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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-05-16
LOCAL MENTION.

General Manager Frey came in on his
special car last evening from a tour of
inspection in New Mexico.
Attorney General Little has gone to
Parsons to look after the suit to compel
the Missouri Pacific to establish offices
in Kansas.
Assistant Passenger Agent c. A. Hig-
gins and J. Nj. ConneIl, ticket agent at
Chicago, came to Topeka and accom-
panied the hotel men back to Chicago
Passenger Traffic Manager w F.White
of Chicago, will pass through Topeka at
2:35 tomorrow afternoon on his return
from California. He will probably stop
over.
Chief Surgeon G. w. Hogeboom went
to Las Vegas last evening to inspect the
Santa Fe hospital there. He will also
stop at La Junta, and be gone about 10
days.
Eugene F. Ware will read a paper be-
fore the ninth annual meeting of the
Western Authors and Artists club at the
Midland hotel, Kansas City, May %
and "a
The members of the senior class of
taken today. There are ten in the class
and they all wore their mortar board
caps and gowns.
The six year old son of Mr.. James
Lane died yesterday at his residence on
the Thatcher farm, thirteen miles south
of the city. The funeral occurred this
morning from the residence
Major Henry Inman, who is writing a
book on the history of the Santa Fe trail,
went to Caldwell today for his health. ac-
companied by his son. If he improves
there he will resume his literary work.
Assistant Passenger Agent w. J. Black
intended to accompany the Hotel men
only far as Kansas City; but he tele-
graphed back last night that he had
decided to go on to Chicago with them.
The remains of the late james Reid
arrived in the city today on the 2:30
Santa Fe train. The funeral services
are being held at the First Presbyterian
church this afternoon. Rev. DR.. F. S.
NIcCabe conducts the services.
Labor Commissioner Todd has gone to
southern Kansas to investigate the de-
velopments of the oil fields. He will
also stop at Eureka to examine the clay
deposits which are said to produce as
fine a quality of china as any in the
world.
The passenger and land departments
of the Santa Fe today received a crate
of immense strawberries grown in Okla
homa. Many of them are as large as
peaches. They were divided among the
officers of the two departments. The
berries were from f. NJ. Sweet of Guthrie.
Claim agent c. NJ. Foulks says that the
Santa Fe hospital will probably receive
emergency cases OF OLnor imam railroad
employees, provided their care is paid for
at usual rates. The hospital however is
not a charitab BILE institution. 1t will be
one of the most complete equipped in
the country and will cost not far from
$4,000.
j. J. Hit and J. c. Blanchard attended
the Missouri Democratic. state conven-
ton at Kansas City yesterday. They re-
port an old fashioned time with Demo
cratic harmony prevailing. j. ]. Hit
said that when he told them he was a
Kansas Democrat, he was regarded
with a great deal of veneration and given
a seat on the floor without another ques-
ton,
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WORLDS FUEL GETTERS.
Great international Conference Repre-
senting a Million European Miners.

BERLIN, May 16.-At the miners in
ternatiOnal congress today Delegate
Woods, of the British deputation, pre-
sided The official report showed that
the British delegates represented 645.-
900 miners; the German delegates 192,-
300; the French 100000; the BelgiMn
$4,000, and the Austrian 100000
Delegate Eastman, from Great Britain,
read the report of the miners federation
of Great Britain, showing the progress
made in mining Legislation in Great
Britain. The report said that trade ia
Great Britain had been unsatisfactory
since the meeting of last international
congress of miners.
Delegate Wilson urged that concilia-
ton was the best means of settling dis
putes between the miners and the en-
ployers.
Delegate Conger, who represented
%, 600 miners of the Mariach- O5trau dis
trict of Austria, where the great strike
is now in progress, described the recent
bloody encounter with the gendarmes,
and declared that in these districts the
mines were not properly inspected, the
wages were miserable, the rents high,
and asserted that the average days work
was eleven hours. The authorities Wig
orously repressed the miners wages,
and peaceaEle miners were shot by the
pendarmeS without DrOvOcatiOu.
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Highest of all in Leavening Powe-Laest u S. Govt Report
RHaI B BoaSIs7.
ABSOLUTELY PURE


