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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-11-10
WAS RESPONDENT
An AtchfsOn Man Writes a
Gloomy Letter
To His Wife About Jumping in
the Missouri River.
THEN LEAVES TOWN
Prominent Church Man and
Member of Secret Orders.
Thought to Have Been Short
In His Accounts.

Atcbison. Nov. 10.-Atchison was
shocked yesterday when the 16-year-
old son of NJ. K Holley reached the po-
lice station at IL O'Clock in the morn
ing. his eyes sea of tears, bearing the
following sad message sent through the
postohice by his father to his Wife
Atchison Station, Nov T. lSs5-7ls.
good bye, I am going 70 the potion Oh
the Missouri river I am tired of per
secHtion. You have opposed me SO iAucH
in many things have decided 20 drown
myself Look for me at the bottom ri
the river if you want to-
At the time The Young man received
the letter his mother was attendlns ssr-
vice at the First NJ F. church OF Whlcn
she is q member as is also her nlsslhs
husband. II was learned from the boy
that his father hadn't oeen at nome
since Saturday noon
He had been having some trouble
about his lodge affairs. and had agreed
to 20 to Omaha Saturday night with
George Balloon. treasurer OF the or
der. to straighten matters up with the
officers of the lodge. Holley did not
show UP, and Balcom went alone, Le-
turning this morning BalcoA says ne
does not believe Holley collected cent
which he failed to turn over; that ev-
erything seems to be accounted for ex-
cepting the September and October as
sassments. which are probably not col
4. ". Garrett. an Atchison railroad
man. was in Kansas City yesterday
and met Holley there. and talked with
him. Rolley had shaved his mus
tache-
Mr.. HolIey has been a resident of the
city FOR nearly Is years. and al the time
he left held an important position at the
Missouri Pacific freight depot and one
that he has held for many years. he
is Mason in good standing, IS mem
Der Of the WDOdman of the World, a
very prominent member OF the Metho-
dist church. and was last spring elected
a member of the school board He was
treasurer of the lodge of WOodmen of
the world but has less than s1OO for
dues collected ia his possession His
books at the freight office were found
to be straight and carefully put away,
as they always have been
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-11-10

fore an audience of Englewood RepubI-
cans last night at the Linden theater-
With epigram and sarcasm, balanced
periods and pungent questions he paint
ed the principles represented by the
great Republican party. 1T was TT
ting close to the campaign. Old voters
were strengthened ia their faith and
new ones converted to the principles
laid down at the ST. Louis convention.
Mr. Douglass is a young man whose
political training was a rough, hard.
school. 1t has left its effect on his style
of speech, as we'll as on his arguments.
His arguments are not hampered by
redundant or superduOus phrases They
are as keen and sharp as sword blade
and their terseness adds to their power.
He reached his audience last night, and
held their attention as few other speak
ers could have done"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-11-10
DEAD IN THE STORM
,. N. Moran, Aged y Years, Sue
cumbs to a Kansas Autumn Biz
zard.

Sunday morning. says the Goodland
Republican, a boy searching for stray
cattle found the body Of j. N. Moran.an
aged farmer of Shermanville township
lying dead in his wagon only a mile or
so from home. The storm of Thursday
had been too much for the = years of
the dead man to Withstand. Since We'd
nesday mis- wife had waited in vain for
the homecoming of him, whose lifeless
body was stifening beneath his shroud
of snow
Moran was in Goodland Wednesday
buying lumber and provisions and to-
wards evening started for home 1T was
threatening an day, and along in the
evening heavy rain began falling
from sky Of inky blackness lit is up
posed that failing to reach home before
darkness set in, and becoming lost he
unhitched his horses and sought the
shelter Of his wagon. Being drenched
to the skin he was in no condition to
withstand the blizzard that followed
the rain and the feeble spark of life
went out before the chilling blasts of
the storm
The deceased lea res a wife in this
county and several grown children who
reside in Illinois.
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DIR. BROWNFIELD'S WATCH.
Went in the City Prison Auction Sale
for $1,000 Today.

The sale of forfeited vaIuables at po-
lice headquarters was held this morning.
T. L. King acted as auctiOneer, and in
all S56.70 was received from the sale,
which was held in front of the police sta
ton There were fifteen watches sold,
and four pistols. Seven of the watches
were gold and a few We're decided bar
gains Dr. ]. C. Brownfield,s gold watch,
which cost at least $40 sold for $3.50 and
l2dy's fine gold watch which had been
forfeited by Matt Ellison. sold for $3.50.
Mrs. L. B. Kellys gold watch was bought
for SO and A Simpsons gold watch was
sold for $3.50
There were eight silver or silverine
watches which sold for from 81 to 50.
probably all they were worth Four
worthless pistols sold for %, 80, IS and so
cents respectively
Securities which prisoners put up for
their appearance and fail to redeem are
kept for six months, advertised and then
sold at public auction.
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TODAY'S MARKET REPORT.
Furnished by the Associated Press to
the State Journal
Chicago. Nov. 10.

