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THE TOPEKA STATE JOTJENAL, TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 4, 1905. 5 m 4& f ! Buying dollar kid gloves for 59 cents i3 not an everyday occurrence. It is possible here now though, if you get here before they are all sold. Coming direct to us from Halberstadt, Germany, are over eighteen hundred pairs of ladies' prime lamb glove3, two clasp, Paris point embroidery colors are white, black, red, tan, mode, brown, beaver and grey sizes from 5 to 8 and we guarantee every pair, even at ! TO TOPEKA, Rock Island Now Has 250 Employes Here. Half of These Had Been Taken to Kansas City. CHANGE HAS COME. Capital City Once More Western Headquarters. Telegraph Department Is Again an Important One. Nearly twice as many people are now employed in Topeka by the Rock Island Railway company as were in the service of that company at the time the changes were made which brought about the removal of some of the offices from Topeka to Kansas City. The increase in the payroll in Topeka has been brought about by the removal of several offices to Topeka which had heretofore never been located here, and by the return of a portion of the offices taken aawy. At the present time there are nearly 250 persons employed by the Kock Is lind in Topeka, and many of these are men with families. Fourteen dispatchers are located at Topeka now who were not here when tie offices were moved to Kansas City. There are also ten more telegraphers w ho handle nothing but telegraphic cor respondence, than were here at that time, making a total of fifteen telegraph operators, or a total of 29 in the tele graph department. The office of Division Superintendent C. W. Jones is now located in Topeka; fifteen men are employed in that de partment. When the general superintendent's office was formerly located in Topeka there were but three men in the depart ment. J. O. Crockett, who has just been located here brings back with him ten man in the department. The superintendent of motive power, Thomas Koope. was brought here after the removal of the offices to Kansas City. He has ten men in his depart ment. Principal Assistant Kngineer J. G. Bloom and Division Engineer W. C. Taylor are now located at Topeka with a combined office force of about twenty men. A chemist is also located at Topeka now. The bridges and building department under J. S. Parks employs five men. The land commissioner, tax title agents and real estate men add four more to the list. Three adjusting and claim agents fire now here. General Attorney M. A. Low has six persons In his department. The ticket office and baggage room employs seven persons, and the Kansas division freight office employs six more. The traveling passenger agent is locat ed here, so that the passenger and freight departments have about half as many persons employed in Topeka as were employed here when the general traffic offices were here. There are two depot masters, three rorters and an engineer at the station. Four water service men have headquar ters at the depot, and five train crews of five men each are permanently lo cated here. The switching- work in the fc a- m 4 ami t to iJ it. m w : i j I h ; v J ' J ' 1 - : I .. . ' j I o yards is done by four crews of five men, each making twenty more em ployes. Two private car porters also are located at Topeka. Three yard clerks keep the freight records in the freight yards. The round house force includes ten men and the car repairers' gang embraces twelve more. Six people are required to han dle the business at the local storehouse. Ten men are employed at the work at the coal chutes and in cleaning stock cars on the cleaning tracks in the freight yards. Two men are required to attend to the water treating plant, and twenty two section men and lamp tenders are located at Topeka. FIX UP SELLS ESTATE. Peter Sells' Topeka Property Valued at $100,000. Lewis Sells of Columbus, O., came to Topeka today to make a settlement in regard to property here which be long to the estate of Peter Sells who died last October. Most of the prop erty is real estate and according to Peter Sells' will is to be divided "amicably" between Lewis and Flor ence Sells, the children. . "Will there be any litigation over the matter?" was asked of Mr. Sells this morning'. "No, I think not," was his answer. "I do not see why there should be. It was my brother's express desire that there should be no resort to law to make a settlement- He wanted it to be amicable." The part of