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THE TOPEKA D AIL'S STATU JOUTJTAS FBIDAY EVENING," NOVEMBER 23, 1903.
GETT170MD0NES
Men Who Cracked Kodgers
Daris Safe Captured.
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A Reminder
Men's and Boys' Overcoats and Suits, Men's and Boys' Hats and Caps,
Underwear, Gloves and Mittens, Underwear, Shirts, Sweaters, etc., at
That -Christmas is com-
Win.- Scott and Wm. Carter
Admit They Did Job.
ins: and only four weeks
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away.
It is a house coat you ,are
thinking of We invite
you to see the beautiful
line we are showing; at
$5 and we want to assure
you that they will com
pare favorably with the
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garments you will be of-
fered in the one plrce bar
gain stores with much
- bluster about 81Q and $12
values for $7 45 special.
The prices will b3 neither advanced nor reduced on these
garments and the ladies who make their selection early will
not only secure the most desirable patterns but they can
also feel assured that we will not imitate our competitors
and advertise them at $3.98 or $2 87 or $4 95 a week be
fore Christmas. v
Suit Cases,
Opera Hats,
Fine
Sweaters,
Full Dress
Suits,
Silk Hats.
Waicb Us Qrow. Watch Our business Methods Win
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Swell Mufflers,
Fur Gloves,
Fine ,
Suspenders,
Choice
Neckwear
For Christmas.
DENATURED ALCOHOL.
Some Interesting Facts Reganling Its
Manufacture.
Denatured alcohol, its "sources and
manufacture" and its "uses and sta
tistics" are the titles of two bulletins
just issued by the department of ag
riculture and prepared under the su
pervision of Dr. Wiley of the bureau
of chemistry. Concerning its sources
and manufacture, the verdict repeats
that of the commissioner of internal
revenue in several particulars. Thus,
"the manufacture of alcohol on a
verv small scale is not likely to prove
profitable." Furthermore, any still
must be registered by and conducted
under the United States internal reve
nue service, and the rules in regard
to output practically result in fixing
the minimum at from seven to ten
proof gallons per day. It cannot be
conducted in a desultory manner, as
It can only be shut down by the In
ternal revenue service. Hence, the
farmer must be content with produc
ing the raw materials. But the dis
tilling interests will have an Industry
quite distinct and apart from the ag
ricultural interests of producing the
raw material. When industrial alco
hol is made at a price at which it can
compete with petroleum and gasoline.
It will doubtless be preferred because
of its greater safety and more pleas
ant odor. Under the present conditions
It is not probable that industrial al
cohol can be offered upon the market
at much less than 40 cents per gallon
cf 95 per cent strength. It is be
lieved, however, that, by paying atten
tion to unused sources of raw material
and increased production thereof with
improved methods of manufacture and
denaturing the price can be very
much diminished. As the price falls,
the quantities used for industrial pur
poses will correspondingly increase.
to that small profits both to the farm
er and to the manufacturer will bring
large returns.
The benefits which are to accrue
from the use of industrial alcohol free
of tax have, the bulletins, say, prob
ably been overestimated by the people
at large and especially by the rarmers,
but that material benefits will accrue
is not a subject or aouDt. iney win
come slowly, as agricultural products
are more abundant, technical methods
of manufacture improved, and the
methods of utilizing industrial alcohol
better understood. Our people should
;:ot, however, be disappointed should
many years elapse before the magni
tude of the product used for industrial
purposes reaches the figures already
attained by Germany.
Of raw materials which can be util
ized for the manufacture of alcohol
Indian corn is by far the most abun
dant and the most promising. The
average price of potatoes must be
very much decreased before raw ma
terial of this kind can come into com
petition with Indian corn. Promising
sources which are not now utilized are
the potato, the sweet potato, the yam,
sorghum, molasses from the sugar
cane and beet sugar factories and the
Indian corn stalk. Waste materials
of other manufacturing industries,
such as those related to fruits and veg
etables, may incidentally be utilized
for manufacturing purposes, but could
not of themselves become independ
ent sources cf profitable industrial al
cohol. The bulletin which deals with uses
and statistics describes at some length
lee What Cash Will Bo
"We want every cash buyer in Topeka and Shawnee
county to give us a trial order. Your money back if
goods are not satisfactory. If you cannot come to the
store call up 6C0 on either 'phone.
