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TOPEIvA STATE JOT7RNA1V THtTRSBAT EVENING. DECEMBER 27.1900.
AMUSEMENTS.
CRAWFORD THEATER.
8:15 TONIGHT 8:15
ESTHER RUJAERO
In die Great Melodrama.
"A BKOKEN HEART."
Hat 2:30. Sat., Dec. 29. Night, 8:15
The Greatest of all Great Komancas.
TfSE PRISONER OF ZEN DA.
Ths Daniel Frolunan production, complete
in its niacniticenr entirety.
Prices: 2Sc, 35c, 50c, 7Bc, $1.00.
JTeur Tear's Sdatiaee aa.4 Nigit.
A Man of Mystery.
A strong cast headed by
Miss HauJ Shepherd
and Forest Flood.
PRICES Matinee, 25c, 35c and 50c.
Night, 25c, 35c, 50c, 75c.
7 :45 Friday, ha. 4. 7 :45
Special Engagement of
MRS. FISKE
Presenting the play in four acta
entitled
BECKY SHARP.
Founded on Thackery's
"Vanity Fair."
Prices 2.00, $1.50, $1.00, 75c, 50c
Reserve seat sale, Monday, Dee. 31.
PLEASE REMEMBER
The Performance for Mrs. Fiske
commences at 7:45 person
will be seated while the curtain is np
G
HAND OPERA HOUSE
New Year's Matinee and Night,
Tuesday, January I.
MR. ROBERT DOWNING, supported
by Miss Alberta Converse and a com
plete company iu two historical plays.
Matinee INGOMAR.
NIGHT
Richard the Lion Hearted.
PKICE3 Matinee, 25c, 35c 50c and 75c.
Night, 25c, 50c, 75e and 1.00.
Reserved seats on sale Saturday morn
ing at Flad & Grubb's Drug Store.
ALASKA'S GREATEST CHIEF
From the Oregon Statesman.
Chief Johnson, of the Taku tribe, one
of the most famous Indians in Alaska,
was recently in Salem. He haa under
his charge from five thousand to six
thousand Indians, and thy look to him
as their ruler. He has six or seven large
stores, located at Dyea, Juneau and oth
er points, and practically controls the
trade with his people. Every three years
Chief Johnson has a, big potlatch, at
which time he gives away thousands of
blankets and other things useful to
members of his tribe. He had a pot
latch in 1S96. and it cost him $25,000,
and the one held last year was almost as
expensive.
There are other Indian chiefs in Alas
ka, but. none who have as numerous de
pendents as Johnson. There are prob
ably twenty chiefs in all, the next in
point of number of followers below him
having about three thousand. One of
these chiefs is to give a big potlatch to
his people this year, and so Chief John
son, the principal business man for the
Indians of that northern country, has
tome down to make special purchases
of blankets and other articles suitable
for the extraordinary occasion.
It has been the custom of the chief
to come here annually to make his pur
chases from the Thomas Kay Woollen
Mill company. They were unable to fill
liia order for five thousand blankets, as
they only had about five hundred pairs
on hand. These he took and the remain
der will be sent later.
Chief Johnson has some members of
his tribe in the Chenawa Indian school,
and he will visit that institution before
he returns to his home in Alaska. This
representative of our northernmost pos
session is not satisfied with some of
the laws which have been made at
Washington to govern the Indians. He
bitterly opposes the encroachments of
the white man, and says that the game
is disappearing from the hunting
grounds, and the fish no longer swarm
the streams, as in years gone by. Hunt
ing and fishing are the only occupations
of hia people, and he sees, at no distant
date, these will be destroyed and they
will be sunk deeper into poverty and
want than they are at the present time.
While speaking of the condition of his
people he showed a sincere interest in
their welfare and a determination to do
everything in his power to add to their
comfort and happiness. He says the
chiefs of the white men rule only for
money, but he rules his people without
charge, and they obey and love him
because he is good and just to them.
He says the whisky business in Alaska
is very detrimental to the Indians, and
he would like to see the prohibition law
enforced.
Chief Johnson dresses well, wearing
a white shirt and a high collar, and he
has the appearance of an intelligent
man. He speaks fair English and is a
close observer and a shrewd business
man. He is a man of great wealth,
probably one of the richest in Alaska,
and lives in the finest house in any of
the northern cities. He has ruled his
tribe since the death of his father, which
occurred in 1880. He is about fifty years
of age, and is strong and hearty, en
Joying the best of health.
STATE FRUIT GROWERS.
The Organization Discussing How It
Hay Live.
The annual meeting of the state hor
ticultural society opened today at the
society's rooms In the state house.
There is a large attendance.
The chief talk of the members con
cerns the reported effort to have the
legislature consolidate the board with
the department of agriculture. Unless
the .matter can tie suppressed at this
time the board members will make &
fight in the legislature.
However, the society's demands for
appropriations will be curtailed to the
sma-lest possible extent if it be not
abolished. The enmity against the so
ciety manifested by the members of the
state administration is due to a dislike
for the work and the methods of the
secretary., AA". H. Barnes. It has been
suggested to the members that the elec
tion of a secretary who is not offensive
to the administration will put an end
to the talk about consolidation and cut
ting of e.pprqprlaUaa&
FIGHT IS OPENED.
(Continued from First Page.)
a sclo, "A May'ltorning" by Miss Jessie
M. Tipton.
The work of today was divided up into
nine meetings. Two of the nine were held
in represertative hall, the one this morn
ing at 5 o'clock was a general meeting
and was attended by all teachers. The
one this afternoon was at 2 o'clock and
W3S in charge of Superintendent John
AV. Stout of Shawnee county, chairman
of the common and graded school de
partment. In the college and high school depart
ment A. E. Carney, third vice president
of the association had charge.of a meet
ing at 2 o'clock at the high school as
sembly hail.
In the department of cour.ty superin
tendence. Superintendent of Public In
struction Frank Nelson was chairman of
a meeting at 2 o'clock in the senate
chamber.
A the First Presbyterian church at 2
o'clock Miss Clifford Mitchell presided
over a meeting of the teachers of the
primary department.
