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TOPEKA STATE JOTJKNAI FRIDAY EVENING, JUNE 22, 1900.
TOPEKA STATE JOURAAL
BY FRANK P. MAC LENXAN'.
VOLUME XXVII No. 149
Official Paper of the City of Topelca.
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PKRMANKNT HOME.
Topeka Stuie Journal Building. 800 and
802 Kansas avenue, corner of Eighth.
NEW YORK OFFICE.
Temple Court Hldp.
A. Frank Richardson, Mgr.
CHIC A (JO OFFICE.
Stock KxchanKe Elder.
A. Frank Richardson, Mgr.
LONDON OFFICE.
13 Red Lion Court. Fleet Street.
TELEPHONES. ,
Purines Office Bell 'Phone 107
li. porters' Room Bell' Phone 5i 7
Teddy hesitated and was lost.
Lord Roberts is still hot on the trail
t)t Oom Paul's capital. , '
The sultan need not flatter himself that
lie is forgotten because Uncle Sam is
busy in China Just now.
Wars which occurred a generation
opart are represented on the ticket
named at Philadelphia.
Platt diil not become so sick as to
necessitate his going home until he got
things fixed his way at the convention.
The public will have an opportunity,
cf devotinesomeattentionto China for a
few days betwecnnow and the Fourth of
July. '
Xever was a man so persistently
hunted by an-office since the Populists
started the faahion, as was .Governor
Roosevelt.
It is not often that Senator Billy Ma
eon misses an opportunity to participate
in a big talk, but he was not heard of at
Philadelphia,
The American boy has something to
he thankful for. This year's supply of
firecrackers got out of China before the
trouble began.
Governor Roosevelt showed his oppo
sition to his own nomination to the last
hy refusing to vote with the delegation
from New York.
"Washington Post: According to the
decision of the court of claims, Admiral
Sampson was $5,000 nearer the Spanish
fleet than Admiral Schley.
Once more the effort to reduce the
representation of southern states in Re
publican national conventions, has been
defeated and the customary contesting
delegations will continue to bother the
party managers.
Mr. Hanna is a wise man. He knows
how to snatch victory out of defeat.
AVhen the Roosevelt mountain would
not come to him, he went to the moun
tain. Failing in his efforts to thwart
the machinations of Quay and Piatt, he
climbed into the Roosevelt band wagon
and took the lines himself instead of
staying where he might be run over.
The supporters of the president will
row try to break a precedent which has-
been established since 1S72. Since that
date no man has been chosen to the
presidency two terms in succession. Mr.
Cleveland was twice elected but the
term of President Harrison Intervened.
If the ticket succeeds, there is little
doubt in the mind of anybody now that
'there will be an attempt to overcome
another precedent by electing a vice
president to the office of chief executive.
A novelty in New Tork harbor this
summer will be the floating hotels es
tablished by John R. Arbuckle, the mil
lionaire coffee dealer. They will go down
the bay from liattery every evening, re
turning in the morning. Sleeping ac
commodations on board may be had for
. moderate sum. Mr. Arbuckle believes
the cool sea air on hot summer nights
will be a great boon for men who have
to work hard during the day and who
ere forced by circumstances to live in
irowded tenements. Four vessels will
be fitted out for Mr. Arbuckle's fleet.
OUR NATIONAL WEALTH.
fFrom Philadelphia North American.
The tremendous balance of trade in
our favor has been going on now for
four years. In the 12 months ending
May, 1897, it was $308,795,262; in the next
year it was $359,729,197, in the next $538,
951, 3S7, and in the year just closed it has
been $532,058,604. In these four years we
have sold goods to the extent of $1,939,
34,450 more than we have bought.
Of course, if all thesei things had been
raid for in money the financial system
of the world would have been wrecked.
As a matter of fact, in this period our
net imports of gold have been only a tri
fie over $200,000,000, and in the same time
cur net exports of silver have been over
$100,000,000. leaving only about $100,
000,000 of treasure to balance nearly
$2,000,000,000 of merchandise.
Evidently we are being paid in other
ways partly by the return of our own
securities, and partly by the creation of
foreisrn Indebtedness to us. And that, of
course, means increasing resources ev
pry year. The interest on $2,000,000,000
at 4 per cent would be $80,000,000 a year,
which of itself Is as much as our ordi
nary balance of trade before its recent
enormous expansion.
