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The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-06
DID HE SELL THE DOGR
A Story That Rivals In Interest ''The Lady
or the Tieer2,, ProbIem.


They had not been on particularly good
terms since the man in the corner house
bought the dog. The man who lived next
door didn t think much of dogs anyway
especially city degs-and he had not hesi-
tated to say as much on two OF three oc-
casions Consequently when he called and
suggested to the man in the corner house
that he would like to buy the dog it Occa-
stoned considerable surprise.
But 1 thought you didn't like dogs"
said the man in the corner house.
81 don't, - admitted the man who lived
next door.
"And that you considered city dogs a
little bit worse than any other kind, - per-
sisted the man in the corner house.
"Quite right, y returned the man who
lived next door.
''And that in the line OF city dogs you
regarded this one of mine as just a little
the worst that ever came under your no
tice. -
Fright again. I don't mind saying,
now that you call my attention to it, that
your dog is the meanest, ugliest yelping
cur that ever kept neighbOrhOOd awake
at night That's why want to buy him
from you.
well, I won t sell, - announced the man
in the corner house decidedly. Il know
you now for just the kind of a man you
are and I have too much regard for the
dog. EVen II d1dn t care anything 1OF
him wouldn't t humiliate him by compel
ling him to acknowledge such a man as
you for a master I wouldn't be as cruel
as that to any dog"
''As you please, - said the man who lived
next door Il thought it no more than
fair to make the offer to you first. -
ITO me firstl''
Certainly. I'd just as soon pay you as
pay any one else, and l sort of felt that
you were entitled to the first chance.
However, my conscience is clear now and
tomorrow I shall let the report be circulat-
ed among the boys of the neighborhood
that I am willing to pay a reasonable price
for that dog and that it doesn't make any
difference whether he is delivered alive or
dead. OF course, it viii be easier to de-
liver him dead, and it's likely
do you mean to say that you will
make an offer for my dOg?"
Il have already done so, but you said
you didn't want to sell However, I am
quite willing to give you a little time to
think it over Wen let the matter rest
until tomorrow. OF course, you under
stand it's perfectly immaterial to me
whether buy the dog from you or from
one of the boys or from some passing
tramp who temporarily acquires posses
sion"
Talk about the problem of the lady or
the tiger! It's nothing compared to the
problems that confront many of US in the
everyday affairs of life.
Did he sell the dog?-ChicagO Post.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-06
sFIY at Once"

Conan Doyle tells a story of a friend of
his who had often been told that there is u
skeleton in the cupboard of every house
hold, no matter how respectable that
household may be, and he determined to
put this opinion to practical test. Se%
lecting for the subject of his experiment
O venerable archdeacon of the church
against whom the most censorious critic
had never breathed a word, he went to the
nearest postofiice and dispatched this tele
gram to the reverend gentleman: IAN is
discovered! Fly at once!" The archdea-
con disappeared and has never been heard
of since
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-06
KANSAS NEWS.
A Columbus Man Not a George
Washington.
Is Sentenced 2 1-2 Years to
Lansing for Lying.
QUEER JUD1ClALRUL
A Parsons Justice Pelted With
Stale Eggs.
Two Kansas Boys Do Well at
hlOndike.
QUEER JUDICIALRULE

Columbus, Oct. 6.-John Doe was Civ
en- a severe sentence here by the dis
trict judge, which was something out OF
the ordinary. He was given two years
and nine months for telling a lie
When the judge was sentencing the
prisoner. he asked him if he had ever
been in the penitentiary. This the pris-
oner denied. When the prisoner was
being taken away, oscar Mcdowell, who
was an officer at the pen" a few years
ago. recognized in the prisoner the
convict barber who used to shave him.
He told the county attorney and the
county attorney disclosed his intorma-
tiOn to the Judge
The prisoner was recalled and the
Judge again asked him if he had not
been sentenced to the penitenuary pc
fore. Again the prisoner denied that ne
had Then Oscar Mcdowell was sworn
and testified that he knew the prisoner
to be a former convict Of the Lansing
penitentiary The judge changed ms
term of confinement from one year ana
three months to a term of four years.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-06
RATE BOOK CASE CLOSES.
Judge Hazen Has Taken the Clark
son-McNan Matter Under
Advisenent

