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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-01-30
BREEZY SUIT ENDED.
Oxford Society Very Much Worked Up
Suit suddenly Dismikaed.

OXFORD, Jan. 0-The libel suit
brought by Mrs. Z a. Brewster, VINO
charged F. c. Davis and Mrs. M A.
Rumbly with conspiring to damage her
reputation by circulating false and ma
hcious reports prejudicial TO her charac-
ter, was brought 10 an abrupt close on
Monday by the attorneys for the plaintiff
appearing in court and Offering a motion
to dismiss the suit.
The costs of the case are 10 be divided
between the plaintiff aud the 6efe ndants
Oxford hasn't been stirred up by ANY,
thing like this case in years, and it will
be sumo time before society gets restored
to its usual equanimity.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-01-30
ST. PAUL CAN'T FLOAT YET
Parts of Her Upper Works Taken OF
To Make Her Lighter.

TO Make Her Lighter.
New YORK, Jan. 3O.-By telephone
from the steamer S;-Paul it is stated that
no effort to float the steamer was made
either last night or this morning, and
that there is no change in her position.
1t is not known when another effort will
be made to pull the steamer off, as the
wind is very light from the west. and
there is no sea on to make the sea neces-
sary to aid the tugs in their work.
All the cargo is off and numbe of YES
sells fittings having been removed te
tighten the steamer she is now about as
light as she can be made and the proba-
bilities are that nothing further will be
done until there is strong easterly wind
and hiph tide
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-01-30
"GREEK MEETS GREEK"
The Bicycle Now Forms a Part Greek
OIympIan Games.
WASHINGTON. Jan. so. T

WASHINGTON, Jan. so. The
Grecian athelete has raken up the bicy-
Gle, according to our consul at Athens who
in "a letter TO the state department, calls
attention to the chance of the American
wheelmakers have of disposing of their
product. Consul George Horton says
'there are at the present time about 400
bicycles in Athens. The average price
at which wheels sell here is $7S So, and
the average weight is 20 pounds. The
character of the roads renders a lighter
wheel impractical BILE, unless the machines
are of a high grade and with a wide
base. The duty on BICYCLES is insignifi-
cant, not being manufactured here"
The revival of the Olympian games,
which occurs in April, will include bicy-
Gle races, and Consul Horton thinks
American wheelmakers would find it ad-
vantageous to have a representative
present.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-01-30
HUGH DEMPSEY PAkDONED
Said to Have Caused Poison to BE Given
Homestead Mill Employees.

bAIU HIVE IOi8on NTlVen
Homestead Mill Employees.
PITTsBURG, Jan. 3O-There was great
rejoicing among the labor leaders today
over the news that the state pardon
board had recommended the pardon of
Hugh Dempsey, eX-district master work
man of the Knights of Labor, who
was three years ago sentenced to
seven years imprisonment in the
Riverside penitentiary for feloni-
Gus assault and battery in causing
poison to be administered to the nom
\ union men at Homestead mill of the
Carnegie Steel company after the great
strike of 1892. Beatty s. Gallagher, who
were convicted at the same time for
completely in the poisonings are still in
prison.
It is probable demonstration will be
arranged by the labor unions in celebra-
tlon of Dempsey's release.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-01-30
Forgot Their Parts.

The minstrel show given at Hamilton
hall last evening by the colored amateur
ninstrels under the direction of Henry
billiard and Fred Ware was we'll at
tended and went of all right excepting
the George Washington drill which was
interrupted by some of the young men
forgetting their parts.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-01-30
INTERNALLY INJURED.

John L. SuIIivan's Fall Is More Serious
Than at First Thought.
SPRINGFIELD. ILL.,, Jan. 3O-John L
Sullivan is worse injured than it was at
first supposed, and it is feared that he
has sustained internal injury.
DR.. Dixon, the attending physician
here, advised Sullivan not to appear on
the stage, but the ex-champion went
through his part in places, although he
did not give a boxing exhibition with
Paddy Ryan as advertised.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-01-30

EXCELSIOR COKE AND GAS CoMpAN

EXCELSIOR COKE AND GAS COMPANY
By direction of the new owners of the
Gas company all collections will here
after be made only by Mr.. J. G. Nicely,
our collector, or at the Office of said com
pany.
EXCELSIOR COKE & GAS Co.
By c. IL. HOLIDAY, President
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-01-30
unenuaIeI Service.

