridenour will sing. Railroad Y. M. C. A. At 3:30 p. m., Mr. Galen Fisher, national secretary of the Y. M. C. A. of Japan, and the Rev. J. T. Sawyer of the Parkdale M. E. church. -will speak on the subject of "The Union of Labor which Accom plishes the Most Good." Lemonade will be served free. All men are invited. First Church of Christ, Scientist, cor ner Huntoon and Polk streets. Services at 11. subject, "Truth. Children's Sun day school at 9:30. Free reading room in the church edifice which is open ev ery afternoon, Sunday excepted, from 1:30 to 5. Mrs. C. A. Conroe will give a Bible reading at the Young Women's Chris tion Association rooms, Sunday after noon. 4:15. Subject, "Christ the Bride groom." All women are invited to come and bring their Bibles. Second Wesleyan Methodist church. Fifth and Leland streets. Sabbath school at 10 a. m. Preaching at 11 a. m. by the pasteir, Rev. G. B. Howard. cDO WELL OFFICE SUPPLY CO. A general class meeting immediately following; Young People's meeting at 7 p. m. Preaching again in the evening at 8 p. m. A regular business meeting will be held in the church Monday ev ening at 8 p. m. First United Presbyterian church, corner Eighth and Topeka avenues; Rev. J. A. Renwick, pastor. Preach ing at 11 a. m. and 8 p. m. Bible school at 3 o'clock, preaching and communion at 4 p. m., at Chris tian church tabernacle. Preaching by Rev. E. J. Palmer. Parkdale Open Mission Sunday ser vices. Sunday school at 2 p. m. Preach ing at 3. The Lord's Supper immedi ately after. Preaching at 8 at night. J. W. Worthington and C. E. Foster in charge. First Lutheran church, corner Fifth and Harrison streets. Rev. H. A. Ott, pastor. Service with sermon at 11 a. m. Morning subject. "Parental Dutv in Teaching Religion and Morality to the Children. First Methodist Episcopal church, cor ner of Harrison street and Sixth avenue; Rev. W. S. Navlor. temporary pastor: residence 70S Harrison street Preaching by Rev. Mr. Naylor at 11 a. m.; subject, "The Power of an Endless Life:" Inter mediate and Junior Kp wort ft league at b:-k d. m.: suDject. xne worlds tiain Through Universal Peace;" Mrs. Mary Hale, leader: evenina: sermon bv Rev. Mr. Naylor at 8 p. m.; subject, "The Pathos of Endless Paralysis;" class meeting at 8 p. m. Tuesday. All are coraiauy in vited. Oakland Presbyterian church: Rev. S. A. Alt, pastor Sunday school and review service at n a. m. suDject, sunaay Pleasures." Young people's societies in the evening and evening service at 8 o'clock; subject, "Man in Danger of Self." WORK ON THE TAYLOR MILL. II. S. Douglass Secures Contract for Its Construction- Work has been commenced on the superstructure for the new mill of the Taylor Killing company in North To peka. The foundation was completed some time ago. The contract for the carpenter work was awarded to H. S. Douglass and will be done on a new plan. The Tay ler company will furnish all the ma terial "and Mr. Douglass simply the labor. Mr. Douglass' contract amounts to a little less than $4,000. Floods in Chile. New York, July IB. Unusually se vere weather is prevailing in the southern half of Chile and is causing further damage to the state railroads and telegraph lines, says a Herald dio- patch from Valparaiso. several vil lages have been flooded. The inhabi tants fled to the mountains. Four Years With Broken Back. New York, July 16. Frederick Schwil zer, a workman 3S years old, is dead from a broken back at Gouvemeur hospital, where he has been a patient nearly four years. He was hurt in a street accident and several times the surgeons believed they had effected a cure. The case at tracted much interest among medical men. From St. Louis Through to Baltimore and Washing- ngton. Past night express leaves St. Louis 11:35 p. m. over the Van-dalia-Pennsylvania with through sleeping car. arriving Baltimore 7:15 a. m., Washington 8:30 a. m. Also through cars to Philadelphia and New York in same train. Consult A. n. Richie, traveling passenger agent, Kansas City, Mo., or J. M. Ches brough, assistant general passenger agent, St. Louis, Mo. DEATHS AND FUNERALS. Luella Owens, aged 14 years, died of heart trouble at 172 Grattan street Fri day evening at 6 o'clock. The funeral took place this afternoon at 3 o'clock. Interment in Rochester cemetery. R. C. Berry, aged 77, died at 1:15 this af ternoon and the funeral will be held Sun day at 2 p. m. from the late residence, 120 Topeka avenue. Mr. Berry was a civil war veteran. The Topeka Foundry has moved from 2nd and Jackson Sts., and now has temporary offices at 4th and Jackson. Ind. Phone 499. LIB SUEIE Do you know that a cold cannot exist if the bowels are thoroughly cleansed and active? Dr. Caldwell': 5 (LAXATIVE) Is the best medicine for a cold. It wil! cure the young est child or oldest suf ferer. Try it. 50c and $1.00 at your druggists. PEPSIN SYRUP CO., Montlcelio, III. QATLIN DRUG CO. DISTRIBUTORS svruo rensm V m a Sold, Exchanged WASHBURN COLLEGE TOPEKA, KANSAS A GROWING INSTITUTION IN THREE YEARS Attendance has grown from 294 to 617 Equipment has grown from $239,000 to $398,000 4 If you desire A College Course, A Preparatory Course, A Course in Medicine, A Course in Law, A Course in Music, Oratory, Painting, or Illustration, SEND FOR CATALOGUE. NORMAN PLASS, President rtfnoram at the left shows erowth in buildintr and eauipment. At the right, growth in attendance in inree 7.60 St. Louis and Return Via Via Rock Island System Monday, July 18 and 25, The Rock Island vfUl sell you coach tickets, Topeka to St. Louis and return, at $7.60, limited for return 7 days from date of sale. For tickets and full informa tion see A. M. Fuller, C. P. A., Rock Island Depot. Both Phones 384. DR. ADAM RUPIN, SR. GERMAN PHYSICIAN 106 E. 6th St., Upstairs. 18 years ia present location SPECIALTY CURINO DROPSY. A DAY OF MOUKNIXG. July 17 Set Apart to Honor Memory or Oom Fanl. Pretoria, Transvaal, July 16. General Louis Botha, former commander-in-chief of the Boer forces, has publicly requested all officers, officials and burghers of the late South African re public to observe July 17, as a day of mourning for the late former President Krueger. He also expressed th'e hope that all the old inhabitants would don mourning for a month. General Botha pays tribuate to the ex-presldent for his energy and his sacrifices to make the people a nation and concludes: "His death is all the sadder because he was not permitted to spend his last days in his own country. We shall al ways feel this deeply but will keep si lent." Russian Cruisera Sighted. Island of Perim, Straits of Bab El Mandel, July ,16. The American mis sionary vessel. Morning Star from Bos ton, arrived here today and reports that yesterday she passed, between Jebel Telr and Jebel Zugur islands in the Red sea. a Russian volunteer fleet steamer, flying the naval flag, bound north. The Morning Star sighted at dusk off Jebel Zugur, another cruiser, with three funnels and two masts and at midnight she sighted a torpedo boat. Both these vessels were supposed to be cruising. The Topeka Foundry has moved from 2nd and Jackson Sts., and now has temporary offices at 4th and Jackson. Ind. Phone 499. and Repaired. Both Phonts. years. 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TOPEKA STATE JOTJRN AI B ATUEDAX EVENING. JULY 16, 1904, 5 gniiniiHinniniiinniiiiniinniiiuiininnniiiniiHniiiiiiniiii iinniinniunnnnHiiniuniiiHHiinniiniifiiiiHunuiHiiinn VINEWOQD PARK THEATRE j Sunday Night, July 17th, and Every Night Next Week. I Miss Lorraine Buchanan I Robert A. Mansfeld Supported by SNAPSHOTS AT HOME NEWS. HIRAM HARDACHRE3 SEES THE SAINTS. I. Pa. I jes' been to Topekie. Seen them fellers playin' ball: Gosh! ye orter been there with me, 'Twould a made ye laugh en squall. They played on Washburn ball ground. Fenced in with a high board wail. Didn't git there very early, J; But I jtot to see it all.. II. And an Exceptionally Strong Company, Presenting the 4-Act Musical Comedy Success, I THE LQONABMESS 1 Singing Dancing Specialties Galore Full Orchestra g J4 Musical Numbers 14 H 22 People in Cast and Ensemble 22 J TWO HOURS OF HIGH-CLASS AMUSEMENT Admission to Theatre, 10 Cents. Reserved Seata, 10 Cents extra. Curtain rises at 8:45 P. M. !IIlIIIl!l!niiIII!I!:illIIIII!iIIIl!II!IM POLITICAUJOSSIP. A meeting of the Republican state central committee has been called by Chairman Stubbs for next Thursday afternoon, and at that time the Re publican headquarters will be formal ly opened. Chairman Stubbs will also invite n'! the candidates on the state ticket and all the Republican congres sional candidates to meet with the committee at that time. There wil! also be an innovation in connection with this committee meet ing. It will be a banquet or some thing of that nature. There will be perhaps seventy-five people present. The plans for the event have not yet been perfected. Plans for the campaign will be talked over by the committee and candidates at that time. The work of opening up the correspondence will commence next week, and prepa rations will be made to work up a big crowd for the opening of the speaking campaign at Marion on September 3. Chairman Stubbs says he already has the names of several thousand workers, and he intends to get one worker for every twenty voters. He will distribute literature and work up an interest in the campaign through these workers. During the six years that Morton Aibaugh was chairman of the Republican state committee he worked up an excellent organization of this kind. In fact the detail with which he organized was Mr. AI baugh's strong point. Congressman Victor Murdock will make a ".--peaking" campaign this year. Last year he made a hand shaking campaign. He expects to make a speech in every one of the thirty-six counties in his district,-and in some counties he wi!! make several. In speaking of the story that Chair man Stubbs will make a statement at the close of the campaign showing from what sources he received his campaign funds and ail the ways in which he dis bursed them. C. S. Finch, one of Mr. Stubbs" friends, says: "Chairman Stubbs is talking through his hat quite a good deal, but his bluff sounds well. He says he is going to have the records show Just where the campaign money comes from, and where it goes to. Which he will not do, and which, if he attempts, will get him into more trouble than a bear that upsets a bee hive. It is a good bluff, we say and sounds all right, but no chairman ever did such a thing, and no chairman ever will. In the first plate, there is no sense in it, and in the second place there is no reason for doing it. The central committee is there to handle the funds, nnd the man who contrib utes Is -willing to trust that committee to expend the money properly. If he is not. he will not contribute. Eut Mr. Stubbs is a new hand at the plow, and he oossibly doesn't know that there are a thousand things to be done with money that ore not just exactly ortho dox, and wouldn't look well if printed in black and white. They are things legitimate in politics, but explanations would be embarrassing, and so explana tions are not made. Mr. Stubbs will discover this; and he will find that one man who wants to pull him through will be almighty hot if he doesn't get it. and then finds out that some other Jellow who really didn't need help did a;et it. Mr. Stubbs is probably honest In saying what he does, but what will he do when the railroads dip up for his campaign fund? Will he call in the re porters and say, 'Gentlemen, the Great and Good Santa Fe Railroad company, a benevolent and charitable institu tion, has just contributed steen thou sand dollars for the good of our splend id cause, and we desire through the medium of the press to thank in a pub lic manner thissplendidorganization for its beneficent gift.' Think he will do that, do you? That is what he says he will do, but by and by he will find out he Is mistaken. He will just take the money and shut up like a clam." E. W. Hoch does not believe Judge Parker's telegram, to the St. Ixiuis con vention waa not fair and honest. If Mr. Hoch should try he might find some things closer at home that have not been altogether fair and honest, but It ought not to be expected, per haps, that Mr. Hoch will look for those. In commenting on Parker's nomination Mr. Hoch says editorially. "Judge Parker, the Democratic nom inee for president, is getting considera ble credit for his telegram 'boldly' an nouncing himself in favor of the gold standard. But honestly, now, wasn't it an act deserving of condemnation rather than commendation? Mr. Bryan has been demanding for months that Mr. Parker come out from cover and define his position, but he kept solemn silence. Mr. Hill, his nearest friend and manager, declared before the oom- THEATIUCALS AT VIXEWOOD. Lorraine Buchanan Company to Open Sunday Evening. Miss Lorraine Buchanan and her company of players open the summe theatrical season at Vinewood park Sunday night, July 17, for an engage ment of one week. In "The Billion airess," a musical comedy. Miss Buchanan and her company y V J f v i t t -r 9 v Miss Ixrralne Buchanan, Leading Woman in the Lorraine Buchanan Com pany, Which Opens at Vinewood Sunday mittee on resolutions that he did iiot know Mr. Parker's views on the finan cial question. Then the 'gold bugs' consented to leave all reference to the financial question out of the platform. Thus illusioned and deluded the silver people consented to Mr. Parker's nom ination. After they had been led into the trap and the trap was sprung, in other words after the scheme had suc ceeded and Mr. Parker had been nom inated, and as Mr. Bryan says it was too late to prevent the fraud, Mr. Par ker's famous telegram was sprung on the convention which committed the candidate and convention to the S"ld standard. Now. was that fair and hon est? It can only be defended by tho" who believe that anything is fair in politics. Such duplicity in businass would rob its perpetrator of commer citl confidence." MISSOURI PACIFIC RAIL WAX. The World's Fair Line. Seven daily trains between Kansas City and Bt. Louis which leave Kan sas City 6:55, 8:00, 10:10 a- m. and 1:10, 9:15, 11:00 p. m. and 12:05 mid night. Ask for your ticket via this lins from Kansas City. If you miss one train, you will not have long to wait for another. Kxoursion to Kansas City, Santa Fe. Sunday, July 17. Round trip $1.25. Tickets at Rowely Snow's and Santa fe depot. Train leaves 8:00 a. m. Everybody Invited. mm ine Every mother feel great dread of the pain and danger attendant upon the most critical period of her life. Becoming' a mother ahould be a source of joy to all, but the suffering and danger incident to the ordeal makes its anticipation one of misery. Moth3r' Friend is the only remedy which relieves women of the -r; pain and danger of maternity this hour which is dreaded as woman's severest trial is not only made painless, but all the danger is avoided by its use. i Those who use this remedy are no longer despondent o gloomj nervousness, nausea and other distressing conditions are overcome, the system is made ready for the coming event, and the senilis acciaems so common to tne critical hoar are obviated by the nse of Mother's Friend. "It is worth its weight in gold," 6ays many who have U6ed it. fi.oo per bottle at dru? stores. Book containing aloable information of interest to all women, will be sent to any address free upon application to CHAD FIELD REGULATOR OQ.m Atlanta. Oa ccme from Joplin, where thy placed a week's engagement at the club the ater. The inewood park management has been making great preparations for this engagement. The band shell is to be used for the stage, and the Kansas City Scenic company was commissioned to paint the scenery and curtains. Three sets of scenery are being prepared, and assurance is given that everything will be in good working order for the opening Sunday nignt. Carpenters and electricians have been at work and the band shell has been converts into a really good stage, crushed stone has been spread over the ground inside the inclosure at the stage, so that it will not be muddy underneath the feet after a rain. Comfortable seats have been provided. For the play. "The Billionairess," about a dozen extra people are neces sary. The manager, Robert Mansfield would like to meet anyone who wishes to get a little stage experience, and he win De rouna today and Sunday at the Vinewood park theater. Half a dozen bridesmaids and about six or eight boys and erirls are needed In the cast. In the society columns of its Sunday issue, the Joplin Daily News-Herald has I ne following to say of Miss Lorraine riucnanan ana her company: Miss Buchanan is a graduate of urury college and was for three years in the employ of the United States gov- iti mucin in xsrazn, b. a. ne is related to W. I. Buchanan, formerly American minister to Argentine Republic and present American ambassador to Pana ma. She was three years identified with the leading stock companies of iew ion ana nas Deen a successful star for the past three seasons, her last venture being a tour In "The Billion airess," a comedy of her own writing. Miss Buchanan is a successful actress so her friends and relatives have for given her at last for having "gone on the stage." She has a strong support ing company Including her sister. Miss Florence Buchanan and Mr. Robert Mansfield, the leading man of the Bil lionairess company, who is a well known New York actor." The Joplin Globe says. "The chief feature of the performance is Miss Bu chanan In her role of Nordeau. The sit uations of the play are extremely clever ana tne merits or the comedy as a whole are obvious. Robert Mansfield portrays the part of Stanley Marlowe in a mas terly manner, and by the way, Mr. Mansfield will be remembered by the writer in his characterization of Sun- ballat In the original of 'Ben Hur' at the Broadway theater In New York city. The company numbers some ex cellent voices, first of which should be mentioned the tenor of Mr. Robert Mansfield, whose singing was one of the Well, sir, them there "baseball fellers Had on store bought suits en caps; Kn they lookea a wnoie lot oetter Than our scrubby country chaps. Some uv 'em had big S. letters Worked into their pocket flaps. The others had the name Topekie Clean across tnelr Dreast rront maps. III. I'm a-goin' down tomorrow Fer to see our Cap'ain Brown. En ef we kin git 'nuff fellers Thro' this country roun' en roun', By gosh! I'll buck Topekie Fer a game down there in town; En ef we can't beat them fellers. You kin hev my yeller houn! S. T. Millard. A. Ott has returned from a week's trip to the world's fair. T. W. Thompson is building a new eight-roomed house in Highland Park. The W. C T. U.! will meet at the First Methodist church on Monday at 3 p. m. k Mrs. P. H. Wood, who Is at Christ hospital, is recovering from a serious operation. There will be music tonight by Stein berg's orchestra at Swift Holliday's soda fountain. At Kansas City FViday, a marriage license was granted to Robert R. Wells of St. Joseph and Ruth Flodenberg of Topeka. The street railway tracks at Tenth and Topeka avenue are torn up. The company is putting in heavy rails at the turnout. The Topeka Orphans'' Home asso ciation will hold their regular meeting at the home on Fillmore street, Mon day afternoon, at 3:30. Lorraine Buchanan and her com pany open a week's engagement at the theater at Vinewood park tomor row night, In "The Billionaires." Frank Blanch and T. J. Smeddick were In Lawrence Friday to submit bids for the building of the new law library building for the University of Kansas. Bishop Millspaugh will officiate at early communion at Grace cathedral Sunday morning and also at 11 o'clock. There will be no evening service. City Clerk Squires has completed his report on city finances for the month of June. It shows an excess of dis bursements over receipts for the month of $3,377.31. Miss Irene "Williams and Miss Iva Williams, daughters of Election Com missioner T. S. Williams, have gone to Wichita, Newton and Kingman for a two weeks' visit. A. W. Bronson has purchased the house at 1020 Harrison street where he lives and the two adjoining lots and will either rebuild the house or put up a new one this summer. The members of the Topeka baseball club will be guests at a smoker to be given by the Topeka Baseball associa tion and the Topeka Park association in the Copeland hotel ordinary tonight. Incidentally there will.be some heart-to-heart talks. On next Tuesday a special election has been called afc-which the voters of Rock Creek, Wilmington and Mission townships will vote on the .proposed electric railroad bonds, of $2,000 for each mile traversed through these town ships. The line is the Topeka, Esk ridge Council Grove railroad. The old steam fire engine, borrowed by the city for use during the time the new engines were being built, was shipped back to Cincinnati yesterday on the freight car which brought the new engines to Topeka. The old en gine was not called into use while it was making its four months sojourn in this city. The 2-vear-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Stewart, of 712 West street, had a narrow escape from deatn last night. The child swallowed a wire fence staple which lodged in its tra chae. He was taken to Christ hos pital In an almost dying condition, and Dr. W. F. Bowen opened the windpipe and removed the staple. The child will recover. Charles Crawford, a Kansas man who beat Fred Funston to an appoint ment to the United States military academy at West Point about ten years ago, is a second lieutenant at Fort Leavenworth. His unsuccessful rival Is a brigadier general in com mand of the Atlantic division with headquarters In New York city, the most important and desirable assign ment in the army. In the city league today, North To peka was scheduled for a. game with the asylum at the latter's grounds, the Santa Fe Reds to meet the Tenth Street Sluggers at Washburn field, and the Y. M. C. A. and the Santa Fe audi tors were scheduled for Lowman Hill. All the games were called at 2 o'clock so as to give the players time to see the league game between Springfield and Topeka, with Bob Robinson, a city league pitcher, In the box for the Saints. SUFFERED MANY YEARS With a Complication of FEMALE DISEASES. Two Robust Women Who Owe Their Restored Health and Usefulness to Pe-ru-na. Tens of Thousands of Testimonials Received Yearly. Thankful Women Who Have Been Cured by Dr. Hartman's Free Treatment. i Miss Elizabeth Streight, Treas urer Housekeepers' Economic Club, 328 Kast Market St., Indianapolis, Ind., writes: "I heartily endorse Peruna because I have found it to be the only medi cine that ever helped me. I suffered for years with backache and pains in the lower regions. At times I became so dizzy that I had to go to bed, and existance. was simply misery. The doctor told me that I had ulceration of the uterus and this disease had simply drained my life forces. How ever, after I began using Peruna I grew stronger and better gradually. My general health began to improve before the first bottle was used and within a month the dizzy spells were gone. I used the treatment for fully three months, each day getting better until new health and strength were restored to me. I cannot speak too highly of your wonderful remedy. It is a blessing to sick women." Miss Elizabeth Streight. "I want to do what I can to let the whole world know what a grand med icine Peruna is. For eleven years I suffered with female troubles, and complications arising therefrom. Doc tors failed to cure me, and I despaired of being helped. Peruna cured me in three short months, l can hardly be lieve It myselr, but it Is a Dlessea fact. I am perfectly well now and have not had an ache or pain for months. I want x my sufferiiiij sisters to Know what Peruna has done for me." Miss Mnrie Johnson. The above testimonial is from Miss Marie Johnson, 11 Columbia, East Detroit, Mich.; was worthy vice tem plar in Hope lodge No. 6, Independent Order Good Templars... Miss Johnson, Pe-ru-na is a Blessing to Sick Women. as so many other women also have done, found In Peruna a specific for a severe case ofiernale weakness. Pelvic catarrh is a phrase coined by Dr. Hartman, covering all that large class of diseases that used to be known as female weakness. The lower portion of the abdomen is called by anatomists the pelvis. The organs contained in this portion of the body are known as the pelvic organs. There are several of them, very delicate and very subject to catarrh. Few women escape entirely catarrh of these or gans. While each case presents some minor difference as to detail, they are all in reality alike. Pelvic catarrh therefore is a generic term that covers all cases of catarrh of the pelvic organs. There is no cure equal in promptness and permanency to a short course of Peruna. Peruna does not relieve these cases by temporarily mitigating some symptom, but by a removal of the cause. Many a woman can testify that local treatment does not permanently cure. A large multitude of women are constantly Misa Ruth Emerson, 72 Sycamore St, Buffalo, N. Y., writes I suffered for two years with Irregular and painful menstruation, and