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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-09

by no means new to diplomatic circles
at the national capital, although it is
several years since he has been in Wash
ington. In 1881 and 1882 he was
secretary and charge d'affaires of the
Nicaragua legation, and in 1889 he act
ed as counselor to the Nicaraguan min
lister for few months.
Senior Rodriguez is well on in the
ffties and has had long and interest
ing public career. He was born of hum
BILE parents in ManaGua. His father
died while he was quite young, leaving
his family in straitened circumstances.
Young Rodriguez managed to earn his
own living and work his way through
school. He finished his education in
England and adopted the law as his
profession. Soon after returning to his
native country, however, he became g
soldier and participated in many of the
little wars which We're waged from
time to time. Being lawyer and q
soldier, he naturally became a politi-
clan. He went through all the grades
Of officeholding and was in turn munic-
ipa1 counselor Of Managua, alcalde
and project. He was next elected a
member Of congress, then a senator and
later minister of public works. He be-
gan his diplomatic career as minister to
Salvador.
There was very little money in this,
and Senior Rodriguez, after practicing
law little and trying his hand as edi-
tor of a paper in Managua, turned his at
tention to coffee planting, of which he
Z has made financial success.
Senior Rodriguez has established his
legation in a comfortable house on Z
street, and from the flagstaff floats the
flag of the new Central American
union-two blue bars with a white bar
between-which is the same emblem
used by the old union. The new minis
ter is accompanied only by a son, who
is an attache of the legation.
Senior Rodriguez is most enthusiast
tie believer in the future greatness of
the consolidated Latin republics of Cen
tral America. The recently formed con-
federation is long step toward the ac-
complishment of the ideal greater re-
public. Only Guatemala and Costa Ri
ca have failed to join the union, and he
expects them to come in as soon as the
present scheme Of government shall
have been developed into something of
a more definite and decided nature.
Already the five states are bound to-
SetHeI Gy LndHy TIES Annuity 1Or the
last few years treaty conventions have
been held, to which each republic has
sent representatives. With each new
treaty some link in the chain which
will eventually bind them together has
been forged. For instance, resident OF
/ one state is now eligible to become pres
ident of any other state, free trade has
/ been established, extradition is allowed,
and professional men can practice in
other states than their own without be-
ing obliged to secure certificates in
each.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-09
Market GOsSiD-

Furnished by Goodwin & Chamherlin.
Brokers, SUCCESSORS to Topeka Grain and
Stock Exchange:
Chicago: Puts. May wheat 561sI767Ae ;
calls 7sa4 1Itsc; puts, May corn z44se' CANS
24c: curb, May wheat N1sc- :.
Chicago: Bingham's cable just in'
STRONG: farthings higher
Chicago: Bartlett and F. heavy buyers
May corn around 2+c.
Chicago: Estimated cars tomorrow;
Wheat u: corn SO: cats 259-
New York: The four ports cleared
214 G25 wheat 29.34S flour. equal to 100
wheat, 4SO 1913 corn
Chicago: Local shorts covering corn
and oats.
Chicago: Provisions ruling firm. no spe-
cial feature; buying mostly local, trade
Bradstreets: Worlds decrease So. O0o
wheat: east of the Rockies ]. s91. COO; Eu-
rope increased 1.312. 600: corn increased =
Chicago: Private cable says ed advance
in Liverpool wheat caused by political
New York: Bache says: Teath of Judge
Wales of Delaware is bull point on Bay
St. Louis close: Wheat. cash SIC. May
S5kc July S23sc: corn. casA 20c. Feb 20c.
Nav 2124c July 23lzc. oats, cash 1619c,
! Feb 161zc May 1ssaQl S5zc-
Might do to sell wheat for a turn
Bache says sell Sugar for a turn.
Chicago: Friday is Lincof1's birthday,
! a legal holiday in Illinois Board Will be
| closed
say that foreigners are we'll supplied with
| cash wheat at present and are large hold
/ ers of futures here and at the seaboard
| but that they will be heavy buyers again
| Chicago: The National Mnlers' asso-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-09

