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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-08-15
DUN'S REVIEW.
Business DuIl-smalI Speculation in
Cotton.

Chicago, Aug. 15.-R. C. Dun & Co.'S
report says:
An extraordinary spell of heat af-
fected the trade throughout the coun-
try and in the east speculative feeling
was somewhat affected until Thursday
by apprehension of the positive inf1u-
ence of the Bryan meeting. With cool
er weather there came also on Thurs
day, perception that the meeting would
not affect business unfavorably. But
other conditions were not stimulating.
According to government reports the
crops have sustained serious injury.
Labor difficulties extend and the clos
ing of establishments for want of work
and the refusal of commercial loans
by banks, checked operations in many
branches of industry and trade.
The week therefore. closed as the
last week did with domestic business
unusually dull for the season, meas
ured by clearing house changes it was
per cent smaller than last year and
15.5 per cent smaller than in the same
week of 1892, the last year of the fall
business at this season.
Government crop report for August
was SO gloomy that a great rise in
prices would have followed if it had
been entirely credited. In fact, wheat
rose above II cent, but again declined,
closing only n fraction higher for the
week.
Corn declined throughout the week,
closing over a cent lower.
Cotton advanced a sixteenth becuse
of continued reports of injury. Tt is
wise to remember that the government
accounts were based on returns prior
to the fearful spell of heat and hence
may be more nearly correct than they
We're when prepared. But official and
unofficial estimates of great decrease in
wheat yield are confronted with
movement from the farms of 1850 741
bushels for the week against 2,295,2
last year and it scarcely seems reason
able to believe that 20, 700, 900 bushels
would have been marketed.
The advance of cotton to S-12 cents
caused large selling and a. reaction, all
though a turn upward on Friday took
the price to S19 with moderate trad
ing
Coke production was reduced 20, 764
tons in July and has been further re-
duced since August 1, while unsOld
stocks increased 26,192 tons in July.
The stoppage of a large share of Con-
nellsviIIe coke works and of many lake
iron mines is a fair indication that the
two combinations do not believe any
thing could be gained by reducing the
prices of production.
Copper receded to it's quotations be-
fore last week. Tin has been sold be-
low current quotations at 1885, with
sales of 500 tons. Lead weakened to
275.
The wool manufacturers make the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-08-15
OH, MY, WHAT BALL.
For Thirteen Innings Topeka and
Horton Contested HORTON Won.

For Thirteen Innings Topeka and
Horton Contested Horton Won.
Topeka fans were treated to a gen
uine hair-raising, and nerve destroy
ing game.
Topeka accumulated five runs in the
second and third innings and were un-
able to score again during the eleven
innings that followed.
The Horton boys plugged along until
the seventh inning, when they tied the
score.
In the last half of the thirteenth,
after two strikes had been called on
HOffmeister and with two men out,
that tall gangling young man met one
of Clarke's swift straight balls squarely
on the trademark and the agony was
over; for when the ball came down to
earth it landed in the "short grass
country, away northwest of the ball
park.
The game was marred by wrangling
in the seventh inning when Umpire
Carpenter tried to give the visitors the
worst of it on a fair hit down by third
base.
1t was fair by nearly a foot, but for
some reason the umpire called it foul.
Just little while before this in the
fifth inning Horton were given a bad
decision at first base, one of her men
being called out when it was apparent
to everyone that the man was safe.
While some of the players were
wrangling over the decision in the sew
enth, a couple of the Horton players
ran out to the first base line and got
down on their knees and assumed a
prayerful attitude as if beseeching the
umpire to be fair with them.
This amused the spectators and
seemed to have its effect.
There was a good attendance of Ia
dies present.
Following is the score by innings:
Topeka .......O 0 0 o 0 0 0 O-5
Horton .......1 0 0 l 1 0 0 Is
Summary: Earned runs-Topeka 4;
Horton 6. Two base hits-Sawyer.
Gettman, 2; Driscol. Perry, Colglazfer,
Marcum, 2; Stricken, Howell Home
-HOffmeister. Sacrificehits-No
2; Hofmeister. 1. Stolen bases-Gett-
man, Redmond, Fox, Brown, Howell.
Double plays-Perry, Driscou and Gett-
man; Driscoll Perry and Gettman:
Howell, Marcum and Fox; Stricken,
Fox and Marcum; Reynolds and Mar
cum. Base on balls-Perry, Redmond,
Reynolds, HOffmeister. Struck out
COlglazier, Brown. Time of game 2:2O.
Umpire-Ed Carpenter
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PETRIFIEp WoMAN.
Fossil of an Indian Giantess Exhumed
Near Fort Scott.

