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TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL, SATURDAY EVENING, AUGUST 11, 1900.
DEAD IN HIS CAR.
(Continued from First Page.)
imahle to make an estimate of the loss,
Baying that until the way bills from all
stations between this city and St. Louis
have been checked there is no manner
in which they can fix the amount
The engine which was sent out on the
line early this morning in an effort to
secure some trace of the murderers, re
turned from a vain quest about day
light. It is supposed there were four
nhhoro nnrl the rnuntrv Is being scour
ed by detectives. Every suspicious
character is, being- picked up, but it is
not thought that the right persons nave
been secured.
Baggagemaster Fletcher, whose car
was next in front or the looiea car, maae
the following statement today:
"Lane was all right at Richmond and
then again at Greenville. I saw him put
off and take on freight at Urbana. After
we left Urbana everything went well un
til we reached Capell, where we made a
stop. I remember now that I heard talk
ing there. When I first heard the
voices they appeared to be coming alon
the train, there apparently being two or
three of them. One man stepped on a
JMeee c.f rotten wood which attracted my
attention just before the train got un
der way. I supposed they weri passen
gers to board the train and thought that
they were going to get left. We stopped
at Plain City and Milford and I heard
no unusual sounds. After we left Plain
City I thought I would wash up and
tried the door of the express car but
found that It would move only about an
Inch. I concluded that Lane had fallen
asleep. We stopped at Marble Cliff and
there I saw two men running toward the
train; one was an old man and the other
a young fellow. They were dressed In
dark clothes."
Fletcher is able to give a sort of de
scription of these persons, and the po
lice are- trying to locate them. It is
claimed by the dectectives that the men
who committed robbery and murder
were perfectly familiar with the train
arid the customs of the people on board.
The, bandits overlooked, or, purposely
ljft a large quantity of silver bullion
and a number of eastbound packages of
value. They seem to have been pressed
for time In their operations.
After leaving Marble Cliff the train
made no stop except at the Hocking
Valley crossing in the suburbs of this
city. In addition to the two suspects ar
rested here, four men are held at Plain
City and Conductor Jerry Taylor has
gone there to endeavor to identify them,
if he can.
Chicago. Aug. 1U Local officials of
the Adams Express company here claim
to be in possession of no facts concern
ing the robbery of the Pennsylvania
fxpress near Columbus, O., last night
and the murder of Messenger Lane.
They state that Uie safe was a local
one not likely to contain a large sum
and that the losses probably will not be
known until shipp ?rs make their claims.
RUHLIN NEAR DEATH.
Awful Punishment Given Akron
Giant ly Fitzsinimons.
New York, Aaig. 11. "Gus" Ruhlin,
who was knocked out in the sixth round
by Fitzsimmons last night in the con
test at Madison Square Garden, is the
home of "Billy" Madden in Brooklyn,
recovering from the terrible punishment
of the light.
For several hours after he received
the knock out blow, after he had been
taken to a Turkish bath house, his con
dition was considered so serious that
medical aid was summoned. The de
feated man's friends were so much
alarmed that they believed he was
knocked out for good. Ruhlin had
violent hemorrhages in the nose and
rtvas bleeding from the ear. When the
doctor reached the patient, the latter
.was unconscious and only regained his
senses under the influence of powerful
stimulants; A short time after Ruhlin
fell asleep, but the attending physician
thought it best to remain with him for
Several hours.
About six o'clock this morning Ruhlin
had sufficiently recovered to be able to
leave the baths and the doctor accom
panied him, it is. supposed, to Madden's
home.
After the arrival of the physician at
the bath house this morning he admin
istered strychnine to Ruhlin and applied
ice bags to his bead. Water was dashed
into Ruhlin's face, and smelling salts
were f requently applied between Ruhlin's
alternate stages of collapse and revival.
After an examination, the physician de
clared that there were no internal in
juries. The blow which Ruhlin received in
Jiis head when he struck the stage at
the knoclt out, together with the blow
in the solar plexus and the punishment
iie had received about the body, was,
the doctor declared responsible for his
condition. It was the opinion of the at
tending physician that no serious results
(will follow.
At 4 o'clock the hemorrhage had
ceased, and Ruhlin was resting easy.
Fitzsimmons, meanwhile was resting
quietly at the Hotel Bartholdi and while
JKuhlin was suffering from his blow, the
Victor was? ordering selzer lemonade.
RtTHLIN WAKES UP.
'At 10 o'clock Ruhlin had sufficiently
recovered to talk of his condition. He
eaid:
"It was the heat as much as Fitzsim
mons' boiy blows that weakened me. I
trained too hard. I fought too soon af
ter the strain of the Sharkey fight. I
was not fit and the heat and the punch
ing laid me out. I am as good as ever
now."
Fitzsimmons said after reading of th
condition of Ruhlin:
"I am awfully sorry. Ruhlin is a good
, .... ... .
A Modern Miss an
Old Square Piano
Go together about as
poorly as New wine in old bottles."
Our modern Upright Pianos are thor
oughly abreast of the times, and have
the very latest improvements.
Please call and try them.
E B. GUILD MUSIC CO.
CK.A.WT0KD OFEBA HOUSE BIDS.
fellow. I knew he was a mighty sick
man when he left the ring. He could
hardly hold up bis head and shake
hands. I'll go to see him. I can't tell
you how good H makes me feel to know
he la out of danger."
A BLOODY TRAIL
Left by the Kumassi Relief CoL
unin Under Col. Burroughs.
Bakwal, Aug. 11. A column of 700 men
under Colonel Burroughs has returned
from Kumassi, having reinforced and re-
rationed the fort for two months. The
force attacked and destroyed three old
stockades after a desperate bayonet
charge, in which four officers and thirty-
iour native soldiers were wounded anf:
three killed. On the nieht of Aueust
Colonel Burroughs attacked an AshantI
war camp near Kumassi, surprising the
camp ana Dayoneting tne enemy. Great
numbers were slain without a gun being
fired. A lieutenant was killed and two
men were wounded.
