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TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL, TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 26, 1900,
T0FEK1 STATE JOIRML.
BT FRANK P. MAC LENNAK.
VOLUME XXVII No. 152
Official Paper of the City of Topeka.
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This yeems to be the year of resurrec
tion for dead politicians. There are Ad
dicks, and Hill for instance.
David H. Hill is reported as saying
that he will not he a candidate for the
vice presidency. That's what Governor
Ilooeevelt said.
i .
Resolutions of sympathy for the in
ternational army in China seem to be
in order. Where are Senator Mason
and Webster Davis?
Governor Taylor's Philadelphia con
vention popularity has not extended to
Kentucky in su-IUient volume to war
rant his return to the state.
The failure of the international forces
to make progress against the armies of
China, suggests the Bret Harte's in
quiry: "Is the Caucasian played out?"
A3 no complaint has appeared in the
Philadelphia newspapers it can be in
ferred that the town got the worth of
its hundred thousand dollar investment.
If ther? should be war with China the
people will be glad that they didn't take
up the Dewey candidacy for the presi
dency. There will be other work for the
admiral.
A New York paper calls attention to
the fact that many churches are closing
up for the summer, but that the saloon
and dive continue to do business at the
old stand.
What shall it profit a party to gain
Kansas and lose New York, Delaware,
Xo Jersey and Connecticut. The three
last mentioned states almost invariably
vote as New York does.
It the big Republican newspapers of
the east continue to surrender states to
the Democracy at the rate which they
have begun, McK;nley will be out of the
lace from their standpoint long before
November. New York and Delaware al
ready are conceded to Bryan by many
of them.
OUR INTERESTS IN CHINA.
Tien Tsin, Newchwang, and Che Foo,
which are mentioned as the points of
greatest activity and danger, aside from
1'ekin the capital, in the present trou
bles in China, are especially important
in relation to American trade in that
country. They are in the northern part
of the country and it is in them that
American goods seem to be in the
greatest favor. The growth of our trade
in that section is described somewhat in
detail by a recent publication of the
treasury bureau of statistics, which de
scribes Tien Tsin as the most important.
city of northern China, being located at
the head of the Gulf of Pechill and but
80 miles from the capital, Pekin, with
which it is Connected by water and by a
railway line. Another completed railway
line runs northeastwardly to Shanhai
k.van, and an elaborate railway system
is projected southward from this point
through the populous provinces of
Shantung and Klangsu to connect
Tien Tsin in with Shanghai. In addi
tion to these, the Grand canal, the most
important of the great artificial water
ways of China, has for centuries con
netted Tien Tsin in with the Yangtse-
Kiang and Shanghai. Its population is
in round numbers 1,000,000, and its im
ports, w hich in 1SSS were less than 29,
COO.000 halkwan taels, were in 1897 more
than C3,0O0,0'X halkwan taels, having
thus nearly doubled during the decade.
The commissioner of customs, Mr. Al
fred Hippisley, writing in 1898 of the
1?!7 trade, calls attention to the import
ance of American trade at that port,
and adds that it is the only trade which
Increased in 189S over that of 1897, say
ing that American drills, American
sheetings and American kerosene had
especially increased in imports during
the year, while the cotton goods from
other countries were showing a de
crease. Another interesting fact to
which he calls attention is that the new
railway line recently built to connect
Tier. Tsin with Pekin is already proving
txtremely popular with the Chinese. On
this subject he says: "It is astonishing
how speedily Chinese, despite their re
puted conservatism, adapt themselves
to a new environment and make the
most of increased transport facilities of
fered them. Already Pekin fruit is sent
direct to Taku for shipment south, and
I'ekin is similarly supplied with south
c-rn fruit, and traffic generally develop
ed so rapidly that it soon became neces
pary to double the line."
Consul Iteade. of the United States,
says that Tien Tsin ranks in commer
cial importance next to Shanghai and
Canton, and in a report to the state d
purtment, says: "Tien Tsin, by its geo
graphical position. Is the point of ac
cumulation and distribution of all mer
chandlse destined for the United State
or intended for consumption in th
northern provinces of China. Direct
shipments from the United States to
Tien Tsin are impracticable, It being i
all cases more advantageous to ship to
Shanghai or Hong Kong and then trans
ship to the steamers of light draft that
(ly between those ports e.nd Tien Tsin.
