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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-02-03
LINCOLN POSTS RESOLUTIONS.

They Reach Congressman kirkpatrick.
From the State Journals Special Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Feb. 3.-Congressman
kirkpatrick has received the following
resolutions from Lincoln post, Topeka,
cougralulating him on his pension
speech and his work in behalf of the
old soldiers:
Hon. S. S. Kirkpatrick:
DEAR, SIR,-At a regular meeting of
Lincoln post, No. 1 G. A. r., held Jan.
18th, 1896, l was directed to return to
you the thanks OF the members for your
recent very able. timely. and patriotic
defence of the Union veterans in discuss
ing the pension bill. Realizing
that under present conditions
'she boys who were the
blue" need friends, where friends can
protect them from the evil intentions of
their enemies. We have come to regard
these friends in need as friends indeed,
and desire 10 assure you and your able
and fearless colleagues in congress who
are fighting our battles for us, that your
course is fully commended, highly ap-
preciated and will ever be remembered
with gratitude.
For and by direction of the post
Very truly yours,
]. LEE KNIGHT, AdiutaQt
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OUTWITS MARIN.
Gomez, the Cuban Leader, Slips
Through the Vaunted
"Wall of Men" That was to Shut
Off
THE CUBAN REBELS
From the Eastern End of the
Island.
Gomez Has 1000 Mounted Men
With Him.
THE CUBAN REBELS

NEW YORK, Feb. 3.-A dispatch to the
World from Havana says: Maxine Co
mez, with 1000 mounted men, succeeded
late Thursday in recrossing the Trocha
or military line established by the Span
iards between Havana and Batabsno
People wonder how Gomez evaded the
Spanish column, how it was possible for
him to practically cut through the wall
of men of which the Spanish general
expects SO much.
''At the very time Gomez played this
trick on the Spanish guard along the
Trooha, General Marin, who had lett
Havana the same day at the head of the
best equipped force put in the field dur
ing the present rebellion, was slum bering
quietly surrounded by his troops at San
Antonio de Los Bdnos.
"While Gomez was approaching the
Trocha. Gen. Marin and his troops were
going west on a train toward GUIANA
jay. Gomez's route of march was
parallel with the one used by
Marin and not more than
from to 10 miles distant at any time.
Yet they did not meet. General Marin
did not learn until the following morn
ing, Friday, that Gomez was in the east
again The first information reached
him by a roundabout telegram frop
Quivican,
A very large number of people have
been leaving Cuba in the past fortnight
and it seems as if the exodus has only
just begun. Every steamer leaving
Havana carries hundreds of families.
not only to the United States, but 10
Mexico. South America and West Indian
ports. The steamship agents talk of put
ting on extra steamers to carry the pas
se1gers away.
Business is practically at stand still
Merchants who have store houses filled,
are unable to sell their goods, particular
ly provisions, owing to the interruption
of traffic on the railroad lines running
from the coast ports to the interior OF the
Ell,
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PHONES TO BE CHEAP.
Says the Solicitor General of the U. S.
Supreme Court Opens.

supreme Court opens.
WASHINGTON, Feb 3-In the United
States supreme court today the solicitor
general moved to advance the hearing
of the telephone case involving the va
lidity of the Berliner patent to an early
day in the next term. 1t was import
ant, he said, to secure an early disposi-
ton of the case, saying that the
Bell telephone receiver having become
public property, the Berliner and Edison
patents are the only obstacles in the way
of the microphone transmitter in
practical form aud that with
these patents out of the way
the telephone would become much
cheaper that its use would be widely
extended The chief justice announced
a new allotment of justices to circuits
made necessary by the accession of JUS
tice Peckham to the bench, assigning
Mr.. Peckham to the second circuit.
Justice Brown, who has recently pre-
sided in the Second district, to the Sew
enth and Justice Harlan to the Sixth.
The South Carolina dispensary cases
and Ohio tax cases were advanced on
the docket and set for hearing the Sec
ond Monday of the.next term.
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on CRUSOE,s IsLAND.