One of the interesting meetings today
was the meeting in the superintendent's
grade room at the high school ot the
members of the city superintendents
round table. The meeting of the hign
school principals round table was held
at the same time of the city superin
tendents, in room three of the high
school building, and the history and so
ciology round table meeting was held In
room four.
The first meeting in the musical de
partment was held today at the First
Baptist church at 2 o'clock and Superin
tendent J. M. Pieratt of Howard presid
ed ever the meeting.
The following programme has been
mapped out for tonight and tomorrow:
TONIGHT, 8 O'CLOCK. AT THE HIGH
SCHOOL. AUDITORIUM.
Music Duet, Miss Tipton. Mr. Bowie.
Prayer Dr. J. T. McFarland.
Music "Time of Roses," opera "Sylves
ter" (Reese), Miss Tipton.
Lecture "Praises and Prizes," Dr. A E.
Winship, Boston.
FRIDAT, 9 O'CLOCK A. M., at REP
RESENTATIVE HALL.
Music "Star of My Heart" (Deuza),
Miss Tipton.
9:10 "Traning in Oral and Written Ex
pression" ; 1. "In Primary Grades," Mrs.
Florence Horton. Wichita. 2. "In Gram
mar Grades," H. E. Malloy, Hutchinson.
3. "In High School." Miss Grace M. Eas
ter, Arkansas City.
9:55 General discussion, three-minute
speeches.
10:15 "The Functions of the Institutions
of Society in the Education of the Indi
vidual": 1. "The Home." Mrs. James
Humphrey. Junction City. 2. "The School,"
Superintendent J. E. Dyche, Horton. 3.
"Business Society," Hon. E. R. Burk
holder, Hillsboro. 4. "The Church," the
Rev. D. M. Fisk, D. D., Topeka.
11 :15 General discussion, three-minuto
speeches.
. 11:40 Reports of committees: aV Com
mittee on nominations: (b) committee on
resolutions; (c) committee on awards.
Note General discussions open to all
members of the association. I
PRIMARY DEPARTMENT.
FRIDAY, 2 O'CLOCK P. M.. AT THE!
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
Miss Clifford Mitchell, first vice oresi-
dent. chairman.
2:00 "Language Work in the Lower
Grades, Miss Kate A. Pressler, Fort
Scott.
2 :20 General discussion, three-minute
speeches.
2:40 "Stories From Historv and Liter
ature, and How to Use Them," Miss Anna
Payne. Lincoln school, Topeka.
3:00 General discussion, three-minute
speeches.
3:20 Round table "How to Teach Read
ing in the First Three Grades."
Note General discussions open to all
members of the association.
CITY SUPERINTENDENTS' ROUND
TABLE FRIDAY. 4 O'CLOCK P. M.,
IN THE SUPERINTENDENT'S
GRADE ROOM, HIGH SCHOOL
BUILDING.
5. "Do our Pupils as a Class Suffer
From Overwrought Nerves?" Superintend
ent Mamie E. Dolphin, Leavenworth.
6. "To What Extent Should the StiDer-
intendent Direct the General Studv of the
Teacher, or What Should the Superintend
ent rteqmre (Tom Teachers in Study
Along Information and Culture Lines?"
Superintendent J. W. Cooper, Newton.
i. is ii uiwiui to n,xtena certtneates
of Meritorious Teachers From Year tn
Year Without Formal Examinatonis? Is
It Advisable? To What Extent Should
Examinations Be Adapted to Grade Work
for Which Teacher Seeks Employment?"
Superintendent W. M. Davidson, Topeka.
8. "School Libraries Plan of Support,
Use and Management," Superintendent L.
E. Wolfe. Kansas Citv.
HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPALS' ROUND
TAR LE FRIDAY, 4 O'CLOCK P. M.,
IN ROOM NO. 3, HIGH SCHOOL
BUILDING.
Princpial Miller, Norton, chairman.
Note At the last meeting- it was kiz-reerl
by resolution that no formal programme
pnuuiu ue preparea tor tnia year s xneet
HISTORY AND SOCIOLOGY ROUND
TABLE FRIDAY. 4 O'CLOCK P. M.,
IN ROOM 4, HIGH SCHOOL BUILD
ING. What Shall Be Done With Children In
School Who
(a) Are Mentallv Incapable? Sunerln-
tendent F. AV. Conway, Sterling. '
(b) Are Incorrigible? Superintendent n.
W. Pratt. Augusta.
Discussion.
4:30 "Shall the Free Kindergarten and
the Free Sewing and Cooking School Be
Included in the Regular Work of the
Common School?"
General discussion.
Note Generall discussion rmen nil
members of the association.
MLS1UAL DEPARTMENT FRIDAY, 2
UfUJCK f, JY1., AT THE FIRST BAP
TIST CHURCH.
Superintendent J. M. Pieratt. TTowajrd
Chairman.
Music Selected.
"Method in Music'" Mrs. Cn qIati T?rvrl
Newton. '
The Unmusical Teacher Pnnil" UTr
W. T. Whitlock. Howard.
jmusic .Primary grade, Topeka schools.
"Practical Benefits of Mimin" Pmf
Samuel Thorstenburg, Lindsborg.
Let all who attend be urenared to dls-
cuss the papers presented.
UfrAKl MtKT Ur COUNTY SUPER-
i.m c-Nuii.N 1-FKiDAY, 2 O'CLOCK
P. M., IN THE SENATE CHAMBER.
Frank Nelson, state sunArintAnHnnt
chairman. '
::00 "Defective Methods in TMV,t.
English in Our Rural Schools," Superin
tendent E. D. Smith, Lincoln.
2:20 General discussion. thrpp-mlnnta
speeches.
.1:40 "The Superintendent Among His
Schools." Hon. Frank Nel nnn ntatn su
perintendent.
j:uo General discussion, three-minute
speeches.
3:20 "Are the Stat KaxminoHnn o, mo
tions Such as Teachers With Their Pres
ent Opportunites Mav Properly Be Re
quired to Answer?" Superintendent I. L.
i.;i non, nuicoinaon.
3:40 General discussion, three-minute
speeches.
