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Jf, ft ifr f J m Jjfci if Jf ft mi t ifl PART 2. $ Ediloriil Section. f i 1 Editorial Section, i Pacs 9 to 15. J i i . ) i i.l ; J ' . a I I I TttTj SATURDAY EVENING, TOPEKA, KANSAS. MARCH 16, 1901. SATURDAY EVENING. Li TOPEKA SOCIETY. Literary Clubs Furnish Only Relaxation. the City Federation Meeting Be on April -t. Will FAYOR 3iKS. THOMPSON "Will Undoubtedly Be Reelected as President. Notes of a Social and Fersonal Nature. If it were rrnt for the literary clubs To iety would be at a decided standstill, but they manage to keep up a slieht ripple of interest. The two ab- NEWS OF THE WEEK. LOCAL SUMMARY. Col. J. W. ST. Hughes received nomina tion a.t the primaries Saturday as the Republican candidate for mayor of To peka. Majority. 779. Mrs. Carrie Nation furnished S2.000 bond to keep the peace, and was re leased from the county jail Monday. Joseph Rickards died from wounds intiieted by himself with a dagger. Officer M. C. Cajpcnter was bound over in the city court on a charge of embezzlement. Aibert Parker was nominated by the democrats in convention aa candidate for mayor of Topeka, Grain Dealers" association of Kansas held a meeting behind closed doors. It was officially announced that the Topeka Daily Capital is again held by the Rank f Topeka, F. O. Popenoe sav ing lost control. Mrs. Lulu Figs' was granted a divorce from her husband, Aaron T. Pigg. and was allowed $l,ooo alimony and the cus tody of her child. Jas. A. Troutman lost his case in con nection with the De Boissiere Odd Fel lows' home in the supreme court. Mrs. Carrie Nation and her Home De fenders fail to aer-ee on a candidate for mayor. Mrs. Nation branded her fol- sorbing topics in clubdom now are tne i lowers as euwaros. . i . . r ho it; nnrt ointc ' Capt. J. G. Waters issued a call for a annual meetings of the city and state p convenUnn tf) nomlnate a can. federations 'which are soon to be held - for mavor cf To,)eka that of the city federation, will be April Tne fOI-ty-sixth annual conference of 4. and the state meeting wilL.be held in I the Kansas Methodist chure.i was held May in Leavenworth, and 'ne greatest : at the First Methodist Kpiscopal church. lnI.rp,t .ntr around the presidential i miama entered upon ms amies election at both metttngs. Mrs. Y. A. of the best known club state, is being endorsed Dy Swift & Holiiday drug store. Johnston, e: women in th many clubs at home and ab-oad for the srate presidency, and as yet Mrs. A. H. Thrnpsn is the only candidate for prosijent of the city federation. The social anairs during the past week have been very small and informal (ac cording to the Lenten ideal and few of them .have reached the re.vspapers. Junior Ailantean Meet The Junior Atlanteans rmt last Tues day afternoon at the home of Miss Marie Norton and elected the folio-wing; officer for the ensuing year; President. Miss May Short; vice p resident. Mrs. Charles MeCiinox-k: s-cretary.M:ss Helen Curty; treasurer. Mrs. Lyman; programme committee. Miss Lescher, Mrs. Green, Mrs. Cooper. Miss Norton and Miss Wa ters; delegates to the city federation, Miss MrFarland and Mrs. F.ugene Stotts. The club endorsed Mrs. W. A. Johnston for the state presidency and Mrs. A. H. Thompson for the president of the city federation. Mrs. .A. H. Thompson was the guest cf the club and after the lesson delisht ful music was furnished by Miss Smith and Miss Waters. Dainty refreshments were Served at the eiose tu" the after noon. The club will meet n-xt Tuesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Lee Forbes. Portia Club. At th regular meeting of the Portia club which was li-H Thuis.iay afternoon at the home of Mrs. W. M. Davidson the following otrieers were elected; Mrs. C. D. Siartznian, president; Mrs. James Allison, vice president: Mrs. D. C. Tiliot son. secretary: delegates to the city fed eration. Mrs. Start zman ami Mrs. Eli Poster. Plans were made for the an nual banquet which is to be held Wed resday evening. April 3, at the home of tile president. Mrs. C. F. Worley. Shakespeare Club. The Ladies' Shakespeare club held its regular meeting last Tuesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Kdvvard Herbst. The annual election of ottice-s took place with the following result: President, Mrs. A. W. Parks; vice president. Mrs. A. Zahner; critic. Mrs. D. C. Neilis; secretary and treasurer. Mrs. A. W. Iacey. Mrs. II. W. Roby and Mrs. D. J. Small w ere appointed rieit states to the c ity federation with Mrs. Mr'.riiaret Wis Kin and Mrs. A. Smith as alternates. The next meetir pr will be held March i6, at tlie home of Mrs. Herbst. Stedman Club. The regular meetinsr of the Stedman club will be held Monday evening- at the home cf Dr. Mary K. Stewart, at 6;'.4 Harrison street. The programme will be as follows: Paper N. P. Garretson Poem L H. Cranuell Foem Mrs. Harfireaves Review by several of the members. Responses to roil call will be original couple ta T. S. as commissioner of elections XH-ka. for To- K. T. and B. F. Sim purchased the -4. 