citation was in session yesterday. Bull
points from that quarter on wheat were
numerous, but as usual when the assoc
citation meets wheat declines.
The board will adjourn at 1915 today
out of respect to the memory of the late
JOS Tips: The trusts generally will be
level. while Tobacco securities VIII be
smoked out. Keep long General Electric.
and Northern Pacific common.
Chicago: Bartlett & F. very bearish,
a sale on rallies for or &c per bushel-
Baldwin & r selling wheat
Chicago: Bache says Sugar looks
Chicago: There is some inquiry for
cash wheat 11ac under May; none Tor SAFE
Philadelphia clears 1899 wheat no flour;
New York 141, 900 wheat 5000 flour.
Cables: Antwerp unchanged at " low
er; Paris, flour 10 lower. wheat unchang-
ed: Berlin, wheat y lower Closing board
Chicago: Powers Sons cable: Russia
shows more disposition to sell" Our sec
ond cable opened steady, since gained
ing oats to cover. offerings light
Chicago: Cash wheat getting very
strong. Il over May on track and to ar
Chicago: Primary receipts, 209. COO; ship
ments 1874 900; flour shipments 1890
Minneapolis 149; Duluth 2O3 cars wheat
Kansas City receipts: Wheat 10 against
corn l4S agalPst TU pan and r are bear
ish on wheat. Barrett selling May corn
Kansas city ms local cIONO -T.AA
on everything. They would even sell their
mother-in-law this morning W. w cow
en-.
Chicago: Minneapolis says good de-
mand for cash wheat at May prices
Scalpers as a rule act bearish; ccmfnis-
sion houses buying: market acts hhe
rally is due. Market is acting very SLOW
New York: w. < Co say the same peo~
pie who sold Sugar and got caught yes
terday are at it again today -
AIdrich wired US Don't see any long
wheat on market. Barrett buyer or
Chicago: Puts 7sc and 29%c;- calls, sic
and 241sc good next week on May wheat
and corn.
Chicago: It's getting to be monotonoCs
this disappointment over the hog re-
ceiDts There has been more loss by hog
trade believe and we think lard and ribs
especially should be bought
New York wires: Small selling by Pow
ers is the only foreign trader in market
Very little wheat for sale
Chicago: Receipts hogs 10000. left over
5000. strong. Hogs tomorrow 20 600
Chicago: Loaded out store Chicago 49,
COO wheat. corn 5000
Chicag go: Minneapolis says: Two f1rInS
sold 35 900 barrels -four yesterday
New York: L. T. & Co says YeSter-
DAVIS market was influenced entirely by
action of Sugar and rally in AFTERNOON
was due to covering of outstanding shorts
contracts. We would not be surprised to
see it sell lower. The general list. how
ever shows fairly good undertone- Short
interest has been moderately increased
somewhat higher prices would prevail
London is doing nothing in our market,
prices there being on a parity with our
close
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-09
HIS is A NEW NATION.
SENIOR RODRIGUEZ, WHO REPRESENTS
THE CENTRAL AMERICAN UNION.

His First Appearance In Washington
Marked by a Sensational Episode Which
Stirred Up the Senate-He Has Had q
Varied Career.
In a most dramatic and sensational
manner Senior Rodriguez, the diplomat
ic representative of the Greater Repub-
lie of Central America, has made his
debut in Washington. The general pub
lie had hardly realized that the long an
ticipated union of the little Central
American republics had been accom-
plished when their representative
plunged the dignifed senate into one of
the most heated debates which that
body has INDUCED in during the present
session. 1t is true that Senior Rodriguez
meant the note which Senator Sherman
inadvertently made public as a private
and confidential message, but it stirred
up fine squabble.
All this has made Senior Rodriguez
the most talked of man in diplomatic
circles at Washington and has intro
duced the Central American union to
the world. This union promises to be a
new and important factor in the inter
national politics of che Americas. 1t is
not much of union yet, being merely
a nucleus for confederation of indie
pendent states, but it is the result of
over so years of effort.
Three of the republics-Nicaragua
Honduras and Salvador-have Joined in
forming a primitive union, which has
many points of resemblance to that
formed by our original - colonies. No
constitution has yet been adopted, and
there is nothing as yet to correspond to
our congress. There is, however, diet,
composed of members elected by each
of the state legislatures. This body is
similar to the continental congress
which our forefathers formed. 1t has
nothing to do with the internal affairs
of the states, but conducts relations
with foreign countries. It's acts, how
ever, must be Endorsed by the various
state legislatures.
1t is this diet which is represented in
Washington by Senior Rodriguez. He is
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-09
ANOTHER RECEIVERSHIP.
The InterminabIe Snow Hamilton
Fight Takes Another Turn.

