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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-19
BEEF COMBINES GRIP.
Drives Out 400 Slaughter Houses in
Eight Years in st. Louis.

St. Louis, Aug. 19.-'At the present
rate said ex-Secretary Christ Brokate
of the National Retail Butchers Pro-
tective association yesterday, in three
years time every retail purchaser in
St. Louis will be paying from to 8
cents a pound more for meat than at
present. The beef combine has al
ready fastened its hold upon the east,
and it is gradually crushing the retail
trade of the west.
Mr. Brokate has just returned from
Springfield, Mass, where the national
association held it's annual convention.
The subject of the growing power of
the big combine was discussed very
fully there. At Boston and New
York the prices are absolutely
controlled by. them, and east of Pitts
burg the cost of meat is almost invari-
ably or 10 cents pound more than
in the west for the same article.
1.-THE combine continued Mr. Bro
kate, includes the following big con-
Germs: Nelson Morris, Swift, Armour
Packing company of Kansas City, +.
D. Armour of Chicago and o. Ham
monds of Hammond, Ind. 1t is next to
impossible for small slaughter houses
to make Roadway against concerns OF
such immense resources, and when in
control they promptly dictate higher
prices. That they are working in uni
son is shown by the absolute unanimity
of their prices for the different grades
of dressed beef.
1.-THE only reason why St. Louis has
not been more rapidly affected is be-
cause such substantial concerns as the
ST. Louis Union Stockyards and the st.
Louis Dressed Beef company have
helped to head off the invaders, but
the day is coming when they will no
longer be able to do so.
Eight years ago there were 423 pTi-
vate slaughter houses in St Louis To-
day there are only %. This will show
how the work has been going on.
Already the members of the combine
are soliciting the trade of hotels, res
taurants and boarding houses, and thus
attempting to take business from their
own customers.
'tAs regards the merits of the two
meats-that which has been killed and
kept on ice for a week or so, and that
which is killed only the day before
consumption, and sold as soon as the
animal heat is out of i'll will say
that while the iced meat may be some
what more tender, it never has the fine
flavor of the other, while in nutritive
qualities there is no comparison what
ever.
''As long ago as in 1889. when the
Butchers and Drovers held their con-
vention in st. Louis, it was clearly
shown that there was a dressed beef
combine. The congressional commit
tee, of which Senator Vest was chair
man, met here, and Mr.. Armour, in the
course of his examination, practically
admitted the truth of the proposition
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-19
NO ESCAPE.
Canadian Customs Officers
Guard Every Entrance
To the KlOndike Country by
the Upper Yukon.
TAX EACH MAN $50.
EACH MAN $50.
Daughter-in-Law of Secretary
Lyman j. Gage
Starts For the klOndike on the
Steamer Humboldt.

Seattle, Wash, Aug. 19.-The steam
ship Alki, (which has arrived in portfrom
Skaguay and Dyea, brought the follow
ing letter to the Associated Press:
Skaguay, Alaska, near Dyea, Aug. A.
Twelve Canadian customs officers
nave arrived here and will establish
custom house at the portage between
Lake Bennett and Tagish lake, a point
by which all Yukon or Klondike travel
ers must pass if they start from Dyea
and Skaguay. The rates of duty will
average about $50 on the average out
tit of a Yukoner. The officers are well
armed and will have the assistance of
the mounted police to enforce the du-
ties. Further down the river will be
stationed guards to intercept anyone
who might elude the vigilance of the Of
fcers. American miners who have in
VeSugated this assert that the treaty
between Russia and Great Britain pro-
vides that Yukon, Porcupine and Skee-
ma rivers should be free for CONNER
cial purposes and exempted from impo-
sition of customs duties. The Cana
dams evade the point at issue by claim
ing the prOspectorS crossing the noun
tain ranges to the lakes or headwaters
of the Yukon do not go into the terri
tory by way of any of the rivers men
toned, but that they cross American
territory and before they can reach
ukOn the duty is exa cted.
Miners and proSpectors are very much
exercised over the situation and this
may lead to complications. Canadian
OlHceFS declare they Will ENFORCE the
law impartially and will not discrimin-
ate against Americans.
1t is idle to argue that there is not
serious feeling between the Americans
and Canadians. The newly appointed
collector of Alaska, Mr.. Guy of Oregon,
has been here. He said he had been in
telegraphic communication with Sec
rotary Gage prior to sailing from Seat
tie on June rs, and that he was ordered
to install a SUPPORT of entry at Dyea
as soon as possible. Unless both gov
ernments are very careful a system of
retaliation will be in vogue before
either is aware of the fact, and much ill
feeling will follow and the miners will
be the greatest sufferers.
Victoria, 3. c., Aug. 19.-Louis Casey,
a lumberman experienced in bush lore,
says there are 1000 men at Skaguay
bay who are not properly QUILTED and
If they go over the pass will suffer
many hardships on the way down the
river.
Letters have been received to the eff
feet that White pass trail is in very bad
condition, and as the Chilcoot pass is
not passable to animals, very little of
the 1000 tons of freight now at
Skaguay can be moved by spring.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-19
THE MUCH MARRIED MAN.
David E. Bates in a Dime Museum
in Chicago,