Other flying columns are going out, and
it is believed that the punishment inrlicted
will not soon be forgotten, though several
aeieats are still needed to clear tne coun
try south of Kumassi of the rebels.
DATE PUT FORWARD.
Democratic Clubs Will Not Meet Till
October.
New York, Aug. 11. The quadrennial
of Democratic clubs, originally set for
September 8, at Indianapolis, has been
postponed until October 3. w. R.
Hearst, president of the national asso
ciation today announced the postpone
ment and explained that it was due to
the desire of the national leaders, as
well as to the state leaders of - Indiana.
Mr. Bryan urged that the date be
changed, and the suggestion waa ap
proved by Mr. Stevenson.
MR. BURTON SICK.
Cancels Engagement to Speak
on Account of Failing
Health.
J. R. Burton's health is failing. He. has
been compelled to miss an engagement to
speak on that account. In canceling an
appointment to speak in Oklahoma he
wrote the following letter:
Tont'ka. Kas., Aug. 7, 1900.
Mr. F. H. Greer, Guthrie, Okla.:
Dear Mr. Greer I had thought to the
last moment that I could be able to nil
my engagement at Guthrie although for
the last few days my health has been
in such a condition that I knew I really
ought not to make the trip. To take my
place I endeavored to engage Mr. Cubbl-
son. Mr. Curtis is also physically unable
to do anv campaign work at this time
on account of bad throat.
The demands on my time have been
so very great during this awful hot
weather that I am almost down. I hope
you will appreciate how deep the regret is
on mv rart at not beine able to till my
engagement. Of one thousand meetings
that I nave made in tne last ten years,
this is the third time that I have been
unable to meet my engagements on ac
count of sickness.
I know vou will nominate Flynn tomor
row on a good ticket and I believe you
will elect it triumphantly.
I appreciate the personal interest you
have taken in my candidacy in Kansas,
and I had looked forward to the pleasure
of a visit to you and the many irienus
I have down that way, and believe me it
has been a keen disappointment that I
was forced to give upi,the trip.
1 hope to De in tne ierrnory at least
once before the campaign is over. I re
main. Faithfully yours,
J. R BURTON.
RAIX AGAIN PREDICTED.
Will Come Tonight According to
"Weather Bureau.
The United States weather bureau
now sends out the same forecast that
"Cider" Smith made several days ago,
that there will be rain today.
Mr. Smith announced several days ago
that there would be rain on the 11th or
12th and his prophecy is now backed up
by the official forecaster as follows:
"Fair except showers east portion."
There was something said by the fore
caster Thursday about rain in western
Kansas and now the reports comes in
that there was actually rain in Decatur
county during the 24 hours preceding
August 10 at 7 a. m. But there were no
washouts and the corn crop will not suf
fer from too much water. The recording
statitwi at Dresden in that county regis
tered precipitation of four hundredths of
an inch, the only rain fall recorded in
the state for that time.
If anybody thinks that Observer Jen
nings does not have troubles he is mis
taken for he is now carrying a hickory
cane that weighs nine pounds and three
ounces to protect himself from those
who hold him up for explanations.
The maximum temperature Friday
was 92 and the maximum today up to
11 o'clock was 84 and the minimum 72,
a rather high minimum. The wind was
southwest blowing 16 miles an hour.
GRI STEAD APPEAL.
"Motions to Have Cases Certified Are
Filed.
Notice of a motion to have the Grin
stead casescertified to the supreme court
was given a week ago. but the actual
filing of the motions in the supreme
court did not take place until today.
The desire is to appeal the cases from
the decision of the northern department
court of appeals which reversed the de
cision of the district court and restored
Grinstead to liberty.
The motions will be presented to the
supreme court by S. M. Brewster, county
attorney for Doniphan county and A, A.
Godard, attorney general.
Good Medicine For Children.
"Through the months of June and July
our baby was teething and took a run
nine off of the bowels and sickness of the
stomach," says O. P. M. Holliday. of
Deming, Ind. "His bowels would move
from rive to eight times a dav. I had a
bottle of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera
and Diarrhoea Remedy in the house and
gave him four drops in a teaspoonful of
water and he got better at once." Sold
by all druggists.
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 15th, at greatly .reduced rates.
See nearest ticket agent or write
H. C. TOWNSEND, G. P. & T. A..
St. Louis, Mo.
F. E. NIFPS, Agent,
Topeka. Kansas.
The wolf in the fable put on sheep's
clothing because if he traveled on his own
reputation he couldn't accomplish his pur
pose. Counterfeiters of DeWitt's Witch
Hazel Salve couldn't sell their worthless
salves on their merits, so they put them
in boxes and wrappers like DeWitt's.
Look out for them. Take only DeWitt's
Witch Hazel Salve. It cures piles and all
skin diseases. At all druggists.
lO Photos lOc
10 photos and a button 25c;Fourth and
, Quiacy. Street Gallery.
STILL BESIEGED.
tContinued from the First Page.
velopments, but Ihe officials maintain
ed much reserve as to the government's
procedure.
For the moment attention is strongly
directed toward the situation at Shang
hai where Vice Admiral Seymour has
determined to land British troops. The
influential southern viceroys of China,
including Li Hung Chang, have united
in a communication to Washington
asking that the United States use its
good offices with the powers towards
seeing'that foreign forces are not land
ed at Shanghai. The message was pre
sented to the state department today
by Minister Wu, who received it from
China last night. It develops the fact
for the first time that an agreement
was made about one month ago under
which the protection of the city of
Shanghai is placed in the care of the
foreign authorities. It is pointed out
that this protection can be exercised
best by united action of all the gov
ernments without the landing of troops
by any of them and as an evidence of
this, protection is ample at present, it
is stated that twenty foreign warships
are in the offing. It is understood
that the landing of troops has not yet
occurred, but a British force for this
purpose is now en route from India.