the Peter Sells estate which is in Topeka is rated at a valua slightly in excess of $100,000. After his brother's death, Lewis Sells sold his interests in the show business. He says that he is not go ing back into that business again. "No." was his answer, "if I had wanted to stay in it, I would have re mained right where I was. I had the best partners on earth and was en tirely satisfied. But I wanted to retire and did. Now I shall settle up dif ferent business matters. Further than that I have no plans for the future." CITIZENS TICKET WIHS. Stalwarts Are Overwhelmed in the Village of Oakland. In the Oakland city election held Monday, the Citizens' ticket won a decisive victory over the Republican ticket. It indicates that the people of Oakland desire to keep the admin istration of city affairs down there out of politics. lion Caughman, who was the Citi zens' candidate for mayor, received 246 votes, while F. A. Brigham, the present mayor and Republican can didate, received only 140. The vote for members of the coun cil was as follows: Citizens ticket J. E. Orner, 22 2; John Stuart, 254; John Lingo, 225; R. P. Taylor, 24 3; Charles Vandeventer, 230. Republican ticket C. M. Stock ham, 137; Dr. Knsign. 143; N. E. Copeland. 172; Oscar Neil, 158; P. J. Nichols. 128. There was no contest on the office of police judge. J. D. Hall was elected. Observation Cafe Cars in service on Wabash Day Trains between Kansas City and St. Louis, both directions and on Wabash New York Fast Mail train No. 8. W - m a rfi j.-.Ai . kJ tJ g $ J i,' j TO' KILL Insane Man With This "Mission' Is Arrested. Deaf Mute Who Talks of God of Fire. WRITES COMPLAINTS. Calls Statesmen Worst Enemies of Impecunious Genteel. Says That He Is an Objective In Mystery. A man who threatens to kill Gov ernor Hoch and blow up the state house, and states that the "God of Fire" has ordained him for several anarchistic jobs, was arrested on the streets Monday afternoon by Deputy Sheriff Bob Miler, and will be tried for insanity in the probate court. The man is evidently a deaf mute, as he makes no sounds except the meaning less groans and shrieks peculiar to a mute, and communicates only in writing. When found by the officer he was walking along Kansas avenue and gazing into windows. At each window he would pause and make a few signs, and then scribble something in a note book. These writings were discov ered to be meaningless words con cerning "Dean Kaye" and the "high church." The officer took him to the county jail, not without some difficulty. When he was incarcerated he began to write vigorously, and these are part of the remarks he made on paper; "The God of Fire told me to give no information, but I have sworn eternal vengeance on all pauper statesmen who are 'supposed' self made men. If it hadn't been for 'this' Hoch would have been no more, as I was on my way up to the capitol when I was arrested. One who has risen from obscurity to affluence is the worst enemy of the impecunious genteel. The time will come when the capitol will be blown into atoms and all legislators therein, even Hoch himself. "I am perfectly tractable, but I will not have a 'nigger' do service on me. Please cut the 'nigger' part, for if they don't and I am ever released it will take the blood of four 'niggers' to pro pitiate." The crazed man, after writing this nonsense, wrote that he must have cigarettes, and offered to give a fine seal ring for a package of the coffin nails. In answer to questions, he wrote ready answers. To the ques tion, "How long have you been in To peka?" he answered by writing: "I do not cater to such questions; I am an objective toward mystery and such I shall maintain. E'en tho' heaven and hell shall rise and descend in wrath upon me, so do not interrogate me further on identity." In answer to the question, "Were you ever in any asylum?" he wrote: "Yes. It didn't, however, cost Shaw nee county anything." In a few minutes he forgot his re luctance to disclose his identity, and wrote when asked his name: "J. Everest Worthington, M. A." The insane man is of slight build, and about 30 or 35 years of age. The officers decided this morning that the man was pretending to be a mute, and a deputy sneaked up behind him and fired a blank revolver shot. The prisoner jumped, raised his arms and sat down again, without looking around. The jar of the explosion was evidently felt, but he did not seem to hear it. When captured the man was' un armed, and had no money. L10RE BOTCH WORK. School Board Votes to Replace