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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-05
WHITE HOUSE SIMPLICITY.
Society is Horrifed at Some of the
Present Customs.

Washington, D. c., April 5.-President
McKinley's Democratic infOrmality in
regard to many of those matters hedg-
ing about his official position is decided
ly in marked contrast with the rigid for
mality with which matters of Off
cial etiquette were treated during the
last administration.
This is shown perhaps in no way more
openly than in the matter of going out
for a drive. On Sunday the President
and Mrs. Mckinley went for a drive in
their open carriage, accompanied by the
latter's aunt, Mrs. SaxtOn. The elect of
faShiOna BILE society We're duly hOrrlhed
to observe that the president, contrary
to precedent, sat with his back to the
horses.
According to presidential etiquette as
inaugurated by the late President Ar Ar
thur and always strictly adhered 10 by
President Cleveland, this should not
have been.
Mrs. Mckinley follows the president
in this agreea Bile informanty as regards
the reception of callers at the w mite
House. Just at present there has been
no speciaI person delegated to the duty
of answering the many notes that pour
in on her requesting that special time
be set for calls upon the First Lady in
This accounts for the fact that not a
few of those DESTROYS of this honor have
so far failed to receive replies to their
notes.
Every one now understands that Mrs.
Mckinley is far too great an invalid to
attempt to conform to the arduouS So
cial duties of the White House. There
fore, when Mrs. Mckinley is not feeling
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-05
WORRYING GIRL'S HOME.
A Wealthy Woman Gives Up Her
Summer Residence.

sum m6r ES6SlOGnces
New York April Sit will be welcome
lyn to lear that another summer Vaca-
ton house has been placed at their as
posaI. The number has been increased 10
three, which means summer recreation
for probably 200 more girls who earn their
own living. A magnificent country resi-
dence at Brentwood, l.. l., mas DeeH Sc
cured for their use ...o,
Some years ago, late District Attorney
BENJAMIN Downing, of Queens county,
established what is now named IN ms
memory the Downing vacation mouse mouse 10 i a
Locust Valley, L. L The institution - q
fine old-fashioned country mansion Il
is surrounded by beautiful lawns ana gar
dens and shaded by trees -,
Here working girls, members OF lnS
working girls clubs, can spend their va
cations and enjoy every reasonable luxury
for Sc week. The ladies having the plaCe
in charge arrange the dates for the girls
who spend their vacation in the nome 50
as to prevent overcrowding- The nome IS
opened when the summer season begins,
and remains open until the vacation sea-
son is at an end. $50 -,
Mrs. NJ. Jameson, a wealthy Pittsburg
woman. and her two daughters, have ten
stead. at Brentwood, to the members OF
the Working Girls club. This IS one OF
the finest houses on Long Island
1t is situated forty-two miles from
Brooklyn. The house is a large, roony
structure with handsome appointments
Twenty-Five girls can be housed and Ted
at a time This will enable $50 girls &c
spend one week in the homestead, or 10
girls two weeks.
There is another vacation house az
the summer months. Altogether there
will be accommodations for seyeral nun IN
dred girls this summer. The houses are
non-Sectarian.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-05
KANSAS ANTITRUST LAW.
Big Reduction in Prices on Staples
Controlled by Combines.

Fort Scott. April 5.-The antitrust
law passed by the last Kansas legisla-
ture took effect in a conspicuous man
ner here today. All travelling men for
houses either in this state or the east
that handle goods controlled by trusts
received kilograms from their employ
ers instructing them to meet all COM
petition on articles affected.
Every grocery salesman received a
telegram after this order: f'Arbuckle
coffee. Il meet competition on sugarand
coffee" 1t is generally predicted by
the statesmen that the instructions will
result in the tumbling of prices on all
staples controlled by trusts. and they
think the loss will accrue to the whole
saler. The law which precipitated the
reduction makes it unlawful upon Sc
we're penalty for any wholesale or retail
merchant to enter into an agreement
with any other merchant as to the
price of certain products, or for them
to sell goods at prices agreed upon or
regulated by any combination of inter
ests on particular product. The eff
feet is sweeping throughout the state
and great interest is manifested in the
result.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-05
LIGHTNLNG's QUEER FREAK
Passes Through Ten Chained Convicts
and Kills the Eleventh.