While the state department does not
attempt to fix a date upon which the
Conger message left Pekln, the officials
are inclined to belivee that it was
one of the messages smuggled out of
Pekin before the imperial edict was
issued removing the restriction upon
the transmission of cipher messages.
The date of the edict was August 5.
There is little that is new in the mess
age, beyond the ominous reiteration of
Mr. Conger's statement that the condi
tion was desperate. The concluding
sentence of Mr. Conger's message say
ing that the legationers are prepared to
hold on indefinitely, no matter what
the outcome may be, is considered grat
ifying intelligence, because it indicates
that the besieged ministers are not
growing faint hearted and will stand
out to the bitter end. This message
like the others that have preceded it
contains no intimation that any of the
numerous messages forwarded by this
government have reached the beleagu
ed foreigners in the Chinese capital.
The cable gram of Admiral Remey,
transmitting the report, of General
Chaffee as to the battle of Yang Tsun,
together with the report of eGenral
Gazelee, the Knglish commander at the
front, contains few details not already
known. General Gazelee's statements
show that the Chinese occupied trench
es and that the foreign forces wenecom
pelled to assault them. Finally, after
forming their line, the allies were
obliged to charge over a stretch of ter
ritory, three miles in extent, directly
into the teeth of the Chinese rifle and
shell fire.
The intense heat which prevails in
that section of China at this season of
the year gives the officials of the war
department a full realization of the
arduous work which such a charge in
volved and the news that there were
many prostrations and deaths from
sunstroke creates little surprise.
Perhaps the most important state
ment in the dispatch is the one to the
effect that the next move of the allies
is as yet unknown. Whether Admiral
Remey makes this statement on his own
account, or whether he intends it to be
understood that the statement was in
cluded in General Chaffee's telegram
from the front, the officials at neither
the war nor the navy department are
certain from the wording of the cable
gram. The general belief, however, is
that it is General Chaffee's own state
ment. It is known that the commanders
of the allied forces, when they arranged
for the advance from Tien Tsin, had
agreed to make Tang Tsun the objective.
This statement was contained in Gen
eral Chaffee's dispatch outlining the
plan of the advance movement. It is
presumed, therefore, that having car
ried nut successfully the plan for the
movement aa far as Yang Tsun, the
commanders of the allies will have to go
into consultation again to decide upon
the further course of the advance from
that point to Pekin.
This is considered unfortunate owing
to the possibility that dissensions and
Jealousies may 'arise which will delay
further advance.
A member of the cabinet stated today
that the reported Imperial edict author
izing Li Hung Chang to negotiate for
peace was likely, to have no immediate
effect on the situation.
"It may be true, he said, "ana tne
Chinese may be awakening to a realiza
tion of the situation. But neither mat
edict nor anything else will bring about
any. change in the present plan and
determination to push on to Pekin and
rescue the legations. I do not apprenena
that anything will occur that will be
sufficient warrant for stopping of the
march on to the Chinese capital. The
ministers must be rescued first. We
would put little faith in any such step
until it is backed up by something more
definite. Li Hung Chang may lmmeo
iatelv nut himself in communication
with some of the powers, but it will not
effect present plans until our legations
are rescued."
Tt was further stated that this gov
ernment did not have a high opinion of
the reliability of the Chinese statesman
and was not inclined to pin great taitn
to his acts.
DOUBTS OF EARL LI.
He ia "Well Known to Be No Friend
of England.
New York, Aug. 11. A dispatch to the
Tribune from London says:
The appointment of Li Hung Chang
as the Chinese plenipotentiary for the
negotiation of terms of peace has been
received with various feelings here.
Those who know the far east have deep
distrust of the old viceroy, and they
insist that his nomination can bode no
good to this country. If not hostile to
all foreigners, he is at any rate a de
termined opponent of the British, whom
he has always disliked, notwithstanding
his personal relations with General Gor
don and other Englishmen.
On the other hand, some Chinese ex
perts contend that tne appointment
shows that the Manchu government, re
alizing that the powers are in earnest,
relies on Karl Li to arrange terms and
to patch Up an accommodation as he did
after the Tien Tsin massacre in 1870.
The latest batch of cipher messages
received from the ministers at Pekin
is considered to be significant, and in
some degree reassuring. There are de
termined skeptics and croakers, such as
those who were provided a month ago
circumstantial accounts of an alleeed
wholesale butchery at the legations, but
not mucn attention is paid to them. The
wisdom of the ministers in declining to
leave Pekin unless adequate protection
can be secured for them is obvious to
everybody. It is not, however, regarded
as absolutely certain that the offer to
escort foreigners to Tien Tsin is really
a trap, lo judge trom previous exper
ience or cmnese methods, it is possible
that the Tsung Li Yamen intends ulti
mately to deliver the legation staffs in
safety to the allied commanders, but it
wm procrastinate ana prevaricate as
long as possible, and will certainly
maintain its hold on the diplomatists
while there seems a remote Drosoect of
using them as hostages to extort favor
able terms of settlement. "Whether the
government could in any case convey
the eight nunarea foreigners, including
women and children, unharmed, through
the lines of boxers and the military rab
ble to a point no one can determine.
Influential men of the Chinese mercan
tile community believe the Tsung Li
Yamen could do so if it pleased, because
they are firmly convinced that the
whole anti-foreign movement has been
deliberately constructed in the imperial
palace, which is still capable of con
trolling the storm it has evoked.
The total number of Anglo-Indian
troops ordered to China will not fall far
short of 20,000 men, but without a much
larger force, which certainly could not
be spared from England's eastern de
pendency, it will be impossible to police
the whole of the Yang Tse valley. In
deed, the departure of the British con
sul from Chung King shows that Eng
land will for the present be content
merely to protect her interests at the
mouth of the great river.