CHICAGO, NOV 10.
WHEAT Strong. bull Incentives in the
form of Id advance at Liverpool,
double our advance yesterday and re-
ceipts in the northwest of only 764 cars
against 1922 last year, caused an advance
OF 11Ad17sc in wheat at this morning
opening. Corn and oats symDathized
readily with wheat but provisions were
lacking in energy because of large hog
receipts. Deem Der wheat opened li2N1tsc
higher at S01sc to SO12c sold at S0lac de-
clined to S0lsc. advanced to S05sc and
again declined to 807sc on free selling
against calls.
CORN-May corn opened A03sc higher
at 29l4 M29ssc sold at 295sd2914c and adj
vanced to 1850.
OATS-Nay oats opened Ad%c higher
at 22ssc. sold at 22s{ G227sc and held steady
at 227sc.
PROVISIONS-Jan pork unchanged
at S8.O0dS 8 021s. declined to S7.95 and recov-
cred to $7.971s- January lard opened 2i2c
lower at S435 and declined to $40. jan
uary ribs opened 21ac higher at $3.9l12n
400 declined to s3.921s and recovered to
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-11-10
WICHITA WANTS A NORMAL
"a United Faction Will SO Petition the
Coming Legislature.

Wichita Nov. 1O.-There is one thing
that a united Wichita will ask of the
new legislature, says the Beacon.
Republicans may fight over the post
Office and Populists and Democrats may
fight over other Offices but all viii
unite in one mighty effort to secure for
Wichita the state normal. There is but
one other county in the state that gave
a bigger majority than did Sedgwick
for the state ticket just elected, and
Wichita feels that she has a claim
Aside from this. however Wichita Of
fers the same splendid inducements to
the state That was offered to the Ma
sons, namely, a magnificent building for
almost nothing. For a price less than
half its cost.
The new members Of the legislature
elected in this county. Senator LEVEL
ing and Representative Irwin Merrill
and Rutledge. have a duty to perform.
and the citizens Of Wichita should aid
D. them in every way possible That the
Masons of Kansas viii be a powerful
element of strength in the battle on ac-
count of the Garfield building being
near their home is unquestiOned.
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Chicago Livestoek nFarket.

LUICagO, NDV-
HOGS-OffciaI receipts yesterday IS, 3S5;
shipments 13 SIG.
CATTLE official receipts yesterday 49,
$50: shipments .90S.
SHEEP Official receipts yesterday r.
463. shipments 5S6-
HOGS-Receipts % 600. left over 600.
Estimated receipts hogs tomorrow 40 600.
Market fairly active. Light nearly steady
others sc lower Light S3-30d3671z; mixed
= SO 2503.65; heavy SS.05d3.60; rough SS.05q
3.15.
CATTLEzReceipts 4. 600. Market strong
to 10c higher. Good cattle very scarce.
Beeves .S3.6505. 20. cows and heifers S1.75G
40. Texas steers S2.s504.O0, westerns $3.50
GALS, stockers and feeders s2-S5G3.S5.
SHEEP-Receipts 1900. Steady to 10c
higher.
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TOO LATE TO classify.

,-----~-~~---~-~-~----~
W AM ED-Horses TO winter at 81 90 per
~ head per month. Plenty Of water and
feed and good care Farm on kuenzll creek
so miles west Of Topeka. Address A. III. Scr,
dan, Alma. Kans.
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MRS. CASTLE RELEASED.
She is Let Out of Prison on Medical
Grounds.

