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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-06-28
RAILROADBOARD's LETTER
It is Sent to the Companies and Spe-
cities the Information Desired.

As the result of the conference held
in the office of the state board of rail-
road commissioners between the men,
bers of the board and the general au-
ditors of the Kansas lines to ascertain
the amount of gross earnings in kan
sas the commissioners have issued
letter which is being sent out today.
When the conference adjourned the
manner in which the divisions of traf-
fic should be made was left in doubt.
To explicitly place before the auditors
the demands of the commissioners, the
letter contains the following instruc-
tiOns:
First-In all cases where the origin
and destination of any shipment are
both in Kansas the actual amount
earned upon each shipment shall be
given.
Second-In all interstate Shipments
where earnings are divided at the state
line, the actual amount earned will be
set out in the reports.
Third-In all interstate shipments
where no division of earnings exist at
the state line, earnings will be prorat-
ed, according to the number of miles
hauled, giving to Kansas the prOpOr-
tiOn of total earnings of each shipment
in accordance with the number of miles
hauled. This will include all shipments
originating in Kansas and passing out
outside and stopping in the state and
all shipments originating outside and
passing through the state, stopping in
another state. This mileage basis is
to be used only where the actual di-
vision of earnings at the state line does
not exist. Actual earnings are prefer
able whenever possible to give them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-06-28
LOOKS BLACK.
TWenty-SeVen Thousand Men
Are Out of Work
BY Closing of All Tin and Glass
Factories
in A BIG DISTRICT.
This Is Preparatory to ''Read-
justing Wages"
Conference of Factory Owners
and WOrkmen.

Anderson, Ind, June 28.-The national
tin plate Co. today posted notice of a
shutdown on Thursday morning as per
contract of the readjustment of the
wage scale. At the same time all the
union tin plate factories in the country
will close. The conferences of manu-
facturers and worzmen wage commit
tees will begin at Pittsburg next Satur-
day. All the union window glass fac
tories are preparing to close down on
Wednesday of this week for read
justment of the wage schedule. On &C
count of the factional fight between the
blowers and gatherers on one side and
the cutters and fatteners on the other
some delay in settlement is anticipated.
Among the union flint bottle makers
there will be no shut down as usual, the
information being given out today that
the union men will sacrifice their vaca-
ton in order to fight the nOn-union
plants that do not close.
The window glass shut down will
cause $4,000 men to lie idle while the tin
plate closing lays off about Il, 900 men.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-06-28
FIGHT NEAR A JOINT.
The Kind of Thing Some People
Think Would Make Topeka
PrOSOerOus

A disturbance of more than usual
note took place in the alley by Walt
Richards joint on the south side of
Seventh street between Kansas avenue
anw Jackson street last evening at 8
O'Clock and lasted for several minutes
Arthur Massey, the blacksmith and
hOrseman, Mr.. Ed Bennett, son of Err
asmus Bennett the horse dealer, "DOff'
T0wnman, a clerk in the employ of the
McLaUghlan shoe store and VIII CraW-
ford, a miller, We're involved.
A crowd of people attracted by the
noise collected and when two policemen
hove in sight the quarrelsOme ones
scattered and disappeared. One of
them, viii Crawford, however, was too
drunk to get away and he was arrested.
He was charged with being drunk and
when sober $5 was put up for his ap-
peal Ace which was forfeited this
morning in police court.
One of the parties wandered about the
streets after the fight and lost his way.
A bout 10 o'clock he was walking around
the block near Eighth and Monroe
streets, trying to find his way home. He
walked around the block two or three
times and finally a friend met him and
steered him home The occurrence
caused much talk on the streets.
A witness of the fight, who is we'll
known. said in speaking of it: 1t was
mighty mean fight. They were all
doing their best to lick the other tel-
low"
Walt Richards joint has become what
a saloon always becomes, headquarters
for drunken rows and riots. 1t is high
time it was closed up.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-06-28
ONE MORE TOPEKA ACTRESS
Mrs. Patee, Formerly Miss Lizzie Al
len, to Visit in Topeka.

