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Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-10-24
LIGHT DRAWING DONE DAY
OR NIGHT, BY MAC GILL.

BIotches, Pimples, Scrofulous Sores
and all humors of the blood and
skin will succumb to Beggs' Blood
Purifier and Blood Maker. 1t posi-
lively has no equal. Every bottle
guaranteed. Ask your popular
druggist, A. X. Kane, for it.
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GLOVES! GLOVES! GLOVES!
For Farmers, For Driving,
For Hay Men, For Everybody
CHEAP AT OSBORN'S.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-10-24
wlMrER FOOTWEAR-The

best line of light and heavy boots
and shoes in the city at prices that
defy competition.
The Baxter Shoe Store.
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In buying REINDEER flour you
take no risk. as il is warranted TO be
the best of high grade flour.
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For children,s School Shoes

Boots, Warm Lined Ladies' Shoes,
Rubbers, light and heavy footwear
of all kinds at prices you can't
match anywhere, try
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capies' salve heais all cores.
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Best square meal in the city for
the money at Mrs. Meyerdings.
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Everything in the bread. cake
aud pie line at Mrs. Meycrdings.
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wrl somebody please bring In
some stove wood and pay up his
subscription TO the News with itrs
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-10-24

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Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-10-24

Township road tax receipt books
for sale at this Office.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-10-24
Just received Fine lot of
Cigars and Tobacco, the best
in the city, at Polster's Cor
ner Drug Store.

Meals and lunch at all hours at
Mrs. I. Neyerding's.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-10-24

Watches, Clocks and Jew
elry at cost at Polster's Cor
ner Drug Store.
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The rains of Thursday and yes
terday will prove of vast benefit to
wheat
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-10-24
II Is Wonderful

Go to Mrs. Meyerding for fresh
oysters.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-10-24

For sale by J. G, Polster.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-07-21
SMITH AND GRAMMAR.
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE TWO
GREATEST RACE TRACK
PLUNGERSa
GRAMMAR THE NERVIEST.

PittsburE Phil the Better Business
REan-Never Allows His Surplus to
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-07-21

hengrin' was performed for the first time.
the device for bringing on the swan IN q
ltfelike manner is comparatively new. The
apparatus as at present constructed Is the
result of the survival Of the httest it's evo-
luton having proceeded on the lines OF the
principle that a mechanical property should
be so constructed that it can be worked
by the smallest possible number of men
Formerly the miniature figures or the
swan and Gohengrin having been drawn
across the background the knight of the
Holy Grail and his pathological motor
suddenly emerged from behind one Of the
wings directly back Of the rivers bank
and moved half way across the stage
There Lohengrfn disembarked and sang his
Farewell. my faithful Swami
The latest Improvement was devised in
order that the swan might have the ap-
pearance of swimming down the winding
stream. At the same time the apparatus
was so constructed that it could be worked
by only TWO men.
The shen-Iike craft in which Lohengrin
stands was b1ilt upon a three-wheeled
truck the top of which was Just con-
cealed by the setpiece representing the bank
of the ScheIdt. Under this truck sat TWO
men in prsitions which enabled them to
place their feet on the floor and thus shove
the truck along, the man over the front
wheel steering by means OF q rod con-
nected with this wheel The swan is sup
ported by two rods running out from the
truck.
The use of this apparatus necessitates
an arrangement of the set pieces of water,
different from that formerly In vogue.
The neck of the swan is built around
a steel spring; the body and wings are
feathers and swan SHOWN upon wire work.
It VIII be remembered that while Lohengrin
sings his farewell the swan gracefully in
clines its head and gently spreads its
wings. The former motion is produced by
thin fishing line. which is attached 10 the
swans beak, and pulled by one Of the
men under the truck. The wings work By
a clock movement. In the last act of ''LO-
nengrin" the swan sinks from view-it Is
transformed into Elsa's brother-and a dove
hutters in front of the boat as It bears
the knight homeward. This change is ef-
fected very simply. The rods on which the
swan rests work on hinges. and are held
of the men under the truck, who at the
proper moment slacken the line, causing
the rods to drop by the weight of the
swan, which SINKS out Of sight. The man
sitting near the front wheel then shoves
out a rod, TO the end Of which a mechanical
dove is attached. It and the curved end of the
rod having been concealed behind the Prov
of Lohengrin's shell-like little craft
In .'Siegfried' the dragon is the most inter
estin.- single mechanical contrfvance in the
opera. The head Of this dragon is of papier
mache. The body, thirty feet long, is Of
thin wire covered with CURED leather scales.
which are bronzed and painted This mon
ster, IN spite Of its size. is worked by q
boy who is the Dragons front legs. He is
dressed in a suit of canvas painted the color
Of the dragons hide and having curled
leather scales on the trousers below the
knees. his shoes being the huge elawed
feet
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-07-21

