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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-21
Furnished by the Associated Press to
the State Journal

NNICag0. DEC y
WHEAT-Opened sc under the closing
figures of Saturday. the break being on
the closing of the National Bank of Hi
nOis. The routine news would under or
binary circumstances he considered very
bullish. Cables We're higher northwest
recei pts We're light. 563 cars as compared
with $40 last week and $50 last year; the
world s shipments were almost three mil
lion bushels under last years and there
was a prospect of some decrease in the
visible. These facts nsutlalized the eff
feet of the bank failure and advanced
prices after the opening. May opened at
1910, advanced steadily to 1slaGf792sc ana
then reacted to 791selSlzc- where it sold
at the end of the first hours trading
CORN-Was similarly affected though
on q smaller scale May opened about
slice lower at 25c and advanced to 251sc-
OATS-FollOved Ihe course of wheat
and corn. May opened a shade lower at
1875 fil9s. and steadied at 1880
NISIONS-Opened steady on the
good tone of the live stock market May
pork opened unchanged at S1.s2ia and May
lard at S405 and eased off to s4.o254. jan
uary ribs opened 2l5c lower at $3.50
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-21
BED SUES ZOE DIVORCE.
State Labor Comm l5sioner Bird Again
Asks for 3 $ aparatlon.

State Labor Comm t5sloner Bird Again
Asks for a 8 Separation
Kansas City. Dec. 21-State Labor
Commissioner William c. Bird brought
suit in the district court again yester-
dav morning against Sarah D. Bird for
divorce. alleging abandonment this
time He first sued for divorce No
vember %. 1925, and the petition filed
by him then was of q. sensational char
acter. alleging adultery, and naming
w O. Hartley as correspondent. Mr..
Bird came to the conclusion that he
suit during his term in Office and on
December IL. of the same year he had
the case dismissed by paying the costs.
Since then he and his wife have been
living apart
Ia Mr. Birds first petition he asked
for an absolute decree and the custody
of their two minor children, WinOna
ana Beulah In the petition filed by
him yesterday he asks only for a d.
VOrce.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-21
Thousands Of Rabbits We're KILLED.

Denver. Dec. IA special from la
mar, Colo, says: Lamar's fifth annual
rabbit hunt occurred Saturday. One
hundred hunters took part and 4,397
rabbits were killed. Among the hunt
tiers We're Vice President Paul Morton
and other officers of the Santa Fe road,
who came in a special car. The annual
hunt was organized by Rev. Thomas a.
Uzzel Of Denver, to whom the game
is given for distribution among the
nOor of the CITY
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-21
Atchison Has OnIv 81 Joints.

Atchison. Dec 2L-The joints Of
Atehison have been weeded out until
there are only n left During the adj
miuistration Of S H. Kelsey as mayor.
and George Storch as treasurer. in
1887. the number Of places licensed to
sell soda water, etc. was SIS. The ex-
termination is partially the result of
heavy fines imposed on liquor dealers,
but more largely to civilization.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-21
n. Y. Stock Letter.

Furnished by the Topeka Grain &
Stock Exchange:
New York Dec 81
Much comment was created in Wall
street today by the manner in which Fu-
ropean markets received the news which
caused our local stock market democrat
izatiOn Friday. The holiday season wiz
not be entirely free from care among the
large interests whose words OF ten has
weight in the shaping of national lesisla-
ton. 1t IS therefore possible that the
fright given to the investment interests
of the country may give place to q quiet
confidence in the ultimate good sense OF
the American people 1t is recognized
abroad as well as here that the action de-
cided upon by the senate committee does
not necessarily represent the true SYM
pathy Of the American people with the
struggle of the Cubans for independence
Whatever may be done at WASHINGTON to
affect speculation is of minor Importance
compared with the conviction in high fin
ancial circles that the holiday recess OF
congress win be improved by work de-
signed to remove Spanish war cloud
from the horizon of business revival.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-21
10 DO STATE PRINTING.