Che Foo is considered an extremely
important treaty port by reason of the
constant and growing demand for
American goods at that point. It is lo
cated on the Gulf of Pechill, compara
tively near to Tien Tsin, but nearer to
the British port Wei Hai Wei, and its
importance to American interests is pic
tured by Consul Fowler in a report to
the state department, in which he says:
"It is satisfactory to see that during the
six months under review the following
American goods show a gain over the
same period of 1896: Drills, 13,211
pieces; sheetings, 111,040 pieces; kero
sene oil, 942,050 gallons."
Newchwang, while a comparatively
small city of but 60,000 population, is of
especial importance to the United States
as a treaty port. It is located at the ex
treme north of the Gulf of Pechili, con
siderably farther north than Tien Tsin,
and is of especial importance to the
United States because of the demand
for goods from this country in that sec
tion. American cottons, oils, and Amer
ican manufactures generally are in
great demand in the province of Shing
king, of which Newchwang is the treaty
port and most important city, and goods
reach the interior by the Muren river,
w hich ia navigable nearly to the north
ern border of the province. The pro
posed Russian railway line, which is
projected through Manchuria and the
province of Shingking to Port Arthur,
passes near Newchwang, and is to be
connected by a short line. Another, a
British line, will connect Newchwang
with Shanhaikwan, which is already in
railway connection with Pekin.
GLOBE SIGHTS.
From the Atchison Globe.
When a thing is lost, a woman can
find it quicker than a man.
Somehow, a fat woman in a sailor
hat always makes people laugh.
When a grown man goes to college,
he makes his offense greater by wear
ing whiskers.
When a woman is pretty, she had
better behave herself: women love to
jump a pretty woman.
The blow has fallen: An Atchison
girl has had her picture taken in the
act of striking a ball on a golf field.
If a movement to hang you should
start, you would be surprised at the
number of people who would join it.
All mothers think their children are
musically inclined, which is the capital
that sets music dealers up in business.
Probably a man never misses his
wife more than when the census enum
erator comes around, and asks ques
tions. When a woman gets out her best
chinaware for her husband's kin, it is
proof that they have more money than
her husband.
When a man scolds, his wife is so ab
sorbed in the fear that the neighbors
are listening that she aoesn i near
what he says.
When people get so old and feeble
that their breath fails them when they
talk, it is particularly pitiable when
they try to scold.
We have an idea that if dogs were
allowed to choose their owners, they
would all flock at the heels of the boy
who goes barefoot.
Nearly every woman believes that
tomato on a lettuce leaf, with yellow
salad poured over it. not only looks
well on a table, but is mighty good to
eat.
How hot and uncomfortable a big
head of hair must be in summer!
New principle added by the bald
headed members o the Don't Worry
club.
The changes of time are never more
apparent than when a man looks at
his feet, and reflects that when he
was a baby, the women raved over
them.
Spring chickens were plentiful early
in the season, but are very scarce now.
Have the farmers' wives engaged in
reform, to the neglect of spring chick
ens? We hope not.
An Atchison woman was walking
along carrying a package of bad tast
ing medicine. Do you have to take
that?" a friend inquired. "Yea." the
woman replied; "Beckie North says it's
good, and of course Ehe knows.
Several Atchison women attended a
party Wednesday afternoon, another
Wednesday evening, another Thursday
morning, and another 'ihursday after
noon. Still, they probably argue that
men have the best of it in this world.
QUAKER REFLECTIONS.
TFrom the Philadelphia Record.
The trusted friend ia not always the
one wno pays back.
With Koosevelt it looks like a game
of ring around a Koosey.
It doesn't take a man with a cast in
his eye to cast reflections.
No, Maude, dear, the cowboy does not
always cross the ocean in the steerage.
A woman can usually get straight
to the point except when she tries to
sharpen a pencil or drive a nail.
Straws show which way the wind
blows, and when placed in iced drinks
they also show which way the thirst
goes.
"Those are the best serine mat
tresses," remarked the polite salesman.
Oh, they won't do at all," replied Mrs.
rsewiywea; "i want summer ones."
If you could buy some people for
what they are worth and sell them for
what they think they are worth," says
the Manayunk Philosopher, "what a
protit there would be!"
"Can you fix me ud with a little
whisky?" asked the nervous man in the
drug store; I have a pain in my stom
ach." "I can see through you," re
torted the druggist, unfeelingly.
' Do you think there will be a bolt
in the convention?" asked the man who
doesn t know much about those thiners.
"Judging from the number of people
who can't get it," replied the other, "I
should think there s a bolt already."
POINTED PARAGRAPHS
TFrom the Chicago News.