Note General discussion open to all
members of the association.
COMMON AND GRADED SCHOOL DE
PARTMENT FRIDAY, 2 O'CLOCK P.
M., IN REPRESENTATIVE HALL.
Superintendent John W. Stout. Shawnee
county, second vice president, chairman.
2:20 "The Character and Use of School
Libraries":
(a "The Working of the Traveling Li
braries in Kansas." Mrs. Annie L. Diggs.
(b) "A Reference Library," President E.
B. Smith, Nickerson.
2:40 General discussion, three-minute
speeches.
3:00 "An Hour With Prominent Educa
tors": Chancellor F. H. Snow, State uni
versity, Lawrence; President A. R. Tav
lor. State Normal, Emporia: President B.
Stanley, Friends' universitv, Wichita:
President E. R. Nichols, State Agricul
tural college, Manhattan: President Geo.
M. Herrick. Washburn college, Topeka:
Superintendent Geo. W. AA'inans, city
schools, Hutchinson: ex-Superintendent
AA'm. R. Stryker. editor Voice, Welling
ton: ex-Superintendent H. N. Gaines, ed
itor of the Advocate, Topeka: President
E. M. Phillips. Kansas Wesleyan univers
ity. Salina: President Carl Swensson. Beth
any college. Lindsborg; John McDonald,
editor Western School Journal, Topeka;
President J. D. S. Biggs, Ottawa univers
ity;: Ottawa: President J. C. Miller, Col
lege of Emporia, Emporia.
4:00 Adjournment.
Note General discussions open to all
members of the association.
COLLEGE AND HIGH SCHOOL DE
PARTMENT FRIDAY, 2 O'CLOCK P.
M-. IN THE HIGH SCHOOL ASSEM
BLY HALL.
Superintendent A B. Carney, third vice
president chairman.
2:00 "Why Do Not Our Boys Gradu
ate? Are the Schools to Blame?" Prin
cipal Geo. E. Rose, Kansas City.
2:20 General discussion, three-minute
speeches.
240 "A Year's Work In Bellum Helveti
eum," Rose R, Morgan, Leavenworth.
3:00 General discussion, three-minute
speeches.
3:20 "Influence of the College Upon the
State," Prof. Olin Templin, Lawrence.
3 :40 General . discussion, three-minute
speeches.
4 :00 Adjournment.
Note General discussions open to all
members of the association.
TODAY'S SESSION.
Superintendent Davidson Lectures on
Edgar Allen Poo.
3r. Arnold Tompkins of Chicago who
it was announced would lecture at the
morning meeting of the State Teachers'
association on "The Educative Power of
literature," cancelled his engagement
about a week ago. Arrangements were
immediately made to fill his time with
arr address 'by Dr. A. E. Winship, of
BoFton.editor of the New England Jour
nal -of Education.
Mr. Winship arrived in "the city yester
day and is the guest of Superintend en
W. M. Davidson of the city schools. This
morning Mr. Davidson received a tele
phone message that Mr. Winship had
los7 his voice and that it was feared that
his throat was paralyzed.
Di.Guibor was immediately called ard
refused to allow Mr. Winship to attempt
to speak this evening. It was utterly
Impossible for him to fill the time this
morning for the reason that he could
not speak above a whisper.
Superintendent Davidson was impor
tuned to fill the time at the meeting this
morning.
His paper was w-ell named, "An Hour
with Edgar Allen Poe," as it was not so
much a biography of Poe as it was a
revealment of him through selections
from his works. The introduction was a
short biographical sketch telling of his
birth, his orphanage, his adoption by the
Aliens, his being cast adrift, his experi
ence as a cadet at West Point, his mar
riage, his struggle for existence, his lit
erary labors, and his tragic death.
In discussing the literary side of Poe,
the speaker presented him from the
standpoints of an editorial writer and
critic; a prose writer, and a poet. Poe,
as an editorial writer, did not always
give his true judgments, being subject
to his employer; but as a. critic, in his
own published works, his criticisms wer.
his true views and stand the test of
time.
As a short story prose writer Poe haa
no equal. In his masterpiece, "Legeia,"
he has produced a prose-poem. The
poems of Poe are not many, but evince
the highest poetical genius. His most
fantastic poem is "The Haunted
Palace," the sweetest is "Anabel Lee,"
the most musical is "The Bells," and
the most typical and allegorical "The
Raven." "Lenore" is Poe's lost inno
cence and the raven is his remorse.
The various extracts read were most
aptly selected and thoroughly revealed
Poe in all his versatile genius. In clos
ing the speaker said:
"Critics have said that what Poe
wrote has not been for the 'uplifting of
the world nor the benefit of mankind.'
But if to bring the world Into the pres
ence of the beautiful as revealed to us
by the genius which the great God cre
ates does not tend to uplift the world,
then beauty has neither mission in our
lives nor message unto man."
The committee on resolutions was ap
pointed this morning. It is composed
o Geo. Vf. AVinans, E. E. Smith, R. S.
Russ, K. E. Kimby, Helen M. Eacker,
Miss Towne and C. S. Starr. The com
mittee met this afternoon at 2:30 in the
office of the state superintendent of
public instruction, Frank Nelson, and
adopted resolutions which will be pre
sented for approval at the meeting to
morrow. After the adjournment of the meeting
this, morning the delegates to the con
vention assembled on the south steps
of the state house, where a group, pho
tograph was taken.
Lapier Williams, superintendent of
the Kansas state Institution for the
blind, spoke three minutes of the work
as carried on in that institution.
The committee to arrange plans for
an educational exhibit at the Kansas,
exposition metMn the parlor of the Cope
land hotel at 2 o'clock this afternoon
and made preliminary plans. No defi
nite action was taken.
The election of members to the reading
circle board will take place in the senate
chamber tomorrow at the time of the
meeting of the department of county
superintendents.
President L. H. Murlin, of Baker uni
versity, Prof. E. M. Wood, O. G. Mark
ham, A. E. Leach, Miss Lillian Scott,
and Miss Eliza Tilford representing the
Baker university, assisted by the dele
gates from the various societies of the
school, are holding a reception in the old
supreme court room at the state house
this afternoon between the hours of 4
and 6.
