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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-01-07
u. b. JoHNsoN's LITTLE JOKE.

His Humorous Letter to bidders ON the
Santa Fe Road.
Rice county, Kansas, is fast coming to
che front. Raymond, one of its most en-
terprising, if not it's largest town, proud
" boasts of a corn exchange. which has
the distinction, along with George r
Peck and Sam Radges, of entering bid
at the sale of the Santa Fe road. This bid,
which was telegraphed to Special Master
]. B johnson on Dec. 10, was made for
the reason that the members of the Corn
Exchange have much leisure time which
they felt they could devote admirably to
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-01-07
GROCERIES.

6 packages Iowa Scotch or Iowa oats,
Arbuckle's or Lion coffee, per pack.
age, 16c.
1Oc Schepps' cocoanut, Csc.
Hickory nuts. per peck, 25c.
13 bars laundry SOAP 25c.
bars Fairbanks brown soap, Csc.
25 lbs e sugar 81.
White Loaf, Big Four and Crosby'4
Best flour, per sack, 9Oc.
Crosby's No. 1, Peach Blossom and
Buff alo -four. per sack, soc.
S-lb can pure mince meat, 40c.
9-lb can pure apple butter, 40c.
Royal or Prices baking powder, per
lb. can, 35c.
packages yeast foam, sc.
DR.. Prices extracts, per bottle, 10c.
Porterhouse steak, per Id, Sc.
% lbs. white lard, 81.
Clothes pins, per dozen. 1c.
10 lbs. navy beans, 25c..
Canned corn, peas, pumpkin and
bl ack berries, per can, &c.
California table fruit, large can. 10c.
Sugar cured hams, per Id, &c.
Sugar cured breakfast bacon, per lb, .
&c.
Dried salt meat, per lb, &c. e
BIS 40c tea, 81.
California table fruit, large cans
peaches, strawberries, pears, apricots,
plums, gooseberries, raspberries.
Per Can. zoe.
Coo gunpowder tea, zoe.
60c Japan tea, 20c
Gee Oolong tea, 20c.
&c Imported tea, 2Oc
soc GunpOwder tea, 25c.
Sue Young Hyson tea, 25c.
soc Oolong tea, csc.
SOC Imperial tea, 25c.
We have 40 chests and it will be sold
at the above prices.
Maple syrup, large glass bottles, Csc.
Old Morrce, gal. can, 9Oc. usual price,
81 40.
scodders. per gal. can, 90c, uptown
prices, 81. 40.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-01-07
READ CAREFULLY.
These are
Genuine Bargains

Come while you can get your size)
Infants Dong. but plain toe. ....$ 10
Infants Dong. but pat. tip. 20
Child's Dong. but. pat. tip $500. 90
Child's solar tip school shoes. -. u
Mis- ses' solar tip school Shoes. IS
Misses fine Dong. but. or lace cloth
or leather top, Piccadilly or mar
row square toe, all sizes, all
widths; price now only 1 "a
Ladies' turned opera slippers. 49,. 40
Ladies' Dong. but square pat tip. SO
Ladies' genuine Milwaukee oil
grain. button, Riveted vamp seam.
climax back .... 1 10
Ladies' Dong button, square or
pointed, patent tip, solid as rock 1 10
Ladies' fine Dong button or lace,
square or pointed, pat.tip; others
ask you So and $225; our price
now. L %
Ladies' fine Dong. but opera and
square, pat. tip, widths c, d. E;
all sizes. Observation-Disclosures. 81
Ladies' French Dong. button, welt
sewed; 10th century toe, price now SO
Ladies' French Dong button, hand
turned, needle or narrow square
toes; price now. SO
Mems work shoes, an elegant line
all sizes. price now. IS
Mems Congress shoes in narrow
cap toe or plain medium . 1 10
Mems satin calf Congress, pat tip;
very neat dress shoe. . 80
Mems solid as rock Bal and Con-;
several style toes; price now. 1 GO
Mems satin calf, Bal. and Cong.
narrow cap toe or plain. all sizes,
our $3.50 line, prices now 81
New fine American horse hide Bal.
and Con. cap or plain toe; So
FdAuo AOE "a
Mems fine stock calf, Bal and Con-,
narrow and square cap toe. 2 40
Mems fine calf Bal and Con. hand
welt, all sizes ................. 2 81
Mems Kang, calf and Balls, patent
tip; a neat dressy shoe; well
worth So so; price now .. 81
Boys and youths shoes at prices to
suit you. We have a few felt goods to
close out Can not quote prices as shoes
are broken. Come and see if they are
not cheap enough,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-01-07

Riverside coal is equal to any other soft
coal in the market, and sells for less
money at the Topeka Coal Co. Either
'Dhone 1872
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-01-07
X. OF p. DANCE.