ShfPwrecked Sailors Again Find n
Haven Where Alexander SeIkfrIk
DID.
PORT TOWNSEND, Wn.. Feb. 3-The
ship Louis Walsh from Callao brought
two of the crew, Steward Chase and
Cook Mitchell, from the ship Pdrth il,
which was burned at sea several weeks
ago, 800 miles southwest of Juan Fer
nandez island. The Parthia was coal
laden from Liverpool to San Francisco.
Tho first intimation that the ship WAS
afire was when dense volume of smoke
burst through the main hatch. Know
ing the coal was full of gas and appFe-
hensive lest al explosion should occur,
three boats in charge of Captain Carter
and his first and second mates, pscr-
lively, were launched and well provi-
stoned.
The same afternoon when the boats
were three miles distant the ship blew up
and sank. Spontaneous combustion WAS
the origin of the fire. Four days the three
boats remained together when storm
came on and the second mates boat WAS
lost sight Of The water filled the boats
and sill the crew could do was to keep
then bailed out Then it was necessary
to throw overheard all the mems clothes
and nearly all the provisions.
The captain and first officers boats
reached Juan Fernandez island, and from
there they we're taken to Valparaiso by
Chilian man of war.
The second mates boat had a severe
time, and was four days in reaching Val
paraiso. For six days they were without
water or food David JONES' an Amerl-
can actor, who was a passenger, became
insane, aud was tied down for two days.
when he died and was buried at sea.
The other occupants almost despaired
of reaching shore and were considering
the advisab bility of resorting to exlrsme
measures when a wind sprang up and
quickly carried the boat to Valparaiso,
where the crew was taken ashore uncOn-
scious and nearly dead
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A PATENr ON BLOOMERS.
An INTEREST," nE Fact UneartheG5 i'm the
United States Patent Omce.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3.-After six
months search through ancient and mod
ern history. the patent Office has issued
patent on boomers The man who gets
the credit of inventing this up-to date
article is Thomas II. Royce of Brooklyn.
Ia the future the new women will have
to pay Mr.. Royce a royalty on her neither
garments.
Application for the patent was filed
August IA, 1895, when the bloomer craze
was at its height. Royce did not claim
to be the originator of this form of femi-
nine trouserettes, but claimed 10 have
invented some of the most essential fes-
ture of the accepted style of bloOmers.
The delay in granting the patent was
due to discussion among the patent Of
flee examiners as to whether boomers
were patentable.
Numerous patterns of ancient and
modern pantalettes, or trouserettes, were
taken before the examiners by Ar.
Royce. The flowing neither garments
worn by the inmates of Turkish harems
and those of the modest maidens of Per-
sia were compared with the latest styles
of bloomers worn by the new woman.
An interesting pointin connection with
the granting of this patent was the Of
| ficial decision and recognition of the
word s'hIoomers," it being held that the
term was of novel American originality
without regard to the apparel for fe-
males of the old world or OF ancIeHs
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CHICAGO nARKEr LETTER

Furnished by Topeka Grain and Stock Ex-
change. 526 Kansas Avenue.
Wheat-There was slightly easier
feeling at the opening this morning,
caused by heavy realizing, which forced
the May option to $3.50. AS predicted
in our letters of the past few days, heavy
buying appeared on the slightest breaks
and swept short sellers off their feet COM
pletely. The situation is becoming SEN
sational, and outsiders are rapidly
securing control of the situation and tax
ing the market away from professionals.
There are no reserves in farmers hands
and millers are grinding on foreign
wheat The northwest is shipping -four
to the Pacific coast which is something
amazing. The oldest members of the
Chicago board of trade say they never
saw the situation so strong with
wheat selling under a dollar We
are rapidly running into a strong
broad bull market and many good
bulls are getting left by waiting for
breaks to buy on, English stocks are
decreasing rapidly, exports liberal and a
good sized decrease in last weeks visible
supply. The worlds shipments are far
below actual requirements and America
is shipping about one-half of it. Buy
wheat on all soft spots.
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DISGRACEFUL ANTICS
Of Some of New YOrK'a ssCitizen Sol.
diery''-A Woman DisrObed.

NEW YORK, Feb 3AA scene that
would have disgraced the Tenderloin in
its palmiest days took place early Sun
day morning at the stag" given by Co.
G, of the Ninth regiment, at the armory
in West Twenty-sixth street.
The 'stag" was extensively advertised
and there was a large crowd. The en-
tertainment consisted of singing. dan
cling and boxing. There was plenty of
beer on tap, and about midnight on Sat
urday the crowd began to feel warm.
1t was about 1 o'clock Sunday morn
ing when the woman in the case
came on the stage and began to dance
the "couchecouche." Her efforts at once
won great applause.
Encouraged by the spectators, the wo-
man became energetic. Her actions be-
came wilder and more suggestive and
vulgar. The crowd of liquor inflame ed
men applauded louder aud fiercer than
before. Then began an exhibition never
before seen in an armory.
"She's peachr' cried a large man,
with a frog in his throat.
Lets see what you can do" cried an
other voice.
In second cries and shouts such as
are sometimes heard in a Paris dance
hall came from all parts of the room.
Then the woman, who had evidently
been drinking, began to pull down the
loose covering over her shoulders, SO as
to show her breast. Her action brought
forth shrill cries, cat calls and remarks
from all parts of the room The woman
finally became disgraceful.
An attempt was made to stop the show
The men resisted. and there was a scene.
1t was not until 2 o'clock that the
"stag" broke up
An investigation is forthcoming.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-02-03
IAaPERTINENT NIIssoURIAN.