Fort Scott, Aug. 15.-The petrifed
body of an Indian giantess. who was
probably buried 300 years or more ago
has lust been dug I'D near this city
and today was bought for $1,000 for d
museum.
A number of physicians and students
OF anatomy examined the body and all
declared it to be a genuine Detrifac-
ton The body is almost perfect, even
to the finger nails, and is intact eX-
cept that a portion of the right arm
and two feet are missing. 1t meas
ures about 67A feet in length and now
weighs 400 pounds. The high cheek
bones and the shape of the head indi-
cate that it is the fossil Of an Indian.
So distinct are features that it is
readily judged the woman was of mid
die age when buried. The hands lie
across the breast and are so perfect
that no sculptor could have counter
feited them Even the skin wrinkles
on the finger joints, the face and the
breast are distinctly discernible. and
on the left wrist is a mark indicating
that bracelet had cOrrOded there. The
right leg is. broken off below the thigh
and reveals partial decay of the bones
of the calf The bones are mostly pre-
served, however, and are visibly dis
tinct from the petrified flesh. The up-
per lip is partially Clipped off, disclOs-
ing two teeth. The head is very large
but not out of proportion to the body
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-08-15
BEER SELLERS TAKEN.
Joint in the Rear of the Ohio House
Pulled.

Sam Campbell and Joe Schutter have
been operating a beer joint at the rear
of the Ohio house on Fifth and Jeffer-
son streets.
Last evening they were doing a rush
ing business.
To get to the place it was necessary
to crawl through a hole in the fence,
walk through a shed, climb a blind
stairway, and give the required num-
Der of taps on the door.
When the police officers last evening
went to the place they did not know
all about the modus operandi, but
they followed a couple of men who
looked rather thirsty.
The officers were soon in the joint.
It was a small room and there were
about 20 men in it.
One of the officers slipped across the
room and began the reading of the
warrants to Campbell and Schutter.
The crowd did not realize that the
place had been pulled, and there was
considerable confusion when the flow
of beer stopped.
Here Joe, this is my money; hurry
UP with six said one man as he
showed a quarter at Schutter who was
listening to the reading of the war
rant.
'"Six more here, Sam" said another
Then the crowd ''tum bled." There
was a grand rush for the door, but
there were some big policemen there,
and they held the crowd until sufficient
names had been secured for use in the
trial Two kegs of cold beer were
seized by the police. and the two pro-
prietOrs will probably plead guilty.
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CASES IN SUPREME COURT.
One of Them a Suit for Damages
Against Railroad.

The following cases have been filed
in the supreme court
Laura A. Mills against the Chicago,
Rock Island and Pacific railroad.
This is a case which was begun in
the district court of Doniphan county
in which Mrs. Mills sought to recover
ten thousand dollars damages against
the railroad for the death of her hus-
band, Edward R. Mills, who was a bag
gageman, killed in a collision between
Troy and Wathena. The case was
tried in the district court and resulted
in a verdict for the railroad. Mrs.
Mills now seeks for a reversal of the
case and a new trial.
The state of Kansas against William
Whitworth, which was a case tried in
the district court of Coffey county.
The county laid out a road through the
land of William WhitwOrth and Whit
worth proceeded to build a fence across
it. The county brought an action seek
ing to have the fence removed and en-
Joined as a nuisance. The court gave
a judgment in favor of Whitworth and
the county appealed.
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MURDERED FOR MONEY.
W. F. Eyster Who Was Killed at Lin.
coin Had Money With Him.

Lincoln, Neb., Aug. ia special to
the Bee from Lincoln, Neb., says that
developments in the murder of W. F.
Eyster of Chambersburg. Pa, last
night indicate that robbery was the
cause. Mr.. Eyster was on his way
from Pennsylvania to Cripple Creek.
where he is interested in mining.
He has been stopping at the LindelI
hotel for a few days and paid his bill
with the intention of leaving for the
west on the 6:15 p. m. train last even
ing. Eyster was a very well informed
man and director in the B. & c. V. rail-
road, quite a politician and a proni-
nent Mason He is supposed to have
been murdered for his money, of which
it was known he had considerable on
his person in gold and currency.
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COULDN'T POCKET COOPER.
He Won Two Great Races With the
Field Against Him.

