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TOPEKA STATE JOTJRNAI SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 13r 1899.
TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL
By FRANK pTTlAC LENNAN.
.VOLUME XXVI No. 113
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TELEPHONES.
Business Office Bell Ighnne 107
reporters i-iooiu u'"!un
New Tork's Fourth of July celebra
tion of Dewey's return will not be com
plete unless Schley be there.
The Rochester Democrat suggests
that any sword presented to Funston
should have a waterproof scabbard.
Now that Dewey's route home has
been settled, the country can turn Its
attention to getting a suitable style of
campaign button for next year.
'Anyway, western people cannot be
deprived of their share In the glory
that will be heaped upon Dewey at ev
ery port w-here he stops on the return
trip through the Suez canal.
'About the only way that one of our
war heroes could be Induced to accept
a nomination for vice president, would
be to put him on a ticket with Dewey.
Anybody would be glad to run with
Dewey.
The thousands of men who stood on
the bridge with Dewey will be glad to
know that it Is at last settled where
the admiral is to land on his return
home. They will have ample time, if
the weather remain good, to get to
New York and meet him.
New Tork Sun: John W. Breidenthal,
hank commissioner of Kansas, proposes
that a government department for the
supervision and egulation of trusts be
established. A new department seems
unnecessary. The Octopus should be
referred to the fish commission.
William Safford, an American lawyer
and Shakespeare student, writes from
London that he discovered Incontro
vertible proof that Bacon wrote the
plays ascribed to "William. This is
doubtless a move to help along the vice
presidential chances of one Ignatius
Donnelly.
Wars are following one another a lit
tle too swiftly for the magazines. They
had not got through with the civil war
until the Spanish war came along and
crowded it out. This was, followed so
quickly by the Philippine and Samoan
affairs that the editors must be well
nigh in dispair.
Kverybody seems convinced that the
craze for organizing trusts and floating
enormous wads of securities will soon
er or later bring financial disaster to
many Investors if not to the entire
country, yet these combinations of real
and fictitious capital are still being
formed and the men who' have money
and property are Investing in them.
Eastern high protection journals like
the New York Tribune are now threat
ening the trusts with a collapse of the
tariff wall if they continue in their
spoliation policy and boosting of prices.
In view of the fact that American man
ufacturers in almost every line are
successfully competing with foreigners
in nearly every market of the world,
this scare crow is not calculated to In
spire much alarm.
Troy Record: As soon as Kansas "be
gan to talk about giving General Fun
ston anything in the political line for
which he might ask, some of the west
ern governors began to clamor for the
return of the volunteers from their
states. Their plea Is for justice for the
poor volunteers but it is prompted
doubtless by the fear that a further
stay In the Philippines will create too
big a force of political eligibles.
Says the New York Herald: Stripped
of all superfluous words, the report of
the embalmed beef inquiry board shows
(1) there was no embalmed beef; (2)
If there was the quantity was small;
(3) General Miles never said embalmed
beef was served to the army: (4) if
General Miles said embalmed beef as
served to the army, he did not mean It;
(5) If General Miles did mean it he
should not have said it.
The century Just closing has seen the
constant expansion of the American re
public. The Louisiana purchase took
place in 1803, and marked the first step.
This added to our domain 1,182,752
square miles. The acquisition . of the
Flcridas in 1819 gave us an additional
59,000 square miles. In 1845 the annexa
tion of Texas added 274,000 square miles.
The treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. In
1848, added 522.000 square miles; in 1850
the state of Texas gave us another 96,
000 square miles. The Gadsden pur
chase of 1853 annexed to our domain
over 45,000 square miles, and the Alaska
purchase of 1867 gave us, in the far
North 577,000 square miles. The last
year has seen Hawaii, Porto Rico and
the Philippines fall into our hands,
while Cuba may be annexed in the near
future. Additions up to 1867 cost us a
little over 188,000,000; the Philippines
have cost us $20,000,000.
Wages Advanced 25 Per Cent.
Pittsburg. Pa.. May 13. Puddlers
ho are members of the Amalgamated
association of iron and steel and tin
workers, will receive during May and
June an advance of 25 cents per ton
over the wages they have been receiv
ing. Finishers and hoop mill workers
will receive an advance of 2 per cent.
GLOBE SIGHTS.
From the Atchison Globe.
If you please one man you offend an
other. i ,
Being a pet is all right while it lasts,
but it never lasts long.
How rich and prominent people are a
hundred miles from, home!
Unless some woman has taken poison
for him, no man can be said to be "at
tractive." Women have more admiration for
every other sort of a man than they
have for a husband.
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An Atchison man says his infant son
will be a Pinkerton detective when he
grows up: he never sleeps.
Before you kick, look around you and
see If you can find .anyone whose kick
ing has done any good.
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Seven people out of ten who drink
whisky do not want it and dp not like it.
Why do they drink it?
Have you ever remarked how serious
ly people speak of love one minute and
how they make fun of it the next?
KANSAS GROWING.
Assessors' Returns Indicate Increase
in Population.
Should the ratio of increase In the
population of the state and the area of
crops, as. indicated by the assessors
returns from eight western Kansas
counties, received by Secretary F. D.