3.
Chicago, Aug. 19-David E. Bates, the
much married man, is verify sitting in the
lap of luxury these days.
From dingy little cell in the stockyards
police station, where he was held under a
1900 bond, the alleged bigamist has been
transported to Kohl & Middleton's Clark
Street Dime museum. On the second
floor of the show place a gorgeous plat
form is erected. artistically draped with
pink cloth, over which fine lace curtains
are hung. 1t is there that Bates will pass
the next four weeks and for which, it is
said, he will receive the tidy sum of $3.50
a week.
But with all the luxury and the forth
coming money Bates does not seem abso-
lutely at ease. He has a haunted look up
on his face, and watches the crowds who
stand viewing him as though afraid
maybe of his many estranged wives.
Some people were equal to calling him
shy-but this of Bates, who braved the
terrors of seven, maybe eight women!
Not he. Tt is part of the moneyed con-
tract that Bates talks, but he is reticent
in the extreme OF his case he says moth
ing-this because of his lawyers. On the
topics of the day. however. Bates yields
answers with a clear degree of knowl-
edge. He even laughs good-naturedly at
times and strives to show an interest in
his surroundings.
There was but one thing in which Bates
seemed to take any real pleasure yester-
day. 1t was the arrival of 1000 of his
photographs. The man looked from one
style to another and smiled at his like
nesses-or probably it was at the bouton-
nier of orange blossoms in his coat lapel.
These flowers Bates has discarded while
on the platform, showing a preference
for bouquets of American beauties and
bachelors buttons, of which a bunch, fit
to cause any debutante to sigh over,
decorates a dainty stand on the right of
his oriental couch. His pictures Bates
hands to those who advance up to his
platform, and in true museum style he
lays them out in row and speaks of the
merits of this or that view. He urges
people to buy them, and on account of
the trifiing fee, 10 cents, he is constantly
making change.
1t is peculiar fact that there are more
men than women who are interested in
the alleged bigamist. The women take
but a glance at him and are seen to push
through the crowd, while they utter re-
marks in disgust about 1.-The horrid old
thing The men seem to enjoy standing
close to the platform and they question
him as to how he did it and the like, all
of which Bates responds to in a quiet
manner.
1t is not hard to notice, though, that
Bates keeps a studied watch on the
crowd. At times his lips CULVER and when
he autographs his photographs his hand
is seen to tremble. In truth the man is
haunted by bailiffs, who are without num-
Der in his eyes.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-19
MATURE EMBARKS SAFELY
a Fountain Erected in His Honor at
St. Petersburg.

