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THREE CENTS. FRIDAY EVENING. 16 PAGES. TOPEKA, KANSAS, SEPTEMBER 25, 1896. FRIDAY EVENING.
THREE CENTS.
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IS HE RIGHT?
General Niles, In Charge of the
Reunion Camp
Expects 75,000 People to Be
Here Next Week.
If Ho Is Right It Will Keep All
Topeka Busy
TO CARE FOR THEjI.
No One Must Go Away Saying
He Was Neglected.
Scenes at Camp Miles More
Tents Coming.
The man who has charge of Camp Nel
son A. Mies for that will be the name of
the fair grounds until after next week,
is Adjutant General J. Y. Niles of the G.
A. R.
lie may be found any day at the camp
superintending the placing of decorations
and the erection of tents. Not a detail
escapes him and not a foot of the big
grounds will be slighted. He proposes to
use it all for he is sure that there will be
applications for all the sleeping accommo
dations that can be found.
The camp is platted like a city and a
blue print will be kept at the headquar
ters so that Adjutant Niles can put his
linger on it at any time. The streets are
named for the commanders of the Grand
Army. The principal avenue runs north
and south and is very wide. It is named
Grant avenue. The streets, however, run
east and west. Their names are as fol
lows, commencing at the northeast cor
ner of the camp and going south: Suward,
McDavitt, I'uiitl, Anderson. alkinshan,
Guthrie, Jenkins, Martin, Gilpatrick, Car-pc-nter,
Feihan, liooth, Collins. McCar
thy, reen, Ktlly, Campbell. Harris and
Whitney. The streets are lined on either
side ly tents.
Adjutant Niles talked about the ar
rangements at the camp ground last
niKht. "I intend to divide the camp into
divisions," said he, "according to con
gressional districts and each division will
have a commander as follows:
"Comrade T. B. Gerow, Post 93,, 1st di
vision. Comrade A. R. Greene, Post 4S1, 2nd di
vision. ' Comrade A. H. Limerick, Post So, 3rd
division.
"Comrade F. P. Cochran, Post 15, 4th di
vision. "Comrade G. M. Stratton, Post 88, 5th
division.
"Comrade C. W. Culp, Post 173, 6th di
vision. 'Comrade Jerry Shaw, Post 394, 7th di
vision. "Each division commander will select
a commander for each county. I will deal
with the division commanders direct and
they will draw the wood and straw for
their respective divisions. Then they will
distribute the supplies to the county com
manders and In that way there will be a
system which will greatly facilitate busi
ness and avoid confusion.
"The division commanders will have
headquarters tents and when a man
comes to headquarters in search of a
camrade and can tell what county or city
lie is from. I can send him to the divis
ion commander at once and he will have
no trouble in finding the man he is after.
"There will be no rations issued from
headquarters. The only things provided
are wood and straw and the comrades
who pump will be expected to furnish
their own hard tack and coffee. I will be
Bt headquarters constantly to take care
of all who come and direct them to their
pinte in camp."
The headquarters of the adjutant are
in the little hexagonal building jtist south
of Exposition hall. A part of one of the
Isre buildings will be reserved for hos
pital purposes. It will be equipped with
2 cots and there will be a physician and
two or three attendants on duty during
the entire week.
The big Galveston ship which is about
lialf completed stands near the center of
camp Miles and just east of Grant ave
nue. Tt will be completed by Monday
morning with fair weather.
Lieutenant Phillips and Battery B
have lt-en assigned to quarters just east
of Kxposi ion hall. One of their guns
will be stationed near headquarters, how
ever, anil the nag which floats from the
Ftaff near headquarters will be raised in
the morning by a detail from the battery
antl a sunrise gun and lowered at sunset
by the same force and by a sunset gun.
The High School Zounves have been as
sdened quarters by Adjutant Niles near
t1P Topeka avenue entrance of the camn.
Ten tents have been set aside for their
use. '
Adjutant Niles says that the hi-h wind
of vesterdav delp-ved the work of putting
up tents considerably-, but there is an
other draw back and that is not having
tp-iis to put up. "We made a mistake."
said he. "in sending tents to reunions so
near the dates for this and we are hav
ing a great deal of trouble in getting them
haYk. T think they will all be here in
time, however, but we will have to rush
the work of putting them up much more
raoidlv."
nizht guard of three men now keep
wati-h over the camp and Major Niles
says the guard will be increased from
dav to dav.
Adjutant Niles says he expects that the
advance guard will begin to arrive to
morrow. He says he has received many
jt vers from people living In the Sixth and
Seventh congressional districts who
Ftarted to drive to Topeka the first of this
week. He is expecting them to arrive al
most any time. He Pays he believes that
there will be 75.000 people In Topeka next
week.