Bargains for Tomorrow Only
25 lbs.
GROCERIES
Sugar $1.00
Eest Cane Granulated with a $5.00
order sugar mc'uued.
4 lbs. Good Steak 25c
6 lbs. 25c Coffee $1.00
6 lbs. Good Prunes 25c
.20c
Sweet Cider, per gal.
Kansas Oil, per gal 10c
Good Country Sorghum, per
gal 50c
Sour Pickles, qt. 5c; gal.. 15c
Tavlor's High Patent Flour,
50 lb. sack $1.00
Ginger Snaps, 2 lb 15c
Navy Beans, 7 lb 25c
Canned Corn, per doz . . . 65c
Tom Ross 5c Cigars, 3 for
10c or 8 for,
Fancy Head Rice, 7 lbs.
25c
.50c
Fanev Northern Potatoes,
15 lbs. 20c; GO lbs 75c
MEATS
Extra Fine Country Lard,
per lb 14c
Pork Sausage (our own
make) 2 lb for 25c
Fancy Sirloin Steak, lb. 15c
Rib Roast of Beef, lb 10c
No. 1 Hams lb 16c
Swift's Butterine, lb 10c
Fancy Pot Roast, lb 8c
California Hams, lb 9c
Plate Boiljng Meat, Ib.c
White Lard, lb 10c
Best Butterine made, lb. 25c
with many illustrations the contriv
ances for heating, illuminating, etc.
Alcohol stoves are described, as well
as lamps for using incandescent man
tels, fiat-Irons, alcohol motors, etc It
is stated that alcohol can be used for
, "'iJuae ior wnich gasoline is em
ployed, namely, the driving of wagons
carriages, stationary motors, water
pumps, mowing machines, plows etc
Very little change need be made in
the engine of a motor car designated to
use gasoline to fit it for thi use of
alcohol. Gasoline becomes volatile at
a temperature of blood heat, while a
much greater degree of heat is neces
sary to volatilize alcohol rapidlv
enough for motor purposes. This fact
makes necessary a change in the ex
plosion chamber of the engine when
U hJ",? Ve USed- This adjustment
is especially important in the starting
fiL machihe. as after it is in action
the temperature of combustion is
quite sufficient to easily produce the
gasification necessary.
Robinson Crusoe's Island
In 1S6S M. M. S. Topaza visited Juan
Fernandez, which belong3 to the -Chilean
government, and erected a tablet
to the memory of Alexander Selkirk,
today there are some sixty persons liv
ing on the Island, chiefly whalers. Seen
from the sea, It has the appearance of
a huge barren rock, but inland there
are innumerable valleys with smiling
flowers Naturally, the great curiosi
ties of the island are the places where
Alexander Selkirk spent the greater
part of his days while there. There is
the cave or grotto which he used as a
house. Around the walls are to this
day a number of rusty nails and rude
shelves and cupboards. Then there is
Lookout Point, a lofty pinnacle which
Selkirk is declared to have climbed
every day in the hope of attracting the
attention of a passing ship. It was
only five years ago that a Chilean sur-
j'"s ui.-cuverea nere, imbedded
in the- earth, the remains of the old
flagstaff the very one. it is believed
that Selkirk so often used. West m In
ter Gazette.
Dressed Ducks, lb 15c
Celery, per bunch 5c
G. 0 8. S io io
Southeast Corner 6th and Jackson. Both 'Phones 660.
THE STOEE THAT UNDERSELLS THEM ALL.
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Slirlnkapc in Standard Stock.
New York, Nov. 23. The stock of the
Standard Oil company at S500 on the
curb market. This is its lowest price
for years. At this price the stocks
show a shrinkage in market value of
more than $234, 000.000 since the high
price of January this year.
DEATHS AX J) FUNERALS.
Mrs. Ellen Irvin. mother of IVTra r
W. Wilder of Hiawatha, Kansas-, died
at the home of her daughter the first
of the week. The funeral was held at
Hiawatha Wednesday. Mrs. Irvin
formerly lived in Topeka where she
ha3 many friends who will mourn her
loss.
The manv friends of Mr nnVi at
James Patterson of 634 Lake street
will be pained to hear of the sudden
death of their little son, Harold, which
occurred at " Burlingame yesterday.
The funeral announcements will ap
pear later.
LOCAL MENTION.