Mr. Goodnow's dispatch stating that
Shanghai merchants believe the landing-
of British troops will do mischief
by exciting the natives only connrm
some misgivings already expressed here.
Sounds Like a Threat.
London, Aug. 11. The Chinese minis
ter, Sir Chien Chen Lo Feng Luh in an
interview today said the ministers of the
powers in declining to leave Pekin had
undoubtedly complicated the situation,
adding that if the allies pushed on to the
capital it might have the effect of in
volving the southern provinces in great
trouble. Only today, the minister con
tinued, he had received the information
that the proposed landing of Indian
troops at Shanghai had already caused
grave apprehensions and there would be
an exodus of Chinese merchants. If
these troops were landed, he pointed out,
others, of course, would follow and great
conflicts would result.
The minister also said if the powers
had adopted his suggestion and opened
negotiations with Li Hung Chang mat
ters might have been arranged.
The march of the allies on Pekin, the
Chinese diplomat further remarked
would probably endanger the foreigners
lives adding that telegrams had already
been received showing that trouble has
arisen in this connection.
FIVE-YEAR OLD BURGLAR.
From the New York journal.
Bright girl is Freda Frank, albeit she
is but a tot of five summers. Her fath
er, Solomon Frank, is a jeweler at 86
Bowery. He was at the store till late
Tuesday night. Freda was there and
fell asleep among some trays of tether
little gems. Her papa went home with
out her. He lives at 17 Canal street,
where Freda was not missed, because
Freda has a great many little brothers
and sisters and no one noticed that one
of the brood was missing. Her mamma
thought Freda was with the nurse and
the nurse thought Freda waa with her
mamma.
Freda did not think anything about
it until 5 o'clock Wednesday niorning,
when she awoke. She did not cry when
no one replied to her call for "Papa,"
but searched about the place for means
of exit, and, finding none, she looked for
a hatchet Instead. With the hatchet
she did not proceed to break the big
plate glass show window, but she pried
off a wire screen in the door and then
smashed the smaller pane of glass in
the door and through that she crawled
out and went home all alone.
She forgot to take the hatchet with
her and could not effect so easy an
entrance to her home, but long ringing
at the bell at length woke her mamma,
who then for the first time discovered
that the little one had been spending
the night out.
Freda left no one to guard the store,
which she provided with an inviting
entrance for burglars, but soon after
she left Policeman Brunett of the Eliza
beth street station came along and he
at once reported a burglary to the sta
tion house, and the sergeant in charge
sent a policeman to stand guard till
Mr. Frank should arrive, and the police
man was greatly chagrined that the
housebreaking was the work of a five-year-old.
The Wolf Dog of the North.
From Harper's Weekly.
Neck, from head to shoulders, a mass of
bristling hair; sharp-pointed ears, long
snouted. Hps snarling, fangs dripping:
yelping rather than barking; wolfish of
aspect and not nice to look upon when
in anger this is the husky, or wolf dog
of the north. Much has been said of
the Klondike, but these magnificent
brutes, which in the beginning made that
frigid El Dorado possible, have received
little more than passing comment. Nor
has this neglect been due to their being
but the humble servants of the master,
man. Thev are far from humble, as their
wild ancestry attests. They may be
beaten into submission, but that will not
prevent them still snarling their hatred.
They may be starved into apparent do
cility and then die suddenly, with teeth
fast locked in a brother's throat, torn
to pieces by their comrades. Rather, has
little attention been accorded them be
cause the interest of man has gravitated
inexorably towards the natural, mineral
and social features of that far-northerly
land.
But the husky Is far from uninteresting.
As a tvpe of endurance, no better evolved
product of natural selection need be
sought. If ever a species has been born
and bred of hard times, if has. Only the
fittest, in a hard struggle for existence ex
tending through a thousand generations,
siit-vH vtfrl Anfl thev are well fit.
Domesticated by the savage autochthons
of that forbidding region, tney may not
Aniiv nffnnnt tiiir remote ancestors as
wild wolves, but often their immedliate
forebears.
Koweit asa Railway Terminus.
London correspondence of the Birming
ham Post.
Koweit, described as the finest harbor in
the Persian Gulf, is now avowed by the
German surveyors as the terminus of the
Bagdad-Bussorah railway. The place has
been hitherto unknown politically and
commercially. British steamers do not
call there, nor do travelers use the native
craft which alone visit the port. But, all
the same, Koweit is worth having, and
may one day prove troublesome to British
interests in what are still virtually Brit
ish waters. It is fifty miles from the
mouth of the Shat-el-Arab, through
which the combined Tigris and Eu
phrates rivers discharge into the gulf. It
lies on the south shore of a line bay, ap
proached by a channel broad and deep
enough for large steamers. It is pro
tected -on its only open side to the east by
a large shoal. Dredging can make it the
best harbor in the gulf. Only the water
supply is scant and brackish. Koweit
has a considerable trade, by native dhows,
with Karachi, eleven hundred miles dis
tant, and with Bombay, fifteen hundred
miles. It is a center of the pearl fishery,
once so fflmmm Tt fine breed of horse3
are exported in these cramped native ves
sels to harbors where the British India
Steam Navigation company's vessels pick
them up. These vessels carry on a trade
with the island of Socotra when the pearl
fishing is over. ,
At present the town contains only 20,
000 Arabs, of whom one-fourth are well
armed with Martini rifles. The local sheik
used to be subsidized by the Turks, but
now he claims independence. He has
never allowed British India natives to
settle there. For a time, 80 years ago, a
British political officer was the Resident
at Koweit, but the Turks made it too
disagreeable for him to continue. As the
certain terminal port of the new German
railway Koweit will soon become better
known, and may prove a serious menace
to our trade and other interests.
10 photos for 10 cents at Lutes.
Eczema, scald head, hives, itchiness
of the skin of any sort instantly relieved,
permanently cured. Doan's Ointment.