FOUR HUNDRED FIREMEN-.
News Received of Hiawatha and Oth
er Departments Coming to Topeka.
Chief Wilmarth of the fire department,
pays that he wishes it distinctly under
stood that the Firemen's parade will pos
itively appear in North Topeka Tuesday
morning. This will be the only parade
which crosses the river. It was at first
intended that the Bicycle parade should
go to North Topeka. but on account of its
ending at Camp Miles, the trip would be
too long.
Chief Wilmarth says that he has prom
ised the North Topeka people that they
shall see his big parade, and that he wiil
keep his promise. The line of march
was piven in Tuesday's State Journal.
Hiawatha sends word that she will send
10 men and one hose truck. The first
word was that but ten men would come
and no truck. Omaha will send two dele
gates. Newton ten and Lawrence three.
Sunday afternoon the Winfield depart
ment of 20 men and one hose truck will
arrive over- the Santa Fe. On Mondav
morning Peabody and Clav Center will
arrive, and in the afternoon Beloit. 25
men and one hose truck. Abilene 25 men.
Minneapolis 30 men and one hose truck
and McPherson will arrive. Thev will be
met by delegations of firemen of the citv
Hiawatha will arrive with 2f men and
one hose truck Moijday at midnight
All during next week extra men w:ill be
rn duty at all th fire stations of the
city, and whenever a crowd col
lects at any of the stations Vr
hibition hitches will be made. The sta
tions have all been repaintsd and the an"
paratus put In the best shape. At head
quarters the front of the building has
km sainted and now signs ara beins
painted today. On the inside everything
has been touched up and looks wel!.
I'ecorations of flowers and bunting will
be put in the stations.
In the big Thursday night parade, and
Grand Pageant all thee tire apparatus
will take part and If the horses
can be secured, the old steamer
and the old chemical, both of
which have been decorated with flowers
for the Floral parade will be taken also.
The old steamer looks gay. The ladies
and the firemen have been busy decor
ating it for several days. The wheels are
a solid mass of chrysanthemums, and the
ttoiler of the engine has around it rows of
red roses and white chrysanthemums, and
the large hose which is coiled in front of
it is twined with morning glories.
The old Babcock chemical engine which
has been stored at the North Topeka sta
tion, is a mass of flowers, the decorations
being similar to those of the steamer.
Four fine black horses will haul the
steamer, and two the chemical. In case
these horses can be secured again for the
Grand Pageant the two decorated engines
will appear In the parade.
The firemen's tournament occurs at the
state fair grounds race track on Tuesday
afternoon at 1:30 and again on Wednes
day morning at 19:00.
Chief Wilmarth says that he expects
between three and four hundred firemen
In attendance at the tournament. The
business meeting of the State Firemen's
association occurs at 4:00 p. m. Monday.
At 7:30 p. m. Monday a reception to the
visiting firemen will be given.
MASQUERS IN RED FIRE.
The Carnival Parade "Will Cover 25
Blocks and be Well Lighted.
Will Haskell, head of the Carnival feat
ure of the Fall Festival issues a request
today that all persons who are to take
any part in the parade at all even if it is
in costume only, shall report to him im
mediately at the National hotel by mall or
otherwise that he may assign them to
their places in the parade. "The first to
report will be given the best places," he
says.
Mr. Haskell this morning diagrammed the
line of march the parade will take on
Carnival night.
It will form on Harrison street facing
south with right resting on Eighth street
soon after 7 o'clock.
The line will move east on Eighth street
to Jackson street, south on Jackson street
to Ninth street, east on Ninth street to
Kansas avenue, north on Kansas avenue
to First street, countermarch on Kansas
avenue south to Eighth street, west on
Eighth street to Jackson street, south on
Jackson street to Tenth street, west on
Tenth street to Harrison street, north on
Harrison street to Sixth street, where all
the floats will drop out and the maskers
alone will continue east on Sixth street
to Kansas avenue for the big Carnival.
All through the parade which will ex
tend over a distance of 25 blocks, colored
tire will be burned along the street and
on the floats, making the streets and pa
rade a perfect blaze of colored light.
All maskers will take part in the pa
rade. HOTEL MEN EXPECT CROWDS.
Carnival Throngs Seldom Engage
Rooms Long Beforehand.
Although the principal hotels of the
city have as yet received but few appli
cations for accommodations, this is not
regarded as at all significant by the pro
prietors. Every hotel in Topeka Is ex
pected to be crowded to its fullest capac
ity during Fall Festival week.
Mr. Irving Doolittle, manager of the
Throop hotel, in speaking of this matter
today said: "That we have but few rooms
engaged so far for Fall Festival week is
not regarded as significant. Bv far the
majority of the people who will come to
Topeka next week will take their chances
of securing accommodations after they
arrive in this city. It will be in no way
similar to conventions or other gatherings
where rooms are always engaged before
hand. We expect to be crowded and have
preparations to take cere of the addi
tional business."