Waynesboro, Ga, April 5.-A freaky
flash of lightning, after passing directly
through ten men here last night, killed
Frank Dent, who was the eleventh in
a row of that many men.
Dent was a convict and was strung on
a chain with ten companions when
death came suddenly without any
warning.
So quickly was his life snapped that
his associates through whom the death
dealing current ran, knew nothing of
their danger until they observed Dents
lifeless form fiat upon the ground be-
side them.
The batch of II convicts were working
in a field late in the evening, when a Sc
we're storm came up. The guard quick
~ strung the gang upon a long chain
and hustled them toward a tree. Dent
was at one end of the chain, while the
other end was made fast about the tree,
thus securing the crowd.
A bright flash came, and in an instant
the tree was in splinters. Swapping and
sizzling the current leaped from the
tree along the links of the chain, max
ing a cracking noise as it went. The
flash blinded the gang, and long be-
fore the sulphuric smell passed away
the convicts awo5e from the shock TO
find Dent, on whom the current stopped
Head and two others badly burned.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-05
THE CASE OFw. A. PYNE.
An Instance Where the Court Seems
to Have Acted Unjustly.

Mrs. W. A. Pyne, whose husband was
convicted at the recent term of the fed
era1 court at Wichita of making
fraudulent pension voucher for Vim.
Cook and sentenced to one year in the
United States prison at LeavenWOrth,
is making an effort to secure a pardon
from President Mckinley.
Pyne was employed on the Topeka
Press for some time as reporter, and
after the death of that paper opened a.
printing establishment. He was hard
working and honest, and was respected
by all who knew him.
Attorney J. T. Ward, who defended
Pyne, says that he is satisfied of the
young mans innocence, and says that
he would not have been convicted if
his witnesses had been summoned in
time.
Mrs. Pyne who. with two children, is
in destitute circumstances, has made
public the following letter received from
her husband after his conviction:
AS I stated in my telegram yester-
day, the jury, after being out over 40
hours, brought in a verdict of guilty.
This was brought about by the instruc-
afon of the court to disregard my testi-
mony on the ground that I was an in
Herested party. This left me with only
Williams testimony to offset their ten
witnesses. This instruction to disregard
my testimony, was given to the jury
IS hours after the case was given to
them. We made a motion for a new
trial, which was Overruled without any
consideration, then came the sentence,
which was one year in Fort Leaven-
worth prison and 500 fine
THERE'S no appeal except to the Uni
ted States supreme court, and to do
that we must pay all the costs up to the
present and give bond for future costs.
So the only thing we can do is to sub
NIT to this for the present and secure
the necessary petitions and aff1davits
FOR a pardon from the president, which
I feel confident we will have but little
trouble in securing.
Il presume they will not leave me
here longer than tomorrow, then to
LeayenwOrtb, perhaps chained to some
desperate criminal Inundated as
though had committed some horrible
and blood curdling crime, although [
have never Wronged anyone in my life
knowingly.
yet men call this justice and bow
In submission and reverence to the will
of some sour stomached autocrat sit
ting upon his imperial throne which
they choose to call a court, where JUS
tice to all and injury to none is the
supposed rule.
But right cannot always be trampled
under foot, and as sure as there is a
God in heaven, we will yet triumph and
show to the world my complete inno-
cence of this offense for which I was
tried in a kangaroo court and for which
am now being deprived of my liberty.
The one bright spot in the whole af-
a1r and which will go a long way to-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-05
OLD INDEPENDENCE HALL
To Be Restored, and Given It's origi
nal Shape.

Philadelphia, April 5-Another step
toward the restoration of independence
hall and its wing buildings has been
taken by the city authorities and the
work will shortly be started. Full and
accurate plans have been prepared by
Architect T. Melton Rogers.
The old Row offices" thanking the
main building on each side are to be
torn down and the arcades re-eStablish-
ed. OF course not all of the old struc-
lures will be destroyed, as the original
walks of the arcade are still there, and
only the modern brick work will be cut
out. The front of the hall itself Will
not be altered to any great extent. The
old embellishments of lamps, lintels,
etc, will be put back and a general
renovating given. 1t is in the interior
that the change will be made. The
east. or independence chamber, will
undergo a transformation. Where the
iconoclastic hand had destroyed and de-
filed by adding alleged improvements
the careful hand of the intelligent re-
storer will repair.
The little dinky panels which now
incumber the east wall will all be torn
down and in their place will appear a
dignified, classic and beautiful effect.
1t is pure Greek in style and is thor
oughly appropriate in it's simple, rigid,
yet graceful appearance to the great
act that was contaminated in that
room.
To accomplish this work councils
have appropriated $4,000, and the bu-
reau of city property will shortly ask
for bids for the work.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-05

