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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-11-02
PEST MENACEs THE CROPS.
California Fruit Growers Fear the
Mexican Orange Worm.

Sacramento, Cal, Nov. 2.-Secretary Lee
| long of the state board of horticulture
says of late there has been considerable
| discussion to the probable Introduction
! of the Mexican orange worm into this
state. The state board of horticulture
has taken all precautions possible to pre-
| vent its introduction. All shipments of
fruit arriving in this state will be thor
/ oughly inspected before being allowed to
land. and if any fruit should be found in
| fected by this pest it will be promptly
! destroyed. The quarantine officer of the
! board, Alexander Craw, has been in
structed to take every precaution to pre-
vent the Introduction of the pest.
4 fruit dealer of Los Angeles. interest
ed in the Mexican orange trade, in an
indignant letter to the Nogales (Ariz.)
Oasis, asserts that this orange pest has
already secured a Judgement in southern
California. This statement is without
foundation, as the California insect is the
larva of a small moth. and not one or
ange in a thousand is attacked by it. 1t
only pierces the rind and never enters the
pulp. The Mexican orange worm is the
larva of fly and enters the pulp.
The Mexican pest is reported to be con-
fined to two states south of the City of
Mexico. In answer to a telegram sent
to DR.. L. G. Howard, United States en-
tomologist, by the quarantine officer, ask
ing if this pest is known to exist in any
other state in Mexico, DR.. Howard re-
piled: mo certain knowledge except
Morales and Puebla, but must occur else
where Investigating now" These states
are south and southeast of the City of
Mexico, and adjoin each other.
Mr.. Sproule said that but few oranges
have been brought to California by rail
for two three years past, and those
only from the extreme northwestern state
of Sonora. Mexican oranges are shipped
to Chicago and northern cities from the
end of October until December or Janu-
airy, and go by way of Eagle Pass or FL
Paso, Tex.
The general freight and passenger agent
of the Mexican Central railway has been
communicated with and requested to no
tify its shippers not to make any ship
ments of citrus fruit to any point in Cali
fornia, for in the event of the fruit be-
ing infested with the Mexican orange
worm" it will be Immediately destroyed,
and that such notification will prevent
any misunderstanding and los sto its pa
irons. His attention has also been called
to the magnitude of the citrus industry
of California, and the we'll grounded alarm
of the growers as to the danger of intro
ducing such a pest into their orchards.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-11-02
MONEYALEFT TO PARROT
Mary Bradford, a Boston spinster,
Wills $4,000 to her House
hold Companion.

Boston, Nov. miss Mary Bradford of
South Boston made no public requests in
her will, but she established a trust of a
somewhat novel nature and which merits
perhaps more than passing notice.
Mary had a parrot which was evidently
dear to her feminine heart. Love which
might have been lavished on some hu-
man being was given this bird 1t is
not known whahits accomplishments were
whether it swore or was a devout par
rot-but Mary loved it. She could not
bear to leave it the mercy of a cold, I'M
feeling world, and so she provided for its
future.
She did not want it sold or placed in
any shop, store or other public place, but
she wanted it cared for as it should be.
So she left a fund of $1,000. the income
of which should be paid to some trust
worthy person, who should see to it that
Polly had proper care and nourishment
during the course of its natural life.
And Mary's wishes are to be carried
out. Judge Grant has appointed G. H.
Pierce trustee of this poll parrot fund
and Polly is to have the income of it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-11-02
REa1NNINe o. ZEE ENp.