Wagner's operas are more difficult TO
stage than those of anv other composer.
IN painting scenery for a Wagner work
the artist must exercise his Imagination as
Wen as his hands. The only basis for the
scenery OF the Ring des Nibelungen" is the
uDreCto- The interior Of F4undingss- dwell
ing IN the first act OF die Walkure" must
be as dramatically significant as the ges-
lures OF the artists. Such a scene. with ita
stern outline and sornber co1orfnq is a far
greater triumph Of scenic art than the gilt
tering magnihcence of SoIomon's temple in
THE queen OF Sheba-" And it as true OF
the property masters work as Of the scenic
artists.
Indeed, the mechanical properties used
in Wagner's works are constant objects of
study, attempts to improve them by sfmpli-
Tying the apparatus for working them
being made from time to time. The 'sLo-
hengrin" swan is an excellent example OF
this feature OF Wagnerian production.
Though many years have passed since 10
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has taken place ever four years. This year
is the twentieth anniversary Of the inaugur-
alton Of the Bayreuth festivals and the frst
time since the opening of the Bayreuth
theater in 1876 that the Nibelungen cycle
will be given.
The Nibelungen ring will be given in five
cycles Of four days each. On the first day
''Das Rheingold'' will be sung; on the sec
ond, "Die Walkure''; on the third. ''Sieg-
fried; on the fourth. ''Die Gotterdam-
merung.' The first cycle is composed of July
10, 90 81 and %; the second of July %, q,
% and %; the third Of August 2, 3, and 5;
the fourth of August 9, 10, II and u, and
the fifth Of August 16, H. Is and 10. The
respective days of these dates are Sunday,
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. This
gives twenty days of. opera within the per-
iod beginning July 10 and ending August 10.
Particular preparations have been made
for the productions this year as to artists,
scenic effects and costumes, and judging
from the demand for tickets this festival
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will be the greatest in the history of the
series. Rehearsals have been going on for
several months and to those who have the
privilege of listing behind the scenes this
preliminary work is quite as interesting as
the opera itself
Much OF a mechanical nature is necessary
10 present Wagner's musicO-dramatic works
in their full effectiveness. No one appreci-
ated this more than Wagner himself. At
the Bayreuth festival of 1882 Wagner him
self directed everything. During the re-
hearsals and for weeks before the produc-
lions he labored behind the scenes.
1t was his custom to chalk little crosses
in the stage to Indicate the exact spots
where he wanted the singers to stand, and
he also drew lines to show the direction in
which they were to move from one point
to another. During the productions, when
he could not watch everything from behind
the scenes, he would take up a position in
the foreground of the stage, cOloring his
face so that it would not be apparent against
a rock or a tree in the background, and
from there direct the work of the artists.
He drilled tho men up in the flies, he
marched the soldiers to the exact time of
the music, making everything move with
the regularity Of a piece of complex ma
chinery.
He knew all the details of the work in
the various tments-cOstumer, prop
erty manager, musical conductor. stage
manager, scenic artist. engineer, master
carpenter, the ballet, the chorus and the in
dividual work of the artists. He knew ex-
actly what each one Of the agencies should
do and he was everywhere to see that his
ideas were carried out.
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horse and that the horse lost. This was
sure enough evidence to the regulars that
Grammar had collapsed. for whenever this
young man thinks a horse will win he bets
up into the thousands. That policy is part
Of his religion. He may not bet on more
than two races week. but when he does
bet the ring knows Of it either to its i'm
mense sorrow or Joy After San Francisco
closed Grammar made some money on the
Louisville track, and he has made fair
winnings in the East, but nothing to equal
his record Of last year, or OF the year be-
fore.
At this particular time Riley Grammar is
OF particular interest to the sports of the
country On July he sailed for England
where he expects to make things hum on
the British race tracks. Plunger Walton
did some terrific betting with the English
boodes, and the golden memory Of Jubilee
Juggins is still fresh in their minds It is
probable that they Will welcome Grammar
with open arms, but he may bite them badly
before the fall sets in.
Grammar began his sporting career on the
St Louis race track as programme boy.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-07-21
THE oPERATIC STAGE.