Dunkirk, Aug. 19.-President Faure ar
rived here at o'clock this afternoon and
was accorded an ovation. Later the
president and his suite embarked on
board the French warship Pothuau, which
is lying in the roads. The embarkation of
the president and party took place at 2
o'clock, amid the cheering of the crowds
on the quays and the booming of sa1utes
from the warships. The sailors Chamber
ed into the rigging and heartily cheered
the president.
NJ. Faure on board the Pothuau then re-
viewed the French squadron at anchor
here, and as soon this ceremony was
completed, the Pothuau put to sea, fol-
lowed by the Surcouf and Bruix, which
will escort her to Cronstadt.
Among the magnificent decorations pre-
pared for the occasion of the visit of NJ.
Faure to st. Petersburg is a very hand
some fountain, to be known the Faure
fountain, constructed in the middle of
historic Kasan Square. 1t is destined to
remain as a permanent memorial of the
visit of the president of the French repub-
lie to the Gear of all Russia.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-19
DENVER WOMEN ACTIVE.
Getting Ready to Entertain the Fed
Grafton of Moments Clubs.

Denver, Aug. 19.-The club world of
Denver does not retire into Holland
covers and linen busters in summer.
All summer long the rooms of the Wo-
mans club have been alive with active
members. The club has today 706 paid
up members, and expects to run far
over the thousand mark before next
spring.
Colorado women took to club life as
naturally as a duck does to water. OF
late they have been interested in prep
aratiOns to entertain the biennial con-
vention of the National Federation of
Women's clubs. This will meet in Den
yer in 1898. There will be guests from
all parts of the United States. Color
ADDS women are proverbially proud of
their scenery, their climate, and of the
young state which has been carved out
of the wilderness. They are proud that
Denver was chosen for the next meet
ing of the biennial, and they are plan
ming all sorts of things to interest and
please their eastern visitors. Some
characteristic features will be embodied
in the programme. For instance the
theater will be decorated with a wealth
of the wild flowers of the Rockies, sent
in fresh from the hills each morning by
the club women of the mountain towns.
There will be a free excursion for the
visitors, which will show them typical
mountain scenery
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-19
A WORD FOR TRUSTS.
Ex-Governor Flower Defends Them
in Speech to Farmers.

Thousand Islands, N. Y, Aug. 49,
An address was delivered by ex-Gover-
nor Flower here before the New York
State Grange. The most interesting
portions were those devoted to an advo-
cacy of corporate combinations as inur-
ing to the public'S good.
AS example he put forward the argu-
ment that the street car consultations
in New York and Brooklyn gave the
people increased facilities of travel and
transfer; that the Standard Oil COM
pany delivers oil to nearly every viii
lage at the lowest price ever known,
and that the sugar trust gives employ
ment to more men and has reduced the
price of sugar.
Especially did the ex-governor advo-
cate the department stores, places where
goods are sold at surprisingly cheap
rates and where employment is given
to thousands where hundreds only were
previously employed. The abolition of
the department stores, he said, would
be a public calamity.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-19
WHITE HOUSE CHANGES.
Plan of Colonel Bingham to Enlarge
the Executive Mansion.

Washington, Aug. 19.-For 20 years
or more the subject of providing more
cOmmodiouS residence for the president
of the United States, as we'll as more
suitable accommodations for the otf1ces
of the executive, has been. discussed,
and various plans have been proposed
Colonel Bingham of the army, VINO
succeeded General Wilson as superin-
tendent of public buildings and GROUNDS
has in mind a general plan for the en-
largement of the mansion, the details
of which he intends to work out so as
to bring the matter to the attention or
congress at the coming session. His
plan could be carried out at a cost, per-
hapS, inside of $500, 900. His idea is to
provide for all the additional room that
will be needed for years to come with
out destroying or detracting from the
architectural appearance of the man
sion as it now is. He would do this by
throwing out a wing from each side of
the building on the segment of cir
Gle, curving toward the back of the
building. One of these would extend on
a curved line out from the east room
and one would occupy a part of the
space now occupied by the conserva-
tory.
Each wing would end in a portico
facing south, and if in the distant fu-
ture still more room were needed two
large additions facing east and west,
could be built as extensions from the
southern Examinations of these wings.
The plan, however, contemplateS maxi
ing the building complete without these
possible extensions. A sketch of the
front elevation, with the addition of
these wings, will show no material
change in the general architectural ap-
pearance of the mansion. The historic
old structure would be preserved in its
Individuality, and no shock be given to
the sentiment which surrounds it nor to
architectural propriefy.
Ionic columns, similar to those which
support the main portico, would be used
in the construction of the wings, and
the lintels and entablatures would be
the same. The southern porticos of the
wings would be supported by colon
made. This proposed extension would
provide five or six additional bedrooms
and a state dining room, probably cir
cular, about go feet in diameter in the
west wings, and in the east wing ample
office room connecting with the rooms
now occupied for offices, besides a broad
corridor and great reception room, sim
liar to the dining room in the other
wing, as an extension to the east room,
which is altogether too small for the
accommodation of the immense throng
at the presidents receptions.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-19
SLEEPY BURKE'S "X-RAY."
The Well Known Safe Cracker Issues
the First Copy of His Newspaper