Charles Sessions, private secretary to
Governor Hoch. will leave Saturday
morning with Mrs. Sessions and, theii
children for Chicago, from where they
wiii go to unio. ana then on to Wash- .
ington, where Mr. Sessions wi:i on Df. !
1 begin his work as special correspond
ent for the Kansas City Journal.
S. F. Wicker of Madison, Kan., a cou
sin of Assistant Attorney General Jack
son, and - formerly in law partnership
with him, is in Topeka today -isltins
Mr. Jackson. ;
Biencisen and Fay have taken out a
permit for the erection of a, dwelling
to cost J2,500 on lota -:: 31-233 Horni
street. ;
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Caldwell of 6H
East Seventeenth street are the parents
of a girl. . .. . ...
H. J. Miller of 821 Lane street,, has
been quarantined for scarlet fever. t
William Scott and William Carter,
two negroes about 30 vears of age.
' were arrested shortly alter noon today
; by Sergeant Voiles and Detective Pad
dle Betts charged -with having robbed
the safe In the office of the Rodgers
Davis . Real Estate company at 110
i East Sixth avenue, last Saturday night,
j The door of the office was opened
by means of a skeleton key and the
outer door of the-eafe had been left
unlocked which made- access to the
steel drawers an easy matter, though
1 preparations had been made to blow
I the safe oren in case that it should be
necessary. The steel drawer was dug
out of its receptacle and afterwards
cut open . with a heavy pocket knife
which was found on Scott when he
was searched at the city jail.
William Carter, who is a paroled
convict, admits that he and Scott did
1 the job and told with evident g-lee how
iney secured $135 from the drawer
and how he. "held out" on his partner
and gave him but J 35 for his share of
the deal. Scott claims that he is "be
ing jobbed" and that he knows noth
ing of the robbery and that in the face
or tne ract that the knife with which
the drawer was -cut open was found on
his person, with the edges showing
plainly the rough usage to which it
had been riut. : '
Scott is a paroled convict who was
sent to the penitentiary from Franklin
county for grand larceny for from one
to seven years- and -waa paroled last
May and has been working about To
peka since that time, having been em
ployed at the brick plant west of the
city for a time and afterwards worked
for the Santa Fe. aul-tting his position
with the company the morning after
the robbery of the Itodgers safe.
"The capture of the two men is due
entirely to the efforts of Sergeant
Voiles and Detective Betts," said Chief
Donovan, "and I consider it one of the
best pieces of work that has been done
since 1 have been chief of the force
Suspicion was first directed to the two
men when it was learned that they
were spending money about the resorts
of the city when In the past they had
been considered as bums and were al
ways without money.
Each of them has changed gold pieces
during the week and a portion of the
money taken from the safe was In 10
and 20 dollar gold pieces. None of the
money has been recovered and Carter
says that they lost most of it shooting
craps and spent the remainder about
the resorts which they have frequent
ed. Scott was ariested at his rooming
house on East Fourth street, while Car
ter was picked up at his room in Park
dale. When asked by the officers how they
came to overlook two solid gold watch
es which were irt one of the drawers of
the safe Carter said: "We didn't over
look them but we didn't Intend to load
ourselves down with a lot of junk that
would get us in-trouble the moment that
we tried to dispose, of it and so we
left them in the aafe, only we put them
in another drawer from where we found
them." 'i :-
Both of the men are known to the
police as crooks and as they are out
of the penitentiary on parole" they will
probablyi be se.rrt: ;back. to serve out the
remainder pi; their;,- -unexpired terms.
The officers -.Ijave.,' hop(es'. of recovering
some of. the money as they do not be
lieve' the stories - of the negroes that
they have spent all of tt, but think that
they have secreted it about Athe city
somewhere," or else have glveh ft to
some friend to keep for them. 1
BREWSTER FINISHING UP WORK.
532 Kansas Aye. N. E. Cor.th and Kansas Ave. Opposite Bank of Topeka
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Completing: Testimony In Raw River
"avigntlon Case.
A hearing Is taking place this after
noon before S. N. Brewster of Troy,
Kan., special master, to hear testimony
in connection with the question as to
ur Price!
On Men's, Women's
and
Children's Robbers,
Overshoes, Alaska's
Felt Boots, Rubber
Boots, Lggins,
Overgatters & etc.
Are Lower, MUCH
LOWER, than you
can buy the Same
Quality for
Elsewhere.
