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The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-27
states Attorney Longenecker concern

States Attorney Longenecker concern
ing the endictment of Harler.
Ex-State's Attorney Longenecker
states that Harler should never have
been indicted. After a thorough inves-
tigation of the case. he entered nolle
prosequi of the case and Harler was
never arraigned for trial. Mrs. Koch
said she had known Mrs. Luetgert for
eleven years and have lived near her
most of this time. She saw and talked
with Mrs. Luetgert the last week in
April Mrs. Luetgert was depressed
and talked about going away. She
told the witness according to the state
ment of the latter, that Luetgert had
been swindled out of $25, 900 by a man
who had promised to pay him a big
sum of money for an interest in the
sausage factory and that this was the
beginning of the troubles of the sausage
maker Other witnesses testified along
this line later in the day.
William Charles, Luetgert'S partner,
testified this afternoon that the caus-
tic soda taken to the basement of the
sausage factory in March was brought
there for the purpose of cleaning up the
establishment. Several barrels of tai
low and barrel of chipped bones were
emptied into the middle vat to make
soft soap according to the witness. Lu-
etgert told him on the night of April 80
he was going to make the soft soap
that night. The barricaded door, he ex-
planned away by saying that a dog got
after a vat and the boxes were piled up
in front of the door unintentionally
while an effort was being made to aid
the deg to catch the rat.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-27
DETAILS OF THE BALL
The Interior of the Opera House Will
bs DR. ara for an Artist y

As beautiful as artistic taste and dec
orative skill can make it will be the
Grand Opera house for the Festival
Queens ball on the night of Floral Day,
Thursday of this week
Mrs Sutton will direct the decora-
tions, and this is sufficient guarantee
that they will be all that could be de-
sired. All the plans in detail will be
formulated by Wednesday night, and
all day Thursday a force of men will
work with the decorations in the house
A dome effect will be formed over the
stage by means of canvas, and canvas
will enclose the rear and sides of the
stage. In the center of the rear wall
of canvas scenery representing a castle
surrounded by garden will be set,
and here the throne of the Festival
Queen will be placed. In front of this
throne the court minuet will be danced
at the opening of the ball.
Above the throne will be arranged a
cluster of incandescent lights, 40 in
number, of the red, white and yellow
colors of the Festival. Red, white and
yellow incandescent lights will also be
arranged around the stage and among
the palms which will form a border
along the edge of the dancing platform
Three cases of Alabama srnslax. sim
liar to that which added so materially
to the beauty of the Charity ball dec
orations last December, arrived today
and Will be used in the decorations of
the Opera house. The palms engaged
for the ball number 500.
Not alone will the stage be hand
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-27

somely decorated, but the walls of the
parquet and balcony, and the lobby of
the theater will be decorated also. Fs-
pecially pretty effects will be carried
out in the decoration of the boxes. A
canvas entryway from the curbing to
the door of the Opera house will be
constructed
Exclusive of the green, the decora-
tions of the Opera house will be carried
out entirely in Festival colors. A large
large number of the pretty cambria
draperies in red. white and yellow
will be used, and hundreds of yards
of red, white and yellow bunting.
By the extension of the platform a
dancing space of 80 by so feet will be
secured. The entire platform will be
canvasSed.
During the court minuet at the open
ing of the ball calcium lights will be
thrown on the stage from the front Of
the balcony.
The tickets for the parquet have been
placed at SO per couple, and those who
enter the first floor may suit themselves
as to participating in the ball or simply
taking part as spectators. The balco-
ny tickets for spectators have been
placed at 81 per couple
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-27
BUSY SUNDAY.
All Day Yesterday the Fairgrounds
Presented an Animated Scene