shot near or through the heart and lived
but few moments.
1t is said Kane entered the place while
under the influence of liquor and made
himself nuisance generally, finally tip
ping over show case and having some
words with the bartender.
A few minutes after the killing of
Robert Kane colored man named Rob-
ert Reed was shot by policemen. He
was not dangerously wounded, the ball
entering the upper. part of the thigh
from behind. When Officer Tarbet and
Weise and Jailer Murphy started to take
the body of Kane to his home, theysaw
Reed running up the street with man
pursuing him. ~
The officers did not then know what
Reed had done. They jumped out of
the patrol wagon and gave pursuit
They yelled at Reed to halt, but he kept
going. They fired and he fell wounded.
The man had been in fight and was
running from his antagonist The colored
people are very indignant at the shoot
ing of Reed and have adopted resolu-
tions condemning the haste of the Off
GERS
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A WAITING POLICY.
Democrats of the Seventh District Won't
Nominate Yet.

Democrats of the Seventh District Won't
Nominate Yet.
The Democrats of the Seventh con-
gressional district held a conference at
Hutchinson yesterday, but decided to
wait until the Populists do something
before they take any action relative to
nominating candidate for congress.
w. f. Petition, of Dodge City, was
chairman of the conference and S. f.
Brown, of Hutchinson, was secretary of
the conference.
1t was decided to await the action of
the Democratic state convention and the
fusion Democrats of the Seventh dis
trict.
If the Populists and fusion Democrats
refuse to offer the stalwarts some of the
nominations a straight ticket will be put
in the field in the Seventh district
The conference adjourned to meet at
the call of the chairman.
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A NEW SERGEANT.
w. IT. E. Charles of Larnsd Appointed
in Frank Holzs Place.

w. II. e Charles OF Larned Appointed
in Frank Holz' Place.
The governor has appointed w. t. E.
Charles, OF Larned. as ordnance SER
geant. The place has been vacant since
Frank HOlz was ousted, a little more
than a month ago at the investigation of
ex-Adjutant General Artz Holz is the
man who is responsible for the investi-
CATION which led to the Resignation of
Artz.
After Holz was removed he threatened
to make public documents which he says
he has in his possession, Injurious to the
governor, if he were not given back his
place. He had some assurance that he
would be appointed, and in the mean
time he did odd jobs for which he was
paid out of the governors contingent
fund He has translated German letters
for the governor, but when he went into
the governors office yesterday, he was
told that his services were no longer re-
CURED You charge too much" said Elk
charge 81 per letter." said Holz, ''and
the regular price was 81, but L thought
as l had nothing to do, and he being re-
sponsible for the loss of my position,
would not object"
To pacify him Holz has been promised
a position as guard at the penitentiary,
when the first vacancy occurs.
The appointment of Charles was made
last Friday but it was not made public
at the time
Charles was the most prominent can
didate for assistantant adjutant general
against Webster, and the place was Civ
en- him as the best left though it only
paws $40 Der month
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BURGLARS AND FIRES.
While Chasing the One an AtchIsOn Man
Secs the Other.

While Chasing the One AtchisOn Man
Seas the Other.
ATcHIsoN, May 16.-Burglars and fire.
bugs are doing considerable damage in
Atchison lately. Among the last places
robbed are the Postal telegraph office
and the home of Charles Ham, at the
corner of Fifth and Parallel streets. At
the Postal telegraph Office about $3.50 in
money was taken and a pair of gold
glasses belonging to Miss Quick, the
manager. The burglar that entered the
Ham residence was fired at by Charles
Ham, but he ran down stairs with $50 in
money and several gold rings
AS Ham ran out of the door after his
man he saw a fire in the barn of Charles
Bush, corner of Ash and N streets,
which it is thought was set by the burg
lar, or his accomplice, to enable him to
better carry on his work. Ham turned
in an alarm. The barn burned, and also
the horses of VIM. Garrett and J. B.
Signor. Signor's loss was about $3.50.
10 add to the series of misfortunes, a
fire department horse, which has been
driven to the hose cart for several years
and was worth 1925. dropped dead.
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NOT AFRAID OF 1T.