Judge z. T. Hazen has appointed
Chas- f. Spencer receiver of the Hamil-
ton Printing company on the claim of
ChaS T. Sears, who owns stock in the
company to the amount of 81 900 and
claims that no dividends have been
paid him.
Chas. T. Sears, through his attorneys,
OVermyer and MulVane, asked the
court to name a receiver for the COM
pany in his case. Mr.. Chas. F. Spencer
is the receiver of the Hamilton Print
ing company in the original case. The
litigation in this case has covered many
months and has caused all manner of
annoyance to the judge and parties in
terested. After a. D. Hubbard as re-
ceiver was discharged, Chas. F. Spen-
GER was appointed and since that time
he has succeeded in STRENGTHENING out
the affairs of the company in the best
possible shape under the circumstances.
Soon after the commencement of the
case of E. H. Snow against the Hamil-
ton Printing company Chas. T Sears
commenced a suit against the company
to recover his interest in the company
as one of its stockholders. ) bout Au-
gust, 1885, at the time Mr.. Spencer was
appointed receiver of the company in
the Snow case to succeed Mr.. A. d.
Hubbard, a distribution was made by
the court in the Snow case of SIS 900.
By this distribution, and after the pay
nent of the attorneys fees Of the Ham
jltOn Printing company at that time
allowed, the settlement and adjustment
of the rights of the parties according to
the judgment of the court in passing
on the referees report, there was still
left about $4,000 belonging to the COM
pany which the court ordered paid over
! TO the clerk of the court for the use and
benefit of the Hamilton Printing COM
pany. but not to be drawn by it ex-
cept upon the giving of bond, not only
to the plaintiff, E. H. Snow. to protect
| him in case of reversal on certain points
in the higher court, but also the giving
of a bond to protect the plaintiff Sears
in his case against the company.
AfterWard the Hamilton Printing
company gave bond and drew out 5000,
leaving a balance of about $1,000 still
in the hands of the clerk. and it was for
this fund as we'll as for any other money
which may be decreed to the company
in the Snow case, or which may come to
| it by any settlement, that a receiver
was appointed. The purpose was to
hold and care for any funds belonging
| to the company so as to protect and
| secure Plaintiff Sears on any judgment
which he may obtain against the com
pany. Mr.. Spencer today gave bond
as receiver for the Sears interests in
the sum of So, 500 and the court APP
proved the bond
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-09
Chicago Livestock Market.

chicago, Fed r
HOGS-Estimated receipts today 10000:
left over 1900. Market fairly active, av-
easier. Lights So. 4oSf3. sig: mixed sSS5@
$50; heavy s.. 15@3. SPY; rough SS15a3;20
CATTLE-Receipts 5000. Quiet but
ers $1.S0d4.25: Texas steers $3.10N4.20;
stockers and feeders So. 25d4.20.
SHEEP-Market steady: native sheep
s2.50a4.15; westerns $3.256I4.OO; lambs SO. 75@p
$40.
shipments 6,S52.
CATTLE-Onicial receipts yesterday 49,
740: shipments 3. 749.
official receipts yesterday a.
SOP: shipments .456.
Estimated receipts hogs tomorrow So
600 head.
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Brokers. successors to Topeka Grain and
Stock Exchange:
New York. Feb. g.
Bache's letter: European cable news
today is more pacific, no trouble is now
thought probable on account of Egyptian
or South African matters The news
from Washington on general arbitration
treaty is brighter than at any previous
time since the treaty passed into the
hands of the committee of foreign rela-
tions for consideration. Senators feel
confident that it will be ratified and action
may be taken in weeks. Risks, not to
say danger of being short of any repre-
sentative lines stocks must under the de-
velopment of more favorable circumstan-
ceS be manifest to all 1ndu StrialS be
cause of investigation in progress which
will be more thorough next week are GER
tain to shape temporarily at least an IN
dependent course. Tobacco people are
satisfied to let their stock take any course
market wise that trade may elect It is
dangerous stock to dabble in. there seems
to be no danger of any radical bill re,
ducinE freight rates passiI 9 Missouri
legislature. Friends of Roct- Island are
particularly confident Earnings of St
Paul will be out after close of today 3
market, they will be under S500,000 or
something like $4,000 decrease Boston is
buying c., B. & O.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-09
THE SENATE'S ULTIMATUM
Carnegie Must Take $500 a Ton for
Ar1nor Plate or Quit.

washington, Feb. 9.-The senate COM
mittee on naval affairs today reacheo
a conclusion on the report to be made
as q result of it's inquiry on the sub
1ect of armor plate.
The committee will recommend that
the secretary of the navy shall not be
authorized to pay more than $500 pei
ton for armor and that an appropr1a-
ton of 81 SOC, 900 be made to be used in
the establishment of a plant in case the
manufacturers refuse to accept this
price.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-09
Kansas City Produce Market.