Silence manages to keep dry when
it reigns.
A hop garden ia the dancing master's
paradise.
Business i3 apt to be unsteady when
money is tight.
Nature heals but the doctor always
makes out the bill.
Many a man who wasn't bred to work
has to work for bread.
Money may not bring happiness, but J
no man ia willing to take your word
for it.
It takes a smart man to conceal from
others the things he doesn't know.
As soon as a man acquires a good
appetite he wants to get rid of it.
If twenty grains make one scruple
how many will it take to make one
doubt?
Silence is about as much evidence of
wisdom as a paper collar is of a shirt.
An Indiana woman recently took a
large dose of arsenic to whiten her com
plexion. The coroner says she suc
ceeded. The average wife can discount' an
experienced lawyer when it comes to
cross-questioning her husband oa his
return home about 2 a. m.
WANTS HIS PAY.
Original McKinley Man Sends a
Bill to the President.
Chicago, June 26. The InterOcean
says: Magnus A. Hess, "the original
McKinley man" seeing the McKinley
boom for which he claims all the credit,
at its height, has sent to the president
a bill of the expense incurred by him,
Hess, in starting that boom and keep
ing it going. The bill, which is as well
itemized as a commercial traveler's ex
pense account, calls for the payment of
the modest sum of $6,115.09. Why Mag
nus did not make it even money is a
matter between, him and hia book
keeper. Hess for some time has been lookins
with a reproachful eye on the man in
Washington, whom he was wont to call
'Bill" or "Mack." The former Chicago
patriot is now of the opinion, to use
the language of his own "Original Mc
Kinley club," that the president has
"thrun him down."
Writing letters to Major McKinley,
expressing his pain and dismay at not
receiving a commission for one of the
plum-like jobs in the public pudding-,
nas exhausted Magnus patience. Mr.
Hess expected that commission March
5, 1897, but it did rot arrive. For thfee
years he watched the mails daily for it.
Then he began bombarding the presi
dent with requests for various positions
trom government printer to night
watchman in the postoffice.
As a last despairing argument for' the
payment of the $6,000 Hess appends
this plaintive note:
"Where was King Marcus Hanna,
Dawes, Piatt, and that bunch when I
started the McKinley movement? I
only want what is honest and fair my
money back."
The bill, as Hess wrote it on one of
his own letterheads of the style that is
thought fancy in country printing of
fices, follows:
"To William McKinley, President of
the United States. Cuba, Philippines,
and Hawaii. Sill for expenditures to
start the "McKinley movement" from
October 20, 1S92, until the election,
1896:
Charter "Original McKinley
club," $3; notary's fees, 50c;
seal, $2.50
6.00
80.00
60.00
300.00
35.00
80,000 paper and muslin badges,
for Knights of Labor picnic,
July 4, 1895, Sharpshooters'
park
Engraving wood cuts for Major
McKinley, all sizes, about
Rent for small club room, 195
Washington street, one year
year at $25
Lumber to fix platform and
seats, also decorations
Memberships cards, meeting
announcements, etc., for three
year3 350.43
Wagon load of envelopes, with
Aiajnr aicKiniey s race primed
on them 444.66
About two tons of paper for
literature, etc 1,500.00
Presswork, composition, folding.
postage stamps, expressing
etc 1,555.43
McKinley electrotypes, sent to
McKinlev clubs all over the
United States 374.88
Posters, invitations, lithographs,
buttons, etc 232.50
Rent for large clubroom, at $30
per month, about two years .. YoO.OO
Wet and dry goods, "Anheuser-
Milwaukee," and "Smoke Up
to keep the boys in line for
"McK." 113.13
Printing, advertising, etc, xo or
ganize the Business Men's Mc
Kinley club 23.00
To organize the Workingmen'a
McKinley Leagueu ot
Illinois, in almost every pre
cinct of Chicago, including
print-ing, electrotypes, etc,
etc., about 300.00
Total amount $8,115.09
"Please be so kind and send check
for the above amount. Youu have gone
back on your best friends, that helped
you in the presidential chair, and now
you have only affiliated yourself with
combines, trusts, millionaires' syndi
cates, etc. You won't be a second Lin
coln. A poor mechanic like me has no
show. Where was King Mar'cua Han
na, Dawes, Piatt, and that bunch when
I started the McKinlev movement? I
only want what is honest and fair, my
money back. Respectfully,
MAGNUS A. HESS."