It is easy to see why our financiers
look now upon the possibility of gold
experts with so much more equanimity
than they did a few years ago. With ad
(iitional credits of $2,000,000,000, with an
annual balance of trade exceeding $500.
000.000, and with over $425,000,000 of gold
In the treasury, we can help out the
anxious foreigner with a gold deal more
comfort than we could when we were in
debt to Europe, had a balance of trade
Uma than $90,000,000, and had to peddle
bonds to keep 1100,000,000 of gold In the
treasury.
All these remarkable changes have
come about In four years, during which
we have incidentally fought two wars,
destroyed one empire and created another.
HOPES TO SATE K ASS AS.
Hanna Will "Play Up the War Busi
ness With Teddy."
Philadelphia, June 22. Mark Hanna,
who engineered the first nomination of
McKinley through the convention of
ISliti, and who claimed the credit of
the ticket of this year, left his apart
ments last eveninjr and went to the
summer residence of Clement A. Gris
com at Haverfoi'd, where he has here
tofore hidden himself from the crowds.
He professed to be serenely happy over
the outcome.
"Oh. it is a magnificent ticket; a
sulemlid ticket, and I am more than
satisfied," was what he said for publi
cation. Hanna breakfasted with Senator
Sppongr,. and at the table Spooner
said:
"Well, what do you think of it,
Hanna, now that It Is all over but the
shouting?"
"Well," said Hanna. slowly and ap
parently measuring every word, "I've
won a great victory in this thing. I've
finally had everything my way. I
could not well get it any other way.
Put I must say that I am not very
proud of my victory."
"What is going to be the effect of
the retirement of Roosevelt from New
York state politics?" Senator Spooner
asked.
"I do not know," Hanna replied, "but
I do believe that Roosevelt will give
us electoral votes that we would not
have secured In any other way, and
all of these things are worth taking
into consideration."
Senator Hanna did not explain what
he meant, but he referred to the situa
tion in Kansas. Subsequently, when
asked about his enigmatical statement,
Hanna said that Roosevelt was the only
man who could assure the state of
Kansas to the Republican. party.
Roosevelt had a number of the Kansas
men under him in Cuba, and Hanna
said that he was extremely popular
with the men of that section on ac
count cf his treatment of his men, and
the affection that had grown up be
tween them. . . .
Hanna. discussing this subject with
one of his lieutenants, said that It
would be necessary to play up the war
business in the coming campaign, and
that .r.o man could do better than
Roosevelt himself.
"The Kansas boys like him," Hanna
sail, "and Governor Roosevelt may be
able to win them over to the Republi
can ticket. Certainly no other man
can do it."
A TOPEKA WOMAN.
Miss Stevenson Among Those
Reported Lost at Tien Tsin.
New York, June 22. Among those
supposed to be lost in Tien Tsin is
Miss M. I. Stevenson, sent out by the
Topeka branch of the Woman's For
eign Missionary society of the Metho
dist church.
BIG SWINDLE CHARGED.
Two Young Men Accused of Obtain
ing Goods by Fraud.
New Tork, June 22. Detectives Mc
Conville and Barrett today arrested
Edward M. Logan, 28 years old, and
Charles P. Coakes, alias Charles M.
Smith, 26 years old. The two are ac
cused of perpetrating a big swindle.
Logan and Coakes went to Peekskill,
rented a storeroom, and announced that
they intended to start a big dry goods
store, to be known as the Bon Marche.
They paid a month's rent in advance.
Then they returned here, and Logan
deposited $2,000 in a bank. They or
dered goods from many wholesale firms
and jobbers on thirty clays' time. These
dealers found they had a bank account
and shipped the goods.
According to the police, the two men
on June 11 were at Peekskill ajid re
ceived ninety-six cases of freight. This
wa3 reshipped on the steamboat Chris
tina at 4 a. m. The men then boarded
a train for New York, reaching here
ahead of the boat. They went at once
to the Christina's pier, at West Tenth
street, where five double trucks received
the goods.
The police declare the goods were
then reshipped to Philadelphia, Boston
and other cities, where they were sold.
The police say between $15,000 and $20,
000 was realized by this operation.
SETTLING LP.
Republican Managers Sold Final
Meeting in Philadelphia.