Those who chanced to go to the fair
grounds yesterday will surely have the
day of the week "a hours ahead of what
it should be. No one would imagine it
was Sunday. The carpenters were busy
placing the canopy of the Queens
throne and the work of repairing the
grand stand went steadily on. In Ex-
position hall, or as it is commonly
known, 1.-THE Den" the float builders
were putting on the last touches to the
gorgeous floats that will be seen on
Wednesday night The National guard
camp was being laid out by detail of
men from Battery A of Wichita, Co. D
of Newton, Co. NJ. of Topeka and the
hospital corps from Ell Dorado.
The stand and privilege owners We're
getting their voices in shape for the
coming week and the sideshow man
was stretching the wire for the free
exhibition of tight wire walking that
will be given on the outside of the
great canvas tent The Indians were
trying to rest peacefully in their tepees.
which were pitched on the south side of
the track, but the Surging crowds of
white men kept the noble red men on
of tepees. a heap big injun'' by the
name of Red Left Hand entertained the
crowd by introducing them to his three
squaws and by trying to argue poll
tics.
In the Douthitt tract north of the
grounds the regulars from Fort Riley
are camped and the odor of their cook
ing supper attracted the attention of a
great crowd of people who were anx-
done. Today the militia companies, %
in all, arrive and by night the popula-
ton of the fair grounds will be equal
to some cities of the firSt-claSS.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-27
WET DOWN STREETS.

The street sprinklers are entirely in
adequate to keep down the dust on
Kansas avenue and adjacent streets,
particularly while the wind is as high
as it is today.
Men should be detailed to wet the
streets thoroughly with long sections
of hose attached to the fire plugs. This
should be done as often during the
day as is necessary to keep down the
dust. 1t appears we have a real old
fashioned kansas zephyr to contend
with at the opening of the Festival and
we should make it just as bearable as
possible. All roads leading to the fair
grounds should be kept soaked also the
roadways in the fair grounds. Mud is
preferable to dust
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-27
GRAND BALL
To BE GIVEN.
TOpeka's Leading Citizens Take
Up the Matter.
The Festival Queens Ball to Be
Magnificent.
GRAND OPERA HOUSE
Is Secured for Thursday Even
ing of Festival Week.
TOpeka's Wealth and Fashion
VIII Be There
To Welcome President Ripley
and Distinguished Guests.
TOpeka's Wealth and Fashion
viii Be There
To Welcome President Ripley
and Distinguished Guests.
THE ENTIRE INTERIOR
Of Opera House Will be Hidden
by Decorations.

Topeka's pride will not suffer fall.
Public spirit triumphs.
The grand Floral ball and Festival
Queens minuet in connection with the
Fall Festival will be given as originally
planned except that the ceremonies
will take place in the Grand opera
house, instead of at the state house
This announcement is made possible
by the public spirited action taken by
the citizens and business men named
below.
The Floral ball was one of the prom
inent features announced everywhere
in connection with the Topeka festlV-
tiles this week and it's failure would
have been a source of great disappoint-
ment and loss, not only to those rope
kans intimately connected with TINS
part of the programme, but TO scores OF
people residing in other portions OF the
state.
The ball will be given Thursday even
ing The stage of the Grand will be
extended out into the parquette a SUI
fcient distance so that the dancing
room will be one-fourth larger than
that at representative hall.
The arrangements at the Grand 1or
receiving and entertaining visitors will
be better than those originally planned
at the state house. The decorations
already erected in the senate chamber
and representative hall will be removed
to the Grand Opera house and still finer
effects produced. The entire interior
will be covered with them
house officials announced the restric-
tions and took the action which they
deemed necessary, there was a wide
spread feeling that this settled the Flor
al ball and minuet upon which so much
money and time has been expended by
the people of this city and other locaH-
ties.
Not so.
A large number Of the prominent
business and professional people of To-
peka came together almost spontan-
eously and determined that the civic
pride of the city made it necessary to
carry out the Floral ball. They accord
ingly subscribed to a guarantee fund
and made arrangements to cooperate
with the committees already appointed,
decided that the great feature should
be carried out and that they would
give it their unqualified financial and
personal backing.
The following gentlemen have already
subscribed to this guarantee fund and
constitute a roll of honor which is be-
ing constantly added to; and have
made it possible to announce this even
ing unreservedly and positively that
the Floral ball and minuet will be CIV
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-27
WHAT WEBB M'NAL1 SAID.
Will Not Announce What Course He
Will Pursue.