Mr. J. R. Hankla, of the Hankla Bros.,
proprietors of the National hotel, also
slated that he was of the opinion that the
majority of the people who will come to
Topeka next week would take their
chances of securing accommodations aft
er their arrival in this city.
PONY FLORAL PARADE.
Dr. Guibor Issues a Notice to Particip
ants in This Feature.
Dr. C. H. Guibor officially announces
this afternoon that those participating in
the children's pony portion of the Fall
Festival Floral parade will form in front
of his residence on Harrison street be
tween Tenth and Eleventh streets at 1:30
o'clock Wednesday afternoon. The
children's turnouts will there be arranged
in order and placed in the third division
oi T he parade.
The following ladies will have turnouts
in this feature of the parade, driven by
their children.
Mesdames Hazen. Chaffee. Mulvane
Johnson, McClintock, Lindsav. Foster'
r nch, Shutt. Austin, Guibor. Newcomb'
Kodtrers. Southwick, Coes, Siebert, Cof
ran, Baker and Crawford.
THERE WILL BE 80
In Big the Equestrian Feature of the
Flower Parade
Miss Emma Banks, who is at the head
of the Equestrian feature of the Fail Fes
tival parades says that every member of
her brigade will be ready and costumed
on time and the company will number so
ladies and gentlemen. Thev will not only
appear in the Flower parade of Wednes
day afternoon but will also appear in the
parade of Thursday night.
No doubt every member of the club
would be glad to appear as attendants of
the Hon Quixote feature; Will Haskell
should arrange for this.
Catholic Ladies, Attention.
At a meeting of the Spaulding Reading
Circle yesterday afternoon it was decided
that all ladies of the Asumption parish
will meet at the school Saturday morn
ing at 9 o'c lock prepared to assist in dec
orating the church, school and grounds
for the Fall Festival week. All are asked
to bring with them what decorations they
can. All who cannot be there Saturday
will please come Monday at the same
time. F. M. HAYDEN.
WHAT A HORRIBLE WASTE.
A Bottle of Champagne to be Broken
Over the Galveston's Bow.
The committee of the Commercial
club which will have charge of the
dedication of the Texas steamship at
Camp Miles held a meeting today and
decided upon the plan for the ceremon
ies. It was agreed that the ceremony
should be exactly the same as that used
in the dedication of real ocean steam
ships. A young lady will be selected
to break a bottle of real champagne
over the bow and in all other details
the usual custom attending the launch
ing of a ship will be carried out.
Marshall's band will play and the
ship will be formally accepted in an ad
dress by A. W". Dana, chairman of the
committee from the Topeka Commer
cial club. There will also be an origi
nal poem by Eugene F. Ware.
It is now proposed that the ceremony
shall take place on Tuesday afternoon
but that point has not yet been fully
determined.
Ian Maclaren Arrives.
New York. Sept. 25. Rev. John Wat
son, D. D., whose pen name is Ian Mac
laren, the author of "Beside the Bon
nie Brier Bush," was a passenger on the
Germanic, which, arrived last niht.
VERY MUCH
ONE SIDED.
Little Wizened Up Connecticut
Continues
To Act Rudely Toward William
J. Bryan.
Hartford Nutmegs Hiss the
Speaker Repeatedly.
DOWXE ASTERS SOUR.
At One Place They Meet Him
With McKinley Banners.
Hatred As Manifest As In Geor
gia Toward Abolitionists
Whenever Any Dared Venture
There Before the War.
Spring-field, Mass., Sept. 25. Greatly
refreshed by a ten hours' sleep, Wm.
J. Bryan left Hartford at 11:16 a. m. to
invade the "enemy's country" still fur
ther. There was a small crowd at the
depot to catch a parting glimpse of the
nominee and to these Mr. Bryan made
a few remarks. He told them that the
money changer was interested in hav
ing a dear dollar, and a dear dollar
meant hard times to the producers of
wealth. There was no demonstration,
no cheering and nothing in the way of
enthusiasm. On the train was a com
mittee from Springfield headed by Col.
John L. Brice.
The first stop was at TVindsor where
a small crowd had gathered carrying
the banner "McKinley and Prosperity."
There were a few cheers for him by
part of the crowd and more cheers for
his opponent.
At Windsor Locks, the next stop, the
assemblage was more enthusiastic for
Bryan. There everybody wanted to
shake hands with him and called on
him for a speech. "I am glad to see
you." was the extent of his address and
even that was applauded. Thompson
ville also gave him a cordial reception
and he was cheered enthusiastically
by the few hundred people gathered
about the depot.