The arguments of the attorneys inter-
ested in the injunction suit of Harrison
Clarkson against Webb AIcNall, state in
surance commissioner, were completed be-
fore Judge Hazen in the district court
this morning and the case taken under ad-
visement by Judge Hazen. Clarkson asks
the court to enjoin McNau from prevent
ing fire insurance companies doing busi-
ness in Kansas from purchasing his rate
books and maps.
As Attorney D. r. Hite, appearing for
Clarkson, started to make the final argu-
ment shortly before noon today, Judge
Hazen asked this question, probably sig
nificant of his view of the suit:
IF no combination or relation existed
between the plaintiff and the insurance
companies at the time this suit was
brought, could this suit be maintained?'
In reply Mr.. Hite said that it could, for
the reason that an attempt had been
made to prevent customers from going to
an accustomed place to procure what they
wanted. He said that the attempt was
exactly similar to a boycott.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-06
STORM TOSSED AT SEA.
The Fruit Steamer Belvernon Has g
Stormy Passage.

New York, Oct. 6.-The Norwegian
fruit steamer Belvernon, has arrived
from Port Morant. Jamaica, after a
tempestuous voyage lasting six and a
half days.
The Belvernon, which is new steam
er commanded by Captain Hansen
sailed from Port MOrant, on September
% at p. m, with full cargo consist
ing of bananas, cOcOanuts and oranges.
On September co. 200 miles north of Sal
vador the ship ran into a strong north
east gale lasting "a hours. October 2
at p. m, when about 100 miles south
west of Cape Hatteras, the weather be-
came thick, with heavy lightning to
the nOrthward.
There being every indication of an
approaching hurricane, the steamer
was made as snug as possible. At 9
p. m, the storm burst with tremendous
fury from the northeast; with the wind
came fierce showers of hail. The wind.
blowing with terrific force lasted
throughout the night On the Sd
abreast of Cape Hatteras the storm was
at it's height. The ship refused to an
sWer her helm and drifted away before
the gale. Owing to the force of the
wind and sea, it was impossible for any
of the crew to get on deck. Finally at
noon the storm lulled and gradually
settled into a hard gale, with heavy
sea, which lasted until 4 p. m. yester-
day.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-06
Santa Fe Not Losing Sleep Over
the L. & P. Competition.
Their Track I88 Miles the
Shorter Route
TO THE WEST COAST.
Could Easily Lower Their Time
Over Three Hours.
Rock Island Denies a Circulated
Report.

The rumor that the Texas Pacific rail-
way is arranging to compete with the
Santa Fe for California travel this win
ter is not causing the Santa Fe Off
Gals in this city to lose sleep in any
perceptible amount. The Santa F'e peO-
pie figure that their route is 18S miles
shorter than the proposed route of the
Texas Pacific limited trains. and the
Santa Fe track is in better condition.
They also say that if the Texas Pacific
started anything like a brisk cOmpeti-
tiOn, the time of the limited trains east
Of Kansas City could be easily lowered
from Is hours to II hours and 80 min
utes, and that altogether they would
undertake to get their trains from Chi
cagO to the east in 10 hours less time
than could be accomplished by the
Texas Pacific.
The rumor is to the effect that Texas
Pacific intends to establish a limited
train service from Chicago to San
Francisco, the route being over the
Iron Mountain track to Texarkana, the
Texas Pacific track to Ell Paso, and the
Southern Pacific track to San Francis
co.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-06
THURBER ON COLORADO.
Cleveland's Private Secretary Says
Demonetization was it's Greatest
Boon,

Denver, Oct 6.-Henry T Thurber,
who was private secretary to Grover
Cleveland during his last term, arrived
in Denver in company with his wife
yesterday and repaired to the residence
of Gen. A. L. New.
I simply came out here for a little
pleasure said Mr.. Thurber in response
TO general inquiries.
LAS to the condition of the country"
continued Mr.. Thurber, Il am positive
that the west has begun to experience
better times. More so than the east.
The streets of the eastern cities are but
partially filled with people as compared
to your streets here, and the people
there seem Hstless and dull. In Colo
radO there is plainly an air of interest
in the face of everyone"
DO you consider the wave of pros
perity due to the advent of the new ad-
ministration? % was asked.
No said Mr.. Thurber, mot so much
due to the new administration as to the
action of the immuta BILE law of supply
and demand. Every so often the hui
man race runs the limit of its resources
and there has to be an evening up The
last five years have been fraught with
the effects of q too high living among
the people. They have now struck bed
rock and begun to live the way they
should.
of course the western farmer has
felt the impetus of the wave of pros
perity before those in the east The
upward tendency of the price of wheat
has of course caused much of the good
feeling
In speaking of free silver he said:
7 think Colorado people will soon re-
alize that they have been benefited by
the low price of silver, even granting
that it would benefit things were the
price to raise. The state has been com
PEELED to cease silver mining and turn
its attention to the hundreds of other
undeveloped industries. 1t has been
discovered that there is more than one
way for the people here to live, and
1 think the silver trouble has caused
the dfScoVeryR
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-06
TOM MOORE OMITTED.
Why His Name is Missing in theCon-
gressionaI Library.

