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TOPETCA STATE JOTjmSTAjL, SATURDAY EVENING. JTJIE" 28, 1900.
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NEW MORNING TRAIN
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Dining Cars. This train receives all Morn
ing Connections nt fc.L Louis from the West
and teouthwe&t.
C. W. Gkees,
T. r. A.. Kansas City, Mo.
C. L. HlIXEAP.Y,
A. U. F. S.L Louis, Mo.
MRS. DIGGS IS OUT.
YTill Not le a Candidate For Re
Election as State Librarian.
To the Editor of the State Journal:
Reerring to statements In the news
papers concerning the animating spirit
of my desire to have David Martin
made the candidate for associate jus
tice by the Fort Seott conventions, per
mit me to say that I am not so ver
dant a politician as not to have fore
eeen that such an interpretation would
ibe made of my motive.
Believing- that Judge Martin's nomina
tion had been made vital to the success
of the ticket, I went with malice afore
thought into executive session with my
self. I emerged from that solitary con
ference flushed with the victory of hav
ing obtained by unanimous consent to
totally extinguish any hope I might
otherwise have cherished as to reap
pointment to the very desirable office
I ra w hold. In the event of Judge Mar
tin's election I shall neither be an active
or a receptive applicant for the position
of state librarian. I deliberately put it
out of the possibilities of the case to
even be in the hands of my friends.
No circumstances can arise which
mould make it possible for me to accept
u. reappointment.
ANNIE L. DIGGS.
EMBARGO REMOVED.
California Fruit Will be Admitted to
Germany Without Inspection.
Washington, July 28. The fruit grow
ers of California will be glad to know
that among the good results of the late
diplomatic agreement with Germany is
the removal of the vexatious inspection
of dried and evaporated fruit exjxrted
from the United States. These fruits
will hereafter be admitted into Ger
Jiiany as formerly, without inspection.
It has required two years of earnest
vork on the part of the state depart
ment to convince the German govern
ment that the danger from San Jose
poale in America was purely fanciful.
The department was seconded in its
efforts by some of the leading German
boards of trade, and it was finally es
tablished beyond contravention that the
Kan Jose scale, even if present in
American fruit originally, soon dies, and
ulways is inert and harmless before it
crosses the ocean.
MOUNTAIN GUXS IN CHINA.
Government Will Equip Several Ad
ditional Batteries.
Washington. July 28. It is the plan
of the government to purchase sev
eral additional batteries of mountain
fruns for service in China. The board
of ordnance and fortifications some
time ago recommended the acquisition
of a number of such batteries with a
view to their use in the Philippines.
The situation in China has since de
veloped, and has increased the neces
sity for this type of equipment for
troops destined for service in the
Orient.
FUSION IN FOURTH.
Zst
of Congressional Candidates
Named Next Week.
The Populists and Democrats of the
Fourth congressional district will com
plete the list of congressional candi
dates for this campaign, by selecting a
nominee for the Fourth district.
The conventions are called for Em
tria Tuesday and there will be a. spirit
ed contest among the following candi
dates: Thomas Grisham, Chase.
Henderson Martin, Marion.
Representative Z. T. Harvey, Morris.
P. F. Yearout, Lyon.
J. P. Jeffreys, Elmdale.
Excursion to Wathena, Sunday, July
29, via the Rock Island Route.
Only $1.25 for the round trip. Train -will
leave Topeka 7:30 a. m., returning will
arrive at 8:05 p. m. Call Rock Island
&nat t lull JtalormskUon.
THE KAISER'S SPEECH.
Gives His Chinese Fighters Brutal
Advice.
Berlin, July 28. The Lokal Anzeiger
says the emperor, when addressing the
troops at Bremerhaven, before they
sailed for China, referred first to the
responsibilities which had sprung up
for the German empire abroad during
the last decade. Germany's troops, he
said, must now show in the face of the
enemy whether their tendencies the
tendencies which German military
methods had followed were right. Their
comrades of the marine had already
proved that the training and principles
upon which that arm of the forces had
been built up were right ones, and now
it was for the troops to do the same.
"Every German has been filled with
pride," continued his majesty, "to learn
that the highest praise bestowed upon
German warriors has come from the
mouths of foreign leaders. The task
before you is a great one. That a peo
ple like the Chinese should cast to the
winds international rights a thousand
years old and treat with scorn the
sanctity of an ambassador and the
rights of hospitality Tn a manner so
horrible is unprecedented in the history
of the world. Every civilization not
founded on Christianity is sure to be
brought to naught.
"So I send you out. May you all prove
your Geimaji efficiency, devotion and
bravery, bear joyfully all discomfort
and uphold the honor and glory of our
arms. You must set an example of dis
cipline, self-domination and self-control.
"If you close with the enemy, remem
ber this: spare nobody; make no prison
ers. Use your weapons so th&t for a
thousand years hence no Chinaman will
dare look askance at any German. Open
the way of civilization once for all."
The address concluded as follows:
"The blessing of the Lord be with
you. The prayers of the whole people
will accompany you in all your ways.
My best wishes for yourselves and for
the success of your arms.
"Give proofs of your courage, no mat
ter where. May the bBessing of God rest
on your banners: and may He vouch
safe to you to find a path for Christian
ity in that far off country.