Philadelphia, June 22 National Chair
man Hanna today held a conference
with Joseph H. Manley, of Maine; Hen
ry C. Payne.of Wisconsin; Senator Scott
of West Virginia; National Committee
man Richard C. Kerenes of Missouri;
General Grosvenor, of Ohio, and several
other members of the national commit
tee.
While unofficial the meeting was said
to be for a general settling up of the
accounts of the committee and other
matters that required attention before
the committee finally adjourned. There
was also some discussion among the
members with relation to the work of
the new executive committee which was
named by Chairman Hanna last night.
Mayor Ashbndge visited Senator Han
na and was highly complimented by the
national chairman for Philadelphia's
part m the success or the convention.
Cable to Mack ipc
St. Ignaee, Mich., June 22. A cable
was successfully laid between this point
and Mackinac island today, by the
Michigan Telephone company and
speaking communication established
with the island for the first time. Var
ious cities east and west were spoken
with this afternoon. Several of the
company s officials are here and will
celebrate the day's event with a dinner
at the Grand hotel.
Mrs. J-cnoaa, w nson, aged 64 years,
died today at her home in Auburndale
The funeral will be held Sunday at 2
o clock in tne Lowman Hill chapel.
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PSASJEWS.
Taxpayers of Bourbon County
to Investigate Finances.
Charge Defalcation and Mis
appropriation of Funds.
WANT COUNTY LEAGUE,
Said That the Law Has Been
Entirely Ignored.
Expect to Call in Some of the
County Bonds.
Fort Scott, June . 22. The executive
committee of the Tax Payers' league of
this city has issued the following call:
To the Tax Payers of Bourbon County:
You are respectfully Invited to attend
a meeting of the tax payers of Bourbon
county, to be held June 23d, Saturday,
at 2 o'clock, at the court house, for the
purpose of forming a tax payers' league
for the county.
The tax payers of the city of Fort
Saott under the auspices of the tax
payers' league since their organization
have turned into the city treasury over
J1.000, and into the county treasury be
tween six and eight hundred dollars, as
the result of the investigation of the
city offices of Fort Scott. It is alleged
that there has been a large misappro
priation of money by the county officers,
following the custom which has been
laid down by their predecessors. In a
number of cases almost double charges
have been made for work done upon the
plea that their predecessors made such
charges. The law has been entirely ig
nored, governing the charges proper for
such othcers.
It will be the purpose also for the
league so formed to discuss the advisa
bility of calling In some of the county
bonds. There will be, it is estimated
$70,000 in the sinking fund next July for
the purpose of paying off the $219,000
owing on the railroad bonds. The
banks of our city are only paying 1 per
cent interest on this, and It is be
lieved that there could be a great sav
ing made to the county by buying these
bonds in and stopping the interest.
Those who are well advised as to the
county matters claim by such arrange
ments that the county tax could be re
duced 1 per cent.
All the tax payers of this county are
respectfully invited to attend this meet
ing. AMONG WHEAT FIELDS.
Sedgwick County Has 2,340,000
Bushels Which Will Bring
$1,404,000.
Wichita, June 22 Sedgwick county
is full of farmers who began with noth
ing and are rich. Because of the big
crops here, land is advancing in price.
Oscar Z. Smith, the principal land agent
here, saya that land throughout the
county has advanced in the last year
from $4 to $10 an acre. Land is worth
from $20 to $50 an acre.
Upward of a million dollars worth of
farm mortgages were paid off in Sedg
wick county last year. The exact
amount in cancelled mortgages last
year, as shown by the county's records,
was $1,206,224.70. That was of prosperi
ty that came to the farmers of this
county from big crops last year, when
they raised 1.159.776 bushels of wheat,
which was sold for $603,083.
This year Sedgwick county has 130.000
acres in wheat. It will average a yield
of eighteen bushels to the acre at the
very lowest estimate and that will be
2,340,000 bushels, more than twice the
yield of last year, and it will bring, at
the least calculation, 60 cents a bushel.
or $1,404,000. Most of the farmers In
this county expect to get 75 cents a
bushel for their wheat and a great
many say they will hold it till it goes
up to $1 a bushel, which they expect to
get for it before snow flies.