Denver to Chicago via Kansas City is
given via the Union Pacific and Chicago
s. Alton railways.
Through Pullman sleepers, Pullman
dining cars aud free reclining chair cars
leave Denver daily. The Union Pacific
ia the great through car line of the west.
Ask your nearest ticket agent for tickets
via this line.
E. L LoMAx.
Gen. Pass. and Tkt. Agt..
Omaha, Neb.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-01-30
CASH FOR FARMERS.

SterIing's Separator and Creamery Uses
5000 Pounds of Milk.
STERLING, Jan. 30.-The separator
station received nearly 1000 pounds of
milk one day this week, and nearly 5000
pounds on another day. The present
capacity of the machinery is inadequate,
and an order was telegraphed to Kansas
City for the largest sized separator manu-
featured. This, with the receipts from
the Barber creamery, is bringing lots of
cash to the farmers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-01-30
ROW OVER FEES.

Brown County Officials Have Sued For
Special Salary.
HIAwATHA, Jan. 29.-Brown county is
in a row over her special fees and sala-
ries law. The county officers have sued
the county for the difference between
the amounts they have received and the
amounts allowed under the general
statutes, claiming that the special law is
unconstitutional. 1t will come up in the
next term of the district court
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-01-30
On Mexican SOil-The Carnival
will Not be There.
Five Hundred Troops will be
Sent to Prevent 1t.
WHERE CAN THEY GO?
Texas Governor Says No-New
Mexico Alone Left.
Maher and FitZ Are Undisturbed
and Training Vigorously.

CITY OF MEXICO, Jan. 30-A new
problem now confronts the prize fight
ers at Ell Paso.
Secretary of the Interior Cozio has
wired the state government of Chihuahua
that no prize fight must be allowed at
Juarez Five hundred rurales (rural
troopsl will be sent there to prevent the
fight.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-01-30
TODAY'S MARKET REPORT.
Furnished by the Associated Press to
the Stnte Journal.

CHICAGO, Jan. 30-Wheat opened
about irregular and about 3sc advance
over yesterdays closing. Gables came
firm and higher, with good demand re-
ported, while northwest receipts were
somewhat larger. Armour seemed to be
buying but the crowd as rule was of
the bear side and May opening at 6434 %
65, eased off to 6415 with trading quIe5.
Corn opened 1s@14c higher at 3U14 %
g. Trading was quiet. buving scattered
and May declined to 3O18, reacting to
3OI.
Oats quiet, Nav opened 1sc higher at
211A, declined to 81 and reacted TO 81 e
@21M.
Provisions easier. Packers were sell
ing and live stock quotations showed
weakness. May pork opened &c high
er at $1O65 and declined 10 $10.5715
May lard opened unchanged at $5.37 q
and declined to So. 80.
Hogs - Receipts, 10000; left over, TO-
600. Market slow and weak; shade low
or than yesterdays close. Light 1860
425; mixed $3.95@425; heavy S3.90@S
81 25; rough $3.9O@4OO.
Official receipts yesterday, 31,315; ship
ments 6,925.
Cattle - Receipts 1880. Market
slow and weak; Beeves So. 1904 10;
cows and heifers, $150@ $3.50; Texas
steers, $2.75@390.
CATTLE-Oiicial receipts yesterday
1925; official shipments yesterday 4.684
Sheep Receipts 10000. Market
slow aud 10 cents lower.
SHEEP-Official receipts yesterday 81,
500; shipments, 563.
Estimated receipts of hogs tomorrow
1900 head.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-01-30
"wHITE CAPPERs."
Four Negroes At NewtOn Warned to
Leave and They Left

LenVe and They Left.
NEWTON, Jan. 30-Four yonng men,
all colored, who have lived in Newton
for years, aud at least two of whom were
born and raised here, have departed for
unknown parts as the result of White
Cap warnings sent them.
The strange part of the uffair is that
four young white girls became enam-
CURED of the darkeys and met them
whenever they could evade their
parents eyes.
friday night the young men and the
girls In question occupied the same
rooms and held high carnival until the
following Monday night Refreshments
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-01-30

Mr.. G. A. Guenther, formerly state
agent of the Penn Mutual Life for Ala
bama and Georgia, with headquarters at
Chattanooga, Tenn, has resigned that
position to accept the position of state
manager of the Kansas Mutual Life in
Topeka Mr.. Guenther is already in To-
peka and will bring his family hera in
about month.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-01-30
Pasture Thousands of Cattle.