Coburn, be maintained throughout the
state, complete reports will show sub
stantial gains for the state during the
past year.
Reports, complete, have been received
from Gove, Decatur, Haskell,. Kiowa,
Lane, Logan, Pawnee and Sheridan
counties.
These returns show, compared with
1898. an increase of 1,724 in population,
or 7.6 per cent.
Increase in number of milch cows,
2,192, or 14.9 per cent.
Increase in number of other cattle,
23.644, or 39.4 per cent.
Increase in number of sheep, 4,916, or
82.2 per cent.
Increase in number of hogs, 3,024, or
5.6 per cent.
The wheat acreage in these eight
counties shows a decrease of 45,990
acres, or 13.2 per cent.
Although these returns show a fall
ing off of area of winter wheat sown
last fall of 13.2 per cent, the increase in
area of other principal crops more than
compensates for the deficiency.
The increase in the area of cane is 10
per cent; oats, 17 per cent; barley, 90
per cent; sorghum, 8 per cent; alfalfa,
IS per cent.
BULL'S LONG TOYAGE.
It Crossed the Ocean Three Times In
Order to Beach Portland.
Boston, May "13. One of the most
traveled of bulls has just arrived here.
It is a valuable prize Hereford which
Mr. A. J. Libby, of Portland, Me., pur
chased last March at Glasgow.Scotland,
and shipped from there to Portland,
Me. When , the shin bearing the bull
arrived at Portland the government in
spector would not allow the animal to
land because Portland is not a quaran
tine port. Mr. Libby begged and
pleaded to be allowed to bring his prize
beast ashore, but the authorities were
inexorable and on the vessel's return
voyage to Scotland the bull recrossed
the ocean with her.
When the other side was reached the
bull was reshipped. on a vessel bound
for Boston and his lordship landed here
today none the worse for his 9, COO mile
sea voyage, but he still has ninety days
in quarantine before he can be handed
over to his owner.
Lafe Fence Sick.
San Francisco.May 13. Ex-Congress-Lafe
Pence, who is one of the attorneys
in the Fair will case, was suddenly
taken ill in the court room and is now
confined to his bed at his home. Mr.
Pence, who was for a long time promi
nent in Colorado politics, and was rep
resentative from that state in congress,
recently established himself in this city
for the practice of his profession.
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One Good Turn
Deserves Another,
ft
It is so easy to go through
life doing good and helping
to make others happy A
lady ivho had been ill ivitl
a complication of troubles,
having been thoroughly cured
and notv enjoying perfect
health, felt it a duty to tell
her friends that the specific
that brought her back to health
ivas Hood' s Sarsaparilla.
Thus, after Hood's had served he
well, she felt it deserved a good tun
at her hands. Thousands tell the san:r
story of blood purified and health re
stored. Hood's Sarsaparilla possesses
merit peculiar to itself.
Catarrh " I suffered over six years
with catarrh. Spent over $100 in advertised
cures, inhalers etc., without benefit. Finally
tried Hood's Sarsaparilla and it accom
plished a complete and lasting cure." M. A.
Abbey, Victor Ave., Worcester, Mass.
Gastritis " Nervousness caused by a
fright made my wife suffer intensely from
gastritis. Morphine was necessary to re
lieve the- suffering. Hood's Sarsaparilla
and Hood's Pills were tried after all else
failed and in four days she improved and in
14 days she was cured." C. W. T. Schmidt,
Cedar Falls, Iowa- .
BlOOd Poison " At 12 I had bone dis
ease and used crutches. Doctor piyscribed
and wanted to scrape it. My grandfather
gave me Hood's Sarsaparilla. After taking
four bottles I threw away crutches, am well
and go to school." Charles Campbexl, 1S1C
Ontario Ave., Niagara Falls, N. Y.
Dizzy Spells " After the measles my
daughter had dizzy spells, which we thought
would pass off but they did not until we
gave her Hood's Sarsaparilla. In five days
they disappeared and in one month she re
gained her usual health." B. H. Kamfeb
beok, 53 Graves Place, Holland, Mich.
Indigestion " I now have a good ap
petite, eat well, sleep well and my dyspep
sia and indigestion have left me. The
reason is I took Hood's Sarsaparilla which
entirely cured me. I am Baeaee Master
on the B. A O. Railroad." Thomas Coles,
119 Cart St., Sandusky, Ohio.
Sahiahaih
t Hood'l Mill curt liTer ilia, the non-Irritating and
only cathartic to take with Hood'a KarsaparfllaZ
KANSASJEWS.
The Engagement of Senator
Mason, of Illinois,
To DeliTer the Address to Hor
ton Graduates,
CAUSES A TRAGEDY,
Almost, With Editor Howard
as the Victim.
A Revolver is Drawn Editor's
Amusing Account.
Horton, May 13. Senator "W. E.
Mason of Illinois delivered an address
here last night before the high school
graduates. The house was crowded and
the speaker given much applause. He
opened by announcing that he was not
there to abuse any one or any party,
but that he was there to express his
views and his honest convictions. He
quoted freely from Abraham Lincoln,
from Daniel Webster and from George
Washington, using them ail to sustain
his beliefs and the right for the position
he had taken. He did not refer to
President McKinley nor to the adminis
tration, but spoke always as "of the
American people."