A reporter drove to the largest single
wheat field in Sedgwick county. It is
on the farm of Frank Means, fourteen
miles southwest of Wichita. He has
1.070 acres of wheat in one field, and
he expects it to yield twenty-six bushels
to the acre. Mr. Means came to this
county seventeen years ago and bought
eighty acres of land at a cheap ngure,
and Vo 1-inrl not monev enousrh to nav
br it. Today he owns 1,440 acres of
land and is out of debt. He made his
money growing wheat and feeding cat
tle and hogs. He buys one or two tarms
each year. Mr. Means has 8,000 bushels
of corn of last year's crop and 6,000
bushels of old wheat which he held over
for a raise in price. He expects the
raise this year.
NEOSHO FRUIT GROWERS.
Not a Crate of Fruit Has Been Lost
and Cash All Received.
Chanute, June 22. The Neosho Coun
ty Fruit Growers' association com
menced business with shipping straw
berries this season and up to the close
of the season had sold and shipped
from their office in this city $1,953 worth
of strawberries alone.
Not a crate of fruit has been lost and
the cash has been received for every
box.
NO PRISON TWINE.
Abilene Dealers Will Not Handle it
For the State.
Abilene, June 22. Not a hardware
man in town is selling penitentiary
twine. When the state got "stuck" on
selling its product to the farmer direct,
it tried to sell to the dealers but they
refused to touch it. A good many far
mers have the twine, however.
One deale estimates that 40,000 to
50.000 pounds were purchased but it is
hard to find just who sent for it. It has
placed the dealers in a peculiar situa
tion they can not tell Just how much
of their trade is supplied with twine and
hence have been at sea as to the suffi
ciency of their stock. No dealer wants
to keep any over for a big drop in price
is likely at any time. The wheat is do
ing so well that the twine question may
be a very live one before harvest ends.
THE OLD 20TH REGULARS.
Regiment That May Go to China Was
Once Stationed at Fort
Leavenworth.
Leavenworth, June 22. The Twen
tieth infantry, which dispatches say is
to be ordered to China, was stationed
here for several years. The regiment
is commanded by Coloiiel McCaskey,
who has been with it for many years,
and who commanded it at Santiago.
After returning from Montauk Point
the regiment was prepared for Phil
ippine service and was largely recruited
in Kansas and Missouri. With the ex
ception of one campaign into the La
guna de Bay district, east of Manila,
the regiment has been doing guard duty
in Manila.
Many families of enlisted men in the
Alfred Benjamin & Co., $18
and $J5 Men's Suits Tomor
row and all this week at
(Blue and Black
Guett Peabody & Co.
Crown Brand
Collars, regular 1 5c kind,
3 for 25c
regiment Reside in the city and there
are a large number of Leavenworth
boys in the regiment.
CONFESSED TO STEALING.
Albert Stum in Jail at Salina Charged
With Taking Horses.
Salina, June 22. Albert Sturn,19 years
old, was arrested here charged with
stealing horses in Republic county.Kan.
Deputy Sheriff George Myers saw him
driving a team through the street an
swering the description of the one sto
len. He confronted Sturn with the de
scription' of the horses and Sturn con
fessed that he stole them Tuesday
night. He is now held in jail here,
awaiting the arrival of the Republic
county officers.
CHAUTAUQUA OPENS.
A Large Attendance at Winfield the
Opening Night.
Winfield, June 22. Prof. A. C.'Piersal
opened the fourteenth annual session of
the Winfield Chautauqua last night and
he spoke to three thousand people, the
largest first day crowd in the history of
the assembly. Caman's band and the
Scandinavian quartet furnished the
music.
More tents have been rented than ever
before and camping parties are here
from Baxter Springs to Salina, and as
far south at Guthrie. The meeting will
continue 12 days, and there are more
departments than usual.
A SOFT BERTH FOR CARTER.
Prison Officials Give the Ex Captain
an Easy Life as Predicted.
Leavenworth, June 22. Close con
finement within the shops and cells of
a penitentiary has proven too much for
Oberlin M. Carter, ex-captain of engi
neers, U. R. A., and he is broken in
spirit. He shows signs of giving way
completely and Warden McClaughry
has found it necessary to change his
employment and place of confinement
at night. When Carter was first
brought to the penitentiary he was ac
corded the usual treatment. He held up
well until his general health became
bad and his nervous system was on the
verge of breaking down.
Carter eats, poorly, does not sleep
well and has become melancholy. H
has been relieved from keeping the
workshop books and has been allowed
to tend the flower beds and mow the
lawn. His quarters have been changed
to the hosoital, where he now sleeps
and eats.
New Rural Mail Route.
