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STATE JOURNAL, TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 7, 1896.
L SUPPLY STORE. THE MODEL SUPPLY STORE. THE
EL SUPPLY STORE.
THE
MODE
MOD
THE GREAT JANUARY EVENT!
Beginning today (Tuesday, the 7th). This event will be a sale of Mid-Winter Goods at prices less than same can be produced today some of them a half less than they can be made for, others
at 55 per cent less than the same qualities can be imported today. It is our intention to keep as many employed this month of January as possible. We can't accomplish this without your co-operation.
By these lowered prices we shall do everything we can to make it to your interest to help keep those in our employ employed. We do not ask this only where you see it is in the interest of
your pocketbook to do so. It is strictly a business proposition. If you can see here that you can get more for the dollars you will have to spend in January, then we want your patronage. There
will be no deviation from our well established rule, whether the goods you buy in this sale be a half, or a third, or a quarter less than the cost to make or import, the4 . same liberality will be extended
to you that has characterized our methods of dealing with you in the past.
The stuff must move, and our prices will
an article behind COME, AND BE HERE
START TODAY. We have among the
bargains:
READ CAREFULLY.
These are
Genuine Bargains
(Come while you can gat your size)
Infants' Dong. but. plain toe $ 19
Infanta' Dong-, but. pat. tip 20
Child's Dong. but. pat. tip 65
Child's solar tip school shoes. ..... 77
Misses' solar tip school shoes 88
Misses fine Dong. but. or lace cloth
or leather top, Piccadilly or nar
row square toe, til sizes, all
widths; price now only 1 24
Ladies' turned opera slippers 49
Ladies' Dong. but. square pat. tip. 89
Ladies' genuine Milwaukee oil
grain, button, Riveted vamp seam.
climax back 1 19
Ladies' Dong, button, square or
pointed, patent tip, solid as rock 1 19
Ladies' fine Dong, button or lace,
square or pointed, pat. tip: others
ask you $2 and $2.25; our price
now 1 69
Ladies' fine Dong. but. opera and
square, pat. tip, widths C, D, E;
all sizes 1 97
Ladies' French Dong, button, welt
sewed;20th centnry toe,price now 2 69
Ladies' French Dong, button, hand
turned, needle or narrow square
toes; price now 2 88
Men's work shoes, an elegant line
all sizes, price now 1 19
Men's Congress shoes in narrow
cap toe or plain medium 1 19
Men's satin calf Congress, pat. tip;
a very neat dress shoe 1 39
Men a solid as rock Hal. and Con.;
several style toes; price now. 1 C9
Men's satin calf, Bal. and Cong,
narrow cap toe or plain, all sizes,
our $2.50 line, prices now 1 97
New fine American horse hide Bal.
and Con., cap or plain toe; a $3
value for 2 24
Men's fine stock calf, Bal and Con,,
narrow and square cap toe 2 49
Men's fine calf, Bal. and Con., hand
welt, all sizes 2 97
Men's Kang., calf and Bala,, patent
tip; a neat dressy shoe; well
worth $3.50; price now 2 97
Boys' and youths' shoes at prices to
suit you. We have a few felt goods to
close out Can not quote prices as shoes
are broken. Come and see if they are
not cheap enough.
Mail orders shipped same day re
ceived. Goods packed and delivered
to depot free.
The Largest
FRED HARVEY TO FIGHT.
Jumps Into the Kansas Hotel Keepers'
Association.
COT RiTES AT ALL HIS HOTELS.
News and Gossip About the Railroads
of Kansas Item. About Officials
and Employes.
The open letter published by C. L.
Usher, president of the Kansas Hotel
Keepers' association a few days ago, in
which he objected to the maintenance of
the railroad eating houses along the
lines of the Santa Fa, claiming that they
were unequal competitors with individual
capital by reason of the favors shown
them by the railroad company in the
matter of transportation of freight, has
stirred the ire of Fred Harvey, the man
ager of the Santa Fe eating houses, and
he has started to retaliate in a manner
which will be felt by the hotels of all
points along the line of the Santa Fe,
namely a reduction of rates.