Mrs. Vivian Patee. the star of the
Merry World'' cast, who was seen with
that production in this city last winter
will spend part of her summer vacation
in Topeka. Mrs. Patee is now visiting
with her parents in Lawrence, but will
come to Topeka soon to visit Mrs. A
NJ. Sperry, wife of the superintendent
of telegraph of the Mexican Central
railway. Mrs. Sperry is at present in
the City of Mexico, but will spend the
summer with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs
J. NJ. Miller of Topeka
Mrs. Patee formerly resided in To-
peka, and before her marriage with
Clair NJ. Patee was employed on the
Topeka Commonwealth. Her first ap-
pearance on the stage was made a
number of years ago in a popular price
attraction of which her husband was
in charge. Since that time she has
made a success of stage work, and for
her part in the burlesques on "TriIby''
and Madame Sans Gene in the Merry
World" she has won the most fatter-
ing notices from the press.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-06-28
Presidential Appointments.

Washington, June 28.-The president
today sent the following nominations to
the senate: SOren Listoe, Minnesota,
consul at Rotterdam, Netherlands;
Henry Fink, Wisconsin, collector of in
ternal revenue for the first district of
Wisconsin; Clarence Wide, Washington,
marshal for the district of Washing
ton; Captain Frank L. Denny, assist
ant quartermaster marine corps, to be
major and quartermaster; Charles L.
McCaWley, captain and assistant quar-
termaster marine corps; Assistant En-
glneer John H RoWen. to be a past
assistant engineer: Naval Cadet Stuart
E Smith of Pennsylvania and Naval
sistant naval constructors in the navy
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-06-28
OUTLAW THEM.
John Sherman StartIes the BUSs
mess World
av.A - ~ I'll. aT,r,9
as Much as John Wana-
maker Did.
ATTACKS THE TRUSTS.
Says That Such Combinations
of Capital
Should Be OutIawed-His Law
Tempered With.

New York, June 2s.-Secretary OF
State John Sherman, who arrived IN
New York last night, is quoted in an
interview as saying:
1.-The matter of trusts is altogether
the most important question of the day.
"a combination of persons engaged in
a common business would seem on its
face to be d fair enough matter, but
in reality such combinations prevent
healthy competition and control output
and prices.
THE present national trust law (the
Sherman Iaw) is not strong enough. 1
framed it myself, and the senate com
mittee on judiciary made changes IN II
which materially weakened its erect
[ favor making unlawful in the most
direct manner all combinations in re-
straint of trade They put all indus
tries in the control Of a few men. The
people have a right to open competl-
ton in all industries and trade
Restraints of trusts can be made
effective when we can get the proper
kind of law. The supreme court has
upheld the present trust law, but has
pointed out it's defects think that
these defects can and Will be remedleo-
1.-The trust people say the effect or
their combinations is to lower prices OF
the products which they control do
not believe it. The tendency to con-
troll the output and put up prices must
naturally come with the control of any
important industry of trade. When
man makes his money on a fair basis
of trade no man envies him, or has
right to. When he makes a fortune
with the trusts which shut out COM
petition or restrain trade he is de-
nounced, and this has been done by
all peoples and at all times. 1t is un-
fair competition and unfair combina-
ton that have raised up this cry against
trusts.
''The currency question cannot be de-
cided at this session of congress No
body is ready to decide it. The east
ern states are pretty thoroughly in
favor of the gold standard. The south
seems to be slowly coming around to
the same view. But the western states,
which are heavily in debt, want cheaper
currency, and, of course, are advocat-
ing silver. Whether it will be settled
in time to take it out Of the way as
an issue for the next presidential cam
paign or not L cannot tell am no
prophet"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-06-28

the other members of his party showed
no evidences whatever of having been
three cars deep in a train wreck.
Mr. and Mrs. Dillon were on their
yvav to New York and expected to sail
for Europe to be gone for three months.
Their wardrobes were stored in six big
trunks that We're stored in the wrecked
baggage car. Mr.. and Mrs. Dillon
were greatly worried yesterday over the
supposed loss of their baggage. Last
evening they were informed that their
trunks had been gotten out of the water
during the afternoon and were held at
Missouri City for inspection. They
went down to Missouri City this morn
ing to see what damage was done, and
this evening will continue their trip to
New York. They expect they viii have
to stop there for new WardrObes. They
had expected to make the trip through
to New York on the fast train and had
in the sleeper with them only their
hand baggage.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-06-28
Proprietor of the Cincinnati
Enquirer to Succeed Hanna
If Ohio Democrats Can Carr!
the Legislature.
HAS 1T ALL HIS WAY
The Convention viii Meet in
Columbus Tomorrow.
No Candidate Not for Silver
Will Be Considered.