The State Normal reunion will be held
this evening in the senate chamber im
mediately after the meeting in represen
tative hall is over.
The teachers in the city schools are
keeping open house at the Polk school
today and tomorrow between the hours
of S a, m. and 5 p. m. All the visiting
teachers are requested to call at the
school house and witness the work of
teachers and ladies of the city in decor
ating the city schools.
The state executive committee of the
elocutionary association will meet this
evening In Frank Nelson's office at the
state house at 5 o'clock.
The members of the pedogogical round
table met in room ? at the high school
this afternoon at 4 o'clock.
The election of officers will be held at
the general meeting at representative
hall tomorrow forenoon.
The corridors and stairways leading to
and from representative hall were so
crowded this morning that it was al
most impossible for a person to make
their way from one door to another. The
walls of the corridors are lined with the
exhibits of the various supply book and
publishing houses.
How to Cure Croup.
Mr". R. Gray, who lives near Amenia,
Duchess county, N. Y., says: "Chamber
Iain's Cough Remedy is the best medicine
I have ever used. It is a line children's
remedy for croup and never fails to cure."
AA'hen given as soon as the child becomes
hoarse, or even after the croupy cough
has developed, it will prevent the attack.
This should be borne in mind and a bot
tle of the Cough Remedy kept at hand
ready for instant use as soon as these
symptoms appear.- For sale by all drug
gists. Read about the Grand Canon and then
go to the First Christian church, Janu
ary 4, and see the pictures shown by Mr
N. M. Brigham. Books free by applying
to Santa Fe offices.
Wltherby Now, my dear, I shall be
perfectly- candid with you. I am going
down to the club tonight to play poker
and have a high old time.
Mrs. AVitherby That's just like a
man! You might at least have led me
to suppose you were innocent. Brooklyn
Life, - - - -
CHINA OBJECTS.
Begins to Tick Flaws in
Peace Proposition.
the
Pekin, Dec. 27. LI Hung Chang and
Prince Ching, the Chinese peace com
missioners have heard from the emperor,
Kwang Su. Prince Ching called , on the
former for consultation, remaining over
an hour. The court objects strenuously
to reducing the forts, and also to allow
ing permanent legation guards, which,
it seems to think, could be made suffi
ciently large at any time it was de
sired, to menace the court itself.
After the conference It was decided to
hold further communication with the
court before seeing the ministers.
TAKEN TO JAIL
W. C. T. IT. President Must Pay
Penalty For Disturbance.
Wichita, Kas., Dec. 27. A warrant
has been sworn out by Mahan Bros.,
owners of the saloon fixtures, charging
Mrs. Nation, who smashed the painting
in the Carey hotel bar, with malicious
destruction of property. She has been
taken to the county jail.
CASE OF BRETH.
It Occupies Large Fart of the Session
of Hazing Investigation.
West Point, N. Y., Dec. 27. Henry
Booz, of Bristol, Pa., who is now living
in or near Buffalo, will arrive here to
day to testify before the military court
of inquiry regarding the alleged brutal
treatment received by his brother Oscar,
lately deceased, while a fourth class
cadet at the West Point military acad
emy two years ago. It is understood
that a former cadet who lives In Illi
nois will .be here today or tomorrow to
give his version of the hazing prac
ticed at the post during the summer tif
1897-'98. Another witness who notified
the court of his coming is C ngressman
F. O. Phillips, of Cleveland, O. ' He has
a son here in the present second class
who was a classmate of Booz, but the
impression is that the Ohioan will
simply deny that he ever came to the
academy to protect his son from being
hazed.
AVhen the court assembled Cadet Wil
lis G. Peace, of North Carolina, of the
first class, was the first witness. He
said he knew former Cadet Breth, and
saw him hazed. The witness after be
ing frequently asked to describe the
forms of hazing to which Breth was
subjected, replied:
"I can not exactly describe them in
detail, but I think there were the usual
forms, such as holding out Indian clubs
until it became tiresome, doing 'wooden
AVillie' and other things which, were in
vogue at that time, Breth was a very
awkward man, and did not seem to be
able to do anything right. He was sub
ject to nervousness,and was easily rat
tled." Continuing the witness said:
"I got a letter from Breth about six
months after he left here. In it he tried
to explain his difficulty in doing thing3
right while at the post here, and said
that he had been suffering from sickness
all the time he was in camp. He had
hoped to get better in barracks, but did
not."
"What was the nature of his sick
ness?" inquired General Clous.
"I don't remember, sir."
"Have you got the letter?"
"No, sir; I looked for it, but must
have destroyed it long since."
The witness in reply to General Clous
said that he knew of about eight fights
having occurred during the first two
years he was in the academy, and about
nine during the next, two years.
"Is there any hatred or feeling in ex
istence between first class men and
fourth class men?" asked General
"I don't believe there is any feeling on
the part of the first class men against
the fourth class men, but there may be
on the part of the fourth class men
against the upper class," replied Cadet
Peace. "This may be accounted for by
the treatment of the lower class men,
but this feeling passes away when the
cadets are advanced to the third class."
Peace went on to say that he did not
see brutal exercising.
"Then you don't think that being re
quired to exert' yourself physically
against your will almost to the point
of exhaustion brutal?" exclaimed Gen
eral Bates.
"I was exercised myself, sir, and I
did not think it was brutal. It was un
comfortable, but I never knew it to re
sult in permanent injury."
The witness said there were some men
who used to haze more than others, and
that some of them seemed to be with
out the faculty of judging when a man
had enough.
After being closely questioned as to
what he would consider brutality in haz
ing, the witness replied: "I should say
that if a cadet were hazed to such a de
gree that he would be injured or had to
be helped by his fellows, the hazmg
would be brutal."
This answer was given alter lien, tsaies
had intimated to the witness that in case
a cadet died from the effects of sucn
hazmg the law would hold all of those
who took part in it responsible for tne
man's death.