Peruna cured me with in six weeks. I cannot tell bow grateful I feel. Any agency which brings health and strength to the allilcted Is always a welcome friend, and today tha market Is ao filled with useless and Injurious me d Iclnes that it is a pleasure t o know of ao reliable a remedy a a you place be fore tha pub lic." Miss Ruth Emerson. oooooo f oing from octor to doc tor to receive local treat ment, with little or no result. In Peruna these women find a prompt and permanent cure. Thousands upon upon thousands of testimonials to this effect are received by Dr. Hartman every year. The good that Peruna has accomplished in this class of cases can scarcely be overestimated. Imitations of Pe-ru-na. Peruna has come to be recognized as the greatest remedy for catarrh in the world. At first competitors tried to deny this and insisted that their remedies were Just as good. This was found to be impossible, however, and now imitations are springing up everywhere. To succesfully palm off an imitation of Peruna even for a short time is sure to be a money-making scheme, but no one who has ever taken Peruna can be fooled on these Imitations. No con scientious druggist would sell one of them. Every purchaser should look carefully at each package of Peruna he buys to be sure that he is getting only genuine Peruna. Address Dr. Hartman, President of The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, Ohio, for free advice. wading into the bay and seizing a row boat. One seized the oars and headed for Brooklyn. A sentinel ran along the sea wall and called upon the rower to come back, but no attention was paid to him and he fired five shots. Bost wick, who lay prone in the bottom of the boat, was hit in the cheek. The bullet passed through his neck and sev ered an artery. An army boat by that time had overhauled the rowers and towed them back to the island. Bost wick's companions were not wounded. A BOLT IX MIXESOTA. PRISONER SHOT. Wliile Trying to Make his Escape From Governor's Island. New York, July 16. Three soldiers imprisoned on Governor's Island for de sertion have tried to escape in a row- boat. One of them, Private Alfred Bostwick was shot by a sentry. The bullet passed through Bostwick's jaw and he probably will die. His two com panions, when they saw Bostwick wounded, promptly stopped rowing, They were overhauled, taken back to the island and put in the guardhouse. Bostwick's companions were William Rhener and a man named Cox. They had been model prisoners and Bostwick was to have been released August 1. Rhener would have been freed two months later, but neither was aware of the shortening of their terms. The prisoners were at work on the extension of the island defense being made by filling in. No particular at tention was paid to them and they seized the opportunity to escape by Van Sant May Head an Independent Republican Ticket. Nerves They don't cry when properly FED on Grape-Nuts 'The re s a Reason" Get the little book, ."The Road to WellviUe" found in each pkg. St. Paul, Minn., July 16. Governor S. R. Van Sant is relied on to head an in dependent state ticket In Minnesota by the Republicans who are- not satisfied with the nomination of P. C. Dunn, of Prinoeton. The movement is well un der way, and a meeting will be held in St. Paul next week of those interested in the nomination of an independent licKet. Although Governor Van Sant has i:Otl intimated that he would head the ticket, the men behind the movement have neretorore Deen nis ciusewu auvia ers. They are staunch anti-merger men who admire Governor Van Sant for his fight against the railroads, and they regard the nomination of Dunn and his followers as a railroad victory designed to rebuke those who dared to insist upon the observance of laws by large corporations. Receiver for Hannah Elias's Estate. New York, July 16. The temporary injunction obtained by John R. Piatt, the aged millionaire who is suing Hannah Elias, a negro, to recover $657,000 worth of property deeded to her by him during the years 1896, 1898, 1899 and 1901, and which re strained a number of banks made party defendants to his action irom paving to Mrs. Elias any moneys held by" them on deposit by her pending the determination of the suit, has been continued by Justice Blanchard, who also announced that he would appoint a receiver of all the woman's property. He announcea, nowever, that proper allowances should be made to Mrs. Elias for living ex penses. Drops $3,000 From Car Window. Omaha. Neb., July 16. While the Northwestern night express was tra versing northern Nebraska B. F. Reavis, a merchant of Falls City, Neb., care lessly thrust his clothes, the pockets of which contained $3,00, out of the sleeper window. He supposed he was placing the garments in the hammock and did not discover the loss till day light, when the train was within a few miles' f Omaha. eRavis is said to be wealthy and able to stand the loss. Alger Sails for Europe. j New York, July 16. United States Senator Alger of Michigan and Mrs. Alger sailed for Europe today on the steamship Minneapolis. Shot at Mink, Hit His Son. Galesburg. 111.. July 16. While hunt ing mink last evening Charles Nash lind probably fatally shot his 14 year old son through the breast. Chicago and Return $20.00 via Santa Fe. Tickets on sale June 1st to Sept. j 30th, final limit returning Oct. 31st. Good via St. Louis in one direction, either going or coming. For full in formation address T. X King, C, P. i T. A.. Topeka, Just twenty dollars Chicago and back sums it 1 &At Meals by Harvey Sleepers by Pullman Engines by Baldwin Tickets by King k King of A. T, A S. F Ky., at 0p:L BED-ROOMS HOT? A. gas water-lleater-heats water- jqpt bed rooms. Leave that to the coal range. JK. Dishwater and balK water in juicH. time A fcakh. for. 3t? try it Ranges sold at cost and connected absolutely free. For the convenience of those who are unable to come to the office during the day time, the office is open evenings from 7 to 8:30 for the purpose of showing Gas ranges. EXCELSIOR COKE GAS CO. Both Phones 79. 435 Kansas Avenue. Union Printers Electric Power Six Presses PRINTINQ DEPARTMENT IS COMPLETE. Established 1 897 F- FINE WORK QUICK WORK NEAT WORK PRINTING FANCY TYPE LATE TYPE MODERN TYPE W. W. OAV1TT PRINTINQ PUBLISHING CO.. Talephons 80. T0PEK, KANSAS. 601-603 E. 4h 81raat in

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6 TOPEKA STATE JOUBNAI SATURDAY EVENING, JULY. 1 6, 1904 IS NOT YET FIXED. Fillmore Street Controrersy to Again Be in Council. ControTersj Is Orer Fire Feet of Ground. CHANGE IN THE STREET Trouble Dates Back to Adjust ment of Liues. How a Question Where Pare merit Shalt lie. Instead of being adjusted by the re cent decision of the streets and walks committee of the city council, the Fillmore street paving difficulty seems to be one of the things that is never settled like Tennyson's brook it goes on forever. The next battle will be on the floor of the council Monday night, when Councilman Neil will lead an attack on the report o the streets and walks committee. If this attack fails, the fight will again be taken into the courts. The legal stack will be direct ed against Dr. J. C. McCIintock, in an effort to compel him to give up pos session of the land which the city va cated and which thereby became part of his front yard. This Fillmore street row has been go ing on so long that the parties to it rave almost lost sight of the original grounds of contention. It has reached the stage where some of themdon't speak. At first it was purely a gen tleman's disagreement" which would be smoothed over and adjusted without the disturbance of a feather. But now It is nothing Put a neignpornooa row, of uncommon vigor. And the trouble all comes because Mr. McCIintock and his friends want the north end of the pavement between Thirteenth and Fourteenth streets laid 2 feet further east than seems desir- able to Mr. Low. and his friends. It hardly seems worth while to spend a lot of time and money quarreling about such a trifling matter. After the pave ment is once laid, nobody could tell with the naked eye which side secured the disputed 2 feet. But both sides say they are fighting for a principle," and when anybody gets that notion well imbedded in his system, there is likely to be a fireworks display later on. It requires quite a lot of ancient his tory to get back to the early founda tions of the present trouble. It seems to have begun in 1895. At that time Fillmore street was opened 100 feet wide a short distance south of Thir teenth, and then opened only 80 feet wide for another short distance. It was suggested that in order to make the street of uniform width, a little block of land about 20 feet wide and 100 feet long, marked "A" in the plat, should be vacated, and added to the McCIintock corner. It was a good thing for the McCIintock property, ana was consented to by Mr. Low who wanted to be friendly. The south end of Fillmore, at Thir teenth street, was at this particular moment just 80 feet wide, and it was at this time that the pavement on Thir teenth and north on Fillmore was laid. The pavement intersection projecting to the property line was built in the center of this 80 feet street. A few years later the Eckert family platted the south, part of the block, and opened Fillmore clear down through to Fourteenth, but they opened it only 75 feet wide. The makes the north half of the street in this block 80 feet wide and the south half 75 feet. Again it was arranged to vacate land in front of the Mc CIintock property to make the street 75 feet wide the whole distance, and another strip five feet wide, marked "B" on the plat, was annexed to the front of the McCIintock property. Strictly according to law, this va cated land should have probably been divided equally between the property on each side of the street, but as it was managed the McCIintock prop erty got It all. This reduction in the width of Fill more to 75 feet left the pavement in tersection at the north end of the street five feet closer to the Mc CIintock proptry line than to the property line of the land on the east of the street then owned by M. A. Low, but now owned by his daughter, Mrs. A. T. Reid. When the people on Fillmore street There'll Be Lots of Typhoid and Malaria This Fall. Extremely wet seasons are always sickly seasons. Wet weather breeds the fever" fungus. The water gets filthy and impure. Typhoid and Malaria re sult. The only way to escape these dis eases is to put all of the organs of the body in first class condition. Brace them up to meet the test with a good tonic. Get everything about the ma chine to running smoothly and Typhoid and Malaria, won't bother you. Hobart's Yin-Seng Tonic Is an absolute preventative of fever. It tones up the stomach, keeps the bow els regular and sets the liver right. It keeps you from getting bilious and makes you feel fine as a fiddle. Nothing equals it as a summer tonic. Neither typhoid nor malaria can get a foothold if the system is right, and Vin-Seng Tonic makes it right. If you're tired when you get up in the morning, or feel frazzled out during the day it will straighten you out. A Good Many Topeka People Have used Vin-Seng Tonic with the best of results. If you'll call we'll be glad to tell you who they are and you can ask them about it. We have a lot of written testimonials from some of the best people of the town, which ought to have weight. And we won't charge you anything for Vin-Seng Tonic unless it helps you. That's a fair proposition Isn't it? Vin-Seng Tonic, 50c per bottle; 3 bottles $1.25. HOBART'S The Cut Rate Drug Store, 500 West Tenth St. And at Dibble Grocery Co., 117 East Sixth Street and 804 North Kansas Ave., Gran ger's Grocery, Potwin Station; Weaver ft Sons Grocery. 1T01 Kansas Ave., and Cannlaf ham's Grocery, 8th and Lake. between Thirteenth and Fourteenth petitioned for pavement 80 feet wide, in the spring of 1903, all was har monious. The city council granted the petition without suspecting the dilemma which it was getting into. This was discovered before long, how ever. Two courses were open to the council: First To order the pavement laid to connect with the existing intersec tion, which would throw it five feet closer to the sidewalks on the west side of the street than to the side walks on the east side of the street. Second To lay the pavement in the center of the 75-foot street, or 2 feet further east than it would be if built to connect with the existing in tersection. This would necessitate building a new intersection. Mr. Low and Mr. Reid urged that the first plan should be adopted, and after some stormy debates before the streets and walks committee and the whole council, they carried their point. Then the McCIintock faction brought an injunction suit to re strain the city from laying the pave ment as it had voted to do. The court refused to grant the injunction, on the ground that the city council had the right to lay the pavement where it pleased. 3 n o TS lT6tHT H Si-. V. I K i irv K o 5 i terry o iwes INTIRSI.-TM ArD Burn ir CMrcTi Faction tj rvv. a ii, I coti or rait Ttwi fit The Street Intersection That Is Caus ing All the Trouble. The city officers proposed as a com promise that the pavement should be built to connect with the old intersection at the north end of the street, but should be allowed to argle just enough to be ex actly in the center of the 75 foot street at the south end of the block, and Mr. Low agreed. This was not satisfactory to the jiccuniocK crowa, nowever. Apparently the licht was over, ftxirt Mr. Low and Mr. Reid had won. But actine on the theory that the decision of the court had left the question still over for me council s action, trie MccnntocK tac tion went back before the streets and walks committee this spring with a re quest to have the pavement laid in the center 01 tne street all the way. A city eiecnon naa taKen place since tne mat ter was before the committee previously. The membership of the council had ma terially changed. A new committee was in power The committee by a vote of 4 to 2 reversed its action and the action of the council and voted to lay the pavement where the McCIintock crowd wanted it. Did the committee have any right to take such action? Was it in their power to reopen the question and recommend that the council take any further action? vv ill the council itself have the right to reopen the question a year after having given a supposedly final decision? These are questions which are raised by the uiw taction, wnicn is anxious that tmngs should remain in statu quo and that the council should keep its hands off. Next Monday night the council will de cide wnether it will take any further ac. tion. or whether it will allow its last year s verdict to stand. If the council reverses its last year's action the Low crowd will doubtless take the matter into the courts. Thev will not only try to make the council stand by its oia decision, out it will try to punlsn irr. McCIintock by taking away from him the vacated portions of Fillmore street which have been annexed to his front yard. They will claim that the vacation ordinances were illegal because they did not make an equal division or tne vacated property. nut. instead, gave it an to ur. McLiln tock. RAILROADED TO PRISOX. XesToes Hurried Throuch a Trial to Avoid a Lynching. Mount Holly, N. J., July 16. Aaron Timber, Jonas Sims and William Aus tin, negroes who confessed to assault ing Mrs. Elsie Biddle of Burlington, N. J., were sentenced to 49 years in state prison, after a record breaking trial. The men arrived in Mount Holly at 1:15 p. m. Less than half an hour later they had pleaded guilty, being given the extreme penalty of the law and had started for prison. A crowd at the rail road station hooted the prisoners, but a company of militia preserved order. Trenton was reached at 2:30 o clock and the men had begun their sentence at 2:4.- p. m. Judge Gaskill explained the swift methods employed in sending the three negroes to the state prison. He said: The rapidity with which the cases ofthe three assailants of Mrs. Biddle were tried, sentenced and sent to pris on was due to a meeting of 200 men at which arrangements were made to blow open. Mount Holly jail, secure the three negroes and lynch them. "It was the women of the county that drove the men to determine on desper ate measures." Fort Scott Gamblers Convicted. Fort Scott, Kas., July 16. In police court "Butch" Strums and the sev eral other gamblers who were arrest ed a couple of weeks ago on the charge of gambling, were convicted. In addition to the proprietor of the place three of the players were arrest ed, the case against the others being dismissed because the testimony of Marshal Mendenhall did not show that they were playing. Police Judge Hill deferred passing sentence on the defendants. They will take an appeal to the supreme court, and the cases will be fought at the next term. Colored Women Adjourn. St. Louis, July 16. The National Association of Colored Women, which ha3 been holding its fourth biennial convention here, has adjourned after electing Mrs. J. Silone Yates, of Kan sas City, president, and Mrs. Booker T. Washington, of Tuskegee, Ala., vice president. Worklne Night and Day. The busiest and mightiest little thine that ever was made is Dr. Kinc's New Life Pills. These pills change weakness into strength, listlessness into energy brain-fag into mental power. They're wonderful in building up the health. Onlv 25c 1 Sold by Arnold Drug Co., S23 North Kansas ave. Throujrh Sleeper to St, Louis, Santa Fe Leaving Topeka 4:30 p. m. and 8:00 p. m.. arriving St. Louis 7:15 a. m. CaH or address, T. L. King, C. P. T. A., Topeka, or 'phone 682. o t o 3 1 LESS THAN MILLION. Estate of the Late C. P. Amounts to $675,000. Dewey The will of the late C. P. Dewey, of Manhattan, has been made public. The LjSi A ic-K .nX Z. JiX2l- valued at $6i5,000, or a sum consider nil,... i, U" 'i" ,'"tr;. VI ported to be possessed of. Of the estate about $400,000 is classified as per- sonal property. The will has been filed for probate t Phlrn onH tho hparlur comes im next Thursday. Chauncey Dewey, the son, and Charles T. Killen of Lakeside, 111., were named as executors. To the widow of C. F. Dewey, Mrs. Gertrude M. Dewey, of Manhattan, is given only her dower rights. Mrs, Dewey not long ago asked, the courts for an order for separate maintenance which was granted. She was given a home at Manhattan Kan and ,500 per month. According to the terms of the will she will receive between one-tnira and one-half of the estate. C. P. Dewey claimed Illinois as his i xm nome unci accorumie iu nie i.i w v.. on1 ".rS'Ii.J one-half of real estate goes to the wife ii non the death of the husband. A con siHerahle nortion of the estate is in Illinois. The Droperty in Kansas, however. must bo flivlded according to the Kan saa laws ree-ardless of the place or ncM.nr. nf the owner. The Kansas laws give the widow one-half of all property. Mr. rwev will under the provi sions of the will get about $300,000. The other bequests, excepting the gift v. .i rc.ir Doupv the son. and Charles Killen. aggregate less than $50,000. The sum of from JiaO.uuu to 1400.000 will be divided between phaimrfT Dewev and Mr. Killen. a rlaiiirhter. Emma Dewey, of Mc- vinnev. Tex., receives 15.000. Other beneficiaries of special gifts are: Nan- nie M. Jr-eterson, niece. i,uvv, H Hoeit. sister. $5,000: Annie viuar- rier niece. $5,000: Alberta Hogg, niece. $3,000: Chauncey D. Hogg, nenhew. $2,000: Nancy D. Peterson, daughter of niece, $1,000; Walker F. Peterson, son of niece, $1,000. houolVgoodm the Dewey residence at 3266 Lake Park avenue are given "to Mrs. Kline, who has agreed to make me a good home at Chicago for at least ten years. I also give her ten shares in the C. P. Dewey Land and Cattle company." All the residue of the estate which remains after paying indebtedness and legacies goes to the son, Chaun cey Dewey, and to Charles T. Killen. The will was drawn in wneeiing, w. Va., and is dated June 7, 1904. DUMPED INTO RIVER. Memphis "Committee of Fifty" Hard at Work to Free City of Gamblers. Memphis, Tenn., July 16. As a result of the action of the committee of 50 in starting a crusade against gambling, and during the forenoon today roulette tahles. faro boxes, crao tables and other devices used by the sporting fraternity were carted to the Mississippi river ana dumped in mid-stream. The murder of Deputy Sheriffs Mc Dermott and Mitchell and the wound ing of others during the raid of officers on a negro gambling Joint Monday night, which resulted in the arrest and indictment of George Honan.Mike Hag- gerty, George Degg, Harry Hartley and Harry Keene, charged with the murder has set the city in a name of excite- v z?i C ,v, ment. and what promises to be the hardest fought legal battle in the local history of criminal Jurisprudence was Inaua noon, when the five gamblers were for mally presented for arraignment. Hag gerty, Honan, Degg, Hartley and Keene each pleaded not guilty to the indict ments. Congressman M. R. Patterson appeared in defense of the prisoners. District Attorney Frazer, assisted by an able corps of volunteers from the Tennessee bar, conducted the prosecu tion. United States Senator Carmack volunteered his services in the prosecu tion and will be allowed to assist. He arrWe"hWe in me to aTdrSss ,e Jury. from indications aurine tne proceed- i i w n4-i.. i Id bv both state and defendants After fhegnen Patterson indicated to the court that his clients would waive absolutely none of their legal rights. This declaration came after Frazer naa aemanaea to know if the defendants wanted copies of the indictments against them. Crim inal Judge Moss immediately ordered the clerk to make copies of each indict ment and present them to the defend ants. The formality of arraigning the pris oners occupied 25 minutes. Each of the indictments was read in full to the ac- cused, and they entered their pleas of niauuij- V' not guilty in defiant manner. f?' At 12 o clock the prisoners were iea i, ho nnnrt rnom bv the rear en- I "to tneJl0rA.r-0n!y.f I?"?" trance. JJeyuiy ut;ilil weie gumunis them, while patrolmen came into the -r, tr. renrter nnv assistance neces-

Sheriff Blackwen had the police patrol WHgUIt m;iii uunit iu nic jan niei- nvianrtAfa pr o hi'miptiT T ci trip emiH house in this vehicle and taken back in the same manner. There was no demon stration of any sort made against the quintet. Bill Posters to Help. T.,,ia -Tniv 16. The Associated psiii -Posters and Distributers of the iTr,it stntea and Canada, assembled annual convention on the world s fair grounds, tendered with out cost th, cTTifvoitinn management Us

o-iia rnnrppn ar m nrp man ai million miles of boarding throughout h TTnitorl States and Canada, for the entire month of August. The propo- sition was accepted and will be car- rled out. The cost of the service thus given free is estimated at a quarter of a million dollars. St. Ionia and Return, $7.60 via V. P. On Mondays. July 18 and 25, the Union Pacific will run special Coach Excursions from Topeka to St. Louis it 11 I f 1 1 1 1 II .1 1. Ill' I" vv hi ir VI 1 I vl w Tickets will have final return limits of seven days, good only in day coaches on any train, regular or special. Illus- tiom Inquire oj.' C.' FuTtonDepot Agent, or F. A. Lewis, City Agent, 525 Kansas avenue. 1 Exclusively Ours That pliable, rubbery collar and cuff finish that does not craejk. FAMILY WASHING. Cleaning, Dyeing, Pressing. Topska Laundry Co. LICENSE TAX QUESTION. Express Companies Testing the New City Ordinance. Argument was heard Friday after noon before Judge Hamilton regard ing the license tax recently imposed P com'pa ooiAg ruesT wltmn Dy a lately passed ordinance upon ex lne corporate limits of the town. At T i .-.7 v ivrri, iui uiciijr v. 1 1 y tv v l.v 1 1 neY of Leavenworth, appeared for the L"!, -?Jp.,.?a? ,T? "tl" k 'AJ Attorney SDencer T thl XVZf".J' v "V, '6u"cul yicuwu efa? S EEEf "fL "l state commerce law and inasmuch as it confined itself to the state in which the city was located it fail to tran scend in its powers beyond the powers usually prescribed to ordinances as passecf by cities. The attorney for the United States Express company claimed, and cited nXy".? could not impose a. tax upon the busi ness of an express company since the business of that company was not I unuiicu iu xoiieaa. uu confined to Topeka but was between mi j, I hviiiij. me ordinance was. going oe- ltself Jt attempted to tax business not confined immediately to the city in which an ordinance of the character under question was passed. Judge Hamilton has taken the question under advisement and will render an opinion next week, Monday. If adverse the United States Express company will appeal. iVTKINLEY PLAN. Will Be Followed by Senator Davis In Slaking His Campaign. Elkins, W. Va., July 16. Henry G. Davis expects to leave Elkins in the private car Graceland today for New York to Join a conference of Democrat ic leaders. Mr. Davis does not expect to make any formal speeches during the campaign. Except that he will fol low the McKinley policy and receive delegations. He has expressed his ap "f.KLnJ .e"?