An operate stage is Chinese puzzle to
the novice, but every square foot of it
means something in particular to the sing
ens. Widthwise it is divided into five parts.
The side to the extreme left of the specta-
tor is called the prompt-side. The prompter
stands there in theaters in which there is
no prompter's box. Halfway between the
pronpt-side and the point which marks
half the width of the stage is The prompt
center. Then there are the center proper,
and. corresponding with the prompt-center
and prompt-sde, the opposite prompt-cen-
ter and the opposite prompt-side, or, as
they are always called in theatrical par
lance, the o-p-center and the Upside.
The depth Of the stage is divided into "en-
frances" according TO the number OF wings
Thus the first prompt-entrance' is be
tween the proscenium and the first wing
on the prompt-side. Corresponding with
i on the opposite side is the first Open
trance"
All these divisions and their appellations
hold good not only of width and depth, but
also of height. For instance. the prompt
center extends from the floor Of the stage
to the beams far abOve-a height of 100
feet-to which are attached the pulleys
and huge leverage wheels for running the
ropes that lower and raise the drop-scenes.
To accurately describe what is generally
called the flies would require more than
a column of space. and a technical knowl-
edge on the part of the reader to understand
what was meant. As few readers have this
knowledge, this will be dispensed with
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-07-21
Personal NOTES.

Vidal, one OF the most famous scu1ptors of
France was stone blind at the time when he
executed some of his most famous works.
Among the major generals OF the British
army is J. B. Richardson, who is remarkable
as the only officer of his rank who has
medals. He is So years old and has seen
forty-one years OF active service.
The Germani Empress exceedingly
friendly toward Mrs. Uhl wife of the United
States Ambassador, upon the occasion of thai
lady's frst audience with Her Majesty. The
Empress conducted her conversation in Eng
dsh.
The Marquis of Lorne is said to be engaged
upon a historical survey of Windsor Castle
on a somewhat ambitious literary scale, ma
terial which he collected when writing little
Guide book recently having led him to desire
70 nursue his researches under the favorable
conditions involved in his Office as Governor.
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talent. Tens Of thousands of people journey
hundreds Of miles to see and wonder at his
creations. Some Of his pictures cover the
whole side of a mountain, being many hun
dreds of feet in length. Scores of them are
complete failures, but his successes are
numerous enough to more than compensate
for his shortcomings.
The native designation Of these pictures
is ''ausaferungs fguren,'' which literally
translated means nodded designs. They are
formed by the melting SHOWS on the peaks
Of the mountains in May and June. The
first cold night after the melting season has
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-07-21
JACK FROST, ARTIST.
GIANT SNOW PICTURES ON THE
AUSTRIAN ALPS.
A WONDERFUL PANORAMA.
in LenEth-Their Sharp Outlines
Remain for Weeks.

VIENNA, July 5.-Jack Frost. with the
able assistance of his enemy, the Sun, paints
some wonderful pictures every year, his
studio being the Austrian Tyrol and his can
vas the highest peaks of the great noun
tains. May and June are the months in
which he gives fun swing TO his artistic
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-07-21

One OF the most remarkable young women
IN France is Mile Jeanne Benaben. She is
only Is years old and has already taken the
degree Of bachelor Of arts from one OF the
French colleges. After graduation she became
professor OF philosophy IL a girls school in
Lyons, This year she was O. candidate for
the important degree Of Heentiate In philos-
ophys She emerged from an extraordinary Sc
NoEo a1aElnaLlon talge out e2 2ao a4nal12tss.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-07-21

Andor saxlehner, of the firm of Andreas
saxlehner of Buda-Pesth, proprietor and ex-
porter of the Hunyadi JanOs water, has been
decorated by Francis Joseph L. Emperor of
Austria and King of Hungary, with the
Cross of the Iron Crown, order III, on the
occasion of the Hungarian mtllennial celebra-
ion now being held at Buda-Pesth.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-07-21
WAGNER FESTIVAL,
ELABORATE PLANS AT BAYREUTH
FOR THE NIBELUNGEN CYCLE.
THE 10Th ANNIVERSARY.
planned.