Prussian Governments Unlike the Amer
lean Discusses Agricultural Reforms
BERLIN, May 16.-The Russian minis
ter of agriculture has issued a call for a
conference of land owners, officials and
professors, to be held on May % to dis
cuss the agricultural question and pro-
posals of reform.
The delegates invited include all the
leaders of the aGrarian agitation. The
programme sketched by the government
for discussion, covers the whole field of
agricultural questions affecting the en-
rir6-
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Rtnodfha Test

Allcock's Porous Plasters are unap-
proachable in curative properties, rapid
it and safety of action, and are the only
reliable plasters ever produced. They
have successfully stood the test of over
thirty years use by the public; their viz
tues have never been equalled by imita-
tors who have sought to trade upon the
reputation of Allcock's by making p1as-
tiers with holes in them, and claiming
them to be 'just as good as Allcock's,"
and they stand today Endorsed by not only
the highest medical authorities, but by
millions of grateful patients who have
proved their efficacy as a household
remedy.
Beware of limitations. Ask for ALL
cocks, and do not be persuaded to accept
a substitute.
Brandreth's Pills will purify the blood.
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KANSAS PLUMBERS.

Topeka Was Selected A. the Place For
Holding Next Years Meeting.
LAWRENCE, May 16.-The plum bers OF
Kansas have elected the following Of
ficers for next year:
James Foley, Leavenworth, president;
John Beasley. Pittsburg, vice president;
F. w. Doane, Lawrence, secretary; G. w.
Searles. Atchison, treasurer; c. J. Pres
colt, Topeka; John Shinn, Topeka;
Philip Bertrand, Wichita, and James Fo-
ley, Leavenworth. were named as dele
gates to the national association meeting
at Detroit in June.
Topeka was chosen as the place for
next years meeting.
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THROWN OUT OF COURT.
Demurrer Sustained in Case Charging
nAcfaIs WITH, COuxniracv.

Demurrer Sustained in Case Charging
N. p. OmciaIs With Conspiracy.
NEW HAVEN, Conn, May 16-Judge
Townsend, in the U. S. circuit court
today, sustained the demurrer in the
Northern Pacific case which claimed
that his court had no jurisdiction.
The action, which is thus thrown out
of the court on the grounds that the re-
ceivers of the road, who are an import
ant party to the suit, were appointed by
the United States court for the eastern
district of Wisconsin. was one of those
alleging conspiracy the part of
NJ essrs. Willard, Colby and Hoyt in the
transactions between the Northern Pa
cific company and other corporations.
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KANSAS CITY. May 16.-WHEAT-15c
lower. No. 2 hard, 4Sc; No red, 90
oslo; No 3 red. 47@4sc; rejected 43c
CoRN-15c lower. No. 2 mixed, 30
@35Ac; No. 2 white 381Ec
OATs-Unchanged No mixed, SEQ
361Sc; No. white. 37@3716c.
kYE-Steady. L46@4619c.
FLAxsEED-Firm. $1.22.
BRAN-Firm. 57M59c.
HAY = Weak. Timothy, $S.OO@9 90;
prairie $6.00@7.00.
BUTTER-Quiet; creamery, 14015ci
dairy. 12@914c.
EGGs-Easy, TIC.
Receipts, CATTLE-4.3oO; shipments
1900 Market weak to 10c lower. Texas
stee s, $3.20@385; Texas COWS, STRUGGLED;
shipping steers. $345@425; native cows,
$2.OO@3.65; stockers and feeders, $500
@3.75; bulls. $2.50@3.75.
HoGs-Receipts. 10,S00 shipments,
$500. 10 to 100 lower Bulk, 47O0475;
heavies, packers and mixed, $4.65@4SO;
lights, workers. and pigs, $4.4004SO
SHEEP - Receipts. 1000; shipments,
200. Market slow and steady.
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ALMOST A PANIC.
False Alarm of Fire In EmpOria Schools
to Test a s'NeW System.'

False Alarm of Fire In EmpOria Schools
to Test 'tNew System"
EMPoRIA, May 16.-Cries of "Fire" in
the Garfield school building created al
most panic among the pupils, who
made rush for the exits. Fortunately
every one of the several hundred got
out without an accident. One teacher
understood the cries to be "mad dog"
and closed the doors of her room, keep
ing the children in. Another teacher in
the high school broke the lock of a closed
door that her pupils might get out quick
er. The fright was soon over, as it was
a false alarm to test the pupils on former
practices which had always been done
by the gong. 1t took just one minute to
clear the building.
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chInery were on the top floor. The men
say they DO their work with legs coiled
ready for a jump, but it is certain that
there could be effective jumping, for if
the building does go it win be a Park
place disaster and Ford's theater disaster
both in one, with some added horrors of its
own If we wonder at the delay of con-
gross under such circumstances, what can
we say of the great pressure to secure or
retain employment in such building?
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Ate MURDER.
A Caldwell Man Shoots His Wife Five or
Six Times.