ZXXZZ i S,r" X. waYhlnirton D C foVmeVlv secretary asnC,"l Aorepfy ,secla5 of the West Virginia Central railway and later a clerk in the White House, will assist Mr. Davis during the next three months and will conduct his cam paign. John T. McGraw, of Grafton, W. Va., will be an adviser of former Senator Davis. It is said that Mr. McGraw. who is the West Virginia national commit teeman, has the Democratic forces in that state well organized and he is booked to succeed Scott in the senate in event of a Democratic legislature. McGraw and Davis have always been very close personally. "Senator Davis has accepted Judge Parker's invitation to visit him at Rosemount," said Secretary Robbins today, "but the date is uncertain, de pending upon the length of the confer- ence wh,c?T begins in New York on Monday. Nothing more than this can be given out now WARE TO GO TO IOWA. Will Visit Ills Old Comrades at the o Reunion. Eugene P. Ware of Washington, D. C noted writer and commissioner of pensions, will address the survivors of the First Iowa infantry at their reunion I th itata fair. in Des Moines on the state fair grounds August 23. says the Des Moines, Iowa, relates that in reply to an invitation extended him by J. S. Clarke of that city Mr. Ware has written: "I will come to the reunion if I am alive and I am going to live on purpose to be there. When the first call for men to put down the rebellion was made there was a rush for enlistment and it was in this First Iowa that Ware with many oth ers succeeded in getting a place. They were enlisted but for three months. The men washort I onli.citf&rl in rtiT- rpcimpnta whpn t hi P V "V V were reiumeu to luwa ctnu uiBuaimcu. When the First Iowa comes together 8d XlT a fnd. ""ee" Cf reunion was held. That was during the G. A. R. encampment in Des Moines. It is expected about 50 will be present this year. It is now the plan to make Mr. ware a feature ot old soiaiers aay at tne state fair and have his address direct ed to all old soldiers and visitors as sembled. The appearance of Mr. Ware will be an interesting one. The author has an nounced his determination to write a r i.,' i accordingly ne win name mo new uun. "The First Iowa Regiment." It will be

very becoming that on the verge of launcning nis new m auuicoo memhers of that organization witn VLs The St. Louis Crippled. London, July 16. The Cunard line steamer Umbria, from New York, Julv 9. for Liverpool was in commu- nicatlon with Browhead this morn lne- bv wireless telegrapny ana report ed that on July 12 at 1 o ciock in tne afternoon, in latituae 4t.18 nortn longituae n.su wesi., one mei ic American nner st iouia, inun mncu from Southampton July 9 for New ,j i,l rPV, a. y orK. in viiwmeu i Louis had sustained damage to her machinery, DUt tne injury rmu ueen temporarily repaired ana tne steamer was proceeding at tne rate or 14 Knots an nour, "Volunteer Organist" Dead. New York, July 16. Victor H. Benke, the "volunteer organist." is dead. Many years have passed since Benke, a wretched tramp, thrilled the audience in a Bowery mission hy volunteering to fill the place of the regular musician T w.h was absent. Hw musical g if X ere f 5 th.s' used as the foundation tor numerous POn. and dramas. Benke. -ho was a I native of Austria, remained on the East side despite his sudden popularity and continued to preside at the mission or gan until his fatal illness. Margaret Hamlin Welch Dead. New York, July 16. Mrs. Margaret Hamlin Welch, widow of Philip H. Welch, the humorist, and herself long known as a writer for the newspapers and magazines, is dead from con sumption in a sanitarium at Liberty, N. Y. Catholic Knights' Secretary Dead. St. Louis, July 16. Gerard Reiter, supreme secretary of the Catholic Knights' of America, is dead at his home here, aged 5 3 years. "A Message of Hope to the Sick" watch for it in nefct Saturday's Journal. MARKETS TODAY. i Wheat Is Steady in Spite of Kausas Keports. Excellent Growing Weather Doesn't Effect Corn. LIVE STOCK TRADE. Cattle Unchanged Heavy He ceipts in Kanaas City. Hogs Ten Cents Lower in Local Market. Chicago, July 16. WHEAT A nnrphen- sions as to the effect of extremely hot weather in t h c nnrthwacf i. n,i,i. the bullish situation in Kansas, caused active covering of wheat today, resulting "uuenone. ine opening was a little easier rn lnwov K i ble weather in the southwest, September a snaoe lo wa4C, at SVli Btc. After touching 86 SSifcc, the price a,!jyanced to 87c, and then settled back to N)c. Minneapolis, Duluth and Chicago reported receipts of 223 cars, against 221 cars a year ago. aentiment continued bullish the remain der of the session. The market closed ai tne nign point, with September show ing a net train of lo. at sraif CORN Firmneu ctf n-Vio'i, r..M. ,.o ..ti the effects of excellent growing weather and Increased receipts, causing a steady tone in corn. September opened a shade .v -T4,z luwer, at iairac. September closed with a net gain of 3 )ic, at 49c after selling at 4949Ac. OATS The feature in trading in" oats was selling of September by local longs unproved weatner conaitions and buy ing of July by shorts. The Julv onti.m was firm, but the distant deliveries were easier. September opened a shade to a lower, at 3SViC to 3232c, and, sold up PROVISIONS Tradine- in urovlfdnn was extremely quiet and the market held sieaay on a small scattered demand. Sep tember pork opened with a gain of 2Mc, ai i.oi. jjara ana riDs were each un changed, at and $7.57 respectively, WHEAT Cash: No. 2 red, $1.02: No. J (old) red. 99cft$1.05; No. 2 hard, 94tt9Sc; No, 3 hard. 88&94c: No. 1 northern. 11 rwB1 No. 2 northern, 98c1.04; No. 3 spring, 90 CORN No. 2, 49V450c; No. 3, 49c. OAT9-No. 2. 37c: No. 3. 3&.C RYE July. 70c: Sept.. 5Sc. FLAX Cash: N.-W., $1.02; S.-W., $1.17 July, l.lo: &?pi., 51.10. TIMOTHY July, $2.90; Sept., $3.153.20. CLOVER-July. $10.75. BARLEY Cash: 3053c. FROM "CIDER" SMITH. Tells Why the Storm Periods Are' Not Clearly Defined. "Cider" Smith has announced the fol lowing forecast: "The reason I have fer naming a day for the weather to clear up is this: "It is a drawing line between almost continuous rains and weather more open with more clear good weather ahead. To people who observe, it is easy to see the difference. The temper ature will not run very high during the balance of July. There may be some short spurts. It will take some time to equalize the temperature of the wa ters of the great northern lakes with the land temperatures to a normal con dition. Further on in the season storm periods will be more clearly defined. The 21st and 22d will bring storm con ditions. The 27th to August 1st ciiang able and showery, August 1st might be considered a central date in the per iod. MANG: ED BY AN ENGINE. Peter Stevenson Fatally Injured Union Pacific Yards. in Peter Stevenson, colored, of 1151 Jefferson street, an employe of the Chicago Lumber company, was struck by a switch engine in the Union Pacific yards in North Topeka last evening and thrown against switch stand and lever with such force that he received internal in juries from which he will lose his life. An operation was performed by Dr. W. F. Bowen at Christ hospital by which his left kidney was removed. The force of the shock mangled the kidney and other organs to such an extent that they were rendered use less. Stevenson was about 19 years old. He had intended to catch a ride in order to cut down the distance he had to walk to his home, when the accident occurred. NEARLY $100,000 TURNED IN. Large Amount Realized from Sale of School Lands. Within the last six weeks there has been turned into the state treasury nearly $100,000 in principal and in terest from the sale of school lands. The exact amount is $9,997.64. as re ported by Captain Gibson, who has charge of the school land records in the auditor's office. Something over half of this amount is in payments on principal and the balance is interest. The principal goes directly into the permanent school fund, and the con stitution provides that that fund shall never be diminished, so that what once goes into it can never be taken out. The interest goes into tne an nual school fund, and is disbursed to the various counties of the state along' with the rest of the. annual fund. The permanent school fund now amounts to nearly $7,600,000, which is kept invested as nearly as possible in Kansas bonds. May Be No Grocers' Picnic. There may not be a grocers' picnic this year because of the failure of the Vinewood Park company to take up the matter. The grocers wish to stay in Topeka and asked id and co-operation from the park company to the extent of a $500 donation. The rail way company replied that they would refer the matter to Vice President L. E. Myers, who would be in Topeka shortly. But that "shortly" has stretched itself out into almost four weeks, and the grocers feel that the Vinewood people don't want them. They will wait a few days yet in the matter, and then probably give up the idea, although some of those having the matter in charge are strongly in favor of going to St. Joseph. Clevelands at Their Summer Home. Sandwich, N. H., July 16. Mr. and Mrs. Grover Cleveland reached Sand wich last night, and they were driven to their summer home at Whiteface. ,$7.60. St.- Louis and return, via Rock Is land system, on sale Monday, July 18 and 25. $20.00. Chicago and return via Rock Island system; good all summer. The A. P. TONE To our Patrons:- We believe that a person who can pay and won't pay, should be made to pay, for he belongs to the "dead beat" class, and the people should be protected against him. It is only fair to, assume that, in most instances, accounts placed in our. hands for collection are considered worthless. We have a system that never fails of results. We do not plead or argue the casa with anyone. No one knows more about an account than the person who owes it. The pleading and arguing has all been done between the parties interested long before the account reaches our hands. Therefore we waive preliminaries and begin, a system of in quiries among the debtor's friends and acquaintances (social as well as business) regarding his financial responsibility and standing. We advertise the account for sale in the newspapers of his town. Only as a last resort do we bring suit, for experience shown that "dead beats" fear notoriety more than law. Publicity puts a stop to his practices, since everybody is warned. It is seldom that anybody can "beat" a community after we are through with him, for he Is virtually placarded as a person who does not meet his obligations. We recognize no such word as "fail" in our line, and nothing short of a new-made grave, a well-attested cataclysm or an earthquake can bar us. We ask no fee until your account has been collected and we never return an execution proof individual's account as uncollectable un less we can accompany it with a physician's certificate of decease, or with the verdict ef av coroner's jury upon the debtor's untimely tak ing off. We make collections in all parts of the United States. Send us your old notes and accounts and we will collect them. No fee charged unless collection is made. Respectfully THE KANSAS COLLECTION AGENCY'. Range of Prices Furnished by J. E. Gall, Commissions, Grains, Provisions, Cotton and Stocks. Office 110 West Sixth street. Telephone 4S6. Correspondent Christie Grain and Stock Co., Kansas City, Mo. Chicago, July m, Open High WHEAT July 95- 97 Sept W 89 WHEAT (new) July 9(fti Sept 86 Dee 8514- S6 CORN July 49H 49 Low Close Yes 95 87 944 86 85 96 95 88-89 87- 9B4 87 85 49V4 95 86- 80 49 49 49- 44 39 32 33- 12 75 12 80 6 80 6 92 7 40 7 57 seDt 49-48 4!-l4 48- 49 Dec 44- 45- 44 45- OATS July Sept Dec PORK 39 40 32- 33 33-32 33 39 32 32 39 32 33 12 80 12 87 6 80 6 92 7 40 7 57 July Sept 12 82 LAR ID July Sept 6 92 RIBS July Sept 7 57 12 90 12 82 6 92 6 90 7 60 7 57 Kansas City Grain. Furnished by J. E. Gall, Commissions, Grains, Provisions, Cotton and Stocks. Office 110 West Sixth street. Telephone 4S6. Correspondent Christie Grain and Stock Co., Kansas City, Mo. Kansas City, July 16. Open High Low Close Yes CORN July 84-84 84 83 Sept 76 77- 76 Dec 76- 77 76 WHEAT July 48- 49 48U Sept 45 45 45 Dec 39- 40- 39 83 84 77- 76 77 76 49 45 45 40- 39 Chicago LIvetstocIc Market. Chicago. Julv 16. CATTLE-ReceiDts to day, 1.000 head. Market steady. Good to prime steers, $5.506.40; poor to medium, $4.50&5.2o; stockers and feeders, $2.504.00; cows, $1.504.50; heifers, $2.00; canners, $1.502.7O; bulls. $2.00to4.25: calves. $2.50 5.50; Texas fed steers, $4.50(56.20. HOGS Receipts today, 6,(Wtt head,-' esti mated Monday. 15,000 head. Good hogs 10c higher; no market for packers. Mixed and butchers', $5.255.60; good to choice neavy, $o.4a!j.ta; rougn neavy, i.iiras..tt light, $5.25&6.60: bulk of sales. $5.35&5.55. SHEEP- Receiots today. 3.000 head. Sheep and lambs steady. Good to choice wethers. $4.25(a6.00: fair to choice mixed, $3.504-25; native lambs, $4.0O7.00. Kansas City Livestock Mnrket. Kansas Citv. Mo.: Julv 16. CATTLE- Receipts today, 20,000 head, including 209 neaa or soutnerns. Market uncnanged. Native steers. $4.006.25: southern steers. z. 5ji4.i5; southern cows, Jl. (5(53.50; na tive cows and heifers, $2.0GSi5.00: stockers, $2.7&tr4.50; bulls, $2.50(4.00: calves, $2.50i 5.U0; western steers, $4.0OjJt.00; western cows. $2.(XWi3.75. HOGS Receipts today. 6.000 head. Mar ket steady to 10c lower. Bulk of sales. $5.305.55; heavy, $5.505.55: packers', $5.30 5.55: pigs and lights, S4.50fa5.3U. SHEEP Receipts today. 1.000 head. Market nominally steady. Muttons. $3.25 74.75: lambs, $4.OOfne.0O; range wethers, $3.75S4.75; ewes, $3.25&4.00. St. Louis Livestock Market. St. Louis. Mo.. July 16. CATTLE Re ceipts today, 1 car load. Market nominal ly steady. Beef steers. $3.50(fi6.30: stockers and feeders. $2.263.50: cows and heifers. $2.353.35; Texas steers, $2.75(ti4.10; Texas cows and heifers, $2.10vg3.25. HOGS Receipts today. 400 head. Mar ket steardy to 10c lower. Pigs and lights. $4.50fi5.25; packers'. $5.1565.35; ;butchers' and beat heavy, $5.256.55. SHEEP Market nominally steady. Na tives, $2.264.00; lambs, $3.0Wg.0O; Texans, $3.00g-4.5O. Chicago Produce Market. Chicago. III.. July 16. BUTTER Mar ket steady. Creamery, 13vgl7c: dairy. 12 15c. EGGS Market firm. At mark, cases in cluded. 1415c. CHKKSB-MarRH easy. laisles. i(S 8c; Twins, 8c; Young Americas. 838c. LIVE POULTRY Market stearlv. Tur keys, 10(llc; chickens, 11-c; springs, 14 v8l5c Kansas City Produce Market. Kansas City. July 16. Close WHEAT Receipts today. 51 cars. Quotations were steady. July, !s5c: Sept., 77i77c; Dec. 77c. Cash: No. 2 (newl hard. 92i mc: ino. a toio) nara, stxgvec; no. 3 hard, 90(ff92c: No. 2 red, 97i598c; No. 3 red, 92e. CORN Market steady. July. 49c: Sent.. 45c: Dec. 40c. Cash: No. 2 mixed. B2c- jno. 3 mixed, oic; jno. z wnite, 525Zc; jNO. A wnite, wnaic. OATS No. 2 white. 40(S42c: No. 2 mixed. R x E Market steady, 62c HAY Market steady. Choice timothv. $10.50: choice prairie, ilO.SOST-ll.OO. BUTTJiH-ureamery, limibc: dairy, 12c. EGGS Fresh, 13c. Market Gossip. Furnished by A. M. McDermott Commis sion io., BtocKS. lirams. frovisions ana Investment securities. Rooms 20 and 21, 702 Kansas ave. Liverpool closing cables: Wheat d lower; corn d lower. Grain receipts at Chicago: Wheat. 6 cars; graded, 0. Com. 288 cars: exaded. 0. Oats, S5 cars: graded, 0. Now York Stocks. Wall Street. New York. .Tnlv Id STOCKS The opening: stock market was irregular. Yesterday's strong stocks es pecially showed the effect of profit taking sales. Union Pacific, which closed !.-.st night at 97, sold at 96 and 96 on the opening transfer of 3,500 shares and then receded a fraction further and Southern Pacific declined point. These were the only notable features of the market. Moderate buying of the Pennsylvania group advanced them a fraction. There was very little of interest otherwise in railroad stocks. Prices generally stiffened fter the openlne. realizing sales were completed. United States Steel preferred was bought heavily and rose 1 points to 62. Northwestern, Delaware and Hud son and Wheeling and Lake Erie de clined 1 point and the second preferred 1 points, Erie first preferred, St. Louis Southwestern, Tennessee Coal, Locomo tive preferred. Smelting, Steel Foundry and United States Rubber preferred gained 1 to 1 points. St. Paul was pushed up 1 points in the j second hour. People's Gas gained 1 point Kansas Collection Agency. 413 Kansas Avenue, WILSON, JR. TOPEKA, Attorney. KANSAS. and United States Steel preferred extend ed its rise to 2 points. Among the special ties Rubber preferred. General Blectria and Westinghouse Electric rose 1 to 2i points. The Pacifies were quiet and did not fluctuate widely, but Union Pacifio ran off to the lowest in the final dealings and the closing was irregular. Range of Prices on Stocks. Furnished by J. E. Gall, Commissions. Grains, Provisions, Cotton and Stocks. Office 110 West Sixth street. Telephone 483. Correspondent Christie Grain and stock Co., Kansas City, Mo. New York, July IS. Stocks. Op'n High Low Cl'se Yes Sugar 129 12. 129 129 12.4 People's Gas 100 101 KH ln 10o Amal. Copper 52 53 52 53 52' B. R. T 60 5rt 50 5" 5i T. C. 1 39 39 39 39 3H U. S. Steel 11 12 11 12 11 U. S. Steel, pfd 60 62 6f 62 60 Atchison, com 76 76 75 76 75 Atchison, pfd 95 94 C. G. W 14 14 14 14 1 St. Paul 147 148 147 14 147 R. I., com 22 22 22 22 22 Wabash, com 17 17 Wabash, pfd 26 36 36 36 R6 Mo. Pacific 93 93 92 93 :st Western Union 88 87 Manhattan 151 151 N. Y. Central 119 119 119 119 11 Texas Pacific 25 25 25 25 25 So. Pacific 51 61 60 51 51 Reading 51 52 51 52 52 Eria 25 26 24 2B 25 Erie, 1st 61 63 61 63 61 Union Pacific 9 9S 95 95 9H C. O 34 34 34 34 .W B. 0 83 84 S3 84 3 L. N 115 n 115 116 11S Katy 40 40 40 4i 4 Pennsylvania 118 119 118 119 11 C. A., com 40 U. S. Leather 7 7, 7 714 7 C P. 1 32 32 32 32 32 New York Money Market. New York, July 16. MONEY Money on call nominal: no loans; time loans steady; 60 days, 2 per cent; 90 days, 2 per cent; ft m ri t u nov r 1 CLOSE: Prime mercantile paper, 3?4 noi Mint' KtArlinv cvihanM feoavv wit actual business in bankers' bills at $4. for demand and at $4.84 for 60 day bills: posted rates, $4.85i4.86 and $4.88; com mercial bills, $4.84ifi4.84. SILVER Bar silver, 58c; Mexican dol lars, 45c. BONOS Government bonds steady. New Turk Batter. New York. July 16. BUTTER Market firm and unchanged. Sugar and Coffee n New York. New York, July 16. SUGAR Raw sugar quiet. Fair refining, 3c; centrifugal, test, 3 15-164c: molasses sugar, 3c. Re fined sugar quiet. Crushed, $5.75; powder ed. $5.15; granulated, $5.05. COFFEE Market steady. No. 7 Rio, 7c. Cotton Market. Galveston, Tex., July 16. COTTON Market steady at 10 13-lSe per pound. New York, July 16. COTTON Sales to day, 2.244 bales. Spot cotton closed quiet. Quotations per 100 pounds: Middling up lands, $11.00; middling gulf, $11.25. Wool Market. St. Louis, Mo., July 16. WOOL Market steady. Territory and western mediums, 19&21c; fine mediums. 15fal7c; fine, WglBe. Topeka Market. Topeka, July IS. HOGS. MIXED AND BUTCHERS' $4.8.5.05 HEAVY S.OiS.lO LIGHT 4.70i5.00 GRASS CATTLE. COWS $25vs?3.00 HEIFERS 2.5013 .25 BULLS 2?i3.()0 CALVES MAi&3.d0 DRY LOT CATTLE. STEERS $4.00ff?5.nO HEIFERS 4.004.75 COWS 3.OC54.0O VEAL CALVES 3.00iSj3.50 GRAIN. NO. 2 WHEAT JKVs NO. 3 WHEAT 7Xc WHITE CORN 60c YELLOW AND MIXED CORN 51c NO. 2 OATS 3Xo NO. 3 OATS 36c FRUITS AINU V fcUKTAMLKS. (Furnished by 8. E. Lux, successor to W. O. Anderson Co., 210 Kansas ave- nUe-J FRUITS. ORANGES Valencia, $3.25??3.75 per box; Mediterranean Sweets. $3.15a3.65 per box. LEMONS California, per box, $2.35 (E2.75. BANANAS Per bunch, $1.75ff2.75. GOOSEBERRIES 24-quart crate. $2.50. RASPBERRIES 24-quart crate, $2 50. RASPBERRIES 24-quart crate. $2.00. CHERRIES 24-quart crate, $1.601.75. BLACKBERRIES 24-quart crate, $1.75. HUCKLEBERRIES 24-quart crate. .(0. APPLES Per 1-3-bu. box, 75c. CURRANTS Per 24-quart crate, $M.75. PEACHES Elbertas, per 4-basket crate, 80c TEXAS PEARS Per 1-3-bu. box, $1.25. STRAWBERRIES Colorado, 24-quart crate, $2.503.00. VEGETABLES. GREEN BEANS Per -bu. box. 40c. WAX BEANS Per 1-3-bu. hox, 40c PEAS Per -bu. basket, 60c. CUCUMBERS Per 1-3-bu. box, 90c. NEW POTATOES Per bu., $1.10. TOMATOES 4-basket crate. $1.00(31.10. CABBAGE $1.10tl.l5 per cwt. HONEY 24-rack cases. $3.00. TEXAS CANTELOUPES Per. crate- $2.WK&2.25. WAlK-K.nrjLivio w.tf'na.w per aozen. FULL CREAM CHEESE. Kansas Y. A., per lb v;0 New York State (white), per lb llc Brick, per lb 131,, T.lmhurirer. Der lb i3 Block Swiss, per lb............. 150 BLlibK, Wilis, f.J L L1K Y. POULTRY Young roosters, 20c earh- hens, 7c lb.; broilers, 15c lb. BUTTER uouniry, 11c. HAY. PRAIRIE Balod. per ton $7.5f5f S CO PRAIRIE Ixiose, per ton 7.0Oflsi(0 NEW PRAIRIE 6.5Vf.7 50 ALFALFA Loose, per ton 7.0O-S8 no STRAW Baled, per ton 6.00-u7.00 Topeka Hide Market. Topeka. Julv 1(t (Prices paid in Topeka this week, "based on Boston Quotations: GREEN SALT CURED s- NO. 1 TALLOW 40 1