Bran- ner Heating Plant. Just to keep in practice the board of education is still replacing heating plants in school buildings. The board has become so adept at this during the past half dozen years that it is very little waste of time for the board to tear out worthless heating plants and put in new ones but is it expensive. At the meeting of the board last night it was decided to have Lewis & Kitch en, of Kansas City, who installed the heating plants in the high manual training, Sumner, Quincy, Lowman Hill. Pot win and other schools prepare plans for a hot air heating system for the Branner Echool. When the Branner building was built some five years ago a heating plant was installed by a .Topeka firm. The plant was a failure from the start and the building has always been cold in winter weather. Now the hoard of ed ucation will have the entire heating plant torn out and a new system in stalled some time this summer. The board of education iis the last half dczen years, put in and then torn out and replaced half a dozen heating plants in the city schools. This whs done in the high school twice in the last few years. The heating plants in the Topeka schools have been so worth less and so expensive it would at least be cheaper if the board had stuck to the old fashioned stove system. Mr. Wilson reported that in order to have the manual training building pro perly lighted for the grand public op ening that the board would have to let a contract for fixtures to cost $llS7. Judge Garver suggested that as the finances cf the board are very low that the opening be in the day time and the money be saved. Superintendent Whittemore explained that if the fix tures wete not put in that the ends of the electric wires, which the fixtures are to be attached to, would be sticking through the ceilings and would not look good to the public when the building is inspected. Some members of the board thought it would look good to the pub lic to see a balance on the school board expense ledger instead of a deficiency. It was finally decided that rather than to have each visitor carry a tallow dip or have a miner's lamp stuck in the front of their headgear in order to il luminate their way through the rooms and corridors of the manual training school during the grand opening that the board would spend the money for electric light fixtures. The board then voted Miss Bunker, in structor of drawing, $25 to defray her expenses in attending the meeting of the Western Drawing Teachers' associ ation at Chicago. The board ratified an old bond deal. Last fall the board issued, in all-$122.-GO0 in 4 per ce::t twenty year bonds. The state school fund took $44,000 worth. Then when the board offered $78,000 In 4 per cent, bonds to run until the board, which had just invested Bargain Table $3.50, S4.C3 Shoes Odds and Ends, 51.95 The Good Clothes Store. Let Us Be Your Shoers! We show the larcrpsf-. o date, swell high and low ff cut Shoes for Men and U' xoys in ivaiisiis. We sell more Good Men's and Boys' Shoes exclus- . m lveiy than any store m Kansas. It's the result of sell- ircr Clrrr fZhn&a nnlv i- WN VV-kJ Uliljf Stetson's Swell Spring Shoes Florsheim'a Famous Spring Shoes and Oxfords.. Q5 and 88 Wasburn Guaranteed Shoes and Oxfords S3.SO and 84: Dollar Less Splendid Shoes at S3. 50 Boys' Bessemer Shoes and Oxfords. 81.25 to Q3.50 $123,000 in next to worthless Comanche county bonds at 4 per cent to run 30 years, threw up its hands and said that the sacred school fund could not afford to take gilt edged twenty year bonds at 4 per cent. The interest was too low. The school fund commission let things drag but refused to take the bonds. Last night the board passed a resolu tion authorizing the sale of the bonds to McDonald, McCoy & Co., of Chicago. The accrued interest amounts to $785 and this will be paid as the commission in the deal. The board appointed Judge Garver and Superintendent Whittemore to con fer with the board of county commis sioners relative to combining the posi tions of the city and country truancy office?. HOWE AXD GRAND OPERA. Reveals His Familiarity With the Great Stars. E. W. Howe, the editor of the Atchison Globe, is perhaps the best musical critic in Kansas or Missouri, and there are few better in this coun try although there are many who use more technical terms. Mr. Howe's critiques are always reasonably fair and comprehensible by the average musically untutored reader, but they reveal musical taste and intelligence of a high order although he makes no show