Cadet Allen C.Kaye, of Minnesota,
who came next, said he had seen Cade'
Breth the night before he left the acad
emy. Breth seemed yery much cast
down at being found deficient and the
witness sympathized with him. Bre'h
did not complain of illness or did he say
anything of his treatment by the cadets,
while here.
In reply to Gen. Brooke, the witness
said he had never hazed a man to the
limit of his endurance, he never saw a
man faint or become exhausted from
hazing and had not heard of such a case.
"Do you think it is for the physical
benefit of a cadet to "have him 'eagled'
75 times?" inquired Gen. Clous.
"Yes, sir, I shouldsay it is. I did it
myself and it benefited me," was the
ready reply. . : "
Cadet John A Pearson of Tennessee,
when asked If he ever hazed Cadet Booz
answered in the negative. In describing
several-forms of exercising he said:
"Choo-chooing is the most exhausting.
The man is -required to get down and
use his hands and legs as rapidly as pos
sible in propelling himself over the
ground."
The next witness was R. C. Booz, civil
engineer of Buffalo, N. Y.. a brother of
the iate Cadet Oscar L. Booz. The wit
ness had not seen his brother during the
time he was in the AVest Point academy
in 1S98. Mr. Booz continued:
"I received a letter from him shortly
after he went to the academy. In it he
said he felt strange at the place as it
was his first experience away From
home. In the second letter which I got,
about the beginning of August, he told
me he would be called out to fight in
about a week. He complained of havin
to take tobasco sauce and suuffered from
a sore throat in consequence. He claim
ed it was forced down his throat and he
had to-swallow-it or choke.
"Have you got those letters?" asked
Gen. Clous. -
"I have not; I' destroyed al lthe letters
I got from him while here.
"In other letters, I got from him," the
witness added, " he complained of being
hazed and said that he was being treat
ed more severely than others. Later in
the year about October ,1 think he
wrote to me and suggested that my
father allow him to send in his resigna
tion. Oscar was not fresh and was not
the kind of a boy that would be hazed '
"Did he ever mention any names of
the men who hazed him?" Gen. Clous
asked.
"No, he did not."
Continuing the witness said he ob
jeeted to Oscar's leaving the academy.
"I saw him after he left but did not
speak to him of his treatment."
Mr. Booz then said he wished to vin
dicate his brother's character in face
of published reports of what has been
said by Lieutenant Coe as to his dull
ness and deficiency in studies. He said
Oscar had completed his preliminary
studies in such a manner to prove that
ne was not dull, statements had been
made as to his brother's untruthfulness
and cowardice.
"He was neither," said the witness
sternly.
In reply to Superintendent Mills the
witness said he had two brothers and
one sister dead. He did not know of
Oscar's suffering from any other dis
ease than tuberculosis, of which he died
Witness said that in 1&99 Oscar had told
him that tobasco sauce had been forced
down his throat.
"Do you mean that physical force was
used .' asked General Bates.
"Yes, sir."
"Did you see your brother within six
months after his leaving the academy?
"I saw him m October and December. He
then complained of a sore throat and
dizziness. He was being treated by a
pnysician in Bristol, Pa. .
"AVhy did you not or some member
of your family notify the war depart
ment or the military academy when it
became apparent that your brother was
dying from aileged cruelties?" asked
Colonel Mills.
"I suppose we did not feel like doing
so," replied Mr. Booz. "We were all
very much overcome at the thought of
Oscar s approaching death.
"I thought your brother died a linger
ing death," said Colonel Mills.
"I do not know that we realized that
the end was so near a fortnight be
fore."
This finished the examination of Booz
and the court took a recess.
Quick Wits of the Stage.
fFrom the Cleveland Plainaealer.1
Will Ellsler. "Uncle John" Ellsler's
youngest son and one of the brightest of
the present generation of theatrical men,
stopped over here a few days ago on his
way to New york. where nis attraction
Broadhurst's "The House That Jack
Built." onens for an all-winter run.
Naturally, he drifted around to the
newspaper oinces, ana just as naturally
his ta.ik was ot actors ana things tneatn
cal. There are no other men who are as
wrapped tip in their work as theatrical
men who live in it pleasurably every hour
ot tne day.
Someone spoke of the terrible fiasco a
recent melodrama had made in New York,
and quoted Jim Ford's stinging epigram
in tne Evening Journal that the Broad
way Theater was the most fitting place
for the production of that play "because
it had thirty-four exits."
"That reminds me," said Ellsler, "of the
remarK ot Ned Thorne down at Long
Branch one day some years ago. Thorn
was running a, summer company in a
theater that had been made "over from a
skating rink. His business had been bad
all along, but this nie-ht in question it was
positively nerce. While the play was on
an alarm of fire was sounded, and in a
few minutes the engines dashed by the
theater and then stopped. Naturally there
was much confusion, and some of the few
people even started up in their seats as
if to run. Thorn was not 'on in that
scene, but he ran out from the wings
and addressed the scanty audience. 'There
is no danger,' he shouted. 'The fire isn't
here, and if it was there is a window for
each one of ypu.
Theatrical men and writers never fore
gather but what Barrymore crops out in
the conversation. He is as insistent as
was Charles I in Mr. Dick's essavs.
"Barry" has the keenest toneue in the
profession, and it spares no one. Ellsler
told his latest mot. ATincent Serrano came
Into the Players' club in Grammercy
park, where "Barry" was lounging in the
smoking room.
"Seen Sothern's 'Hamlet,' Barry?" said
he.
"No," replied 'Barry.' "I don't believe
in encouraging vice."
LOCAL, MENTION.
There is a case of scarlet fever at 317
Fillmore street.
Mayor Drew is unable to be at his
office on account of sickness.
Cold, raw weather has brought on a
well-defined grip epidemic in the city
The street force is working on the
parkings on Avillow street and at the in
tersection of Fillmore and Eighth.
There was a fire call from the Veale
block yesterday evening at 7:15. The
fire was on the third floor in the rooms
occupied by W. H. Withers. The fire
was caused by the explosion of a lamp.
The damage amounted to about ?2o.
Dispatcher Anderson, of the Rock Is
land telegraph office is on the sick list.
Oscar b lckie, day messenger at this
office, has been promoted to be yard
celrk at El Reno and J. Ferguson, third
floor janitor, succeeds him.