Ell DORADO, Jan. 30.--John Lehr has
closed contract to pasture 5000 head of
cattle in the flint hills this summer. They
are Texas and Colorado cattle
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-01-30
Chicago "L,, Road Forecrosed.

CHICAGO, Jan. 3O-The Farmers
Loan s. Trust Co, of New York, has
filed a bill in the United States court
here to foreclose mortgage for $7,T5,-
600 on the Lake street elevated road The
foreclosure is the elimination of a long
and bitter fight between VIM. Zeigler
on one hand and the Yerkes interests on
the other.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-01-30
WILLIE TOMARRY SOON.
The Refitting of w. X VnnderbIIt,s
MAnsion suggests HIr Wedding

The Refitting of W. X vanderbIIt's
Mansion Suggests HIg Wedding.
NEW YORK. Jan. 3O-The World this
morning saws: For some little time past
Mr.. VIM. K Vanderhllrs residences at
Fifth avenue and Fifty-second street
has been undergoing renovating and re-
decorating. This fact has been patent to
outsiders, and it is the talk of society
that his house is being put in readiness
for a wedding.
Though no public announcement of
the engagement of Mr. William K. Van
derbilt and Miss Amy Bend has been
made, the alliance is now momeutarily
expected. This has become an accepted
fact with the intimate friends of the
couple. Tho engagement is said also
TO be conceded by an official representa-
tive of Dir. w. h. Vanderbilt's family.
photographs Right Through You.
BERLIN, Jan. 3O.-The ministry of wxr
has just completed a series of successful
experiments with the discovery of Prof.
Roentgen of Vienna of a new method of
applying photography to surgery and
medicine with the view of making use
j. of it in war surgery.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-01-30
JAN1roR ASSAULTED.
WayIaid and Pounded Over the Head
with a Club

With Club.
OTTAWA, Jan. 3O-Andrew Larson.
janitOr of the central high school was
knocked senseless in the early morning
and robbed. He goes to his work at 4
o'clock. In the gloom some one stole
behind him and struck him down with
what must have been blunt instrument
"a scalp wound about three inches long
was inflicted.
His pockets were then rifled but his
watch was overlooked by the thieves.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-01-30
CITY FATHERS EXCURSION.

VIII See an Oil Won shot at Neodesha an d
Other Things.
CHANUTE, Jan. 3Q-The mayor. conn
Gil and about fifty representatives. are to
go to Neodesha today on an excursion
The committee in charge of arrange
meuts has secured from Mir. Fetie. man.
ager of the Standard Oil Co at Neodesha
a promise that we'll will be shot dnriug
their stay.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-01-30

NJ. E. Resinger of Hoyt was relieved
of the charge of disturbing the peace of
his erstwhiIe Miss Katie Bricker. at the
request of her brother, who WAS the pros
ecuting witness. Resirger appears to
have been the innocent victim of plot
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-01-30
POLITICAL CONTRACT.
Postmaster Assessed SIS. 10 Each Month
by Man Who Had a PuI.

ny q lIFh " ITO n ss1 q r uII
CAwKER CITY, Jan. 29-J. A. Stinson
has filed "a suit in court in which he asks
for judgment against Postmaster Hud-
kins for $3.50 He alleges that he spent
in getting the appointment, and that a
contract was drawn up by which he was
to have $18.75 monthly from the post
master. The amount was paid prom pity
from May, 1894. to January, 1895, at
which time pay was stopped. Judgment
ia asked on the contract.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-01-30
Wild Geese Plentiful.

ARKANSAS CITY. Jan. 3O.-Wild geese
are on their way northward. Large
mum ers of them are feeding and roost-
ing along the river, and shooting is
good.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-01-30
MORE sun THIS MONTH.
Rain and Mist and Clouds Will Keep Up
Tomorrow.

Along the lines of the Santa Fe and
Rock Island in Kansas today the wealth
liable winds. A light rain fell over the
greater portion of the state last night.
In Colorado a heavy fog is re- ported to-
day. In Texas rain is falling today, con-
tinuing from last night, In New Mexico
it is cloudy.
From the predictions sent out by the
weather bureau the present conditions
will continue to exist tomorrow.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-01-30