4 4 4 HURTS' 'M. MA . TT f! TT' n 3 ru ( ( f ; - - 1 1 i Rr jK r""" f" mmtrm J j f-1 1 j I I J j V j I j ; '""1 '"""l 5 01 Jackson- Streei (o .In I ij , pj pi Topeka, Kansas, 4 Seymour Hoff, an employe of the Wolff Faekinpr company, was severely injured by the breaking of a truck rail whiih allowed three hogs to fall upon his htrao. 1 1... l. tllTA T. . .1 Masraw and the confirmation of 'Chief t Sranl were ip-.in nitsfr.onorl liv Ihp ritv ! council. Mrs. Nation received $5(1 from the sa loonkeepers of Peoria as the balance of money due ner for editing tne Peoria Journal. We Kansas, We A Tea Party. Mrs. E. T. Sim ent-rtainefl a few of her frit nis at a delightfully informal "little tea party Thursday afternoon at 5 o'clock at her home on Harrison ptret-t. The RUist cf honor was Mrs. Will Ripley of Chicago. The guests were seated at one long taoie. which M as decked w ith cut flowers. The fruests were: Mrs. Will Ripley, Mrs IX H. Forbes. Mrs. Anna Ripley, Mrs. 11. Yountr. Mrs. Frank Prescott. Mrs. P. I. Ronebrake. Miss Lillie Ripley. Miss pelle Ward. Mrs, -oodson, and Mrs. llary L. Hunker. Notes and Personal Mention. The Ceramic Art club will meet Tues day afternoon at 2:S. sharp at the home of Mrs. C. o. Knowl-s. Mrs. A. H. Thompson, president of the City Feder ation, will the suest cf the club on that day. Papers will be read bv Mis. R. N. Raiding a-id Miss Marie Witwer. Mrs. Homer Harding, of Colorado, is In the city visiting her sister, Mrs. Charles Kitcht;!L Mist ill Whittrir will entertain in formally this evening. The Vespuccian ciub is to hold its resuiar meetire Thurs lav afternoon at ! the home cf Mrs. B. T. Welch, at 3i9 i Harrison street. All members are re- I quested to be present, as the annual elec- j tio:i of orticers is to take place. ! !ec T t . ... l. . l. .. -. ' i... . Liouoi'iii ii;t r.'iurneu to her home in Lawrence after a few davs' visit in Topeka with Mrs. C. B. Sam son. The reauiar meeting of the W. T. K. club wiil be held at the home of Mrs. W. D. I-aeey. at North Jackson street. Tuesday, March la, at the usual hour. Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Samson visited In Kansas City several days this week. Mrs. Frank Lewis is spending the day In Lawrence. There wiil be a Ralston social Mondav e-venina; at the home of Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Kimball, at 1016 Polk strft. compli mentary to the president of the ciub. Mrs. J. C. Turr-ey. who leaves soon for Chicago. It is desired that all members lie prtsent. Miss Lillian Foster will sine a solo at Unity church Sunday mornimr. Continued on pa.ee 5. TELEGRAPHIC SITIMAPX Nine ptr.-ons killed and nTiy are in jured by holier expiosiou in steam laun dry in Chicago. The formal rejection of the amended Hay-Paunocfote treaty has been received in Washington. Cadet Hensel resigns from West Point on aeeouni of injuries received while be inp: hazed. Francisco armits existence of bu bonic plague amopg the Chinese in China town. Willis Point. Tex., is visited by a de structive cyclone and. a number of persons are kilied. Sixteen deaths In Arkansas are the re sult of a wind storm that passed over the st n te. 7'hree women destroy a bar and mirror in a saloon in Armourdale. Tlie Evans bill, restricting" prosecution of polygramist s. which passes both bramhes of ilah legislature, is vetoed by Governor AVeils. The boilers of an encine on the Lehigh rond exploues. killintr three men. The neirro murderer f Mrs. Younger is burned to death at Corsicana," Tex., be fore ;."i people. Pendinir final negotiations for peace in South Africa an armistice has been g-ramed. General Botha and Kitchener coi.ferring and an agreement will be re.