Should the hotels decide to compete
with Mr. Harvey, it will precipitate a
rate war, which, considering Harvey's ad
vantage in obtaining material, possibly
entirely free over the Santa Fe, is apt to
result in a loss to the hotel men. That
this competition is a probability, is
shown by the action of the Arcade
hotel at Newton. The Harvey house
in that city made a cut from $3.00 and
$ 2.59 per day to $2.00, which reduction
was immediately met by the Arcade.
If the fight continues and becomes bit
ter enough, additions may have to be
built to the hotels along the Santa Fe
lines, as it will be cheaper to live at a
first class hotel than to maintain a home.
J. B. JOHSSOS'S LITTLE JOKE.
His Humorous Letter to Etidders on the
Santss Fa Road.
Hice county, Kansas, is fast coming to
the front. Raymond, one of its most en
terprising, if not its largest town, proud
ly boasts of a corn exchange, which has
the distinction, along with George R.
Peck and Sam Radges, of entering a bid
at the sale of the Santa Fe road. This bid,
which was telegraphed to Special Master
J. B. Johnson on Dec. 10, was made for
the reason that the members of the Corn
Exchange have much leisure time which
they felt they could devote admirably to
not leave
AT THE
numerous
100 lbs best Flour on earth $1 60
Colorado Potatoes, per bushel-. 43
SSF'Ask your grocer what he is getting.
OVERCOATS.OVERCOATS.
I Per cent discount on any coat in our house.
5 5 If you will compare our prices with others
J 2 3 we will get to sell to you.
50 W CAPS.-BOYS' Sl 75c
CLOTH I NQ .CLOTH I NQ.
. We are overloaded and want to unload. Will make yon
prices to suit your pocket book
63 men's heavy Cassimere Suits $ 3.50
19 men's all wool double breasted suits for 4.98
1 1 men's Scotch wool suits .' 6.48
19 men's good suits, worth $6, now 3.00
Men's heavy Underwear, per suit 50
Hen's heavy flitts, worth 65c; now . 25
$1.25 Gloves, 60c; $1 Gloves, 50c, 65c Gloves, 25c.
UNDERWEAR--We can make it an object to you if you are in need of any.
CLOAKS.
CLOAKS
CLOAKS.
Cloaks, former price $4, now $2.25.
Cloaks, former price $6, now $2.98.
Cloaks, former price $9.50, now $5.
Cloaks, former price $8.75, now $4.98.
Cloaks, former price $12.50, now $6.50.
We do not want to carry any garments
over and we make the above prices to
close them out; profits are not considered.
We are willing to lose 5'J per cent to
close this department out.
IB
THE
Department
the management of a small railroad.
The bid was for ten millions of dollars.
A day or two after the Corn Exchange
received the following letter from Judge
Johnson.
Raymond Corn Exchange, Raymond, Kan:
Gentlemen: I received your telegram
of 10th December, bidding ten million
dollars for the Santa Fe road. When the
telegram was receid I had very little
doubt but that your bid would be suffi
cient to take the property, but there
were some bloated bondholders who
came down here from New York,
puffed up with greed and wealth,
who bid sixty millions the first
whack, and so the Corn Exchange
was busted. I was sorry you
were not here, personally, to have raised
the worthy brethren up as Moses raised
up that serpent in the wilderness. But I
suppose your business was such at the
Corn exchange that you could not afford
to loave home for so trifling an affair
as this. The next time I have a railroad
to sell I shall consult you beforehand,
and impress you with the importance of
being on the ground.
Very truly yours,
J. 13. Johnson.
OFFICIALS AND EMPLOYES.
Personal Notes About Them of Interest
to Railroad People.
Day Operator Howard H. Huey of the
Rock Island telegraph office, is unable to
be at work on account of illness,
W. E. Dauchy, superintendent of main
tenance and construction of the Rock
Island is making a tour of inspection of
the road as far as the southern terminus
at Ft. Worth.
Conductor J. C. Ramsey of the Santa
Fe, running on the Southern Kansas
division, visited in this city yesterday.
J. E. Johnson has been appointed
agent for the Santa Fe at Cambridge,
Kan., vice J. R Cronwell. resigned.
G. A, Kimball, assistant general freight
agent of the Santa Fe, went to Kansas
City this morning to attend the Tranr
missouri freight rate committee meeting.