You may say said Webb McNall
to a Journal reporter this afternoon
while discussing the decision of Judge
Williams. that up to the hour of GO
ing to press no license has been issued
to the Mutual Life of New York to do
business in Kansas.
Further than this Mr.. McNan would
not discuss the action of the court. He
was not surprised at the decision-in
fact Judge Williams rendered just the
kind of a decision that the state house
people have anticipated from the out
set
Gov. Leedy said: 1.-The public knows
my views of these courts, and L do not
care to discuss the decision rendered
today for one very good reason. 1 have
not read it. 1 have only heard that the
decision is against the state, but have
not been informed as to the legal rea-
sons which are cited as authority and
as basis for the views of the judge.
Judge Williams may be right, but
can't tell definitely until / read the de-
cision," said the governor with keen
sarcasm.
There is no evidence in sight to indi-
cate that Mr.. McNan proposes to issue
the license.
Attorney General Boyle has nothing
to say except that he will aid in expe-
diting an appeal of the case
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-27
A BAD BLUNDER.

The City Railway company made the
mistake today that was made last year
of allowing street cars to run up on
Kansas avenue during the parade and
block the view of thousands of people
This will have to be stopped and the
Committee of Fifteen, together with the
police force. should see that it does not
occur again.
The street cars should all stop at in
tersecting streets during parades. 1t
is not apparent whose fault it was that
the cars ran up on Kansas avenue. 1t
may have been the conductors misun-
derstood orders.
In Kansas City during parade al
cable lines are stopped all over the city.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-27
BOSTON WINS.
ScOre--BOstOn 1 g. Baltimore, 10

Baltimore, Sept. 27.-Those two grand
games of base ball between the Balti-
more and Boston teams last week have
Whetted the appetities of the local fans
and over $4,000 persons were present
when the game was called. Every one
believes that the pennant for 1897 will
go to the winner of today's game, for
no one wos disposed to admit the pos
sibility that Brooklyn could win from
Boston, or Washington from the cham
pionS.
The batting order follows:
Baltimore, McGraw 3D., Keeler IF,
Jennings S., Kelley IT,, Stenzelcf,
Doyle h., Reitz 2b., Robertson c., Cor
bett p.
- Boston, Ham cf., Tenney 1b., Lowe
2b., Stahl rf., Duffy IT,, Collins 3D., Long
S., Bergen c., Nichols p.
Following is the score:
Boston ......1 L 8 0 9 1 1-19
Baltimore 20 0 o o 2 0-1O
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-27
INVITE

The Karnival Knights wish to extend
a special invitation to the people of To-
peka in general to be at the Santa F'e
depot at 4:3O p. tomorrow, Tuesday,
when Miss Edna Whitney, who will ap-
pear as Lorena, Queen of the Carnival,
Friday night, will arrive, accompanied by
a large delegation from Chillicothe. Miss
Whitney will be received by the Karni-
val knights in grand style with Mar
shaIrs band and will be taken to the
Throop hotel in a beautifully decorated
carriage
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-27
MR.. CoLvER DENIES IT
Says He is Not Getting Up a Ball for
Friday Night

Mr.F Culver denies that he has any
thing to do with a proposed ball in the
Grand Opera House Friday evening. He
says: Il have no connection with any
entertainment to be given on that
evening anywhere nor am 1 contem-
p 'ating forming any. am assisting in
the details of a ball to be given Thurs
day evening but I am not a member of
the Queens court"
This will be some relief to the Karni-
val knights who understood that Mr..
Colver was one of the prime movers in
an Opposition ball to be given Friday
evening.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-27
WHEN CHARGES ARE MADE.

Following are the times when general
admission will be charged at the fair
grounds gate:
Beginning at 4 p. m, Tuesday even
ing. Charge 25 cents which includes a
check for the grand stand. Pompier
Fire exhibition and Indian dance
Thursday forenoon commencing early
in the morning. Charge 25 cents Six
teenth Century Knights Tournament
and Indian dance Entertainment opens
at $50 a.
Thursday evening-Indian dance. U.s.
ual charge.
Friday charge will be made all day
The sham battle will begin at 2 p. m.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-27
KEEP OUT VEHICLES.

People who wish to review the pa
rades from their carriages will be re-
quired to drive to the resident streets
They will not be permitted to block
the streets intersecting Kansas ave-
nue. There will be more than 100000
people on foot mostly strangers in the
city who will require all the space on
Kansas avenue and intersecting streets
Vehicles should be rigidly excluded.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-27
Santa Fe Programme.