Springfield. Mass., Sept. 25. At this
city Mr. Bryan said:
"Ladies and Gentlemen: Before en
tering upon a discussion of the great
paramount issue of this campaign, I
desire in this city, to pay tribute to in
dependent journalism. (Applause.)
"My friends, I have always respected
an honest and an earnest and able op
ponent. I never criticised the right of
any one to speak his sentiments and
present his ideas as clearly, as forcibly,
as eloquently as he can. I believe with
Jefferson that error is harmless where
reason is left free to combat it. (Great
applause.)
"And if any man has an idea, I am
willing for him to launch that idea and
trust to the merits of that idea to
make its way into the minds and into
the hearts of men, and I respect the
Springfield Republican for the high
(great applause) plane upon which it
discusses political questions. I respect
it for the tolerance which it shows
to political opponents and without cen
suring those who substitute abuse for
argument. I can commend those who
use argument instead of abuse (great
applause.) I can commend also to ev
ery citizen the words of that distin
guished editor who was the founder of
this paper. I am told that he is an au
thor of the expression that a man who
is not willing to die for a cause in which
he believes, is not woithy to live. (Great
applause.)
"My friends it is willingness of peo
ple to stake their all on their convictions
that has enabled truth to spread from
person to person until at last it over
comes the opposition. And in this cam
paign we have as good an illustration
as was ever given of the depth of con
viction and the intensity of earnestness
in the presentation of the cause. I chal
lenge you to find among all the hosts
who defended a cause, more earnest
men than are found today among the
advocates of the rights of this govern
ment to legislate for itself without re
gard to other nations. (Great applause.)
It will not do to say that there is no
cause for such feeling as is manifested
now.
"If you read the dispatch which ap
peared in yesterday morning's paper
from London, you will find that a great
meeting of agriculturists was held In
Buda Pesth, and in speaking of that
meeting the dispatch said that practi
cally all of those representing agricul
tural societies were in favor of the re
storation of bimetallism. My friends,
our opponents sometimes tell us that
this movement in favor of free coinage
is started by the mine owners and kept
up by the mine owners. I want them
to understand that they cannot explain
this great uprising of the people on the
theory that it is instigated by men who
own bullion and want to sell it at high
er prices.
"This great uprising comes from the
masses of the people who do not pro
duce bullion, but they produce property
and they realize that the gold standard
has been driving value out of the prop
erty which they produce."
THEY HISSED BRYAN.
Hartford People Show Their Hostility
to Him in the Eastern Way.
Hartford, Conn., Sept. 25. At the city
hall where Mr. Bryan made his last
speech last night, he was both applaud
ed and hissed when he spoke. The
street in front of the balcony from
which he mads his address was packed
with people. Mr. Bryan began his
speech with a reiteration of his compar
ison between the Republican and Dem
ocratic platforms on the silver question
and added:
"There are some people down In this
part of our country who believe that
we cannot stand alone, but my friends,
the people who doubt the strength and
greatness of this country visit Europe
oftener than they visit the territory
west of the Mississippi river. (Ap
plause.) They know more about the old
world than they do about the new
and they have more confidence in the
power of foreigners than they have in
the strength of the American people.
(Applause and hisses.)
'Now, my friends, if we determine
our own legislation, we can have such
legislation as we want. If we get tired
of one plan we can adopt another, but
if we surrender to other nations the
power to determine what kind of a
financial system we shall have, then in
stead of using the ballot to legislate for
ourselves, we can simply petition for
eigners to help us. (Applause and
hisses.) Our opponents tell us that we
do not need any more money. They try
to convince us that the less money
there is in the country, the more each
individual will have of that money. We
say that you cannot increase the money
among the people until you increase
the amount of money in the country to
circulate among the people, and we ask
you to consider whether it is not nec
essary to reverse the process which has
been going on by which the circulation
in the country as shown by the treas
ury report of June 1 has decreased $150,
000,000. Isn't it necessary (a voice 'No.')
to reverse the process and Increase our
currency to keep pace with our popula
tion in our own money and fixed investments?"
LIVING FLAG.
A Grand Effort to Prevent It From
Falling Through,
An attempt will be made under the
direction of the ladles' flower commit
tee, to revive the "living flag" feature
of the flower parade, tomorrow after
noon. If the children cannot be taught to
march they can at least be taught to
sit on the state house steps. The re
viewing stand of the officers and dis
tinguished guests will be located on the
north walk of the state house grounds
facing Eighth street, and the proper
place for the flag- would be behind the
stand on the steps. From the street
it would show above the stand.