"For this you have pledged yourselves
to me with your oath to the colors. I
wish you God speed. Adieu, my com
rades." The Lokal Anzeiger's report of the
speech differs from the semi-official re
ports, notably in respect of the reference
to sparing none and making no prison
ers when coming into close quarters
with the enemy, but the correspondent
of the Associated Press was assured this
evening by a perfectly responsible per
son who heard the speech that the Lokal
Anzeiger's report is correct.
TOWNE TO QUIT.
Will Withdraw From Populist
Ticket August 15.
Minneapolis, Minn.,July 28. The Jour
nal says:
"Charles A. Towne will be withdrawn
from the Populist national ticket about
August 15. At that time the Populist
national committee will accept his resig
nation and replace him with Adlai Stev
enson as the nominee of the Populist
party for vice president. The source
from which announcement is reoeived is
such as to make it impossible to ques
tion its accuracy. Certain considerations
of policy which cannot now be made
public are responsible for the retention
of Mr. Towne on the ticket until the date
named. The decision that he should
withdraw was arrived at some weeks
ago.
"During the campaign Mr. Towne is
to be utilized as a campaign orator to
whom will be assigned the most desir
able tours. He will speak only in large
cities and in close districts. His course
since Stevenson's nomination has won
him the respect and admiration of Dem
ocrats in a degree which he did not pos
sess before. A cabinet position is assur
ed to him in the event of Bryan's elec
tion." "BOBS" REPORTS ADVANCE
Says That He is Crowding the Boers
Back.
London, July 28, 11:59 p. m. The war
office has received the following dis
patch from Lord Roberts:
"French and Hutton continued their
pursuit on July 25. The former crossed
C'liphant's (Olifant's) river and from the
high ground on the east bank he could
see Middleburg and the enemy retiring
in great disorder. The main road north
was blocked for several miles with
horsemen and wagons. The enemy's
rear was then seven miles north.
Mounted forces were still -west of the
river. Night was closing In; the rain
was falling in torrents, and so It was
impossible to follow. The night was
terrible. In addition to the rain, a.
strong east wind made the bivouac
most uncomfortable. One officer, I re
gret to say, died of exposure, and the
mortality among the mules and oxen
wa3 great. The men made light of
hardships and were in famous spirits
when I saw them yesterday.
"Hunter hasoccupied Fourierburg and
so far as I know did not suffer loss. He
founl Mrs. Steyn, wife of the ex-president,
and several of our men whom De
Wet had captured at different times,
and whom he was unable to send to
Machadorp.
"The enemy in the Bethlehem hills are
now closed in upon. Basutolcnd is
closed to them. Harrysmith is the only
line open, and it will not be eas"- for
them to reach there with guns and
wagons.
"Broadwood is still watching Chris
tian DeWet. who has taken up a posi
tion upon high hills near Reitsburg,
about seven miles south of the Vaal.
"P. De"Wet, a younger brother of
Christian, surrendered at Kroonstaadt
yesterday.
"Rarron reports from Krugersdorp
that he has -reconnoitered the railway
to Bank station, where the train was
wrecked on July 19. and been enabled
to replenish his supplies.
"Methuen's column, which reached
the Krugersdorp-Potchetstroom rail
way, is now moving on Potchetstroom.
"Buller reports that the railway was
opened to Heidelberg yesterday, giving
us through communication with. Natal."
WEST-CHURCHILL
Weddins
Solemnized in London
Today.
London. July 28. Lady Randolph
Churchill (nee Jerome) was today mar
ried to Lieutenant George Cornwallis
West at St, Paul's church. Knight's
Bridge. The church was thronged with
handsomely dressed women. There was
no restriction upon those admitted to
the church to witness the ceremony.
Outside the church two or three thou
sand people gathered to witness the ar
rival and departure of the bridal party.
The church was sparsely adorned with
palms and white blossoms. Mr. Winston
l Churchill, eldest eon of the bride, en
tered the church just before his mother,
who approached the ehanceW leaning
upon the arm of the Duke ofiarlbor
ough, by whom she was given away.
The service was fully choral. There
were no bridesmaids, but Lieutenant
West was supported by a brother offi
cer, Lieutenant H. C. Elwes. Lady
Randolph wore a costume of the palest
blue chiffon, with a bolero jacket of
cluny lace and white chiffon toque and
diamond and pearl ornaments. She car
ried a small bunch of white roses.
After the ceremony, the wedding party
repaired to the residence of the bride's
sister. Airs. Moreton Frewen, where the
wedding breakfast was served. Later
the bride and bridegroom started for
Broughton castle for the honeymoon.
The bride was the recipient of many
beautiful presents, including an ex
quisite pearl diamond tiara, the joint
gift of friends of Lady Randolph, in
cluding Mr. A. J. Balfour, the Duke
and Duchess of Devonshire, the Mar
quis and Marchioness of Londonderry,
the Marquis and Marchioness of Lands
downe. Dowager Duchess of Marl
borough, Lady Georgiana Curzon, Mr.
Henry White, Mrs. Arthur Paget, Mrs.
George Cavendish-Bentinck, the Count
ess of Crewe and Essex, and many oth
ers. Another gift was a splendid jug of
beaten silver and two massive tank
ards from the officers of the Scots
guards, comrades of the bridegroom.