Louisville, Aug. 15.-In the mile pro-
fessional, when the thirteen starters
were lined up the pole was given TO
Becker with Sanger, Zeigler. Callahan
Bald, Mcfarland. Gardiner, Eaton
Kennedy, Rigby, Tom Butler. Wells
and A6er for company at his right.
At the stretch Cooper took the ira ok
while Bald challenged along the pole
with kimble following. Between these
three was fought the final battle
Cooper came in with an easy stride
that showed his perfect condition, while
Bald and kimble were working like en-
gineS at his rear. At the tape Cooper
had the advantage of half a length
over Kimble, while the Buffaloian was
over eight inches back of the Louisville
faVOrite. The time for the third was
rather slow, A 3-5, less than either of
the final heats made in the morning
In the quarter mile national
championship eleven men were lined up
on the steep banking, Schrein at the
pole, with Oldfield, Callahan, Allen
Gardiner, Cooper, Kennedy, Hoffer
ZeigIer E. Q. johnson and Baker at
his right.
At the gun OIdheld shot to the front
with quick jump, with Cooper fol-
lowing The men were all quick in get
ting into their stride. Gardiner had
carried his drive along the bank and
was well to the front, with Zeigler
safely on. AS the blue-clad team
mates came up Cooper took alarm and
jumped, clearing Oldfield, swinging
AGAIN 10 the CGAALGI OL the Cal
lahan slipped up behind, while Ken
nedy Tapped him in the inside and
crowded him close down the stretch
The balance of the crowd back of Old
field We're scattered in a driving finish
Cooper rode like mad for the cham
pionship. Twenty yards from the
tape he dropped his head and dug for
home with jump after jump, landing
on the tape clear ahead of Callahan,
who was still trailing him. Kennedy
Tapped the Iatter's wheel Schrein
clipped in and nipped Oldield just as
he reached home. Time for the quar-
ter was 80 fiat, just a slower than
that made by Bald at Asbury Park
when be won the 1885 Championship.
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The Same...
Old Sarsaparilla.

That's Ayers. The same old
sarsaparilla as it was made and
sold by DR.. J. c. Aver so gears
ago. In the laboratory it is
different. There modern app1i-
ances lend speed to skill and
experience. But the sarsapa-
ril1a is the same old sarsapari1la
that made the record-5O gears
Of cures. Why don't we better
it? Well, we're much in the
condition of the Bishop and the
raspberry: Doubtless, " he
said, Good might have made a
better berry. But doubtless,
also, He never did. Why
don't we better the sarsapari11a?
We can't. We are using the
same old plant that cured the
Indians and the Spaniards. 1t
has not been bettered. And
since zee make sarsapari11a COM
pound out of sarsapar1lla plant,
we see no way of Improvement.
OF course, if we were making
some secret chemical compound
we might But we're not
We're making the same old sar-
sapari11a to cure the same old
diseases. You can tell it's the
same Old sGrsapG7fEIG be-
cause it works the same old
cures. It's the sovereign blood
purifier, and-it's Ayers.
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KANSAS NEWS.
Two Nebraska Citizens Have a
Thousand Dollar Bill
Try to Buy an Abilene Shoot
ing Gallery.
MONEY WAS SPURIOUS.
Heavy Shipment of Cattle From
Chase and Lyon.
Dry Weather Causing the Pas
lures to Dry Up.
MONEY WAS SPURIOUS.

Abilene, Aug. 15.-Last night two
men came to Charlie Parker and said
they had heard of his famous galleries
and they wanted one. Five hundred
dollars cash was the price asked and
one. of them remarked that their funds
We're in the shape of a. gold certificate
for 81, 900 and it was agreed that this
morning they would go to the bank,
have the bill changed and complete the
deal
According to agreement they went to
the Abilene National bank, the bill
was produced and then the deal was
ended. The bill was found to be cOun-
terfeit. though a smooth one. They
explained that they had found the bill
in Nebraska, from whence they came.
The men then hurriedIy disappeared.
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change for not more than third Of
machinery is now running but the de-
mand for goods does not improve, al
though some grades have been further
reduced. Sales of wool to the chief two
markets the past week have been o.
$4,000 pounds and 16,436, 1902 in the same
week of 1893. Nor has Improvement
appeared in common goods, although
the curtailment of production from
some works has been great. Failures
have been 296 against 1876 last year.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-08-15
OBSCURES THE sun.
Smoke From Burning Oil Tank
Makes It as Dark as an EcIipses-

Lima, O., Aug. 15.-At 1 o'clock this
morning lightning struck a $4,000 bar
rel oil tank on the Kemper farm,
three miles south of here owned by the
Standard Oil company.
1t is situated in a group of big tanks
and the fire has communicated to three
others The standard people have
hired 300 men to throw up embank-
ments and have their cannon on the
ground and are shooting the tanks to
let the oil out.
The smoke from the burning oil
Obscured the sun and it is as dark as
an eclipse. The loss will reach $751;
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Seeking MongoId.