Mr. Hess has elucidated some of the
items in his bill. The two tons of
paper for literature, he says, were em
ployed for the dissemination of his own
thoughts. The pictures of President
McKinley on the envelopes were print
ed in seventeen colors and blazed like
an electric sign. The postage stamp bill
of $1,500 was incurred trying to reach
all the McKinley clubs in the country.
The item of wet and dry goods, he says.
he kept down to the minimum because
he felt that no one should be converted
by the use of liquor.
Anti Trust Tobacco Deal.
Detroit, Mich., June 26. The Detroit
plant of the Continental Tobacco com
pany which was recently closed down.
was today purchased by Oren Scotten.
on behalf of a new independent tobacco
manuracturmg company. The consid
eration was $200,000 caeh. Mr. Scotten
'will resume business in the factory at
once. The plant is that operated many
years .by the Daniels cotton company
wnicn nnauy sola out to the trust.
MfjSTETTl
B CELEBRATED
A weak stom
ach will produce
Constipation
Indigestion
and
Dyspepsia.
Tone up the di
gestive organs
with the Bitters
and you will
have vigorous,
hearty health.
If your stomach
, STOMACH
is weak, don't
fail to give It a
trial,
-V- ' )
PROHIBITION TICKET.
1500 Delegates Meet in State
Convention at Chicago.
Chicago, June 26. The Prohibition
state convention met here today and
nominated the following ticket, besides
selecting delegates at large to the na
tional convention which meets here to
morrow and naming candidates for
congress and the state legislature:
Governor Judge V. V. Barnes, of
Lake Bluff.
Lieu tenant governor -3. A. Henderson,
Sparta.
Secretary of state B. J. Radford,
Eureka.
Auditor J. A. Stone, Bradfordston.
Attorney general F. S- Regan, Rock
ford. Treasurer H. L. Parmalee, Chicago.
George Blooomer, Abingdon; E. S.
Stewart, Chicago, and Mrs. Mary Smith,
Mound City, were nominated for trus
tees of the Illinois state university.
For delegates at large to the national
convention the following were named:
G. W. Gere, Champaign.
O. W. Stewart, Chicago.
J. G. Wooley, Chicago.
Hale Johnson, Newton.
A. E. Wilson, Chicago.
Rev. J. C. Evans. Grant Park.
R. H. Patton, Springfield.
D. R. Sheen, Peoria.
F. S. Regan. Rockford.
W. P. F. Ferguson, Chicago.
J. H. Hill, Chicago.
Louis S. Rounds, Chicago.
No instructions were given the dele
gates to the national convention and it
is understood that the vote will be near
ly evenly divided between Hale Johnson
and John G. Wooley, the two most
prominent western candidates for the
presidential nomination. The convention
will close this evening. Nearly 1,500 del
egates were in attendance.
HAL HAZLETT CRIPPLED.
Topeka Young Man Made a Wreck by
Army Life
Hal Hazlett, the well known Tooeka
young man who left here a year ago as
a sergeant in one of the United States
regular infantry regiments bound for
the Philippines, is now a cripple for life.
He is recovering from an illness of sev
eral months in San Francisco, and is
reported to be able to move around with
the aid of crutches.
When Hazlett left Topeka he was
splendidly proportioned. On the voy
age across the Pacific he was taken ill
and inflammatory rheumatism set in.
He was so ill when he reached Manila
that it was deemed advisable to send
him back to San Francisco, and he ar
rived there several months ago. The
rheumatism has resulted in dislocating
one hip and stiffening one knee, and
while the knee may become more flex
ible the condition of the hip has been
pronounced permanent.
Hazlett graduated from a school of
medicine about three years ago. He
will probably return to Topeka to live.
BIG FIGHT TONIGHT.
Sharkey Favorite on Account of
Ruhlin's Slowness.
New York, June 26. An extremely in
teresting heavyweight boxing bout will
take place at Coney Island tonight, when
Thomas Sharkey of San Francisco and
Gus Ruhlin of Akron, O., face each other
in the ring of the Seaside Sporting club.
While not a championship contest, the
chances are good that the winner will be
pitted against Jeffries, the present holder
of the title.
Since Ruhlin's defeat by Sharkey before
he is credited with remarkable progress
in the matter of boxing science and ring
generalship. Much of that it attributed
to the teaching of James J. Corbett, with
whom Ruhlin trained during Corbett' s
preparatory work fur his bout with Jef
ries. Personally Ruhlin is a modest and
altogether commendable young man.