Besides, most of the persons above
named, the wedding guests included
the United States ambassador, Mr.
Joseph H. Choate, Lady Sarah Wilson
and Constielo. Duchess of Marlborough.
WEDDING ARRANGEMENTS.
New York, July 28. The World's Lon
don correspondent sends details of the
arrangements for the Cornwallis West
Churchill wedding at St. Paul's,
Knight's bridge, today. The Duke of
Marlborough will give away Lady Ran
dolph Churchill. The service will be
fully choral. The church has been dec
orated with tall palms and pink flowers.
Rev. Mr. Shephaxd, sub-deacon of the
royal chapel of St. James, will be as
sisted by Prebendary Villiers. of St.
Pauls, in performing the marriage cere
mony. Lieut. H. C. Elwes, of the Scots
guards, will be best man. There will ba
no bridesmaids.
The wedding dress ia of pale blue
chiffon, fashioned with a tucked bodice
completed by a bolero of real cluny
lace. A flounce of the same lace edges
the skirt. A toque worn with this is
of whLte chiffon, ornamented with a
blue ostrich tip and a cluster of cream
roses caught beneath the brim.
No invitations have been sent out,
and there will be no formal reception.
Four hundred presents have been re
ceived. The first day's honeymoon will
be passed at Broughton castle, Oxford
shire, lent by Lord and Lady Algernon
Gordon.
A joint wedding present arranged by
the Duchess of Devonshire is a 250
pearl and diamond tiara. Subscribers at
i each included Arthur Balfour, La
dies Chelsea. Tedmouth, Crewe, Devon
shire, Georgiana Curzon, Essex, Dud
lev, Londonderry. Wimborne, Lily,
Duchess of Marlborough, and Mrs.
Paget. Some officers of West's regi
ment gave him a beaten silver jug.
By the bride's special request there
will" be no flowers. Lady Randolph's
friends stood loyally but regretfully by
her. The Prince of Wales' remark was:
"And I always considered you such a
sensible woman."
MINES ON THE TAN ANA.
Emma Kelly Writes Entertainingly
of New Alaska Gold Fields.
The following is a letter to the State
Journal by Emma L. Kelly and dated
Mastodon Creek, Birch Creek District,
Alaska, June 12:
Some months since I wrote of the new
gold finds on the Tanana and its tribu
taries. This river rises in the Tanana
range of mountains about one hundred
miles south of Circle City, its course
being westward until it forms a junc
tion with the Yukon, at St. ames. The
Tanana is navigable for steamers of
good draught to within about thirty
miles of the new finds of the district.
Since my previous letter the district
has been extensively staked and suffi
ciently prospected to establish the fact
that it is doubtless the richest placer
mining district yet discovered in the
north, and perhaps the richest that has
ever been developed anywhere; Cali
fornia and the Klondike not excepted.
In topography and general formation
the district very much resembles.though
in extent about twice the area of the
Klondike. The presence of "coarse gold"
in fabulous amounts is an established
fact, as every miner can testify who
has spent time in prospecting any of
the numerous creeks that put into the
river. Good prospects appear upon ev
ery hand, and wherever rim rock crops
out, from a foot below the surface the
gold seems to be distributed all through
the gravel, being much more easily
worked and quickly secured than was
the case in the Klondike. With a good
grade and plenty of water for sluicing,
the work can be carried on through the
summer. As sluicing is more rapid and
less expensive than drifting, the cost
of operation here will not exceed one
half the expense in the Klondike, while
a much lower grade of dirt can be
worked with a profit,
Peter McCracken, an old Montana
prospector, spent all of last summer in
the district, prospecting the various
creeks that put into the Tanana, and to
his tenacity of purpose is due the dis
covery of the very rich finds in this dis
trict. After his summer's work he came
late in the fall Into Circle City for the
purpose of purchasing his winter sup
plies. The news of the rich finds he had
made, caused a stampede during the
winter and early, spring from Circle City
and the Mastodon mines; these latter
being situated about half way between
Circle City and the Tanana gold fields.
Among those who went over the range,
some were provided with supplies suffi
cient only to enable them to reach the"
district, stake and return to Circle City
where they filed upon their claims. Oth
ers who went provided with supplies suf
ficient to enable them to remain and
prospect the country, sinking holes to
bedrock, established the exceeding rich
ness of the new district. Many of the
holes sunken yielded $50, $75, and $100 a
day to the man. A number of miners
are now established in the district with
their camp's and supplies, and by fall
will have fully established beyond ques
tion ihe richness of the diggings in the
Tanana district.
On many of the creeks coarse gold is
found right at the grass roots, and along
all of the 20 creeks, tributary to the
Tanana, it has been found in paying
quantities. In addition to the streams
that have been prospected, there are
many others in the vast territory that
from appearances promise as rich de
velopment as those that have been pros
pected. The present difficulty is that of get
ting supplies into the district, which is
ninety miles from the nearest trading
post, as dog sledding cannot be done
in the summer and the absence of pack
mules necessitates the packing in on
the backs of miners all the supplies for
the new camp. And as the country is
rugged and broken with the Tanana
range of mountains and without estab
lished trails, the carrying of supplies
into the district is rendered tedious and
burdensome. But the transportation
companies. theN. A. T. & T. Co and
the A. C. Co., are sending steamers
from the Yukon up the Tanana with
supplies, and for the establishment of
posts, - which will be located within
about thirty miles of the heart of the
new district, so that by the fall there
will be sufficient supplies there to be
freighted out with dog teams to keep
the population of the mining camps.