Kansas City. Feb. g.
WHEAT-Somewha higher: No. ? hard
7Sc: No. 3 hard 75c: No. 4 hard zoe: No. ?
red nominally S9d90c: No. red nominaLy
S31SSc: No. nominally 100T9c; No.
spring 7Sc: No. spring 73N15c.
CORN-Fairly active; steady; No :
mixed Ike; No. 2 white 1Sc.
OATS-Steady; No. mixed nominally
lie: No. white 17M20c.
RTE-Firm No. > nominally 32c.
HAY-Steady. unchanged.
EGGS-FirIner. HE
BUTTER-Firm; creamery 19c; dairy
13c.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-09
In Chicago.

Brown-What do you use for shaving
paper?
Jones-My wife's marriage certificates.
Town Topics.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-09
An Aztec Manuscript.

Columbus, O.. Feb. 9.-Warren K.
Moorehead, archeologist of the Ohio
state university, has received for the
university an Aztec manuscript dug ur
September 2 last by J. T. Griffith of
Fairfield, Ia. There are only five in the
world.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-09
BARNES, KAN, REJOICES.
Citizens Celebrate the Appointment
of Rodgers as Regent.

Barnes, Kan, Feb. 9.-The citizens of
this place held a demonstration last
evening over the appointment of Will
liam Rogers as regent of the state uni
versity. Houses were decorated with
bunting and flags and a torch light
procession was given.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-09

Shirts. collars and cuffs 1aundered
to look like new by Peerless Steam
Laundry. liz and ia West Sth. st.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-09
By tho Storm Tossed Lake.

Sckwein-Is that Hogg's better half
the woman he is walking with?
Bacon-Halfs She's his SIXTH Cincir-
uati Enquirer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-09

HOGS-Receipts 12,OOO; Shipments 4UO.
Market opened strong, closed easy. Bulk
of sales s3.3Oa3.3714; heavies S. 20a3. 40;
packers S.. 2O03.35 mixed S3-3063. 421a:
lights $3.10Q3.35; workers $3.30Q335; pigs
So 1003.20.
SHEEP-Receipts 5000 shipments 500.
$2.50Q4.10
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-09

500. Best grades steady. others slow.
Texas steers So. 306395: Texas COWS $1,000
800; native steers So 4005.O0; native cows
and heifers 81. 25d3.90; stockers and feed
ers So. OOQ4. Is; bulls g. 5003.60
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-09
rodav.s Range of Prices.
-Op'n High Low TCFseT Yes.

Furnished by Goodwin & Chs-nIberlin.
Brokers, successors to Topeka Grain and
Stock Exchange:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-09

Range of Prices on Stocks.
Furnished by Goodwin & Chanberlin.
Brokers' successors to Topeka Grain and
Stock Exchange
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-09
Freeport Bank Makes an Arrange

Freeport, Ill, Feb. 9.-The Farmers
and Merchants bank of this city ar
ranged with the Second National bank
to pay off it's depositors. The bank was
organized under the state law and will
probably go out of business.
We are selling out our line of three
coated crystal steel enameled ware at
cost. w. a. L. Thompson Hardware
company.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-09
N. z. Stock Letter.

Furnished by Goodwin & Chamberlin.
Brokers, successors to Topeka Grain and
Stock Exchange:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-09

You can buy or sell anything dealt in on the
principal exchanges of the country throTg = US
f1irect wires. Quick service. Reasonable mar
s-inS orders by wire. letter telephone
promptly executed Reference By permission;
Central NATIONAL BANK. Topeka. kas.
Union y ATIONAL BANK, Kansas City. Mo.
Kansas City Once, first floor Exchange Solo-
ing We have same service and Eespona1sA4aAS
&c Kansas City sfAeA
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-06-01
TOPEKA 25 YEARS AGO.
In View of the Approaching Santa Fe
Silver Anniversary.