As a tighter he is courageous to the last
gasp, strong as an ox and by no means
a light hitter and a fairly good boxer.
Originally he lacked aggressiveness, but
seems to have advanced in that partic
ular. The fighting Instinct is not strong
ly developed in him. and he has the fatal
defect of slowness. It is in the latter
respect Ruhlin has been found wanting,
and which has prevented him taking a
higher position in the heavyweight class.
Ruhlin will have considerable advantage
in reach, a decided superiority as to
height and several pounds the better of
the weight. However, he lacks the
aggressiveness and speed of his oppon
ent and can not hit so hard. For these
reasons it is generally expected that
Sharkey will win the battle at Coney
Island.
MISS STEVENSON SAFE.
Topeka's Missionary Represent
ative in China is Alive,
New York, June 26. Dr. Brown, of
Che Foo cables that 13 missionaries at
Pekin, 13 at Tien Tsin have arrived at
Che Foo safely with 123 persons.
Among these from Tien Tsin is Miss
Ida M. Stevenson, M. D., who was sent
out by Topeka branch Methodist wom
an's foreign missionary society.
ONE THOUSAND MEN.
That Humber Got Work in Harvest
Fields Through Labor Bureau.
Labor Commissioner Lee Johnson has
been making a tour over the western
rart of the state looking into the con
ditions of labor and also making an
effort to supply whatever demand for
harvest hands that is now existing in
that part of the state.
"We have furnishe 1,000 men em
ployment," said Mr. Johnson. "The
wages paid average from $1.50 to $2
per day and had it not been for the
fact that squads of men came from the
cast and settled in the wheat belt to
await the harvest the wages would
have been higher. The preference by
the department was given to Kansas
men and I believe that a large ma
jority of the men we sent out, in fact
nearly all -of them, were Kansans."'
Saw Mill3 Shut Down.
Lacrosse, Wis., June 26 The present
extremely low stage of the Mississippi
river is unparalleled in history of the
river. In forty years it has not fallen
to its present stage of 1.6 feet. All the
saw mills of the city have been forced
to cease operations. Three hundred men
are out of work. It is feared that the
low water will force an entire suspen
sion of steamboat operations.
Fine Sample of Wheat.
Atchison, Kas., June 26. A sample of
soft wheat, this year's crop, brought to
Atchison today, showed a test weight of
64 pounds to the bushel, and is the linest
ever seen here. It Is from a field ten
miles east of here in Missouri, which
will yield 40 bushels to the acre.
None better. Swan Fountain Pena
Bennett's Book Store, 730 Kan. Ave.
GRISCOM HAMMERS AWAY.
Continues to Remind the Sultan That
His Bill Is Unpaid.
Washington, June 26. As to the re
port from Constantinople that the
American charge, Mr. Griscom, ha3 pre
sented another demand for the settle
ment oT the American claims it can be
stated on high authority that this gov
ernment is steadily pressing for a def
inite and final settlement, and is losing
no opportunity to remind the Turkish
authorities of the unsatisfactory and in
definite nature of the present situation.
But beyond this persistent pressure
there has been no imperative action ta
ken nor has it been definitely determin
ed what course will be adopted if the
temporizing of Turkish diplomacy is
carried to the point of practical failure
to meet the American demands.
ONLY AT EVENING.
No
Day Performances at the
Horse Show.
The Topeka horse show association at
a meeting of the directors held last
evening decided to give but three per
formances. The contemplated five per
formances have been merged into three
evening performances. This is owing
to the extremely hot weather in the af
ternoons. The time for the beginning of the
shows will be quite early so as to give
time to make all the exhibits. Marshall's
band will begin their concert each eve
ning at 7:30. The show will begin at 8
o'clock and will last until 11 o'clock.
The programme for each of the per
formances follows:
WEDNESDAY. EVENING.
"lass No. 1, roadsters. Class 10, best
family turnout. Class 6, horses in har
ness. Class 24, gaited saddle horses.
Class 3, tandems. Class 5, egg and spoon
race. Class 13, saddle ponies. Class 8,
Jumping horses.
THURSDAY EVENING.
Class 12, roadsters with appointments.
Class 16, polo pony. Class 15, pacing
horses. Class 9, park hack, saddle
horses. Class 11, pair horses with de
livery wagon. Class 18, hunting tan
dem. Class 23, pony turnout. Class 24,
gaited saddle horse.
FRIDAY EVENING.
Class 24, gaited saddle horse. Class 27,
Shetland pony turnout. Class 17, horse
to runabout. Class 28, potato race. Class
19, horses, carriages and appointments.