Freight Conductor Paul Johnson of the
Rock Island, residing in Horton, re
turned to his home yesterday afternoon
after a two weeks vacation spent in Chi
cago. Mrs. L. P. Morton of New York city,
passed through Topeka yesterday after
noon in Wagner special car "Grasmere"
attached to Santa Fe train No. 1, en
route to California.
O. A. Pier, train dispatcher of the
Rock Island at Herington, who has been
uaable to be at work for the past two
a, "VV. -."V- -X. '.
Prices on Everything Cut
Hardware
Bargains.
50 pair skates, our price 30c.
50 pr. skates, worth 75c, our price 40c.
25 pr. skates, wtfrth 85c, our price 46c.
Full nickle plated skates, worth $1.25,
our price 75c.
Knives and forks worth $1.75, 98c set.
Silver knive3 and forks, $1.98 set.
Gold Coin Heaters, worth $16, our price
to close out at $11.75.
No. 8 wash boilers, copper bottom, 73c.
Razors, guaranteed to be the best, 98c.
M0
Store in the
weeks on account of an injured foot, is
now abln to resume his duties.
Miss Z?na Stringham, stenographer to
Car Service Superintendent C. W. Kouns
of the Santa Fe, accompanied by her
sister, has returoad from a two weeks
vacation spent in Cleburne, Texas.
C. R. Hudson, assistant general freight
agent of the Santa Fe, in company with
E. T. Hollies, tariff clerk, is in Kansas
City attending the Transmissouri freight
rate committee meeting, which is being
held in that city this week.
D. Atwood, general freight agent of
the Rock Island and F. J. Schubert,
chief tariff clerk of the freight depart
ment, are in Kansas City attending a
meeting of the representatives of the
western roads for the purpose of check
ing up grain rates.
THE SANTA EE'S SNOW CUTTER,
A Wonderful Machine Kept Housed In
the Nickorson Roundhouse.
Standing in one of the stalls of the San
ta Fe roundhouse at N itfkersou, Kansas,
is a ponderous mechanical apparatus de
signed by the ingenuity of man for the
purpose of aiding raiload service in
overcoming nature in one of her wildest
forms.
This apparatus is the Jull Centrifugal
Snow Excavator, the only suow excava
tor of that make in the west, and at the
time of its invention considered a tri
umph of mechanical art.
It has been proven that the ordinary
snow plows are worthless when encoun
tering a snow bank iu the mountainous
regions of Colorado, or in cutting through
the drifts piled high on the plains of
western Kansas by the frolicsome Kansas
blizzards. The Santa Fe company sev
eral years ago purchased the Jull exca
vator and sent it west for service on the
lines of western Kansas and .Colorado.
Since that time it has seen much use, the
last service having been in the winter of
1893-4. The snow storms of last winter
were not of such severity as to make its
use necessary.
In form the excavator much resembles
a long, low-built box-car, open at one
end. In the front end is situated the
monster rotary screw-like shovel. In
the roof directly above the shovel is a
trap door, through which the snow is
thrown as the shovel revolves. Extend
ing behind the shovel are two 17-inch
Belpaire boilers, which furnish the
steam necessary to rotate the big screw.
When in service a locomotive tender is
attached to the rear to carry the fuel and
water.
The entire machine weighs 145,000
STRICTLY
ONE
PRICE
TO
ALL,
RICH
OR
POOR.
Millinery
Department.
1 60 per cent I
Don't you want a trimmed
Hat at less than one
half. If you do now is
your chance.
Ladies' trimmed hats for $1.40, reduced
from $3.
Trimmed hats for 99c, reJ.from $2.25.
Children's trimmed hats, 68c
A nice line of shapes in English and
French felts for tiQc, 48c and 55c. Also
a line at 25c. Fancy feather and birds
of all kinds at half price.
Best Ostrich tics; regular price 98c
and $1 .25, for 6Sc and 79c a bunch. Half
plumes, worth $1.50 for 58c.
West.
pounds or soventy-two and one-half tons.
Two large locomotives are always used
in propelling the excavator, and when
speed is necessary several are attached.
To persons visiting the Nickerson
roundhouse, the Jull centrifugal snow
excavator is always an object of interest
and often of surprise, few people hav
ing seen a similar machine.
SHOPS AND BOUNDHOUSE.