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TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL BAnVTtTAEVJSNINQ, JULY 3 6, 1904. SINGERS AT PLAY. llow Famous Prima Donnas En joj Their Vacations. Host of Them Seek quiet Cor ners in Europe. MELBA ON THE THAMES Besides a Country Seat Main tains a London Home. Jttme. Kordica Only One Who Re mains in America. No one class of persons flits more nuioiriv or unanimously to Europe than thi rrcat nrima donnas. One night the curtain goes down on the The next day the nre art on tVi bounding DlllOWS When they return in the autumn for a fresh installment of American dol lars they tell you how dearly they int-o imrir.a. But they get away from it Just as soon as they can after the last installment of their salary for the season has been added to their bank accounts. Thnnirh these singers are paid from even to ten times the amount here thax they get abroad, and might pre fer to stay in this country between onenns thfv reeoenlze the above facts and hasten away with the end of the season. Most of them own handsome villas, and Mme. Melba maintains, besides a rmmtrv Koat on the Thames, a fine house In London at No. 30 Great Cum berland place, Hyde park. This Lon don home is richly and elaborately furnished, as may be judged from the fact that her own bedroom contains a toilet st of gold. The prima donna, however, prefers her much less pre tentious country seat. Quarry Wood, near Great Marlow, on the Thames. Here she has her sister and little niece as frequent visitors. One of the prima donna's methods f amusing herself is boating on the Thames. Part of the time she glides along the waters in an unusually swift and well-finished electric launch. She also is fond of the punt, the typical English pleasure boat. When the white flag with the double-tailed red lion is hoisted over the Torre dl Campiglioni, near Val lombrosa, in the Apennines, and over looking the valley of the Arno, the dwellers in the valley and on the hillside know that Mme. Emma Eames and her husband, Mr. Julian Story, will soon be at their castle for their summer outing. The prima donna calls the castle "Julian Story's Baby" because he planned the structure and watched its building with such keen interest. Mme. Eames is so fond of It that although she always plans to go to Home fete or on a visit or two during the summer, once she is safe at Cam piglioni she stays there until her holi day Is over. Usually she puts in thir teen solid -weeks there. The famous singer says that at her castle "nothing is too good for dogs," and that during the summer she al most "is buried under dogs." She has three deerhounds, three dachs hunds and two of, the famous Marem ma sheep dogs. Mme. Eames life at Campiglioni is one of perfect freedom. After her morning's vocal exercises (all her later roles have been studied at the Torre) and her long walk in the afternoon, the sense of freedom is not allowed to depart. For dinner is served out on the loggia with a full view of the long and beautiful sweep of the Val d'Arno. where the river passes through the hills of the famous woods of Val lombrosa on its course toward Flor ence. If Mme. Eames at Campiglioni is "buried under dogs," Mme. Schuman Heink in her pretty villa near Dres den is buried under babies. Such a lot of children (eight), especially for a prima donna! She dotes on them, says it does her voice good to have them; adds that If she ever feels her voice giving out she'll have another. Her name is Ernestine, and her villa is called Villa Tini. It is at Koetzschenbroda, near Dresden. Her greatest delight there is to be with her large family. Indeed, this fam ily is in her thoughts even when she is singing in America. Once when at a rehearsal of "Rheingold," at the Metropolitan opera house, the appa ratus for hoisting and lowering the Rhine Daughters got out of order and Mme. Schuman-Heink. who was one of the trio, remained suspended high in the air, she called to the stage manager "Well, this is a nice posi tion in which to leave the mother of eight children!" Youngest and smallest, but by no means least, among her pets at Villa Tini is her "American boy," George Washington Schumann, who was born .in New York during her first Ameri can season. The great contralto tosses him up on her shoulders and rides him pickaback or seats herself in a children's wagon and allows George Washington and Maria Theresa to drag the wagon, while Ferdinand hove from behind. Mme. Schu-mann-Heink is domesticity itself. Mme. Sembrich spends about two months all told in her villa in the rarden district of Dresden. The rest of the time she and her husband, Profesor Stengel, who has known her since she was a child and has had charge of her musical career since she was very young, spend their holiday in mountain climbing, chiefly in Switz erland. Mme. Sembrlch does not take part in the Covent Garden season. "But, Wilhelm," exclaimed a Ger man manager last summer when Pro fessor Stengel declined all continental engagements for his wife, "has Mar cella become wholly American?" It would seem so. The Russians among whom she made her early rep utation and with whom she is as pop ular as she is here, have tried many times to induce her to return to St. Bronchitis Ayer's Cherry Pectoral is the only medicine you need. We have been saying this for 60 years. If you want additional proof, ask your own family physician. We will abide by his de- .1.!.- J. C. iTtT CO.. ItaiUII. Low.ll. M """-""!B iMiiM i lilisisni itirilisssisii II ill il II HilSiMii It 1 Miss Barrymore is now appearing the new play she will take to New York ever produced on an American stage. Petersburg again, but llhelm is obdurate. Mme. Ncrdica is making a great exception this summer and intends to pass it in this country. She usually troes to a little village in the Black Forest, where she spends most of her time roaming over the mountains. Afterwards she visits St. Moritz. It is inspiring to see her, with al penstock in hand, like Brunnhilde's spear, standing on a high rock, and when, amid the grand environment of mountain and forest, she gives the weird, wild Walkure shout the effect simply is thrilling. THE CLARKES DIVORCED. The Wife Sued Her Actor Husband and Secured Decree. Six years ago, when Mr. and Mrs. Harry Corson Clarke first came to To peka, a bride and groom.the groom was the star in "What Happened to Jones," and now comes the startling news that Mrs. Clarke was granted a di vorce from her actor husband on ser ious grounds. The divorce shatters an other romance. News from New York says that Su preme Court Justice Gildersleeve sign ed the decree after a sensational suit, in which the most incriminating evi dence was offered by Miss Adelaide Deming, the twin sister of the plaintiff. It was to the effect that the handsome actor had been paying no end of atten tions to a pretty chambermaid of the Hotel St. Andrew, where the Clarke family made their home. The strange happenings were related at length by Miss Deming, who confessed to having taken upon herself the character of a sleuth, and although. Mr. Clarke enter ed a complete denial of the charges he made no effort to defend the suit. Ac cordingly the wife was freed, but-the matter of alimony upon wmcn sne laid much Btress has not yet been settled. The romantic career of the Clarkes has always been a topic of considerable interest. Clarke up until ten years ago was a struggling thespian with more talent than funds to develop it. When he struck San Francisco with the James NelU company he was playing one of his greatest roles, which, by the way, he later abandoned. He made an impression on the two lovely Dem ing girls, daughters of a wealthy and retired business man, and by the time he had played his season there he was in a fair way to win the affections of Miss Alice. A shorttime after the en gagement was announced and the mar riage followed. Then suddenly the for tunes of the young man changed. The two settled in Denver and were lavish ly entertained. Mrs. Clarke was by her culture and refinement a reigning belle wherever she went and society extend ed a welcome hand to her and her clever husband. In a short time Mr. Clarke owned his own company and was its star. Whenever the company came to Denver it was the signal for more entertaining, and now every one is wondering how that "dream of love" could ever have been shattered. Miss Adelaide Deming, the twin sis ter, is also known in Denver. She, too.is pretty and cultured, and the part she has played in the finale of the romance is a surprise to many friends. BOSTON COUBEITS NERVE. Slayer of .Tolin Wilkes Booth Visited Edwin Booth. The ingratitude of deadheads is a favorite theme of managers, and it is seldom that you get a group of them together that they will not "swap" yarns about the impossible man who accepted a pass and then came out and tried to thrash the management for providing an entertainment. One of the best stories of the deadhead was frequently told by the late Stuart Robson. Edwin Booth, Lawrence Barrett and the comedian were discussing dead heads one day on Mr. Robson's ver anda, at Cohasset. and Barrett and Robson were telling some of their most wonderful experiences, while Booth sat by and silently listened. Barrett finally was about to claim the prize for what he considered the best story, when Booth turned about and said, quietly: "I can tell you of an experience still more remarkable." "There was something so odd in his voice," said Robson, in relating the incident, "that both Barrett and my self looked at one another and ner vously wondered what was coming." "Not so very long ago," went on Booth in a tone which was in strange contrast with the laughing manner In which the conversation had be fore been carried on. "I was playing in Philadelphia. A note was brought back to me. It was a request for two seats, and the only reason that the man ascribed for expecting the pass was that he thought I might remem ber his name. The note was signed 'Boston Corbett." "Barrett looked at me and I looked at Barrett." said Mr. Robson, "and then we sat silent a statues, not dar ing to move for several moments. Finally Barrett summed up enough courage to get up and steal into the house and I quickly followed him, leaving Edwin Booth seated there with a far-away look in his eyes, thinking of the nerve of the man who killed John Wilkes Booth." The Impersonator. From Miriam Michelson's Novel of Stage Life, "In the Bishop's Car riage." The first one was bad. I gave them Duse's Francesco. You've never heard fa. on the Pacific Coast. She says, that in September is one of the greatest the wailing music in that woman's voice when she says: There is no escape, Smaragdl. You have said it: The shadow is a glass to me, and God Lets me be lost. I gave them Duse just to show them how swell I was myself; which shows what a ninny I was. The thing the world loves is the opposite of what it is. The pat-pat-pat of their gloves came to me when I got through. They were too polite to hiss. But it wasn't necessary. I was hissing my self. Inside of me there was a long, nasty hiss-ss-ss! I couldn't bear it. I couldn't hAi- to De a failure with Latimer listen ing, though out there in that queer nau-iigni i couian t see him at all, but could only make out the couch wnere I knew he must be lvino- just Jumped into something else to retrieve myself. I can do Carter's uu isarry to the aueen's taste. Ma t-rf That rotten voice of h Douty's but stronger and surer; that rocKy oia iace, pretending to look young ana Deautitui. inside that ta.l ented red hair of hers; that whining 'Denny! Denny," she squawks out ev ery otner minute. Oh, I can do Du tsarry, ail right! j.ney tnought I could, too, those macK ana wnite shadows out there, on the other side of the velvet mr. tains. But I cared less for vhit thought than for the fact that I had uruwnea mat spluttering hiss-ss-ss inside of me. and that Latimer AiiiuiiK- mem. uiera warneifl. ihpn- I woo always good at taking off the sheenies in me aney Denina tne Cruelty re u.cutuei gave mem that little liiii-ii-uuKea iviauae Adams an rl-.. corKing little Mrs. Flske, and Henrv Mt Ian wnite Dreecnes Iovine-lv nnri otn m j Aiiey, ana strutting old l'HH1.311CUl, 1 1 U oay. isn t it funny, Mag, that I've 1 -ft, na know all they can "cj- uccu my conege edu cation, that crowd. Not a bad one C I V wnen y come to think of x w arned-irom it. In the Bishop's Carriage, chapte THE STORY TELLERS. Jokes and Pranks of the Actors on and Off the Stasre. hb was anxious to get to his seat and he rushed past the doorkeeper at the head of the gallery stairs and sank with a sigh of relief and considerable panting into the best seat that was of- rerea, according to the Pittsburg v-jiiumcie. cut wnen tne play was but little more than started he rushed back again to the doorkeeper, and, quite as much out of breath as' before, demand- ea: "Let me have my ticket." "What!" "The ticket I grave you. Let me have it again. "G'wan! It's locked up in the box, replied the ticket taker. "Don't you iiK.e tne snow "Heaven help me!" cried the stranger. "What's the matter, pard?" asked the ticket taker, showing a glint of sympathy. "I gave you the wrong ticket. Here here's yours," and he handed out the regular gallery admission coupon. But wnat was the other one you snovea on mer snoutea the ticket taker. "It was my new meal ticket, and now l can t eat. After the performance, when the big tin box was opened, the meal ticket was fished out and the stranger went around to a restaurant to get an oyster stew. W. S. Gilbert lives a semi-retired life as a country gentleman. He is one of the bench of Harrow magistrates, and occupies some of his leisure in dispens ing justice doubtless with the acumen depicted in "Bat Ballads." Ax. A. P. says: "Two cattle dealers were standing outside the courthouse one day, dis cussing a case in which one said to the other in reference to W. S. Gil bert. J. P.: Truss. 'E's a good sort an' a clever sort, as I 'ears. You wouldn't think that man 'ad wrote plays for the theayters, would yer, now?' 'No?' said the second cattle drover, with an up ward sweep of the voice, at once re luctant, philosophical and inwardly in terrogative, 'no p'rhaps not! But we all have our beginnings!' George W. Primrose, the millionaire minstrel, likes big dogs, but detests small ones. "I especially detest," said Mr. Prim rose, on his recent wedding day, "your When Danger Signals your liver out of order, con stipation, or your stomach not working right, it's a sign of distress which, unheeded, will lead to trouble it is time to take Beecham's Pills Bold Everywhere. In boxes XOc and 2Sa TRAGIG2IN5QMNIA Murderous Rage Caused by Lack of Sleep Proves Fatal to Two People, r A fearful tragedy recently occurred in Philadelphia where a prominen chemist shot both his wife and himself after a desperate struggle. His physi dsns are reported as saying that the terrible affair was due to mental de rangoinent caused by sleeplessness. Many suffer from this cause with out knowing how to obtain relief while their conditions daily grows more des perate. All such will read with interest how Mr. Thomas Hessian, of South Hampton, N. finally suc ceeded in ridding himself of an attack of insomnia which baffled the skill of his physician. Mr. Hessian is a farmer and is in the habit of retiring very early. It was in April, 1903, that he found he could no longer get the sleep that he needed to fit him for his day's duties. "I would turn from one side to an other in bed," says Mr. Hessian, "but I could not get over fifteen minutes' sleep before I was awake again, and when I got up in the morning I was more tired than when I went to bed at night. I consulted a physician, who said I had Insomnia. He prescribed for me but his medicine did me no good and I began to feel that I would have to give up work altogether. "While I was in this miserable state and utterly discouraged, I chanced to see an advertisement of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People and was so impressed by the evident truthful ness of the statements made that I made up my mind to give the rem edy a trial. "It was in June that I took my first dose or the pills. Jierore I had fin ished the first box I noticed a slight improvement in my condition, and as I continued to use the remedy the benefit became more marked until, when the fifth box was gone I could enjoy a sound, restful sleep and wake up in the morning refreshed and ready to take up my work with my old- time energy. My health has since remained excellent; I have a good ap petite, strength to do a hard dav's work and ability to sleep soundly and to wake up in buoyant spirits. Insomnia ultimately wrecks health completely and renders the victim un- ht tor any mental or physical work Its earliest manifestations should be regarded as a grave menace and should De cneckea at once. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills are a safe as well as an effectual remedy. They contain no opiates, but furnish ele ments to the blood which put the whole system in a condition in which sleep becomes perfectly natural. They are sold by all druggists throughout ine worm. tiny, white, toy poodle. I found out last week, though, that fte toy poodle hfa Mo "I was passing when I found this out the house of a friend of mine, and my friend's colored coachman stood on the piazza cleaning the windows with a long handled mop. A ..curious noise accompanied the cleaning and I stop- pea. 'John,' I said, what 'kind of a mop are you using tnere? 'Hit am de missus' :toy poodle,, tiejd to ae ena oo ais pole, John answered with, a grin. 'De missus done tole me to wash da poodle, an' so ah'm a-killin' two birds wiv one stone washin' de poodle an de winders at de same time. san. i. 'John, said I, 'you are a wise man. No one but you ever put a poodle to good use before. "And as I walked away the dog's shrieks rang in my ears musically. Wilton Lackaye tells of a Chicago woman about to wed who was one day amusing herself by going over the mar riage service. To a friend who discov ered her, prayer book in hand, the Chicago girl said: "I always make it a point to do this, for no matter how well you may have known a part In the past it should al ways be rehearsed before the piece is revived." Then, rather playfully, she read the words, "Till death do us part.' Whereupon her friend interrupted: "How foolish that is, isn't it, dear? Sounds like one hasn't any confidence in the courts!" MUSICAL NOTES. Signer Giusseppe Campanlarl. whose artistic performances as a member of the Metropolitan Opera company have placed him in the front rank or bary tones of the day, will not be with the company next year. Beginning in Oc tober he will be heard in concert work with a company of his own, singing principally in the east, south and mid dle west. Felix Weingartner, whose artistic achievements are not confined to the baton alone, has just published a short biographical and critical study or tne Swiss poet. Carl Spitteie. This is not. however, the great conductor's first venture in the literary field. One of the many reforms promised by Heinrich Conreid when he assumed di rection of the Metropolitan grand opera enterprise, but which was found im practicable last year, is now assured for the forthcoming season. The Italian operas will be sung by Italians exclus ively, or nearly so. ana tnere is expect ed an increase of effectiveness that shall be well worth the additional trou ble and expense. The 11-year-old violinist Franz Von Vecsey has conquered London, as he had conquered the cities of Germany. Several extra concerts had to be given by him, and the critics are unanimous in his praise. The ease with which he overcomes difficulties is described as positively uncanny, and the elegance of his phrasing as incomprenensiDie in so young a player. One writer predicts that he "will be such a player as tne history of music knows not at present. For all the famous violinists have had their limitations, whereas Franz Von Vecsey is equally good in all schools or music. Paganini and Bach came alike to him; he excels In virtuoso music,' and yet has warmth and sentiment, as he showed once again in an arrangement of Schubert's 'Ave Maria,' played as an encore after the Tartinl sonata." Sir Arthur Sullivan left at the time of his death, some unpublished manu script songs, which were afterwards ac quired from his nephew by the firm of Novello. Two of them have been just published, and are entitled "Longing for Home" and "To One in Paradise." The last is a setting of Edward Allan Poe's well known poem, and will be heard at several London and provin cial concerts during next autumn. Victor Herbert has completed the score for his new opera. "The Enchant ed Isle," which Hamlin, Mitchell, and Fields will present early In the season at the Boston theater. A party of Mr. I Herbert's personal friends were prlvl- Jth a private no hearing of music to be in his lightest and most spariuing vein. Report has it that Massenet is about to begin work on two new operas, on a grand opera entitled "Ariane." and the other a lighter work. The libretti are by tne .French poet Catulle Mendes, The French government has again conferred a decoration on John Philip Sousa. Three years ago, in recognition or his services at the Paris exposition. the conductor, received the "academic palms," which carried the title of "Of ficer d' Academic Francaise." Mr. Sousa has received notice of his pro motion to "Officer de l'lnstruction Pub lique" of France, in a letter from Paul Lasrombes, secretaire particular de ministre de l'lnstruction .publique et des beaux arts, now at St. Louis. The new distinction gives Mr. Sousa the golden palms and rosette of the French acad emy. He is the only American who has received this decoration. Mr. Sousa is also a member of the Royal Victorian Order of England, having been decora ted by King Edward -VII in 1901. THEATRICAL NOTES. Richard Mansfield has secured act ing rights to a new play, dramatized from Jack London's "The Sea woir and Mr. Mansfield will appear as Wolf Larsen, the skipper of the faweaish barque. Larsen is an odd combina tion of many qualities. His high in tellectualiry, coupled with almost ab solute bestiality, at times makes the transition from one side of his nature to another a strange mixture. Mrs. Henry Clay Barnabee has an original method of securing and pre serving the signatures of famous per sons. She has a beautiful tablecloth containing the signatures which she has embroidered of notable lignts in the political, musical, dramatic, lite rary and financial worlds. Among the names that are conspicuous are Calve, Schumann-Heink, Jean De Reszke, President McKinley, Secre tary Root, President Roosevelt, Gro- ver Cleveland, Edwin Booth, John McCuliough, William E. Gladstone, Eugene Field, and many others, all of whom Mrs. Barnabee has met. In the center of the cloth is an em broidered facsimile signature that Mrs. Barnabee prizes above all oth ers. It is that of Henry Clay Barna bee. A few weeks ago Arthur Bourchier, the London theatrical manager, re ceived a. little comedietta, unsigned, with the request that it be read care fully and if found lacking to be re- turned to a certain address. The author didn t expect it to be ac cepted and accordingly did not like to give his name on first presentation Much to his surprise, Mr. Bourchier found the playlet of real merit and accepted it. upon subsequent Inves tigation he found that its author was Alfred Austin, the poet laureate. Although Mrs. G. H. Gilbert Is one of the most prominent actresses in the country and has played many not able parts, her tour In "Grandma," the play written for her by Clyde Fitch, and in which she will take her fare well of the stage, will be her first starring venture. The venerable act ress is in her' 83rd year, and is be- loved by the whole profession, whose members 'affectionately call her the name 'Mr?': Fitch has selected for the title of his play. Although Delia Fox has returned to the stage at intervals during the last few years, her health has had much tot do with the failures which have fallen to her lot.- She has Just left a sanitarium where she remained for an eight week cure of nervous prostration, and Jt is said that she will be; seen next season in a musical com edy entitled "A West Point Cadet. in which there was once a plan to star Mabelle Gilman. It is in the nature. of a coincidence that just at the time De Wolf Hopper is appear ing in a revival of -"Wang," Miss Fox Fhould again-come into Public notice. or tne many- parts in which she has appeared, none won for her more sue cess uian aia mat. .or jwataya in that opera,, which permitted the singing or tne summer night song.. Denman Thompson will open the regular season at the New York the ater September 5 in "The Old Home stead." This date will signalize the beginning of Mr. Thompson's fifty-first season as an American actor, and the eighteenth consecutive season of "The Old Homestead, originally produced at til e Boston theater in April, 18S6. When William A. Brady and Joseph Grismer revive Bartley Campbell's aiDeria in October, all the spectac ular features of the original represen tation of the play are to be restored The first two acts will be laid in Kish- lnerr ana Mr. jsraay will manage a new stage mob portraying the mas sacre of the Jews. Henry W. Savage's pictorial produc tion of "Parsifal" in English is now completed, and the entire cast has been formed. The first representa tion of the Wagner music drama will be given in Boston, October 19. Slimmer Coal Prices. As an inducement to those contem plating putting in a supply of coal early, we will deliver coal at follow ing prices: Lehigh Valley Anthracite, 10.75 and $11 per ton. Ouita Arkansas Anthracite No. 4, for base burners, $8.50 per ton. Ouita grate and egg, for furnaces. $7.60 per ton. Ouita lump, for furnaces, $7.25 per ton. Semi-anthracite CJennyLInd), $5.75 per ton. Frontenac lump and grate, for fur naces, $4.75 per ton. Frontenac nut, for ranges, $4.50 per ten. Osage City shaft, $4 per ton. Burlingame shaft, -$3.75 per ton. These prices are subject to advance at any time,' and if they appeal to you, it would be well to have your or ders soon. We will guarantee the quality of all these coals. THE SOUTHWESTERN FUEL CO., 735 Kansas avenue. Tel. 133 and 144. Night Was Her Terror. T would couerh nearly all niht lone writes Mrs. Charles Applegato of Alexan dria, ana., ana uouiu naraiy get any leep. I naa consumption so oaa that if waixea oiocK i wouiu coug-n ingntrui- ly and spit Diooa, nut, wnen all other medicines failed, three $1.00 bottles of Dr. King's New Discovery wholly cured nie and I gained 5S pounds." It's abso lutely guaranteed tt cure coughs, colds, la grippe, bronchitis and all throat and inTur troubles. Price 50c and $1.00. Trial bottles free at Arnold Drug Co., 8a N. Kansas ave. Tt warms the heart like sunshine, cheers the soul like wine, gives hope for the fu tnr. blots out the past. That's what Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea does. 35 cents. Tea or laoieis. uiuui urug co. $20.00. Chicago and return via Rock Island system; good all summer. II L &kTHESUPREME,INVIHCIBlE, m if VICTORIOUS MONARCH m Sv' f JSlll?FTMC AMUSEMENT WORLD I wwkSj v NOVELTY' fliJ 3 ""'"T"Vj'v4 .XjXZ. RIDERS. I Wff-nicr J I Now dded without any addition In price to THE BIGGEST SHOW ON EARTH. Depleting with Historical Accuracy and Truth the Trial and Triumphs of tha DELIVERY OF JERUSALEM PROlVf THB SARACENS BY, THE CRUSADERS. 1,200 CHARACTERS IN THE CAST. 300 DANCING GIRLS 200 Chorus SINGERS. SO MUSICIANS Grand 68-Stop Pipe Organ. ENORMOUS 85 DOUBLE LENGTH RAILROAD GARS 1,280 PEOPLE et r u o'n oco uuu nunocoi 3 MILE LONG PARADE EVERY MORNING AT 10 O'CLOCK. TWO PERFORMANCES DAILY AT 2 AND 8 P. M. Doors open 1 hour eartlar. One 50 Cent Ticket Admits to Everything CHILDREN UNDER 1Z YEARS HALF-PRICE. Admission Tickets and Numbered Reserved Seats will be oil sale show day at Rowley Snow's drug store, corner the same price charged at regular ticket Topeka, Saturday, July 23rd. The First National Bank OF TOPEKA, KANSAS. Depository of the State of Kansas, Shawnee County, anl the City of TopeKa. PAID-UP CAPITAL OFFICERS: Wm. Sims, President. W. H. Rossington, Vice President. C. E. Hawley, Cashier. C. S. Bowman, Assistant Cashies, DIRECTORS A. A. Robinson, W. H. Rossington, Wm. Sims, Chas. J. Lantry, Chas. J. Devlin, W. A. Stephen. C. E. Hawley. Interest paid on Time Deposits. Foreign Drafts on all Principal Points. Letters of Credit issued. Small Accounts as well as Large I I III I 111 M'HI l-'I'H MIt1"rfl'tWH'l"HIH'l II m J. C, ELLIOTT J General Sporting Goods Fish Nets, Seines and Seine Twine, Trot Line. Staging Hooks, Japa nese Bamboo Poles, Mississippi Cane Poles, Joint Rods and Artificial Baits, Boat Oars and Oar Locks, Picnic Refrigerator Baskets. Base Ball Goods, Spra.tt'8 Patent Dog Food and Medicines. 728 KANSAS AVE.. Ind. Phone 1325. Everybody Reads AND THE CRUSADES 2,000 Costly Costumes. SCENERY. 40 BIG AND LITTLE ELEPHANTS 108 WILD ANIMAL GAGES $3,700,000 CAPITA!" INVESTED suoo actual daily expenses Sixth and Kansas avenue, at exactly wagons on the show grounds. $300,000 receive the same careful attention. Rubber Tires Our Specialty. Carriage Repairing, Painting and Trimming. T. F. Lannan 502-504 Jackson St. 728 the State Journal