Class 31, stallion. Class 29, pair of
roadsters. Class 33, high jumpers.
TOM JAMES VERDICT.
Convicted of. Assault and Bat
tery for Shooting W. H.
Hayes.
A Jury in the district court today found
T. M. James guilty of assault and bat
tery for shooting W. H. Hayes two years
ago last spring.
Mr. James, who is an ex-representative
and ex-county treasurer, became involved
in a dispute over the line between his
property ana tnat or air. .Hayes, wno
lived next door. Haves attempted to build
a fence, and Mr. James shot him with a
shotgun. The wound was supposed to
be fatal, but Mr. Hayes recovered and
Mr. James was held for assault with In
tent to kill. The jury disagreed in the
first trial, and this was the second. The
penalty for assault and battery is a fine.
Mr. Hayes was awarded $2,000 for per
sonal Us-mages by a jury in the district
court a year ago, but the case was ap
pealed. CLOUDBURST AT MOBILE,
12.7 Inches of Rain Fell in Seven
Hours.
Mobile, Ala., June 26. A cloudburst
occurred in Mobile early today, followed
by a tremendous downpour of rain. Ev
ery street in the city was submerged
Business in the city is practically sus
pended. The damage will probably be
confined to goods on first floors and
basements, but it is impossible at pres
ent to estimate the losses.
The rainfall from 6 a. m. to noon was
12.7 inches and the downpour continued
n the afternoon. The rain seems to be
confined to the gulf coast. It is report
ea tnat three negro children were
drowned in a ditch in the northern part
of the city. The police have been kept
busy in removing people from their
flooded houses.
Street car service was suspended for
several hours.
ANYBODY WELCOME
To Put All the Troops Into China
That Are Needed.
London. June 26. Replying to a ques
tion ot air -fciins Asnmead itartlett, eon
servative member for the Ecclosall divi
sion of Sheffield, In the house of commons
today, as to whether the British govern
ment will arrange with Japan as the only
power able to act without delay to send
an adequate land force to China, Mr. A.
J. Balfour, the first lord of the treasury
and government leader, said it was un
desirable to outline the nature of the ne
gotiations in this connection, but he added
her majesty's government will welcome
the dispatch of troops by any power which
owing to the proximity of its troops may
be able to act at once for the suppression
of the disturbances In unina.
The first lord of the admiralty, Mr.
George J. Goschen. admitted that owing
to the absence of the senior British ad
miral, the Russian admiral was the head
of the international forces on water.
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
PTJEBLiO AND RETURN, $24,
Via the Santa Fe.
Tickets on sale June 1st; stopover a!
lowed at Colorado common points.
Cottage City Brings Gold.
Victoria, B. C. June 26. The steamer
Cottage City reached here last night with
passengers ana jdu,'J"u in goiu oust
She brought news that the party search
ing Date island for Dr. Hickman returned
without meeting witn hucl-css.
Chicago and Return $14.00 via the
Santa Fe
The short line. Tickets on sale June 25
26-27th, good returning July 3rd.
Tourist Rates to Col orado and Utah.
Tickets will be sold from points of
Missouri Pacific to Denver, Colorad
Springs and Pueblo, Colo., and Salt
Lake and Ogden, U tah, June 1st to Sep
tember 15th, at greatly reduced rates.
bee nearest ucsei agent or write
H. C. TOWN SEND, G. P. & T. A.,
St. Louis, Mo.
F, E. NIPPS, Agent,
Topeka, Kansas,
See Swan Fountain Pens. Bennett's
Book Store, 730 Kansas avenue.
LOCAL MENTION.
Mrs. J. H. Ward of Laa Vegas, New
Mexico, is spending the week with Mrs.
J. M. Meade.
Frank Stitt, one of the oldest con
ductors on the trolley line has resigned
and will go into other business.
Judge Hook, of the United States
court, accompanied by Mrs. Hook, has
gone to rorthern Wisconsin to spend
a vacation.
The Redden Mission Sabbeth school
will picnic at Washburn college campus
Wednesday afternoon of the 27th. Table
6 o'clock to T. '
A. W. Armour, fion of the million
aire packer, and A. E. Ashbrook, of
Kansas City, will be the guests of D.
R. Low during the horse show.
By request of Supt. J. H. Stout, Miss
McCauley gave a reading from Riley's
"Child Rhymes" before the class in
management at the institute yesterday.