Mrs. Milliken has issued the follow
ing call to the newspapers today:
"All of the children who were to take
part in the 'living flag' are requested to
meet at the north steps of the state
house tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock,
when it will be decided whether or not
the flag feature will be given on the
steps. Let every mother see that her
child is there and with the promise to
hafe her costume ready in time for the
parade. The costume will be very
simple and can be easily made in a
short time. This flag will be one of the
best features of the week if carried out.
"MRS. N. MILLIKEN."
HE WABBLED ALL AROUND.
Col. Van Horn for Sliver But Guarded
in His Utterances.
Kansas City, Sept. 25. Congressman
R. T. Van Horn spoke before a large
audience at Turner hall last evening
upon the free silver question. The
meeting was under the auspices of the
Bryan silver club, and while the con
gressman did not say in his speech for
whom he intended to vote, his appear
ance last night before the Bryan club
is virtually an announcement that he
intends to support the Democratic tick
et this fall. The hall was so crowded
that many hundreds were turned away,
unable to gain admission.
"This money question," said Col. Van
Horn, "is so simple that a child can
understand it, and it takes able finan
ciers to confuse it." Following along
the established teachings of the lead
ers of the school of financiers to which
he belongs, he pointed out that all mon
ey was fiat money, and that silver and
gold had always stood together as mon
ey metals. He said that as it was now
the price of precious metals was con
trolled by the usurers of the world, and
said that until England took control it
had been the rule of all ages that the
nations which produced the precious
metals controlled the price of them.
He said that Spain, after Columbus
had discovered the new world, controll
ed the price of gold and silver, and that
Portugal had controlled it for a time,
but that now the United States, the
greatest gold and silver producing
country on the earth, had nothing to
say about the value of its own pro
ducts. Col. Van Horn did not express him
self clearly as to his position in rela
tion to political parties, and produced
a certain sense of dissatisfaction among
both gold and silver men who heard
him.
Finally he came down to a personal
explanation of his own position at the
present time, but was very guarded in
seeing that he did not go too far. "I
am myself in a rather peculiar posi
tion as a Republican just now," he said.
"I was elected as the congressman from
this district upon a free silver platform
and upon every stump in the district I
pledged the people that I would support
this platform. Now, the time for the
expiration of that pledge does not ex
pire until the 4th of next March, and
how, according to these gold men, am
I to keep my pledge to the people who
elected me, and be a good Republican?"
Col. Van Horn declared emphatically
for the free coinage of silver and while
he did not declare his purpose to vote
for Bryan, his appearance at the meet
ing is considered to be a virtual an
nouncement that he will support the
ticket.
EDISON COMPANY'S PLANT"
Remarkable Growth and High Stand
ing of a TJseful Industry.
One of the most successful and useful
industries in the city is that of the Ed
ison Electric Iluminating company,
which was organized in the winter of
1RS5. and commenced business with
about fifteen customers, served from a
dynamo attached to the machinery of
the Shawnee Mills. This was in the
early days of electricity, when there
was still much doubt as to its success
for illuminating and power purposes.
After a few months demonstration, a
permanent plant was erected on Van
Buren street, in the heart of the city,
from which a constantly increasing
current has been served without inter
mission, day and night, except one day
when the plant was partially destroyed
by fire.
More than 500 customers are now
served, and the company has promptly
adopted all the new appliances and
forms of service, and has given its cus
tomers the advantage of reductions in
rate, just as fast as economy in opera
tion and introduction of improvements
and growth of business has justified.
In addition to the original incandes
cent service it now furnishes Jenny
Arc lamps, Thompson and Houston
Arcs and an alternating system for the
suburbs, furnishes power to a great va
riety of industries, and is now intro
ducing a new incandescent arc lamp
which runs 150 hours without renewal
and is extremely desirable for all store
lighting.
The company has been conservative
ly managed and although called upon
for frequent extensive additions to its
plant it has maintained the highest
possible credit, mechanical and finan
cial. Convenience, safety, cleanliness
and economy all appeal to good judg
ment of users of both electric light and
power.
Hear Pro Frank Nelson
At Hamilton Hall tomorrow evening.
IT IS ALL ROT
Ahout the Police Being Off Duty
Carniral Night.
Breaches of the Peace Will Sub
ject Offenders
To Arrest Let Other People's
Costumes Alone.
GOOD NATURED FUX
Will Be Permitted But Not
Destruction and Riot.
All the Noise Tou Please But
No Fighting.
The fervid oratory of the speakers at
the High Roller mass meeting at Ham
ilton hall the other night must not be
taken too literally. Some people who
are disposed to be too riotous must put
a curb on their intentions for Carnival
night of next week.
There will be hundreds of ladies
masked and in the carnival and no un
seemly performaces or ribaldry will be
permitted.