BLUFF CRY. May 16-The people
along the strip line south of this place
are considerably stirred up over the at
tempted murder of Mrs. Segerman by
her husband, Louis Segerman, d res
taurant Keeper at Caldwell The couple
have had considerable trouble on ac-
count of the drinking habits of Seger-
man, and it appears that she came to
her sons claim, south of this place, to
avoid him.
He followed her, they quarreIed,
after which he shot at her some five or
six times, three of the bullets taking
effect. two in the abdomen and one in
the arm. He escaped north, but was
captured near Danville and is held by
the officers.
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WEIGHING THE MAIL.
The Santa Fe Making Its Quadrennial
Examination This Week.

Auo oAHta re Milking It's UuadrehuI4A
Examination This Week.
A. l.. Rankin. of she Santa Fe, general
superintendent's office is representing
the Santa Fe in the weighing of all mail
matter handled by the road This
weighing is conducted every four years
by officers of the government, and covers
thirty consecutive days The result of
the weighing is taken as the monthly
average for the next four years and pay
ments made according to this average.
The United States weighers are at pres
ent operating in the Topeka district and
Mr.. Rankin represents the Santa Fe in
the Central division which extends from
the Missouri river to Dodge City.
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consul general, William Hayden Ed
wards, died last night of brain fever.
Mr.. Edwards had been i'll for a month.
He leaves a widow and two childred.
The burial will take place at Potsdam.
George II. Murphy, the United States
vice consul for the grand duchy of
Luxembourg, will assume charge of the
United States consulate here until sue
cessor to Mr.. Edwards shall have been
appointed. MIR. Edwards was appointed
from Ohio.
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1T HURTS AFCHISON.
The Cut i'm Freight Rates Makes AtchisOn
Merchants Complain.

ATCHIsON, May 16.-Wholesale mer-
chants are complaining bitterly of the
freight rate fight 1t is paralyzing bust
ness and will result in heavy losses to
the wholesalers in all the different lines.
Today a retailer in the interior can
get heavy hardware in less than car load
lots at just one half the freight rate the
Missouri river wholesalers had to pay on
car loads. The wholesaler has to sell on
the basis of existing rates to hold his
trade. The only way he can recover is
to buy now and receive goods on these
cut rates that he can sell on basis of cur
rent rates when they are restored.
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TODAY,s MARKET REPORT.

Furnished by w. +. Federman, Broker tn
Grain, PrONi>ions and Stocks, Rsat Ia
tate Building, Corner seventh and Jack
son Streets.
Chicago Market.
CHICAGO. May 49, Wheat started weak.
Cables were weak and selling at the start
rather free Boyd-Luuham and Baldwin
Farnum leading. The offerings were
taken by Pardridge and Rosecrans and
later this steadied the market July
opened 3sc off, at 5000, lost &c, and re-
acted TO 561Sc.
Corn opened weak, but became steady
later with wheat July started &c lower,
at 3716c, and advanced to 5734c.
Oats steady; July 393sc.
Provisions were lower on liberal re-
ceipts of live hogs and a. slow market at
the yards. July pork opened cents off,
at $11.95, lost cents and reacted to
$11.921S.
July lard, 1896.
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MAY l6 Cpd High Low. lClo'dl Yes

CATTLE = Receipts, 17,OOO. Market
slow. the turn rather downward than
otherwise. Prime to extra native
steers. $425@4.5o; medium, $3.95@41O;
others, $36503.S5.
Hoas-Receipta. $4,000. Market active,
15c lower. Rough and heavy, $425@475;
packers and mixed, $4.S0@49U; prime
heavy and butchers weights, $4,000
495; assorted light, $4.9005.5O.
SHEEP AND LAMBs-Receipts, 10000.
Market, lambs a trifie lower; sheep
steady. Top sheep, $425@400; top
lambs, $4.65M 90.
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You say, Mr.. Clerkers," said his en-
ployer, THAT you will be compelled to leave
town for a time. Have you any idea how
long you will be absent?"
''Well, not exactly said Mr.. Clerkers
absently. But I'll be sure to be back
about the time Marias got the moving all
done."-Chicago Record.
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Sorrx He Smoke.

Mr.. Grumpps-What idiotic things they
do print on the women's page of this news
paperl
Mrs. Grumpps-Yes: wish they would
discharge the fellow and put woman in
charge of it.-New York Weekly.
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Woman sufrraeists al Atchison.