Stands in the Way of Fort Hays Military
Reservation Bill.
From the State Journals Special Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Feb. a-The Ft. Hays
military reservation bill On which a
favorable report was made to the house
some time ago is in waiting state.
Congressman Blue and Baker have been
hoping to get it up for passage by unan-
imous consent and get it through ahead
of the regular order on the calendar, but
they have run against Congressman De
Almond of Missouri who says he will OBJ
ject
He says giving 1000 acres of land, the
number in the Fl. Hays reservation, is
too much for Kansas and he will block
the way. Messrs. Blue and Baker are
working with him and if he can be got
to waive his objections the bill will be
brought up by unanimous consent and
passed; otherwise it will have to await
its regular order on the calendar.
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HOUSESMITHS ORGANIZE.
They Meet at Pittsburg and Form a
National Union.

PITTsBURG, Feb. 3.-The organization
of natiOnaI union of housesmiths and
bridge builders which has been agitated
since the formation of the bridge and
structural iron workers union of Pittsb burg
will probably be accom- plished at dele
gate convention in this city during the
week.
A convention of the Pittsburg, New
York, Chicago and Detroit unions will
open at Moorhead's hall Wednesday and
will likely result in the formation of
new trades union, with headquarters in
this city or Chicago. 1t is the purpose
TO adopt a uniform wage scale and work
daY.
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HISTORIC CHURCH BURNS.
The First Unitarian Church in Boston
Destroyed by Fire

Boston, Feb. 3-The historic First
Unitarian church. on Meeting h ouse hill
in Dorchester, familiar landmark and
the oldest church in the district, was de-
stroyed by fire today. The loss is esti-
mated at $4,000 and is covered by iusur-
ance.
The most valuable appurtenances of
the church were kept in the vestrv at the
rear and'were saved A new organ, pre-
sented to the church by Deacon Henry
Humphrey in 1892, and the clock and
chime of bells in the tower were total
loss.
-Four fremen were injured by fall
ing wall on the east side which COM
pietely enveloped them, but they were
rescued by their comrades.
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RAIN TUMBLES HOUSES.
The Rainfall So Great in Rio JaneirO that
Wallis GiVs Way.

NEW YORK, Feb. 3-The Herald's
correspondent in Rio Janero sends
word that rain has fallen in such tor
rents for the last two weeks that it has
caused the falling of many houses in the
city.
The yellow fever is increasing in the
city and one man on board the Italian
cruiser Lombardi, which is still in the
haroor, has died OF the disease The
Inall boat from the cruiser has been pro-
hlolted from landing, and all conferen-
ces In regard to the Italian Brazilian
crisis have been postnonad
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BURIAL OF LORD LEIGHTON
The Great Artist Given a Royal Funeral
Today.

Today.
LONDON, Feb. ga large crowd of
people watched the departure this
morning of the funeral pro-
cession conveying the remains of the
late Lord Leighton, president of the
Boyal academy. The coffin lay on a
catafalque in the central hall of Bur-
liugton house.
The catafalque was draped with violet
aud a magnificent crimson velvet
pail, heavily embroidered with gold,
covered the coffin, on top of which
rested the late Lord Leighton's pallet
and brush and green palm leaf.
At the head of thes casked stood a
bronze statue of Lord Leighton. The
Catafalque could not be approached on
account of the masses of wreaths and
other floral offerings which surrounded
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TWELVE NILES WIDE.
Two Rivers Unite in Texas and Sweep
all Esefore Them.

FORT WORTH, Tex, Feb. 3-The Bra
zos river is still rising at Columbia; it
hours, and its current is equal
TO that of mountain stream.
Seven vessels belonging to the Columbia
transportation company were swept
away. The river is now out of its banks
and is sweeping over the surrounding
country.
Near Navasota the BraZos and Nava-
sofa rivers have united and are twelve
miles wide. Two miles of the Santa Fe
railroad track is submerged.
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Knnsas CIrv Markets..