At any drug store.
10 photos for 10 cents at Lutes.
NORTH TOPEKA.
Items Intended for this column should
be left with the Kimball Printing co re
ran v. 835 Kansas avenue.
Clarence Matthews has returned from
St. Joseph, Mo.
Mr. Boyd Cade, of Anthony, is visiting
the family of J. K. Withers.
Coal, feed, sewer pipe, seeds. See. See.
Nicholson, 1009 North Kansas avenue.
Louis James has gone into the book and
stationery business at Stillwater, Okla.
Mr. Ola Webb, of Iowa, Is the guest of
his cousin. Miss Eva Shields, of Shorey.
Mrs. G. S. Shields, of Shorey, has re
turned from an extended visit to relatives
and friends in Iowa.
Rev. Mr. Mooney will occupy the pulpit
of the M. E. church in Oakland tomorrow
morning at 11 o'clock.
Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Shields, of Shorey,
will spend two weeks visiting the places
of interest in Colorado.
Miss Susie Skinner came home this
morning from a visit of several weeks to
the various Colorado resorts.
Mr. Ed White has returned to Kansas
City after a visit to his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. White, of Monroe street.
Mrs. Wilbur Hogaboom, of 206 East Gor
don street, went to Eskridge today to
visit her parents. Rev. and Mrs. Rice.
Mrs. Charles Wolcott and Miss Jean
nette Wolcott have returned to their home
in Atchison after a visit to Mrs. L. A.
Ryder.
There will be no preaching service in
the evening tomorrow at the North To
oeka Baptist church. B. Y. P. U. will
meet at 7 p. m. At 11 a. m. the pastor
will conduct the services.
Miss Grace Carr was the e-uest yester
day of North side friends. She is on her
way from a visit to ner motner in Em
poria to Fairfax, Mo., where she is en
gaged in tne millinery nusiness.
Mr. W. F. Montelth, who resided in
North Topeka for a great many years
and was at one time engaged in the shoe
Business here, died in White oaKs, in. m.
July 29, of inflammation of the stomach.
Rev. Mr. Jackson, pastor of the Euclid
Avenue M. E. church, will preach Sun
day morning in tne Kansas Avenue an. &
church. In the evenine the North To
peka W. C. T. U. will have charge of the
service. Mr. Bell, a returned missionary
from Africa, will be the speaker.
C. C. Berry, who has been in the gro
eery store of Berry Bros., has taken a
position as tra-enng man ior xne nun
ham Manufacturing company of St. Louis.
He leaves the first of the week for his
first trin on the road. His territory will
include Missouri, Iowa, Oklahoma, Kan
sas, Nebraska and Wyoming.
A novel entertainment was given last
Tuesday evening by Wm. and L. G. Lan
dls, at the home of the latter, 926 Kansas
avenue, in honor of their brother, D. S.
Landis, of Fort Worth, Texas. The re
freshments consisted of apple pies of all
kinds. The cobbler was there, together
with the pie with the cover, the cross bar
pie, tne open lace pie and tne nair moon
Die. The visitine brother. D. S. Landis.
is quite well known In the south, having
produced a volume or verse, i-iumes ana
Grasses," and has another, "Lines and
Lyrics," in press. The three brothers had
not met lor as years.
Mr. Robert Weir, superintendent of
Lyman Sunday school, entertained the
members ot the school at a lawn party
last evening at his home on Kansas ave
nue. The evening was all that could be
desired, the moonlight making the yard
almost as bright as in the day. At a late
hour refreshments were served. Those
present were Misses Josie Reed. Zora R
Reed, Mabel and Estelle Brooks, Lillie
and Stella Croll. Gertie and Myrtle
Palmer, Eva and Bessie Rolet, Macie and
Bessie Anderson, Margie Huyalt, Maud
Sleeper, Ethel and Bessie Sheldon, and
Blanche Reynolds. Mr. Weir was as
sisted by Mr. and Mrs. Rolet, Mrs. Shel
don, Mrs. and Miss vv eir ana Mrs. jviuier.
DICKINSON-CASSLER.
Miss Eda Dickinson and Mr. Clayton
Cassler were married Tuesday evening at
the home of the bride s tather, Mr. DicK
Inson, near Meriden. Owing to the bride's
iamuy Denig in mourning m? wtruums v is
very quiet, only the immediate relatives
being present. Mr. and Mrs. Cassler will
make their home in Topeka, where Mr.
Cassler has a position in the Santa Fe
offices.
MANY DEATHS.
Occur in Chicago as the Result of
Beat.
Chicago, Aug. 11. Many deaths re
sulted today from the extreme heat
which has afflicted" Chicago for the past
eight days. Up to 1 p. m. the death list
was as follows:
MRS. LYLE.
THOMAS FORD.
MILLIHAN.
GEORGE GRAHAM, committed sui
cide, crazed by heat.
WILLIAM MCMILLAN.
LEWIS F. DYRENFORTH, manager
Boot and Shoe Recorder.
Serious prostrations:
Joseph Clifford,
Paul Lesko.
Myron Lee.
The heat was so oppressive that many
foundries and manufactories were com
pelled to close. At the Pullman car
shops over 1,100 men stopped work, un
able to stand the fierce heat of the fur
naces and sun combined. The tempera
ture registered 92 degrees.
Cleveland, O., Aug. 11. One death and
one prostration due to intense heat were
reported here today. The temperature
registered 90 degrees.
New York, Aug. 11. There is no sign
of a let up in the hot weather that has
been hovering over this city and vicini
ty for the last few days. The deaths
reported up to 9 o'clock were six and the
prostrations last night and early today
were numerous. During the night there
was not a breeze to relieve suffering
humanity and there Is little to be hoped
for from the weather forecast.
At 8 o'clock the thermometer regis
tered 81 degrees and at 11 o'clock 91.