of his erudition. Monday's Atchison Globe had a very readable and interesting account of the Satur day programme of grand opera at Convention hall. In the concluding paragraph Mr. Howe said that he had used several words in his criticism of which he was not certain as to the spelling: Notable - "banshee," Cavel leria Rusticana and Jean de Reszke. "A musical critic," he went on to say, "in a town of this size writes in addi tion to musical criticisms, paid locals, and does general local work. I have not had the time to look up the spell ing of these words; accuracy in such things cannot reasonably be expected of a paper in a town of this size." But accuracy in such things can well be forgiven of a critic who writes as cleverly and entertainingly and know ingly as Mr. Howe in the following which is a brief excerpt from a two column article. "I suppose I have heard the old Grau company thirty or forty times, in St. Louis, Chicago, Kansas City and New York. I used to go to one of the cities named, hire the best room at the best hotel, and attend every opera given during an engagement. In addition, I attended lectures on grand opera, given in the morning, and during my spare time read mu sical literature. Grand opera is my particular fad, instead of fishing or hunting, or champagne drinking, or occultism. I have heard Melba so often that I know every mole on her face and arms. And, incidentally, I may say I regard her as the greatest soprano I ever heard; I regard her as superior to Patti. Possibly one reason for my preference is that I like Meiba personally better than I do Patti. Of cpurse you have re marked that you have personal likes and dislikes for those you do not know personally. Patti always seemed to me to be a smarty, " and Melba a good fellow. Having heard the old Grau company so frequently, I knew the LITTLE BOY BLUE His Mother Blows His Horn. A lady living in Illinois writes about food to a friend whose little girl has a delicate stomach, and we are priv ileged to quote from her letter: '"The best way to advise you in little Bessie's case is, I feel, to tell you what I did for my Little Boy Blue. He was, like your daughter, very fond of white bread, potatoes, and the usual food of the every-day table. His appetite seemed good and he ate freely, but, like little Bessie, he didn't seem to get the proper amount of nourishment out of his food, was puny in body and, lacking strength, was peevish and half sick most of the time. 'I was very much worried about him, because I couldn't find the right sort of fod for him the ordinary breakfast foods didn't seem to answer. At last, a few months ago, I determ ined to try Grape-Nuts. I confess I was almos't in despair, and had but little hope that it would prove any better than the other prepared foods. "The result was most surprising. Boy Blue took to the Grape-Nuts food and it did him good from the begin ning. He has gained steadily in weight, strength and good spirits, and has taken on a complexion like a wild rose. His eyes fairly dance with health and "happiness his peevish ness is all gone. "Then husband and I both began to eat Grape-Nuts food, and with the best of results. He finds it especially beneficial as a brain food. Tou know that one with his sedentary habits needs something specially adapted to such conditions much nourishment in small bulk. He finds it in Grape Nuts food, and he says he does better work since he began to eat it than ever before. "Give vour baby Grape-Nuts and I'll guarantee the results." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. There's a reason. Read the little book. "The Road to Wellvllle," in each' package. BARGAIN Littie Genls' SI.SO Shoes Sizes 10 to 13 51.00 9 n r s V !LJX $ sTM S ... - . 1 ","". & mr. -, ) $ ?J .... 9j. W. C. BOTH. 0' and Oxfords . . 85 to 8 members of the chorus and orchestra pretty well., "I did not recognize a single member of the Conreld chorus in Kansas City, and only one member of the orchestra; the first horn player, and he's an artist, if ever there was one. He's an old fel low, but very clever. He plays with a sort of dramatic action, as the singers sing. He wears his hair long, and, when the company is traveling, might easily be taken for a baritone. Of course I recognized Mme. Bauermester. This old lady has been a member of the company ever since I have been familiar with It. She takes minor parts, and appears at every performance. WThen she dies of old age, and the de plorable event cannot be long deferred, I intend to send