Out of the coming of Senator Mason
a bitter war has sprung up between
Superintendent J. E. Dyche of the city
schools and Editor Bert Howard of the
Headlight.
The latter took strong grounds
against Prof. Dyche securing Senator
Mason because he was an anti-expansionist
and not In accord with Pres
ident McKinley's policy. Superintend
ent Dyche denied that Mason was se
cured to make a political speech.
Editor Howard then proceeded to se
verely score Prof. Dyche through his
paper.
The last issue of the Headlight best
explains what followed. It says:
"The editor of the Headlight has been
a resident of Brown county for nearly
fifteen years. During that time he has
never had a fight with any man; but
last Thursday afternoon about 6 o'clock
Superintendent Dyche, of the public
schools, stuck a revolver in our face
and threatened to shoot if a move was
made. It is safe to say that no move
was made; and, for the benefit of those
who have never looked into the business
end of one of these little pill-throwers,
the editor is ready to say, with all can
dor, that it is a mighty unpleasant
thing to have pointed your way. It
might have gone off, but it didn't, and
there is no one who rejoices over the
fact more than the editor. Prof. Dyche
had hold of the other end of it. and he
is doubtless ashamed for it. If he isn't
he should be, and the editor is ashamed
also. We did not run. but it was not
because we did not want to do so. Our
exit was shut off, and we had to wait
until the other fellow's arm got tired
and he put the pesky thing in his
pocket."
FTJNSTON DID NOT SWIM.
Kansas Soldier Writes That He Fer
ried the Marilao River.
Fort Scott, May 13. The statement
sent out from Manila on the 29th f
March to the effect that Col. Funston
with the Twentieth Kansas regiment
swam the river before Malolos in the
advance upon that city and captured
eighty prisoners, which announcement
aroused intense enthusiasm for Fun
ston throughout the nation and was one
of his stepping stones to fame, is cor
rected in a letter from Second Lieut.
C. E. Warner of Company M, which
was received here today, it being the
first descriptive account of the capture
of Malolos yet received from a soldier.
Lieut. Warner was then sergeant ma
jor, acting as orderly for Col. Funston,
and had been close upon his heels
throughout the activities. He says:
"On the 2.7th we advanced to the Mari
lao river. It was found impossible to
dislodge the enemy on the opposite
bank, and finally, under cover of our
fire, Lieut. Hardy of Company H and
two other men swam the river and re
turned with a large raft. On this Col.
Funston, with one platoon of Company
C, was loaded and ferried to the op
posite side. When the insurgents heard
the firing in their rear and realized that
they were surrounded, they raised the
white flag and surrendered. Twenty
eight were taken prisoners."
Since writing this letter Sergt. War
ner has been promoted to a second lieu
tenancy upon Funston's recommenda
tion. He was wounded at the same
time Funston was shot in the hand.
They are warm friends.
FOR EMBEZZLEMENT.
Failure of the Neosho Valley Invest
ment Company Is Being Aired
Is Court.
Oswego, May 13. The case of the
State of Kansas vs. Robert Simons is
on trial here. Simons was president of
the Neosho Valley Investment company
which had its western office in Chetopa,
Kan. The company was placed in the
hands of a receiver In 1S9S, although it
had been in an insolvent condition for
several years. Parties all over this
section, as well as in the east, lost large
sums of money. Finally a complaint
was sworn to, charging the former
president with embezzlement and de
frauding an aged man and woman who
purchased a home from the company
with the understanding that it was clear
of all incumbrance, when in fact it was
heavily mortgaged.
Mr. Simons was apprehended last
February in Chicago, where he had lo
cated for the practice of law. The pros
pect is slirp for conviction.
PRISONER FOR LIFE.
A San Juan Hero an Inmate of the
Prison at Leavenworth.
Leavenworth, May 13. Sergt. Louis
Paris brought Joseph F. Buckley from
Havana under life sentence for murder
and placed him in the military prison
here last evening. Buckley and Private
Hewes were members of the Second
Louisiana volunteers and fought at
San Juan Hill. An altercation occurred
in which Buckley killed Hewes and
was sentenced for life. Buckley killed
a man in New Orleans three years ago,
but escaped, and when the war broke
out with Spain joined the volunteers.
The trip from Havana was made in
ten days, and Sergt. Paris left last
night for Cuba, where he is stationed
as a member of Company A, Eighth
United States volunteers.
A PECK OF NICKELS
Made by a Fort Scott Man and Used
on Slot Machines.
Fort Scott, May 13. Upon the testi
mony of Mr. and Mrs. Jerry GrofT. Cal
Dillon of Omaha was convicted in the
federal court here today of having made
fully a peck of spurious aickels at Nev-
ada last fall and started them into cir
culation there.
According to the testimony he broke
all the Nevada slot machines with them.