Senator Armstrong Thinks it Gould
be Done at Hutchinson Reformatory.
Great Bend. Dec. 21-State Senator
John Armstrong. asked what he thought
of Prof Stryker's scheme to have the
state print school books, said:
u think it would be a wise plan for
the state to not only print the school
books. but also the biennial reports,
and ia fact, all the reports. except the
daily journals. I think a printing de-
partment could be added to the state
reformatory at Hutchinson at a very
small expense, considering the amount
it would save. and / am in favor Of
having the printing done at this insti-
tuition -
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-21
w. Representative Wrieht Favors.

Great Bend, Dec 21-Ts0m wight,
is in favor of the state esta blishiug a
printing office for the purpose of print
ing school books Il am sure" he
says sit would save many dollars to
the people OF Kansas OF course it
would be in charge of a competent man.
am also i'm favor Of a constitutional
convention ana redisurieting the state
so that western counties viii be enti-
tied to the representation they now
have"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-21
70 HAvE BACKGROUNDS.
-Horsethief Association of Frank
lin County Takes Action.

Ottawa, Dec 21-At the regular an
nual meeting of the Franklin County
Anti Horse Thief association held at
the Office of DR. r. s. Black. there was
an enthusiastic attendance. and line
OF important action promulgated.
One matter that was discussed at
length and with much earnesteness was
the question of securing two or more
bloodhounds as the property of the as
ISOLATION.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-21
MUST WORK POLL TAX.
a Brown County Man Who Refused
Fined and Sent to Jail

John Berry Of Robinson township re-
fused to work his polltax and Road
Overseer G.. w Ulsh swore out a war
rant against him. says the Hiawatha
Democrat.
The case was tried before Squire Les
lie Monday and Berry was convicted
and fined s. and costs. This he refused
to pay and the justice committed him to
the county Jail Road overseers all
over the county have had trouble with
men who refuse to work out their tax
and this VIII serve as a precedent to be
followed in other cases of a similar ma
ture.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-21
MULES FOR AFRICA.
Freight on a Carload From Fort Scott
is About 81. 500.

Fort Scott, Dec. 21-County Sur
veyOr Reagan is buying car
load Of mules which he will
ship to South Africa about January l.
Mr.. Reagan's brother. who is a Bour-
bon county boy is doing an extensive
contracting business in the Transvaal
He is now working about thirty Kan
sas mules and needs more.
The freight on q car load of mules
from here to Africa is about 81. 500.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-21
Kansas oi5y Proauee AIarks5.

Kansas city, Dec q.
HEAT-Steady. demand good: NO. .
hard 79c; No red offered at 93c; No. 2
spring 7Sc.
CORN-F'ractional lower; No. ? mixed
1SI5c No 2 white 19c
OATs-very dull; No. ? mixed nomi-
naily 16d17c. No. white pic
RYE-E'irm. No. . 32c
Steady; choice timothy sS.00GS.50.
BUTT ER-SlOw and weak. creamery 20c
bid. creamery 23c.
EGGS-Firm; strictly fresh lie.
Todav,s RANGE of Prices.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-21
chicago LIvessock Market.

Chicago. Dec d
HOGS-Cnfieial receipts yesterday 19.136;
shipments 10z.
CATTLE-OniciaI receipts yesterday l.
OF. shipments 364
HEEP-oficIal receipts yesterday l.
629. shipments 297-
HQGS-E.s mated receipts hogs today
IS, 600, left over 1000 Market fairy active,
prices steady to sc higher. Lights $3.50
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-21
HOLIDAY EXCURSION RATE

Via the Missouri Pacific Railway.
Between all stations in Kansas within
distance limit of 200 miles.
Rate: one and one-third fare for
round trip.
Dates Of sale: Dec. oath, 25th and 31st,
and Jan. 1st.
Final limit for return, Jan. 4th
For further information see
F. +. NIPPS.
Ticket Agent
Topeka, Kan.
Or write
H c. TOWNSEND,
G. P & T. A.
St Louis, Mo.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-21
HE HATED THE DEmooRArs
Queer Inscription Placed Upon tbe
Tom stone Of a Kansas Man.

j. T. Messick. the artistic marble c,,+
Ter OF this city, perhaps enjoys the az
tlhclion of having carved one of the
most unique Inscriptions ever n1ars5
upon q monument, says the Welling-
ton Mail
Some time ago he put fba r,1io---.
inscription upon monument which
now marks the last 7.aefss,e- -,7. IF n
enc Nathan Grigsby ia the ar+iea 80, Y
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-21
Diphtheria closes De Soto Schools.