In connection with the programme
rendered at the fair grounds on the
afternoon OF Santa Fe Day, the Santa
Fe executive committee will distribute
among the Santa Fe men 5000 souvenir
programmes. The programmes will be
in booklet form, bearing on the front
page the photographs of Col. c. x.
Holiday, Ginery Twitcheu and E. p.
Ripley, respectively the first president
of the road, the president in 1872, and
the present chief executive. The pro-
granlme of music and speaking will be
printed on the inside pages. and the
personnel of the executive committee
will appear on the last page.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-27
Ann Arbor Invites Burton.

J. Ralph Burton, of Abilene, has been
invited to deliver an address at Ann
Arbor in the early spring before the
Michigan university students. He has
accepted and the subject of his address
will be announced later. Last year in
the lecture course at Ann Arbor ex-
President Benz. Harrison, Chauncey NJ
Depew and Editor ChaS. A Dana de-
livered addresses. The compliment
paid to a Kansas man by such an invi-
tation is handsome one.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-27
KILLS HIS MOTHER.
Then Commits Suicide Himself
Tragic Michigan Act.

Manistique. Mich, Sept. 27.-Victor
Anderson, of Whitedale, committed sui
eide after numbering his aged mother
by firing four shots into her heart.
1t was a premeditated murder, as evil
denCed by a letter left in which Ander-
son says that life became burden and
with his mother would leave this world.
Anderson was a prominent farmer at
WhitedaIe.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-27
CY THURMAN DEAD.
Expired in a Pullman While Going
H0pna

Cy Thurman of Atchison the Kansas
representative of the ST. Louis Paper
company was found dead in a Pullman
at Kansas City yesterday morning. He
got on the train at Wichita to go home,
against the advice of the doctor, having
been suffering with typhoid fever for
several days.
Thurman knew almost every newspa-
per man in Kansas and was a popular
and successful salesman.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-27
STEAMER AGROUND.
The Arvia Goes Ashore in st.
Lawrence River.

Quebec, Sept. pa dispatch from
st. James 75 miles above Quebec, re-
ports that Hamburg American Packet
company's steamer Arvia, outward
bound from Montreal for Hamburg
is aground at La Roche and is making
water rapidly. Assistance has been
sent from Quebec.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-27
Valley Falls Folks Hero.

Acme Lodge No. AZ, A. o. u W. of
Valley Falls arrived this morning AZ
strong to take part in the parade.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-27

Mrs. NJ. E. Burtis, widow of the late
DR.. Rurtis, died at a. m. Sunday
morning. The funeral will be held from
her late residence Tuesday morning at
$780,
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-27

Whiskers that are prematurely gray or
faded should be colored to prevent the
look of age, and Buckingham's Dye
excels all others in coloring brown or
black
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-27

Ayers Hair Vigor has won it's way
into every quarter of the globe.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-09-27

Jno G. Woolley, the greatest temper
ance orator of the day. vii speak in Rep
resentative hall tomorrow (Tuesday) night
at 7:30. Subject, christian Citizenship
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1897-01-06

rtr the year ending June 30. 1894,
the United States government ran G10,-
900, 600 debt, for t.e year ending June
30. 1885, SAB, 600, 900. and for tho last
fiscal year S26, 900 000. 1t is running
behind still 1T a rate that promises TO
make tie deficit this year as large as 1t
YVES in 1904. by the close CT June,
1857, tho nGdcd debt will an opnt TO
s2C0. ESQ. 600, accumGla cd since jane
30, 1898.
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1897-01-06
Artistic Advertising.