Judge Hook sentenced him to eighteen
months in the federal penitentiary. Mr.
and Mrs. GrofT were charged jointly
With Dillon, but were acquitted. The
police of this city arrested the three
In an emigrant's camp. They had trav
eled all the way from Nebraska in
wagons, and, according to the testi
mony, had scattered bogus nickels all
along their trail through Nebraska and
Missouri.
STUDENTS ARE LOYAL,
Lucas Graduates Object to Holding
Commencement Away-From Home.
Lucas, May 13. This town has always
been noted in school matters, and a re
volt is brewing because of the county
superintendent's decision to hold the
commencement exercises for the com
mon school graduates at the county
seat, Russell, 28 miles distant, this
year.
The commencement is a matter of
great local pride and there are threats
that Lucas will have a programme and
exercises of her own prior to that of
the county which is to be in July or
August during the session of the teach
ers' institute. The Lucas graduates,
class of "99," are Anna M. Pauley,
Lila M. Scriven, Ella M. O'Brien, Rosa
L. Mansfield. Florence Ekey and Bessie
Dinsmore. They stand in their grades
in the order named. Miss Pauley being
one of the best in the class of 29 which
Russell county has this year. In the
history of the Lucas schools only one
1 boy has graduated. The question of
establishing a county high school is to
be voted on this fall and Lucas is like
ly to be one of the towns that will try
to get the school located within its bor
ders. HAS NEVER SPOKEN.
Remarkable Case of Cynthia Banks of
Salina.
Salina, Sfeiy 13. Cynthia A. Banks
was adjudged Insane by a jury in the
probate court. The woman is 31 years
old, but has never spoken a sentence
from the time of her birth. She is the
daughter of Eliza Banks, who lives in
Pleasant Valley township.
Since her childhood, Cynthia Banks
has gradually grown worse. At times
she has spells which her mother terms
"mad fits," when she will beat herself
and scream frantically, and sometimes
will utter a single word but has never
spoken two words at one time.
A CHALLENGE TO BRYAN.
A Burr Oak Pastor Desires to Engage
the Nebraskan in an Expansion
Controversy.
Burr Oak, May 13. O. H. Truman
of this city has written the following
open letter to W. J. Bryan:
Since you oppose the doctrine of ex
pansion which I advocate, and believ
ing that your course is contrary to the
guidance of Providence and injurious
to the cause of reform, I would gladly
meet you in joint discussion of this vital
issue. Though a reformer I would
sustain the foreign policy of the pres
ent administration.
The only conditions imposed are: It
must be sufficiently near for a mid
week appointment so as not to interfere
with my Lord's day services, and it
must be managed to meet all expenses.
As to my standing and ability you are
referred to Elder O. S. Cook, state
evangelist, Topeka, Kansas.
Hoping you will accept this invitation,
I remain yours very truly,
O. H. TRUMAN.
A NEW HEADMASTER.
A Change is Made at St. John's Col
lege, Salina.
Salina, May 13. Prof. Gates is to re
tire as headmaster of St. John's Mili
tary college. He will be succeeded by
Prof. Mize, who will conduct the school
during the coming year. This was de
cided at a meeting which was attended
by Right Rev. Frank Millspaugh, bishop
of the Episcopal church of Kansas.
The college will remain under the
supervision of the Episcopal church,
but Mr. Mize may probably conduct it
on independent lines.
Prof. Gates has bought the Phillips
property on Mount Barbara arid will
convert it into a school.
Pensions For Kansans.
Washington, May 13. Pensions have
been granted as follows:
Original Thomas Folger. Lowell, $6;
Frank Abernathy, Rosedale. $8; David
F. Newson, Formosa, $6; Mitchell Fin
ney, Doniphan, $10; Barton Fortney,
Oberlin, $6; Henry C. Dufford, Oberlin,
$8.
Additional Thomas Small, North To
peka. $6 to tS.
Increase Josiah Tipton, MeFhefson,
$6 to $8: Martin S. Cisco, Miltonvale, $6
to $8; John Bowermaster, Portland, $6
to $8: William B. McHan, Oakland. $12
to $17; Resell Ventle, Chetopa, $12 to
$14; Alpheus Milner. Soldiers' home,
Leavenworth, $6 to $12; Lloyd W. Hig
gins, Bonner Springs, $8 to $10.
Original widows, etc. Special, May 2
(special act), Abigail R. Ellet, El Do
rado, $30; minor of James H. Vosburgh,
LOngton, $14.
Fatal Fall From a MilL
Lawrence, May 13. Charles Owens
fell forty feet from a mill on which he
was at work and received fatal injuries
yesterday. His skull was crushed and
an arm and leg broken, and he has
been unconscious ever since the acci
dent. He rallied some soon after the
accident, but the two physicians who
were summoned to dress his wounds
give little hope of his final recovery.
Much in the Training.
Dorrance, May 13. The influence of
physiologic training in the public schools'
is shown in a family of eight children
of European parents near here. The
six boys and two girls are all total ab
stainers from intoxicants and also to
bacco in any form. Curiously enough,
none of them are church members.
ECHO FROM THE PAST.
Suit Commenced to Set Aside Sale of
Santa Fe.