Sheriff G. NJ. Woodwork of Blaine
county, Oklahoma, is in Topeka trying
to get possession of H. H. AIongold, the
jointist, who is wanted in Oklahoma
for arson. The issuance of requisition
papers is being resisted by Mongold's
attorney, and an effort will be made by
him to have his client released. Mon
gold was arrested a. short time ago for
selling liquor but has not as yet been
convicted of it. He is charged with
having set fire to a saloon near
Kingfisher, Oklahoma. The case is
being argued before the executive
council this afternoon.
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Leaped From a Flying Train.

Fort Scott, Aug. 15.-S. H. Mcbride,
a well known young farmer residing
in the northern part of the country, re-
Gently secured S25 from loan brokers
here and skipped out. He was arrest
ed yesterday near Coffeyville by an
officer from here but escaped by jump
ing from an M, K. & T. train near St
Paul, kan, although the train was
running thirty miles an hour.
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CATTLEMEN SHIPPING.
Dry Weather in Greenwood, Chase
and Lyon Causes a Move to Market.

Emporia. Aug. 15.-On account of dry
weather through Greenwood Lyon
and Chase counties, cattlemen have
been preparing for some time to send
their cattle to the market at the first
fair raise in price.
Thursday the market went up a lit
tie and for the time being will proba-
bly, hold steady. Local cattlemen
crowded the telegraph office to get the
latest news and twenty three loads
were shipped
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Oldest Depot Being Demolished.

LeavenwOrth Aug. 15.-The old brick
railway building, located near the river
and Immediately south of Three Mile
creek, known by the appelIation of
'Old Missouri Pacific freight depot
and which is really one of the oldest
and most familiar landmarks in Eeav-
enwOrth, is being demolished to make
more track room. 1t was the first pas
senger depot in Leavenworth.
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Chambers at Russell.

Russell, Aug. 15.-Dr. Mayo of the
State Agricultural college at Manhat-
tan has been here for the purpose of
examining two horses of Henry
Schraeder's which were thought to be
suffering from glanders. After exam
lining the animals DR.. Mayo pronounced
the disease CHAMBERS. He Will now
make a report to the state live stock
sanitary commission
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GEORGE Collins Drowned.

LeavenwOrth. Aug. 15.-Private Geo.
Collins, troop F, Sixth cavalry, was
drowned last evening while bathing in
the Missouri river with two comrades.
He started to swim across the river and
when in the middle of the stream gave
up and went down. His comrades
turned back after going a short dis
lance.
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Chanute PLAYS Ball.

Chanute, Aug. 15.-Chanute gave In
dependence a hard drubbing in a game
which abounded in hard hitting and
erratic fielding. The feature of the
game was Adams home run with the
bases full. Score:
r. H.
Chanute 49,. - o. 1OO57 O-21 IS
Independence II 8 II 0 1-13 10
Batteries-Chanute Adams and Pran-
ter; Independence, Dummy and c.
Jones.
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CYCLONE SPEED.
Robert J PAGES a Mile in 2 :O3
Flat.
Beats the Track Record at Fort
Wayne.
WAS DRIVEN BY GEER.
Two Chicago CycIers to Tour
the World.
Leave Today and Hope to Re-
turn In a Year.
TAS DRIVEN BY GEER.

TT. Wayne, Ind, Aug. 15.-The ma
tionaI circuit trots drew out a big
crowd yesterday. Shortly after
o'clock Geer sent Robert J. to beat the
track record of 2:O3A made by himself.
After a couple of attempts the silent
driver gave the nod and away shot
the great PAGER, doing the mile in 2:O3
fat
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Fines in Police Court.