Try Us Tomorrow!
Special Prices Tomor
row on Men's, Wo
men's, Boy's and Girls
Shoes.
THE
Fitwell
Shoe Co.
515 Kansas Ave.
Men's $12.50, $10 and $8.50 Fine
Tailormade Overcoats in all wool mel
tons, beavers and kerseys, in all colors
black, brown, blue and gray, on special
sale tomorrow- at The Hub for. i . .$4.95
75c and $1.00 Extra Heavy Fleece
Lined Underwear on sale tomorrow at
The Hub for. ...... ., : .39e
500 Sample Hats, $4, $3 and $2.50
Values all sizes, styles and colors in this
lot, on sale tomorrow at The Hub
for ................. ...... ....$1.00
Men's $18.50, $16.50, $15, $12.50 Fine
Tailormade Dress and Business Suits
the latest Fall styles and patterns on
sale tomorrow at The Hub for . . . .$7.45
Men's $2.50, $2 and $1.50 All Wool
Top Shirts, Sweaters and Underwear
on Sale tomorrow at The Hub for. .95c
Men's and Boys' Caps at y2 Price.
Men's, Women's and Children's Rub
bers, Overshoes, Alaskas, Rubber Boots,
Felt Boots, Leggins, etc., on Sale To
morrow at The Hub at y3 and y2 LESS
THAN OTHER STORES' PRICES.
Men's $2, $1.50, $1 Fine Dress Shirta,
new fall patterns, all sizes on' sale to
morrow at .The Hub for . . 39c
Men's 50c All Wool Cashmere Hos3
on Sale tomorrow at The Hub for. .19c
Men's $1.00 Umbrellas 50c
50c Ties, 25c.
Overalls, J ackets and Work Shirts a t
Cut Prices.
John B. Stetson $6, $5, $4 and $3.50
Soft and Stiff Hats on sale tomorrow at
The Hub for $2.95
Men's and Boys' Gloves and Mittens
including fine Fur Driving Gloves at
Y2 Price.
the navigability of the Kansas river.
The Missouri Pacific, Union Pacific
and itock Island railroads are the par
ties named as defendants while the
United States is prosecuting the cases.
This suit is to force the three railroads
to build their bridges at Kansas City
so as not-to interfere with the flow-of
the' water in the river channel. The
railroads claim that the river is not
navigable while the United States is
endeavoring to claim that it Is. The
Bindings of the special master will be
filed following the argument this
afternoon.
GIX HGHTERS REST THERE.
Western Frontier Towns All Have
Their "Boot Hill" Near By.
Every one of the little frontier towns
of twenty years ago had Its "Boot hHl,"
where those who lived by the gun and
died by the gun were laid away with
their boots on, but .It is hard to find
these unique and romantic burial
places today, says ther Butte Miner.
The gun fighters' cemetery at Dodge
City, Kan., is now the site of a fine
schoolhouse and school children romp
over the ground where many a cow
boy was buried at the time when tle
little town at the end of the cattle trails
seldom saw a day pass without its mur
der. But at Billings, Mont., if one
cares to take a walk of two or three
miles to a hill overlooking the fiats
of the Yellowstone, there is a frontier
graveyard just as it was left years ago.
'"Boot hill ' is a survival of the old
town of Coulson, which was estab
lished on the Yellowstone about six
miles above the site of Billings long
before the hustling little center of the
wool trade was ever thought of. Coul
son was one of those wonderful mush
room towns of the frontier. Steamboat
traffic on the Yellowstone ended there.
It was here General Terry's boats were
bound at the time of the Custer massa
cre and at Coulson centered the pictur
esque life of southeastern Montana
trappers, buffalo hunters, scouts, sol
diers, friendly Indians, half-breeds,
gamblers, and the riffraff that always
managed to find its way to the outposts
of civilization.
Chief interest In Coulson's cemetery
centers m the grave or the famous
scout and marshal "Muggins" Taylor.
This grave is in the center of the cem
etery, surr.ounded by the remains of a
wooden fence. . Taylor was one of the
celebrated characters on the frontier.
He - was a scout and Indian fighter
whose courage was unquestioned. At
the time Custer made his iil-considered
dash into the Big Horn country "Mug
gins" -Taylor was one of the scouts. At
the last minute he went with Reno.