ed. Three propositions were made.
Two real estate men offered respective
ly 81, 100 900 and S. 10000 for the entire
capital stock.The debt of the company
is about $1OO,O 900 greater.
A man, whose name was not divulged
asked for an option on the stock good
until June l. 1897, at $3.50 a share. This
proposition was substantially accepted.
1t is not known to what use this I'M
known expects to put the property.The
rumor that Pabst of Milwaukee would
run the place and establish his beer in
this market, if the prestige of St. Louis
beer could be overcome, is again reviv-
ed, but nothing definite could be secur-
ed as to the unknoWn's identity.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-05
CARNEGIE MUSEUM SHELLS
Nine Thousand Kinds and $4,000
Specimens are Represented.

Pittsburg, April San important ad-
dition is to be made to the Carnegie
museum at Schenley park in the shape
of the finest private collection of shells
in the United States. The collection,
which will be brought on and placed on
exhibition in a few days, is the prop
erty of Miss w. c. Hartmann of West
chester, Pa, near Philadelphia. The
museum will pay so, 900 for the collec-
ton and the opinion among experts
is that a bargain has been secured
The collection embraces 1000 kinds of
shells, and there are over $4,000 speci-
mems. Curator Smith says it is larger
than the entire genealogical collection
now in the museum.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-05
MAY OPPOSE LIBERATI.
The New Band Master May Receive
Opposition Among Musicians.

Cleveland, April 5.-The announce
ment that Signor Liberati, the cornet
soIoist, intended coming to Cleveland
for the purpose of organizing a concert
band, better than Sousa's," has stir
red up local musicians to a great pitch
of excitement.
For some reason local horn blowers do
not like Liberati and in addition to say
ing all manner of unlzind things about
him, they propose fighting for every
inch of ground that he attempts to
obtain here in Cleveland.
Frank Hruby, leader of the Great
Western band, said Wednesday that if
Liberau attempted to import foreign
talent to Cleveland all the local organ
izations would combine against him. He
declared that the following named or
CARNATIONS had agreed on that point:
The Great Western band, Kinks Mill
tary band, Myers Union band, Faust's
Opera House band, Noville's Military
band, and Fischer's Military band
Mr.. Hruby added that there are
enough musicians in Cleveland to make
up any organization Liberati might
wish to perfect, Notwithstanding Liber-
atis declaration to the contrary.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-05
SHOE DEPARTMENT.

Our "sh0e Department. for the year
just ending has made an excellent show
ing, and while we are more than salts
fed with the amount of business done,
we don't intend to stop, but expect to
double our sales the coming year For
a beginning we quote the following
low prices:
Ladies' Fine Vici and Dong Kid But
ton and Lace, Hand Sewed Welts and
Turns, Square or Pointed Toes, 21a to
Az A to E, actual value $500 to $500,
price 81. So
Ladies Tan Oxfords, Goat, Kid or
Russia Leather, this is a mixed lot,
values range from 81. to $3.50, choice
of lot CSC
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-05

One lot of Ladies' Tan Oxfords, reg
ular $1.25 and 81. so values, for 75c.
One mixed lot of Children's and Miss
es' Shoes and Low Cuts, good value at
$1.0O, all go at 48c.
One lot of Mems Tan and Black Lace
Shoes, regular $1.25 and $3.50 values, for
S5c.
Boys Solid Leather, Full Stock Calf
skin Button Shoes well worth $500 and
81. SO, price 81. %.
One lot of Mems Patent Leather
Button and Lace Shoes, Welt Sewed,
$500 and $500 values, for $1.4S.
Special prices for next week on Mems
OK Blood Balls, Welt Sewed, Needle
Toe, at $2.4S.
Ladies' Dong. Button, Needle Toe,
Pat Tip, $500 value for $1.48
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-05
ON INDUSTRIAL ECONOMY.
Novelist Opie Reed Finds Material
for a Novel at Vandergrift.

