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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-01-17
TODAY'S MARKET REPORT,
Furnished by the Associate Press to
the State Journal.


CHICAGO, Jan. 17.-Whear opened at a
to higher Liverpool cables, May opening
at 595s 959A. On the falling off in
Northwest receipts it advanced to 597a,
but the reported gold shipments and un-
certainty as to the effect of the bond
issue created weaker feeling and May
eased off to the opening price.
Corn-Very dull and with no promi-
neHt feature opening quotations showed
no change, May opening at 284, advanc-
ing with wheat to 2S2s gao.
Oats dull and featureless. May open
ed 1sc higher at 1919 aud reacted to
1879.
Provisions opened higher on lig hit live
stock receipts pork opening at TIC up
at $1025 and reacting to SO. 221l.
Lard opened at $5.921s and ribs So. IL.
Hogs Receipts, $1,000; Official re-
ceipts yesterday, 1851; shipments
3073; left over, 5000 Market fairly &C
tive and &c higher than yesterdays clos
ing. Light, $3.S5@405; mixed $3.80@
4.05; heavy $a75@4U5; rough S3.75@
$50.
Cattle = Receipts $500. Market
Beeves $3.150 $470; COWS and heifers.
stockers and feeders, $2.7O@$375.
CATTLE-OficiaI receipts Yesterday,
1894; official shipments yesterday q
1852
Sheep Receipts 1000 Market
quiet and barely steady.
SHEEP-Official receipts yesterday H.
901; shipments, 1912.
Estimated receipts of hogs tomorrow
10000 head
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LOCAL MENTION.

At the Christian Church last night al
der D. P. Boyle preached on this theme,
The Lifting up of the Brazsn Serpent
The degree team of lodge number
$500, Modern Woodmen left this after
noon for Ottawa where the degree work
will be exempli2ed tonight DR.. ]. B
Hibben, one of the head physicians ac-
companied the team.
John Wolff, son of Charles Wolff, was
arrested by the police on Kansas avenue
near the river last night in an intoxicated
condition and was fined So in police
court this morning having pleaded
guilty.
The case of Cal Brewer, who was ar
rested by the police on complaint of the
neighbors who want a manhole open
that he wants closed, will be decided in
police court this afternoon.
In police court Arthur Gaines, the
young man who -quRrreled in loud aud
profane way in the presence of ladies,
was fined SIS.
City Superintendent of SCHOOL, W. NJ.
Davidson. lis at home with very bad cold
that II is feared may run into pneumonia
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Open House at the Court House.

Al the meeting of the county offio ers
held to arrange for a reception at the
new court house when completed all
were present. 1t was decided to keep
open house for one whole after
neon and evening. County Attorney
Harry Stafford and Probate Judge
Wood were appointed to see if
Mar5hall's band cannot be prevailed upon
to play at the reception, and Judge Wood
was selected as a committee of one to
ask General ]. c. Caldwell to speak at
the afternoon festivities. These if Sc
cured will be two big drawing cards,
which, with the fine building will take
the whole town to the place. No time
was set Tor the opening as it is not GER
tain just when the building will be
ready.
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KANSAS CRY. Jan. 17.-CATrLE-Re-
ceipts T,700; shipments, 1900. Market
weak and 10 cents lower. Texas
steers $2.95@3.55; Texas cows $2.O0@
26J; beef steers So 30@43O; native
COWS $1.50@3.40; stockers and feeders,
So 3O@$375; bulls 81 00@2. 80.
Hoes-Recsipts, 1880; shipments. 1.700
Market strong to cents higher.
@ae0; packers So 7003.9O; mixed So 85
@S.75; lights S.. 60@3.8Js yorxers 1896
03.75; pigs. $3.40@3.70
SHEEP Receipts. 1900; shipments,
none. Market steady; Lambs $4,000
4.5O; muttons, $2.25@3T5.
Representative sales-Texas steers As
head, averaging 1,101 pounds. So SO: Tex
as COWS. 16 head, 912 pounds. $3.50; beef
steers. IS head. 1882 pounds, $3.50; ma
tive cows, IA head, 1920 pounds, So 40;
stockers and feeders 80 head, 500
pounds. $3.75; bulls, 6 head, 1,452
pounds, $2s5.
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In the sherin-s once.