Columbus, o., June 28.-The candi-
dates and delegates are here in force To-
day for the Democratic state convention
which meets tomorrow and Wednes-
day The delegates meet by congress
sional districts tomorrow and the COM
mittees tomorrow night while the con-
vention proper does not assemble until
Wednesday morning. In addition TO a
full state ticket, members of the 1egis-
lature are elected this year.
There have been several aspirants for
the senate, but John R. Mclean, prOpri-
etor of the Cincinnati Enquirer has Sc
cured such a large majority of dele
gates to the state convention that there
is no more opposition to him here than
there was to Senator Hanna at the Re
publican state convention in Toledo last
week. Mr.. Mclean did not expect to
attend the convention, but his friends
today say they will try to get him here.
Mr.. McLean's friends do not want any
senatorial endorsement resolution at
tached to the platform. They do not
want any endorsement for any other
senatorial candidate and are simply
keeping clear the right of wayne Dem
OcratS have held state offices since Nc
kinley was governor and a new class
of aspirants is in the field. There are
dozens of candidates for each place on
the state ticket and they are all here
today with headquarters open.
Nominations will be made for COVER
nor, lieutenant governor, supreme judge,
attorney general, school commissioner
and member of the board of public
works.
Among the candidates for governor
are Robert T. HOugh, Paul J. Sorg, J ohm
c. Welty, D. D. Donavan, r. A. Small
ley, J. NJ. VanMeter, s. NJ. Hunter, A.
W. Patrick, Horace L. Chapman, A. w.
Thurman. John J. Lentz, c. P. Noble,
John w. Winn. E. B. Finley, F. G. Lay
ton, F. NJ. Marriott, John G. Reeves,
Frank Southard. Today Hough is the
favorite, but the field is making a hard
fight on him. His friends claim that he
is such a strong silver man that he re-
signed as solicitor of the internal rev
enue. department. His opponents say
his resignation was asked for and that
he wore a Carlisle gold button. The
convention is almost a unit for free
silver and no candidate is considered
whose record is not clear on that issue
An effort is being made to have moth
ing else in the platform except the one
silver plank. This will avoid endorsing
the Chicago platform as a whole and
other questions on which there are diff
ferences of opinion Owing to Senator
Hanna's voting against the Cuban
resolution there are some who insist on
a stronger Cuban resolution than was
adopted at Toledo.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-06-28
BELOW A CENT A MILE,
Is the Railroad Passenger Rate From
Chicago to California.

Chicago. Ill, June 2S.-Beginning this
morning city passenger agents will sell
tickets from Chicago to San Francisco
for S25 for the westbound trip. This
bargain sale will continue until the
close of business Saturday night. The
tickets are issued on account Of the
sixteenth annual convention of the
Young Peoples Society of Christian
Endeavor. which will be held in San
Francisco July to u inclusive. and it
is estimated that from 5000 to 25, 900
excursionists will be carried west by
railroads running out of Chicago.
A large proportion of these Christian
EndeaVor tourists will come from the
east and they viii begin arriving in
Chicago tomorrow. Reports from Gin
cinnati, st. Louis, st. Paul MinneaDo-
lis, New Orleans, Indianapolis, Kansas
City and other gateways indicate that
the transcontinental lines will be taxed
to their utmost capacity to carry the
men, women and children who will take
advantage of the extremely low rates.
The distance from Chicago to San
Francisco via Denver is a trif1e over
$500 miles, so that the rate of so from
Chicago to San Francisco, one way, is
less than a cent a mile.
In addition to the San Francisco ex-
cursiOnists there will be a small army
of other travellers, if the estimates of
passenger agents are proved to be cor
rect The low rates put in for san
francisco necessitated the making Of
cOrrespOndingly low rates to internedf-
ate points. These are as follows: From
Chicago, westboUnd, one way no round
trip tickets to be sold, to Missouri river
points, $3.50; to Colorado common
points, such as Denver Pueblo. Colo
rado Springs, etc, $12.5O; to Utah com
mon points, $40; to Grand Junction
Col, $19. Tickets for these points will
be sold on the days the Christian En-
deaVor tickets are sold.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-06-28
80 FEET OF ELK HORNS.
The Largest Pair in the World Ship
ped to Emperor William
From Colorado