A suit to set aside the sale of the
Santa Fe and the reorganization of the
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway
company has been commenced in the
district court of Shawnee county by
Alfred P. Lasher, of New York, and
may develop a large amount of litiga
tion. The suit is brought through Jet
more & Jetmore, Lasher's attorneys.
Mr. Lasher is the holder of $15,000 in
come bonds of the Atlantic & Pacific,
which were not assumed by the re
organized company, when the road
passed out of the hands of the re
ceivers. He claims that the reorganiza
tion was a plan to "freeze out" some of
the creditors of the road and on this
ground he wants the court to declare
the sale and reorganization fraudulent
and void.
It is claimed that there Is upwards
of $7,000,000 of bonds in the same posi
tion as those held by Mr. Lasher, and
the holders of these will probably file
"interpleaders," setting forth their
claims in the case. In addition to hav
ing the reorganization declared fraudu
lent, the court is asked to appoint a
receiver to take charge of the surplus
inconie for -the benefit of the creditors.
YOUNKINJS GONE.
Man With Two Wires Has Left
Town With No. 2.
Left No. 1, Who Horsewhipped
Him In Public.
SHE HAD RELENTED.
Intended to Send Him to the
Penitentiary.
Was Finally Released, After
Making Nunrerous Promises.
S. C. Younkin, who was arrested for
having two wives, has left his first wife
and in company with his second wife
has left town.
It was in March that Younkin was
arrested and locked up In the city Jail.
He was afterwards turned over to the
county to be tried on the charge of
bigamy, and about two weeks ago the
case was finally dismissed, and now
Younkin has deserted his first wife and
with wife No. 2, who was Miss Virgie
uavis or Oakland, has left town and
probably gone to Kansas City.
It was for the reason that he prom
ised to go back to his first wife that
County Attorney Jetmore dismissed the '
case, ior jvirs. ounKin naa tne care or
three small children, and she pleaded
hard for her husband's release. Mrs.
Younkin No. 2 said she was willing to
give up all claims to Mr. Younkin be
cause the first wife had three children
to care for.
At first Mrs. Younkin No. 1 and Mrs.
Younkin No. 2 wished to prosecute, and
the father of Miss Davis was deter
mined to do so; but after the pleadings
of the husband he won the first wife
over to his side, and they together won,
the second wife over, and then the com
bined efforts of the three won . the
father-in-law over and the release
came.
After his release Younkin and wife
No. 1 gave up their residence near the
corner of Sixth and Western avenues
and went to live with Younkin's broth
er Clarence in the west part of town.
Clarence Younkin stood by his brother
all through the trouble and worked and
spent his money for his release and af
ter the owner of the house turned them
out on account of the notoriety of the
case, for Mrs. Younkin No. 1 had horse
whipped her husband on Kansas ave
nue, Clarence gave his brother and his
wife and three children a home at his
house and after the notorious brother
lost his position as bookkeeper in the
lumber yard where he had worked,
Clarence Younkin took his brother into
partnership working at house cleaning
and paper hanging.
Now that Younkin has deserted his
own wife for a woman who he claimed
was his wife, his friends and even
his brother are done with aiding him.
After his arrest he claimed that he had
never legally married Miss Davis and
that a man named Ryan, who drove a
coal wagon had performed the mock
ceremony and that therefore he could
not be prosecuted for having two wives.
County Attorney Jetmore decided that
the common law made him and the wo
man he lived with man and wife. He
was keeping Miss Davis as his wife, at
rooms on Jackson street while his wife
was living on Sixth and Western ave
nues. When he deserted his wife he left
her with only 75 cents and in the house
of his brother Clarence who is caring
for her. If he is found he will not get
off so easily this time unless Mrs. Youn
kin should again relent. The police are
looking for Younkin.
YISIT IS CURTAILED.
Bradley-Martins to Leave America
Sooner Than Expected.
New York, May 13. The farewell
banquet to be given by the Bradley
Martins at the Waldorf-Astoria next
Tuesday evening; will simply be a return
for the many hospitalities shown them
by their New York friends since their
arrival here a month ago. It was then
the intention of Mr. Martin to remain
in New York at least six weeks, but
the visit has been slightly curtailed
and the family will sail for their Lon
don home on Wednesday.
During their stay Mr. Martin has
placed his home in West Twenty-first
street in the hands of real estate
dealers.
While the number of guests at Tues
day's banquet has not yet been set
tled, it is believed it will not exceed
fifty.
DEWEY'S HEALTH
The Probable Cause of His Return by
Way of Suez.
Chicago, May 13. Judging from a ca
blegram received today from Admiral
Dewey his health, despite medical as
surance to the contrary, is not of the
best and to this fact is due his probable
return by way of the Suez canal in
stead of the Pacific coast route. The
message is as follows:
Illinois Manufacturers Association,
Chicago:
Many thanks. Impossible to accept
invitation now. Condition of health ne
cessitates rest and quiet. (Signed)
DEWEY.
The cablegram was in reply to one
sent by the association asking the ad
miral to become Its guest upon his re
turn to this country, and strongly urg
ing on him the advisability of coming
by way of San Francisco and across
the continent.
PARK ATTRACTIONS.
Three Companies Booked For Garfield
Park Casino.