KANSAS Cry, Feb 3.-CATrLE-Re.
ceipts 1890; shipments 1900. Market
steady to 1Oc higher Texas steers So. 25
@3. 10; Texascows $1.75@2.6J; beef steers
$3.0O@4. 20; native cows $2.75@3.10;
stockers and feeders, $2.80@$3. 65; bulls
$2.25@30O.
Representative sales-Texas steers 38
head, averaging 1,l40 pounds, $370: Tex
as cows, 81 head, $40 pounds, $3.50; beef
steers, 20 head, 1920 pounds, $420; na-
tive COWS, 27 head, $50 pounds, So 10;
stockers and feeders "a head, 10 }
pounds, $3.65 bulls head, 1,491 pounds,
$500
Hoes-Receipts, e.4OO; shipments, 400.
Market strong to sc higher. Bulk of sales
So 95@4. 90; heavies $5 5O@14.05; packers
So 95@41O; mixed SO 95@4.05; lights
$395@410; yorkers $4 oo0410; pigs.
So 75040O.
sHEEP Receipts, 1900; shipments
500. Market steady. Lambs $3. 1894. 40;
muttons, 81 25O@3 IS.
WHEAT-Irregular. higher; demand
Indifferent; No. hard 66@67; No.
hard 54@63; rejected nominaIly 80 5@4o;
No. red, 781kc; No. 2 spring
651k@67; No. 3 spring a20s6.
COIN Rather slow, uncaauged; No.
mixed 2216@I; No. 2 white 23c,
OATs-SIeady; No. 2 mixed nominally
1716@1S1S; No.2 white, 19@1919c.
RYE-No. 2 53c.
HAY-W Weak; timothy $40. 00@1t.5 so;
prairie. $6@7.
BUTTER-Farcy country scarce and in
demand; creamery 17@19c; dairy13@
15c
EGGs-Quiet, lie
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For Andrew Franklfn's Widow.

From the State Journals Special Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Feb. 3. - Congressman
Curtis has introduced bill in the house
to pay Mrs. Andrew Franklin of Bur
lington the accrued pension of her late
husband. Andrew Franklin was a sur
vivor of the war of 1912 and lived to be
over ninety years old His death occurr-
ed only last year. He was receiving fifty
dollars month at the time of his death.
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FEWER SALES REPORTED
If All whisky Sales Are Reported BY
DrugEists, Topeka is SOberer.

The return of liquor sales by the drug
gists for the month of Decem Der was less
than for the month of November, and
now the returns for January show a great
falling off from the returns of the mouth
previous.
During December the sales mbered
5,397, while for January they were but
5,937,. If this ratio of decrease is kept
up, in fourteen months, eighteen days
aud six hours, Topeka will take her last
drink through the drugstores or mon
strous leak i'll some druggists "report''
will be discovered
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Market Gossip.


Cable-Liverpool cable wheat firm
I'D. advance.
Chicag bought half million
wheat in Minneapolis Saturday.
Grain out of store-Wheat, S3.0CO;
corn, $4,000. Receipts, canal, "a, 800.
Transfers, wheat 81, corn 68, oats 8.
Chicago-World's shipments, $4,000
Liverpool wheat firm, offerings small,
demand good. Paris wheat to 10
higher Berlin 24 higher. London
Minneapolis 457 cars, last year 209
Duluth 1877, last year 80.
Chicago-Wheat on passage. decrease,
33O,OOO.
Corn on passa age, increase 100000
Black sea shipments: Wheat 100000
Visible supply: Wheat decreased
10000 bushels. Corn increased 1916
900. Oats increased 191 900 bushels.
Puts, May wheat 6624; calls. 10; puts,
May corn, 3924; calls, S1A; Curb, May
wheat. 681s.
Chicago-Wheat very strong, mark ct
nervous, sellers scarce and the least de-
mand sends prices up rapidly.
Clifford bidding 68 for 100 May wheat
Stocks wheat, 20965,00O. Corn, 3,753,-
0O0 Oats, 77l,00O. Afloat wheat, 49,
600. Corn, 2,453 900. Oats, 227, 900.
Total visible wheat 66.734,0 corn,
1876 ,00c; oats. 6, AL 900.
Estimated cars tomorrow, wheat. 1O5;
corn $50; oats, 2S0.
English visible decreased 100000
bushels.
Four ports wheat IT,, 1884; -four, so 495;
wheat and flour, 3U9.6 .611 bushel5
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PENSIONS Cir ANTED.