Colorado Springs, June 2S.-Emperor
William of Germany is soon to receive
the largest pair of elk horns in the
world, as a gift from Hans Leiden, the
German consul of the Netherlands and
director of the geological gardens of
Cologne. They have been prepared
and mounted by Prof. Gus Stanislzy of
this city and are now on their way to
Berlin, where they will be formally
presented to the emperor to be placed
by him in his hunting room or Celebra-
tion hall.
These monster antlers measure II
feet from tip of beam to tip of beam
across the skull and have a spread of
81 inches They have a beam length of
81 and 671z inches respectively, and the
longest prOngs are from q to 231a inches
in length. There are Il prongs in all,
and including the beams they have
total length of nearly 80 feet.
The largest elk horns known to exist
prior to the discovery of these are in
the English museum in London.
The elk on which the horns grew that
are to be presented to Emperor Will
liam was killed in the White river
country in western Colorado by an old
French hunter named Monjean.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-06-28
APAINFUL ACCIDENT.
Rigby's Candy Maker Suffers Shock
ing Injury to His Hand.

Jacob Freedman, the new candy
maker at the NJ F. Rigby confectionery
store, had his left hand painfully mu-
tilated by getting it caught in the cog
wheels of a large ice cream freezer
Saturday night The ring finger of his
hand was torn off at the second joint,
the middle finger at the first joint and
the little finger of the hand was badly
mashed.
Freedman was in the act of adjusting
a part of the machinery while it was in
motion, when his hand slipped between
the cog-whee1s and was instantly mu-
tilated The portions of his fingers
small bits.
Freedman is the man who has been
making all the clever window dressing
in Rigby's windows the past two weeks
and has only been here a short time.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-06-28
BOYLE TO SEE THE BOOKS.
Judge Foster Orders the Stockyards
Company to Show Their Records.

Notwithstanding the fact that the
Kansas City StOckyards company has
ATTEMPTED. in every manner possible,
TO prevent an examination of the books,
records and vouchers of the company
by Attorney General Boyle and an eX-
pert accountant, the attorney for the
state will go to Kansas City tomorrow
morning and upon the authority of an
order issued by Judge Foster of the
United States court today demand ac-
cess to the company's records.
It is probable that if the attorney
general does not find the information
he desires at Kansas City the company
will be compelled to produce the stock
yards books from Boston. Attorney
General Boyle is at Omaha today. where
the United States court, Judge Henry
Caldwell presiding, will convene.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-06-28
SHE BLEW THE HORN
And a Neighbor Re ceived 16 Buck
shot as Payment for His Advice

Cleveland, June 28.-A most eXtraor-
binary shooting affray occurred in
Lakewood this morning. For sometime
past Mrs. Mary Obermiller has been
troubled with burglars. Two of her
neighbors Edward Radcliffe and VIII
liam Beneke suggested to her that she
blow a tin horn when the burglars
came again.
She blew the horn this morning. Rat
cliffe and Beneke jumped out of bed
and started for the house. Mrs Ober-
miller was very much excited and shot
off a revolver. RatcHffe and Beneke
also shot off theirs which made such
racket that it awakened the town mar
sha1 who came running to the scene and
emptied the contents of a shotgun into
Ratcliffe. The burglars existed merely
in the ina agination of Mrs. Obermiller.
Sixteen buckShOts were extrac cted from
Ratcliffe's thigh. He will live.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-06-28
ROBBED OF $3.50.
Police Adopt Their Usual Mum Poll.
cy and Get Nothing.

W. P. Brush, a solicitor for a number
of eastern live stock publications. left in
his room at 4O6 Monroe street last week
a purse containing $3.50 in money During
his absence the money was stolen. The
matter was reported to the police three
days ago, but they have been keeping
quiet hoping thereby to apprehend the
thief. AS usual, they haven't apprehend-
ed anything. If the public had been in
formed of the theft, the chances are that
the thief would have been caught. Pub
Hcity' captures three times as many
criminals as the police. 1t is so every
where.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-06-28
LOCAL MENTION.