Washington, Oct. 6.-The recently dis
covered omission of Thos. Moore's
name from the roll of poets inscribed
on the walls of the new Congressional
library, has aroused the Ancent Order
of Hibernians in this city and they are
formulating an appeal to the 100000
other members of the order in this
country to bring pressure upon con
gress to have the omission rectified
Their complaints have developed the
fact that Moore wrote a number of Bit
ter poems against America while in this
country and unlike Dickens and some
other English literary critics, did not
cOnfne his structures to America at
large, but wrote a number of pointed,
unpleasant and almost unprintable
things about Jefferson, who was at that
time president of the United States
These poems relating to America have
been collected in a siW Ie volume. and
it was upon this showing of deliberate
insult to the then president of the Uni
ted States, the library officials say, that
the name of Moore was omitted from
the honor roll of poets.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-06
LONDON PAPERS WEARY.
Want the Currency Commission Pro
ceedings Made Public.

London, Oct6-The Times this morn
ing, in an editorial on the recent cur
tiOn of the details as to what the
French and American governments de-
mand and offer.
The Daily News, in its financial ar
ticle, refers to the rumors that an ac-
tive correspondence is proceeding be-
tween the home and Indian govern
America will include holding a fifth of
the Bank of England reserve in silver,
raising the amount of legal tender of
silver coin from pounds to 5 pounds
and reOpening the Indian mints, and
says:
TT is very much to be desired that
an end should be put to the present
mischievous agitation and it's attend
ant disduieting repOrts. >,
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-06
100000 MEN TO UNITE
Railroad Brotherhoods Will Affiliate
in Peoria Next Week.

Chicago, Oct. 6-There will assemble
in Peoria, Tuesday, Oct. L. one Of the
most significant and important cOnven-
tiOns of railroad labor order men ever
held in this country.
The purpose OF this meeting is to for
nulate and put into effect a plan of ma
tiOnal federation among the five stand
ard railroad labor brOtherhOOdS, and
the action to be taken will amount to
an effective amalgamatiOn of the fol-
lowing orders Of railroad men:
The Order of Railway Conductors.
The Brotherhood of Railway Train
men.
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Fire
men.
The brotherhood Of Locomotive Engi-
neers.
The Order of Railway Telegraphers.
The several orders have appointed
committees of three prominent mem
bers from each order to participate in
the formation of the plan of federation
and these committees have been called
to meet on the date mentioned.
The significance of this meeting may
be appreciated when it is stated that
the forming of the federation as map
ped out will at once create the biggest
and most powerful railroad Organiza-
tiOn of Ia Dor ever formed in the world
1t will bring into close union more than
100000 railroad men in the United States
and Canada and Mexico. and the
strength of the affiliated orders will be
immense, numerically and financially.
The accomplishment of the purpose OF
the coming meeting will mean much to
the railroad men of the country AS
stated, every one of the four Organiza-
tiOns in national convention. have ap-
proved the movement, and the one 9TH
er order, the B. of L. E, will undOubt-
edly approve it at the next convention.
That order has not held a national con
VentiOn since the movement was given
impetus by the B. of L. F. in national
convention in Galveston, Tex, in sep
tember of last year.
But Grand Chief Engineer Arthur has
expressed sympathy with the move
ment, and it is certain that he will par
ticipate in the meeting of next week.
With the exception of the committee to
be appointed by the B. of L. E. which
has not yet been announced by Mr.. ?.
NJ. Arthur, grand chief engineer of that
order, the several committees are as
follows:
Order of Railway COnductOrs-E. z.
Clark, grand chief; Q. H. Wilkins, as
sistant grand chief, and a. B. Garret-
son, grand senior conductor.
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen-
P. H. MOrrissey, grand master; John
Harvey OF lodge 137. Salamanca. n. Y,
and Frank Fem of lodge 32, Pueblo,
Colo.
Order of Railroad Telegraphers-W.
Y. Powell, grand chief; Chas. Daniel,
chairman executive committee, Allan
ia, Ga, and H. P. Perham, grand sec
retary and treasurer.
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen-
F. P. Sargent, grand master; T. V.
Venner of lodge No. 3, Jersey City, N.
j.; James Burke of lodge No. 38. STRAIT
ford, Ontario, and Asa Dillon of lodge
No. 131, Atchison, Kan.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-06
THEY STRIKE IT RICH.
Two Independence Boys Have Good
Claims in KIondike