Vandergrift, Pa. April 5.-Opie Read,
the novelist, was in Vandergrift to-
day, as the guest of President George
G. McMurtIy of the Apollo Iron and
Steel company. Mr.. Read has a new
novel in contemplation in which he in
tends to incorporate some OF the prin-
ciples of Industrial economy now prac-
tically set forth at Vandergrift. Mr..
Read said of Vande-grift:
The industrial plan presents the GER
titled check of honesty of purpose. All
other industrial towns that 1 have
known anything about gave promises
without any guarantee of performance.
Here I find the result of economic
craftsmanship that viii attract the at
tentiCn of the world"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-05
MRS. Triton STRICKEN.
She is Paralyzed and Almost Blind
From Weeping.

New York, April 5.-NIrs. Elizabeth
r. Tilton, who became noted through
the Tilton-Beecher case, is suffering
from a stroke of paralysis. The fact
became known through the filing of
deed in the Brooklyn registers office.
property to Mortimer J. Brown. It was
signed by Theodore Tilton, in Paris,
and attested by the United States con-
sui Mrs. Tilton was unable to write
her name and so had to. make her
mark
Besides suffering from the paralytic
stroke Mrs. TiltOn has been almost
blind for some time from excessive
weeping. She is advanced in years and
her friends despair of her surviving
the present shock.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-05

Childs' Tan Lace Shoe, Hand Turned,
75c.
Ladies' India Kid Oxfords. Turned,
Pat. Tip, Use.
Infants Wei Kid Button, Coin Toe,
Pat. Tip, soc.
Childs' Dong Button Shoes. Solid
Leather, 59c.
Ladies Solid Leather Dong. Button
Shoes, SSc.
Mems Veal Balls or Congress. former
price $3.50, CSC
Boys Solid Leather Cong. Shoes CSC.
Misses Solid Leather Dong. Shoes,
Pat Tip, CSC
A full line of Ladies' Low Cut Shoes
just in, Black, Tan or OK Blood, Needle
or Coin Toes, all sizes, all widths, all
prices, from 75c and upwards.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-05
Mavfower Log.

London, April 5-The consistory Of
the court at St. PauPs. on Wednesday
last, drafted the deed of gift of the So
called Mayfiower log, or book of regis
try of the Mayflower pilgrims, prepar-
atory to turning it over to the United
States ambassador, Mr.. Thomas F.
Bayard. Mr.. J. r. Carly, the United
States charge d'affaires. was present.
A number of Americans claiming de-
scent from the Nayf1ower pilgrims have
applied to see the log, but they were
referred to the Photographic copy.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-05

sufficiently well to receive company,
even though she may have made APP
pointment with certain of the official
and unofficial set to do SO, she goes out
for a drive instead of remaining in
doors. To the doOr-keeper is entrusted
the duty of informing the disappoint ted
ones that Mrs. McKinley's health rem
dered it imperative for her to go for
drive and thus cancel the social engage
fnentS for the afternoon.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-05
THIS SALE, THESE PRICES, COMMENCING TUESDAY.
HARDWARE DEPARTMENT.

A beautiful 100 piece dinner set, white
semi-porcelain, newest thing out, $3.50.
Another 100 piece dinner set, blue dec
Grafton, very handsome, $1,000.
An elegant set, the finest thing in the
house, green enameled and gold illu-
minated. worth, $780, our price $12.75.
In water sets we have some beauties.
Handsomely engraved and gold gilt,
per set, $1.39.
Wine sets, engraved, with glass trays,
CSC.
Tea sets. imitation cut glass, very
fine 75c.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-05
Earthquakes Predicted for Mexico.

Guanajuato, Mexico, April 5.-Juan
N. Contreras, the noted astronomer and
earthquake prophet. has made the fol-
lowing representations: Earthquakes
will occur during the first two weeks of
April in the zone comprising Vera Cruz
and Mexico. and in Oaxaca, GuerrO and
Cohma- On April 10 heavy northers
will blow at Vera Cruz and Tampico
from the 5th to the 7th, with a posi-
bilfty of rain from the 18th to the 14th.
If you are going West or South, take
the Rock Island, it's the best
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-05
MADISON SQUARE SOLD.
The Big New York Garden Goes to q
Mysterious Purchaser.

New York, April 5.-There was a
meeting of the stockholders of Madison
Square Garden this afternoon, at which
a disposal of the property was discuss
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-05

ward securing a pardon, is that every
man on the jury signed a petition to
he court asking the lowest possible
punishment
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-05
Bows Long Pant SHIFTS.