Lawrence, Kas., June 22. A second
rural free delivery route was estab
lished south from Lawrence yesterday
by Special Agent Rising. The route will
be carried by Grant Risley, and will
probably be put in operation on July 9.
The territory covered is twenty-five
miles, and 250 families will be served.
Spiritualists at Winfield.
Winfield. June 22. The Arkansas
Valley Spiritual association will hold
its session at Island park this year
from. July 7 to 17, inclusive, and every
indication points to the most success
ful and interesting meeting in the his
tory of the association.
Pekin Besieged.
Syracuse. N. Y., June 22. Dr. P. Wal
ter Emens, of this city, whose son Walter
S. Emens, represents the Americans Trad
ing company, in China, today received the
following cablegram, dated Tien Tsin,
June lb:
Situation growing worK. reun De-
sieged. In danger of massacre. fj
A Gentleman's Feet
Do not have to be
crowded into uncomfortable shoes in
order to comDlv with the laws of
fashion.
Fashion has become decidedly lenient.
Perhaps not permanently so, but we
won't worry about the future.
At $3.50 a pair
We guarantee to furnish an ultra
fashionable and more comfortable shoe
than can be purchased elsewhere at an
equal price. And our guarantee means
your money back if you want it.
628 II AIT 2 AS AVE.
FllftPJl?S
omorrow me Las
AT THESE PRICES.
Alfred Benjamin & Co." $22
and $20 Men's Suits in Wor
steds, Scotches and Cassimeres
Tomorrow and all this
week at
excepted.)
(Blues and
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POSSE CUT DOWN.
Force of Deputies In St. Louis to Be
Reduced to 500.
St. Louis, June 22. Sheriff Pohlman
today received a communication from
the board of police commissioners of
which the following is a part:
"At a meeting of the board this morn
ing we have decided to order the parole
of all the posse excepting 500 men which
number we request may be kept under
arms until further orders from this
board. '
'We further request that you make
such arrangements as you deem advis
able to have ready for active service on
the Kourth. of July at least 1,000 men, as
the discharge of firearms and fireworks
upon that day is liable to occasion and
encourage acts of lawlessnes and vio
lence." Ora Havill, son of Captain Frank W.
Havill, of the supreme court for the
southern district of Illinois, an employe
of the bt. Louis Transit company, who
was arrested in the company of Clar
ence M. Smith, with dynamite percus
sion caps and fuse in his pockets was
sweated by Chiefs Campbell and Des
mond today on the suspicion that he
had information concerning the dyna
miters who have been wrecking Transit
company cars.
' Havill and Smith were arrested not
far from the Transit company's bridge
over the river Desperes, which it was
reported was to be blown up.
Alter tne sweating Chief Camobell
said he had secured a statement from
Smith and that both men would be
held.
QUICK WORK BY CUPID.
Proposal, Divorce Decree and a Mar
riage in Twenty Minutes.
Cincinnati, Ohio, June 22. Peter
Miller, aged 45, a butcher, was divorced
today by Judge Davis from Rachel
Miller, who eloped thirteen years aero
with Daniel Hogan, Miller's business
partner. Alter the decree was granted
Miller asked Judge Davis if he could
marry again. Miller had proposed on
the way to the court house, and was
accepted by Emma F. Lange, aged 33,
a widow of Terre Haute, Ind., one of his
principal witnesses.
The court gave them a judicial bless
ing, and the couple went to the probate
court, wnere a license was procured.
The whole transaction the offer to
marry, divorce, and procuring the
license consumed only twenty minutes.
Tours in the Rocky Mountains.
The "Scenic Line of the World," the
Denver & Rio Grande railroad, offers
to tourists in Colorado, Utah and New
Mexico the choicest resorts, and to the
trans-continental traveler the grandest
scenery. Two separate and distinct
routes through the Rocky Mountains,
all through tickets availabe via either.
The direct line to Cripple Creek, the
greatest gold camp on earth. Three
trains daily each way with through
Pullman palace and tourist sleeping
cars between Chicago, Denver, San
Francisco and Los Angeles, and Den
ver and Portland. The best line to
Utah, Idaho, Montana. Oregon and
Washington via the "Ogden gateway."
Dining cars (service a la carte) on all
through trains. Write S. K. Hooper,
G. P. & T. A., Denver, Colo., for illus
trated descriptive pamphlets.