Independence. Oct. 6.-Letters have
been received from George Watson and
VIII Darrah two Independence boys
who are now in the KIondike region.
From here they went to Oregon several
years ago and later drifted up to Alas
ka drawn by the wonderful stories Of
wealth in that region. They We're at
Circle City when the wonderful strike
was made and We're among the first to
get into the region of fabulous wealth.
Each secured a gold claim which is
paying well.
They employ four men, each at $I9
day, and at present each of them takes
out about $50 or SIS worth of gold daily.
At present they are not working the
mines at fun capacity, but only enough
to pay their expenses Next year they
intend to begin in earnest. They say
that the winter has begun and that
very few more gold seekers will be able
to get into the country until next
spring.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-06
LOCAL MENTION.

There are now ten cases at the Sal
walton Army hospital.
Prof. Waldemar Won DahIen will have
his vocal studio in the second story of
the Dr. Hogeboom building on Kansas
avenue, between Seventh and Eighth
street.
Last evening at the First Baptist
church u Christian Culture class WAS
organized which will meet every Tues
day evening Rev. NJ. L. Thomas viii
be the instructor.
Rev. A-P. Leonard. who has been pas
tor of the First Wesleyan Methodist
church in this city has been transfer
red to Beloit. Rev. Moses McPhee of
BelOit coming to Topeka
August Grunhalge, the Mormon elder
who was taken i'll while en- route TO
Salt Lake City and was removed to the
Salvation Army hospital has recover
ed from severe attack of typhoid fe-
Yer and he left Monday for Salt Lake
City.
This evening at the Salvation Army
haH at 312 Kansas avenue, Brigadier
Halpin, of New York, viii be present
and conduct the meeting. Brigadier
HalpIn IS said to be a fine musician and
is prominent in the Salvation Army
work, being national secretary Of the
junior work of the Army.
Rev. G. B. Howard president of the
Kansas conference of the Wesleyan
Methodist church has returned from
the annual conference held in Mitchell
county He was reelected president
Of the conference. He has been engag-
ed IN the ministry in Topeka for u
years and Will remain another year.
Hayden King and Jesse Whitson. aged
respectively Il and IS years of a ge were
arrested last night by the police on the
charge of runaway boys Upon in
vestigation it was found that they
came from Hutchinson. They were on
their way from their home to Kansas
City for the festivities. Their parents
were notified and the boys are being
held until word can be received from
them.
At the Topeka Railway company
power plant at Second and jefferson
streets, one of the old original dyna-
mos which had been in constant ser
vice for nine years. burned out and was
rendered useless. This was a remark
ably long record for a dynamo. as they
usually last from five to eight years
and then have to be rewOund and gem
orally repaired. The battery of dyna-
mos now in use is a first-class one, ,hav-
ing lately been put in good shape.
Mr.. A. J. DOOley, who last night lost
all his personal belongings and those OF
his family in the burning of his resi-
dence west of the fair grounds. is the
victim Of a series of misfOrtunes. A
year ago last May he lost all the per
Sonal property he possessed in the cy-
clone at Seneca. He moved to this city
after his loss at Seneca. and was gain
ing a good grip on the world when fire
wiped out all he had last night
Angeline Holmes was today divorced
from her husband, Bartley Holmes, by
Judge Hazen in the district court. In
granting the divorce Judge Tazen sane
toned a stipulation for division OF
property drawn up by both parties. IN
the property is included a homestead in
North Topeka and this years crop
raised on the land. and both the home
stead and crop are divided equally. The
stipulation also states that Barley
Holmes shall take his clothes. specta-
cles and pistol, and Mrs Holmes the
beds, bedding and all the chickens.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-06
VIRGINIA REPUBLICANS.
Have a Large Convention-Nom ominate
Captain Mccall for Governor.