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TOPEKA STATE JOXmNAjCsATORDA Y EVENING. JULY 10. 1904. 8 POLICE JOTTINGS. Wm. Spend lore Ituns into a Koom Full of Trouble. 9 cent sale at the "Topeka Cash" this morning and while in the midst of the frenzied groups of bargain hunters captured several pairs of fancy hose and then with a thought of higher things made a raid on the perfumery counter- He was not permitted to en joy the fruit of his labors for a clerk held him until the police came when he was transferred to the station. His trial will be set later. Gus Davis, who belongs in the same galaxy of artists as McCord, was let go with a reprimand from Judge Ham ilton Friday afternoon. Davis is the boy who got up with the birds and took five Capitals from the porches of as many wrathy citizens. Monday Morning THERE IS NO FLOUR THAT WILL EQUALS at the Borrowed a Watch But (jets a Fiaeoft$25. TAYLOR'S 0 Cent From 9 o'clock until 9 minutes after 9 9 yards Crash Toweling 9 eents TOO SLOW ABOUT IT. Didn't Ketarn the Timepiece as Soon as He Should. RFECTION TOO STRENUOUS. PE Many additional bargains placed on sale Monday. i Special Bargains in Skirts, Waists, Petticoats, Wash Snits, Etc. J I The Topeka Cash Dry Goods Company J 1 SlftlPLE CEREMONIES. Will Characterize the Formal NotiB cation at Oyster Bar- Oyster Bay, July 16. President Roosevelt and Secretary Loeb are per fecting arrangements for the cere monies incidental to the president's formal notification of his nomination, which will take place at Sagamore Hill on the 27th instant. All of the details have not yet been worked out. but the preparations practically nave been completed in a general way. The ceremonies will not be elabor ate or ostentatious. Indeed, they will be marked by simplicity. About 100 people, including the members of the national committee, will be present. Speaker Joseph Cannon, the chairman of the notification committee, will de liver to the president the committee's announcement. To this the president will respond at some length. As now arranged the president and Speaker Cannon will address the little assem blage from the veranda of the Saga more Hill home. The ceremonies will take place about 1 o'clock in the after noon. At the conclusion of his ad dress, the president will entertain those present at luncheon. After luncheon the members of the commit tee will return to the village in time to catch the afternoon trains for New York, as the accommodations of the village are not adequate for the crowd of 100 persons. Todav at Sagamore Hill was very quiet, no visitors having official busi ness with the president were received. The President and Mrs. Koosevelt will entertain some house guests over Sun- da.After transacting the usual amount of routine business with Secretary Loeb, the president devoted the re mainder of the day to recreation with members of his family. Parker Money Is Scarce. New York. July lS.-Sam Bernard, the comedian sent S1.0CO Roosevelt money to the Broad street curb today. It was placed with Percy Guard, who offered to bet it against $700 of Parker money. He was unable to place it. There was a lot more Koosevelt money around at 10 to 7, and one lot of $V') to $300 was offered on Roosevelt by Captain Bryan. The Parker men were continuing to "hold off for better odds, though there were some small lots of Parker money of fered at 3 to 5. One of the larger offers was Jl.oOO to $2,000 by Isaac McArthur. It was reported on the curb that Tom O'Rourke of the IVlavan hotel had sent down to the curb considerable Parker money todav. but if it was there it was not offred at better than 1 to 2. A bet of $100 even was made by W. G. Gallagher that Roosevelt will carry s New York state, the Parker end being taken by a consolidated exchange broker. Excursion to Kansas City, Santa Fe. Sunday. July 17. Round trip $1.25. Tickets at Rowely Snow's and Santa Fe depot. Train leaves 8:00 a. m. Everybody invited. BANKER LOST IX A JCXGLE. L. G. Wettling of Lincoln, Xcb., Has Thrilling Experience In Mexico. Lincoln, Neb., July 16. Louis G. Sett ling, a banker, and C. E. Ross, a busi ness man, both of this city, have had a thrilling adventure in Mexico, according to advices received today from Vera Cruz. The two men went to Mexico to buy timber lands and on a cruise in a canoe their boat capsized and they lost their provisions and extra clothing. They nar rowly escaped with their lives, and in at tempting to find their way out of a great forest lost their way and wandered S2 hours with scarcely any food. When they emerged from the jungle they found themselves 100 miles from the starting point. They were given food in a native village and made their way to Vera Cruz, where a chance meeting with friends enabled Wettling to be identi fied at a Mexican bank. This was fortunate for "Wettling, who was suspected of being an imposter, as he had not had a shave, in days and his clothing was out at elbows and knees as a result of the strenuous trip in the Jungle. KANSAS TO BE HEARD. Judge Tollock Will Determine Interest in Island. State IN RECEIVER'S HANDS. Property in Which. Frank Gould Is Majority Stockholder. $20.00. Chicago and return via Rock Island eye tern; good all summer. Richmond, Va., July -16. The Vir ginia Passenger Power company, embracing the Richmond Passenger Power company and the Richmond Traction company, was placed in the hands of receivers today upon appli cation of the Bowling Green Trust company. The Virginia Passenger Power company is capitalized at lo, 000,000 and operates in Richmond, Manchester and Petersburgr 'Va. Frank Jay Goud is the majority stockholder. A suit brought by George E. Fisher of New York for a receivership is now being argued in the state circuit court at Petersburg, the defendants claim ing that there is no necessity for a re ceivership. Weekly Bank Statement. New York. July 16. The statement of averages of the clearing house banks of this city for the week shows: Loans $1,087,518,700, increase $9,223,900; de posits $1,179,169,400, increase $21,019,100; circulation $39,156,200. decrease $12,200; lee-al tenders $84,051,800. Increase Jl.Mo,- 4fi0: snecie $255,298,900. increase $12,205,- 000; reserve $339,355,700. increase $13, 800.400; reserve required $294,792,350, in crease $5,254,775; surplus $44,563,350. in crease $8,545,635; ex-U. S. deposits $50, 394,125, increase $8,555,80. Indigestion. With its companions, heart burn, flatu lence, torpidity of the liver, constipation, palpitation of the heart, poor blood, head ache and other nervous symptoms, sal low skin, foul tongue, offensive breath and a legion of other ailments, is at once the most widespread and destruc tive malady among the American people. The Herbine treatment will cure all these troubles. fnc bottle, sola oy liowiey t Snow and W. S. Miller. HHItflH I'M'M I 11 HIM--Ml I 1 II 1 II I'M 1111 I'll H I I 1 I CURE CHRONIC DISEASES. Don't be discouraged if others have failed to cure you. My method is differ ent and succeeds where others have failed. I treat successfully all chronic dis eases, no matter how bad the case. Valley Falls, Kas., May 30, 1904. To Whom it May Concern: This is to certify that I have been troubled with Eczema for the past thirty-five years, and that I have been treated by many doctors in this state and in other states, and I have received more benefit from Dr. A. A. Brower than from any other doctor that has ever treated me. I can heartily recommend his treatment. T. A. HATFIELD. Resultant to an order issued by United States Judge Hook at Leaven worth Friday, the state of Kansas will now have an opportunity to show wha claim it has to the proceeds of the sale of the island in the river at Kansa City to which Judge Pollock recently gave G. H. Meriwether complete claim This is in the famous "land accretion case which has disturbed legal circles considerably of late. A resume of its history will clear the way to under standing Judpi Hook's ruling. Back In the seventies a small island in the Missouri river at Kansas City, en tirely cut off from the shore, was taken possession of by a family named Meri wether. Later on another family named Howe also homesteaded on the place. In the years following the Kansas and Missouri rivers, for the island lies at their junction, washed a great deal of soil against the banks and the accretion became so great that finally the island connected with the shore. A year ago the Chicago and North western railroad had the island con demned for right of way purposes and a sale was ordered. The proceeds net ted $22,000. The railway paid this sum to E. C. Caskey, treasurer of Wyan dotte county. Meriwetner at once laid claim to the money and instituted pro ceedings. The Howes applied for a re lief bill, virtually making themselves plaintiffs against Meriwether. Several weeks ago ex-Chief Jusutice Doster returned a spe cial report on the matter to Judge Pollock of the federal court' in Topeka, before whom the 'case was brought. With Doster's statement and further arguments by some of the best attorneys in Missouri and Kansas, Judge Pollock decided the case in Meriwether's favor and ordered Wyandotte county to pay him $22,000. Just before the de cision the state of Kansas through At torney General Coleman filed a claim bill demanding a share of the proceeds, be cause the island lay practically in this state. At the trial Mr. Coleman was not present and his complete hand was not shown. Now the Chicago and Great Western railroad takes up the cudgel. It ap plied to Judge Hook for a restraining order to prevent the payment of the money to Meriwether s heirs by Wyan dotte county until the state of Kansas made its views in the matter clear and showed fully all its reasons for claim. Judge Hook granted the request and the $22,000 lies safely ensconced in the government depository at Leaven worth awaiting further trial of the case, in which this state, will play a principal part. The reason why the Chicago and Great Western got into the game was to have its title to the land clear. It paid the money to Wyandotte county and is now in possession of the land but naturally it would like to have the status of the whole matter made plain for the benefit of its present own- ership. The change in the boundary lines or Kansas and Missouri makes the real issue in the claims of the state of Kan sas, as indicated by the brief written claim filed by the attorney general's office before Judge Pollock when the case was tried recently and Meriwether given the decision. Judge Pollock de nied the rights of the state in the mat ter but said little in regard to the mat ter when handing down the opinion on the whole subject. In the attempt to dissolve this injunction, to which the case will now naturally veer around, the state's claims will be fully aired and decided upon. The case will prob ably be tried at the October term of court. A peculiar and yet necessary thing about the case is that everyone who has ever been In any way connected with it, is made a plaintiff or defend ant in its present status. TIME IS CUT DOWN. 1112 Western Ave., Topeka, Kas., July 22, 1903. I am glad to certify that Dr. Brower has completely cured a se vere case of Eczema of over twenty-five years' standing. Not a trace of the disease remains. I can heartily recommend his treatment. REV. DE LOU BURKE. April 22, 1904. I have suffered with Eczema for fifteen years. I have doctored with several doctors, but was never cured until I took Dr. A. A. Brower's treatment, and he cured me sound and well. J. A. PRICE, Station B, Route No. 7. I A. A. BROWER, AT. D. j 711 Kansas Avenue. 3 "H"I"M''H"H I I I"! I II I 1 H I 1H I H HI l rfrl Santa Fe Shopmen Will Work Less at Ottawa. Ottawa. Kan., July 16. The Santa Fe has cut the time down at the. shops to nine hours a day for five days in the week. The order went into ef fect Friday. Saturday will be a holi day and only a few men will be at the shops. The roads all over the country have been cutting down on their time this spring. The heavy floods and poor prospects for crops have cut down on the amount of business. Then, too, it is thought that the strikes on many of the railroads have cut down the volume of trade consid erably. It has been thought for some time that a cut would be necessary, but the officials have been trying to furnish work for the men full time. Rock Island System Is Best Line to Colorado points also to Glenwood Springs, Salt Lake City and Ogden, one fare plus 50c for the round trip. Good all summer. $7.60. St. Louis and return, via Rock Is land system, on sale Monday, July 18 and 25. "A Message of Hope to the Sick" watch for it in next Saturday's Journal. The Usual Installment of Joint Kaids Is Credited. The next time William Spendlove is the author of a story he will take more care of the logical sequence. Things don't happen haphazard and without real cause. The fact that the memory wheels of Spendlove in this present instance didn't work with the smoothness which they should caused a big bunch of trouble. Spendlove works at livery stables in the capacity of roustabout. He lives at 1224 Jackson street, and stole a watch from C. H. Black of 105 Lyn don street. Black had been engaged on some repairs of the livery stable on East Tenth between Kansas ave nue and Quincy streets while Spend love was employed there. Black lost a watch while working on the livery oiauic ouu openaiove maae it a mem- Der or nis eoiection of personal be. longings. The owner of the time piece had suspected the man had taken it and the officers were notified. They kept a lookout and Officer Hart laentinea the watch yesterday when Spendlove had it in his possession. He took the man, under arrest. Spend love claimed he had no watch with him but said he had one at home. At the same time he handed some money over to his employer. Newel, of the livery stable at 922 Kansas avenue, togeiner witn tne mucn wanted watch spendlove secured a fine of $25 for his attempted elopement of the watch He proved his failure both as a Dettv inier ana an autnor of plausible stories meant to deceive the police judge of his possession of another's property. The claim set up was that he purchased it. Friday afternoon was a hot one for the ordinanry citizen as well as those who engage in slaking the thirst of those who have a cultivated palate for beer. George L. Klauer, 526 Kan- avenue, William Lawless. 519 Quincy street and John Miller of the McKinley club on East Seventh were the recipients of the unwelcome atten tions of Stahl and his blue coated ad herents. Klauer and Lawless each lost a case of Rochester and Schlitz respectively to the northwest corner of Fifth and Jackson streets, while the McKinley club found that the nom de plume under whicn they operate was not sufficient to protect them from arrest. Two kegs of beer, two pumps and a pine bar made the entry in this last case. One of the 'most disgraceful cases to come before. the police judge was that in which Ray Miller, an 18-year-old youth .was the guilty party. Miller is old enough to be aware of the extent of the crime in which he is' involved. Miller approached the small daughter of William Hebb, a grocer living at the corner of Fourth and Clay, and made indecent pro- nosala to her. The child, who Was riding on her wheel, became alarmed and told her parents of what Miller had done. His arrest immediately took alace and he was tried this morning, receiving a fine of $50 and costs. The young man had no excuse to offer for his act. The fact that the young man has been guilty of similar actions in the past makes his last act appear the more serious. The parents of the boy are eminently respectaDie and -the boy is of bright appearance. He has been employed at the Santa Fe offices, but is now a machinists apprentice. Judge Mammon aesirea that the penalty of the boy's act might be suffered by him immediately and not upon his parents. A man bv the name of Edmonds bound for Kansas City applied at the police station Friday night for -transportation to that place. Edmonds was a cocaine fiend of the most pronounced type. He was quivering like a person suffering from the St. Vitus dance and would take recourse to the drug every few minutes. Chas. Humbert of varied fame and rep utation was arrested late Friday after noon for disturbing the peace at 211 East Fourth street where he resides. Humbert was drunk. So much so that he had to be propelled with the aid of two policemen. The occupants of the rooms nearbv to 211 East Fourth were kept at a seltzer like condition by the racket and threats which Humbert was making. Efforts of Canada to Attract American Settlers Is Resented. Washington, July 16. It ia probable that the intention of the British gov ernment will be directed to a move ment conducted officially by the Canad ian government to induce immigration from the United States to the North west territory. There can be no ob jection to such offers on the part of private immigration agencies, but when as in this case the government itself seeks to attract citizens of other coun tries the matter is one which calls forth official remonstrance. It appears that the Dominion department, through one of its assistant secretaries, has been sending broadcast throughout the northwestern states circular letters, Drincinally addressed to clergymen, professional men and persons of in fluence describing in glowing terms the sdendid resources of the Canadian northwest and inviting immi grants by the offer of 160 acres of land for each, free schools and sound laws. Attention is especially invited to the excellent church facilities. NINE TIMES IN PRISON. Convict Bess Court to Send Him to the Penitentiary. New Tork, July 18. With a record of nine convictions and as many terms in prison. George W. Johnson has appeal ed to Police Magistrate Ommen for refuge in the penitentiary because he is unable to earn an honest living and must either steal or starve. The mag istrate granted Johnson's plea with the proviso that he would send him to tne penitentiary in order to keep him from temptation and in the meantime would try to- find some work for the ex-convict where he would not be reminded of his past. Johnson is 53 years old and well edu cated. In a long address to the court he attributed his downfall to gambling, After running through a fortune left by his father, he stole to secure the neces saries of life and was sent to prison for five years. There he learned the trade of shoemaker, but soon found he was a marked man among fellow craftsmen and could not retain a position. He was driven again to steal and went through the same experience nine times, jonn son declared his experience, which he told in detail, to be a common one among ex-convicts, and said that, de spite his repeated failures ne was ae termined to live an honest life in fu ture. GORMAN'S LETTER. First Word from Maryland Senator Since the Convention. Joe McCord. .a. colored boy for being fourteen years old has well developed and widely differing tastes. He did the Baltimore, July 16. Senator Gorman, who has refused to see all interviewers or newspaper men since the organiza tion of the St. Louis convention, sent today the following letter to members of the Maryland delegation at St.J-.ouis: "Dear Sir: As I was deprived of the pleasure of accompanying you to St. Louis I wish now to thank you for the part you took as a delegate from his state in the convention. The course of the Maryland delegation at St. Louis could not, I think, have been excelled and they undoubtedly exercised great influence in bringing about the result. "The final action of Judge Parker in sending his telegram giving his views as to the monetary question and the response of the convention to this tele gram have placed the Democratic party in a position, where, with the ticket nominated and the platform adopted they should be successful in the coming election. "Again thanking you for your person al kindness to me I am yours very truly, A. P. GORMAN." First "Jim Crow" Conviction. Baltimore, July 16. The first conviction in Maryland under the "Jim Crow" Car law, passed by the last legislature, was secured today in criminal court, when Judge Wright found James Davis, col ored, guilty of violating the law and find him $25. Davis was arrested aboard the steamer Rock Creek July 2 while she was lying at the Baltimore wharf, on a charge of refusing to occupy the colored apart ments on the steamer. In imposing the fine Judge Wright said: "It must be un derstood that this law must be explicitly obeyed. A law similar to it has been de clared constitutional by the highest court in the land, and citizens must remembor that infractions of it will be punished." "A Message of Hope to the Sick" watch for it in next Saturday's Journal. HE CAN'T FIND IT. AM Ob-serve the Chief Saint. What is He Doing? HE is Hunt-ing for To-pe- kas Bat-ting Streak. Does He find it? No, he Only finds Streaks of Mud which the Loval Root-ers have thrown at the team. As soon as the mud is scraped oil he can see the streak with the naked eye perhaps. FLOUR Made from select wheat, and sold according to the cost of the raw material. EVERY SACK GUARANTEED Insist that your grocer sell it, Take no "just as good." Remember the name PERFECTION m TAYLOR GRAIN GO. Both Phones 521 Kansas Q. A. R. SPECIAL TRAIN TO BO STON Via Will start August 11, for the accommodation of members of the G. A. R., friends and others in Kansas who wish to avail them selves of the opportunity to visit the east at a small cost. SOME OF THE SPECIAL FEATURES Through train made up of standard and tourist sleeping cars, comfortable day cars, combination baggage and smoker. Ten hours' stop at Niagara Fails. Privilege of returning via St. Louis to visit the World's Fair. Long limit, tickets being good for return leaving Boston as late as September 30. Rate less than one fare for the round trip. Special train will leave Topeka at 4:30 p. m. Diagrams for sleepers now open. Call on Rock Island agent, or write the undersigned for accommodations on this special train, or for full information. A. E. COOPER, Div. Pass. Agent, Topeka, Kansas! Why not cool off in the Rockies? Our Colorado Flyer Goes there by night Luxurious, like the California Limited Ask King of A. T. S. F. Ry. You'll Find Him at Depot