Three more former Santa Fe operators
went west on the Rock Island train this
morning to report for work respectively
at Feabody, Liberal and Herington. The
trio consisted of Messrs. Davis, Murray
and Edwards.
The paving of Tyler street between
Fourth and Fifth streets was completed
today and the work of paving the last
blocic on Fillmore was resumed. Three
more days of good weather will allow
all the contracts to be completed.
Jules Kusell.the actor-singer, who cre
ated favorable comment when here with
Falk-Veronee Stock company, was spe
cially engaged to strengthen the cast of
"Broken Hearts" for the Topeka en
gagement. He returns to Kansas City
having perfected arrangements to place
a stock company in the Academy of
Music in that city at popular prices.
Police Chief Shot.
Barre, Vt,- Dec. 27. After quelling a
disturbance that had arisen at a meet
ing held by Italian anarchists today.
Chief of Police Brown was shot as he
was leaving the hail and probably mor
tally wounded. Otto Bernaccio and
Luigl Sassi have been arrested and
identified by the chief as being connect
ed with the attempted assassination.
To California, the American Summer
land. "Te Overland Limited" via Union
Pacific makes 15 hours quicker time be
tween IkJissouri river and San Francisco
than any other line.
Finely equipped with Double Draw
ing Room Palace Sleepers, Buffet
Smoking and Library Cars with Barber
Shop and Pleasant Reading Rooms,
Dining Cars, Meals a la carte, Pintsch
Light, Steam Heat.
Of this train Admiral Beresford says:
"Why, I never saw anything like it;
and then, too, this dining car system
it is grand. The appointments of the
Union Pacific trains are a constant
'source of surprise to me."
J. C. FULTON, Depot Agent.
Everybody reads the State Journal.
MYSTERY SURROUNDS CASE
H. C. Payne Found With . Head
If early Severed.
St. Louis, Mo., Dec. 27. Mystery sur
rounds the death of H. C. Payne, pro
prietor of a small hardware store in this
city, and for twelve years principal of
the public school at Old Orchard, whose
body was found today near the Missouri
Pacifie railroad tracks at AVebster
Groves, a suburb, with the head nearly
severed. There were no bruises on the
body, showing that death was caused
by the clean cut that left the head
hanging by a thread of skin.
Whether the cut was made by the
wheels of a train or by a knife in the
hands of an assailant has not been de
termined. The clean, even gash sug
gests a knife. Payne's valuables were
not touched, his watch and money being
found in his pockets.
Incandescent Light Bulbs.
The plea which Professor A. J. Row
land makes for a tipless lamp is admis
sible. There is no real necessity for a
Jip or nipple upon the bulb. It Is not
an ornament; it is an obstruction to
light, and is usually in the path of the
most important and useful beams of the
lamp. The paper is well worthy of
consideration, if only in calling atten
tion to the importance of getting rid of
tips. Moreover, with no tips to the
lamps there would also be no ratings
based solely on tip measurements.wheth
er the lamps are tipped or tipleas.
Electrical World and Engineer.
Boy Grandpa, I wish you'd buy me
a pony.
Grandpa (a philanthropist) My son,
think of the poor boys who can't even
get bread to eat.'
Boy I was thinking of them the poor
little boys whose papas have ponie to
sell that nobody will buy. Gaiety.
TODAY'S MARKET REPORT.
Chicago, Dec. 27. WHEAT Wheat was
a dull market the first hour and a half
today. May opened c lower at 720 to
72c on lower cables, but reacted on mod
erate northwest receipts to 72c. A re
action to 724ac followed and the mar
ket steadied, ruling dull, as traders were
inclined to play even pending the issu
ance of the government report this after
noon. Local receipts were ISO earn, one
of contract. Minneapolis and Duluth re
ported 2a3 cars, against 324 cars last week
and 279 cars a year ago.
A decrease of 130.000 bushels In the
world's visible helped prices later. Offer
ings were light and wK"n shorts attempt
ed to do a little covering May rallied to
72Sc and closed firm, a shade lower at
72c.
CORN Corn was quiet, but firm, helped
by the receipts, 770 cars, which were 70
cars under the estimate. May opened a
shade higher at 35c to 35c and sold to
30c. There was scarcely any business
done in January and December.
Mav closed firm, V.c higher at 36Vjc.
OATS Oats remained at a standstill.
May opening a shade lower at 2:i14&s(c
and holding there. Receipts were 336
cars.
PROA'ISIONS Provisions opened easy
on liberal hog receipts and lower prices
at the yards, but steadied on buying by
Iocal operators and some outside pur
chases. January pork opened 7c le wer
at 12.05. touched $12.10 and then reacted
to $12.(16: January lard opened 2Vic down
at $0.75, touched $1.77'4 and later eased to
$ii.fc:H!'a6.75: January ribs started out a
shade " depressed at $0.206.22, holding
steady.
FLAX-Cash northwestern, $1.59: No. 1.
to arrive. $1.53: December, $1.56; January,
$1.53: May, $1.56.
RYE December, 47c; January, 47c; May,
49c.
BARLEY Cash, 3S&60C.
TIMOTHY December, $4.60; January,
$4.60.
Chicago Live Stock Market
Chicago. Dec. 27. CATTLE Receipt,
11.000; generally weak at yesterday's de
cline. Good to prime steers, 5.25ifi6.i';
poor to medium. $3.754i 5.20: stackers and
feeders. $2.5034.35; cows, S2.50fi4.2S: heif
ers. $2.fiA04.7O: canners. $1.75$i2-45: bulls,
$2.50&4.25f calves, $4.00(35.50: Texas fed
steers, $4.0O4.85: Texas grass steers $3.30
(&4.00: Texas bulls, $2.4053.25.
HOGS Receipts today, 30.00: estimated
for tomorrow. 28,000: left over. 4.077; most
ly 10c lower: top, $5.00. Mixed and butch
ers. $4.65fi4.97I: good to choice heavy, $1.75
?5.00: rough heavy. $4.S'?i4.70: light, $4.80
(&4.97H: bulk of sales, $4.8(a4.95.