Yesterday marked the beginning of
the end Of the governments deal with
the Pacific railroads. It is 80 years
since the first subsidy was voted.
For q third of a century the history Of
the road is one of fortunes made at
the expense of the public and schemes
to get more.
Now that it is all over as far as the
main line is concerned and the gov
eminent is fortunately out of it with
out loss it is to be hoped that the new
management will settle down to legiti-
mate railroading and conduct the bust
ness of the road on business principles.
1t is a fine piece of property and capa-
BILE of earning good dividends on what
it has cost the new owners
There yet remains the Kansas Pa
cifc and the Central Pacific to be
straightened out. The formers debt
to the government is about $13, 900 600
including interest. The mortgage has
been forecIosed in the same manner as
that on the main line and the date of
the sale is set for December Is in this
city.
1t is said that the purchasers of the
maine line do not want the Kansas
branch and will not bid on it. This
is probably true. 1t is not easy to see
iaI value to the owners of the Omaha
division, more than it would to any
other company.
1t is understood that the government
is prepared for an emergency of this
kind and will itself bid the full amount
of its claim, though Attorney General
McKenna holds that the reorganiza-
ton committee is under obligation to
stick to its original proposition regard
ing the entire property.
It is improbable that the government
will sustain any loss in any event. II
it should be forced to buy the road, it
can doubtless be leased for an amount
sufficient to pay interest on the invest
ment and it is becoming more valuable
all the time.
The outlook for the government to
get out of the Central Pacific end of
the deal is not so good. The debt of
that section of the road from Ogden
westward is about equal to the claim
settled yesterday.
Foreclosure proceedings have not yet
been commenced but it is anticipated
that a suit will be filed early in the
coming year, as a large installment of
guaranteed bonds fall due in January
which the government will be COM
PEELED to pay.
In the following January another
large block of these bonds will be due
and it is desirable therefore that some
adjustment of the matter be reached
during the coming year.
It is fortunate for the tax payers of
the country that the day of settlement
has come at a time when railroad val
ues are on the rise else so good a sale
as that of yesterday might have been
impossible. Now, however the purch-
asers are considered to have obtained
a bargain even at the advance of s13.-
100000 which they We're forced to make
over their original bid.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-11-02
TO FACE THE FEVER.
That Confronts the Supreme
Court of Alabama.

Birmingham, Ala, Nov. 2--Under the
laws of Alabama the state supreme court
must convene in Montgomery not later
than November each year. 1t cannot
meet elsewhere in the state, and unless
it assemblies by or before the date named
it must stand adjourned for another year.
The judges of the court met at Blount
Springs last night to determine what they
shall do in the present emergency, while
yellow fever is raging in Montgomery.
The law was thoroughly examined and
it was determined that there was no way
out of the difficulty but to brave trip
to the capital on November to comply
with the law. Accordingly a letter was
addressed by them to the governor today
asking his permission for the judges to
return to their homes, or to points in
north Alabama after their Montgomery
trip.
The letter says that they will go to
Montgomery on a special train on the
date named, proceed at once to the CAPT
toll, organize and adjourn court until
date when the city is clear of yellow
fever and leave town.
They think this can be done in half an
hour. The governor has referred the
matter to the state board of health for
their opinion. 1t is a violation of the
state quarantine regulations for anyone
from an infected part to go to uninfected
parts within ten days, but it looks as if
this law must either be violated or there
will be no session of the supreme court
in Alabama for a year. unless the judges
leave the state Immediately after their
departure from Montgomery and remain
without it's bounds ten days.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-11-02
DEBT GROWS s MILLIONS.
Government Business is Still Run
ming Behind.

Washington, Nov. 2.-The monthly state
ment of the public debt shows at the
close of business October 90, 1897 the debt
less cash in the treasury amounting to
81, 020. $50, 901, an increase for the month of
IS, Hiss. This increase is principally &C
counted for by the decrease in the amount
of cash on hand. The debt is recapitu-
lated as follows:
Interest bearing debt. sS47, 365, 500; debt
on which interest has ceased since matur-
ity, s., 331, $40; debt bearing no interest,
1919 663 $50. Total 81 Us 900, $50. This amount,
however, does not include $780, 456 953 in
certificates and treasury notes outstand-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-11-02

and she herself born in that famous Shan
non city.
Lieutenant Winston Churchill. son of
Lady Randolph Churchill, a daughter of
Leonard Jerome of New York, is acting
as war correspondent for the London
Daily Telegraph in India.
John Temple Graves of Georgia. in a
recent lecture on 1.-The New Woman and
the DID, said; Woman is no longer a
sentiment; she is a problem, and it is
now our unhappy mission to grapple with
her or surrender, as 1 have done
Senator Caffrey of Louisiana was con-
siderably annoyed by quarantine officers
on his last trip from home to Washington
and will devote much of his time this
winter to securing a better and more uni
form system of quarantine inspection.
-
Queen Victoria's chief bodily i'll now is
the pain in the finger whereupon she
wears the wedding and engagement rings
given her by Prince Albert. Her hand
has grown too fat for her rings and she
will not have them cut, and one CORE
spOndent said that it is now a question
whether her majesty will forego her pref
ty sentiment or continue to suffer acute
physical pain.
Mrs. Mckinley is said to be enjoying
much better health al present than at any
time since she went to Washington. Her
friends say that there has been a great
Improvement during the summer vaca-
ton. The information seems to be borne
out by the fact that Mrs. Mckinley goes
driving every morning. Sometimes she
is gone two hours or more.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-11-02
UNCLE SAM'S GOLD.
The Treasury Now Contains Largest
Amount Since Novem Der, 1890.