KANSAS CITY, Jan 3l-CATTLE-Re-
ceipts 1890; shipments, 1900. Market
slow, but steady. Texas steers,
S2.50@3.50; Texas cows $2O0@
25O; beef steers IS 15@42O; native
cows $1.75@300; stockers and feeders,
$260@$370; bulls $l.90@2 80.
Representative sales-Texas steers 81
head, averaging 1912 pounds. So so: Tex
as cows. 16 head, $40 pounds. $3.50; beef
steers, 20 head, 1850 pounds, 81 %; ma
tive COWS, 10 head, $50 pounds, So 90;
stockers and feeders 80 head, .,08
pounds, $3. 20; bulls head, 1907 pounds,
S280.
| HoGs-Receipts, 6,7O0; shipments. 1890
Market steady to strong. Bulk
of sales S3.S0@3 80; heavies 1926
@3.95; packers $380@405; mixed $3St
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-01-30
HoIton,s NTntronoIitan WAY.

HoLToN, Jan. 3O.-For the first time
in its history, Holton is to have house
numbers. House numbering is in pro-
gress and a directory will be published
at once.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-01-30

Baby Rested Better Than &c..

EUREKA, Kan, Sept. "a. '95. Hand
Medicine Co. :-"Dr. Hands Collie Cure
gave my baby great relief. She ia nine
months old and rested better last niobt
than she ever has. 1 Can testify to its
virtues with good conscience. Mrs. ]
ID. Perry" Mothers, ask some mother
who has used this remedy about il. DR.
Hands Remedies for Children nevar
dlsappsint. Sold by druggists for 25c a
l bottle. ~ 9
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-01-30
RAPID MAIL SERVICE.

Takes Thirty-Six Hours to Send Letters
About Ten Miles.
CENTRALIA, Jan. 30-A petition ask
ing for the establis hment of the old mail
route between Centralia and Seneca is
being circulated among the citizens 1t
now takes thirty-six hours to send mail
from one town to the other, distance of
ten miles,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-01-30

John Kaczynskis stock of groceries at
22S Kansas avenue must be sold by Feb.
ruary LIST, regardless of cost
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-01-30

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Refreshments will be served at the
charity ball tomorrow night by Mrs
Holyoke at 20 cents per plate. The pro-
ceeds over and above the actual cost will
go to some aharity selected by vote.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-01-30

Closing Popular Stocks.
The closing today was as follows:
Sugar, 1915: Gas, 6424: c., B. & @. 1875;
Atchison, 1914; r T., 6s15; w. T., S414;
Mo P, 255s.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-01-30

sweet Moments Cigsretts are the best
Ary package. Sold by all dealers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-01-30

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The Saint Paul globe., 1896-12-11
RUssIA's GREAT RAILWAY.

The recent completion of the western
portion of the Siberian railway to
Krasnoyarsk finishes one-third of the
distance from the UraI mountains TO
Vladfvostock, on the Pacific, or nearly
half the distance If, as reported. Russia
has obtained from China concession
to cross the peninsula of Manchuria
thereby saving 700 miles of distance
This shortening of the route indicates
that the railway has for it's chief OBJ
-jective military purpose, as 1t leaves
several hundred miles of Siberian ter
ritory without railway facilities and
without nayigable waters to take their
place. The most difficult portion of the
road, both from engineering and finan-
cial points Of view, lies Immediately
ahead of the present terminus and
especially after leaving Irkutsk. From
Cheliabinsk to the Obi the grade is an
easy one, from 1 in 600 to in 800. but
approaching Lake BaikaI and cross
ing the ranges beyond, the grades are
from 1 in $50 to in 1S0, and the cost
that. on the eastern section, averaged
about $49,0 900 mile rises to SOC, 600.
1t is probably the character of the
country and its climate east of Lake
Baikal that has made the Russian gov
ernment anxious to secure southerly
route across Chinese territory. The
elevation is such that the ground is
frozen nearly all the year, thawing on
the surface in the short summer, but
remaining frozen to the depth of over
twenty feet all the time The region
is practically desert, the mountain
ranges intercepting the moisture. A
line in the same latitude across our
continent would touch the Pacific at
the southernmost point of Alaska, pass
a hundred miles north of Winnipeg.
skirt Hudson Bay and cross the middle
of Labrador The southernmost point
of the Siberian road. except where it
drops to the south to reach Vladivos-
tock, is in 81 degrees north latitude.
When complete Its 1850 miles will
make 1t the longest railway In the
The Saint Paul globe., 1896-12-11