The sheri1fs force has bad very little
to do this week. All the subpoenaes in
the case of Marcus E. Lowe for felonious
assault upon George Reed, Jr, which
will be tried next month, have had to
be served over again by the
present force because of mis-
takes in the ones served by Sheriff
Burdge. There is some doubt as to
whether subpoenaes served, before the
term of court begins are legal, and the
present force thinks it may have to serve
papers over again in which the ex-
sheriff did this. Judge Hazen said to-
day, however, that such summons
would, doubtless, be considered sufi-
Gent
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CHICAGO MARKET LETTER
Furnished by Topeka Grain and Stock EK
change. $40 kansas Avenue.


change. see Kansas Avenue.
CHICAGO, Jan. -Wheat-There was
better feeling today, and although the
market was quiet. yet there appeared
good buying orders at 595s for May.
Cables were easy and unchanged early,
but firmed up later on and closed steady.
Guesses on the visible supply for Mon
day are for a decrease of about 100000
bushels. The local crowd were short and
inclined to cover on any signs of strength.
Brossesu was the best seller and stopped
the advance several times. Toward the
close good commission house buying
overcame short selling and the market
closed firm and with strong under cur.
rent at the top prices of the day.
Corn and oats steady, good cash de-
mand and speculative for corn. Oats
quiet, but steady.
Provisions-Pork scored another good
advance on light receipts and good buy
ing by packers. Offerings of all COM
modities are light and grain and provis-
ions have a good tone.
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FARMERs, ASSOCIATIONS


win Meet in Hutchinson on February 6
and
HUTCHINSON, Jan. 17.-The Central
Kansas Farmers association will meet in
Hutchinson, Feb. & and z.
The programme for the coming con-
vention promises to be very interesting,
and we'll worth the attention of all who
can possibly attend the sessions. Chan
cellor Snow, of the State University and
Professor PopenOe, of the State Agricul-
tural college, will be here to address the
meeting, and the leading farmers of Kan
sas will make interesting talks about
farming and stock raising.
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FITz SIMMONS IN CONDITION.
Quinn and Julian will Meet Saturday
Noon to Settle Details.


Noon to Settle Details.
Ell PAsO, Tex, Jan. II. Martin Julian
arrived Yesterday from New York and
John ]. Quinn wires from Las Cruces,
n. M, that he would meet Julian at the
Gem in this city Saturday at noon to
select referee and final stake holder
Julian said last night Quinn and
Maher are on the square
and we will experience no
difficulty in referee. Fiizsimmons has
been doing some good work. This CHM
ate agrees with him and he is in the
pink of condition and could make the
fight of his life tomorrow. These pugil-
lists who are training in a low altitude to
fight here next month, are going TO be
badly fooled when they commence exer-
cising up in this light dry atmosphere"
The colored population of Ell Paso are
arranging to give Dixon and Bright Eye
an ovation when they arrive next week.
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NEWTON, Jan. III. II. Timan of
Philadelphia and John Hilgert of Kansas
City, dealers in fine horses, were in the
city yesterday, aud bought of s. Lehman
the grey horse Allen Dare, 2:21M. The
horse will be taken tonight by freight to
Kansas City, from there he will go to
Philadelphia by express
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A MYSTERIOUS ISLAND.

A Change in the Course of the River Adds
60 Acres "a Farm.
CALDWELL, J an. 17,-On account of the
Arkansas river changing its course dur
ing the last few years, John and BenjA-
min Hatfield ind they have an island of
81 acres added to their farm in Palestine
township. Upon the advice of the coun-
tY attorney the tax assessor assessed
them with taxes for the island In as
much as John 7. Stewart has tax title
to their farm secured before the change
in the bed of The river, the brothers OBJ
ject to the taxation of the sand bar.
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County Treasurer's Omco.

The three extra people in the county
treasurer's Office who have been there
since the first of Novem Der, will be re-
tanned until about the middle of Febru-
airy. They are Mrs. o. D. Hollis, Frank
c. Bowen and George Flanders. Bust
ness is very brisk and Treasurer Stahl
expects it to keep up until the middle of
next month, when tax paying will not be
so rushing
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HoLToN, Jan. 1.-THE stock holders
of the Holton Driving Park association
held meeting the other night and tran
ssctod such preliminary business as was
necessary to set the ball rolling and to
get everything into working order for
next summers meeting. The date of
the meeting was set for the last week in
July.
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Miss Amelia Hitler died last night at
II o'clock at her home, 1915 West First
street, from heart trouble. She was IA
years of age. The funeral will be held
tomorrow at 2 p. m. from the home to
Topeka cemetsrv.
Pernell Perkey aged two, died this
morning from mem braneous Group. The
funeral will be held tomorrow morning
az 10 o'clock at the home north of town.
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STREET CARS STOP.