The management of Garfield park
announces the following summer at
tractions booked for the Casino there:
The Oliver-Colby Vaudeville com
pany, five nights commencing May 23.
Thurston & Heubner's Stock com
pany for the week commencing June 5.
The Arnold Wolford Stock company
for the week commencing June 19.
RELIEF FOR COLEMANS.
No Longer Suffering For Necessaries
of Life.
Since the story of the suffering of the
Coleman family appeared, many people
have called at the house and offered the
family much needed assistance.
Chief Ramsey has interested himself
in looking after the family and has
supplied them with food. The flour
was supplied by Page's ajid the Topeka
mill and C. H. Johnson and H. J. Nich
ols, of the Nave & McCord company
furnished the groceries. Any people
wishing to help the family can com
municate with Chief Ramsey.
Topeka horsemen do not want to for
get that R. E. Cowdrey has purchased
the great pacing stallion Heirloom, race
record 2:154. Heirloom may be found
at Mr. Cowdrey's stables at the gas
works.
PREACH IN TOPEKA.
Congregational Ministers Will Occupy
Pulpits of Topeka Churches
Rev. A. C. Hogbin was today elected
to' succeed Rev.' Charles M. Sheldon as
moderator of the general association of
Kansas Congregational churches. The
election was held at the business session
of the association held this morning.
The second of the papers comparing
the church of the first century with that
of the nineteenth was read this morn
ing by Rev. L. C. Schnacke, of Great
Bend. The comparison was from the
standpoint of church life.
This afternoon will be devoted to ed
ucational and Sunday school work, and
tonight addresses will be delivered by
J. E. Roy, of Chicago, and George V.
Clark, of Savannah, Georgia, on the
work of the Congregational church
among the colored people of the south.
Sunday the different churches of the
city will be filled by the visiting Con
gregational ministers.
BALKE, the baker.
He Is In Jail Because He Has an
Extra Wife.
Julius H. Balke, a baker who recent
ly went to Winfield from here, is in
jail in Winfield waiting for Sheriff Cook
to come for him to bring him back here
to be tried for having more than the
legal number of wives. He married
Miss Rose M. Rickman here last
August and now she claims to have dis
covered that he already has a wife liv
ing in St. Louis.
Sheriff Cook is now busy collecting
stolen horses and other stolen property
up In central Kansas, but he may go to
Winfield before he comes home and
bring Balke back with him.
COMING JUNE 5.
Date Fixed For Famous British
Guards Band In Topeka.
The management of Marshall's band
this afternoon closed the contract for
the appearance of Godfrey's British
Guards band in this city. The band
will be here on Monday, June 5, giving a
concert at Garfield park that evening.
This band is considered one of the best,
if not the best, in the world, and the
concert will be given in Garfield park,
so that every one may be accommo
dated. HANDS ACROSS THE SEA.
Sousa'a New March Will Be Played
Sunday.
At the concert by Marshall's band at
Garfield park tomorrow afternoon.John
Philip Sousa's latest march, "Hands
Across the Sea" will be played for the
first time in Topeka as the first num
ber following the intermission. The
new march carries with it the inscrip
tion, "A sudden thought strikes me; let
us swear eternal peace," and was writ
ten by the "March King" as appropri
ate to the resumption of friendly rela
tions between the United States and
Spain.
Director Marshall promises to be
generous in the matter of encores, and
the following programme will likely be
practically duplicated in numbers.
PART I.
1. March Campania Carlton
2. Overture Army Chaplain. .Milloeker
3. Dance of the Oyster and the Clam,
Dicey
4. Three Quotations, (a) The King of
France Sousa
"The King of France with 20,000 men
marched up the hill, and then marched
down again."
5. Waltz Nordica Tourjee
PART II.
6. March Hands Across the Sea,
Sousa
"A sudden thought strikes me, .
Let us swear eternal peace."
7. Medley Selection Popular Pebbles,
Boettger
8. Indian War Dance Bellstadt
9. March Hostrauser's Chambers
MARRIED FOR SPITE;
Mrs. Shumate Would Even Matters
by Securing a Divorce.
Anna Mabel Shumate has filed a suit
in the district court asking for a divorce
from her husband, Charles Milton
Shumate, and the restoration of her
maiden name, Anna Mabel Taylor. She
says they were married here in Topeka.
in July, 1897, and that for over a year
her husband has failed to support her
and has treated her cruelly. He says
he married hr "just for spite.any way,"
and she wants to get even by getting a
divorce.
MRS. WHEELER ELECTED
Pleases the Nortonville Members of
the Eastern Star.
Norton, May 13. The people of Nor
ton, and especially the members of the
Eastern Star lodge, feel honored In the
election of one of their members to the
position of grand matron of the Eastern
Star lodge of Kansas. Mrs. Eva Whee
ler of this city, a charter member of the
order, having held the various local
positions of the lodge here, and several
times elected delegate to the grand
lodge. ad for the last year associate
grand matron of the order, was elected
grand matron of the Eastern Star lodge
of Kansas at their recent convention,
held in Wichita.
BREWER IN TROUBLE.
Tried a Leavenworth Trick and Was
Detected.