Gala Division, Knights of Pythias,
will give another dance at WetherelPs
hall. on Jackson street, tomorrow
"Wednesday evening. All Knights aud
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-01-07
The Santa Esthetic.
Dome Read This

Unless you wish to know that Beggs'
Diarrhoea Balsam is the best medicine
on earth for Summer Complaint Never
fails. Cures every time. Equally good
for children. Sold aad warranted by all
druggists.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-01-07

so pair skates, our price SOC.
so pr. skates, worth 75c, our price 4oc.
20 pr. skates. worth Soc, our price Acc.
Full nickle plated skates. worth 81 30,
our price 75c.
Knives and forks worth 81 rs, CSC set.
Silver knives and forks. $1.99 set.
Gold Coin Heaters, worth SIG, our price
to close out at $1175
No. wash boilers, copper bottom, 73c.
Razors, guaranteed to be the best, CSC
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-01-07

COFFEE. COFFEE.
Our buyer in Chicago, got a snap in
coffee, and he took it; it just arrived to-
day. We are going to let you in on it
now; buy what you want of it at 1Sc per
h. 1t is worth wholesale CSC. Limited
10 lb to a sale.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-01-07
CLOAKS.
~CLOAKS~
CLOAKS.

Cloaks, former price 81, now 50. 20.
Cloaks, former price Sc, now So SO.
Cloaks, former price SO. so, now So.
Cloaks. former price So. 70, now 81 90.
Cloaks, former price $12 80. now So. so.
@N%@N%NO
We do not want to carry any garments
over and we make the above prices to
close them out; profits are not considered.
We are willing to lose so per cent to
close this department out.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-01-07
SHOPS AND RoUNDaoUsE.

Personals and Notes Among the EN-
pIOyes of the Mechanical Department..
Engineer William Hamilton of the
Santa Fe is taking few days off
Santa Fe passenger fireman G. c. Hay
man is laying off for several trips.
Passenger engineer John Higgins of
the Santa Fee has reported for duty after
a short layoff.
Freight conductor W. S. Simpson of
the Santa Fe at Argentine visited in To-
peka yesterday.
Baldwin locomotive No. 113, recently
overhauled aud repaired in the Santa Fe
shops in this city, was taken on trial
trid to Meriden yesterday by "iion tanner"
Amos Beeler.
Special car No. 21S, which is to be
used by President E. P. Ripley, of the
Santa Fe. as his private car. Inns been
sent from Chicago to the Santa Fe paint
shops in this city for overhauling and
light repairs No. 219 is the special
which was built for the personal use of
John W. Rhinehart when that gentle
man was president of the road. In in
terror equipment it far excels the pri-
vate cars of other Santa Fe officials, and
is conceded to be one of the handsomest
specials in the United States.
The Santa Fee Esthetic.
The Santa Fe people started in to build
an additional ice house at Ottawa on the
ground jest west of the depot, and had
material on the ground, when some one
discovered that the building would in
terrupt the view of the park from the
depot platform. As this was a nice
point in esthetics, which always appeals
to the railroad people, orders suspending
work were at ouce issued, and the site
was directed to be removed to a point
north of the depot, on the east side. 1t
is consideration like this that has always
made the Santa Fe road popular in
Kansas.
DOn'e Read This
Unless you wish to know that Beggs'
Dinrrhnna RaIaarn il the heat med icir O
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-01-07

Hard, Soft and All Kinds
OF COAL Labor prices, order from Wessen,
918 E. 4th st. Bell Tel. $50, Har Tel. $50.
L. of P. dance tomorrow evening at
Wetherell's hall
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-11-12
CINCINNATI ACTIVITY.

Cincinnati, Nov. 7.-Resumption Of
business and increase of working forces
and heavy orders continue to be reported
from all parts of this region.
In Cincinnati Halls Safe and Lock COM
pany who have been working with re-
duced forces, will put on n full force on
mass of conditional orders
The Oscar Onkaren Picture Frame
Moulding company will put on a full force
and work day and night to fill an accumu-
lation of conditional orders.
Helming & Mcnamara will change
from part to full tune in their shoe fac
tory.
Laidlaw, Dunn & Gordon, pump manu-
facturers, will Immediately start with a
full force of employees.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-11-12
CONGRATULATIONS MESSAGES.
Extracts From Messages Received by
Maj Mckinley.