The news of the Tanana find having
spread rapidly, miners are flocking in
from other camps in great numbers,
many who left Dawson for Nome hav
ing stopped at Circle City, and chang
ing their course seek these new fields,
which are superior and far more exten
sive than the Nome fields or the Yukon
in its best days.
Work the present summer will be
prosecuted pretty extensively on Home
Stake, Faith, Charity, Hope, Idaho,
Bachelor and Costa creeks, all of which
have developed very rich prospects, and
these, having good grade and plenty of
water, can be worked easily and ex
peditiously. The creeks that have been prospect
ed and located in the order of their
richness are Faith, Home Stake, Char
ity, Hope, Idaho, Monte Cristo, Bach
elor, Costa, Nevada, Deep, Switch, Or
phan, McManus, Sour Dough, Beaver,
Surprise, Expansion, Tortoise, Ameri
can, War Cry, together with a number
of others not yet developed.
Since commencing this letter one
hundred miners have come down from
Dawson in a body, many of these with
equipments for the summer, while quite
a. number have uack animals, and oth
ers following with pack trains will en
able supplies to be transported into toe
district.
One of the prospectors on No. 1,
Home Stake, has recently refused $25.-
000 cash for one-fourth interest in the
claim, which has just been opened up,
with a fabulous showing of wealth. A
number of steamers have been charter
ed at Dawson to carry passengers and
supplies up the Tanana at once, the fare
from Dawson to the landing on the head
waters of the Tanana, within thirty
miles of the district, being $200 with an
allowance of one hundred and fifty
pounds of baggage.
The greatest stampede that has ever
been witnessed in the northern gold
fields is looked for during the fall and
the ensuing winter, when the summer
"clean-ups" establish the richness of
this new El Dorado.
The local laws have barred the stak
ing of claims by power of attorney,
hence, there will be no trouble on this
score, as there is at Cape Nome, and on
the Koyukuk. Under this rule no claim
has been staked by tne second person,
as each person must stake and record
his own claim in person; this rule pre
venting dispute and trouble.
There are many instances where per.
sons without pan, pick or shovel have
scraped out of the crevices in the rim
rock, with sticks, gold worth $2 or $3.
No mining camp in the north has shown
up so well or looked so promising with
as little prospecting as the Tanana dis
trict. Miners' wages are the same as paid in
the Birch Creek district, namely, $10 per
day; the Birch Creek mines having
maintained this scale for day labor dur
ing six years.
The word that has just come in to this
camp of the increasing richness of the
finds in the Tanana.is creating the most
intense excitement among the old min
ers. The greatest find in the history of
placer mining was on No. 7 below, on
Faith Creek. The claim is owned by
Ike Long and in prospecting a small
boulder was removed and beneath it
coarse gold was found lying loose all
over and through the gravel, showing
a hundred thousand dollars in sight,
and apparently enough in the gravel to
employ a hundred men for a year sluic
ing the dirt. Faith and Bachelor creeks
promise to turn out more than a half
dozen El Doradoes, as the pay streak
on Faith is almost a thousand feet wide
and extends from the grass roots down.
This creek is nine miles long and shows
pay dirt from the head to the mouth.
Bachelor is the strongest rival with Faith
for richness, although, Hope, Charity.
Home Stake and Costa are fabulously
rich. But thus far nothing in the history
of placer mining has ever compared" with
the richness of Faith and Bachelor creeks.
Notwithstanding the fact that Peter Mc
Cracken, the discoverer of this district
spent last summer along the creeks and
found good prospects, the great richness
of the district was not revealed until the
discoveries of the past spring, the "mint"
unearthed by George Loper having proven
the greatest placer gold find ever maae.
Loper, who maintained himself In the iso
lated district throughout last winter,
tenting in the cold and snow and enduring
all the hardships incident to a winter in
this northern latitude, remote from settle
ment, is a Kansas man; his home being
at Mulvane, Kansas, and for his endur
ance and courage he has been most richly
repaid, as he well deserves. Loper has
spent manv years prospecting and mining
in this country, having for the first time
in a long while passed the winter of 189S
and 1899 with his people in Mulvane. Mr.
Loper, in appearance, courage and frank
ness, is a typical frontiersman.
The name of McManus creek has been
changed to its original Indian name, given
years ago bv the Tanana Indians; the
name now being Chatanika, pronounced
Chat-a-neka, and as Faith, Hope and
Charity and a number of other creeks
empty into this, it is now known and
called the Chatanika District of the
Tanana, as "the Klondike District of the
Yukon." is known.
Bachelor, Costs. McKinley and a num
ber of other creeks are across the range
and empty into Preacher creek. Hence,
the Tanana countrv has two distinct min
ing districts, the "Preacher District," and
the "Chatanika District."