De Soto Dec. 21-Tvr0 children of
the Rev. Mr.. Phillips. pastor of the
Christian church. are very low with
diphtheria- The school board has ia
ken radical sanitary precautions and
schools and churches have been closed
While Christmas entertainments have
been called of.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-21
cITY IssUEs scRIPr.
Washington Takes g Novel Method
to Purchase Fire Engines.

Washington. Dec. 21.-At the last
meeting Of the city council it was de-
cided to purchase ~ chemical hand en-
gines. The engines cost SIS each. The
city is to issue script to individuals
who agree to put up the cash in pay
ment for the engines.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-21
10 Organizs a Ban Assooiation.

The Kansas Baseball association will
hold its annual meeting January f. at
which an effort VIII be made to organ
lie q Kansas league. Including Leavan-
worth. AtchisOC. peudence. C0ffev-
vile. Emporia, Junction City and Min
neapoHs-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-21
Veterans Leave Emporia for Fitzger.
aid, Ga

soldier, and his three sons. with three
wagons and ten horses, started this
week to drive through to Fitzgerald
Ca, to make their future home with
the Emporia colony now there.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-21
CHRISTMAS SLIPPERS.
heavy s8.OO@3.4 40:

S.45; mixed ss2oq3.45; heavy ssoO@3.4O:
rough S3.0003-05.
II1-Receipts $500 Desira BILE
grades steady, others easy I3eeves 50. 400
go. cows and heifers 81. 60U410 Texans
s.. S5G420- stockers and feeders s.. 90Q3.S5-
SAEEP-Receipts 16, 0O0- Steady
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-21
TODAY'S MARKET REPORT.

Holiday Exeursinos via Rock Is
land Route.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-21

If you come now we can get your
Photos out before Christmas. Snyder
Art Gallery.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-21
Or write
ROCK ISLAND ROUTE.
Holiday Excursions.

Tickets on sale Dec. "a, %. 81 and Jan.
1, one and one-third fare for the round
trip final limit Jan. 4.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-21

HOGS-Receipts 5000 shipments none.
Market steady to strong. Bulk Of sales
S3.20U3.30; heavies S3.O0U3.30; packers $50
@3211z; mixed S3.20U3-3212: lights s2.90d
$50 workers. So 256i3 80. pigs S2.99n3-l5.
SHEEP-ReceiptS 1000 shipments 500.
Market steady Lambs s3.50a5. 90; NUT
tons 50 25GT3.50
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-21

Holiday Excursinos via Rock Is
land Route.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-21
Kansas City Livestock Mar.zss.

Kansas City. Dec. 81
CATTLE-Receipts 1000: shipments GOO
Market steady to strong. Texas steers
S2-7093.50. native steers S3-00d5O0- native
cows and heifers $3.50 3-55. stoclzers ana
feeders S2.50d3-85, bulls Sl-50ft3.00.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-12-21
$40 Kansas Avenue.

On a limited amount. uutn further
notice we viii accept a margin of $50
per 1000 bushels on purchases OF Chi
cago May corn and Nay oats, fur
nishing written guarantee with
every trade that the above named mar
gins viii hold the trade good 10 May
LIST, 1891
Should the market decline so that tho
above named margins are not sufficient
we agree to hold your trade good and
protect for you while market is in such
condition, without calling you for adj
ditional margins Write for pareicu-
lars.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-06-21
PLATFORM OF GOLD AND GREED,
Ritgeld Predicts Dire Disaster to the
Republican Ticket.