Personals and Notes Amon; the Em
ployes of the Mechanic! IJep.tr. men '.
Engineer William Hamilton of the
Santa Fe is taking a few days off.
Santa Fe passenger fireman C. C. Hay
man is laying off for several trips.
Passenger engineer John Higgins of
the Santa Fe has reported for duty after
a short layoff.
Freight conductor W. S. Simpson of
the Santa Fe at Argentine visited in To
peka yesterday.
Baldwin locomotive No. 113, recently
overhauled and repaired in the Santa Fe
shops in this city, was taken on a trial
trid to Meriden yesterday by "lion tamer"
Amos Baeler.
Special car No. 218, which is to be
used by President E. P. Ripley, of the
Santa Fe, as his private car, hns been
sent from Chicago to the Santa Fe paint
shops in this city for overhauling and
light repairs. No. 219 is the special
which was built for the personal use of
John W. Rhinehart when that gentle
man was president of the road. In in
terior equipment it far excels the pri
vate cars of other Santa Fe officials, and
is conceded to be one of the handsomest
specials in the United States.
The Santa Fe Esthetic.
The Santa Fe people started in to build
an additional ice house at Ottawa on the
ground jest west of the depot, and had
material on the ground, when some one
discovered that the building would in
terrupt the view of the park from the
depot platform. As this was a nice
point in esthetics, which always appeals
to the railroad people, orders suspending
work were at ouce issued, and the site
was directed to be removed to a point
north of the depot, on the east side. It
is consideration like this that has always
made the Santa Fe road popular in
Kansas.
Don't Head This
Unless you wish to mow that Beggs'
Diarrhoea Balsam is the best medicine
on earth for Summer Complaint. Never
fails. Cures every time. Equally good
for children. Sold aid warranted by all
druggists.
'.'.
to a Finish.
DON'T PAY
The high prices our competitors ask until you see
how cheaply you can buy at the Model Supply Store.
We recognize no competition in Topeka.
SENSIBLE.
1500
150
300
60
50
40
200
600
Cakes
Boxes
Boxes
Toilet Soap, per cake
Laundry Soap, per bar
Kirk's White Russian Soap, per bar,
Boxes
Boxes
Boxes
Clairette Soap,
Silk Soap, per
Lennox Soap,
Boxes
Fairbank's brown soap
Boxes Kingford's Silver
DRY GOODS.
Another big cut in the prices of Dress
Goods.
All Wool Henriettas at 27c, good value
at 40c.
Silk and Wool Novelties at 33c, worth
45 and 60c.
Wool Plaids at 20 and 38c.
Ladies' Suitings, all wool, 54 inches
wide; colors, tan, myrtle green, navy
blue, brown and black, at 45c, worth 70c.
4 pieces heavy all wool Novelty Suit
ing, 48 inches, at 50c, sold at 80c.
Best Prints 5c.
Heavy Apron Checks in Ginghams, 5c.
L L. Muslin 5c.
Fruit of the Loom 8c.
Lonsdale 8c.
Blanket
nlc..
63 Blankets, worth 95c, now 50c.
39 $1.60 Blankets, 90.
13 Pair Blankets, worth $2.50, now
$1.40.
This is your last chance to save money
on blankets.
STORE.
20024681012 East Sixth Street.
MR. HINCKLEY APPOINTED
Commissioners Had to Keep Their Prom
ise Even Though the County Loses
Money.
In pursuance of the plan agreed upon
before election, H. V. Hinckley was ap
pointed superintendent of the new bridge
late yesterday afternoon.
That the appointment of Mr. Hinck
ley is the result of a political job is evi
dent from the fact that a contract was
made with him for three and
a half per cent of the con
tract price when Col. Tweeddale
who is an engineer at least as competent
as Mr. Hinckley, offered to do the work
for two and a half per cent. If the con
tract "13 awarded for $135,000, this means
a difference of $1,350.
The commissioners were willing to
give this amount away because they had
promised to make Mr. Hinckley engi
neer, and finding that they could not do
that they were in duty bound to do the
next beat thing.
In the first place the superintendent
should have been employed bv the day
or month. At best a superintendent is
not needed for a month. The county will
pay Mr. Hinckley almost $5.000.for work
that could have been dona for less than
half the amount. Mr. R B. Bowen, who
has had an experience in superintending
the erection of large structures for years,
offered to do the work and furnish an as
sistant for $175 a month. It is estimated
that it will require six months to build
the bridge and his pay therefore would
amount to $1,050.