United States Deputy Marshal Pres
cott returned today from Leavenworth
where he arrested a man by the name of
Brewer for passing counterfeit money.
Brewer is about 6 feet tall and is the
colored roustabout in a barber shop.
He was given a. $5 bill to get changed
and it is alleged he slipped in some
counterfeit money among the change.
He will have his hearing at Leaven
worth next Friday.
Many Persons Hurt.
Paris, Tex., May 13 While 15.000
persons were being entertained at a fire
works display at 9:45 o'clock last night
in honor of the State Firemen's Asso
ciation, two-thirds of the seats in- a vast
semi-circle tumbled with a. crash, more
or less seriously wounding many spec
tators. Frightfully Hurt.
Edward M. Grant, a Rock Island
brakeman, was brought to the Stormont
hospital in this city this morning ser
iously injured, the result of a freight
wreck in the Herington yards last night.
His right leg was broken just below the
hip, his left leg broken below the knee
and his left ankle dislocated. His
body was also painfully cut and bruised.
If your watch has two good wheels
and a dial left, take It to Campbell's,
625 Kansas avenue, and he will make
it keep time.
Court of Honor Dance.
At 418 Kansas avenue, Tuesday even
ing. May 16. Steinberg's orchestra.
Marshall's Band
Will render an interesting program at
their concert tomorrow afternoon.
SUNDAY AT THE CHURCHES
Epworth League Anniversary.
"The Epworth league of the First M. E.
church will celebrate the tenth anniver
sary of the Epworth league on Sunday.
May 14. Sermon to young people in the
morning and a special meeting in the
evening. Following program will be ren
dered: Music; prayer by Rev. J. T. Mc
Farland: quartette, Miss Laura Tillson,
Miss Emma Dennis, Miss Mattie Tillson.
Miss Grace Nettels; address. "The Ep
worth League," Mr. F. D. Fuller; solo,
Mrs. W. B. Swan: address, "The Junior
League," Mrs. T. E. Stevens: music; ad
dress. Governor W. E. Stanley: music.
First Church of Christ, Scientist, 210
West Sixth street; services at 11 a. m.;
subject, "Soul and Body."
First African Baptist - church, First
street. Rev. G. D. Olden, pastor. Preach
ing at 11 a. m.; subject, "The Church and
Its Mission"; 7:30 p. m., subject, "The
Black Man's Burden and the Burning to
Death of Sara Hose in Georgia," illustrat
ed from a large blackboard. Y. P. S. C.
7 p. m.
Third Christian church, corner of Third
and Lake streets. F. E. Mallory. the pas
tor, will preach at 10:45 a. m. and 8 p. m. :
morning subject, "The Influence of the
Pew on the Pastor"; evening subject.
"Hell as Taught in the Old Testament."
Prof. F. F. Dawdy, musical director.
Westminster Presbyterian church, cor
ner Huntoon and College avenue. Pulpit
will be filled Sunday. May 14, by visiting
Congregational preachers.
Brown chapel A. M. E. church. 1205
Washington avenue; preaching at 11 a. m.:
subject, "I Know"; Sunday school at 3
p. m.: preaching at 7:30 p. m. : subject,
"The Standard."
United Brethren church, services are
held in the lecture room of the church.
Twelfth and Quincy streets: 11 a. m. and
S p. Ei., preaching by the pastor; 10 a. m.,
Sunday school; 7 p. m., Y. P. c. U. meet
ing. The First State Spiritualist society will
hold their conference and fact meeting on
Sunday afternoon at 2:30, with music and
short addresses by the audience, also
tests. At 8 p. m. Cyrus Corning will give
one of his lectures. Meeting opened and
closed by Searing tests, given by Mrs.
Searing.
The Divine Scientists will hold services
at their hall, 722 Kansas avenue, at 3 p.
m. Sundav. Rev. W. G. Todd will speak:
subject, "What Is the Duty of the Hour?''
Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock, services at
same place. Miss Sue Whittlesey will
lead.
Walnut Grove M. E. church, corner Har
rison and Eighteenth streets, Rev. J. K.
Coe, pastor. Sunday services: Class meet
ing, 10 a. m. ; preaching by the pastor at
11 a. m. The sermon will be to the young
people. Sunday school, 2:30 p. m. ; Ep
worth and Junior leagues, 7 p. m. The
evening service at 8 o'clock will be in
charge of the Epworth league.
First Christian church. Rev. M. E. Har
lan will preach; morning subject, "Apos
tolic Preaching"; evening subject, "Chris
tian Science Neither Science nor Chris
tian," the first of two Sunday night ser
mons on "Christian Science."
St. John's A. M. E. church, corner Sev
enth street and Topeka avenue. Preach
ing at 11 a. m. and 8 p. m. by some of
the visiting ministers to the General As
sociation of the Congregational Church.
Sunday school. 3 p. m., followed by short
addresses by the above named ministers.
Christian Endeavor at 7 p. m.
The Church of the Good Spirit will hold
services under the auspices of the Kan
sas State Spiritualist society, Sunday
morninjer at 10:45. at 722 Kansas avenue.