Canton, o., Nov. THE following are
extracts from messages of congratluation
received by Maj. Mckinley:
Governor Hastings of Pennsylvania
The most satisfactory thing about your
campaign is that you made not a single
mistake. You met every question fairly,
bravely and most ably.
Hon. Charles Foster, ex-Secretary of
the Treasury. Fostoria, O.-Mrs. Foster
and her daughters wish to join me in ex-
tending their sincere congratulations to
Mrs. Mckinley and yourself.
Washington Hesing, Postmaster, Chi
cago-Never was the country brought
face to face with a greater crisis, and
never did the American people, in their
superior common sense, when wild un-
reasoning had fled, rise more courageously
to the emergency of the hour.
Hon. John Wanamaker-May I express
my sincere qualification in the result of
Tuesday. l hoped and worked for a
larger. majority, but the winning was
enough.
Andrew Carnegie, Pittsburg-No man
has watched the contest with deeper anx.
iety than |. No one is more deeply grate
full for the result.
Western Union Telegraph Force, Can
ton-We have received few kilograms
ourselves Heartiest congratulations and
very best wishes.
Mrs. J. Ellen Foster, Chicago-Halle.
lujah, amen.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-11-12
PILLSBURY IN LONDON.
The American Chess Expert Sails for
Home Saturday.

London, Nov. S.-H. N. Pillsbury, the
American chess expert, arrived In Lon
don this morning. His health is better
than it was during the Nuremburg chess
tournament but he is still under the
doctors care, as he has been continuously
since the starting Of the Nuremburg
tournament.
Mr.. Pillsbury reports that the visitors
were most Hospitality treated at Buda-
Pest
If DIR. Lasker wins his present match
with Steinitz he has promised to play
Pillsbury next for the championship.
He has telegraphed to the latter that
the match will be probably In London
in the autumn Of '07.
All of the big chess players who par
ticipated on the recent tournament at
Nuremburg and Buda-Pest have prom
ised to 90 to the United States to take
part in tournament. 1t only remains
to raise the necessary prizes. All de-
sire that there should be double
round, playing portions of each match In
different cities of England. In the
forthcoming cable match England will
be represented by nearly the same team
as before. Mr.. Pillsbury will play for
the United States.
Mr.; Pillsbury announced today that Il
Mr.. Showalter challenges him he will
accept, but that II would not be wise fer
him TO challenge Mr.. Showalter.
Mr.. Pillsbury sails for the United
States Saturday.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-11-12
MILLS AND FACTORIES OEN
THE BENEFICIAL RESULTS OF
THE SOUND MONEY VICTORY
AT HAND.
BEAUMONT, TEX, BEGINS 70 BOOM
The Merry Music of the Sawmills En-
livens East Texas-From All Over
the Country Comes Reports of
Industrial Activity.

Beaumont, Tex, Nov. 7.-(Special.)-
The final announcement of the election
of Mckinley was greeted by cheer after
cheer on Thursday night, and at this early
date business is simply booming. Today
the Texas Tram and Lumber company,
the strongest financial concern in south
east Texas, hung out its pay day sign and
ON Monday night thousands of dollars
will be paid out, covering time as far
back as May, and including everything
up to November /. This is but one of
many signs of improvement and it was
not promised before the election either,
in order to catch Mckinley votes.
There wasn't the remotest attempt at
coercion by any manufacturing plant
here.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-11-12
FRAuD IN KENTUCKY.

OwensborO, KY, Nov. 1.-National
Committeeman Woodson returned home
from Louisville tonight and in reference
to the election frauds in the counties
mentioned in his statement to the Asso-
ciated Press last night said:
II have received further proof of .hese
frauds today by mali and wire. have
it on reliable authorities that kilograms
were sent from Louisville Wednesday, to
leading republicans of the Eleventh dis
trict that the Eleventh must come up
with $4,000 majority or more to save
Mckinley. The majority claimed for
the Eleventh district on Wednesday by
the republicans was only 11,551 and this
corresponded with our reports. On
Thursday they raised it to 11,92O. on
Friday to 13, 743, on Saturday to Ia, $40,
and seem to be prepared to furnish any
majority from that district. The re-
turns telegraphed today show extra
ordinary gains over returns sent in the
day following the election. These
irregular proceedings will be contested
before the state canvassing board, and
no effort will be spared to purge the
count of fraudulent votes. But, in no
event. can the republican returning
board count in all the republican cleo
tors"
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-11-12
SANK IN SIGHT OF SHORE.