SHEEP Receipts, 14.000; sheep and
Iambs about steady. Good to choice weth
ers. S3.85'i4.65: fair to choice mixed, $3.4mi
3 90: western sheep. $3 854(4. 65: Texas sheep,
$2.50Q3.7r: native lambs, $4.2S'g5.75; western
Iambs, l.uorub.bo.
Yesterday's official: Receipts cattle, 24,
545; hogs. 2S.985: sheep. 548. Shipments:
Cattle, 3,730; hogs, 4,147; sheep, 1,453.
Kansas City Live Stock.
Kansas City, Mo., Dec. 27. CATTLE--Receipts.
4i0: market steady. Native
steers, $3.9tK&5.40: Texas steers, $3.25 ' 4.9";
Texas cows. $1. 803.10; native cows and
bpifers. 1.25'ff 4.5o: stockers and feeders.
$2.754i4.40; bulls. $2.25(a4.00: calves, receipts.
300: market steady. t.zomo...
HOGS Receipts, 11.000; market weak to
2Hc lower. Bulk of sales, $i.fi4.'.H.;
heavv and packers. $4. Xl1., 4.95: mixed.
$4.82y24.90; light. I4.80&4.95; yorkers,$4.87Vi
4.95 : - pigs, $4.004? 4.801
escifjiijjr rteeeipis, .vw; nitti ivfi pnoug.
Lambs, $4.0OJi5.35; muttons, $3.0034,09.
Kansas City Produce Market
Ifunsjj Citv. Mo.. Dec. 27. Close:
WHEAT May." 65ac: cash. No. 2 hard,
64M,!5iU5V"C: No. 3, 62V2-'sJ04i-ic; No. 2 red, title;
Wo. 3. tKi'aiiSC. ....
CORN May, 34c; casn. iso. z mixea,
Z2i3"c: No. 2 white. 34o; No. 3, 33-.c,
OATS No. 2 white, Z4C.
RYE No. 2. 46c.
HAA" Choice timothy, $10.50gll; choice
prairie. H:rj y.D'J.
liLTlT, Lreamery, iodtiv;; uiwijr.
fancy. 10c.
ELKiS resn, kc.
Receipts wheat, 81 cars. !
Market Gossin.
Furnished by J. C. Goings Commission
Company, members Chicago Board ot
Trade, Topeka.
CYiiratrn- Ths o-nvemment report this
afternoon will show the yield of all grains
AVheat traders hart tips tnat it wouiu
show from 5(10.000.000 to 560.OtKI.000 bushels.
The last preliminary estimate on the gov
ernment figures indicated a wheat crop of
4SSOHOO00 bushels; corn, 2,000.000.000; oats,
810.000.0fi0.
Chicago receipts: Wheat iso cars, Krauo
1 car; corn 770 cars, grade 1 car; oats 3ot
cars, grade 11 cars.
Chicago: j-teceipts nogs, ou.vw, blv,,,
i.ifSSc hieher: receipts cattle, 11,000,
steady: sheep, 14,000.
Chicago: The weather map this morning
d,r,n-D mnrtpralp t emnern t nres generally:
southwest generally cloudy: light rains i.i
Missouri; west ana nortnwesi couuj ,
moderate winter temperature.
Kansas City receipts: iogs, jo.ow; cat
tle. 3.000. ,
Omaha receipts: Hogs, ,snw; came. z.ww.
finutm- n! i varies on December con
tracts vesterdav afternoon only 6.000 bush
els wheat and 1,750 tierces lard.
St. Louis Receipts: vv neat newu Dusn-
ois. last vear 6.U00 bushels: corn u.'i,!'o
bushels, last year 36. 7n) bushels; oats 3a,
600 bushels, last year 40,000 bushels.
Kansas City receipts: v neat i cars,
last year 21 cars; corn 56 cars, last year
33 cars: oats none, last year 5 cars.
Chicago: The government report,. which
,;ll he liiAfl this mornine. will be await
ed with interest, inasmuch as it will have
considerable weight in foreign trade. The
predictions thus tar maue are on num m
a bearish report, estimates being from
505 to 550 million bushels, against 40 mil
lion previously given, isortnwest rnmiin
win snow some lauuig on.
lish on wheat and It would take but
nia B,Q,t o h,ill market. lo not ex
pect much liquidation in January kind, as
those contracts have been pretty gener
allv changed into May.
Minneapolis: tecepits wneai turs;
last year, 241 cars.
Duluth: receipts wneat, ia uiiis, last
year. 38 cars.
Pans close very wean, -m-4u. i-.s cen
times, flour l(Ku20 centimes lower.
St. Louis close: wneai: uecemher,
i4c: January, 70I-ic: May, 72Mc. Corn:
December, 34c; January, 34c; At"v .
35'u He.
Liverpool closing cable: AYhnt
lower, corn uncliMnwed w ' ,d tiwr.
VI
ChicaKo: Rf'etpis of ,.,, r wFterr
polnt t'.rtay, 82,uou; lait w-k, ;-...'.; lat
year, 64,5H.
Primary receipts; wheat 727.000 hu-rte!,
last year 450.0M0 buheN: shipment I'VlMi-M
bushels, last yt-ar 125.wn buwrifin: corn, re
ceipts 1, 1(6,110 bushels, last xpht 7K2.)
bushels; shipments i!12,Oio bushels, lnft
year 236.0O0 bushela
Total clearance whe.it and flour, 11W9
bushels; corn, 7s2.0ou bushels.
Today's Topeka Markets
Furnished by J. C. On!r.r Commission
Company, member Chitso Aoard ut
Trade. Topeka.
Topeka, Dec. 27.
CATTLE.
COWS $2 r-0i3.25.
li E 1 F E KS -$3. i 1 3 . m
C A LA' Ea
H E A VT-$3.0nt, 3, 5K
LIGHT (Ui,dv "0 !r) $4.0 $4 GO.
HOGS.
I,lGHT-$4.5(V(i4.70.
MEDIUM AND HKAA'Y 4.5OS4.70.
GRAIN.
NO. 2 AVH RAT (;-'.,.