AtcFiEon People Walking Because
a"CIutch" at tho POwAr House Broke.
ATCHIsoN, Jan. 17.-Atchison's car
line has been tied up for day or two
because of a broken clutch on the shaft
ing at the power house. People have
been wading through the sticky slush
and abusing the company.
Superintendent Bendure promises the
In afazz hn1rs
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DIED WHEN HE GOT THERE.
J. E. Wells Taken-tO Christ Hospital
Yesterday.

Yesterday.
Less than five hours after ]. E. Wells
went to Christ hospital yesterday after
noon to be treated for Bright's disease,
he died. He was driven there in car
riage at o'clock yesterday. but he was
in dying condition and expired at in
the evening, before he had taken any
treatment.
Wells had been the watchman at the
Santa Fe paint shops. He was a very
large man and was 81 years old. He
lived with W. Smith at 113 Klein street.
Yesterday morning about o'clock he
walked into the home of ]. J. Leeper
and complained of feeling sick. The
funeral will be decided on when Wells
mother arrives from Salina.
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GOTTLIEBE TAKES ALL.
She not only Gets n Divorce but all
the PrODerGY.

Only one matter claimed the attention
of District Judge Hszen when district
court opened today He granted di-
vorce 10 Mrs. Gottliebe Hoffman and then
adjourned court for the day.
Mrs. Hoffman is woman of 81 years.
who has been having heap of trouble
lately. She had her husband, Michael, in
Justice Guys court the other day for
beating her. This morning she testified
through the Interpreter that Michael
struck her, threw her to the floor and
ran her out of her home two miles east
of town.
The woman gets the small farm on
which they live and all the personal
property. She also has the custody of
The one minor child. Michael gets
nothing
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MarKet GOSSIP.
Estimated cars tomorrow: Wheat, 7O5

Estimated cars tomorrow: Wheat, 20,
corn, $50; oats, 100.
New York-Cables closed firm.
Chicago-Better feeling in wheat on
lower consoIs and good outside buying.
Local operators have been pounding the
market all day.
New York-The four ports cleared:
Wheat and flour, 3S9, 900 bushels.
Chicago-Wheat closed very strong;
Chaplin buying. Barrett, Parker and
others who sold early were good buyers.
Chicago-Pardridg was good buyer
of wheat and stopped the decline.
Puts, May wheat, Soc; calls. 6Ozsc;
puts, May corn, $3.50; calls, 2S5sc; puts,
May pork. 5000; calls, $1065. Curb
May wheat, 603sc.
Minneapolis, 338 cars against 1872 last
year.
Duluth, So cars against IS last year.
Chicago-Wheat opened hrmer, at
$500, Mitchell and Champlin bidding;
trade light
Chicago-Grain out of store: Wheat,
100000; corn, $4,000. Transfers: Wheat,
79 cars; corn. 30; oats, 9.
Chicago Wheat, Ill
60; corn, 694-90; oats, 216-33.
Press: Liverpool wheat firm, demand
moderate, holders offer sparingly =
American, 528, 900. Corn steady, demand
moderate, unchanged;receipts three days.
American, 1.CS9,6O0.
New York-Traders sold W. y. this
morning. The Boston news bureau says
that w .. has lost most of its leased
brokers wires. Out of II wires to Chi
cago w. Z. leases 2. Out of 46 to Boston
and New England W. U. leases only II.
The Postal and Long Distance telephones
have taken this business, which is very
profitable.
Puts, May corn, 2S14; calls. 2914; good
next week. Puts, May wheat, $50; calls,
SO; next week.
Chicago-Receipts and shipments:
Wheat, 28, 600-70, 98s; corn, 36S, no
143, 1913; oats, 3O1. 52o-161, 1874.
Chicago-We have it on the best au-
thority that Mr.. Linn has not sold any of
his holdings of May wheat. This opera
tor, it is claimed, has taken advantage OF
every soft spot to accumulate little
more, believing firmly in much higher
prices.
Closing Popular Stocks.
The closing today was as follows:
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GALVESTON, Jan. 17.-Arrangements
have been made for a game of foot ball
here on February % with the university
team of Austin, Tex, Every thing will be
done now to make the contest between
the champions of Texas and the Calves
ton team grand success. Mr.. W. D,
Cleveland. Jr., of Houston. has been asked
to serve as referee
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HAVEN FOR rRAMPs.
Live on Buclxwheat Cakes, Syrup, Fried
Potatoes and Coffee.