As I had before written the miners on
one of the creeks united in giving me the
privilege of naming the creek and I nam
ed it "Expansion." Since then they came
to me in a body and suggested that "Ex
pansion" might not be significant In fu
ture years, as the protest against it might
cease, and therefore suggested that I give
it some other name. I suggested to them
the changing of the name to McKinley, as
1 thought that name would forever be sig
nificant in the history of our country;
would stand with thatof Lincoln and would
signify not only stability at home, but
"expansion" of American ideas and Amer
ican government wherever the flag led.
The question was received with a shout
bv the hardy miners, and so the creek Is
now known as "McKinley" creek, Tanana
District, , ,
I am writing from the Birch creek dis
trict, an old established mining camp
about sixtv miles south of Circle City.
It is nearlv twelve o'clock at night and
I am sitting bv the window of my cabin
writing without artificial light. Two or
three weeks later we shall have the mid
night sun. The weather for a few weeks
has been pleasant, but it is stormy today
and quite a heavy snow is falling.
A couple of days since two very large
fine moose came down the mountain, right
into the creek bottom in front of my
cabin, having come down from the range
in the mountains to get water, and the
miners soon out with their guns killed
both, the flesh of which supplied the
camp with an abundance of sweet tender
moose meat.
Some of the operators who employ a
number of men, build cold storage rooms
in which thev store large quantities of
carriboo meat, thus enabling the camp
to have a supply of fresh meat late in the
season.
EMMA L. KELLY.
The Warren Arrives.
San Francisco, July 28. The United
States transport Warren from "Manila,
via Nagasaki arrived yesterday afternoon
after a fast trip. The vessel left Japan
on the 16th and came over in remarka
bly quick time. She brings a number of
discharged men and several cabin pas
sengers. She has gone into quarantine.
Passion Play Christ is Mayor.
Berlin, July 28. Joseph Mayer, for
many years the Christus of the Passion
Play, has been elected mayor of Ober
ammerga. Weather Indications.
Chicago, July 28. Forecast for Kan
sas: Fair tonight except showers in
east portion; Sunday fair; moderate
temperature; variable winds.
MINISTERS SAFE.
Continued from the First Fage.J
liama dispatch the government has re
ceived information that the Chinese at
tacked a body of Japanese in the vicin
ity of An Tong (on the north side of the
Yalu river). Refugees had arrived at
Wiju. Japanese reinforcements were
proceeding to the scene of the conflict.
The latest news received at St. Peters
burg from Blagovestichensk, was dated
July 23. The Russian garrison had been
resupplied with ammunition and would
be able to hold out until reinforced.
The Chinese legation here reiterates
the assertion that the ministers are en
route to Tien Tsin.
FROM MacDONALD.
London, July 28. A parliamentary
paper on China was issued this after
noon, dealing with the period of th
murder of the Missionary Brooks, Jan
uary 4, to July 13, when the Chinese
minister at London, Sir Chih Chen Lo
Feng Luh, communicated to Lord Salis
bury, the imperial edict. The last writ
ten comumnication from the British
minister at Pekin, Sir Claude Mac
Donald, dated May 21, declares that
"the demeanor of the inhabitants of
Pekin is quiet and civil towards for
eigners, although from the panic among
native Christians it may be assumed the
latter are being subject to threats of
violence."
Sir Claude MacDonald was convinced
that a few days of heavy rain fall to
terminate the drought which had help
ed excite the unrest of the country dis
tricts would do more to restore tran
quillity than any measures the Chinese
or foreign governments could take.
GLOOMY MESSAGE.
Indefinite Reports About Murder of
the Ministers.
Shanghai, July 28. Newspapers here
publish a statement by an influential
banker residing in Pekin, near the Brit
ish legation who arrived in Shanghai
July 25, having left Pekin July 7. He
states that the legations were then de
stroyed. All the foreigners had disap
peared, and he could not say positively
if they had been murdered, as he was
too frightened to inquire."
The Mail's correspondent proceeds:
"Investigations prove this information
is reliable. The banker in question has
gone to Ting-Po. His friends will not
disclose his name, fearing that to do so
would cause him to lose his head.
"The manager of the Russian bank of
Shanghai has received a letter from the
bank's New Chwang branch stating that
one of their Chinese representatives from
Pekin, who had just arrived, confirmed
the report of the Pekin massacre. He
states that all the foreign ministers were
murdered. Seeing death was inevitable,
as the Chinese swarmed into the lega
tions, the ministers killed their families
at the last moment. Sir Robert Hart, in
despair committed suicide."
THE "RELIEF" ARRIVES.
American Transport for China Socked
at Nagasaki.
Washington, July 28. The war depart
ment has received the following cable
gram: Nagasaki, July 27 Adjutant General,
Washington. Relief arrived at Na
gasaki, July 26. Claud R. Leslie, com
pany I, Fourteenth infantry died of dis
ease contracted in line of duty dysen
tery; his remains will be shipped to San
Francisco. Civilian employe, Arthur
Hennessey drowned June 21; buried at
Nagasaki.
HARRY O. PERLEY,
Major, Medical Department.
NAVIGATOR TO BLAME.
Held Responsible for Mule Steamer
Being Wrecked.
Liverpool, July 28. The board of trade
inouiry into the loss of the steamer
Carintha on the island, found that the
captain had not navigated with proper
care, and his certificate was suspended
for three months.
The Cunard steamer Carintha while
on her way from New Orleans for Cape
Town with a cargo of 1,450 mules, ran
full speed on the shore at Point Gravers,
on the south coast of Hayti, May 18.