-iehpfl. Ex-Fresider.t Benjamin Harrison dies at his home in Indianapolis of pneumonia alter an illness of a. week. The funeral will take place tomorrow. More punishment of Chinese officials is demanded by the foreign ministers, who present a list of ninety-six. of whom they tlcsire six executed, the others to be pun ished as the Chinese see tit. The town of Cloverport. Ky.. is wiped out by fire from the bursting of a g"as pipe. Not ialf a dozen houses are saved and 5.0--O people are homeless. Andrew Garnecie creates an endowment fund of Sn.o.e- fe,r superannuated and disabled employes of his company. The phenomenon of "bioooy rain" oc curred in Italy, due to dust from the African desert blown across the Mediter ranean. Mrs. Richardson of Savannah, Mo., is indicted for the murder of her husband. Frank Richardson, who was shot and killed as he was entering his home last Christmas eve. DIAZ SEIilOt SL4T ILL. Probable Change in Executives Cre ates Alarm on Mexican Border. El Paso, Tex., March 16. The contin ued unfavorable reports regarding- the illness of President Diaz is causing great excitement here. Diaz stiil remains out of the capital, and this fact alone would seem to signify that the old president's health is in a precarious condition. A report is being circulated that yes terday the president suffered a relapse and was dangerously ill. When ques tioned regarding a civil conflict should the president die. the most prominent men at Juarez say that such a circum stance is. entirely out of the question, and that the government would move along as before, and that those who ar." now closely corrected with President Diaz and the affairs of the government ill assume the reins without opposition upon the president's death. U X 1 E 11 M LL I T A II YG U A H D . 4 i 4 4j 4 4 4 7 Properties for sale in Topeka and in most and many of them can be traded for farms. location, we can give you a good trade. sell any kind of real estate, or borrow money on against fire or cyclone, or invest in good interest have for sale Farms, Ranches, Pasture Lands in over seventy counties in and many in adjoining states. have Residences and Business of the large towns in this state, If you wish to change your Write us if you wish to buy or mortgage, or insure your property paying mortgage securities. Would you not prefer to lend your money outside of your own county ? We can furnish the best kind of security in almost any county in eastern Kansas. We should be glad to place upon our books properties which owners may desire to sell, in Shawnee county or anywhere in Kansas. If the properties are for sale at fair prices, we can find customers. We already have customers for some farms in Shawnee county and for Topeka city property. t- SAVED S300,000. Aged Mrs. Hay Almost Starved Herself to Do It. Dresses Were Padded Crisp Bank Notes. With X0 FAITH IN BASKS. T! is the cousin of a ohubbv 4-vear-olrl whe.se home is in New York." This little man has also been started up In the wav he should K' Or.e c.ay he visited some relation by the name of Jones. He was not treated just as hts hiehness consid ered fitttr.ir. and he resented it f..r a time, i'.ut when prayer time came he relented enough to frume this petition, which he tacked onto the end of tne second praver: "Please. God. bless papa and mamma. nJ rrandpa and srnntiraa. and even th defects: i-wiston uurniu. . Two Hundred Yaqui Prisoners Being , Taken to City of Mexico. Guadalajara. Mex., March 16. Anotti er lot cf Yaqui prisoners. 200 in number, have just reached here. They were brought from the Yaqui country' to San I-Uas on the gunboat Democrata. and were esccrted from that port to Guada lajara overland by a strong military guard. -Lieut. Col. Viconte Macias. of the 27th battalion, commanded the es cort. The prisoners are all securely bound and they will not be released from th i hongs until they reach the prisons in the City cf Mexico and Vera Cruz, where they are to be confired. AH of the pris oners are fierce fighters and a number of them -were leaders in the revolting ele ment of their tribes. Left Her Entire Fortune to Charitable Institutions. Hung Jewels on Limb of Tree at Night. WORK F0H IDLE HANDS. Y. H. C A. of Ottawa Establishes Free Employment Agency. Ottawa. March 16. A free employment agency, to be conducted by the churches of the city, is a new effort in practical Christianity. At the last meeting cf the Ministers' association it was decided to unite in an effort to find woik for the unemploy ed, and workers for the loose jobs. The employment bureau will be conducted through the Y. M. C. A. rooms. For some weeks past, an effort in the lire of a free employment agency has been made by Rev. O. P. Cook, of the Christian church. The