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TOPEKA STATE JOUKNAXSATUKIAX EVENING. JULY 16, 1904 9 LODGENEWS. Official Count of Odd Fellow Yote Announced. NOT S0BAD. Corn Is Looking Better Than Was Expected. t. t S F W 'ir W 'V WVW V W HrWi s READ UNDER EACH ILLUSTRATION THAT'S ALL. Grand Lodge Meeting in October in Topeka. The Conditions Are Being Rap id Ij Improred. WILL FILL THE PLACES SOME DHOWS ED OUT. Two Offices for Which Thre Were So Elections. Lowland Counties Keport Large Losses bj Water. PRICI II Tk El ll"m t t Kansas Hill Send lOOPjthians to National Conclare. The official count of the vote In the field elecUon for the officers of the Odd Fellows lode in Kansas has just been completed and certified by Wil liam J. Russell of Kansas City, special examiner. His report shows the fol lowing results: Grand Master G. W. Allaman 3.136 Deputy Grand Master J. I. Saunders 3,113 Grand Warden C. M. Cole 44' J. W. Davis 29 A. V. Hershberger 1.W8 H. E. Pottt 33 B. M. Powell BIO M. E. Radley 169 S. B. S. Wilson 344 Grand Secretary W. H. Kemper 3.047 Grand Treasurer F. W. Stackpole 'i n. J. Stevens Grand Representative E. 8. Bertram John A. Bright G. W. Brown J. M. Johnson 2.0B6 440 807 1,16 576 According to the rules of the Odd Fellows election, a candidate must have 4 0 per cent of the total vote -ast In order to secure election. Ac cording- to this neither was there i irrnnd reoresentative or a grand war den elected. A. W. Hershberger missed the latter place by 196 votes. while G. W. Brown lacked Dut xi votes of being made grand represen tative. The past grand masters win fill these two places at the annual meetine of the order In Topeka In October. The dates of the annual gathering of the Odd Fellows of Kansas have been definitely decided upon and are October 11, 12 and 13 In representative hall in Topeka. Almost 2,000 mem bers of the order are expected to come. There will be 500 representatives of the order Itself, at least 50 commit teemen, about 400 members of the Rebekahs, and 500 from the state en campment which also meets in To peka at that time. The encampment is an order composed of the higher officials of the lodge. Great prepara tions are being made for the meeting. Public work and public installations will be on the program. A great ban quet will also probably be held to conclude the meetings. The program is now being prepared. About 100 Pythians will go from Kansas to the national conclave to be held on August 15. Of that num ber Topeka will be represented by 10. The Kansas contingent is making special arrangements for the trip and the celebration. Mrs. A. Samuel entertained the Re bekahs and their friends at a lawn party social on Thursday night at her home, 424 Van Buren street. .A handsome booklet has been pre pared by the Santa Fe railroad and the Topeka Knights Templar on the great conclave to be held In San Fran cisco in September. The Santa Fe Is the official route. The book con tains the itinerary. To Move 200 Prisoners. Leavenworth, Kan., July 16.- Preparations are being made by "War den McClaughry to move about two hundred prisoners on August 1, from the old to the new penitentiary. The authorities at the new site expect to occupy the new northwest cell house about that time. There are two hun dred and ten cells in this building that will hold four hundred and twen ty prisoners, two to occupy one cell. There are now forty-two prisoners in the basement cells In the same build ing. One of the dormitory rooms in the laundry building will hold two hundred prisoners. There are at present about two hundred prisoners idle at the old penitentiary and when these are tranferred to the new site the work on the balance of the new buildings will be rushed. Special Train to Beatrice Sunday. There will be a special train to Beatrice Chautauqua via Rock Island system Sunday, July 17, leaving 7:46 a. m., arriving Beatrice at noon. Re turning leaves Beatrice 5:15 p. m. Round trip rate, $1.50. People know what to expect of the Beatrice Chau tauqua. In beauty of location, acces sibility, as well as in the provisions for comfort, entertainment and in struction of visitors they have estab lished a new standard. Their popu larity increases year by year. This year's programme is offered as evi dence. It is as much superior to that of last year as the latter was better than those of previous years. The programme for July 17 is exceedingly varied. Including music (vocal and band), and a sermon by Rev. Sam P. Jones. Get tickets at Rock Island depot. A. M. FULLER, C. P. A. INTERESTING LOCAL NEWS EVENTS OF THE PAST WEEK AS DEPICTED BY THE BTJUTJAT. This was the hottest and most uncom fortable Sunday of the ye&r. Wevt Is in Better Shape Says Jlr. Coburn. The condition of the growing corn in Kansas July 9-11 as stated by growers in the various counties to the state board of agriculture is reported by the secretary of the board today. He says that "analyzed it confirms a general belief that the extraordi narily cold, backward spring, in most of the state, accompanied by too fre quent and heavy rains, interfered seri ously in much corn territory with plowing, planting and germination. Failure of seed to grow under such conditions prompted replantlngs, not infrequently more than one. and the result is a ragged, uneven. lmrerw- stand made up of differing sizes and stages of growth. Following this the almost incessant rains within the weess wnen cultivation would under normal conditions have been Bushed to its utmost made such work impos sible even on the higher lands, while the lowlands from which tho lat-m.- yields are generally expected were for uajs ax amerent times converted into lakes of muddy, smothering water or became the "raceway for sftitrrv flnnria which knew no control. "In spite, however, of the dis couragements such early season ex periences suggest there is still a large acreage of corn in Kansas and to no inconsiderable part of it a greater or less yield is yet possible, but in the aggregate far below what Kansas can and does produce in a propitious season. "The report in detail shows that numerous counties return a high aver age of condition, but in the main, these are not counties which in nor-; mal years produce the corps amount ing to millions of bushels annually ana swell me Kansas ngures of yield to proportions that make them of world wide interest. "Weather conditions of the past few days are greatly improved and there is consequently a much britrhtened outlook." The showing by counties is as fol lows: Allen Corn in river bottoms drowned out; with 12 to 16 inches of rain in past month prospect even on upland is discouraging. Anderson Conditions precarious. Many fields abandoned because of wet weather and weeds. Fifty per cent would be a high estimate of a possi ble crop. Atchison According to my recol lection of 40 years' prospects for corn in this county were never- worse at similar date. With future conditions favorable a half crop is not impossible. Not so good as a month ago; corn in lowlands drowned out and many other field3 hopelessly weedy; prospect un usually discouraging. Barber Never had better outlook; growing fast and tasseling. Fields generally well cultivated and clean. First class; plenty of moisture. Barton -Corn in excellent condi tion; would rave 80 per cent; much improved in rast month. Bourbon Too much moisture; 25 per cent ruined. Can't be over one third of a crop with conditions favor able from now on. Brown Conditions very unpromis ing; much drowned out; too wet for cultivation and fields weedy. With fair weather may get 50 per cent of crop. Butler Prospect less by 25 per cent than that of 30 days before. Some not cultivated at all, and none in the last two weeks; all is weedy. Damaged by washouts and weeds; could not cultivate in time; may make one-fourth of a crop. Chase Corn on bottom lands nearly all ruined by high water and much of that on upland has been washed out. Prospect disheartening. Chautauqua Damage in lowlands by too much water; cultivation retarded, clear, warm weather is improving sit uation. Cherokee Turning yellow; suffering from superabundant rainfall; choked by weeds and grass; promise for less than half a crop. Not prosperous; too weedy: too wet, and much has been scalded. With most favorable condi tions from now on it may exceed one half a crop. CheyeiThe Prospect the beet for years. A little too much rain interfered with cultivation but otherwise condi tions are excellent. Clark Greatly improved. Abundant rain; corn flourishing. Clay Looks very prosperous; improv ed wonderfully in past 30 days. Cloud If present prospect is contin ued we will have the largest corn crop in the county's history. Coffey Corn poor; on bottom lands destroyed by floods: on uplands small, weedy, and unsatisfactory stand. Worst prospect since 1S60; too much rain; con ditions gradually declined in past 30 days. Comanche Promise never before so good; conditions much improved. i MONDAY. Indignant, long-suftering North Topeka. demands the repair of the Melan bridge. 3?" Iron Beds, $2.00 up. Ingrain, 55c yard up. All-wool. Art Squares, 9x12, for $9.00 up. Smyrna Rugs for $1.50. Ind. Phone 1055. Cowley Conditions improved; corn on upland prosperous and favorable for a good crop; on lowlands, however, it Is washed out or is too wet and weedy. Crawford Condition decreased SO per cent in past 30 days on accoua of rains. Could not have a full crop un der most favorable future circumstan ces. Wet weather has wrought much damage. Decatur Prosperous? condition 100. Plenty of rain. With the exception of lateness corn has never been better; indications point toward a large crop. Much improvement noted in past 30 days. Dickinson Totally destroyed by floods In bottoms. Cultivation out of the question: fields generally weedy. Situation improving. Douglas Corn backward; some fields very weedy. A full crop could not be expected even with the best of condi tions from now on. unpromising;mucn upland corn even has not been cultiva ted once and considerable of that on lowlands ruined by floods. Kdwards Improved 20 per cent in past 30 days. Soil could not be better; plant flourishing. Fields well cultiva ted and clean. Elk Verv poor: too wet "and weedy. On upland almost failure; will be good on bottoms with future conditions fa vorable; dry enough now for cultivat ing to bein. Ellis Never better, and ground is saturated with moisure sufficient for the next 30 days. Conditions decidedly improved in past month. Kllsworth In excellent condition ex cept in the few fields where weeds are badf prospect for full crop. Condition 100 per cent; stand good; tasseling. Ground thoroughly soaked. Finney Greatly improved in past ten days: corn has been cultivated and is looking well. Prospects are splendid and improving. Ford Conditions improved In the past month; plenty of moisture; corn thrifty and of good color. Early corn tasseling; that planted late is general ly clean. Franklin Either drowned or so weedy as to be worthless. Corn situa tion demoralizing and with best of fu ture conditions we cannot have more than of a crop. Not encouraging; has been too wet to put in customary area; that planted comparatively a poor stand and cannot be properly worked. Much not cultivated at all. Gove Soil in excellent condition and corn never promised so much. Good and fields clean; ground wet; best pros pect in 19 years. Graham Indications are for the best crop county ever had. Never better out look. Grant Small area, but looks well. Gray Excellent; soil in best possible condition. Greeley Small area, but prospect pleasing. Greenwood Too much rain. Exces sive rains in past two months damaged corn; too wet to cultivate; fields weedy. Cannot expect more than one half a crop. Unpromising; too much rain. TUESDAY. W. S. DeVlne moves labor headquarters from Oxford hotel to Kansas City. I CLOSED Q. 5s( IIWCHIKICTS 1 ti rtmrr ii iiiinnrT- ill Chiffoniers, $7 up. Rockers, $1.25 up. Dining Chairs. 90c. Dining Chairs, fea $1.00. Dining Tables, MFFS Hamilton As a whole the conditions are favorable. Harper Corn doing well and tassel ing; fields too wet to cultivate and get ting weedy. Harvey Hundreds of acres not culti vated because of excessive rainfall, which also likely diminished the area; cultivation out of the question, and weeds growing fast. Corn in bad shape; injured by standing water and choked by weeds; where cultivated the plant is making good growth. Cannot expect better than half a crop. Haskell Small area planted. Con ditions slightly improved. Hodgeman Excellent rains. Corn flourishing. Prospect flattering. Jackson Situation improving. Cul tivation being pushed; all very weedy. Lowlands very wet and much corn drowned out. Jefferson Outlook gloomy; corn backward and very wet.- In lowlands much damage by overflow, and fre quent rains prevented cultivation. With future favorable weather a half crop may be secured. Jewell Improved in past 30 days; a little late but stand good; soil ra vorable. Some turning yellow be cause of too much rain and too lit tie sunshine. Corn in uncultivated fields choked badly by weeds. Condi tion 75. Corn in fields well culti vated, 100 per cent.; the remainder ranges from fair to poor. Kearny -Conditions improved. Corn looking well. Kiowa Best I ever saw; stand good, fields clean and well cultivated. Labette Three weeks of continu ous rain; impossible to work the fields;" very weedy and corn turning yellow; situation discouraging. Lane Conditions much improved In past 15 days; late but promising. Corn looking well, prospect good. Leavenworth Hundreds of acres in lowlands ruined by rains and floods; that on uplands small and weedy. Situation improved -in the past few days, and surviving corn is now growing fast. Linn Not so good as 30 days vgo. Outlook unpropitious; ground too wet and corn weedy; color poor and growth unsatisfactory. Logan Plenty of rain; corn as good as I ever saw in this county in 17 years; good stand and prospect promising. Marion Corn in critical condition; steadily declined in past 30 days; too wet for favorable growth or cultiva tion. Present condition 40 per cent; corn on bottom land is about all gone; a half crop possible; too wet and weedy. Marshall One-half of the corn Is prosperous and in fairly good 'condi tion; other half late, small and weedy. Weather during the last month unfa vorable. A "good" crop Is impossible. Stand fair, but late and weedy. McPherson Much replanted a sec ond time, and this may not mature; very weedy; none cultivated more than once; conditions have retrograd ed in the last 30 days; too wet, and in many fields the corn cannot be WEDNESDAY. Judge Hazen appoints Ralph (Jaw coun ty auditor for term of two years. Combination Book Cases, $10 up. seen for the weeds; situation discour aging. Meade Prospects never better; plant healthy and color good; fields clean; plenty of rain; situation im proving; corn doing well. Miami Cannot make more than a half crop. In some fields it looks fairly well, but situation has not im proved in the last 30 days; too wet; conditions discouraging. Mitchell Prospects greatly im proved in the last month. In uniform ly good condition; early corn promises best. Montgomery Worst condition ever known; twenty rainy days in June and nine in July; cultivation impos sible. Nemaha Prospects poor; with fa vorable weather more than a half crop could not be expected. Most dis couraging outlook I ever saw; too wet; butr little cultivated and weeds claiming fields. .Late corn, mostly of third planting, is a good stand, six inches high, but not cultivated; too wet. Situation discouraging; in many fields weeds obscure the corn; not more than half a crop likely. Neosho Corn weedy and back ward. No prospect of another culti vation, as soil is thoroughly soaked and too soft; rains and Hoods make situation distressing. Ness Conditions past ten days fa vorable; corn flourishing. Norton Corn clean; good stand; fine color; excellent condition. Much improvement in past month; prospect flattering; cultivation being pushed. Osage Corn small and fields weedy; too wet for cultivation. Some areas planted third time, only to be sub merged again. Much corn on lowlands destroyed. Thin stand, generally small and not clean; cannot produce more than half a crop. Osborne Aside from local damage by hail, corn promises well. Condi tions favorable for an average crop. Some fields too wet and weedy. Ottawa Late and weedy on ac count of excessive wetness; can make 90 per cent, of a crop under future favorable conditions. Situation bet ter than 30 days ago; corn excellent, especially in fields well cultivated. Pawnee Improved wonderfully in past 30 days: growing finely. Mostly cultivated and good rains since make the promise bright. Fair prospects; looks favorable for a full crop; showers frequent and weather warm. Finest in years; some tasseling. Phillips Very encouraging: general prospect much improved in the past 30 days. Crop full of promise. Pottawatomie Fair weather has im proved situation. Pratt Good prospects. Would rank 100 per cent at present. Rawlins Condition excellent: with favorable weather will have best crop in many years. Great improvement in past 30 days. Reno Average stand; plenty of mois ture; most fields are weedy but this does not menace the crop in this (southeastern) part of the county. Corn not promising here in northeastern THTJESDAT. The Saints get their usual sound drub bing at the hands of visitors. nf ft y EH. V 4 -nam? Sideboards, $12.50 up. 812 Kansas Ave. Reno. Excessive rain fall and over flow; almost impossible to overcome weeds; no cultivation for 14 days. On bottom lands a large portion was scald ed. Republic Weather warm and corn mostly doing well; improved in past ten days. On account of heavy rains and washing many fields were replant ed; unfavorable conditions since have somewhat delayed its progress. Rice Considering 100 per cent a good normal condition, corn in this county at present would rate 110; indications point toward a bountiful crop; soil fa vorable and growth satisfactory. Much improvement during the past 30 days; stand good, growth medium, fields fa'r ly clean. Soil in good tilth excer.it a little too wet in some places. Riley Outlook favorable. Stand is not the best owing to washing and cov ering up; much is weedy, yet the plant has fine color and heavy, succulent stalk, especially in lowlands. Growing nicely now and on upland some begin ning to tassel; fields weedy. Much drowned out; a portion of that left promises well, but many fields too wet- Rooks In splendid condition and never looked better. Good, and plenty of moisture.: Rush Is prosperous and of good color. Russell Aside from damage by hail in some fields the situation Is favora ble; much Improved In the past 30 days. Prospects the very best; weather fa vorable. Saline Excellent condition; could scarcely be better; some, however, is a little too wet and weedy. Outlook good; only drawbacks are weeds and too much rain. Scott Prospect gratifying; plenty of moisture. Sedgwick Corn prospering; never saw it better at similar date. Has im proved materially in the past 30 days. Shawnee Poor stand, wet weather, floods and lack of proper cultivation make the outlook unpromising. Corn on upland looks well; that flooded is ruined, and many fields are weedy and too wet. Sheridan Prospect much improved in past month. Sherman Corn late but growing rap idly; situation improved. Smith A little too much rain; culti vation badly needed and now being pushed; outlook encouraging. In first class condition; ground thoroughly soaked; cultivation begun; some injury by hail. Stafford Conditions greatly improv ed in past 30 days; corn prosperous: many fields weedy but, are now being cultivated. Sumner Neglected corn is in a pre carious condition; whers well cultivated is excellent and full of promise; ground thoroughly soaked. Thomas Never had better prospects for a good corn crop. Trego Most favorable I ever saw at this time of year. Wabaunsee One-third ruined by floods; 40 per cent of an average crop is a possiDinty. .foor stana; very weedy; too wet to cultivate. Much corn STATE JOURNAL FRIDAY La Harpe football players make ar rangements to start for Washburn college. l -.1?. ,1 ;vH II fr,';ggfc'-g-fea-' 1- !Hl t Dressers, $7 up. We have the best HOUSE FURNISHINGS in the city for the least money. Convince yourself. $6.00 up. smothered by weeds. Considerable re planted; too wet; very weedy in most fields. Outlook unfavorable. Wallace Conditions improved. Com looking well. Washington Condition good; grow ing very fast. About two weeks late: wet and some fields spotted, but all growing rapidly. Small and weedy; too wet for needed cultivation. Looking fine but ground a little too wet. Wichita Corn flourishing. Wilson Corn drowned out; prospect for not more than 20 per cent of a crop. Will not yield one-fourth of a crop throughout the county. Floods ruined everything on bottom land and the up land corn is almost a failure. Condi tions discouraging. Woodson In bad shaped moRt of it yellow; fields weedy and grassy; many abandoned. Too much water; a half crop may be had. Wyandotte Much corn has never been cultivated; poor prospect. Un promising; small and weedy; too wet. Extremely poor; ground very weedy and wet. WABASH TO ST. LOUIS. World's Fair Route "Follow Flag." the 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, Mow H. C. SHIELDS. Traveling Passenger Agent. Kansaa City. Mo. Rock Island's St. Louis Service. In addition to our No. 4 leaving To peka daily at 4:00 p. m., carrying Coaches, Chair Cars. Tourist and Standard Sleepers through to St Louis without change, we have through Standard Sleepers on No. 10 and No. 36. No. 10 leaves Topeka at 7:45 a. m. No. 36 leaves Topeka at 8:05 p. m.," ar riving at St. Louis at 6:50 p. m. and 7:20 a. m. By taking the Rock Island for St. Louis you avoid the very disagreeable change of cars at Kansas City. Also remember that No. 4 Rock Island train lands you at the main -entrance to the World's Fair grounds. For reservations and all other infor mation see A. M. FULLER, C. P. A.. Both phones 384. Kock Island Depot. Baseball Players and Foot Ilacers! Louis J. Kruger, ex-champion long dis tance foot racer of Germany Hnd Holland, writes Oct. 27, 1901: "During my training of S weeks' foot racPS at Suit Lake City in April last I Ufed Ballard's Snow Lini ment to my greatest satisfaction. There fore, I highly recommpnd Snow Liniment to all who are troubled with spmins, bruises or rheumatism." 25c. 50c, J1.00 bottle-. Sold by Rowley Snow and W. S. Miller. CARTOONIST. SATURDAY. Arthur Capper expresses willingness to refund overcharges made on city printing. B0LMAR.