Lynchburg, Va, Oct. 6.-The state
Republican convention, called by Col
VIM. NJ. Lamb. met in the opera house
here at noon yesterday. The attendance
was large
Col. Lamb was given an ovation. He
positively declined to be considered for
reelection as state chairman.
Capt. P. H. Mccall Of CulphUr, and
Capt. Warren Lurty of HarrisOnburg,
We're placed in nomination for govern
or. Capt. Mccall receiving the nOmina-
ton by a vote of SOP to ass. Col. O. B.
Roller of HarrisOnburg was nominated
for lieutenant governor and James Ly-
OnS of Richmond for attorney general.
Col. w F. Wickham of POwhattan was
elected state chairman. The platform
is brief and indOrses the national Re
publican platform. the Mckinley ad-
ministratiOn. honest elections, etc, and
deals with state issues.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-06
ROTHSCHILDS' EXPERT.
Examines KIondike and Says the
Gold Stories are Not Exaggerated

Tacoma, Wash, Oct. 6.-Henry Brat
nober the celebrated mining expert for
the RothSchildS of London has reached
Tacoma direct from Dawson City. He
came over the Dalton trail and made
nearly the whole trip alone. When
within a hundred miles of Lynn canal
he found the mail carrier who was lost
and they came the balance of the dist
ance together.
Mr.. BratnOber left today for San
Francisco and refused to talk about h S
own business but said that the amount
of gold on the tributaries of the Yukon
was not exaggerated.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-06
SETTLING UP.
Committee of Fifteen Wants All
Claims in by Thursday.

The Committee of Fifteen is especial
ly desirous that all persons having
claims or accounts against the commit
tee shall present them to the secretary,
Oscar Swayze, at 625 Kaisas avenue,
before Thursday noon.
On that day the auditing committee
will make its report and the various
claims will be paid at the meeting OF
the committee Thursday night
1t was intended that no meeting of
the committee should be held until that
time but an informal meeting was held
at the council chamber yesterday after
noon. In the absence of Mayor Eel
lows, chairman of the committee, c. w
KOuns presided.
but the only action taken was to audit
the bills for music furnished by the
bands and the payroll of men en-
ployed at the fair grounds of which
Furman Baker had charge.
On motion of A. X Wilson the COM
mittee approved the bill for music pre-
sented by J. b. Marshall chairman of
the committee on music. The amounts
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-06
CATTLE RATE FIGHT ENDS.
Carload Rates Will Not be Disturbed
Before February l.

Until February at least the Kansas
cattlemen viii enjoy the privilege of
shipping their cattle to market under
the car load rate, the hearing in refer
ence to the controversy before the state
board of railroad commissioners haVinS
today been continued until that date.
The date for resuming the hearing is
fixed for February 1 but if it is not re-
sumed at that time no further proceed
ings, under the provisions of d stipula-
tion filed before the commissioners by
the railroad attorneys and the cattle
men, will be had unless thirty days
notice is given by either party to the
controversy.
The continuance was agreed upon at
noon
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-06
PASSING LOCUS caEoKs.
R. II. Spivy, a Newton Barber, Ar
rested for a Series of Frauds.

Newton. Oct Ga young man named
r. NJ. Spivey was arrested at the cur
Gus grounds yesterday by officers Cum
mings and Cramer. Complaint will be
lodged against him for obtaining goods
under false pretenses and fraudulent
passing of checks.
Spivey came here from BroOkfeld,
No, and is barber by trade He work
ed for several men here and obtained
goods from a number of merchants,
giving them checks on local banks in
the name of John Hazen- About two
weeks ago he quit work. went on a
drunk and, going to Wichita, drew
checks on the Midland National and
First National banks. of this city, in
his own name. Coming here. he re-
peated the performance. In all, he
drew checks on these banks for about
S125.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-06
CLAY CENTER REUNION.
Arrangements Made for a 'Hot Time"
October 81 %.

Clay Center. Oct. 6.-Matters are pro
crossing for the Fifth district G. A R
tober q, p and %. Provisions have
been made for a display by the schools
of the county on the 23d. This feature
is added to W. r. c. day and will SUP
plement the dedication of the mOnu-
ment. Governor Leedy. Senator Har-
ris and Jerry Simpson have been fnvi-
ted Congressman Calderhead. F B
Dawes and a. J. Felt have accepted the
committees 5 invitation TO be present
The contract has been made for .
large pavilion to be stretched in the
court house square fright in the heart
of the city) which will seat two or three
thousand people.