ATCHIsoN, May is. The woman suf-
frage convention here was only fairly
well attended, but larger audience is
expected tonight. The people had be-
come thoroughly tired by Introductory
speeches before Mrs. Carrie Lane Chap
man Gait began her address. She enter
tanned her hearers, however, with a vivid
presentation of woman's cause Tonight
Susan B. Anthony, Mrs. Annie L. Diggs
and Therese Jenkins will speak.
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Never ScoId.

Mother-It is time to make some inquiries
about that young man who now calls to see
Clara.
Father-He has not been coming more
than q week.
Mother-No matter / heard Clara scold-
ing little Johnny for peeking through key
holes-Good News.
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KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAs.
Over 1900 Attend Meeting of the Grand
Lodge at Leavenworth.

Lodge at Leav enWorth.
LEAvENwoRTH, May 16.-There are at
least 1900 Knights of Pythias in the city
attending the twenty-third annual SEES
sion of the grand lodge. Last night was
taken up with a reception to visitin e
knights, programme of music, and adj
dresses by E. E. Murphy and A. p. Rid
die.
Mrs. Linnie Y. Pollock, grand chief of
the Pythian Sisters, also gave an address.
Today at 2 o'clock the grand parade
takes place
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Vocal and instrumental music by
Messrs- Overholt Torrington, McVicar
and Thomas, Misses Bishop and Stitch,
Miss Isbell and Julius Welding and
frankie Black. Ice cream, cake, sher-
berts, Strawberries and cream for all
Come out and see US at the Orphans
Home strawberry festival at Music hall
this evening"
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The Crank i. Dangerous.

WICHITA, May &c III. Carlson, vii
Iage marshal at Kenyon, Mimi, has
written Chief Cone in reference to the
crank who signs himself Facile Princeps,
and asks for the letters the chief has re-
ceived. Carlson says they consider the
fellow dangerous and want to ferret out
his identify
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He-It must be very hard for these poor
emigrants coming as strangers to live in a
foreign land.
She (complacently)-Bu remember. dear,
they have always lived in foreign lands
Vogue
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WASHINGTON, May 16.-The tenth ma
tional convention of the officials of the
bureaus of labor statistics of the United
States began here today. Carroll ID.
Wright, the United States commissioner
of labor, was chosen president, and L. @.
Powers, of Minnesota, secretary of the
cOnYentiOn
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ODD FELLOWS' FLOATS.

Indiana Lodge Men CeIebrate q Festival
in Elaborate style.
INDIANAPOLIS, May 16.-Today is the
10Th or Diamond anniversary of the /.
q. 0. f. Thousands of Odd Fellows are
here.
The feature of the day is the allegori-
cal parade, which will take place this
afternoon and will be the most pre-
tentious in the city's history. Fourteen
handsome floats. representing the tradi-
tions and epOchs of the order, Will lead
and will be followed by $4,000 to $4,000
marchara
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New York stock 1Tarises

American Sugar Refinery. 1O3; A. T.
s. F., 1915 c.. b. & O., 1874; Erie, 132{;
LIZ n, As; Missouri Pacific. 27; Read
ing. 1864; New England. 81; Rock Is
land, IS i; st Paul, 5914 Union Pacific,
1851; Western Union. "a; Chicago Gas,
6515; Cordage, 2156.
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REGULATIONS by Misses Nellie White
head and Virgiline Mulvane at the Or
phans' Home strawberry festival this
evening at Music hall
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Garfieid Track Ordered sold.

CHICAGO, May 16-Judge Mcconnell
today ordered the sale of the Garfield
Park race track. The order was entered
in the suit brought by numerous credi-
tors of the track.
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Pnnsy Club

The Pansy club will usher at Library
hall Friday evening, May Is. The pro.
ceeds of the entertainment go to the
free kindergarten.
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The Pansy club will usher at Library
hall Friday evening, May IS. The pro-
ceeds of the entertainment go to the
free kindergarten.
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PanaY Club.

The Pansy club will usher at Library
hall Friday evening, May 1S. The pro
ceeds of the entertainment go to the
free kindergarten.
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Postponed

The entertainments of Capital Legion
No. 1, S. K A o. q. W., announced for
Friday evening, has been postponed IN
til June Sth. The tickets Bought for this
weeks entertainment will be good June
Sth. ]. B. HIBBEN,
Chairman Executive Committee.