London. Nov 10.-NIrs Walter NJ CAS-
tie Of San Francisco, who was sentenced
at the ClerkenweH session on Friday last
to three months Imprisonment without
hard labor. after having pleaded guilty,
by the advice of her counsel, to the charge
of shoplifting was released from Worm
wood Scrubs prison today on medical
grounds by the order of the home secre-
tary. Sir Matthew White Ridley.
The commissioners OF prisoners. it ap-
pears after receiving the report of the
medical board on the state of Mrs. Cas-
ties health, communicated with the home
secretary who promptly ordered her re-
lease from prison and that she be placed
in the care of her husband, who has un-
dertaken to take her back to the United
states with the least POSSIBLE delay.
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SUED ON HIS BOND.
Action to Recover $500 on a Case
Comnromisea bY lTarriage

TT. Scott. Nov. 1O-County Attorney
Cory yesterday filed in the district
court a case entitled the State of Kan
sas VS.. Walter Enedge, S. c. Eledge
and w c. Elledge
The suit is an action to recover $500
on a bond which it is claimed the prin-
cipal defendant forfeited by failing to
appear for trial before Justice of the
Peace Aubrey. September II. in the case
of the State of Kansas by relation of
Lizzie Liddells and in which he was de-
PENDANT.
The case was one of assault and be-
fore the date set for the trial he and
the main witness for the state We're
married
lit is claimed he failed to appear for
trial and that he therefore forfeited his
bond Of $500 for which suit has now
been brought
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"a HOURS no CALIFORNIA.
Santa Fe Route-California Limited.

santa E6 EGOuI6-Cal11Ofnla AlnlE6Q'
Leaves Chicago 500 p. m. Wednes-
days and Saturdays, Kansas City $50
a. m. Topeka 11:S3 a. m, and Denver
$50 D. m, Thursdays and Sundays,
reaching Los Angeles "a hours and san
Diego in So hours from Topeka. Con
Meeting train for San Francisco, with
through sleeping car reservations. via
Mojave Returns leaving California
Mondays and Thursdays and passing
through Topeka eastbound at $3.50 o. m.
Thursdays and Sundays.
Equipment Of superb vestibuled Pull
man palace sleepers. buffet smoking car
and dining car. Most luxurious service
via any line
Another express train, carrying pal
ace and tourist sleepers, leaves Chicago
Topeka and Kansas City daily for Cal
ifornia-
For additional information call on w
c. Garvey, agent, at passenger depot,
foot Of Fifth street, Topeka, telephone
6S2) or on Cromwell & Jeffers, in post
office, North Topeka. CTelephone 364)
w. J. BLACK, A. C. P. A.
Topeka.
G. T. NICHOLSON, G. P. A.,
A, T. & s. F. R'y,
Chicago.
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TRIED 10 KILL his BROTHER.
Edgar Palmer in a Fit of Insanity
Commits Assault.

0D4L4LS Assault
Edgar T. Palmer Of Hawleye town
ship, an unmarried man Of % years of
age VINO has been stopping since last
September with his parents. Mr. and
Mrs Harry Palmer, last Saturday af-
tern0on attempted to attack his young
er brother, Ransom, with club, says
the Osborne Farmer.
Edgar for some years past has been
subject to periods of mental ALTERATION,
and it was while in this unsettled con
dition that he made the attack on his
brother Before he was able to do bod
lily injury to Ransom he was OverpOW-
cred. relieved of the club and securely
bound hand and foot. Sheriff Wismi-
Ter was notified of the affair as soon as
possible, and went after Palmer, who
was brought to Osborne that evening
and placed in the county jail for safe
keeping.
Monday afternoon in the probate
court an investigation was made as to
Palmer's sanity
From the testimony addueed it ap-
pears that Palmer labOrs under the hal
lucinati0n that some friends are admin
istering medicine to him for the pur-
pose of doing him injury and driving
him away from home In accordance
with the evidence the jury found him
fit subject for the insane asylum
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TWO NERvY rRAMPs
Try to Hold a Merchant Up-After-
ward Cody Enter His Store.

That business men viii not always
stand and take everything from tramps
was demonstrated here yesterday, says
the Hanover Democrat, when our usu-
ally quiet postmaster. inning, smash
ed a couple of mouthy tramps over the
head with a board and laid them out
cold
The facts in the case appear to be that
on Tuesday an attempt was made to
hold up F. Fussenegger. Of the firm of
Inning & Co. but by a timely use of
his legs he esca ped
On Wednesday morning two tramps
wandered into the store, one of whom
Mr.. F'usenegger recognized as the as
sailant of the night before Mr.. Fus-
senegger charged the tramp with att
tempted holdup which the tramp denied
and after which the tramps We're asked
to take seats until the marshal could be
sent for and the matter Investigated
Instead of doing this according to
tramp fashion. the two fellows began
stOrming around the store and using
profane language and swearing violent
threats
Mr. Inning ordered them to keep
quiet. but seeing that they kept getting
worse, he seized a big board and didn't
do a thing but lay them both out
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Market Gossip.