BAYREUTH, July 6.-AI the music low
ers of Europe will be here in a few weeks
and thousands Of touring Americans will
stop at this quaint Bavarian town to wit
ness the WAGNER festival which. since 1876,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-07-21

NEW YORK, July 17.-There are two
sights on the metropolitan race tracks
which the racegoer always shows to the
visitor whom he is plotting about. One is
Riley Grammar and the other is George E.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-10-15
MEXICAN MATTERS.

City of Mexico, Oct. 13.-Willam
Clark. who was arrested on the charge
of prize fighting, was sentenced Yesterday
to thirty days imprisonment.
The Waters-Pierce Oil company
Mexican branch of the Standard Oil
company will build large refinery at
Tampico, moving its works from Vera
Cruz
Count de Foresta. now representing the
Italian government in Madrid, will soon
come here as minister.
The statistics of the Mexican army for
September show n total force of 24479,
of whom rs were generals. 1915 chief
officers and minor officers 2272.
Railway companies are about to take
up the question of pooling arrangements,
which has for n long time been broken,
and the probabilities are that rates will
be restored.
1t is reported here that offers for the
purchase of the Monterey and Mexican
Gulf railway have been formally made
by c. Z. Huntington in order to extend
his Mexican international road to The
been reached. The road is now man
aged by Belgian bondholders.
The new German minister. Baron Won
Ketteler was today formally presented
to President Diaz ut the hall of am
bassadors in the national palace in the
presence of a brilliant assemblage. The
German minister presented President
DiaZ, in the name of the German en-
peror, the Grand Cross of the Red Eagle,
Il significant testimonial of the friendly
relations of the two countries.
Several large transfers of rural es-
tates to American capitalists are noted.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-10-15
TYNAN'S CASE.

Paris. Oct. 1S.-The minister of JUS
tice. NJ. Dardin, at a cabinet meeting TO-
day. submitted reasons for refusing the
eNtradition of 2, ]. F. lyman. the Irish
American alleged dynamiter. now in Gus
tody at Boulogne-Sur-Mer. He said that
the evidence that lyman is the so-called
No. L. is not conclusive, nor is il
proven lyman was connected with the
premises been established. said NJ. Da-
rian, the case is covered by the ten wears
limit, Consequently lyman will be re-
leased so soon as these decisions are sub.
mitted to the officials.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-10-15
ACKNOWLEDGED HIS ERROR.
A st. Louis Merchant Who Discharged
Silver-Inclined Employees, Repents.

st. Louis, Oct. 13.-Douglass w.
Crawford, the dry goods merchant, who
discharged bakers dozen of his men
last Saturday because they announced
their intention to vote for Bryan and
Sewall, has repented his action, and to-
day, over his own signature, publishes a
letter in which he says he will take the
men back. In part he says:
81 have invited all of the men to re-
turn to my store and to occupy their
former several positions without preju-
dice as regards the future and without
loss of salary since they left my en-
ploy.
"A man in anger often makes mis-
takes, but l do not believe he loses any
of his manhood by admitting his error.
| desire every man in my employ to vote
as he pleases, but | believe that every
man who carefully studies existing con-
ditions should vote for Mckinley. To
allow all of my employees to vote rs they
please and have ample time to do so, |
have decided to close my store at p. N.
Oh November j."
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-10-15
TWO MASKED MEN, MOUNTED
ON BICYCLES, ROB A BANK
IN MINNESOTA.
killed CASHIER and A BYSTANDER
Secured 500 and "Scorched" Out o
Town Without a Puncture-Fur-
suers in the Field and Their
Capture Expected Soon.