Some other Topeka events of that
period may prove interesting: Twenty
five years ago today, June L 1872, the
following incidents were recorded in he
Topeka Commonwealth:
All dogs must be registered or they
will be shot, whether they be tied and
muzzled, neither or both.
VOLTS Mustang Joe" and Silas
Rains 'KaW Jimmy" matched for a
race for $50 a side, best three in five, at
the fair grounds.
o. T. Welch was mayor and Lem S.
Cook presented to the city council a
remonstrance and petition against put
ting down a. sidewalk between Fifth
and Eighth on Kansas avenue.
D. G. James, formerly steward of the
Tefft house, resigned a. similar position
at the McNIeekin house and left for
Central City, Colo, to take charge of
the Teller house.
Meeting called to arrange for a
Fourth of July celebration.
Smith Herren, of Herrin & Hawkins
firm, held up, robbed, beaten and near
ly killed at Fourth and Kansas ave
nue..
An unknown man came to town and
attempted to work off a counterfeit $40
bill on Mr.. Greenspan, but made a mis-
take in selecting his man and met with
a refusal to accept the money
G. Smith was running sample room
and wholesale whisky house on Seventh
street.
L. r. Manypenny was a house and
sign painter.
VIM Tweeddale was city engineer.
The engineer of the fire department
was instructed by the city council to
order u hats for the members OF the
hose company.
w w. Gavitt and Edwin Scott had
the biggest real estate list in the state.
Geo. NJ. Noble attended an enthusiast
tic meeting at Great Bend and was
elected president of the proposed rail-
road southwest from that point.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-06-01

school book matters in the town where
the prominent lawyer lived. You
might have added, also, that the en-
dorsement, as quoted above was made
by the prominent lawyer while under
the influence of another refOrmer like
yourself, a rival in the school book bus
mess, who thought the check worth
more than twenty-five dollars to him
after being thus endorsed. In short if
you wish to educate the people why are
you and President Gates so evasive and
indefinite in your statements? If you
are familiar with facts concerning cor
ruptiOn, bribery, etc, why don't you
tell the truth, 1.-The whole truth and
nothing but the truth?"
You say in the Journal that you were
frozen out" You therefore desired
Sheldon & Co, Werner e. Co., and other
school book publishers to warm you up
at the rate of 81, 600 per heat. When you
wrote these letters to school book pub
fishers, asking for handsome cOnSid-
GRAFTON to withdraw your bid, you did
not think to say to them, or any of
them, that you had been frozen OUT
and had no chance to secure the con-
tract, did you? You simply wanted to
get back the money you had spent as
you say in the Journal
No, Mr.. Crane, have never conceal
ed any portion of your letter. One man,
however, I believe, did not read all of it,
but fastened away to tell you what he
had seen, that you might make an at
tempt to square yourself with the Kan
Sas Text Book Commission There is
nothing in the letter to embarrass any
one but yourself. 1t is not marked CON
fdential, . either. as you state Possibly
it was the one you wrote to Werner &
Co. or some other school book publisher
that you marked confidential" Meth
er was this letter forwarded to me by
the American Book company, as you
state.
In the Journal you say you had spent
a good deal of money, had been frozen
out, etc, and were willing to leave the
state of Washington to the mercy of the
combine for a consideration, etc, yet in
your letter quoted above you say you
had secured the influence of the state
printer at Olympia and this with the
reduced price called for in your third
bid, you thought would settle the mat
ter the next time.
Now, Mr.. Crane, If you had been fro
zen out, why did you write Sheldon &
Co. and other school book publishers,
that with your reduced prices, influence
of state printer, etc, etc, you would get
the contract if they would not agree to
pay you $4,000 for your chances, when
as you now admit you knew you had no
chances to sell. Does this not invade
the realm of attempting to obtain mon
ey under false pretenses?
Sincerely, C. G. BURTON.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-06-01
No More Disbursements.

The request of D. S. Pipes of Kansas
City for permission to erect sign boards
on the street crossings will be reported
unfavorably by the council committee on
streets and walks. Every year the city
council has two or three requests from
people who want to dishgure the streets
with sign boards under the guise of mark
ing the streets but so far the council has
succeeded in keeping them at bay. The
plan is to put up advertising under the
names of the streets. The committee on
ways and means has a similar request
which will be acted upon as soon as Mr..
Pipes application is out of the way.