About 1.000 of the mules were saved but
the vessel became a total wreck.
Alabama Pencil Pushers.
St. Louis, July 28. A party of 100 per
sons consisting of 80 members of the
Alabama Press association and their
families are in the city. They arrived
here today from Denver anu will remain
until Sunday evening, when the party
will proceed home. Reception commit
tees escorted the visitors to the points
of interest about the city. At 11 o'clock
an informal reception was tendered them
on the Merchants Exchange and the re
mainder of the day was spent sight
seeing. Grand Opera Singers Not Coming.
Owing to the fact that a prior con
tract was entered into with the col
ored organizations of the city for the
use of Garfield park on next Wednes
day, Signor Badaracci and Mme. Bar
ducci, the Italian grand opera singers,
will not appear there that evening, as
announced. However, negotiations are
on for their appearance at the park on
Friday evening in connection with the
regular concert of the band, and ar
rangements will probably be completed.
LOCAL MENTION.
W. P. Hemphill of Clay Center was in
the city yesterday.
A party of young people picnicked on
the roof of Science hall at Washburn
college last night.
Miss Maggie Sweeny, of Chicago, who
has been visiting her sister Mrs. J. W.
O'Conner, returned to her home today.
Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Elder left today
for a few weeks' visit to Excelsior
Springs, hoping to improve Mr. Elder's
health.
Chas. A. Elder of Los Angeles, Cal.,
Is on his way home after a three weeks'
visit in Topeka, He will stop a few
days in Salt Lake City and in San Fran
cisco. The gentlemen who have been select
ed for pall bearers at the funeral of
C. B. Kilmer aie: G. r. Hale, Wm. G.
Smyser, C. D. Purdon.Danlel Cain, C. W.
Kouns, W. Littlefield, J. M. Mead, John
A. Dailey.
A meeting of old soldiers who are or
ganizing a McKinley and Roosevelt
club is being held this afternoon in the
armory. A paper was circulated this
week and was signed by about 400 old
soldiers agreeing to join the club.
Through an error the following item
in S. Barnum's Dry Good3 and
Carpet Co.'s advertisement last evening
read, "The well known Anderson L, L.
unbleached muslin at less than present
wholesale cost, 3 cents per yard," should
have been 5 cents per yard.
Mrs. James E. Adams and three chil
dren will leave Wednesday for Corea
where they will Join Mr. Adams who is
a missionary in that country. Mrs..
Adams has been in this country for a
year on account of her health. A fare
well meeting will be given in their
honor at the First Presbyterian church
Sunday night,
Rolfe & Colville, photographers, 632
Kansas avenue.
HIS FATAL ERROR.
RichardDeBarrows Got Letters Mixed
and His Wife Gets Divorce.-
The writing of two "letters at the same
time and putting them in the wrong en
velopes aided in the separation of Fran
ces DeBarrows and her- husband, Rich
ard DeBarrows who lives at Rossville.
Mrs. DeBarrows and her daughter ap
peared in the district court this morn
ing. Mr. DeBarrows testified that her
husband was a memr-r of the Twentieth
Kansas and. while at San Francisco fell
in love with another woman. After his
regiment was ordered to the Philippines
DeBarrows occasionally wrote to his
wife and kept up a correspondence with
his San Francisco love. At one time he
wrote a letter to his wife and one to his
sweetheart. He addressed two envel
opes, one to his wife and one to his San
Francisco correspondent. He put the let
ter to the San Francisco woman in the
envelope addressed to his wife and the
letter to his wife in the other envelope.
His wife received the letter full of love
and affection that was intended for the
San Francisco belle.
Mrs. DeBarrows also testified that her
husband was abusive to her and threat
ened her life and that she was afraid
to live with him. Two years ago on
July 4, DeBarrows and a foreman on the
Mulvane ranch by the name of Ross had
some trouble and Ross was killed. Lie
Barrows was arrested charged with
murdering him and was acquitted. Mrs.
DeBarrow said that her husband wore
a button picture of the San Francisco
woman on his coat and talked to his
family about her. The divorce was not
contested and was granted.
$19.00
Denver, Colorado Springs, Pueblo, and
Return via the Santa Fe. .
Tickets on sale August 2d, good re
turning October 31st. Liberal stopover
privileges allowed.
The Santa Fe is the only line running
the observation car to Colorado Springs.
New Train For Chicago via Santa Fe
Route.
Leaves Topeka 3:00 p. m., arrives Chi
cago 7:40 a. m., before departure of out
bound connecting trains for resorts ic
the northern lake region, as well as
those of the St. Lawrence and the At
lantic coast. Carries Standard and
Tourist sleepers. Free chair cars. Din
ing car. Other trains at 4:30 a. m. and
4:40 p. m. T. L. KING, Agent,
TODAY'S MARKET REPORT.
Chicago, July 28. WHEAT During the
first part of today's session was quiet,
opening c to c under yesterday at 76c
to 75c, for September. The easiness was
caused by disappointing cables. Liver
pool at the close showed d lower to d
higher in the face of the advance here
yesterday. Weather was favorable. Some
foreign buying was reported earlv and
September, after easing to 75fc re
covered to 76c. Local receipts were 177
cars, 32 of contract grade. Minneapolis
and Duluth reported 217 cars against 265
last week and 344 a year ago.