St. Paul, Minn., Aug. 11. The worst
of the present hot spell seems to be over
in the northwest, the mercury early to
day dropping to 66, a heavy rain and
electric storm last night having ma
terially improved the air. For eight days
the daily maximum exceeded 90 degrees
while the minimum temperature for the
same period was 70. There have been
no deaths or prostrations from heat in
St. Paul and but few cases throughout
the state. Temperatures dropped from
2 to 14 degrees in the northwest last
night and Dakota points reported from
1 to 30 degrees drop for the previous 24
hours.
Milwaukee, Wis., Aug. 11 The temper
ature today dropped to 84 degrees from
yesterday's record of 90. Clouds ob
scured the sun and a rain fall before
night was evident. No prostrations
were reported up to noon.
NOT YET ORGANIZED.
"Holliday Monument Association'
Still in the Air.
Mr. Edward Wilder this afternoon con
ferred with Secretary Anderson of the
Commercial club in reference to the or
ganization of the association to look after
the erection of a monument to the late
Col. C. K. Holliday. Articles of incorp
ration will probably be filed with the sec
retary of state early next week.
The organization will be known as "The
Holliday Monument association," and the
work of securing subscriptions will be at
once taken up after the charter is ob
tained. It is expected that the Santa Fe
railway will be one of the principal con
tributors. In India, the land of famine, thousands
die because they cannot obtain food. In
America, the land of plenty, many suffer
and die because they cannot digest the
food thev eat. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure di
gests what you eat. It Instantly relieves
and radically cures all stomach troubles.
At all druggists.
Colorado Flyer.
Leaves Topeka 8:10 p. m., arriving
Colorado Springs 10:35, Denver 11:00
o'clock next a. m.
TRAFFIC AGREEMENT.
General manager ffludge Goes to
Colorado to Discuss Flans.
General Manager Mudge of the Santa
Fe left this afternoon for Denver for
the purpose of settling the question of a
long time traffic agreement with the
Colorado & Southern officials in regard
to Dusiness between Denver and Pueblo.
A conference will be held next week.
ana president Ripley win De also pres
ent.
The Joint operation of the Santa Fe
and Colorado Southern tracks between
tne two cities will be continued as dur
ing the past year, but a new agreement
will be signed. It is said that this
agreement will give the Santa Fe a
greater percentage than has been re
ceived heretofore. The new conditions
will probably require the appointment
of a superintendent, and in this event
Mr. R. J. Parker, superintendent of the
western division of the Santa Fe, will
De namea. unis wouia mean several
division changes on the Santa Fe.
DANGEROUS PLACET
Missing Bridge May Make Trouble
for Some One.
The county commissioners of township
board may have another damage suit
on tneir hands unless they take the nec
essary precautions to close the road run
ning east from Burnett's Mound to the
city.
About a mile and a half east of the
mound a bridge over a good sized creek
is torn away. There is a heavy growth
ot trees on com sides of the road and
even on moonlight msrhts it is verv dark
There is nothing to "keep people from
driving off the bank which is a dozen
reet high. The road overseer in that dis
trict should fence up the road as a pre
caution against accidents.
NEW FIRE HORSE.
Successor
for "Don"
Found.
is at Last
Chief Wllmarth has succeeded in find
ing a norse to De used at fire department
headquarters on the hose wagon as a
mate for the sorrel horse that has been
On the hose waeon for several vora :i n it
whose mate "Don" fell dead at a fire. The
new horse is a handsome sorrel and
weiehs 1.200 nonnri with tvi. fiiri ,n
he will make one of the handsomest teams
in the service. Chief Wllmarth is looking
iuuic nurses.
TODAY'S MARKET REPORT
Chicago, Aug. 11. WHEAT Trading In
Wheat this morninsr wa markpH hv nn
early drop of nearly a cent in the price
of the September option. The opening
s sieauy ar. a nttie aDove vesterdav s
closing, but general selling startfd which
carried the price back very quickly. Opin
ion as to the government crop report was
conflicting. The unfavorable weather
conditions in the northwest, rains and hot
weather still continued, and this fact
served to sustain the market at first. Liv
erpool showed a small closing decline.
The extreme weakness developed in corn
soon after the opening was immediately
reflected in wheat, offerings becoming free
and general, which on a market almost
Dare oi Duying orders forced back prices
in a hurry. September opened unchanged
to Vic higher at 76&Vie. It declined to
7:"34c. reacted to' Tfic. thn hrnltt. tn Tlio
Northwest receipts were 281 cars, against
ii jasi ween anu zzs a year ago. Chicago
receipts were 230 cars, 24 of contract
grade.
The market dragged for the remainder
of the short session. Many traders went
nome long last night, expected radical
government report figures, and their dis
appointment was expressed in liquidation.
September closed at T.Wc
CORN Corn was active and radically
. xne marKet naa a levensh open
ing, long corn coming out in large quan
tities both from local and outside hold
ers. while biding orders were few and
unimportant. .Apparently everybody was
long on corn. The government crcp re
port was the big bear factor, discounting
in a large degree the recent damage re
ports. September opened Vic lower to Vkc
higher at 3SV4&c. It sold for a moment
at SSiaic. then broke to :7"ic. At arounil
3Sc the demand improved, and September
recovered ro .ssvsc, tne marKet losing some
of its nervousness as the session pro
gressed. Receipts were 16S cars.
The market kept close, where there was
a fair demand until the close
OATS Oats opened fairly steady, but
became weak when corn broke and prices
aeennea rapidly under ngnt general oner
ings. There was no demand of conse
quence. Receipts were 487 cars. Septem
ber opened a shade lower at 22Vifc and
declined to 23-ic
PROVISIONS Provisions were dull and
a shade easier. There was some outside
selliner. with buvins scattered and local.