flowers. Some mem bers of the chorus are mothers of daughters who sing with them. If you cor.iemplate engaging in the grand op era business, here is an idea: if you want a good chorus, you must get an ugly one. Good looking people, as a rule, can't sine. There are exceptions of course, but not enough to organize a chorus of a hundred voices. MORE BALL PLAYERS HERE. New and Old Ones Report for Duty In Topeka. Another section of the Toceka base bnll team came in today. Letheby, Dunn, Graybill. Stewart and Kean were this morning s arrivals, ah 01 them looked fit as race horses. Dunn was the first to show us today He weighs 190 pounds and is "in the nink of condition." He feels It. too "When I left here last fall," said Dunn. "I hit straight for Omaha. There I cot a Turkish bath and slept for about thirty hours at one stretch. That made me feel good. All this winter I took the best kind of care of mvself. I haven't touched a drink all winter, and have been getting all sorts of sleep. I never felt better in my life." He has been buying and selling horses all winter with his brother at Weeping Water, Neb. Though there are a number of candidates for Dunn's position, none of them will probably beat him out. Ole Olson will make a trial for the Job if he comes back. The management is not quite sure as yet of his reappearance. Letheby is a. big fellow, very quiet and reserved. People who know him say that he has eccentricities like Cy Stinson. Further than that he has steam like Jack Root. The two ought to make him a phenom when he ia right. Graybill is a little short man with quite a few years on his shoulders. He is here at his own expense and at his own bidding for a try-out in the in field. He has been railroading at New ton all winter. Stewart is a big fellow, a catcher from the Chicago City league. His bid for fame came through his catch ing seven games for Comiskey's White Sox last year when McFarland and Sullivan were off duty. The Old Ro man recommends him very highly. Kean is a chunky lad, also from the City league. He comes with a reputa tion that he is able to bat over the 400 mark in trolley company. His recom mendations would fill a book, and Captain Abbott thinks that he will make some of the outfielders hustle for their jobs. Those who have reported were given a little preliminary "walk-out" this morning. Captain Abbottt hand ed them a blue print of the city and told them to walk about six miles to loosen up the sockets in their hips and knees. He himself stayed at home to welcome the new comers. This afternoon the team was put in uniform and allowed to gambol around over the park. Nothing more was done than to tumble the ball around a little bit and bat a few flies. Bv Thursday Captain Abbott thinks that his team will be in shape to begin slamming? things a little. On Saturday a game will be played with the Wash burn college team, while on Sunday the Kansas City Schmelzers are here for a contest. NEW MANAGEMENT. Turkish Bath House Under National Hotel Changes Hands. The excellent bath house under the National hotel is now under the man agement of Mr. E. G. Anderson. These Turkish bath parlors for both ladies and gentlemen are the best in the state. All kinds of baths are given, as well as massage treatment. The high standard set by Mr. and Mrs. Kihl berg, who formerly controlled this bath house but who are now running a larsre establishment in Excelsior Springs, Mo., has been kept up: in fact, a number of improvements have been made since their departure. RUN OVER BY DELIVERY WAGON Twelve Year Old Daughter of August Foberg Seriously Hurt. A 12-year-old daughter of August N. Foberg." a stone mason residing at 315 Clay street, was run over by a delivery wagon belonging to Mueller Bros., gro cers, at 6 o'clock last night and severely hurt. The girl was riding on a bicycle down West Fifth street and was close to the corner of Fifth and Fillmore street 1 I I -.