Chicago. Aug. 19.-"Sleepy'' Burke's
newspaper, the National X-Ray, which
he prophesies will ''f1ll long felt want,
was issued for the first time yesterday.
The paper will be devoted principally to
the needs of prison reform, and Editor
Burke believes that if the paper could
enter into every home, the terrible things
it tells happening in the prisons would
keep small boys from going to the bad.
According to the prospectus" the pa
per will deal exclusively with criminology.
Burke is well known in criminal circles.
He is an expert safe cracker, and was
one of the robbers who tortured the old
miser, Schrage, in January, 1896, and rob-
bed him of $50 900 in negotiable bonds. He
turned states evidence, and escaped pun
ishment for this crime.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-19
IMPORTERS PROTEST.
The New Tariff on Lemons and Or
anges Makes Trouble for Dealers.

New York, Aug. 19.-Lemon and or
ange importers who opposed the clause
in the Dingley law placing a duty on
these fruits are now confronted with
the trouble they had anticipated before
the measure became operative. Under
the Wilson act the duty on boxed fruit
was eight cents cubic foOt.The Ding
ley law provides that duty be paid by
weight, one cent a pound being the
rate, an additional tax being added
when the fruit is shipped in foreign
made boxes, or ''shucks," as they are
called.
The chief grievance of the importers
here is that they are compelled to pay
extra wharfage fees, owing to the time
consumed in weighing the fruit. 1t
takes the government twice as long to
dispose of a cargo as it did under the
Wilson law, and besides the importers
say they are obliged to pay fees. Be
fore the passage of the Dingley law the
buyer could begin to remove the pur-
chase almost Immediately after the
sale. which takes place while the vessel
is discharging, but now he must wait
until the process of weighing is finish
ed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-19
WOE AMONG Washers.
Fight Against the Well Dressed Loaf
ers Who Haunt the Palmer House.

Chicago, Aug. 19.-Joseph E. Henoch,
the masher who mashed Policeman Pal
mer's nose at the Palmer House Saturday
night, was arrested yesteday, and will
have hearing today on the charge of as
sauIt.
Henoch's identity, which was for
time a mystery, was discovered yester-
day, and he was found at 246 Franklin
street, where he is employed as a bar
tender. The discovery that the masher
who used to stand in front of the Palmer
House evenings, and cause such excite
ment in passing feminine hearts, is a bar
tender and not the proprietor of the hotel,
many susceptible young women
thought him, will be great shock to
many.
Washer Henoch, together with a dozen
other Washers, have for a long time held
the large blocks in the stone sidewalks on
the corner of the Palmer House firmly in
their places every evening during all sum-
mer, and were generally believed by the
young and impressionable to be either
foreign noblemen or owners of a steam
boat.
Policeman Palmer himself owes the
marginal strip of mourning under his left
eye and the puffy ridge across the middle
of the nose to the fact that he thought
that Henoch was a guest of the hotel He
was looking over the register expecting
to find Henoch's name on every page,
when the masher suddenly raised his fists
and put the shading and ornamental fret
work on the policeman's face.
The masher mashed this time for free
dom and he got it for a few hours, but
the blow sealed the fate of all his kind
MASKING on the Palmer House corner is
now considered more disreputable than
running a blind pig in Evanston Mana
ger Willis Howe says there is to be no
more of it. Policeman Palmer and the
city police will from now on maintain a
vigilant guard, and the f1ashily dressed
young men who never staid in the hotel
a day in their lives, but come around aft
er dinner every night and act as though
they occupied three suites on the parlor
floor will be made to move on and no
longer will be allowed to smile at impress
sionable passers-by. The handkerchief
code Irritation will be answered by the
police instead of the fair to whom
it is addressed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-19
MRS. GAGE ON THE HUMBOLDT
Vessel is Held an Hour Waiting for
the Secretary's Daughter-in-Law.