Later the market slumped on lack of
support, both outside and local. Septem
ber declined to 75c and closed weak, lVsC
unrler vesterday at 75ic.
CORN Corn was quiet, but steady. Sep
tember opened &e lower at 38c to
38e, on easy cables from Liverpool, com
pared with the "&le advance here yes
terday. Country acceptances to last
night's bids were small, however, and the
statisticians decided that the August corn
condition would be from 8 to 10 points
under the July, making the lowest August
condition since 1S94. This report and the
small country offerings caused a recovery
to 3874c. Receipts were 301 cars.
The close was steady, September Vic
lower at 3Sc.
OATS Oats were dull and steady, fol
lowing the dictates of wheat and corn.
September opened" e lower to 22ao.
eased to 22flfc and later reacted to first
figures. Receipts were 171 cars.
PROVISIONS Quietude, coupled with a
degree of steadiness also reigned In the
provisions pit. The market derived sup
port from light hog receipts and higher
prices at the. yards. September pork
opened 2'&5c higher at $11.97'n2.00 and
eased to $11.87: September lard opened
2?t5c down at $6.77, and September ribs
a shade higher at $7.02rg?7.O5, selling back
to $7.00.
FLAX Cash. $1.50: Autrust, $1.40; Sep
tember, $1.36; October, $1.31.
RYE July, 51o.
B A RLE Y 3St 46c.
TIMOTHY September, $3.203.22; Oc
tober, $3.17.
Chicago Livestock Market.
Chicago. July 28. CATTLE Receipts.
100. Nominally steady. Good to prime
steers, $5.15&5.S5: poor to medium, 4.&Wi)
5.00: stockers and feeders steady, tS.Wiv
4.05; cows. $3.0034.80: heifers, $3.00(i5.10;
canners. $2.15i2.90; bulls, t3.CinCi4.5t: calves,
$5.0O&6.80; Texas fed steers. $4.3tvi75.15;
Texas grass steers, $3.30(4.25; Texas bulls,
$2. 50-83. 40.
HOGS Receipts today, 10,000; tomorrow.
27.000; left over. 3,608: 10c higher, closed
weak. Top, $5.32. Mixed and butchers,
$5.15(&6.42: good to choice heavy, $5.15ii
5.42; rough heavy, $5.0tSS.10: light, $5.15'y
5.42: bulk of sales, $5.3f&5.35.
SHEEP Receipts, 2,500. . Sheep and
Jambs steady to strong. Good to choice
wethers. $4.154.50; fair .to choice mixed,
$3.25 4.10: western sheep, $4.0O'a4.4O; Texas
sheep. $3.0014.00: native lambs, $4.406.00;
western Iambs, $S.0(Ka6.50.
Official vesterdav:
RECEIPTS Cattle, 2,914; hogs, 17,071;
sheep. 6.283.
SHIPMENTS Cattle, 2,279; hogs, 4,175;
sheep, 414.
Kansas City Live Stock Market.
Kansas City, Mo., July 28. CATTLE
Receipts, 50: market unchanged. Native
steer, $4.75Jff5.45; stockers and feeders,
$3. 75 ft 4. 60; butcher cows and heifers, $3.25
(y4.65; canners, 2. 6053 25: fed westerns, J4.00
S5.00: fed Texaons, $4.00(4.35; grass Tex
ans, $3.35fa4.00.
HOGS Receipts, 3,500; market strong
to 5c higher. -Bulk of sales, $5.10fi5.2o;
heavy, $5.1 Of 5. 27: packers. $S.l(Xa5.25;
mixed. $5.05&5.15; light, $4.8S'& 5.22 ; york
ers. $5.15a5.22: pigs, $4.5lHj 5.05.
SHEEP None.
Grain Letter.
WHEAT Cables were not so strong
this morning. d lower. Receipts in the
northwest, 217 cars against 444 for the
same date a year ago. The feeling turned
bearish and wheat was sold in blocks
every time it stuck up its head. There
was a sale at 11:54 a. m. at 75c flat and
the market closed at 75c sellers, virtual
ly at the bottom.
It looks to us as if wheat would prob
ably go some lower temporarily, but as
the crowd are all on the bear side, it is
only a question of time until they get the
market oversold. Wheat is low enough
on its merits, and as a rule the crowd gets
bearish at the bottom and taking every
thing into consideration we feel that it is
dangerous to sell short except for a quick
scalp.
CORN Corn held firm. Receipts were
light, clearances fair and acceptances lib
eral. Com closed Vic lower than last
night, but it was on account of the break
in wheat. Now that the big fellows have
closed out we believe corn will gradually
regain its natural strength and score a
good advance.
OATS Oats quiet and featureless.
PROVISIONS Prices 5c higher at the
yards and only 10,000 hogs. Pork eased
off In sympathy with wheat, closing at the
bottom. Trade was light and most of the
trading was selling out by scalping longs,
who bought yesterday. Packers were do
ing nothing. J. C. GOINGS.
Cotton Market.
New York. July 28. COTTON Snot cot
ton closed dull; middling uplands. 10 l-16c
middling gun, i'J o-ibc. bales, osi Dales.
New York Money Market.