1t is one Of the most hopeful signs
Of the times that art is now k9rnessed
to the service of the useful indus
tries. Formerly the artist was man
who painted majestic landscapes or sea-
scapes, often out of his own head, and
got big price for his pictures, if he
was able to sell them at all An artist
was a person entirely apart from the
everyday working life of mankind. But
the needs of this utiltarian ago pursued
him and dragged. him into the arena of
everyday life. 1t required his services
TO make lovely the common things and
the necessary things. From painting
pel storms and landscapes the artist has
been induced to design beautiful wall
papers, carpets, rugs and furniture,
owes, staircases and mantelpieces. He
has been forced to employ his best pow
ers, if he wishes to be paid Mt all for
his work, in illustrating advertisements.
This may seem come down for the
artist In reality it is exactly the re-
verse. II there is any place where good,
artistic work is needed, it is in those
situations where it meets the eye of the
great public constantly. The artist who
makes beautiful designs in rugs, wall
papers and in the pictures that illustrate
advertisements is doing more for his
people and his time than he who simply
initiates the work of the old masters of
painting. They wrought for the people
in their time; the artist of advertise
ments works for the people in his time.
In literature it is the same. There Is
more money in writing good advertise,
ments than in writing books. and some
Of the best literary talent of the day is
hnrnessed to the desk of the advertise
ment writer. A collection of the pictures
aud the text of the advertisements that
adorn the newspapers, the street cars
and the posting boards would yield rec
oris from which the history of the close
Of the nineteenth century might be writ
ten. The advertising pictures in the
journals are frequently superior artistic
ally TO the cuts in their news columns.
Some Of the sprightly and talented
advertisement writers have invented
phrases that have become permanent.
One such is the "only genuine Jacob, I"
which appeared some years ago in n
patent medicine circular. Not everybody
is aware, when he says of something he
disapproves cit gives me that tired feel
ing that this expression was be-
queathed to our language by another
gifted patent medicine advertisement
writer. - -
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1897-01-06

faryi yihlne rs moro amusing than I'm
other. il il New York society reporter
Hrit rg UP She 1--we stocA show.
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1897-01-06
For Rent.

A good six room house with WELL Gel
ar. l.rn and other Improvements II
,",srnS1able terms. Inquire OF Mrs
,nlN- II.
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1897-01-06

General Miles, being man of war,
thinks the United States regular army
should be increased so as to make one
soldier to every 1900 inhabitants of the
country. That would bring the army up
to 80, 900 But this country docs net
need standing army. That is some
thing which belongs to hereditary mon
arches AID military despotisms. What
we do need is to bring up the citizen
soldiery, the national guard in the diff
ferent states. to the highest point of ef
ficiency in drill, discipline. evolution,
craftsmanship and good looks. Then, if
unfortunately war should come, the
young men could be called from their
peaceful occupations at three days no.
tice and range themselves into an army
of patriot citizens that could whip any
other army ON the globe. The common
people of our country would never como
to look on such soldiers as these as O
menace to their rights and liberties.
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1897-01-06

CulthroGt competition leads to tie
tori.af oA of trusts.
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1897-01-06

We do not realize until it is brought
to our attention how really near to u
Cuba is. When we consider that Ha-
vana is nearer to United States ter
ritory than Philadelphia is to New
York, we may perhaps understand the
hostile attitude of European nations
toward the idea of the United States
recognizing the belljgerency of Cuba.
Both by geographical proximity and po-
litical affinity the Cubans belorg much
more to the United States than they do
to Spain. Instead of being blamed,
therefore, the United States is entitled
to all credit f3r making no attempt, by
persuasion or otherwise, to get control
of Cuta. Would England have heen so
self denying under tic circumstances,
or Franco Or Germany, or even poor Old
Spain herself?
The Newtown bee., 1897-09-03
THE BRIDGEPORT ART STORE

Our readers needing anything in the line of artist materials, will find an as, sortment of paints, brushes, oils, acad. emy board, canvas, placques, and other articles for decoration at 63 Fairfield, avenue, opposite The D. M. Read Company. At this store you will also find fine line of pens, ink, envel- opes, paper, pencils, pads, composition. and exercise books for low prices. They have monogram paper for member
 of the Society of Christian Endeavor of best quality, no higher in price than other paper. Just now they are having special sale of framed pictures. One style in six inch bronze and gilt frames, 20x28; they are selling for 99c. You will also find frames of all kinds, and some elegant photograph frames, Sxl0, for soc. School will soon commence they have supplies of all kinds. They also buy, sell, and exchange second hand school books. If you have any that you are through with, take them there, and exchange them for anything you may want. When you visit Bridge port take those pictures with you, and you can have them framed ready to take home at night if left with The Northrop Publishing Co.,, 63 Fairfield avenue.