-9 h J I V, -1 1 1 E f". i S I i S S 1 I lillS! it's a tough proposition, after trying for six months to rent the store over former owner's head, to have to pay 116 cents on a dollar for the stock, then try des perately to make a "sale" and have nothing to offer but cheap talk. We can't blame the former owner for becoming offended when he sees the Trash, Rubbish and Shopworn Furnishings and Hats five years' ac cumulations from their own stock now being offered as formerly belonging to him. We always had great re gard for his buying ability but when "yaps" get such a stock, what can you expect? In their desperation to create business (empty aisles is their forte) they chal lenge us to sell contract price articles such as Stetson hats and E. &W. shirts and collars at cut prices, th3 Cowards, why don't they do it? The Hypocrites, un der the guise of charity, they appeal to the people for help just like them. They are up against it good. We'll make them eat what they say when they quote prices on anything but contract goods. Now give your $200 to charity we always do as we agree. But you won't you braggarts. Here Are Our Zeis Stock Prices: FROM MONDAY'S JOURNAL Zeis Scriven's No. 50 Elastic Seam Drawers t .50 Zeis Silcott Boston Garters .10 Zeis Perrin's Best P. K. Dress Gloves 1.75 Zeis Scriven's Improved Drawers 1.00 Zeis A 1 Bon Eon French Bal. Underwear 45 Zeis Hewes & Potter's 60c Silk Lisle Suspenders 25 Zeis best make 60c Silk Boston Garters 25 Zei3 N". Y. Mills Night Robes 35 Zeis Wilson Bros. 25e, 50c Fancy Hose, Z pairs 25 "Why don't you see Dunlap Hats, Jaegers Underwear, Ar row brand Collars sold at re duced prices? They dare not. Wi - , V'-! TA AT I , A ' '"pHERE are twenty best reasons why S. form Corset. I fie best reason ot i 1 the twenty ia that the corset is test. The i nearest dealer wtI tell vou th fsthrv nineteen. WVINfiABTF.fi RH05. Makers 377-379 Broadway, Now YorK when she met the delivery team. A crowd of boys were hanging on the rear of the wagon and had momentarily dis tracted the attention of the driver who allowed the team to get beyond his con trol. As the girl maneuvered to get out of the way the team turned in the same direction and ran full tilt into her, throwing her to the ground, the wheels of the wagon passing over her prostrate body. Her collar bone was broken in addition to severe cuts and gashes upon her head. She was removed immediate ly to her home where she was resting as easily as could be expected this morning. SHAMROCK IS SOLD. R. I. Lee Disposes of One of His Fine Horses. Robert I. Lee, the Topeka horse man, has sold his stallion Shamrock. The horse has already been shipped Tv--nr vr.ru Air T .pe refuses to tell the name of the purchaser or the price paid. rie says inau mc uuyci 1 c quested that nothing be said about the purchase. It is certain, however, that the price paid is well up in four fig ures, f tiamrocs was laistu uy jii. Lee in Kentucky. April Jurors on Duty. The jury for the April term of the Shawnee district court assembled this morning and were given some instruc tions by Judge Dana. The members are: n TV Piatt .Tnhn 'Russell. James Palmer, G. P. Gill, B. G. Williams. Cary Johnson, John w. juipper. jjick Dchi- r.f-nrcA "FT. Renson MfiKee Jack, A. T. Allen, Thomas Bell, M. vi. Cunningham, C. C. Harrison, W. J. P.ansdell, E. B. Woodruff, J. A. Reece. 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Write to-day. Capt.W.A. Colllngs, Box 644t Watertown, N. Y. AMUSEMENTS. Advertised la tile State Journal. TGE STAR VALMYILLE TEMKS. Ground Floor 418 Kansas Ave. Matinee at 2:30 p. m. I) all 7. Evening, two shows, 7:30, 9:00. Atimlssion 10 Cents to all. Program For Week of April 2d. When the Moon Shines, illustrated by Billiy La Van. Monte O'Neil, Irish comedian. Clark's Famous Dos Show best troop of performing dog-s in the show business. Louie Bates, femala Impersonater, imitations and mono logues. Kinodrome, or Motion Pictures Faust and Marguerite. Coco Cola Matinee, Tuesday, April i. Entire change of programme each week. Ladies' Souvenir day, Friday. Chll-di-en's matinee, Saturday, 5c Wednesday, April 5, 8 p. m. The Oratorio "REDEMPTION" BY The Topeka Ciioral Scclcty Admission, 25c. Chart at Stansfield's. Tuesday, April 11, 8:15 p. m. Hi Prices: $1.50 and $1.00. First six rows of the parquette, $2.00. Chart opens at Stantield's April 6. One and one-third fare for. round trip on all railroads in a radius of 75 miles. To avoid waitins in line at the tim the chart opens, persons can mail to Mr. George Stansfield cash or check for seats, indicating their preference. He will number such orders consecu tively as they are received and make the best selection he can before tha chart oens. Both for the Pipe Organ Fund. OUR THEORY That one pleased customer brings another la dolus Its mil tioa nobly. The Five v Cecta , Day Telephone ' .j proving mor popular dail;. Mo. & Kansaa Tele. Co, "Phone fS3. SAVE MONEY AND PUT IT TO WORK Where it will work for you night and day earning you 3 to 6 per cent ac cording to time. The Capitol Building and Loan As&scist'a Send for Booklet. 534 Ksssaa At. 4