Furnished by Topeka Grain & stock
New York. Liverpool wheat opened
steady and since gained strength and IS
now I'D higher
Hogs: Chicago $4,000; Kansas City 49,
900; Omaha 4500. Cattle; chicago 5,3095
Kansas City 10 900; Omaha 500.
Chicago. Inspections, wheat l05-ll; corn
243-164 oats 306-2l-
Liverpool says rumors regarding pros-
pecrs of Argentine crop becoming less
New York: Lord SaIisbury's announce
ment made last night at Lord Mayor
banquet the Venezuelan question is set
is hailed in England and here with de-
light.
most reassuring, prices for all our stocks.
are fully up to our equivalent Indus
trials show good Improvement. railroads
are preparing to advance rates Aler-
chants are making arrangements every
where for more business and general
outlook is most reassuring.
Chicago: Estimated receipts tomorrow
wheat 81; corn 100; oats l25; hogs 10000
head
pool wheat another ed up
Duluth 379 cars today last year 1,oo
New York: Second Liverpool cable la
New York: Worlds wheat shipments
for the week $50. 600 bushels
New York: The four ports cleared for
export. wheat and flour, 10000 bushels.
Chicago: Some houses like Chambers
New York: General belief is that the
Cuban matter viii not be settled untn
Liverpool. p. m: Wheat closes 2
pence higher
Chicago: December wheat 79c; calls, Sic;
puts, May corn 2934c; calls 399fc; puts.
cenber wheat sic.
Minneapolis 367 cars. last year ISL ears
New York; Bradstrcet's worlds wheat
visible increased 3,331O00 bushels last
week
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BURLINeAmE,s 5000 F1RE.
Originates in a Feed store-About
One-third Insurance.

Burlingame Nov lot is estimated
that the total loss Of Sundays fire viii
amount to about $1,000; covered by in
surance Of $500
The fire was first discovered in Dem
ing & Drew's flour and feed store The
entire stock and building was consumed
and also the blacksmith shop of o. c.
Everly with ALL the tools and the Oil
Yer building with the entire stock and
Tools of s. S. Shepard, harness maker.
tEerlys loss, about $500 insured for
sleo; the loss on building is $500 Dem
ing & Drew's entire stock of -four and
lesd was burned, valued at ST. 900. S S.
Shepard's entire stock Of harness sad
dies and tools were valued at 81. 600 IN
sured Tor $3.50. The oliver building
was worth $4,000; no insurance.
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To Work California Gold Mines.

San Francisco. Nov. 1O.-Ex- United
States Senator stephen w. Dorsey has
just arrived here direct from London.
For several years he has been interest
ed in a large group of gold mines near
the Colorado river. % miles from Yuma
in southern California. He went over
to London to get money to develop
these mines. He succeeded and Will
now erect a 100 stamp mill and employ
400 or 500 men.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-11-10
WANTS LYNCH's PLACE

Captain Arnold of Cherokee County,
Mentioned for Penitentiary Warden.
Weir City, Nov 1O.-Cherokee county,
the banner free silver county of Kan
sas, which gave Bryan 1904 majority
and Leedy ], 452 majority has candi-
date for warden of the penitentiary in
the person of @. D.Arnold, better known
in this part of the state as Capt. Ar
county for four years. has had some
experience in institution life is 48 years
old, good business man, and a partic-
ular friend of the miners Of Weir City
and Galena-
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Some Suggestions for Gov. Leedy.

Arkansas City, Nov. 10.-It is re-
ported that ex-senator Dan Nc
Taggart, of Montgomery county, wants
to be warden of the penitentiary. It
is also whispered that Mr. Leedy will
appoint Captain Hatch, of this city,
superintendent of the Hutchinson re-
formatory or warden of the pen
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ERA OF CRIME ar PARSONS.
Youth and Old Age Charged With a
Serious Crime

Parsons. Nov. 1O.-B. F. Manwarrin.
an old man 70 years Of age, charged
with an attempt to assault little
year old child named Katie Birch was
arrested yesterday.
The case will be heard before Justice
Hart tomorrow, the defendant being
held in bonds Of $1,000 for his prelim-
mary hearing.
Edward NTcGonigaI a lad 13 years Of
age, is also under arrest, charged with
assault on Anna Flora. aged 3 years.
His preliminary hearing will be held
before Justice Hart In default of $500
bonds the boy went to the Gala bose.
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100 Armenians We're Killed

Constantinople, Nov 10-The reports
in circulation here on Thursday last
that a massacre has occurred in an Ar
lnenian village near Kaisarieh and that
so persons had been killed, were not eX-
aggerated. On the contrary, the affair
turns out to have been more serious
that at first announced. The massacre
occurred in the village of Everek. 100
persons were killed and nearly all the
Armenian houses We're pillaged.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-11-10
PARKS FOR STATE PRINTER.
Editor of the Beloit Call Mentioned as
Major Eudson's Successor.