In police court this morning Tus e.
sex, a colored boy, was fined $40 for
carrying concealed weapons. He had
a large revolver in his pocket yester-
day when Patrolman Wellman arrest
ed him Clara Freeman was fined SO
this morning for dfsOrderly conduct.
She was on the street when PatrOIman
Rahl arrested her last night
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ANOTHER .OBJECT"LESSON.
Kentucky Coal Mine Owners Want
Currency Based on Coal

Louisville, Ky. Aug. 15.-At a meet
ing of representatives of nearly all the
large coal mines in Kentucky held in
this city yesterday a formal call was
issued for a national convention of coal
mine operators to demand that the
government place them on an equal
footing with the silver mine owners of
the west by issuing legal tender 81 GER
tihcates for each ton of coal turned
over to the government. The resolution
was adODted 1l0anfO1O1IsIv
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Bill Eastman Acquitted.

Bill Eastman, the member Of HE
Curtis hambeau club who was arrest
ed for cutting Cal Mitchell, a bad col
ored boy of North Topeka, was yester-
day acquitted of the charge by a trial
in Justice Furry's court. The colored
boy had been interfering with the
hambeau club drill, and he and East
man had some trouble.
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Very low rates will be made by the
Missouri, Kansas & Texas railway for
excursions of August 4th and 18TH
September 1st, 18th and 29th, to the
south, for homeseekers and harvesters.
For particulars apply to the nearest To-
cal agent, or address:
G. A. MAC MUTT,
1914 Union Ave,
Kansas City. No.
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Weather Indications.

Chicago, Aug. 15.-For Kansas: Cen
orally fair tonight and Sunday; cooler
Sunday; south, shifting to west winds
Sunday.
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VETERANS ORGANIZING.
Cowley County Old Soldiers Forming
McKinlav ClnIs

Winfield, Aug. 15.-About thirty Of
the old soldiers met at the city build
ing yesterday afternoon for the pur-
pose of taking steps toward the organf-
cation of Veterans Mckinley club.
a temporary organization was perfect
ed by electing Capt J B. Fishbaclz as
president 1t was decided to elect a
vice president from every town in the
county in which a G. A. r. post is To-
Gated.
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rOITIsvILLE 5; CHICAGO 4

Louisville, Aug. 15.-The Colts could
do nothing with F'razer's curves until
the seventh inning while the home team
punched their hits on Terry. Attend
ance 1000. Score;
r. H. E.
Louisville ....OOO3 O10O-5 3
Chicago 30 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 IA 10
Batteries-Louisville Fraser and Dex-
ter; Chicago, Terry and Kittredge.
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DEATH Ar FORT SCOTT.
One of the Victims of the Peculiar
Sickness Passes Away.

Fort Scott, Aug. 15.-Mrs. Susan
Brinkerhoff, wife of the late Judge s. S.
BrinkerhOf, who was shot and killed
here a few days ago, died suddenly here
Iast evening from peculiar malady,
Whleh mas caused the sickness of many
persons here during the last few DAYS.
This is the first death that oco,1Y,seI
from the peculiar sickness.
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SPEEDY cYcLERs TO COME.
Riders With Fast Records Will be in
Topeka August ID.

Among the speedy professionals who
will be here August Is, are H S. Hale
and c. I. Himstreet of Denver; J. H.
Hooker, Kansas City; E. E. Mockett,
Lincoln, Neb.; R. o. PEBBLES, Carthage,
Mo; Morrow brothers, Maryvile, Mo-;
Bert Hackett, Olathe; J. A. Woodlief,
OIathe-
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Fort Scott, Aug 15.-Fred NIcNiHen,
the S-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs.
Frank McOIillen, who reside eight miles
north of the city, died very suddenly at
his home of lockjaw, caused by a small
splinter which he ran into his foot
few days ago, in jumping from a tree.
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strictly in it and won his game. His
two-bagger in the eighth brought in
the two runs that defeated the Spiders.
Attendance 8, 400.
Pittsburg 100000 2*-S II o
Cleveland - 0 0 o o 0 o o. 8
Batteries-P Hawley and
Merritt; Cleveland: Young and Zim-
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AROUND THE WORLD.
Two Chicago Men to Take Long Cy-
Gle Trip.

Chicago, Aug. 15.-August Pahnke
and Emil Clausen, both of Chicago
leave today in an attempt to make a
new record on bicycles for a tour of
the world While en- route to the Pa
ciic ocean they will endeavor to low
er the mark for the trip to San Fran
cisco.
San Francisco Yokohama, Pekin, Irk-
utsk, Moscow, Constantinople. Rome,
Paris and London.
The fastest time yet made around the
world is one year and five months. The
Chicago men will endeavor to ride the
Journey in II to II months.