Chicago, June 20,A special 10 the
Times-Herald from Springfield, ILL.,,
says:
Governor Altgeld was asked what
he thought of the action of the Nation
al Republican convention, and replied
as follows:
''The convention was one Of the most
mediocre in character ever held by
that party, and showed that the party
is at the opposite pole from what it was
when it nominated Lincoln.
'sThen its conventions were made up
of statesmen, orators and patriots, and
there was a noticeable absence of those
men and those influences which repre-
sent only pelf and which seek ITO con-
troll affairs by base and corrupt
methods.
''The platform can be summed up in
two capital G's, gold and greed, and
stands for paralysis and misery.
Long before November that ticket
viii have upon it the curse of the
American people, and if the Democrat
ic party will be true to its great mis-
sion, and will neither straddle nor com
promise, but stand for the interest, the
welfare and the rights OF the great suf-
fering masses, then the Ides OF Novem-
Der will witness the complete annihi-
laltion Of that plutocratie association
which. without right or authority,
calls itself the Republican party"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-06-21
MONTHLY REVENUE RECEIPTS

Washington, June 20.-The monthly
statement of the Internal Revenue
Bureau shows that during the month
of May, 1896, the receipts from all
sources amounted to S11, ,464, 400, as
compared with $10,768, 400 during May,
1895. Spirits show an increase Of
S74s. 963, tobacco a decrease OF S13A-
900, fermented liquors an increase Of
$93.2 .234, oleomargarine decrease or
1898. For the eleven months of the
present fiscal year the receipts aggre-
gated $133, ,124.811, an increase OF
81 ,704, 146 over the corresponding pc
riod, last year. The increase in the
receipts from whiskey during Nay last
as compared with May, 1895, was S715,-
| 230, and from beer s92,744. The re
| ceipts from all sources during the
| twenty days of the present month
aggregate $S,415,1 1872 This indicates
that the receipts for the whole fsca
year will be about STAG, 6,500,000 or s1S,
| 500.00O less than the estimates sent tC
Congress
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-06-21

! our noble organization, charged as it
is with the liberties of present and fu-
ture generations and whose integrity
and growth is essential to the popula-
ton of our free institutions. Our con-
slant aim will be to defend 1t from Toes
within and without and to preserve 1T
as a power concentrated forever to
the defense of humanity's dearest
rights upon the American &C 'ddnent.
In view of this, the shameless 'submls-
sion bv the Republican con zentlon to
the most extreme demands ever made
unon America by the money power, ev-
erv thought and effort of American
manhood should from this hour, lean
towards creating and cementing a un-
ION between those who would resist
the conspiracy of wholesale robbery
and grinding oppression.
"Neasures must be gained or de-
feated through men, After all, the
chief problem in this crisis IS to flnd
a man upon whom all patriots can
unite whose life is witness that If en-
trusted with authority over Na'tlonal
legislation and it's forcement, he VIII
defv every allurement of wealth ana
every menace of power, standing un-
fiinchingly by bhe cause OF the people
in the fierce struggle inseparably CON
nected with the enactment OF our pro-
posed financial reforms.
'We see in the private and Official
life of Henry NJ. Teller a beacon, burn
ing brightly, warning the people on
of the threatening shores of dissen-
sion. He has but now publicly
abandoned the Republican party with
which he has been associated since ITS
first organization.
when to his official record are
united an unsullied private life char
acter without blot or stain, CRATE
full generous nature. patriotism That
knows neither State nor section, we
feel that we are but performing duty
to our beloved country in thus calling
attention TO Mr.. Teller's merits and
availability as candidate for Presl-
dent.
"The necessity and wisdom of dis
passionate consideration of his claims
upon the support of American people
have become the more apparent since
the patriotic Republican leaders who
abandoned their party under hls in
spiration, have announced him as their
nominee for President of the United
States
''Signed:
III. Il. Taubeneck, Ills; j fl. Davis,
of Texas; NJ G. Rankin, of Indiana;
Thomas NJ. Patterson, of Colorado;
John Hugh Mcdowell, of Tennessee;
John p. Stelle, of Illinois; Thomas
Fletcher, Of Arkansas; Howard s. Tay-
lor, of Illinois; Homer Prince, j. w.
Dolson and Mr.. Gofiuran. of Arkansas;
J. H. Edgerton, of Nebraska; II. a.
Sankey, of Kansas; Charles E. Palmer,
of Illinois; r. d. Eager. of Nebraska:
j. ID. Hess, of Illinois; A. L. Maxwell, Of
Illinois; George NJ Jackson, of Arkan-
sas: S. j. Wright, of Texas; $. p. ".
Arnold, Of Illinois; Eugene Smith, Of
Illinois; W. J. Quick. of Missouri; Cal
vim X. Reinfaniter, of Missouri; Frank
Erechy, of Missouri, and W j. Flatt, of
Tennessee
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-06-21
OWED FROM THE EADS BRIDGE
Distance from the Top of the Bridge to
the Water is 1875 Feet.