After those terrible days of suspense
had been ended by the discovery that
all of Custer's command had been
killed, Taylor volunteered to carry the
news to the outside world. i
He made a record-breaking ride
through a country infested with hos
tile Indians, all made bold by the vic
tory over Custer. After killing sev
eral horses, Taylor arrived at Stillwa
ter scarcely able to sit in the saddle.
Here he was dismayed to find the gov
ernment wire down. But Horace Coun
tryman volunteered to carry Taylor's
message to Helena, where he arrived
dusty, haggard ami "all In." From
Helena the news was flashed over the
wires and the country was apprized of
the fact that the gallant Custer and his
men were no more. Through the ride
of Taylor and Countyman the news of
the Custer battle was sent out a whole
day In advance of the reports filed by
the government scouts at Bismarck on
July 5.
About this time the town was in need
of a marshal who could bring order
out of the frontier chaos. Shooting
scrapes were so numerous that the
most good-natured Montanans began
to object. So "Muggins" Taylor was
chosen town marshal and things began
to take on a different aspect. As soon
as a bully began to fortify himself with
red liquor the preliminary of a quar
rel "Muggins" camped on his trail
and took his weapons away. Some
times the scout was shot at, but he
generally replied so quickly that the
gun- man bit the dust, for the old In
dian fighter was lightning with a Colt.
After a few weeks of office-holding
"Muggins" entirely changed the aspect
of Coulson. The processions to "Boot
hill" became few and far between. But
"Muggins' " career was brought to a
sudden termination. A beardless youth,
who thought it would bring him much
glory If he could kill Taylor, filled up
with "whisky and began to "shoot up
the town." The marshal approached
to take the 'boy's weapons and the
youth shot the old scout through the
heart. . Owing to the youth of the
layer he escaped without the custo
mary ' frontier Justice. J "Muggins", was
burled in state on "Boot hill."
Today "Boot hill" is in neglect. Mosl
of the cedar slabs used to mark the
graves have rotted. One or two re
main, but the painted inscriptions have
been so worn by wind and rain that
they are hardly legible. At one end of
the ground Is a rock on which someone
has carved "In Memory of the Dead."
WILSOX TO SEE ABOUT IT.
looking After Ills Candidacy for Chief
Clerk cf House.
D. Y. Wilson, assistant chief clerk of
the last house of representatives. Is in
Topeka today with a party of friends
from Belleville, looking around to see
what chance there Is for Mr. W.ilson to
land the job of chief clerk of the house
at the coming session. Those with Mr.
Wilson are A. Q. Miller of the Belle
ville Telescope, and B. T. Bullen, coun-
TOOLATE To CLASS! KV.
Itching, irritable, chartnsr. chapped skin
healed healthy by Satin skin cream. 25c.
ty attorney fo Republic county.
Mr. Wilson said today: "I have not
fully decided whether I will be a can
didate for the office of chief clerk or
not. I don't want to get into another
hard fight such as we had two years
ago."
There have been only two possible
candidates mentioned besides Mr. Wil
son. One is Ed Kerns, who was a
member of the legislature last winter
from Logan county, and who was beat
en for renomination, and Charles Bril
hart of Elk county, one of the assist
ant clerks in the last house. Kerns ii
not believed to have much chance to
win, and BriVhart's strength is an un
known quantity.
"Is. .Muffler getting a pretty fair sal
ary'."' ,Oh, yes; enough to koop borty
and soul and automobile together." Lift-.
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FOR.
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Men's fine white Stiff Bosom Shirts,
long or short bosom, open front or back,
just the article you will need Thanksgiv
ingworth $1.50 baturday
Men's Fine Dress Kid Gloves Silk-lined
or wool-lined, in Grays, Tans and Brown
others ask you $1.50 for these, as they are
Adler's make our price for Saturday only. .
Boy-' Crcknet in anv rrr -,;u r
can narr' , just th cap the boy v. d "or
coid wei. ,.sc.
See them Saturday
Mens nne neckwear in the latest T ra
shades, red, blue, green, black, lavender j)Pj
anu many uLnei tu.um iu numerous to
mention, in all styles, regular 50c values for
Men's night robes made of Domet
flannel. or muslin with or without collars,
nicely trimmed. Our regular
7oc value, Saturday y
We also carry the largest stocK of I
popular priced suits and overcoats
in the city. Give us a trial.
POPULAR PRICE CLOTHIERS