The will of Davtd W. Flock was filed
in the probate court this morning and
Henry M. Steele was appointed admin
istrator. The will of Tho3. Glenn was
also filed and it apoints Joseph Ewatt
executor.
Col. H. C. Lindsey donated the car
riage in which Hon. Chas. Curtis was
conveyed from the station to the Cope
land hotel last evening. The Colonel
says the best in his stable ia not too
good for Charley Curtis.
Rosa McClure wants her marriage
vows annulled. She charges her hus
band, James McClure, with non support
and cruelty. During their six years
of married life she states that she has
been obliged to earn her own living.
"W. B. Bowers was given a hearing
before United States Commissioner
Clark this morning and was bound over
to the Federal grand jury which will
meet this fall in Leavenworth. Bowers
is charged with violating the postal
laws.
E. S. Brigham, the Topeka theatri
cal manager, has set an example to
theatre managers all over the country
by contributing to the Actor's' Home,
which it is proposed to build in New
York. Over $60,000 has already been
subscribed.
Postmaster John Guthrie was able
to be at the postoffice a short time
this morning. His head is still wrapped
bandages and he is suffering from
the nervous shock. It will be several
weeks before he will be able to attend
to his business as he did before the
accident.
The members of the First Presby
terian Sunday school are picnicking in
a prove near the Reform school in
North Topeka today. About five hun
dred people are present. A special train
of seven coaches was chartered, from
the Rock Island. The train left the
depot about 2 o'clock this afternoon and
will return this evening at about 8
o'clock.
BAD FOR L ROADS.
Court Awards Damages to a Com
plaining Property Holder.
Chicago. June 26. Judge Hancy today
overruled a motion for a new trial in the
case of Goll versus the Metropolitan
Elevated railway and entered a Judg
ment for $7,750 against the road in favor
of Mrs. Goll who alleges that the road
has lessened the value of her property
adjacent to the road.
This is the first case which has result
ed in the entering of a judgment against
the Metropolitan on these grounds and
should the supreme court uphold the
finding of the lower court it will, it is
claimed, mean a heavy loss to the ele
vated roads of the city, as there are
scores of similar suits pending already
to be entered against them and in each
heavy damages are asked.
TODAY WAS HOT.
Thermometers Registered as High, as
100 in the Shade.
The stereotyped phrase "hottest of the
season is anuroDnate today. At s
o'clock this afternoon various thermom
eters in shaded tlaces on Kansas avenue
registered temperatures trom a to iuu oe-
erefls above zero, ld to this aiternoon
i& deerrees above has been as men as tne
temperature has been registered this year.
The heat todav is ot a sultry cnaracter,
although an occasionel refreshing breeze
makes pantmer and perspiring pedestrians
long ior tne cooi air ol uie moum-ams ui
spHwhrtre. However the breezes are not
frequent enough to have any effect other
than tnat ot causing people to ue uis
satisfied with their surroundings.
No sunstroKes were reported.
GOES STRAIGHT THROUGH.
Roosevelt Is Expected at Oklahoma
C.ty Sunday.
Oklahoma City. O. T., June 26. The
reunion association has positive assur
ance that Governor Roosevelt will ar
rive here next Sunday night and re
main until July 4. The committee is
meetine the Kreat demand for hotel ac
commodations by converting school
buildings, churches, lodge rooms and
halls into sleeping places,
Arkansas Democrats.
Little Rock, Ark., June 26. The Dem
ocratic state convention to nominate
state officers met here at noon today.
Judge J. H. Evans was elected perma
nent chairman after which a recess was
taken until 2:30 p. m.
Green Renominated.
Reading. Pa.,June 26 Henry D. Green
was today unanimously renominated for
congress by the Democratic convention
in the Ninth district. The platform in
dorses Bryan.
War Credit Asked.
Paris, June 26 5:45 P. M. The gov
ernment will ask the chamber for a
credit of 3,530,000 francs to cover the ex
penses of the troops in China. The
French cruiser Admiral Charner left
Brest today for China and the Friant
will sail tonight.
Wabash Road Bonds.
New York, June 26. The directors of
the Wabash today declared the regular
semi-annual disbursement of 3 per cent
on the debenture "A" bonds. Much in
terest had been previously developed
concerning the meeting of today, it be
ing a question whether the directors
would declare interest payable on the
debenture "B" bonds but "this was not
done.
Death From Heat.