Seattle, Wash, Aug. 19.-The steam
ship Humboldt for st. Michaels, finally
got away. The difficulties of the pas
sengers which threatened to Indefinite
ly postpone her voyage were AMIGA bly,
settled and all Hbels filed against her
were dismissed. The freight of all the
passengers was taken on board except
eight tons of flour, which Mayor Wood,
on behalf of the chartererS, agreed to
make good from the stock on board
when the vessel reached ST. Michaels
The vessel was delayed one hour after
the difficulties were settled, waiting for
a Chicago party coming on the North
ern Pacific train. The party consisted of
Mrs. Eli Gage, daughter-in-law of Sec
rotary Gage, w. H. Hubbard and
others
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-19
Something to Know.

It may be worth something to know
that the very best medicine for rest or
ing the tired out nervous system to a
healthy vigor is Electric Bitters. This
medicine is purely vegetable, acts by
giving tone to the nerve centers in the
stona oh, gently Stimulates the Liver and
Kidneys, and aids these organs in
throwing off impurities in the blood.
Electric Bitters improves the appetite,
aids digestion and is pronounced by
those who has tried il to be the very
best blood purifier and nerve tonic. Try
it. Sold for soc or $1.00 per bottle at
J. K. Jonese' drug store.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-19
sTHE SLEEPING PARTNERS
English Adaptation of "His Wife's
Father" Makes a Hit.

London, Aug. 1s.-"The Sleeping
Partners" an English adaptation of
Miss Martha Morton's comedy, ~sHis
Wife'S Father" with which w. H
Crane is successfully identified in the
United States, has just been produced
here at Criterion theater and scored a
hit. Mr.. James Welsh scarcely euualed
Mr. Crane in the leading role, but the
remainder Of the company, which in
cluded Fred Terry as the young hus-
band and Miss Paget as the widow,
were very happily cast. The honors of
the performance went to Miss Lena
AShWeu as the young wife
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-19
It is ALWAYS gratifving to recei

tt is always gratifying to receive
testimonials for Chamberlain's Collie.
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, and
when the endorsement is from a physi-
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more satisfactory or effective remedy
than Chamberlain'S Collie, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy" writes Dr. r. E.
Robey, physician and pharmacist of
Olney, Mo; and as he has used the rem
edy in his own family and sold it in his
drug store for six years he should GER
tainIy know. For sale by all druggists.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-19
Bucklen's Arnica SaIve.

The Best Salve in the world for Cuts,
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fee
yer Sores, letter, Chapped Hands, Chill
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and positively cures Piles, or no pay
required. 1t is guaranteed to give per-
feet satisfaction or money refunded
Price % cents per box.
For sale by J. K. Jones.
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John Griffin of GAINESVILLE, O., says:
ct never lived a day for thirty years
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piles" For piles and rectal troubles,
cuts and bruises, sprains, eczema and
all skin troubles, DeWitt's Witch Hazel
Salve is unequalled. G. w. Stansfield,
632 Kansas avenue
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-19
CUT IN G. A. r. RATES.

The Santa Fee has announced that it
will sell tickets to Buffalo and return
on August q and % for $22. SIS and that
these tickets will be honored on any of
it's trains. Provision has been made for
liberal extension of limit provided tick
cts are deposited with joint agent in
Buffalo between August % and u.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-08-19
$22.55
Topeka to Buffalo and Return

This is the rate at which Santa
Fe will sell tickets on August 81 and e.
Ample extension of return limit by de-
posting ticket with joint agent in Buff
falo- Tickets good on all trains. APP
ply to w. c. Garvey, agent, for partic-
ularS.
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a Remarkable Cure of Chornic Diar-
rhoea.

In 1862, when served my country as
a private in Company A, 18th PennsyI-
yania Volunteers, I contracted chronic
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