Washington, Nov AT the close of
the last business day of the month, the
gold reserve in the Treasury amounted
to S153, 551, 81, which is by a few thous-
and dollars the highest point reached
since November, 1890.
The deficit for the month was IS, 322,
653. or 81 ,O19, 725 greater than the deficit
for the same month last year. The to-
tai receipts for the month were S24, $780,
247 while for October, 1886, they were
S25327. O72. OF the receipts, $9.713, 495
was received from customs, compared
with $40, SIS, $50 for last year. The to-
tai expenditures for the month were
$50. 713. 900, as compared with s33, $50, 900
for October. 1896.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-11-02
ASKS HEAVY DAMAGES.
Lawsuit at Fort Dodge, Iowa, Grows
Out of Alleged Practical Joke.

Fort Dodge, Ia. Nov. 2.-The attention
of the district court has been taken up
for week with the case of Lazarus Rey-
nolds VS.. Thomas Reedy. The plaintiff
sues for S25 600 for damages to the health
and mind of his son, Ralph H. Reynolds.
He alleges that in the winter of 1895
Reedy for a joke induced Ralph Reynolds,
a young man of p, to go to the railroad
tracks to see the body of a man supposed
to have been killed; that when he did so
at "a late hour in the night the corpse,
which was really the hired man, Allen
johnson, jumped up in his winding sheet
and chased him until he was frantic with
fear; that he became insane the next day
and that after being three times at the
insane hospital he is pronounced incura-
BILE.
Reedy denies that the incident took
place and says it is a creation of Ralph
Reynolds insanity. The case went to the
Jury at noon and they are still out.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-11-02

Mr.. Ruskin has written some sixty-four
books and his publisher pays him $4,000
a year.
A beautiful monument to mark the last
resting place of the late Charles f. Crisp
in Americas, Ga, has been put in place.
Thomas Hughes. the author of TON
Brown" is to have a Hfe-size statue at
Rugby school, old Rugbians having raised
5000 for the purpose.
Rev Thomas Ewing Sherman, son of
General William Tecumseh Sherman. SAYS
that his duties have compelled him to
travel over 10000 miles in the last two
years.
Senator HOar spoke recently on Love
of Country at Allston, Mass. and said
that he had heard that it is better to live
for your country than to die for it, but
that the world still holds the 300 who died
at Thermopylae better than the one who
escaped.
While an American actress. Miss Rehan
is Irish both by birth and descent, her
father having been Limerick shipbuilder
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-11-02

P. C. Essex, the leading Attorney Of
Golden City, Mo, writes: Have been
troubled for years with Blind, Itching
and Bleeding Piles, and one box OF
Beggs German Salve cured me entire
Iy. At druggists.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-11-02
WHAT GIVE, Is SAVING.

We notice that John Johnson is building
a neat little henhouse on his property in
the east part of town. John must have
his eye on someone's hen-roost.-Chase
News.
1t isn't because we're proud that we
hold our head so straight this week, but
because we've got a COMPOUNDED pesky
little old boil on the back of our neck
Chase News.
1t rained the fore part of the week and
then showed enough to make the cows
bawI. 1t is the first we have had which
makes a fellow think what he did with
his summers wages.-Richfield Monitor.
We always thought Washington county.
Kansas, the garden spot of the earth, and
are now more fully convinced of the fact,
as Miss Jessie Spence went out in the
fields on the 22nd day of October and
picked a bouquet of beautiful blooming
wild rOses.-HanoVer Democrat.
One of these days some of these tooth
picked toed dudes who make a practice of
following respectable women will get a
few mementoes in the shape of black
eyes and groves colored prObOsicdes, caus-
ed by the Naturalization of a bunch of
fives. These remarks are caused by the
acton OF a couple OF Wen dressed sup
posedly gentlemen Sunday night.-Horton
COmerciaL
i
f. P. Kershner of Nekoma was in town
Monday. feeling as happy and contented
as a clam, and thanking his stars that he
lived in Rush county. He had just re-
ceived S25 for a yearIing heifer that, with
the exception of a little rough feed it got
last winter while there was snow on the
ground, had ''rustIed'' all it ate.-Rush
Center Standard.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-11-02