Tourist Rates to Colorado and Utah.
Tickets will be sold from points of
Missouri Pacific to Denver, Colorado
Springs and Pueblo, Colo., and Salt
Lake and Ogden, Utah, June 1st to Sep
tember lata, at greatly reduced rates.
See nearest ticket agent or write
H. C. TOWNSEND, G. P. & T. A..
St. Louis, Ma
F. E. NIPPS, Agent.
Topeka, Kansas.
Memphis Route Fast Train.
The Southeastern Limited leaving
Kansas City daily at 6:30 p. m. en
ables passengers to reach Memphis at
8 a. m., Birmingham 4:30 p. m., Chat
tanooga 8:45 p. m., Atlanta 10:35 p. m..
New Orleans 7:35 p. m., next day, Jack
sonville, Fla.. 8:30 second morning.
Corresponding time to all points in the
southeast. Entire train, with reclining
chair car and palace buffet sleeping
car runs through to Birmingham, stop
ping only at important local stations,
as Olathe, Paola, . Pleasanton, Fort
Scott, Lamar, Springfield. -
Denver, Pueblo, Colorado Springs, and
Return $19.00 via Santa Fe.
Tickets on sale June 21, July 7, 8. 9,
10, 18 and Aug. 18. Stopovers allowed
between Pueblo and Denver enabling
one to stop at Colorado Springs. Final
limit of ticket October 31st. See T. L.
King, agent, for particulars.
DENVER, COLORADO SPRINGS
PUEBLO AND RETURN,. $24,
Via the Santa Fe.
Tickets on sale June 1st; stopover al
lowed at Colorado common points.
EXCURSION TO BEATRICE.
Sunday, June 24th.
Via "The Rock Island Route."
Only $1.50 For the Round Trip.
Special train will leave Topeka 7:30
a. m., arriving at Beatrice 12 o'clock
noon. Returning will leave Beatrice
S p. m., arriving at Topeka 10:30 p. m.
r l.irnr- I-
Day
Blacks excepted.) (Blues and Blacks excepted.)
Kansas Avenue
MRS. PLATT A POLITICIAN.
New York Boss Always Asks Her
Advice.
New York, June 22. "Mr. Piatt is not
very ill," said Mrs. Thomas C. Piatt to
day, "but," she added, "he needs rest
that he could not get in Philadelphia
and .it is my province to see that he
gets it."
Mrs. Piatt knows almost as much
about polities as does her astute hus
band. To their close friends she is
known as his "first lieutenant," but it
is a question if "general commanding"
would not be a better title. They have
been married many, many years, and
Mrs. Piatt has kept pace with her hus
band all the way up the ladder.
Senator Piatt enjoys being teased
about his submission to his wife. He
is proud of her, and has never taken
an important step in his life, it is said,
without her advice. When it was pro
posed that Mr. Piatt should be the
Republican candidate for governor, he
carried the suggestion to her.
"No!" she said, and that settled it.
No politician could attempt to go be
hind that verdict.
"Do you believein women in politics?"'
Mrs. Piatt was asked today.
"That depends," was her smiling re
ply. "I believe every true wife ought to
be her husband's companion in mind as
well as in fact. She should be interest
ed in what interests him. I am just as
much interested in state and national
affairs as Mr. Piatt, and I am sure I un
derstand the situation quite as well as
he does, though we do not always agree
in our deductions.
"I have my own Independent thought
on all subjects, so you cannot quote my
opinion as the echo of his by any means.
Still, I am always open to be convinced
in case we differ, and I believe he is just
as vulnerable if my arguments are the
best."
DEWEY IS RESERYED.
Declines to Discuss the Philadelphia
Developments.
Washington, June 22 Admiral Dewey
has received the news of the nomination
of McKinley and Roosevelt with equal
political and philosophical reserve.
When asked last evening for an expres
sion of opinion on the result of the Re
publican convention with reference,
especially, to the candidates nominated,
the admiral said:
"I have nothing whatever to say re
garding the action of the convention
just concluded at Philadelphia. I would
be only too glad to gratify your readers,
but really, you must tell them I can not
say anything upon the subject of the
nominations made. I can not, it should
be well understood, give an expression
of opinion even had I a well-defined
one."
Admiral Dewey could not be induced
to change his mind. He appears, how
ever, to be unmoved by the nomina
tions. Admiral Dewey was comfortably
ensconced in a great armchair, and, as
a matter of fact, did not evince any
surprise, emotion or interest in the do
ings of the Republican party.