The police will be on duty and any
person who uses rude hands on any
person's costume will find himself taken
into custody. As Will Haskell, precep
tor of the carnival, stated, the affair is
to be kept strictly respectable. Those
who wish to cut up will be encouraged
to do so to their heart's content, but
the line will be drawn at the sacred
rights of person and property.
Make all the noise you please, and
indulge in all the gaiety you like, but
do not go so far as to annoy others who
object to the annoyance. The Topeka
carnival is an imitation of those in
Rome, Venice, New Orleans, Memphis
and other places, and in those cities
good nature and respect for others uni
versally prevail. At Kansas City, the
best of order is observed and everybody
has a good time without anybody get
ting hurt, except in one instance when
the parties were drunk.
Chief of Police John W. Gardiner will
see to it that no rowdyism is indulged
in- on Karnival night. His regular and
special policemen will be on duty that
night and prevent any lawlessness. In
speaking of his action in the matter
today he said:
"Everybody will be allowed to have
a good time, but no lawlessness will be
allowed. I shall instruct all my men
to arrest anyone destroying property
or breaking any of the laws. No one
shall be allowed to tear the costumes of
the people who are parading, and all
fights will be stopped and all parties
engaging therein will be arrested. I
Intend to let everyone have the best
time he ever had in his life but nothing
must be carried to extremes."
ELECTRICAL ORNAMENTS.
Many Magnificent Displays by Busi
ness Firms to be Made.
A large number of the business men
will not only decorate their stores with
paper, cloth, foliage and flowers for the
Fall Festival, but will also have ex
tensive decorations in the matter of
electric lights.
The main light feature of the general
committee will be the big arch at the
east entrance of the state house
grounds, on which will be the words,
"Welcome, G. A. R." in red, white and
blue lights.
The Edison company will itself put up
an immense electric banner on West
Eighth street near Van Buren street
that will be seen for miles. It will
bear the words "Edison Co., Light and
Power," done in incandescent lights
with letters three feet high. It will be
built on wire netting and will look as if
it stood in the air.
Business men who have contracted
with the Edison company for light dec
orations are:
Will Chaffee, who will have his name
done in white lights across his store
front.
The Mills-Adams company will have
a canopy with a border of lights.
The Furman shoe store will have its
big window trimmed with sunxlowers
made of electric lights.
Greenwald & Co. will have their name
in colored lights on the top of their
building.
Dan Clements Will trim his sign in
lights and so will the Hub Clothing
company.
The Barnum & Co. store will have a
window display of 56 lights.
J. M. Knight will have his store at
714 Kansas avenue trimmed in front
with 36 colored lights.
The big tower at the Rock Island gen
eral offices will be trimmed with white
lights. This is a feature paid lor by
the employes of the company.
BUREAU OF PUBLIC COMFORT.
Direct All Inquiries to "Office Block"
600 Lodging Places Listed.
The Bureau of Public Comfort will be
opened tomorrow morning in the Office
block on East Fifth street just back of
the postoflice. W. E. Brubaker will
be in direct charge. He has had much
experience with that kind of work. City
Clerk McFadden will have general su
pervision of the bureau and every
stranger in the city will be treated
courteously; Every question will be
answered, no matter how trivial.
An important part of this department
will be a directory for the people who
are not supplied with board and lodg
ing. There are 600 places on the lists.
There should be 600 more.
A place for the entertainment of
women visitors has been provided by
the Young Women's Christian associa
tion at the Y. M. C. A. gymnasium on
East Eighth street. A committee from
the association will be on duty at all
times and the visitors will be taken care
of by women who know how to enter
tain. BEAUTIFUL NEW FLAG
To Float From the Top of the State
house Dome.
Several school book companies have
offered to present the state with a
handsome new flag for the dome of the
state house, 18x30, and the executive
council today accepted the present and
ordered a staff put up on the dome on
which to fly it- It will float during the
Festival.
The council also ratified the order of
Secretary Edwards and Treasurer Ath
erton concerning the reviewing plat
form that they ordered put up at the
north entrance to the grounds and it
will be suitably decorated when fin
ished. The council has decided to decorate
the state house for the festivities next
week. They instructed State Architect
Holland to purchase 1,000 yard3 of
bunting and flags enough to decorate.
The details of the decoration will be
left to the architect and work will be
gin just as soon as he can perfect his
plans.
Two additional arc lights will be
placed in the corridors to light them
and the elevator will be run all next
week. The dome will be opened to
the public and a man will be stationed
up there to prevent accidents and depredations.
TON AND A HALF FIREWORKS.
Sixteen Men Abreast in the Flambeau
Parade.
The fireworks which will be used in
the parade Thursday night have been
ordered, but they will not arrive until
Thursday. There are 2,900 pounds of
them and they have not been shipped
because it would be difficult to find a
place to store them.