Beloit. Nov 10-For the Office of state
printer. John S. Parks of this place, one
of the editors and publishers Of the Be
lott Call, the leading Populist paper in
the Sixth district, also one Of the edi-
tors and publishers of the Western
WOodman and Royal NeIghbOr, has
announced his candidacy.
Mr.. Parks is a practical newspaper
man. and has lived in this section Of
Kansas for good many years.
AS most of the senators and represen-
tatives in the Sixth congressional dis
trict are Populists and fusion. he win
have a good start from this section Of
the state.
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MARKEr ZOE POULTRY.
A House Established at Winfield to
Take q Carload q Week.

Winfield, Nov. 1O.-The Northwest
Poultry and Produce company, a
wealthy syndicate Of London and Man
chester, England, have esta bhshed head
quarters in this city for the territory in
the south and west and their business
viii be done through J. p Baden.
Mr.. Baden is under contract to fur
nish one car load of produce each week
and they VIII take as much more as he
can furnish Poultry viii be the chief
article exported, but butter. eggs and
live stock will also be handled. This
means a good deal for Winfield and
COwley county.
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Atchison's Eernit TlL

Atchison, Nov. 1O.-The quaint char
acter known as Mexican johnny" liv-
ing south of town, is quite ill., Johnny
life of a hermit in a little cabin on
Stranger creek, and is said to be of a
miserly disposition He has MAIDS lots
of money selling garden sass, both in
AtchisOn and Leavenworth, but no one
knows where he keeps his -little fortune
His only companions are his Mexican
pony, his faithful dog and a cob pipe.
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FOR a BLIND ASYLUM.
Arkansas City Has a Plan to Push
This Winter.

Arkansas City. Nov. 1O-For several
months J. ". Beekman and several Re
publicans have been trying to interest
prominent men Of the state in regard to
the advisability Of purchasing the Fifth
avenue hotel in this city and convert
ing it into a southern Kansas blind
asylum.
Tt is a fact generally conceded that a
southern asylum must be provided at
an carly day, and il is believed that the
Fifth Avenue can be purchased for
what the lots upon which. it is built
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Change in Leavenworth Army circles

Leavenworth, Nov. 10-The army re-
firing board at Ft. Leavenworth, kan,
has been dissolved and new board,
headed by Lieutenant Colonel il. Has
ken, Seventeenth infantry, appointed to
meet there. First Lieutenant E H
Weber. Twentieth infantry, has been
ordered before the board of retirement.
Captain ]. @. Adams, First cavalry has
been retired on his own applica ton, af-
ter more than 30 years service.
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~ APPoINT oRR.
Prof stryker May Select His Assist
ant From Fort Scott

Fort Scott. Nov 10.-Prof. J. D. Orr,
of this city, principal of the Main street
school, is said to be on the list for ap-
pointment to the position of assistant
state superintendent of schOols-the
same position held by Prof. Guy p
Benton under the Republican admins
tration- ut pays about s1,700 a year.
Prof. Stryker. the superintendent-
elect. was formerly a member of the
faculty of the Fort Scott normal and is
Intimately acquainted with Mr. Orr. 1t
is said by friends of Mr. Orr that the
position has been promised him and
that be has decided to accent It.
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Roster ofKansas Volunteers Complete

Leavenworth, Nov 10-Nr. Clinton
H. Dallas. assistant clerk in the hos
pital, returned from Ell Dorado Springs,
Mo. last week, where he voted and had
a pleasant visit with his family Mr..
Dallas attended the recent c.. A. r. en-
campment in Topeka and has compiled
q complete roster of all the Kansas vol
unteers who We're present at that re-
union.
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Prisoner Escapes Jail at Lyons.

Sheriff Watkins was giving the prison
ers their supper, he was knocked down
by Dick Wanacott, and all made an at
tempt to escape. The sheriff regained
himself sufficiently to shut the door on
all but Wanacott, who is still at large
and for whom a reward Of $25 has been
offered
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MURDOCH FOR MEXICO.
Editor of the Wichita Eagle Said to be
Slated for Mexican Minister.

Wichita, Nov. lot is talk here that
Mark Hanna promised Colonel Murdoch
the position of minister to Mexico if he
would behave himself during the cam
paign.
This country wants to cultivate trade
relations with Mexico and it is sup
posed that the Mexican government
would consider Marsh's appointment a
compliment on account OF his well
known views on the silver question.