NO. 2 CORN 2J-V"-"c.
NO. 2 AVHITH CORN H2 30a.
NO. 2 OATS 24c.
HAY $7.&v'tf8.(.
PRODUCE).
EGGS 21c.
BUTTER ISc
Topeka Hide Market.
Topeka, Dec. 27.
Eased on Chicago and Boston quota
tions. The following are net price pulj
in Topeka ihls week:
ORRKN SALT M ' RFD 7' J c
GREEN SALT, HALF CflU.D 6'svC.
NO. 1 TALLOW 4e.
New York Money Market.
New York, Dec. 27. MONKY Money on
call steady at fcaft per cent; prim mer
cantile paper, 4-, li;",', per cent; uterlir.g ex
change firm, with hcMihI business In
bankers' hills at S4.DI'i4.kS for demmid
and at 411iti4.H114 for sixty days; p ! . !
rates. $4.h2 and $1 i.:vu t; commercial
bills, $4.Si4!fi-V
SILVER Silver certificates W'sIiCki; bnr
silver, file; Mexican dollars, &nr.
BONDS Government l"nds strong: t-e.
funding 2s, registered. Vt,: rrxitwn. '!(,:
3s. registered. 1H; coupon. lVs-v; rsew 4.
registered. 138,i: coupon, l.fsH: old 4. rie
istered, 115i; coupon, llfV; 6s, rt sinter J,
114; coupon, 114.
Sugar Market.
New York, Dec. 27. SCO AR Raw
steady: fair refining. Vv; centrlftigsiJ WI
test, 4-Vc; molasses miK-r. 3S,e: refined
quiet; crushed, $G; powdered, $i.J0; gttutu
lated, $.-.! i.
COFFEE Dull. No. 7 Rio, 6c i
Cotton Market.
New York. Deo. 27. COTTON- fpof ,
dull: middling uplands, 0 &-16c; middling
Gulf. 10 S-ltic: sales, none.
Galveston, Dec. 27. COTTON Eajiy, 9
7-lfic.
New York, Dec. 27. BUTTER- Firm;
creamery, 17(250; June creamery, ligic;
factory, UVulfju.
Rang-e of Prices.
Furnished by J. C. Golnjrs Commllon
Company, members Chicago Board of
Trade, Topeka,
Chicago, Dec. 27.
Article. Open High low Close Yel,
IVHKAl-
Dee-. ... C9'4 6-'!0 f.'"-70 (?'Ti
Jan. ... BH'fc-71) 70-70'j, r, 7" ;
Feb. ... 7it 7eS,- 7(B 7'-?
May ... 72;4-T 72',i 7Z 72-VTi
CORN
Dec. ... 37 37 8V4 S' Z:
Jan. ... 3U!4 'M'i 3tt' Wi's-U :'.r--3S
Fb 3'i
M.iy ... 35- 3(i 3& aM
OATS
Dec. ... 21 21Vi 21 ts, 21 21-'i
Jan. ... 21l,' 2l 2lim 21 -i 2P
Feb 22
May ... 2314-94 23 23Vi !'
FORK
Dec 11 (x 11 15
Jan. ...12 05 32 10 12 tjfi 12 pi 12 12
May ...12 10 12 15 12 10 12 15 12 1a
Lard
Dec. ... 6 92 6 92 6 87 6 7 6 7
Jan. ... 6 75 6 77 6 72 6 75 6 77
Mav ... S7 6 HO 6 S7 6 W 6 W
RI BS
Dec 6 25 6 25
Jan. ... 6 20-22 6 25 6 20 6 25 6 22-25
May ... 6 32 6 35 6 32 6 35 t 32-4a
Minneapolis and New York Range
Furnished by J. C. Duncan, commis
sion, grain, provisions and storks. Orriee
1"! East Fifth street. 'Phone 13. Charde,
Knepp & Co., correspondents, Kmuiiie
City, Mo.
MINNEAPOLIS.
Article. Open High Low Close Yes.
AVHEAT
Dec
May
71
73
71 4
73'-,
71 H
72.
73-i
new york:.
Open Ilish Low Close T
Article.
CORN
May ...
1 42" 41
42
41
Range of Prices on Stocks.
Furnished by J. C. Duncan, commis
sion, grain, provisions and storks. Offlr
ln9 East Fifth street. 'Phone 123. Charde,
Knepp & Co., corerspondents, Kansas
City, Mo.
New York, Dec. 27.
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Federal Steel...
Fed. Steel pfd..
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Leather
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C. R. 1. & P...
C. M. & St. P.
Atchison pfd...
Atchison com..
Manha 1 tan
Con. Tobacco..
AVestern Union
Mo. Pacific ...
abash
N. Y. Central..
C. & O
C. C. C
U. P. com ....
U. P. Pfd
Rubber
So. Pacific ....
Reading
T. C. . I
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No. Pac. pfd..
Pacific Mail ...
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M. K. & T. ..
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J. C Goings Commission Co.
Members Chieano Board of Tra lc.
Buyers and Shippers ot Drain.
Milling wheat a specialty. Consignments
solicited.
112 East Fifth Street. - Topeka, Kansas
We respectfully solicit your patronage
and offer careful and honest execution of
orders.
Please note: We are represented In
Kansas City by The F. P. Smith Commis
sion Co.. memoers of the Kansas citv
Board of Trade, and are making a spe
cialty of executing orders in that market.
J.C. DUNCAN", Commission
GH AIT, and STOCKS
Long Dlst. 'Phone 123 109 E. Fifth St.
Private AVire, Quick Service.
Tour patronage respectfully solicited.
Special attention to Bankers and Capi
talists, Correspondents Ch:irde, Knepp Co.,
Kansas City. Mo. Charde and Knwpp are
both members of Kansas Cily Board of
Trade.
Orders executed promptly and accur
ately on that market.
N. B. AVe, as correspondents of Mr.
Duncan, guarantee the proper appropria
tion of all money deposited with film f. r
marginal purposes. We keep separate He
count with each customer, so (-lie custo
mer's money is not used to marriti n
""" CHARDE, KN Li'P t CO.