Paramount. Mimi, Oct. 1.-Two
masked and bicycle-mounted robbers
swept into the little town of Sherburne,
fourteen miles from here today, dashed
into the Bank of Sherburne, murdered
the cashier and a bystander, securing
$1,000 from the cash tray, mounted their
wheels and escaped before the eyes of
the startled villagers. The affair was
conducted with all the bravado of the
border drama, and the killing of the
two men was purely wanton, as neither
made any resistance.
The dead are:
j. a. Ostern, agent of the Walter a.
the heart.
Cashier Thornburn of the Bank of
Sherburne; shot in the head.
The crime is paralelled only by the
raid of Jesse James and the Younger
boys when they swooped down ell the
little town of Mortified, few miles
north of the scene of today's crime, shot
the cashier of the Bank of Mortified and
carried away lot of money. In that
instance the robbers departed on horses,
whereas today the criminals, in keeping
with the times, used bicycles in escap-
ing from the enraged citizens of Sher-
burne.
At about 1:30 o'clock two masked men
walked through the front entrance of
the bank to the cashiers box and without
word whipped out their revolvers and
leveled them at Cashier Thornburn. The
latter did not move, but the next minute
the report of two revolvers rang out and
Cashier Thornburn fell at his desk. At
another desk in the bank stood Ostern,
a travelling man. He was the only i'm
mediate bar to the ends which the rob-
bers sought to gain and as Thornburn
| fell to the floor they turned and shot
Ostern dead. AS rapidly as possible
they leaped over the railing which sepa-
| rated them from the cashiers desk and
secured $1,000 in cash. Then they ran
for the back door, where they had taken
the precaution to leave their wheels,
mounted and rode away. 1t all hap
pened inside of two minutes, the only
witness to the deed being Il woman who
stood across the street from the front
entrance of the bank, who was attracted
by the report of the revolvers. She saw
the men turn on Ostern, secure the
money and decamp. As soon as possible
she gave the alarm and in five minutes
after the deed had been committed the
little town of Sherburne was in a state OF
excitement such as had never before
been seen.
Thornburn, it was found, was not dead
Ostern, however, had been shot
through the head and had apparently
been instantly killed. Thornburn lived
only two hours, however, having received
bullets in several parts of his body.
The town of Sherburne contains
scarcely score more than 400 inhabi
tants. but inside of ten minutes severa
posses had been formed and search wa:
ut once instituted. Every town and vii
] lage where there is the slightest posi-
| bility of the robbers visiting in theil
efforts to escape has been warned anC
their capture is expected at any moment
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-10-15
DU MAURIER OBSEQUIEs.
Funeral Services of the Late Author and
Artist.

London. Oct. 13.-Hempstead was to-
day crowded with the friends and rela-
tives of the late George Du Maurier the
artist-author, who died on Thursday and
whose remains We're cremated at Working
on Saturday. This was the day set apart
for the funeral services and it attracted
large crowd of the artistic and liter
airy men and others, including the en-
tire staff of Punch, Burnard. Lucy. Fur.
ness. Sir Walter Besant, Bancroft,
Pointer, Alfred Gilbert, Henry James
and many others.
The mournerS were headed by the
widow, sons and daughters of the de.
ceased. Canon Anger ofiiciated. The
gold casket was smothered in flowers
and after the funeral ceremonies, were
inferred in the church yard under a yew
tree. The flora! wreaths included several
from actresses who have played the part
of Trilby.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-10-15

At Observation-Disclosures 6; Ken
lucky State college, 0. University of
Nashville, IS; Presbyterian University,
GAINESVILLE, 6.
At Louisville-Louisville Athletic club,
90; Depauw University, ~.
At Newark, n. J.-Yale, II; Orange
Athletic club, 0.
At Cambridge-Harvard, IS; New
ton, 0.
At Providence-Brown, A; Am
herst, 6.
At Cincinnati-University of Cincin-
natl, s; Ohio State University, 6.
At Ithaca, n. Y.-Cornell, 4S; Western
Reserve, O.
At elphia-University of Penn
sylvania, 10; Dartmouth, 0.