Lecture and congregational singing. Even
ing services at 8 o'clock. Lecture and
tests will be given by Mrs. E. E. Ham
mon. loun v omen s v.nniian association.
Gospel meeting Sunday. 4:15 p. m. Leader,
Miss Mary Bunker. Vocal duet, Mrs. Still
man and Miss Daisy Hunter.
English Lutheran church. Rev. A. E.
Wagner, pastor. Preaching in the morning
by the Rev. D. H. Scarrow: in the even
ing by the Rev. G. T. Nichols: Sunday
school at 9:45 a. m.; Endeavor society at
7 p. m.
Parkdale Methodist Episcopal church.
Preaching by the pastor, the Rev. D. D.
Cheney, at 11 a. m. Tenth annlversary
exercises of the Epworth league at 7:30
p. m.; class meeting., 10 a. m. : Sunday
school, 2:30 p. m. ; Junior league. 3:30 p. m.
C. M. E. church, corner Fourteenth and
Van Buren streets. Preaching by the pas
tor. Rev. J. M. Brown, at 11 a. ,m. and 8
p. m. ; morning subject, "The Retributive
Justice of God." Sunday school at 2 p. m. ;
Epworth league at 6:30.
First Presbyterian church. The pastor.
Rev. J. D. Countermine.D. will preach;
morning, "The Sacred Canon." Usuai
services in the evening; Sunday school,
9:45 a. m.; C. E. societies meet at 7 p. m.
First M. E. church. J. T. McFarland,
D. D.. pastor. Class meetings. 10 a. m. ;
preaching to the Epworth league at 11 a.
m. by Rev. D. Baines Griffiths, pastor of
the Pilgrim Congregational church of
Kansas City, Kan.: his subject will be
"The Call to Service": Sunday school at
2:30 p. m.: Junior league. 4 p. m. : anni
versary of the Epworth league at 8 p. m.
Platform addresses by Governor Stanley
and the pastor.
Grace Cathedral Bishop, the Right Rev.
F. R. Millspaugh, D. D. ; dean, the Very
Rev. John W. Sykes: canon, the Rev.
Maurice J. Bywater. 7:30 a. m., holy com
munion; 9:30 a. m., Sunday school; 11 a.
m., morning prayer, litany, sermon by
the Very Rev. Dean Sykes; 8 p .m.. even
ing prayer and sermon by the Very Rev.
Dean Sykes.
Good Shepherd, corner Laurent and
Quincy, North Topeka. 9:30 a. m.. Sun
day school; 8 p. m., evening prayer, ser
mon by Rev. Canon Bywater: offertory,
"The Garden of Prayer." Mr. Edwards.
St. Simon's, corner Western avenue and
Seventh street, 9:45 a. m., Sunday school;
4:30 p. m.. evening prayer, sermon by Rev.
Canon Bywater.
Calvary chapel. 3 p. m., Sunday school:
4 p. m., evening prayer, sermon by Rev.
Joseph Wayne.
North Topeka Baptist church, corner
Laurent and Harrison streets. Rev. W. P..
Hutchinson, pastor. Services at 11 a. m.
and 8 p. m. The evening subject will be
"A Bottle in the Smoke," the second in
the series on "Striking Truths From
Strange Texts."
People's church, hall 1008 North Kansas
avenue. Dr. A. S. Palmer, pastor. Preach
ing at 11 a. m. and 8 p. m. : Sunday school
in the afternoon at 2 o'clock. Morning
subject. "Hard Knocks"; evening sn
ject. "Our Foundation." Solo by Mrs
Palmer; music by the chorus choir of la
dies. Big Steal Light Sentence.
London, May 13. Mr. G. R. Birt.
chairman and managing director of the
Millwall Dock company who disappear
ed in February last leaving a deficit of
over $1,000,000 in the accounts of the
concern, was sentenced today to nine
months' imprisonment. Mr. Birt is 70
years old and the father of thirteen
children.
Marshal Sterne at Home.
tfnited States Marshal W. E. Sterne
has returned from his trip to Arizona
and California. He took a . federal
prisoner to Arizona, and afterwards
visited relatives in San Diego. He says
that people are as envhusiastic over
General Funston in California as they
are here, and that at Los Angeles they
would give him almost as big a re
ception as they would give to Dewey.
Weekly Bank Statement.
New Tork, May 13. The weekly bank
statement shows the following changes:
Surplus reserve Increased $7,785,675;
loans decreased $5,956,700: specie in
creased $8,205,600; legal tenders increas
ed $64,300: deposits Increased $1,836,000;
circulation decreased $55,700. The banks
now hold $27,137,625 in excess of the
requirements of the 25 per cent rule.
Memorial Day Order.
Washington, May 13. The war de
partment has issued the usual order
providing for the observance by the
army of Memorial Day, May 30, at all
army posts and stations, by the display
of flags at half mast, a national salute
and musical programme.
Your linen left spotless, American
Steam Laundry. 112 West Seventh.
Telephone 341.
Marshall's Band
Will render an interesting program at
their concert tomorrow afternoon.
The Peerless Steam Laundry has put
on the latest device for smoothing the
edges ot collars and cuffs.