NsIENsBs
Potatoes and Coffee.
OTTAWA, Jan. 17.-This town is over
run with ramps. A favorite gathering
place is the weigh house in the Santa Fe
stock yards. where is a stove which is
utilized by the fraternity. When the
marshal made an informal call yester-
Hay gang was just sitting down to
meal of buckwheat cakes and svrup.
with fried potatoes and coffee on the
side. The officer estimat the number
of tramps in the city last night as in the
neigh borhood of fifty.
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MAN WHO BEAT FOUR ACES.
James Duffy Wants to Be Released on
Habeas Corpus.

James H. Duffy, the man who is said
to have taken Robert S. Mansfield's $40
with threes while Mansfield held four
aces. was in the probate court this morn
ing to try to get released on habeas cor
pus from the county Jail. He is man
of about 20 years with BLACK mustache
and wears good clothes.
Duffy was arrested Wednesday and
put in the city prison, where he was for
mally arrested by Constable Ross of JUS
tice Guys court yesterday afternoon and
put in the county Jail. Mansfield. who
lives in Leavenworth, swore to COM
plant before the justice.
This morning the lawyers for Duffy
argued that he was being held for a
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PARSONS, Jan. 1.-THE owners of the
Belmont house property do not seem dis
posed to tear down that old structure,
and effort Is being made to induce the
Ii. L. & I. railway company to purchase
this property. In the event the company
secures the property, the ground will be
converted into a park.
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DIsFIGURED FOR LIFE.

EmpOria Child Pulls ~ Pan of Hot Grease
Itself
EMPORIA, Jan. 17.-Annie Halberg.
the 1S-month old daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Chas. Halberg, was badly burned
yesterday. She was playing in the kitch-
en- and pulled cup or pan of hot grease
from the table and spilled the boiling
stuff on her head AMI face. She will en-
tirely lose the sight of one eye.
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IS IT A LION
The Residents of Arkansas City Excited
Over "a Strange Beast

ARKANSAS CITY, Jan. 1.-THE resi-
dents of the Slesth addition are con-
Asiderably excited over the visitations of
= strange animal that has been prowling
around and doing deeds of devilEry. Last
night the animal came into the addition
from the woods and was seen and shot
at by John Edwards. He, and others
who saw the animal, think it was q
mountain lion. Last night the animal
killed two hogs and one dog and carried
away a small dog.
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crime which he had not committed, and
wanted to go into the merits of the trial.
This was not allowed and the writ was
refused.
The robbery occurred on Rock Island
train as it was passing through Marion
county. Mansfield was on his way home
from Wichita. Duffy was taken to Ma
rion Center this afternoon by Sheriff
KepleY.
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County Clerk Prepares to Move.

County Clerk Charles T. McCabe said
today that he expects to move into the
new court house in ten days. Arrange
ments are being made to move and the
present clerks office presents a rather
torn up appearance. The old files of
papers are being taken out and brushed
off and put into the new Fenton patent
files, which will be used in the new
quarters.
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Wants S2,145 Damages.

HoLToN, Jan. 17-John Miller, who
was arrested n few weeks ago upon the
charge of stealing Dir, William Koch's
harness, but who was discharged at the
preliminary examination. brought an
action in the district court last Monday
against MIR. Koch, claiming damages, by
reason of the wrongful arrest, in the
sum of 50 145
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EMPoRIA. Jan. 1Z-When the last
change of officers took place Monday,
the retiring sheriff was presented with a
handsome gold watch, the clerk with a
silver tea service, and the deputy clerk,
a young lady, with a,silver jewel case.
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Departures From Topeka.