ST. Louis. June 20.--Albert j..
Baker, aged 10, who Ives with his un-
Gle, j. w. Ginder, in this city, to-day
made the first dive into the Mississ-
ippi river ever taken from the Eads
Bridge He is q pupil of Prof Bill
Clark, who has turned out many good
divers. For weeks young Baker has
been fired with an ambition to jump
off the bridge and has been almost
daily practcing. He was particularly
anxious to jump head first and not
feet first as all the jumpers before
him had done. This he did this morn
ing and he did it successfully, making
the first bona-fide dive ever made from
Eads Bridge. -
The distance from the top Of the
bridge to the water is 1875 feet Baker
struck the water head first and soon
came up. He swan about $50 feet to
an awaiting tug and was taken on
board without having been hurt.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-06-21
ANOTHER STORM I'M THE WEST
Crops in Iowa and Nebraska Destroyed
With Loss of Life.

Republican City, Neb., June 2O.-A
terrible windstorm passed over
this section last night and did much
damage, and resulted i'll some loss OF
life. The towns touched by the storm
have not been heard from, but it IS
known that the residence OF p. Duncan
was completely demolished, and the de
bris strewn in all directions. Mrs. Dun
can was killed and Mr.. Duncan, two
sons and a teacher badly hurt, and may
die
CROPS WERE DESTROYED.
Mason City, Iowa, June 2o.-fhe
heaviest rain in eighteen years fell here
last night. 1t fell to a depth of over
four inches. In the north and west
part of the city, it was accompanied by
hail and wind, and crops for distance
Of twenty miles, two miles wide, were
destroyed. Corn which was not cut of
naa destroyed. Rye and barley, he
cause Of its early maturity, suffered
! HnOss,
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-06-21
MONTANA DEMOCRATS.

Butte, Mont, June s0.-The Demo
cratic State convention met hese to-day
Nj. =. Parker, of jefferson county, was
chosen temporary chairman and Sgd"
ney Fox, OF Sweet Grass, temporary
secretary. The chairman in a speech
said that the one great issue before the
people was free and unlimited coinage
of silver at tie ratio OF 16 10 !. Refer
ring to the bolt of the silver delegates
at the ST. Louis convention, he said
THE action OF men who resented the
attempt to saddle a gold standard or
them viii meet with the approval o.
the people"
After appointing the committees, ;
recess was saken to 8 y. m, to giv'
them time to do their work, and TO wai'
/ the arrival Of some delegates delayei
by gashowts On the railroads.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-06-21
SOUND MONEY DEMOCRATS.
Ex-MaYor Hewitt Says They Will De-
sert the Party Unless Gold Platform
is Adopted.

New York, June 90.-The following
statement from ex-Mayor Abram S.
Hewitt is published this morning:
Being a firm believer in the doc
trine that gold is the only possible
money standard for this country, I
subscribe, OF course. to the gold ex-
preston in the Republican platform
1t is clear, direct, conclusive. / sub
scribe also to the expressions in Mr..
ClevelaRd's letter, which are honest
and to the point.
IF the delegates Of the convention
at Chicago adopt a straddle or any
other subterfuge on this money ques-
| ton, il they accept a platform which
is not as unmistakable as the Republi-
can one, the sound money men will
vote for the Republican candidates. l
know I shall.
There is no other question at the
present moment than this of solid
! financial basis. It wipes out every
! thing else The tariff isn't in it,