experiment has been successful to such c. degree that several idle men were found permanent jols. When the matter was brought to the attention of tne ministers .at their reeular meeting it was at once taken up with favor. Each church will undertake to list at the Y. M. C. A. rooms the r-ames and qualifications cf idle men i who are under its jurisdiction, as well as all openings for labor made known to the church cr its members. Tarrytown, New- Jersey, March 16. Although Mrs. Marietta D. Hay, an aged and eccentric widow of Tarrytown, lived like a miser in two rooms of a mansion she owned on Grove street, in that vil lage, and almost starved herself, it wis revealed today by her will, filed in th2 Westchester county surrogate's office, at White Plains, that she leaves an estate estimated at J.'iDv.OOO. Mrs. Hay was the widow of De "Wit!. C. Hay, who died abou ten years ago. At his wife's suggestion, he saved and bought railroad bonds, and after his death she continued to save up a for tune. She seldom spent more than $3 a week for living expenses. At right she gather ed her money and jewelry together ar t placed them in a small black bag which she hung on the limb of a tree outside her bedroom- window, so that, she said if burglars entered-her home, she could; truthfully tell them she had no money in the house. This bag often contained many thousands cf dollars, as she did net believe in banks. She leaves the bulk of her" propertv, consisting of railroad bonds and gilt edged securities, to charitable institu tions. Not long before she died she wont before the Tarrytown assessors and swore off a tlO.CCK) personal assessment, claiming she w as poor. : It was then be lieved that she did not own much pro perty, but after her death a key to a drawer in a safe deposit vault box in New- York', was found, and in this thou sands of dollars worth-of bonds were found. - In an old silk dress a large amount of jewelry and J50rt in bills were found sew ed up in the ruffles. Crisp banknotes were woven into the -hems of silken, skirts in fact, her entire costume was padded with banknotes. The becjuests in her will are: To Beach Ewer of Sickett's Harbor, a nieee. the Pickerins- homestead at Sackett's Harbor. To the Tarrytown Historical si-ciety. 2.5' shares of Northwestern Grand "Trunk Kailway comoany bonds. To Rosetta Beaman. color.' J. Sl.Oea in Duluth & Iron Ranee Railroad ccmpasv bonds. To Mary (i. Ames cf Whitehall. S2.t of Milwau kee. Lake Shore r Western Railroad com pany bonds. To Allan C. Beach of Water- , town and Walter B. Camp of Sackett's Harbor.HX) shares of American Bank Note company, also 27 shares of New York Central & Hudson River Railroad com pany stock. To the De Witt C. Hay Li brary association of Caldwell, Lake George. N. Y.. leO .shares of American Bank Note companv stock, also 35 shares of Chicago. Milwaukee & St. Paul Rail road company preferred stock and S.tX of Duluth & Iron Range railroad bonds. To the United States Cremation company, limited at Fresh Pond. L. I., $2.jou in American Dock Improvement bonds, also tl.WPt) in Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad com pany bonds. To the Saratoga hosTt'tal at Saratoga Springs, fo shares of Chicago, Rock Lsland & Pacitic and Ohio Railroad company bonds to endow a bed in the hospital. To the New York Citv in firmary for Women and Children. "tt.'KiO in Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad com pany bonds, also tS.tm in Duluth & Iron Range Railroad company bonds. Mrs. Kay at her own request -was cre mated at Kresh Pond and her ashes were taken to Sackett's Harbor for burial. Be fore her ieath she deeded the Grove street residence to the Tarrytown Historical so ciety for use after her death as a mu seum. From the time of her husband's death Mrs. Hay shunned society and her only companion was a. maltese cat. So far as can be learned, the only rela tives left by Mrs. .Hay are a brother aud a niece, who reside at Sackett's Harbor. "Mamma, I wish you'd let cook put up my lunch instead of doing it your self." , "It's no trouble, my dear." "I know." - ' Then why' "" 'Cause she's got a better appetite than you." Moonshine. "Have you any postage stamps?" asked the young lady of the ding clerk. "We are just out of stamps," replied the clerk, absently, "but we have some piasters that are just as good." Chi cago News. (ANSAS PIONEER. RisLop Walden, One of Early Settlers. the Was in Topeka in Days of Le compton Constitution. If ' . ' , If't V-V "7 - IV 4 v'V; -j ' 1 ; v 'Xk'- X'v Bishop John M. Wa!den, of Cincinnati, Ohio. The old timers who are in attendance at the Methodist conference in this city this week will remember Bishop John M. Walden, who. spoke Tuesday night on "The Destiny of China," as one of the pioneers of the state. Ohio is the native state of the bishop, who is- now growing old, being three score and ten years. He came to Kan sas in the spring of 1S5T, and remained here during the year and one-half fol lowing. Those were exciting times. Soon after coming to Kansas he began publishing the Quindaro Chindowan. He was, through the paper and otherwise, a staunch frend of the free state consittu ticn. During the winter of 1S57 when the Topeka legislature was in session in this city he was in attendance. The To peka legislature is well known to the old timers as the body that met here before territorial organization to make of Kansas a free state. It was also partly through the efforts of Bishop Walden that the Lecompton constitution was turned down and the free state constitution of Kansas chosen. Col. John Rtchtie. the man who gave 320 acres of land to Washburn college, loaned his-horse and carriage to Mr. Walden, who made a -trip down to FVrt Scott, around to Osawatomie and back- to Topeka by way of Lawrence, urging the acceptance of tlie free state constitution. He lived in Kansas long enough to b3e its adoption before returning to Ohio. Since returning east he has visited Kansas only once previous to this time. That was about- thirteen years ago, when he came here for the conference. Mr. Walden was not upon the occa sion of his first experiences in Kansas a minister of the gospel. It was not until several years after that he was or dained. Meantime he has spent considerable time as a missionary in China and has visited other foreign countries. Hishop Walden talked entertainingly of China in his address before the conference here. He has become familiar with the customs and habits of the people, and was therefore able to talk with ac curacy -and ability. Bishop Walden is growing old; "his hair has turned white, and it is with care that he picks his way here and there when walking, but he has been endowed with a magnetic personality which cannot help but winning friends for him wherever he may go, despite the fact that age is gaicing on him. He left yesterday to go to Baker uni versity. Before returning to the east he will go to Eureka and Newton, where he will hold conferences. He may stop a ywashed VV AS WHITE AS SNOW Collars 2c Cuffs 4 c Shirts 8 c Ladies' and Gents' "Woolen Gar ments laundried without ehrinkajre. CAPITAL v E1A1ID LAUIILRY. Ill East Third SL Telephone 700 and the wajron will call for your bundle. few days In Topeka attain on his return trip. Duting his stay in Top ka he va Ihe guest of Harrison Clai kson, 107 Tyler stieet. EX-PRISONER'S IJAN(JU ET. Fifteenth Annual Reunion in Bour bon County. Fort Scott, March 16 The fifteen: annual reunion of the Bourbon oouotv ex-Prisoners of War association w.n held in this city yesterday afterrio.oi. Previous to the opening; session the W. P.. C. ladies fed several hundred oi l sol diers, their families, merchants and citi zens generally at the i. A. It. hall. Th dinner wus mure largely patronized th t any ever before served. The room w i Jammed for two hours by men. vwi e . and children waiting to get seats at t'r. tables. The dinner was as tine a or e as ever was put up by the Indies and this means, much. At the court house the session , called to order by President ("lark i.t. I Dr. Porter, the chaplain. Invoke.! .Jii it--blessing. Ju -Ige Piddle d- liver- d a i : tertaining address r.f welcome and l;--v. S. S. Martin delivered a memorial ad dress in honor of tlx se of t or- h:--f x i :- tion who have died since the la union. Miss Addie Mead re. it"d piece, entitled - The Daody Fifto." ; wen hearty applause. .1. I. Shop.,, and J. M. Ifunnhtov delivered so r' dresses and then the association w into xeeuti ve sessi jn nod tra: sji-i-i business coming up. Patrick 5 an was elected president and li.ivi 1 It. r secretary. During the session J. M Humph Introduced a resolution peit'imieg jrensions for the ex-prisoru 1 3. It adopted. thiil 1 e- I I I i I - "Do you believe minority ru!p can 1..5 stieeessiol '.'" "Of course. For example, if the fat'or and mother like you and the iiirl doe-o t there ecu re: but if tie- i r I likes -i ami the fath-r and mother don't, tlera t.ey are." Chicago Rtoord ;-