The following persons have left Tope-
ka within the past twenty-four hours:
Via Santa Fe-S. 81. Scott, G. c. Glenn
ems and w. j. Costigan. ST. Louis; D. NJ
Valentine, Washington, D. c.; H. A
Moulton, Little Rock. Via Rock Is
land-T. F. Doran, Washington; Ira
Lingafelt, Cripple Creek; D. Bowles and
L. D. Cooper, Kansas City; E N. Nor
ril. Hiawatha; ]. G. Emud, Hutchinson.
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AIbert Robv Enlists.

Albert Roby. son of DR.. Henry W.
Roby, left today at noon for Fort Riley,
having enlisted in the regular army last
Saturday, aud being at once appointed
to a place in the hospital corps at the
Fort
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WELLINGTON, Jan. lit is hardly
expected that Thomas Murphy, the com
missioner elect, will be able to take his
seat. He was injured by a runaway
team some time since and is growing
weaker each day
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GREAT BEND. Jan. I'D. N. Heiser,
formerly of Great Bend, has struck 1t rich
in Cripple Creek, bis mining interests
netting him 81, 300 day
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ment. was given to the jury at o'clock
last evening after extended arguments
by the attorneys in the case. The jury
was out but fifteen minutes when it
found verdict for the defendant.
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HAVE POTTERY WORKS.

A Carthage, Mo-, Firm viii Locate in
COhsyvilIe.
CoFFEYvILLE Jan. 17.-It is more than
probable that Cofeyville will have large
pottery works in the near future. A large
firm of manufacturers of earthenware
and pottery of Carthage, No, has had a
representative in this city looking for
location. He was we'll pleased with the
outlook in Coffeyville.
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The American bank has begun suit in
the district court against Louis H. Wolfe
on promissory note for $500 given Oct.
90, 1890. for sixty days. The inter est is
due from Dec. 20, 1890.
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VERY NARROW ESCAPE.
A Lawrence Man Takes Poison But is
Discovered in Time


LAWRENCE, Jan. 17.-John Lasize at
te mpted to commit suicide last night
He had been on drunk for several
days and seems to have become dis
couraged. Officers followed him to his
room after seeing him purchase deadly
drugs. When found he was unconscious
from the effect DR.. Oatman was sum-
moned and restoratives administered
barely in time to save his life.
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Judge Hazen is reading up the law on
the city tax cases which he has under
Amusement and hopes to be able to give
his opinion Monday morning.
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Missouri Pacific train ready to go to work
at developing the great oil resources of
this part of the state.
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DEVELOP OIL FIELDS.

Pennsylvania Miners Land ut NeOdesha to
Drill for Oil.
NEoDEsHA, Jan. 17.-Twenty-seven big
stout drill men from Pennsylvania were
landed Mt NsOdesha by last evenings
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Smooth as silk is the way our collars
feel now. Peerless Steam Laundry, 112
and ia w. Sth.
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sum ZOE MIsrREArN1ENr
FRils of It's Purpose and the Defendan
Goes Free.

FIT. SCoTT. Jan. 1.-THE $500 dam.
age suit brought against A C. Dark. ex-
keeper of the county poor farm, by John
Mshnerts an inmate, for alleged mistreat-
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CHICAGO, Jan. 17.-Captain A c. An
son, the Chicago ball player, who be-
came an actor. has left the stage. proba-
bly,, in the language of brother actor,
because he couldn't take it with him
Arson thought he was all right and that
in his six feet two was the making of one
Of the best actors the world has ever pro-
duced. The world has, as a matter of
fact, produced many wild things, but
when il came to Arson, it is but honest
TO say, as an actor he was by long odds
the worst ever seen or discovered
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Closing on Popular Stocks.

Closing Popular Stocks.
The closing today was as follows:
Sugar. 1919: Gas. e51s; c., B. & O.. 7414;
Atchison, 141s; R. l., 6515; w. L., S358;
Mo- p, 245s; U. P, 4; st. Paul 68
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JIMMIE WILL QUIT.

Sick in Australia Now, VIII Manage a
Cycle Factory His Return.
SAN Francisco, Jan. 17.-W. J. Wal
ford, manager of A. A Zimmerman, the
bicyc.ist, announces that the champions
racing career will end when he leaves
Australia.
He says Zimmerman had malarial fever
at Ceylon and has not since been in his
old form. Zimmerman will return to
this country soon and devote himself to
the management of a bicycle factory at
Freehold, n. j.. of which he is presi-
dent.