The display will be at least twice as
large as any ever seen in Topeka. It
will also be the finest ever seen in this
part of the west. A detachment will
carry colored fire torches and these will
be used to light the fire crackers as
well as to illuminate the parade.
The Democratic and Republican flam
beau clubs will meet together at the
Republican flambeau headquarters for
drill purposes. The intention is to have
one of the clubs on either side of the
street car tracks on Kansas avenue so
that the street will be filled with a
blaze of fireworks. The intention is to
have the ranks formed of 16 men
abreast.
TOPEKA CLUB'S PLANS.
Club House to be Elaborately Decor
ated and Prominent Visitors
Invited.
The Topeka club house at the corner
of Sixth and Harrison streets is to be
prettily decorated for Fall Festival
week. The work of decorating will be
commenced tomorrow and will be in
charge of Florist James Hayes.
Red, white and blue crepe paper and
asparagus will be used in the decora
tions, and the front porch and entrance
will be brilliantly illuminated with in
candescent electric lights of different
colors. Festoons of fern will be strung
from the roof of the porch to the upper
portion of the building.
Invitations extending all privileges of
the club have been forwarded to 25 of
ficers of the regular army at Fort
Leavenworth and ten at Fort Riley who
will be in this city next week. Each
member of the club will also be entitled
to issue similar invitations to visiting
friends during that week. From the
fact that all nights of the week will be
occupied with special festival features,
no public reception will be tendered the
visitors.
A Rush for Privileges.
The force of men at Camp Miles was
increased today to rush the work of
putting up tents. It is expected that
there will be people on the ground to
morrow applying for quarters. There
has been a rush for the privileges In
the past two or three days, but a pecu
liar fact is that there has been but one
side show that has bought a privilege.
There will be very few fakirs on the
camp grounds.
Draping the City Hall.
The City hall at the corner of Seventh
and Kansas avenue is to be well decor
ated for Festival week. Flags are to be
draped from the cornice to the windows
of the third story on the front and
north side of the building, and below
the third story windows on the front
and both the third and second story
windows on the side. The front bal
cony is to be covered with bunting and
decorated with festoons of asparagus
fern.
To Give the Programmes Away.
The Committee of Fifteen is dissatis
fied with the official programmes print
ed under the direction of the Committee
and a meeting is being held this after
noon to decide what to do with them.
It is proposed to give them away in
stead of selling them at ten cents each
as was originally intended.
To All Who Will Decorate.
Parties desiring asparagus to deco
rate with during Festival week can ob
tain it at 25 cents per bunch by leaving
your orders early at 322 East Fifth
street, northwest corner of Madison
street.
A Stand to Hold 2,00O.
A Topeka citizen is putting up an im
mense grand stand at the southeast
corner of Eighth and Jackson streets
to view parades from. It will seat 2,000
people.
Real Flowers.
Mrs. Patrick Walsh will drive a two
seated surrey in the Fall Festival flow
er parade decorated complete with
white lilies and pink carnations. They
will be real flowers.
APOLOGY FOR THE ROUGHS
Yale Paper Scolds the Young Hood
lums Who Stopped Bryan's Speech.
New Haven, Conn., Sept. 25. The
Yale News today has the following ed
itorial commenting on the disturbance
at the Bryan meeting here yesterday:
"The News must deprecate the spirit
of 'horse play' this is the light in
which the animus must be regarded
which prompted the demonstration at
yesterday's political meeting. The act
ion of Yale men present plainly showed
a lack of respect for the dignity of the
speaker. As a public man, everything
political aside, thoughtful and fair
minded consideration will unanimously
condemn and regret the exhibition, ir
respective of party affiliations."
Boy Drowned in the Arkansas.
Syracuse, Sept. 25. Thomas Overton,
the 18-year-old son of Thompson Over
ton, of this city, was drowned here yes
terday in the Arkansas river. He was
subject to fits and it is supposed that
he had crawled under the north ap
proach of the bridge where his hat was
found and in his helpless condition fell
into the river.
Weather Indications.
Chicago, Sept. 25. For Kansas: Fair
tonight with cooler in east portion; Sat
urday fair, variable winds.
The annual business meeting of the
Topeka Athletic association will be
held Monday evening, October 4, in
their rooms, at 8o'clock Election of
officers. W. C. Keichenbach, Secretary.
GOMEEARLY.
One Delegation Gets to Major
McKinley's House
Before the Family Has Had
Breakfast.
M'KOLEY APPEARS IX
Jocular Mood and He Talks
Briefly.
Compliments Indiana From
Whence Visitors Came.
Canton, O., Sept. 25. Members of the
McKinley household had not break
fasted when the first delegation arrived
this morning. It was from Marion,
Ind., occupied a special train of eirht
coaches and represented the glaswot k
ers of Grant county, Indiana. The in
troduction was made by Dr. W. R.