Muskegon, Mich, Nov. S.-The schoon-
er Waukesha broke up while trying to
die out the gale at anchor near here last
night and only one survivor of her crew
of seven has been rescued. He is still
too weak to talk. The vessel had load
of salt and apples, which was taken on
at Manistee Saturday morning. AT
o'clock yesterday afternoon she was
sighted running with the gale under a
torn mainsail. An attempt was made to
enter Muskegon harbor, but the schooner
drifted a mile south of her piers and
then anchor was dropped. She was rid
ing three-quarters of mile from shore
at dark. The engineer and fireman of
the city pumping station watched the
lights until 8 O'Clock last night, when
they disappeared. Shortly afterwards
wreckage began coming in and today
nothing can be seen of the lost boat
above the water where she anchored.
All night long the wreckage continued
to come I'D on the beach and five bod
les have been recovered. The names of
the dead can not be learned, as nothing
about tn clothing will identify them. -,
The surviving sailor was washed
ashore unconscious and nothing can be
learned from him.
The Waukesha was one of the old fleet
of "canalers," and true to all tradition,
she has taken almost her entire crew
down with her in her last disaster. She
was owned by f. H. Head of Chicago,
and was formerly known as the Nabob:
She was built in ManitowOc in 1886, and
rated $50 tons. She had valuation of
S25OO and was given an insurance rat
ing of B1. She has been engaged in the
salt trade between Ludington and Man
istee and Chicago, for Joy, Martin u Co.
all season.
Later-This evening Frank Delach,
the only survivor of the wreck, maze
affidavit to the effect that there Wee
seven men aboard the Waukesha, Capt;
Duncan Morgan, the mate, tour colors9
seamen and a cook. When they arrived
of Muskegon. Delach said, the captain,
mate and some of the sailors were very
drunk. They signalled for tug, but
showed no distress signals, and no tug,
under these circumstances, started out
in the heavy sea. The captain an
chored mile south of Muskegon harbor
The craft began leaking badly, but the
captain refused to light the torch, 70
make their condition known to the life
saving crew. The crew donned life pre-,
away. They let go the large anchor
cable and the schooner drifted towards
shore, the smaller anchor dragging;
all hands gradually taking TO the forward
rigging. The craft began sinking quite
rapidly and sudden lurch threw some
of the men from the foremast. AS part
of them clung to the rigging the main top
mast broke off and fell upon them, strik-
ing some of them and sweeping all into
the lake. Delach said he contrived to
get together raft from the wreckage, to
;ah nf
They dragged the captain with them. but
he was too helplessly drunk to hold on
and they had to drop him. Delach and
one other sailor stood it until 5 o'clock
in the morning, but finally the other man
gave up and sank, and Delach was
shortly afterwards taken off by the life
saving crew.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-11-12

neys appeared in connection with the
suit for the United States, while the Bell
company has heavy array of counsel,
including Messrs. j. Storrer, James II.
Choate and Frederick III. Fish.
1t is said decision in favor of the
government would tend to open the tele-
phone to public use. The court granted
nine hours for argument, which will con-
tinue the case for three days.
The suit began February 8, 1896, whea
the attorney general filed bill in equity
against the American Bell Telephone COM
pany and Emil BerliIer, asking for the
annulment of the patent. An alternative
prayer was made that If the patent was
not declared wholly nall and void it should
be repealed in part as the court deemed
proper.
The main points raised by the United
States are:
First-That the patent is void for il
legal delay in its use.
Second-That it is also void on the
ground that prior patent was granted
upon the same application to the same
applicant for the same invention. The
patent covers what is known as the mi
crophone. The attorney generals bill foots
up that the Bell Telephone company, de-
signedly and with intent thereby to pro-
long its monopoly delayed and prolonged
the permanency of the application for
more than thirteen years after the con-
troll of the patent
The Bell Telephone company, In its
answer, points out that the United States
officials from the first have had entire
control of the application for patent and
express denial Is made that there was
any fraud, accident or mistake. The COM
pany maintained that it had designedly
delayed the issue of the patent with a
view of extending its control. 1t is al
legged that il there was any slowness 1t
was the act of the plaintiff itself, the
United States.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-11-12
SPORT.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL SQUABBLE.
Galley, Princeton's Center Rush, De
clared' to Be Eligible.