Disagreement for life by burns or
seaids may be avoided by using De
Wits Witch Hazel Salve, the great
remedy for piles and for all kinds of
sores and skin troubles. G. W. STAINS
field, 622 Kansas avenue.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-11-02

You can't cure consumption but you
can avoid it and cure every other form
of throat or lung trouble by the use of
One Minute Cough Cure. G. W. STAINS
field, 632 Kansas avenue.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-11-02

Improper and deficient care of the
scalp will cause grayness of the hair
and badness. Escape both by the use
of that reliable specific, Halls Hair Re
newer.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-11-02
Weather Indications.

Chicago, Nov. 2.-For Kansas: Fair
tonight and Wednesday,; variable
winds.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-11-02

There is no need of little children be-
fner tortured by scaId head, eczema and
skin eruptions. DeWitt's Witch Hazel
SaIve gives instant relief and cures
permanently. G. w. Stansf1eld, 632
kansas avenue.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-11-02
PEOPLE you HEAR OF

Mr.. Ruskin has written some sixty-four
books and his publisher pays him $40, 600
a year.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-11-02
Much in Little

Is especially true of Hoods Pills, for no medi-
cine ever contained so great curative power in
SO small space. They are a whole medicine
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-11-02

and she herself born in that famous Shan
non city.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-06-19

KNIGHTs OF PYTHIAs.-The
N officers of the First Regiment OF
the Uniform Rank met at the
Office of Major William Nj. Green, We'd
nesday evening and by unanimous vote
W was decided that there be rogimental
parade In this city on the evening OF
"Wednesday, June 30. The different COM
panies will meet on Exchange place at
S:l5 and headed by band Of music will
,, make an extended street parade after
which q supper will be served in Oriental
hall by u committee from the regiment.
IL was also decided that Captains John
&. Parks John X. Lowell and William w.
OcCellston be made q committee To pur-
chase "A set Of coiors for tho regiment.
This project has been before the body for
n year or more, and now that the colofs
are 10 be procured the members are happy.
AT the nesting OF Enterprise Lodge
Thursday evening the social committee II
tho lodge turned over TO the master of
exchequor 500, lacking few cents, the
result of the efforts OF the fall and winter.
The committee consisted of Past Chancel-
lors Henry Normandy. chairman; Charles
h. Austin, secretary; William ;. Nc
Guilty., treasurer; X. y. Seweli, and
Chancellor Commander William Brown,
who were discharged with a hearty vote
of thanks The committee Is indebted To
quite q number OF the trustees for their
hearty assistance.
ST George Lodge will celebrate its
twenty fifth anniversary Wednesday even
ing by holding an entertainment aud sup
per.rwhich will be enjoyed by the families
as we'll as the members
A year ago Major William NJ. Green
offered n trophy TO tho company of tho
second battalion which mt tho end of
tho year had made The best showing. so
far as the attendance of It's members was
concerned. lie has learned from reports
which have been made that Sterling COM
pany Is the winner, ana at the meeting
next Friday evening the company will DO
given the privilege by the major TO name
the article they desire, and the only con.
dition Will be that they choose something
that can be owned and used by the COM
pany.
Delegates from the different lodges In
the state will meet at the Office Of Grand
Keeper uf Records and seal William A.
Wilson, this evening, and take action on
the holding of a Pythian day.
A committee was appointed In Pales-
tine Lodge Tuesday evening To arrange
for an excursion To DO held In July.
One candidate will bo admitted into
Sterling and one candidate into Persever
ance companies Friday evening
The rank OF esquire was conferred upon
one candidate In Red Cross Lodge Tues
day evening
One candidate received the rank of page
in Perseverance Lodge Tuesday evening.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-06-19
A REWARD OFFERED.
Surety Company Wants Capture of
EmbezZier Calender

Nashville Tenn, June l9-It has been de-
veloped that rumors which have been in circu-
lation for several weeks concerning Thomas
Calender. n young man OF this city, the
southern agent OF the Latin 81 Rand Powder
Company of New York, have resulted in the
offering Of o reward for his arrest His
whereabouts are unknown. The security com
pany on his bond offers the reward. II is al.
legged his shortage in his Nashville accounts Is
5000. and it Is also alleged that shortages in
other states IN ay reach $4,000
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-06-19
A Long FLY for Pigeons.