But A. B Quinton and other politicians
wanted Mr. Hinckley appointed and
they got their wish. It would be re
freshing to have a Lijard of county com
missioners who would conduct the af
fairs of the county on a business baeis
and steer clear of the politicians.
K.1)F P. DANCE.
Calla Division, Knights of Pythias,
will give another dance at Wetherell's
hall, on Jackson street, tomorrow
(Wednesday) evening. All Knights and
their friends are invited. Admission 50c.
Riverside coal is equal to any other soft
coal in the market, and sells for less
money at the Topeka Coal Co. Either
'phone-, 482.
Hard, Soft and All Kinds
Of coal. Labor prices,order from Wesson,
918 E. 4th at. Bell Tel. 550. Har. Tel .180.
K. of P. dance
Wetherell'a hall.
tomorrow evening at
COMMENCING TODAY there will be famous days
at our store. THERE WILL BE PRICES THAT WILL
PUSH BUSINESS at a rapid pace, So low you can
not afford to pass them.
1c
2c
3c
25c
25c
25c
25c
25c
38c
9 bars for
per bar
3c 9 for.
3 C - - 9 for .
3C- -9 for.
3c .9 for.
bar. . . .
per bar
Gloss Starch, 6 lb box
Hope 7c.
Twilled Crash 5c.
Good Towels 5c.
Large Towels 10c. less by the dozen.
50 dozen Handkerchiefs, a ittle soiled,
lc each.
50 dozen Handkerchief?, former price
8, 10 and 15c; choice at 5c.
22 dozen Lace and Embroidered Hand
kerchiefs, worth 15 and 18c, now 10c.
9 dozen Ladies' Silk Handkerchiefs at
22c.
12 dozen Gents' Silk Handkerchiefs at
30c.
82 dozen Ladies' All Wool -Vests, to
clqse, at 38c, worth 70c.
14 dozen Ladies' Combination Suits at
98c, worth $1.50.
Hosiery.
Misses' Black Hose, were 25. now 18c.
Misses' Black Hose, were 22, now 16c.
Misses' Black Hose, were 15, now 10c.
Misses' Black Hose, were 10, now 7c.
Ladies' Cashmere Hose, were 25, now
20c.
Ladies' Hermdorf Black Hose, were
25, now 20c.
Ladies' good Hose, fast black, 10c.
i
NORTH TOPEKA.
Ttems of Interest From the North Side of
the River.
O. O. Jacobs spent Sunday in Ros3
ville. Their first anniversary will be cele
brated by lodge 152, Degree of Honor,
Saturday night.
Dr. J. L. Hagerty, of Jackson street,
late of Denver, is able to be about again
after a severe illness.
Mrs, Howard G. Bailey, of Atchison,
visited Mrs. A. J. Kane yesterday on her
way to Manhattan.
Items and advertisements for the
Journal, should be left at the drug store
of A, J, Kane & Co., 826 Kansas avenue.
After visiting Dr. and Mrs. A. C. Davis
for two weeks Miss Maggie McDermid
returned to her home in Lockwood, Mo.,
today.
The North Topeka male quartette was
requested to sing at an entertainment
yesterday, but it is defunct. It flourished
last summer.
J. II. Heller, 1002' N. Kansas avenue,
grocery and meat market. Good treat
ment and line meats and groceries; you
can do better here than elsewhere.
The Magnet Restaurant and Short Or
der house, A. J. Prudtif, 850 N. Kansas
ave. Wholesale fruits and confectionery.
Geo. J. Graves & Sons, 115 and 117
West Laurent street, North Topeka, for
uggy tps, cushions, wagons, and bug
gies built to order. Bell 'phone 338.
Miss Ida David returned to her home
in Emporia yesterday after spending a
two weeks vacation at the home of her
aunt, Mrs. Smith, 1329 Taylor street.
Josiah Seal, of Thompson ville, was in
the city yesterday. His son Ulysses, who
is in the regular army in Georgia, has
recently taken a trip to England.
The family of Wm. Walker haa re
moved to North Topeka from Beloit.