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TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL, SATURDAY EVENING, JULY 16, 1904. m KATE CLYDE Writes From Seabright of the Out-of-Doors Man We Are Becoming So English Don't-Cher-Know A Small Grist of Fashion Talk W U ERE or In any other place give paMfJ me the out-of-doors man, the jl II man who is fond of automo biles, yachts "and sich." He isn't always the richest man, although, of course, automobiles and yachts cost money, but he is the man who knows how to live and how to spend his money. There are plenty of rich men who stick in New York all summer and whose one idea of happiness consists in going nightly to an expensive restaurant and there stuffing themselves I am sorry, to use an inele--gant word, but I can't help it and there stuff ing themselves until their coun tenances take on the hue of the eggplant. By day these gas tronomic heroes lounge in the deepest chairs The hnwedin the deep- ot tner clubs tJckair except when they venture forth on a delicate amble down the av enue or, better still, a gentle trot from one clubhouse to the other in a han som: an automobile is too rapid for them. When old age comes to them which it actually does sometimes just to prove that the day of miracles is not past it finds them puffy under the eyelids, wheezy of breath and so gouty that life is one long misery of remorse. Happily, such men are growing rarer, and they mostly belong to the older generation. Foreigners, and especially Englishmen, used' to be able to say, with some degree of truth, that Ameri cana did not know how to live that we hated fresh air, that we ate poor food and that we only lived to make money. Nowadays we are as nearly English as we can be, and by English" I mean that we are acquiring the best traits of the English, their fine athletic physique, their love of country homes and out of door sport. The up to date young man thinks of something besides money making, although he thinks of that too. He has his yacht, his automo bile or his stable of horses; he is a good wrestler, a good sailor, a good all round athlete: he has his home in the country and his house in town which he occupies the lesser part of the time, and his athletic tastes, so far from in II1 i FAMOUS WOMEN IN MASCULINE ATTIRE A RUSSIAN lady of high social standing, Mme. Pousep, peti tioned the czar to be permit ted to enlist regularly and serve at the seat of war in a Cossack regiment, to carry arms and in all re spects fight like a man. It is rather odd that in a country where women are oppressed more than in any other civ ilized land the lady's request was granted, and Mme. Pousep. in regula tion uniform, was enrolled to serve in a rifle regiment. She is the daughter of a. Russian army colonel, a magnificent rider and a crack shot with both rifle and revolver. She is also noted for skill In sword practice and has frequently taken part in cavalry maneuvers. The late Czar Alexander III. was very fond of her when she was a little girl, and with his approval she learned to shoot and fence and became familiar with cavalry drill. Mme. Pousep says she wants to show that a woman can fight, and Nicholas IL has given her oppor tunity. Living in Brooklyn today is a fair, slight woman, artistically feminine and most refined in all her tastes and habits, who for years wore the skirt Tess garb while exploring in Central Amer ica and Mexico. She is Mme. Alice -D. Le Plongeon, who, accompanying her' husband. Dr. Augustus Le Plongeon, made remarkable dis coveries among the prehistoric ruins of Central America. One of these discoveries was the identical or igin of the characters used in inscrip tions on the Central American ruins with the Egyptian hieroglyphs. It is to be noted that various women known to have habitually worn the at tire custom and fashion accord to men have been among the brainiest and most distinguished of their sex. It is to be noted also that most of them have been Frenchwomen. Here, too, appears an anomaly: When the English tailor costume for women first made Its ap pearance the French condemned it vo ciferously because they thought it mannish. Anything mannish in femi nine dress the French abominate. At the same time when it comes to a wo man's wearing out and out trousers and masculine dress complete they will give a woman legal license for It and say not a word against it if she can show reason for why she should have such permission. It seems not to be the wo- -V I Uma. Dieuiafop. terfering with his business, help him by keeping his brain bright and clear. The American Girl. The same is true of the American girl. She is brainy, but at the same time well cultivated physically. The round shouldered female grind is be coming as scarce as the bespectacled schoolmarm. The college girl and the schoolmarm both are chic and graceful and healthy. Instead of devoting her time after school hours to poring over books the up to date girl has her bas ket ball or her swimming or her fenc ing or, better still, her ride in the park. And if she is a poor girl and can't af ford the last she still has golf in the summer and skating in the winter to bring the flush of health to her cheek. I heard the other day of a woman who is making quite a comfortable liv ing as a beauty expert. "Nothing ex traordinary in that," you will say. No, of course not; any number of women make their living that way. But this one is a beauty expert for children. She goes on the principle that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, and that, by the way, is a pretty good rule to live up to. She has a large clientele and visits each house regularly. Sensible mothers who realize what little defects unreme died in childhood mean in later years value her services greatly. For in stance, she enters the house of the Browns and inspects the Brown chil dren. "Dorothy is going to have the home liest ears!" complains the mother. "They stand right out from her head. I am sure I can't imagine what is the matter." Questioning and inspection bring out the fact that Dorothy's nurse has been Teaching the baby. tying the heavy silk strings of her hood back of the child's delicate ears all winter- long, and this is the result of her carelessness. The beauty doctor lectures the maid severely and makes a little cap out of tapes which, worn I"!"!"!'1!"!"!"!"!' i -i- i -i-i--i-i -:--i--i- r -i i m i i i i man in trousers they abhor, but a man j nish costume imitation in skirts. Girls in knickerbockers flit over roads and through the parks on diamond frame 1 bicycles in France, and nobody notices. In the Paris fashion plates of the pres ent season are pictured equestrian wo men in cross saddle Knickerbocker cos tume, the "knickers" not very full at that. -"J- -V -W.-.. I j X" j- i V k J i i J 1 L -r f '"u MRS. THOMAS HASTINGS, PRESIDENT OF A LADIES' DRIVING CLUB. .Women of New York's most fashionable set are devoted to horses. They drive, they ride horseback, they gallop across country after hounds. A number of them ride astride in divided skirts. Cross saddle riding is now so common among New York women as no longer to excite comment. Within the past two years a number of fashionable ladies there have established a woman's four-in-hand driving club. Each day during the season the ladies four-in-hand coach, driven by a woman and loaded with gayly dressed fashionables, leaves a stated place on Fifth avenue for a trip out of the city and return. Mrs. Thomas Has tings is president of this unique club. Miss Eleanor Jay, distinguished for her brilliant and skillful management of horses, is also a member. Miss Jay la said to- be one of the best women drivers in America, Or, -i j pA -if I; v -r v i r-, t IK "'i"" A STUNNING SUMMER WRAP. This stunning wrap is of white taffeta trimmed with rows of openwork silk braid. A stole effect is gained with puffed white silk caught at the collar with ribbon loops. A lingerie hat with lace ruffles adorned with a bunch of pink roses completes the costume. continually, ought to counteract dur ing the summer months the evil which has been done. Common Sense Methods. She advises Sallie Jones' mother not to have that bad tooth of Sallie's pulled unless she has the corresponding tooth on the other side pulled also. Result is she prevents Sallie's entire jawful of teeth from going crooked or tipping to ward the vacant space on one side. By the way, this is a mistake that sensi ble mothers and supposedly sensible dentists are guilty of nearly every day in the year, to the Joy of the big dentist specialists who regulate teeth later on in life to the tune of several hundred dollars per regulate. The beauty specialist removes pain lessly tiny moles. She teaches Miss I I t. x I i I.,;,,;,,;, I I -I -I i i r ;..l. i..i..l..i..itl..lMw The greatest woman French novelist, George Sand, found she could not freely make the observations necessary for her stories while she was dressed as a woman. Thereupon she simply got the cheap trousers, hat and blouse of a poor artist and went about the streets of Paris day and night and. year after year without her sex being suspected. Her hair was cut short, and there were no fancy touches m her trousered cos tume. Her secret was known only to a few intimate friends, and thus she gathered material and atmosphere for some of the most powerful romances that have ever been penned. There, too, was Rosa Bonheur, the greatest animal painter of her time, perhaps of modern times. She, too, was hampered beyond all endurance by the ordinary garments of her sex. She pe titioned the French government to let her wear the dress of a man, and leave was graciously and gladly granted, for Rosa Bonheur was appreciated In her own land. In the country, in the re gion adjoining her estate, she wore the dress of a peasant farmer; in Paris 1 I Baby how to clean her dainty little complexion every night before retiring. This is done with a soft brush and warm water. The child is also taught to take a proper interest in rubbing a very little cold cream into the pores now and then. She manicures the hands and attends also to the little feet, even to selecting the child's shoes. In many cases she prescribes the food for each child, being guided by her own experience of the needs of certain con stitutions and the child's general ap pearance. She shampoos and massages the child's hair and teaches it how to brush and care for its own little teeth. Altogether, in nine cases out of ten, she makes out of what would probably be a homely little one an attractive if not pretty child. While I am on the subject of the dif 1 I 1 I..;..I..T..!..t..i..i-i..i..i.,i..,i.. i mostly the blotrse- and trousers of an ordinary laborer. The pale little wo man came to be very well known wher ever she appeared. On the newspaper La Fronde, pub lished by Frenchwomen, one of the re porters obtained permission to wear the regulation man's dress. She noted for her paper the. proceedings of the French senate and chamber of depu ties. One who does this in France is called a parliamentary reporter, and no woman was allowed to enter the re porters' gallery. With the facile adap tability of the French mind, it was de cided that a woman in man's dress might go into it, and thus the difficulty was got over. In France there is more in dress than in a name, it appears. Today the literary and musical social circles of Paris are graced by the pres ence of a fair and delicate -woman in masculine attire. She is said to look "too' cute for anything" in the full dress coat and low cut waistcoat which she dons on evening ceremonial occa sions. This lady is the eminent Mme. Jane Paule Rachel Mayre Dieulafoy, the archaeologist. Except Mme. Curie, Mme. Dieulafoy is today France's most illustrious woman of science. In 18S1 the lady's husband, Professor Marcel Dieulafoy, went to Persia to make explorations for the French gov ernment. His wife went with him. In terested in archaeology before, she now became so enthusiastic that she shared all her husband's days of digging, watching, searching, finding and mak ing notes. She could not do this in wo man's dress,, so she abandoned it for masculine attire. Five years short haired and trousered she lived and worked, then experienced an uncon querable repugnance at returning to "the slavery of woman's dress." On her formal petition, therefore, France gave her the right to wear trousers. Mme. Dieulafoy ha3 worn her trou sers from Occident to orient and back till she has traced the origin of pres ent day oriental art to ancient Babylon. That is one of the most important of her discoveries. She has been allowed to study and even to photograph a number of rare pictures and art objects in the cathedrals of Spain, treasures which before her time had been per sistently kept from the public. Among her various writings is a brilliant de scription of the palace of Artaxerxes II., which she and her husband un earthed at Susa, in Persia. Mme. Dieulafoy and her husband are models of concentration and persist ence in a pursuit. Talk of a woman being scatter brained! Professor and Mme. Dieulafoy write and study in the same room, their library. At 6 o'clock In the morning as regular as the clock. In truth winter and summer, this happy, congenially mated pair be gin their writing. They have a cup of chocolate previous to this; nothing more. Each has a desk in the library. There, in utter silence, without either speaking, they sit and write and study till 11. Here is at least one woman who can keep her mouth shut. They have found that no time is so favorable for mental work as the early morning, and during that five hours of most in tense intellectual labor and concentra tion not even a telegram is allowed to be brought them. "Undisturbed thought is the one guarantee of good literary work," says Mme. Dieulafoy At 11 o'clock the two scientists, wed ded to each others and to their work, breakfast, read their mail leisurely and ferent ways women have of earning their living I might as well mention the scheme of a girl I know who has start ed a bureau of information for stran gers about to visit New York..- Many women would be glad to come to New York for a week or so if they -only knew some one who would act as a friend, directing them to the best shops for the things they might wish to pur chase, telling them about the different plays at the theaters, showing them all the places of interest, even procuring for them invitations to women's clubs, receptions, studio affairs and musicales. My acquaintance also undertakes out of town shopping. I don't see for the life of me why more women don't do this sort of thing for their out of town correspondents. Another position, but more in the na ture of a salaried one, is that held by a young woman as summer resort in spector of a big railroad. She visits all the re-, sorts listed on their catalogue, makes note of the changes and how the board ing houses and hotels are run. Incidentally she has a very good time, as they treat her at each, place like a queen because they want her to report favor ably. This imply ShOKig the place, of in shows you that terstm there are more ways than one in which a bright wo man can make a living, and the more original the way the better. Summer Modes. To change to the ever interesting subject of clothes, I can't help thinking from the specimens I see on athletic girls that the plaited linen skirt is not all it should be. It gets so mussy! The plaits crumple this way and that, es pecially after a couple of hours' crouch ing on the deck of a sailboat, so that the wearer looks anything but neat. I am afraid the elaborately plaited skirt is only for prim city wear and not for anything rougher than a ride in one's cart or automobile. It may do you some good, however, to know that there is a right and a wrong way of plaiting a skirt. The right way consists of hav ing the plaits turn toward the back, never toward the front. If they are turned toward the back they will come together nicely; if in the opposite di rection there will be a space to be ac counted for filled with wrinkles and crumplings, or else two box plaits which will forever hang out of line, as they are cut on the bias. With the ecru and white linen skirts all the up to date girls are wearing white or champagne colored shoes, and, indeed, nothing so spoils a costume of snowy white as a pair of heavy black shoes. The shoes are made very low, lacing only one or two holes, and they have medium heavy soles and military or French heels, according to tastes. B1J COSTUME OF TUSSORE SILK. The gown Illustrated is of tussore silk in a pretty shade of navy blue. The skirt-is gathered around the waist and tucked at the knees above a deep tucked flounce. A plaited bolero falls from a yoke edged with an ecru insertion, which lace also trims the loose upper part of the sleeves. The undersleeve puff is of the silk gathered into a cuff of lace. converse, then to writing and stwdy again till 3 or 4 o'clock, after which the lady in trousers and her husband are free for the day. They work much in collaboration. So the ideally mated pair labor year in and year out. MARILLA WEAVER. BORN "DOWDIES." Women frequently do not do justice to pretty gowns because they have not learned how to put on their things smartly or even neatly. A smart woman may have all her gowns made at home, and yet she is never a dowdy. And why? Because she knows how to put them on. Her hair is well done, her neck smartly swathed and her veils, gloves, shoes and boots are always fresh and perfect of their kind. Dowdies are born, not made. An undue humility has much to answer for. The topical "woman of no importance" soon goes to pieces on the rock of dowdyism. A few gowns, but many accessories, are an antidote to this dread disease. To be up to date this summer one must wear either a loose coat and skirt costume or else a shirt waist dress which matches completely. A shirt waist of one material and a skirt of another is anything but smart, no mat ter how elaborate each piece may be. I. am glad to see this summer that many of the prettiest and most chic girls are going bareheaded. The hair is done low and ornamented merely with a bow of ribbon to match the gown. They are wearing this thrust through the heavy coil at the back close to the neck, and the two ends can be seen from the front. Another little thing to be noted the fine kid belts have entirely superseded those of satin and ribbon. These belts are always made to match the costume. V Seabright, N. J. FOR CAMPING OUT. If the camp is a permanent affair have the floor of at least one tent boarded. Rain is no respecter of camp ers, and unless you are a small boy you won't enjoy sitting with your feet in puddles. Get good heavy duck or drilling for the tents and do not omit the flies. They not only afford protection against the rain, but by absording some of the sun's heat they keep the tent proper cooler. .They are especially necessary if the tent is pitched in the open. Pneumatic mattresses, hair-mattresses covered with waterproof duck and cots made of waterproof canvas may sound more prosaic than a bed of fra grant pine boughs, but they will be found more comfortable. Tent stoves are to be had that come Jointed with an eye to their packing. An asbestus stovepipe collar relieves all worry as to the tent catching fire. Do not forget enough lanterns to go round. Candles are of little service in the drafty out of door life of camping. A SACRED PICTURE. The dowager empress of China has, so it is reported, commanded the at tendance of a Japanese photographer at the palace to take her portrait. The reason for her majesty's decision to be photographed is that the people may be able to worship the imperial' image, as in Japan. Having her photograph tak en is a new experience to the empress and is a proof -of her progressive ideas, for in days past any attempt to depict her would have been considered an act of sacrilege. GEMS AND THEIR SETTING. It is quite a liberal education nowa days to pay a visit to a noted jeweler's, so lovely are the jewels and so delicate their setting. There has lately been a wonderful sapphire on view which seems to bear in its depth all the blue of sky and sea at their deepest. The diamonds which flash around the sap phire accentuate its hue, which is as blue by night as by day. A reversible tie pin Is another innovation, set with diamonds one side. TONIC EFFECT OF A DIP IN THE SEA SURF. IT is a pity that only comparatively few of the inhabitants of this coun try live where they can take baths in the open sea a few weeks every sum mer. Even half a dozen surf baths will begin to build up depleted nervous and digestive systems. For girls and wo men of moderate means it will really pay in renewed health and Joy to skimp somewhat the rest of the year in order to get two or three weeks by the sea Fortunately it is possible by means of watching the newspapers', advertising columns to secure accommodations within reach of almost every woman. The first surf bathing experience of a woman living inland is something to be remembered. When she makes her appearance in the bathing suit, with Its very 'short, skimp skirt and long black stockings, she feels as if all the world had only one eye and that was fixed on her. She goes shyly down upon the f A PARISIAN MANTEAU. The polo grounds in the Bois de Bou logne is a fine place to study the really charming fashions worn by the smart est of the smart. The lovely manteaa illustrated was quite the most stunning wrap to be seen there a few weeks ago. It is almost a costume in itself and is created from Irish point lace mount ed over heliotrope Bilk. WORKINGMEN'S WIVES. A writer in an English magazine says that it is a sheer impossibility for a workingman's wife to leave home, no matter how sorely she may need th rest and change. When the same per son Is nurse, cook, laundress, charwo man and needlewoman to an entire household her absence means chaos. By thirty-five many of these women are well on toward old age, broken in health .and unattractive, with the graces of life destroyed and losing in fluence over husband and sons. The rest of the family takes it all as a mat ter of course, and, while the majority of men are not consciously unkind, the women feel their neglect and suffer much from social loneliness. INTERESTING POSSESSIONS. China collecting is one of Mrs. Brown Potter's hobbies, and she possesses at Bray Lodge, her home near Maiden head, England, some valuable speci mens of old Chelsea and Battersea ware. Although she seems to favor English china most, there are priceless bits of Satsuma and other porcelains. The bed in Mrs. Brown-Potter's room is the one in which the celebrated beauty Diane de Poitiers used to sleep, while the writing table In the adjoining room once belonged to Marie Antoi nette. 1 1 i..i..fi"i"r-i-i-i"i--r--f -r--r r-i-r"t"i---i"r-r -i- sand and steps into the water deep enough to get her toes wet. She gives a little screech. It's cold, she thinks. She also still thinks everybody is look ing at her, which is a mistake. They are thinking of themselves and their own affairs.' She is only one pebble on the beach, and a rather small one at that probably. She wades in ankle deep. A splash from a breaker touches her; its reced ing flow sweeps past her feet. She has lead in novels about a "fearful under tow," and she feels panicky. Neverthe less she sees other girls skipping into the water as gayly as If they were Jumping rope on dry land, and she takes courage and goes on. Ail the ocean is moving) it seems as if the floor of the world were quivering, end it makes her dizzy; but, again, other girls don't seem to mind that a bit, and they are not dizzy. Just then a breaker strikes her. It Is only a spent breaker, but It staggers her. She thinks she is going to be knocked off her feet and drowned. She screams; but, again, nobody else is knocked over, nobody else is drowned, nd they all seem to think being struck by a breaker is great fun. Ugh! That's Just the very coldest water she ever felt upon her skin. She shivers. She notices now that a rope is stretched out into the water at s convenient height for her to grasp. Here comes another breaker. "Hold fast to the rope and Jump up when the wave strikes you," calls a friendly voice. She does so and finds that with a little skip upward so her feet will not be upon the ground at the moment the powerful wave comes :t sweeps under, around and past her, swaying her body gently as it goes, but not knocking her over. Ah, she has learned something! Another breaker and another! They begin to be exhilarating. She likes to feel them swirl about her body and sway it. Suddenly she finds that the water which was so icy cold has be come delightful, just mildly cooling and so refreshing! Now she looks out sea ward. She sees that beyond the shore waves that are striking her and break ing in foam over her is a vast space where the water is calm and untrou bled. Out in the smooth space women who have gone beyond the rollers that burst upon the beach are swimming quietly, even floating calmly upon their backs, their arms in the water around their heads, their hands clasping the back of their heads. Out beyond the breakers thnre Is peace. Eut the friendly voice tells her It Is not wise to stay In the water more than twenty minutes for a first surf dip. Out she comes. When presently she emerges from the shanty box in which she puts off her bathing suit and puts on her or dinary clothing she is cooled off for the day. Her blood tingles through her veins like a mild charge of electricity. She took a load of weariness and de spondency Into the surf. That glorious surf has washed it all away, every trace. 'She feels buoyant as a bird, light hearted and happy. Whatever ail ment she had malaria, nerves or the dumps it is all gone. She is a new woman. And appetite! Well, she feels as If she can eat the world up, although be fore she came down to the sea she may have lost all relish for food. MARY GOULD LYTXE, 0