Cambridge, Mass. Nov. S.-This even
ing Professor j. ii. Beale, chairman of
the Harvard athletic committee, gave to
the Associated Press the following state
ment in regard to the questioning of the
standing of Princeton's big center rush,
Galley:
''rhere has been no dispute between
Harvard and Princeton on any question,
in fact, nor has Harvard at any time
taken position which could have. pos
sible caused a rupture Of the athletic
relations existing between the two uni
versites or refusal by either to play
the football game as agreed. :.
"a question was at one time raised
rs to Gailey's eligibility, but upon inves-
,tigation he was found to be perfectly
eligible. He has played two years at
Lafayette and one at Princeton before
the present year. Harvard has abso-
lutely no objection to urge against the
eligibility of any man who played on the
Princeton team. j. ii. BEALH.
chairman Harvard A. O."
1t was Harvard's intention IL the in
vestigation resulted in no information
against Galley to keep the fact Of their
injuries secret. The matter leaked
out, however, and for this reason, in JUS
tice to princeton, the above statement
has been issued by Harvard.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-11-12
A GREAT NATIONAL PARTY.
Mark Hanna Says Mckinley Will Work
For Its Formation.

New York, Nov. S.-The World this
World the following outline of what he
understood to be President-elect McKin-
ley's general policy:
81 have had but comparatively brief
conversation with Maj. Mckinley since
the election. Next week / expect to
meet him at Cleveland, and as he will
have had time to think of matters, l
presume he will have more definite plans
than l am aware of at present. But
this much | am aware of, that he feels
he owes much to patriotic democrats who
prefer principles to strict party lines; In
diana, for instance, was unquestionably
| carried against fusion by democratic
votes.
"He recognizes the very great service
rendered by the democratic newspapers
during the campaign.
"Maj. Mckinley will endeavor to see
| collected great national party that will
give prosperity to the country. He ex-
poets and hopes that men of all shades
of former political belief will unite to
this end. l have talked with some of
the most influential of the old democratic
leaders and l am glad to say they are
in accord with Maj. McKinley's hopes.
"The first movement he will make will
be to obtain sufficient revenue to conduct
the government. Further issues of bonds
! would be altogether too dangerous. Bus
mess prosperity and stability demand that
as soon as possible the government should
be on paying basis. To this end an ex-
ira session of congress will be necessary,
and President Mckinley will undoubted-
y call one soon after his Inauguration.
Legislation will be required to secure the
desired revenue and Mr.: Mckinley will
do everything in his power to secure it,
as well as the legal establishment of a
policy which will tend to put everybody at
work in all shops, and expects that he will
be backed by patriotic men, regardless
of party lines.
"As for myself. | am not after any
office and will endeavor to attend to pri-
vate business affairs which need my per-
sonal supervision"
Asked what democrats of note he had
talked with on the subject of the future,
Mr.. Hanna said:
81 do not wish TO name them all, but
| may mention Messrs. w. G. Whitney
and Abram s. Hewitt as examples"
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-11-12

look for voluntary payments of obliga-
-''ns due banks. The condition of the
banks at the close of the business Sat
urday was, of course, better than the
statement indicated and beginning with
next week the expansion which set in af-
ter November will be fully reflected.
The boarded gold now pouring into the
banks is bringing the clearing house
vaults balances towards the $40,00O,0O
mark, and there seems to be no doubt
that the banks will soon resume the set
tlement of balances in gold coin. The
banks, in fact, show large gains in gold
before the treasury reserve since the spe-
Gle will find its way into bank vaults and
thence into the treasury. Next weeks
statement ought to make very interest
ing showing in all items and the clearing
house institutions for the first time in
months will be able to maintain their re-
serves uniformly above the 25 per cent
limit.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-11-12
HANNA FEASTED REPORTERS.
He Gave a Dinner to Newspaper Men in
New York.

New York, Nov. MARK Hanna gave
dinner at the Waldorf tonight to the
newspaper men who had regularly "cov-
cred" national headquarters either in New
York or Chicago during the campaign. A
little gold and silver ship was provided
for each diner as souvenir. There was
also presented to each a gold medal the
size of 500 gold pece. with the name of
the receiver inscribed on it, and also the
words Mckinley and Hobart, Sound
Money and Protection"
Col. Perry Heath of the Chicago bureau
acted as toastmaster and sat at one end
of the table and at the other end was
Jules Gatheridge of the New York press
bureau.
Mr.. Hanna was at the middle of the
table and opposite him was Cornelius n.
Bliss. Aside from these four all were re-
porters. There were few speeches, Mr..
Hanna leading off with a complimentary
address to the reporters.
Cornelius N. Bliss followed in the same
vein and some of the reporters replied
briefly.