Mr. Walker has been here two weeks
and has secured a place in the Santa Fe
shops. They will live at 1017 Van
Buren street.
George Bennett, who has lived in
North Topeka since 1,570, died yesterday
at 2:30 p. m. at his home, 814 North Har
rison street. He was 76 years of age
and was born in Warsaw, Poland.
Charles Bennett, optician, is his son.
The funeral will be held tomorrow af
ternoon from the home.
The Sunday school at the' Kansas
avenue M. E. church elected officers for
the year last evening. A. O. Rorabaugh
GROCERIES.
6 packages
25c
Arbuckle'e
Iowa Scotch or Iowa oats,
or Lion coffee, per pack-
age, 18c.
4 10c Schepps' cocoanut, 25c.
Hickory cuts, per peck, 25o.
13 bars laundry soap, 25c.
9 bars Fairbank's brown soap, 25c.
25 lbs C sugar $1.
White Loaf, Big Four and Crosby'
Be3t flour, per sack, 90c.
Crosby's No. 1, Peach Blossom and
Buffalo flour, per sack, 80c.
8-1 b can pure mince meat, 40c.
8-lb can pure apple butter, 40c.
Koyal or Price's baking powder, per
lb. can, 35c.
2 packages yeast foam, 5c.
Dr. Price's extracts, per bottle, lOo.
Porterhouse steak, per lb, 8c.
23 lbs. white lard, $1.
Clothes pins, per dozen, lc.
10 lbs. navy beans, 25c.
Canned corn, peas, pumpkin and
blackberries, per can, 5c.
California table fruit, large can, 10c.
Sugar cured hams, per lb, 9c.
Sugar cured breakfast bacon, per lb,
8e.
Dried salt meat, per lb, 5c.
5 lbs 40c tea, $1.
California table fruit, large cans
peaches, strawberries, pears, apricots,
plums, gooseberries, raspberries.
Per Can, lOo.
60c gunpowder tea, 20c.
6Jc Japan tea, 20c.
O'. c Oolonc tea, 20c.
ti 'c Imported tea, 20c.
80c Gunpowder tea, 25c.
80c Young Hyson tea, 25c.
8Jc Oolong tea, 25c.
80c Imperial tea. 25c.
We have 40 chests and it will be iold
at the above prices.
Maple syrup, large glass bottles, 25c.
Old Morrce, gal. can, 90c, usual price,
$1.40.
Scodders, per gal. can, 90c, up-town
prices, $1.40.
COFFEE. COFFEE.
Our buyer in Chicago, got a snap in
coffee, and he took it; it just arrived to
day. We are going to let you in on it
now; buy what you watit of it at 18c per
lb. It is worth wholesale 28c. Limited
10 lb to a sale.
Send for our
LARGE CATALOGUE.
i
was re-elected superintendent; Guy
Houghtellin, assistant; Robert Smith,
secretary; W. J. Wetherholt. treasurer;
Miss Ida Henry, organist; Miss Ida
Stanstleld, assistant; Miss Grace Hough
tellin, librarian.
Right One Place, Wron' Another.
Topeka insurance agents will be inter
ested in knowing; that the 2 per cent
reciprocal tax law for the benefit of the
local fire departments, similar to the Kan
sas law which Insurance Commissioner
Geo. T. Anthony is now trying to enforce,
has been declared unconstitutional in
Illinois because of a defect in the title of
the law. In New York the supreme
court has decided the law to be constitu
tional. An Old Lady Badly Hart.
A Mrs. Sexton, who lives in Highland
Park addition, feil down stairs Sunday
and broke one of her limbs. She is nine
ty years old and belongs to a very poor
family, her son being paralyzed in both
arms. Mrs. Thorpe is helping them.
Robbed
Of a nice head of hair just through neg
ligence. When your hair begins to fall
out, don't neglect it, but get a bottle of
Begg's Hair Renewer, which will stop
its falling out, and if turning gray, will
restore its natural color. For sale by ail
druggists.
Awarded
Highest Honors World's Fair,
W CREAM
BAKING
POWDER
MOST PERFECT MADE.
A pure Grape Cream of Tartar Powder. Free
from Ammonia, Alum or any other adulterant,
40 YEARS THE STANDARD.