The weakness was with the grain markets
and lower hog prices. beptember pork
opened 5c lower at sn.67',4. sold at $11.70,
and declined to $ll.t5. September lard
opened unchanged at $6.72Vfe and declinpd
to $0.70. September ribs opened 2M(5c
lower at $7.07Via7.10, and sold at $7.07.
FLAX Cash: N. W., $T?R: S. W., $1.35.
September, $1.33; October, $1.2SV2.
Chicago Livestock Market.
Chicago, Aug. 11. CATTLE Receipts,
200: nominally steady. Good to prime
steers, $5.4(Ko6.00; poor to medium, $4.75'u:
5.35: stockers and feeders, $3.25tfi'4.65: cows,
$2.80fi4.30; heifers. $3.604.90: canners, $2 20
&2.70: bulls, $3.00(64.40: calves, $4.256.75:
Texas fed steers, $4.30g5.10; Texas grass
steers. $3.3Mi4.25: Texas bulls, $2.5(Xa3.5(.
HOGS Receipts today, 16.S00; tomorrow.
30.000; left over, 8.122; weak to 5c lower.
Top, $5.40; mixed and butchers', $5.00'6 5 35;
good to choice to heavy. $5.1xii5.32'4;
rough heavy, $4.SO5.06; light, $5.10S5.40;
bulk of sales, $5.10-t5.3O.
SHEEP Receipts. 2,0(10; unchanged.
Good to choice wethers, $4.30 4. 65; fair to
choice mixed, $3.75(4.25: western sheep,
$4.2fWi4.60; Texas. $3.Hkft4.10; native lambs,
$4.255.65; western lambs, $4.755.60.
Official yesterday: , Receipts Cattle, 2,
703: hogs. 23,588; sheep. 5,568. Shipments
Cattle, 2,989; hogs, 5.324; sheep, J.,522.
Kansas City Live Stock Market.
Kansas City, Mo., Aug. 11. CATTLE
Receipts. 200; market unchanged. Native
steers, $5.00a6.00: stockers and feeders,
$3. 50fi4.50; butchers' cows and heifers. $3.10
fa5.30: canners, $2.50fi3.10: fed westerns,
$3.!a5.20: fed Texans, $3.90"a4.15; grass
Texans. $3.25'& 3.90.
HOGS Receipts. 2,500; market steady to
shade lower. Bulk of sales, $5.u51i5.1(t:
heavy and packers, $5.&5i?i5.15: mixed, $5.(t0
&5.10; light, J5.0Orti5.12V2; yorkers, $5.HKtf
5.12'-: pigs, $4.23f5.10.
SHEEP Receipts, 500; market steady.
Lambs, $3.50(6.00; muttons, $3.00(4.45.
Kansas City Produce Market.
Kansas City, Mo., Aug. 11. WHEAT
December, 67c: September, 6434c. Cash:
No. 2 hard, 65UIS6UC; N'o. 3. 64i65c; No. 2
red. 71fi721ic; No. 3, 66-5700.
CORN December. 33iic: September.
36Vic. Cash: No. 2 mixed, 37Vz?c; No. 2
white. 3e: iNo. 6, d(V.c.
OATS No. 2 white, 22Vc.
RYE No. 2, 47tiVjc.
HAY Choice timothy. $8.50; choice
prairie, $6.25.
BUTTER Creamery, l&gl8c; dairy,
fancy. 15c.
EUUS resn, 1UV4C
New York Uptown Gossip.
New York. Auer. 11. The crop situation
has not been entirely cleared up by the
monthly government report issued yester
day after the close of business. The de
cline in condition of corn is much less
than has been expected. The average is
placed at 87.5 against 89.5 on July 1. Of
course there has been according to some
reports a deterioration since the begin
ning of the month on account of con
tinued drouth and heat. At 1 per cent, of
its growth corn needs rain, for the crop
was planted in comparatively dry ground
and therefore has been laccklng in reserve
moisture to draw upon. The report
shows an important decline in the condi
tion from last month in Kansas and Ne
braska and these two states show a se
rious decline from August a year ago.
Nevertheless the report places the condi
tion of corn in Kansas at 51, while the
Kansas state agricultural department re
port issued yesterday puts the condition
at 54. Here is a startling discrepancy, and
it would be curious If a sta.te authority,
should exaggerate any condition in a Una
detrimental to the Interests of the com
monwealth. The Washington report in
spring wheat makes the situation very
little better than it was a month ago. The
average condition August 1 Is estimated
at 56.4 against 55.2 on July 1. It Is al
most startling to read that the reported
condition is 27.8 below the mean of the
August averages for the last ten years,
Topeka Markets Today.
Topeka, Aug. 11
' ' CATTI.E.
COWS AND HEIFERS-$2.50!33.25.
HOGS.
LIGHT $4.7074.85.
MEDIUM AND HEAVY $4.704.90u
GRAIN.
NO. 2 WHEAT 63f( 63 Ve.
NO. 2 MIXED CORN 33Hc
NO. 2 WHITE CORN SoC
NO. 2 OATS 22c.
HAY $5,001(5.50.
PRODUCE.
EGGS 9 cents.
CHICKENS-Cftfl cents.
BUTTER 13 cents.
Topeka Hide Market.
Topeka, Aug. II.
Based on Chicago and Boston quota
tions. The following are net prices paid
In Topeka this week:
GREKN SALT CURED 6Vic
NO. 1 TALLOW-34c.
GREEN SALT HALF CURED 6o,
Markst Oossitv
Liverpool: Wheat. Vid to & lower;
corn. Vid to d lower.
Northwest receipts last year: Duluth,
83 cars; Minneapolis. 145 cars.
Omaha receipts: Hogs, 2.500; cattle. 200.
Chicago receipts: Wheat, 23 cars, 24
graded: corn, 168 cars, 60 graded; oats, 437
cars, 93 graded.
Kansas City receipts: Wheat, 294 cars;
last year, 4w) cars. Corn, &7 cars; last
year, 300 cars.
New York Money Market.