ought not to wait while Mr.. 1ibsou
Lsau q report. The Maryland senator
LspIieu tnat he was not tocose. and
proceeded 10 read features OF thn Ira
nligralion n 4 report. pointing out where
u oifrered essentially from fha cn7,,-
Lsattee lsi, report favoring this bill Mr.
Gibson changed his motion 81 &c -, -
postpone the bill until the flrst No,,7a-, =, -
IN January, and roll cali was takan
resulting, yeas 13; nays 81.
Inc vote Tor poGtponement was: pa
Son. Bate, blackburn, Caffery. Gibson
Mills, Mitchell, CWis.), Murphy. Pasoo'
Hughy, Turpie. Vest WaIthal1, Demo.
Gratis, 13.
Mr.. Chandler caused laugh by a
reference TO Mr.. Hill, Of New York,
Who temporarily occupied the cbatr
he said the restriction Of Immigration
nad been approved by the several ma
tfd,nal platforms ssIf I am wronor +ha
senator In the chair Child win correct
me, as he Is familiar with ali Mat
FORMS" al pias-
Mr.. Vest Oem., MOI offered an
81 esilenuIhent ~ restricting the provisions
OF the act to male immigrants NJ,
FeInaer tDem., Ill.1 offered an amend.
H,snl is making the restrictions apply 70
all persons over twenty-one wears of
dse, instead OF fourteen years. as nro-
posed by the bill He urged that
ttWenty-one was the usual time OF rec CHI
Ing majority.
: Ihe Vest and Palmer amendments
were pending when the bill was laid
aside An amendment by Mr.. SewaH
was agreed to excepting the minor
cnHaren and wives of admissible imnni-
grants from the operations Of the bill
AT S;45. the immigration bill went
over and the senate held brief ex-
ed Until Monday. = =
The Saint Paul globe., 1896-12-11

er&tton was that OF senatorial elec-
tiong tn the various states. Tha DEM
ocrats are convinced that the Repub-
licans will make every effort to secure
majority OF the senate through the
elections IN the various state legfsia-
lures this winter, but at today's meet
ing the sentiment WA that the Repub-
licans could not win In enough states to
insure majority IN the senate.
It was announced. az result Of the
conferences. that the Democrats had
nothing in view SO far as party was
concerned. There will be no caucus
called at present and probably not dur
Ing the session, unless some exigency
arises which will make 1t necessary.
The opinion was general that nothing
could be done at this session except to
pass the appropriation bills.
As to taking up the DingIey bill, no
caucus Or party restrictions will be
urged upon senators to vote against its
consideration, and Democratic senators
Will vote as they individually may de-
termine. No obstructive tactics will
be employed against the BILL but the
whole Democratic party undoubtedly
Will resist its passage by votes and by
such amendments as could be added
to the measure. 1t was generally un-
derstood also that party lines would
not be drawn tightly during the pres
ent session, and that the efforts of the
Republicans would not be resisted, be-
cause 1t was felt that they would be
unable to accomplish anything. largely
because Of differences in their own
ranks.
The Saint Paul globe., 1896-12-11

tent In the iron range country. II II
certain that the law al It now stands
does offer just this opportunity to the
venal element In politics, whose power
has been 90 happily curtailed by the
adoption Of the Australian system. It
is also true that there is no valid rea-
son why the suggestion OF our corre-
spondent should not be adopted, and
the provision of the law authorizing
another party to mark the ballot of
the voter who cannot read should not
be stricken out: for this would not even
deprive le.dlliterates Of their vote. It
would only put an end to the pernicious
practice of4permittfng one man, who
ever he may be, to have actual phys-
teal knowledge. Of the marks placed
upon another mans ballot. That is
the open door through which corrup-
ton and intimidation creep back into
our POLITICAL system.
AS elections are regulated now the
privilege is Of no practical value to the
ilhterate whatever. Sample ballots are
always available for him. These are
an exact reproduction of the ballot
tnat ne takes into the booth with him.
Dut are printed upon different colored
paper. An illiterate voter can take one
OF these sample ballots and have 1t
marked for him by any friends he
chooses, either before or after he goes
to the polling place. He can then put
the sample ballot in his pocket and
take II into the booth with him. Plao-
ing 1t side by side with the ballot which
ne has received from the election Of
Hcers. ne can then put corresponding
marks on the latter In the places where
they appear on the sample Without
being able to read a single name he
can mark his ballot with as much pre-
clsfon as any other man. This removes
the only plea on which the section OF
the law referred to could be defended
and makes its repeal as harmless +,
work the disfranchisement of any voter
as 1t Is desirable in the interest of
morality and conscientious voting.