Mrs. Dewey, who was present during
the short interview, has recovered from
her recent attack of tonsilitis.
CHARLES ADAMS & CO.
SATURDAY'S STORE NEWS
At (THE WOMAN'S STORE.)
MARKED DOWN SALE OF PARASOLS (See Xorth Window)
Women Crash Skirts special 50 ea-
Womea's Polka Dot Duck Skirts 88 Ba-
(81.60 quality.)
Women's Navy Blue D:nim Skirts 89
Women's White Lawn Shirt Waists 5fjc ea,
(Marked down from $1.00.)
Children's Shirt Waists 48c ea.
(Marked down from 1.00)
Infants' Lace and Mull Caps, One-Fourtli Off Regmlar Price.
Fancy Hosiery.
We will show tomorrow Polka
Dot Hosiery in blue,
25c
39c
brown, ana red at....
The same in Lisle,
thread drop stitch, at.
Other novelties in black pat
terns, vertical slopes and Rfl
lace effects, at wUU
Summer Underwear.
50c Union Suits 39a
$1.00 Union Suits . A 75
Sleeveless Vests at 10c, 12c, .
15c and 19c-each.
Knitted Corset Covers, 25c, 60c.
CHARLES ADAMS d, CO.
Women's, Misses' and Children's
CLOTHIERS AND FURNISHERS EXCLUSIVELY.
Our regular $12 and $10
Men's Suits in Worsteds and
Cassimeres Tomorrow and
all this week at
8.
Full line of Negligee
Shirts, '
$1, $1.50, $2.
An
Observation
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The only Pullman observation
sleeping-car line between Kansas
City and Colorado Springs is op
erated via Santa Fe Route. Cars
leave Topelca daily at 11:55 a. m.,
and Colorado Springs dajly at 10:42
p. m. They haveexceptionally large
windows and roomy and comfor
table rattan chairs easily moved
about. The rear platform guarded
by railing and gates, may be oc
cupied when desired. Unsurpassed
for viewing the country traversed.
Current magazines and stationery
provided for use of Pullman pas
sengers. Descriptive pamphlet
free, if you apply to
T. L. KING, Agent,
Topeka, Kan.
AUSTRIA SENDS WARSHIPS
Three Cruisers Ordered to Prepare For
Immediate Service in the East.
Vienna, June 22. Austria is determin
ed to make at least a show of being a
live power, and such marine force as tin
empire possesses she will send to China,
The only first-class cruiser Austria
owns, the Zenta, is already before Taku
and today it is stated that an order has
been issued to prepare the first cruiser
division, consisting of the Carl VI. the
Empress Maria Theresa, and the Em
press Elizabeth, for immediate service.
If the crisis does not pass immediately
the cruisers will start for China. The
Carl VI. was built in 1898. is of 6,100 tons
displacement, and carries 49 guns; the
Maria Theresa was built in 1893, is of
5,200 tons, and has 40 guns; the Empress
Elizabeth, built in 1890, is of 4,000 tons
and carries 25 guns.
Liabilities $12,898,591.
New York, June 22. The schedules in
the assignments of Price, McCormick &
Co., bankers and brokers, were filed today
in the supreme court. They show: Lia
bilities, $12,6P8.591; nominal assets, $24,180,
$65; actual assets, $12,469,921.
Marriage Bill Passed.
London, June 22. The house of lords
today passed the colonial marriages bill,
introduced by Lord Strathcona and
Mount Royal.
Ratchidrd's Successor.
Washington, June 22. Charles H. Lich
man, of New Jersey, has been appointed a
member of the industrial commission, vice
M. E. Ratchford, resigned.
American Tars in Court.
Southampton, June 22. A dozen sail
ors from the United States training
ship Buffalo got into a free fight in the
town yesterday and several arrests
were made. In court this morning sev
eral fines were imposed.
Neckwear.
Narrow Lace Barbs, 25c and 50c
each.
Silk String Ties, 10c and 25 c ea.
Moll String Ties all prices.
Mull Bows.... 19c
Silk Bows 25
New novelties in Linen Collars.
Plenty of plain black and plain
white satin Pulley Belts at 50c ea
New Automobile Silk Ties.
New Sterling Silver Tie Clasps.
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