Pittsburg, June 26. Two deaths and
four prostrations from tne heat were re
ported up to noon. The dead are: Cor
nelius Munday, an iron worker, and an
unknown woman. The mercury at that
hour registered 88 degrees and was ris
ing rapidly. There is great suffering
among the mill workers and a number
of plants have had to close down.
Mr. McKinley Lists $25,000.
Canton, O., Jure 26. The assessor's
report of the property owned by Pres
ident McKinley shows that he listed
S25.000 in personal possessions. This
sum is made up of $10,000 cash and $15,
000 of other funds in the shape of cred
its. For the best of feed and hay, at lowest
prices, try Geo. Wheadon, at 933 Kan
.sas avenue. Tel. 4S3.
FORESTRY IN KANS AS.
Discussed by J. B. Brown of In
diana Before American
Association.
New York, June 26. The forty-ninth
general session of the American asso
ciation for the advancement of science,
.was continued today in Havemyer hall,
Columbia university, and at the same
time the annual meetings of several of
the sixteen allied scientific organiza
tions were in progress in the variou
buildings within the college.
The American Chemical society today
continued its session at the Chemist
club. The papers read were all of a
technical character. The American
forestry association will conclude its
meeting this afternoon. A paper by J.
B. Brown, secretary of the Indiana for
estry reservation was read on "Forest
Conditions i;v Kansas."
"I predict for Kansas," he said, "a
future in forestry beyond that of ail
our eastern and middle states, and it ia
not at all improbable that our great
manufactories of wood will in the fu
ture be located on these hitherto prair
ies of the west."
OLD OFFICERS CHOSEN.
Lady Henry Somerset Re elected
President of World's W. C. T. U.
Edinburgh, June 26. The world's Wo
men s Christian Temperance union
congress today re-elected the president.
Lady Henry Somerset, and the other
officers. .Mrs. L. M. N. Stevens, of
Maine, was elected an additional vice
president. The congress heartily ap
proved the action of the Women's
Christian Temperance union of Ameri
ca relative to the temple in Chicago,
and a greeting was cabled to the two
mothers of the crusade movement, Mrs.
Stewart, of Springfield, O., and Mrs.
Thomson, of Hillsboro, O.
JOINTS RAIDED.
The police raided several Joint3 this
afternoon. The men arrested were Dick
Furze, Ed Timon and Bert Russell, at 612
North Kansas avenue; Mat and C. H.
Cave, at 611 North Kansas avenue; Wm.
Wood, at Third and Jefferson, and Mike
Thompson, Wood Fowler and Harry
K-ennedy, at the Koyal billiard hall.
JOHN POWERS ARRESTED.
Still Has the Taylor Pardon in His
Pocket
Louisville, Ky., June 26. A special
from Harlan court house, Ky., says:
Captain John L. Powers was arrested
here today charged with being an ac
cessory to the murder of Governor Goe
bel. Powers at once instituted habeas
corpus proceedings. He holds a pardon
issued by Governor Taylor while in
office and was released once before on
habeas corpus proceedings in Knox
county. He is a brother of Secretary of
State Caleb Powers.
Board of Trade Men Robbed.
Chicago, June 26. H. K. Duflfield, 8
board of trade broker, was robbed of
$55,000 today while riding on a Cottage
Grove avenue cable car. The money
was in bonds, mining stock and deeds
which Mr. Duffield was taking to the
bank. The robbery is credited to pro
fessional pickpockets who, it is believed
have been watching board of trade men
credited with making heavy profits on
the big bulge in wheat.
Towne to Start Early.
Kansas City, June 26. Col. Stolker,
sergeant-at-artns of the Silver Re
publican convention, has received
a letter from C. A. Towne say
ing he would reach Kansas City neit
Friday.
Stanley Guest of Milwaukee.
Governor Stanley today Joined Charles
E. Cohn, of Wichita, president of tho
Wichita Commercial club, at the Roek
Island train in this city. The two men
have accepted an invitation from the
citizens of Milwaukee to be their guests
during the carnival which begins June 2$.
Auction sale of the Cross
stock, G15 Kansas avenue.
jewelry
An
Observation
Car to Colorado.
The only Pullman observation
sleeping-car line between Kansas
City and Colorado Springs is op
erated via Santa Fe Route. Cara
leave Topeka daily at 11:55 a, m.,
and Colorado Springs daily at 10:42
p. m. They have exceptionally 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.
anger
Of contracting
Sickness,
If you use
Pure Water
That's the kind fur
nished by the
iopokawater Co
Telephone 12Z
625 Quiacy Street.