Kansas City, Mo-, June 1.-Two homing
pigeons we're liberated at Kansas City which
are expected TO make the longest carrier
pigeon fight on record-from Kansas City 10
Montpelier, VI. The birds werc brought here
by Chester Palmer carrier pigeon fancier
Of Cincinnati, TO whom they had been shipped
from their home in Vermont. Palmer imme-
diately left for Dallas Tex, where he will
liberate another pair 81 birds. TIE cote Of
this pair is NJ Valparaiso, Ind. and they will
start on their Journey on SUNDAY next
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-06-19
Showed Presence Of Mind.

Peoria, H., June ia train OF cars was
pushed into large crowd o. people who were
standing on the trestle of the Peoria Termi.
nal Railroad watching men drag the river for
'he body Of Willie Mitton6orf, aged years,
who was drowned last evening. Nancy
Berry, aged IL years, was run over and NAV
die. With great presence OF mind she lay face
downward on the trestle and held on, while
the entire train passed.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-06-19
VETERANS. -Farragut as.
ISOLATION met Saturday night in

ISOLATION met saturday night In
its hall, "a Eddy street Commo-
dore Samuel Groves in command. The
chief boatswain, mate and his mates
piped all hands To muster Mt s bells first
watch All hands took their stations
and silence prevailed fore and art.
Accor ling TO the news from the differ
ent local associations, and there y.re forty
of them. one for most every state in the
Union, there will be the largest turn
out of Naval Veterans at tho convention
In Buffalo this year ever held
Surgeon Iraver reported Capt. Tayl or
improving. He has been in the sick bay
eight months but his robust consttu-
tion, the surgeon thinks, will pull the
old sea dog through. The Bristol ship
mates are reported as well and hearty.
Information is wanted of William
Greene, who served rs ships corporal on
tho u. s. 5 Ozark, Mississippi flotila.
A naval cadet corps has been organized
i'm Newark, n. H., as an auxiliary to tho
Admiral Boggs Naval Veteran Association
Of the port OF Newark, most OF the mem
bers being sons of shipmates.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-06-19
DAUGHTERs OF LIBERTY.-Per

NAUGHTERS OF LIBERTY. Per
IL severance Council. ID. of h., met
Tuesday evening and there was "A
large attendance. The state councillor,
Mrs WheidoD, and the board of state Off
GERS were present, and there were visiting
members from all the city councils. The
following officers were elected Tor the en-
suing term: Councillor, Mrs. &. Higgins
associate councillor. Mrs. Clara Smith (;
vice councillor Mr.. William III. Skeel as
sociate vice councillor, Mrs. William ii.
Skeel; guide. Mrs Lottie Noodle; record
ing secretary. Mrs Alice NJ. Boss; assist
ant secretary, Mrs. j. Ford; financial
secretary, Mrs A. Is. Horton; treasurer,
Edgar III. Boss; inside guard, Mrs Hat
tie Robinson; outside guard, Mr. George
L. Robinson. At the close of the meet
ing cake and cream were served and q
general good time was enjoyed by all
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-06-19
Rhoie Island Pensions.

Washington, June lo.-The following peusio
changes, resulting from the issue Of June :,
are announced: Rhode 1sland-origina I.
Thomas Norris Pawtucket: additional, sam.
uel Bailey. olneyville original widow. Cath
crime = Wales, Jamestown.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-06-19
To Drive Out Putterins.

Chicago, June IA special from Fort At.
kinson, Wis. saSs bpttcrine must bc legislEted
ont of the Hnitcd States is the dictum a The
National Dairy Union. The successful fight
for the new anti.butterine law in Illinois has
inspired the dairymcu OF the - torr,h 60
butter substitute industry. They are eoi,g
into politics fo do
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-06-19
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

wANTED-People to know that Dr. Hamil
ton specialist, has removed from the old DR.
Mattison Office rear of No l3l, to PIP Unior
street room 10. nl24-3mo