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TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL, SATJJKDAY EVENING, JULY 1904. 1 1 Ml HWWI!II I I I I 1 1 I ti Turf Comment i 4 t Baseball Talk HI I ltl1"til I I I H'MIH'I I M. T is interesting to note the large number of outfielders in the ma jor leagues who were once pitch ers.' On one team the Cincinnat! Nationals every man in the outfield was once a pitcher. Cy Seymour in center field. Donlin In left and Dolan in right have all had experience in the box and gravitated to the gardens, just as scores of others have done. It seems only natural that a pitcher should become an outfielder when he ceases to be useful as a t wirier. Dur ing the pennant races it is the custom of many managers to play their pitch ers in the field when regular men are laid up through accident or illness. "8ASDOW" MEKTES. THE GREAT OUTFIELDER. Xo outfielder in the National game is better known than "Sandow" Mertes, who covers left garden for Johnny Mc Graw's New York Nationals. His great muscular development has won him the title "Sandow." Mertes is a brilliant batsman. His drives have the speed of cannon balls. Jr ii 1 l ejMleeft C. M. Daniels. A Go m i n g Swimming C haLiTp ion t t By FREDERIC THE national amateur swimming championship contests will be held in St. Louis in August in Creve Coeur lake. Unless the calculations of leading aquatic critics go amiss, the star of the meeting will be C. M. Daniels of New York, whose sensational exploits during the past winter (in tank contests, of course) have been the talk of the easier swim ming fraternity. Daniels has lowered several amateur records of comparatively long standing and Is now training industriously for the summer campaign. Daniels and Brewer. At St. Louis Daniels will meet Brew er, the Pacific coast star, who is now C M. DA1IELS. COM1XG SWIMMIXG C'HAMPIOX. C. M. Daniels of New York, better known as "Danny." is the future cham pion of American amateur swimmers. Daniels has made several sensationally fast records, and it is probable that at the contests at the St- Louis exposition for national titles he will win every race In which he competes. ..-.J' ".J 'It S i -1 fMeW T -1 v t l i J, Vf i; ft II I s f 1 E. R. Thomas and His Stable Why Pitch ers Become Outfielders Then, again, during morning practice when a group of men are catching flies the pitchers generally Join them and reap the benefit of the instruction giv en the other players. Valuable In the Field. Pitchers always make valuable field ers because of their throwing ability. It stands to reason that a man that has served four or five years at the slab is able to outthrow the man that has played in other positions. When a batsman drives a hit into the outfield he is often kept from reaching second base by a good throw from the man into whose territory the ball went. Seymour can throw accurately to ei ther home plate or third base from deep center field, an accomplishment that few men can rightfully boast of. Taken all in all. the erratic Seymour, once the butt of a myriad of Jokers because of the ease with which he became "rat tled," is one of the best fielders in the country. He couldn't earn half his sal ary as a pitcher simply because he lost his nerve whenever he got into a tight corner. The New Tork Nationals tried in a dozen different ways to help him to "stay on earth," but as Cy preferred the aerial route he was dropped from the Giants' payroll. Cy is a deerlike runner. Many is the seeming home run he has brought down in the Cincinna tis' middle garden. He is hitting the leather, too, and Joe KeHey pats him self on the back every time he thinks of the all round excellence of the big center fielder's work. By the way, Joe Kelley was once a pitcher, and a very fair one. "But that is another story," says Joe. The Pittsburg Champions. The Pittsburg Pirates are slowly but surely getting within striking distance of the leaders. As every one expected, their early slump is being wiped off the slate, and with his pitching staff in good shape President Dreyfuss need not lose any sleep. The Pirates are the strongest finish ers in the National league. They come on with a rush, a dash and a splash and give everybody a tough tussle in the home stretch. Last year Fred Clarke's trusty braves fell asleep at the switch at the opening of the season, but midsummer found them rubbing elbows with the leaders. At the beginning of the last month of the campaign they had a sure hold on the pennant halyards. However, this t Career of the New Yo r k Wonder: To Meet Brewer, Pa cific Coast Star:::: K R. TOOM BS. champion of the west. The representa tives of the two great sections of the country will put up a battle royal for first honors. Brewer realizes that he has bis work "cut out" for him and is preparing for the races with unusual care. It is the opinion of the majority of judges of swimming that Daniels will defeat Brewer in most of the events in which they meet. In the long races Daniels will be at a disadvantage, as he has shown his best form In con tests of less than a quarter of a mile in length. However, he is young, strong, ambitious and commands a well devel oped trudgeon stroke, and with the proper sort of preliminary work should succeed in showing well in half mile and five mile events. Meffert Believed In Daniels. The New Yorker first showed Indica tions of championship ability a year ago and since that time has been im proving steadily. Alec Meffert, former swimming and water polo coach at the Knickerbocker Athletic club of New York (since disbanded), thought the lad had unusual ability and gave him much valuable advice. Later he be came a member of the New York Ath letic club, where he was associated with such prominent swimming cracks as Louis de B. Handley. captain of the water polo team; Van Cleaf, Jack Rud dy, "Bud" Goodwin, .Fred Wenck and Dave Bratton. Through Bratton it was, and due to Meffert's suggestion, that Daniels joined the New York A. C. A Hundred In 1:07. "Danny" made meteoric progress in the athletic club tank. Early In the winter he swam a hundred yards in 1:08, surely an unusual accomplish ment for an unknown. This feat called forth much comment, which was re doubled when a week later he covered the same distance in 1:07. Early in the year Daniels made his first record breaking swim. In the tank of the N. T. A. C. he went 250 yards in the astonishing time of 3:15 2-5. Peo ple now began to "sit up and take no tice." Spectators thoroughly familiar with swimmers and swimming con fessed that they had never seen such a performance by so young a lad. "Danny" Is but seventeen years old. The Climax. But the climax was still to come. In the middle of February Daniels shat tered every indoor swimming record from 150 to 300 yards. Two weeks lat er at the duel meet of the Brookline (Mass.) Swimming club and the N. Y, FAMOUS ENGLISH POLO C. W. NICKALLS. The four English poloists herewith pictured are coming across the Atlantic, with others, to play against the American experts in the fall. Buckmaster, who in the illustration is mounted on Rufus, a valuable pony, and G. C. Miller, riding Nip Cat, another noted English pony, and the Nickalls brothers make up one of the strongest teams that ever played the great game. v season the complexion of the National race is different. New York, Chicago and Cincinnati already have a thumb and a couple of fingers in the pie. If New York's pitchers last the team should win the pennant, with Cincin nati second and Chicago and Pittsburg fighting for third place. Cincinnati has a shade the better of her rivals so far as pitchers are concerned, but the Reds' batting is not equal to that of New York. New York Nationals' Pitchers. If "Dummy" Taylor was not such an in-and-outer the New Yorks could safely put up a new pole to carry the pennant. Their two best pitchers, Mc Ginnity and Mathewson, good as they are, cannot be expected to carry the team on their shoulders. Wiltse, Mc Graw's latest acquisition, may develop into a star twirler. The American League. In the American league Jimmy Col lins' three ring Boston aggregation are "all to the lilacs." Jimmy has a stran gle hold on the pennant that three dozen Terrible Turks could not break. His team Is working like well oiled ma chinery, and the ticket office has had to have a counting machine installed in order to keep track of the mazunia. The Chicago Americans. Chicago and New York will give Bos ton a "rub" if any teams do. Comis key's White Stockings have in store a few tricks that they may cut loose at any moment. The new captain-manager is a success in every way, and Callahan Is showing an improvement in his pitching now that managerial du- i 4 -n r s JULIA MARLOWE, WHO WILL BE A CO-STAR WITH E. H. S0THERN NEXT SEASON. Miss Marlowe, departing from her usual custom of starring alone, will next season join E. H. Sothern in a series of notable revivals, including several Shake spearean plays. A. C. he demonstrated his versatility by negotiating fifty yards in 28 seconds flat and 100 yards in 1:04 4-5. A New Record In the Quarter. His latest achievement, however, was at the Brookline Swimming club meet in March, when he established new fig ures for the quarter, going the distance in 6:05. The lad is Improving daily, and the coaches anticipate his enlarging his onslaught on the records as he grows older and stronger. Daniels Is Versatile. Daniels" athletic ability is not con fined to swimming by any means. He has many handsome trophies won in running. Jumping, shot putting and rifle shooting, and he is proficient ir. several other branches of .sport. In swimming he uses a long, easy trudgeon stroke which seems to be nc exertion whatever to him, and experts believe he is even now capable of low ering every record from 200 yards up. though they consider the 220 and 440 yards his best distances. PLAYERS WHO ARE TO G. C. MILLER. P. W. NICKALLS. ties have been transferred to another. A captain-manager-player must have an iron constitution and a wonderful knowledge of the game to hold down his three cornered position with eclat. Very few men have done it successful ly. George Davis, formerly with New York, tackled the job and failed, and he is but one of a dozen-, Patsy Donovan is another. Probably the best captafn-manager-player is Jimmy Collins. Clark Griffith of the New York Americans is "making good," as also is "Mugsy" McGraw of the New York Nationals, who plays once in awhile, and Napoleon Lajoie of the Cleveland Americans. These four men are exceptionally able and would succeed in any line of endeavor, wheth er it happened to be sport or business. E. R. Thomas and His Stable. E. R. Thomas, owner of fleet Her mis, winner of the Suburban handicap at Sheepshead Bay, New York, now has one of America's strongest thor oughbred stables. A young man, with almost limitless wealth inherited from his father, Mr. Thomas appears to have made it his ambition to "corner" the thoroughbred market. Certain it is that his operations have been conduct ed on a large scale, and the end is not yet. In his stable at present are Advance Guard, the game old campaigner; Andy Williams, Buttons, the swift brown colt, four years old, by Tenny; Dimple, Duke of Kendal, St. Valentine, Shafer, Palmbearer, Onatas, Hunter Raine, Stalwart, Voloday, Young Henry, Zo roaster and the splendid Hermis. Mr. Thomas is reputed to have made the largest bet on a single horse race 8lfS8t; Ti: Daniels stands six feet and weighs about 150 pounds. Daniels' Stroke. The coming champion has been much amused by people who after watching him swim in a race say: "Why don't you work harder? You don't 'let your self out' at all." "The truth of the matter," says Dan iels, "is that I swim just as fast as I can, but my stroke does not seem to give that impression. "I guess my stroke is of the sort that looks easy and as though I were not doing my best, but I never take any chances on losing a race. I believe in working to the limit of endurance from start to finish. It is only by so doing that a man can develop his speeding ability." Popular and Unassuming. Daniels is one of the most popular swimmers that ever donned a racing suit. He is a clean limbed, freckle faced young athlete with a .smile that wins friends wherever he goes. He never boasts of bis ewn ability and is VISIT AMERICA NEXT FALL W. S. BUCKMASTER. that has ever been laid in this country. One day last season at Saratoga Mr. Thomas was given a tip by an intimate friend. "Play my bay colt in the third race today," whispered the informant, "and you will not fail to 'cash in.' Mr. Thomas thought well of the advice, and a few minutes later (he is a man of ac tion) his betting commissioners were going "down the line" playing the horse "across jhe board" with every book maker for as much money as the layers would accept. When the call to the post sounded Mr. Thomas stood to lose $125,000. The horse he backed, how ever, won handily, clearing a fortune for Mr. Thomas in less than two min utes. The Marathon Race at St. Louis. What promises to be one of the most interesting features of the St. Louis world's fair from Aug. 29 to Sept. 3 is the Marathon race of forty kilometers. This race has never been won by an American. At Athens in 1896 it was won by a Greek, and at Paris in 1900 a Frenchman won it. As an incentive to American distance runners Hon. David R. Francis, presi dent of the exposition company, will offer as a special prize to the winner a handsome silver cup valued at $250. In every world's championship event an Olympic gold medal will be given to the winner, a silver medal to second and a bronze medal to third, and every athlete who competes in the Olympic games or the handicap games the week of Aug. 29 will be presented with a suitable Olympic souvenir medal. There will be many special prizes in the Olympic events besides the gold, silver and bronze medals. Frederick always ready to acknowledge that oth er swimmers have a chance to defeat him, -whether they have or not. A Contrast. Many athletes there are who believe that only the liighest priced equipment in the market is good enough to cover their precious bodies. They will spend a twenty dollar "William" on their out fit and then go out on the running track and finish last in a group of "selling platers." Daniels, a leader among leading swimmers, is not that sort of a lad. A bit of conversation I recently overheard at Travers island, the country home of the N. Y. A. C, well illustrates the point. Captain Handley of the water polo team said: "That's a fine looking swimming suit you have on, 'Danny.' How much did you pay for it?" "Oh, I picked it up in a store down town for $1.25," was the laconic re sponse. Most of the would be swimmers at the summer resorts, who cannot take more than a dozen strokes without resting, would not think of dipping their dainty little toes into the surf un less arrayed in a gaudily striped crea tion that cost them half of a week's salary. PELOTA PLEASES PATRONS. The game of pelota, introduced at Jai Alal, De Balivere avenue and "Kingsbury boulevard, St. Louis, by ex perts from Spain has proved a revela tion to patrons. The game is attractive even to the uninformed and will Im prove on acquaintance, as the greatest skill, speed and stamina are required in its players. The scientific features appeal strong ly to those who have played handball, but pelota is far beyond the Irish game in every feature. The accuracy and speed of the return of the ball from difficult positions challenge applause, and those who visit Jai Alai from cu riosity return from interest in the na tional game of Spain. There is a per formance each day at which a match of thirty points and ten quinielas of six points each are played. Visitors to the world's fair cannot afford to miss these exhibitions. .4 THE FISKES' PLANS. Harrison Grey Fiske announces that the Manhattan theater. New York, next season will be devoted to the work of a stock company, with Mrs. Fiske at the head. The season will open in Septem ber with a brilliant revival of "Becky Sharp." Probably "Hedda Gabler" will follow, and then a Maeterlinck play. It Is also likely that Mrs. Fiske will give a series of special night performances in special plays, to be arranged for by subscription. Several improvements will be made in the Manhattan this summer. The company will be called for rehearsals about the middle of Au gust. "THE GOOD HOPE." Ellen Terry recently appeared In a new role. In which she made the exper iment of playing an old woman's part. The play is "The Good Hope," and Miss Terry plays the part of an aged fisher man's, widow whose two sons are drowned at sea. The play achieved a great success, and Miss Terry will In clude it as a feature of her next Lon don season. J. .V. Skiff will donate a silver cup to the winner of the 100 meter run, A. L. Shapleigh a silver cup to the winner of the 400 meter run; .John S. Huyler of fers a silver cup as first prize for the broad jump, Norrls B. Gregg a silver cup for the 1,500 meter run. Silver cups are also given by Abraham G. Mills, 800 meter run; Isaac A. Taylor, throwing the discus; Charles J. Dieges, throwing the fifty-six pound weight; H. H. Baxter, pole vault for height: R. Wells, Jr., throwing the sixteen pound hammer, and A. G. Spalding will pre sent a cup to the club or college scor ing the greatest number of points. Colonel Albert A. Pope will present the winners of each bicycle race with a silver cup. CHARLES E. EDWARDES. ANNIE IRISH. Annie Irish (Mrs. John E. Dodson), for whom Martha Morton has written a sketch, entitled "An Actress' Christ mas," will present this at Keith's thea ter. New York, in September, about the time of Mr. Dodson's appearance as Pierre in "The TwotOrphans," in whose recent elaborate revival in New York she carried with distinction the role of the countess. Her experiment will be an interesting variation in a career of hard work and uniform prosperity. She is one of the small band of actresses who do not know the sensation of being without an engagement. It is one of the common places of the Rialto that there is al ways something for Annie Irish. Since the night of her debut in this country with the Kendals she has known scarcely an interruption in her labors, and she refers to herself in her own style of sedate gravity as "a species of continuous performance." By temperament and methodical hab its no less than by her point of view in art, her adaptability and her careful training in the English school of his trionism, she is fitted for a greater ver satility of impersonation than are some women of wider fame. Few actresses of her years have had experience of a larger variety of types. .With Mr. Dodson himself an artist of genius she lives in all the "felicity of unbounded domesticity" conceived by Gilbert, and she looks as attentively to her linen closet as to a stage char acterization. Nervousness and tem per are as far from her as dissipation. When during the hot nights of "The Two Orphans" presentation some of the women of the company refreshed themselves with cooling drinks she produced a bundle of lemon drops. Her diversion is writing verse, which she reads, with blushes and golden tones, to a few intimate friends, but she resists their urgings to consult a printer and will resist until, as she puts it, there comes a "ray of divine illumination." SUCCESS ON THE STAGE. "Unless you have acquired a box of fice value there is little to go by in the I manager's office," says Eleanor Frank- lin. "It is usually a case of physical fitness. A manager wants a fine lock ing leading man to play the fascinating hero, and irony of fate you may be able to make 'love like a Claude Mel- THEATRICAL DECADENCE. "The first count is that the major part of the trouble with the theater," says an English writer, "is due to the increasing preponderance of the busy idle rich, who, guiltless, many of them, of any native aesthetic sense, yet are nevertheless persuaded that even that gift of the gods can be laid on if only the purchasing coin is forthcoming. These are they who start forth to buy 'culture' precisely as they buy the best hair oil from the best hairdresser. These are they who collect the man nered 'masterpieces' of a single painter because the town has gone momen tarily mad about him. Having hung these profound morbidities around their dining table, they are later on not a little shaken up when told by the agent who has orders to let their house that Mr. Blank will take it. and on their own terms, provided the 'master pieces' in question are ejected. To one such a sleek American millionaire who arrived boast laden last year, telling of what he had already acquired and of what he had further marked down to ship home his hostess made pensive answer, 'But there are a few things that are not to be bought." With the i s 1 ,f 'sr JOCKEY H. ("KELLY") PHILLIPS, WHO RIDES FOR E. R THOMAS. Phillips is a Texas boy who made a big hit at New Orleans last winter. He now draws an Jmmense salary from E. R. Thomas, owner of Hermis, But tons, Advance Guard, Hunter Raine, Onatas, Andy Williams, Stalwart and half dozen other high class horses. Phillips is mew riding on eastern tracks, where the Thomas stable la campaigning. notte, you may have had a dozen sea sons' experience on the stage, but la this case unless you have the requisite physical beauty you will find yourself superseded by the bonnle youth who has Just been 'graduated' from a school of acting. If this same manager has a play which calls for a fat boy he wants a fat boy. Rubber embonpoint won't do. The real thing is much more de sirable, and this Is especially true of the fat ladies who have been graduated during the past couple of seasons from the dime museum to the sclntillant realms of musical comedy, where they hold the center of the stage. Witness Miss Evie Stetson, recently of the Weber-Fields forces. Miss Eva Daven port of 'The Yankee Consul' and vari ous others who have starred that hith erto so undesirable stoutness on Broad way this season." MM E. REJANE IN "LA MONTAN SIER." Mme. Rejane. who Is to tour the United States next season, has been appearing in Paris of late in "La Mon- 7V tansler," a play which she may include in her repertory over here in the fall. As usual, Mme. Rejane's portrayal of the title role has won warm commen dation. upward 'sing' of triumphant dollars In his voice he replied- with assurance, I should like to know what they are.' 'Birth and breeding, to start with," she gently rejoined. t "To the American? invasion and con quest is due the acclamation as leaders of the class that demands that each new day shall yield them its birthright of pleasure a class, moreover, that scrupulously husbands all Its cash fo.. that altruistic purpose. This plan may be admirable. The question is. What pleasure? "None of your Irises foe me!' exclaimed a choice specimen. Irri tated doubtless by a lively discussion going forward on Mr. Plnero's magnum opus. He added, with conviction, I like to go to bed comfortable." Here lies the answer to the oft repeated wail why musical comedy and opera bouffe. have stolen theater after theater in London, for after such meager men tal fare, followed by the most filling of suppers, what remains save to go tm bed comfortable?" HART'S PITCHERS. President Hart of the Chicago Na tionals announces that he will carry six pitchers this year. He has only that number under contract now. 9 .-4. V I ;p J 1 t:

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