Strong servieeable suits in grey cas-
simere and dark-blue cheviot, well
made and trimmed, $500 value, our
price 81 90.
All wool suits in dark and medium
cOlors, strong and suitable for hard
wear, $3.50 values, our price S4.95.
All wool black Clay Worsted suits,
fine Italian lined. good weight, fast
colors, $500 values, our price 8 $50.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-05

We do mendi7g and sew on buttons
tree of charge. PearIess Steam Laundry
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-05

When you go East, take the Rock
Island Route.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-05

Broken edge collars made smooth by
Peerless Steam Laundry
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-05
Boys Knee Pant Suits.
cages s 10 IA Yenrs.)

Good strong grey cashmere suits.
well made and finished, a good $500
value, our price SI.3o.
Black and blue cheviot suits, strong
ly made and well trimmed, strong va
lue at S2.25. our price $I.5O.
Beautiful all wool Scotch plaids well
made and splendid filters, a $3.50 val
Ue, our price $500.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-05

Anniversary Sale
Do You Realize

LIZ OA EN@SSAAA~
Sale will Prices sidewalks
Big
raing salary list
of the week
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-05
SUMMER OVERCOATS.

We have lot of the above in sizes 81 qualities
these marvellous prices close them QOsOU 10 R4U
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-05

Another one, only 35c.
Engraved tumblers, per set, only 29c.
A whole car load GLASSWARE at
hardtime prices
In WALL PAPER we can show you
the incest patterns on the market, ALL
WHITE BACK, at 415c a roll.
Do you want a Gasoline Stove? 2
Burner Junior, incest little stove out,
only $500.
3-Burner high stove with step. $775.
5-Burner high stove, absolutely
Smokeless, $9.75.
Gasoline ovens, 81. 40 up.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-04-05
Bows Knee Pant.

Good strong serviceable pants, Wen
made, E9r.
Cashmere pants in dark colors,
strongly made, 25c.
so cent value, our price 35c.
Our leader is a strictly all wool pant
in small checks and plaidS, a splendid
value at soc.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-12-11
WHARF AND WAVE.
DIAMOND HEAD SIGNAL STA
TON, December 10, 10 p. m.-The
weather is clear, wind, light, north.

The Helene is being scraped and
painted above the water lines.
The next steamer from the Coast
will be the Mariposa next THURSDAY.
The steamer Kaala will be off the dry
dock and resume her regular trips
on Monday.
Captain Mosher of the Kaala acted as
pilot of the Waialeale yesterday on
her trip to Hanamaulu.
The Albert finished discharging at
Brewers wharf and has gone to Soren-
sons to await cargo of sugar.
The Archer has gone to Brewers
wharf to unload the balance of her
cargoe of brick and to load sugar.
The new schooner Mildred, Captain
Kindlen, from Puget Sound with $780,
900 feet of lumber for Levers & Cooke
is due any hour.
The Hawaiian steamer Aztec will
leave for San Francisco today at p.
M with $500 tons of coal for the P.
M. S. s. Co. She will carry mail mark
ed "per Aztec"
If the report brought by the Doric
is true the China due here the 10th
inst may be expected on the evening
of the 18th as Manager Schwerin of
the Pacific Mail is on board and they
will try and get to San Francisco for
Christmas.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-12-11
ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE.

The undersigned, having been duly
appointed Administrator with the will
annexed of Mary Elizabeth Luce, late
of Honolulu, Island of Oahu, deceased,
notice is hereby given to all creditors
of the deceased to present their claims
whether secured by mortgage or other
wise, duly authenticated and with the
proper vouchers if any exist to the un-
dersigned within six months from the
date hereof or they will be forever
barred; and all persons indebted to
said deceased are requested to make
immediate payment to the undersigned
at the Office of ]. M. Monsarrat, Cart
wright's block, Merchant street, Ho-
nolulu. w. S. LUCE,
Administrator with the will annexed
Of Mary Elizabeth Luce.
Honolulu, December 4, 1897.
47S2-5tS
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-12-11
Tram HillOcks.

Mr.. Gilbert, acting manager for the
Tram Company, says that the hillocks
between the tracks of the street rail-
way be allowed to wear down and will
not again be built up. They were
thought to be good plan for The pro-
lection, preservation and drainage Of
the road bed and in some particulars,
have proven successful, but the draw
backs outweigh the benefits. AS to the
sprinkler, Mr.. Gilbert says every foot
of line is gone over at least once day.
and a large portion of it at night. He
believes the present arrangement under
this head about the best that could be
made, but have the heavy dampening
Of down town streets in the early ev-
ening hours discontinued.