New York, Aug. 11. MONEY Money on
call nominal at MilVi per cent.; prime
mercantile paper, 4(5 per cent.: sterling
exchange steady, with actual business in
bankers' bills at $4.87 'g for demand and
at $4.S4 for 60 davs: posted rates. $4.85 ',4
and $4.89: commercial bills. $i.83''-fi-.
SILVER Silver certilicates. 611"'H.2'c;
bar silver, &)c: Mexican dollars. 48'jc.
BONDS Government bonds strong: re
funding 2s. when issued, registered. 30314:
coupon, 1(13'4; 2s. registered, 100; 3s. reg
istered, IOS': coupon. 108; new 4s, reg
istered, 132; coupon, 132: old 4s, registered,
lllVi; coupon, 114V&; 5s, registered, 11254;
coupon, 112.
Cotton Market.
Galveston, Tex., Aug. 11. COTTON
Steady, 9c.
Butter Market.
New "York. Aug. 11. BUTTER Firm.
Creamery, 15ryl9c; current packed factory,
14f( 16c.
EGGS Receipts, 14.382 packages: quiet.
Western at market. 11(13V3C for average;
western, loss off, ISV2C.
Sugar Market.
New Tork, Aug. 11. SUGAR Raw,
firmer; fair refining, 4V&5 1-16c: centri
fugal, 96 test, 4c; molasses sugar, 4
4 l-16c.
COFFEE Quiet: No. 7 Rio, 9Vic
Grain Letter.
WHEAT The government figures wer
very bullish on wheat, but from all ap
pearances has been thoroughly discounte-1.
Liverpool cables were also a damper to
higher prices, coming about d lower.
Receipts were liberal everywhere, Kansns
City getting nearly 5"0 cars, Chicago 2:;0
and the northwest 2M. Heavy receipts
are expected for Monday and Tuesday and
the trade is not inclined to buy in face of
these conditions. It has been a very dull
day, taking into consideration that it is
the first day that the government figures
could effect markets, and unless specula
tion increases shortly we expect to s-e
lower prices temporarily. Conservative
traders are Duying wheat on ureaxs to
hold for a long pull. They figure that
there can not be anv material decline
from present prices and that wheat will
be selling very much higher betore an
other crop is assured.
CORN Cables came lower In face of
our advance of yesterday and hot, dry
weather everywhere. Considerable dam
age is being done and it must be remem
bered that corn will not recover from the
effects of crop damage this time of the
year. Investment traders are buying lib
erally. It rain should come soon corn
miirht drop a cent or so temporarily, but
should be bought on soft spots. The cash
stiuatlon is strong and conditions warrant
a good advance. There is a minimum
risk in buyiner for investment while there
Is surely a maximum risk in selling short.
OATH Oats were very dull, less than
half a dozen trades all day.
PROVISIONS Prices at the yards were
6c lower for hogs. Speculative markets
were dull and lower. The whole list, ex
cepting corn, has lapsed into extreme dull
ness, increased speculation win aovanca
prices. J. c. GOINGS.
Range of Prices.
Furnished by J. C. Goings. Commission
Merchant, 112 East Fifth street, Topeka.
Kansas, receiver and shipper of grain.
NEW YORK.
Article Open HiKh Low
Close Yes.
w MKAl-
Sept ... 80- 81 80 8014
Dec. ... 82-')4 82- 82 82 Vi
81
83
CORN
Sept ... 4414 44 4314 4314 44-4
Dec ... 42 42 40 4Zi 42V
KANSAS CITY.
Article Open liitrh Low Close Tea,
WHEAT
Sept ... 65V& 65Vs 64 64i B5'4
Dec. ... 68i 68 67 67 6SVa
CORN
Sept ... 36" 30'4 3(5 3SV 37
Dec ... 34 34 33- 33V4 84'.4
CHICAGO.
Open High Low
Article
Close Tea,
WHEAT.
Sept ... 76-7C14 76Vi 75
75 78
23 3914
21 22
11 60 11 72
CORN
Sept ... 39Vi 3914 3i
OATS
Sept ... 22V8-V4 22-Vi 21
PORK
Sept ...11 65 31 70 11 611
Ranges of Prices on Stocks.
Furnished by J. C. Goings, Commission
Merchant. 112 East Fifth street. Topeka,
Kan., receiver and shipper of grain.
New York,
Aug. 11.
Cl'sejYes
I
I
Stocks. Op'njHigh Low
I I
Sugar 125 126 125
People's Gas .. M-S, Wl 4
Am. Tobacco .. 93 9:, !Wu.
A. S. Ac W 33 31 33
B. R. T 57' 2 57 57 14
Federal Steel .. 33 33 3
C. B. & Q 12H 12W.a 1W
C. M. & St. P.. 111 111 1U',2
Atchison com.. 27 27 27
Atchison pfd .. 70 7o 70
Manhattan 90 9 90
Mo. Pacific 51 51 61
1". Pac. pfd ..76 76 76
1'. Pac. com .. 5ft 5!t f'i
N. Y. Central.. 12!i 12v, 12'J
So. Pac. pfd .. 33 33 33
C. & 0 27 27 27
Reading pfd .. 59 5f 50
B. & 0 74 71 74
T. C. & 1 701-a 7(,i.., 701,,
N. Pac. com .. 61 51 51
L. & N 71 71 71 Vi
125 :125
991
S-9
95
34
57
33
1S!
111
93
3-1
57
38
126
111
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90: St
61 E.1
76 76
69 ' 5914
1-9 1-9
33 33
27 27
59 ! .
74 ! 74
70L, J 71,14,
51i 51
711 71V4
Telephone 273.
J. C. GOINGS,
Commission Merchant,
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.
Receiver and Shipper of Grain.
is East Fifth Strsst.
Leased private market and gossip wire
to Chicago. Always In the market fnr
cash grain. Consignments of grain and
correspondence solicited.