Francis. Two bands came with the
party.
Major McKinley said:
My Fellow Citizens of the City of
Marion and Grant County, Indiana: I
congratulate you upon being first to
day. (Laughter.) No other delegation
has yet preceded you. (Laughter.) I
give you, each and every one of you,
warm and cordial welcome to my home.
I welcome the Republicans and the cit
izens of the Hoosier states the state of
that grand old War governor. Oliver P.
Morton (Applause), and that splendid
president and patriot. Benjamin Harri
son. (Great cheering.) You are here
this morning, not to honor me person
ally, but to honor the cause which you
love and which you moan to support;
and you mean to support that cause be
cause you believe it will insure your
own best welfare and the best well
being of the country at large. (Ap
plause and cries of "That's right.")
You believe in that cause because you
have tried it. and having tried it, you
know you have been more prosperous
in your occupations under tiie policy
which it represents than you have ever
been under any other polit y. (Loud
cries of "That's right.") And if any
thing was needed to confirm you in
your devotion to that policy it could be
found in your experience of the last
four years. Under no other policy, un
der no other principles, have you en
joyed that degree of individual and na
tional prosperity which for more than
thirty years you enjoyed under Repub
lican policy and Republican adminis
trations (Applause), and you are here
this morning to testify anew your de
votion to the Republican principles and
your deep and abiding interest that
they may be successful throughout the
country next November. (Cris of
"That's right.") You are interested in
Indiana just as we are interested here
in Ohio.both in agriculture and in man
ufacturing. You know something in
that great gas belt of what manufac
turing means to any community. You
know that where there is successful
manufacturing there is a prosperous
city, there is always prosperous agri
culture. (Cries of "That's right,
you are right.") The farms about
a little manufacturing city ad
vance in value and the farm Is en
hanced every time you put up a new
factory in any community or in any
city. You have in your city of Marion,
as I recall, an industry which manu
factures glass that used to be in the
city of Canton. Am I right about that?
(Cries of "Yes.") It is a sood industry.
Well, now, that fairly illustrates my
idea. That used to be, as I said, a Can
ton industry. We would very much have
preferred to have had it remain here,
but it was taken away.
"However, it did not go out of our
own country. (Great applause.) It
It went into a neighboring stale, and
therefore benefits the American family
American workmen still do the work.
We share in your good fortune and
prosperity; but we would have f'.lt dif
ferently if it had gone on the other
side and out of the United States. In
a word, we want to do our manufactur
ing at home, and if we cannot do it. in
Ohio, we are willing to have you do it
in Indiana. (Great cheering and cries
of "Good, good," and "What's the mat
ter with McKinley?") And if we can
not do it in Canton, I do not know of
any city in Indiana in which I wouid
rather have it done than the city of
Marion. (Applause.) I am glad to
meet you here this morning. We want
in this country good homes. good wages,
steady employment, a good home mar
ket, and then we want to continue the
good, sound, round, honest dollars with
which to do our business and pay our
labor. (Tremendous cheering.)
My fellow citizens, I thank you for
this morning call and bid you hearty
welcome. It will now give me pleasure
to meet and greet each one of you per
sonally. (Applause and cries of "Hur
rah for McKinley.")
ZELLA MtOLAUS' HUSBAND
Al Ruhman is Sent to Jail in Chicago
for Vagrancy.
Chicago, Sept. 25. A. L. Ruhman, the
husband of Zella Nicolaus was sent
to the Bridewell yesterday on a fine of
$100. This will keep him behind the
bars for 200 days unless the fine is paid.
The charge was vagrancy. Ruhnan
and his wife have been living at Chi
cago hotels and as numerous com
plaints have been made of their finan
cial methods, the police determined to
arrest them.
F0RAKERT0 BE IN KANSAS
He Will Speak in This State October
9 and lO.
Chicago, Sept. 25. It is announced at
Republican national headquarters that
on account of the demand for Senator
Foraker's services he will not be sent
to the Pacific coast, such a. trip taking
too much time. He will, however,
speak in Iowa October 5 and 6, Nebras
ka October 7 and 8 and Kansas October
9 and 10.
CoL Holliday Asks for Time.
A committee consisting of Furman
Baker, N. D. McGinley, W. C. Webb,
J. J. Hitt and Ed G. Moore waited on
Colonel C. K. Holliday this morning
and requested that he accept the nomi
nation on the fusion ticket for repre
sentative in the city district. It was
expected that a positive answer wouii
be received, but Colonel Hoiltday told
the committee that he had not fully
made up his mind and asked to br al
lowed until next Monday to make a. for
mal reply. There is Httle doubht that
Colonel Holliday Twin accept tha -iaonk-inatl&n.