New York, July 28. MONEY Money on
call nominal: no loans: prime mercantile
paper, per cent. Sterling exchange
steady with actual business in bankers'
bills at $4.87 for demand and at SIOTc
for sixtv days: posted rates. $4.841.'fi4.S5
and $4.88; commercial bills, $4.83SV.
SILVER Bar silver, 60c; silver certifli
cates, 613-62iC; Mexican dollars, 4Sc.
Topeka Hide Market.
Topeka, July 23.
CATTLE.
COWS AND HEIFERS $2.5033.25.
HOGS.
LIGHT $4.65-34.90.
MEDIUM AND HEAVY $4.7534.96,
GRAIN".
NO. 2 WHEAT 63Si 64c
NO. 2 MIXED CORN 34c
NO. 2 WHITE CORN 35c
NO. 2 OATS 22c.
HAY $6.UO&5.50.
PRODUCE!.
EGGS 9 cents.
CHICKENS SV4 centa.
BUTTER 13 c
Topeka Markets Today.
Topeka, July 2S.
Based on Chicago and Boston quota
tions. The following are net prices paid
in Topeka this week:
GREEN SALT CURED ?ic
NO. 1 TALLOW 3c.
GREEN SALT HALF CURED
Market Gossip.
Furnished bv J. C. Goings. Commission
Merchant, 112 East Fifth street, Topeka,
Kan., receiver and shipper of groin.
The Cincinnati Price Current, In its
issues of the week has a leading editorial
on the Chicago quotation question. In
which it says: "The Chicago Board of
Trade, for many years, has been resort
ing to expedients believed to be ser-ice-able
in killing off the bucket shopa of
the country. The latest expedient Is the
decision to exact of telegraph companies
an agreement incident to distribution of
quotations by them that no such service
Fhall be furnished except to subscriber
under approval of the board of trade.
This arrangement was not accepted by
telegraph companies. The bucket shops
have notified their customers that their
business will proceed without interruption
and members of the Chamber of Com
merce apprehend that the Chicago busi
ness will suffer under the more complete
market quotation service that the bucket
shops wiil have than will be possible for
the Chamber of Commerce and other ex
changes to procure otherwise than
through an arrangement with bucket shop
interests, which is not to be expected. It
is believed that while some of the smaller
concerns known as bucket shops may ba
disordered under the new turn of affairs,
the more prominent ones will be the gain
ers to the detriment of regular trade with
members of the Chicago board of trade."
Liverpool: Wheat, Hd lower; corn un
changed. Chicago receipts: Wheat, 177, graded 32;
corn, 301, graded 80: oats, 171. graded 34.
Northwest receipts of wheat by cars
Minneapolis. 172 today against 225 last
year; Duluth, 45 today, against 219. last
year.
Kansas City receipts: Wheat. 3S7 cars,
against 160 last year; corn, 32 cars, against
67 last year; oats, 5 cars, against 6 last
year.
Estimated receipts of hogs Monday &.1
Chicago, 26,000 head.
Omaha: Hogs, 6.700 head.
Chicago: September wheat Puts, good
Monday, 74c; calls. 76c. September corn
Puts, 37c; calls, 38vxC
New York Uptown Gossip.
Furnished by J. C. Goings, Commission
Merchant. 112 East Fifth street, Topeka,
Kan-, receiver and shipper of grain.
New York, July 28. There Ms practical
stagnation In the local securities markets
investment Is at a standstill and tha
fluctuations in stocks and bonds repre
senting the main purely professional oper
ations. The common gossip Is that all the
unfavorable features of the Chinese situa
tion have been discounted, that all the
shortages in the northwestern crop results
have been discounted, that all the depres
sion and It consequences in the iron and
steel Industries has been discounted, thut
all the unhappy politician Influences have
been discounted because of the general
conviction that President McKinley will
be re-elected. It is argued that the pres
ent level of values has by its decline from
a higher basis rendered it impossible for
any depression In prices to occur. Ac
cording to this theory there are many
avenues open for the anticipation of fu
tures, favorable developments among
which may be included as satisfactory
solution of the problem in the far east, an
unexpected out-turn of the grain crops,
a. revival in iron and 6ther industrial
branches and the emphatic verdict of tho
American people in favor of the gold
standard and the principals of law and
order.
Sugar Market.
New York, July 28. SUGAR Raw.
strong; fair refining, 4Vii4 13-32; centri
fugal. 96 test, 4 9-32c; molasses suar,
4 5-32C.
COFFEE Steady. No. 7 rio, VaC
Butter Market.
New York July 28. BUTTER Steady )
creamery, 17i&19VaC; current packed fac
tory, lS15?c
Range of Prices.
Furnished by J. C. Goings. Commission
Merchant, 112 East Fifth street, Topeka,
Kan., receiver and shipper of grain.
Chicago. Julv 28.
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Ranges of Prices on Stocks.
Furnished by J. C. Goings, Commission
Merchant, 112 East Fifth street. Topeka.
Kansas, receiver and shipper of gram.
New York, July 28.
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Telephone 273.
J. C. GOINGS,
Commission Merchant,
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.
Receiver and Shirker of Grain.
113 East Fifth Strest.
Leased private market and gossip wire
to Chicago. Always in th market for
cash grain. Consignments of train ud
correspondence solicited.