WASHINGTON, Feb. a. The follow
ing Kansans have been granted pen
sions:
Orginal-Logan Harper, bingham;
John Shirley, Kansas City; John 5. Nc
Ciung, Wichita; George Wheeler, Pow
haitian.
pendence.
Original widow-Charlotte Supernaw,
Agricola.
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OF these Topeka does larger business
than both the others They compare as
follows:
Town. Salary P. NJ. Reefs Tot. Ex. Net rev.
Topeka. So 300 S97 .4I243 Ss9. .4oS.79 $5s.0o3 .64
Wichita. 5000 40.7S3 24 25.SOS,SI 14,914 81
Kansas City 3,1O0 IS s63.01 81, 1870 IA, l99 81
Both Topeka and Wichita have public
buildings and Representative Miller is
now endeavoring to get one for Kansas
City.
The same items regarding other prin-
cipal towns in Kansas are:
S,.Io II
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FOR AN ARKANSAS CIrYAN.

NIrs.L L. Houston Secures a Place Through
Congress Curtis Efforts.
From the State Journals Special Correspondent t
WASHINGTON, Feb. 3.-Mrs. E. L. Hous-
ton of Arkansas City, through Congress
man Curtis efforts, has been appointed
seamstress in the Indian school at Keanes
Canon, Arizona She was in the civil
service. The salary is 500 a year.
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The above list includes only towns
where the gross receipts were over $t0,
600. The per cent of expenses to gross
receipts among all first, second and third
class Offices is highest at Wa Keeney,
being SO per cent and lowest at Topeka
with 40 per cent.
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Another African hallway.

WASHINGTON. Feb BIN report To
the state department from Sierra Leone
United States Consul Poole saws: "The
projected railway from Freetown to the
hlnterland is now destined to be an ac.
cotnpiished fact and the engineers are
aireaoy In the field. The importation of
american -four, lumber and leaf tohacco
SHOWS an increased tendency and the
consu! expects greater demand when
the railroad is completed.'-
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RECOMMENDS SAPP

+ WASHINGTON, Feb. 3.-Chairman 3. Rich.
: ardson of the Democratic committee.
who has resigned, has recommended Ed
Sapp of Ottawa as his successor.
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TODAY's MARKET REPORT.
Furnished by the Associated Press to
the State journal.

CHICAGO, Feb. 3.-Opening quotations
for May wheat were at about &c decline
the prevailing snow storm being the
principal bear feature. The visible de-
crease was expected to be rather disap-
pointing. Northwest receipts were
smaller and foreign advices showed a
good advance. Nav opened at 671S@
676, declined to 663s@661E, and reacted
30 6S1a, on some heavy buying orders
Corn opened but slightly lower and
with but few buying orders in the mar
ket. May opened 3O94 @30Es, declined
to $685. and advanced wAh wheat to 3356
Oats were quiet, opening 1s@Ic low
er in sympathy with other markers. May
211Sc and held at aboutsthat figure.
Provisions opened fairly steady but
eased off on liberal selling.
May pork opened 5i cents lower at
$10SO and declined to $l07215.
May lard opened 215c lower at $685.
and declined to $5921a.
May ribs unchanged gat So. 5.4715@5 go
Hogs Receipts, $4,000; official re-
ceipts yesterday, 1924; shipments 2, :
946 left over. $500 Market fairly
active and sc higher Light 81 05
@43O; mixed $4.05@4S215; heavy
$40OQ$4 35; rough $40U@41O.
Cattle = Receipts 1l,5O0. Market
strong and fully 10c higher. Beeves
So 350l48U; cows andS heifers $1,000
8 90; Texas 81. 85@405; stockers and
feeders 50 60@375.
CATTLE Oticial receipts yesterday
SJ4; official shipments yesterday 1901.
Sheep - Receipts $4,000. Market
firm to 10c higher.
sHEEP-Oaicial receipts yesterday
60S shipments. 1,714.
Estimated receipts Of hogs tomorrow
$1,000 head.
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Postmaster at HOIlfday.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 3.-W. 5. Campbell
has been made postmaster at Holiday
vice S. r. Cole, removed
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Closing on PopuIar Stocks.

The closing today was as follows
Sugar. 1865: Gas, 60; C., b. & O., 7716;
Atchison, 1928; R l.. 695s; w. o., 81;
No P, 23X.