One of the best pictures taken after
the storm last week is of a basket of
hail stones picked up Dy VIII Whitton
1t would be difficult to convince one
who did not see the hail that the picture
is not one of large sized snow balls in
stead of hail stones.
The wind and rain storms during the
past week have caused considera BILE
damage at the OsawatO1nie insane asy-
lum. Following the hail storm which
visited Topeka Thursday night, the
laundry at the institution was unroofed
by the high wind and some smaller
buildings suffered.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-06-28
MRS. ALMERIN GILLETTE
Will Get the $4,000 Insurance
Money Left by Her Husband.

United States District Judge Foster
has decided that Mrs. AImerin Gillette
is entitled to the $4,000 life insurance
left her by her husband who was for
three years a member of the Kansas
board of railroad commissioners
Mr.. Gillette died last year and among
his effects was a $4,000 insurance poll
cy made paya bic to his wife. The
which held a, claim against Mr.. Gillette
attached the money and it was ordered
paid into court. Judge Foster decided
that the money could not be taken for
Mr.. Gillette's debts and the money was
turned over to Mrs. Gillette.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-06-28
NO PRIZE FIGHT PICTURES
Those to be Given at the Fairgrounds
a Fake and They Were Cancelled.

Topeka people will not have the op-
portun1ty of seeing the verascope pic
lures of the COrbett-F t-Fitzsimmons fight
at the Fourth of July celebration at the
fair grounds as previously advertized
After making the engagement to have
The pictures shown here, the manage
ment of the celebration found that the
pictures proposed to be shown in To-
peka were not pictures of the Corbett-
Fitzsimmons fight, and cancelled the
contract. There will be no evening ceIe-
bratiOn at the fair grounds
L. NJ. Crawford expects to have the
real Dan Stuart verascope prize fight
pictures here next fall.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-06-28
HURT IN WABASH WRECK.
Miss Lillian Groves, Sister of r. ].
Groves, the Topeka Florist.

Mr.. r. J. Groves. the Topeka florist,
was called to Kansas City yesterday by
a telegram informing him that his sis
ter, Miss Lillian Groves. had been in
jured in the wreck OF the Wabash train
d Missouri City late Saturday night
Miss Groves resides with her parents in
AtchisOn. and is principal of one of the
city schools. She was on her way to
attend the Chautauqua summer school
in New York.
of the injuries sustained by Miss
Groves. It stated that her head was in
jured and her face and body badly cut
Miss Groves has visited her brother in
Topeka and is known to some extent in
this city.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-06-28
BOB LINCOLN'S JOB.
He is Made President Pro Tenn of a
Telephone Company.

Chicago Telephone company have elect
ed Robert T. Lincoln, president pro tenn,
with all the powers of the president to
take effect July l. The directors of the
Central Union Telephone company have
elected w. A. Jackson, president and
general manager to take effect July 1.
Mr.. Jackson has been the vice presi-
dent and general manager of the COM
pany and both elections have been held
to fill vacancies caused by the resigna-
ton of H. B. Stone as president of both
COmnanieS
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-06-28
10 LITTLE GIRLS WANTED.
Mrs. G. S. Sutton Desires to See Their
Mothers About 1t.

Ten little girls, between the ages of
five and seven, will be needed in the
FAN Festival Floral parade to attend
the flower queen as flower girls. Mrs
G. S. Sutton asks that the mothers who
are willing that their children take part
in the parade as flower girls call and see
her in reference to the matter at the
flower committee rooms in the Curry
building next Thursday morning be-
tween the hours of nine and r. 1t will
expedite matters if the little girls ac-
company their mothers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-06-28
WANTED, MORE GIRLS.
twenty-five More for the Big specta
Gle of Cinderella.

Mrs. E. B. Meredith. who is training
the children for the opera Cinderella"
wants % more girls between the ages of
and 16. to meet her Tuesday morning
at Hamilton hall at 9 o'clock. Over
300 children will take part in this
opera, which will be given at Garfield
park late in July
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-06-28
QUEENS LAST APPEARANCE
Victoria Will Appear No More in
Public After Today.

London, June 28.-The queen returned
to London today her final jubilee day
but one, and made what most prob
ably was her last jubilee appearance in
the metropolis, for with the celebration
that closes at AIdershOt on Thursday
next the state appearances of her
majesty, it is said. will be finished;
that hencefortT, for whatever span of
life may be left her Queen Victoria
will confine herself to such work for
the state as can be done at Windsor,
Balmora1 or Osborne.